# List of American films of 1948

A list of American films released in 1948.

## A–B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 13 Lead Soldiers | Frank McDonald | Tom Conway, Maria Palmer, Helen Westcott | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| 3 Godfathers | John Ford | John Wayne, Harry Carey Jr., Pedro Armendáriz, Mae Marsh | Western | MGM |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | Charles Barton | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange | Comedy, Horror | Universal Pictures |
| An Act of Murder | Michael Gordon | Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Florence Eldridge | Film noir | Universal |
| Adventures in Silverado | Phil Karlson | William Bishop, Gloria Henry, Edgar Buchanan | Western | Columbia |
| Adventures of Don Juan | Vincent Sherman | Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Adventures of Gallant Bess | Lew Landers | Cameron Mitchell, Audrey Long, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| Albuquerque | Ray Enright | Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Paramount |
| Alias a Gentleman | Harry Beaumont | Wallace Beery, Dorothy Patrick, Gladys George | Comedy | MGM |
| All My Sons | Irving Reis | Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster, Mady Christians | Drama | Universal |
| The Amazing Mr. X | Bernard Vorhaus | Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell | Horror | Eagle-Lion |
| Angel in Exile | Allan Dwan | John Carroll, Adele Mara, Barton MacLane | Western | Republic |
| Angel on the Amazon | John H. Auer | George Brent, Vera Ralston, Brian Aherne, Constance Bennett | Adventure | Republic |
| Angels' Alley | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Rosemary LaPlanche | Comedy | Monogram |
| Another Part of the Forest | Michael Gordon | Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Dan Duryea | Drama | Universal |
| Apartment for Peggy | George Seaton | Jeanne Crain, William Holden, Edmund Gwenn | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Appointment with Murder | Jack Bernhard | John Calvert, Catherine Craig, Lyle Talbot | Crime | Film Classics |
| April Showers | László Benedek | Ann Sothern, Jack Carson, Robert Alda | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Arch of Triumph | Lewis Milestone | Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton | War | United Artists |
| Are You with It? | Jack Hively | Donald O'Connor, Olga San Juan, Martha Stewart | Musical comedy | Universal |
| The Argyle Secrets | Cy Endfield | William Gargan, Marjorie Lord, Ralph Byrd | Mystery | Film Classics |
| The Arizona Ranger | John Rawlins | Tim Holt, Jack Holt, Nan Leslie | Western | RKO |
| The Arkansas Swing | Ray Nazarro | Gloria Henry, June Vincent, Elinor Donahue | Musical | Columbia |
| Arthur Takes Over | Malcolm St. Clair | Lois Collier, Richard Crane, Jerome Cowan | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Assigned to Danger | Budd Boetticher | Gene Raymond, Noreen Nash, Robert Bice | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| B.F.'s Daughter | Robert Z. Leonard | Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Charles Coburn | Drama | MGM |
| The Babe Ruth Story | Roy Del Ruth | William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford | Biopic | Allied Artists |
| Back Trail | Christy Cabanne | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Mildred Coles | Western | Monogram |
| Behind Locked Doors | Budd Boetticher | Lucille Bremer, Richard Carlson, Douglas Fowley | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| Belle Starr's Daughter | Lesley Selander | George Montgomery, Ruth Roman, Rod Cameron | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Berlin Express | Jacques Tourneur | Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Paul Lukas | Film noir | RKO |
| Best Man Wins | John Sturges | Anna Lee, Edgar Buchanan, Robert Shayne | Drama | Columbia |
| Beyond Glory | John Farrow | Donna Reed, Alan Ladd, George Coulouris | Drama | Paramount |
| Big City | Norman Taurog | Robert Preston, George Murphy, Danny Thomas | Drama | MGM |
| The Big Clock | John Farrow | Charles Laughton, Ray Milland, Maureen O'Sullivan | Film noir | Paramount |
| The Big Punch | Sherry Shourds | Gordon MacRae, Lois Maxwell, Wayne Morris | Sports drama | Warner Bros. |
| Big Town Scandal | William C. Thomas | Hillary Brooke, Phillip Reed, Stanley Clements | Drama | Paramount; fourth of series |
| The Black Arrow | Gordon Douglas | Louis Hayward, Janet Blair, George Macready | Adventure | Columbia |
| Black Bart | George Sherman | Dan Duryea, Yvonne De Carlo, Jeffrey Lynn | Western | Universal |
| Black Eagle | Robert Gordon | William Bishop, Virginia Patton, Gordon Jones | Western | Columbia |
| Blazing Across the Pecos | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Patricia Barry, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| Blonde Ice | Jack Bernhard | Robert Paige, Leslie Brooks, Michael Whalen | Film noir | Film Classics |
| Blondie's Reward | Abby Berlin | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Jerome Cowan | Comedy | Columbia |
| Blondie's Secret | Edward Bernds | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Jerome Cowan | Comedy | Columbia |
| Blood on the Moon | Robert Wise | Robert Mitchum, Robert Preston, Barbara Bel Geddes | Western | RKO |
| Bodyguard | Richard Fleischer | Lawrence Tierney, Priscilla Lane, Phillip Reed | Film noir | RKO |
| The Bold Frontiersman | Philip Ford | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Borrowed Trouble | George Archainbaud | William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks | Western | United Artists |
| The Boy with Green Hair | Joseph Losey | Dean Stockwell, Pat O'Brien, Barbara Hale | Drama | RKO |
| The Bride Goes Wild | Norman Taurog | June Allyson, Van Johnson, Hume Cronyn | Comedy | MGM |
| Bungalow 13 | Edward L. Cahn | Tom Conway, Margaret Hamilton, Richard Cromwell | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |

## C–D

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Caged Fury | William Berke | Richard Denning, Sheila Ryan, Mary Beth Hughes | Drama | Paramount |
| California Firebrand | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Lorna Gray, Paul Hurst | Western | Republic |
| Call Northside 777 | Henry Hathaway | James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| Campus Honeymoon | Richard Sale | Lee and Lyn Wilde, Adele Mara, Richard Crane | Comedy | Republic |
| Campus Sleuth | Will Jason | Freddie Stewart, June Preisser, Noel Neill | Comedy | Monogram |
| Canon City | Crane Wilbur | Scott Brady, Jeff Corey, Stanley Clements | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| Carson City Raiders | Yakima Canutt | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Frank Reicher | Western | Republic |
| Casbah | John Berry | Yvonne de Carlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre | Film Noir | Universal |
| The Challenge | Jean Yarbrough | Tom Conway, June Vincent, John Newland | Mystery | 20th Century Fox; Bulldog Drummond |
| The Checkered Coat | Edward L. Cahn | Tom Conway, Noreen Nash, Hurd Hatfield | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Check Your Guns | Ray Taylor | Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Nancy Gates | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| Close-Up | Jack Donohue | Alan Baxter, Virginia Gilmore, Richard Kollmar | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| The Cobra Strikes | Charles Reisner | Sheila Ryan, Richard Fraser, Leslie Brooks | Thriller | Eagle-Lion |
| Command Decision | Sam Wood | Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson | War | MGM |
| Coroner Creek | Ray Enright | Randolph Scott, Marguerite Chapman, Sally Eilers | Western | Columbia |
| The Counterfeiters | Sam Newfield | Doris Merrick, Hugh Beaumont, John Sutton | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| The Countess of Monte Cristo | Frederick De Cordova | Sonja Henie, Olga San Juan, Dorothy Hart | Comedy | Universal |
| Courtin' Trouble | Ford Beebe | Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Virginia Belmont | Western | Monogram |
| Cowboy Cavalier | Derwin Abrahams | Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Claire Whitney | Western musical | Monogram |
| The Creeper | Jean Yarbrough | Eduardo Ciannelli, Onslow Stevens, June Vincent | Horror | 20th Century Fox |
| Crossed Trails | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Lynne Carver | Western | Monogram |
| Cry of the City | Robert Siodmak | Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Shelley Winters | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| Daredevils of the Clouds | George Blair | Robert Livingston, Mae Clarke, James Cardwell | Drama | Republic |
| The Dark Past | Rudolph Maté | William Holden, Nina Foch, Lee J. Cobb | Film noir | Columbia |
| A Date with Judy | Richard Thorpe | Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor | Musical | MGM |
| The Dead Don't Dream | George Archainbaud | William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks | Western | United Artists |
| Dead Man's Gold | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue, Al St. John, Peggy Stewart | Western | Lippert |
| Deadline | Oliver Drake | Sunset Carson, Lee Roberts, Frank Ellis | Western | Astor |
| The Decision of Christopher Blake | Peter Godfrey | Alexis Smith, Cecil Kellaway, Robert Douglas | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Deep Waters | Henry King | Jean Peters, Dana Andrews, Cesar Romero | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Denver Kid | Philip Ford | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Douglas Fowley | Western | Republic |
| Desperadoes of Dodge City | Philip Ford | Allan Lane, Mildred Coles, Eddy Waller | Western | Republic |
| Devil's Cargo | John F. Link | John Calvert, Rochelle Hudson, Lyle Talbot | Mystery | Film Classics |
| Disaster | William H. Pine | Richard Denning, Trudy Marshall, Damian O'Flynn | Drama | Paramount |
| Docks of New Orleans | Derwin Abrahams | Roland Winters, Virginia Dale, Mantan Moreland | Mystery | Monogram; Charlie Chan |
| Dream Girl | Mitchell Leisen | Betty Hutton, Patric Knowles, Virginia Field | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Dude Goes West | Kurt Neumann | Eddie Albert, Gale Storm, Gilbert Roland | Western comedy | Allied Artists |

