| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff |
Charles Barton |
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff |
Comedy |
Universal |
| The Accused |
William Dieterle |
Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wendell Corey |
Film noir |
Paramount |
| Adam's Rib |
George Cukor |
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, David Wayne, Tom Ewell, Jean Hagen, Judy Holliday |
Romantic comedy |
MGM; script by Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin |
| The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad |
James Algar, Clyde Geronimi |
Bing Crosby, Eric Blore, Basil Rathbone |
Animation |
Golden Globe for Cinematography, Color |
| Africa Screams |
Charles Barton |
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck |
Comedy |
United Artists |
| Alias Nick Beal |
John Farrow |
Ray Milland, Audrey Totter, Thomas Mitchell |
Drama |
Paramount |
| All the King's Men |
Robert Rossen |
Broderick Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, John Derek |
Drama |
based on a novel by Robert Penn Warren; Academy Awards for Crawford, McCambridge, Best Picture |
| Always Leave Them Laughing |
Roy Del Ruth |
Milton Berle, Virginia Mayo, Bert Lahr |
Comedy |
Warner Bros. |
| Any Number Can Play |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Clark Gable, Alexis Smith, Wendell Corey, Mary Astor |
Drama |
MGM |
| The Awful Orphan |
Chuck Jones |
|
Animated |
|
| Bagdad |
Charles Lamont |
Maureen O'Hara, Paul Christian, Vincent Price |
Adventure |
Universal |
| The Barkleys of Broadway |
Charles Walters |
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers |
Musical |
final Astaire-Rogers pairing |
| Batman and Robin |
S.G. Bennet |
Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams |
Serial |
|
| Battleground |
William Wellman |
Van Johnson, Ricardo Montalbán |
War |
MGM |
| The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend |
Preston Sturges |
Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallée |
Western |
20th Century Fox |
| Beyond the Forest |
King Vidor |
Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
| The Big Cat |
Phil Karlson |
Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster |
Adventure |
Eagle-Lion Films |
| Big Jack |
Richard Thorpe |
Wallace Beery |
Drama |
Beery's final film |
| The Big Sombrero |
Frank McDonald |
Gene Autry, Elena Verdugo |
Western |
|
| The Big Steal |
Don Siegel |
Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer |
Drama |
RKO |
| The Big Wheel |
Edward Ludwig |
Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell |
Drama |
United Artists |
| Border Incident |
Anthony Mann |
Ricardo Montalbán, Howard Da Silva |
Drama |
MGM |
| The Bribe |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price |
Film noir |
MGM |
| Bride for Sale |
William D. Russell |
Claudette Colbert, Robert Young |
Comedy |
|
| Bruce Gentry |
|
Tom Neal |
Drama |
Serial |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| East Side, West Side |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin, Ava Gardner |
Crime drama |
MGM |
| Easy Living |
Jacques Tourneur |
Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Lizabeth Scott |
Drama |
RKO |
| Edward, My Son |
George Cukor |
Spencer Tracy, Deborah Kerr |
Drama |
Oscar nomination for Kerr |
| Family Honeymoon |
Claude Binyon |
Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray |
Comedy |
Universal |
| The Fan |
Otto Preminger |
Madeleine Carroll, Jeanne Crain |
Drama |
based on Oscar Wilde story |
| Father Was a Fullback |
John M. Stahl |
Fred MacMurray, Maureen O'Hara, Rudy Vallée |
Family |
20th Century Fox |
| Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc |
|
|
Serial |
|
| The Fighting Kentuckian |
George Waggner |
John Wayne, Oliver Hardy |
Western |
Republic |
| Flamingo Road |
Michael Curtiz |
Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet |
Drama |
Warner Bros.; based on the play |
| Flaxy Martin |
Richard L. Bare |
Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
