The year involved some significant events.
:North America
# '' The Robe '', starring Richard Burton , Jean Simmons , and Victor Mature
# '' From Here To Eternity '', starring Burt Lancaster , Montgomery Clift , Deborah Kerr , Donna Reed , and Frank Sinatra
# '' Shane '', starring Alan Ladd , Jean Arthur , Van Heflin , Brandon De Wilde , and Jack Palance
# '' How To Marry A Millionaire '', starring Lauren Bacall , Marilyn Monroe , Betty Grable , and William Powell
# '' Peter Pan '' ( Disney ), voices Bobby Driscoll , Kathryn Beaumont , and Hans Conried
# '' Hans Christian Andersen '' ( Samuel Goldwyn ; RKO Radio ), starring Danny Kaye and Farley Granger
# '' House Of Wax '', the first 3-D Movie to ever make the box office top ten, starring Vincent Price , Phyllis Kirk , and Carolyn Jones
# '' Mogambo , starring Clark Gable , Grace Kelly , and Ava Gardner
# '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe
# '' Moulin Rouge , starring Jose Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor
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: Best Actress : - ''Roman Holiday''
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: Best Picture : No award
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: Best Director : - ''From Here to Eternity''
:'' (''Le salaire de la peur''), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot , France / Italy
Not awarded
:'' (''Le salaire de la peur''), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy
- '' The Actress ''
- '' Abbott And Costello Go To Mars '', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- '' Abbott And Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde '', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- '' The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms ''
- '' The Beggar's Opera ''
- '' Bread, Love And Dreams ''
- '' The Caddy '', starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- '' Calamity Jane ''
- '' Call Me Madam ''
- '' The Clown '', starring Red Skelton
- '' Confidentially Connie ''
- '' The Conquest Of Everest ''
- '' The Cruel Sea '', with Jack Hawkins
- '' Duck Dodgers In The 24½th Century '' This is a cartoon, not a movie-->
- '' The Earrings Of Madame De... ''
- '' From Here To Eternity ''
- '' Genevieve ''
- '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ''
- '' The Glenn Miller Story ''
- '' The Golden Coach ''
- '' House Of Wax ''
- '' How To Marry A Millionaire ''
- '' I Vitelloni ''
- '' Island In The Sky ''
- '' It Came From Outer Space ''
- '' Jigokumon '' (''Gate of Hell'')
- '' Julius Caesar ''
- '' Kiss Me, Kate '', released in 2-D and 3-D
- '' Knights Of The Round Table ''
- '' Malta Story '', starring Alec Guinness , Jack Hawkins , Anthony Steel and Muriel Pavlow
- '' Mogambo ''
- '' Money From Home '', starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- '' Monsieur Hulot's Holiday '' (''Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot'')
- '' The Moon Is Blue '', first U.S. movie to use the words " Pregnant " and " Virgin "
- '' The Naked Spur ''
- '' Peter Pan '' -( Walt Disney animation)
- '' Pickup On South Street ''
- '' Plunder Of The Sun ''
- '' Ride, Vaquero! ''
- '' The Robe ''
- '' Robot Monster ''
- '' Roman Holiday ''
- '' Salome ''
- '' Scared Stiff '', starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- '' Shane ''
- '' Siamo Donne ''
- '' Stalag 17 ''
- '' The Story Of Three Loves ''
- '' Tokyo Story ''
- '' Torch Song ''
- '' Twice Upon A Time '', directed by Emeric Pressburger
- '' Ugetsu ''
- '' The Wages Of Fear '' (''Le Salaire de la Peur'')
- '' The War Of The Worlds ''
- January 30 - Steven Zaillian , director
- February 8 – Mary Steenburgen , actress
- February 11 – Philip Anglim , actor
- February 19 – Massimo Troisi , actor (d. 1994 )
- May 24 – Alfred Molina , actor
- September 10 – Amy Irving , actress
- October 9 – Tony Shalhoub , actor
- October 22 – Jeff Goldblum , actor
- October 26 – Maureen Teefy ,actress
- October 31 – Michael J. Anderson , actor
- November 3 – Kate Capshaw , actress
- November 6 – Ron Underwood , director
- December 6 – Tom Hulce , actor
- December 8 – Kim Basinger , actress
- December 9 – John Malkovich , actor
- December 17 – Bill Pullman , actor
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