## E–F

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Easter Parade | Charles Walters | Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Ann Miller, Peter Lawford | Musical | MGM; Academy Award for Best Musical Score |
| El Dorado Pass | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Elena Verdugo, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| Embraceable You | Felix Jacoves | Dane Clark, Geraldine Brooks, Wallace Ford | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Emperor Waltz | Billy Wilder | Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine, Roland Culver | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| The Enchanted Valley | Robert Emmett Tansey | Alan Curtis, Anne Gwynne, Charley Grapewin | Drama | Eagle-Lion |
| Enchantment | Irving Reis | David Niven, Teresa Wright, Evelyn Keyes | Romance | RKO |
| Escape | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, William Hartnell | Thriller | 20th Century Fox; American/British co-production |
| Every Girl Should Be Married | Don Hartman | Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Diana Lynn | Comedy | RKO |
| Eyes of Texas | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, Andy Devine | Western | Republic |
| False Paradise | George Archainbaud | William Boyd, Elaine Riley, Andy Clyde | Western | United Artists |
| The Far Frontier | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Clayton Moore, Gail Davis | Western | Republic |
| The Feathered Serpent | William Beaudine | Roland Winters, Keye Luke, Carol Forman | Mystery | Monogram; Charlie Chan |
| Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' | George Sherman | Donald O'Connor, Penny Edwards, Marjorie Main | Comedy | Universal |
| Fighter Squadron | Raoul Walsh | Edmond O'Brien, Robert Stack, John Rodney | War | Warner Bros. |
| Fighting Back | Malcolm St. Clair | Jean Rogers, Paul Langton, Gary Gray | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Fighting Father Dunne | Ted Tetzlaff | Pat O'Brien, Una O'Connor, Charles Kemper | Drama | RKO |
| Fighting Mustang | Oliver Drake | Sunset Carson, Lee Roberts, Al Ferguson | Western | Astor |
| The Fighting Ranger | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Marshall Reed | Western | Monogram |
| Force of Evil | Abraham Polonsky | John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Marie Windsor | Film noir | MGM |
| A Foreign Affair | Billy Wilder | Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund | Comedy | Paramount |
| For the Love of Mary | Frederick de Cordova | Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Jeffrey Lynn | Comedy | Universal |
| Fort Apache | John Ford | John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple | Western | RKO |
| Four Faces West | Alfred E. Green | Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, Charles Bickford | Western | United Artists |
| French Leave | Frank McDonald | Jackie Cooper, Renee Godfrey, Jackie Coogan | Comedy | Monogram |
| Frontier Agent | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Reno Browne | Western | Monogram |
| Frontier Revenge | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue, Peggy Stewart, Jim Bannon | Western | Lippert |
| The Fuller Brush Man | S. Sylvan Simon | Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Hillary Brooke, Adele Jergens | Comedy | Columbia |
| Fury at Furnace Creek | H. Bruce Humberstone | Victor Mature, Coleen Gray, Reginald Gardiner | Western | 20th Century Fox |

## G–H

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Gallant Blade | Henry Levin | Larry Parks, Marguerite Chapman, Victor Jory | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Gallant Legion | Joseph Kane | Wild Bill Elliott, Lorna Gray, Joseph Schildkraut | Western | Republic |
| The Gay Intruders | Ray McCarey | John Emery, Tamara Geva, Virginia Gregg | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Gay Ranchero | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Tito Guízar | Western | Republic |
| The Gentleman from Nowhere | William Castle | Warner Baxter, Fay Baker, Luis van Rooten | Crime | Columbia |
| The Girl from Manhattan | Alfred E. Green | Dorothy Lamour, George Montgomery, Charles Laughton | Comedy | United Artists |
| Give My Regards to Broadway | Lloyd Bacon | Dan Dailey, Nancy Guild, Fay Bainter | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Glamour Girl | Arthur Dreifuss | Gene Krupa, Virginia Grey, Susan Reed | Musical | Columbia |
| The Golden Eye | William Beaudine | Roland Winters, Wanda McKay, Mantan Moreland | Mystery | Monogram; Charlie Chan |
| Good Sam | Leo McCarey | Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan, Edmund Lowe | Comedy | RKO |
| Grand Canyon Trail | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine | Western | Republic |
| Green Grass of Wyoming | Louis King | Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn, Lloyd Nolan | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The Green Promise | William D. Russell | Marguerite Chapman, Walter Brennan, Robert Paige | Drama | RKO |
| Gunning for Justice | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Evelyn Finley | Western | Monogram |
| Guns of Hate | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Martin | Western | RKO |
| Gun Smugglers | Frank McDonald | Tim Holt, Martha Hyer, Richard Martin | Western | RKO |
| Half Past Midnight | William F. Claxton | Peggy Knudsen, Kent Taylor, Joe Sawyer | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Harpoon | Ewing Scott | John Bromfield, James Cardwell, Ed Hinton | Adventure | Lippert |
| The Hawk of Powder River | Ray Taylor | Eddie Dean, Jennifer Holt, Roscoe Ates | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| Hazard | George Marshall | Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey, Stanley Clements | Drama | Paramount |
| Heart of Virginia | R. G. Springsteen | Janet Martin, Robert Lowery, Frankie Darro | Drama | Republic |
| Here Comes Trouble | Fred Guiol | Joe Sawyer, William Tracy, Joan Woodbury | Comedy | United Artists |
| He Walked by Night | Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann | Richard Basehart, Jack Webb, Scott Brady | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| Hidden Danger | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine Larson | Western | Monogram |
| Highway 13 | William Berke | Robert Lowery, Pamela Blake, Michael Whalen | Drama | Lippert |
| Hills of Home | Fred M. Wilcox | Edmund Gwenn, Janet Leigh, Donald Crisp | Family | MGM |
| Hollow Triumph | Steve Sekely | Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| Homecoming | Mervyn LeRoy | Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Anne Baxter | Romance | MGM |
| Homicide for Three | George Blair | Audrey Long, Grant Withers, Warren Douglas | Mystery | Republic |
| The Hunted | Jack Bernhard | Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin | Film noir | Allied Artists |

## I

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| I, Jane Doe | John H. Auer | Vera Ralston, Ruth Hussey, John Carroll | Thriller | Republic |
| I Love Trouble | S. Sylvan Simon | Franchot Tone, Janet Blair, Janis Carter | Film noir | Columbia |
| I Remember Mama | George Stevens | Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka | Drama | RKO |
| I Surrender Dear | Arthur Dreifuss | Gloria Jean, David Street, Don McGuire | Musical | Columbia |
| I Walk Alone | Byron Haskin | Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas | Film noir | Paramount |
| I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes | William Nigh | Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey | Film noir | Monogram |
| If You Knew Susie | Gordon Douglas | Eddie Cantor, Joan Davis, Allyn Joslyn | Comedy | RKO |
| In This Corner | Charles Reisner | Scott Brady, Anabel Shaw, James Millican | Drama | Eagle-Lion |
| Incident | William Beaudine | Jane Frazee, Joyce Compton, Warren Douglas | Crime | Monogram |
| Indian Agent | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Nan Leslie | Western | RKO |
| Inner Sanctum | Lew Landers | Charles Russell, Mary Beth Hughes, Billy House | Film noir | Film Classics |
| An Innocent Affair | Lloyd Bacon | Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Rita Johnson | Comedy | United Artists |
| The Inside Story | Allan Dwan | Marsha Hunt, William Lundigan, Charles Winninger | Comedy | Republic |
| The Iron Curtain | William A. Wellman | Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc | Thriller | 20th Century Fox |
| Isn't It Romantic? | Norman Z. McLeod | Veronica Lake, Billy De Wolfe, Pearl Bailey | Romantic comedy | Paramount |

