# List of American films of 1957

This is a list of American films released in 1957.
The Bridge on the River Kwai won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

## A-B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 3:10 to Yuma | Delmer Daves | Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr, Leora Dana | Western | Columbia; based on Three-Ten to Yuma and story by Elmore Leonard; remade in 2007 |
| 5 Steps to Danger | Henry S. Kesler | Ruth Roman, Sterling Hayden, Werner Klemperer | Film noir | United Artists |
| 12 Angry Men | Sidney Lumet | Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Jack Warden | Drama | United Artists |
| 20 Million Miles to Earth | Nathan H. Juran | William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia | Science fiction | Columbia |
| The 27th Day | William Asher | Gene Barry, Valerie French, George Voskovec | Science fiction | Columbia |
| The Abductors | Andrew V. McLaglen | Victor McLaglen, George Macready, Fay Spain | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| Action of the Tiger | Terence Young | Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom | Adventure | MGM |
| Affair in Havana | László Benedek | John Cassavetes, Sara Shane, Raymond Burr | Film noir | Allied Artists |
| Affair in Reno | R. G. Springsteen | John Lund, Doris Singleton, John Archer | Comedy | Republic |
| An Affair to Remember | Leo McCarey | Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Cathleen Nesbitt, Richard Denning | Romance | 20th Century Fox |
| All Mine to Give | Allen Reisner | Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, Patty McCormack | Drama | RKO |
| The Amazing Colossal Man | Bert I. Gordon | Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson | Science fiction | A.I.P. |
| Apache Warrior | Elmo Williams | Keith Larsen, Jim Davis, Rodolfo Acosta | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Appointment with a Shadow | Richard Carlson | George Nader, Joanna Moore, Brian Keith, Virginia Field | Film noir | Universal |
| April Love | Henry Levin | Pat Boone, Shirley Jones, Arthur O'Connell | Romance | 20th Century Fox |
| The Astounding She-Monster | Ronald V. Ashcroft | Robert Clarke, Kenne Duncan, Ewing Miles Brown | Science fiction | A.I.P. |
| Attack of the Crab Monsters | Roger Corman | Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson | Science fiction | Allied Artists |
| Baby Face Nelson | Don Siegel | Mickey Rooney, Carolyn Jones, Cedric Hardwicke | Biography, crime | United Artists |
| The Bachelor Party | Delbert Mann | Don Murray, Eddie Albert, Carolyn Jones | Comedy | United Artists |
| Back from the Dead | Charles Warren | Peggie Castle, Arthur Franz, Marsha Hunt | Horror | 20th Century Fox |
| Badlands of Montana | Daniel B. Ullman | Rex Reason, Margia Dean, Beverly Garland | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Bailout at 43,000 | Francis D. Lyon | John Payne, Karen Steele, Paul Kelly | War | United Artists |
| Band of Angels | Raoul Walsh | Clark Gable, Sidney Poitier, Yvonne De Carlo | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Battle Hymn | Douglas Sirk | Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea | War | Universal |
| Bayou | Harold Daniels | Peter Graves, Lita Milan, Douglas Fowley | Drama | United Artists |
| Beau James | Melville Shavelson | Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Alexis Smith | Biography | Paramount |
| Beginning of the End | Bert I. Gordon | Peter Graves, Peggie Castle, Morris Ankrum | Science fiction | Republic |
| Bernardine | Henry Levin | Pat Boone, Terry Moore, Dean Jagger | Romantic comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Big Boodle | Richard Wilson | Errol Flynn, Pedro Armendáriz, Rossana Rory, Gia Scala | Film noir | United Artists |
| The Big Caper | Robert Stevens | Rory Calhoun, Mary Costa, James Gregory | Film noir | United Artists |
| The Big Land | Gordon Douglas | Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Bitter Victory | Nicholas Ray | Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman | War | Columbia |
| Black Patch | Allen H. Miner | George Montgomery, Diane Brewster, Tom Pittman | Western | Warner Bros. |
| The Black Scorpion | Edward Ludwig | Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas | Science fiction | Warner Bros. |
| Bombers B-52 | Gordon Douglas | Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Bop Girl Goes Calypso | Howard W. Koch | Judy Tyler, Bobby Troup, Margo Woode | Musical | United Artists |
