# List of American films of 1956

A list of American films released in 1956 Around the World in 80 Days won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

## A-B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 7th Cavalry | Joseph H. Lewis | Randolph Scott, Barbara Hale, Jay C. Flippen | Western | Columbia Pictures |
| 23 Paces to Baker Street | Henry Hathaway | Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Cecil Parker | Thriller | 20th Century Fox. From Philip MacDonald novel |
| Accused of Murder | Joseph Kane | David Brian, Vera Ralston, Sidney Blackmer | Film noir | Republic |
| Alexander the Great | Robert Rossen | Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Fredric March | Drama | United Artists |
| The Ambassador's Daughter | Norman Krasna | Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Adolphe Menjou | Romantic comedy | United Artists |
| Anastasia | Anatole Litvak | Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes | Drama | 20th Century Fox; Remade in 1997 film |
| Anything Goes | Robert Lewis | Bing Crosby, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor | Musical | Paramount. Based on 1934 play, 1936 film |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Michael Anderson, John Farrow | David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine | Adventure | United Artists. Winner of 5 Oscars, Best Picture; based on a novel by Jules Verne |
| Attack | Robert Aldrich | Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin | War | United Artists |
| Autumn Leaves | Robert Aldrich | Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles | Drama | Columbia |
| Away All Boats | Joseph Pevney | Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Julie Adams | War | Universal |
| Baby Doll | Elia Kazan | Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach | Drama | Warner Bros. Written by Tennessee Williams; 4 Oscar nominations |
| Back from Eternity | John Farrow | Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger | Drama | RKO. Remake of Five Came Back |
| Backlash | John Sturges | Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell | Western | Universal; Remake of 1947 film |
| The Bad Seed | Mervyn LeRoy | Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones | Thriller | Warner Bros. |
| Bandido | Richard Fleischer | Robert Mitchum, Ursula Thiess, Gilbert Roland | Western | United Artists |
| Battle Stations | Lewis Seiler | John Lund, William Bendix, Richard Boone | War | Columbia |
| The Beast of Hollow Mountain | Edward Nassour | Guy Madison, Patricia Medina, Carlos Rivas | Horror | United Artists |
| Behind the High Wall | Abner Biberman | Tom Tully, Sylvia Sidney, Betty Lynn | Film noir | Universal |
| The Benny Goodman Story | Valentine Davies | Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Herbert Anderson | Musical | Universal Pictures |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | Michael Curtiz | Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, Sheree North | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Between Heaven and Hell | Richard Fleischer | Robert Wagner, Buddy Ebsen, Broderick Crawford | War | 20th Century Fox |
| Beyond Mombasa | George Marshall | Cornel Wilde, Donna Reed, Leo Genn | Adventure | United Artists. Co-production with UK. |
| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Fritz Lang | Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer | Film noir | RKO Pictures; remade in 2009 |
| Bhowani Junction | George Cukor | Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, Bill Travers | Drama | MGM. Co-production with UK. |
| Bigger Than Life | Nicholas Ray | James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Birds and the Bees | Norman Taurog | George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor, David Niven | Musical | Paramount |
| The Black Sleep | Reginald Le Borg | Basil Rathbone, Akim Tamiroff, Lon Chaney Jr. | Horror | United Artists |
| The Black Whip | Charles Marquis Warren | Hugh Marlowe, Coleen Gray, Adele Mara | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado | Earl Bellamy | Howard Duff, Margaret Field, Angela Stevens | Western | Columbia |
