1956 Movies
Browse 1,183 titles in our 1956 Movies Database
- The Killing
- The Searchers
- The Ten Commandments
- The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- Forbidden Planet
- Giant
- The Ladykillers
- Around the World in 80 Days
- The King and I
- A Man Escaped
- Moby Dick
- The Red Balloon
- High Society
- Aparajito
- The Bad Seed
- Oklahoma!
- Written on the Wind
- Bob the Gambler
- Bus Stop
- Lust for Life
- The Man with the Golden Arm
- War and Peace
- Tarantula
- Sissi
- ...And God Created Woman
- Anastasia
- The Harder They Fall
- Somebody Up There Likes Me
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters!
- Baby Doll
- Bigger Than Life
- 20 Million Miles to Earth
- Friendly Persuasion
- Bride of the Monster
- Sissi: The Young Empress
- While the City Sleeps
- Carousel
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
- Rodan
- 7 Men from Now
- Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
- Attack
- The Man Who Never Was
- Richard III
- Trapeze
- Street of Shame
- Pursuit of the Graf Spee
- Love Me Tender
- Nightfall
- Jubal
- A Kiss Before Dying
- The Crossing of Paris
- La Pointe Courte
- The Rainmaker
- 1984
- Alexander the Great
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
- The Creature Walks Among Us
- The Mole People
- The Girl Can't Help It
- The Conqueror
- The Catered Affair
- The Teahouse of the August Moon
- Early Spring
- The Last Wagon
- There's Always Tomorrow
- The Fastest Gun Alive
- Patterns
- X the Unknown
- Tea and Sympathy
- Autumn Leaves
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Indestructible Man
- Carnival Night
- Reach for the Sky
- The Left Hand of God
- The Swan
- The Mystery of Picasso
- It Conquered the World
- Death in the Garden
- 23 Paces to Baker Street
- Helen of Troy
- The Killer Is Loose
- Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
- World Without End
- Hollywood or Bust
- The Green Man
- Ransom!
- The Solid Gold Cadillac
- The Mountain
- Crazed Fruit
- Julie
- The Ogre of Athens
- Elena and Her Men
- The Eddy Duchin Story
- Bhowani Junction
- Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
- Kronos
- The Black Sleep
- Swamp Women
- Fire Maidens of Outer Space
- The She-Creature
- Love
- The Captain from Köpenick
- A Town Like Alice
- Do Ankhen Barah Haath
- The King and Four Queens
- The Beast of Hollow Mountain
- The Werewolf
- Backlash
- The Silent World
- The Last Hunt
- The Last Frontier
- Pardners
- Tribute to a Bad Man
- The Forty-First
- Merry-Go-Round
- Deadlier Than the Male
- Storm Center
- D-Day the Sixth of June
- Main Street
- The Rack
- Gervaise
- The Proud Ones
- Broom-Stick Bunny
- Please Murder Me!
- The Band of Honest Men
- All the Memory in the World
- Three Violent People
- Between Heaven and Hell
- Run for the Sun
- Yield to the Night
- Foreign Intrigue
- The Railroad Man
- Bundle of Joy
- Crime in the Streets
- The Third Key
- The Roof
- Miracle in the Rain
- The River's Edge
- 7th Cavalry
- The Great Locomotive Chase
- The Sword and the Dragon
- Monster from Green Hell
- Rock Around the Clock
- The Benny Goodman Story
- Slightly Scarlet
- The Rocket from Calabuch
- Warning from Space
- The Iron Petticoat
- Forever, Darling
- Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z
- Deduce, You Say
- Flowing
- Good Morning, Miss Dove
- Bandido!
- The Lone Ranger
- Death of a Scoundrel
- Break Up the Dance
- 5 Steps to Danger
- Quentin Durward
- Storm Fear
- A Girl in Black
- Maksim Perepelitsa
- Walk the Proud Land
- The Astounding She-Monster
- These Wilder Years
- The Brave One
- Good-bye, My Lady
- Stay Alert
- Blue Cat Blues
- Great Day in the Morning
- The Spanish Gardener
- Fool's Mate
- Anything Goes
- Nightmare
- Invitation to the Dance
- The Revolt of Mamie Stover
- Meet Me in Las Vegas
- A Cry in the Night
- Gadkiy utyonok
- Barbary-Coast Bunny
- Dreams That Money Can Buy
- This is Called Dawn
- Our Miss Brooks
- Time Table
- The Burning Hills
- Dance with Me, Henry
- Private's Progress
- Kekec
- Barbecue Brawl
- A Star Is Bored
- Professor Hannibal
- The Rawhide Years
- To Hare Is Human
- There They Go-Go-Go!
