This is a list of films produced or distributed by Universal Pictures in 1950–1959, founded in 1912 as the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. It is the main motion picture production and distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of the NBCUniversal division of Comcast.
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 5, 1950 | Sons of Matthew | U.S. distribution only as The Rugged O'Riordans; co-production with the Greater Union Organisation |
| January 6, 1950 | Woman in Hiding | |
| February 8, 1950 | Francis | |
| Outside the Wall | ||
| February 14, 1950 | The Astonished Heart | U.S. distribution |
| March 1, 1950 | The Kid from Texas | |
| Buccaneer's Girl | ||
| Borderline | distribution only; produced by Milton H. Bren and William A. Seiter Productions and Borderline Pictures Corporation | |
| April 1, 1950 | One Way Street | |
| Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | ||
| May 1, 1950 | Comanche Territory | |
| May 13, 1950 | I Was a Shoplifter | |
| May 25, 1950 | Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | |
| May 31, 1950 | Louisa | |
| June 1, 1950 | Sierra | |
| June 8, 1950 | Spy Hunt | |
| The Rocking Horse Winner | U.S. distribution | |
| July 1, 1950 | Peggy | |
| July 12, 1950 | Winchester '73 | |
| August 5, 1950 | Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion | |
| The Desert Hawk | ||
| August 30, 1950 | South Sea Sinner | |
| August 31, 1950 | Madeleine | U.S. distribution |
| September 1, 1950 | Shakedown | |
| September 21, 1950 | Saddle Tramp | |
| October 16, 1950 | The Sleeping City | |
| October 17, 1950 | The Milkman | |
| October 18, 1950 | Wyoming Mail | |
| November 1, 1950 | Deported | |
| November 2, 1950 | Undercover Girl | |
| November 15, 1950 | Kansas Raiders | |
| November 29, 1950 | Woman on the Run | distribution only; produced by Fidelity Pictures Corporation |
| December 21, 1950 | Harvey | |
| December 25, 1950 | Frenchie | |
| December 1950 | Mystery Submarine | |
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| February 5, 1951 | Tomahawk | |
| February 26, 1951 | The Magnet | U.S. distribution |
| March 3, 1951 | Target Unknown | |
| March 5, 1951 | Up Front | |
| March 7, 1951 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man | |
| March 14, 1951 | Air Cadet | |
| The Groom Wore Spurs | distribution only; produced by Fidelity Pictures Corporation | |
| April 1, 1951 | Katie Did It | |
| April 5, 1951 | Bedtime for Bonzo | |
| April 26, 1951 | Double Crossbones | |
| April 1951 | Apache Drums | |
| May 1, 1951 | Francis Goes to the Races | |
| May 10, 1951 | Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm | |
| May 18, 1951 | Smuggler's Island | |
| May 19, 1951 | The Fat Man | |
| June 1, 1951 | Hollywood Story | |
| July 2, 1951 | The Prince Who Was a Thief | |
| July 24, 1951 | The Mark of the Renegade | |
| July 26, 1951 | Comin' Round the Mountain | |
| August 1951 | Bright Victory | Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for best Motion - Drama |
| August 8, 1951 | Cattle Drive | |
| August 29, 1951 | Little Egypt | |
| September 1, 1951 | The Lady from Texas | |
| September 20, 1951 | Iron Man | |
| September 23, 1951 | You Never Can Tell | |
| October 15, 1951 | The Lavender Hill Mob | U.S. distribution |
| October 17, 1951 | Thunder on the Hill | |
| October 29, 1951 | The Browning Version | U.S. distribution |
| October 1951 | The Lady Pays Off | |
| The Golden Horde | ||
| Reunion in Reno | ||
| November 27, 1951 | Pool of London | U.S. distribution |
| November 1951 | The Raging Tide | |
| Cave of Outlaws | ||
| December 8, 1951 | The Strange Door | |
| December 19, 1951 | Flame of Araby | |
| December 1951 | Week-End with Father | |
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 6, 1954 | War Arrow | |
