# List of American films of 1954

A list of American films released in 1954. On the Waterfront won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

## A-B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 3 Ring Circus | Joseph Pevney | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joanne Dru | Comedy | Paramount |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Richard Fleischer | Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre | Adventure | Disney; based on the novel by Jules Verne; winner of 2 Academy Awards |
| About Mrs. Leslie | Daniel Mann | Shirley Booth, Robert Ryan, Marjie Millar | Drama | Paramount |
| The Adventures of Hajji Baba | Don Weis | John Derek, Elaine Stewart, Rosemarie Bowe | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Alaska Seas | Jerry Hopper | Robert Ryan, Brian Keith, Jan Sterling | Crime | Paramount |
| Apache | Robert Aldrich | Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters, John McIntire, Charles Bronson | Western | United Artists |
| Arrow in the Dust | Lesley Selander | Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larsen | Western | Allied Artists |
| Athena | Richard Thorpe | Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Virginia Gibson | Musical | MGM |
| The Atomic Kid | Leslie H. Martinson | Mickey Rooney, Robert Strauss, Elaine Devry | Comedy | Republic |
| Bait | Hugo Haas | Cleo Moore, John Agar, John Agar | Drama | Columbia |
| The Bamboo Prison | Lewis Seiler | Robert Francis, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith | War drama | Columbia |
| The Barefoot Contessa | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Rossano Brazzi, Edmond O'Brien | Drama | United Artists. Oscar for O'Brien |
| The Battle of Rogue River | William Castle | George Montgomery, Martha Hyer, Richard Denning | Western | Columbia |
| Beachhead | Stuart Heisler | Tony Curtis, Frank Lovejoy, Mary Murphy | War | United Artists |
| Beau Brummell | Curtis Bernhardt | Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov | Biography | MGM; remake of 1924 film |
| Beautiful Stranger | David Miller | Ginger Rogers, Herbert Lom, Stanley Baker | Mystery | United Artists |
| Bengal Brigade | Lazlo Benedek | Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl, Ursula Thiess | Adventure | Universal |
| Betrayed | Gottfried Reinhardt | Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Victor Mature | Drama | MGM |
| The Big Chase | Arthur Hilton | Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens, Lon Chaney Jr. | Crime | Lippert |
| Bitter Creek | Thomas Carr | Bill Elliott, Beverly Garland, Carleton Young | Western | Allied Artists |
| The Black Dakotas | Ray Nazarro | Wanda Hendrix, Gary Merrill, John Bromfield, Fay Roope, Jay Silverheels, John War Eagle, Noah Beery Jr. | Western | Columbia |
| Black Horse Canyon | Jesse Hibbs | Joel McCrea, Mari Blanchard, Murvyn Vye | Western | Universal |
| The Black Knight | Tay Garnett | Alan Ladd, Patricia Medina, Peter Cushing | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Black Pirates | Allen H. Miner | Anthony Dexter, Martha Roth, Lon Chaney Jr. | Adventure | Lippert |
| The Black Shield of Falworth | Rudolph Mate | Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Barbara Rush | Adventure | Universal |
| Black Tuesday | Hugo Fregonese | Edward G. Robinson, Peter Graves, Jean Parker | Crime drama | United Artists |
| Black Widow | Nunnally Johnson | Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin, Gene Tierney, George Raft | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| The Bob Mathias Story | Francis D. Lyon | Bob Mathias, Ward Bond, Diane Jergens | Biography | Allied Artists |
| Border River | George Sherman | Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Pedro Armendáriz | Western | Universal |
| The Bounty Hunter | Andre DeToth | Randolph Scott, Marie Windsor, Dolores Dorn | Western | Warner Bros. |
| The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters | Edward Bernds | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Lloyd Corrigan | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| The Boy from Oklahoma | Michael Curtiz | Will Rogers Jr., Nancy Olson, Anthony Caruso | Western | Warner Bros. |
| The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Mark Robson | William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney | War | Paramount; Oscar for Best Visual Effects |
| Brigadoon | Vincente Minnelli | Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse | Musical | MGM; 3 Oscar nominations |
| Bright Road | Gerald Mayer | Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Barbara Randolph | Drama | MGM |
| Broken Lance | Edward Dmytryk | Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Richard Widmark, Katy Jurado | Western | 20th Century Fox; won Oscar for Best Story |
| A Bullet Is Waiting | John Farrow | Jean Simmons, Rory Calhoun, Brian Aherne | Film noir | Columbia |