- The Gamma People
- C.I.D.
- Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
- The First Traveling Saleslady
- Muscle Beach Tom
- Over-Exposed
- Dark Waters
- Gun the Man Down
- Pillars of the Sky
- The Scarlet Coat
- Bugs' Bonnets
- The Flying Sorceress
- Up in the World
- Down Beat Bear
- The Scarlet Hour
- Satellite in the Sky
- The Ambassador's Daughter
- Hell on Frisco Bay
- Adebar
- Never Say Goodbye
- Red Sundown
- Toward the Unknown
- Top Gun
- Chips Ahoy
- Comanche
- Tizoc
- Stupor Duck
- The Price of Fear
- Tension at Table Rock
- Man Beast
- The Bitter Stems
- Busy Buddies
- Lucy Gallant
- Safari
- Come Next Spring
- PT Raiders
- The Tattered Dress
- Star in the Dust
- O Olmasin, Bu Olsun
- Finger of Guilt
- The Shadow on the Window
- The Proud and Profane
- Lisbon
- Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
- Rocket Squad
- Dakota Incident
- Rock Rock Rock!
- Pickup Alley
- Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
- The Thick-Walled Room
- Mr. B Natural
- People of No Importance
- The Maverick Queen
- Hot Blood
- Plucking the Daisy
- Michael Strogoff
- The First Texan
- Serenade
- Naughty Girl
- Far til fire i byen
- O Dreamland
- You Can't Run Away from It
- Seven Cities of Gold
- Ich denke oft an Piroschka
- Escapade in Japan
- The Leech
- I Will Buy You
- Nero's Mistress
- The Egg and Jerry
- A Day in Court
- Rocket-bye Baby
- Sunday in Peking
- Diane
- The Kreutzer Sonata
- The Fortune Teller
- The Halliday Brand
- Reprisal!
- In the Bag
- Napoleon Bunny-Part
- A Day of Fury
- The Unguarded Moment
- Dragoon Wells Massacre
- What a Woman!
- The Black Tent
- Wideo Wabbit
- The Lovers Arrive
- The Great Man
- Man in the Vault
- Raw Edge
- Liane, Jungle Goddess
- Chronicle of Poor Lovers
- Prince of Players
- Le sabotier du Val de Loire
- Zarak
- Curucu, Beast of the Amazon
- The Montecarlo Story
- Hooked Bear
- Rock All Night
- The Weapon
- The Houston Story
- Who Done It?
- The Power and the Prize
- Target Zero
- That Certain Feeling
- An Alligator Named Daisy
- Don't Knock the Rock
- Beyond Mombasa
- The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
- My Son Don't Turn Round
- Rebel in Town
- The Square Jungle
- Hot Cars
- Westward Ho, the Wagons!
- Valley of Peace
- Francis in the Haunted House
- Accused of Murder
- Teenage Rebel
- Lovers and Lollipops
- Hot Rod Girl
- Drango
- Gaby
- Desert Sands
- Crashing Las Vegas
- Gun Duel in Durango
- Crime Against Joe
- Heaven Scent
- Magoo's Puddle Jumper
- The Blonde Witch
- The Best Things in Life Are Free
- Menace from Outer Space
- Showdown at Abilene
- Sudden Rain
- Hilda Crane
- Charley's Aunt
- Uncle Hyacynth
- Tears for Simon
- Popeye for President
- Othello
- The Kettles in the Ozarks
- Destination Piovarolo
- Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
- A Woman's Devotion
- Crime and Punishment
- Millionaire Droopy
- The Living Idol
- Secrets of Life
- Screaming Eagles
- The Seine Meets Paris
- It's Great to Be Young!
- Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers
- City of Gold
- Spin a Dark Web
- Girls in Prison
- Momma Don't Allow
- The Vagabond King
- The Bottom of the Bottle
- The Quiet Gun
- World in My Corner
- Seagulls Die in the Harbour
- The Great American Pastime
- Insect to Injury
- Il medico dei pazzi
- Hot Stuff
- Santiago
- Manfish
- The Rumyantsev Case
- The Innocent
- Qivitoq
- Canyon River
- The Wild Party
- Hungry Soul
- The Balloon
- The Sharkfighters
- Beyond Oblivion
- Sky Without Stars
- A Haul in One
- Our Town
- John and Julie
- The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
- Flintesønnerne
- Kentucky Rifle
- Walk the Dark Street
- The Harvest Month
- If Paris Were Told to Us
- Yankee Dood It
- The Come On
- Rumble on the Docks
- Joe MacBeth
- How to Be Very, Very Popular
- Congo Crossing
- Too Hop to Handle
- Value for Money
- Hochzeit auf Immenhof
- Parlez Vous Woo
- Blood to the Head
- Bashi-Achuki
- Tree Cornered Tweety
- On the Threshold of Space
- The Bold and the Brave
- The Broken Star
- Assault and Flattery
- Behind the High Wall
- The Birds and the Bees
- Johnny Concho
- I Don't Scare
- Naked Gun
- Doggie and Three
- Farewell to Dream
- Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo
- 90 Day Wondering
- The Naked Hills
- Sea Ballerinas
- Trouble for Fathers
- Gun Brothers
- Hungry Soul, Part II
- Out to Punch
- Her Bridal Night
- The Bigamist
- The Search for Bridey Murphy
- The Magnificent Matador
- Miami Exposé
- A Wife's Heart
- Triple Deception
- Punishment Room
- Port Afrique
- Flight to Hong Kong
- A Strange Adventure
- Fright
- A Dancer's World
- If All the Guys in the World...
- Four Boys and a Gun
- Dry Rot
- Three Brave Men
- Shadow of Fear
- Smiley
- Hot Shots
- Cien
- Touch and Go
- Cómicos
- Outside the Law
- Ghost Town
- Le pays d'où je viens
- Mukh O Mukhosh
- Our Mr. Sun
- Ratataa eller The Staffan Stolle Story
- Shake, Rattle & Rock!
- Fernandel the Dressmaker
- Quincannon, Frontier Scout
- He Laughed Last
- Loser Takes All
- Ismail Yassine fil bolis
- Fury at Gunsight Pass
- Le chanteur de Mexico
- Home and Away
- The Dynamiters
- The Girl in the Kremlin
- Now and Forever
- The Man in the Road
- Supersonic Saucer
- On Our Own Land
- The Girl in the Picture
- Seventh Heaven
- Ci troviamo in galleria
- The Extra Day
- A Touch of the Sun
- Operation Conspiracy
- Truls og Trine
- Hold Back the Night
- Magic Fire
- Fighting Trouble
- Jacqueline
- Jan Zizka
- Escapade
- Seven Wonders of the World
- New Year Sacrifice
- The Hideout
- Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary
- Raznye sudby
- Shadow of the Guillotine
- Once There Was
- Blonde Bait
- The Steel Jungle
- Together
- Bond of Fear
- I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
- Strange Intruder
- Runaway Daughters
- Færgekroen
- The White Squaw
- Battle on Shangganling Mountain
- Dva kapitana
- Afternoon of the Bulls
- Passport to Treason
- Thunder Over Arizona
- The Black Whip
- Bold Adventure
- Behind the Headlines
- Kalle Stropp, Grodan Boll och deras vänner
- Breakaway
- Last Pair Out
- Fountainhead
- Josephine and Men
- Madame Freedom
- Frontier Gambler
- Flesh and the Spur
- Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado
- Uranium Boom
- Million Dollar Manhunt
- Contraband Spain
- I've Lived Before
- Don Juan
- A Cat and Two Women
- Running Target
- The Vintage
- Ismail Yassine fil madhaf el shami
- Appointment with Love
- Los ladrones somos gente honrada
- Castle of the Banned Lovers
- Honoré de Marseille
- The Narrowing Circle
- King's Rhapsody
- Port of Escape
- Stagecoach to Fury
- Recluta con niño
- Mi permette babbo!
