A list of American films released in 1952.
The Greatest Show on Earth won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes/Studio |
| 5 Fingers |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie |
Drama |
|
| Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick |
|
Alan Young, Dinah Shore, Adele Jergens, Robert Merrill |
Comedy |
Paramount |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd |
Charles Lamont |
Abbott and Costello, Charles Laughton |
Comedy |
Warner Bros. |
| Above and Beyond |
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama |
Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker |
War drama |
MGM |
| Affair in Trinidad |
Vincent Sherman |
Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford |
Film noir |
Columbia |
| Against All Flags |
George Sherman |
Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara |
Action |
Universal |
| Angel Face |
Otto Preminger |
Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons |
Film noir |
RKO |
| April in Paris |
|
Ray Bolger, Doris Day |
Musical |
|
| Because You're Mine |
Alexander Hall |
Mario Lanza |
Musical |
MGM |
| Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla |
William Beaudine |
Bela Lugosi |
Comedy |
|
| The Belle of New York |
Charles Walters |
Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen |
Musical comedy |
MGM |
| Bend of the River |
Anthony Mann |
James Stewart, Rock Hudson, Arthur Kennedy |
Western |
MGM |
| Beware, My Lovely |
Harry Horner |
Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan |
Film noir |
RKO |
| Big Jim McLain |
Edward Ludwig |
John Wayne, James Arness |
Political thriller |
Warner Bros. |
| The Big Sky |
Howard Hawks |
Kirk Douglas |
Western |
|
| The Big Trees |
Felix E. Feist |
Kirk Douglas |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
| Blackbeard the Pirate |
Raoul Walsh |
Robert Newton, Linda Darnell |
Adventure |
RKO |
| Bwana Devil |
Arch Oboler |
|
Drama |
Filmed in Africa |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| The Captive City |
Robert Wise |
John Forsythe |
Film noir |
United Artists |
| Captive Women |
Stuart Gilmore |
|
Sci-Fi |
RKO Pictures |
| Carrie |
William Wyler |
Jennifer Jones, Laurence Olivier |
Drama |
Paramount Pictures |
| Carson City |
André De Toth |
Randolph Scott |
Western |
Warner Bros. |
| Clash by Night |
Fritz Lang |
Barbara Stanwyck, Marilyn Monroe |
Drama |
RKO Pictures |
| Come Back, Little Sheba |
Daniel Mann |
Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth |
Drama |
Paramount Pictures |
| The Crimson Pirate |
Robert Siodmak |
Burt Lancaster |
Adventure |
Warner Bros. |
| The Devil Makes Three |
Andrew Marton |
Gene Kelly, Pier Angeli |
Thriller |
MGM |
| The Dog House |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated short |
MGM |
| Don't Bother to Knock |
Roy Ward Baker |
Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark |
Drama |
20th Century Fox |
| The Duck Doctor |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated short |
MGM |
| Face to Face |
John Brahm |
James Mason, Robert Preston |
Drama |
|
| The Fallbrook Story |
Frank Capra |
|
Short |
Documentary |
| Feed the Kitty |
Chuck Jones |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| Fit to Be Tied |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated short |
MGM |
| Fool Coverage |
Robert McKimson |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| The Fourposter |
Irving Reis |
Rex Harrison |
Comedy |
Based on the play |
| The Greatest Show on Earth |
Cecil B. DeMille |
Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton, James Stewart, Cornel Wilde, Dorothy Lamour |
Circus drama |
Academy Award Best Picture |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Kansas City Confidential |
Phil Karlson |
John Payne, Coleen Gray |
Film noir |
United Artists |
| The Las Vegas Story |
Robert Stevenson |
Jane Russell, Vincent Price |
Film noir |
RKO Pictures |
| Limelight |
Charles Chaplin |
Charlie Chaplin, Claire Bloom |
Comedy, drama |
United Artists |
| Little Runaway |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated short |
MGM |
| Lone Star |
Vincent Sherman |
Clark Gable, Ava Gardner |
Western |
MGM |
| Lost in Alaska |
Jean Yarbrough |
Abbott and Costello |
Comedy |
Universal Pictures |
| The Lusty Men |
Nicholas Ray, Robert Parrish |
Robert Mitchum, Susan Hayward |
Western |
RKO Pictures |
| Macao |
Josef von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray |
Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Gloria Grahame, William Bendix |
Film noir |
RKO Pictures |
| Madeline |
|
|
Animated short |
Produced by United Productions of America |
| Magical Maestro |
Tex Avery |
|
Animated short |
MGM |
| The Marrying Kind |
George Cukor |
Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray |
Comedy, drama |
Columbia Pictures |
| The Member of the Wedding |
Fred Zinnemann |
Julie Harris, Ethel Waters |
Drama |
Based on the 1946 novel |
| The Merry Widow |
Curtis Bernhardt |
Fernando Lamas, Lana Turner |
Musical |
MGM |
| Million Dollar Mermaid |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Victor Mature, Esther Williams |
Biopic, musical |
Based on the life of Annette Kellerman |
| The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima |
John Brahm |
|
Religious |
Warner Bros. |
| Les Misérables |
Lewis Milestone |
Michael Rennie, Robert Newton |
Drama |
20th Century Fox |
| Monkey Business |
Howard Hawks |
Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe |
Screwball comedy |
20th Century Fox |
| My Cousin Rachel |
Henry Koster |
Olivia de Havilland |
Mystery romance |
20th Century Fox |
| My Pal Gus |
Robert Parrish |
|
Comedy, drama |
