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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carousel | Henry King | Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae | Musical | Based on Broadway hit |
| The Catered Affair | Richard Brooks | Bette Davis, Debbie Reynolds, Ernest Borgnine | Drama | MGM |
| Comanche | George Sherman | Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Nestor Paiva | Western | |
| Commotion on the Ocean | Jules White | Three Stooges | Comedy | Columbia Pictures |
| Congo Crossing | Joseph Pevney | Virginia Mayo, George Nader, Peter Lorre | Adventure | |
| The Conqueror | Dick Powell | John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz | Adventure | Wayne as Genghis Khan |
| The Court Jester | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury | Comedy | Paramount Pictures |
| The Creature Walks Among Us | John Sherwood | Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason | Science Fiction | Universal Pictures |
| Creeps | Jules White | Three Stooges | Comedy | Columbia Pictures |
| Crowded Paradise | Fred Pressburger | Hume Cronyn, Nancy Kelly | Drama | |
| D-Day the Sixth of June | Henry Koster | Robert Taylor, Richard Todd | War | 20th Century Fox |
| Dakota Incident | Lewis R. Foster | Dale Robertson, Linda Darnell, John Lund | Western | Republic |
| Dance with Me Henry | Charles Barton | Abbott and Costello | Comedy | United Artists |
| Death of a Scoundrel | Charles Martin | George Sanders, Zsa Zsa Gabor | Drama | |
| Deduce, You Say | Chuck Jones | Animation | Warner Bros. | |
| Diane | David Miller | Lana Turner, Roger Moore, Pedro Armendáriz | Drama | MGM |
| Down Beat Bear | Hanna Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | MGM |
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