| Boy on a Dolphin | Jean Negulesco | Alan Ladd, Sophia Loren, Clifton Webb | Drama | Fox |
| The Brain from Planet Arous | Nathan H. Juran | John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller | Science fiction | Howco |
| The Brothers Rico | Phil Karlson | Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, James Darren | Film noir | Columbia |
| The Buckskin Lady | Carl K. Hittleman | Patricia Medina, Richard Denning, Gerald Mohr | Western | United Artists |
| The Burglar | Paul Wendkos | Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha Vickers | Crime | Columbia |
| The Buster Keaton Story | Sidney Sheldon | Donald O'Connor, Ann Blyth, Rhonda Fleming, Peter Lorre | Biography | Paramount |

## C-H

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Calypso Heat Wave | Fred F. Sears | Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders, Meg Myles | Musical | Columbia |
| The Careless Years | Arthur Hiller | Dean Stockwell, Natalie Trundy, John Larch | Romance | United Artists |
| Chain of Evidence | Paul Landres | Bill Elliott, Jimmy Lydon, Claudia Barrett | Crime | Allied Artists |
| Chicago Confidential | Sidney Salkow | Brian Keith, Beverly Garland, Dick Foran | Crime | United Artists |
| China Gate | Samuel Fuller | Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, Nat King Cole | War drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Copper Sky | Charles Marquis Warren | Jeff Morrow, Coleen Gray, Strother Martin | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Crime of Passion | Gerd Oswald | Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr | Film noir | United Artists |
| The Crooked Circle | Joseph Kane | Fay Spain, Steve Brodie, John Smith | Drama | Republic |
| The Cyclops | Bert I. Gordon | James Craig, Gloria Talbott, Lon Chaney Jr. | Science fiction | Allied Artists |
| The D.I. | Jack Webb | Jack Webb, Jackie Loughery, Lin McCarthy | War | Warner Bros. |
| The Dalton Girls | Reginald Le Borg | Merry Anders, Lisa Davis, Penny Edwards | Western | United Artists |
| The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll | Edgar G. Ulmer | John Agar, Gloria Talbott, Arthur Shields | Science fiction | Allied Artists |
| The Deadly Mantis | Nathan Juran | Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton | Science fiction | Universal |
| Death in Small Doses | Joseph M. Newman | Peter Graves, Mala Powers, Merry Anders | Film noir | Allied Artists |
| Decision at Sundown | Budd Boetticher | Randolph Scott, John Carroll, Karen Steele | Western | Columbia |
| The Deerslayer | Kurt Neumann | Rita Moreno, Lex Barker, Cathy O'Donnell | Western | 20th Century Fox. Based on book by James Fenimore Cooper |
| The Delicate Delinquent | Don McGuire | Jerry Lewis, Darren McGavin, Martha Hyer | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Delinquents | Robert Altman | Tom Laughlin, Richard Bakalyan, Lotus Corelli | Drama | United Artists |
| Designing Woman | Vincente Minnelli | Lauren Bacall, Gregory Peck, Dolores Gray | Romantic comedy | MGM; Academy Award for screenplay |
| Desk Set | Walter Lang | Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Joan Blondell | Romantic comedy | Fox; based on William Marchant play |
| The Devil's Hairpin | Cornel Wilde | Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Arthur Franz | Sports drama | Paramount |
| Dino | Thomas Carr | Sal Mineo, Brian Keith, Susan Kohner | Drama | Allied Artists |
| Domino Kid | Ray Nazarro | Rory Calhoun, Kristine Miller, Yvette Dugay | Western | Columbia |
| Don't Go Near the Water | Charles Walters | Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Anne Francis | Comedy | MGM |
| Dragoon Wells Massacre | Harold D. Schuster | Mona Freeman, Barry Sullivan, John War Eagle | Western | Allied Artists |
| Drango | Hall Bartlett | Jeff Chandler, Joanne Dru, Julie London | Western | United Artists |
| Duel at Apache Wells | Joseph Kane | Anna Maria Alberghetti, Ben Cooper, Jim Davis | Western | Republic |
| Edge of the City | Martin Ritt | John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden | Drama | MGM |
| Eighteen and Anxious | Joe Parker | Martha Scott, Jackie Loughery, William Campbell | Drama | Republic |
| The Enemy Below | Dick Powell | Robert Mitchum, Curt Jürgens, Theodore Bikel | War | 20th Century Fox |
| Escapade in Japan | Arthur Lubin | Teresa Wright, Cameron Mitchell, Jon Provost | Adventure | Universal |
| Escape from Red Rock | Edward Bernds | Brian Donlevy, Eilene Janssen, Jay C. Flippen | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Escape from San Quentin | Fred F. Sears | Merry Anders, Johnny Desmond, Richard Devon | Crime | Columbia |
