# List of American films of 1955

A list of American films released in 1955.
The United Artists film Marty won the Academy Award for Best Picture for 1955.

## A–B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 5 Against the House | Phil Karlson | Kim Novak, Brian Keith, Guy Madison | Crime | Columbia |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | Charles Lamont | Abbott and Costello, Mack Sennett, Lynn Bari | Comedy | Universal |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | Charles Lamont | Abbott and Costello, Marie Windsor, Michael Ansara | Horror comedy | Abbott and Costello's last Universal film |
| African Manhunt | Seymour Friedman | Myron Healey, Karin Booth, John Kellogg | Adventure | Republic |
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Edward Buzzell | Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, Jack Carson | Musical | Universal |
| Air Strike | Cy Roth | Richard Denning, Gloria Jean, Don Haggerty | Drama | Lippert Pictures |
| All That Heaven Allows | Douglas Sirk | Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead | Romance | Universal |
| The Americano | William Castle | Glenn Ford, Cesar Romero, Ursula Thiess | Western | RKO |
| An Annapolis Story | Don Siegel | John Derek, Diana Lynn, Kevin McCarthy | Drama | Allied Artists |
| Angela | Dennis O'Keefe | Mara Lane, Rossano Brazzi, Dennis O'Keefe | Drama | 20th Century Fox. Co-production with Italy |
| Apache Ambush | Fred F. Sears | Bill Williams, Richard Jaeckel, Movita Castaneda | Western | Columbia |
| Apache Woman | Roger Corman | Joan Taylor, Lloyd Bridges, Lance Fuller | Western | AIP |
| Artists and Models | Frank Tashlin | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone | Comedy | Paramount; 14th Martin and Lewis film |
| At Gunpoint | Alfred L. Werker | Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone, Walter Brennan | Western | Allied Artists |
| Bad Day at Black Rock | John Sturges | Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Walter Brennan | Western Drama | MGM; 3 Oscar nominations; based on story Bad Day at Hondo |
| Battle Cry | Raoul Walsh | Van Heflin, Aldo Ray Mona Freeman, Tab Hunter | War | Warner Bros.; based on the Leon Uris novel |
| Battle Taxi | Herbert L. Strock | Sterling Hayden, Arthur Franz, Marshall Thompson | War drama | United Artists |
| Bedevilled | Mitchell Leisen | Anne Baxter, Steve Forrest, Simone Renant | Crime | MGM |
| Bengazi | John Brahm | Richard Conte, Victor McLaglen, Mala Powers | Adventure | RKO |
| The Big Bluff | Lee Wilder | Martha Vickers, John Bromfield, Robert Hutton | Crime | United Artists |
| The Big Combo | Joseph H. Lewis | Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy | Film noir | Allied Artists |
| Big House, U.S.A. | Howard W. Koch | Broderick Crawford, William Talman, Charles Bronson | Crime | United Artists |
| The Big Knife | Robert Aldrich | Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters | Drama | United Artists; story by Clifford Odets |
| Blackboard Jungle | Richard Brooks | Glenn Ford, Louis Calhern, Anne Francis | Drama | MGM; 4 Oscar nominations |
| Blood Alley | William A. Wellman | John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Anita Ekberg | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Bowery to Bagdad | Edward Bernds | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Eric Blore | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Bride of the Monster | Ed Wood | Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Loretta King | Science fiction | Independent |
| Bring Your Smile Along | Blake Edwards | Frankie Laine, Constance Towers, Keefe Brasselle | Comedy | Columbia |
| A Bullet for Joey | Lewis Allen | Edward G. Robinson, George Raft, Audrey Totter | Film noir | United Artists |

