# List of American films of 1952

A list of American films released in 1952. The Greatest Show on Earth won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

## A-B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 5 Fingers | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick | Claude Binyon | Alan Young, Dinah Shore, Adele Jergens | Comedy | Paramount |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | Charles Lamont | Abbott and Costello, Charles Laughton, Hillary Brooke | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| About Face | Roy Del Ruth | Gordon MacRae, Eddie Bracken, Virginia Gibson | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Above and Beyond | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore | War | MGM |
| Actors and Sin | Ben Hecht | Edward G. Robinson, Eddie Albert, Marsha Hunt | Comedy | United Artists |
| Affair in Trinidad | Vincent Sherman | Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Torin Thatcher | Film noir | Columbia |
| African Treasure | Ford Beebe | Johnny Sheffield, Laurette Luez, Lyle Talbot | Adventure | Monogram |
| Against All Flags | George Sherman | Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn | Adventure | Universal |
| Aladdin and His Lamp | Lew Landers | Johnny Sands, Patricia Medina, Richard Erdman | Adventure | Monogram |
| Androcles and the Lion | Chester Erskine | Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Alan Young | Historical Epic | RKO. Based on the play |
| Anything Can Happen | George Seaton | José Ferrer, Kim Hunter, Kurt Kasznar | Drama | Paramount |
| Apache Country | George Archainbaud | Gene Autry, Carolina Cotton, Harry Lauter | Western | Columbia |
| Apache War Smoke | Harold F. Kress | Gilbert Roland, Glenda Farrell, Robert Horton | Western | MGM |
| April in Paris | David Butler | Ray Bolger, Doris Day, Claude Dauphin | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Arctic Flight | Lew Landers | Wayne Morris, Lola Albright, Alan Hale Jr. | Drama | Monogram |
| Army Bound | Paul Landres | Stanley Clements, Karen Sharpe, Steve Brodie | Action | Monogram |
| Assignment – Paris! | Phil Karlson | Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, George Sanders | Spy drama | Columbia |
| At Sword's Point | Lewis Allen | Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Gladys Cooper | Adventure | RKO |
| The Atomic City | Jerry Hopper | Gene Barry, Lydia Clarke, Nancy Gates | Drama | Paramount |
| Babes in Bagdad | Edgar G. Ulmer | Paulette Goddard, Gypsy Rose Lee, John Boles | Comedy | United Artists |
| Back at the Front | George Sherman | Tom Ewell, Harvey Lembeck, Mari Blanchard | Comedy | Universal |
| The Bad and the Beautiful | Vincente Minnelli | Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame | Drama | MGM. Winner of 5 Academy Awards |
| Bal Tabarin | Philip Ford | Claire Carleton, Steve Brodie, Steven Geray | Drama | Republic |
| Barbed Wire | George Archainbaud | Gene Autry, Leonard Penn, Pat Buttram | Western | Columbia |
| The Battle at Apache Pass | George Sherman | John Lund, Jeff Chandler, Susan Cabot | Western | Universal |
| Battles of Chief Pontiac | Felix E. Feist | Lex Barker, Helen Westcott, Lon Chaney Jr. | Western | Realart |
| Battle Zone | Lesley Selander | John Hodiak, Linda Christian, Stephen McNally | War | Allied Artists |
| Because of You | Joseph Pevney | Loretta Young, Jeff Chandler, Frances Dee | Drama | Universal |
| Because You're Mine | Alexander Hall | Mario Lanza, Doretta Morrow, James Whitmore | Musical | MGM |
| Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla | William Beaudine | Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell, Sammy Petrillo | Comedy | Realart |
| The Belle of New York | Charles Walters | Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Marjorie Main | Musical comedy | MGM |
| Belles on Their Toes | Henry Levin | Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy, Debra Paget | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Bend of the River | Anthony Mann | James Stewart, Rock Hudson, Arthur Kennedy | Western | Universal |
| Beware, My Lovely | Harry Horner | Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes | Film noir | RKO |
| Big Jim McLain | Edward Ludwig | John Wayne, James Arness, Nancy Olson | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Big Sky | Howard Hawks | Kirk Douglas, Elizabeth Threatt, Dewey Martin | Western | RKO |
| The Big Trees | Felix E. Feist | Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Black Castle | Nathan H. Juran | Richard Greene, Boris Karloff, Stephen McNally | Horror | Universal |
| Blackbeard the Pirate | Raoul Walsh | Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix | Adventure | RKO |
| Black Hills Ambush | Harry Keller | Allan Lane, Leslie Banning, Eddy Waller | Western | Republic |
| The Black Lash | Ron Ormond | Lash LaRue, Peggy Stewart, Kermit Maynard | Western | Realart |
| The Blazing Forest | Edward Ludwig | John Payne, Agnes Moorehead, William Demarest | Adventure | Paramount |
| Bloodhounds of Broadway | Harmon Jones | Mitzi Gaynor, Scott Brady, Marguerite Chapman | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Blue Canadian Rockies | George Archainbaud | Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Carolina Cotton | Western | Columbia |
| Bomba and the Jungle Girl | Ford Beebe | Johnny Sheffield, Karen Sharpe, Walter Sande | Adventure | Monogram |
| Bonzo Goes to College | Frederick de Cordova | Maureen O'Sullivan, Edmund Gwenn, Charles Drake | Comedy | Universal |
| Boots Malone | William Dieterle | William Holden, Stanley Clements, Basil Ruysdael | Drama | Columbia |
| Border Saddlemates | William Witney | Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Brave Warrior | Spencer Bennet | Jon Hall, Christine Larson, Michael Ansara, | Western | Columbia |
| Breakdown | Edmond Angelo | Ann Richards, William Bishop, Anne Gwynne | Film noir | Realart |
| The Brigand | Phil Karlson | Anthony Dexter, Jody Lawrence, Gale Robbins | Adventure | Columbia |
| Bronco Buster | Budd Boetticher | John Lund, Scott Brady, Joyce Holden | Western | Universal |
| Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory | Bernard B. Ray | Clayton Moore, Rodd Redwing, Chief Yowlachie | Western | United Artists |
| Bugles in the Afternoon | Roy Rowland | Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe | Western | Warner Bros. |
| The Bushwackers | Rod Amateau | John Ireland, Lawrence Tierney, Dorothy Malone | Western | Realart |
| Bwana Devil | Arch Oboler | Robert Stack, Nigel Bruce, Barbara Britton | Adventure | United Artists |