| A Face in the Crowd | Elia Kazan | Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Lee Remick | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| A Farewell to Arms | Charles Vidor | Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica | War | 20th Century Fox. From Ernest Hemingway novel |
| Fear Strikes Out | Robert Mulligan | Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Adam Williams | Sports | Paramount Pictures. Life of Jimmy Piersall |
| Fire Down Below | Robert Parrish | Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon, Rita Hayworth | Adventure | Columbia |
| Flesh and the Spur | Edward L. Cahn | John Agar, Marla English, Raymond Hatton | Western | A.I.P. |
| Footsteps in the Night | Jean Yarbrough | Bill Elliott, Don Haggerty, Douglas Dick | Mystery | Allied Artists |
| Forty Guns | Samuel Fuller | Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Gene Barry | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Four Boys and a Gun | William Berke | Frank Sutton, James Franciscus, Otto Hulett | Crime | United Artists |
| Four Girls in Town | Jack Sher | Julie Adams, Marianne Koch, Elsa Martinelli | Romantic comedy | Universal |
| From Hell It Came | Dan Milner | Tod Andrews, Linda Watkins, Tina Carver | Science fiction | Allied Artists |
| Funny Face | Stanley Donen | Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson | Musical comedy | Paramount; 4 Oscar nominations |
| Fury at Showdown | Gerd Oswald | John Derek, Carolyn Craig, John Smith | Western | United Artists |
| The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown | Norman Taurog | Jane Russell, Keenan Wynn, Ralph Meeker | Comedy | United Artists |
| The Garment Jungle | Vincent Sherman | Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala | Film noir | Columbia |
| Ghost Diver | Merrill G. White | James Craig, Audrey Totter, Nico Minardos | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| The Giant Claw | Fred F. Sears | Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum | Science fiction | Columbia |
| The Girl in Black Stockings | Howard W. Koch | Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie Van Doren | Mystery | United Artists |
| The Girl in the Kremlin | Russell Birdwell | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lex Barker, Jeffrey Stone | Thriller | Universal |
| God Is My Partner | William F. Claxton | Walter Brennan, Marion Ross, John Hoyt | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Green-Eyed Blonde | Bernard Girard | Susan Oliver, Beverly Long, Melinda Plowman | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Gun Battle at Monterey | Sidney Franklin, Carl K. Hittleman | Sterling Hayden, Pamela Duncan, Mary Beth Hughes | Western | Allied Artists |
| Gun Duel in Durango | Sidney Salkow | George Montgomery, Ann Robinson, Steve Brodie | Western | United Artists |
| Gun for a Coward | Abner Biberman | Fred MacMurray, Jeffrey Hunter, Janice Rule | Western | Universal |
| Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | John Sturges | Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Rhonda Fleming, | Western | Paramount. Story of Wyatt Earp; 2 Oscar nominations |
| Gunfire at Indian Gap | Joseph Kane | Vera Ralston, Anthony George, George Macready | Western | Republic |
| Gun Glory | Roy Rowland | Stewart Granger, Rhonda Fleming, James Gregory | Western | MGM |
| Gunsight Ridge | Francis D. Lyon | Joel McCrea, Joan Weldon, Mark Stevens | Western | United Artists |
| The Guns of Fort Petticoat | George Marshall | Audie Murphy, Kathryn Grant, Jeff Donnell | Western | Columbia |
| The Halliday Brand | Joseph H. Lewis | Joseph Cotten, Viveca Lindfors, Betsy Blair | Western | United Artists |
| The Happy Road | Gene Kelly | Gene Kelly, Barbara Laage, Michael Redgrave | Comedy | MGM |
| The Hard Man | George Sherman | Guy Madison, Valerie French, Lorne Greene | Western | Columbia |
| A Hatful of Rain | Fred Zinnemann | Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray, Tony Franciosa | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Hear Me Good | Don McGuire | Hal March, Merry Anders, Jean Willes | Comedy | Paramount |
| Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison | John Huston | Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum | Drama | 20th Century Fox. 2 Oscar nominations |
| The Helen Morgan Story | Michael Curtiz | Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson | Biography | Warner Bros. |