## C–D

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Canyon Crossroads | Alfred L. Werker | Richard Basehart, Phyllis Kirk, Stephen Elliott | Western | United Artists |
| Captain Lightfoot | Douglas Sirk | Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Jeff Morrow | Period drama | Universal |
| Carolina Cannonball | Charles Lamont | Judy Canova, Andy Clyde, Sig Ruman | Comedy | Republic |
| Cell 2455, Death Row | Fred F. Sears | William Campbell, Kathryn Crosby, Vince Edwards | Film noir | Columbia |
| Chicago Syndicate | Fred F. Sears | Dennis O'Keefe, Abbe Lane, Paul Stewart | Film noir | Columbia |
| Chief Crazy Horse | George Sherman | Victor Mature, Suzan Ball, John Lund | Western | Universal |
| City of Shadows | William Witney | Victor McLaglen, Kathleen Crowley, Anthony Caruso | Crime drama | Republic |
| The Cobweb | Vincente Minnelli | Richard Widmark, Gloria Grahame, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer | Drama | MGM |
| Conquest of Space | Byron Haskin | Walter Brooke, Mickey Shaughnessy, Eric Fleming | Sci-fi | Paramount |
| Count Three and Pray | George Sherman | Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward, Philip Carey | Western | Columbia |
| The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Otto Preminger | Gary Cooper, Rod Steiger, Charles Bickford, Elizabeth Montgomery | Drama, Biography | Warner Bros. |
| Crashout | Lewis R. Foster | William Bendix, William Talman, Arthur Kennedy | Film noir | |
| Creature with the Atom Brain | Edward L. Cahn | Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, Michael Granger | Sci-fi | Columbia |
| The Crooked Web | Nathan Juran | Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard, Richard Denning | Film noir | Columbia |
| Cross Channel | R. G. Springsteen | Wayne Morris, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Allen | Crime | Republic |
| Cult of the Cobra | Francis D. Lyon | Faith Domergue, Richard Long, Marshall Thompson | Sci-fi | Universal |
| Daddy Long Legs | Jean Negulesco | Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| The Dark Avenger | Henry Levin | Errol Flynn, Joanne Dru, Yvonne Furneaux | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Day the World Ended | Roger Corman | Richard Denning, Adele Jergens | Sci-fi | AIP |
| Desert Sands | Lesley Selander | Ralph Meeker, Marla English, J. Carrol Naish | Adventure | United Artists |
| The Desperate Hours | William Wyler | Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Gig Young, Martha Scott | Film noir | Paramount; remade in 1990 |
| Devil Goddess | Spencer G. Bennet | Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Stevens, William Tannen | Adventure | Columbia |
| Dial Red O | Daniel B. Ullman | Bill Elliott, Helene Stanley, Keith Larsen | Crime | Allied Artists |
| Double Jeopardy | R. G. Springsteen | Rod Cameron, Gale Robbins, Allison Hayes | Drama | Republic |
| Duel on the Mississippi | William Castle | Lex Barker, Patricia Medina, Craig Stevens | Western | Columbia |

## E–H

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| East of Eden | Elia Kazan | Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey | Drama | Warner Bros. Based on John Steinbeck novel; Oscar for Van Fleet |
| The End of the Affair | Edward Dmytryk | Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills | Drama | Columbia. Based on Graham Greene novel; remade in 1999 |
| Escape to Burma | Allan Dwan | Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar | Adventure | RKO |
| The Eternal Sea | John H. Auer | Sterling Hayden, Alexis Smith, Dean Jagger | War | Republic |
| The Far Country | Anthony Mann | James Stewart, Walter Brennan, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet | Western | Universal |
| The Far Horizons | Rudolph Maté | Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed | Western | Paramount |
| Female Jungle | Bruno VeSota | Lawrence Tierney, Kathleen Crowley, Jayne Mansfield | Film noir | AIP |
| Female on the Beach | Joseph Pevney | Joan Crawford, Jeff Chandler, Jan Sterling | Film noir | Universal |
| The Fighting Chance | William Witney | Julie London, Rod Cameron, Taylor Holmes | Drama | Republic |
| Finger Man | Harold D. Schuster | Frank Lovejoy, Forrest Tucker, Peggie Castle | Film noir | Allied Artists |
| Fort Yuma | Lesley Selander | Peter Graves, Joan Vohs, John Hudson | Western | United Artists |
| Foxfire | Joseph Pevney | Jane Russell, Jeff Chandler, Dan Duryea | Drama | Universal |
| Francis in the Navy | Arthur Lubin | Donald O'Connor, Martha Hyer, Clint Eastwood | Comedy | Universal; 6th of series |
| The Gamma People | John Gilling | Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok, Leslie Phillips | Sci-fi | Columbia |
| Gentlemen Marry Brunettes | Richard Sale | Jane Russell, Jeanne Crain, Alan Young | Musical | United Artists |
| The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing | Richard Fleischer | Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Girl Rush | Robert Pirosh | Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Gloria DeHaven | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Glass Slipper | Charles Walters | Leslie Caron, Michael Wilding, Elsa Lanchester | Musical | MGM |
| Good Morning, Miss Dove | Henry Koster | Jennifer Jones, Robert Stack, Robert Douglas | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Gun That Won the West | William Castle | Dennis Morgan, Paula Raymond, Richard Denning | Western | Columbia |
| Guys and Dolls | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons, Vivian Blaine | Musical | MGM; based on 1950 stage musical; 4 Oscar nominations |
| Headline Hunters | William Witney | Rod Cameron, Julie Bishop, Ben Cooper | Crime | Republic |
| Hell's Horizon | Tom Gries | John Ireland, Marla English, Hugh Beaumont | War | Columbia |
| Hell's Island | Phil Karlson | John Payne, Mary Murphy, Francis L. Sullivan | Film noir | Paramount Pictures |
| High Society | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Amanda Blake | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Hit the Deck | Roy Rowland | Ann Miller, Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Tony Martin | Musical | MGM; based on 1927 stage musical |
| Hold Back Tomorrow | Hugo Haas | John Agar, Cleo Moore, Frank DeKova | Drama | Universal |
| House of Bamboo | Samuel Fuller | Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Shirley Yamaguchi | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| How to Be Very, Very Popular | Nunnally Johnson | Betty Grable, Sheree North, Bob Cummings | Comedy | 20th Century Fox; final film role for Grable |

## I–L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| I Cover the Underworld | R. G. Springsteen | Sean McClory, Joanne Jordan, Ray Middleton | Crime | Republic |
| I Died a Thousand Times | Stuart Heisler | Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson | Crime drama | Warner Bros. Remake of High Sierra |
| I'll Cry Tomorrow | Daniel Mann | Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert | Drama | MGM |
| Illegal | Lewis Allen | Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Jayne Mansfield | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| The Indian Fighter | Andre DeToth | Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau | Western | United Artists |
| Interrupted Melody | Curtis Bernhardt | Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore | Drama | MGM |
| It Came from Beneath the Sea | Robert Gordon | Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis | Science fiction | Columbia |
| It's Always Fair Weather | Gene Kelly | Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Dan Dailey, Michael Kidd | Musical | MGM; 2 Oscar nominations |
| It's a Dog's Life | Herman Hoffman | Edmund Gwenn, Dean Jagger, Jarma Lewis | Drama | MGM |
| Jail Busters | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Barton MacLane | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Joe MacBeth | Ken Hughes | Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Bonar Colleano | Drama | Columbia |
| Jump into Hell | David Butler | Kurt Kasznar, Patricia Blair, Peter van Eyck | War | Warner Bros. |
| Jungle Moon Men | Charles S. Gould | Johnny Weissmuller, Jean Byron, Myron Healey | Adventure | Columbia |
| Jupiter's Darling | George Sidney | Esther Williams, Howard Keel, George Sanders | Musical | MGM |
| The Kentuckian | Burt Lancaster | Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Diana Lynn | Adventure | United Artists |
| Kentucky Rifle | Carl K. Hittleman | Chill Wills, Cathy Downs, Lance Fuller | Western | Independent |
| Killer's Kiss | Stanley Kubrick | Frank Silvera, Irene Kane, Felice Orlandi | Drama | United Artists |
| The King's Thief | Robert Z. Leonard | Ann Blyth, David Niven, George Sanders | Adventure | MGM |
| Kismet | Vincente Minnelli | Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray | Musical | MGM |
| Kiss Me Deadly | Robert Aldrich | Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Gaby Rodgers, Cloris Leachman | Film noir | United Artists; from Mickey Spillane novel |
| Kiss of Fire | Joseph M. Newman | Jack Palance, Barbara Rush, Martha Hyer | Western | Universal |
| Lady and the Tramp | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson | Peggy Lee, Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts | Animation | Disney |
| Lady Godiva of Coventry | Arthur Lubin | Maureen O'Hara, George Nader, Victor McLaglen | Historical | Universal |
| Land of the Pharaohs | Howard Hawks | Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Las Vegas Shakedown | Sidney Salkow | Dennis O'Keefe, Coleen Gray, Charles Winninger | Crime | Allied Artists |
| The Last Command | Frank Lloyd | Sterling Hayden, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Ernest Borgnine | War western | Republic |
| The Last Frontier | Anthony Mann | Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston, Anne Bancroft | Western | Columbia |
| A Lawless Street | Joseph H. Lewis | Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Warner Anderson | Western | Columbia |
| Lay That Rifle Down | Charles Lamont | Judy Canova, Robert Lowery, Richard Deacon | Comedy | Republic |
| The Left Hand of God | Edward Dmytryk | Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney, Lee J. Cobb | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| A Life at Stake | Paul Guilfoyle | Angela Lansbury, Keith Andes, Douglas Dumbrille | Film noir | Independent |
| A Life in the Balance | Harry Horner | Ricardo Montalbán, Anne Bancroft, Lee Marvin | Thriller | 20th Century Fox |
| The Long Gray Line | John Ford | Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp | Drama | Columbia |
| The Looters | Abner Biberman | Rory Calhoun, Julie Adams, Ray Danton | Western | Universal |
| Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Henry King | Jennifer Jones, William Holden, Torin Thatcher | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Love Me or Leave Me | Charles Vidor | Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell | Musical biography | MGM; story of Ruth Etting; 8 Oscar nominations |
| Lucy Gallant | Robert Parrish | Jane Wyman, Charlton Heston, Claire Trevor | Drama | Paramount |

