# List of American films of 1953

The following is a list of American films released in 1953.
Donald O'Connor and Fredric March cohosted the 26th Academy Awards ceremony on March 25, 1954, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. This was the second year in which the ceremony was telecast, with viewership at an estimated 43,000,000.
The winner in the Best Motion Picture category was Columbia's From Here to Eternity. All of the major-category winners were black-and-white films.
The 11th Golden Globe Awards also honored the best films of 1953. There was no award for Best Picture in either the Musical or Comedy categories.
Spencer Tracy won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a drama film for The Actress, while David Niven won Best Actor in the Musical or Comedy genre for The Moon Is Blue. Audrey Hepburn won Best Actress for Roman Holiday, and Ethel Merman won for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy film for her role in Call Me Madam. The Robe won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture.

## A-B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The 49th Man | Fred F. Sears | Richard Denning, John Ireland, Suzanne Dalbert | Film noir | Columbia |
| 99 River Street | Phil Karlson | John Payne, Evelyn Keyes | Film noir | United Artists |
| The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T | Roy Rowland | Tommy Rettig, Mary Healy | Musical fantasy | Columbia |
| Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Charles Lamont | Abbott and Costello, Horace McMahon, Martha Hyer, Mari Blanchard | Comedy | Universal |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Charles Lamont | Abbott and Costello, Boris Karloff | Comedy | Universal |
| Act of Love | Anatole Litvak | Kirk Douglas, Dany Robin | Drama | United Artists |
| The Actress | George Cukor | Jean Simmons, Spencer Tracy, Teresa Wright | Drama | MGM; based on Ruth Gordon |
| The Affairs of Dobie Gillis | Don Weis | Debbie Reynolds, Bob Fosse | Musical comedy | MGM; became TV series |
| Affair with a Stranger | Roy Rowland | Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Monica Lewis | Drama | RKO |
| The All American | Jesse Hibbs | Tony Curtis, Lori Nelson, Mamie Van Doren | Sports drama | Universal |
| All Ashore | Richard Quine | Mickey Rooney, Dick Haymes, Peggy Ryan, Ray McDonald | Comedy, Musical | Columbia |
| All I Desire | Douglas Sirk | Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Lori Nelson | Drama | Universal |
| All the Brothers Were Valiant | Richard Thorpe | Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth | Adventure | MGM; remake of 1923 film |
| Ambush at Tomahawk Gap | Fred F. Sears | John Hodiak, John Derek | Western | Columbia |
| Angel Face | Otto Preminger | Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman | Film noir | RKO |
| Appointment in Honduras | Jacques Tourneur | Glenn Ford, Ann Sheridan, Zachary Scott | Adventure | RKO |
| Arena | Richard Fleischer | Gig Young, Jean Hagen, Polly Bergen | Drama | MGM |
| Arrowhead | Charles Warren | Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Katy Jurado | Adventure | Paramount |
| Back to God's Country | Joseph Pevney | Rock Hudson, Marcia Henderson, Steve Cochran | Adventure, Western | Universal |
| Bad for Each Other | Irving Rapper | Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott | Film noir | Columbia |
| The Bandits of Corsica | Ray Nazarro | Paula Raymond, Richard Greene, Raymond Burr | Adventure | United Artists |
| Bandits of the West | Harry Keller | Allan Lane, Cathy Downs | Western | Republic |
| The Band Wagon | Vincente Minnelli | Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray | Musical | MGM; 5 Oscar nominations |
| Battle Circus | John Huston | Humphrey Bogart, June Allyson, Robert Keith, Keenan Wynn | Drama | MGM |
| The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | Eugène Lourié | Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway | Science fiction | Warner Bros. |
| Beat the Devil | John Huston | Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lorre | Comedy | United Artists |
| Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Robert D. Webb | Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| The Bigamist | Ida Lupino | Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmond O'Brien | Drama | Independent |
| The Big Heat | Fritz Lang | Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame Jocelyn Brando | Film noir | Columbia |
| Big Leaguer | Robert Aldrich | Edward G. Robinson, Vera-Ellen | Comedy | MGM |
| Blowing Wild | Hugo Fregonese | Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Ruth Roman | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Blue Gardenia | Fritz Lang | Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| A Blueprint for Murder | Andrew L. Stone | Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill | Thriller | 20th Century Fox |
| Born to the Saddle | William Beaudine | Chuck Courtney, Donald Woods | Western | Astor Pictures |
| Botany Bay | John Farrow | Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina | Adventure | Paramount |
| Bright Road | Gerald Mayer | Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte | Drama | MGM |
| By the Light of the Silvery Moon | David Butler | Doris Day, Gordon MacRae | Musical | Warner Bros.; On Moonlight Bay sequel |