| January 11, 1954 | Both Sides of the Law | U.S. distribution |
| January 1954 | Border River | |
| February 10, 1954 | Ride Clear of Diablo | |
| February 15, 1954 | Genevieve | U.S. distribution |
| February 17, 1954 | The Glenn Miller Story | |
| February 18, 1954 | Taza, Son of Cochise | |
| March 5, 1954 | Creature from the Black Lagoon | 3D |
| March 10, 1954 | Ma and Pa Kettle at Home | |
| March 30, 1954 | Saskatchewan | |
| April 14, 1954 | Rails Into Laramie | |
| April 17, 1954 | Yankee Pasha | |
| April 21, 1954 | Playgirl | |
| May 2, 1954 | Fireman Save My Child | |
| June 6, 1954 | Always a Bride | |
| June 22, 1954 | Johnny Dark | |
| June 1954 | Black Horse Canyon | |
| Drums Across the River | ||
| July 3, 1954 | Tanganyika | |
| July 30, 1954 | Francis Joins the WACS | |
| August 7, 1954 | Magnificent Obsession | |
| August 30, 1954 | The Maggie | U.S. distribution |
| September 1, 1954 | Dawn at Socorro | |
| September 2, 1954 | The Black Shield of Falworth | |
| October 1, 1954 | Naked Alibi | |
| November 1, 1954 | Ricochet Romance | |
| November 6, 1954 | Bengal Brigade | |
| November 16, 1954 | The Yellow Mountain | |
| December 1, 1954 | Destry | |
| December 12, 1954 | Four Guns to the Border | |
| December 15, 1954 | So This Is Paris | |
| December 18, 1954 | Sign of the Pagan | |
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 21, 1955 | Six Bridges to Cross | |
| February 2, 1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | |
| February 12, 1955 | The Far Country | |
| March 24, 1955 | Man Without a Star | |
| March 26, 1955 | Captain Lightfoot | |
| March 1955 | Smoke Signal | |
| April 12, 1955 | The Man from Bitter Ridge | |
| April 1955 | Chief Crazy Horse | |
| Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki | ||
| May 2, 1955 | The Seekers | U.S. distribution |
| May 13, 1955 | Revenge of the Creature | |
| May 30, 1955 | Cult of the Cobra | |
| May 1955 | The Looters | |
| June 1, 1955 | This Island Earth | |
| June 15, 1955 | The Purple Mask | |
| June 16, 1955 | The Shrike | |
| June 23, 1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | |
| July 1, 1955 | Ain't Misbehavin' | |
| August 2, 1955 | The Private War of Major Benson | |
| August 19, 1955 | Female on the Beach | |
| August 23, 1955 | Foxfire | Last American film to be shot in three-strip Technicolor |
| August 24, 1955 | Francis in the Navy | |
| September 2, 1955 | One Desire | |
| September 22, 1955 | To Hell and Back | |
| September 23, 1955 | Kiss of Fire | |
| October 1955 | The Second Greatest Sex | |
| November 1955 | Hold Back Tomorrow | |
| November 2, 1955 | The Naked Dawn | |
| Lady Godiva of Coventry | ||
| November 23, 1955 | Tarantula | |
| December 1, 1955 | Running Wild | |
| December 23, 1955 | The Spoilers | |
| December 25, 1955 | All That Heaven Allows | |
| December 30, 1955 | The Square Jungle | |
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 16, 1957 | Four Girls in Town | |
| January 23, 1957 | Istanbul | |
| January 30, 1957 | Gun for a Coward | |
| February 1, 1957 | The Young Stranger | co-production with Stuart Miller Productions; distributed by RKO Radio Pictures |
| February 14, 1957 | Battle Hymn | |
| February 22, 1957 | The Incredible Shrinking Man | |
| February 23, 1957 | Mister Cory | co-production with Curtleigh Productions |
| March 14, 1957 | The Tattered Dress | |
| April 2, 1957 | The Night Runner | |
| April 4, 1957 | Man Afraid | |
| April 10, 1957 | Kelly and Me | |
| April 11, 1957 | The Girl in the Kremlin | |
| May 10, 1957 | The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm | |
| May 19, 1957 | Public Pigeon No. 1 | Made for RKO Pictures |
| May 26, 1957 | The Deadly Mantis | |
| May 29, 1957 | Joe Butterfly | |
| June 4, 1957 | The Midnight Story | |
| June 14, 1957 | Tammy and the Bachelor | plus Tammy sequels in 1961, 1963, and 1967 |
