Movies of 1956
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1. The Ten Commandments (1956)
G | 220 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson
Votes: 77,895 | Gross: $93.74M
Release date October 5, 1956
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Charlton Heston ... Moses
Yul Brynner ... Rameses
Anne Baxter ... Nefretiri
Edward G. Robinson ... Dathan
Vincent Price ... Baka
John Carradine ... Aaron
Academy Awards, USA 1957
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Color
NOMINEE Best Costume Design, Color
WINNER Best Effects, Special Effects
NOMINEE Best Film Editing
NOMINEE Best Sound, Recording
2. Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956)
107 min | Drama, History
The second in a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the film chronicles the married life of the young empress as she tries to adjust to formal and strict life in the palace and an overbearing mother-in-law.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth
Votes: 7,357
Release date 19 December 1956 Directed by Ernst Marischka Romy Schneider ... Sissi
3. Trapeze (1956)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A crippled circus acrobat is torn emotionally between two ambitious young trapeze artists, one a talented young American and a less-gifted but beautiful Italian.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Katy Jurado
Votes: 5,228
Release date May 29, 1956 Directed by Carol Reed Burt Lancaster ... Mike Ribble Tony Curtis ... Tino Orsini Gina Lollobrigida ... Lola
4. Bus Stop (1956)
Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A naive but stubborn cowboy falls in love with a saloon singer and tries to take her away against her will to get married and live on his ranch in Montana.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field
Votes: 12,773
Release date August 31, 1956
Directed by Joshua Logan
Marilyn Monroe ... Chérie
Academy Awards, USA 1957
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Don Murray)
5. The Crossing of Paris (1956)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Two men carry at night four suitcases of contraband meat across German-occupied Paris during WWII. Their opposite personalities and strange encounters provoke different adventures - until they are arrested by the police.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Jean Gabin, Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Jeannette Batti
Votes: 4,319 | Gross: $0.02M
Release date September 9 1956 Directed by Claude Autant-Lara Jean Gabin ... Grandgil Bourvil ... Marcel Martin Louis de Funès ... Jambier, l'épicier
6. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
PG | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles
Votes: 69,595 | Gross: $10.25M
Release date April 29, 1956
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
James Stewart ... Dr. Benjamin McKenna
Doris Day ... Josephine Conway McKenna
Academy Awards, USA 1957
WINNER Best Music, Original Song
7. War and Peace (1956)
PG | 208 min | Drama, Romance, War
Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia, including his disastrous 1812 invasion, serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman
Votes: 10,864 | Gross: $12.50M
Release date August 21, 1956
Directed by King Vidor
Audrey Hepburn ... Natasha Rostova
Henry Fonda ... Pierre Bezukhov
Anita Ekberg ... Helene Kuragina
Academy Awards, USA 1957
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Color
NOMINEE Best Costume Design, Color
NOMINEE Best Director
8. Le chanteur de Mexico (1956)
103 min | Musical, Music, Romance
Vincent Etchebar is spotted by the impresario Cartoni who gives him the opportunity to break into Paris. But nothing will go as planned.