| Hell Bound | William J. Hole Jr. | John Russell, June Blair, Stuart Whitman | Crime | United Artists |
| Hell Canyon Outlaws | Paul Landres | Dale Robertson, Brian Keith, Rossana Rory | Western | Republic |
| Hellcats of the Navy | Nathan Juran | Ronald Reagan, Nancy Davis, Arthur Franz | Drama | United Artists |
| Hell on Devil's Island | Christian Nyby | William Talman, Helmut Dantine, Donna Martell | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Hell's Crossroads | Franklin Adreon | Peggie Castle, Robert Vaughn, Stephen McNally | Western | Republic |
| Hell Ship Mutiny | Lee Sholem | Jon Hall, Roberta Haynes, Peter Lorre | Adventure | Republic |
| Hidden Fear | André de Toth | John Payne, Conrad Nagel, Alexander Knox | Crime | United Artists |
| The Hired Gun | Ray Nazarro | Rory Calhoun, Anne Francis, Chuck Connors | Western | MGM |
| Hit and Run | Hugo Haas | Cleo Moore, Vince Edwards, Hugo Haas | Crime | United Artists |
| Hold That Hypnotist | Austen Jewell | Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Jane Nigh | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Hot Rod Rumble | Leslie H. Martinson | Leigh Snowden, Wright King, Joey Forman | Drama | Allied Artists |
| Hot Summer Night | David Friedkin | Leslie Nielsen, Colleen Miller, Jay C. Flippen | Crime | MGM |
| House of Numbers | Russell Rouse | Jack Palance, Barbara Lang, Harold J. Stone | Crime | MGM. Based on Jack Finney story |

## I-N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| I Was a Teenage Frankenstein | Herbert L. Strock | Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton | Science fiction | AIP |
| I Was a Teenage Werewolf | Gene Fowler Jr. | Michael Landon, Whit Bissell, Yvonne Lime | Science fiction | AIP |
| The Incredible Petrified World | Jerry Warren | John Considine, Phyllis Coates, Robert Clarke | Science fiction | Independent |
| The Incredible Shrinking Man | Jack Arnold | Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, Paul Langton | Science fiction | Universal; from Richard Matheson novel |
| Interlude | Douglas Sirk | June Allyson, Rossano Brazzi, Marianne Koch | Drama | Universal |
| Invasion of the Saucer Men | Edward Cahn | Gloria Castillo, Frank Gorshin, Steve Terrell | Science fiction | AIP |
| The Invisible Boy | Herman Hoffman | Richard Eyer, Diane Brewster, Philip Abbott | Science fiction | MGM |
| The Iron Sheriff | Sidney Salkow | Sterling Hayden, Constance Ford, Kent Taylor | Western | United Artists |
| Island in the Sun | Robert Rossen | James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Harry Belafonte | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Istanbul | Joseph Pevney | Errol Flynn, Cornell Borchers, John Bentley | Film noir | Universal |
| Jailhouse Rock | Richard Thorpe | Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy | Musical drama | MGM |
| Jamboree | Roy Lockwood | Frankie Avalon, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Jeanne Eagels | George Sidney | Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Charles Drake | Biography | Columbia |
| Jet Pilot | Josef von Sternberg | John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen | War | RKO |
| Joe Butterfly | Jesse Hibbs | Audie Murphy, Keenan Wynn, George Nader | Comedy | Universal |
| Joe Dakota | Richard Bartlett | Jock Mahoney, Luana Patten, Charles McGraw | Western | Universal |
| Johnny Trouble | John H. Auer | Ethel Barrymore, Stuart Whitman, Cecil Kellaway | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Johnny Tremain | Robert Stevenson | Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, Sebastian Cabot | Adventure | Disney |
| The Joker Is Wild | Charles Vidor | Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain | Biography | Paramount. Story of Joe E. Lewis |
| Jungle Heat | Howard W. Koch | Lex Barker, Mari Blanchard, Glenn Langan | Adventure | United Artists |
| Kelly and Me | Robert Z. Leonard | Van Johnson, Piper Laurie, Martha Hyer | Musical comedy | Universal |
| The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm | Virgil Vogel | Marjorie Main, Parker Fennelly, Gloria Talbott | Comedy | Universal |
| Kiss Them for Me | Stanley Donen | Cary Grant, Suzy Parker, Jayne Mansfield | Comedy | 20th Century Fox. Based on the Broadway play |
| Kronos | Kurt Neumann | Jeff Morrow, Barbara Lawrence, George O'Hanlon | Science fiction | 20th Century Fox |
| The Land Unknown | Virgil W. Vogel | Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds | Science fiction | Universal |
| Last of the Badmen | Paul Landres | George Montgomery, Keith Larsen, James Best | Western | Allied Artists |
