Chasing Yesterday is a 1935 American historical drama film directed by George Nicholls Jr. using a screenplay by Francis Edward Faragoh, adapted from the 1881 novel Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard, by Anatole France. Released on May 3, 1935, the film stars Anne Shirley, O. P. Heggie, and Helen Westley.

A Parisian book collector realizes that the only clue to the whereabouts of a long-missing rare book is a love note from his own youth. He returns to his hometown in search of the book, but instead discovers that his former lover has been survived by a teenage daughter. He becomes emotionally attached to the girl, and plans to adopt her. But he has to face the crooked lawyer who serves as her current legal guardian.