## J

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Jiggs and Maggie in Court | William Beaudine | Joe Yule, Renie Riano, George McManus | Comedy | Monogram |
| Jinx Money | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell | Comedy | Monogram |
| Joan of Arc | Victor Fleming | Ingrid Bergman, José Ferrer, Selena Royle | Historical | RKO; 7 Academy Award nominations |
| Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad | Reginald Le Borg | Joe Kirkwood Jr., Leon Errol, Elyse Knox | Sports | Monogram |
| Joe Palooka in Winner Take All | Reginald Le Borg | Joe Kirkwood Jr., Elyse Knox, Mary Beth Hughes | Sports | Monogram |
| Johnny Belinda | Jean Negulesco | Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Agnes Moorehead | Drama | Warner Bros. Academy Award for Wyman |
| Julia Misbehaves | Jack Conway | Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor | Comedy | MGM |
| June Bride | Bretaigne Windust | Bette Davis, Robert Montgomery, Fay Bainter | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Jungle Goddess | Lewis D. Collins | George Reeves, Wanda McKay, Ralph Byrd | Adventure | Lippert |
| Jungle Jim | William Berke | Johnny Weissmuller, Virginia Grey, Lita Baron | Adventure | Columbia |
| Jungle Patrol | Joseph M. Newman | Kristine Miller, Arthur Franz, Tommy Noonan | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |

## K

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Key Largo | John Huston | Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson | Film noir | Warner Bros.; Academy Award for Trevor |
| Kidnapped | William Beaudine | Roddy McDowall, Sue England, Dan O'Herlihy | Adventure | Monogram |
| King of the Gamblers | George Blair | Janet Martin, Thurston Hall, Stephanie Bachelor | Drama | Republic |
| Kiss the Blood Off My Hands | Norman Foster | Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster, Robert Newton | Film noir | Universal |
| The Kissing Bandit | Laslo Benedek | Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, J. Carrol Naish | Musical | MGM |

## L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Lady at Midnight | Sam Newfield | Richard Denning, Frances Rafferty, Ralph Dunn | Mystery | Eagle-Lion |
| Larceny | George Sherman | John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Shelley Winters | Film noir | Universal |
| Last of the Wild Horses | Robert L. Lippert | James Ellison, Mary Beth Hughes, Jane Frazee | Western | Lippert |
| Leather Gloves | William Asher | Cameron Mitchell, Virginia Grey, Jane Nigh | Sports drama | Columbia |
| Let's Live Again | Herbert I. Leeds | Hillary Brooke, Diana Douglas, John Emery | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Let's Live a Little | Richard Wallace | Hedy Lamarr, Robert Cummings, Anna Sten | Comedy | Eagle-Lion |
| Letter from an Unknown Woman | Max Ophüls | Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians | Drama | Universal |
| Lightnin' in the Forest | George Blair | Lynne Roberts, Warren Douglas, Lorna Gray | Comedy | Republic |
| Loaded Pistols | John English | Gene Autry, Barbara Britton, Jack Holt | Western | Columbia |
| The Loves of Carmen | Charles Vidor | Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Ron Randell | Drama | Columbia; Remake of 1927 film |
| The Luck of the Irish | Henry Koster | Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Lee J. Cobb | Fantasy | 20th Century Fox; Remake of 2001 film |
| Lulu Belle | Leslie Fenton | Dorothy Lamour, George Montgomery, Albert Dekker | Musical drama | Columbia |
| Luxury Liner | Richard Whorf | Jane Powell, George Brent, Frances Gifford | Comedy | MGM |

