1955 (28th Annual Awards)
Reminder List of Eligible Releases
Each year the Academy publishes a booklet for its members called the Reminder List of Eligible Releases. Listed below are the films that were eligible for Academy Award consideration according to the rules of 1955. The
symbol appears next to those films which ultimately received an Academy Award nomination.
Click on the name of one of those films to display more information about it. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the Reminder List for that year.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, Universal-International.Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, Universal-International.Adventure in Odessa, Artkino (Russian).The Adventures of Sadie, A Langley-Minter Production, 20th Century-Fox (British).The African Lion, Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Film Distribution Co., Inc.African Manhunt, Republic.Aida, Oscar Film Production, I.F.E. Releasing Corp. (Italian).Ain’t Misbehavin’, Universal-International.Air Strike, Cy Roth Production, Lippert.Aleko, Lenfilm, Artkino (Russian).All That Heaven Allows, Universal-International.The Americano, Robert Stillman Production, Inc., RKO Radio.Angela, Patria Pictures Corp., 20th Century-Fox.An Annapolis Story, Allied Artists.Apache Ambush, Columbia.Apache Woman, Golden State Productions, American Releasing Corp.Artists and Models, Hal Wallis, Paramount.Bad Day at Black Rock, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The Bamboo Prison, Yof Corporation, Columbia.Bandits of the West, Republic.Battle Cry, Warner Bros.Battle Taxi, Ivan Tors and Art Arthur, U.A.The Beachcomber, A J. Arthur Rank Presentation-London Independent Producers, Ltd., U.A. (British).The Beast with 1,000,000 Eyes, San Mateo Productions, American Releasing Corp.The Bed, Cormoran-Terra Film Production, Getz-Kingsley (Franco-Italian).Bedevilled, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The Belles of St. Trinians, London Films-Launder-Gilliat Production, Associated Artists (British).Bengazi, Panamint Pictures, Inc., RKO Radio.The Big Bluff, W. Lee Wilder, U.A.The Big Combo, A Security-Theodora Production, Allied Artists.A Big Family, Lenfilm, Artkino (Russian).Big House, U.S.A, Camden Productions, U.A.The Big Knife, Associates & Aldrich Co., Inc., U.A.The Big Tip-Off, A William F. Broidy Production, Allied Artists.The Black Pirates, Salvador Films, Lippert.Black Tuesday, Leonard Goldstein, U.A.Blackboard Jungle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Blood Alley, A Batjac Production, Warner Bros.The Bob Mathias Story, Allied Artists.Bobby Ware Is Missing, Allied Artists.Boris Godunov, Mosfilm, Artkino (Russian).Bowery to Bagdad, Allied Artists.Boy Scout Jamboree of 1953, George Murphy-U. S. State Department-Leonard K. Firestone, Boy Scouts of America.The Boys from Leningrad, Artkino (Russian).Break to Freedom, Eros Films, U.A. (British).Bride with a Dowry, Mosfilm, Artkino (Russian).The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Perlberg-Seaton, Paramount.Bring Your Smile Along, Columbia.A Bullet for Joey, Samuel Bischoff and David Diamond, U.A.Canyon Crossroads, William Joyce, U.A.Captain Lightfoot, Universal-International.Carolina Cannonball, Republic.Case of the Red Monkey, A Todon Production, Allied Artists (British).Cell 2455, Death Row, Columbia.Champagne Safari, Jackson Leighter Associates, Inc., Defense Film Corp.Chance Meeting, A J. Arthur Rank Presentation-Group Film Productions, Ltd., Pacemaker (British).Chicago Syndicate, Clover Productions, Inc., Columbia.Chief Crazy Horse, Universal-International.City of Shadows, Republic.The Cobweb, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Conquest of Space, Paramount.Count Three and Pray, Copa Productions, Inc., Columbia.Court-Martial, Remus Films, Kingsley International Pictures (British).The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, A United States Pictures Production, Warner Bros.Crashout, Hal E. Chester Production, Filmakers.Creature with the Atom Brain, Clover Productions, Inc., Columbia.The Crimson Flower, Artkino (Russian).The Crooked Web, Clover Productions, Inc., Columbia.Cross Channel, Republic (Anglo-American).Cult of the Cobra, Universal-International.The Cupboard Was Bare, Carlo Rim, Gaston Hakim Productions (French).Daddy Long Legs, 20th Century-Fox.The Dam Busters, Associated British Picture Corp., Ltd., Warner Bros. (British).Daughters of Destiny, Franco-London, Arlan (Franco-Italian).Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Film Distribution Co., Inc.A Day to Remember, A J. Arthur Rank Presentation-Group Film Productions, Ltd., Republic (British).The Deep Blue Sea, London Films Production, 20th Century-Fox (British).Desert Sands, Camden Productions, U.A.The Desperate Hours, Paramount.Destry, Universal-International.Devil Girl from Mars, Edward J. Danziger and Harry Lee Danziger, Spartan (British).Devil Goddess, The Katzman Corporation, Columbia.Devil’s Harbor, A Monarch Production, 20th Century-Fox (British).Dial Red O, Allied Artists.The Divided Heart, A J. Arthur Rank Presentation-Ealing Studios, Republic (British).Doctor in the House, A J. Arthur Rank Presentation-Group Film Productions, Ltd., Republic (British).Double Jeopardy, Republic.Duel on the Mississippi, Clover Productions, Inc., Columbia.Duel Without Honor, Manenti Films, I.F.E. Releasing Corp. (Italian).East of Eden, Warner Bros.Eight O’Clock Walk, George King Production, Associated Artists (British).El Paso Stampede, Republic.The End of the Affair, Coronado Productions, Ltd., Columbia (British).Escape to Burma, Filmcrest Productions, Inc., RKO Radio.The Eternal Sea, Republic.The Far Country, Universal-International.The Far Horizons, Pine-Thomas, Paramount.The Fast and the Furious, Palo Alto Productions, American Releasing Corp.Fear and Desire, Stanley Kubrick, Joseph Burstyn, Inc.Female on the Beach, Universal-International.The Fighting Chance, Republic.Finger Man, A Lindsley Parsons Production, Allied Artists.5 Against the House, Dayle Productions, Inc., Columbia.Five Guns West, Palo Alto Productions, American Releasing Corp.The Flight of the White Heron, British Movietone News Production, 20th Century-Fox (British).Footsteps in the Fog, A London Locations, Ltd., Production, Columbia.Fort Yuma, Camden Productions, U.A.Four Ways Out, Edoardo Capolino Production, Carroll Pictures (Italian).Foxfire, Universal-International.Francis in the Navy, Universal-International.The French Touch, Hoche Production, Times Film Corp. (French).The French Way, Jacques De Baroncelli, Manor Films (French).Front Page Story, Jay Lewis Production, Associated Artists (British).Fury in Paradise, Alfonso Sanchez-Tello Production, Gibraltar Motion Picture Distributors~.Fuss over Feathers, Herbert Manson Production, Associated Artists (British).The Game of Love, Franco-London Films, Times Film Corp. (French).Gang Busters, Visual Drama, Inc., in association with Terry Turner, Film Division of General Teleradio.Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, Russ-Field-Voyager Production, U.A.The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, 20th Century-Fox.The Girl Rush, Independent Artists Pictures, Inc., Paramount.The Glass Slipper, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The Glass Tomb, Hammer Films, Lippert (Anglo-American).The Good Die Young, Remus Production, U.A. (British).Good Morning, Miss Dove, 20th Century-Fox.The Great Adventure, An Arne Sucksdorff Production, Louis de Rochemont Associates (Swedish).The Green Buddha, Republic (Anglo-American).Green Fire, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Green Magic, Astra Cinematographica-Leonardo Bonzi Production, I.F.E. Releasing Corp. (Italian).The Green Scarf, B. & A. Production, Associated Artists (British).The Gun That Won the West, Clover Productions, Inc., Columbia.Guys and Dolls, Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Headline Hunters, Republic.The Heart of the Matter, Ian Dalrymple Production, Associated Artists (British).Heartbreak Ridge, Rene Risacher Production, Tudor Pictures (French).Heidi and Peter, Praesens Film Production, U.A. (Swiss).Hell’s Horizon, Gravis Productions, Inc., Columbia.Hell’s Island, Pine-Thomas, Paramount.Hell’s Outpost, Republic.High Time, Sonio Coletti-Paolo W. Tamburella, International Film Associates (Italian).Hiroshima, East-West Films, Continental Distributing, Inc. (Japanese).Hit the Deck, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Holiday for Henrietta, Regina-Filmsonor Production, Ardee Films (French).House of Bamboo, 20th Century-Fox.House of