## M–N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki | Lee Sholem | Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson | Comedy | Universal 7th of series |
| Magic Fire | William Dieterle | Alan Badel, Valentina Cortese, Rita Gam, Yvonne De Carlo | Biography | story of Richard Wagner |
| The Magnificent Matador | Budd Boetticher | Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Richard Denning, Lola Albright | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Mambo | Robert Rossen | Silvana Mangano, Michael Rennie, Shelley Winters | Drama | Paramount. Co-produced with Italy |
| A Man Alone | Ray Milland | Ray Milland, Mary Murphy, Raymond Burr | Western | Republic |
| A Man Called Peter | Henry Koster | Richard Todd, Jean Peters, Jill Esmond | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Man from Bitter Ridge | Jack Arnold | Mara Corday, Lex Barker, Stephen McNally | Western | Universal |
| The Man from Laramie | Anthony Mann | James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Cathy O'Donnell | Western | Columbia |
| The Man with the Golden Arm | Otto Preminger | Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak | Drama | United Artists; from Nelson Algren novel; 3 Oscar nominations |
| Man with the Gun | Richard Wilson | Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling, Karen Sharpe | Western | United Artists |
| Man Without a Star | King Vidor | Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor, Richard Boone | Western | Universal |
| Many Rivers to Cross | Roy Rowland | Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Victor McLaglen | Western | MGM |
| The Marauders | Gerald Mayer | Dan Duryea, Keenan Wynn, Jarma Lewis | Western | MGM |
| Marty | Delbert Mann | Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Karen Steele | Drama | United Artists. Based on teleplay; Oscars for Best Picture, Director, Actor |
| The McConnell Story | Gordon Douglas | Alan Ladd, June Allyson, James Whitmore | Biography | Warner Bros. |
| Mister Roberts | John Ford | Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon, William Powell | War | Warner Bros. Oscar for Lemmon; based on 1946 novel and 1948 play |
| Moonfleet | Fritz Lang | George Sanders, Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood | Drama | MGM |
| Murder Is My Beat | Edgar G. Ulmer | Barbara Payton, Paul Langton, Robert Shayne | Film noir | Allied Artists |
| My Sister Eileen | Richard Quine | Betty Garrett, Jack Lemmon, Janet Leigh | Musical | Columbia; Remake of 1942 film |
| The Naked Dawn | Edgar G. Ulmer | Arthur Kennedy, Betta St. John, Eugene Iglesias | Western | Universal |
| The Naked Street | Maxwell Shane | Farley Granger, Anne Bancroft, Anthony Quinn | Drama | United Artists |
| New Orleans Uncensored | William Castle | Beverly Garland, Arthur Franz, Helene Stanton | Film noir | Columbia |
| New York Confidential | Russell Rouse | Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| The Night Holds Terror | Andrew L. Stone | Vince Edwards, John Cassavetes, Hildy Parks | Drama | Columbia |
| The Night of the Hunter | Charles Laughton | Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish | Suspense | United Artists; based on novel by Davis Grubb |
| No Man's Woman | Franklin Adreon | Marie Windsor, John Archer, Patric Knowles | Crime | Republic |
| No Place to Hide | Josef Shaftel | Marsha Hunt, David Brian | Thriller | Allied Artists |
| Not as a Stranger | Stanley Kramer | Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra | Drama | United Artists |

