| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|
| Samson and Delilah | Cecil B. DeMille | Hedy Lamarr,Victor Mature,Angela Lansbury | Biblical,Drama | Paramount. 5Oscar nominations |
| San Antone Ambush | Philip Ford | Monte Hale,Paul Hurst,Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Sand | Henry King | Coleen Gray,Mark Stevens,Rory Calhoun | Western | 20th Century Fox.Oscar-nominated |
| Sands of Iwo Jima | Allan Dwan | John Wayne,John Agar,Forrest Tucker | War | Republic. 4Oscar nominations |
| Satan's Cradle | Ford Beebe | Duncan Renaldo,Ann Savage,Leo Carrillo | Western | United Artists |
| Scene of the Crime | Roy Rowland | Van Johnson,Arlene Dahl,Gloria DeHaven | Film noir | MGM |
| Search for Danger | Jack Bernhard | John Calvert,Albert Dekker,Myrna Dell | Crime | Film Classics |
| The Secret Garden | Fred M. Wilcox | Margaret O'Brien,Herbert Marshall,Dean Stockwell | Drama | MGM |
| The Secret of St. Ives | Phil Rosen | Richard Ney,Vanessa Brown,Henry Daniell | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Set-Up | Robert Wise | Robert Ryan,Audrey Totter,Alan Baxter | SportsFilm noir | RKO. FromW. C. Heinz novel |
| Shamrock Hill | Arthur Dreifuss | Peggy Ryan,Trudy Marshall,Rick Vallin | Comedy | Eagle-Lion |
| She Shoulda Said No! | Sherman Scott | Alan Baxter,Lila Leeds,Lyle Talbot | Drama | Independent |
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | John Ford | John Wayne,Joanne Dru,Ben Johnson | Western | RKO.Oscar for cinematography |
| Sheriff of Wichita | R. G. Springsteen | Allan Lane,Lyn Wilde,Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic |
| Shockproof | Douglas Sirk | Cornel Wilde,Patricia Knight,John Baragrey | Film noir | Columbia |
| Siren of Atlantis | Gregg G. Tallas | Maria Montez,Jean-Pierre Aumont,Dennis O'Keefe | Adventure | United Artists |
| Sky Dragon | Lesley Selander | Roland Winters,Noel Neill,Keye Luke | Mystery | Monogram.Charlie Chan |
| Slattery's Hurricane | André de Toth | Richard Widmark,Linda Darnell,Veronica Lake | Drama | 20th Century Fox. FromHerman Wouk story |
| Slightly French | Douglas Sirk | Dorothy Lamour,Don Ameche,Janis Carter | Comedy | Columbia |
| So Dear to My Heart | Harold D. Schuster | Burl Ives,Beulah Bondi,Harry Carey | Animation | Disney |
| Song of India | Albert S. Rogell | Sabu,Turhan Bey,Gail Russell | Adventure | Columbia |
| Song of Surrender | Mitchell Leisen | Wanda Hendrix,Claude Rains,Andrea King | Drama | Paramount |
| Sons of New Mexico | John English | Gene Autry,Gail Davis,Robert Armstrong | Western | Columbia |
| Sorrowful Jones | Sidney Lanfield | Bob Hope,Lucille Ball,Bruce Cabot | Comedy | Paramount.Damon Runyon story; remake of1934 film |
| South of Death Valley | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett,Gail Davis,Lee Roberts | Western | Columbia |
| South of Rio | Philip Ford | Monte Hale,Kay Christopher,Paul Hurst | Western | Republic |
| South of St. Louis | Ray Enright | Joel McCrea,Zachary Scott,Victor Jory | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Special Agent | William C. Thomas | William Eythe,Kasey Rogers,Carole Mathews | Film noir | Paramount |
| Square Dance Jubilee | Paul Landres | Don "Red" Barry,Mary Beth Hughes,Wally Vernon | Musical, Western | Lippert |
| Stagecoach Kid | Lew Landers | Tim Holt,Richard Martin,Jeff Donnell | Western | RKO |
| Stampede | Lesley Selander | Rod Cameron,Gale Storm,Johnny Mack Brown | Western | Allied Artists; Remake of1936 film |
| State Department: File 649 | Sam Newfield | Virginia Bruce,William Lundigan,Jonathan Hale | Film noir | Film Classics |