Ricordi, Documento Film-Cormoran Films, Manson Distributing Co. (Franco-Italian).How to Be Very, Very Popular, 20th Century-Fox.Hunters of the Deep, Allan Dowling, Distributors Corp. of America.I Am a Camera, Romulus Production, Distributors Corp. of America (British).I Cover the Underworld, Republic.I Died a Thousand Times, Warner Bros.I’ll Cry Tomorrow, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Illegal, Warner Bros.The Indian Fighter, Bryna Productions, U.A.Innocents in Paris, Romulus-Anatole de Grunwald, Tudor Pictures (British).Inside Detroit, Clover Productions, Inc., Columbia.An Inspector Calls, Watergate Production, Associated Artists (British).Interrupted Melody, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The Intruder, Ivan Foxwell Production, Associated Artists (British).It Came from Beneath the Sea, Clover Productions, Inc., Columbia.It’s a Dog’s Life, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.It’s Always Fair Weather, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Jump into Hell, Warner Bros.Jungle Gents, Allied Artists.Jungle Moon Men, The Katzman Corporation, Columbia.Jupiter’s Darling, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The Kentuckian, Hecht and Lancaster’s James Productions, U.A.Kentucky Rifle, Howco Productions.Khamishia (Five Tales from Israel), Israel Motion Picture Studio, Israel-American Motion Pictures (Israeli).Killer Leopard, Allied Artists.Killer’s Kiss, Stanley Kubrick and Morris Bousel, U.A.King Dinosaur, Zimgor Production, Lippert.The King’s Thief, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Kismet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Kiss Me Deadly, Parklane Pictures, Inc., U.A.Kiss of Fire, Universal-International.La Favorita, M.A.S. Production, I.F.E. Releasing Corp. (Italian).Lady and the Tramp, Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Film Distribution Co., Inc.Lady Godiva of Coventry, Universal-International.The Land, Artkino (Russian).Land of Fury, A J. Arthur Rank Presentation-Group Film Productions, Ltd., Universal-International (British).Land of the Pharaohs, Continental Co., Ltd., Warner Bros.Las Vegas Shakedown, A William F. Broidy Production, Allied Artists.The Last Command, Republic.The Last Frontier, Columbia.Laurel and Hardy in Utopia, Franco-London Film Production, Exploitation Productions, Inc., (Franco-Italian).A Lawless Street, A Scott-Brown Production, Columbia.Lay That Rifle Down, Republic.The Left Hand of God, 20th Century-Fox.A Life at Stake, Hank McCune Production, Gibraltar Motion Picture Distributors.A Life in the Balance, Panoramic Productions, 20th Century-Fox.The Littlest Outlaw, Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Film Distribution Co., Inc.The Lone Gun, World Films, U.A.The Lonesome Trail, Earle Lyon Production, Lippert.The Long Gray Line, Rota Productions, Ltd., Columbia.Long John Silver, A Joseph Kaufman Production, Distributors Corp. of America (Australian-American).The Looters, Universal-International.Louis de Rochemont’s Cinerama Holiday, An RD-DR Corporation Production, Stanley Warner Cinerama Corporation.Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, 20th Century-Fox.Love Me or Leave Me, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Lucy Gallant, Pine-Thomas, Paramount.Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki, Universal-International.Mad at the World, Filmakers.Mademoiselle Gobette, Excelsa-Minerva Production, I.F.E. Releasing Corp. (Italian).The Magnificent Matador, National Pictures Corporation, 20th Century-Fox.Mambo, Ponti-De Laurentiis, Paramount (Italian).A Man Alone, Republic.A Man Called Peter, 20th Century-Fox.The Man from Bitter Ridge, Universal-International.The Man from Laramie, William Goetz Productions, Inc., Columbia.The Man Who Loved Redheads, London Films, U.A. (British).The Man with the Golden Arm, Otto Preminger Production, U.A.The Man with the Gray Glove, Manenti Films, I.F.E. Releasing Corp. (Italian).Man with the Gun, Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., U.A.Man Without a Star, Universal-International.Many Rivers to Cross, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The Marauders, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Marty, Hecht and Lancaster’s Steven Productions, U.A.The Master Plan, Gibralter