# List of American films of 1950

A list of American films released in 1950.
Fred Astaire hosted the 23rd Academy Awards ceremony on March 29, 1951, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The winner of the Best Motion Picture category was Twentieth Century-Fox's All About Eve.
The other four nominated pictures were Born Yesterday, Father of the Bride, King Solomon's Mines and Sunset Boulevard.
All About Eve was nominated for 14 Oscars, beating the previous record of Gone with the Wind (13).
Newcomer Judy Holliday won the Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of showgirl mistress Billie Dawn in the film version of the play Born Yesterday, a role which she had originated on Broadway. Other Best Actress nominees for that year were Bette Davis and Anne Baxter for All About Eve, Eleanor Parker for Caged and Gloria Swanson for Sunset Boulevard.
José Ferrer won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role as the title character in the film version of the 1946 Broadway play, Cyrano de Bergerac, a role which he had played on Broadway. Other nominees that year were Louis Calhern for The Magnificent Yankee, William Holden for Sunset Boulevard, James Stewart for Harvey and Spencer Tracy for Father of the Bride.
The 8th Golden Globe Awards also honored the best films of 1950. That year's Golden Globes also marked the first time that the Best Actor and Actress categories were split into Musical or Comedy or Drama. However, Best Picture remained a single category until the 9th Golden Globe Awards, when it too was split into two categories. Ferrer won the Golden Globe for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama, for Cyrano de Bergerac, while Fred Astaire won Best Actor – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Three Little Words. Swanson won Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama for Sunset Boulevard, while Holliday won for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Born Yesterday. Sunset Boulevard won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture.
1950 also saw the film debut of several future stars, such as Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Piper Laurie and Debbie Reynolds.

## A-B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 711 Ocean Drive | Joseph M. Newman | Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru, Dorothy Patrick | Crime drama | Columbia |
| Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion | Charles Lamont | Abbott and Costello, Patricia Medina, Walter Slezak | Comedy | Universal |
| Across the Badlands | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Helen Mowery | Western | Columbia |
| The Admiral Was a Lady | Albert S. Rogell | Edmond O'Brien, Wanda Hendrix, Steve Brodie | Comedy | United Artists |
| All About Eve | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Gary Merrill, | Drama | 20th Century Fox; Academy Award for Best Picture |
| Ambush | Sam Wood | Robert Taylor, John Hodiak, Arlene Dahl | Western | MGM. Wood's last film |
| American Guerrilla in the Philippines | Fritz Lang | Tyrone Power, Micheline Presle, Tom Ewell | War | 20th Century Fox |
| Annie Get Your Gun | George Sidney | Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern | Musical | MGM. Based on 1946 musical; 4 Oscar nominations |
| The Arizona Cowboy | R. G. Springsteen | Rex Allen, Teala Loring, Gordon Jones | Western | Republic |
| Arizona Territory | Wallace Fox | Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Nancy Saunders | Western | Monogram |
| Armored Car Robbery | Richard Fleischer | Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman | Film noir | RKO. Among first heist films |
| The Asphalt Jungle | John Huston | Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen | Film noir | MGM; 4 Oscar nominations |
| At War with the Army | Hal Walker | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen | Musical comedy | Paramount; first starring roles for Martin and Lewis, Bergen |
| The Avengers | John H. Auer | Adele Mara, John Carroll, Fernando Lamas | Adventure | Republic |
| Backfire | Vincent Sherman | Edmond O'Brien, Virginia Mayo, Gordon MacRae | Crime thriller | Warner Bros. |
| The Bandit Queen | William Berke | Barbara Britton, Willard Parker, Phillip Reed | Western | Lippert |
| The Baron of Arizona | Samuel Fuller | Vincent Price, Ellen Drew, Vladimir Sokoloff | Western drama | Lippert |
| Barricade | Peter Godfrey | Ruth Roman, Raymond Massey, Dane Clark | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Battling Marshal | Oliver Drake | Sunset Carson, Lee Roberts, Pat Starling | Western | Astor |
| Beauty on Parade | Lew Landers | Robert Hutton, Ruth Warrick, Lola Albright | Drama | Columbia |
| Belle of Old Mexico | R. G. Springsteen | Estelita Rodriguez, Robert Rockwell, Dorothy Patrick | Musical comedy | Republic Pictures |
| Bells of Coronado | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Grant Withers | Western | Republic |
| Between Midnight and Dawn | Gordon Douglas | Edmond O'Brien, Gale Storm, Mark Stevens | Crime thriller | Columbia |
| Beware of Blondie | Edward Bernds | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Adele Jergens | Comedy | Columbia. Last of 28-film series |
| Beyond the Purple Hills | John English | Gene Autry, Jo-Carroll Dennison, Don Beddoe | Western | Columbia |
| The Big Hangover | Norman Krasna | Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Leon Ames | Comedy | MGM |
| The Big Lift | George Seaton | Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas, Cornell Borchers | War | 20th Century Fox. Shot in Berlin |
| Black Hand | Richard Thorpe | Gene Kelly, Teresa Celli, J. Carrol Naish | Crime drama | MGM |
| Black Jack | Julien Duvivier | George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Patricia Roc | Adventure | Independent |
| The Black Rose | Henry Hathaway | Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins | Historical | 20th Century Fox. Co-production with UK |
| The Blazing Sun | John English | Gene Autry, Lynne Roberts, Anne Gwynne | Western | Columbia |
| Blonde Dynamite | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Adele Jergens | Comedy | Monogram |
| Blondie's Hero | Edward Bernds | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, William Frawley | Comedy | Columbia |
| Blue Grass of Kentucky | William Beaudine | Bill Williams, Jane Nigh, Ralph Morgan | Western | Monogram |
| Blues Busters | William Beaudine | Bowery Boys, Adele Jergens, Phyllis Coates | Comedy | Monogram |
| Border Outlaws | Richard Talmadge | Spade Cooley, Maria Hart, Bill Edwards | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| Borderline | William A. Seiter | Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr | Film noir | Universal |
| Border Rangers | William Berke | Don "Red" Barry, Robert Lowery, Pamela Blake | Western | Lippert |
| Border Treasure | George Archainbaud | Tim Holt, Jane Nigh, Richard Martin | Western | RKO |
| Born to Be Bad | Nicholas Ray | Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott | Drama | RKO. Based on novel All Kneeling |
| Born Yesterday | George Cukor | William Holden, Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford | Comedy | Columbia. Oscar for Holliday; Remade in 1993 |
| The Boy from Indiana | John Rawlins | Lon McCallister, Lois Butler, Billie Burke | Sports | Eagle-Lion |
| Branded | Rudolph Maté | Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman, Charles Bickford | Western | Paramount. Remake of 1931 film |
| The Breaking Point | Michael Curtiz | John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter | Film noir | Warner Bros. Based on novel To Have and Have Not |
| Breakthrough | Lewis Seiler | David Brian, John Agar, Frank Lovejoy | War | Warner Bros. |
| Bright Leaf | Michael Curtiz | Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Broken Arrow | Delmer Daves | James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget | Western | 20th Century Fox. 3 Oscar nominations; Remake of 1996 film |
| Buccaneer's Girl | Frederick de Cordova | Yvonne De Carlo, Philip Friend, Robert Douglas | Adventure | Universal |
| Bunco Squad | Herbert I. Leeds | Robert Sterling, Joan Dixon, Ricardo Cortez | Crime | RKO |