## C-D

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| California Conquest | Lew Landers | Cornel Wilde, Teresa Wright, Lisa Ferraday | Western | Columbia |
| Canyon Ambush | Lewis D. Collins | Johnny Mack Brown, Phyllis Coates, Lee Roberts | Western | Monogram |
| Captain Pirate | Ralph Murphy | Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, John Sutton | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Captive City | Robert Wise | John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Victor Sutherland | Film noir | United Artists |
| Captive of Billy the Kid | Fred C. Brannon | Allan Lane, Grant Withers, Penny Edwards | Western | Republic |
| Captive Women | Stuart Gilmore | Ron Randell, Margaret Field, Gloria Saunders | Science Fiction | RKO |
| Carbine Williams | Richard Thorpe | James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey | Biography | MGM |
| Caribbean Gold | Edward Ludwig | Arlene Dahl, John Payne, Cedric Hardwicke | Adventure | Paramount |
| Carrie | William Wyler | Jennifer Jones, Laurence Olivier, Miriam Hopkins | Drama | Paramount |
| Carson City | André de Toth | Randolph Scott, Raymond Massey, Lucille Norman | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Cattle Town | Noel M. Smith | Dennis Morgan, Amanda Blake, Rita Moreno | Western | Warner Bros. |
| The Cimarron Kid | Budd Boetticher | Audie Murphy, Beverly Tyler, Yvette Dugay | Western | Universal |
| Clash by Night | Fritz Lang | Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe | Drama | RKO |
| Colorado Sundown | William Witney | Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Slim Pickens | Western | Republic |
| Come Back, Little Sheba | Daniel Mann | Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore | Drama | Paramount. Oscar for Booth |
| Confidence Girl | Andrew L. Stone | Tom Conway, Hillary Brooke, Jack Kruschen | Film noir | United Artists |
| The Crimson Pirate | Robert Siodmak | Burt Lancaster, Eva Bartók, Nick Cravat | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Cripple Creek | Ray Nazarro | George Montgomery, Jerome Courtland, Karin Booth | Western | Columbia |
| Deadline – U.S.A. | Richard Brooks | Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter | Crime drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Dead Man's Trail | Lewis D. Collins | Johnny Mack Brown, Barbara Woodell, James Ellison | Western | Monogram |
| Denver and Rio Grande | Byron Haskin | Edmond O'Brien, Sterling Hayden, Dean Jagger | Western | Paramount |
| Desert Passage | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Dorothy Patrick | Western | RKO |
| Desert Pursuit | George Blair | Wayne Morris, Virginia Grey, George Tobias | Western | Monogram |
| Desperadoes' Outpost | Philip Ford | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Claudia Barrett | Western | Republic |
| Desperate Search | Joseph H. Lewis | Howard Keel, Jane Greer, Keenan Wynn | Adventure | MGM |
| The Devil Makes Three | Andrew Marton | Gene Kelly, Pier Angeli, Richard Egan | Thriller | MGM |
| Diplomatic Courier | Henry Hathaway | Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal, Hildegard Knef | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Don't Bother to Knock | Roy Ward Baker | Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark, Anne Bancroft | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Dreamboat | Claude Binyon | Clifton Webb, Ginger Rogers, Anne Francis | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Duel at Silver Creek | Don Siegel | Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue, Susan Cabot | Western | Universal |