20th Century Fox |
| My Six Convicts |
Hugo Fregonese |
Gilbert Roland |
Comedy |
|
| The Narrow Margin |
Richard Fleischer |
Charles McGraw |
Film noir |
RKO Pictures |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| O. Henry's Full House |
Henry Koster |
Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Baxter, Oscar Levant, Fred Allen |
Anthology |
20th Century Fox |
| Oily Hare |
Robert McKimson |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| On Dangerous Ground |
Nicholas Ray |
Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan |
Film noir |
RKO Pictures |
| One Minute to Zero |
Tay Garnett |
|
Korean War |
RKO Pictures |
| Operation: Rabbit |
Charles M. Jones |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| Othello |
Orson Welles |
Orson Welles, Robert Coote |
Drama |
United Artists |
| Pat and Mike |
George Cukor |
Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy |
Comedy |
MGM |
| The Pleasure Garden |
James Broughton |
|
Short |
|
| Plymouth Adventure |
Clarence Brown |
Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney |
Drama |
MGM |
| Posse Cat |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated short |
MGM |
| The Prisoner of Zenda |
Richard Thorpe |
Deborah Kerr, James Mason |
Adventure |
Remake of the 1937 film |
| Push-Button Kitty |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated short |
MGM |
| The Quiet Man |
John Ford |
Maureen O'Hara, John Wayne |
Romantic comedy |
Republic Pictures |
| Rabbit Seasoning |
Charles M. Jones |
|
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| Radar Men from the Moon |
Fred C. Brannon |
|
Action adventure |
Republic Pictures |
| Rancho Notorious |
Fritz Lang |
Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy |
Western |
RKO Pictures |
| Red Planet Mars |
Harry Horner |
|
Sci-Fi |
United Artists |
| Red Skies of Montana |
Joseph M. Newman |
Richard Widmark, Richard Boone |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox |
| Retreat, Hell! |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Frank Lovejoy, Russ Tamblyn |
War drama |
Warner Bros. |
| Road to Bali |
Hal Walker |
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope |
Comedy |
|
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Sailor Beware |
Hal Walker |
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis |
Comedy |
Paramount Pictures |
| Scandal Sheet |
Phil Karlson |
Broderick Crawford |
Crime drama |
Columbia Pictures |
| Scaramouche |
George Sidney |
Stewart Granger, Janet Leigh |
Adventure |
MGM |
| Singin' in the Rain |
Stanley Donen |
Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Jean Hagen |
Musical comedy |
MGM |
| Smitten Kitten |
Hanna Barbera |
|
Animated short |
MGM |
| The Sniper |
Edward Dmytryk |
Adolphe Menjou |
Film noir |
Columbia Pictures |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro |
Henry King |
Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner |
Romantic adventure |
|
| Something to Live For |
George Stevens |
Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland |
Drama |
Paramount Pictures |
| Son of Geronimo |
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
Clayton Moore |
Western |
Columbia Pictures |
| Son of Paleface |
Frank Tashlin |
Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers |
Western comedy |
Paramount Pictures |
| The Star |
Stuart Heisler |
Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden |
Drama |
20th Century Fox |
| The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men |
Ken Annakin |
|
Disney |
|
| The Story of Three Loves |
Vincente Minnelli |
James Mason, Kirk Douglas, Pier Angeli, Leslie Caron, Ethel Barrymore |
Anthology |
MGM |
| Sudden Fear |
David Miller |
Joan Crawford, Jack Palance |
Film noir |
RKO Pictures |
| Susie the Little Blue Coupe |
Clyde Geronimi |
|
Animated short |
Walt Disney |
| The Thief |
Russell Rouse |
Ray Milland |
Film noir |
United Artists |
| This Woman is Dangerous |
Felix E. Feist |
Joan Crawford |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
| Three for Bedroom "C" |
Milton H. B |
|
Comedy |
Warner Bros. |
| Trance and Dance in Bali |
Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson |
|
Short documentary |
|
| Trent's Last Case |
Herbert Wilcox |
Michael Wilding, Orson Welles |
Film noir |
Remake of 1920, 1929 silents |
| Trick or Treat |
|
Donald Duck |
Animated short |
Walt Disney |
| Triplet Trouble |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated short |
MGM |
| The Turning Point |
William Dieterle |
William Holden, Edmond O'Brien |
Film noir |
Paramount Pictures |
| Two Cents Worth of Hope |
|
|
|
|
| Two Little Indians |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated short |
MGM |
| The Two Mouseketeers |
Hanna Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated short |
MGM |
| Water, Water Every Hare |
Charles M. Jones |
Bugs Bunny |
Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| We're Not Married! |
Edmund Golding |
Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe |
Romantic comedy |
20th Century Fox |
| What Price Glory? |
John Ford |
James Cagney, Dan Dailey |
War |
20th Century Fox |
| When in Rome |
Clarence Brown |
Van Johnson, Paul Douglas |
Comedy |
MGM |
| With a Song in My Heart |
Walter Lang |
Susan Hayward |
Biography |
|
| Without Warning! |
Arnold Laven |
Adam Williams, Edward Binns |
Film noir |
United Artists |
| The World in His Arms |
Raoul Walsh |
Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth |
Adventure |
Universal Pictures |
| Zombies of the Stratosphere |
Fred C. Brannon |
|
Sci-Fi serial |
Republic Pictures |
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