Lili (M-G-M). An elfin little musical that never quite gets lost in its own whimsy; with Leslie Caron, Jean Pierre Aumont, Mel Ferrer (TIME, March 9).
Call Me Madam (20th Century-Fox). Ethel Merman's wonderful brassy voice and personality sparkplug the film version of her Broadway musical hit (TIME, March 23).
Shane (Paramount). A horse opera put in finest fettle by Director George Stevens; with Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Jean Arthur (TIME, April 13).
Fanfan the Tulip (Lopert). A French folk tale dressed up as hard-swaggering farce; with Gerard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida (TIME, May 11).
From Here to Eternity (Columbia). James Jones's novel about the peacetime Army, sweated down to a fine, muscular picture; with Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra (TIME, Aug. 10).
The Cruel Sea (Universal-International). Dark war days in the North Atlantic, darkly remembered (TIME, Aug. 24).
Roman Holiday (Paramount). A princess has a royal time in Rome with an American reporter; with Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn (TIME, Sept. 7).
The Captain's Paradise (Lopert). Alec Guinness as a ferryboat captain who has a wife (Celia Johnson and Yvonne de Carlo) in each port (TIME, Oct. 12).
The Living Desert (Disney). Walt Disney's first full-length film of nature in the raw; seldom mild, often cruelly beautiful (TIME, Nov. 16).
The Conquest of Everest (United Artists). The heart-shaking camera record of the 1953 expedition to the top of the world's highest mountain (TiME, Dec. 21).