| Follow Me Quietly |
Richard Fleischer |
William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick |
Drama |
RKO |
| The Forbidden Street |
Jean Negulesco |
Maureen O'Hara, Dana Andrews |
Drama |
Fox |
| For Scent-imental Reasons |
|
|
Animated |
|
| Forgotten Women |
William Beaudine |
Elyse Knox, Edward Norris |
Drama |
Monogram |
| The Fountainhead |
King Vidor |
Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey |
Drama |
Warner Bros.; based on Ayn Rand novel |
| Frigid Hare |
|
Bugs Bunny |
Animated |
|
| The Gal Who Took the West |
Frederick de Cordova |
Yvonne De Carlo, Scott Brady |
Western |
Universal |
| Ghost of Zorro |
Fred C. Brannon |
Clayton Moore |
Serial |
|
| The Glass Mountain |
Henry Cass |
Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray |
Drama |
|
| The Golden Stallion |
William Witney |
Roy Rogers, Dale Evans |
Western |
Republic |
| The Great Gatsby |
Elliott Nugent |
Alan Ladd, Ruth Hussey, Betty Field |
Drama |
based on F. Scott Fitzgerald novel; remade in 1974 and 2013 |
| The Great Sinner |
Robert Siodmak |
Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner |
Drama |
MGM |
| The Hasty Heart |
Vincent Sherman |
Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
| The Heiress |
William Wyler |
Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson |
Drama |
Paramount; won 4 Academy Awards |
| High Diving Hare |
|
Bugs Bunny |
Animated |
|
| Holiday Affair |
Don Hartman |
Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh |
Romantic comedy |
RKO |
| Holiday in Havana |
Jean Yarborough |
Desi Arnaz, Mary Hatcher, Ann Doran |
Musical comedy |
Columbia |
| Home of the Brave |
Mark Robson |
Jeff Corey, Lloyd Bridges |
Drama |
|
| House of Strangers |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. |
Crime drama |
20th Century Fox |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| King of the Rocket Men |
Fred C. Brannon |
Tris Coffin, Mae Clarke |
Serial |
|
| A Kiss in the Dark |
Delmer Daves |
Jane Wyman, David Niven |
Comedy |
Warner Bros. |
| Knock on Any Door |
Nicholas Ray |
Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready |
Drama |
Columbia; from Willard Motley novel |
| The Lady Takes a Sailor |
Michael Curtiz |
Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan |
Comedy |
Warner Bros. |
| The Last Bandit |
Joseph Kane |
Bill Elliott, Lorna Gray |
Western |
|
| A Letter to Three Wives |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Jeanne Crain, Paul Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Jeffrey Lynn, Thelma Ritter |
Drama |
Fox; won 2 Academy Awards |
| Little Women |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O'Brien, June Allyson, Mary Astor, Janet Leigh |
Family |
MGM; from Louisa May Alcott novel |
| Long-Haired Hare |
|
Bugs Bunny |
Animated |
|
| Look for the Silver Lining |
David Butler |
June Haver, Ray Bolger |
Musical |
Warner Bros. |
| Lost Boundaries |
Alfred L. Werker |
Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer |
Drama |
|
| Love Happy |
David Miller |
Marx Brothers, Vera-Ellen, Ilona Massey, Marion Hutton, Raymond Burr |
Comedy |
United Artists; final Marx Bros. film |
| Love That Pup |
|
Tom and Jerry |
Animated |
|
| The Lucky Stiff |
Lewis R. Foster |
Dorothy Lamour, Claire Trevor |
Comedy |
U.A.; produced by Jack Benny |
| Lust for Gold |
S. Sylvan Simon |
Glenn Ford, Ida Lupino, Gig Young |
Western |
Columbia |
| Ma and Pa Kettle |
Charles Lamont |
Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride |
Comedy |
The Egg and I sequel |
| Madame Bovary |
Vincente Minnelli |
Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin |
Drama |
from Gustave Flaubert novel |
| Malaya |
Richard Thorpe |
Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Sydney Greenstreet |
Drama |
MGM |
| Malice in the Palace |
Jules White |
Three Stooges |
Slapstick |
|
| Manhandled |
Lewis R. Foster |
Dorothy Lamour, Dan Duryea, Sterling Hayden |
Film noir |
Paramount |
| Mighty Joe Young |
Ernest B. Schoedsack |