Productions, Astor Pictures (British).Mau Mau, Joe Rock, Brenner Associates.The McConnell Story, Warner Bros.Mr. Hulot’s Holiday, Fred Orain Production, GBD International Releasing Corp. (French).Mister Roberts, An Orange Production, Warner Bros.Mobs, Inc., Showcase Productions.Moonfleet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Murder Is My Beat, Aubrey Wisberg, Allied Artists.My Sister Eileen, Columbia.Mystery of the Black Jungle, Venturini-Cosmopolitan Production, Republic.Naked Amazon, Zygmunt Sulistrowski, Times Film Corp.The Naked Dawn, Josef Shaftel Company, Inc., Universal-International.The Naked Street, Edward Small, U.A.New Orleans, Uncensored, Clover Productions, Inc., Columbia.New York Confidential, A Greene-Rouse Production, Warner Bros.Night Freight, A William F. Broidy Production, Allied Artists.The Night Holds Terror, An Andrew Stone Production, Columbia.The Night of the Hunter, Paul Gregory, U.A.No Man’s Woman, Republic.Not as a Stranger, Stanley Kramer Pictures Corp., U.A.Of Love and Bandits, Lux Films, I.F.E. Releasing Corp. (Franco-Italian).Oklahoma!, Rodgers & Hammerstein Pictures, Inc., Magna Theatre Corporation.One Desire, Universal-International.Operation Manhunt, An MPTV Corp. Production, U.A.Othello, Marceau Films, U.A.The Other Woman, A Hugo Haas Production, 20th Century-Fox.Outlaw Girl, Ponti-De Laurentiis, I.F.E. Releasing Corp. (Italian).Paolo e Francesca, Lux Films, I.F.E. Releasing Corp. (Italian).Pearl of the South Pacific, Filmcrest Productions, Inc., RKO Radio.Pete Kelly’s Blues, A Mark VII Ltd. Production, Warner Bros.The Phenix City Story, A Samuel Bischoff and David Diamond Production, Allied Artists.Phffft, Columbia.The Pickwick Papers, Renown Production, Kingsley International Pictures (British).Picnic, Columbia.Pirates of Tripoli, Clover Productions, Inc., Columbia.Port of Hell, A William F. Broidy Production, Allied Artists.Prince of Players, 20th Century-Fox.The Private War of Major Benson, Universal-International.A Prize of Gold, Warwick Film Productions, Ltd., Columbia.Problem Child, Artkino (Russian).The Prodigal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The Purple Mask, Universal-International.The Purple Plain, A J. Arthur Rank Presentation-Two Cities Films, Ltd., U.A. (British).Queen Bee, Columbia.Quentin Durward, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Quest for the Lost City, Sol Lesser Prod., Inc., RKO Radio.A Race for Life, Michael Carreras Production, Lippert (Anglo-American).The Racers, 20th Century-Fox.Rage at Dawn, Nat Holt Production Co., RKO Radio.The Rains of Ranchipur, 20th Century-Fox.Rebel Without a Cause, Warner Bros.The Return of Jack Slade, A Lindsley Parsons Production, Allied Artists.Revenge of the Creature, Universal-International.The Road to Denver, Republic.Robber’s Roost, Leonard Goldstein, U.A.Room in the House, Unit Production, Gibraltar Motion Picture Distributors (British).The Rose Tattoo, Hal Wallis, Paramount.Run for Cover, Pine-Thomas, Paramount.Running Wild, Universal-International.Sabaka, Frank Ferrin Production, U.A.The Safety Match, Artkino (Russian).Samurai, the Legend of the Musashi, Toho Company, Ltd.-Homel Pictures, Inc., Fine Arts Films (Japanese).Santa Fe Passage, Republic.Savage Frontier, Republic.The Scarlet Coat, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The Sea Chase, Warner Bros.Seminole Uprising, Clover Productions, Inc., Columbia.Seven Angry Men, Allied Artists.Seven Cities of Gold, 20th Century-Fox.The Seven Little Foys, Hope Enterprises, Inc., and Scribe Productions, Paramount.The Seven Year Itch, Chas. K. Feldman Group Productions, 20th Century-Fox.Shack out on 101, A William F. Broidy Production, Allied Artists.The Sheep Has 5 Legs, Raoul Ploquin, United Motion Picture Organization (French).Shotgun, A John Champion Production, Allied Artists.The Shrike, Universal-International.Silent Fear, Edward L. Kahn Production, Gibraltar Motion Picture Distributors.The Silver Star, L. & B. Production, Lippert.Simba, A J. Arthur Rank Presentation-A Peter de Sarigny Production, Lippert (British).Sincerely Yours, An International Artists Ltd. Production, Warner Bros.Six Bridges to Cross, Universal-International.Skanderbeg, Mosfilm Production, Sovexportfilm (Russian).Ski Crazy, Gordon MacLean.The Sleeping Tiger, Nat Cohen-Stuart