List of American films of 1951
A list of American films released in 1951.
Danny Kaye hosted the 24th Academy Awards ceremony on March 20, 1952, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The winner of the Best Motion Picture category was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's An American in Paris.
The other four nominated pictures were Decision Before Dawn, A Place in the Sun, Quo Vadis, and A Streetcar Named Desire.
Vivien Leigh won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. Leigh had also played Blanche in the London stage production that had been directed by her then-husband Laurence Olivier. Other Best Actress nominees that year were Katharine Hepburn for The African Queen, Eleanor Parker for Detective Story, Shelley Winters for A Place in the Sun, and Jane Wyman for The Blue Veil.
Humphrey Bogart won his only Oscar for his portrayal of Charlie Allnut in The African Queen. Other Best Actor nominees for that year were Marlon Brando for A Streetcar Named Desire, Montgomery Clift for A Place in the Sun, Arthur Kennedy for Bright Victory, and Fredric March for Death of a Salesman.
The 9th Golden Globe Awards also honored the best films of 1951. That year's Golden Globes also marked the first time that the Best Picture category was split into Musical or Comedy, or Drama. A Place in the Sun won Best Motion Picture - Drama, while An American in Paris won Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Fredric March won Best Actor, Drama, for Death of a Salesman, while Danny Kaye won Best Actor, Musical or Comedy, for On the Riviera. Jane Wyman won Best Actress, Drama, for her role in The Blue Veil, while June Allyson won Best Actress, Musical or Comedy, for Too Young to Kiss.
1951 also saw the film debut of Grace Kelly and Carroll Baker.
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Callaway Went Thataway | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire | Comedy | MGM. Also known as The Star Said No |
| Call Me Mister | Lloyd Bacon | Betty Grable, Dan Dailey | Musical | 20th Century Fox. Based on the Broadway show |
| Canyon Raiders | Lewis D. Collins | Whip Wilson, Phyllis Coates | Western | Monogram |
| Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | Raoul Walsh | Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo | Adventure | Warner Bros. Based on Horatio Hornblower novels |
| Casa Manana | Jean Yarbrough | Virginia Welles, Robert Clarke | Musical | Monogram |
| Cattle Drive | Kurt Neumann | Joel McCrea, Dean Stockwell | Western | Universal |
| Cattle Queen | Robert Emmett Tansey | Maria Hart, Drake Smith | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| Cause for Alarm! | Tay Garnett | Loretta Young, Bruce Cowling | Film noir | MGM |
| Cavalry Scout | Lesley Selander | Rod Cameron, Audrey Long | Western | Monogram |
| Cave of Outlaws | William Castle | Macdonald Carey, Alexis Smith | Western | Universal |
| Chain of Circumstance | Will Jason | Margaret Field, Connie Gilchrist | Drama | Columbia |
| Chained for Life | Harry L. Fraser | Hilton Twins, Allen Jenkins | Crime | Independent |
| Chicago Calling | John Reinhardt | Dan Duryea, Mary Anderson | Film noir | United Artists |
| China Corsair | Ray Nazarro | Jon Hall, Ernest Borgnine | Adventure | Columbia |
| Close to My Heart | William Keighley | Gene Tierney, Ray Milland | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Colorado Ambush | Lewis D. Collins | Johnny Mack Brown, Lois Hall | Western | Monogram |
| Come Fill the Cup | Gordon Douglas | James Cagney, Gig Young | Drama | Warner Bros. Oscar nomination for Young |
| Comin' Round the Mountain | Charles Lamont | Abbott and Costello, Dorothy Shay | Comedy | Universal |
| The Company She Keeps | John Cromwell | Lizabeth Scott, Jane Greer, Dennis O'Keefe | Drama | RKO |
| Corky of Gasoline Alley | Edward Bernds | Scotty Beckett, Jimmy Lydon, Susan Morrow | Comedy | Columbia |
| Crazy Over Horses | William Beaudine | Bowery Boys, Gloria Saunders | Comedy | Monogram |
| Criminal Lawyer | Seymour Friedman | Pat O'Brien, Jane Wyatt | Film noir | Columbia |
| Crosswinds | Lewis R. Foster | Rhonda Fleming, John Payne | Drama | Paramount |
| Cry Danger | Robert Parrish | Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, William Conrad | Film noir | RKO |
| Cuban Fireball | William Beaudine | Estelita Rodriguez, Warren Douglas | Musical | Republic |
| Cyclone Fury | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Clayton Moore | Western | Columbia |
| The Dakota Kid | Philip Ford | Michael Chapin, Eilene Janssen | Western | Republic |
| Danger Zone | William Berke | Hugh Beaumont, Edward Brophy, Pamela Blake | Mystery | Lippert |
| Darling, How Could You! | Mitchell Leisen | Joan Fontaine, John Lund, Mona Freeman | Comedy | Paramount. Based on a play by James Barrie |
