The year involved some significant events.
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# '' Lady And The Tramp ''
# '' Cinerama Holiday ''
# '' Mister Roberts ''
# (Tie): '' Battle Cry '' and '' 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea ''
# '' Not As A Stranger ''
# '' The Country Girl ''
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: Best Actor : - ''Marty''
: Best Actress : - ''The Rose Tattoo''
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:'', directed by Delbert Mann, United States
:'' (''The Word''), directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer , Denmark
:'' (''The Rats''), directed by Robert Siodmak , West Germany
- '' Abbott And Costello Meet The Keystone Kops '', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- '' Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy '', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- '' All That Heaven Allows ''
- '' Artists And Models '', starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- '' Bad Day At Black Rock ''
- '' Battle Cry ''
- '' Blackboard Jungle ''
- '' Bob Le Flambeur ''
- '' Carrington V.C. ''
- '' Cinerama Holiday ''
- '' The Colditz Story ''
- '' Continente Perduto '' (aka ''The Lost Continent'')
- '' East Of Eden ''
- '' The Far Country ''
- '' Galapagos ''
- '' Godzilla Raids Again ''
- '' Guys And Dolls ''
- '' I'll Cry Tomorrow ''
- '' It Came From Beneath The Sea ''
- '' Kiss Me Deadly ''
- '' Lady And The Tramp ''
- '' The Ladykillers ''
- '' Land Of The Pharaohs ''
- '' Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing ''
- '' The Man With The Golden Arm ''
- '' Marty ''
- '' Mister Roberts ''
- '' Night And Fog ''
- '' The Night Of The Hunter ''
- '' Not As A Stranger ''
- '' Oklahoma! '' (the first film shot in the Widescreen process known as Todd-AO ) (suggested disambiguation split of article)
- '' Ordet ''
- '' Pather Panchali ''
- '' Picnic ''
- '' The Private War Of Major Benson '', starring Charlton Heston
- '' The Quatermass Xperiment '', which probably qualifies as the first Hammer Horror film
- '' Die Ratten '' (''The Rats''), Golden Bear award
- '' Richard III '', directed by and starring Laurence Olivier
- '' Rebel Without A Cause '', starring James Dean and Natalie Wood
- '' Rififi '' (''Du rififi chez les hommes'')
- '' The Rose Tattoo ''
- '' The Seven Year Itch ''
- '' Sissi ''
- '' Smiles Of A Summer Night ''
- '' Summertime '', directed by David Lean
- '' Tarantula ''
- '' To Catch A Thief ''
- '' To Hell And Back '' starring Audie Murphy , Marshall Thompson , Charles Drake , and David Janssen
- '' The Trouble With Harry '' - directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- '' Unknown Soldier ''
- '' You're Never Too Young '', starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
Cartoon:
- '' Good Will To Men '' (MGM Cartoon Series) (Frederick Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, producers; MGM)
- '' The Legend Of Rock-a-Bye Point '' (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International)
- '' No Hunting '' (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
- '' Speedy Gonzales '' (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)
One-Reel:
- ''Gadgets Galore'' (Warner Varieties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
- Survival City (Movietone CinemaScope Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
- 3rd Ave. El (Carson Davidson Productions; Ardee Films)
- Three Kisses (Topper Special Series) (Justin Herman, producer; Paramount)
Two-Reel:
- The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary, producer; MGM)
- The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.)
- On The Twelfth Day…(United Kingdom Series) (Go Pictures, Inc.; George Brest and Associates)
- Switzerland (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista
- 24-Hour Alert (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)
- January 6 - Rowan Atkinson , comedian, actor
- January 12 - Kirstie Alley , actress
- January 12 - Rockne O'Bannon , writer, producer
- January 18 - Kevin Costner , actor
- March 16 - Isabelle Huppert , actress
- April 1 - Annette O'Toole , actress
- June 27 - Isabelle Adjani , actress
- August 4 - Billy Bob Thornton , US actor
- August 27 - Diana Scarwid , US actress
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