# List of American films of 1951

A list of American films released in 1951.
Danny Kaye hosted the 24th Academy Awards ceremony on held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The winner of the Best Motion Picture category was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's An American in Paris.
The other four nominated pictures were Decision Before Dawn, A Place in the Sun, Quo Vadis, and A Streetcar Named Desire.
Vivien Leigh won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. Leigh had also played Blanche in the London stage production that had been directed by her then-husband Laurence Olivier. Other Best Actress nominees that year were Katharine Hepburn for The African Queen (Hepburn's 5th Best Actress Nomination), Eleanor Parker for Detective Story, Shelley Winters for A Place in the Sun, and Jane Wyman for The Blue Veil.
Humphrey Bogart won his only Oscar for his portrayal of Charlie Allnut in The African Queen. Other Best Actor nominees for that year were Marlon Brando for A Streetcar Named Desire, Montgomery Clift for A Place in the Sun, Arthur Kennedy for Bright Victory, and Fredric March for Death of a Salesman.
The 9th Golden Globe Awards also honored the best films of 1951. That year's Golden Globes also marked the first time that the Best Picture category was split into Musical or Comedy, or Drama. A Place in the Sun won Best Motion Picture - Drama, while An American in Paris won Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Fredric March won Best Actor, Drama, for Death of a Salesman, while Danny Kaye won Best Actor, Musical or Comedy, for On the Riviera. Jane Wyman won Best Actress, Drama, for her role in The Blue Veil, while June Allyson won Best Actress, Musical or Comedy, for Too Young to Kiss.
1951 also saw the film debut of Grace Kelly and Carroll Baker.

## A

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The 13th Letter | Otto Preminger | Linda Darnell, Charles Boyer, Constance Smith | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Charles Lamont | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Adele Jergens | Comedy–Horror | Universal |
| Abilene Trail | Lewis D. Collins | Whip Wilson, Noel Neill, Andy Clyde | Western | Monogram |
| According to Mrs. Hoyle | Jean Yarbrough | Spring Byington, Anthony Caruso, Tanis Chandler | Comedy crime | Monogram |
| Ace in the Hole | Billy Wilder | Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur | Drama | Paramount |
| Across the Wide Missouri | William A. Wellman | Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalbán, Adolphe Menjou | Western | MGM |
| Adventures of Captain Fabian | William Marshall | Errol Flynn, Micheline Presle, Vincent Price | Adventure | Republic |
| The African Queen | John Huston | Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley | Adventure | Academy Award for Bogart |
| Air Cadet | Joseph Pevney | Gail Russell, Stephen McNally, Alex Nicol | Drama | Universal |
| Al Jennings of Oklahoma | Ray Nazarro | Dan Duryea, Gale Storm, Gloria Henry | Western | Columbia |
| Alice in Wonderland | Clyde Geronimi | Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Sterling Holloway | Animation | Walt Disney |
| Along the Great Divide | Raoul Walsh | Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan | Western | Warner Bros. |
| An American in Paris | Vincente Minnelli | Leslie Caron, Gene Kelly, Oscar Levant | Musical | MGM. Academy Award for Best Picture |
| Angels in the Outfield | Clarence Brown | Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh Keenan Wynn | Sports, Comedy | MGM |
| Anne of the Indies | Jacques Tourneur | Louis Jourdan, Jean Peters, Debra Paget | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Apache Drums | Hugo Fregonese | Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Arthur Shields | Western | Universal |
| Appointment with Danger | Lewis Allen | Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Jan Sterling | Film Noir | Paramount |
| Arizona Manhunt | Fred C. Brannon | Michael Chapin, Eilene Janssen, Lucille Barkley | Western | Republic |
| As Young as You Feel | Harmon Jones | Constance Bennett, Monty Woolley, Jean Peters | Comedy | 20th Century Fox. Cameo by Marilyn Monroe |
| As You Were | Bernard Girard | William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Sondra Rodgers | Comedy | Lippert Pictures |

## B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Badman's Gold | Robert Emmett Tansey | Johnny Carpenter, Kenne Duncan, Emmett Lynn | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| Bannerline | Don Weis | Keefe Brasselle, Sally Forrest, Lionel Barrymore | Drama | MGM |
| The Barefoot Mailman | Earl McEvoy | Robert Cummings, Terry Moore, Jerome Courtland | Comedy | Columbia |
| The Basketball Fix | Felix E. Feist | John Ireland, Marshall Thompson, Vanessa Brown | Drama | Realart |
| Bedtime for Bonzo | Frederick de Cordova | Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak | Comedy | Universal |
| Behave Yourself! | George Beck | Farley Granger, Shelley Winters, Francis L. Sullivan | Comedy | RKO |
| Belle Le Grand | Allan Dwan | Vera Ralston, John Carroll, Grant Withers | Western | Republic |
| Best of the Badmen | William D. Russell | Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Robert Preston | Western | RKO |
| The Big Gusher | Lew Landers | Wayne Morris, Preston Foster, Dorothy Patrick | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Big Night | Joseph Losey | John Drew Barrymore, Joan Lorring, Preston Foster | Film noir | United Artists |
| Bird of Paradise | Delmer Daves | Debra Paget, Louis Jourdan, Jeff Chandler | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Blazing Bullets | Wallace Fox | Johnny Mack Brown, Lois Hall, Stanley Price | Western | Monogram |
| Blue Blood | Lew Landers | Bill Williams, Jane Nigh, Audrey Long | Sports | Monogram |
| The Blue Veil | Joseph Losey | Jane Wyman, Charles Laughton, Joan Blondell | Drama | RKO |
| Bonanza Town | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Myron Healey, Fred F. Sears | Western | Columbia |
| Bowery Battalion | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Donald MacBride | Comedy | Monogram |
| The Brave Bulls | Robert Rossen | Mel Ferrer, Anthony Quinn, Miroslava Stern | Drama | Columbia. Based on the 1949 novel |
| Bride of the Gorilla | Curt Siodmak | Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney Jr., Barbara Payton | Horror | Independent |
| Bright Victory | Mark Robson | Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, Julie Adams | Drama | Universal. Based on Lights Out by Baynard Kendrick |
| Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas | Philip Ford | Michael Chapin, Eilene Janssen, Hugh O'Brian | Western | Republic |
| Bullfighter and the Lady | Budd Boetticher | Robert Stack, Joy Page, Gilbert Roland | Drama | Republic |