## C

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Caddy | Norman Taurog | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Donna Reed | Comedy | Paramount; debut of song "That's Amore" |
| Calamity Jane | David Butler | Doris Day, Howard Keel | Musical | Warner Bros.; Oscar for Best Song |
| Call Me Madam | Walter Lang | Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen, Billy De Wolfe | Musical | 20th Century Fox. Based on play; Golden Globe for Merman |
| Captain John Smith and Pocahontas | Lew Landers | Anthony Dexter, Jody Lawrance | Historical | United Artists |
| Captain Scarlett | Thomas Carr | Richard Greene, Leonora Amar | Adventure | United Artists |
| Cat-Women of the Moon | Arthur Hilton | Sonny Tufts, Victor Jory | Science Fiction | Astor |
| Cease Fire! | Owen Crump | | War | Paramount |
| Champ for a Day | William A. Seiter | Alex Nicol, Audrey Totter, Charles Winninger | Crime drama | Republic |
| Charade | Roy Kellino | James Mason, Pamela Mason | Drama | Independent |
| The Charge at Feather River | Gordon Douglas | Guy Madison, Vera Miles | Western | Warner Bros. |
| China Venture | Don Siegel | Edmond O'Brien, Barry Sullivan, Jocelyn Brando | War | Columbia |
| City Beneath the Sea | Budd Boetticher | Robert Ryan, Mala Powers, Anthony Quinn, Suzan Ball | Adventure | Universal |
| City of Bad Men | Harmon Jones | Dale Robertson, Jeanne Crain, Richard Boone | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| City That Never Sleeps | John H. Auer | Gig Young, William Talman, Mala Powers, Paula Raymond, Chill Wills | Film noir | Republic |
| Clipped Wings | Edward Bernds | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, June Vincent | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| The Clown | Robert Z. Leonard | Red Skelton, Jane Greer, Tim Considine | Drama | MGM |
| Code Two | Fred M. Wilcox | Ralph Meeker, Sally Forrest | Film noir | MGM |
| Column South | Frederick de Cordova | Audie Murphy, Joan Evans | Western | Universal |
| Combat Squad | Cy Roth | John Ireland, Lon McCallister | War | Columbia |
| Confidentially Connie | Edward Buzzell | Van Johnson, Janet Leigh, Louis Calhern | Comedy | MGM |
| Conquest of Cochise | William Castle | Robert Stack, John Hodiak, Joy Page | Western | Columbia |
| Count the Hours | Don Siegel | Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey | Crime | RKO |
| Cow Country | Lesley Selander | Edmond O'Brien, Helen Westcott | Western | Allied Artists |
| Crazylegs | Francis D. Lyon | Lloyd Nolan, Joan Vohs | Sports | Republic |
| Cruisin' Down the River | Richard Quine | Dick Haymes, Audrey Totter | Musical | Columbia |
| Cry of the Hunted | Joseph H. Lewis | Vittorio Gassman, Barry Sullivan, Polly Bergen | Film noir | MGM |

