100 English films of 1955 ranked by box office. #1: Cinerama Holiday ($29.6 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cinerama Holiday | Philippe De Lacy | $1.5 million | $29.6 million | 19.73x | |
| 2 | Mister Roberts | John Ford | $2.3 million | $21.2 million | 9.22x | |
| 3 | The Seven Year Itch | Billy Wilder | $1.8 million | $12 million | 6.67x | |
| 3 | The Tall Men | Raoul Walsh | $3.1 million | $12 million | 3.87x | |
| 5 | Picnic | Joshua Logan | $3 million | $9 million | 3.00x | |
| 6 | Blackboard Jungle | Richard Brooks | $1.2 million | $8.1 million | 6.97x | |
| 7 | Battle Cry | Raoul Walsh | $8 million | |||
| 8 | I'll Cry Tomorrow | Daniel Mann | $2.1 million | $7.7 million | 3.60x | |
| 9 | Oklahoma! | Fred Zinnemann | $5.9 million | $7.1 million | 1.20x | |
| 10 | Guys and Dolls | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | $5.5 million | $6.8 million | 1.24x | |
| 11 | Strategic Air Command | Anthony Mann | $6.5 million | |||
| 12 | Not as a Stranger | Stanley Kramer | $1.5 million | $6.2 million | 4.13x | |
| 13 | The Sea Chase | John Farrow | $6 million | |||
| 14 | To Hell and Back | Jesse Hibbs | $500,000 | $5.8 million | 11.60x | |
| 15 | Love Me or Leave Me | Charles Vidor | $2.8 million | $5.6 million | 2.03x | |
| 16 | Pete Kelly's Blues | Jack Webb | $1.2 million | $5 million | 4.17x | |
| 16 | East of Eden | Elia Kazan | $5 million | |||
| 18 | To Catch a Thief | Alfred Hitchcock | $2.5 million | $4.5 million | 1.80x | |
| 18 | A Man Called Peter | Henry Koster | $1.7 million | $4.5 million | 2.59x | |
| 18 | Rebel Without a Cause | Nicholas Ray | $1.5 million | $4.5 million | 3.00x | |
| 21 | The Tender Trap | Charles Walters | $1.3 million | $4.5 million | 3.53x | |
| 22 | The Man with the Golden Arm | Otto Preminger | $1 million | $4.3 million | 4.30x | |
| 23 | The Rose Tattoo | Daniel Mann | $4.2 million | |||
| 24 | The Prodigal | Richard Thorpe | $2.8 million | $4.1 million | 1.49x | |
| 25 | The Long Gray Line | John Ford | $1.7 million | $4.1 million | 2.35x | |
| 26 | Interrupted Melody | Curtis Bernhardt | $2.4 million | $4 million | 1.70x | |
| 27 | The Left Hand of God | Edward Dmytryk | $1.8 million | $4 million | 2.24x | |
| 27 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Henry King | $1.8 million | $4 million | 2.25x | |
| 27 | Summertime | David Lean | $1.1 million | $4 million | 3.64x | |
| 27 | The Seven Little Foys | Melville Shavelson | $1.5 million | $4 million | 2.67x | |
| 31 | Many Rivers to Cross | Roy Rowland | $1.7 million | $3.8 million | 2.28x | |
| 32 | Artists and Models | Frank Tashlin | $1.5 million | $3.8 million | 2.53x | |
| 33 | Bad Day at Black Rock | John Sturges | $1.3 million | $3.8 million | 2.94x | |
| 34 | How to Be Very, Very Popular | Nunnally Johnson | $1.6 million | $3.7 million | 2.36x | |
| 35 | The Trouble with Harry | Alfred Hitchcock | $1.2 million | $3.5 million | 2.92x | |
| 35 | Le Tigre du ciel | Gordon Douglas | $3.5 million | |||
| 37 | You're Never Too Young | Norman Taurog | $3.4 million | |||
| 37 | Hit the Deck | Roy Rowland | $2.3 million | $3.4 million | 1.48x | |
| 39 | Trial | Mark Robson | $1.3 million | $3.3 million | 2.46x | |
| 40 | The Man from Laramie | Anthony Mann | $3.3 million | |||
| 41 | The Rains of Ranchipur | Jean Negulesco | $2.9 million | $3.1 million | 1.08x | |
| 42 | All That Heaven Allows | Douglas Sirk | $3.1 million | |||
| 43 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Otto Preminger | $3 million | |||
| 43 | We're No Angels | Michael Curtiz | $3 million | |||
| 45 | The Glass Slipper | Charles Walters | $2 million | $3 million | 1.48x | |
| 46 | Soldier of Fortune | Edward Dmytryk | $2.5 million | $2.8 million | 1.10x | |
| 47 | Land of the Pharaohs | Howard Hawks | $2.9 million | $2.7 million | 0.93x | |
| 48 | The Kentuckian | Burt Lancaster | $2.6 million | |||