## C-D

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Caine Mutiny | Edward Dmytryk | Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson | War, Drama | Columbia; based on Herman Wouk novel; 7 Oscar nominations |
| Cannibal Attack | Lee Sholem | Johnny Weissmuller, David Bruce, Bruce Cowling | Adventure | Columbia |
| Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl | Lew Landers | Anthony Dexter, Eva Gabor, Alan Hale Jr. | Adventure | United Artists |
| Carmen Jones | Otto Preminger | Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey | Musical | 20th Century Fox; won Golden Globe |
| Carnival Story | Kurt Neumann | Anne Baxter, Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger | Drama | RKO |
| Casanova's Big Night | Norman Z. McLeod | Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Basil Rathbone | Comedy | Paramount |
| Cattle Queen of Montana | Allan Dwan | Barbara Stanwyck, Ronald Reagan, Gene Evans | Western | RKO |
| Charge of the Lancers | William Castle | Paulette Goddard, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Karin Booth | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Command | David Butler | Guy Madison, James Whitmore, Joan Weldon | Western | Warner Bros. |
| The Country Girl | George Seaton | Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden | Drama | Paramount; Oscars for Kelly, screenplay |
| Creature from the Black Lagoon | Jack Arnold | Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning | Science fiction | Universal; 2 sequels |
| Crime Wave | André de Toth | Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Ted de Corsia, Phyllis Kirk | Crime drama | Warner Bros. |
| Crossed Swords | Milton Krims | Errol Flynn, Gina Lollobrigida, Nadia Gray | Swashbuckler | United Artists. Co-produced with Italy |
| Cry Vengeance | Mark Stevens | Mark Stevens, Skip Homeier, Martha Hyer | Crime | Allied Artists |
| Dangerous Mission | Louis King | Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, William Bendix | Thriller | RKO |
| Dawn at Socorro | George Sherman | Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, David Brian, Kathleen Hughes | Western | Universal |
| Deep in My Heart | Stanley Donen | José Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Walter Pidgeon | Musical, Biography | MGM; story of Sigmund Romberg |
| Demetrius and the Gladiators | Delmer Daves | Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Désirée | Henry Koster | Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon | Historical | 20th Century Fox |
| The Desperado | Thomas Carr | Wayne Morris, Beverly Garland, Jimmy Lydon | Western | Allied Artists |
| Destry | George Marshall | Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Lyle Bettger | Western | Universal |
| Dial M for Murder | Alfred Hitchcock | Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson | Suspense | Warner Bros.; based on play by Frederick Knott |
| Down Three Dark Streets | Arnold Laven | Broderick Crawford, Ruth Roman, Martha Hyer | Crime drama | United Artists |
| Dragnet | Jack Webb | Jack Webb, Richard Boone, Ann Robinson | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| Dragon's Gold | Aubrey Wisberg | John Archer, Hillary Brooke, Philip Van Zandt | Crime | United Artists |
| Dragonfly Squadron | Lesley Selander | John Hodiak, Barbara Britton, Bruce Bennett | War | Allied Artists |
| Drive a Crooked Road | Richard Quine | Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin McCarthy | Crime | Columbia |
| Drum Beat | Delmer Daves | Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Drums Across the River | Nathan H. Juran | Audie Murphy, Lisa Gaye, Walter Brennan | Western | Universal |
| Drums of Tahiti | William Castle | Patricia Medina, Dennis O'Keefe, Francis L. Sullivan | Adventure 3-D | Columbia |
| Duffy of San Quentin | Walter Doniger | Joanne Dru, Louis Hayward, Maureen O'Sullivan | Drama | Warner Bros. |

