1930s
| Production Company | Title | Chapters | Genre | Director | Cast | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | ||||||
| Ben Wilson Productions | The Voice from the Sky | 10 | Science fiction | Ben F. Wilson | ||
| Mascot Pictures | The Lone Defender | 12 | Western | Richard Thorpe | Rin Tin Tin | |
| Talking Picture Epics Inc. | Across the World with Mr & Mrs Martin Johnson | Documentary | James Leo Meehan | |||
| Hunting Tigers in India | Documentary | James Leo Meehan | ||||
| Universal Studios | The Jade Box | 10 | Ray Taylor | |||
| The Lightning Express | 10 | Western | Henry MacRae | |||
| Terry of the Times | 10 | Henry MacRae | ||||
| The Indians are Coming | 12 | Western | Henry MacRae | Tim McCoy | First all-talking serial | |
| 1931 | ||||||
| Mascot Pictures | The Phantom of the West | 10 | Western | D. Ross Lederman | Tom Tyler | |
| King of the Wild | 12 | Jungle | B. Reeves Eason and Richard Thorpe | Boris Karloff | ||
| The Vanishing Legion | 12 | Western | Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason | |||
| The Galloping Ghost | 12 | Sports | Reaves Eason | Harold "Red" Grange | ||
| The Lightning Warrior | 12 | Western | Benjamin H. Kline and Armand Schaefer | Rin Tin Tin | ||
| Metropolitan Pictures | The Sign of the Wolf | 10 | Western | Forrest Sheldon and Harry S. Webb | Rex Lease | |
| Syndicate Pictures | The Mystery Trooper | 10 | Western | Stuart Paton and Harry S. Webb | ||
| Universal Studios | Finger Prints | 10 | Ray Taylor | |||
| Heroes of the Flames | 12 | Robert F. Hill | Tim McCoy | |||
| Danger Island | 12 | Jungle | Ray Taylor | |||
| Battling with Buffalo Bill | 12 | Western | Ray Taylor | |||
| The Spell of the Circus | 12 | Robert F. Hill | ||||
| 1932 | ||||||
| Mascot Pictures | The Shadow of the Eagle | 12 | Crime | Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason | John Wayne | |
| The Last of the Mohicans | 12 | Western | Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason | Harry Carey | ||
| The Hurricane Express | 12 | Crime | J.P. McGowan and Armand Schaefer | John Wayne | ||
| The Devil Horse | 12 | Western | Otto Brower | Harry Carey | ||
| RKO Radio Pictures (produced by Van Beuren Productions) | The Last Frontier | 12 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Lon Chaney, Jr. (as Creighton Chaney) | |
| Universal Studios | Detective Lloyd | 12 | Crime | Ray Taylor and Henry MacRae | Jack Lloyd | British cast and co-production, released in Europe as Lloyd of the C.I.D. |
| The Airmail Mystery | 12 | Aviation | Ray Taylor | James Flavin | ||
| Heroes of the West | 12 | Western | Ray Taylor | |||
| The Jungle Mystery | 12 | Jungle | Ray Taylor | |||
| The Lost Special | 12 | Western | Henry MacRae | |||
| 1933 | ||||||
| Mascot Pictures | The Whispering Shadow | 12 | Colbert Clark and Albert Herman | Béla Lugosi | ||
| The Three Musketeers | 12 | Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer | John Wayne, Lon Chaney Jr. | |||
| Fighting with Kit Carson | 12 | Western | Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer | |||
| The Wolf Dog | 12 | Western | Colbert Clark and Harry L. Fraser | Rin Tin Tin | ||
| The Mystery Squadron | 12 | Aviation | Colbert Clark and David Howard | Bob Steele | ||
| Principal Pictures | Tarzan the Fearless | 12 | Jungle | Robert F. Hill | Buster Crabbe | |
| The Return of Chandu | 12 | Fantasy | Ray Taylor | Béla Lugosi | ||
| Universal Studios | Clancy of the Mounted | 12 | Northern | Ray Taylor | ||
| The Phantom of the Air | 12 | Aviation | Ray Taylor | |||
| Gordon of Ghost City | 12 | Western | Ray Taylor | Buck Jones | ||