| The Last Stagecoach West | Joseph Kane | Jim Davis, Mary Castle, Victor Jory | Western | Republic |
| The Lawless Eighties | Joseph Kane | Buster Crabbe, John Smith, Ted de Corsia | Western | Republic |
| Legend of the Lost | Henry Hathaway | John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Rossano Brazzi | Adventure | United Artists |
| Les Girls | George Cukor | Mitzi Gaynor, Gene Kelly, Kay Kendall | Musical | MGM; 2 Golden Globes; 3 Oscar nominations |
| The Little Hut | Mark Robson | Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, David Niven | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| The Living Idol | Albert Lewin | Steve Forrest, Liliane Montevecchi, James Robertson Justice | Horror | MGM |
| Lizzie | Hugo Haas | Eleanor Parker, Richard Boone, Joan Blondell | Film noir | MGM |
| The Lonely Man | Henry Levin | Jack Palance, Anthony Perkins, Neville Brand | Western | Paramount |
| Looking for Danger | Austen Jewell | Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Michael Granger | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Love in the Afternoon | Billy Wilder | Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier | Romance | Allied Artists |
| Love Slaves of the Amazons | Curt Siodmak | Don Taylor, Eduardo Ciannelli, John Herbert | Adventure | Universal |
| Loving You | Hal Kanter | Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey | Musical drama | Paramount |
| Lure of the Swamp | Hubert Cornfield | Marshall Thompson, Joan Vohs, Willard Parker | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Man Afraid | Harry Keller | George Nader, Phyllis Thaxter, Tim Hovey | Film noir | Universal |
| Man of a Thousand Faces | Joseph Pevney | James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer | Biography | Universal; life of Lon Chaney |
| Man on Fire | Ranald MacDougall | Bing Crosby, Inger Stevens, Mary Fickett | Drama | MGM |
| Man on the Prowl | Art Napoleon | Mala Powers, James Best, Ted de Corsia | Crime | United Artists |
| The Man Who Turned to Stone | László Kardos | Victor Jory, Ann Doran, Paul Cavanagh | Horror, | Columbia |
| Men in War | Anthony Mann | Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Vic Morrow | War | United Artists |
| The Midnight Story | Joseph Pevney | Tony Curtis, Marisa Pavan, Gilbert Roland | Film noir | Universal |
| Mister Cory | Blake Edwards | Tony Curtis, Martha Hyer, Kathryn Grant | Film noir | Universal |
| Mister Rock and Roll | Charles S. Dubin | Alan Freed, Teddy Randazzo, Rocky Graziano | Musical | Paramount |
| Monkey on My Back | André de Toth | Cameron Mitchell, Dianne Foster, Paul Richards | Biography | United Artists |
| The Monolith Monsters | John Sherwood | Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Trevor Bardette | Science fiction | Universal |
| Monster from Green Hell | Kenneth G. Crane | Jim Davis, Barbara Turner, Robert Griffin | Science fiction | Independent |
| The Monster That Challenged the World | Arnold Laven | Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried | Science fiction | United Artists |
| My Gun Is Quick | Victor Saville | Robert Bray, Whitney Blake, Donald Randolph | Film noir | United Artists; story by Mickey Spillane |
| My Man Godfrey | Henry Koster | June Allyson, David Niven, Jessie Royce Landis | Comedy | Universal; remake of 1936 film |
| Naked Paradise | Roger Corman | Beverly Garland, Richard Denning, Leslie Bradley | Drama | A.I.P. |
| Night Passage | James Neilson | James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea | Western | Universal |
| Nightfall | Jacques Tourneur | Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft | Film noir | Columbia |
| The Night Runner | Abner Biberman | Colleen Miller, Ray Danton, Merry Anders | Film noir | Universal |
| The Night the World Exploded | Fred F. Sears | Kathryn Grant, William Leslie, Raymond Greenleaf | Science fiction | Columbia |
| No Down Payment | Martin Ritt | Joanne Woodward, Sheree North, Tony Randall | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| No Time to Be Young | David Lowell Rich | Robert Vaughn, Dorothy Green, Roger Smith | Film noir | Columbia |
| Not of This Earth | Roger Corman | Paul Birch, Beverly Garland, Morgan Jones | Science fiction | Allied Artists |

## O-Q

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Oh, Men! Oh, Women! | Nunnally Johnson | Ginger Rogers, Dan Dailey, David Niven | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Oklahoman | Francis D. Lyon | Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale, Brad Dexter | Western | Allied Artists |
