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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | Fred F. Sears | Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor | Science Fiction | Columbia Pictures |
| The Eddy Duchin Story | George Sidney | Tyrone Power, Kim Novak | Biopic | Columbia Pictures |
| The Egg and Jerry | Hanna Barbera | Animation | MGM | |
| The Fastest Gun Alive | Russell Rouse | Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, Broderick Crawford | Western | MGM |
| Feedin' the Kiddie | Hanna Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | MGM |
| The First Traveling Saleslady | Arthur Lubin | Ginger Rogers, Carol Channing | Western | RKO Pictures |
| Flagpole Jitters | Jules White | Three Stooges | Comedy | Columbia Pictures |
| The Flying Sorceress | Hanna Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | MGM |
| Forbidden Planet | Fred M. Wilcox | Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis | Science Fiction | MGM |
| For Crimin' Out Loud | Jules White | Three Stooges | Comedy | Columbia Pictures |
| Forever, Darling | Alexander Hall | Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| Friendly Persuasion | William Wyler | Gary Cooper, Anthony Perkins | Drama | Set in the American Civil War |
| Gaby | Curtis Bernhardt | Leslie Caron, John Kerr | Drama | MGM |
| Giant | George Stevens | Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Mercedes McCambridge, Chill Wills, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Elsa Cardenas | Drama | based on Edna Ferber novel; 10 Oscar nominations; James Dean's final film |
| The Girl Can't Help It | Frank Tashlin | Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Girl He Left Behind | David Butler | Natalie Wood, Tab Hunter | Romance | |
| Girls in Prison | Edward L. Cahn | Richard Denning, Joan Taylor, Mae Marsh | Sexploitation | American International Pictures |
| Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Ishirō Honda | Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura | Science fiction | Embassy |
| Good-bye, My Lady | William A. Wellman | Brandon deWilde, Walter Brennan | Drama | MGM |
| Great Day in the Morning | Jacques Tourneur | Robert Stack, Virginia Mayo, Ruth Roman | Drama | |
| The Great Locomotive Chase | Francis D. Lyon | Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter | Action | Set in the American Civil War |
| The Great Man | José Ferrer | José Ferrer, Julie London | Drama | MGM |
| Gun the Man Down | Andrew V. McLaglen | James Arness, Angie Dickinson | Western | |
| Gunslinger | Roger Corman | John Ireland, Beverly Garland | Western | |
| Happy Go Ducky | Hanna Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | MGM |
| The Harder They Fall | Mark Robson | Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling | Drama | Bogart's final film |
| He Laughed Last | Blake Edwards | Frankie Laine | Comedy | Columbia Pictures |
| Helen of Troy | Robert Wise | Rossana Podesta, Jacques Sernas | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| High Society | Charles Walters | Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra | Musical | remake of The Philadelphia Story |
| Hilda Crane | Philip Dunne | Jean Simmons, Guy Madison | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Hollywood or Bust | Frank Tashlin | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Anita Ekberg | Comedy | 16th & final Martin and Lewis film |
| Hooked Bear | Animation | Disney's Humphrey the Bear series | ||
| Hot Stuff | Jules White | Three Stooges | Comedy | Columbia Pictures |
| Husbands Beware | Jules White | Three Stooges | Comedy | Columbia Pictures |
| In the Bag | Jack Hannah | Animation | Walt Disney | |
| Indestructible Man | Jack Pollexfen | Lon Chaney, Jr. | Horror | |
| The Indian Fighter | André de Toth | Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau | Western | |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Don Siegel | Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter | Science Fiction | United Artists |
| Invitation to the Dance | Gene Kelly | Gene Kelly | Musical | No dialogue |
| The Iron Petticoat | Ralph Thomas | Katharine Hepburn, Bob Hope | Comedy | MGM |
| It Conquered the World | Roger Corman | Peter Graves, Beverly Garland | Science Fiction | American International Pictures |
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