| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| One Hundred Little Mothers | Giulio Morelli | William Tubbs, Lia Amanda, Clelia Matania | Drama | |
| The Overcoat | Alberto Lattuada | Renato Rascel, Yvonne Sanson, Antonella Lualdi | Drama | Close to Italian neorealism. |
| Papà diventa mamma | Aldo Fabrizi | Aldo Fabrizi, Ave Ninchi, Giovanna Ralli | Comedy | |
| Papà ti ricordo | Mario Volpe | Paolo Carlini, Lea Padovani, Irene Genna | Melodrama | |
| The Passaguai Family Gets Rich | Aldo Fabrizi | Aldo Fabrizi, Erminio Macario, Ave Ninchi | Comedy | |
| La Peccatrice dell'isola | Sergio Corbucci, Sergio Grieco | Silvana Pampanini, Folco Lulli, Vittorio Duse | Melodrama | |
| The Phantom Musketeer | Max Calandri | Tamara Lees, Rossana Podestà, Clara Calamai | Adventure | |
| The Piano Tuner Has Arrived | Duilio Coletti | Nino Taranto, Alberto Sordi, Tamara Lees | Comedy | |
| Poppy | Vittorio Metz Marcello Marchesi | Walter Chiari, Anna Maria Ferrero, Carlo Campanini | Comedy | |
| Primo premio Mariarosa | Sergio Grieco | Carlo Croccolo, Isa Barzizza, Carlo Campanini | Comedy | |
| Prisoners of Darkness | Enrico Bomba | Milly Vitale, Folco Lulli, Eduardo Ciannelli | Melodrama | |
| The Queen of Sheba | Pietro Francisci | Leonora Ruffo, Gino Cervi, Marina Berti | Adventure | |
| Ragazze da marito | Eduardo De Filippo | Eduardo De Filippo, Peppino De Filippo, Lianella Carell | Comedy | |
| Red Love | Aldo Vergano | Marina Berti, Massimo Serato, Guido Celano | Drama | |
| Red Shirts | Goffredo Alessandrini Francesco Rosi | Anna Magnani, Raf Vallone, Jacques Sernas | Historical | Co-production with France |
| Redemption | Piero Caserini | Luisa Rossi, Marco Vicario, Juan de Landa | Drama | |
| Repentance | Mario Costa | Cesare Danova, Paul Muller, Doris Duranti | Drama | Co-production with Spain |
| Rimorso | Armando Grottini | Maria Grazia Francia, Otello Toso, Linda Sini | Melodrama | |
| Il Romanzo della mia vita | Lionello De Felice | Luciano Tajoli, Antonella Lualdi, Fulvia Franco | Drama | |
| Rome 11 o'clock | Giuseppe De Santis | Carla Del Poggio, Massimo Girotti, Lucia Bosé, Raf Vallone | Italian neorealism | Augusto Genina made Tre storie proibite based on the real tragic accident the film is based |
| Rosalba, la fanciulla di Pompei | Natale Montillo | Roberto Risso, Elli Parvo, Renato Baldini | Melodrama | |
| Sardinian Vendetta | Mario Mattoli | Walter Chiari, Mario Riva, Giovanna Pala | Comedy | |
| The Secret of Three Points | Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Massimo Girotti, Tamara Lees, Umberto Spadaro | Adventure | |
| Sensuality | Clemente Fracassi | Marcello Mastroianni, Amedeo Nazzari, Eleonora Rossi Drago | Melodrama | |
| Serenata amara | Pino Mercanti | Claudio Villa, Giovanna Pala, Liliana Bonfatti | Melodrama | |
| Shadows Over Trieste | Nerino Florio Bianchi | Giulio Donnini, Livio Lorenzon, Adriana Innocenti | War | [5] |
| Solo per te Lucia | Franco Rossi | Mariella Lotti, Luigi Tosi, Nerio Bernardi | Comedy | |
| Son of the Hunchback | Fernando Cerchio | Rossano Brazzi, Milly Vitale, Gabrielle Dorziat | Adventure | Co-production with France |
| La Storia del fornaretto di Venezia | Giacinto Solito | Doris Duranti, Mariella Lotti, Paolo Carlini | Historical | |
| Stranger on the Prowl | Joseph Losey | Paul Muni, Joan Lorring, Luisa Rossi | Drama | |
| Sul ponte dei sospiri | Antonio Leonviola | Frank Latimore, Maria Frau, Massimo Girotti | Adventure | |