## D-G

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Dance Hall Racket | Phil Tucker | Timothy Farrell, Lenny Bruce, Honey Harlow | Drama | Film Classics |
| Dangerous Crossing | Joseph M. Newman | Jeanne Crain, Michael Rennie, Carl Betz | Mystery | 20th Century Fox; based on the play Cabin B-13 |
| Dangerous When Wet | Charles Walters | Esther Williams, Fernando Lamas, Jack Carson | Musical | MGM |
| Decameron Nights | Hugo Fregonese | Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Joan Collins | Romance | RKO |
| Desert Legion | Joseph Pevney | Alan Ladd, Arlene Dahl, Richard Conte | Adventure | Universal |
| The Desert Rats | Robert Wise | Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton | War | 20th Century Fox |
| The Desert Song | H. Bruce Humberstone | Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, Raymond Massey | Musical | Warner Bros.; based on the operetta |
| Destination Gobi | Robert Wise | Richard Widmark, Don Taylor | War drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Devil's Canyon | Alfred L. Werker | Virginia Mayo, Dale Robertson | Western | RKO |
| The Diamond Queen | John Brahm | Arlene Dahl, Fernando Lamas | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Down Laredo Way | William Witney | Rex Allen, Dona Drake | Western | Republic |
| Donovan's Brain | Felix E. Feist | Lew Ayres, Nancy Davis | Horror | United Artists |
| Down Among the Sheltering Palms | Edmund Goulding | Mitzi Gaynor, William Lundigan, David Wayne | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Dream Wife | Sidney Sheldon | Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Walter Pidgeon | Comedy | MGM |
| East of Sumatra | Budd Boetticher | Jeff Chandler, Anthony Quinn, Marilyn Maxwell | Adventure | Universal |
| Easy to Love | Charles Walters | Esther Williams, Van Johnson, Tony Martin | Musical | MGM |
| The Eddie Cantor Story | Alfred E. Green | Keefe Brasselle, Marilyn Erskine, Aline MacMahon | Biography | Warner Bros. |
| El Alamein | Fred F. Sears | Scott Brady, Edward Ashley, Rita Moreno | War | Columbia |
| El Paso Stampede | Harry Keller | Allan Lane, Phyllis Coates | Western | Republic |
| Escape from Fort Bravo | John Sturges | William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe | Western | MGM |
| Fair Wind to Java | Joseph Kane | Fred MacMurray, Vera Ralston, Victor McLaglen | Adventure | Republic Pictures |
| Fangs of the Arctic | Rex Bailey | Kirby Grant, Warren Douglas | Western | Allied Artists |
| The Farmer Takes a Wife | Henry Levin | Betty Grable, Dale Robertson | Musical comedy | 20th Century Fox; remake of 1934 play, 1935 film |
| Fast Company | John Sturges | Howard Keel, Polly Bergen | Comedy | MGM |
| Fear and Desire | Stanley Kubrick | Frank Silvera, Paul Mazursky | Drama | Independent; Kubrick's first film |
| Fighter Attack | Lesley Selander | Sterling Hayden, Joy Page | War | Allied Artists |
| Fighting Lawman | Thomas Carr | Wayne Morris, Virginia Grey | Western | Allied Artists |
| Flame of Calcutta | Seymour Friedman | Denise Darcel, Patric Knowles, Paul Cavanagh | Drama | Columbia |
| The Flaming Urge | Harold Ericson | Harold Lloyd Jr., Cathy Downs | Drama | Independent |
| Flight Nurse | Allan Dwan | Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker, Jeff Donnell | War drama | Republic |
| Flight to Tangier | Charles Marquis Warren | Jack Palance, Joan Fontaine, Corinne Calvet | Crime | Paramount |
| Forever Female | Irving Rapper | Ginger Rogers, William Holden, Paul Douglas | Comedy | Paramount |
| Forbidden | Rudolph Mate | Tony Curtis, Joanne Dru | Film noir | Universal; remake of 1932 film |
| Fort Ti | William Castle | George Montgomery, Joan Vohs | Western | Columbia |
| Fort Vengeance | Lesley Selander | James Craig, Rita Moreno, Reginald Denny | Western | Allied Artists |
| Francis Covers the Big Town | Arthur Lubin | Donald O'Connor, Yvette Duguay | Comedy | Universal |
| From Here to Eternity | Fred Zinnemann | Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed | Drama, war | Columbia; based on James Jones novel; won 8 Academy Awards |
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Howard Hawks | Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell | Musical comedy | 20th Century Fox; based on stage musical |
| Geraldine | R. G. Springsteen | John Carroll, Mala Powers | Comedy | Republic |
| The Girl Next Door | Richard Sale | Dan Dailey, June Haver | Musical | 20th Century Fox; Haver's final film |
| The Girl Who Had Everything | Richard Thorpe | Elizabeth Taylor, Fernando Lamas, William Powell | Drama | MGM |
| Girls in the Night | Jack Arnold | Joyce Holden, Harvey Lembeck | Film noir | Universal |
| The Girls of Pleasure Island | F. Hugh Herbert | Don Taylor, Leo Genn, Audrey Dalton | Comedy | Paramount |
| Give a Girl a Break | Stanley Donen | Debbie Reynolds, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Bob Fosse | Musical comedy | MGM |
| The Glass Wall | Maxwell Shane | Vittorio Gassman, Gloria Grahame | Film noir | Columbia |
| The Glass Web | Jack Arnold | Edward G. Robinson, John Forsythe, Marcia Henderson, Kathleen Hughes | Film noir | Universal |
| The Glory Brigade | Robert D. Webb | Victor Mature, Richard Egan | War | 20th Century Fox |
| Glen or Glenda | Ed Wood | Timothy Farrell, Dolores Fuller | Drama | Film Classics |
| The Golden Blade | Nathan Juran | Rock Hudson, Piper Laurie, Gene Evans, Kathleen Hughes | Adventure | Universal |
| Goldtown Ghost Riders | George Archainbaud | Gene Autry, Gail Davis | Western | Columbia |
| The Great Jesse James Raid | Reginald LeBorg | Willard Parker, Barbara Payton, Tom Neal | Western | Lippert |
| The Great Sioux Uprising | Lloyd Bacon | Jeff Chandler, Faith Domergue, Lyle Bettger, Stephen Chase, Walter Sande, John War Eagle | Western | Universal |
| Guerrilla Girl | John Christian | Helmut Dantine, Irene Champlin | War | United Artists |
| Gun Belt | Ray Nazarro | Tab Hunter, Helen Westcott | Western | United Artists |
| Gun Fury | Raoul Walsh | Rock Hudson, Donna Reed, Philip Carey, Roberta Haynes, Lee Marvin | Western | Columbia |
| Gunsmoke | Nathan Juran | Audie Murphy, Susan Cabot | Western | Universal; not related to TV series with same name |