## C-D

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Caged | John Cromwell | Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Lee Patrick | Film noir | Warner Bros. 3 Oscar nominations |
| California Passage | Joseph Kane | Forrest Tucker, Adele Mara, Estelita Rodriguez | Western | Republic |
| Call of the Klondike | Frank McDonald | Kirby Grant, Anne Gwynne, Lynne Roberts | Western | Monogram |
| Captain Carey, U.S.A. | Mitchell Leisen | Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix, Francis Lederer | Film noir | Paramount. Oscar for Best Song. |
| Captain China | Lewis R. Foster | John Payne, Gail Russell, Jeffrey Lynn | Adventure | Paramount |
| Captive Girl | William Berke | Johnny Weissmuller, Buster Crabbe, Rick Vallin | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Capture | John Sturges | Lew Ayres, Teresa Wright, Jacqueline White | Western | RKO |
| Cargo to Capetown | Earl McEvoy | Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Ellen Drew | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Cariboo Trail | Edwin L. Marin | Randolph Scott, Karin Booth, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Chain Gang | Lew Landers | Douglas Kennedy, Marjorie Lord, Emory Parnell | Crime | Columbia |
| Chain Lightning | Stuart Heisler | Humphrey Bogart, Eleanor Parker, Raymond Massey | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Champagne for Caesar | Richard Whorf | Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price | Comedy | United Artists |
| Cheaper by the Dozen | Walter Lang | Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain | Comedy | 20th Century Fox. Based on 1948 novel; sequel in 1952; remade in 2003 |
| Cherokee Uprising | Lewis D. Collins | Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Lois Hall | Western | Monogram |
| Cinderella | 3 directors | Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton | Animation | Disney |
| Code of the Silver Sage | Fred C. Brannon | Allan Lane, Kay Christopher, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Colorado Ranger | Thomas Carr | James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Julie Adams | Western | Lippert |
| Colt .45 | Edwin L. Marin | Randolph Scott, Ruth Roman, Zachary Scott | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Comanche Territory | George Sherman | Maureen O'Hara, Macdonald Carey, Charles Drake | Western | Universal |
| Convicted | Henry Levin | Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Dorothy Malone | Film noir | Columbia. Based on play The Criminal Code |
| Copper Canyon | John Farrow | Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Mona Freeman | Western | Paramount |
| Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard | Seymour Friedman | Howard St. John, Ron Randell, Amanda Blake | Crime | Columbia |
| County Fair | William Beaudine | Rory Calhoun, Jane Nigh, Raymond Hatton | Drama | Monogram |
| Covered Wagon Raid | R. G. Springsteen | Allan Lane, Lyn Thomas, Eddy Waller | Western | Republic |
| Cow Town | John English | Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Harry Shannon | Western | Columbia |
| Crisis | Richard Brooks | Cary Grant, José Ferrer, Paula Raymond | Film-noir | MGM. Based on short story The Doubters |
| Crooked River | Thomas Carr | James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Julie Adams | Western | Lippert |
| Cry Murder | Jack Glenn | Carole Mathews, Jack Lord, Howard Smith | Crime | Film Classics |
| Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | Charles Lamont | Donald O'Connor, Walter Brennan, Gale Storm | Comedy | Universal |
| Customs Agent | Seymour Friedman | William Eythe, Marjorie Reynolds, Griff Barnett | Crime | Columbia |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Michael Gordon | José Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince | Adventure | United Artists. Oscar for Best Actor |
| D.O.A. | Rudolph Maté | Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Beverly Garland | Film noir | United Artists; remade in 1988 |
| Dakota Lil | Lesley Selander | George Montgomery, Marie Windsor, Rod Cameron | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Dallas | Stuart Heisler | Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Raymond Massey | Western | Warner Bros. |
| The Daltons' Women | Thomas Carr | Lash LaRue, Jack Holt, Pamela Blake | Western | Realart |
| The Damned Don't Cry | Vincent Sherman | Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran | Film noir | Warner Bros. Based on story by Gertrude Walker |
| Dark City | William Dieterle | Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors | Film noir | Paramount. |
| The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady | David Butler | June Haver, Gordon MacRae, Debbie Reynolds | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| David Harding, Counterspy | Ray Nazarro | Willard Parker, Audrey Long, Harlan Warde | Film noir | Columbia |
| Davy Crockett, Indian Scout | Lew Landers | George Montgomery, Ellen Drew, Phillip Reed | Western | United Artists |
| Deported | Robert Siodmak | Märta Torén, Jeff Chandler, Claude Dauphin | Film noir | Universal |
| The Desert Hawk | Frederick de Cordova | Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Greene, Rock Hudson | Adventure | Universal |
| Destination Big House | George Blair | Dorothy Patrick, Robert Rockwell, Robert Armstrong | Crime | Republic |
| Destination Moon | Irving Pichel | John Archer Dick Wesson, Warner Anderson | Science fiction | Eagle-Lion |
| Destination Murder | Edward L. Cahn | Joyce MacKenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield | Film noir | RKO |
| Devil's Doorway | Anthony Mann | Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond | Western | MGM |
| Dial 1119 | Gerald Mayer | Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, Sam Levene | Film noir | MGM |
| Double Deal | Abby Berlin | Marie Windsor, Richard Denning, Fay Baker | Crime drama | RKO |
| Duchess of Idaho | Robert Z. Leonard | Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Paula Raymond | Musical | MGM |
| The Du Pont Story | Wilhelm Thiele | Eduard Franz, Sigrid Gurie, Tom Neal | Biographical | Independent |
| Dynamite Pass | Lew Landers | Tim Holt, Lynne Roberts, Richard Martin | Western | RKO |

