This is a list of films produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. in the 1950s. This list does not include third-party films or films Warner gained the rights to as a result of mergers or acquisitions.
1950
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 28, 1950 | Montana | |
| February 11, 1950 | Backfire | |
| February 18, 1950 | Chain Lightning | |
| March 1, 1950 | Young Man with a Horn | |
| March 11, 1950 | Perfect Stranger | |
| March 18, 1950 | Barricade | |
| April 15, 1950 | Stage Fright | British film co-production with Transatlantic Pictures |
| April 29, 1950 | The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady | |
| May 7, 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry | |
| May 19, 1950 | Caged | |
| May 27, 1950 | Colt .45 | |
| June 17, 1950 | This Side of the Law | |
| June 24, 1950 | Return of the Frontiersman | |
| June 27, 1950 | Fifty Years Before Your Eyes | |
| July 2, 1950 | Bright Leaf | |
| July 9, 1950 | The Flame and the Arrow | |
| July 15, 1950 | The Great Jewel Robber | |
| August 19, 1950 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | distribution only; produced by William Cagney Productions |
| September 2, 1950 | Tea for Two | |
| September 16, 1950 | Pretty Baby | |
| September 28, 1950 | The Glass Menagerie | |
| October 6, 1950 | The Breaking Point | |
| October 14, 1950 | Three Secrets | distribution only; produced by United States Pictures |
| November 11, 1950 | Rocky Mountain | |
| November 17, 1950 | Breakthrough | |
| November 25, 1950 | The West Point Story | |
| December 1, 1950 | Highway 301 | |
| December 30, 1950 | Dallas |
1951
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 27, 1951 | Operation Pacific | |
| February 10, 1951 | Storm Warning | |
| February 11, 1951 | Sugarfoot | |
| February 24, 1951 | The Enforcer | distribution only; produced by United States Pictures |
| March 26, 1951 | Lullaby of Broadway | |
| April 7, 1951 | Raton Pass | |
| April 12, 1951 | Lightning Strikes Twice | |
| April 21, 1951 | Only the Valiant' | distribution only; produced by William Cagney Productions |
| May 5, 1951 | I Was a Communist for the FBI | |
| May 18, 1951 | Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison | |
| May 19, 1951 | Goodbye, My Fancy | |
| June 2, 1951 | Along the Great Divide | |
| July 3, 1951 | Strangers on a Train | co-production with Transatlantic Pictures Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2021 |
| July 14, 1951 | Fort Worth | |
| July 26, 1951 | On Moonlight Bay | |
| August 13, 1951 | Force of Arms | |
| August 24, 1951 | Jim Thorpe – All-American | |
| September 13, 1951 | Captain Horatio Hornblower | |
| September 18, 1951 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1999 |
| September 22, 1951 | Tomorrow Is Another Day | |
| October 10, 1951 | Painting the Clouds with Sunshine | |
| October 24, 1951 | Come Fill the Cup | |
| October 31, 1951 | The Tanks Are Coming | |
| October 1951 | Close to My Heart | |
| December 6, 1951 | I'll See You in My Dreams | Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy |
| December 14, 1951 | Starlift | |
| December 25, 1951 | Distant Drums | distribution only; produced by United States Pictures |
1952
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 26, 1952 | Room for One More | |
| February 5, 1952 | The Big Trees | Public domain |
| February 9, 1952 | This Woman Is Dangerous | |
| February 19, 1952 | Retreat, Hell! | distribution only; produced by United States Pictures |
| February 28, 1952 | Bugles in the Afternoon | distribution only; produced by William Cagney Productions |
| April 12, 1952 | Jack and the Beanstalk | distribution only; produced by Exclusive Productions Public domain |
| April 23, 1952 | Mara Maru | |
| May 17, 1952 | The Lion and the Horse | |
| The San Francisco Story | distribution only; produced by Fidelity Pictures | |
| May 23, 1952 | About Face | |
| June 13, 1952 | Carson City | |
| June 20, 1952 | The Winning Team | |
| June 26, 1952 | Where's Charley? | |
| 3 for Bedroom C | distribution only | |
| July 12, 1952 | She's Working Her Way Through College | |
| July 26, 1952 | The Story of Will Rogers | |
| August 20, 1952 | The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima | |
| August 30, 1952 | Big Jim McLain | co-production with Wayne/Fellows Productions |
| September 6, 1952 | Cattle Town | |
| September 27, 1952 | The Crimson Pirate | |
| October 25, 1952 | Springfield Rifle | |
| November 8, 1952 | Operation Secret | |
| November 19, 1952 | The Iron Mistress | |
| December 10, 1952 | Stop, You're Killing Me | |
| December 24, 1952 | April in Paris | |
| December 27, 1952 | Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | distribution only; produced by Woodley Productions |
| December 30, 1952 | The Jazz Singer |
1953
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 31, 1953 | The Man Behind the Gun | |
| March 14, 1953 | She's Back on Broadway | |
| March 22, 1953 | I Confess | co-production with Transatlantic Pictures |
| March 26, 1953 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon | |
| March 28, 1953 | The Blue Gardenia | distribution only; produced by Blue Gardenia Productions |
| March 28, 1953 | So You Want to Learn to Dance | |
| April 4, 1953 | Trouble Along the Way | |
| April 18, 1953 | The System | |
| April 25, 1953 | House of Wax | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2014 |
| May 30, 1953 | The Desert Song | |
| June 13, 1953 | The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | co-production with Jack Dietz Productions |
| June 27, 1953 | South Sea Woman | |
| June 28, 1953 | Elizabeth Is Queen | |
| July 11, 1953 | The Charge at Feather River | |
| July 15, 1953 | So This Is Love | |
| August 5, 1953 | The Master of Ballantrae | |
| August 24, 1953 | The Beggar's Opera | British film distribution only; produced by British Lion Films |
| August 26, 1953 | Plunder of the Sun | distribution only; produced by Wayne/Fellows Productions |
| September 5, 1953 | Island in the Sky | |
| September 19, 1953 | The Moonlighter | co-production with Joseph Bernhard Productions Inc. and Abtcon Pictures |
| September 23, 1953 | A Lion Is in the Streets | |
| October 7, 1953 | Blowing Wild | distribution only; produced by United States Pictures |
| October 27, 1953 | Thunder Over the Plains | |
| October 31, 1953 | So Big | |
| November 4, 1953 | Calamity Jane | |
| November 23, 1953 | Three Sailors and a Girl | |
| November 27, 1953 | Hondo | distribution only; produced by Wayne/Fellows Productions |
| November 28, 1953 | The Diamond Queen | distribution only; produced by Melson Productions |
| December 25, 1953 | The Eddie Cantor Story |
1954
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 16, 1954 | His Majesty O'Keefe | co-production with Norma Productions |
| February 13, 1954 | The Command | Filmed in Cinemascope |
| February 27, 1954 | The Boy from Oklahoma | |
| March 6, 1954 | Crime Wave | |
| March 16, 1954 | Duffy of San Quentin | co-production with Swarttz-Doniger Productions |
| March 27, 1954 | Phantom of the Rue Morgue | |
| April 1, 1954 | Riding Shotgun | |
| April 9, 1954 | Lucky Me | Filmed in Cinemascope |
| May 29, 1954 | Dial M for Murder | |
| June 19, 1954 | Them! | |
| July 3, 1954 | The High and the Mighty | distribution only; produced by Wayne/Fellows Productions Filmed in Cinemascope |
| July 24, 1954 | Ring of Fear | |
| August 7, 1954 | King Richard and the Crusaders | Filmed in Cinemascope |
| August 21, 1954 | Duel in the Jungle | distribution only; produced by Associated British Picture Corporation and Marcel Hellman Productions |
| September 4, 1954 | Dragnet | distribution only, produced by Mark VII Limited |
| September 25, 1954 | The Bounty Hunter | Public domain |
| October 16, 1954 | A Star Is Born | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2000 Filmed in Cinemascope co-production with Transcona Enterprises |
| November 10, 1954 | Drum Beat | Filmed in Cinemascope co-production with Jaguar Productions |
| November 19, 1954 | Track of the Cat | distribution only; produced by Wayne/Fellows Productions Filmed in Cinemascope |
| December 20, 1954 | The Silver Chalice | Filmed in Cinemascope co-production with Victor Saville Productions |
1955
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 19, 1955 | Unchained | distribution only; produced by Hal Bartlett Productions |
| January 20, 1955 | Young at Heart | distribution only; produced by Arwin Productions |
| February 2, 1955 | Battle Cry | Filmed in Cinemascope |
| February 18, 1955 | New York Confidential | US distribution only; produced by Edward Small Productions |
| April 10, 1955 | East of Eden | Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2016 Filmed in Cinemascope |
| April 12, 1955 | Strange Lady in Town | Filmed in Cinemascope |
| June 4, 1955 | The Sea Chase | Filmed in Cinemascope |
| June 18, 1955 | Tall Man Riding | |