## H-K

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Half a Hero | Don Weis | Red Skelton, Jean Hagen | Comedy | MGM |
| Hannah Lee | Lee Garmes | Joanne Dru, John Ireland | Western | Independent; filmed in 3-D |
| Here Come the Girls | Claude Binyon | Bob Hope, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Martin, Arlene Dahl | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| The Hitch-Hiker | Ida Lupino | Edmond O'Brien, William Talman, Frank Lovejoy | Film noir | RKO |
| The Homesteaders | Lewis D. Collins | Bill Elliott, Robert Lowery | Western | Allied Artists |
| Hondo | John Farrow | John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, James Arness | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Hot News | Edward Bernds | Stanley Clements, Gloria Henry | Crime | Monogram |
| Houdini | George Marshall | Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh | Biographical | Paramount; story of Harry Houdini |
| House of Wax | André de Toth | Vincent Price, Carolyn Jones, Phyllis Kirk | Horror | Warner Bros. |
| How to Marry a Millionaire | Jean Negulesco | Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, William Powell | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| I Confess | Alfred Hitchcock | Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The I Don't Care Girl | Lloyd Bacon | Mitzi Gaynor, Oscar Levant | Biography | 20th Century Fox; story of Eva Tanguay |
| I Love Lucy | Edward Sedgwick | Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz | Comedy | Desilu; feature-length version of TV series |
| I Love Melvin | Don Weis | Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor | Comedy | MGM |
| I, the Jury | Harry Essex | Biff Elliot, Peggie Castle | Drama | United Artists; based on book by Mickey Spillane; remade in 1982 |
| Inferno | Roy Ward Baker | Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming | Thriller, 3-D | 20th Century Fox |
| Invaders from Mars | William Cameron Menzies | Helena Carter, Leif Erickson | Science fiction | 20th Century Fox |
| Iron Mountain Trail | William Witney | Rex Allen, Slim Pickens | Western | Republic |
| Island in the Sky | William Wellman | John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, James Arness | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| It Came from Outer Space | Jack Arnold | Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush | Sci-fi, 3-D | Universal |
| It Happens Every Thursday | Joseph Pevney | Loretta Young, John Forsythe | Comedy | Universal |
| Jack McCall, Desperado | Sidney Salkow | George Montgomery, Angela Stevens | Western | Columbia |
| Jalopy | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Jamaica Run | Lewis R. Foster | Ray Milland, Arlene Dahl, Patric Knowles | Adventure | Paramount |
| Jennifer | Joel Newton | Ida Lupino, Howard Duff | Thriller | Allied Artists |
| Jeopardy | John Sturges | Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker | Thriller | MGM |
| The Joe Louis Story | Robert Gordon | Coley Wallace, Paul Stewart | Sports | United Artists |
| The Juggler | Edward Dmytryk | Kirk Douglas, Milly Vitale | Drama | Columbia |
| Julius Caesar | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr | Drama | MGM. Based on Shakespeare play; 5 Oscar nominations |
| Kansas Pacific | Ray Nazarro | Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller | Western | Allied Artists |
| The Kid from Left Field | Harmon Jones | Dan Dailey, Anne Bancroft | Sports comedy | 20th Century Fox; Remake of 1979 film |
| Killer Ape | Spencer G. Bennet | Johnny Weissmuller, Carol Thurston | Adventure | Columbia |
| King of the Khyber Rifles | Henry King | Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Kiss Me Kate | George Sidney | Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller | Musical | MGM; based on 1948 stage musical |
| Knights of the Round Table | Richard Thorpe | Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer | Adventure | MGM; 2 Oscar nominations |