## C-D

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Callaway Went Thataway | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, Howard Keel | Comedy | MGM |
| Call Me Mister | Lloyd Bacon | Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Danny Thomas | Musical | 20th Century Fox. Based on the Broadway show |
| Canyon Raiders | Lewis D. Collins | Whip Wilson, Phyllis Coates, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Monogram |
| Casa Manana | Jean Yarbrough | Virginia Welles, Robert Clarke, Robert Karnes | Musical | Monogram |
| Cattle Drive | Kurt Neumann | Joel McCrea, Dean Stockwell, Leon Ames | Western | Universal |
| Cattle Queen | Robert Emmett Tansey | Maria Hart, William Fawcett, Johnny Carpenter | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| Cause for Alarm! | Tay Garnett | Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling | Film noir | MGM |
| Cavalry Scout | Lesley Selander | Rod Cameron, Audrey Long, Jim Davis | Western | Monogram |
| Cave of Outlaws | William Castle | Macdonald Carey, Alexis Smith, Edgar Buchanan | Western | Universal |
| Chain of Circumstance | Will Jason | Margaret Field, Connie Gilchrist, Lawrence Dobkin | Drama | Columbia |
| Chained for Life | Harry L. Fraser | Hilton Twins, Allen Jenkins, Patricia Wright | Crime | Independent |
| Chicago Calling | John Reinhardt | Dan Duryea, Mary Anderson, Ross Elliott | Film noir | United Artists |
| China Corsair | Ray Nazarro | Jon Hall, Lisa Ferraday, Ron Randell | Adventure | Columbia |
| Close to My Heart | William Keighley | Gene Tierney, Ray Milland, Mary Beth Hughes | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Colorado Ambush | Lewis D. Collins | Johnny Mack Brown, Lois Hall, Myron Healey | Western | Monogram |
| Come Fill the Cup | Gordon Douglas | James Cagney, Gig Young, Phyllis Thaxter | Drama | Warner Bros. Oscar nomination for Young |
| Comin' Round the Mountain | Charles Lamont | Abbott and Costello, Dorothy Shay, Kirby Grant | Comedy | Universal |
| The Company She Keeps | John Cromwell | Lizabeth Scott, Jane Greer, Dennis O'Keefe | Drama | RKO |
| Corky of Gasoline Alley | Edward Bernds | Scotty Beckett, Jimmy Lydon, Susan Morrow | Comedy | Columbia |
| Crazy Over Horses | William Beaudine | Bowery Boys, Gloria Saunders, Allen Jenkins | Comedy | Monogram |
| Criminal Lawyer | Seymour Friedman | Pat O'Brien, Jane Wyatt, Mary Castle | Film noir | Columbia |
| Crosswinds | Lewis R. Foster | Rhonda Fleming, John Payne, Forrest Tucker | Adventure | Paramount |
| Cry Danger | Robert Parrish | Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, William Conrad | Film noir | RKO |
| Cuban Fireball | William Beaudine | Estelita Rodriguez, Warren Douglas, Leon Belasco | Musical | Republic |
| Cyclone Fury | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Clayton Moore, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| The Dakota Kid | Philip Ford | Michael Chapin, Eilene Janssen, Margaret Field | Western | Republic |
| Danger Zone | William Berke | Hugh Beaumont, Edward Brophy, Pamela Blake | Film noir | Lippert |
| Darling, How Could You! | Mitchell Leisen | Joan Fontaine, John Lund, Mona Freeman | Comedy | Paramount. Based on a play by James Barrie |
| David and Bathsheba | Henry King | Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Kieron Moore | Historical | 20th Century Fox. From 2nd Old Testament book of Samuel |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | Robert Wise | Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe | Science Fiction | 20th Century Fox. Remade in 2008 |
| Dear Brat | William A. Seiter | Mona Freeman, Billy De Wolfe, Edward Arnold | Comedy | Paramount |
| Death of a Salesman | László Benedek | Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Cameron Mitchell | Drama | Columbia. Based on Arthur Miller play |
| Decision Before Dawn | Anatole Litvak | Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Hildegard Knef | War | 20th Century Fox. From the novel Call It Treason |
| The Desert Fox | Henry Hathaway | James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy | Biographical | 20th Century Fox. Based on the book Rommel |
| Desert of Lost Men | Harry Keller | Allan Lane, Mary Ellen Kay, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Detective Story | William Wyler | Kirk Douglas, William Bendix, Eleanor Parker | Film noir | Paramount |
| Dick Turpin's Ride | Ralph Murphy | Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, Suzanne Dalbert | Adventure | |
| Disc Jockey | Will Jason | Ginny Simms, Tom Drake, Jane Nigh | Musical | Allied Artists |
| Distant Drums | Raoul Walsh | Gary Cooper, Richard Webb, Mari Aldon | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Double Crossbones | Charles Barton | Donald O'Connor, Helena Carter, John Emery | Adventure | Universal |
| Double Dynamite | Irving Cummings | Frank Sinatra, Jane Russell, Groucho Marx | Musical Comedy | RKO |
| Drums in the Deep South | William Cameron Menzies | James Craig, Barbara Payton, Guy Madison | Western | RKO |

