1956 Movies
The Year in Review
The Ten Commandments is an incredible piece of cinema combining great actors with a good story and some (then) state of the art special effects. It's pretty much impossible to beat as the film of the year. The red balloon however, a French short, does a pretty good job and I can remember it being a favourite at children's events when I was little.
My Top Picks
The Ten Commandments
1984
The Red Balloon
Forbidden Planet
Moby Dick
Notable Mentions ("Surprise" Films)
Red Balloon, The
Baby Doll
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
The Biggest Disappointments
None.
All the films I've seen from 1956
1984
Around the World in 80 Days
Baby Doll
Court Jester, The
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Forbidden Planet
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The
Love Me Tender
Moby Dick
Red Balloon, The
Ten Commandments, The
What's Left to see from 1956?
23 Paces to Baker Street
7th Cavalry
Accused of Murder
Alexander the Great
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves (Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum) – (India)
Anastasia
And God Created Woman – (France) *
Aparajito (The Unvanquished) – (India)
At Gunpoint
Attack, a.k.a. Attack!
Autumn Leaves
Away All Boats
Back from Eternity
Backlash
Bandido
Battle of the River Plate, The a.k.a. Pursuit of the Graf Spee – (GB)
Before Sundown (Vor Sonnenuntergang) – (West Germany)
Behind the Headlines
Benny Goodman Story, The
Best Things in Life Are Free, The
Between Heaven and Hell
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Bhowani Junction – (GB/United States)
Bigger Than Life
Birds and the Bees, The
Black Sleep (aka Dr. Cadman's Secret) *
Black Tent, The – (U.K.)
Blonde Sinner, The (aka Yield to the Night) *
Bob le flambeur (Bob the Gambler) – (France)
Bold and the Brave, The
Boss, The
Bottom of the Bottle, The
Brave One, The
Burmese Harp, The (Biruma no tategoto), directed by Kon Ichikawa – (Japan)
Burning Hills, The
Bus Stop
C.I.D. – (India)
Calabuch (a.k.a. The Rocket from Calabuch) – (Spain)
Calle Mayor (Main Street) – (Spain)
Carnival Night (Karnavalnaya noch) – (USSR)
Carousel
Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn, The – (GB)
Catered Affair, The
Checkpoint (1956) – (U.K.)
Child of Sorrow (Anak dalita) – (Philippines)
Chori Chori – (India)
Comanche
Come Next Spring
Congo Crossing
Conqueror, The
Crazed Fruit (Kurutta kajitsu) – (Japan)
Crime Against Joe
Crime in the Streets
Cry in the Night, A
D-Day the Sixth of June
Dakota Incident
Dance with Me
Death in the Garden (La mort en ce jardin) – (France)
Death of a Scoundrel
Diane
Don't Look Back, My Son (Ne okreći se sine) – (Yugoslavia)
Donatella – (Italy)
Dragon, The (O Drakos) – (Greece)
Early Spring (Soshun) – (Japan)
Eddy Duchin Story, The
Elena and Her Men – (France/Italy)
Fastest Gun Alive, The
First Texan, The
First Traveling Saleslady, The
Forever, Darling
Friendly Persuasion
Funtoosh (Funny Man) – (India)
Gaby
Gervaise – (France)
Giant
Girl Can't Help It, The
Girl He Left Behind, The
Girl in Black, A – (Greece)
Good-bye, My Lady
Great Day in the Morning
Great Locomotive Chase, The
Great Man, The
Green Man, The
Gun the Man Down
Gunslinger
Harder They Fall, The
Harvest Month, The (Elokuu) – (Finland)
Helen of Troy
High Society
Hilda Crane
Hold Back the Night
Hollywood or Bust
Hot Blood
Houston Story, The
I Vampiri (The Vampire) – (Italy)
Ich suche Dich (I Seek You) – (West Germany)
Indian Fighter, The
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Invitation to the Dance
It Conquered the World
Jagte Raho (Stay Awake) – (India)
Johnny Concho
Jubal
Julie
Kanal
Killer Is Loose, The
Killers, The – (U.S.S.R.)
Killing, The
King and Four Queens, The
King and I, The
Kiss Before Dying, A
Last Hunt, The
Last Wagon, The
Leech, The (Shabab emraa) – (Egypt)
Lieutenant Wore Skirts, The
Lisbon
Lone Ranger, The
Long Arm, The – (GB)
Lust for Life
Man Escaped, A (Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut) – (France)
Man Who Knew Too Much, The
Man Who Never Was, The – (GB) *
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The
Man on the Tracks (Człowiek na torze) – (Poland)
Maverick Queen, The
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Merry-Go-Round (Körhinta) – (Hungary)
Michel Strogoff
Miracle in the Rain
Mukh O Mukhosh (The Face and the Mask) – (East Pakistan)
Nagareru (Flowing) – (Japan)
Naked Gun
Never Say Goodbye
New Delhi – (India)
Old Khottabych (Starik Khottabych) – (U.S.S.R.)
On the Threshold of Space
Opposite Sex, The
Othello, starring Sergei Bondarchuk – (U.S.S.R.)
Over-Exposed
Pardners
Patterns
Pillars of the Sky
Please Murder Me
Poor but Handsome (Poveri ma belli) – (Italy)
Power and the Prize, The
Private's Progress – (GB)
Professor Hannibal (Hannibál tanár úr) (Hungary)
Proud Ones, The
Proud and Profane, The
Qivitoq – (Denmark)
Rack, The
Railroad Man, The (Il Ferroviere) – (Italy)
Rainmaker
Ransom!
Reach for the Sky, a biopic of Douglas Bader – (GB)
Rock Around the Clock
Rodan – (Japan)
Roof, The (Il Tetto) – (Italy)
Run for the Sun
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island – (Japan)
Searchers, The *
Serenade
Seven Men from Now
Seven Wonders of the World
Seven Years in Tibet – (GB)
She-Creature, The
Silent World, a marine documentary, The – (France)
Sira` Fi al-Mina (a.k.a. Dark Water) – (Egypt)
Slightly Scarlet
Solid Gold Cadillac, The
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Spanish Gardener, The – (GB)
Square Jungle, The
Star in the Dust
Stars in Your Eyes – (GB)
Storm Center
Street of Shame (Akasen chitai) – (Japan)
Tea and Sympathy
Teahouse of the August Moon, The
The Ambassador's Daughter, The
The Bad Seed, The
The Road of Life (El camino de la vida) – (Mexico)
There's Always Tomorrow
Three Brave Men
Time Table
Toward the Unknown
Town Like Alice, A – (GB)
Trapeze
Tribute to a Bad Man
Twelve Months, The (Dvenadtsat mesyatsev) – (USSR)
Uncle Hyacynth (Mi tío Jacinto) – (Spain)
Valley of Peace (Dolina miru) – (Yugoslavia)
War and Peace
Warning from Space (Uchujin Tokyo ni arawaru) *
What a Woman! – (Italy)
While the City Sleeps
Who Done It? – (GB) *
Woman's Devotion, A
Written on the Wind
Wrong Man, The
X the Unknown – (GB)
Yield to the Night – (GB)
You Can't Run Away from It
Zarak – (GB)