| R | TITLE | L | L% | Lists By Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Can't Take It With You | 372 | 69% | 1938 (372) |
| 2 | Pygmalion | 349 | 64% | 1939 (349) |
| 3 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | 324 | 60% | 1938 (324) |
| 4 | Boys Town | 313 | 58% | 1938 (313) |
| 5 | Marie Antoinette | 287 | 54% | 1938 (287) |
| 6 | In Old Chicago | 243 | 45% | 1938 (243) |
| 7 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | 218 | 41% | 1938 (218) |
| 8 | The Citadel | 210 | 39% | 1938 (210) |
| 9 | Love Finds Andy Hardy | 180 | 34% | 1938 (180) |
| 10 | Four Daughters | 168 | 31% | 1938 (168) |
| 11 | Test Pilot | 142 | 26% | 1938 (142) |
| 12 | Jezebel | 115 | 21% | 1938 (115) |
| 13 | If I Were King | 89 | 17% | 1938 (89) |
| 14 | Three Comrades | 79 | 15% | 1938 (79) |
| 14 | Algiers | 79 | 15% | 1938 (79) |
| 16 | Mad About Music | 77 | 14% | 1938 (77) |
| 17 | The Beachcomber | 67 | 12% | 1939 (67) |
| 18 | Suez | 64 | 12% | 1938 (64) |
| 19 | Of Human Hearts | 60 | 11% | 1938 (60) |
| 20 | The Great Waltz | 56 | 10% | 1939 (56) |
| 21 | The Buccaneer | 54 | 10% | 1938 (54) |
| 22 | A Man to Remember | 50 | 9% | 1938 (50) |
| 23 | White Banners | 47 | 9% | 1938 (47) |
| 24 | The Lady Vanishes | 47 | 9% | 1939 (47) |
| 25 | Holiday (1938) | 46 | 9% | 1938 (46) |
| 26 | The Sisters | 44 | 8% | 1938 (44) |
| 27 | That Certain Age | 38 | 7% | 1938 (38) |
| 27 | Men With Wings | 38 | 7% | 1938 (38) |
| 27 | Brother Rat | 38 | 7% | 1938 (38) |
| 30 | Blockade | 37 | 7% | 1938 (37) |
| 31 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | 36 | 7% | 1938 (36) |
| 32 | Yellow Jack | 34 | 6% | 1938 (34) |
| 33 | Sing You Sinners | 33 | 6% | 1938 (33) |
| 33 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 33 | 6% | 1938 (33) |
| 35 | Kentucky | 33 | 6% | 1939 (33) |
| 36 | The Young In Heart | 32 | 6% | 1938 (22) | 1939 (10) |
| 37 | A Slight Case of Murder | 31 | 6% | 1938 (31) |
| 38 | Drums | 30 | 6% | 1938 (30) |
| 39 | Too Hot to Handle | 29 | 5% | 1938 (29) |
| 40 | Angels With Dirty Faces | 29 | 5% | 1939 (29) |
| 41 | Letter of Introduction | 27 | 5% | 1938 (27) |
| 42 | The Shopworn Angel (1938) | 25 | 5% | 1938 (25) |
| 43 | Stablemates | 24 | 4% | 1938 (24) |
| 43 | Spawn of the North | 24 | 4% | 1938 (24) |
| 45 | Judge Hardy's Children | 22 | 4% | 1938 (22) |
| 46 | The Dawn Patrol (1938) | 22 | 4% | 1939 (22) |
| 47 | To the Victor | 20 | 4% | 1938 (20) |
| 48 | If I Were a King | 19 | 4% | 1939 (19) |
| 49 | Merrily We Live | 18 | 3% | 1938 (18) |
| 50 | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | 17 | 3% | 1938 (17) |
Lists Included 536
L Total number of lists where the film was selected as one of the top 10 films of the year
L% Percentage of total lists where the film was selected as one of the top 10 films of the year
Lists By Year Number of votes in annual Film Daily poll
The Results of this poll are directly from The Film Daily annual poll that asked newspapers around the nation to submit a top 10 list. Films have been recategorized to U.S. release dates, as the poll often took place prior to year-end.