| The Perils of Pauline | 12 | Damsel in distress | Ray Taylor | Evelyn Knapp | ||
| 1934 | ||||||
| Mascot Pictures | The Lost Jungle | 12 | Jungle | David Howard and Armand Schaefer | Clyde Beatty | |
| Burn 'Em Up Barnes | 12 | Sports | Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer | Jack Mulhall, Frankie Darro | ||
| The Law of the Wild | 12 | B. Reeves Eason and Armand Schaefer | Rin Tin Tin | |||
| Mystery Mountain | 12 | Western | Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason | Ken Maynard, Gene Autry | ||
| Romance Productions Incorporated | Young Eagles | 12 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Bobby Cox | ||
| Universal Studios | Pirate Treasure | 12 | Maritime | Ray Taylor | Richard Talmadge | |
| The Vanishing Shadow | 12 | Science fiction | Lew Landers | Onslow Stevens | ||
| The Red Rider | 15 | Western | Lew Landers | Buck Jones | ||
| Tailspin Tommy | 12 | Aviation | Lew Landers | Maurice Murphy | ||
| 1935 | ||||||
| Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises | The New Adventures of Tarzan | 12 | Jungle | Edward A. Kull | Herman Brix | |
| Mascot Pictures | The Phantom Empire | 12 | Western, Science fiction | Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason | Gene Autry | |
| The Miracle Rider | 15 | Western | Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason | Tom Mix | ||
| The Adventures of Rex and Rinty | 12 | B. Reeves Eason and Ford Beebe | Rin Tin Tin. Rex, the Wonder Horse | |||
| The Fighting Marines | 12 | B. Reeves Eason and Joseph Kane | Grant Withers, Adrian Morris | Last Mascot serial - merged into Republic Pictures | ||
| Screen Attractions | Queen of the Jungle | 12 | Jungle | Robert F. Hill | Mary Kornman | |
| Super Serial Productions Inc. | The Lost City | 12 | Science fiction | Harry Revier | Kane Richmond | |
| Universal Studios | Rustlers of Red Dog | 12 | Western | Lew Landers | Johnny Mack Brown | |
| The Call of the Savage | 12 | Jungle | Lew Landers | Noah Beery, Jr. | ||
| The Roaring West | 15 | Western | Ray Taylor | Buck Jones | ||
| Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery | 12 | Aviation | Ray Taylor | Clark Williams | ||
| 1936 Beginning of the Golden Age of Serials |
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| Republic Pictures | Darkest Africa | 15 | Jungle | B. Reeves Eason and Joseph Kane | Clyde Beatty | First Republic serial |
| Undersea Kingdom | 12 | Science fiction | B. Reeves Eason and Joseph Kane | Ray Corrigan | ||
| The Vigilantes Are Coming | 12 | Western | Ray Taylor and Mack V. Wright | Hoot Gibson | ||
| Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island | 14 | Maritime | Ray Taylor and Mack V. Wright | Ray Mala | ||
| Stage & Screen Productions (Weiss Bros.) | Custer's Last Stand | 15 | Western | Elmer Clifton | Rex Lease | |
| Stage & Screen Productions (Weiss Bros.) | The Clutching Hand | 15 | Mystery | Albert Herman | Jack Mulhall, Mae Busch | |
| Stage & Screen Productions (Weiss Bros.) | The Black Coin | 15 | Mystery | Albert Herman | Dave O'Brien | |
| Universal Studios | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | 12 | Sports | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | Donald Briggs, Jean Rogers | |
| Flash Gordon | 13 | Science fiction | Frederick Stephani | Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton | ||
| The Phantom Rider | 15 | Western | Ray Taylor | Buck Jones | ||
| Ace Drummond | 15 | Aviation | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | John King | ||