## E-F

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Eagle and the Hawk | Lewis R. Foster | John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Dennis O'Keefe | Western | Paramount |
| Edge of Doom | Mark Robson | Dana Andrews, Farley Granger, Joan Evans | Film noir | RKO |
| Emergency Wedding | Edward Buzzell | Barbara Hale, Larry Parks, Willard Parker | Comedy | Columbia |
| Everybody's Dancin' | Will Jason | Spade Cooley, Barbara Woodell, Dick Lane | Musical | Lippert |
| Experiment Alcatraz | Edward L. Cahn | Joan Dixon, John Howard, Walter Kingsford | Drama | RKO |
| Fancy Pants | George Marshall | Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Bruce Cabot | Comedy | Paramount |
| Fast on the Draw | Thomas Carr | James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Julie Adams | Western | Lippert |
| Father Is a Bachelor | Abby Berlin, Norman Foster | William Holden, Coleen Gray, Stuart Erwin | Romantic comedy | Columbia |
| Father of the Bride | Vincente Minnelli | Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett, | Comedy | MGM. 3 Oscar nominations; sequel in 1951; remade in 1991 |
| Father Makes Good | Jean Yarbrough | Raymond Walburn, Walter Catlett, Mary Stuart | Comedy | Monogram |
| Father's Wild Game | Herbert I. Leeds | Raymond Walburn, Walter Catlett, Barbara Brown | Comedy | Monogram |
| Federal Agent at Large | George Blair | Dorothy Patrick, Robert Rockwell, Estelita Rodriguez | Crime | Republic |
| Federal Man | Robert Emmett Tansey | William Henry, Pamela Blake, Movita Castaneda | Thriller | Eagle-Lion |
| Fence Riders | Wallace Fox | Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Reno Browne | Western | Monogram |
| The Fighting Stallion | Robert Emmett Tansey | Bill Edwards, Doris Merrick, Forrest Taylor | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| The File on Thelma Jordon | Robert Siodmak | Wendell Corey, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Tetzel | Film noir | Paramount |
| The Fireball | Tay Garnett | Mickey Rooney, Pat O'Brien, Beverly Tyler | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Flame and the Arrow | Jacques Tourneur | Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| The Flying Missile | Henry Levin | Glenn Ford, Viveca Lindfors, Henry O'Neill | War | Columbia |
| The Flying Saucer | Mikel Conrad | Mikel Conrad, Roy Engel, Denver Pyle | Science fiction | Film Classics. First film with flying saucers |
| For Heaven's Sake | George Seaton | Clifton Webb, Joan Bennett, Robert Cummings | Fantasy comedy | 20th Century Fox. Adapted from play May We Come In? |
| Forbidden Jungle | Robert Emmett Tansey | Don C. Harvey, Forrest Taylor, Robert Cabal | Adventure | Eagle-Lion |
| Fortunes of Captain Blood | Gordon Douglas | Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, Dona Drake | Adventure | Columbia. Remake of 1935's Captain Blood |
| Francis | Arthur Lubin | Donald O'Connor, Patricia Medina, ZaSu Pitts | Comedy | Universal. Launched "Talking Mule" series |
| Frenchie | Louis King | Shelley Winters, Joel McCrea, Marie Windsor | Western | Universal. Loosely based on Destry Rides Again |
| Frisco Tornado | R. G. Springsteen | Allan Lane, Martha Hyer, Eddy Waller | Western | Republic |
| Frontier Outpost | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Lois Hall, Steve Darrell | Western | Columbia |
| The Fuller Brush Girl | Lloyd Bacon | Lucille Ball, Eddie Albert, Gale Robbins | Comedy | Columbia. Cameo by Red Skelton |
| The Furies | Anthony Mann | Walter Huston, Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey | Western film noir | Paramount. Huston's last performance |