- The Young Guns
- Once Upon a Time
- The Jaywalker
- All for Mary
- Daddy's Gang
- The Cruel Tower
- El malvado Carabel
- Jumping for Joy
- The Candlemaker
- Dorogoy tsenoy
- Das tapfere Schneiderlein
- Pavankhind
- The Last Man to Hang
- Lille Fridolf och jag
- Sagarika
- The Thistles of the Baragan
- The Last Man
- Rice Girl
- Huk!
- Slightly Ahead
- Dolgiy put
- Behind Show Windows
- It's a Wonderful World
- The Woman for Joe
- Mother
- Rock, Pretty Baby!
- Olet mennyt minun vereeni
- The Man Is Armed
- The First Echelon
- Madame White Snake
- Chuzhaya rodnya
- Los gavilanes
- La vena d'oro
- Viva Revolution
- Night Doings
- The Virtuous Bigamist
- Kitty and the Great Big World
- Naked Paradise
- Åsa-Nisse flyger i luften
- Typhoon Over Nagasaki
- The Gentle Touch
- Den store gavtyv
- Anastasia: The Czar's Last Daughter
- A Moment in Love
- Kispus
- El ojo de cristal
- The March Hare
- The Rose on His Arm
- The Line of Destiny
- The Girl with the Fairytales
- The Peacemaker
- Guilty?
- Nikodem Dyzma
- Flame Burns in the Igloo
- Teufel in Seide
- Express Train from Andalucía
- Delo N. 306
- Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante
- Charley Moon
- Echo der Berge
- Paris, Palace Hotel
- Silja - nuorena nukkunut
- Honeymoon
- Calling Homicide
- Kaii Utsunomiya tsuritenjô
- Tired Theodore
- The Hunters
- Hello Smile!
- Hold That Rock
- Not So Dusty
- Moon Over Hellesta
- Wetbacks
- Secret of Treasure Mountain
- Find the Lady
- Dalila
- Alibabhavum Narpathu Thirudargalum
- Jokin ihmisessä
- Sledite ostavat
- Bridge of Japan
- Bambuti
- Season of the Sun
- Keep It Clean
- Det är aldrig för sent
- Sabudareli chabuki
- Walk Into Hell
- Babies Galore
- Ich suche dich
- The Oklahoma Woman
- Rintamalotta
- Blood Money
- The Three Outlaws
- Tenali Ramakrishna
- The House of Intrigue
- Dollárpapa
- When Gangland Strikes
- V dobryy chas!
- Manolo guardia urbano
- Terror at Midnight
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- The Girl and the Oak
- The 28th Annual Academy Awards
- The Ghost of Yotsuya
- Everything But the Truth
- I'm No Fool Having Fun
- Shilpi
- Chelovek rodilsya
- Madame X
- Opernball
- New Delhi
- Embajadores en el infierno
- L'Homme aux clés d'or
- Doublecross
- Mustasukkaisuus
- Funtoosh
- Boris Godunov
- The Violent Patriot
- Die Geierwally
- Rätten att älska
- Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin
- The Sword and the Cross
- Anakku Sazali
- El fenómeno
- La fierecilla domada
- The Shoemaker
- Women Without Men
- Time of Vacation
- Sumnjivo lice
- Swing it, fröken
- The Flaming Teenage
- Evakko
- Hidden Guns
- Eine Berliner Romanze
- Une fée... pas comme les autres
- Jungle Hell
- The Awakening
- Farewell to Your Love
- The Horse in Focus
- Rasmus, Pontus and Toker
- Love Along a River
- Lucy's Really Lost Moments
- Das Sonntagskind
- Edge of Hell
- The Legend of Hang Tuah
- The Door in the Wall
- Alibi
- My Husband's Getting Married Today
- The Leather Saint
- Beyaz mendil
- The Heart Has Its Reasons
- Vikhri vrazhdebnye
- Curse of the Oily Man
- Rock 'n' Roll Revue
- Adam and Eve
- Bonjour Kathrin
- Child of Sorrow
- This Was Pancho Villa
- Olympic Games: 1956
- Farewell at Dawn
- Thunderstorm
- Tons of Trouble
- La quintrala
- Legends of Anika
- Cuerda de presos
- A Brave Little Deer
- The Betrayal
- Polizischt Wäckerli
- The Wild Dakotas
- Depois Eu Conto
- Afraid to Love
- Canasta de cuentos mexicanos
- Bakonja fra Brne
- Toofan Aur Deeya
- Tyttö tuli taloon
- Three for Jamie Dawn
- Experts on the Football Field
- Bezumnyy den
- Främlingen från skyn
- Peril for the Guy
- Ekti Raat
- Oberstadtgass
- Max und Moritz
- The Immortal Garrison
- The Strange Case of Dr. Manning
- Kulla-Gulla
- Fuzileiro do Amor
- Silvery Wind
- Hanussen
- Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis
- Rosen im Herbst
- Lo svitato
- Todos somos necesarios
- Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
- Before Sundown
- Hvad vil De ha'?