| Old Yeller | Robert Stevenson | Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk | Western drama | Disney |
| Omar Khayyam | William Dieterle | Cornel Wilde, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget | Historical | Paramount |
| Operation Mad Ball | Richard Quine | Jack Lemmon, Kathryn Grant, Mickey Rooney | Comedy | Columbia |
| Oregon Passage | Paul Landres | Lola Albright, John Ericson, Rachel Ames | Western | Allied Artists |
| Outlaw Queen | Herbert S. Greene | Andrea King, Harry James, Robert Clarke | Western | Independent |
| Outlaw's Son | Lesley Selander | Dane Clark, Lori Nelson, Ellen Drew | Western | United Artists |
| The Pajama Game | Stanley Donen | Doris Day, John Raitt, Eddie Foy Jr. | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Pal Joey | George Sidney | Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak | Musical | Columbia; based on the stage musical; 4 Oscar nominations |
| Panama Sal | William Witney | Elena Verdugo, Ed Kemmer, Carlos Rivas | Comedy | Republic |
| The Parson and the Outlaw | Oliver Drake | Anthony Dexter, Sonny Tufts, Jean Parker | Western | Columbia |
| Paths of Glory | Stanley Kubrick | Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou | War | United Artists |
| Pawnee | George Waggner | George Montgomery, Bill Williams, Lola Albright | Western | Republic |
| The Persuader | Dick Ross | William Talman, Kristine Miller, James Craig | Western | Allied Artists |
| Peyton Place | Mark Robson | Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Diane Varsi | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Phantom Stagecoach | Ray Nazarro | William Bishop, Kathleen Crowley, Richard Webb | Western | Columbia |
| Pharaoh's Curse | Lee Sholem | Ziva Rodann, Diane Brewster, George N. Neise | Horror | United Artists |
| Plunder Road | Hubert Cornfield | Gene Raymond, Jeanne Cooper, Wayne Morris | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| Portland Exposé | Harold D. Schuster | Carolyn Craig, Edward Binns, Virginia Gregg | Film noir | Allied Artists |
| The Pride and the Passion | Stanley Kramer | Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren | Adventure | United Artists |
| Public Pigeon No. 1 | Norman Z. McLeod | Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Vivian Blaine | Comedy | RKO |
| Quantez | Harry Keller | Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone | Western | Universal |
| The Quiet Gun | William F. Claxton | Forrest Tucker, Mara Corday, Jim Davis, James Barton | Western | 20th Century Fox |

## R-T

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Raiders of Old California | Albert C. Gannaway | Jim Davis, Arleen Whelan, Faron Young | Western | Republic |
| Raintree County | Edward Dmytryk | Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint, Elizabeth Taylor | Drama | MGM; based on the novel; 4 Oscar nominations |
| Reform School Girl | Edward Bernds | Gloria Castillo, Edd Byrnes, Yvette Vickers | Drama | AIP |
| The Restless Breed | Allan Dwan | Scott Brady, Anne Bancroft, Jay C. Flippen | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Revolt at Fort Laramie | Lesley Selander | John Dehner, Gregg Palmer, Frances Helm | Western | United Artists |
| The Ride Back | Allen H. Miner | Anthony Quinn, William Conrad, Lita Milan | Western | United Artists |
| Ride Out for Revenge | Bernard Girard | Rory Calhoun, Lloyd Bridges, Gloria Grahame | Western | United Artists |
| Ride a Violent Mile | Charles Warren | John Agar, Penny Edwards, Bing Russell | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The River's Edge | Allan Dwan | Anthony Quinn, Ray Milland, Debra Paget | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Rockabilly Baby | William F. Claxton | Virginia Field, Douglas Kennedy, Les Brown | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Rock All Night | Roger Corman | Abby Dalton, Russell Johnson, Dick Miller | Crime | AIP |
| Run of the Arrow | Samuel Fuller | Rod Steiger, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker | Western | Universal |
| Sabu and the Magic Ring | George Blair | Sabu, William Marshall, Peter Mamakos | Adventure | Allied Artists |
| The Sad Sack | George Marshall | Jerry Lewis, David Wayne, Peter Lorre | Comedy | Paramount |
| Saint Joan | Otto Preminger | Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd | Historical | United Artists; story of Joan of Arc |
| Sayonara | Joshua Logan | Marlon Brando, Miyoshi Umeki, Patricia Owens | Drama | Warner Bros.; based on James Michener novel; won 4 Oscars |