## G-H

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Girl from San Lorenzo | Derwin Abrahams | Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carrillo, Byron Foulger | Western | United Artists |
| Girls' School | Lew Landers | Joyce Reynolds, Ross Ford, Kasey Rogers | Drama | Columbia |
| The Glass Menagerie | Irving Rapper | Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Goldbergs | Walter Hart | Philip Loeb, Gertrude Berg, Eduard Franz | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Golden Gloves Story | Felix E. Feist | James Dunn, Dewey Martin, Gregg Sherwood | Drama | Eagle-Lion |
| The Good Humor Man | Lloyd Bacon | Jack Carson, Lola Albright, George Reeves | Comedy | Columbia |
| The Great Jewel Robber | Peter Godfrey | David Brian, Marjorie Reynolds, John Archer | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| The Great Plane Robbery | Edward L. Cahn | Tom Conway, Steve Brodie, Lynne Roberts | Drama | United Artists |
| The Great Rupert | Irving Pichel | Jimmy Durante, Tom Drake, Terry Moore | Comedy | Eagle-Lion |
| Guilty Bystander | Joseph Lerner | Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Mary Boland | Film noir | Film Classics |
| Guilty of Treason | Felix E. Feist | Charles Bickford, Bonita Granville, Paul Kelly | Drama | Eagle-Lion |
| Gun Crazy | Joseph H. Lewis | Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Berry Kroeger | Film noir | United Artists. |
| The Gunfighter | Henry King | Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Karl Malden | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Gunfire | William Berke | Don "Red" Barry, Robert Lowery, Pamela Blake | Western | Lippert |
| Gunmen of Abilene | Fred C. Brannon | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Gunslingers | Wallace Fox | Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Reno Browne | Western | Monogram |
| The Happy Years | William A. Wellman | Dean Stockwell, Leo G. Carroll, Leon Ames | Comedy | MGM |
| Harbor of Missing Men | R. G. Springsteen | Richard Denning, Barbra Fuller, Steven Geray | Action | Columbia |
| Harriet Craig | Vincent Sherman | Joan Crawford, Wendell Corey, Lucile Watson | Horror | Columbia. Based on the 1925 play Craig's Wife |
| Harvey | Henry Koster | James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow | Fantasy comedy | Universal. Based on the 1944 play; Academy Award for Hull |
| He's a Cockeyed Wonder | Peter Godfrey | Mickey Rooney, Terry Moore, William Demarest | Comedy | Columbia |
| Hi-Jacked | Sam Newfield | Jim Davis, Marcia Mae Jones, Paul Cavanagh | Film noir | Lippert |
| The Hidden City | Ford Beebe | Johnny Sheffield, Sue England, Leon Belasco | Adventure | Monogram |
| High Lonesome | Alan Le May | John Drew Barrymore, John Archer, Kristine Miller | Western | Eagle-Lion Films |
| Highway 301 | Andrew L. Stone | Steve Cochran, Virginia Grey, Gaby André | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| Hills of Oklahoma | R. G. Springsteen | Rex Allen, Elisabeth Fraser, Elisabeth Risdon | Western | Republic |
| Hit Parade of 1951 | John H. Auer | Marie McDonald, John Carroll, Estelita Rodriguez | Musical | Republic |
| Hoedown | Ray Nazarro | Eddy Arnold, Jeff Donnell, Jock Mahoney | Musical | Columbia |
| Holiday Rhythm | Jack Scholl | Mary Beth Hughes, Tex Ritter, Wally Vernon | Musical | Lippert |
| Hollywood Varieties | Paul Landres | Robert Alda, Peggy Stewart, Glen Vernon | Musical | Lippert |
| Hostile Country | Thomas Carr | James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Julie Adams | Western | Lippert |
| Hot Rod | Lewis D. Collins | Jimmy Lydon, Gloria Winters, Gil Stratton | Drama | Monogram |
| House by the River | Fritz Lang | Louis Hayward, Jane Wyatt, Lee Bowman | Film noir | Republic |

## I-J

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| I Killed Geronimo | John Hoffman | James Ellison, Virginia Herrick, Chief Thundercloud | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| I Shot Billy the Kid | William Berke | Don "Red" Barry, Robert Lowery, Judith Allen | Western | Lippert |
| I Was a Shoplifter | Charles Lamont | Mona Freeman, Scott Brady, Charles Drake | Film noir | Universal |
| I'll Get By | Richard Sale | June Haver, William Lundigan, Gloria DeHaven | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| In a Lonely Place | Nicholas Ray | Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Jeff Donnell | Film noir | Columbia |
| Indian Territory | John English | Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Kirby Grant | Western | Columbia |
| The Iroquois Trail | Phil Karlson | George Montgomery, Brenda Marshall, Glenn Langan | Western | United Artists |
| It's a Small World | William Castle | Lorraine Miller, Will Geer, Steve Brodie | Drama | Eagle-Lion |
| The Jackie Robinson Story | Alfred E. Green | Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Louise Beavers | Biography, Sports | Eagle-Lion. |
| The Jackpot | Walter Lang | James Stewart, Barbara Hale, Patricia Medina | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Jiggs and Maggie Out West | William Beaudine | Joe Yule, Renie Riano, Tim Ryan | Comedy | Monogram |
| Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance | Jean Yarbrough | Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Lois Collier | Comedy | Monogram |
| Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle | Reginald Le Borg | Joe Kirkwood, James Gleason, Lois Hall | Comedy | Monogram |
| Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey | Jean Yarbrough | Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Elyse Knox | Comedy | Monogram |
| Johnny One-Eye | Robert Florey | Pat O'Brien, Wayne Morris, Dolores Moran | Film noir | United Artists |

## K-L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Kangaroo Kid | Lesley Selander | Martha Hyer, Veda Ann Borg, Jock Mahoney | Western | United Artists |
| Kansas Raiders | Ray Enright | Audie Murphy, Brian Donlevy, Marguerite Chapman | Western | Universal |
| Key to the City | George Sidney | Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Frank Morgan | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| The Kid from Texas | Kurt Neumann | Audie Murphy, Gale Storm, Albert Dekker | Western | Universal |
| Kill or Be Killed | Max Nosseck | Lawrence Tierney, George Coulouris, Rudolph Anders | Crime | Eagle-Lion |
| Kill the Umpire | Lloyd Bacon | William Bendix, William Frawley, Gloria Henry | Comedy | Columbia |
| Killer Shark | Budd Boetticher | Roddy McDowall, Laurette Luez, Roland Winters | Adventure | Monogram |
| The Killer That Stalked New York | Earl McEvoy | Evelyn Keyes, Charles Korvin, William Bishop | Film noir | Columbia. Based on Cosmo article |
| Kim | Victor Saville | Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas | Adventure | MGM. Based on the novel |
| King of the Bullwhip | Ron Ormond | Lash LaRue, Jack Holt, Anne Gwynne | Western | Realart |
| King Solomon's Mines | Compton Bennett | Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson | Adventure | MGM. Based on the 1885 novel |
| Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Gordon Douglas | James Cagney, Barbara Payton, Helena Carter | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| A Lady Without Passport | Joseph H. Lewis | Hedy Lamarr, John Hodiak, James Craig | Film noir | MGM |
| Last of the Buccaneers | Lew Landers | Paul Henreid, Karin Booth, Mary Anderson | Adventure | Columbia |
| Law of the Badlands | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Joan Dixon, Richard Martin | Western | RKO |
| Law of the Panhandle | Lewis D. Collins | Johnny Mack Brown, Jane Adams, Marshall Reed | Western | Monogram |
| The Lawless | Joseph Losey | Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell, Lee Patrick | Drama | Paramount |
| Let's Dance | Norman Z. McLeod | Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire, Roland Young | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| A Life of Her Own | George Cukor | Lana Turner, Ray Milland, Louis Calhern | Drama | MGM |
| Lightning Guns | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Gloria Henry, William Bailey | Western | Columbia |
| Lonely Heart Bandits | George Blair | Barbra Fuller, Dorothy Patrick, Robert Rockwell | Drama | Republic |
| The Lost Volcano | Ford Beebe | Johnny Sheffield, Elena Verdugo, Marjorie Lord | Adventure | Monogram |
| Louisa | Alexander Hall | Ronald Reagan, Spring Byington, Ruth Hussey | Comedy | Universal. Piper Laurie's film debut |
| Love Happy | David Miller | Marx Brothers, Vera-Ellen, Raymond Burr | Comedy | United Artists. Last Marx Brothers film |
| Love That Brute | Alexander Hall | Jean Peters, Paul Douglas, Cesar Romero | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Lucky Losers | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Hillary Brooke | Comedy | Monogram |