## E-G

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Eight Iron Men | Edward Dmytryk | Bonar Colleano, Lee Marvin, Richard Kiley | War | Columbia |
| Everything I Have Is Yours | Robert Z. Leonard | Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Dennis O'Keefe | Musical | MGM |
| The Fabulous Senorita | R. G. Springsteen | Estelita Rodriguez, Robert Clarke, Rita Moreno | Musical comedy | Republic |
| Face to Face | John Brahm | James Mason, Robert Preston, Gene Lockhart | Drama | RKO |
| Fargo | Lewis D. Collins | Bill Elliott, Phyllis Coates, Myron Healey | Western | Monogram |
| Fearless Fagan | Stanley Donen | Janet Leigh, Carleton Carpenter, Keenan Wynn | Comedy | MGM |
| Feudin' Fools | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Anne Kimbell | Comedy | Monogram |
| The Fighter | Herbert Kline | Richard Conte, Vanessa Brown, Lee J. Cobb | Film noir | United Artists |
| Finders Keepers | Frederick De Cordova | Tom Ewell, Julie Adams, Evelyn Varden | Comedy | Universal |
| The First Time | Frank Tashlin | Robert Cummings, Barbara Hale, Jeff Donnell | Comedy Drama | Columbia |
| Flaming Feather | Ray Enright | Sterling Hayden, Barbara Rush, Forrest Tucker | Western | Paramount |
| Flat Top | Lesley Selander | Sterling Hayden, Richard Carlson, John Bromfield | Drama | Allied Artists |
| Flesh and Fury | Joseph Pevney | Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Mona Freeman | Film noir | Universal |
| For Men Only | Paul Henreid | Paul Henreid, Margaret Field, Kathleen Hughes | Drama | Lippert |
| Fort Osage | Lesley Selander | Rod Cameron, Jane Nigh, Morris Ankrum | Western | Monogram |
| The Four Poster | Irving Reis | Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer | Comedy Drama | Columbia. Based on The Fourposter |
| Francis Goes to West Point | Arthur Lubin | Donald O'Connor, Lori Nelson, Alice Kelley | Comedy | Universal |
| The Frontier Phantom | Ron Ormond | Lash LaRue, Al St. John, Virginia Herrick | Western | Realart |
| Geisha Girl | George Breakston | Steve Forrest, Martha Hyer, Tetsu Nakamura | Adventure | Realart |
| A Girl in Every Port | Chester Erskine | Groucho Marx, Marie Wilson, William Bendix | Comedy | RKO |
| The Girl in White | John Sturges | June Allyson, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred Dunnock | Drama | MGM |
| Glory Alley | Raoul Walsh | Ralph Meeker, Leslie Caron, Gilbert Roland | Musical Drama | MGM |
| Gobs and Gals | R. G. Springsteen | Robert Hutton, Cathy Downs, George Bernard | Comedy | Republic |
| The Golden Hawk | Sidney Salkow | Rhonda Fleming, Sterling Hayden, Helena Carter | Adventure | Columbia |
| Gold Fever | Leslie Goodwins | Ralph Morgan, Gene Roth, John Calvert | Western | Monogram |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Cecil B. DeMille | Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton, James Stewart, Cornel Wilde, Dorothy Lamour, Henry Wilcoxon | Drama | Paramount. Won 2 Academy Awards including Best Picture |
| The Green Glove | Rudolph Maté | Glenn Ford, Geraldine Brooks, Cedric Hardwicke | Film noir | United Artists. Co-production with France |
| The Gunman | Lewis D. Collins | Whip Wilson, Phyllis Coates, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Monogram |

