| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| Saddle the Wind | Robert Parrish | Robert Taylor,John Cassavetes,Julie London | Western | MGM;Rod Serling script |
| The Saga of Hemp Brown | Richard Carlson | Rory Calhoun,Beverly Garland,John Larch | Western | Universal |
| Screaming Mimi | Gerd Oswald | Anita Ekberg,Philip Carey,Gypsy Rose Lee | Film noir | Columbia |
| The Screaming Skull | Alex Nicol | John Hudson,Peggy Webber,Russ Conway | Science Fiction | AIP |
| Senior Prom | David Lowell Rich | Jill Corey,Paul Hampton,Barbara Bostock | Musical | Columbia |
| Separate Tables | Delbert Mann | David Niven,Deborah Kerr,Burt Lancaster | Drama | United Artists; based on theplay;Oscar for Niven |
| Seven Hills of Rome | Roy Rowland | Mario Lanza,Marisa Allasio,Peggie Castle | Musical | MGM |
| The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad | Nathan H. Juran | Kerwin Mathews,Kathryn Grant,Torin Thatcher | Adventure | Columbia |
| She Demons | Richard Cunha | Irish McCalla,Victor Sen Yung,Rudolph Anders | Science Fiction | Astor |
| She Gods of Shark Reef | Roger Corman | Lisa Montell,Don Durant,Ed Nelson | Adventure | AIP |
| The Sheepman | George Marshall | Glenn Ford,Shirley MacLaine,Leslie Nielsen | Western | MGM |
| Showdown at Boot Hill | Gene Fowler Jr. | Charles Bronson,Carole Mathews,Robert Hutton | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Sierra Baron | James B. Clark | Brian Keith,Mala Powers,Rita Gam | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Sing Boy Sing | Henry Ephron | Tommy Sands,Lili Gentle,Edmond O'Brien | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Some Came Running | Vincente Minnelli | Frank Sinatra,Dean Martin,Shirley MacLaine | Drama | MGM; novel byJames Jones; 5Oscar nominations |
| South Pacific | Joshua Logan | Mitzi Gaynor,Rossano Brazzi,John Kerr, | Musical | 20th Century Fox; 3Oscar nominations; based on Broadway show |
| The Space Children | Jack Arnold | Michel Rey,Adam Williams,Peggy Webber | Science Fiction | Paramount |
| Space Master X-7 | Edward Bernds | Bill Williams,Lyn Thomas,Robert Ellis | Horror, Science Fiction | 20th Century Fox |
| Spy in the Sky! | W. Lee Wilder | Steve Brodie,Andrea Domburg,George Coulouris | Thriller | Allied Artists |
| St. Louis Blues | Allen Reisner | Nat King Cole,Pearl Bailey,Cab Calloway | Musical | Paramount |
| Stage Struck | Sidney Lumet | Henry Fonda,Susan Strasberg,Joan Greenwood | Drama | RKO |
| Stakeout on Dope Street | Irvin Kershner | Abby Dalton,Yale Wexler,Jonathan Haze | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Step Down to Terror | Harry Keller | Colleen Miller,Rod Taylor,Charles Drake | Film noir | Universal |
| Street of Darkness | Robert G. Walker | Robert Keys,Julie Gibson,Sheila Ryan | Adventure | Republic |
| Suicide Battalion | Edward L. Cahn | Mike Connors,John Ashley,Russ Bender | War | AIP |
| Summer Love | Charles F. Haas | John Saxon,Molly Bee,Jill St. John | Comedy | Universal |
| Tarawa Beachhead | Paul Wendkos | Ray Danton,Julie Adams,Kerwin Mathews | War | Columbia |
| Tarzan's Fight for Life | H. Bruce Humberstone | Gordon Scott,Eve Brent,James Edwards | Adventure | MGM |
| Teacher's Pet | George Seaton | Clark Gable,Doris Day,Gig Young | Comedy | Paramount |
| Teenage Cave Man | Roger Corman | Robert Vaughn,Leslie Bradley,Frank de Kova | Science Fiction | AIP |
| Ten Days to Tulara | George Sherman | Sterling Hayden,Rafael Alcayde,Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. | Western | United Artists |
| Ten North Frederick | Philip Dunne | Gary Cooper,Geraldine Fitzgerald,Suzy Parker | Drama | 20th Century Fox; based onJohn O'Hara novel |