## M-N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Charles Lamont | Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Meg Randall | Comedy | Universal. 2nd of a series |
| The Magnificent Yankee | John Sturges | Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Eduard Franz | Biographical | MGM |
| The Man Who Cheated Himself | Felix E. Feist | Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| Mark of the Gorilla | William Berke | Johnny Weissmuller, Trudy Marshall, Suzanne Dalbert | Adventure | Columbia |
| Marshal of Heldorado | Thomas Carr | James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Julie Adams | Western | Lippert |
| The Men | Fred Zinnemann | Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane | War | United Artists |
| Military Academy | D. Ross Lederman | Stanley Clements, James Millican, Gene Collins | Comedy, drama | Columbia |
| The Milkman | Charles Barton | Donald O'Connor, Jimmy Durante, Piper Laurie | Comedy | Universal |
| The Miniver Story | H. C. Potter | Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Leo Genn | Drama | MGM. Sequel to Mrs. Miniver |
| The Missourians | George Blair | Monte Hale, Lyn Thomas, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Mister 880 | Edmund Goulding | Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire, Edmund Gwenn | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| A Modern Marriage | Paul Landres | Reed Hadley, Margaret Field, Robert Clarke | Drama | Monogram |
| Montana | Ray Enright | Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S.Z. Sakall | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Mother Didn't Tell Me | Claude Binyon | Dorothy McGuire, June Havoc, William Lundigan | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Motor Patrol | Sam Newfield | Don Castle, Jane Nigh, Reed Hadley | Crime | Lippert |
| Mr. Music | Richard Haydn | Bing Crosby, Nancy Olson, Ruth Hussey | Drama | Paramount |
| Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone | Norman Taurog | Marjorie Main, James Whitmore, Ann Dvorak | Comedy | MGM |
| The Mudlark | Jean Negulesco | Irene Dunne, Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Mule Train | John English | Gene Autry, Sheila Ryan, Robert Livingston | Western | Columbia |
| My Blue Heaven | Henry Koster | Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Jane Wyatt | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| My Friend Irma Goes West | Hal Walker | Diana Lynn, Marie Wilson, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis | Comedy | Paramount. Sequel to My Friend Irma, 2nd Martin and Lewis film |
| Mystery Street | John Sturges | Ricardo Montalbán, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett | Film noir | MGM |
| Mystery Submarine | Douglas Sirk | Macdonald Carey, Märta Torén, Robert Douglas | War | Universal |
| Nancy Goes to Rio | Robert Z. Leonard | Ann Sothern, Jane Powell, Carmen Miranda | Musical | MGM; remake of It's a Date (1940) |
| The Nevadan | Gordon Douglas | Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, Forrest Tucker | Western | Columbia |
| Never a Dull Moment | George Marshall | Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, William Demarest | Comedy | RKO; Remake of 1968 film |
| The Next Voice You Hear... | William A. Wellman | James Whitmore, Nancy Davis, Lillian Bronson | Drama | MGM |
| Night and the City | Jules Dassin | Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| No Man of Her Own | Mitchell Leisen | Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Phyllis Thaxter | Film noir | Paramount; remade in 1996 as Mrs. Winterbourne |
| North of the Great Divide | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones | Western | Republic |
| No Sad Songs for Me | Rudolph Maté | Margaret Sullavan, Wendell Corey, Viveca Lindfors | Drama | Columbia |
| No Way Out | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally | Film noir | 20th Century Fox; film debut of Sidney Poitier |

## O-Q

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Old Frontier | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Claudia Barrett, Paul Hurst | Western | Republic |
| On the Isle of Samoa | William Berke | Jon Hall, Susan Cabot, Raymond Greenleaf | Adventure | Columbia |
| Once a Thief | W. Lee Wilder | Cesar Romero, June Havoc, Marie McDonald | Film noir | United Artists |
| One Too Many | Erle C. Kenton | Ruth Warrick, Richard Travis, William Tracy | Drama | Independent |
| One Way Street | Hugo Fregonese | James Mason, Märta Torén, Dan Duryea | Film noir | Universal |
| Operation Haylift | William Berke | Bill Williams, Ann Rutherford, Jane Nigh | Drama | Lippert |
| Our Very Own | David Miller | Ann Blyth, Farley Granger, Jane Wyatt | Drama | RKO |
| Outcast of Black Mesa | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Martha Hyer, Stanley Andrews | Western | Columbia |
| Outlaw Gold | Wallace Fox | Johnny Mack Brown, Jane Adams, Milburn Morante | Western | Monogram |
| Outlaws of Texas | Thomas Carr | Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Phyllis Coates | Western | Monogram |
| Outrage | Ida Lupino | Mala Powers, Tod Andrews, Robert Clarke | Film noir | RKO |
| The Outriders | Roy Rowland | Joel McCrea, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan | Western | MGM |
| Outside the Wall | Crane Wilbur | Richard Basehart, Marilyn Maxwell, Signe Hasso | Film noir | Universal |
| Over the Border | Wallace Fox | Johnny Mack Brown, Myron Healey, Pierre Watkin | Western | Monogram |
| Paid in Full | William Dieterle | Robert Cummings, Lizabeth Scott, Diana Lynn | Drama | Paramount |
| Pagan Love Song | Robert Alton | Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Rita Moreno | Musical | MGM |
| The Palomino | Ray Nazarro | Jerome Courtland, Beverly Tyler, Joseph Calleia | Western | Columbia |
| Panic in the Streets | Elia Kazan | Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes | Film noir | 20th Century Fox. Shot in New Orleans |
| Peggy | Frederick de Cordova | Diana Lynn, Charles Coburn, Charlotte Greenwood | Comedy | Universal |
| Perfect Strangers | Bretaigne Windust | Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, Thelma Ritter | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Petty Girl | Henry Levin | Robert Cummings, Joan Caulfield, Elsa Lanchester | Romantic comedy | Columbia |
| Please Believe Me | Norman Taurog | Deborah Kerr, Robert Walker, Mark Stevens, Peter Lawford | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| Prehistoric Women | Gregg G. Tallas | Laurette Luez, Allan Nixon, Joan Shawlee | Science Fiction | Eagle-Lion. Remade in 1967 |
| Pretty Baby | Bretaigne Windust | Dennis Morgan, Betsy Drake, Zachary Scott | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Prisoners in Petticoats | Philip Ford | Robert Rockwell, Danny Sue Nolan, Anthony Caruso | Crime | Republic |
| Pygmy Island | William Berke | Johnny Weissmuller, Ann Savage, Steven Geray | Adventure | Columbia |
| Quicksand | Irving Pichel | Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Peter Lorre | Film noir | United Artists |

