Festival de Cannes: Official Selection 1954
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- DirectorAndré CayatteStarsAntoine BalpêtréPaul BiscigliaBernard BlierSelf-centered parents of the 50's targeted by drama in which teenagers panicking after burglary supposed to finance the run from the Third World War.
- DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsLuis MarianoLolita SevillaJosé IsbertFigaro, a singing barber, gets caught by some bandits who use his abilities to attract travelers and assault them. To escape justice he joins the army where he meets no other than the bandits. They are shipped to Puerto Rico and fight pirates, returning to Spain in acclaim. Now he will know the rich salons and the bright side of life.
- DirectorRobert D. WebbStarsRobert WagnerTerry MooreGilbert RolandFierce competition among sponge fishermen forces a Greek-American family to fish in the dangerous 12-mile reef area off the western coast of Florida.
- DirectorEttore GianniniStarsLéonide MassineAchille MilloAgostino SalviettiThe life of a family of street singers.
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsArne ArnardoJoachim Holst-JensenIlselil LarsenCircus Fandango is a traveling workplace where everyone has to work together to make their living. A trade where occupational pride, commitment, but maybe also loneliness when getting old, like the clown Papa.
- DirectorJuan Antonio BardemStarsElisa GalvéFernando ReyEmma PenellaAna Ruiz, a young actress who works in a traveling theater company, performs only small roles, but she hopes to succeed and puts her success before the love of Miguel. When the company decides to release "Heaven is not far" by Ernesto Sánchez Blasco, Ana hopes to get the leading role.
- DirectorCarlo LizzaniStarsAnna Maria FerreroCosetta GrecoAntonella LualdiIn 1925 the young florentine typographer Mario moves to via del Corno to be near his girl-friend Bianca. Here he becomes friends with Maciste, his landlord, and Ugo, anti-fascists both of them. When Campolmi is beaten by the fascists, Mario meets Milena, Campolmi's wife, at the hospital and falls in love with her leaving Bianca. Then Maciste is killed, again by the fascists, Ugo is wounded and he seeks shelter in ^ÓSignora^Ô's house. Here he falls in love with Gesuina and the two marry. Campolmi dies, but Mario and Milena part themselves. Later Mario too is arrested by the police.
- DirectorArne SucksdorffStarsAnders NohrborgKjell SucksdorffArne SucksdorffA year in the lives of the animals living near a small Swedish farm.Grand Prix
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsMaria SchellBernhard WickiBarbara RüttingA German nurse gets sent to the front because she gives medical aid to a wounded Serbian partisan during World War II.
- DirectorBimal RoyStarsBalraj SahniNirupa RoyRatan KumarIn the hope of earning enough money to pay off his debts and save his land, a poor farmer becomes a rickshaw puller in Calcutta and faces many difficulties.
- DirectorMiguel MoraytaStarsEnrique RambalManolo FábregasConsuelo FrankMexican drama that follows the teachings to disciples and events in the life of Jesus Christ, previous and during his passion, then rising from the dead on the third day.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsDolores Del RíoPedro López LagarEduardo NoriegaMarta (Dolores del Río) es una mujer que vive obsesionada, ya que su madre y su hermano murieron de esquizofrenia. Temerosa de que la enfermedad sea congénita, sobreprotege hasta el extremo a su único hijo (Alejandro Ciangherotti Jr.). Debido a su obsesión, Marta no se da cuenta que la única afectada psicológicamente en su familia es ella.
- DirectorSalah AbouseifStarsAnwar WagdiMahmoud Al MelejiSamia GamalAbdel Sabour [Mahmoud El-Meliguy] was a thief and a smuggler known as The Beast to the people in one of the villages of upper Egypt; everyone was afraid of him, including the police. He enjoyed the protection of Redwan Pasha, [Abbas Fares] who in turn used him during elections to eliminate his rivals. Officer Raouf Saleh was sent to the village with his wife and son with the assignment of arresting The Beast. However The Beast and his gang worked together from the beginning trying to dispose of the officer and his family in any way possible.
- DirectorZygmunt SulistrowskiStarsKazuo AokiAndrea BayardAry BlausteinExploitation documentary: A white girl is part of an expedition into the dark Amazon jungle. In addition to native nudity (sex) there are animal killings (violence).
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.
- DirectorTeinosuke KinugasaStarsMachiko KyôKazuo HasegawaIsao YamagataA samurai pursues a married lady-in-waiting.Grand Prix
- DirectorArne MattssonStarsFolke SundquistGeorg RydebergNils HallbergFour Swedish soldiers are trapped in Russia. In front of them lies the front with enemy outposts and patrols, behind them the enemy minefields.
- DirectorMárton KeletiStarsÁgi MészárosÁdám SzirtesErzsi PápaiA young woman goes to work on the construction site for the future Stalin City.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsRobert TaylorAva GardnerMel FerrerKing Arthur's rule is threatened by the adulterous love between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, a relationship the king's enemies hope to exploit.
- DirectorKinuyo TanakaStarsMasayuki MoriYoshiko KugaJûkichi UnoExplores the wounds of war, the limits of love and the need to forgive. A sad and troubled man, Reikichi Mayumi finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
- DirectorVladimír VlcekStarsJaroslav VojtaLadislav PesekJaroslav MaresLiterary adaptation: The life of a family of wandering comedians.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsEllie LambetiGiorgos PappasDimitris HornOn a lazy Athenian Sunday, a young and fresh saleswoman loses her soon-to-be winning lottery ticket, only to meet its handsome new owner. Of course, she wants it back; however, what if fortune and ardent Cupid are already on her doorstep?
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsGina LollobrigidaJean-Claude PascalRaymond PellegrinBankrupt and disbarred, Parisian lawyer Pierre Martel heads for Algiers where he's supposed to rejoin his high-maintenance Italian girlfriend Sylvia but when she fails to show-up a heart-broken Pierre joins the French Foreign Legion.
- DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsBing CrosbyClaude DauphinChristian FourcadeA war correspondent who was stationed in Paris during World War II married a French girl who was murdered by the Germans. After the war he returns to to try to find his son, whom he lost during a bombing raid but who he has been told is living in an orphanage in Paris.
- DirectorAugusto GeninaStarsMärta TorénGino CerviCharles VanelDuring the annual Good Friday pageant in a tiny Italian village, local priest Don Vincenzo faces a crisis when the girl selected to play the Virgin Mary shows up pregnant.