## E-F

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Egyptian | Michael Curtiz | Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney, Michael Wilding | Adventure | 20th Century Fox; based on the book |
| Elephant Walk | William Dieterle | Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch | Adventure | Paramount |
| Executive Suite | Robert Wise | William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March, June Allyson, Walter Pidgeon, | Drama | MGM. 4 Oscar nominations; a rare film with no music |
| Fangs of the Wild | William F. Claxton | Charles Chaplin Jr., Onslow Stevens, Margia Dean | Adventure Western | Lippert |
| The Fast and the Furious | John Ireland | John Ireland, Dorothy Malone, Iris Adrian | Crime | AIP |
| Fireman Save My Child | Leslie Goodwins | Hugh O'Brian, Buddy Hackett, Adele Jergens | Comedy | Universal |
| Flame and the Flesh | Richard Brooks | Lana Turner, Pier Angeli, Carlos Thompson | Drama | MGM |
| The Forty-Niners | Thomas Carr | Bill Elliott, Virginia Grey, Harry Morgan | Western | Allied Artists |
| Four Guns to the Border | Richard Carlson | Rory Calhoun, Colleen Miller, Nina Foch | Western | Universal |
| Francis Joins the WACS | Arthur Lubin | Donald O'Connor, Julie Adams, Mamie Van Doren | Comedy | Universal |
| The French Line | Lloyd Bacon | Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland, Arthur Hunnicutt | Musical | RKO. Made in 3D |

## G-H

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Gambler from Natchez | Henry Levin | Dale Robertson, Debra Paget, Lisa Daniels | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Garden of Evil | Henry Hathaway | Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The Glenn Miller Story | Anthony Mann | James Stewart, June Allyson, Charles Drake, George Tobias, Harry Morgan | Biography, Musical | Universal; 3 Oscar nominations |
| Go Man Go | James Wong Howe | Dane Clark, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee | Sports | United Artists |
| Gog | Herbert L. Strock | Richard Egan, Herbert Marshall, Constance Dowling | Sci-fi | United Artists |
| The Golden Idol | Ford Beebe | Johnny Sheffield, Anne Kimbell, Paul Guilfoyle | Adventure | Allied Artists |
| The Golden Mistress | Abner Biberman | John Agar, Rosemarie Bowe | Adventure | United Artists |
| Gorilla at Large | Harmon Jones | Cameron Mitchell, Anne Bancroft, Lee J. Cobb | Horror | 20th Century Fox |
| The Great Diamond Robbery | Robert Z. Leonard | Red Skelton, James Whitmore, Cara Williams | Comedy | MGM |
| Green Fire | Andrew Marton | Grace Kelly, Stewart Granger, Paul Douglas | Adventure | MGM |
| Gypsy Colt | Andrew Marton | Donna Corcoran, Ward Bond, Frances Dee | Family | MGM |
| Hansel and Gretel | John Paul | Anna Russell, Mildred Dunnock (voices) | Animation | RKO |
| Hell and High Water | Samuel Fuller | Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Hell Below Zero | Mark Robson | Alan Ladd, Stanley Baker, Joan Tetzel | Adventure | Columbia |
| Hell's Half Acre | John H. Auer | Evelyn Keyes, Wendell Corey, Marie Windsor | Crime | Republic |
| Hell's Outpost | Joseph Kane | Rod Cameron, Joan Leslie, John Russell | Drama | Republic |
| Her Twelve Men | Robert Z. Leonard | Greer Garson, Robert Ryan, Barry Sullivan | Comedy | MGM |
| The High and the Mighty | William Wellman | John Wayne, Robert Stack, Laraine Day, Claire Trevor | Drama | Warner Bros. 6 Oscar nominations; won for Best Musical Score |
| Highway Dragnet | Nathan Juran | Richard Conte, Joan Bennett, Wanda Hendrix | Crime drama | Allied Artists |
| His Majesty O'Keefe | Byron Haskin | Burt Lancaster, Joan Rice, André Morell | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Human Desire | Fritz Lang | Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford | Suspense | Columbia |
| The Human Jungle | Joseph M. Newman | Gary Merrill, Jan Sterling, Regis Toomey | Crime | Allied Artists |