## R-S

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Radar Secret Service | Sam Newfield | John Howard, Adele Jergens, Tom Neal | Action | Lippert |
| Raiders of Tomahawk Creek | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Edgar Dearing | Western | Columbia |
| Redwood Forest Trail | Philip Ford | Rex Allen, Jeff Donnell, Jane Darwell | Western | Republic |
| The Reformer and the Redhead | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | June Allyson, Dick Powell, Cecil Kellaway | Comedy | MGM |
| Return of the Frontiersman | Richard L. Bare | Gordon MacRae, Julie London, Rory Calhoun | Western | Warner Bros. |
| The Return of Jesse James | Arthur Hilton | John Ireland, Ann Dvorak, Henry Hull | Western | Lippert |
| Revenue Agent | Lew Landers | Lyle Talbot, Jean Willes, Onslow Stevens | Crime | Columbia |
| Rider from Tucson | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Veda Ann Borg, Richard Martin | Western | RKO |
| Riding High | Frank Capra | Bing Crosby, Coleen Gray, Frances Gifford | Comedy | MGM. Remake of 1934's Broadway Bill. |
| Right Cross | John Sturges | June Allyson, Dick Powell, Ricardo Montalbán | Drama | MGM |
| Rio Grande | John Ford | John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen | Western | Republic; |
| Rio Grande Patrol | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Jane Nigh, Cleo Moore | Western | RKO |
| Rocketship X-M | Kurt Neumann | Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery | Science fiction | Lippert |
| Rock Island Trail | Joseph Kane | Forrest Tucker, Adele Mara, Lorna Gray | Western | Republic |
| Rocky Mountain | William Keighley | Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Rogues of Sherwood Forest | Gordon Douglas | John Derek, Diana Lynn, George Macready | Adventure | Columbia |
| Rookie Fireman | Seymour Friedman | Bill Williams, Barton MacLane, Marjorie Reynolds | Drama | Columbia |
| Rustlers on Horseback | Fred C. Brannon | Allan Lane, Claudia Barrett, George Nader | Western | Republic |
| Saddle Tramp | Hugo Fregonese | Joel McCrea, Wanda Hendrix, John Russell | Western | Universal |
| Salt Lake Raiders | Fred C. Brannon | Allan Lane, Martha Hyer, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Sarumba | Marion Gering | Michael Whalen, Doris Dowling, Tommy Wonder | Musical | Eagle-Lion |
| The Savage Horde | Joseph Kane | Wild Bill Elliott, Lorna Gray, Grant Withers | Western | Republic |
| Second Chance | William Beaudine | Ruth Warrick, Hugh Beaumont, John Hubbard | Drama | Independent |
| The Second Face | Jack Bernhard | Ella Raines, Rita Johnson, Bruce Bennett | Drama | Eagle-Lion |
| The Second Woman | James V. Kern | Robert Young, Betsy Drake, John Sutton | Film noir | United Artists |
| The Secret Fury | Mel Ferrer | Claudette Colbert, Robert Ryan, Paul Kelly | Film noir | RKO. |
| September Affair | William Dieterle | Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, Françoise Rosay | Romance | Paramount |
| Shadow on the Wall | Pat Jackson | Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott, Gigi Perreau | Mystery | MGM. |
| Shakedown | Joseph Pevney | Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow | Film noir | Universal |
| Short Grass | Lesley Selander | Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Johnny Mack Brown | Western | Allied Artists |
| The Showdown | Dorrell McGowan | Wild Bill Elliott, Walter Brennan, Marie Windsor | Western | Republic |
| Side Street | Anthony Mann | Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig | Film noir | MGM |
| Sideshow | Jean Yarbrough | Don McGuire, Tracey Roberts, John Abbott | Crime | Monogram |
| Sierra | Alfred E. Green | Audie Murphy, Wanda Hendrix, Dean Jagger | Western | Universal |
| Sierra Passage | Frank McDonald | Wayne Morris, Lola Albright, Lloyd Corrigan | Western | Monogram |
| The Silver Bandit | Elmer Clifton | Spade Cooley, Dick Elliott, Ginny Jackson | Western | Astor |
| Silver Raiders | Wallace Fox | Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Virginia Herrick | Western | Monogram |
| Singing Guns | R. G. Springsteen | Ella Raines, Vaughn Monroe, Walter Brennan | Western | Republic |
| Six Gun Mesa | Wallace Fox | Johnny Mack Brown, Gail Davis, Leonard Penn | Western | Monogram |
| The Skipper Surprised His Wife | Elliott Nugent | Robert Walker, Joan Leslie, Edward Arnold | Comedy | MGM |
| The Sleeping City | George Sherman | Richard Conte, Coleen Gray, Peggy Dow | Film noir | Universal |
| Snow Dog | Frank McDonald | Kirby Grant, Elena Verdugo, Rick Vallin | Adventure | Monogram |
| So Young, So Bad | Bernard Vorhaus | Paul Henreid, Catherine McLeod, Anne Francis | Drama | United Artists |
| The Sound of Fury | Cy Endfield | Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson | Film noir | United Artists. |
| South Sea Sinner | H. Bruce Humberstone | Shelley Winters, Macdonald Carey, Frank Lovejoy | Drama | Universal |
| Southside 1-1000 | Boris Ingster | Don DeFore, Andrea King, George Tobias | Film noir | Allied Artists |
| Spy Hunt | George Sherman | Howard Duff, Märta Torén, Philip Friend | Film noir | Universal |
| Square Dance Katy | Jean Yarbrough | Barbara Jo Allen, Jimmie Davis, Virginia Welles | Musical | Monogram |
| Stage to Tucson | Ralph Murphy | Rod Cameron, Wayne Morris, Sally Eilers | Western | Columbia |
| Stars In My Crown | Jacques Tourneur | Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Juano Hernandez | Western | MGM. |
| State Penitentiary | Lew Landers | Warner Baxter, Onslow Stevens, Karin Booth | Drama | Columbia |
| Stella | Claude Binyon | Ann Sheridan, Victor Mature, David Wayne | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Storm over Wyoming | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Noreen Nash, Richard Martin | Western | RKO |
| Streets of Ghost Town | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Mary Ellen Kay, Stanley Andrews | Western | Columbia |
| Summer Stock | Charles Walters | Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Gloria DeHaven | Musical | MGM |
| Sunset Boulevard | Billy Wilder | William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim | Film noir | Paramount |
| Sunset in the West | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Estelita Rodriguez, Penny Edwards | Western | Republic |
| The Sun Sets at Dawn | Paul Sloane | Walter Reed, Patrick Waltz, Howard St. John | Crime | Eagle-Lion |
| The Sundowners | George Templeton | Robert Preston, Robert Sterling, Cathy Downs | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| Surrender | Allan Dwan | Vera Ralston, John Carroll, Walter Brennan | Western | Republic |
| Swiss Tour | Leopold Lindtberg | Cornel Wilde, Josette Day, Simone Signoret | Drama | Film Classics |