## E-H

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Elephant Stampede | Ford Beebe | Johnny Sheffield, Donna Martell, Myron Healey | Adventure | Monogram |
| Elopement | Henry Koster | Clifton Webb, William Lundigan, Anne Francis | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Enforcer | Bretaigne Windust | Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| Excuse My Dust | Roy Rowland | Red Skelton, Sally Forrest, Macdonald Carey | Comedy | MGM |
| FBI Girl | William A. Berke | Cesar Romero, George Brent, Audrey Totter | Film noir | Lippert |
| The Family Secret | Henry Levin | John Derek, Lee J. Cobb, Jody Lawrance | Drama | Columbia |
| Father's Little Dividend | Vincente Minnelli | Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor | Comedy | MGM. Sequel to Father of the Bride |
| Father Takes the Air | Frank McDonald | Raymond Walburn, Walter Catlett, Barbara Brown | Comedy | Monogram |
| The Fat Man | William Castle | Julie London, Rock Hudson, J. Scott Smart | Film noir | Universal |
| Fighting Coast Guard | Joseph Kane | Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker, Ella Raines | Action | Republic |
| Fingerprints Don't Lie | Sam Newfield | Richard Travis, Sheila Ryan, Margia Dean | Crime | Lippert |
| The First Legion | Douglas Sirk | Charles Boyer, Barbara Rush, William Demarest | Drama | United Artists |
| Five | Arch Oboler | Susan Douglas Rubeš, William Phipps, James Anderson | Drama | Columbia |
| Fixed Bayonets! | Samuel Fuller | Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O'Shea | War | 20th Century Fox |
| Flame of Araby | Charles Lamont | Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler, Maxwell Reed | Adventure | Universal |
| Flame of Stamboul | Ray Nazarro | Richard Denning, Lisa Ferraday, Nestor Paiva | Thriller | Columbia |
| Flight to Mars | Lesley Selander | Marguerite Chapman, Cameron Mitchell, Virginia Huston | Science Fiction | Monogram |
| Flying Leathernecks | Nicholas Ray | John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Janis Carter | War | RKO |
| Follow the Sun | Sidney Lanfield | Anne Baxter, Glenn Ford, June Havoc | Biographical | 20th Century Fox |
| Force of Arms | Michael Curtiz | William Holden, Nancy Olson, Frank Lovejoy | War | Warner Bros. |
| Fort Defiance | John Rawlins | Dane Clark, Ben Johnson, Peter Graves | Western | United Artists |
| Fort Dodge Stampede | Harry Keller | Allan Lane, Mary Ellen Kay, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Fort Savage Raiders | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, John Dehner | Western | Columbia |
| Fort Worth | Edwin L. Marin | Randolph Scott, David Brian, Phyllis Thaxter | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Fourteen Hours | Henry Hathaway | Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Debra Paget | Drama | 20th Century Fox. Based on a story by Joel Sayre |
| Francis Goes to the Races | Arthur Lubin | Donald O'Connor, Piper Laurie, Cecil Kellaway | Comedy | Universal; sequel to 1950 film |
| The Frogmen | Lloyd Bacon | Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill | War | 20th Century Fox. First film about scuba diving |
| Fury of the Congo | William Berke | Johnny Weissmuller, Lyle Talbot, William Henry | Adventure | Columbia |
| Gambling House | Ted Tetzlaff | Victor Mature, Terry Moore, William Bendix | Film noir | RKO |
| Gasoline Alley | Edward Bernds | Scotty Beckett, Jimmy Lydon, Susan Morrow | Comedy | Columbia |
| Gene Autry and the Mounties | John English | Gene Autry, Elena Verdugo, Carleton Young | Western | Columbia |
| Ghost Chasers | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Lloyd Corrigan | Comedy | Monogram |
| G.I. Jane | Reginald Le Borg | Jean Porter, Tom Neal, Iris Adrian | Musical | Lippert |
| The Girl on the Bridge | Hugo Haas | Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Judy Clark | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Go for Broke! | Robert Pirosh | Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, Warner Anderson | War | MGM |
| Gold Raiders | Edward Bernds | George O'Brien, Sheila Ryan, Lyle Talbot | Western comedy | United Artists |
| Golden Girl | Lloyd Bacon | Mitzi Gaynor, Dale Robertson, Una Merkel | Musical western | 20th Century Fox |
| The Golden Horde | George Sherman | Ann Blyth, David Farrar, George Macready | Adventure | Universal |
| Goodbye, My Fancy | Vincent Sherman | Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Frank Lovejoy | Romantic comedy | Warner Bros. Based on 1948 play |
| The Great Caruso | Richard Thorpe | Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten | Biographical | MGM. Based on life of Enrico Caruso |
| The Great Missouri Raid | Gordon Douglas | Wendell Corey, Macdonald Carey, Ellen Drew | Western | Paramount |
| The Groom Wore Spurs | Richard Whorf | Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Joan Davis | Comedy | Universal |
| Grounds for Marriage | Robert Z. Leonard | Van Johnson, Kathryn Grayson, Paula Raymond | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| Gunplay | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Joan Dixon, Mauritz Hugo | Western | RKO |
| The Guy Who Came Back | Joseph M. Newman | Paul Douglas, Joan Bennett, Linda Darnell | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Half Angel | Richard Sale | Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Cecil Kellaway | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Halls of Montezuma | Lewis Milestone | Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Robert Wagner | War | 20th Century Fox |
| Hard, Fast and Beautiful | Ida Lupino | Claire Trevor, Sally Forrest, Carleton G. Young | Sports drama | RKO |
| The Harlem Globetrotters | Phil Brown | Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Dandridge, Duke Cumberland | Sports | Columbia |
| Havana Rose | William Beaudine | Estelita Rodriguez, Bill Williams, Hugh Herbert | Musical comedy | Republic |
| He Ran All the Way | John Berry | John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford | Film noir | United Artists |
| Heart of the Rockies | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones | Western | Republic |
| Her First Romance | Seymour Friedman | Margaret O'Brien, Ann Doran, Lloyd Corrigan | Drama | Columbia |
| Here Comes the Groom | Frank Capra | Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Alexis Smith | Musical | Paramount |
| The Highwayman | Lesley Selander | Philip Friend, Wanda Hendrix, Cecil Kellaway | Drama | Monogram. Based on Alfred Noyes poem |
| The Hills of Utah | John English | Gene Autry, Elaine Riley, Donna Martell | Western | Columbia |
| His Kind of Woman | John Farrow, Richard Fleischer | Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price | Film noir | RKO. Howard Hughes production |
| Hollywood Story | William Castle | Julie Adams, Richard Conte, Richard Egan | Crime drama | Universal |
| Home Town Story | Arthur Pierson | Jeffrey Lynn, Marjorie Reynolds, Donald Crisp | Drama | MGM. |
| Honeychile | R.G. Springsteen | Judy Canova, Eddie Foy Jr., Claire Carleton | Comedy | Republic |
| Hong Kong | Lewis R. Foster | Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Nigel Bruce | Adventure | Paramount |
| The Hoodlum | Max Nosseck | Lawrence Tierney, Allene Roberts, Marjorie Riordan | Crime drama | Eagle-Lion |
| Hot Lead | Stuart Gilmore | Tim Holt, Joan Dixon, Richard Martin | Western | RKO |
| The House on Telegraph Hill | Robert Wise | Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, William Lundigan | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| Hunt the Man Down | George Archainbaud | Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, Mary Anderson | Drama | RKO |
| Hurricane Island | Lew Landers | Jon Hall, Marie Windsor, Edgar Barrier | Adventure | Columbia |