Director: Richard Pottier | Stars: Luis Mariano, Bourvil, Annie Cordy, Tilda Thamar
Votes: 200
Release date December 19, 1956 Directed by Richard Pottier Bourvil ... Bilou
9. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
G | 175 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
Directors: Michael Anderson, John Farrow | Stars: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley
Votes: 29,708 | Gross: $42.00M
Release date October 17, 1956
Directed by Michael Anderson
David Niven ... Phileas Fogg
Shirley MacLaine ... Princess Aouda
John Carradine ... Col. Stamp Proctor
Marlene Dietrich ... Barbary Coast Saloon Owner
Fernandel ... French Coachman
Trevor Howard ... Denis Fallentin
Buster Keaton ... Train Conductor
George Raft ... Barbary Coast Saloon Bouncer
Frank Sinatra ... Barbary Coast Saloon Pianist
Academy Awards, USA 1957
WINNER Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
WINNER Best Cinematography, Color
NOMINEE Best Costume Design, Color
NOMINEE Best Director
WINNER Best Film Editing
WINNER Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
WINNER Best Writing, Best Screenplay - Adapted
10. Moby Dick (1956)
Not Rated | 116 min | Adventure, Drama
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 21,916 | Gross: $10.40M
Release date June 27, 1956 Directed by John Huston Gregory Peck ... Captain Ahab Orson Welles ... Father Mapple
11. Anastasia (1956)
Unrated | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
An opportunistic businessman tries to pass off a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and she is so convincing that even the biggest skeptics believe her.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 9,320
Release date December 13, 1956
Directed by Anatole Litvak
Ingrid Bergman ... Anna Koreff
Yul Brynner ... General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
Academy Awards, USA 1957
WINNER Best Actress in a Leading Role (Ingrid Bergman)
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
12. Love Me Tender (1956)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
At the end of the Civil War, a Confederate team is ordered to rob a Union payroll train but the war ends leaving these men with their Union loot, until the Feds come looking for it.
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis Presley, Robert Middleton
Votes: 4,712 | Gross: $4.50M
Release date November 15, 1956 Directed by Robert D. Webb Elvis Presley ... Clint Reno
13. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy
The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet, Alain Cuny
Votes: 3,167
Release date December 19, 1956 Directed by Jean Delannoy Gina Lollobrigida ... Esmeralda Anthony Quinn ... Quasimodo
14. High Society (1956)
Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm
Votes: 17,534 | Gross: $13.00M
Release date July 17, 1956
Directed by Charles Walters
Grace Kelly ... Tracy Lord
Frank Sinatra ... Mike Connor
Celeste Holm ... Liz Imbrie
Academy Awards, USA 1957
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Song
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
15. The Wrong Man (1956)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Film-Noir
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone
Votes: 31,376
Release date December 13, 1956 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Henry Fonda ... Manny Balestrero
16. Giant (1956)
G | 201 min | Drama, Western
Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker
Votes: 42,256
Release date October 10, 1956
Directed by George Stevens
Elizabeth Taylor ... Leslie Benedict
Rock Hudson ... Jordan 'Bick' Benedict Jr.
James Dean ... Jett Rink
Dennis Hopper ... Jordan Benedict III
Academy Awards, USA 1957
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Dean)
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Rock Hudson)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mercedes McCambridge)
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
NOMINEE Best Costume Design, Color
WINNER Best Director
NOMINEE Best Film Editing
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
NOMINEE Best Writing, Best Screenplay - Adapted
17. Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956)
95 min | Comedy
A modest tailor the women find irresistible, inherits a fashion house in financial difficulty. Deciding to save it, he prepares a great collection. But after his wife discovers his ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Boyer | Stars: Fernandel, Suzy Delair, Fred Pasquali, Françoise Fabian
Votes: 205
Release date April 13, 1956 Directed by Jean Boyer Fernandel ... Fernand Vignard
18. The Searchers (1956)
Passed | 119 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond
Votes: 96,328
Release date May 16, 1956 Directed by John Ford John Wayne ... Ethan Edwards Natalie Wood ... Debbie Edwards - Age 15 Mae Marsh ... (uncredited)
19. Mitsou (1956)
92 min | Comedy
During the First World War, the Empyrée Montmartre, a Paris music-hall, is dedicated to patriotic revues whose star is the charming Mitsou. The young artist is not without talent but she is... See full summary »
Director: Jacqueline Audry | Stars: Danièle Delorme, Fernand Gravey, François Guérin, Claude Rich
Votes: 41
Release Date December 24, 1956 Directed by Jacqueline Audry
20. Written on the Wind (1956)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 13,428
Release date October 4, 1956
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Rock Hudson ... Mitch Wayne
Lauren Bacall ... Lucy Moore Hadley
Academy Awards, USA 1957
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role Robert Stack)
WINNER Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Dorothy Malone)
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Song
21. Honoré de Marseille (1956)
80 min | Comedy, Musical
An ethnologist comes to interview a Marseillais of old stock.