| The Seventh Sin | Ronald Neame | Eleanor Parker, Bill Travers, George Sanders | Drama | MGM |
| The Shadow on the Window | William Asher | Philip Carey, Betty Garrett, John Drew Barrymore | Crime | Columbia |
| She Devil | Kurt Neumann | Mari Blanchard, Albert Dekker, John Archer | Horror | 20th Century Fox |
| Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend | Richard L. Bare | Randolph Scott, Angie Dickinson, James Craig | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Short Cut to Hell | James Cagney | Robert Ivers, Georgann Johnson, William Bishop | Crime drama | Paramount |
| Sierra Stranger | Lee Sholem | Howard Duff, Dick Foran, Gloria McGehee | Western | Columbia |
| Silk Stockings | Rouben Mamoulian | Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige | Musical | MGM. Based on 1939's Ninotchka and the stage musical |
| Slander | Roy Rowland | Van Johnson, Ann Blyth, Steve Cochran | Drama | MGM |
| Slaughter on Tenth Avenue | Arnold Laven | Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea | Film noir | Universal |
| Slim Carter | Richard Bartlett | Jock Mahoney, Julie Adams, Tim Hovey | Western | Universal |
| Something of Value | Richard Brooks | Rock Hudson, Sidney Poitier, Dana Wynter | Drama | MGM |
| Sorority Girl | Roger Corman | Susan Cabot, June Kenney, Barboura Morris | Drama | AIP |
| Spanish Affair | Don Siegel | Carmen Sevilla, Richard Kiley, Jesús Tordesillas | Drama | Paramount |
| The Spirit of St. Louis | Billy Wilder | James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith | Biography | Warner Bros.; story of Charles Lindbergh |
| Spoilers of the Forest | Joseph Kane | Vera Ralston, Rod Cameron, Hillary Brooke | Drama | Republic |
| Spook Chasers | George Blair | Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Percy Helton | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Spring Reunion | Robert Pirosh | Betty Hutton, Dana Andrews, Jean Hagen | Drama | United Artists |
| Stopover Tokyo | Richard L. Breen | Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O'Brien | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| Street of Sinners | William Berke | George Montgomery, Geraldine Brooks, Nehemiah Persoff | Crime | United Artists |
| The Storm Rider | Edward Bernds | Scott Brady, Mala Powers, Bill Williams | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Story of Mankind | Irwin Allen | Ronald Colman, Vincent Price, Hedy Lamarr | Fantasy | Warner Bros. |
| The Strange One | Jack Garfein | Ben Gazzara, George Peppard, Arthur Storch | Drama | Columbia |
| The Sun Also Rises | Henry King | Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Errol Flynn | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Sweet Smell of Success | Alexander MacKendrick | Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Martin Milner | Drama | United Artists |
| The Tall Stranger | Thomas Carr | Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Barry Kelley | Western | Allied Artists |
| The Tall T | Budd Boetticher | Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan | Western | Columbia |
| Taming Sutton's Gal | Lesley Selander | John Lupton, Gloria Talbott, May Wynn | Drama | Republic |
| Tammy and the Bachelor | Joseph Pevney | Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Leslie Nielsen | Romantic comedy | Universal |
| The Tarnished Angels | Douglas Sirk | Robert Stack, Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone | Drama | Universal |
| Tarzan and the Lost Safari | H. Bruce Humberstone | Gordon Scott, Betta St. John, Yolande Donlan | Adventure | MGM |
| The Tattered Dress | Jack Arnold | Jeff Chandler, Jeanne Crain, Elaine Stewart | Film noir | Universal |
| Teenage Doll | Roger Corman | June Kenney, Fay Spain, Barboura Morris | Drama | Allied Artists |
| Ten Thousand Bedrooms | Richard Thorpe | Dean Martin, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Eva Bartok | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| That Night! | John Newland | John Beal, Augusta Dabney, Shepperd Strudwick | Drama | Universal |
| This Angry Age | René Clément | Silvana Mangano, Anthony Perkins, Richard Conte | Drama | Columbia; Co-production with Italy |
| This Could Be the Night | Robert Wise | Jean Simmons, Tony Franciosa, Paul Douglas | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| The Three Faces of Eve | Nunnally Johnson | Joanne Woodward, Lee J. Cobb, David Wayne | Drama | 20th Century Fox; Academy Award for Woodward |