## L-N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Lady Wants Mink | William A. Seiter | Dennis O'Keefe, Ruth Hussey, Eve Arden | Comedy | Republic |
| Last of the Comanches | Andre de Toth | Broderick Crawford, Barbara Hale, John War Eagle | Western | Columbia |
| Last of the Pony Riders | George Archainbaud | Gene Autry, Kathleen Case | Western | Columbia |
| The Last Posse | Alfred L. Werker | Broderick Crawford, Wanda Hendrix, John Derek | Western | Columbia |
| Latin Lovers | Mervyn LeRoy | Lana Turner, Ricardo Montalbán, John Lund | Musical comedy | MGM |
| Law and Order | Nathan Juran | Ronald Reagan, Dorothy Malone | Western | Universal |
| The Lawless Breed | Raoul Walsh | Rock Hudson, Julie Adams, Hugh O'Brian | Western | Universal |
| Let's Do It Again | Alexander Hall | Jane Wyman, Ray Milland, Aldo Ray | Musical | Columbia |
| Lili | Charles Walters | Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Zsa Zsa Gabor | Musical | MGM; 5 Oscar nominations |
| A Lion Is in the Streets | Raoul Walsh | James Cagney, Barbara Hale | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Little Boy Lost | George Seaton | Bing Crosby, Claude Dauphin | Drama | Paramount |
| Little Fugitive | Three directors | Richie Andrusco | Drama | Independent |
| The Lone Hand | George Sherman | Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale, Alex Nicol | Western | Universal |
| Loose in London | Edward Bernds | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| The Lost Planet | Spencer Bennet | Judd Holdren | Science fiction | Columbia |
| Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation | Charles Lamont | Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride | Comedy | Universal; fifth of a series |
| The Magnetic Monster | Curt Siodmak | Richard Carlson, King Donovan | Science fiction | United Artists |
| Main Street to Broadway | Tay Garnett | Mary Murphy, Herb Shriner | Anthology | MGM; many cameos |
| The Man Behind the Gun | Felix Feist | Randolph Scott, Patrice Wymore | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Man Crazy | Irving Lerner | Neville Brand, Christine White, Irene Anders, Colleen Miller, John Brown | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Man from Cairo | Ray Enright | George Raft, Irene Pappas, Massimo Serato | Crime | Lippert |
| The Man from the Alamo | Budd Boetticher | Glenn Ford, Julie Adams, Hugh O'Brian | Western | Universal |
| Man in the Attic | Hugo Fregonese | Jack Palance, Constance Smith | Horror | 20th Century Fox |
| Man in the Dark | Lew Landers | Edmond O'Brien, Audrey Totter | Thriller | Columbia |
| Man of Conflict | Hal R. Makelim | Edward Arnold, John Agar, Susan Morrow | Drama | Independent |
| Man on a Tightrope | Elia Kazan | Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame | Thriller | 20th Century Fox |
| The Marksman | Lewis D. Collins | Wayne Morris, Elena Verdugo | Western | Allied Artists |
| Marry Me Again | Frank Tashlin | Robert Cummings, Marie Wilson | Comedy | RKO |
| Marshal of Cedar Rock | Harry Keller | Allan Lane, Phyllis Coates | Western | Republic |
| The Marshal's Daughter | William Berke | Laurie Anders, Hoot Gibson | Western | United Artists |
| Martin Luther | Irving Pichel | Niall MacGinnis, Pierre Lefevre | Biography | Independent |
| The Maze | William Cameron Menzies | Richard Carlson, Veronica Hurst | Horror | Allied Artists |
| Meet Me at the Fair | Douglas Sirk | Dan Dailey, Diana Lynn, Hugh O'Brian | Drama | Universal |
| Mesa of Lost Women | Ron Ormond, Herbert Tevos | Jackie Coogan, Richard Travis | Science fiction | Howco |
| Mexican Manhunt | Rex Bailey | George Brent, Karen Sharpe | Crime | Allied Artists |
| Miss Sadie Thompson | Curtis Bernhardt | Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, Aldo Ray | Musical | Columbia; remake of 1928 and 1932 films |
| Mission Over Korea | Fred F. Sears | John Derek, Audrey Totter | War | Columbia |
| The Mississippi Gambler | Rudolph Maté | Tyrone Power, Piper Laurie, Julie Adams | Western | Universal |
| Mister Scoutmaster | Henry Levin | Clifton Webb, Edmund Gwenn | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Mogambo | John Ford | Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly | Adventure | MGM; 2 Oscar nominations; Golden Globe for Kelly |
| Money from Home | George Marshall | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis | Comedy | Paramount; 10th Martin and Lewis film |
| The Moon Is Blue | Otto Preminger | William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara | Romantic comedy | United Artists |
| The Moonlighter | Roy Rowland | Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Murder Without Tears | William Beaudine | Craig Stevens, Joyce Holden | Crime | Allied Artists |
| The Naked Spur | Anthony Mann | James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan | Western | MGM |
| The Neanderthal Man | Ewald Andre Dupont | Robert Shayne, Beverly Garland | Science fiction | United Artists |
| The Nebraskan | Fred F. Sears | Philip Carey, Lee Van Cleef | Western | Columbia |
| Never Wave at a WAC | Norman Z. McLeod | Rosalind Russell, Paul Douglas | Comedy | RKO |
| Niagara | Henry Hathaway | Marilyn Monroe, Jean Peters, Joseph Cotten | Suspense | 20th Century Fox |
| No Escape | Charles Bennett | Lew Ayres, Sonny Tufts | Drama | United Artists |
| Northern Patrol | Rex Bailey | Kirby Grant, Gloria Talbott | Drama | Allied Artists |