## H-J

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Half-Breed | Stuart Gilmore | Robert Young, Janis Carter, Barton MacLane | Western | RKO |
| Hangman's Knot | Roy Huggins | Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Claude Jarman | Western | Columbia |
| Hans Christian Andersen | Charles Vidor | Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire | Musical, Biography | RKO; 6 Oscar nominations |
| The Happy Time | Richard Fleischer | Charles Boyer, Louis Jourdan, Marsha Hunt, | Comedy drama | Columbia |
| Harem Girl | Edward Bernds | Joan Davis, Peggie Castle, Arthur Blake | Comedy | Columbia |
| Has Anybody Seen My Gal? | Douglas Sirk | Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Charles Coburn | Romance | Universal |
| The Hawk of Wild River | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Clayton Moore, Jock Mahoney | Western | Columbia |
| Hellgate | Charles Warren | Sterling Hayden, Joan Leslie, Ward Bond | Western | Lippert |
| Here Come the Marines | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Myrna Dell | Comedy | Monogram |
| Here Come the Nelsons | Frederick de Cordova | Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Rock Hudson | Comedy | Universal; based on the TV series |
| Hiawatha | Kurt Neumann | Vince Edwards, Keith Larsen, Yvette Dugay | Adventure | Allied Artists; based on the poem |
| High Noon | Fred Zinnemann | Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado | Western | United Artists; won 4 Oscars |
| Hold That Line | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Veda Ann Borg | Comedy | Monogram |
| Holiday for Sinners | Gerald Mayer | Gig Young, Janice Rule, Janice Rule | Romance | MGM |
| Hong Kong | Lewis R. Foster | Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Nigel Bruce | Adventure | Paramount |
| Hoodlum Empire | Joseph Kane | Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy, Vera Ralston | Film noir | Republic |
| Horizons West | Budd Boetticher | Robert Ryan, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson | Western | Universal |
| Hurricane Smith | Jerry Hopper | Yvonne de Carlo, John Ireland, Forrest Tucker | Adventure | Paramount |
| I Dream of Jeanie | Allan Dwan | Ray Middleton, Bill Shirley, Lynn Bari | Musical, biography | Republic; story of Stephen Foster |
| Indian Uprising | Ray Nazarro | George Montgomery, Audrey Long, Carl Benton Reid | Western | Columbia |
| Invasion U.S.A. | Alfred Green | Gerald Mohr, Dan O'Herlihy, Peggie Castle | Cold War | Columbia |
| Invitation | Gottfried Reinhardt | Van Johnson, Dorothy McGuire, Ruth Roman | Drama | MGM |
| The Iron Mistress | Gordon Douglas | Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Phyllis Kirk | Western | Warner Bros. |
| It Grows on Trees | Arthur Lubin | Irene Dunne, Dean Jagger, Joan Evans | Comedy | Universal. Dunne's final film |
| Ivanhoe | Richard Thorpe | Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders | Adventure | MGM. Based on Sir Walter Scott novel; 2 Oscar nominations |
| Jack and the Beanstalk | Jean Yarbrough | Abbott and Costello, Dorothy Ford, Buddy Baer | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Japanese War Bride | King Vidor | Shirley Yamaguchi, Don Taylor, Marie Windsor | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Jazz Singer | Michael Curtiz | Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee, Eduard Franz | Musical drama | Warner Bros.; remake of 1927 film; remade in 1980 |
| Jet Job | William Beaudine | Stanley Clements, John Litel, Elena Verdugo | Action | Allied Artists |
| Jumping Jacks | Norman Taurog | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mona Freeman | Comedy | Paramount |
| Junction City | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Kathleen Case, Jock Mahoney | Western | Columbia |
| The Jungle | William Berke | Rod Cameron, Cesar Romero, Marie Windsor | Adventure | Lippert |
| Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land | Lew Landers | Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Greene, Jean Willes | Adventure | Columbia |
| Just Across the Street | Joseph Pevney | Ann Sheridan, John Lund, Cecil Kellaway | Comedy | Universal |
| Just for You | Elliott Nugent | Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Ethel Barrymore | Musical | Paramount |
| Just This Once | Don Weis | Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford, Lewis Stone | Comedy | MGM |

## K-L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Kangaroo | Lewis Milestone | Maureen O'Hara, Peter Lawford, Finlay Currie | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Kansas City Confidential | Phil Karlson | John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster | Film noir | United Artists |
| Kansas Territory | Lewis D. Collins | Bill Elliott, Peggy Stewart, Lane Bradford | Western | Monogram |
| The Kid from Broken Gun | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Angela Stevens | Western | Columbia |
| Kid Monk Baroni | Harold D. Schuster | Bruce Cabot, Leonard Nimoy, Allene Roberts | Film noir | Realart |
| Lady in the Iron Mask | Ralph Murphy | Patricia Medina, Louis Hayward, John Sutton | Adventure | 20th Century Fox. Three Musketeers story |
| Lady Possessed | Roy Kellino, William Spier | James Mason, June Havoc, Stephen Dunne | Film noir | Republic |
| Laramie Mountains | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Marshall Reed | Western | Columbia |
| The Last Musketeer | William Witney | Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Slim Pickens | Western | Republic |
| Last Train from Bombay | Fred F. Sears | Jon Hall, Christine Larson, Lisa Ferraday | Drama | Columbia |
| The Las Vegas Story | Robert Stevenson | Jane Russell, Victor Mature, Vincent Price | Film noir | RKO |
| Leadville Gunslinger | Harry Keller | Allan Lane, Elaine Riley, Grant Withers | Western | Republic |
| Limelight | Charles Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce | Comedy | United Artists; belated Oscar for Best Score |
| The Lion and the Horse | Louis King | Steve Cochran, Ray Teal, Bob Steele | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Loan Shark | Seymour Friedman | George Raft, Dorothy Hart, Paul Stewart | Film noir | Lippert |
| Lone Star | Vincent Sherman | Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford | Western | MGM |
| Lost in Alaska | Jean Yarbrough | Abbott and Costello, Mitzi Green, Bruce Cabot | Comedy | Universal |
| Love Is Better Than Ever | Stanley Donen | Elizabeth Taylor, Larry Parks, Josephine Hutchinson | Romance | MGM |
| Love Island | Bud Pollard | Paul Valentine, Eva Gabor, Malcolm Lee Beggs | Comedy | Astor |
| Lovely to Look At | Mervyn LeRoy | Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton, Howard Keel | Musical | MGM |
| Lure of the Wilderness | Jean Negulesco | Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Smith | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| The Lusty Men | Nicholas Ray, Robert Parrish | Robert Mitchum, Susan Hayward, Arthur Kennedy | Western | RKO |
| Lydia Bailey | Jean Negulesco | Dale Robertson, Anne Francis, Charles Korvin | Historical | 20th Century Fox |