- Sudba barabanshchika
- Afacerea Protar
- Holiday
- Waldwinter
- Darkness at Noon
- The Girl from Corfu
- Ek-Hi-Rasta
- The Lebanese Mission
- The Hostage
- Hell Hotel
- Pocket Maar
- Pesma sa Kumbare
- Esa voz es una mina
- Ivan Franko
- The Wedding Day
- The Wages of Sin
- Riihalan valtias
- Egen ingång
- The Skirtchaser
- Bhabhi
- Ratkaisun päivät
- A Bad Grade Again
- Uncle Giannis, the Potter
- The Song of the Scarlet Flower
- The Intruder
- Precious Gift
- Muuan sulhasmies
- Solange noch die Rosen blüh'n
- Section des disparus
- Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
- On the Sunny Side
- Dany, bitte schreiben Sie
- Yhteinen vaimomme
- La herida luminosa
- The Women of Pitcairn Island
- Johannisnacht
- The Road of Life
- Graciela
- Folies-Bergère
- Ride the High Iron
- It's Never Too Late
- Ramsbottom Rides Again
- Syn
- Meeting in Paris
- ¡Aquí hay petróleo!
- Kyûketsu-ga
- Halaku
- Kontakt!
- Patty
- Surprise Boogie
- The Eurovision Song Contest
- Talpa
- Roter Mohn
- V odin prekrasnyy den
- Sceningång
- El último perro
- Jaguar
- Stojan Mutikasa
- Hanka
- Cipelice na asfaltu
- Esalon doktora M.
- Suss gott
- Wenn wir alle Engel wären
- Bullet from the Past
- Der Kongreß tanzt
- Satan's Town
- Mem Sahib
- Tosca
- Symphonie in Gold
- Basin Street Revue
- Banditen der Autobahn
- Nattbarn
- Gábor diák
- Los ases buscan la paz
- La vida en un bloc
- Person Unknown
- Kristiane af Marstal
- The Young Have No Time
- Anu ja Mikko
- The Wall of Death
- Tischlein, deck dich
- Samoa
- Teatro del crimen
- Genesung
- Lives Adrift
- Ave Maria
- Basant Bahar
- La adúltera
- Zärtliches Geheimnis
- Den kloge mand
- The White Poodle
- Mitsou
- Man and Child
- A Man on the Beach
- Matros Chizhik
- Goubbiah... mon amour
- One Wish Too Many
- Ten u pirsa
- La gran mentira
- Murió hace quince años
- Girls Without Rooms
- Honeymoon
- Viisi vekkulia
- Verlobung am Wolfgangsee
- Ich und meine Schwiegersöhne
- Marriage of Dr. Danwitz
- The Bride
- Mermaid of Naples
- Tante Tut fra Paris
- Dort oben, wo die Alpen glühen
- Taxa K 1640 efterlyses
- El sultán descalzo
- On Such a Night
- Skandal um Dr. Vlimmen
- Fernand cow-boy
- Der Fischer vom Heiligensee
- The Captain from Cologne
- Lain mukaan
- Das Hirtenlied vom Kaisertal
- Pulverschnee nach Übersee
- The Gangsters
- The Captain and His Hero
- The History of the Cinema
- Sai de Baixo
- Magoo Beats the Heat
- Passionate Summer
- Die fröhliche Wallfahrt
- Durch die Wälder durch die Auen
- Quando tramonta il sole
- Der Schandfleck
- Nunca es demasiado tarde
- Gorilla Safari
- Diary of a Bad Girl
- Gost s Kubani
- Les assassins du dimanche
- Kirschen in Nachbars Garten
- Parivar
- Yaqui Drums
- Escape in the Sun
- Arara Vermelha
- Wo die alten Wälder rauschen
- Die Stimme der Sehnsucht
- Guai ai vinti
- Die Rosel vom Schwarzwald
- Ohne dich wird es Nacht
- Stvorylka
- El vividor
- Defend My Love
- Zwischen uns die Berge
- Tarps Elin
- It Could Be You
- El piyayo
- Schwarzwaldmelodie
- Club of Women
- Dunja
- Pueblo, canto y esperanza
- Vi som går stjernevejen
- Bhagam Bhag
- The Hesselbach Family on Vacation
- Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model
- Operation Sleeping Bag
- Smaragden - Geschichte