Terry Moore, Robert Armstrong, Ben Johnson |
Adventure |
RKO; remade in 1998 |
| Miss Grant Takes Richmond |
Lloyd Bacon |
Lucille Ball, William Holden |
Comedy |
Columbia |
| Mississippi Hare |
|
Bugs Bunny |
Animated |
|
| Miss Mink of 1949 |
Glenn Tryon |
Lois Collier |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox |
| Mother Is a Freshman |
Lloyd Bacon |
Loretta Young, Van Johnson, Rudy Vallée |
Romantic comedy |
20th Century Fox |
| Mr. Belvedere Goes to College |
Elliott Nugent |
Clifton Webb, Shirley Temple |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox; sequel to Sitting Pretty |
| Mr. Soft Touch |
Gordon Douglas |
Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes |
Crime |
|
| My Dream Is Yours |
Michael Curtiz |
Doris Day, Jack Carson |
Musical |
Warner Bros. |
| My Foolish Heart |
Mark Robson |
Susan Hayward, Dana Andrews |
Drama |
2 Oscar nominations |
| My Friend Irma |
George Marshall |
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis |
Comedy |
Paramount; 1st Martin and Lewis film |
| Neptune's Daughter |
Edward Buzzell |
Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalbán |
Musical |
MGM; Oscar for Best Song |
| Never Fear |
Ida Lupino |
Sally Forrest, Hugh O'Brian |
Drama |
Eagle-Lion |
| Night Unto Night |
Don Siegel |
Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Broderick Crawford |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
| Oh, You Beautiful Doll |
John M. Stahl |
Mark Stevens, June Haver, Gale Robbins |
Musical |
20th Century Fox |
| On the Town |
Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly |
Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett |
Musical |
MGM; Oscar for Best Musical Score |
| Pinky |
Elia Kazan |
Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters |
Drama |
3 Oscar nominations |
| Porky in Wackyland |
|
Porky Pig |
Animated |
|
| Port of New York |
László Benedek |
Scott Brady, Richard Rober, Yul Brynner |
Drama |
Brynner's first film |
| Prince of Foxes |
Henry King |
Tyrone Power, Orson Welles |
Drama |
20th Century Fox |
| Rabbit Hood |
|
Bugs Bunny |
Animated |
|
| Radar Patrol vs Spy King |
|
Kirk Alyn |
Serial |
|
| Rebel Rabbit |
|
Bugs Bunny |
Animated |
|
| The Reckless Moment |
Max Ophüls |
James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks |
Drama |
Columbia |
| The Red Danube |
George Sidney |
Peter Lawford, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury |
Drama |
MGM |
| Red, Hot and Blue |
John Farrow |
Betty Hutton, Victor Mature, William Demarest |
Musical comedy |
Paramount |
| Red Light |
Roy Del Ruth |
George Raft, Virginia Mayo, Raymond Burr |
Crime drama |
United Artists |
| The Red Pony |
Lewis Milestone |
Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern |
Drama |
Republic; written by John Steinbeck |
| Reign of Terror |
Anthony Mann |
Robert Cummings, Arlene Dahl |
Suspense |
Eagle-Lion |
| Rope of Sand |
William Dieterle |
Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains |
Adventure |
Paramount |
| Roseanna McCoy |
Irving Reis |
Farley Granger, Joan Evans |
Drama |
RKO |
| Rustlers |
Lesley Selander |
Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Martha Hyer |
Western |
RKO |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Samson and Delilah |
Cecil B. DeMille |
Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, Angela Lansbury |
Biblical drama |
5 Oscar nominations |
| Sands of Iwo Jima |
Allan Dwan |
John Wayne, John Agar, Forrest Tucker |
War |
4 Oscar nominations |
| Search for Danger |
Jack Bernhard |
John Calvert, Albert Dekker |
Crime |
Film Classics |
| The Secret Garden |
Fred M. Wilcox |
Margaret O'Brien |
Drama |
MGM |
| The Set-Up |
Robert Wise |
Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter |
Drama |
from W.C. Heinz novel |
| "She Shoulda Said 'No'!" |
Sherman Scott |
Lila Leeds |
Exploitation |
|
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon |
John Ford |
John Wayne, Joanne Dru, Ben Johnson |
Western |
Oscar for cinematography |
| Shockproof |
Douglas Sirk |
Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight |
Drama |
Columbia |
| Sky Dragon |
Lesley Selander |
Roland Winters, Noel Neill |
Mystery |
Charlie Chan |
| Slattery's Hurricane |
André de Toth |
Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Veronica Lake |
Drama |
from Herman Wouk story |
| Sorrowful Jones |
Sidney Lanfield |
Bob Hope, Lucille Ball |
Comedy |
Damon Runyon story; remake of 1934 film |
| South of St. Louis |
Ray Enright |
Joel McCrea, Zachary Scott, Victor Jory |
Western |
|
| Strange Bargain |
Will Price |
Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn |
Film noir |
RKO |
| The Stratton Story |
Sam Wood |
James Stewart, June Allyson |
Biography |
story of Monty Stratton |
| Streets of Laredo |
Leslie Fenton |
William Holden, William Bendix, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman |
Western |
Paramount; remake of The Texas Rangers |
| The Sun Comes Up |
Richard Thorpe |
Jeanette MacDonald, Claude Jarman, Jr. |
Family |
Lassie feature |
| Take One False Step |
Chester Erskine |
Shelley Winters, William Powell |
Crime |
Universal |
| Task Force |
Delmer Daves |
Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Walter Brennan |
War |
8th Cooper-Brennan pairing |
| Technicolor for Industrial Films |
|
|
Educational |
|
| Tennis Chumps |
Hanna-Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated |
|
| Tension |
John Berry |
Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Barry Sullivan, Cyd Charisse |
Film noir |
MGM |
| That Forsyte Woman |
Compton Bennett |
Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon |
Drama |
MGM; from book by John Galsworthy |
| That Midnight Kiss |
Norman Taurog |
Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, Jose Iturbi |
Musical |
MGM |
| They Live by Night |
Nicholas Ray |
Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, Howard Da Silva |
Film noir |
RKO; Ray's 1st film; from novel Thieves Like Us |
| Thieves' Highway |
Jules Dassin |
Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb |
Drama |
20th Century Fox |
| Tokyo Joe |
Stuart Heisler |
Humphrey Bogart, Sessue Hayakawa |
War |
Columbia |
| Too Late for Tears |
Byron Haskin |
Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore |
Film noir |
United Artists |
| Tough Assignment |
William Beaudine |
Don Barry, Marjorie Steele |
Crime |
Lippert |
| Trail of the Yukon |
William Beaudine |
Kirby Grant, Suzanne Dalbert |
Western |
Monogram; Corporal Rod Webb series |
| Trapped |
Richard Fleischer |
Lloyd Bridges, John Hoyt |
Drama |
Eagle-Lion |
| Tulsa |
Stuart Heisler |
Susan Hayward, Robert Preston |
Drama |
Eagle-Lion |
| Tuna Clipper |
William Beaudine |
Roddy McDowall, Elena Verdugo |
Drama |
Monogram |
| Twelve O'Clock High |
Henry King |
Gregory Peck, Gary Merrill, Dean Jagger |
War drama |
Oscar for Jagger |
| The Undercover Man |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Glenn Ford, Nina Foch, James Whitmore |
Crime drama |
Columbia |
| We Were Strangers |
John Huston |
Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Pedro Armendáriz |
Adventure |
Paramount |
| Which Is Witch |
Friz Freleng |
Bugs Bunny |
Animated |
|
| Whirlpool |
Otto Preminger |
Gene Tierney, José Ferrer, Charles Bickford |
Drama |
20th Century Fox |
| White Heat |
Raoul Walsh |
James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Steve Cochran |
Crime drama |
Warner Bros. |
| The Window |
Ted Tetzlaff |
Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale |
Drama |
RKO |
| Without Honor |
Irving Pichel |
Laraine Day, Dane Clark, Franchot Tone |
Drama |
United Artists |
| The Wolf Hunters |
Budd Boetticher |
Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton |
Western |
Monogram; Corporal Rod Webb series |
| A Woman's Secret |
Nicholas Ray |
Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame |
Film noir |
RKO |
| You're My Everything |
Walter Lang |
Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Anne Revere |
Musical |
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