| David and Bathsheba | Henry King | Gregory Peck. Susan Hayward | Historical | 20th Century Fox. From 2nd Old Testament book of Samuel |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | Robert Wise | Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal | Science Fiction | 20th Century Fox. Remade in 2008 |
| Dear Brat | William A. Seiter | Mona Freeman, Billy De Wolfe | Comedy | Paramount |
| Death of a Salesman | László Benedek | Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock | Drama | Columbia. Based on Arthur Miller play |
| Decision Before Dawn | Anatole Litvak | Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Hildegard Knef | War | 20th Century Fox. From the novel Call It Treason |
| Henry Hathaway | James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke | Biographical | 20th Century Fox. Based on the book Rommel | |
| Desert of Lost Men | Harry Keller | Allan Lane, Mary Ellen Kay | Western | Republic |
| Detective Story | William Wyler | Kirk Douglas, William Bendix, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Wiseman, Lee Grant | Film noir | Paramount. Based on Sidney Kingsley play |
| Dick Turpin's Ride | Ralph Murphy | Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina | Adventure | aka The Lady and the Bandit |
| Disc Jockey | Will Jason | Ginny Simms, Tom Drake, Jane Nigh | Musical | Allied Artists |
| Distant Drums | Raoul Walsh | Gary Cooper, Richard Webb, Mari Aldon | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Double Crossbones | Charles Barton | Donald O'Connor, Helena Carter | Adventure | Universal |
| Double Dynamite | Irving Cummings | Frank Sinatra, Jane Russell, Groucho Marx | Musical Comedy | RKO |
| Drums in the Deep South | William Cameron Menzies | James Craig, Guy Madison | Drama | RKO |
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Elephant Stampede | Ford Beebe | Johnny Sheffield, Donna Martell | Adventure | Monogram |
| Elopement | Henry Koster | Clifton Webb, William Lundigan, Anne Francis, Charles Bickford | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Enforcer | Bretaigne Windust | Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel | Film noir | Based on the Murder, Inc. trials |
| Excuse My Dust | Roy Rowland | Red Skelton, Sally Forrest | Comedy | MGM |
| FBI Girl | William A. Berke | Cesar Romero, George Brent, Audrey Totter, Raymond Burr | Film noir | Lippert Films |
| The Family Secret | Henry Levin | John Derek, Lee J. Cobb | Drama | Columbia |
| Father's Little Dividend | Vincente Minnelli | Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor | Comedy | MGM. Sequel to Father of the Bride |
| Father Takes the Air | Frank McDonald | Raymond Walburn, Walter Catlett | Comedy | Monogram |
| The Fat Man | William Castle | Julie London, Rock Hudson | Film noir | Universal |
| Fighting Coast Guard | Joseph Kane | Forrest Tucker, Ella Raines | Action | Republic |
| The Fighting Seventh | Charles Marquis Warren | Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland | Western | Lippert Films |
| Fingerprints Don't Lie | Sam Newfield | Richard Travis, Sheila Ryan, Margia Dean | Crime | Lippert |
| The First Legion | Douglas Sirk | Charles Boyer, Barbara Rush | Drama | United Artists |
| Five | Arch Oboler | Susan Douglas Rubeš, William Phipps | Drama | Columbia |
| Fixed Bayonets! | Samuel Fuller | Richard Basehart, Gene Evans | War | 20th Century Fox |
| Flame of Araby | Charles Lamont | Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler | Adventure | Universal |
| Flame of Stamboul | Ray Nazarro | Richard Denning, Lisa Ferraday | Thriller | Columbia |
| Flight to Mars | Lesley Selander | Marguerite Chapman, Cameron Mitchell, Virginia Huston | Science Fiction | Monogram |
| Flying Leathernecks | Nicholas Ray | John Wayne, Robert Ryan | Action | RKO |
| Follow the Sun | Sidney Lanfield | Anne Baxter, Glenn Ford | Biographical | 20th Century Fox. Based on life of Ben Hogan |
| Footlight Varieties | Hal Yates | Jack Paar, Leon Errol | Musical | RKO |
| Force of Arms | Michael Curtiz | William Holden, Nancy Olson, Frank Lovejoy | War | Warner Bros. |
| Fort Defiance | John Rawlins | Dane Clark, Ben Johnson, Peter Graves | Western | United Artists |
| Fort Dodge Stampede | Harry Keller | Allan Lane, Mary Ellen Kay | Western | Republic |
| Fort Savage Raiders | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| Fort Worth | Edwin L. Marin | Randolph Scott, David Brian | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Fourteen Hours | Henry Hathaway | Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart | Drama | 20th Century Fox. Based on a story by Joel Sayre |
| Francis Goes to the Races | Arthur Lubin | Donald O'Connor, Piper Laurie | Comedy | Universal; sequel to 1950 film |
| The Frogmen | Lloyd Bacon | Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews | War | 20th Century Fox. First film about scuba diving |