## I-K

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Iron Glove | William Castle | Robert Stack, Ursula Thiess, Richard Stapley | Adventure | Columbia |
| It Should Happen to You | George Cukor | Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford, Jack Lemmon | Comedy | Columbia. Lemmon's first film |
| Jail Bait | Ed Wood | Lyle Talbot, Dolores Fuller, Steve Reeves | Drama | Independent |
| Jesse James vs. the Daltons | William Castle | Brett King, Barbara Lawrence, James Griffith | Western | Columbia |
| Jesse James' Women | Don "Red" Barry | Peggie Castle, Don "Red" Barry, Lita Baron | Western | United Artists |
| Jivaro | Edward Ludwig | Fernando Lamas, Rhonda Fleming, Brian Keith | Adventure | Paramount |
| Johnny Dark | George Sherman | Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don Taylor | Drama | Universal |
| Johnny Guitar | Nicholas Ray | Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge | Western | Republic |
| Jubilee Trail | Joseph Kane | John Russell, Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker | Western | Republic |
| Jungle Gents | Edward Bernds | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Laurette Luez | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Jungle Man-Eaters | Sam Katzman | Johnny Weissmuller, Karin Booth, Richard Stapley | Adventure | Columbia |
| Khyber Patrol | Seymour Friedman | Richard Egan, Dawn Addams, Raymond Burr | Adventure | United Artists |
| Killer Leopard | Ford Beebe | Johnny Sheffield, Beverly Garland, Leonard Mudie | Adventure | Allied Artists |
| Killers from Space | W. Lee Wilder | Peter Graves, James Seay, Steve Pendleton | Sci-fi | RKO |
| King Richard and the Crusaders | David Butler | Rex Harrison, Virginia Mayo, George Sanders | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Knock on Wood | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | Danny Kaye, Mai Zetterling, Torin Thatcher | Comedy | Paramount |

## L-N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Last Time I Saw Paris | Richard Brooks | Van Johnson, Elizabeth Taylor, Donna Reed | Romance | MGM |
| The Law vs. Billy the Kid | William Castle | Scott Brady, Betta St. John, Paul Cavanagh | Western | Columbia |
| The Lawless Rider | Yakima Canutt | Johnny Carpenter, Noel Neill, Frankie Darro | Western | United Artists |
| Living It Up | Norman Taurog | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh | Comedy | Paramount. 11th Martin and Lewis film |
| The Lone Gun | Ray Nazarro | George Montgomery, Dorothy Malone, Frank Faylen | Western | United Artists |
| The Long, Long Trailer | Vincente Minnelli | Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main | Comedy | MGM |
| The Long Wait | Victor Saville | Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Peggie Castle | Film noir | United Artists |
| Loophole | Harold Schuster | Barry Sullivan, Dorothy Malone, Charles McGraw | Film noir | Monogram |
| Lucky Me | Jack Donohue | Doris Day, Phil Silvers, Robert Cummings | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Ma and Pa Kettle at Home | Charles Lamont | Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Alan Mowbray | Comedy | Universal |
| The Mad Magician | John Brahm | Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor | Thriller | Columbia |
| Make Haste to Live | William A. Seiter | Dorothy McGuire, Stephen McNally | Suspense | Republic |
| Magnificent Obsession | Douglas Sirk | Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger, Barbara Rush | Drama | Universal. Remake of 1935 film; Oscar nomination for Wyman |
| Massacre Canyon | Fred F. Sears | Philip Carey, Audrey Totter, Douglas Kennedy | Western | Columbia |
| Masterson of Kansas | William Castle | George Montgomery, Nancy Gates, James Griffith | Western | Columbia |
| Men of the Fighting Lady | Andrew Marton | Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Frank Lovejoy | War | MGM |
| The Miami Story | Fred F. Sears | Barry Sullivan, Luther Adler, Adele Jergens | Film noir | Columbia |
| Miss Robin Crusoe | Eugene Frenke | Amanda Blake, George Nader | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Monster from the Ocean Floor | Wyott Ordung | Anne Kimbell, Stuart Wade, Inez Palange | Science fiction | Lippert |
| Naked Alibi | Jerry Hopper | Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry | Film noir | Universal |
| The Naked Jungle | Byron Haskin | Charlton Heston, Eleanor Parker, Abraham Sofaer | Adventure | Paramount |
| New Faces | Harry Horner | Ronny Graham, Eartha Kitt, Robert Clary | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Night People | Nunnally Johnson | Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Bjork, Rita Gam | Drama | 20th Century Fox |