| The Bold and the Brave | Lewis R. Foster | Mickey Rooney, Wendell Corey, Nicole Maurey | War | RKO |
| The Boss | Byron Haskin | John Payne, William Bishop, Gloria McGehee | Film noir | United Artists |
| The Bottom of the Bottle | Henry Hathaway | Joseph Cotten, Van Johnson, Ruth Roman | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Brass Legend | Gerd Oswald | Hugh O'Brian, Nancy Gates, Raymond Burr | Western | United Artists |
| The Brave One | Irving Rapper | Michel Ray, Elsa Cárdenas, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. | Drama | RKO. Oscar for writer Dalton Trumbo |
| The Broken Star | Lesley Selander | Howard Duff, Lita Baron, Douglas Fowley | Western | United Artists |
| Bundle of Joy | Norman Taurog | Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher, Adolphe Menjou | Comedy | RKO |
| The Burning Hills | Stuart Heisler | Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, Skip Homeier | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Bus Stop | Joshua Logan | Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Betty Field | Drama | 20th Century Fox; based on two plays by William Inge |

## C-D

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Calling Homicide | Edward Bernds | Bill Elliott, Kathleen Case, Don Haggerty | Crime | Allied Artists |
| Canyon River | Harmon Jones | George Montgomery, Marcia Henderson, Peter Graves | Western | Allied Artists |
| Carousel | Henry King | Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae, Cameron Mitchell | Musical | 20th Century Fox; based on play |
| The Catered Affair | Richard Brooks | Bette Davis, Debbie Reynolds, Ernest Borgnine | Drama | MGM; from teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky |
| Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! | Fred F. Sears | Stephen Dunne, Helen Grayco, Mary Kaye | Musical | Columbia |
| Comanche | George Sherman | Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Nestor Paiva | Western | United Artists |
| Come Next Spring | R. G. Springsteen | Ann Sheridan, Steve Cochran, Walter Brennan | Drama | Republic |
| The Come On | Russell Birdwell | Anne Baxter, Sterling Hayden, John Hoyt | Drama | Allied Artists |
| Congo Crossing | Joseph Pevney | Virginia Mayo, George Nader, Peter Lorre | Film noir | Universal |
| The Conqueror | Dick Powell | John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz | Adventure | RKO |
| The Court Jester | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury | Comedy | Paramount |
| Crashing Las Vegas | Jean Yarbrough | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Mary Castle | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| The Creature Walks Among Us | John Sherwood | Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Leigh Snowden | Science fiction | Universal |
| Crime Against Joe | Lee Sholem | Julie London, John Bromfield, Patricia Blair | Crime drama | United Artists |
| Crime in the Streets | Don Siegel | James Whitmore, John Cassavetes, Virginia Gregg | Crime drama | Allied Artists |
| Crowded Paradise | Fred Pressburger | Hume Cronyn, Nancy Kelly, Frank Silvera | Drama | Independent |
| A Cry in the Night | Frank Tuttle | Natalie Wood, Edmond O'Brien, Raymond Burr | Thriller | Warner Bros. |
| Curucu, Beast of the Amazon | Curt Siodmak | John Bromfield, Beverly Garland, Tom Payne | Adventure | Universal |
| A Day of Fury | Harmon Jones | Dale Robertson, Mara Corday, Jock Mahoney | Western | Universal |
| D-Day the Sixth of June | Henry Koster | Robert Taylor, Richard Todd, Dana Wynter | War | 20th Century Fox |
| Dakota Incident | Lewis R. Foster | Dale Robertson, Linda Darnell, John Lund | Western | Republic |
| Dance with Me, Henry | Charles Barton | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Gigi Perreau | Comedy | United Artists; final Abbott and Costello film |
| Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer | Ismael Rodríguez | Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr., Jacqueline Evans | Adventure | Republic |