## M-N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair | Charles Barton | Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson | Comedy | Universal |
| Macao | Josef von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray | Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, Gloria Grahame | Film noir | RKO |
| Man from the Black Hills | Thomas Carr | Johnny Mack Brown, James Ellison, Lane Bradford | Western | Monogram |
| Mara Maru | Gordon Douglas | Errol Flynn, Ruth Roman, Raymond Burr | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| The Marrying Kind | George Cukor | Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy | Comedy | Columbia |
| The Maverick | Thomas Carr | Bill Elliott, Phyllis Coates, Myron Healey | Western | Allied Artists |
| Meet Danny Wilson | Joseph Pevney | Frank Sinatra, Shelley Winters, Alex Nicol | Drama, Musical | Universal |
| The Member of the Wedding | Fred Zinnemann | Julie Harris, Ethel Waters, Brandon deWilde | Drama | Columbia; based on novel by Carson McCullers |
| The Merry Widow | Curtis Bernhardt | Fernando Lamas, Lana Turner, Una Merkel | Musical | MGM |
| Million Dollar Mermaid | Mervyn LeRoy | Victor Mature, Esther Williams, Walter Pidgeon | Musical biopic | MGM; based on life of Annette Kellerman |
| The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima | John Brahm | Gilbert Roland, Sherry Jackson, Jay Novello | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Les Misérables | Lewis Milestone | Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Debra Paget | Drama | 20th Century Fox; based on novel by Victor Hugo |
| Models Inc. | Reginald Le Borg | Howard Duff, Coleen Gray, Marjorie Reynolds | Film noir | Universal |
| Monkey Business | Howard Hawks | Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe | Screwball comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Monsoon | Rod Amateau | Ursula Thiess, Diana Douglas, George Nader | Drama | United Artists |
| Montana Belle | Allan Dwan | Jane Russell, George Brent, Scott Brady | Western | RKO |
| Montana Incident | Lewis D. Collins | Whip Wilson, Noel Neill, Peggy Stewart | Western | Monogram |
| Montana Territory | Ray Nazarro | Lon McCallister, Wanda Hendrix, Preston Foster | Western | Columbia |
| Mr. Walkie Talkie | Fred Guiol | William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Margia Dean | Comedy | Lippert |
| Mutiny | Edward Dmytryk | Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury, Patric Knowles | Adventure | United Artists |
| My Cousin Rachel | Henry Koster | Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton, Audrey Dalton | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| My Man and I | William Wellman | Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalbán, Claire Trevor | Drama | MGM |
| My Pal Gus | Robert Parrish | Richard Widmark, Joanne Dru, Audrey Totter | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| My Six Convicts | Hugo Fregonese | Gilbert Roland, Millard Mitchell, Marshall Thompson | Comedy | Columbia. Golden Globe for Mitchell |
| My Son John | Leo McCarey | Dean Jagger, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin | Drama | Paramount |
| My Wife's Best Friend | Richard Sale | Anne Baxter, Macdonald Carey, Cecil Kellaway | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Narrow Margin | Richard Fleischer | Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White | Film noir | RKO |
| Night Raiders | Howard Bretherton | Whip Wilson, Lois Hall, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Monogram |
| Night Stage to Galveston | George Archainbaud | Gene Autry, Virginia Huston, Thurston Hall | Western | Columbia |
| Night Without Sleep | Roy Ward Baker | Linda Darnell, Hildegarde Neff, Gary Merrill | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| No Holds Barred | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Marjorie Reynolds | Comedy | Monogram |
| No Room for the Groom | Douglas Sirk | Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Spring Byington | Comedy | Universal |
| No Time for Flowers | Don Siegel | Viveca Lindfors, Paul Hubschmid, Ludwig Stössel | Comedy | RKO |