## O-R

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| On the Waterfront | Elia Kazan | Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger, Lee J. Cobb | Drama | Columbia. Based on novel by Budd Schulberg; Oscars for Brando, Saint, Best Picture |
| The Other Woman | Hugo Haas | Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, Lucille Barkley | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Outcast | William Witney | John Derek, Joan Evans, Jim Davis | Western | Republic |
| The Outlaw's Daughter | Wesley Barry | Bill Williams, Jim Davis, George Cleveland | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The Outlaw Stallion | Fred F. Sears | Philip Carey, Dorothy Patrick, Billy Gray | Western | Columbia |
| Overland Pacific | Fred F. Sears | Jock Mahoney, Peggie Castle, Adele Jergens | Western | United Artists |
| Paris Playboys | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Steven Geray | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Passion | Allan Dwan | Cornel Wilde, Yvonne De Carlo, Raymond Burr | Western | RKO |
| Phantom of the Rue Morgue | Roy Del Ruth | Karl Malden, Claude Dauphin, Patricia Medina | Mystery | Warner Bros.; based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe |
| Phantom Stallion | Harry Keller | Rex Allen, Carla Balenda, Harry Shannon | Western | Republic |
| Phffft! | Mark Robson | Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Jack Carson | Romantic comedy | Columbia |
| Playgirl | Joseph Pevney | Shelley Winters, Colleen Miller, Barry Sullivan | Film noir | Universal |
| Port of Hell | Harold D. Schuster | Dane Clark, Carole Mathews, Wayne Morris | Drama | Allied Artists |
| Pride of the Blue Grass | William Beaudine | Lloyd Bridges, Vera Miles, Margaret Sheridan | Drama | Allied Artists |
| Prince Valiant | Henry Hathaway | James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner | Adventure | 20th Century Fox; based on the comic strip |
| Princess of the Nile | Harmon Jones | Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Prisoner of War | Andrew Marton | Ronald Reagan, Steve Forrest, Oscar Homolka | War drama | MGM |
| Private Hell 36 | Don Siegel | Ida Lupino, Howard Duff, Dorothy Malone | Film noir | Independent |
| Pushover | Richard Quine | Fred MacMurray, Kim Novak, Philip Carey, Dorothy Malone | Film noir | Columbia; Novak's 1st film |
| Racing Blood | Wesley Barry | Bill Williams, Jean Porter, George Cleveland | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Raid | Hugo Fregonese | Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Rails Into Laramie | Jesse Hibbs | John Payne, Mari Blanchard, Dan Duryea | Western | Universal |
| Rear Window | Alfred Hitchcock | Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr | Film noir | Universal, 4 Oscar nominations |
| Red Garters | George Marshall | Rosemary Clooney, Jack Carson, Guy Mitchell, Gene Barry | Musical | Paramount |
| Return from the Sea | Lesley Selander | Jan Sterling, Neville Brand, John Doucette | Drama | Allied Artists |
| Return to Treasure Island | Ewald André Dupont | Tab Hunter, Dawn Addams, Porter Hall | Adventure | United Artists |
| Rhapsody | Charles Vidor | Elizabeth Taylor, Vittorio Gassman, Louis Calhern | Drama | MGM |
| Ricochet Romance | Charles Lamont | Marjorie Main, Chill Wills, Alfonso Bedoya | Western comedy | Universal |
| Ride Clear of Diablo | Jesse Hibbs | Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Susan Cabot, Russell Johnson | Western | Universal |
| Riders to the Stars | Richard Carlson | William Lundigan, Martha Hyer, Dawn Addams | Science fiction | United Artists |
| Riding Shotgun | Andre DeToth | Randolph Scott, Joan Weldon, Wayne Morris | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Ring of Fear | James Edward Grant | Clyde Beatty, Mickey Spillane, Pat O'Brien | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Riot in Cell Block 11 | Don Siegel | Neville Brand, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon | Film noir | Allied Artists |
| River of No Return | Otto Preminger | Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Robinson Crusoe | Luis Buñuel | Dan O'Herlihy, Jaime Fernández, Felipe de Alba | Adventure | United Artists. From Daniel Defoe novel |
| The Rocket Man | Oscar Rudolph | Charles Coburn, Anne Francis, Spring Byington | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Rogue Cop | Roy Rowland | Robert Taylor, George Raft, Janet Leigh | Film noir | MGM |
| Roogie's Bump | Harold Young | Ruth Warrick, Olive Blakeney, Robert F. Simon | Comedy | Republic |
| Rose Marie | Mervyn LeRoy | Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas | Musical, Western | MGM; Remake of 1936 film |