| Death of a Scoundrel | Charles Martin | George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor | Drama | RKO |
| The Desperados Are in Town | Kurt Neumann | Robert Arthur, Kathleen Nolan, Rhys Williams | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Diane | David Miller | Lana Turner, Roger Moore, Pedro Armendáriz | Drama | MGM |
| Dig That Uranium | Edward Bernds | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Mary Beth Hughes | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Don't Knock the Rock | Fred F. Sears | Alan Dale, Fay Baker, Patricia Hardy | Musical | Columbia |

## E-I

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | Fred F. Sears | Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis | Science fiction | Columbia |
| The Eddy Duchin Story | George Sidney | Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, Victoria Shaw | Biography | Columbia |
| Edge of Hell | Hugo Haas | Hugo Haas, Jeffrey Stone, Tracey Roberts | Film noir | Universal |
| Emergency Hospital | Lee Sholem | Walter Reed, Margaret Lindsay, John Archer | Drama | United Artists |
| Everything but the Truth | Jerry Hopper | Maureen O'Hara, John Forsythe, Tim Hovey | Comedy | Universal |
| The Fastest Gun Alive | Russell Rouse | Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, Broderick Crawford | Western | MGM |
| Fighting Trouble | George Blair | Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Adele Jergens | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| The First Texan | Byron Haskin | Joel McCrea, Felicia Farr, Jeff Morrow | Western | Allied Artists |
| The First Traveling Saleslady | Arthur Lubin | Ginger Rogers, Carol Channing, Barry Nelson | Western comedy | RKO |
| Flame of the Islands | Edward Ludwig | Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Zachary Scott | Film noir | Republic |
| Flesh and the Spur | Edward L. Cahn | Marla English, Mike Connors, Raymond Hatton | Western | AIP |
| Flight to Hong Kong | Joseph M. Newman | Rory Calhoun, Barbara Rush, Dolores Donlon | Film noir | United Artists |
| Forbidden Planet | Fred M. Wilcox | Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis | Science fiction | MGM |
| Foreign Intrigue | Sheldon Reynolds | Robert Mitchum, Geneviève Page, Ingrid Thulin | Thriller | United Artists |
| Forever, Darling | Alexander Hall | Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| Friendly Persuasion | William Wyler | Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins | Drama | Allied Artists. Set in American Civil War; 6 Oscar nominations |
| Frontier Gambler | Sam Newfield | John Bromfield, Coleen Gray, Kent Taylor | Western | Independent |
| Frontier Woman | Ron Ormond | Cindy Carson, Lance Fuller, Rance Howard | Western | Independent |
| Full of Life | Richard Quine | Judy Holliday, Richard Conte, Salvatore Baccaloni | Drama | Columbia |
| Fury at Gunsight Pass | Fred F. Sears | David Brian, Neville Brand, Lisa Davis | Western | Columbia |
| Gaby | Curtis Bernhardt | Leslie Caron, John Kerr, Cedric Hardwicke | Drama | MGM |
| Ghost Town | Allen H. Miner | Kent Taylor, John Smith, Marian Carr | Western | United Artists |
| Giant | George Stevens | Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean | Drama | Warner Bros. Based on Edna Ferber novel; 10 Oscar nominations |
| The Girl Can't Help It | Frank Tashlin | Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell, Edmond O'Brien | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Girl He Left Behind | David Butler | Natalie Wood, Tab Hunter, Jessie Royce Landis | Romance | Warner Bros. |
| Girls in Prison | Edward L. Cahn | Richard Denning, Joan Taylor, Mae Marsh | Sexploitation | A.I.P. |
| Glory | David Butler | Margaret O'Brien, Walter Brennan, Charlotte Greenwood | Musical | RKO |
| Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Ishirō Honda | Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kōchi | Science fiction | Embassy |