## O-S

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Off Limits | George Marshall | Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, Marilyn Maxwell | Comedy | Paramount |
| Old Overland Trail | William Witney | Rex Allen, Slim Pickens, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| On Top of Old Smoky | George Archainbaud | Gene Autry, Gail Davis | Western | Columbia |
| One Girl's Confession | Hugo Haas | Cleo Moore, Glenn Langan | Drama | Columbia |
| Pack Train | George Archainbaud | Gene Autry, Gail Davis | Western | Columbia |
| Paratrooper | Terence Young | Alan Ladd, Leo Genn | War | Columbia |
| Paris Model | Alfred E. Green | Marilyn Maxwell, Paulette Goddard, Eva Gabor, Barbara Lawrence | Comedy, drama | Columbia |
| A Perilous Journey | R. G. Springsteen | Vera Ralston, Scott Brady | Adventure | Republic |
| Perils of the Jungle | George Blair | Clyde Beatty, Phyllis Coates | Adventure | Lippert Pictures |
| Peter Pan | Clyde Geronimi | Voices of Hans Conried, Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont | Animated | Disney |
| Phantom from Space | W. Lee Wilder | Ted Cooper, Noreen Nash | Science fiction | United Artists |
| Pickup on South Street | Samuel Fuller | Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter | Thriller | 20th Century Fox |
| Plunder of the Sun | John Farrow | Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Francis L. Sullivan | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Pony Express | Jerry Hopper | Charlton Heston, Rhonda Fleming, Forrest Tucker | Western | Paramount |
| Port Sinister | Harold Daniels | James Warren, Lynne Roberts, Paul Cavanagh | Adventure | RKO |
| Powder River | Louis King | Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The President's Lady | Henry Levin | Susan Hayward, Charlton Heston, John McIntire | Biography | 20th Century Fox; story of Andrew Jackson |
| Prince of Pirates | Sidney Salkow | John Derek, Barbara Rush | Adventure | Columbia |
| Prisoners of the Casbah | Richard L. Bare | Gloria Grahame, Cesar Romero, Turhan Bey | Adventure | Columbia |
| Private Eyes | Edward Bernds | Bowery Boys, Joyce Holden | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Problem Girls | E. A. Dupont | Helen Walker, Susan Morrow | Drama | Columbia |
| Project Moonbase | Richard Talmadge | Ross Ford, Donna Martell | Science-fiction | Lippert Pictures |
| Raiders of the Seven Seas | Sidney Salkow | John Payne, Donna Reed | Adventure | United Artists |
| Rebel City | Thomas Carr | Wild Bill Elliott, Marjorie Lord | Western | Allied Artists |
| The Redhead from Wyoming | Lee Sholem | Maureen O'Hara, Alex Nicol, Dennis Weaver | Western | Universal |
| Red River Shore | Harry Keller | Rex Allen, Lyn Thomas | Western | Republic |
| Remains to Be Seen | Don Weis | June Allyson, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury | Comedy | MGM |
| Return to Paradise | Mark Robson | Gary Cooper, Barry Jones, Roberta Haynes | Adventure | United Artists |
| Ride, Vaquero! | John Farrow | Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Anthony Quinn | Western | MGM |
| Roar of the Crowd | William Beaudine | Howard Duff, Helene Stanley | Sports drama | Monogram |
| Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue | Harold French | Richard Todd, Glynis Johns | Adventure | Disney |
| The Robe | Henry Koster | Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Richard Boone | Drama | 20th Century Fox; 5 Oscar nominations, won 2 |
| Robot Monster | Phil Tucker | George Nader, Claudia Barrett, Selena Royle | Science fiction | Astor Pictures |
| Rogue's March | Allan Davis | Peter Lawford, Richard Greene, Janice Rule | Drama | MGM |
| Roman Holiday | William Wyler | Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert | Romantic comedy | Paramount; Oscars for Hepburn, screenplay, costumes; 10 nominations |
| The Royal African Rifles | Lesley Selander | Louis Hayward, Veronica Hurst | Adventure | Allied Artists |
| Run for the Hills | Lew Landers | Sonny Tufts, Barbara Payton, Mauritz Hugo | Comedy | Realart |
| Saadia | Albert Lewin | Cornel Wilde, Rita Gam, Mel Ferrer | Drama | MGM |
| Sabre Jet | Louis King | Robert Stack, Coleen Gray, Richard Arlen | War | United Artists |
| Safari Drums | Ford Beebe | Johnny Sheffield, Douglas Kennedy | Adventure | Allied Artists |
| Saginaw Trail | George Archainbaud | Gene Autry, Connie Marshall | Western | Columbia |
| Salome | William Dieterle | Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Judith Anderson, Charles Laughton | Drama | Columbia |
| Sangaree | Edward Ludwig | Fernando Lamas, Arlene Dahl, Patricia Medina | Historical | Paramount |
| San Antone | Joseph Kane | Rod Cameron, Arleen Whelan | Western | Republic |
| Savage Frontier | Harry Keller | Allan Lane, Dorothy Patrick | Western | Republic |
| Savage Mutiny | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Stevens | Adventure | Columbia |
| Scandal at Scourie | Jean Negulesco | Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon | Drama | MGM |
| Scared Stiff | George Marshall | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lizabeth Scott, Carmen Miranda | Comedy | Paramount; 8th Martin and Lewis film |
| Sea Devils | Raoul Walsh | Rock Hudson, Yvonne De Carlo, Maxwell Reed | Adventure | RKO |
| Sea of Lost Ships | Joseph Kane | John Derek, Wanda Hendrix | Drama | Republic |
| Second Chance | Rudolph Mate | Robert Mitchum, Jack Palance, Linda Darnell | Thriller | RKO |
| Seminole | Budd Boetticher | Rock Hudson, Anthony Quinn, Barbara Hale | Western | Universal |
| Serpent of the Nile | William Castle | Rhonda Fleming, Raymond Burr, William Lundigan | Adventure | Columbia |
| Shadows of Tombstone | William Witney | Rex Allen, Jeanne Cooper | Western | Republic |
| Shane | George Stevens | Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Jean Arthur, Brandon deWilde, Jack Palance, Ben Johnson | Western | Paramount; 6 Oscar nominations |
| Shark River | John Rawlins | Steve Cochran, Carole Mathews | Adventure | United Artists |
| She's Back on Broadway | Gordon Douglas | Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson, Steve Cochran | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Silver Whip | Harmon Jones | Dale Robertson, Rory Calhoun | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Sins of Jezebel | Reginald Le Borg | Paulette Goddard, George Nader, Margia Dean | Drama | Lippert Pictures |
| Siren of Bagdad | Richard Quine | Paul Henreid, Patricia Medina | Adventure | Columbia |
| Sky Commando | Fred F. Sears | Dan Duryea, Frances Gifford | Adventure | Columbia |
| Slaves of Babylon | William Castle | Richard Conte, Linda Christian | Adventure | Columbia |
| A Slight Case of Larceny | Don Weis | Mickey Rooney, Elaine Stewart | Comedy | MGM |
| Small Town Girl | László Kardos | Jane Powell, Farley Granger, Ann Miller | Musical | MGM |
| So Big | Robert Wise | Jane Wyman, Sterling Hayden, Steve Forrest, Nancy Olson, Martha Hyer | Drama | Warner Bros.; based on Edna Ferber novel |
| Sombrero | Norman Foster | Ricardo Montalbán, Pier Angeli | Drama | MGM |
| Son of Belle Starr | Frank McDonald | Keith Larsen, Dona Drake, Peggie Castle | Western | Allied Artists |
| So This Is Love | Gordon Douglas | Kathryn Grayson, Merv Griffin | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| South Sea Woman | Arthur Lubin | Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Chuck Connors | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Spaceways | Terence Fisher | Howard Duff, Eva Bartók | Science fiction | Lippert Films |
| Split Second | Dick Powell | Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, Jan Sterling | Thriller | RKO |
| Stalag 17 | Billy Wilder | William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Harvey Lembeck, Robert Strauss, Peter Graves | War | Paramount; Academy Award for Holden |
| The Stand at Apache River | Lee Sholem | Stephen McNally, Julie Adams | Western | Universal |
| The Stars Are Singing | Norman Taurog | Rosemary Clooney, Anna Maria Alberghetti | Musical | Paramount |
| Star of Texas | Thomas Carr | Wayne Morris, Paul Fix | Western | Allied Artists |
| The Steel Lady | Ewald André Dupont | Rod Cameron, Tab Hunter, John Dehner | Drama | United Artists |
| The Story of Three Loves | Vincente Minnelli, Gottfried Reinhardt | Pier Angeli, Kirk Douglas, Leslie Caron, Ethel Barrymore, James Mason, Farley Granger, Ricky Nelson | Anthology | MGM |
| The Stranger Wore a Gun | Andre DeToth | Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Joan Weldon | Western | Columbia |
| The Sun Shines Bright | John Ford | Charles Winninger, Arleen Whelan, Stepin Fetchit | Drama | Republic |
| Sweethearts on Parade | Allan Dwan | Ray Middleton, Lucille Norman | Drama | Republic |
| The Sword and the Rose | Ken Annakin | Glynis Johns, Richard Todd, James Robertson Justice | Adventure | Disney |
| Sword of Venus | Harold Daniels | Robert Clarke, Dan O'Herlihy | Adventure | RKO |
| The System | Lewis Seiler | Frank Lovejoy, Joan Weldon, Robert Arthur | Film noir | Warner Bros. |