## O-R

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| O. Henry's Full House | 5 Directors | Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Baxter | Anthology | 20th Century Fox; based on 5 stories by O. Henry |
| Okinawa | Leigh Jason | Pat O'Brien, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Denning | War | Columbia |
| Oklahoma Annie | R. G. Springsteen | Judy Canova, Grant Withers, John Russell | Western comedy | Republic |
| Old Oklahoma Plains | William Witney | Rex Allen, Slim Pickens, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| The Old West | George Archainbaud | Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Lyle Talbot | Western | Columbia |
| One Big Affair | Peter Godfrey | Evelyn Keyes, Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Anderson | Comedy | United Artists |
| One Minute to Zero | Tay Garnett | Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, Charles McGraw | War | RKO |
| Operation Secret | Lewis Seiler | Cornel Wilde, Phyllis Thaxter, Steve Cochran | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Outcasts of Poker Flat | Joseph M. Newman | Miriam Hopkins, Dale Robertson, Anne Baxter | Western | 20th Century Fox. Remake of 1919, 1937 films |
| Outlaw Women | Sam Newfield | Marie Windsor, Carla Balenda, Richard Rober | Western | Lippert |
| The Pace That Thrills | Leon Barsha | Bill Williams, Frank McHugh, Carla Balenda | Action | RKO |
| Park Row | Samuel Fuller | Gene Evans, Herbert Heyes, Mary Welch | Drama | United Artists |
| Pat and Mike | George Cukor | Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Aldo Ray | Comedy | MGM |
| The Pathfinder | Sidney Salkow | George Montgomery, Helena Carter, Walter Kingsford | Adventure | Columbia |
| Paula | Rudolph Mate | Loretta Young, Kent Smith, Alexander Knox | Film noir | Columbia |
| Phone Call from a Stranger | Jean Negulesco | Shelley Winters, Gary Merrill, Bette Davis | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Plymouth Adventure | Clarence Brown | Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson | Historical | MGM |
| Pony Soldier | Joseph M. Newman | Tyrone Power, Robert Horton, Thomas Gomez | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The Pride of St. Louis | Harmon Jones | Dan Dailey, Joanne Dru, Richard Crenna | Biography | 20th Century Fox. Story of Dizzy Dean |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Richard Thorpe | Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason | Adventure | MGM. Remake of the 1937 film |
| The Quiet Man | John Ford | Maureen O'Hara, John Wayne, Victor McLaglen | Romantic comedy | Republic; Oscars for Ford, cinematography |
| The Raiders | Lesley Selander | Richard Conte, Barbara Britton, Barbara Britton | Western | Universal |
| Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder | Richard Quine | Frankie Laine, Billy Daniels, Charlotte Austin | Musical | Columbia |
| Rancho Notorious | Fritz Lang | Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer | Western | RKO |
| Red Ball Express | Budd Boetticher | Jeff Chandler, Alex Nicol, Sidney Poitier | War | Universal |
| Red Planet Mars | Harry Horner | Peter Graves, Andrea King, Herbert Berghof | Science fiction | United Artists |
| Red Skies of Montana | Joseph M. Newman | Richard Widmark, Constance Smith, Richard Boone | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Red Snow | Harry S. Franklin, Boris Petroff | Guy Madison, Ray Mala, Carole Mathews | Adventure | Columbia |
| Retreat, Hell! | Joseph H. Lewis | Frank Lovejoy, Russ Tamblyn, Anita Louise | War | Warner Bros. |
| Return of the Texan | Delmer Daves | Dale Robertson, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Ride the Man Down | Joseph Kane | Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Barbara Britton | Western | Republic |
| The Ring | Kurt Neumann | Lalo Rios, Gerald Mohr, Rita Moreno | Sports drama | United Artists |
| Road Agent | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Noreen Nash, Dorothy Patrick | Western | RKO |
| Road to Bali | Hal Walker | Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour | Comedy | Paramount; 6th of Road to... series |
| Rodeo | William Beaudine | Jane Nigh, John Archer, Wallace Ford | Sports | Monogram |
| Room for One More | Norman Taurog | Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Lurene Tuttle | Comedy drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Rose Bowl Story | William Beaudine | Marshall Thompson, Vera Miles, Richard Rober | Romance | Monogram |
| Rose of Cimarron | Harry Keller | Mala Powers, Jack Buetel, Bill Williams | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The Rough, Tough West | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Carolina Cotton, Jock Mahoney | Western | Columbia |
| Ruby Gentry | King Vidor | Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, Karl Malden | Drama | 20th Century Fox |