## M

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Macbeth | Orson Welles | Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy | Drama | Republic |
| Madonna of the Desert | George Blair | Lynne Roberts, Don Castle, Sheldon Leonard | Crime | Republic |
| The Main Street Kid | R. G. Springsteen | Al Pearce, Alan Mowbray, Adele Mara | Comedy | Republic |
| The Man from Colorado | Herry Levin | Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew | Western | Columbia |
| The Man from Texas | Leigh Jason | James Craig, Lynn Bari, Johnnie Johnston | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| Man-Eater of Kumaon | Byron Haskin | Wendell Corey, Sabu, Joy Page | Adventure | Universal |
| Mark of the Lash | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue, Al St. John, Marshall Reed | Western | Lippert |
| Marshal of Amarillo | Philip Ford | Allan Lane, Mildred Coles, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Mary Lou | Arthur Dreifuss | Robert Lowery, Glenda Farrell, Joan Barton | Musical | Columbia |
| The Mating of Millie | Henry Levin | Evelyn Keyes, Glenn Ford, Ron Randell | Comedy | Columbia |
| Melody Time | Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske | Roy Rogers, Frances Langford, Buddy Clark | Animation | Disney, RKO |
| Mexican Hayride | Charles Barton | Abbott and Costello, Virginia Grey, John Hubbard | Comedy | Universal |
| Michael O'Halloran | John Rawlins | Allene Roberts, Scotty Beckett, Isabel Jewell | Drama | Monogram |
| Mickey | Ralph Murphy | Irene Hervey, John Sutton, Hattie McDaniel | Comedy drama | Eagle-Lion |
| Million Dollar Weekend | Gene Raymond | Osa Massen, Gene Raymond, Francis Lederer | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| Miracle in Harlem | Jack Kemp | Sheila Guyse, Stepin Fetchit, Savannah Churchill | Mystery | Lippert |
| The Miracle of the Bells | Irving Pichel | Alida Valli, Fred MacMurray, Frank Sinatra | Drama | RKO |
| Miraculous Journey | Sam Newfield | Rory Calhoun, Virginia Grey, Audrey Long | Drama | Film Classics |
| Miss Tatlock's Millions | Richard Haydn | John Lund, Wanda Hendrix, Barry Fitzgerald | Comedy | Paramount |
| Money Madness | Sam Newfield | Hugh Beaumont, Frances Rafferty, Harlan Warde | Film noir | Film Classics |
| Moonrise | Frank Borzage | Gail Russell, Dane Clark, Ethel Barrymore | Film noir | Republic |
| Music Man | Will Jason | Freddie Stewart, June Preisser, Noel Neill | Musical comedy | Monogram |
| Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | H. C. Potter | Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas | Comedy | RKO |
| Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid | Irving Pichel | William Powell, Ann Blyth, Andrea King | Comedy | Universal |
| Mr. Reckless | Frank McDonald | William Eythe, Barbara Britton, Minna Gombell | Drama | Paramount |
| My Dear Secretary | Charles Martin | Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, Helen Walker | Comedy | United Artists |
| My Dog Rusty | Lew Landers | John Litel, Ann Doran, Mona Barrie | Drama | Columbia |
| My Girl Tisa | Elliott Nugent | Lilli Palmer, Sam Wanamaker, Akim Tamiroff | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Mystery in Mexico | Robert Wise | William Lundigan, Jacqueline White, Ricardo Cortez | Thriller | RKO |

## N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Naked City | Jules Dassin | Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart | Film noir | Universal |
| Night Has a Thousand Eyes | John Farrow | Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lund | Horror | Paramount |
| Night Song | John Cromwell | Dana Andrews, Merle Oberon, Ethel Barrymore | Drama | RKO |
| Night Time in Nevada | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Adele Mara, Andy Devine | Western | Republic |
| Night Wind | James Tinling | Charles Russell, Virginia Christine, Gary Gray | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| No Minor Vices | Lewis Milestone | Dana Andrews, Lilli Palmer, Louis Jourdan | Comedy | MGM |
| The Noose Hangs High | Charles Barton | Abbott and Costello, Cathy Downs, Joseph Calleia | Comedy | Eagle-Lion |
| Northwest Stampede | Albert S. Rogell | Joan Leslie, James Craig, Jack Oakie | Western | Eagle-Lion |

## O

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Oklahoma Badlands | Yakima Canutt | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Mildred Coles | Western | Republic |
| Oklahoma Blues | Lambert Hillyer | Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Virginia Belmont | Western | Monogram |
| Old Los Angeles | Joseph Kane | Wild Bill Elliott, Catherine McLeod, John Carroll | Western | Republic |
| On an Island with You | Richard Thorpe | Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalbán | Comedy | MGM |
| One Sunday Afternoon | Raoul Walsh | Dennis Morgan, Janis Paige, Dorothy Malone | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| One Touch of Venus | William A. Seiter | Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Eve Arden | Comedy | Universal |
| On Our Merry Way | King Vidor | Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Lamour, James Stewart | Comedy | United Artists |
| Open Secret | John Reinhardt | John Ireland, Jane Randolph, Roman Bohnen | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| Out of the Storm | R. G. Springsteen | Jimmy Lydon, Lois Collier, Marc Lawrence | Crime | Republic |
| Outlaw Brand | Lambert Hillyer | Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Kay Morley | Western | Monogram |
| Overland Trails | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Belmont | Western | Monogram |

## P–Q

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Paleface | Norman Z. McLeod | Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong | Comedy western | Paramount |
| Panhandle | Lesley Selander | Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Anne Gwynne | Western | Allied Artists |
| Parole, Inc. | Alfred Zeisler | Michael O'Shea, Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| Partners of the Sunset | Lambert Hillyer | Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Marshall Reed | Western | Monogram |
| Perilous Waters | Jack Bernhard | Don Castle, Audrey Long, Peggy Knudsen | Drama | Monogram |
| Phantom Valley | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Virginia Hunter, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| The Pirate | Vincente Minnelli | Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Walter Slezak | Musical | MGM |
| Pitfall | André de Toth | Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Raymond Burr | Film noir | United Artists |
| The Plunderers | Joseph Kane | Rod Cameron, Ilona Massey, Lorna Gray | Western | Republic; Remake of 1960 film |
| Port Said | Reginald Le Borg | Gloria Henry, Steven Geray, William Bishop | Thriller | Columbia |
| Portrait of Jennie | William Dieterle | Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore | Romance | MGM |
| The Prince of Thieves | Howard Bretherton | Patricia Morison, Jon Hall, Adele Jergens | Adventure | Columbia |
| Quick on the Trigger | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Lyle Talbot | Western | Columbia |