## T-Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Take Me to Town | Douglas Sirk | Sterling Hayden, Ann Sheridan | Comedy, Western | Universal |
| Take the High Ground! | Richard Brooks | Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Russ Tamblyn | War | MGM |
| The Tall Texan | Elmo Williams | Lloyd Bridges, Lee J. Cobb, Marie Windsor, Luther Adler | Western | Lippert |
| Tangier Incident | Lew Landers | George Brent, Mari Aldon | Thriller | Allied Artists |
| Target Hong Kong | Fred F. Sears | Richard Denning, Nancy Gates | Action | Columbia |
| Tarzan and the She-Devil | Kurt Neumann | Lex Barker, Joyce MacKenzie, Tom Conway | Adventure | RKO |
| Taxi | Gregory Ratoff | Dan Dailey, Constance Smith | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Terminal Station | Vittorio De Sica | Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift | Drama | Columbia |
| Texas Bad Man | Lewis D. Collins | Wayne Morris, Elaine Riley | Western | Allied Artists |
| That Man from Tangier | Luis María Delgado, Robert Elwyn | Roland Young, Nancy Coleman | Drama | United Artists |
| Those Redheads from Seattle | Lewis R. Foster | Rhonda Fleming, Gene Barry, Agnes Moorehead, Teresa Brewer | Musical, Western | Paramount |
| Three Sailors and a Girl | Roy Del Ruth | Jane Powell, Gordon MacRae | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Thunder Bay | Anthony Mann | James Stewart, Dan Duryea, Joanne Dru | Adventure, Drama | Universal |
| Thunder Over the Plains | André de Toth | Randolph Scott, Lex Barker, Phyllis Kirk | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Thy Neighbor's Wife | Hugo Haas | Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, Kathleen Hughes | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Time Bomb | Ted Tetzlaff | Glenn Ford, Anne Vernon | Suspense | MGM |
| Titanic | Jean Negulesco | Barbara Stanwyck, Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner | Biography | 20th Century Fox; Oscar for screenplay |
| Tonight We Sing | Mitchell Leisen | David Wayne, Anne Bancroft | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Topeka | Thomas Carr | Wild Bill Elliott, Phyllis Coates | Western | Allied Artists |
| Torch Song | Charles Walters | Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young | Drama | MGM |
| Trail Blazers | Wesley Barry | Alan Hale Jr., Lyle Talbot | Action | Allied Artists |
| Treasure of the Golden Condor | Delmer Daves | Cornel Wilde, Constance Smith, Finlay Currie | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Tropic Zone | Lewis R. Foster | Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming | Drama | Paramount |
| Trouble Along the Way | Michael Curtiz | John Wayne, Donna Reed | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Tumbleweed | Nathan Juran | Audie Murphy, Lori Nelson | Western | Universal |
| The Twonky | Arch Oboler | Hans Conreid, Gloria Blondell | Comedy | United Artists |
| Valley of the Head Hunters | William Berke | Johnny Weissmuller, Christine Larson | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Vanquished | Edward Ludwig | John Payne, Jan Sterling, Coleen Gray | Western | Paramount |
| The Veils of Bagdad | George Sherman | Victor Mature, Mari Blanchard | Adventure | Universal |
| Vice Squad | Arnold Laven | Edward G. Robinson, Paulette Goddard | Film noir | United Artists |
| Vicki | Harry Horner | Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Richard Boone | Crime drama | 20th Century Fox; I Wake Up Screaming remake |
| Vigilante Terror | Lewis D. Collins | Wild Bill Elliott, Mary Ellen Kay | Western | Allied Artists |
| Walking My Baby Back Home | Lloyd Bacon | Donald O'Connor, Janet Leigh, Buddy Hackett | Musical | Universal |
| War Paint | Lesley Selander | Robert Stack, Joan Taylor | Western | United Artists |
| The War of the Worlds | Byron Haskin | Gene Barry, Ann Robinson | Science fiction | Paramount; based on H. G. Wells novel |
| White Lightning | Edward Bernds | Stanley Clements, Barbara Bestar, Steve Brodie | Sports drama | Allied Artists |
| White Witch Doctor | Henry Hathaway | Robert Mitchum, Susan Hayward | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Wicked Woman | Russell Rouse | Beverly Michaels, Richard Egan | Drama | United Artists |
| The Wild One | Laszlo Benedek | Marlon Brando, Lee Marvin | Drama | Columbia |
| Wings of the Hawk | Rudolph Mate | Van Heflin, Julie Adams | Western | Universal |
| Winning of the West | George Archainbaud | Gene Autry, Gail Davis | Western | Columbia |
| Woman They Almost Lynched | Allan Dwan | Audrey Totter, Joan Leslie | Western | Republic |
| Young Bess | George Sidney | Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton | Biography | MGM |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Living Desert | James Algar | | Documentary | Oscar for Best Documentary |