## O–R

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Oklahoma! | Fred Zinnemann | Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame | Musical | RKO. Based on stage musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein; 4 Oscar nominations |
| One Desire | Jerry Hopper | Anne Baxter, Rock Hudson, Julie Adams | Romantic drama | Universal |
| Outlaw Treasure | Oliver Drake | Adele Jergens, Johnny Carpenter, Glenn Langan | Western | AIP |
| Paris Follies of 1956 | Leslie Goodwins | Forrest Tucker, Margaret Whiting, Martha Hyer | Musical | Allied Artists |
| Pearl of the South Pacific | Allan Dwan | Virginia Mayo, Dennis Morgan, David Farrar | Adventure | RKO |
| Pete Kelly's Blues | Jack Webb | Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues | Dan Milner | Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen | Science fiction | AIP |
| The Phenix City Story | Phil Karlson | John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant | Drama | Allied Artists |
| Picnic | Joshua Logan | William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Rosalind Russell | Drama | Columbia; based on play by William Inge; 6 Oscar nominations |
| Pirates of Tripoli | Felix E. Feist | Paul Henreid, Patricia Medina, Paul Newlan | Adventure | Columbia |
| Prince of Players | Philip Dunne | Richard Burton, John Derek, Raymond Massey | Historical | 20th Century Fox |
| The Private War of Major Benson | Jerry Hopper | Charlton Heston, Julie Adams, William Demarest | Comedy | Universal |
| The Prodigal | Richard Thorpe | Lana Turner, Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern | Drama | MGM |
| The Purple Mask | H. Bruce Humberstone | Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, Angela Lansbury | Adventure | Universal |
| Queen Bee | Ranald MacDougall | Joan Crawford, Betsy Palmer, John Ireland | Drama | Columbia |
| The Racers | Henry Hathaway | Kirk Douglas, Bella Darvi, Gilbert Roland | Sports drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Rage at Dawn | Tim Whelan | Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, Mala Powers | Western | RKO |
| The Rains of Ranchipur | Jean Negulesco | Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray, Michael Rennie | Drama | 20th Century Fox; remake of 1939 film The Rains Came |
| Rebel Without a Cause | Nicholas Ray | James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo | Drama | Warner Bros.; 3 Oscar nominations |
| Revenge of the Creature | Jack Arnold | John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield | Science fiction | Universal |
| The Road to Denver | Joseph Kane | John Payne, Mona Freeman, Lee J. Cobb | Western | Republic |
| Robbers' Roost | Sidney Salkow | Richard Boone, George Montgomery, Bruce Bennett | Western | United Artists |
| The Rose Tattoo | Daniel Mann | Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan | Drama | Paramount. From Tennessee Williams play; Oscar for Magnani; 8 nominations |
| Run for Cover | Nicholas Ray | James Cagney, Viveca Lindfors, John Derek | Western | Paramount |
| Running Wild | Abner Biberman | William Campbell, Mamie van Doren, Keenan Wynn, Kathleen Case | Film noir | Universal |