## R

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Race Street | Edwin L. Marin | George Raft, Marilyn Maxwell, William Bendix | Film noir | RKO |
| Rachel and the Stranger | Norman Foster | William Holden, Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum | Western | RKO |
| Racing Luck | William Berke | Gloria Henry, Stanley Clements, Paula Raymond | Drama | Columbia |
| Range Renegades | Lambert Hillyer | Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Jennifer Holt | Western | Monogram |
| The Rangers Ride | Derwin Abrahams | Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Virginia Belmont | Western | Monogram |
| Raw Deal | Anthony Mann | Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| Red River | Howard Hawks | John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan | Western | United Artists |
| Relentless | George Sherman | Robert Young, Marguerite Chapman, Akim Tamiroff | Western | Columbia |
| Renegades of Sonora | R. G. Springsteen | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Return of the Bad Men | Ray Enright | Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys | Western | RKO |
| The Return of October | Joseph H. Lewis | Glenn Ford, Terry Moore, James Gleason | Comedy | Columbia |
| The Return of the Whistler | D. Ross Lederman | Lenore Aubert, Dick Lane, James Cardwell | Film noir | Columbia |
| The Return of Wildfire | Ray Taylor | Richard Arlen, Patricia Morison, Mary Beth Hughes | Western | Lippert |
| River Lady | George Sherman | Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Rod Cameron | Western | Universal |
| Road House | Jean Negulesco | Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Richard Widmark | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| Rocky | Phil Karlson, William Beaudine | Roddy McDowall, Gale Sherwood, Edgar Barrier | Drama | Monogram |
| Rogues' Regiment | Robert Florey | Dick Powell, Märta Torén, Vincent Price | Film noir | Universal |
| Romance on the High Seas | Michael Curtiz | Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Doris Day | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Rope | Alfred Hitchcock | James Stewart, Farley Granger, John Dall | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| Rusty Leads the Way | Will Jason | John Litel, Ann Doran, Paula Raymond | Drama | Columbia |
| Ruthless | Edgar G. Ulmer | Zachary Scott, Martha Vickers, Sydney Greenstreet | Film Noir | Eagle-Lion |

## S

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Saigon | Leslie Fenton | Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Douglas Dick | Film noir | Paramount |
| The Sainted Sisters | William D. Russell | Veronica Lake, Joan Caulfield, George Reeves | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Saxon Charm | Claude Binyon | Robert Montgomery, Susan Hayward, John Payne | Film noir | Universal |
| Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! | F. Hugh Herbert | June Haver, Lon McCallister, Walter Brennan | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Sealed Verdict | Lewis Allen | Ray Milland, Florence Marly, Broderick Crawford | Drama | Paramount |
| The Search | Fred Zinnemann | Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, Jarmila Novotná | Drama | MGM |
| Secret Service Investigator | R. G. Springsteen | Lloyd Bridges, Lynne Roberts, George Zucco | Crime | Republic |
| Shaggy | Robert Emmett Tansey | Brenda Joyce, Robert Shayne, Jody Gilbert | Drama | Paramount |
| Shanghai Chest | William Beaudine | Roland Winters, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung | Mystery | Monogram. Charlie Chan |
| Shed No Tears | Jean Yarbrough | June Vincent, Wallace Ford, Frank Albertson | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| Shep Comes Home | Ford Beebe | Robert Lowery, Margia Dean, Michael Whalen | Drama | Lippert |
| The Sheriff of Medicine Bow | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Evelyn Finley | Western | Monogram |
| The Sign of the Ram | John Sturges | Susan Peters, Alexander Knox, Phyllis Thaxter | Film noir | Columbia |
| Silent Conflict | George Archainbaud | William Boyd, Virginia Belmont, Andy Clyde | Western | United Artists |
| Silver River | Raoul Walsh | Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Thomas Mitchell | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Silver Trails | Christy Cabanne | Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Christine Larson | Western | Monogram |
| Singin' Spurs | Ray Nazarro | Kirby Grant, Patricia Barry, Lee Patrick | Musical western | Columbia |
| Sinister Journey | George Archainbaud | William Boyd, Elaine Riley, Andy Clyde | Western | United Artists |
| Sitting Pretty | Walter Lang | Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, Clifton Webb | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Six-Gun Law | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Nancy Saunders, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| Sixteen Fathoms Deep | Irving Allen | Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney Jr., Tanis Chandler | Adventure | Monogram |
| Sleep, My Love | Douglas Sirk | Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, Robert Cummings | Drama | United Artists |
| Slippy McGee | Albert H. Kelley | Don "Red" Barry, Dale Evans, Tom Brown | Crime | Republic |
| Smart Girls Don't Talk | Richard L. Bare | Virginia Mayo, Bruce Bennett, Robert Hutton | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Smart Politics | Will Jason | June Preisser, Frankie Darro, Noel Neill | Musical | Monogram |
| Smart Woman | Edward A. Blatt | Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne, Barry Sullivan | Drama | Allied Artists |
| Smoky Mountain Melody | Ray Nazarro | Roy Acuff, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Russell Arms | Musical western | Columbia |
| Smugglers' Cove | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Amelita Ward | Comedy | Monogram |
| The Snake Pit | Anatole Litvak | Olivia de Havilland, Leo Genn, Mark Stevens | Drama | 20th Century Fox; 6 Oscar nominations |
| So Evil My Love | Lewis Allen | Ray Milland, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ann Todd | Drama | Paramount |
| So This Is New York | Richard Fleischer | Henry Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Virginia Grey | Comedy | United Artists |
| Sofia | John Reinhardt | Gene Raymond, Patricia Morison, Sigrid Gurie | Drama | Film Classics |
| Son of God's Country | R. G. Springsteen | Monte Hale, Pamela Blake, Paul Hurst | Western | Republic |
| A Song Is Born | Howard Hawks | Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman | Musical | RKO. Featuring The Golden Gate Quartet |
| Song of the Drifter | Lambert Hillyer | Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Mildred Coles | Western | Monogram |
| Song of Idaho | Ray Nazarro | Kirby Grant, June Vincent, Dorothy Vaughan | Western | Columbia |
| Song of My Heart | Benjamin Glazer | Audrey Long, Frank Sundström, Cedric Hardwicke | Biographical | Allied Artists |
| Sons of Adventure | Yakima Canutt | Lynne Roberts, Russell Hayden, Grant Withers | Western | Republic |
| Sorry, Wrong Number | Anatole Litvak | Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards | Film noir | Paramount |
| A Southern Yankee | Edward Sedgwick | Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl | Comedy western | MGM |
| Speed to Spare | William Berke | Richard Arlen, Jean Rogers, Richard Travis | Drama | Paramount |
| Stage Struck | William Nigh | Conrad Nagel, Kane Richmond, Audrey Long | Crime | Monogram |
| State of the Union | Frank Capra | Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson | Drama | MGM |
| Station West | Sidney Lanfield | Dick Powell, Jane Greer, Agnes Moorehead | Western | RKO |
| Strange Gamble | George Archainbaud | William Boyd, Elaine Riley, Rand Brooks | Western | United Artists |
| The Strange Mrs. Crane | Sam Newfield | Marjorie Lord, Robert Shayne, Pierre Watkin | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| The Strawberry Roan | John English | Gene Autry, Gloria Henry, Jack Holt | Western | Columbia |
| Street Corner | Albert H. Kelley | Johnny Duncan, Marcia Mae Jones, Eddie Gribbon | Drama | Independent |
| The Street with No Name | William Keighley | Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Nolan | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| Strike It Rich | Lesley Selander | Rod Cameron, Bonita Granville, Stuart Erwin | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Summer Holiday | Rouben Mamoulian | Mickey Rooney, Gloria DeHaven, Frank Morgan | Musical | MGM |
| Sundown in Santa Fe | R. G. Springsteen | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Sunset Carson Rides Again | Oliver Drake | Sunset Carson, Dan White, Ron Ormond | Western | Astor |
| Sword of the Avenger | John Reinhardt | Sigrid Gurie, Ramon Delgado, Ralph Morgan | Adventure | Film Classics |
| The Swordsman | Joseph H. Lewis | Larry Parks, Ellen Drew, George Macready | Adventure | Columbia |