| Three Violent People | Rudolph Mate | Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Gilbert Roland | Western | Paramount |
| The Tijuana Story | Leslie Kardos | James Darren, Rodolfo Acosta, Jean Willes | Film noir | Columbia |
| Time Limit | Karl Malden | Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, Rip Torn | Drama | United Artists |
| The Tin Star | Anthony Mann | Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Betsy Palmer | Western | Paramount |
| Tip on a Dead Jockey | Richard Thorpe | Robert Taylor, Dorothy Malone, Gia Scala | Film Noir | MGM |
| Tomahawk Trail | Lesley Selander | Chuck Connors, Susan Cummings, John Smith | Western | United Artists |
| Top Secret Affair | H. C. Potter | Kirk Douglas, Susan Hayward, Jim Backus | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Trooper Hook | Charles Marquis Warren | Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Earl Holliman | Western | United Artists |
| The True Story of Jesse James | Nicholas Ray | Robert Wagner, Hope Lange, Jeffrey Hunter | Western | 20th Century Fox |

## U-Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Undead | Roger Corman | Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes | Horror | AIP |
| Under Fire | James B. Clark | Rex Reason, Harry Morgan, Steve Brodie | War | 20th Century Fox |
| The Unearthly | Boris Petroff | John Carradine, Allison Hayes, Marilyn Buferd | Science fiction | Republic |
| The Unholy Wife | John Farrow | Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon | Film noir | RKO |
| The Unknown Terror | Charles Warren | John Howard, Mala Powers, Paul Richards | Horror | 20th Century Fox |
| Untamed Youth | Howard W. Koch | Mamie Van Doren, Lori Nelson, John Russell | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Until They Sail | Robert Wise | Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman | Drama | MGM |
| Up in Smoke | William Beaudine | Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Byron Foulger | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Utah Blaine | Fred F. Sears | Rory Calhoun, Susan Cummings, Angela Stevens | Western | Columbia |
| Valerie | Gerd Oswald | Sterling Hayden, Anita Ekberg, Anthony Steel | Western | United Artists |
| The Vampire | Paul Landres | John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey | Horror | United Artists |
| The Vintage | Jeffrey Hayden | Pier Angeli, Mel Ferrer, John Kerr | Drama | MGM |
| The Violators | John Newland | Arthur O'Connell, Nancy Malone, Fred Beir | Crime | Universal |
| Voodoo Island | Reginald Le Borg | Boris Karloff, Jean Engstrom, Beverly Tyler | Science fiction | United Artists |
| Voodoo Woman | Edward L. Cahn | Tom Conway, Marla English, Mike Connors | Science fiction | AIP |
| War Drums | Reginald Le Borg | Lex Barker, Joan Taylor, Ben Johnson | Western | United Artists |
| The Way to the Gold | Robert D. Webb | Jeffrey Hunter, Sheree North, Barry Sullivan | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Wayward Bus | Victor Vicas | Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins, Dan Dailey | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Wayward Girl | Lesley Selander | Marcia Henderson, Whit Bissell, Peter Walker | Drama | Republic |
| Wild Is the Wind | George Cukor | Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa | Drama | Paramount |
| Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Frank Tashlin | Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Betsy Drake | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Wings of Eagles | John Ford | John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Dan Dailey | Drama | MGM |
| Witness for the Prosecution | Billy Wilder | Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich | Mystery | Story by Agatha Christie; nominated for 6 Oscars |
| Woman and the Hunter | George Breakston | Ann Sheridan, David Farrar, John Loder | Drama | Independent |
| Young and Dangerous | William F. Claxton | Lili Gentle, Mark Damon, Edward Binns | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Young Don't Cry | Alfred L. Werker | Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, J. Carrol Naish | Drama | Columbia |
| Zero Hour! | Hall Bartlett | Dana Andrews, Sterling Hayden, Linda Darnell | Drama | Paramount |
| Zombies of Mora Tau | Edward L. Cahn | Gregg Palmer, Allison Hayes, Morris Ankrum | Horror | Columbia |

## Documentary

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The James Dean Story | Robert Altman | | Documentary | |
| Perri | N. Paul Kenworthy | | Animation | Walt Disney Productions |