| Sunday Heroes | Mario Camerini | Raf Vallone, Marcello Mastroianni, Cosetta Greco | Sports | |
| Il tallone di Achille | Mario Amendola Ruggero Maccari | Tino Scotti, Tamara Lees, Paolo Stoppa | Comedy | |
| They Were Three Hundred | Gian Paolo Callegari | Rossano Brazzi, Franca Marzi, Myriam Bru | Historical | |
| A Thief in Paradise | Domenico Paolella | Nino Taranto, Francesco Golisano, Hélène Rémy | Comedy | |
| Three Forbidden Stories | Augusto Genina | Lia Amanda, Antonella Lualdi, Isa Pola | Drama | |
| Three Girls from Rome | Luciano Emmer | Lucia Bosé, Cosetta Greco, Marcello Mastroianni | Comedy | |
| The Three Pirates | Mario Soldati | Ettore Manni, Marc Lawrence, Barbara Florian | Adventure | |
| The Tired Outlaw | Fernando Cerchio | Renato Rascel, Lauretta Masiero, Lia Di Leo | Comedy | |
| Torment of the Past | Mario Bonnard | Helene Remy, Marc Lawrence, Carla Del Poggio | Melodrama | |
| Toto and the King of Rome | Mario Monicelli | Totò, Giovanna Pala, Alberto Sordi | Comedy | |
| Toto and the Women | Mario Monicelli, Stefano Vanzina | Totò, Lea Padovani, Franca Faldini | Comedy | |
| Toto in Color | Stefano Vanzina | Totò, Franca Valeri, Rosita Pisano | Comedy | 1st Italian film in color |
| Tragic Return | Pier Luigi Faraldo | Doris Duranti, Marcello Mastroianni, Franca Marzi | Drama | |
| Two Cents Worth of Hope | Renato Castellani | Maria Fiore, Vincenzo Musolino, Gina Mascetti | Pink neorealism | Palme d'Or winner |
| Umberto D. | Vittorio De Sica | Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari | Italian neorealism | New York Film Critics Circle Awards won. Academy Award nominee best script |
| Verginità | Leonardo De Mitri | Irene Genna, Leonardo Cortese, Franca Marzi | Melodrama | |
| Viva il cinema! | Enzo Trapani | Delia Scala, Fiorenzo Fiorentini, Marilyn Buferd | Comedy | |
| La Voce del sangue | Pino Mercanti | Paul Muller, Franca Marzi, Evi Maltagliati | Melodrama | |
| Wanda the Sinner | Duilio Coletti | Yvonne Sanson, Frank Villard, Françoise Rosay | Melodrama | Co-production with France |
| We Are All Murderers | André Cayatte | Amedeo Nazzari, Yvonne Sanson, Raymond Pellegrin | Crime | Co-Production with France |
| We Two Alone | Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz | Walter Chiari, Helene Remy, Carlo Campanini | Comedy | |
| We're Dancing on the Rainbow | Carmine Gallone, Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Inge Egger, Isa Barzizza, Karl Schönböck | Musical | Co-production with West Germany |
| What Price Innocence? | Luigi Capuano | Lida Baarova, Otello Toso, Mariella Lotti | Melodrama | |
| The White Sheik | Federico Fellini | Brunella Bovo, Leopoldo Trieste, Alberto Sordi, Giulietta Masina | Comedy drama | |
| Who Is Without Sin | Raffaello Matarazzo | Yvonne Sanson, Amedeo Nazzari, Françoise Rosay | Melodrama | |
| Wife For a Night | Mario Camerini | Gina Lollobrigida, Gino Cervi, Nadia Gray | Comedy | |
| Wolves Hunt at Night | Bernard Borderie | Jean-Pierre Aumont, Carla Del Poggio, Fernand Ledoux | Spy | Co-production with France |
| A Woman Has Killed | Vittorio Cottafavi | Frank Latimore, Lianella Carell, Umberto Spadaro | Melodrama | |
| The Woman Who Invented Love | Ferruccio Cerio | Silvana Pampanini, Rossano Brazzi, Mariella Lotti | Drama | |
| The Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino | Pietro Francisci | Gino Leurini, Leonora Ruffo, Tamara Lees | Adventure | |