## T

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Tap Roots | George Marshall | Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, Julie London | Western | Universal |
| Tarzan and the Mermaids | Robert Florey | Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Linda Christian | Adventure | RKO |
| The Tender Years | Harold D. Schuster | Joe E. Brown, Noreen Nash, Charles Drake | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Tenth Avenue Angel | Roy Rowland | Margaret O'Brien, Angela Lansbury, George Murphy | Drama | MGM |
| Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | William Castle | Diana Lynn, Guy Madison, James Dunn | Romance | United Artists |
| That Lady in Ermine | Ernst Lubitsch | Betty Grable, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Cesar Romero | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| That Wonderful Urge | Robert B. Sinclair | Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Reginald Gardiner | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| They Live by Night | Nicholas Ray | Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard da Silva | Film noir | RKO |
| Three Daring Daughters | Fred M. Wilcox | Jeanette MacDonald, Jane Powell, Edward Arnold | Musical | MGM |
| The Three Musketeers | George Sidney | Gene Kelly, Van Heflin, Lana Turner, June Allyson | Adventure | MGM |
| Thunder in the Pines | Robert Gordon | George Reeves, Ralph Byrd, Michael Whalen | Western | Lippert |
| Thunderhoof | Phil Karlson | Preston Foster, Mary Stuart, William Bishop | Western | Columbia |
| The Tioga Kid | Ray Taylor | Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Jennifer Holt | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| The Timber Trail | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Lynne Roberts, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| The Time of Your Life | H. C. Potter | James Cagney, William Bendix, Wayne Morris | Comedy drama | United Artists; based on play by William Saroyan |
| To the Ends of the Earth | Robert Stevenson | Dick Powell, Signe Hasso, Ludwig Donath | Film noir | Columbia |
| To the Victor | Delmer Daves | Dennis Morgan, Viveca Lindfors, Victor Francen | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Tornado Range | Ray Taylor | Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Jennifer Holt | Western | Monogram |
| Trail to Laredo | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Jim Bannon | Western | Columbia |
| Train to Alcatraz | Philip Ford | Don "Red" Barry, Janet Martin, Roy Barcroft | Action | Republic |
| Trapped by Boston Blackie | Seymour Friedman | Charles Marion, June Vincent, Patricia White | Mystery | Columbia |
| The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | John Huston | Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett | Western | Warner Bros.; Oscars for both Hustons |
| Triggerman | Howard Bretherton | Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Carroll | Western | Monogram |
| Triple Threat | Jean Yarbrough | Gloria Henry, Mary Stuart, Richard Crane | Drama | Columbia |
| Trouble Makers | Reginald Le Borg | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Helen Parrish | Comedy | Monogram |
| Trouble Preferred | James Tinling | Peggy Knudsen, Lynne Roberts, Charles Russell | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Two Guys from Texas | David Butler | Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Dorothy Malone | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |

## U–V

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Under California Stars | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine | Western | Republic |
| Unfaithfully Yours | Preston Sturges | Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallée, Barbara Lawrence | Black comedy | 20th Century Fox; remade in 1984 |
| Unknown Island | Jack Bernhard | Virginia Grey, Phillip Reed, Richard Denning | Sci-fi | Film Classics |
| The Untamed Breed | Charles Lamont | Sonny Tufts, Barbara Britton, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Columbia |
| Up in Central Park | William A. Seiter | Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes, Vincent Price | Comedy | Universal |
| The Valiant Hombre | Wallace Fox | Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carrillo, Barbara Billingsley | Western | United Artists |
| The Velvet Touch | Jack Gage | Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor | Film noir | RKO |
| The Vicious Circle | W. Lee Wilder | Conrad Nagel, Fritz Kortner, Philip Van Zandt | Drama | United Artists |