| 49 | Jupiter's Darling | George Sidney | $3.3 million | $2.5 million | 0.76x | |
| 50 | Daddy Long Legs | Jean Negulesco | $2.6 million | $2.5 million | 0.96x | |
| 50 | The Desperate Hours | William Wyler | $2.4 million | $2.5 million | 1.05x | |
| 50 | Untamed | Henry King | $3.6 million | $2.5 million | 0.70x | |
| 53 | The Indian Fighter | André de Toth | $2.5 million | $2.5 million | 1.00x | |
| 54 | Wichita | Jacques Tourneur | $2.4 million | |||
| 55 | It's Always Fair Weather | Gene Kelly | $2.8 million | $2.4 million | 0.86x | |
| 56 | Underwater! | John Sturges | $2 million | $2.2 million | 1.10x | |
| 56 | Man Without a Star | King Vidor | $2.2 million | |||
| 56 | The Phenix City Story | Phil Karlson | $350,000 | $2.2 million | 6.29x | |
| 56 | Blood Alley | William A. Wellman | $2 million | $2.2 million | 1.10x | |
| 56 | The Court Jester | Melvin Frank | $4 million | $2.2 million | 0.55x | |
| 61 | The Adventures of Quentin Durward | Richard Thorpe | $2.5 million | $2.2 million | 0.88x | |
| 62 | Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier | Norman Foster | $7 million | $2.1 million | 0.31x | |
| 63 | The African Lion | James Algar | $2.1 million | |||
| 64 | Strange Lady in Town | Mervyn LeRoy | $2 million | |||
| 64 | Hell on Frisco Bay | Frank Tuttle | $2 million | |||
| 64 | Marty | Delbert Mann | $343,000 | $2 million | 5.83x | |
| 67 | The Cobweb | Vincente Minnelli | $2 million | $2 million | 1.00x | |
| 68 | The Violent Men | Rudolph Maté | $1.9 million | |||
| 69 | Foxfire | Joseph Pevney | $1.9 million | |||
| 70 | Kismet | Stanley Donen | $3 million | $1.8 million | 0.61x | |
| 71 | Six Bridges to Cross | Joseph Pevney | $1.8 million | |||
| 71 | My Sister Eileen | Richard Quine | $1.8 million | |||
| 71 | Man with the Gun | Richard Wilson | $1.8 million | |||
| 74 | The Racers | Henry Hathaway | $2.7 million | $1.8 million | 0.64x | |
| 74 | Chief Crazy Horse | George Sherman | $1.8 million | |||
| 76 | It Came from Beneath the Sea | Robert Gordon | $150,000 | $1.7 million | 11.33x | |
| 76 | This Island Earth | Jack Arnold | $800,000 | $1.7 million | 2.13x | |
| 76 | House of Bamboo | Samuel Fuller | $1.4 million | $1.7 million | 1.23x | |
| 79 | White Feather | Robert D. Webb | $1.1 million | $1.6 million | 1.47x | |
| 80 | The Far Horizons | Rudolph Maté | $1.6 million | |||
| 80 | The Littlest Outlaw | Roberto Gavaldón | $1.6 million | |||
| 82 | The King's Thief | Hugo Fregonese | $1.6 million | $1.5 million | 0.98x | |
| 83 | Gentlemen Marry Brunettes | Richard Sale | $2 million | $1.5 million | 0.75x | |
| 83 | Run for Cover | Nicholas Ray | $1.5 million | |||
| 83 | Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki | Lee Sholem | $1.5 million | |||
| 83 | The Catered Affair | Richard Brooks | $1 million | $1.5 million | 1.50x | |
| 87 | The Spoilers | Jesse Hibbs | $1.4 million | |||
| 87 | Tall Man Riding | Lesley Selander | $1.4 million | |||
| 87 | The Second Greatest Sex | George Marshall | $1.4 million | |||
| 90 | Captain Lightfoot | Douglas Sirk | $1.3 million | |||
| 90 | Lucy Gallant | Robert Parrish | $1.3 million | |||
| 90 | New York Confidential | Russell Rouse | $1.3 million | |||
| 90 | The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing | Richard Fleischer | $1.7 million | $1.3 million | 0.76x | |
| 94 | The Big Knife | Robert Aldrich | $460,000 | $1.2 million | 2.72x | |
| 94 | Violent Saturday | Richard Fleischer | $955,000 | $1.2 million | 1.31x | |
| 94 | Three for the Show | H. C. Potter | $1.2 million | |||
| 94 | The Americano | William Castle | $1.2 million | |||
| 98 | The Scarlet Coat | John Sturges | $1.6 million | $1.2 million | 0.75x | |
| 99 | The Treasure of Pancho Villa | George Sherman | $1.1 million | |||
| 100 | Tarantula | Jack Arnold | $1.1 million |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.