| Strange Bargain | Will Price | Martha Scott,Jeffrey Lynn,Harry Morgan | Film noir | RKO |
| The Stratton Story | Sam Wood | James Stewart,June Allyson,Frank Morgan | Sports | MGM. Biography ofMonty Stratton |
| Streets of Laredo | Leslie Fenton | William Holden,William Bendix,Macdonald Carey | Western | Paramount; remake ofThe Texas Rangers |
| Streets of San Francisco | George Blair | Robert Armstrong,Mae Clarke,Wally Cassell | Crime | Republic |
| The Story of Molly X | Crane Wilbur | June Havoc,John Russell,Dorothy Hart | Film noir | Universal |
| The Story of Seabiscuit | David Butler | Shirley Temple,Barry Fitzgerald,Rosemary DeCamp | Sports | Warner Bros. |
| The Sun Comes Up | Richard Thorpe | Jeanette MacDonald,Lloyd Nolan,Claude Jarman Jr. | Family | MGM.Lassie feature |
| Susanna Pass | William Witney | Roy Rogers,Dale Evans,Estelita Rodriguez | Western | Republic |
| Sword in the Desert | George Sherman | Dana Andrews,Märta Torén,Stephen McNally | War | Universal |
| Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Busby Berkeley | Frank Sinatra,Esther Williams,Gene Kelly | Sports musical | MGM |
| Take One False Step | Chester Erskine | Shelley Winters,William Powell,Marsha Hunt | Film noir | Universal |
| Tarzan's Magic Fountain | Lee Sholem | Lex Barker,Brenda Joyce,Evelyn Ankers | Adventure | RKO |
| Task Force | Delmer Daves | Gary Cooper,Jane Wyatt,Walter Brennan | War | Warner Bros. 8th Cooper-Brennan pairing |
| Tell It to the Judge | Norman Foster | Rosalind Russell,Robert Cummings,Gig Young | Comedy | Columbia |
| Tension | John Berry | Richard Basehart,Audrey Totter,Cyd Charisse | Film noir | MGM |
| That Forsyte Woman | Compton Bennett | Errol Flynn,Greer Garson,Walter Pidgeon | Drama | MGM; from book byJohn Galsworthy |
| That Midnight Kiss | Norman Taurog | Kathryn Grayson,Mario Lanza,José Iturbi | Musical | MGM |
| There's a Girl in My Heart | Arthur Dreifuss | Lee Bowman,Elyse Knox,Gloria Jean | Musical | Allied Artists |
| They Live by Night | Nicholas Ray | Farley Granger,Cathy O'Donnell,Howard Da Silva | Film noir | RKO; Ray's 1st film; from novelThieves Like Us |
| Thieves' Highway | Jules Dassin | Richard Conte,Valentina Cortese,Lee J. Cobb | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| The Threat | Felix E. Feist | Michael O'Shea,Virginia Grey,Charles McGraw | Film noir | RKO |
| Top o' the Morning | David Miller | Bing Crosby,Ann Blyth,Barry Fitzgerald | Comedy | Paramount |
| Tokyo Joe | Stuart Heisler | Humphrey Bogart,Florence Marly,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,Steve Brodie | Film noir | Lippert |
| Trail of the Yukon | William Beaudine | Kirby Grant,Suzanne Dalbert,Iris Adrian | Western | Monogram;Corporal Rod Webb series |
| Trails End | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown,Max Terhune,Kay Morley | Western | Monogram |
| Trapped | Richard Fleischer | Lloyd Bridges,Barbara Payton,John Hoyt | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
| Treasure of Monte Cristo | William Berke | Glenn Langan,Adele Jergens,Steve Brodie | Film noir | Lippert |
| Tucson | William F. Claxton | Jimmy Lydon,Penny Edwards,Charles Russell | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Tulsa | Stuart Heisler | Susan Hayward,Robert Preston,Pedro Armendáriz | Drama | Eagle-Lion |
| Tuna Clipper | William Beaudine | Roddy McDowall,Elena Verdugo,Roland Winters | Drama | Monogram |
| Twelve O'Clock High | Henry King | Gregory Peck,Gary Merrill,Dean Jagger | War | 20th Century Fox.Oscar for Jagger |