## I-M

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Michael Gordon | Susan Hayward, Dan Dailey, George Sanders | Romance | 20th Century Fox. Based on a play by Jerome Weidman |
| I'd Climb the Highest Mountain | Henry King | William Lundigan, Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| I Want You | Mark Robson | Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire, Farley Granger | Romance | RKO |
| I Was an American Spy | Lesley Selander | Ann Dvorak, Gene Evans, Douglas Kennedy | Drama | Allied Artists |
| I Was a Communist for the FBI | Gordon Douglas | Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart, Philip Carey | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| I'll See You in My Dreams | Michael Curtiz | Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy | Biographical | Warner Bros. Based on life of Gus Kahn |
| In Old Amarillo | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Estelita Rodriguez, Penny Edwards | Western | Republic |
| Inside Straight | Gerald Mayer | David Brian, Mercedes McCambridge, Arlene Dahl | Drama | MGM |
| Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison | Crane Wilbur | Steve Cochran, David Brian, Philip Carey | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Insurance Investigator | George Blair | Richard Denning, Audrey Long, Hillary Brooke | Crime | Republic |
| Iron Man | Joseph Pevney | Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes, Stephen McNally | Film noir | Universal; Remake of 1931 film |
| It's a Big Country | Clarence Brown John Sturges Charles Vidor William Wellman | Gary Cooper, Gene Kelly, Fredric March, Ethel Barrymore, Janet Leigh, Nancy Davis | Drama | MGM, anthology film |
| Jim Thorpe – All-American | Michael Curtiz | Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Phyllis Thaxter | Biographical | Warner Bros. Star of 1912 Olympic Games |
| Joe Palooka in Triple Cross | Reginald Le Borg | Joe Kirkwood, Cathy Downs, James Gleason | Comedy | Monogram |
| Journey into Light | Stuart Heisler | Sterling Hayden, Viveca Lindfors, Thomas Mitchell | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Jungle Manhunt | Lew Landers | Johnny Weissmuller, Sheila Ryan, Lyle Talbot | Adventure | Columbia |
| Katie Did It | Frederick De Cordova | Ann Blyth, Mark Stevens, Cecil Kellaway | Comedy | Universal |
| Kentucky Jubilee | Ron Ormond | Jerry Colonna, Jean Porter, James Ellison | Musical | Lippert |
| The Kid from Amarillo | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Harry Lauter | Western | Columbia |
| Kind Lady | John Sturges | Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, Angela Lansbury | Drama | MGM. Remake of 1935 film |
| Korea Patrol | Max Nosseck | Richard Emory, Benson Fong, Sung Li | War | Lippert |
| The Lady from Boston | Bernard Vorhaus | Paul Henreid, Merle Oberon, Jim Gérald | Comedy | United Artists. Co-production with France |
| The Lady from Texas | Joseph Pevney | Howard Duff, Mona Freeman, Josephine Hull | Comedy western | Universal |
| The Lady Pays Off | Douglas Sirk | Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Gigi Perreau | Drama | Universal |
| The Lady Says No | Frank Ross | David Niven, Joan Caulfield, James Robertson Justice | Comedy | United Artists |
| Law of the Badlands | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Joan Dixon, Richard Martin | Western | RKO |
| The Law and the Lady | Edwin H. Knopf | Greer Garson, Michael Wilding, Fernando Lamas | Comedy | MGM. Based on The Last of Mrs. Cheyney |
| Lawless Cowboys | Lewis D. Collins | Whip Wilson, Fuzzy Knight, Pamela Duncan | Western | Monogram |
| The Last Outpost | Lewis R. Foster | Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Bruce Bennett | Western | Paramount; Remake of 1935 film |
| Leave It to the Marines | Sam Newfield | Sid Melton, Margia Dean, Sam Flint | Comedy | Lippert |
| The Lemon Drop Kid | Sidney Lanfield | Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, William Frawley | Comedy | Paramount. Remake of 1934 film; Introduced the song "Silver Bells" |
| Let's Go Navy! | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Allen Jenkins | Comedy | Monogram |
| Let's Make It Legal | Richard Sale | Claudette Colbert, Macdonald Carey, Zachary Scott, Marilyn Monroe | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Light Touch | Richard Brooks | Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, George Sanders | Crime | MGM |
| Lightning Strikes Twice | King Vidor | Ruth Roman, Richard Todd, Zachary Scott | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Lion Hunters | Ford Beebe | Johnny Sheffield, Douglas Kennedy, Ann Todd | Adventure | Monogram |
| Little Big Horn | Charles Marquis Warren | Lloyd Bridges, Marie Windsor, John Ireland | Western | Lippert Pictures |
| Little Egypt | Frederick de Cordova | Rhonda Fleming, Mark Stevens, Nancy Guild | Biography | Universal |
| The Longhorn | Lewis D. Collins | Bill Elliott, Myron Healey, Phyllis Coates | Western | Monogram |
| Lorna Doone | Phil Karlson | Barbara Hale, Richard Greene, William Bishop | Adventure | Columbia |
| Lost Continent | Sam Newfield | Cesar Romero, Hillary Brooke, John Hoyt | Sci-fi | Lippert |
| Love Nest | Joseph Newman | June Haver, William Lundigan, Marilyn Monroe | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Lullaby of Broadway | David Butler | Doris Day, Gene Nelson, S.Z. Sakall | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| M | Joseph Losey | David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Luther Adler | Film noir | Columbia; Remake of 1931 film |
| Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm | Edward Sedgwick | Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Meg Randall | Comedy | Universal. 3rd of a series |
| The Magic Carpet | Lew Landers | Lucille Ball, John Agar, Patricia Medina | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Magic Face | Frank Tuttle | Luther Adler, Patricia Knight, Jaspar von Oertzen | War drama | Columbia |
| The Man from Planet X | Edgar G. Ulmer | Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, William Schallert | Sci-fi | United Artists |
| Man from Sonora | Lewis D. Collins | Johnny Mack Brown, Phyllis Coates, Lyle Talbot | Western | Monogram |
| Man in the Saddle | Andre DeToth | Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew | Western | Columbia |
| The Man with My Face | Edward Montagne | Barry Nelson, Carole Mathews, John Harvey | Film noir | United Artists. |
| The Man with a Cloak | Fletcher Markle | Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern | Drama | MGM. Based on the short story The Gentleman from Paris |
| The Mark of the Renegade | Hugo Fregonese | Ricardo Montalbán, Cyd Charisse, Gilbert Roland | Adventure | Universal |
| Mask of the Avenger | Phil Karlson | John Derek, Anthony Quinn, Jody Lawrance | Adventure | Columbia |
| Mask of the Dragon | Sam Newfield | Richard Travis, Sheila Ryan, Lyle Talbot | Crime | Lippert |
| The Mating Season | Mitchell Leisen | Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins | Comedy | Paramount |
| Meet Me After the Show | Richard Sale | Betty Grable, Rory Calhoun, Macdonald Carey | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Million Dollar Pursuit | R. G. Springsteen | Penny Edwards, Grant Withers, Rhys Williams | Crime | Republic |
| A Millionaire for Christy | George Marshall | Eleanor Parker, Fred MacMurray, Richard Carlson | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Missing Women | Philip Ford | Penny Edwards, John Alvin, John Gallaudet | Crime | Republic |
| The Mob | Robert Parrish | Broderick Crawford, Betty Buehler, Richard Kiley | Film noir | Columbia |
| The Model and the Marriage Broker | George Cukor | Jeanne Crain, Scott Brady, Thelma Ritter | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Montana Desperado | Wallace Fox | Johnny Mack Brown, Myron Healey, Virginia Herrick | Western | Monogram |
| Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell | Henry Koster | Clifton Webb, Joanne Dru, Zero Mostel | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Mr. Imperium | Don Hartman | Lana Turner, Ezio Pinza, Marjorie Main | Romance | MGM |
| Mister Universe | Joseph Lerner | Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Vince Edwards | Comedy | Eagle-Lion |
| My Favorite Spy | Norman Z. McLeod | Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr, Francis L. Sullivan | Comedy | Paramount |
| My Forbidden Past | Robert Stevenson | Ava Gardner, Robert Mitchum, Melvyn Douglas | Drama | RKO |
| My Outlaw Brother | Elliott Nugent | Mickey Rooney, Wanda Hendrix, Robert Preston | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| My True Story | Mickey Rooney | Helen Walker, Willard Parker, Elisabeth Risdon | Film noir | Columbia |