## S–T

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Sabaka | Frank Ferrin | Boris Karloff, Reginald Denny, June Foray | Adventure | United Artists |
| Santa Fe Passage | William Witney | John Payne, Faith Domergue, Rod Cameron | Western | Republic |
| The Scarlet Coat | John Sturges | Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, Anne Francis | Historical | MGM |
| The Sea Chase | John Farrow | Lana Turner, John Wayne, David Farrar | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| The Second Greatest Sex | George Marshall | Jeanne Crain, Kitty Kallen, Mamie van Doren, Kathleen Case | Western | Universal |
| Seminole Uprising | Earl Bellamy | George Montgomery, Karin Booth, William Fawcett | War western | Columbia |
| Seven Angry Men | Charles Marquis Warren | Raymond Massey, Jeffrey Hunter, Debra Paget | Drama | Allied Artists |
| Seven Cities of Gold | Robert D. Webb | Richard Egan, Jeffrey Hunter, Rita Moreno | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| The Seven Little Foys | Melville Shavelson | Bob Hope, James Cagney, Milly Vitale | Comedy biography | Paramount; story of Eddie Foy |
| The Seven Year Itch | Billy Wilder | Tom Ewell, Marilyn Monroe, Evelyn Keyes | Comedy | 20th Century Fox; based on 1952 play |
| Shack Out on 101 | Edward Dein | Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Lee Marvin | Film noir | Allied Artists |
| Shotgun | Lesley Selander | Sterling Hayden, Yvonne De Carlo, Zachary Scott | Western | Allied Artists |
| The Shrike | José Ferrer | José Ferrer, June Allyson, Joy Page | Drama | Universal |
| Sincerely Yours | Gordon Douglas | Liberace, Joanne Dru, Dorothy Malone | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Six Bridges to Cross | Joseph Pevney | Tony Curtis, George Nader, Julie Adams | Film noir | Universal |
| Smoke Signal | Jerry Hopper | Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie, Rex Reason | Western | Universal |
| So This Is Paris | Richard Quine | Tony Curtis, Gloria DeHaven, Corinne Calvet | Musical | Universal |
| Soldier of Fortune | Edward Dmytryk | Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Son of Sinbad | Ted Tetzlaff | Dale Robertson, Sally Forrest, Vincent Price | Adventure | RKO |
| Special Delivery | John Brahm | Joseph Cotten, Eva Bartok, René Deltgen | Comedy | Columbia |
| The Spoilers | Jesse Hibbs | Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler, Rory Calhoun | Western | Universal; Remake of 1942 film |
| Spy Chasers | Edward Bernds | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Sig Ruman | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| The Square Jungle | Jerry Hopper | Tony Curtis, Patricia Crowley, Ernest Borgnine | Film noir | Universal |
| Storm Fear | Cornel Wilde | Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Lee Grant | Film noir | United Artists |
| Strange Lady in Town | Mervyn LeRoy | Greer Garson, Dana Andrews, Cameron Mitchell | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Stranger on Horseback | Jacques Tourneur | Joel McCrea, Miroslava Stern, Nancy Gates | Western | United Artists |
| Strategic Air Command | Anthony Mann | James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Lovejoy | Drama | Paramount |
| Sudden Danger | Hubert Cornfield | Bill Elliott, Beverly Garland, Tom Drake | Suspense | Allied Artists |
| Summertime | David Lean | Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda | Drama | United Artists; 2 Oscar nominations |
| Swamp Women | Roger Corman | Beverly Garland, Marie Windsor, Carole Mathews | Science fiction | Woolner |
| Tall Man Riding | Lesley Selander | Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, Peggie Castle | Western | Warner Bros. |
| The Tall Men | Raoul Walsh | Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Tarantula | Jack Arnold | Leo G. Carroll, John Agar, Mara Corday | Science fiction | Universal |
| Target Zero | Harmon Jones | Richard Conte, Peggie Castle, Charles Bronson | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Tarzan's Hidden Jungle | Harold D. Schuster | Gordon Scott, Vera Miles, Peter van Eyck | Adventure | RKO |
| Teen-Age Crime Wave | Fred F. Sears | Sue England, Tommy Cook, James Bell | Crime | Columbia |
| The Tender Trap | Charles Walters | Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, Celeste Holm | Romantic comedy | MGM; based on the 1954 play |
| Tennessee's Partner | Allan Dwan | John Payne, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming | Western | RKO |
| Ten Wanted Men | H. Bruce Humberstone | Randolph Scott, Jocelyn Brando, Richard Boone | Western | Columbia |
| Texas Lady | Tim Whelan | Claudette Colbert, Barry Sullivan, Ray Collins | Western | RKO |
| This Island Earth | Joseph M. Newman | Rex Reason, Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue | Science fiction | Universal; inspired Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie |
| Three for the Show | H. C. Potter | Betty Grable, Jack Lemmon, Gower Champion | Musical | Columbia |
| Three Stripes in the Sun | Richard Murphy | Aldo Ray, Philip Carey, Dick York | War | Columbia |
| Tight Spot | Phil Karlson | Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith | Film noir | Columbia |
| Timberjack | Joseph Kane | Sterling Hayden, Vera Ralston, Adolphe Menjou | Western | Republic |
| To Catch a Thief | Alfred Hitchcock | Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, John Williams | Suspense | Paramount; 3 Oscar nominations |
| To Hell and Back | Jesse Hibbs | Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake | Biographical | Universal |
| Top Gun | Ray Nazarro | Sterling Hayden, Karin Booth, William Bishop | Western | United Artists |
| Top of the World | Lewis R. Foster | Dale Robertson, Evelyn Keyes, Frank Lovejoy | Adventure | United Artists |
| Toughest Man Alive | Sidney Salkow | Dane Clark, Lita Milan, Anthony Caruso | Drama | Allied Artists |
| The Treasure of Pancho Villa | George Sherman | Rory Calhoun, Shelley Winters, Gilbert Roland | Western | RKO |
| Treasure of Ruby Hills | Frank McDonald | Zachary Scott, Carole Mathews, Barton MacLane | Western | Allied Artists |
| Trial | Mark Robson | Glenn Ford, Katy Jurado, Arthur Kennedy | Drama | MGM |
| The Trouble with Harry | Alfred Hitchcock | Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe, Jerry Mathers | Comedy | Paramount; first film for MacLaine |
| The Twinkle in God's Eye | George Blair | Mickey Rooney, Coleen Gray, Hugh O'Brian | Western | Republic |