## S-T

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Sailor Beware | Hal Walker | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Corinne Calvet | Comedy | Paramount |
| Sally and Saint Anne | Rudolph Mate | Ann Blyth, Edmund Gwenn, John McIntire | Comedy | Universal |
| The San Francisco Story | Robert Parrish | Yvonne De Carlo, Joel McCrea, Sidney Blackmer | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Saturday Island | Stuart Heisler | Linda Darnell, Tab Hunter, Donald Gray | Adventure, Romance, War | United Artists; Alternate title Island of Desire |
| The Savage | George Marshall | Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, Peter Hansen | Western | Paramount |
| Scandal Sheet | Phil Karlson | Broderick Crawford, John Derek, Donna Reed | Crime drama | Columbia |
| Scaramouche | George Sidney | Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh | Adventure | MGM |
| Scarlet Angel | Sidney Salkow | Yvonne de Carlo, Rock Hudson, Richard Denning | Adventure | Universal |
| Sea Tiger | Frank McDonald | Marguerite Chapman, Mara Corday, John Archer | Drama | Monogram |
| The Sellout | Gerald Mayer | Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Paula Raymond | Drama | MGM |
| Shadow in the Sky | Fred M. Wilcox | Ralph Meeker, Nancy Davis, Jean Hagen | Drama | MGM |
| She's Working Her Way Through College | H. Bruce Humberstone | Virginia Mayo, Ronald Reagan, Gene Nelson | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Singin' in the Rain | Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen | Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Jean Hagen | Musical comedy | MGM; 2 Oscar nominations; Golden Globe for O'Connor |
| Skirts Ahoy! | Sidney Lanfield | Esther Williams, Joan Evans, Vivian Blaine | Comedy | MGM |
| Sky Full of Moon | Norman Foster | Carleton Carpenter, Jan Sterling, Keenan Wynn | Western | MGM |
| Smoky Canyon | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| The Sniper | Edward Dmytryk | Adolphe Menjou, Arthur Franz, Marie Windsor | Film noir | Columbia |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Henry King | Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Susan Hayward | Adventure | 20th Century Fox; from Ernest Hemingway story |
| Somebody Loves Me | Irving Brecher | Betty Hutton, Ralph Meeker, Adele Jergens | Musical | Paramount |
| Something for the Birds | Robert Wise | Victor Mature, Patricia Neal, Edmund Gwenn | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Something to Live For | George Stevens | Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland, Teresa Wright | Drama | Paramount |
| Son of Ali Baba | Kurt Neumann | Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Susan Cabot | Adventure | Universal |
| Son of Paleface | Frank Tashlin | Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers | Western comedy | Paramount; sequel to Paleface |
| Sound Off | Richard Quine | Mickey Rooney, John Archer, Gordon Jones | Comedy | Columbia |
| South Pacific Trail | William Witney | Rex Allen, Estelita Rodriguez, Nestor Paiva | Western | Republic |
| Springfield Rifle | André de Toth | Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter, Lon Chaney Jr. | Western | Warner Bros. |
| The Star | Stuart Heisler | Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Stars and Stripes Forever | Henry Koster | Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget | Musical, biography | 20th Century Fox; story of John Philip Sousa |
| The Steel Fist | Wesley Barry | Roddy McDowall, Kristine Miller, Harry Lauter | Drama | Monogram |
| Steel Town | George Sherman | John Lund, Ann Sheridan, Howard Duff | Drama | Universal |
| The Steel Trap | Andrew L. Stone | Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| The Stooge | Norman Taurog | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen | Comedy | Paramount |
| Stop, You're Killing Me | Roy Del Ruth | Broderick Crawford, Claire Trevor, Virginia Gibson | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Storm Over Tibet | John Hoffman | Rex Reason, Diana Douglas, Myron Healey | War | Columbia |
| The Story of Robin Hood | Ken Annakin | Richard Todd, Peter Finch, Joan Rice | Adventure | Disney |
| The Story of Will Rogers | Michael Curtiz | Will Rogers Jr., Jane Wyman, Eve Miller | Biography | Warner Bros. |
| Strange Fascination | Hugo Haas | Cleo Moore, Mona Barrie, Mona Barrie | Film noir | Columbia |
| Sudden Fear | David Miller | Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame | Film noir | RKO |
| Talk About a Stranger | David Bradley | George Murphy, Nancy Davis, Lewis Stone | Film noir | MGM |
| Target | Stuart Gilmore | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Lane Bradford | Western | RKO |
| Tarzan's Savage Fury | Cy Endfield | Lex Barker, Dorothy Hart, Patric Knowles | Adventure | RKO |
| Texas City | Lewis D. Collins | Johnny Mack Brown, Lois Hall, James Ellison | Western | Monogram |
| The Thief | Russell Rouse | Ray Milland, Martin Gabel, Rita Gam | Film noir | United Artists |
| Thief of Damascus | Will Jason | Paul Henreid, John Sutton, Jeff Donnell | Adventure | Columbia |
| This Woman is Dangerous | Felix E. Feist | Joan Crawford, Dennis Morgan, Mari Aldon | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Three for Bedroom "C" | Milton H. Bren | Gloria Swanson, James Warren, Hans Conried | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Thunder in the East | Charles Vidor | Allan Ladd, Deborah Kerr, Charles Boyer | War drama | Paramount |
| Thunderbirds | John H. Auer | John Derek, John Drew Barrymore, Mona Freeman | War | Republic |
| Thundering Caravans | Harry Keller | Allan Lane, Mona Knox, Eddy Waller | Western | Republic |
| Torpedo Alley | Lew Landers | Mark Stevens, Dorothy Malone, Charles Winninger | War | Allied Artists |
| Toughest Man in Arizona | R. G. Springsteen | Vaughn Monroe, Joan Leslie, Edgar Buchanan | Western | Republic |
| Trail Guide | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Frank Wilcox, Linda Douglas | Western | RKO |
| The Treasure of Lost Canyon | Ted Tetzlaff | William Powell, Julie Adams, Rosemary DeCamp | Adventure | Universal |
| Tropical Heat Wave | R.G. Springsteen | Estelita Rodriguez, Robert Hutton, Grant Withers | Musical comedy | Republic |
| The Turning Point | William Dieterle | William Holden, Edmond O'Brien, Alexis Smith | Film noir | Paramount |