## S-T

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Sabaka | Frank Ferrin | Boris Karloff, June Foray, Reginald Denny | Adventure | United Artists |
| Sabrina | Billy Wilder | Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden | Romantic comedy | Paramount; 6 Oscar nominations; remade in 1995 |
| Salt of the Earth | Herbert J. Biberman | Rosaura Revueltas, Will Geer, David Bauer | Drama | Independent. Subject of One of the Hollywood Ten |
| The Saracen Blade | William Castle | Ricardo Montalbán, Betta St. John, Carolyn Jones | Adventure | Columbia |
| Saskatchewan | Raoul Walsh | Alan Ladd, Shelley Winters, J. Carrol Naish | Western | Universal |
| Secret of the Incas | Jerry Hopper | Charlton Heston, Robert Young, Nicole Maurey | Adventure | Paramount |
| Security Risk | Harold D. Schuster | John Ireland, Dorothy Malone, Dolores Donlon | Thriller | Allied Artists |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Stanley Donen | Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Russ Tamblyn, Jeff Richards, Julie Newmar, Ruta Lee | Musical | MGM; 5 Oscar nominations |
| The Shanghai Story | Frank Lloyd | Ruth Roman, Edmond O'Brien, Richard Jaeckel | Drama | Republic |
| She Couldn't Say No | Lloyd Bacon | Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Arthur Hunnicutt | Comedy | RKO. Bacon's final film |
| Shield for Murder | Edmond O'Brien | Edmond O'Brien, Marla English, John Agar | Film noir | United Artists |
| Siege at Red River | Rudolph Mate | Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, Richard Boone | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Sign of the Pagan | Douglas Sirk | Jack Palance, Jeff Chandler, Rita Gam | Adventure | Universal |
| Silent Raiders | Richard Bartlett | Richard Bartlett, Dean Fredericks | War | Lippert |
| The Silver Chalice | Victor Saville | Paul Newman, Virginia Mayo, Pier Angeli | Drama | Warner Bros.; first film for Newman |
| Silver Lode | Allan Dwan | Dan Duryea, John Payne, Lizabeth Scott | Western | RKO |
| Sitting Bull | Sidney Salkow | Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy, J. Carrol Naish | Western | United Artists |
| The Snow Creature | W. Lee Wilder | Paul Langton, Teru Shimada, William Phipps | Science fiction | United Artists |
| Southwest Passage | Ray Nazarro | Joanne Dru, Rod Cameron, John Ireland | Western | United Artists |
| A Star Is Born | George Cukor | Judy Garland, James Mason, Charles Bickford, Jack Carson, Tommy Noonan | Musical | Warner Bros. remake of 1937 film; 6 Oscar nominations; remade in 1976 |
| The Steel Cage | Walter Doniger | Maureen O'Sullivan, Lawrence Tierney, Paul Kelly | Drama | United Artists |
| The Student Prince | Richard Thorpe | Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern, Edmund Gwenn, Betta St. John | Musical | MGM; vocals by Mario Lanza; based on the operetta |
| Suddenly | Lewis Allen | Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Gates | Crime drama | United Artists |
| Susan Slept Here | Frank Tashlin | Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis | Romantic comedy | RKO; Powell's final film |
| Tanganyika | André de Toth | Van Heflin, Ruth Roman, Howard Duff | Action | Universal |
| Target Earth | Sherman A. Rose | Richard Denning, Kathleen Crowley, Virginia Grey | Sci-fi | Allied Artists |
| Taza, Son of Cochise | Douglas Sirk | Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Rex Reason | Western | Universal |
| Tennessee Champ | Fred M. Wilcox | Shelley Winters, Keenan Wynn, Dewey Martin | Drama | MGM |
| Them! | Gordon Douglas | James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon | Science fiction | Warner Bros. |
| There's No Business Like Show Business | Walter Lang | Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Marilyn Monroe, Mitzi Gaynor, Dan Dailey, Johnnie Ray | Musical | 20th Century Fox; 3 Academy Award nominations |
| They Rode West | Phil Karlson | Robert Francis, Donna Reed, Philip Carey, May Wynn, John War Eagle | Western | Columbia |
| They Were So Young | Kurt Neumann | Raymond Burr, Scott Brady, Johanna Matz | Drama | Lippert |
| This Is My Love | Stuart Heisler | Linda Darnell, Faith Domergue, Dan Duryea | Drama | RKO |
| Three Coins in the Fountain | Jean Negulesco | Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Rossano Brazzi | Drama | 20th Century Fox; Oscars for Cinematography and Song |
| Three Hours to Kill | Alfred L. Werker | Dana Andrews, Donna Reed, Dianne Foster | Western | Columbia |
| Three Young Texans | Henry Levin | Jeffrey Hunter, Keefe Brasselle, Mitzi Gaynor | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Thunder Pass | Frank McDonald | Dane Clark, Dorothy Patrick, Andy Devine | Western | Lippert |
| Tobor the Great | Lee Sholem | Charles Drake, Karin Booth, Steven Geray | Sci-fi | Republic |
| Top Banana | Alfred E. Green | Phil Silvers, Rose Marie, Judy Lynn | Musical | United Artists. Based on stage musical |
| Track of the Cat | William Wellman | Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Diana Lynn | Adventure | Warner Bros. |