| June 24, 1955 | Land of the Pharaohs | Filmed in Cinemascope co-production with The Continental Company |
| July 10, 1955 | Mister Roberts | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture Filmed in Cinemascope |
| July 16, 1955 | The Dam Busters | US theatrical distribution only; produced by Associated British Picture Corporation |
| July 31, 1955 | Pete Kelly's Blues | Filmed in Cinemascope co-production with Mark VII Limited |
| September 16, 1955 | Jump into Hell | |
| September 29, 1955 | The McConnell Story | Filmed in Cinemascope |
| October 1, 1955 | Blood Alley | Filmed in Cinemascope |
| October 27, 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1990 Filmed in Cinemascope |
| October 28, 1955 | Illegal | |
| November 1, 1955 | Sincerely Yours | co-production with International Artists, Ltd. |
| November 9, 1955 | I Died a Thousand Times | Filmed in Cinemascope |
| November 15, 1955 | Target Zero | |
| December 31, 1955 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | distribution only; produced by United States Pictures Filmed in Cinemascope |
1956
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 26, 1956 | Helen of Troy | Filmed in Cinemascope |
| January 28, 1956 | Hell on Frisco Bay | co-production with Jaguar Productions and Ladd Productions; Filmed in Cinemascope |
| February 25, 1956 | The Lone Ranger | theatrical distribution only; produced by Wrather Productions |
| March 5, 1956 | The River Changes | |
| March 10, 1956 | The Steel Jungle | |
| March 23, 1956 | Serenade | |
| March 31, 1956 | Miracle in the Rain | |
| April 24, 1956 | Our Miss Brooks | co-production with Lute Productions, Inc. |
| May 12, 1956 | Good-bye, My Lady | co-production with Batjac Productions |
| May 26, 1956 | The Searchers | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1989 Filmed in VistaVision co-production with C.V. Whitney Pictures |
| May 30, 1956 | The Animal World | |
| June 27, 1956 | Moby Dick | theatrical distribution only; produced by Moulin Productions |
| July 13, 1956 | Santiago | |
| July 21, 1956 | Satellite in the Sky | Filmed in Cinemascope co-production with Danziger Productions Ltd. and New Elstree Studios |
| August 4, 1956 | Seven Men from Now | distribution only; produced by Batjac Productions |
| August 17, 1956 | A Cry in the Night | co-production with Jaguar Productions |
| September 12, 1956 | The Bad Seed | |
| September 1956 | The Burning Hills | Filmed in Cinemascope |
| October 26, 1956 | The Girl He Left Behind | |
| October 1956 | Toward the Unknown | co-production with Toluca Productions |
| November 24, 1956 | Giant | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2005 |
| December 18, 1956 | Baby Doll | |
| December 23, 1956 | The Wrong Man |
1957
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 30, 1957 | Top Secret Affair | |
| February 21, 1957 | The Spirit of St. Louis | Filmed in Cinemascope |
| March 1, 1957 | The Big Land | co-production with Jaguar Productions |
| March 29, 1957 | Elena and Her Men | French/Italian film; US distribution only |
| May 1, 1957 | Deep Adventure | |
| X the Unknown | British film distribution only; produced by Hammer Film Productions | |
| May 4, 1957 | Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend | |
| May 10, 1957 | Untamed Youth | British film US distribution only; produced by Amalgamated Productions |
| May 11, 1957 | The Counterfeit Plan | |
| May 28, 1957 | A Face in the Crowd | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2008 |
| June 5, 1957 | The D.I. | co-production with Mark VII Limited |
| June 13, 1957 | The Prince and the Showgirl | co-production with Marilyn Monroe Productions |
| June 25, 1957 | The Curse of Frankenstein | British film co-production with Hammer Films |
| August 3, 1957 | Band of Angels | |
| August 10, 1957 | The Rising of the Moon | |
| August 29, 1957 | The Pajama Game | |
| September 12, 1957 | Woman in a Dressing Gown | distribution only; produced by Associated British Picture Corporation |
| September 15, 1957 | Black Patch | co-production with Montgomery Productions |
| September 24, 1957 | Johnny Trouble | |
| October 1, 1957 | The Abominable Snowman | UK distribution only; produced by Hammer Film Productions |
| October 5, 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story | Filmed in Cinemascope |
| October 11, 1957 | The Black Scorpion | |
| October 18, 1957 | The James Dean Story | distribution only |
