Most Popular Movies 1955
This chart shows the 1955 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1955 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1955 - Top 1955 Worldwide
| Most Popular Overall | 1956 → |
1
| The Seven Year Itch |
| Director: Billy Wilder |
| Lead Roles: Marilyn Monroe as The Girl, Tom Ewell as Richard Sherman |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 3, 1955 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox |
| Keywords: Unnamed Character, Infidelity, Performing Arts, Voiceover/Narration, Fantasy Sequence, Prologue, Whitewashed Casting, Mid-Life Crisis, Hallucinations, Novel or Other Work Adapted by Author, Romantic Comedy |
| Classification: Based on Play, Romantic Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $6,000,000 |
|
International BO: $342 |
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| Gojira no gyakushû |
| Director: Motoyoshi Oda |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 24, 1955 (Wide) (Japan) |
| Classification: Action |
3
| Ensayo de un crimen |
| Director: Luis Bunuel |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 19, 1955 (Wide) (Mexico) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
International BO: $2,370 |
4
| Land of the Pharaohs |
| Director: Howard Hawks |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 24, 1955 (Wide) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $1,500,000 |
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| The Dam Busters |
| Director: Michael Anderson |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 16, 1955 (Limited) (United Kingdom) |
| Keywords: World War II |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
|
International BO: $12,987 |
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| The Ladykillers |
| Director: Alexander Mackendrick |
| Lead Roles: Alec Guinness as Professor Marcus, Cecil Parker as Claude, Herbert Lom as Louis, Peter Sellers as Harry, Danny Green as One-Round |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 8, 1955 (Limited) (United Kingdom) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $23,213 |
|
International BO: $19,273 |
7
| The Big Knife |
| Director: Robert Aldrich |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 25, 1955 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Play, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
8
| Ma celino pan y vino |
| Director: Ladislao Vajda |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 8, 1955 (Limited), released as Marcelino pan y vino (Italy) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
International BO: $4,733 |
9
| This is Cinerama |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 5, 1955 (Limited) (Japan) |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Documentary, Live Action, Factual |
10
| I vinti |
| Director: Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 8, 1955 (Limited) (Argentina) |
| Classification: Drama |
11
| Marty |
| Lead Roles: Ernest Borgnine as Marty |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 11, 1955 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Romance, Dysfunctional Family, Delayed Adulthood, Set in New York |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Romantic Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
12
| The Prisoner |
| Director: Peter Glenville |
| Lead Roles: Alec Guinness as Cardinal, Jack Hawkins as Interogator |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 11, 1955 (Limited) by Columbia |
| Keywords: Inspired by a True Story, Catholic, Communism, Unnamed Character, Dysfunctional Family, Novel or Other Work Adapted by Author |
| Classification: Based on Play, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
13
| Lady and the Tramp |
| Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske |
| Lead Roles: Barbara Luddy as Lady, Larry Roberts as Tramp |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 22, 1955 (Wide) by Walt Disney |
| Keywords: Animal Lead, Talking Animals, Romance, Cross-Class Romance, Intertitle, Non-Chronological, 1910s, Family Adventure |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Hand Animation, Kids Fiction |
|
Domestic BO: $93,600,000 |
|
International BO: $38,184 |
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| Chiyari Fuji |
| Director: Tomu Uchida |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 27, 1955 (Wide) (Japan) |
| Classification: Adventure, Live Action |
15
| Othello |
| Director: Orson Welles |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 12, 1955 (Limited) by United Artists |
16
| Interrupted Melody |
| Director: Curtis Bernhardt |
| Lead Roles: Glenn Ford as Dr. Thomas King, Eleanor Parker as Marjorie Lawrence |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 25, 1955 (Wide) by MGM |