| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|
| Never on Sunday | Jules Dassin | Melina Mercouri,Jules Dassin,Giorgos Fountas | Drama | United Artists. Greek/US production; 5Oscar nominations |
| None but the Brave | George Sherman | Richard Basehart,Stuart Erwin,Arthur Shields | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Noose for a Gunman | Edward L. Cahn | Jim Davis,Lyn Thomas | Western | United Artists |
| North to Alaska | Henry Hathaway | John Wayne,Stewart Granger,Capucine,Fabian,Ernie Kovacs,Mickey Shaughnessy | Western comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Ocean's 11 | Lewis Milestone | Frank Sinatra,Dean Martin,Sammy Davis Jr.,Peter Lawford,Joey Bishop,Angie Dickinson,Richard Conte,George Raft,Cesar Romero,Henry Silva,Norman Fell | Crime, Drama | Rat Pack;Warner Bros.; remade in2001 |
| Oklahoma Territory | Edward L. Cahn | Bill Williams,Gloria Talbott,Ted de Corsia | Western | United Artists |
| Once More, with Feeling! | Stanley Donen | Yul Brynner,Kay Kendall,Gregory Ratoff | Comedy | Columbia; based on Henry Kurnitz play |
| One Foot in Hell | James B. Clark | Alan Ladd,Dan O'Herlihy | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Pay or Die | Richard Wilson | Ernest Borgnine,Zohra Lampert | Crime | Allied Artists |
| Pepe | George Sidney | Cantinflas,Dan Dailey,Shirley Jones | Comedy | Columbia |
| Platinum High School | Charles F. Haas | Mickey Rooney,Dan Duryea | Drama | MGM |
| Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Charles Walters | Doris Day,David Niven,Janis Paige | Comedy | MGM. FromJean Kerr book; inspiredTV series |
| The Plunderers | Joseph Pevney | Jeff Chandler,John Saxon,Dolores Hart | Western | Allied Artists; Remake of1948 film |
| Pollyanna | David Swift | Hayley Mills,Jane Wyman,Richard Egan,Karl Malden | Familycomedy | fromEleanor Porter book;Disney |
| Portrait in Black | Michael Gordon | Lana Turner,Anthony Quinn,Richard Basehart,Sandra Dee,John Saxon | Suspense | Universal |
| Pretty Boy Floyd | Herbert J. Leder | John Ericson,Barry Newman | Drama | |
| The Private Lives of Adam and Eve | Mickey Rooney | Mickey Rooney,Mamie Van Doren,Mel Tormé,Tuesday Weld,Fay Spain,Paul Anka | Comedy | Universal |
| Private Property | Leslie Stevens | Corey Allen,Warren Oates | Crime drama | lost film, re-released 2016 |
| The Purple Gang | Frank McDonald | Barry Sullivan,Robert Blake | Crime | Allied Artists |
| Psycho | Alfred Hitchcock | Anthony Perkins,Janet Leigh,Vera Miles,John Gavin,John McIntire,Martin Balsam | Suspense | Paramount. FromRobert Bloch novel; remade in1998 |
| The Pusher | Gene Milford | Robert Lansing,Felice Orlandi | Crime | United Artists |
| The Rat Race | Robert Mulligan | Tony Curtis,Debbie Reynolds,Don Rickles | Drama | Paramount |
| Raymie | Frank McDonald | David Ladd,Julie Adams,Charles Winninger | Drama | Allied Artists |
| The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond | Budd Boetticher | Ray Danton,Karen Steele,Elaine Stewart | Crime | Warner Bros. Based onJack Diamond |
| The Savage Innocents | Nicholas Ray | Anthony Quinn,Peter O'Toole,Yoko Tani | Drama | Paramount |
| Scent of Mystery | Jack Cardiff | Denholm Elliott,Peter Lorre | Mystery | |
| The Secret of the Purple Reef | William Witney | Richard Chamberlain,Peter Falk,Margia Dean | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| September Storm | Byron Haskin | Joanne Dru,Mark Stevens,Robert Strauss | Adventure | 20th Century Fox. Filmed in3-D |
| Sergeant Rutledge | John Ford | Jeffrey Hunter,Woody Strode,Constance Towers | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Seven Thieves | Henry Hathaway | Edward G. Robinson,Rod Steiger,Joan Collins | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| Seven Ways from Sundown | Harry Keller | Audie Murphy,Barry Sullivan | Western | Universal |
| Sex Kittens Go to College | Albert Zugsmith | Mamie Van Doren,Tuesday Weld,John Carradine | Comedy | Allied Artists |
| Song Without End | Charles Vidor,George Cukor | Dirk Bogarde,Capucine,Patricia Morison | Biography | Columbia |
| Spartacus | Stanley Kubrick | Kirk Douglas,Laurence Olivier,Jean Simmons,Tony Curtis,Peter Ustinov,Charles Laughton,John Gavin,Woody Strode,John Ireland,John Dall | Epic | Universal; fromHoward Fast novel; won 4Oscars |
| Squad Car | Ed Leftwich | Vici Raaf,Paul Bryar | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| Stop!, Look and Laugh | | | Animated film | |
| The Story of Ruth | Henry Koster | Stuart Whitman,Tom Tryon,Peggy Wood,Elana Eden | Biblical | 20th Century Fox |
| Strangers When We Meet | Richard Quine | Kirk Douglas,Kim Novak,Ernie Kovacs | Drama | Columbia |
| Studs Lonigan | Irving Lerner | Frank Gorshin,Jack Nicholson,Venetia Stevenson | Drama | United Artists |
| The Subterraneans | Ranald MacDougall | Leslie Caron,George Peppard,Janice Rule | Drama | MGM; based onJack Kerouac book |
| Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Leslie Norman | Ernest Borgnine,Anne Baxter,John Mills,Angela Lansbury | Adventure | set in Australia |
| The Sundowners | Fred Zinnemann | Deborah Kerr,Robert Mitchum | Drama | Warner Bros. Set in Australia; 5Oscar nominations |
| Sunrise at Campobello | Vincent J. Donehue | Ralph Bellamy,Greer Garson | Biography | Warner Bros. Story ofFDR |
| Swiss Family Robinson | Ken Annakin | John Mills,Dorothy McGuire,Tommy Kirk | Adventure | Disney |