| Fury of the Congo | William Berke | Johnny Weissmuller, Lyle Talbot | Adventure | Columbia |
| Gambling House | Ted Tetzlaff | Victor Mature, Terry Moore, William Bendix | Film noir | RKO |
| Gasoline Alley | Edward Bernds | Scotty Beckett, Jimmy Lydon, Susan Morrow | Comedy | Columbia |
| Gene Autry and the Mounties | John English | Gene Autry, Elena Verdugo | Western | Columbia |
| Ghost Chasers | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall | Comedy | Monogram |
| G.I. Jane | Reginald Le Borg | Jean Porter, Tom Neal, Iris Adrian | Musical | Lippert |
| The Girl on the Bridge | Hugo Haas | Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Go for Broke! | Robert Pirosh | Van Johnson, Lane Nakano | War | MGM |
| Gold Raiders | Edward Bernds | George O'Brien, Sheila Ryan | Western comedy | United Artists |
| Golden Girl | Lloyd Bacon | Mitzi Gaynor, Dale Robertson, Una Merkel | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| The Golden Horde | George Sherman | Ann Blyth, David Farrar | Historical | Universal |
| Goodbye, My Fancy | Vincent Sherman | Joan Crawford, Robert Young | Romantic comedy | Warner Bros. Based on 1948 play |
| The Great Caruso | Richard Thorpe | Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth | Biographical | MGM. Based on life of Enrico Caruso |
| The Great Missouri Raid | Gordon Douglas | Macdonald Carey, Ellen Drew | Western | Paramount |
| The Groom Wore Spurs | Richard Whorf | Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson | Comedy | Universal |
| Grounds for Marriage | Robert Z. Leonard | Van Johnson, Kathryn Grayson | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| Gunplay | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Joan Dixon | Western | RKO |
| The Guy Who Came Back | Joseph M. Newman | Paul Douglas, Joan Bennett, Linda Darnell | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Half Angel | Richard Sale | Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Halls of Montezuma | Lewis Milestone | Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Richard Boone | War | 20th Century Fox |
| Hard, Fast and Beautiful | Ida Lupino | Claire Trevor, Sally Forrest | Sports drama | RKO |
| The Harlem Globetrotters | Phil Brown | Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Dandridge | Sports | Columbia |
| Havana Rose | William Beaudine | Estelita Rodriguez, Bill Williams | Musical comedy | Republic |
| He Ran All the Way | John Berry | John Garfield, Shelley Winters | Film noir | United Artists. Garfield's last film |
| Heart of the Rockies | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards | Western | Republic |
| Her First Romance | Seymour Friedman | Margaret O'Brien, Ann Doran | Drama | Columbia |
| Here Comes the Groom | Frank Capra | Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman | Musical | Paramount |
| The Highwayman | Lesley Selander | Philip Friend, Wanda Hendrix | Drama | Monogram. Based on Alfred Noyes poem |
| The Hills of Utah | John English | Gene Autry, Elaine Riley, Donna Martell | Western | Columbia |
| His Kind of Woman | John Farrow, Richard Fleischer | Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Raymond Burr | Film noir | RKO. Howard Hughes production |
| Hollywood Story | William Castle | Julie Adams, Richard Conte | Crime drama | Universal |
| Home Town Story | Arthur Pierson | Jeffrey Lynn, Marjorie Reynolds | Drama | MGM. Marilyn Monroe in brief role |
| Honeychile | R.G. Springsteen | Judy Canova, Eddie Foy Jr. | Comedy | Republic |
| Hong Kong | Lewis R. Foster | Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming | Drama | Paramount |
| The Hoodlum | Max Nosseck | Lawrence Tierney, Allene Roberts | Crime drama | Eagle-Lion |
| Hot Lead | Stuart Gilmore | Tim Holt, Joan Dixon | Western | RKO |
| The House on Telegraph Hill | Robert Wise | Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| Hunt the Man Down | George Archainbaud | Gig Young, Cleo Moore | Drama | RKO |
| Hurricane Island | Lew Landers | Jon Hall, Marie Windsor | Adventure | Columbia |
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Michael Gordon | Susan Hayward, Dan Dailey | Romance | 20th Century Fox. Based on a play by Jerome Weidman |
| I'd Climb the Highest Mountain | Henry King | William Lundigan, Susan Hayward | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| I Want You | Mark Robson | Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire | Romance | RKO |
| I Was an American Spy | Lesley Selander | Ann Dvorak | Suspense | Allied Artists |
| I Was a Communist for the FBI | Gordon Douglas | Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart | Film noir | Warner Bros. |
| I'll Get You for This | Joseph Newman | George Raft, Coleen Gray | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| I'll Never Forget You | Roy Ward Baker | Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| I'll See You in My Dreams | Michael Curtiz | Doris Day, Danny Thomas | Biographical | Warner Bros. Based on life of Gus Kahn |
