Top Movies of 1956


The top movies of 1956 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

31. Burmese Harp, The ( Biruma no tategoto )

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Actors: Rentaro Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Jun Hamamura, Taketoshi Naitô, Shunji Kasuga, Kô Nishimura

32. I Vitelloni

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Franco Interlenghi, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste, Riccardo Fellini, Leonora Ruffo

33. War and Peace

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: King Vidor
Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom, Oskar Homolka
Plot: In 1812, Napoleon has conquered much of Europe and sets his sites on Russia, one of the few countries not yet under his control. Against this invasion, we follow the lives of two intertwined aristocratic families.

34. The She Creature

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward L. Cahn
Actors: Chester Morris, Marla English, Tom Conway, Cathy Downs, Lance Fuller, Ron Randell

35. Bigger Than Life

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nicholas Ray
Actors: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert F. Simon, Christopher Olsen, Roland Winters
Plot: A man faced with a life-ending ailment is offered a trial of a miracle
cure. When he abuses the drug's administration, he finds his personality
altered fundamentally and not, needless to say, for the better.

36. Trapeze

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Carol Reed
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Katy Jurado, Thomas Gomez, Johnny Puleo

37. Autumn Leaves

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Aldrich
Actors: Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles, Lorne Greene, Ruth Donnelly, Shepperd Strudwick

38. Quatermass Experiment, The ( Creeping Unknown, The )

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Val Guest
Actors: Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner, Margia Dean, Thora Hird, Gordon Jackson, David King-Wood

39. The Creature Walks Among Us

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Sherwood
Actors: Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Leigh Snowden, Gregg Palmer, David McMahon, Maurice Manson

40. The Teahouse of the August Moon

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Mann
Actors: Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyô, Eddie Albert, Paul Ford, Jun Negami

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