Notable Films Released in 1952
U.S.A. unless stated
- 5 Fingers, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring James Mason
A
- Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Above and Beyond, starring Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker
- Affair in Trinidad, starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford
- Against All Flags, starring Errol Flynn and Maureen O'Hara
- Alraune, starring Hildegard Knef and Erich von Stroheim - (Germany)
- Andrine og Kjell - (Norway)
- Androcles and the Lion, starring Jean Simmons and Victor Mature
- Angel Face, starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons
- Angels One Five, starring Jack Hawkins - (Britain)
- April 1, 2000 - (Austria)
- The Atomic City, starring Gene Barry and Lydia Clarke
- At Sword's Point, starring Maureen O'Hara and Cornel Wilde
B
- The Bad and the Beautiful, starring Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame
- The Beast Must Die (La Bestia debe morir) - (Argentina)
- Because of You, starring Loretta Young
- Because You're Mine, starring Mario Lanza
- The Belle of New York, starring Fred Astaire and Vera-Ellen
- Les Belles de nuit (Beauties of the Night), directed by René Clair - (France)
- Belles on Their Toes, starring Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain, Debra Paget
- Bend of the River, directed by Anthony Mann, starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson
- Big Jim McLain, starring John Wayne and James Arness
- The Big Sky, starring Kirk Douglas
- The Big Trees, starring Kirk Douglas
- The Black Castle, starring Stephen McNally, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Jr.
- Blackbeard the Pirate, starring Robert Newton
- Brandy for the Parson, starring James Donald and Kenneth More - (Britain)
- Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory, starring Clayton Moore
- The Bushwackers, starring John Ireland and Lawrence Tierney
C-D
- California Conquest, starring Cornel Wilde and Teresa Wright
- Captive Women, starring Robert Clarke
- The Card, starring Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Petula Clark - (Britain)
- Carrie, starring Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins
- Carson City, starring Randolph Scott
- Casque d'or (Golden Helmet), directed by Jacques Becker, starring Simone Signoret - (France)
- Children of Hiroshima (Gembaku no ko) - (Japan)
- Ciguli Miguli - (Yugoslavia)
- The City Stands Trial (Processo alla città), directed by Luigi Zampa - (Italy)
- Clash by Night, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe
- Come Back, Little Sheba, starring Burt Lancaster and Shirley Booth
- The Crimson Pirate, starring Burt Lancaster
- Deadline - U.S.A., directed by Richard Brooks, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter, Jim Backus, Martin Gabel
- Denver and Rio Grande, starring Edmond O'Brien and Sterling Hayden
- Derby Day, starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding - (Britain)
- Desperate Search, starring Howard Keel and Jane Greer
- Diplomatic Courier, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Tyrone Power
- Don't Bother to Knock, starring Richard Widmark, Anne Bancroft, Marilyn Monroe
- Down Among the Z Men, starring The Goons - (Britain)
- Dreamboat, starring Ginger Rogers, Clifton Webb, Elsa Lanchester, Anne Francis
E-F
- Europa '51, directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman - (Italy)
- The Eyes Leave Tracks (Los ojos dejan huella), starring Raf Vallone - (Spain)
- Face to Face, starring James Mason and Robert Preston
- Fanfan la Tulipe (aka Fearless Little Soldier), starring Gérard Philipe and Gina Lollobrigida - (France)
- Flaming Feather, starring Sterling Hayden
- Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice ( Ochazuke no aji), directed by Yasujirō Ozu - (Japan)
- Flesh and Fury, starring Tony Curtis and Jan Sterling
- Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits), directed by René Clément - winner of Oscar for best foreign language film - (France)
G-H
- A Girl in Every Port, starring Groucho Marx, William Bendix, Marie Wilson, Dee Hartford
- The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse d'or), directed by Jean Renoir, starring Anna Magnani - (France/Italy)
- The Greatest Show on Earth, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Gloria Grahame, Dorothy Lamour, James Stewart
- Hangman's Knot, starring Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Lee Marvin