| Good-bye, My Lady | William A. Wellman | Brandon deWilde, Walter Brennan, Phil Harris | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Great Day in the Morning | Jacques Tourneur | Robert Stack, Virginia Mayo, Ruth Roman | Drama | RKO |
| The Great Locomotive Chase | Francis D. Lyon | Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, John Lupton | Action | Disney |
| The Great American Pastime | Herman Hoffman | Tom Ewell, Ann Miller, Anne Francis | Comedy | MGM |
| The Great Man | José Ferrer | José Ferrer, Julie London, Ed Wynn | Drama | Universal |
| Gun Brothers | Sidney Salkow | Buster Crabbe, Ann Robinson, Neville Brand | Western | United Artists |
| Gun the Man Down | Andrew V. McLaglen | James Arness, Angie Dickinson, Emile Meyer | Western | United Artists |
| Gunslinger | Roger Corman | John Ireland, Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes | Western | AIP |
| The Harder They Fall | Mark Robson | Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling | Drama | Columbia |
| He Laughed Last | Blake Edwards | Frankie Laine, Anthony Dexter, Lucy Marlow | Comedy | Columbia |
| Helen of Troy | Robert Wise | Rossana Podestà, Jacques Sernas, Cedric Hardwicke | Epic | Warner Bros. |
| Hell on Frisco Bay | Frank Tuttle | Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson, Joanne Dru | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| Hidden Guns | Albert C. Gannaway | Bruce Bennett, Richard Arlen, Angie Dickinson | Western | Republic |
| High Society | Charles Walters | Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra | Musical comedy | MGM; remake of The Philadelphia Story |
| Hilda Crane | Philip Dunne | Jean Simmons, Guy Madison, Jean-Pierre Aumont | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Hold Back the Night | Allan Dwan | John Payne, Mona Freeman, Peter Graves | War drama | Allied Artists |
| Hollywood or Bust | Frank Tashlin | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Anita Ekberg | Comedy | Paramount; 16th & final Martin and Lewis film |
| Hot Blood | Nicholas Ray | Jane Russell, Cornel Wilde, Joseph Calleia | Drama | Columbia |
| Hot Cars | Don McDougall | John Bromfield, Joi Lansing, Ralph Clanton | Crime | United Artists |
| Hot Rod Girl | Leslie Martinson | Lori Nelson, Chuck Connors, Roxanne Arlen | Action | AIP |
| Hot Shots | Jean Yarbrough | Bowery Boys, Joi Lansing, Queenie Smith | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| The Houston Story | William Castle | Barbara Hale, Gene Barry, Edward Arnold | Crime | Columbia |
| Huk! | John Barnwell | George Montgomery, Mona Freeman, John Baer | Drama | United Artists |
| I Killed Wild Bill Hickok | Richard Talmadge | Johnny Carpenter, Tom Brown, Virginia Gibson | Western | Independent |
| Indestructible Man | Jack Pollexfen | Lon Chaney Jr., Ross Elliott, Marian Carr | Horror | Allied Artists |
| The Indian Fighter | André de Toth | Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau | Western | United Artists |
| Inside Detroit | Fred F. Sears | Pat O'Brien, Dennis O'Keefe, Tina Carver | Film noir | Columbia |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Don Siegel | Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Carolyn Jones | Science fiction | Allied Artists; based on Jack Finney novel; remade in 1978 |
| Invitation to the Dance | Gene Kelly | Gene Kelly, Tamara Toumanova, Belita | Musical | MGM |
| It Conquered the World | Roger Corman | Peter Graves, Beverly Garland, Lee Van Cleef | Science fiction | AIP |
| I've Lived Before | Richard Bartlett | Jock Mahoney, Leigh Snowden, Ann Harding | Drama | Universal |

## J-M

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Jaguar | George Blair | Sabu, Barton MacLane, Jonathan Hale | Adventure | Republic |
| Johnny Concho | Don McGuire | Frank Sinatra, Keenan Wynn, Phyllis Kirk | Drama | United Artists |
| Jubal | Delmer Daves | Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger | Western | Columbia |
| Julie | Andrew L. Stone | Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Frank Lovejoy | Thriller | MGM |
| The Kettles in the Ozarks | Charles Lamont | Marjorie Main, Arthur Hunnicutt, Una Merkel | Comedy | Universal |