| In Old Amarillo | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Estelita Rodriguez | Western | Republic |
| Inside Straight | Gerald Mayer | Mercedes McCambridge, Arlene Dahl | Drama | MGM |
| Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison | Crane Wilbur | Steve Cochran, David Brian | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Insurance Investigator | George Blair | Richard Denning, Audrey Long | Suspense | Republic |
| Iron Man | Joseph Pevney | Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes | Film noir | Universal; Remake of 1931 film |
| It's a Big Country | Clarence Brown John Sturges Charles Vidor William Wellman | Gary Cooper, Gene Kelly, Fredric March, Ethel Barrymore, Janet Leigh, Nancy Davis | Drama | MGM, anthology film |
| Jim Thorpe – All-American | Michael Curtiz | Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Phyllis Thaxter | Biographical | Warner Bros. Star of 1912 Olympic Games |
| Joe Palooka in Triple Cross | Reginald Le Borg | Joe Kirkwood, Cathy Downs, James Gleason | Comedy | Monogram |
| Journey into Light | Stuart Heisler | Sterling Hayden, Viveca Lindfors | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Jungle Manhunt | Lew Landers | Johnny Weissmuller, Sheila Ryan | Adventure | Columbia |
| Katie Did It | Frederick De Cordova | Ann Blyth, Mark Stevens | Comedy | Universal |
| Kentucky Jubilee | Ron Ormond | Jerry Colonna, Jean Porter, James Ellison | Musical | Lippert |
| The Kid from Amarillo | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
| Kind Lady | John Sturges | Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, Keenan Wynn, Angela Lansbury | Drama | MGM. Remake of 1935 film |
| Korea Patrol | Max Nosseck | Richard Emory, Benson Fong | War | Lippert |
| The Lady from Boston | Bernard Vorhaus | Paul Henreid, Merle Oberon | Comedy | United Artists. Co-production with France |
| The Lady from Texas | Joseph Pevney | Howard Duff, Mona Freeman | Comedy western | Universal |
| The Lady Pays Off | Douglas Sirk | Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Gigi Perreau | Drama | Universal |
| Law of the Badlands | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Joan Dixon | Western | RKO |
| The Law and the Lady | Edwin H. Knopf | Greer Garson, Michael Wilding | Comedy | MGM. Based on The Last of Mrs. Cheyney |
| Lawless Cowboys | Lewis D. Collins | Whip Wilson, Fuzzy Knight, Pamela Duncan | Western | Monogram |
| The Last Outpost | Lewis R. Foster | Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming | Western | Paramount; Remake of 1935 film |
| Leave It to the Marines | Sam Newfield | Sid Melton, Margia Dean | Comedy | Lippert |
| The Lemon Drop Kid | Sidney Lanfield | Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, William Frawley | Comedy | Paramount. Remake of 1934 film; Introduced the song "Silver Bells" |
| Let's Go Navy! | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Allen Jenkins | Comedy | Monogram |
| Let's Make It Legal | Richard Sale | Claudette Colbert, Macdonald Carey, Zachary Scott, Marilyn Monroe | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Light Touch | Richard Brooks | Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, George Sanders | Crime | MGM |
| Lightning Strikes Twice | King Vidor | Ruth Roman, Richard Todd | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Lion Hunters | Ford Beebe | Johnny Sheffield, Douglas Kennedy | Adventure | Monogram |
| Little Big Horn | Charles Marquis Warren | Lloyd Bridges, Marie Windsor, John Ireland | Western | Lippert Pictures |
| Little Egypt | Frederick de Cordova | Rhonda Fleming, Mark Stevens | Biography | Universal |
| The Longhorn | Lewis D. Collins | Bill Elliott, Myron Healey, Phyllis Coates | Western | Monogram |
| Lorna Doone | Phil Karlson | Barbara Hale, Richard Greene | Adventure | Columbia |
| Lost Continent | Sam Newfield | Cesar Romero, Hillary Brooke | Sci-fi | Lippert |
| Love Nest | Joseph Newman | June Haver, William Lundigan, Marilyn Monroe | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Lullaby of Broadway | David Butler | Doris Day, Gene Nelson | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| M | Joseph Losey | David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Luther Adler | Film noir | Columbia; Remake of 1931 film |
| Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm | Edward Sedgwick | Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride | Comedy | Universal. 3rd of a series |
| The Magic Carpet | Lew Landers | Lucille Ball, John Agar | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Magic Face | Frank Tuttle | Luther Adler, Patricia Knight | War drama | Columbia |
| The Magnificent Yankee | John Sturges | Louis Calhern, Ann Harding | Biographical | MGM. Based on life of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. |