- Hans Christian Andersen, starring Danny Kaye and Farley Granger
- The Happy Family, directed by Muriel Box, starring Stanley Holloway and Kathleen Harrison - (Britain)
- The Happy Time, starring Charles Boyer and Bobby Driscoll
- Has Anybody Seen My Gal?, starring Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Charles Coburn
- Heidi, directed by Luigi Comencini - (Switzerland)
- Hellgate, starring Sterling Hayden
- Hiawatha, starring Vince Edwards
- High Noon, directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Gary Cooper (Oscar for best actor) and Grace Kelly
- The Holly and the Ivy, starring Ralph Richardson and Celia Johnson - (Britain)
- Home at Seven, directed by and starring Ralph Richardson - (Britain)
- Horizons West, starring Robert Ryan, Rock Hudson, Raymond Burr
- Hunted, directed by Charles Crichton, starring Dirk Bogarde and Jon Whiteley - (Britain)
I-J
- The I Don't Care Girl, starring Mitzi Gaynor and Oscar Levant
- Ikiru (To Live), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Takashi Shimura - winner of Golden Bear - (Japan)
- The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Michael Redgrave - (Britain)
- Indian Uprising, starring George Montgomery
- It Grows on Trees, starring Irene Dunne
- Ivanhoe, starring Robert Taylor, Joan Fontaine, Elizabeth Taylor
- Jaal (Net), starring Dev Anand - (India)
- Jack and the Beanstalk, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Japanese War Bride, starring Shirley Yamaguchi and Don Taylor
- The Jazz Singer, starring Danny Thomas and Peggy Lee
- Jolanda la figlia del corsaro nero (Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair) - (Italy)
- Jumping Jacks, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
K-L
- Kansas City Confidential, starring John Payne and Coleen Gray
- Kid Monk Baroni, starring Leonard Nimoy
- The Last Page, aka Man Bait, starring George Brent and Diana Dors
- The Life of Oharu (Saikaku ichidai onna), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - (Japan)
- Lightning (Inazuma), directed by Mikio Naruse - (Japan)
- Limelight, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, with Claire Bloom
- Lone Star, starring Clark Gable and Ava Gardner
- Lost in Alaska, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Lovely to Look At, starring Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Red Skelton
- Lure of the Wilderness, starring Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Walter Brennan
- The Lusty Men, starring Robert Mitchum
M
- Mandy, starring Phyllis Calvert and Jack Hawkins - (Britain)
- The Marrying Kind, starring Judy Holliday
- Meet Danny Wilson, starring Frank Sinatra
- The Member of the Wedding, starring Julie Harris
- The Merry Widow, starring Lana Turner
- Mexican Bus Ride (Subida al cielo), directed by Luis Buñuel - (Mexico)
- Million Dollar Mermaid, starring Esther Williams and Victor Mature
- The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, starring Gilbert Roland
- Les Misérables, starring Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Debra Paget
- Monkey Business, starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe
- Montana Belle, starring Jane Russell
- Moulin Rouge, starring José Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor - (Britain)
- My Cousin Rachel, starring Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton
- My Pal Gus, starring Richard Widmark and George Winslow
- My Six Convicts, starring Gilbert Roland
- My Son John, starring Robert Walker and Van Heflin
N-O
- The Narrow Margin, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Charles McGraw
- Neighbours - (Canada)
- Never Look Back directed by Francis Searle, starring Rosamund John - (Britain)
- No Greater Love (Herz der Welt) - (West Germany)
- No Room for the Groom, directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie
- O. Henry's Full House, an anthology film starring Charles Laughton, David Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark, Anne Baxter, Jeanne Crain
- On Dangerous Ground, starring Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan
- One Minute to Zero, directed by Tay Garnett, starring Robert Mitchum and Ann Blyth
- Othello (aka The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice), written, directed by and starring Orson Welles
- Outcast of the Islands, directed by Carol Reed, starring Ralph Richardson and Trevor Howard - (Britain)
- The Overcoat (Il Cappotto) - (Italy)
P-Q