| The Killer Is Loose | Budd Boetticher | Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey | Film noir | United Artists |
| The Killing | Stanley Kubrick | Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Marie Windsor | Film noir | United Artists |
| The King and Four Queens | Raoul Walsh | Clark Gable, Eleanor Parker, Barbara Nichols | Western | United Artists |
| The King and I | Walter Lang | Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno | Musical | 20th Century Fox. Winner of 5 Academy Awards |
| A Kiss Before Dying | Gerd Oswald | Robert Wagner, Joanne Woodward, Virginia Leith | Thriller | United Artists |
| The Last Hunt | Richard Brooks | Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Debra Paget | Western | MGM |
| The Last Wagon | Delmer Daves | Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The Leather Saint | Alvin Ganzer | Paul Douglas, John Derek, Jody Lawrance | Drama | Paramount |
| The Lieutenant Wore Skirts | Frank Tashlin | Tom Ewell, Sheree North, Rita Moreno | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Lisbon | Ray Milland | Ray Milland, Maureen O'Hara, Yvonne Furneaux | Crime | Republic |
| The Lone Ranger | Stuart Heisler | Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Bonita Granville | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Love Me Tender | Robert D. Webb | Elvis Presley, Debra Paget, Richard Egan, | Western | 20th Century Fox. Presley's first film |
| Lust for Life | Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor | Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Pamela Brown | Biography | MGM. Story of Vincent van Gogh; Oscar for Quinn |
| Magnificent Roughnecks | Sherman A. Rose | Jack Carson, Mickey Rooney, Nancy Gates | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Man from Del Rio | Harry Horner | Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado, Douglas Fowley | Western | United Artists |
| The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Nunnally Johnson | Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Frederic March | Drama | 20th Century Fox. Based on Sloan Wilson novel |
| Man in the Vault | Andrew V. McLaglen | William Campbell, Anita Ekberg, Karen Sharpe | Crime | RKO |
| The Man Is Armed | Franklin Adreon | Dane Clark, William Talman, May Wynn | Crime | Republic |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | Alfred Hitchcock | Doris Day, James Stewart, Bernard Miles | Film noir | Paramount. Remake of 1934 film; Oscar for Best Song |
| The Man Who Never Was | Ronald Neame | Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng | War thriller | 20th Century Fox. Co-production with the UK. |
| Manfish | W. Lee Wilder | John Bromfield, Lon Chaney Jr., Barbara Nichols | Adventure | United Artists |
| Massacre | Louis King | Dane Clark, James Craig, Martha Roth | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The Maverick Queen | Joseph Kane | Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Scott Brady | Western | Republic |
| Meet Me in Las Vegas | Roy Rowland | Cyd Charisse, Dan Dailey, Agnes Moorehead | Musical | MGM |
| Miami Exposé | Fred F. Sears | Lee J. Cobb, Patricia Medina, Edward Arnold | Film noir | Columbia |
| Miracle in the Rain | Rudolph Maté | Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Peggie Castle | Romance | Warner Bros. |
| Moby Dick | John Huston | Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, James Robertson Justice | Adventure | Warner Bros. Based on Herman Melville novel |
| Mohawk | Kurt Neumann | Scott Brady, Lori Nelson, Rita Gam | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The Mole People | Virgil W. Vogel | John Agar, Hugh Beaumont, Alan Napier | Science fiction | Universal |
| The Mountain | Edward Dmytryk | Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Claire Trevor | Drama | Paramount |

## N-R

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Naked Gun | Eddie Dew | Willard Parker, Mara Corday, Barton MacLane | Western | Independent |