| July 24, 1957 | Night Passage | |
| July 28, 1957 | Doctor at Large | U.S. distribution |
| August 13, 1957 | Man of a Thousand Faces | |
| September 1, 1957 | Slaughter on Tenth Avenue | |
| September 5, 1957 | Run of the Arrow | made for RKO Pictures |
| September 6, 1957 | Quantez | |
| September 1957 | That Night! | made for RKO Pictures |
| Appointment with a Shadow | ||
| October 1, 1957 | Jet Pilot | made for RKO PIctures |
| October 18, 1957 | My Man Godfrey | |
| October 27, 1957 | Joe Dakota | |
| October 30, 1957 | The Land Unknown | |
| Interlude | ||
| October 1957 | The Unholy Wife | distribution only; made for RKO Pictures |
| November 13, 1957 | All Mine to Give | |
| November 27, 1957 | The Violators | |
| November 1957 | Slim Carter | |
| December 18, 1957 | The Monolith Monsters | |
| December 23, 1957 | Escapade in Japan | distribution only; made for RKO Pictures |
| December 1957 | Love Slaves of the Amazons | |
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 11, 1958 | The Tarnished Angels | |
| January 22, 1958 | Man in the Shadow | |
| January 30, 1958 | The Lady Takes a Flyer | |
| February 5, 1958 | Day of the Badman | |
| February 1958 | The Girl Most Likely | distribution only; made for RKO Pictures |
| The Big Beat | ||
| Flood Tide | ||
| March 1, 1958 | Damn Citizen | |
| March 5, 1958 | The Mark of the Hawk | U.S. distribution only |
| April 1958 | Live Fast, Die Young | co-production with B.R.K. Inc. |
| Girls on the Loose | co-production with Jewell Enterprises Inc. | |
| April 23, 1958 | Touch of Evil | |
| The Female Animal | ||
| May 8, 1958 | Horror of Dracula | U.S. distribution only; produced by Hammer Film Productions |
| May 14, 1958 | I Married a Woman | distribution only; made for RKO Pictures |
| June 18, 1958 | This Happy Feeling | |
| June 25, 1958 | Summer Love | |
| June 27, 1958 | The Thing That Couldn't Die | |
| July 9, 1958 | A Time to Love and a Time to Die | |
| July 1958 | The Last of the Fast Guns | |
| August 6, 1958 | Twilight for the Gods | |
| August 13, 1958 | Voice in the Mirror | |
| August 1958 | Wild Heritage | |
| September 19, 1958 | Raw Wind in Eden | |
| September 24, 1958 | Kathy O' | |
| September 1958 | Step Down to Terror | |
| Once Upon a Horse... | ||
| October 1958 | Blood of the Vampire | U.S. distribution only; production by Artistes Alliance Ltd. |
| Money, Women and Guns | ||
| October 1, 1958 | The Saga of Hemp Brown | |
| November 23, 1958 | Ride a Crooked Trail | |
| November 30, 1958 | The Perfect Furlough | Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Comedy. |
| December 17, 1958 | Monster on the Campus | |
| December 1958 | The Restless Years | |
| Release date | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | The Race for Space | ||
| February 11, 1959 | Never Steal Anything Small | ||
| March 3, 1959 | A Stranger in My Arms | ||
| March 18, 1959 | Imitation of Life | ||
| May 27, 1959 | The Wild and the Innocent | ||
| May 1959 | Curse of the Undead | ||
| June 1959 | Born to Be Loved | distribution only; production by Hugo Haas Productions | |
| July 8, 1959 | This Earth Is Mine | co-production with Vintage Productions | |
| October 2, 1959 | The Silent Enemy | U.S. distribution | |
| October 7, 1959 | Pillow Talk | distribution only; production by Arwin Productions Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Comedy. | |
| 4D Man | distribution only; production by Fairview Productions and Jack H. Harris Enterprises | ||
| November 20, 1959 | The Snow Queen | English dub, U.S. distribution only | |
| December 5, 1959 | Operation Petticoat[1] | distribution only; production by Granart Company Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Comedy | |
| December 16, 1959 | The Mummy[2] | U.S. distribution only; co-production with Hammer Film Productions |