| Terror from the Year 5000 | Robert J. Gurney Jr. | Joyce Holden,Salome Jens,Ward Costello | Science Fiction | AIP |
| Terror in a Texas Town | Joseph H. Lewis | Sterling Hayden,Sebastian Cabot,Nedrick Young | Western | United Artists |
| The Thing That Couldn't Die | Will Cowan | William Reynolds,Andra Martin,Jeffrey Stone | Science Fiction | Universal |
| Thundering Jets | Helmut Dantine | Audrey Dalton,Rex Reason,Dick Foran | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Thunder Road | Arthur Ripley | Robert Mitchum,Gene Barry,Keely Smith | Crime | United Artists |
| A Time to Love and a Time to Die | Douglas Sirk | John Gavin,Liselotte Pulver,Jock Mahoney | Drama | Universal |
| Tom Thumb | George Pal | Russ Tamblyn,Alan Young,Terry-Thomas | Musical | MGM. Co-production with the UK |
| Tonka | Lewis R. Foster | Sal Mineo,Philip Carey,John War Eagle | Western | Disney |
| Too Much, Too Soon | Art Napoleon | Dorothy Malone,Errol Flynn,Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | Biography | Warner Bros.; biography ofDiana Barrymore |
| Torpedo Run | Joseph Pevney | Glenn Ford,Ernest Borgnine,Diane Brewster | War | MGM |
| Touch of Evil | Orson Welles | Charlton Heston,Janet Leigh,Orson Welles | Film noir | Universal |
| Toughest Gun in Tombstone | Earl Bellamy | George Montgomery,Beverly Tyler,Jim Davis | Western | United Artists |
| The True Story of Lynn Stuart | Lewis Seiler | Betsy Palmer,Jack Lord,Barry Atwater | Biography | Columbia |
| The Tunnel of Love | Gene Kelly | Doris Day,Richard Widmark,Gig Young | Comedy | MGM |
| Twilight for the Gods | Joseph Pevney | Rock Hudson,Cyd Charisse,Arthur Kennedy | Adventure | Universal-International |
| Underwater Warrior | Andrew Marton | Dan Dailey,James Gregory,Claire Kelly | War | MGM |
| Vertigo | Alfred Hitchcock | James Stewart,Kim Novak,Barbara Bel Geddes | Film noir | Paramount; rated amonggreatest films |
| The Vikings | Richard Fleischer | Kirk Douglas,Tony Curtis,Ernest Borgnine | Adventure | United Artists |
| Violent Road | Howard W. Koch | Efrem Zimbalist Jr.,Brian Keith,Merry Anders | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Villa!! | James B. Clark | Brian Keith,Cesar Romero,Margia Dean | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Voice in the Mirror | Harry Keller | Richard Egan,Julie London,Walter Matthau | Film noir | Universal |
| War of the Colossal Beast | Bert I. Gordon | Sally Fraser,Russ Bender,Rico Alaniz | Science Fiction | AIP |
| War of the Satellites | Roger Corman | Dick Miller,Susan Cabot,Richard Devon | Science Fiction | Allied Artists |
| When Hell Broke Loose | Kenneth G. Crane | Charles Bronson,Richard Jaeckel,Robert Easton | War | Paramount |
| The Whole Truth | John Guillermin | Stewart Granger,Donna Reed,George Sanders | Crime drama | Columbia. Co-production with the UK |
| Wild Heritage | Charles F. Haas | Will Rogers Jr.,Maureen O'Sullivan,Judi Meredith | Western | Universal |
| Wind Across the Everglades | Nicholas Ray | Burl Ives,Christopher Plummer,Gypsy Rose Lee | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Wink of an Eye | Winston Jones | Doris Dowling,Barbara Turner,Wally Brown | Comedy | United Artists |
| Wolf Dog | Sam Newfield | Allison Hayes,Jim Davis,Austin Willis | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Wolf Larsen | Harmon Jones | Barry Sullivan,Peter Graves,Gita Hall | Adventure | Allied Artists |
| The World Was His Jury | Fred F. Sears | Edmond O'Brien,Mona Freeman,Robert McQueeney | Drama | Columbia |
| Young and Wild | William Witney | Gene Evans,Scott Marlowe,Robert Arthur | Crime | Republic |
| The Young Lions | Edward Dmytryk | Marlon Brando,Montgomery Clift,Dean Martin | War | 20th Century Fox; based onIrwin Shaw novel |