## N-R

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Navy Bound | Paul Landres | Tom Neal, Regis Toomey, John Abbott | Drama | Monogram |
| Nevada Badmen | Lewis D. Collins | Whip Wilson, Phyllis Coates, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Monogram |
| Never Trust a Gambler | Ralph Murphy | Dane Clark, Cathy O'Donnell, Tom Drake | Film noir | Columbia |
| New Mexico | Irving Reis | Lew Ayres, Marilyn Maxwell, Andy Devine | Western | United Artists |
| Night into Morning | Fletcher Markle | Ray Milland, Nancy Davis, John Hodiak | Drama | MGM |
| Night Riders of Montana | Fred C. Brannon | Allan Lane, Claudia Barrett, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| No Questions Asked | Harold F. Kress | Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Jean Hagen | Crime | MGM |
| Northwest Territory | Frank McDonald | Kirby Grant, Gloria Saunders, Warren Douglas | Western | Monogram |
| Oh! Susanna | Joseph Kane | Lorna Gray, Rod Cameron, Forrest Tucker | Western | Republic |
| Oklahoma Justice | Lewis D. Collins | Johnny Mack Brown, Phyllis Coates | Western | Monogram |
| On Dangerous Ground | Nicholas Ray | Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond | Film noir | RKO |
| On the Loose | Charles Lederer | Joan Evans, Melvyn Douglas, Lynn Bari | Drama | RKO |
| On Moonlight Bay | Roy Del Ruth | Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames | Musical | Warner Bros.; followed by By the Light of the Silvery Moon |
| On the Riviera | Walter Lang | Danny Kaye, Gene Tierney, Corinne Calvet | Musical | 20th Century Fox. Based on the play The Red Cat |
| Only the Valiant | Gordon Douglas | Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton, Ward Bond | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Operation Pacific | George Waggner | John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Scott Forbes | War | Warner Bros. |
| Overland Telegraph | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Gail Davis, Mari Blanchard | Western | RKO |
| The Painted Hills | Harold F. Kress | Bruce Cowling, Ann Doran, Paul Kelly | Family | MGM |
| Painting the Clouds with Sunshine | David Butler | Dennis Morgan, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson | Musical | Warner Bros. Remake of Gold Diggers of 1933 |
| Pals of the Golden West | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez | Western | Republic |
| Passage West | Lewis R. Foster | John Payne, Arleen Whelan, Dennis O'Keefe | Western | Paramount |
| Payment on Demand | Curtis Bernhardt | Bette Davis, Barry Sullivan, Kent Taylor | Drama | RKO. Originally titled The Story of a Divorce |
| Pecos River | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Steve Darrell | Western | Columbia |
| Peking Express | William Dieterle | Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, Edmund Gwenn | Thriller | Paramount. Second remake of Shanghai Express |
| The People Against O'Hara | John Sturges | Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien, Diana Lynn | Film noir | MGM |
| People Will Talk | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Hume Cronyn | Romantic comedy | 20th Century Fox. Based on a play by Curt Goetz |
| Pickup | Hugo Haas | Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Allan Nixon | Film noir | Columbia |
| Pier 23 | William Berke | Hugh Beaumont, Ann Savage, Margia Dean | Crime comedy | Lippert |
| Pistol Harvest | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Joan Dixon, Richard Martin | Western | RKO |
| A Place in the Sun | George Stevens | Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Shelley Winters, | Drama | Paramount. Based on a book by Theodore Dreiser; won 6 Academy Awards |
| Prairie Roundup | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Mary Castle, Frank Fenton | Western | Columbia |
| Pride of Maryland | Philip Ford | Peggy Stewart, Stanley Clements, Frankie Darro | Drama | Republic |
| The Prince Who Was a Thief | Rudolph Mate | Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Peggie Castle | Adventure | Universal |
| The Prowler | Joseph Losey | Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, Katherine Warren | Film noir | United Artists |
| Purple Heart Diary | Richard Quine | Frances Langford, Judd Holdren, Aline Towne | Drama | Columbia |
| Quebec | George Templeton | John Drew Barrymore, Corinne Calvet, Patric Knowles | Historical drama | Paramount |
| Quo Vadis | Mervyn LeRoy | Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, | Historical epic | MGM; based on the novel; 8 Oscar nominations; Golden Globe won by Ustinov |
| Queen for a Day | Arthur Lubin | Jack Bailey, Phyllis Avery, Helen Mowery | Comedy | United Artists |
| The Racket | John Cromwell | Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Lizabeth Scott, | Film noir | RKO. Remake of the 1928 film |
| The Raging Tide | George Sherman | Shelley Winters, Richard Conte, Stephen McNally | Film noir | Universal |
| Raton Pass | Edwin L. Marin | Patricia Neal, Dennis Morgan, Scott Forbes | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Rawhide | Henry Hathaway | Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe | Western | 20th Century Fox; Became TV series |
| The Red Badge of Courage | John Huston | Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, Douglas Dick | War | MGM. Based on Stephen Crane novel |
| The Redhead and the Cowboy | Leslie Fenton | Rhonda Fleming, Glenn Ford, Edmond O'Brien | Western | Paramount |
| Red Mountain | William Dieterle | Alan Ladd, Lizabeth Scott, Arthur Kennedy | Western | Paramount |
| Reunion in Reno | Kurt Neumann | Mark Stevens, Peggy Dow, Gigi Perreau | Drama | Universal |
| Rhubarb | Arthur Lubin | Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart | Comedy | Paramount. Based on H. Allen Smith book |
| Rhythm Inn | Paul Landres | Jane Frazee, Kirby Grant, Lois Collier | Musical | Monogram |
| Rich, Young and Pretty | Norman Taurog | Jane Powell, Wendell Corey, Danielle Darrieux | Musical | MGM |
| Ridin' the Outlaw Trail | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Jim Bannon, Edgar Dearing | Western | Columbia |
| The River | Jean Renoir | Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields | Romance | United Artists |
| Roadblock | Harold Daniels | Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore | Film noir | RKO |
| Roaring City | William Berke | Hugh Beaumont, Wanda McKay, Joan Valerie | Crime | Lippert |
| Rodeo King and the Senorita | Philip Ford | Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Buddy Ebsen | Western | Republic |
| Rogue River | John Rawlins | Rory Calhoun, Peter Graves, Frank Fenton | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| Rough Riders of Durango | Fred C. Brannon | Allan Lane, Aline Towne, Steve Darrell | Western | Republic |
| Royal Wedding | Stanley Donen | Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford | Musical | MGM. Donen's first solo film |