- Con quién andan nuestras hijas
- Der Fremdenführer von Lissabon
- Försterliesel
- Ett dockhem
- Girl in Tails
- Suspenso en comunismo
- Toya
- La faraona
- Pigeon Holed
- Gyûnyû ya Furankî
- Raj Hath
- Ball at the Savoy
- The River of Three Junks
- Coyote
- Viva la juventud!
- Ihre große Prüfung
- The Underworld
- The Tale of the Snow Maiden
- Trijama
- Wives and Obscurities
- Heidemelodie
- Der Glockengießer von Tirol
- Den hårda leken
- Chudesnitsa - A Miracle Maker
- The Tale About the Priest and His Worker Balda
- Com Água na Boca
- Il cavaliere dalla spada nera
- La hermana alegría
- Urlaub auf Ehrenwort
- Studentin Helene Willfüer
- Bed of Grass
- Za vlast Sovetov
- Law of the Streets
- Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox
- Das fröhliche Dorf
- The Mysterious Swordsman
- El rey de México
- Harikiri shacho
- Bermuda Affair
- Der Hexer
- Die Mücke
- Malagueña
- Mein Bruder Josua
- Die Magd von Heiligenblut
- Beautiful Girls
- Tausend Melodien
- Golden Anniversaries
- El chismoso de la ventana
- Sublime melodía
- Crime and Punishment
- Crossroads of Death
- Pura vida
- Die Barrings
- Where the Lark Sings
- A Woman Alone
- Raiders of the River
- Het är min längtan
- Santa Lucia
- Pensión de artistas
- Sunday in the Park
- Swedish Girl
- Naya Andaz
- Seryy razboynik
- The Square
- The Czar and the Carpenter
- Summer Storm
- Bhaktha Vijaya
- Der Schmied von St. Bartholomae
- Der Jäger vom Roteck
- Orgullo de mujer
- Two Blue Eyes
- Sinfonia d'amore
- El secreto de Pancho Villa
- Empire in the Sun
- Raja Rani
- Litet bo
- Skorpan
- Rangoon Radha
- Amor y pecado
- The Baby Carriage
- Türme des Schweigens
- Club de señoritas
- Ci sposeremo a Capri
- Enemigos
- Bataclán mexicano
- Zwei Herzen und ein Thron
- Historia de un amor
- The Cornet
- Hora y media de balazos
- Torment of Love
- Love
- Bajo la influencia del miedo
- More zovyot
- The Unconquered
- Der Major und die Stiere
- Lola Torbellino
- Some Where in Delhi
- Johnny Walker
- II-A in Berlin
- Called to the Stand
- La Cenicienta y Ernesto
- Mi canción eres tú
- Mannequins of Paris
- When the Mills are Running
- Puti i sudby
- Hoheit lassen bitten
- Three from Variety
- Aawaz
- Besos prohibidos
- Nerawareta otoko
- Soupçons
- Qara daslar
- Le toubib, médecin du gang
- Ningen gyorai shutsugekisu
- Amaradeepam
- Zwischenfall in Benderath
- Die Fahrt nach Bamsdorf
- La ilegítima
- Zanzabuku
- På heder och skoj
- Ihr Leibregiment
- Sista natten
- La danza de los deseos
- Tides of Passion
- Le Psychodrame
- Le masque de Toutankhamon
- Sazae-san
- Accusation
- Musik, Musik und nur Musik
- Una piedra en el zapato
- The First Christmas
- The Space Explorers
- April in Portugal
- Krutye gorki
- Ignotas grizo namo
- Sacred Lie
- The Seven Vows
- Hesokuri shachô
- Blånande hav
- Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
- I'll Get Back to Kandara
- Ballet Tales
- Johan på Snippen
- Dick Turpin: Highwayman
- Amaramente
- Eteris simgera
- Kismet Ka Khel
- Los amantes
- Chiranjeevulu
- Gin shinju
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Thaikku Pinn Tharam
- Winter Carnival
- Shônen tantei-dan: Dai ni bu: Nijû mensô no akuma
- Naan Petra Selvam
- S'Waisechind vo Engelberg
- Howard
- Ciao, pais...