Director: Maurice Régamey | Stars: Fernandel, Andrex, Francis Blanche, Claire Diamant
Votes: 149
Release date December 5, 1956 Directed by Maurice Régamey Fernandel ... Honoré de Marseille / Protis / Honorius
22. Pardners (1956)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Western
A rich momma's boy returns west with the son of his murdered father's partner to foil a gang trying to gain control of his family ranch.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lori Nelson, Jeff Morrow
Votes: 1,744 | Gross: $7.92M
Release date July 25, 1956 Directed by Norman Taurog Jerry Lewis ... Wade Kingsley Jr. / Sr. Lee Van Cleef ... Gus
23. Daddy's Gang (1956)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy
Fernand Jérôme is an ordinary bank clerk whose friends see him as an object of ridicule due to his clumsiness and naivety. All this changes one day when he accidentally foils a bank robbery. Now he is a hero, they look at him differently.
Director: Guy Lefranc | Stars: Fernand Raynaud, Noël Roquevert, Henri Crémieux, Annie Noël
Votes: 143
Release date 7 March 1956 Directed by Guy Lefranc Louis de Funès ... L'inspecteur Victor Eugène Merlerin
24. The Killers (1956)
19 min | Short, Drama
Two men besiege a lunch bar looking for a third man they must kill.
Directors: Marika Beiku, Aleksandr Gordon, Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Yuliy Fayt, Aleksandr Gordon, Valentin Vinogradov, Vadim Novikov
Votes: 3,745
Release date 1956 Directed by Marika Beiku, Aleksandr Gordon & Andrei Tarkovsky
25. The Flying Sorceress (1956)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom steals a witch's flying broom so he can scare the wits out of Jerry.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: June Foray, William Hanna
Votes: 758
Release date January 27, 1956 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
26. The Egg and Jerry (1956)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A baby woodpecker mistakes Jerry for his mother. The mouse rejects the newly hatched bird but soon finds himself protecting it against his feline nemesis, Tom.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Sara Berner, William Hanna
Votes: 558
Release date March 23, 1956 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
27. Muscle Beach Tom (1956)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom settles in for a day at the beach with his sweety, accidentally ruining Jerry's day. Meanwhile, Tom's girl is paying more attention to the bodybuilders than to Tom.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Star: William Hanna
Votes: 804
Release date September 7, 1956 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
28. Down Beat Bear (1956)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A dancing bear, who has escaped from a carnival, uses Tom as his reluctant dance partner.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Daws Butler, Paul Frees
Votes: 748
Release date October 21, 1956 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
29. Blue Cat Blues (1956)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Drama
As Tom prepares to commit suicide, Jerry recounts the cat's hopeless lover's pursuit of the opportunistic lady that led to this.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Paul Frees, Bob Laztny, Jack Sabel
Votes: 1,046
Release date November 16, 1956 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
30. Barbecue Brawl (1956)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Spike is showing his son Tyke how to barbecue when his cooking is disrupted by a typical Tom-and-Jerry chase.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Daws Butler, William Hanna
Votes: 864
Release date December 14, 1956 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
31. Broom-Stick Bunny (1956)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Witch Hazel's claim to be the ugliest witch of all is threatened by a Halloween witch who turns out to be Bugs trick-or-treating.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray
Votes: 1,635
Release date February 25, 1956 Directed by Chuck Jones Bugs Bunny
32. Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z (1956)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Wile E. Coyote unsuccessfully chases the Road Runner using such contrivances as a rifle, a steel plate, a dynamite stick on an extending metal pulley, a painting of a collapsed bridge (... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Paul Julian
Votes: 1,237
Release date May 5, 1956 Directed by Charles M. Jones Road Runner
33. There They Go-Go-Go! (1956)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Wile E. Coyote, tired of eating mud, chases after the Road Runner instead.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Paul Julian
Votes: 834
Release date November 10, 1956 Directed by Chuck Jones Road Runner
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