## T

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Tarnished | Harry Keller | Dorothy Patrick, Jimmy Lydon, Barbra Fuller | Drama | Republic |
| Tarzan and the Slave Girl | Lee Sholem | Lex Barker, Vanessa Brown, Denise Darcel | Adventure | RKO |
| The Tattooed Stranger | Edward Montagne | Patricia Barry, John Miles, Walter Kinsella | Film noir | RKO |
| Tea for Two | David Butler | Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Eve Arden | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Texan Meets Calamity Jane | Ande Lamb | Evelyn Ankers, James Ellison, Jack Ingram | Western | Columbia |
| Texas Dynamo | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Lois Hall, Jock Mahoney | Western | Columbia |
| The Third Man | Carol Reed | Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles | Film noir | Selznick |
| This Side of the Law | Richard L. Bare | Viveca Lindfors, Janis Paige, Robert Douglas | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| Three Came Home | Jean Negulesco | Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles, Florence Desmond | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Three Little Words | Richard Thorpe | Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen | Musical | MGM. |
| Three Secrets | Robert Wise | Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal, Ruth Roman | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| A Ticket to Tomahawk | Richard Sale | Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Rory Calhoun | Western musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Timber Fury | Bernard B. Ray | David Bruce, Lee Phelps, Sam Flint | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| To Please a Lady | Clarence Brown | Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou | Drama | MGM |
| The Toast of New Orleans | Norman Taurog | Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, David Niven | Musical | MGM |
| The Torch | Emilio Fernández | Paulette Goddard, Pedro Armendáriz, Gilbert Roland | Romantic | Eagle-Lion |
| The Tougher They Come | Ray Nazarro | Wayne Morris, Preston Foster, Gloria Henry | Drama | Columbia |
| Trail of Robin Hood | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones | Western | Republic |
| Trail of the Rustlers | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Gail Davis, Mira McKinney | Western | Columbia |
| Train to Tombstone | William Berke | Don "Red" Barry, Judith Allen, Robert Lowery | Western | Lippert |
| The Traveling Saleswoman | Charles Reisner | Joan Davis, Andy Devine, Adele Jergens | Western comedy | Columbia |
| Treasure Island | Byron Haskin | Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney | Adventure | Disney |
| Trial Without Jury | Philip Ford | Robert Rockwell, Audrey Long, Kent Taylor | Mystery | Republic |
| Trigger, Jr. | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Gordon Jones | Western | Republic |
| Triple Trouble | Jean Yarbrough | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell | Comedy | Monogram |
| Tripoli | Will Price | Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Phillip Reed | Adventure | Paramount |
| Twilight in the Sierras | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez | Western | Republic |
| Two Flags West | Robert Wise | Joseph Cotten, Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Two Weeks with Love | Roy Rowland | Jane Powell, Ricardo Montalbán, Louis Calhern | Musical | MGM. |
| Tyrant of the Sea | Lew Landers | Ron Randell, Rhys Williams, Lester Matthews | Historical | Columbia |

## U–V

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Under Mexicali Stars | George Blair | Rex Allen, Dorothy Patrick, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Under My Skin | Jean Negulesco | John Garfield, Micheline Presle, Noel Drayton | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Undercover Girl | Joseph Pevney | Alexis Smith, Scott Brady, Richard Egan | Film noir | Universal |
| The Underworld Story | Cy Endfield | Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm | Film noir | United Artists |
| Union Station | Rudolph Maté | William Holden, Barry Fitzgerald, Nancy Olson | Film noir | Paramount |
| Unmasked | George Blair | Robert Rockwell, Barbra Fuller, Raymond Burr | Crime | Republic |
| The Vanishing Westerner | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Vendetta | Mel Ferrer | Faith Domergue, George Dolenz, Joseph Calleia | Historical Crime | RKO |
| The Vicious Years | Robert Florey | Tommy Cook, Eduard Franz, Gar Moore | Crime | Film Classics |
| Vigilante Hideout | Fred C. Brannon | Allan Lane, Virginia Herrick, Eddy Waller | Western | Republic |