| Navy Wife | Edward Bernds | Joan Bennett, Gary Merrill, Shirley Yamaguchi | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Never Say Goodbye | Jerry Hopper | Rock Hudson, Cornell Borchers, George Sanders | Drama | Universal; Remake of 1946 film |
| Nightmare | Maxwell Shane | Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy, Connie Russell | Film noir | United Artists; Remake of 1942 film |
| The Oklahoma Woman | Roger Corman | Peggie Castle, Richard Denning, Cathy Downs | Western | AIP |
| On the Threshold of Space | Robert D. Webb | Guy Madison, Virginia Leith, John Hodiak | Science fiction | 20th Century Fox; Hodiak's final film |
| The Opposite Sex | David Miller | June Allyson, Joan Collins, Ann Sheridan | Musical | MGM; remake of The Women |
| Our Miss Brooks | Al Lewis | Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Robert Rockwell | Comedy | Warner Bros.; film version and series finale of TV series |
| Outside the Law | Jack Arnold | Ray Danton, Leigh Snowden, Grant Williams | Film noir | Universal |
| Over-Exposed | Lewis Seiler | Cleo Moore, Richard Crenna, Raymond Greenleaf | Film noir | Columbia |
| Pardners | Norman Taurog | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lori Nelson | Western comedy | Paramount. 15th Martin and Lewis film |
| Patterns | Fielder Cook | Van Heflin, Everett Sloane,Beatrice Straight | Drama | United Artists |
| The Peacemaker | Ted Post | James Mitchell, Rosemarie Bowe, Jan Merlin | Western | United Artists |
| Pillars of the Sky | George Marshall | Jeff Chandler, Dorothy Malone, Ward Bond | Western | Universal |
| Please Murder Me | Peter Godfrey | Raymond Burr, Angela Lansbury, Dick Foran | Film noir | Independent |
| The Power and the Prize | Henry Koster | Robert Taylor, Mary Astor, Cedric Hardwicke | Drama | MGM |
| The Price of Fear | Abner Biberman | Merle Oberon, Lex Barker, Gia Scala | Film noir | Universal |
| The Proud and Profane | George Seaton | William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Thelma Ritter | Drama | Paramount; 2 Oscar nominations |
| The Proud Ones | Robert D. Webb | Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Jeffrey Hunter | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Quincannon, Frontier Scout | Lesley Selander | Tony Martin, Peggie Castle, John Bromfield | Western | United Artists |
| The Rack | Arnold Laven | Paul Newman, Wendell Corey, Anne Francis | War drama | MGM. From a teleplay by Rod Serling |
| The Rainmaker | Joseph Anthony | Katharine Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey | Romance western | Paramount; 2 Oscar nominations |
| Ransom! | Alex Segal | Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen | Crime drama | MGM; remade in 1996 |
| Raw Edge | John Sherwood | Rory Calhoun, Yvonne De Carlo, Mara Corday | Western | Universal |
| The Rawhide Years | Rudolph Maté | Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, Arthur Kennedy | Western | Universal |
| Rebel in Town | Alfred L. Werker | Ruth Roman, John Payne, J. Carrol Naish | Western | United Artists |
| Red Sundown | Jack Arnold | Rory Calhoun, Martha Hyer, Dean Jagger | Western | Universal |
| Reprisal! | George Sherman | Guy Madison, Felicia Farr, Kathryn Grant | Western | Columbia |
| The Revolt of Mamie Stover | Raoul Walsh | Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Ride the High Iron | Don Weis | Don Taylor, Sally Forrest, Raymond Burr | Drama | Columbia |
| Rock Around the Clock | Fred F. Sears | Bill Haley, Alix Talton, Lisa Gaye | Musical | Columbia; inspired by song |
| Rock, Pretty Baby | Richard Bartlett | Sal Mineo, John Saxon, Luana Patten | Comedy | Universal |
| Rock, Rock, Rock | Will Price | Chuck Berry, Tuesday Weld, Teddy Randazzo | Musical | Independent |
| Rumble on the Docks | Fred F. Sears | James Darren, Michael Granger, Robert Blake | Film noir | Columbia |
| Runaway Daughters | Edward L. Cahn | Marla English, Mary Ellen Kay, Anna Sten | Drama | AIP |
| Running Target | Marvin R. Weinstein | Doris Dowling, Arthur Franz, Richard Reeves | Western | United Artists |
| Run for the Sun | Roy Boulting | Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer | Thriller | United Artists |