| The Man from Planet X | Edgar G. Ulmer | Robert Clarke, Margaret Field | Sci-fi | United Artists |
| Man from Sonora | Lewis D. Collins | Johnny Mack Brown, Phyllis Coates, Lyle Talbot | Western | Monogram |
| Man in the Saddle | Andre DeToth | Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew | Western | Columbia |
| The Man with My Face | Edward Montagne | Barry Nelson, Carole Mathews | Film noir | United Artists. |
| The Man with a Cloak | Fletcher Markle | Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron | Drama | MGM. Based on the short story The Gentleman from Paris |
| The Mark of the Renegade | Hugo Fregonese | Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse, Gilbert Roland | Adventure | Universal |
| Mask of the Avenger | Phil Karlson | John Derek, Anthony Quinn | Drama | Columbia |
| Mask of the Dragon | Sam Newfield | Richard Travis, Sheila Ryan, Lyle Talbot | Crime | Lippert |
| The Mating Season | Mitchell Leisen | Gene Tierney, John Lund | Comedy | Paramount |
| Meet Me After the Show | Richard Sale | Betty Grable, Rory Calhoun | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Million Dollar Pursuit | R. G. Springsteen | Penny Edwards, Grant Withers | Crime | Republic |
| A Millionaire for Christy | George Marshall | Eleanor Parker, Fred MacMurray | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Missing Women | Philip Ford | Penny Edwards, John Alvin | Crime | Republic |
| The Mob | Robert Parrish | Broderick Crawford | Film noir | Columbia |
| The Model and the Marriage Broker | George Cukor | Jeanne Crain, Scott Brady, Thelma Ritter | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Montana Desperado | Wallace Fox | Johnny Mack Brown, Myron Healey | Western | Monogram |
| Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell | Henry Koster | Clifton Webb, Joanne Dru, Zero Mostel | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Mr. Imperium | Don Hartman | Lana Turner, Ezio Pinza, Marjorie Main | Romance | MGM |
| Mr. Universe | Joseph Lerner | Jack Carson, Janis Paige | Comedy | Eagle-Lion |
| My Favorite Spy | Norman Z. McLeod | Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr, Francis L. Sullivan | Comedy | Paramount |
| My Forbidden Past | Robert Stevenson | Ava Gardner, Robert Mitchum | Drama | RKO |
| My Outlaw Brother | Elliott Nugent | Mickey Rooney, Wanda Hendrix | Western | Eagle-Lion |
| My True Story | Mickey Rooney | Helen Walker, Willard Parker | Crime | Columbia |
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Navy Bound | Paul Landres | Tom Neal, Regis Toomey | Drama | Monogram |
| Nevada Badmen | Lewis D. Collins | Whip Wilson, Phyllis Coates | Western | Monogram |
| Never Trust a Gambler | Ralph Murphy | Dane Clark, Cathy O'Donnell, Tom Drake | Film noir | Columbia |
| New Mexico | Irving Reis | Lew Ayres, Marilyn Maxwell, Andy Devine | Western | United Artists |
| Night into Morning | Fletcher Markle | Ray Milland, Nancy Davis | Drama | MGM |
| Night Riders of Montana | Fred C. Brannon | Allan Lane, Claudia Barrett | Western | Republic |
| No Questions Asked | Harold F. Kress | Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Jean Hagen | Crime | MGM |
| Northwest Territory | Frank McDonald | Kirby Grant, Gloria Saunders | Western | Monogram |
| Oh! Susanna | Joseph Kane | Lorna Gray, Rod Cameron | Western | Republic |
| Oklahoma Justice | Lewis D. Collins | Johnny Mack Brown, Phyllis Coates | Western | Monogram |
| On Dangerous Ground | Nicholas Ray | Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond | Film Noir | RKO |
| On the Loose | Charles Lederer | Joan Evans, Melvyn Douglas | Drama | RKO |
| On Moonlight Bay | Roy Del Ruth | Doris Day, Gordon MacRae | Musical | Warner Bros.; followed by By the Light of the Silvery Moon |
| On the Riviera | Walter Lang | Danny Kaye, Gene Tierney | Musical | 20th Century Fox. Based on the play The Red Cat |
| Only the Valiant | Gordon Douglas | Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton, Ward Bond | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Operation Pacific | George Waggner | John Wayne, Patricia Neal | War | Warner Bros. |
| Overland Telegraph | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Gail Davis | Western | RKO |
| The Painted Hills | Harold F. Kress | Bruce Cowling, Ann Doran | Family | MGM |
| Painting the Clouds with Sunshine | David Butler | Dennis Morgan, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson | Musical | Warner Bros. Remake of Gold Diggers of 1933 |
| Pals of the Golden West | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans | Western | Republic |
| Pandora and the Flying Dutchman | Albert Lewin | Ava Gardner, James Mason | Drama | MGM |
| Passage West | Lewis R. Foster | John Payne, Arleen Whelan | Western | Paramount |