## W–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Wabash Avenue | Henry Koster | Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Phil Harris | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Wagon Master | John Ford | Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Joanne Dru | Western | RKO. Followed by TV series Wagon Train |
| Walk Softly, Stranger | Robert Stevenson | Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington | Drama | RKO |
| Watch the Birdie | Jack Donohue | Red Skelton, Arlene Dahl, Ann Miller | Comedy | MGM |
| West of the Brazos | Thomas Carr | James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Julie Adams | Western | Lippert |
| West of Wyoming | Wallace Fox | Johnny Mack Brown, Gail Davis, Myron Healey | Western | Monogram |
| The West Point Story | Roy Del Ruth | James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Doris Day | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Western Pacific Agent | Sam Newfield | Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, Mickey Knox | Crime | Lippert |
| When Willie Comes Marching Home | John Ford | Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet, William Demarest | Comedy | 20th Century Fox. Golden Leopard award |
| When You're Smiling | Joseph Santley | Jerome Courtland, Frankie Laine, Lola Albright | Musical | Columbia |
| Where Danger Lives | John Farrow | Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains | Film noir | RKO. Domergue's film debut |
| Where the Sidewalk Ends | Otto Preminger | Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill | Film noir | 20th Century Fox. Based on novel Night Cry |
| Whirlpool | Otto Preminger | Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, Jose Ferrer | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| The White Tower | Ted Tetzlaff | Glenn Ford, Alida Valli, Claude Rains | Adventure | RKO. Based on novel of same name |
| The Wild Heart | Powell and Pressburger | Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack | Drama | American version of Gone to Earth |
| Winchester '73 | Anthony Mann | James Stewart, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters | Western | Universal |
| A Woman of Distinction | Edward Buzzell | Rosalind Russell, Ray Milland, Edmund Gwenn | Comedy | Columbia |
| Woman in Hiding | Michael Gordon | Ida Lupino, Stephen McNally, Howard Duff | Film noir | Universal |
| Woman on the Run | Norman Foster | Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith | Film noir | Universal |
| Women from Headquarters | George Blair | Virginia Huston, Barbra Fuller | Drama | Republic |
| Wyoming Mail | Reginald Le Borg | Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, Howard da Silva | Western | Universal |
| The Yellow Cab Man | Jack Donohue | Red Skelton, Gloria DeHaven, Edward Arnold | Comedy | MGM |
| Young Daniel Boone | Reginald Le Borg | David Bruce, Kristine Miller, Don Beddoe | Western | Monogram |
| Young Man with a Horn | Michael Curtiz | Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Kirk Douglas | Drama | Warner Bros. |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Crime of Korea | | | War | Korean War propaganda |
| The Hollywood Ten | John Berry | | Documentary | |
| The Titan: Story of Michelangelo | Robert J. Flaherty | Fredric March | Documentary | Oscar winner |
| Why Korea? | Edmund Reek | Joe King (narrator) | Documentary | Oscar winner |
| With These Hands | Jack Arnold | Sam Levene | Documentary | |

## Serials

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Atom Man vs. Superman | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Kirk Alyn, Lyle Talbot, Noel Neill | Serial | Columbia |
| Cody of the Pony Express | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Jock O'Mahoney, Dickie Moore | Serial | |
| Desperadoes of the West | Fred C. Brannon | Richard Powers, Judy Clark | Serial | |
| Flying Disc Man from Mars | Fred C. Brannon | Walter Reed, Lois Collier | Adventure | Serial |
| The Invisible Monster | Fred C. Brannon | Richard Webb, Aline Towne | Adventure | Republic Serial |
| Pirates of the High Seas | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Buster Crabbe, Lois Hall | Serial | Universal |

## Shorts

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 8 Ball Bunny | Chuck Jones | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Big House Bunny | Friz Freleng | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Boobs in the Woods | Robert McKimson | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| The Brave Engineer | Jack Kinney | The King's Men | Animation | Disney; based on life of Casey Jones |
| Bushy Hare | Robert McKimson | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Canary Row | Friz Freleng | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Cue Ball Cat | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| A Date with Your Family | Edward G. Simmel | Ralph Hodges | Short | |
| Dopey Dicks | Edward Bernds | The Three Stooges | Comedy short | |
| The Ducksters | Charles M. Jones | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| A Fractured Leghorn | Robert McKimson | Foghorn Leghorn | Animation | |
| The Framed Cat | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Golden Yeggs | I. Freleng | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Grandad of Races | André de la Varre | Art Gilmore | Short | Oscar for Best Short (1 Reel) |
| Hillbilly Hare | Robert McKimson | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Homeless Hare | Chuck Jones | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Hugs and Mugs | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy short | Columbia |
| Hurdy-Gurdy Hare | Robert McKimson | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| In Beaver Valley | James Algar | Winston Hibler | Short | Oscar for Best Short (2 Reels) |
| Jerry and the Lion | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Jerry's Cousin | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Little Quacker | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Love at First Bite | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy short | |
| Motor Mania | Jack Kinney | Goofy | Animation | Disney |
| Mutiny on the Bunny | Friz Freleng | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Pop 'im Pop | Robert McKimson | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Punchy Cowpunchers | Edward Bernds | The Three Stooges | Comedy | |
| Puny Express | Walter Lantz, Dick Lundy | Woody the Woodpecker | Animation | |
| Rabbit of Seville | Charles M. Jones | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Rabbit's Moon | Kenneth Anger | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Safety Second | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Saturday Evening Puss | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| The Scarlet Pumpernickel | Charles M. Jones | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Self-Made Maids | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy | |
| Slaphappy Sleuths | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy | |
| A Snitch in Time | Edward Bernds | The Three Stooges | Comedy | |
| The Stairs | | | Short | Oscar nominee |
| Strife with Father | Bob McKimson | Merrie Melodies | Animation | |
| Studio Stoops | Edward Bernds | The Three Stooges | Comedy | |
| Sugar Chile Robinson | Will Cowan | Billie Holiday, Frank Robinson | Short | |
| Texas Tom | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Three Hams on Rye | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy | |
| Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| What's Up, Doc? | Robert McKimson | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| The Wizard of Oz (TV special) | Burr Tillstrom | | Short | Adaptation using puppets |