## W–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Wake of the Red Witch | Edward Ludwig | John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young | Adventure | Republic |
| Walk a Crooked Mile | Gordon Douglas | Dennis O'Keefe, Louis Hayward, Louise Allbritton | Film noir | Columbia |
| Wallflower | Fred de Cordova | Robert Hutton, Joyce Reynolds, Janis Paige | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Walls of Jericho | John M. Stahl | Cornel Wilde, Anne Baxter, Kirk Douglas | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Waterfront at Midnight | William Berke | Mary Beth Hughes, William Gargan, Richard Crane | Crime | Paramount |
| West of Sonora | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Steve Darrell | Western | Columbia |
| Western Heritage | Wallace Grissell | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Lois Andrews | Western | RKO |
| The Westward Trail | Ray Taylor | Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Carl Mathews | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| When My Baby Smiles at Me | Walter Lang | Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Jack Oakie, June Havoc | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Whiplash | Lewis Seiler | Dane Clark, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Whirlwind Raiders | Vernon Keays | Charles Starrett, Nancy Saunders | Western | Columbia |
| Whispering Smith | Leslie Fenton | Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall | Western | Paramount |
| Who Killed Doc Robbin | Bernard Carr | Larry Casey, Virginia Grey, George Zucco | Comedy | United Artists |
| The Winner's Circle | Felix E. Feist | Jean Willes, Morgan Farley, Johnny Longden | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Winter Meeting | Bretaigne Windust | Bette Davis, Janis Paige, John Hoyt | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| A Woman's Vengeance | Zoltan Korda | Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy | Film noir | Universal |
| The Woman from Tangier | Harold Daniels | Adele Jergens, Stephen Dunne, Donna Martell | Thriller | Columbia |
| The Woman in White | Peter Godfrey | Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Women in the Night | William Rowland | Tala Birell, Bernadene Hayes, Virginia Christine | Drama | Film Classics |
| Words and Music | Norman Taurog | Mickey Rooney, Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett, June Allyson, Gene Kelly, Perry Como | Musical | MGM |
| The Wreck of the Hesperus | John Hoffman | Patricia Barry, Willard Parker, Holmes Herbert | Adventure | Columbia |
| Yellow Sky | William A. Wellman | Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark, Anne Baxter | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| You Gotta Stay Happy | H. C. Potter | Joan Fontaine, James Stewart, Eddie Albert | Romantic comedy | Universal |
| You Were Meant for Me | Lloyd Bacon | Dan Dailey, Jeanne Crain, Barbara Lawrence | Musical | 20th Century Fox |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Louisiana Story | Robert J. Flaherty | | Docudrama | nominated for Academy Award |
| Test Tube Babies | W. Merle Connell | | Exploitation | |

## Serials

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Adventures of Frank and Jesse James | Yakima Canutt | Clayton Moore, Noel Neill | Western, Serial | Republic |
| Congo Bill | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Don McGuire, Cleo Moore | Adventure, Serial | Columbia |
| Dangers of the Canadian Mounted | Fred C. Brannon, Yakima Canutt | Jim Bannon | Adventure, Serial | Republic |
| G–Men Never Forget | Fred C. Brannon, Yakima Canutt | Clayton Moore | Crime, Serial | Republic |
| Superman | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill | Serial | Columbia |
| Tex Granger | Derwin Abrahams | Robert Kellard | Western, Serial | Columbia |

## Shorts

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| A-Lad-In His Lamp | Robert McKimson | Bugs Bunny | Animated | Warner Bros. |
| Bill and Coo | Dean Riesner | | Nature | Republic |
| Bob and Sally | Erle C. Kenton | | Educational | Universal |
| Buccaneer Bunny | Friz Freleng | Bugs Bunny | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| Bugs Bunny Rides Again | Friz Freleng | Bugs Bunny | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| The Chicken of Tomorrow | Patrick Allen | Lowell Thomas | short | Industrial film |
| A Feather in His Hare | Chuck Jones | | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| Fiddlers Three | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy short | Columbia |
| Gorilla My Dreams | Robert McKimson | Looney Tunes | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| Haredevil Hare | Chuck Jones | Looney Tunes | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| Hatch Up Your Troubles | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated short | MGM |
| Hop, Look and Listen | Robert McKimson | Looney Tunes | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| Hot Cross Bunny | Robert McKimson | Bugs Bunny | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| I Taw a Putty Tat | Friz Freleng | | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| Kitty Foiled | Hanna-Barbera | | Animated short | MGM |
| Mouse Cleaning | Hanna-Barbera | | Animated short | MGM |
| My Bunny Lies over the Sea | Charles M. Jones | | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| Old Rockin' Chair Tom | Hanna-Barbera | | Animated short | MGM |
| Polka-Dot Puss | Hanna-Barbera | | Animated short | MGM |
| Professor Tom | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated short | MGM |
| Scaredy Cat | Charles M. Jones | | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| Tea for Two Hundred | Jack Hannah | Donald Duck | Animated short | Walt Disney Productions |
| The Truce Hurts | Hanna-Barbera | | Animated short | MGM |
| Three for Breakfast | Jack Hannah | Donald Duck | Animated short | Walt Disney Productions |