| Payment on Demand | Curtis Bernhardt | Bette Davis, Barry Sullivan | Drama | RKO. Originally titled The Story of a Divorce |
| Pecos River | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney | Western | Columbia |
| Peking Express | William Dieterle | Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet | Adventure | Paramount. Second remake of Shanghai Express |
| The People Against O'Hara | John Sturges | Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien, Diana Lynn, John Hodiak, James Arness | Film noir | MGM |
| People Will Talk | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Sidney Blackmer, Hume Cronyn, Walter Slezak, Finlay Currie | Romantic comedy | 20th Century Fox. Based on a play by Curt Goetz |
| Pickup | Hugo Haas | Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels | Film noir | Columbia |
| Pier 23 | William Berke | Hugh Beaumont, Ann Savage, Margia Dean | Crime comedy | Lippert |
| Pistol Harvest | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Joan Dixon | Western | RKO |
| A Place in the Sun | George Stevens | Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Shelley Winters, Raymond Burr, Anne Revere | Drama | Paramount. Based on a book by Theodore Dreiser; won 6 Academy Awards |
| Prairie Roundup | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Mary Castle | Western | Columbia |
| Pride of Maryland | Philip Ford | Peggy Stewart, Stanley Clements | Drama | Republic |
| The Prince Who Was a Thief | Rudolph Mate | Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie | Adventure | Universal |
| The Prowler | Joseph Losey | Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes | Film Noir | United Artists |
| Purple Heart Diary | Richard Quine | Frances Langford, Judd Holdren | Drama | Columbia |
| Quebec | George Templeton | John Drew Barrymore, Corinne Calvet | Historical Drama | Paramount |
| Quo Vadis | Mervyn LeRoy | Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, Finlay Currie, Leo Genn | Historical Epic | MGM; based on the novel; 8 Oscar nominations; Golden Globe won by Ustinov |
| Queen for a Day | Arthur Lubin | Jack Bailey, Phyllis Avery | Comedy | United Artists |
| The Racket | John Cromwell | Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Lizabeth Scott, William Talman, Joyce MacKenzie | Film Noir | RKO. Remake of the 1928 film |
| The Raging Tide | George Sherman | Shelley Winters, Richard Conte | Film noir | Universal |
| Raton Pass | Edwin L. Marin | Patricia Neal, Dennis Morgan | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Rawhide | Henry Hathaway | Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward | Western | 20th Century Fox; Became TV series |
| The Red Badge of Courage | John Huston | Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin | War | MGM. Based on Stephen Crane novel |
| The Redhead and the Cowboy | Leslie Fenton | Rhonda Fleming, Glenn Ford | Western | Paramount |
| Red Mountain | William Dieterle | Alan Ladd, Lizabeth Scott, Arthur Kennedy | Western | Paramount |
| Reunion in Reno | Kurt Neumann | Peggy Dow, Gigi Perreau | Drama | Universal |
| Rhubarb | Arthur Lubin | Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart | Comedy | Paramount. Based on H. Allen Smith book |
| Rhythm Inn | Paul Landres | Jane Frazee, Kirby Grant, Lois Collier | Musical | Monogram |
| Rich, Young and Pretty | Norman Taurog | Jane Powell, Wendell Corey, Vic Damone, Danielle Darrieux | Musical | MGM |
| Ridin' the Outlaw Trail | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Jim Bannon | Western | Columbia |
| The River | Jean Renoir | Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight | Romance | United Artists |
| Roadblock | Harold Daniels | Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon | Film noir | RKO |
| Roaring City | William Berke | Hugh Beaumont, Wanda McKay | Crime | Lippert |
| Rodeo King and the Senorita | Philip Ford | Rex Allen, Buddy Ebsen | Western | Republic |
| Rogue River | John Rawlins | Rory Calhoun, Peter Graves, Frank Fenton | Thriller | Eagle-Lion |
| Rough Riders of Durango | Fred C. Brannon | Allan Lane, Aline Towne | Western | Republic |
| Royal Wedding | Stanley Donen | Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford | Musical | MGM; Donen's first solo film |
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Saddle Legion | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Dorothy Malone | Western | RKO |
| Santa Fe | Irving Pichel | Randolph Scott, Janis Carter | Western | Columbia |
| Saturday's Hero | David Miller | John Derek, Donna Reed, Sidney Blackmer | Sports drama | Columbia |
| Savage Drums | William Berke | Sabu, Lita Baron, H. B. Warner | Adventure | Lippert |
| The Scarf | Ewald Andre Dupont | Mercedes McCambridge, John Ireland | Drama | United Artists |
| The Sea Hornet | Joseph Kane | Rod Cameron, Adele Mara | Action | Republic |
| Sealed Cargo | Alfred L. Werker | Dana Andrews, Carla Balenda | War drama | RKO |
| The Secret of Convict Lake | Michael Gordon | Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Secrets of Monte Carlo | George Blair | Warren Douglas, Lois Hall | Crime | Republic |
| Show Boat | George Sidney | Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Gower Champion, Marge Champion, Joe E. Brown | Musical | MGM. Based on novel by Edna Ferber; remake of 1936 film |
| Silver Canyon | John English | Gene Autry, Gail Davis | Western | Columbia |
| Silver City | Byron Haskin | Edmond O'Brien, Yvonne De Carlo, Barry Fitzgerald | Western | Paramount |
| Silver City Bonanza | George Blair | Rex Allen, Buddy Ebsen, Mary Ellen Kay | Western | Republic |
| Sirocco | Curtis Bernhardt | Humphrey Bogart | Film noir | Columbia. Based on novel Coup de Grace |
| Skipalong Rosenbloom | Sam Newfield | Max Rosenbloom, Max Baer | Western | United Artists |
| Sky High | Sam Newfield | Sid Melton, Margia Dean | Comedy | Lippert |
| Slaughter Trail | Irving Allen | Gig Young, Brian Donlevy | Western | RKO |
| Smuggler's Gold | William Berke | Cameron Mitchell, Amanda Blake | Adventure | Columbia |
| Smuggler's Island | Edward Ludwig | Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes | Drama | Universal |
| Snake River Desperadoes | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Monte Blue | Western | Columbia |
| Soldiers Three | Tay Garnett | Stewart Granger, Walter Pidgeon, David Niven, Robert Newton, Greta Gynt | Adventure | MGM |
| The Son of Dr. Jekyll | Seymour Friedman | Louis Hayward, Jody Lawrance | Suspense | Columbia |
| South of Caliente | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans | Western | Republic |
| Spoilers of the Plains | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards | Western | Republic |
| St. Benny the Dip | Edgar G. Ulmer | Dick Haymes, Nina Foch, Roland Young | Comedy | United Artists |
| Stage to Blue River | Lewis D. Collins | Whip Wilson, Fuzzy Knight, Phyllis Coates | Western | Monogram |
| Stagecoach Driver | Lewis D. Collins | Whip Wilson, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Monogram |
| Starlift | Roy Del Ruth | Janice Rule, Dick Wesson, Ruth Roman | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| The Steel Helmet | Samuel Fuller | Gene Evans, Steve Brodie | War | Lippert |
| Stop That Cab | Eugenio de Liguoro | Sid Melton, Iris Adrian, Marjorie Lord | Comedy crime | Lippert |
| Storm Warning | Stuart Heisler | Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Ginger Rogers | Thriller | Warner Bros. |
| The Strange Door | Joseph Pevney | Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest | Period drama | Universal |
| Strangers on a Train | Alfred Hitchcock | Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker | Suspense | Warner Bros.; based on Patricia Highsmith novel |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Elia Kazan | Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Kim Hunter | Drama | Warner Bros. written by Tennessee Williams; Oscars for Leigh, Malden, Hunter |
| Street Bandits | R. G. Springsteen | Penny Edwards, Robert Clarke | Crime | Republic |
| Strictly Dishonorable | Melvin Frank | Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| The Strip | László Kardos | Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest | Musical | MGM |
| Stronghold | Steve Sekely | Veronica Lake, Zachary Scott | Drama | Lippert |
| Submarine Command | John Farrow | William Holden, Nancy Olson | War | Paramount |
| Sugarfoot | Edwin L. Marin | Randolph Scott, Adele Jergens, Raymond Massey | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Sunny Side of the Street | Richard Quine | Frankie Laine, Audrey Long | Comedy | Columbia |
| Superman and the Mole Men | Lee Sholem | George Reeves, Phyllis Coates | Action | Lippert. Based on DC Comics character |
| The Sword of Monte Cristo | Maurice Geraghty | George Montgomery, Rita Corday | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Take Care of My Little Girl | Jean Negulesco | Jeanne Crain, Dale Robertson, Mitzi Gaynor | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Tales of Robin Hood | James Tinling | Robert Clarke, Mary Hatcher, Paul Cavanagh | Adventure | Lippert |
| The Tall Target | Anthony Mann | Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou | Thriller | MGM |
| The Tanks are Coming | D. Ross Lederman | Steve Cochran, Philip Carey, Mari Aldon | War | Warner Bros. |
| Target Unknown | George Sherman | Mark Stevens, Alex Nicol, Gig Young | War | Universal |
| The Tartars | Richard Thorpe | Orson Welles, Victor Mature | Adventure | |
| Tarzan's Peril | Byron Haskin | Lex Barker, Virginia Huston | Adventure | RKO; one of Tarzan series |
| Ten Tall Men | Willis Goldbeck | Burt Lancaster | Adventure | Columbia |
| Teresa | Fred Zinnemann | Pier Angeli, John Ericson, Peggy Ann Garner | Drama | MGM |
