1954

Film Decades: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

Each review will be linked to the title below.

(*seen originally in theaters)

(**seen rereleased in theaters)

  • 3 Ring Circus, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Peter Lorre
  • Aar Paar (This or That), directed by and starring Guru Dutt – (India)
  • About Mrs. Leslie, starring Shirley Booth
  • 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 – (GB)
  • Apache, starring Burt Lancaster
  • Attila, starring Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren – (France/Italy)
  • The Back of Beyond – (Australia)
  • The Barefoot Contessa – directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Rossano Brazzi
  • The Battle of Rogue River – directed by William Castle
  • 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 – (GB/U.S.)
  • The Belles of St Trinian’s, starring Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell and George Cole – (GB)
  • Betrayed, fourth and final film co-starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner
  • A Big Family (Bolshaya semya) – (USSR)
  • The Black Knight, starring Alan Ladd – (GB/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 Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters, starring Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and Ellen Corby
  • The Boy from Oklahoma – directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Will Rogers Jr., Nancy Olson, Lon Chaney Jr., Slim Pickens
  • Bread, Love and Jealousy (Pane, Amore e Gelosia) – starring Vittorio De Sica and Gina Lollobrigida – (Italy)
  • 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
  • The Caine Mutiny – directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, José Ferrer, Robert Francis, May Wynn, E.G. Marshall, Lee Marvin
  • Canaris, directed by Alfred Weidenmann – (West Germany)
  • Carmen Jones – directed by Otto Preminger, starring Dorothy Dandridge (first African-American to be Oscar-nominated for Best Actress)
  • Casanova’s Big Night, starring Bob Hope
  • Charge of the Lancers – directed by William Castle
  • Chronicle of Poor Lovers (Cronache di poveri amanti) – (Italy)
  • Circus Fandango – (Norway)
  • 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
  • Crossed Swords ([Il Maestro di Don Giovanni]), starring Errol Flynn and Gina Lollobrigida – (United States/Italy)
  • The Crucified Lovers (Chikamatsu Monogatari), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, starring Kazuo Hasegawa – (Japan)
  • Dangerous Mission – starring Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, William Bendix, Vincent Price
  • Deep in My Heart – directed by Stanley Donen, starring José 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 – (GB)
  • 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
  • Drums of Tahiti – directed by William Castle
  • The Egyptian – directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Jean Simmons, Gene Tierney, Victor Mature, Bella Darvi, Edmund Purdom
  • Eight O’Clock Walk, starring Richard Attenborough and Cathy O’Donnell – (GB)
  • 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
  • The Far Country – directed by Anthony Mann, starring James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Walter Brennan
  • Father Brown, starring Alec Guinness – (GB)
  • Fear (La Paura) – directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman – (West Germany/Italy)
  • Five Boys from Barska Street (Piątka z ulicy Barskiej) – (Poland)
  • Flame and the Flesh, starring Lana Turner
  • French Cancan, starring Jean Gabin – (France/Italy)
  • The French Line – starring Jane Russell
  • Garden of Evil, starring Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark
  • The Glenn Miller Story – directed by Anthony Mann, starring James 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 – (GB)
  • Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy, a Stop motion animated film
  • Happy Ever After, starring David Niven and Yvonne De Carlo – (GB)
  • Hell and High Water, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Richard Widmark
  • Hell Below Zero, starring Alan Ladd
  • Hell’s Half Acre, starring Evelyn Keyes and Wendell Corey
  • 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 – (GB)
  • The House Across the Lake, aka Heat Wave, starring Alex Nicol and Hillary Brooke – (GB)
  • Human Desire, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford
  • Illusion Travels by Streetcar (La ilusión viaja en tranvía), directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Lilia Prado – (Mexico)
  • Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, directed by Kenneth Anger
  • An Inspector Calls, with Alastair Sim, based on the J. B. Priestley play – (GB)
  • The Iron Glove – directed by William Castle
  • It Should Happen to You – directed by George Cukor, starring Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford, Jack Lemmon
  • Jagriti (The Awakening) – (India)
  • Jesse James vs. the Daltons – directed by William Castle
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • The Law vs. Billy the Kid – directed by William Castle
  • 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 – directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
  • The Long Wait, starring Anthony Quinn
  • Loophole, starring Barry Sullivan and Dorothy Malone
  • Mad About Men, starring Glynis Johns and Margaret Rutherford – (U.K.)
  • The Mad Magician – starring Vincent Price
  • Madame X – Greece
  • Maddalena – (Italy)
  • The Maggie, directed by Alexander Mackendrick – (GB)
  • Magnificent Obsession, directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson
  • Masterson of Kansas – directed by William Castle
  • The Million Pound Note, starring Gregory Peck – (GB)
  • 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)
  • On the Waterfront – directed by Elia Kazan, starring Marlon Brando with Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger
  • The Outcast, starring John Derek
  • Phantom of the Rue Morgue, starring Karl Malden, Patricia Medina, Merv Griffin
  • Phffft – directed by Mark Robson, starring Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak
  • Pride of the Blue Grass, starring Lloyd Bridges and Vera Miles
  • 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)
  • Radio Cab Murder, directed by Vernon Sewell, starring Jimmy Hanley and Lana Morris – (GB)
  • 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 Laurence Harvey – (Italy/GB)
  • 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 Toshiro Mifune – (Japan)
  • Sansho the Bailiff (Sanshō Dayũ), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, starring Kinuyo Tanaka – (Japan)
  • The Saracen Blade – directed by William Castle
  • Saskatchewan, starring Alan Ladd
  • The Sea Shall Not Have Them, directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Steel, Nigel Patrick – (GB)
  • Secret of the Incas, starring Charlton Heston
  • The Seekers, starring Jack Hawkins and Glynis Johns – (GB)
  • 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 Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura – (Japan)
  • She Couldn’t Say No, starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons
  • Shield for Murder, starring Edmond O’Brien
  • The Silver Chalice – directed by Victor Saville, starring Virginia Mayo, Pier Angeli, Jack Palance, & Paul Newman
  • 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 – (GB)
  • La strada (The Road) – directed by Federico Fellini, starring Anthony Quinn – (Italy)
  • Suddenly, starring Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden
  • Supir Istimewa, directed by Rempo Urip and starring MS Priyadi and Ermina Zaenah (Indonesia)
  • Susan Slept Here, starring Debbie Reynolds and Dick Powell
  • 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 – (GB)
  • 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)
  • Twist of Fate – starring Ginger Rogers
  • Vera Cruz – directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster
  • The Weak and the Wicked, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Glynis Johns and Diana Dors – (GB)
  • West of Zanzibar – directed by Harry Watt, starring Anthony Steel, Sheila Sim, Edric Connor & Orlando Martins – (U.K.)
  • White Christmas** – directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger
  • Windfall in Athens (Kyriakatiko xypnima), directed by Michael Cacoyannis – (Greece)
  • Witness to Murder, directed by Roy Rowland, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Merrill, George Sanders
  • 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 – (GB)