| Victory Pictures (Sam Katzman) | Shadow of Chinatown | 15 | Mystery, Yellow peril | Robert F. Hill | Béla Lugosi, Herman Brix | |
| 1937 | ||||||
| Columbia Pictures | Jungle Menace | 15 | Jungle | Harry L. Fraser and George Melford | Frank Buck | First Columbia serial (produced by Weiss Bros.) |
| The Mysterious Pilot | 15 | Aviation | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Frank Hawks | Produced by Weiss Bros. | |
| Republic Pictures | Dick Tracy | 15 | Crime | Alan James | Ralph Byrd | |
| The Painted Stallion | 12 | Western | Alan James | Ray Corrigan | ||
| S.O.S. Coast Guard | 12 | Maritime, Science fiction | Alan James | Béla Lugosi, Ralph Byrd | ||
| Zorro Rides Again | 12 | Western | William Witney | John Carroll | ||
| Universal Studios | Jungle Jim | 12 | Jungle | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | ||
| Secret Agent X-9 | 12 | Crime | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | Scott Kolk | ||
| Wild West Days | 13 | Western | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | Johnny Mack Brown | ||
| Radio Patrol | 12 | Crime | Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith | Grant Withers | ||
| Tim Tyler's Luck | 12 | Jungle | Ford Beebe and Wyndham Gittens | Frankie Thomas | ||
| Victory Pictures (Sam Katzman) | Blake of Scotland Yard | 15 | Crime | Robert F. Hill | Ralph Byrd | Last independent American serial |
| 1938 | ||||||
| Columbia Pictures | The Secret of Treasure Island | 15 | Jungle | Elmer Clifton | Don Terry, Walter Miller | Last serial produced by Weiss Bros. |
| The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | 15 | Western | Mack V. Wright and Sam Nelson | |||
| The Spider's Web | 15 | Superhero | Ray Taylor and James W. Horne | Warren Hull | ||
| Republic Pictures | The Lone Ranger | 15 | Western | William Witney and John English | Lee Powell | |
| The Fighting Devil Dogs | 12 | Science fiction | William Witney and John English | Lee Powell | ||
| Dick Tracy Returns | 15 | Crime | William Witney and John English | Ralph Byrd | ||
| Hawk of the Wilderness | 12 | Jungle | William Witney and John English | Herman Brix, Ray Mala | ||
| Universal Studios | Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars | 15 | Science fiction | Frederick Stephani | Buster Crabbe | |
| Flaming Frontiers | 15 | Western | Alan James and Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown | ||
| Red Barry | 13 | Crime | Alan James | Buster Crabbe | ||
| 1939 | ||||||
| Columbia Pictures | Flying G-Men | 15 | Aviation | Ray Taylor and James W. Horne | Robert Paige | |
| Mandrake the Magician | 12 | Mystery | Sam Nelson and Norman Deming | Warren Hull | ||
| Overland with Kit Carson | 15 | Western | Sam Nelson and Norman Deming | |||
| Republic Pictures | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | 15 | Western | William Witney and John English | Robert Livingston | |
| Daredevils of the Red Circle | 12 | Adventure | William Witney and John English | Charles Quigley, Herman Brix | ||
| Dick Tracy's G-Men | 15 | Crime | William Witney and John English | Ralph Byrd, Phylis Isley (Jennifer Jones) | ||
| Zorro's Fighting Legion | 12 | Western | William Witney and John English | Reed Hadley | ||
| Universal Studios | Scouts to the Rescue | 12 | Adventure | Alan James and Ray Taylor | Jackie Cooper | |
| Buck Rogers | 12 | Science fiction | Ford Beebe and Saul A. Goodkind | Buster Crabbe | ||
| The Oregon Trail | 15 | Western | Ford Beebe and Saul A. Goodkind | Johnny Mack Brown | ||
| The Phantom Creeps | 12 | Science fiction | Ford Beebe and Saul A. Goodkind | Béla Lugosi | ||
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