Notable Films Released in 1954
U.S.A. unless stated
- 3 Ring Circus, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, starring Kirk Douglas and James Mason
A
- Aar Paar (This or That), directed by and starring Guru Dutt - (India)
- About Mrs. Leslie, starring Shirley Booth
- The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Aventuras de Robinson Crusoe), directed by Luis Buñuel - (Mexico)
- L'affaire Maurizius (Il caso Mauritius), directed by Julien Duvivier - (France/Italy)
- Alaska Seas, starring Robert Ryan and Jan Sterling
- An American in Rome (Un americano a Roma), starring Alberto Sordi - (Italy)
- Andha Naal (That Day) - (India)
- Animal Farm, an animated film - (Britain)
- Apache, starring Burt Lancaster
- Attila, starring Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren - (France/Italy)
B
- The Back of Beyond - (Australia)
- The Barefoot Contessa, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Rossano Brazzi
- Beachhead, starring Tony Curtis and Mary Murphy
- Beau Brummell, starring Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov
- Beautiful Stranger, aka Twist of Fate, starring Ginger Rogers - (Britain/U.S.)
- The Belles of St Trinian's, starring Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell and George Cole - (Britain)
- Betrayed, fourth and final film co-starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner
- A Big Family (Bolshaya semya) - (USSR)
- The Black Knight, starring Alan Ladd - (Britain/U.S.)
- The Black Shield of Falworth, starring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh
- Black Tuesday, starring Edward G. Robinson and Peter Graves
- Black Widow, starring Ginger Rogers, Gene Tierney, Peggy Ann Garner, Van Heflin, George Raft
- Boot Polish - (India)
- Boris Godunov - (USSR)
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri, directed by Mark Robson, starring William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney
- Brigadoon, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson
- Broken Lance, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark, Katy Jurado
C
- The Caine Mutiny, directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, José Ferrer, Robert Francis, May Wynn, Tom Tully, Jerry Paris, E.G. Marshall, Lee Marvin
- Carmen Jones, starring Dorothy Dandridge (first African-American to be Oscar-nominated for Best Actress)
- Casanova's Big Night, starring Bob Hope
- Chronicle of Poor Lovers (Cronache di poveri amanti) - (Italy)
- The Country Girl, directed by George Seaton, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden
- Creature from the Black Lagoon, directed by Jack Arnold
- Crime Wave, directed by André de Toth, starring Sterling Hayden and Phyllis Kirk
- The Crucified Lovers (Chikamatsu Monogatari), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, starring Kazuo Hasegawa - (Japan)
D
- Dangerous Mission, starring Victor Mature and Piper Laurie
- Deep in My Heart, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Jose Ferrer and Merle Oberon
- Demetrius and the Gladiators, starring Victor Mature and Susan Hayward
- Désirée, starring Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons
- Dial M for Murder, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, Grace Kelly
- Doctor in the House, starring Dirk Bogarde, first of "Doctor" series - (Britain)
- Down Three Dark Streets, starring Broderick Crawford and Ruth Roman
- Drive a Crooked Road, starring Mickey Rooney and Dianne Foster
- Drum Beat, directed by Delmer Daves, starring Alan Ladd
E-F
- The Egyptian, starring Jean Simmons, Gene Tierney, Victor Mature, Bella Darvi, Edmund Purdom
- Eight O'Clock Walk, starring Richard Attenborough and Cathy O'Donnell
- Elephant Walk, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Finch
- Executive Suite, starring William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, June Allyson, Fredric March, Louis Calhern, Walter Pidgeon, Nina Foch
- Father Brown, starring Alec Guinness - (Britain)
- Fear (La Paura), directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman - (Germany/Italy)
- Flame and the Flesh, starring Lana Turner
- French Cancan, starring Jean Gabin - (France/Italy)
- The French Line, starring Jane Russell
G-H
- Garden of Evil, starring Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark
- The Glenn Miller Story, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson
- Godzilla (Gojira), directed by Ishirō Honda - (Japan)
- The Gold of Naples (L'oro di Napoli), directed by Vittorio de Sica, starring Silvana Mangano and Sophia Loren - (Italy)
- The Good Die Young, directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Stanley Baker and Laurence Harvey - (Britain)
- Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy, a Stop motion animated film
- Happy Ever After, starring David Niven and Yvonne De Carlo - (Britain)
- Hell and High Water, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Richard Widmark
- Hell Below Zero, starring Alan Ladd
- The High and the Mighty, starring John Wayne, Robert Stack, Laraine Day, Claire Trevor, Phil Harris
- Highway Dragnet, starring Richard Conte and Joan Bennett
- Hobson's Choice, directed by David Lean, starring Charles Laughton and John Mills - (Britain)
- The House Across the Lake, aka Heat Wave, starring Alex Nicol and Hillary Brooke - (Britain)
- Human Desire, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford
I-J
- Illusion Travels by Streetcar (La ilusión viaja en tranvía), directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Lilia Prado - (Mexico)
- An Inspector Calls, with Alastair Sim, based on the J.B. Priestley play - (Britain)
- It Should Happen to You, starring Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford, Jack Lemmon
- Jagriti (The Awakening) - (India)
- Johnny Guitar, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge
- Journey to Italy (Viaggio in Italia), directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders - (France/Italy)
K-L
- King Richard and the Crusaders, starring Rex Harrison and Virginia Mayo
- Knock on Wood, starring Danny Kaye
- The Lady of the Camellias (La Mujer de las camelias) - (Argentina)
- The Last Bridge (Die Letzte Brücke), starring Maria Schell and Bernhard Wicki - (Austria)
- Late Chrysanthemums (bangiku), directed by Mikio Naruse - (Japan)
- A Lesson in Love (En lektion i kärlek), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Eva Dahlbeck and Gunnar Björnstrand - (Sweden)
- A Life at Stake, starring Angela Lansbury
- Liliomfi - (Hungary)
- Living It Up, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- The Long, Long Trailer, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
- The Long Wait, starring Anthony Quinn
M-N
- Maddalena - (Italy)
- The Maggie, directed by Alexander Mackendrick - (Britain)
- Magnificent Obsession, directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson
- The Million Pound Note, starring Gregory Peck - (Britain)
- Nagin, starring Vyjayanthimala and Pradeep Kumar - (India)
- Naked Alibi, starring Sterling Hayden and Gloria Grahame
- The Naked Jungle, starring Eleanor Parker and Charlton Heston
- Neelakuyil (The Blue Cuckoo) - (India)
- Night People, directed by Nunnally Johnson, starring Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Buddy Ebsen
- Nothing But Trouble (Aldri annet enn bråk) - (Norway)
O-P
- On the Waterfront, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Marlon Brando with Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger -- winner of eight Oscars
- The Outcast, starring John Derek
- Phantom of the Rue Morgue, starring Karl Malden, Patricia Medina, Merv Griffin
- Phffft!, starring Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak
- Prince Valiant, starring Robert Wagner, James Mason, Janet Leigh
- Prisoner of War, starring Ronald Reagan
- Private Hell 36, directed by Don Siegel, starring Ida Lupino
- Pushover, starring Fred MacMurray and Kim Novak (in her film debut)
Q-R
- Radio Cab Murder, directed by Vernon Sewell, starring Jimmy Hanley and Lana Morris - (Britain)
- The Raid, starring Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Lee Marvin
- Rear Window, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr
- Red Garters, directed by George Marshall, starring Rosemary Clooney
- Return to Treasure Island, starring Tab Hunter
- Riot in Cell Block 11, directed by Don Siegel, starring Neville Brand
- River of No Return, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe
- Robinson Crusoe, starring Dan O'Herlihy
- Rogue Cop, starring Robert Taylor and Janet Leigh
- Romeo and Juliet, starring Lawrence Harvey - (Italy/Britain)
S
- Sabrina, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden
- Salt of the Earth, starring Rosaura Revueltas and Will Geer
- Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (Miyamoto Musashi), directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, starring Toshirō Mifune - (Japan)
- Sansho the Bailiff (Sanshō Dayũ), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, starring Kinuyo Tanaka - (Japan)
- Saskatchewan, starring Alan Ladd
- The Sea Shall Not Have Them, starring Dirk Bogarde and Michael Redgrave - (Britain)
- Secret of the Incas, starring Charlton Heston
- Senso, directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Alida Valli and Farley Granger - (Italy)
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel
- Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshirō Mifune and Takashi Shimura - (Japan)
- Shield for Murder, starring Edmond O'Brien
- The Silver Chalice, starring Paul Newman (in his film debut)
- Silver Lode, starring Dan Duryea
- Sira` Fi al-Wadi (Struggle in the Valley), directed by Youssef Chahine - (Egypt)
- Sitting Bull, starring Dale Robertson and J. Carrol Naish
- Sound of the Mountain (Yama no Oto), directed by Mikio Naruse - (Japan)
- A Star Is Born, directed by George Cukor, starring Judy Garland and James Mason, musical remake of 1937 film
- Star of India, starring Cornel Wilde and Herbert Lom
- La strada (The Road), directed by Federico Fellini, starring Anthony Quinn - (Italy)
- Suddenly, starring Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden
- Susan Slept Here, starring Debbie Reynolds and Dick Powell
T-V
- Tanganyika, starring Van Heflin and Ruth Roman
- Taza, Son of Cochise, starring Rock Hudson
- Them!, starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness
- There's No Business Like Show Business, starring Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, Marilyn Monroe
- They Who Dare, starring Dirk Bogarde - (Britain)
- Three Coins in the Fountain, starring Jean Peters, Dorothy McGuire, Maggie McNamara
- Three Young Texans, starring Jeffrey Hunter, Mitzi Gaynor, Keefe Brasselle
- Too Bad She's Bad (Peccato che sia una canaglia), starring Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica - (Italy)
- Top Banana, starring Phil Silvers
- Touchez pas au grisbi (Hands Off the Loot), starring Jean Gabin - (France/Italy)
- Track of the Cat, directed by William A. Wellman, starring Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright
- Twenty-Four Eyes (Nijū-shi no Hitomi) - (Japan)
- Vera Cruz, starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster
W-Z
- The Weak and the Wicked, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Glynis Johns and Diana Dors
- White Christmas, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger
- Woman's World, starring June Allyson, Clifton Webb, Fred MacMurray, Van Heflin, Lauren Bacall, Arlene Dahl
- Wyoming Renegades, starring Phil Carey
- Young at Heart, starring Frank Sinatra and Doris Day
- The Young Lovers, directed by Anthony Asquith - (Britain)
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