Most Popular Movies 1957
This chart shows the 1957 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 1957 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1957 - Top 1957 Worldwide
Most Popular Overall | 1958 → |
1
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
Director: David Lean |
Initial Theatrical Release: December 18, 1957 (Wide) by Sony Pictures |
Keywords: World War II, War, War Drama, POW, Escape, War Crimes |
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
Domestic BO: $33,300,000 |
International BO: $21,094 |
2
![12 Angry Men](https://www.the-numbers.com/images/movies/opusdata/12-Angry-Men-Thumbnail.jpg)
12 Angry Men |
Director: Sidney Lumet |
Lead Roles: Henry Fonda as Juror #8, Lee J. Cobb as Juror #3, Ed Begley as Juror #10, Jack Warden as Juror #7, Martin Balsam as Juror #1, John Fiedler as Juror #2, E.G. Marshall as Juror #4, Jack Klugman as Juror #5, Ed Binns as Juror #6, Joseph Sweeney as Juror #9, George Voskovec as Juror #11, Robert Webber as Juror #12 |
Initial Theatrical Release: April 13, 1957 (Wide) by United Artists |
Keywords: Courtroom / Legal Drama |
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
International BO: $379 |
3
Forty Guns |
Director: Sam Fuller |
Lead Roles: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan |
Initial Theatrical Release: September, 1957 (Limited) by 20th Century Fox |
Classification: Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
4
The Young Stranger |
Director: John Frankenheimer |
Initial Theatrical Release: February 1, 1957 (Wide) |
5
Jungle Heat |
Director: Howard W. Koch |
Initial Theatrical Release: July 22, 1957 (Limited) |
Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
6
The Spanish Gardener |
Director: Philip Leacock |
Initial Theatrical Release: January 28, 1957 (Limited) (United Kingdom) |
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
7
On the Bowery |
Initial Theatrical Release: March 18, 1957 (Limited) |
Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Documentary, Live Action, Factual |
Domestic BO: $41,802 |
8
![Witness for the Prosecution](https://www.the-numbers.com/images/movies/opusdata/Witness-for-the-Prosecution-(1957)-Thumbnail.jpg)
Witness for the Prosecution |
Director: Billy Wilder |
Lead Roles: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton |
Initial Theatrical Release: December 17, 1957 (Limited) |
Classification: Based on Play, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
International BO: $211 |
9
![Notre-Dame de Paris](https://www.the-numbers.com/images/movies/opusdata/Notre-Dame-de-Paris-(1956)-Thumbnail.jpg)
Notre-Dame de Paris |
Director: Jean Delannoy |
Initial Theatrical Release: November 3, 1957 (Limited) |
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
International BO: $101,439 |
10
Funny Face |
Director: Stanley Donen |
Lead Roles: Audrey Hepburn as Jo Stockton, Fred Astaire as Dick Avery |
Initial Theatrical Release: February 13, 1957 (Limited) |
Classification: Original Screenplay, Musical, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
11
Boy on a Dolphin |
Director: Jean Negulesco |
Initial Theatrical Release: April 19, 1957 (Limited) (Germany) |
12
Peyton Place |
Director: Mark Robson |
Initial Theatrical Release: December 12, 1957 (Wide) |
Keywords: Coming of Age, Life Drama, Life in a Small Town, Dysfunctional Family, Addiction, Sex Crimes, Teen Pregnancy, Killing in Self Defence, Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong, World War II, Suicide |
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
Domestic BO: $25,600,000 |
13
![Det Sjunde Inseglet](https://www.the-numbers.com/images/movies/opusdata/Sjunde-Inseglet-Det-(Sweden)-Thumbnail.jpg)
Det Sjunde Inseglet |
Director: Ingmar Bergman |
Initial Theatrical Release: February 16, 1957 (Wide) (Sweden) |
Keywords: 1300s, Death as a Character |
Classification: Based on Play, Drama, Live Action, Fantasy |
International BO: $17,607 |
14
A Farewell To Arms |
Director: John Huston |
Initial Theatrical Release: December 14, 1957 (Wide) |
Domestic BO: $11,000,000 |
International BO: $18,289 |
15
Les Girls |
Director: George Cukor |
Initial Theatrical Release: October 4, 1957 (Wide) |
Domestic BO: $2,750,000 |
16
The Cyclops |
Director: Bert I. Gordon |
Initial Theatrical Release: July 28, 1957 (Limited) by Allied Artists |
Classification: Live Action, Science Fiction |
17
et Dieu… Crea la Femme |
Initial Theatrical Release: October 21, 1957 (Wide) |
Domestic BO: $2,000,000 |
18
The Monolith Monsters |
Director: John Sherwood |
Initial Theatrical Release: December 8, 1957 (Wide) (United Kingdom) |
Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Animation/Live Action, Science Fiction |
19
![The Nights of Cabiria](https://www.the-numbers.com/images/movies/opusdata/Nights-of-Cabiria-The-Thumbnail.jpg)
The Nights of Cabiria |
Director: Federico Fellini |
Lead Roles: Giulietta Masina as Cabiria |
Initial Theatrical Release: October 3, 1957 (Limited), released as Le notti di Cabiria (Italy) |
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
Domestic BO: $773,193 |
International BO: $619 |
Synopsis
A tough Roman streetwalker who, after a near-drowning by her pimp boyfriend, is swept off her feet by a square, but sympathetic, accountant…until a final disillusionment.
20
El Vampiro |
Director: Fernando Méndez |
Initial Theatrical Release: October 4, 1957 (Limited) (Mexico) |
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |