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 |
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International BO: $21,094 |
2
| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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International BO: $211 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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Domestic BO: $25,600,000 |
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| 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) |
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Domestic BO: $11,000,000 |
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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) |
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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 |
| 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 |
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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 |