## S-Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Safari | Terence Young | Victor Mature, Janet Leigh, John Justin | Adventure | Columbia. Co-production with the UK. |
| Santiago | Gordon Douglas | Alan Ladd, Rossana Podestà, Lloyd Nolan | Thriller | Warner Bros. |
| Scandal Incorporated | Edward Mann | Robert Hutton, Patricia Wright, Paul Richards | Crime | Republic |
| The Scarlet Hour | Michael Curtiz | Carol Ohmart, Tom Tryon, Jody Lawrence | Film noir | Paramount |
| Screaming Eagles | Charles F. Haas | Tom Tryon, Martin Milner, Jacqueline Beer | War | Allied Artists |
| The Search for Bridey Murphy | Noel Langley | Teresa Wright, Louis Hayward, Nancy Gates | Drama | Paramount |
| The Searchers | John Ford | John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles | Western | Warner Bros. Voted best American Western |
| Secret of Treasure Mountain | Seymour Friedman | Valerie French, Raymond Burr, William Prince | Western | Columbia |
| Serenade | Anthony Mann | Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sara Montiel | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Seven Men from Now | Budd Boetticher | Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Shake, Rattle & Rock! | Edward L. Cahn | Mike Connors, Lisa Gaye, Sterling Holloway | Musical | AIP |
| The Sharkfighters | Jerry Hopper | Victor Mature, Karen Steele, James Olson | Adventure | United Artists |
| The She-Creature | Edward L. Cahn | Marla English, Chester Morris, Cathy Downs | Science fiction | AIP |
| Showdown at Abilene | Charles F. Haas | Jock Mahoney, Martha Hyer, Lyle Bettger | Western | Universal |
| Singing in the Dark | Max Nosseck | Moishe Oysher, Phyllis Hill, Joey Adams | Drama | Independent |
| Slightly Scarlet | Allan Dwan | John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl | Film noir | RKO |
| The Solid Gold Cadillac | Richard Quine | Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark | Comedy | Columbia |
| Somebody Up There Likes Me | Robert Wise | Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Sal Mineo | Biography | MGM. Story of Rocky Graziano; won two Oscars |
| Stagecoach to Fury | William F. Claxton | Forrest Tucker, Mari Blanchard, Wallace Ford | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Star in the Dust | Charles F. Haas | John Agar, Mamie Van Doren, Richard Boone | Western | Universal |
| The Steel Jungle | Walter Doniger | Perry Lopez, Beverly Garland, Walter Abel | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Storm Center | Daniel Taradash | Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Kim Hunter | Drama | Columbia |
| A Strange Adventure | William Witney | Joan Evans, Ben Cooper, Marla English | Drama | Republic |
| Strange Intruder | Irving Rapper | Ida Lupino, Edmund Purdom, Ann Harding | Drama | Allied Artists |
| Stranger at My Door | William Witney | Macdonald Carey, Patricia Medina, Skip Homeier | Western | Republic |
| The Swan | Charles Vidor | Grace Kelly, Louis Jourdan, Alec Guinness | Romance | MGM; remake of 1925 film |
| Tea and Sympathy | Vincente Minnelli | Deborah Kerr, John Kerr, Leif Erickson | Drama | MGM; based on the play |
| The Teahouse of the August Moon | Daniel Mann | Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyō | Comedy | MGM; based on the play |
| Teenage Rebel | Edmund Goulding | Ginger Rogers, Michael Rennie, Mildred Natwick | Drama | 20th Century Fox. 2 Oscar nominations |
| The Ten Commandments | Cecil B. DeMille | Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Edward G. Robinson | Drama | Paramount. Remake of 1923 film; 7 Oscar nominations; DeMille's final film |
| Tension at Table Rock | Charles Marquis Warren | Dorothy Malone, Richard Egan, Cameron Mitchell | Western | RKO |
| Terror at Midnight | Franklin Adreon | Scott Brady, Joan Vohs, Frank Faylen | Crime | Republic |
| That Certain Feeling | Melvin Frank | Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Pearl Bailey | Comedy | Paramount |
| There's Always Tomorrow | Douglas Sirk | Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett | Drama | Universal. Remake of 1934 film |
| These Wilder Years | Roy Rowland | James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Pidgeon | Drama | MGM |
| Three Bad Sisters | Gilbert Kay | Marla English, John Bromfield, Kathleen Hughes | Drama | United Artists |
| Three Brave Men | Philip Dunne | Ray Milland, Ernest Borgnine, Nina Foch | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Three Outlaws | Sam Newfield | Neville Brand, Alan Hale Jr., Bruce Bennett | Western | Independent |
| Thunder Over Arizona | Joseph Kane | Skip Homeier, Kristine Miller, George Macready | Western | Republic |
| Time Table | Mark Stevens | Mark Stevens, Felicia Farr, Marianne Stewart | Film noir | United Artists |
| Toward the Unknown | Mervyn LeRoy | William Holden, Virginia Leith, Lloyd Nolan | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Toy Tiger | Jerry Hopper | Laraine Day, Jeff Chandler, Cecil Kellaway | Comedy | Universal |
| Trapeze | Carol Reed | Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida | Drama | United Artists; Silver Bear award for Lancaster |
| Tribute to a Bad Man | Robert Wise | James Cagney, Stephen McNally, Don Dubbins | Western | MGM |
| The Unguarded Moment | Harry Keller | Esther Williams, George Nader, John Saxon | Film noir | Universal |
| Uranium Boom | William Castle | Dennis Morgan, Patricia Medina, William Talman | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Vagabond King | Michael Curtiz | Kathryn Grayson, Rita Moreno, Oreste Kirkop | Musical | Paramount; Grayson's final film |
| The Violent Years | William Morgan | Jean Moorhead, Barbara Weeks, I. Stanford Jolley | Crime | Independent |
| Walk the Proud Land | Jesse Hibbs | Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft, Pat Crowley | Western | Universal |
| War and Peace | King Vidor | Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer | Historical | Paramount. Based on Leo Tolstoy novel; 3 Oscar nominations |
| The Werewolf | Fred F. Sears | Don Megowan, Joyce Holden, Harry Lauter | Horror | Columbia |
| Westward Ho the Wagons! | William Beaudine | Fess Parker, Kathleen Crowley, John War Eagle | Western | Disney |
| Wetbacks | Hank McCune | Lloyd Bridges, Nancy Gates, Barton MacLane | Crime | Independent |
| When Gangland Strikes | R. G. Springsteen | Raymond Greenleaf, Marjie Millar, John Hudson | Crime | Republic |
| While the City Sleeps | Fritz Lang | Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Ida Lupino | Film noir | RKO |
| The White Squaw | Ray Nazarro | David Brian, May Wynn, William Bishop | Western | Columbia |
| The Wild Party | Harry Horner | Anthony Quinn, Carol Ohmart, Arthur Franz | Film noir | United Artists |
| A Woman's Devotion | Paul Henreid | Janice Rule, Ralph Meeker, Rosenda Monteros | Film noir | Republic |
| The Women of Pitcairn Island | Jean Yarbrough | James Craig, Lynn Bari, Sue England | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| World in My Corner | Jesse Hibbs | Audie Murphy, Barbara Rush, Jeff Morrow | Sports | Universal |
| World Without End | Edward Bernds | Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Rod Taylor | Science fiction | Allied Artists |
| Written on the Wind | Douglas Sirk | Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Malone | Drama | Universal. Oscar for Malone |
| The Wrong Man | Alfred Hitchcock | Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| Yaqui Drums | Jean Yarbrough | Rod Cameron, Mary Castle, J. Carrol Naish | Western | Allied Artists |
| You Can't Run Away from It | Dick Powell | June Allyson, Jack Lemmon, Charles Bickford | Musical | Columbia |
| The Young Guns | Albert Band | Russ Tamblyn, Gloria Talbott, Perry Lopez | Western | Allied Artists |

## Documentaries and serials

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Blazing the Overland Trail | Spencer Bennet | Lee Roberts | Serial | Columbia |
| Perils of the Wilderness | Spencer Bennet | Evelyn Anderson, Dennis Moore | Serial | Columbia |
| Seven Wonders of the World | Tay Garnett & others | Lowell Thomas | Documentary | |