| Texans Never Cry | Frank McDonald | Gene Autry, Mary Castle | Westerns | Columbia |
| Texas Carnival | Charles Walters | Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Howard Keel, Ann Miller | Musical comedy | MGM |
| Texas Lawmen | Lewis D. Collins | Johnny Mack Brown, James Ellison | Western | Monogram |
| The Texas Rangers | Phil Karlson | George Montgomery, Gale Storm | Western | Columbia; Remake of 1936 film |
| That's My Boy | Hal Walker | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Thing from Another World | Howard Hawks | Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Dewey Martin, James Arness | Science fiction | RKO. Remade in 1982 as The Thing |
| Three Desperate Men | Sam Newfield | Preston Foster, Jim Davis, Virginia Grey | Western | Lippert |
| Three Guys Named Mike | Charles Walters | Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Howard Keel | Drama | MGM |
| Three Husbands | Irving Reis | Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick | Comedy | United Artists |
| Three Steps North | W. Lee Wilder | Lloyd Bridges, Lea Padovani | Crime | United Artists |
| Thunder in God's Country | George Blair | Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay | Western | Republic |
| Thunder on the Hill | Douglas Sirk | Claudette Colbert, Ann Blyth, Anne Crawford | Film noir | Universal |
| The Thundering Trail | Ron Ormond | Lash La Rue, Al St. John | Western | Realart |
| Tokyo File 212 | Dorrell, Stuart McGowan | Florence Marly, Lee Frederick | Espionage | RKO. First Hollywood film entirely filmed in Japan |
| Tomahawk | George Sherman | Van Heflin, Yvonne De Carlo, Preston Foster | Western | Universal |
| Tomorrow Is Another Day | Felix Feist | Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Too Young to Kiss | Robert Z. Leonard | June Allyson, Van Johnson, Gig Young | Comedy | MGM. Golden Globe for Allyson |
| Two-Dollar Bettor | Edward L. Cahn | Steve Brodie, Marie Windsor | Film noir | Realart |
| Two Gals and a Guy | Alfred E. Green | Janis Paige, Robert Alda | Comedy | United Artists |
| Two Lost Worlds | Norman Dawn | James Arness, Bill Kennedy | Sci-fi | Eagle-Lion |
| Two of a Kind | Henry Levin | Edmond O'Brien, Lizabeth Scott | Film noir | Columbia |
| Two Tickets to Broadway | James V. Kern | Tony Martin, Janet Leigh, Eddie Bracken | Musical | RKO |
| The Unknown Man | Richard Thorpe | Walter Pidgeon, Ann Harding | Drama | MGM |
| Unknown World | Terry O. Morse | Marilyn Nash, Victor Kilian | Sci-fi | Lippert |
| Up Front | Alexander Hall | David Wayne, Tom Ewell | Comedy | Universal |
| Utah Wagon Train | Philip Ford | Rex Allen, Penny Edwards | Western | Republic |
| Valentino | Lewis Allen | Eleanor Parker, Anthony Dexter | Adventure | Columbia |
| Valley of Fire | John English | Gene Autry, Gail Davis | Western | Columbia |
| The Vanishing Outpost | Ron Ormond | Lash La Rue, Al St. John | Western | Independent |
| Varieties on Parade | Ron Ormond | Jackie Coogan, Tom Neal | Musical | Lippert |
| Vengeance Valley | Richard Thorpe | Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker | Western | MGM |
| Thomas Carr | Whip Wilson, Christine McIntyre | Western | Monogram | |
| Warpath | Byron Haskin | Edmond O'Brien, Dean Jagger, Forrest Tucker, Polly Bergen | Western | Paramount |
| Week-End with Father | Douglas Sirk | Van Heflin, Patricia Neal, Gigi Perreau | Comedy | Universal |
| The Well | Leo Popkin | Richard Rober, Harry Morgan, Maidie Norman | Drama | United Artists |
| Wells Fargo Gunmaster | Philip Ford | Allan Lane, Mary Ellen Kay | Western | Republic |
| Westward the Women | William A. Wellman | Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, John McIntire | Western | MGM |
| When I Grow Up | Michael Kanin | Robert Preston, Martha Scott | Drama | United Artists |
| When the Redskins Rode | Lew Landers | Jon Hall, Mary Castle | Adventure | Columbia |
| When Worlds Collide | Rudolph Mate | Richard Derr, Barbara Rush | Sci-fi | Paramount |
| The Whip Hand | W.C. Menzies | Carla Balenda, Elliott Reid | Western | RKO |
| Whirlwind | John English | Gene Autry, Gail Davis | Western | Columbia |
| The Whistle at Eaton Falls | Robert Siodmak | Lloyd Bridges, Dorothy Gish | Drama | Columbia |
| Whistling Hills | Derwin Abrahams | Johnny Mack Brown, Noel Neill | Western | Monogram |
| The Wild Blue Yonder | Allan Dwan | Wendell Corey, Vera Ralston, Forrest Tucker | War drama | Republic |
| A Yank in Korea | Lew Landers | Lon McCallister, Brett King | War | Columbia |
| Yellow Fin | Frank McDonald | Wayne Morris, Lorna Gray, Gloria Henry | Adventure | Monogram |
| You Never Can Tell | Lou Breslow | Dick Powell, Peggy Dow | Comedy | Universal |
| You're in the Navy Now | Henry Hathaway | Gary Cooper, Jane Greer | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Yukon Manhunt | Frank McDonald | Kirby Grant, Margaret Field | Western | Monogram |