## Serials

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Canadian Mounties vs Atomic Invaders | Franklin Adreon | William Henry, Susan Morrow | Serial | Republic |
| Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe | | Judd Holdren, Aline Towne | Serial | Republic |
| Jungle Drums of Africa | Fred C. Brannon | Phyllis Coates | Adventure | 12-part serial |

## Shorts

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| All My Babies | George C. Stoney | | Educational | |
| Baby Butch | | | Animated | |
| Ben and Me | Hamilton Luske | | Animation | |
| Bully for Bugs | Chuck Jones | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Cat-Tails for Two | Robert McKimson | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Catty Cornered | | | Animation | |
| Designs on Jerry | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Don's Fountain of Youth | Jack Hannah | | Animation | |
| Duck Dodgers | | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Duck! Rabbit, Duck! | | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Johann Mouse | | | Animation | |
| Let's All Go to the Lobby | | | Animation | Intermission advertisement |
| Life with Tom | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated | |
| Mouse for Sale | | | Animation | |
| Pup on a Picnic | | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Puppy Tale | | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| The Seafarers | Stanley Kubrick | | | 30-minute short |
| The Simple Things | | Mickey Mouse | Animation | 7 minutes |
| Southern Fried Rabbit | | Bugs Bunny | Animation | |
| Spooks! | | The Three Stooges | Comedy short | |
| The Tell-Tale Heart | Ted Parmelee | narrated by James Mason | Animated short | Based on Poe story |
| Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom | | | Animated short | Disney educational film |