## U-Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Untamed Heiress | Charles Lamont | Judy Canova, George Cleveland, George Cleveland | Comedy | Republic |
| Two Guns and a Badge | Lewis D. Collins | Wayne Morris, Beverly Garland, Morris Ankrum | Western | Allied Artists |
| Valley of the Kings | Robert Pirosh | Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Carlos Thompson | Adventure | MGM |
| Vera Cruz | Robert Aldrich | Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Ernest Borgnine, Cesar Romero, Sara Montiel, Denise Darcel | Western | United Artists |
| War Arrow | George Sherman | Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler, John McIntire | Western | Universal |
| White Christmas | Michael Curtiz | Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger | Musical | Paramount; title song by Irving Berlin originally in 1942's Holiday Inn |
| The White Orchid | Reginald Le Borg | William Lundigan, Peggie Castle, Rosenda Monteros | Adventure | United Artists |
| Witness to Murder | Roy Rowland | Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill | Suspense | United Artists |
| Woman's World | Jean Negulesco | Clifton Webb, June Allyson, Van Heflin | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| World for Ransom | Robert Aldrich | Dan Duryea, Gene Lockhart, Patric Knowles | Drama | Allied Artists |
| Wyoming Renegades | Fred F. Sears | Phil Carey, Gene Evans, Martha Hyer | Western | Columbia |
| Yankee Pasha | Joseph Pevney | Rhonda Fleming, Jeff Chandler, Mamie Van Doren | Adventure | Universal |
| The Yellow Mountain | Jesse Hibbs | Lex Barker, Mala Powers, Howard Duff | Western | Universal |
| The Yellow Tomahawk | Lesley Selander | Rory Calhoun, Peggie Castle, Warner Anderson | Western | United Artists |
| Young at Heart | Gordon Douglas | Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Gig Young | Musical, Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Yukon Vengeance | William Beaudine | Kirby Grant, Mary Ellen Kay, Monte Hale | Adventure | Allied Artists |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Vanishing Prairie | James Algar | | Documentary | Academy Award winner |

## Serials

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Gunfighters of the Northwest | Spencer Bennet | Jock Mahoney, Phyllis Coates | Western | Columbia |
| Man with the Steel Whip | Franklin Adreon | Dick Simmons, Dale Van Sickel | Western | Republic |
| Trader Tom of the China Seas | Franklin Adreon | Harry Lauter, Lyle Talbot | Serial | |

## Shorts

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome | Kenneth Anger | Anaïs Nin | Drama | 38-minute film |