## U–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Unchained | Hall Bartlett | Barbara Hale, Elroy Hirsch, Chester Morris | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Underwater! | John Sturges | Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Gilbert Rowland | Adventure | RKO |
| Untamed | Henry King | Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| The Violent Men | Rudolph Mate | Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson | Western | Columbia |
| The Vanishing American | Joseph Kane | Audrey Totter, Scott Brady, Forrest Tucker | Western | Republic; Remake of 1925 film |
| The View from Pompey's Head | Philip Dunne | Richard Egan, Dana Wynter, Cameron Mitchell | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Violent Saturday | Richard Fleischer | Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Lee Marvin | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| The Virgin Queen | Henry Koster | Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins | Historical | 20th Century Fox |
| We're No Angels | Michael Curtiz | Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray | Comedy | Paramount |
| White Feather | Robert D. Webb | Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, John Lund | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Wichita | Jacques Tourneur | Joel McCrea, Vera Miles, Lloyd Bridges | Western | Allied Artists |
| Wiretapper | Dick Ross | Bill Williams, Douglas Kennedy, Stanley Clements | Western | Independent |
| Women's Prison | Lewis Seiler | Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Cleo Moore, Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter, Howard Duff | Film noir | Columbia |
| Yellowneck | R. John Hugh | Lin McCarthy | Drama | Republic |
| You're Never Too Young | Norman Taurog | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Diana Lynn | Comedy | 13th Martin and Lewis film; Paramount |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Battle of Gettysburg | Herman Hoffman | | Documentary | Nominated for Oscars for Best Documentary, Short Subject and Best Short Subject, Two-reel |
| Cinerama Holiday | Philippe De Lacy | John Marsh, Betty Marsh | Documentary | |
| The Pied Piper of Cleveland | Arthur Cohen | Bill Randle | Musical | |

## Serials

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Adventures of Captain Africa | Spencer Gordon Bennet | John Hart, Rick Vallin | Serial | Columbia |
| King of the Carnival | Franklin Adreon | Harry Lauter, Fran Bennett | Serial | Republic |
| Panther Girl of the Kongo | Franklin Adreon | Phyllis Coates | Serial | Republic |