## S-Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Saddle Legion | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Dorothy Malone, Richard Martin | Western | RKO |
| Santa Fe | Irving Pichel | Randolph Scott, Janis Carter, Jerome Courtland | Western | Columbia |
| Saturday's Hero | David Miller | John Derek, Donna Reed, Sidney Blackmer | Sports drama | Columbia |
| Savage Drums | William Berke | Sabu, Lita Baron, H. B. Warner | Adventure | Lippert |
| The Scarf | Ewald Andre Dupont | Mercedes McCambridge, John Ireland, Emlyn Williams | Drama | United Artists |
| The Sea Hornet | Joseph Kane | Rod Cameron, Adele Mara, Lorna Gray | Adventure | Republic |
| Sealed Cargo | Alfred L. Werker | Dana Andrews, Carla Balenda, Claude Rains | War | RKO |
| The Secret of Convict Lake | Michael Gordon | Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Zachary Scott | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Secrets of Monte Carlo | George Blair | Warren Douglas, Lois Hall, June Vincent | Crime | Republic |
| Show Boat | George Sidney | Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner | Musical | MGM. Based on novel by Edna Ferber; remake of 1936 film |
| Silver Canyon | John English | Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Bob Steele | Western | Columbia |
| Silver City | Byron Haskin | Edmond O'Brien, Yvonne De Carlo, Barry Fitzgerald | Western | Paramount |
| Silver City Bonanza | George Blair | Rex Allen, Buddy Ebsen, Mary Ellen Kay | Western | Republic |
| Sirocco | Curtis Bernhardt | Humphrey Bogart, Märta Torén, Lee J. Cobb | Film noir | Columbia. Based on novel Coup de Grace |
| Skipalong Rosenbloom | Sam Newfield | Max Rosenbloom, Max Baer, Hillary Brooke | Western | United Artists |
| Sky High | Sam Newfield | Sid Melton, Margia Dean, Sam Flint | Comedy | Lippert |
| Slaughter Trail | Irving Allen | Gig Young, Brian Donlevy, Virginia Grey | Western | RKO |
| Smuggler's Gold | William Berke | Cameron Mitchell, Amanda Blake, William Forrest | Adventure | Columbia |
| Smuggler's Island | Edward Ludwig | Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes, Philip Friend | Adventure | Universal |
| Snake River Desperadoes | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Monte Blue, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| Soldiers Three | Tay Garnett | Stewart Granger, Walter Pidgeon, David Niven | Adventure | MGM |
| The Son of Dr. Jekyll | Seymour Friedman | Louis Hayward, Jody Lawrance, Alexander Knox | Horror | Columbia |
| South of Caliente | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Douglas Fowley | Western | Republic |
| Spoilers of the Plains | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones | Western | Republic |
| St. Benny the Dip | Edgar G. Ulmer | Dick Haymes, Nina Foch, Roland Young | Comedy | United Artists |
| Stage to Blue River | Lewis D. Collins | Whip Wilson, Fuzzy Knight, Phyllis Coates | Western | Monogram |
| Stagecoach Driver | Lewis D. Collins | Whip Wilson, Fuzzy Knight, Gloria Winters | Western | Monogram |
| Starlift | Roy Del Ruth | Janice Rule, Dick Wesson, Ruth Roman | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| The Steel Helmet | Samuel Fuller | Gene Evans, Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie | War | Lippert |
| Stop That Cab | Eugenio de Liguoro | Sid Melton, Iris Adrian, Marjorie Lord | Comedy crime | Lippert |
| Storm Warning | Stuart Heisler | Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Ginger Rogers | Thriller | Warner Bros. |
| The Strange Door | Joseph Pevney | Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest | Horror | Universal |
| Strangers on a Train | Alfred Hitchcock | Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker | Suspense | Warner Bros.; based on Patricia Highsmith novel |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Elia Kazan | Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden | Drama | Warner Bros. written by Tennessee Williams; Oscars for Leigh, Malden, Hunter |
| Street Bandits | R. G. Springsteen | Penny Edwards, Robert Clarke, Roy Barcroft | Crime | Republic |
| Strictly Dishonorable | Melvin Frank | Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh, Gale Robbins | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| The Strip | László Kardos | Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, James Craig | Musical | MGM |
| Stronghold | Steve Sekely | Veronica Lake, Zachary Scott, Rita Macedo | Historical | Lippert |
| Submarine Command | John Farrow | William Holden, Nancy Olson, William Bendix | War | Paramount |
| Sugarfoot | Edwin L. Marin | Randolph Scott, Adele Jergens, Raymond Massey | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Sunny Side of the Street | Richard Quine | Frankie Laine, Audrey Long, Terry Moore | Comedy | Columbia |
| Superman and the Mole Men | Lee Sholem | George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jeff Corey | Action | Lippert. Based on DC Comics character |
| The Sword of Monte Cristo | Maurice Geraghty | George Montgomery, Rita Corday, William Conrad | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Take Care of My Little Girl | Jean Negulesco | Jeanne Crain, Dale Robertson, Mitzi Gaynor | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Tales of Robin Hood | James Tinling | Robert Clarke, Mary Hatcher, Paul Cavanagh | Adventure | Lippert |
| The Tall Target | Anthony Mann | Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou | Film noir | MGM |
| The Tanks are Coming | D. Ross Lederman | Steve Cochran, Philip Carey, Mari Aldon | War | Warner Bros. |
| Target Unknown | George Sherman | Mark Stevens, Alex Nicol, Gig Young | War | Universal |
| Tarzan's Peril | Byron Haskin | Lex Barker, Virginia Huston, George Macready | Adventure | RKO; one of Tarzan series |
| Ten Tall Men | Willis Goldbeck | Burt Lancaster, Jody Lawrance, Gilbert Roland | Adventure | Columbia |
| Teresa | Fred Zinnemann | Pier Angeli, John Ericson, Peggy Ann Garner | Drama | MGM |
