| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Odds Against Tomorrow | Robert Wise | Harry Belafonte, Shelley Winters, Robert Ryan | Film noir | United Artists |
| On the Beach | Stanley Kramer | Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire | Science fiction | United Artists; 2 Oscar nominations; BAFTA award for Kramer |
| Operation Dames | Louis Clyde Stoumen | Eve Meyer, Byron Morrow, Cindy Girard | War | AIP |
| Operation Petticoat | Blake Edwards | Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien | Comedy | Universal |
| The Oregon Trail | Gene Fowler Jr. | Fred MacMurray, Nina Shipman, Gloria Talbott | Western | 20th Century Fox; became TV series |
| Paratroop Command | William Witney | Richard Bakalyan, Ken Lynch, Jack Hogan | War | AIP |
| Pier 5, Havana | Edward L. Cahn | Cameron Mitchell, Allison Hayes, Eduardo Noriega | Crime | United Artists |
| Pillow Talk | Michael Gordon | Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall | Comedy | Universal; Oscar for screenplay, 5 nominations |
| Plan 9 from Outer Space | Ed Wood | Bela Lugosi, Maila Nurmi, Tor Johnson | Science fiction | Referenced in Ed Wood |
| Plunderers of Painted Flats | Albert Gannaway | Corinne Calvet, John Carroll, George Macready | Western | Republic |
| Porgy and Bess | Otto Preminger | Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr. | Musical | Columbia. Music by George Gershwin. |
| Pork Chop Hill | Lewis Milestone | Gregory Peck, Woody Strode, Harry Guardino | War | United Artists |
| Prisoner of the Volga | Victor Tourjansky | John Derek, Elsa Martinelli, Dawn Addams | Adventure | Paramount |
| A Private's Affair | Raoul Walsh | Sal Mineo, Christine Carère, Barbara Eden | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| The Rabbit Trap | Philip Leacock | Ernest Borgnine, Bethel Leslie, David Brian | Drama | United Artists |
| The Rebel Set | Gene Fowler Jr. | Kathleen Crowley, John Lupton, Gregg Palmer | Drama | Allied Artists |
| The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker | Henry Levin | Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jill St. John | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Return of the Fly | Edward Bernds | Vincent Price, Brett Halsey, Danielle De Metz | Science fiction | 20th Century Fox; sequel to The Fly |
| Ride Lonesome | Budd Boetticher | Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts | Western | Columbia |
| Rio Bravo | Howard Hawks | John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Riot in Juvenile Prison | Edward L. Cahn | Scott Marlowe, Dorothy Provine, Marcia Henderson | Drama | United Artists |
| The Rookie | George O'Hanlon | Tommy Noonan, Julie Newmar, Peter Marshall | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Sad Horse | James B. Clark | Rex Reason, Patrice Wymore, David Ladd | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Say One for Me | Frank Tashlin | Bing Crosby, Debbie Reynolds, Robert Wagner | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| The Scapegoat | Robert Hamer | Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Nicole Maurey, Irene Worth, Pamela Brown, Annabel Bartlett, Geoffrey Keen, Noel Howlett, Peter Bull, Leslie French, Alan Webb, Maria Britneva, Eddie Byrne, Alexander Archdale and Peter Sallis | Psychological drama, thriller and crime |
| Shadows | John Cassavetes | Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Hurd | Drama | Independent |
| The Shaggy Dog | Charles Barton | Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Jean Hagen | Comedy | Disney |
| Shake Hands with the Devil | Michael Anderson | James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter | Drama | United Artists; filmed in Ireland |
| Sleeping Beauty | Clyde Geronimi | Eleanor Audley, Mary Costa, Bill Shirley | Animation | Disney |
| Solomon and Sheba | King Vidor | Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, David Farrar | Epic | United Artists |
| Some Like It Hot | Billy Wilder | Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis | Comedy | United Artists; won 3 Golden Globes; nominated for 6 Oscars; remake of 1939 film |
| The Sound and the Fury | Martin Ritt | Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Margaret Leighton | Drama | 20th Century Fox; from book by William Faulkner |
| Speed Crazy | William J. Hole Jr. | Brett Halsey, Yvonne Lime, Baynes Barron | Crime | Allied Artists |
| The Story on Page One |
Clifford Odets |
Rita Hayworth, Anthony Franciosa, Gig Young |
Drama |
20th Century Fox |
| A Stranger in My Arms | Helmut Käutner | Jeff Chandler, June Allyson, Mary Astor | Drama | Universal |
| Suddenly, Last Summer | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift | Drama | Columbia; written by Tennessee Williams; Golden Globe for Taylor |
| A Summer Place | Delmer Daves | Richard Egan, Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue | Drama | Warner Bros.; based on the novel |
| Surrender - Hell! | John Barnwell | Keith Andes, Susan Cabot, Nestor de Villa | War | Allied Artists. Co-production with the Philippines. |