- Chantons maintenant
- Kostyor bessmertiya
- Dein Mund verspricht mir Liebe
- Schmutzige Hände
- La huella del chacal
- Jeunesses musicales
- Bhakta Markandeya
- Los margaritos
- Kula Deivam
- Las zapatillas verdes
- Veera Kankanam
- The Dikes
- Fighter Wing
- Impressions de New York
- Tiltas
- Waar het groeide
- The Country Doctor
- Im Schatten des Karakorum
- Project XX: The Jazz Age
- Circus Friends
- Die wilde Auguste
- Star mit fremden Federn
- Kaibyo ranbu
- Du und mancher Kamerad
- Requiem for a Heavyweight
- Lock Up Your Daughters
- Southward with Prince Philip
- Princess Margaret in Mauritius and East Africa
- Cyclists Abroad
- La sierra del terror
- Bang the Drum Slowly
- The Plausible Impossible
- Sable Island
- Family of Sorrow
- Den tappre soldaten Jönsson
- Ett kungligt äventyr
- Stryker of the Yard
- Una lección de amor
- ¡Que seas feliz!
- Gyakukôsen
- La fiera
- My Wife's Family
- Ai wa furu hoshi no kanata ni
- Secrets of the Reef
- Der Verräter
- Лесная история
- Die Gestohlene Nase
- Hercules: Lion Cubs
- Friendship
- Bestseller
- Mam'zelle Souris
- Die ganze Welt singt nur Amore
- Quand vient l'amour
- KgU - Task Force of Inhumanity
- Saigo no sentō-ki
- Есть такой парень
- Sardinia
- The Blue Men of Morocco
- Krut och kärlek
- Yli merten ja mannerten
- Railroad Town
- A Visit to India
- Varshavskie vstrechi
- Hu die fu ren
- Fuld af fiduser
- Days of Youth
- Eric Winstone's Stagecoach
- Huan le nian nian
- Pêcheurs de Pomcoup
- Zhui
- Tange Sazen: Kenun no maki
- Fish Spoilage Control
- The Shield of Faith
- Asha
- Brooklyn Goes to Las Vegas
- Crossroad
- Eugénie Grandet
- Hua luo you feng jun
- Liska a vik
- Song of the Clouds
- Sainte Jeanne
- De weg naar het hart
- Man with a Dog
- Tearaway
- Denkô karate uchi
- Animals and Kids
- Thunder Beach
- The Legend of El Dorado
- Magic in the Sun
- Copters and Cows
- Doris
- Dotanba
- Lauri Kr. Relander 1925-1931
- Die Stadt
- To the Four Corners
- Cash on Delivery
- The Goose Girl
- Nayoroiwa: Namida no kantôshô
- Expedition Röda havet
- Kyösti Kallio - Suomen suurin talonpoika
- Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg 28.1.1865-22.9.1952
- The Magic Carpet
- Okinawa no tami
- Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer
- Police Precinct
- Police Precinct Part 2
- The Black Hooded Man 4
- Première nouvelle
- Beau sang
- Mars et Melpomène
- La part des dieux
- L'homme au parapluie
- À quoi rêvent les jeunes filles
- Berliner Pflaster
- Le menteur
- Travels of Lord Mito Pt.10: Demon Naruto
- Inspecteur Grey
- Il dono di Natale
- La chiave di casa
- 朱鞘罷り通る
- The Tomboy from the Back Streets
- Keishichô monogatari: Tôbô gofun mae
- Keishichô monogatari: Ma no saishû ressha
- Nadare
- The Christmas Spirit
- Zakkyo kazoku
- Edo Sangokushi: Hayate-hen
- Edo Sangokushi: Kanketsu jinrai-hen
- Bôken jidaigeki: Nichirin Tarô
- Musume junrei: Nagare no hana
- Mito Kômon man'yû-ki: Hitokui hihi
- Mito Kômon man'yû-ki: Naruto no yôki
- Gozonji kaiketsu kuro zukin: Shinshutsu kibotsu
- Shuzaya makari tôru
- Wakai omawarisan
- Keishichô monogatari: Tsuiseki nana jû san-jikan
- St. Florian - Geistige Heimat Anton Bruckners
- Traum des Ikaros
- Les Middle Finger
- Les Middle Finger
- Welcome to the Queen
- Royal Visit to Leith
- Pilgrim's Way
- 若さま侍捕物帖魔の死美人屋敷
- Happy Sea Side Holidays
- Central London Traffic
Top 5 Movies of 1956
The Ten Commandments
Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments" is a cinematic retelling of the biblical story of Moses, portrayed by Charlton Heston. The film charts Moses' journey from his origins as an adopted Egyptian prince to his pivotal role as the deliverer of the Hebrews. The cast includes Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, and John Derek. Notable for its grand scale and production values, "The Ten Commandments" became one of the year's most successful films.