| Texans Never Cry | Frank McDonald | Gene Autry, Mary Castle, Russell Hayden | Western | Columbia |
| Texas Carnival | Charles Walters | Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Howard Keel, Ann Miller | Musical comedy | MGM |
| Texas Lawmen | Lewis D. Collins | Johnny Mack Brown, James Ellison, Lee Roberts | Western | Monogram |
| The Texas Rangers | Phil Karlson | George Montgomery, Gale Storm, Jerome Courtland | Western | Columbia; Remake of 1936 film |
| That's My Boy | Hal Walker | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Ruth Hussey | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Thing from Another World | Howard Hawks | Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Dewey Martin | Science fiction | RKO. Remade in 1982 as The Thing |
| Three Desperate Men | Sam Newfield | Preston Foster, Jim Davis, Virginia Grey | Western | Lippert |
| Three Guys Named Mike | Charles Walters | Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Howard Keel | Drama | MGM |
| Three Husbands | Irving Reis | Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, Vanessa Brown | Comedy | United Artists |
| Three Steps North | W. Lee Wilder | Lloyd Bridges, Lea Padovani, Aldo Fabrizi | Crime | United Artists |
| Thunder in God's Country | George Blair | Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Buddy Ebsen | Western | Republic |
| Thunder on the Hill | Douglas Sirk | Claudette Colbert, Ann Blyth, Anne Crawford | Film noir | Universal |
| The Thundering Trail | Ron Ormond | Lash La Rue, Al St. John, Archie R. Twitchell | Western | Realart |
| Tokyo File 212 | Dorrell McGowan | Florence Marly, Lee Frederick, Katsuhiko Haida | Espionage | RKO. First Hollywood film entirely filmed in Japan |
| Tomahawk | George Sherman | Van Heflin, Yvonne De Carlo, Alex Nicol | Western | Universal |
| Tomorrow Is Another Day | Felix Feist | Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Lurene Tuttle | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Too Young to Kiss | Robert Z. Leonard | June Allyson, Van Johnson, Gig Young | Comedy | MGM. Golden Globe for Allyson |
| Two-Dollar Bettor | Edward L. Cahn | Steve Brodie, Marie Windsor, Walter Kingsford | Film noir | Realart |
| Two Gals and a Guy | Alfred E. Green | Janis Paige, Robert Alda, James Gleason | Comedy | United Artists |
| Two Lost Worlds | Norman Dawn | Kasey Rogers, James Arness, Bill Kennedy | Sci-fi | Eagle-Lion |
| Two of a Kind | Henry Levin | Edmond O'Brien, Lizabeth Scott, Terry Moore | Film noir | Columbia |
| Two Tickets to Broadway | James V. Kern | Tony Martin, Janet Leigh, Eddie Bracken | Musical | RKO |
| The Unknown Man | Richard Thorpe | Walter Pidgeon, Ann Harding, Barry Sullivan | Drama | MGM |
| Unknown World | Terry O. Morse | Marilyn Nash, Victor Kilian, Bruce Kellogg | Sci-fi | Lippert |
| Up Front | Alexander Hall | David Wayne, Tom Ewell, Marina Berti | Comedy | Universal |
| Utah Wagon Train | Philip Ford | Rex Allen, Penny Edwards, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Valentino | Lewis Allen | Eleanor Parker, Anthony Dexter, Patricia Medina | Biographical | Columbia |
| Valley of Fire | John English | Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Russell Hayden | Western | Columbia |
| The Vanishing Outpost | Ron Ormond | Lash La Rue, Al St. John, Bud Osborne | Western | Independent |
| Varieties on Parade | Ron Ormond | Jackie Coogan, Tom Neal, Iris Adrian | Musical | Lippert |
| Vengeance Valley | Richard Thorpe | Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru | Western | MGM |
| Dead or Alive | Thomas Carr | Whip Wilson, Christine McIntyre, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Monogram |
| Warpath | Byron Haskin | Edmond O'Brien, Dean Jagger, Forrest Tucker | Western | Paramount |
| Week-End with Father | Douglas Sirk | Van Heflin, Patricia Neal, Gigi Perreau | Comedy | Universal |
| The Well | Leo C. Popkin, Russell Rouse | Richard Rober, Harry Morgan, Maidie Norman | Drama | United Artists |
| Wells Fargo Gunmaster | Philip Ford | Allan Lane, Mary Ellen Kay, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Westward the Women | William A. Wellman | Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, John McIntire | Western | MGM |
| When I Grow Up | Michael Kanin | Robert Preston, Martha Scott, Bobby Driscoll | Drama | United Artists |
| When the Redskins Rode | Lew Landers | Jon Hall, Mary Castle, John Ridgely | Adventure | Columbia |
| When Worlds Collide | Rudolph Mate | Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen | Sci-fi | Paramount |
| The Whip Hand | W.C. Menzies | Carla Balenda, Elliott Reid, Raymond Burr | Western | RKO |
| Whirlwind | John English | Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Thurston Hall | Western | Columbia |
| The Whistle at Eaton Falls | Robert Siodmak | Lloyd Bridges, Dorothy Gish, Carleton Carpenter | Drama | Columbia |
| Whistling Hills | Derwin Abrahams | Johnny Mack Brown, James Ellison, Noel Neill | Western | Monogram |
| The Wild Blue Yonder | Allan Dwan | Wendell Corey, Vera Ralston, Forrest Tucker | War drama | Republic |
| A Yank in Korea | Lew Landers | Lon McCallister, Brett King, William Tannen | War | Columbia |
| Yellow Fin | Frank McDonald | Wayne Morris, Lorna Gray, Gloria Henry | Adventure | Monogram |
| You Never Can Tell | Lou Breslow | Dick Powell, Peggy Dow, Joyce Holden | Comedy | Universal |
| You're in the Navy Now | Henry Hathaway | Gary Cooper, Jane Greer, Millard Mitchell | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Yukon Manhunt | Frank McDonald | Kirby Grant, Gail Davis, Margaret Field | Western | Monogram |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Best Is Yet to Come | Kroger Babb | - | Exploitation | |
| The Big Lie | | | War | Cold War propaganda |
| Day of the Fight | Stanley Kubrick | Walter Cartier | Documentary | First picture directed by Kubrick |
| Flying Padre | Stanley Kubrick | Fred Stadmueller | Documentary | Kubrick's second film |