Levy-Insignia Films, Astor Pictures (British).Smoke Signal, Universal-International.Snow Creature, W. Lee Wilder Production, U.A.So This Is Paris, Universal-International.Soldier of Fortune, 20th Century-Fox.Son of Sinbad, RKO Radio.Special Delivery, A Trans-Rhein-Filmgesellschaft Production, Columbia (German-American).The Spoilers, Universal-International.The Square Ring, A J. Arthur Rank Presentation-Ealing Studios, Republic (British).Strange Lady in Town, Warner Bros.Stranger on Horseback, Leonard Goldstein, U.A.The Stranger’s Hand, A John Stafford Production, Distributors Corp. of America (British).Strangers, Roberto Rossellini, Fine Arts Films (Italian).Strategic Air Command, Paramount.Summertime, Ilya Lopert-David Lean, U.A. (Anglo-American).Svengali, George Minter, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (British).Tall Man Riding, Warner Bros.The Tall Men, 20th Century-Fox.Tanga Tika, Shoestring Productions, Inc., George J. Schaefer & Son.Tarantella Napoletana, Titanus Production, I.F.E. Releasing Corp. (Italian).Tarantula, Universal-International.Target Earth, An Abtcon Pictures, Inc., Production, Allied Artists.Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle, Sol Lesser Prod., Inc., RKO Radio.The Teckman Mystery, Joseph Somlo Production, Associated Artists (British).Teen-Age Crime Wave, Clover Productions, Inc., Columbia.Ten Wanted Men, A Scott-Brown Production, Columbia.The Tender Trap, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Tennessee’s Partner, Filmcrest Productions, Inc., RKO Radio.Texas Lady, Holt-Rosen Productions, RKO Radio.That Lady, Atlanta Production, 20th Century-Fox.Theodora, Slave Empress, Lux Films, I.F.E. Releasing Corp. (Italian).They Were So Young, Corona Films, Lippert.This Island Earth, Universal-International.This Man Is Dangerous, Sonofilm-Edic-Lutetia Production, Specialty Pictures Corp. (French).Three Cases of Murder, Alexander Paal, Associated Artists (British).Three for the Show, Columbia.Three Stripes in the Sun, Columbia.Tight Spot, Columbia.Timberjack, Republic.To Catch a Thief, Paramount.To Hell and Back, Universal-International.To Paris with Love, A J. Arthur Rank Presentation-Two Cities Films, Ltd., Continental Distributing Inc. (British).Tonight’s the Night, Associated British-Pathe, Allied Artists (British).Top Gun, Fame Pictures, Inc., U.A.Top of the World, Landmark Production, U.A.Tormento, Titanus Films, I.F.E. Releasing Corp. (Italian).The Treasure of Pancho Villa, Edmund Grainger Productions, Inc., RKO Radio.Treasure of the Ruby Hills, A William F. Broidy Production, Allied Artists.Trial, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Trouble in Store, A J. Arthur Rank Presentation-Two Cities Films, Ltd., Republic (British).True Friends, Mosfilm Production, Artkino (Russian).Ugetsu, Daiei Motion Picture Company, Edward Harrison (Japanese).Ulysses, A Lux Film-Ponti-De Laurentiis Production, Paramount (Italian).Unchained, Hall Bartlett Productions, Inc., Warner Bros.Underwater!, RKO Radio.Untamed, 20th Century-Fox.The Vanishing American, Republic.Variety Stars, Mosfilm Production, Artkino (Russian).Vera Cruz, Flora Productions, U.A.The View from Pompey’s Head, 20th Century-Fox.The Violent Men, Columbia.Violent Saturday, 20th Century-Fox.The Virgin Queen, 20th Century-Fox.Wages of Fear, Filmsonor-C.I.C.C. Production, Distributors Corp. of America (French).Wakamba, The American Museum of Natural History, RKO Radio.The Warriors, Allied Artists.The Wayward Wife, Electra Film Production, I.F.E. Releasing Corp. (Italian).We Met on the Elbe, Artkino (Russian).We’re No Angels, Paramount.We Visit Moscow, Kenneth Wright, Artkino (Russian).West of Zanzibar, A J. Arthur Rank Presentation-Ealing Studios, Universal-International (British).White Feather, Panoramic Productions, 20th Century-Fox.The White Orchid, Cosmos Production, U.A.Wichita, Allied Artists.Wiretapper, Great Commission Films, Continental Pictures, Inc.The Witch, Indo-American Film Corp. (Finnish).Women’s Prison, Yof Corporation, Columbia.Wyoming Rengades, Columbia.The Yellow Mountain, Universal-International.You Know What Sailors Are, A J. Arthur Rank Presentation-Group Film Productions, Ltd., U.A. (British).You’re Never Too Young, York, Paramount.Young Sinners, Gray-Film Production, Lumen Pictures Corp. (French).