| November 8, 1957 | The Story of Mankind | co-production with Cambridge Productions |
| November 22, 1957 | Bombers B-52 | Filmed in Cinemascope |
| December 5, 1957 | Sayonara | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama theatrical distribution only |
| December 14, 1957 | The Green-Eyed Blonde | co-production with Arwin Productions |
1958
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 15, 1958 | The Deep Six | co-production with Jaguar Productions |
| February 12, 1958 | Darby's Rangers | |
| March 17, 1958 | Lafayette Escadrille | |
| March 24, 1958 | Chase a Crooked Shadow | British film US distribution only; produced by Associated British Picture Corporation |
| April 11, 1958 | Manhunt in the Jungle | |
| April 17, 1958 | Too Much, Too Soon | |
| April 18, 1958 | Fort Dobbs | |
| April 24, 1958 | Marjorie Morningstar' | distribution only; produced by Beachwold Productions |
| May 3, 1958 | Stakeout on Dope Street | |
| May 7, 1958 | The Left Handed Gun | |
| May 10, 1958 | Violent Road | co-production with Aubrey Schenck Productions |
| May 29, 1958 | No Time for Sergeants | |
| June 7, 1958 | Dangerous Youth | British film US distribution only; produced by Associated British Picture Corporation |
| June 26, 1958 | Indiscreet | Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Comedy theatrical distribution only; produced by Grandon Productions |
| August 2, 1958 | Badman's Country | co-production with Robert E. Kent Productions and Peerless Productions |
| August 6, 1958 | The Naked and the Dead | distribution only; produced by RKO Radio Pictures |
| September 11, 1958 | Wind Across the Everglades | |
| September 26, 1958 | Damn Yankees | Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical |
| October 10, 1958 | Girl on the Run | |
| October 11, 1958 | The Old Man and the Sea | |
| October 25, 1958 | Onionhead | |
| November 8, 1958 | Enchanted Island | distribution only; produced by RKO Radio Pictures & Benedict Bogeaus |
| November 16, 1958 | Home Before Dark | Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama |
| November 26, 1958 | From the Earth to the Moon | distribution only; produced by RKO Radio Pictures and Waverly Productions |
| November 29, 1958 | Born Reckless | |
| December 27, 1958 | Auntie Mame | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Comedy |
1959
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| February 11, 1959 | The Hanging Tree | co-production with Baroda Productions |
| March 4, 1959 | Up Periscope | |
| April 4, 1959 | Rio Bravo | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2014 co-production with Armada Productions |
| April 25, 1959 | Westbound | |
| May 7, 1959 | Island of Lost Women | theatrical distribution only; produced by Jaguar Productions Public domain |
| May 21, 1959 | Gigantis the Fire Monster | US distribution of 1955 Japanese Toho film Godzilla Raids Again |
| May 30, 1959 | The Young Philadelphians | |
| June 3, 1959 | Teenagers from Outer Space | theatrical distribution only; produced by Tom Graeff Productions Public domain |
| June 16, 1959 | John Paul Jones | |
| July 18, 1959 | The Nun's Story | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama |
| July 22, 1959 | Hercules | US distribution only |
| September 15, 1959 | Look Back in Anger | US distribution only; produced by Woodfall Film Productions and Associated British Picture Corporation |
| October 31, 1959 | The FBI Story | |
| November 11, 1959 | -30- | co-production with Mark VII Limited |
| Yellowstone Kelly | ||
| November 12, 1959 | The Miracle | |
| November 18, 1959 | A Summer Place |
See also
- List of New Line Cinema films
- List of films based on DC Comics
- List of Warner Bros. theatrical animated feature films
- Category:Lists of films by studio
Notes
- ^ Owned by Paramount Pictures (via Melange Pictures)
- ^ Owned by Universal Pictures
- ^ Owned by Universal Pictures (via DreamWorks Classics)
- Owned by Shout! Studios (via Westchester Films)
- ^ Owned by StudioCanal
- ^ Owned by Batjac Productions with Paramount Pictures handling distribution
- Co-owned by SGL Entertainment
- Owned by MGM (via United Artists) worldwide and StudioCanal in the UK
- ^ Rights currently shared with Westchester Films (via Castle Hill Productions)
- Owned by MGM (via Orion Pictures)
- Owned by Toho under its original title, with distribution rights currently licensed to Universal Pictures (via DreamWorks Classics)
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