## Serials

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Judd Holdren | Serial | |
| Don Daredevil Rides Again | Fred C. Brannon | Ken Curtis, Aline Towne | Serial | |
| Government Agents vs Phantom Legion | Fred C. Brannon | Walter Reed, Mary Ellen Kay | Serial | 12-chapter serial |
| Mysterious Island | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Richard Crane, Marshall Reed | Serial | Based on the Jules Verne novel |

## Shorts

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Baby Sitters Jitters | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy | |
| Ballot Box Bunny | Friz Freleng | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| A Bear For Punishment | Chuck Jones | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Big Top Bunny | Robert McKimson | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| A Bone for a Bone | Friz Freleng | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Bunny Hugged | Chuck Jones | Looney Tunes | Animation | Remake of the short Rabbit Punch |
| Casanova Cat | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Cat Napping | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Cheese Chasers | Chuck Jones | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Chow Hound | Chuck Jones | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Cruise Cat | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Destination Meatball | Walter Lantz | Woody Woodpecker | Animation | |
| Don't Throw That Knife | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy | |
| Drip-Along Daffy | Chuck Jones | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Duck and Cover | Anthony Rizzo | | Propaganda | |
| The Flying Cat | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| French Rarebit | Robert McKimson | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Gerald McBoing-Boing | Robert Cannon | Marvin Miller | Animation | Academy Award: Best Animated Short |
| His Mouse Friday | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Hula-La-La | Edward Bernds | Three Stooges | Comedy | |
| Jerry and Jumbo | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Jerry and the Goldfish | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Just Ducky | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Lambert the Sheepish Lion | Jack Hannah | | Animated | 8 minutes |
| Merry Mavericks | Edward Bernds | Three Stooges | Comedy | |
| Nit-Witty Kitty | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| No Smoking | Jack Kinney | Goofy | Animation | |
| Pest Man Wins | Jules White | Three Stooges | Comedy | |
| The Prize Pest | Robert McKimson | Looney Tunes | Animation | Final screwball Daffy Duck cartoon |
| Rabbit Fire | Chuck Jones | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Scrambled Brains | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy | |
| Sleepy-Time Tom | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Slicked-up Pup | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Three Arabian Nuts | Edward Bernds | Three Stooges | Comedy | |
| The Tooth Will Out | Edward Bernds | The Three Stooges | Comedy | |
| The Wearing of the Grin | Chuck Jones | Porky Pig | Animated | |