- Pat and Mike, starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn
- Phone Call from a Stranger, starring Shelley Winters and Gary Merrill
- The Pickwick Papers, starring James Hayter and James Donald - (Britain)
- Le Plaisir (aka House of Pleasure), directed by Max Ophüls, starring Claude Dauphin - (France)
- The Planter's Wife, starring Claudette Colbert
- Pony Soldier, starring Tyrone Power
- The Pride of St. Louis, starring Dan Dailey
- The Prisoner of Zenda, starring Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason, Jane Greer
- The Quiet Man, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
R
- Rancho Notorious, starring Marlene Dietrich
- Red Ball Express, starring Jeff Chandler
- Red Planet Mars, starring Peter Graves
- Retreat, Hell!, starring Frank Lovejoy
- Return of the Texan, starring Dale Robertson and Joanne Dru
- Road to Bali, starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
- Rome 11:00 - (Italy)
- Ruby Gentry, starring Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston and Karl Malden
S
- Sailor Beware, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- Sangdil, starring Dilip Kumar and Madhubala - (India)
- Saturday Island, starring Linda Darnell and Tab Hunter
- The Savage, starring Charlton Heston and Susan Morrow
- Scandal Sheet, starring Broderick Crawford and Donna Reed
- Scaramouche, starring Stewart Granger and Janet Leigh
- The Scarlet Flower (Alenkiy tsvetochek) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Secrets of Women (Kvinnors väntan), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Eva Dahlbeck - (Sweden)
- Siempre tuya (Forever Yours) - (Mexico)
- Singin' in the Rain, starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Donald O'Connor
- The Sniper, directed by Edward Dmytryk
- The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka) - (U.S.S.R.)
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro, starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner
- Something to Live For, directed by George Stevens, starring Joan Fontaine and Teresa Wright
- Son of Paleface, directed by Frank Tashlin, starring Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers
- Song of the Sea (O canto do mar), directed by Alberto Cavalcanti - (Brazil)
- The Sound Barrier, directed by David Lean, starring Ralph Richardson - (Britain)
- Springfield Rifle, starring Gary Cooper and Phyllis Thaxter
- The Star, starring Bette Davis and Sterling Hayden
- Steel Town, starring Ann Sheridan and John Lund
- The Steel Trap, starring Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright
- The Stooge, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- Stop, You're Killing Me, starring Broderick Crawford and Claire Trevor
- The Story of Will Rogers, starring Will Rogers, Jr. and Jane Wyman
- Sudden Fear, starring Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame
T-V
- The Thief, starring Ray Milland
- This is Cinerama, directed by Merian C. Cooper
- Thunderbirds, starring John Derek
- Tico-Tico no Fubá, directed by Adolfo Celi - (Brazil)
- Toto in Colour (Totò a colori), starring Totò - (Italy)
- Trent's Last Case, starring Orson Welles and Michael Wilding - (Britain)
- The Turning Point, starring William Holden, Alexis Smith, Edmond O'Brien
- Two Cents Worth of Hope (Due soldi di speranza) - (Italy)
- Umberto D., directed by Vittorio De Sica - (Italy)
- Untamed Frontier, starring Joseph Cotten and Shelley Winters
- La villa Santo-Sospir, short film directed by Jean Cocteau - (France)
- Viva Zapata!, starring Marlon Brando and Jean Peters
W-Z
- We're Not Married!, starring Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Eve Arden, Paul Douglas, Eddie Bracken, Mitzi Gaynor, Zsa Zsa Gabor
- The White Reindeer (Valkoinen peura) - (Finland)
- The White Sheik (Lo sceicco bianco), directed by Federico Fellini - (Italy)
- Who Goes There!, starring Nigel Patrick and Valerie Hobson - (Britain)
- Wide Boy, starring Sydney Tafler and Susan Shaw - (Britain)
- The Wild North, starring Stewart Granger and Cyd Charisse
- Wings of Danger, directed by Terence Fisher, starring Zachary Scott - (Britain)
- With a Song in My Heart, starring Susan Hayward
- A Woman Without Love (Una mujer sin amor), directed by Luis Buñuel - (Mexico)
- The World in His Arms, starring Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Ann Blyth
- Young Man with Ideas, starring Glenn Ford and Ruth Roman
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