Around the World in 80 Days
"Around the World in 80 Days," directed by Michael Anderson, is an adaptation of Jules Verne's classic novel. The story follows Phileas Fogg, played by David Niven, and his wager to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. The film, featuring Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine, and Robert Newton, is known for its adventure-filled narrative and was a significant cinematic feat of its time.
Giant
Directed by George Stevens, "Giant" is a drama-western film that spans the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean in one of his final roles. "Giant" is distinguished by its expansive storytelling, covering a range of themes from personal to societal in the context of a changing America.
The King and I
"The King and I," directed by Walter Lang, is a musical drama based on the real-life experiences of a British widow who becomes the governess to the King of Siam's children. Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno, and Martin Benson deliver memorable performances. The film is noted for its rich musical score and the cultural contrasts it portrays.
Trapeze
Carol Reed's "Trapeze" is set in the captivating world of circus performers, focusing on a love and rivalry triangle among trapeze artists. The film stars Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, and Gina Lollobrigida, and delves into themes of ambition, talent, and manipulation. Its portrayal of the competitive circus environment adds a unique dimension to the narrative.
Industry Highlights and Notable Moments from 1956
1956 was a year of considerable evolution and challenges for the film industry. This period was marked by several significant developments that influenced the direction of cinema in the years to follow.
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Changing Censorship Standards: The film industry began to relax its censorship standards, allowing references to topics that were previously considered taboo. This shift reflected changing societal attitudes and a move towards more open and diverse storytelling in cinema.
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Videotape Recorder Innovation: The development of the first practical videotape recorder (VTR) by the AMPEX Corporation represented a technological breakthrough. This innovation had a profound impact on the industry, offering new possibilities for film production and distribution.
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The Ten Commandments' Production Scale: "The Ten Commandments" was not just a narrative and visual spectacle; it was also the most expensive film made at the time, with a budget of $13 million. This investment underscored the film's ambition and its significance in the context of cinematic history.
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Competition from Television: The film industry in 1956 faced increasing competition from the television broadcasting industry. This competition prompted filmmakers to explore new techniques and narratives to attract audiences, leading to a period of innovation and experimentation in cinema.
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James Dean's Tragic Accident: The year marked a tragic moment with the car accident of actor James Dean during the filming of "Giant." This event had a profound impact on the industry and Dean's fans, highlighting the actor's influence and the cultural significance of his work.