## U-Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Untamed Frontier | Hugo Fregonese | Joseph Cotten, Shelley Winters, Scott Brady | Western | Universal |
| Untamed Women | W. Merle Connell | Mikel Conrad, Doris Merrick, Midge Ware | Adventure | United Artists |
| Viva Zapata! | Elia Kazan | Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn | Historical | 20th Century Fox; Oscar for Quinn, 5 nominations |
| Voodoo Tiger | Spencer G. Bennet | Johnny Weissmuller, Jean Byron, Rick Vallin | Adventure | Columbia |
| The WAC from Walla Walla | William Witney | Judy Canova, Stephen Dunne, June Vincent | Comedy | Republic |
| Waco | Lewis D. Collins | Bill Elliott, Pamela Blake, Rand Brooks | Western | Monogram |
| Wagon Team | George Archainbaud | Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Gordon Jones | Western | Columbia |
| Wagons West | Ford Beebe | Rod Cameron, Peggie Castle, Noah Beery Jr. | Western | Allied Artists |
| Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie | Henry King | Jean Peters, David Wayne, Hugh Marlowe | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Walk East on Beacon | Alfred L. Werker | Virginia Gilmore, George Murphy, Finlay Currie | Film Noir | Columbia |
| Washington Story | Robert Pirosh | Van Johnson, Patricia Neal, Louis Calhern | Drama | MGM |
| Way of a Gaucho | Jacques Tourneur | Gene Tierney, Rory Calhoun, Richard Boone | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| We're Not Married! | Edmund Goulding | Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Paul Douglas | Romantic comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| What Price Glory? | John Ford | James Cagney, Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet | War | 20th Century Fox; remake of 1926 film |
| When in Rome | Clarence Brown | Van Johnson, Paul Douglas, Joseph Calleia | Comedy drama | MGM |
| Wild Horse Ambush | Fred C. Brannon | Michael Chapin, Eilene Janssen, James Bell | Western | Republic |
| The Wild North | Andrew Marton | Stewart Granger, Wendell Corey, Cyd Charisse | Western | MGM |
| Wild Stallion | Lewis D. Collins | Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Martha Hyer | Western | Monogram |
| The Winning Team | Lewis Seiler | Doris Day, Ronald Reagan, Frank Lovejoy | Sports biopic | Warner Bros.; story of Grover Cleveland Alexander |
| With a Song in My Heart | Walter Lang | Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne | Biography | 20th Century Fox; story of Jane Froman |
| Without Warning! | Arnold Laven | Adam Williams, Meg Randall, Edward Binns | Film noir | United Artists |
| Woman in the Dark | George Blair | Penny Edwards, Ross Elliott, Rick Vallin | Crime | Republic |
| Woman of the North Country | Joseph Kane | Ruth Hussey, Gale Storm, John Agar | Western | Republic |
| The World in His Arms | Raoul Walsh | Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth, Anthony Quinn | Adventure | Universal |
| Wyoming Roundup | Thomas Carr | Whip Wilson, Phyllis Coates, Tommy Farrell | Western | Monogram |
| A Yank in Indo-China | Wallace Grissell | John Archer, Douglas Dick, Jean Willes | War | Columbia |
| Yankee Buccaneer | Frederick de Cordova | Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball | Adventure | Universal |
| You for Me | Don Weis | Jane Greer, Peter Lawford, Gig Young | Romance | MGM |
| Young Man with Ideas | Mitchell Leisen | Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Nina Foch | Comedy | MGM |
| Yukon Gold | Frank McDonald | Kirby Grant, Martha Hyer, Philip Van Zandt | Western | Monogram |

## Serials

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| King of the Congo | Spencer Bennet | Buster Crabbe | Serial | Columbia |
| Radar Men from the Moon | Fred C. Brannon | George D. Wallace, Aline Towne | Serial | Republic; 1st Commando Cody feature |
| Son of Geronimo | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Clayton Moore, Rodd Redwing | Western | Columbia |
| Zombies of the Stratosphere | Fred C. Brannon | | Serial | Republic |

## Shorts and documentaries

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Dog House | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated short | MGM |
| The Duck Doctor | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated short | MGM |
| The Fallbrook Story | Frank Capra | town's fight for water rights | Documentary | Short |
| Feed the Kitty | Chuck Jones | | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| Fit to Be Tied | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated short | MGM |
| Fool Coverage | Robert McKimson | | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| Hare Lift | Friz Freleng | | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| The Hasty Hare | Charles M. Jones | Bugs Bunny | Animated short | MGM |
| Hic-cup Pup | Hanna-Barbera | | Animated short | MGM |
| Little Runaway | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated short | MGM |
| Madeline | | | Animated short | United Productions |
| Magical Maestro | Tex Avery | | Animated short | MGM |
| Oily Hare | Robert McKimson | Bugs Bunny | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| Operation: Rabbit | Charles M. Jones | Bugs Bunny | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| The Pleasure Garden | James Broughton | | Short | |
| Posse Cat | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated short | MGM |
| Push-Button Kitty | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated short | MGM |
| Rabbit Seasoning | Charles M. Jones | Bugs Bunny | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| Smitten Kitten | Hanna-Barbera | | Animated short | MGM |
| Susie the Little Blue Coupe | Clyde Geronimi | | Animated short | Disney |
| This Is Cinerama | Merian C. Cooper | Lowell Thomas | Documentary | |
| Trance and Dance in Bali | Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson | | Documentary | |
| Trick or Treat | | Donald Duck | Animated short | Disney |
| Triplet Trouble | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated short | MGM |
| Two Little Indians | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated short | MGM |
| The Two Mouseketeers | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated short | MGM |
| Water, Water Every Hare | Charles M. Jones | Bugs Bunny | Animated short | Warner Bros. |