20th Century-Fox '56
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1. The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy
In this hilarious romp starring Tom Ewell, Sheree North and Rita Moreno, a middle-aged ex-serviceman who plans to re-enlist (Ewell) is shocked to learn that not only did he fail his medical... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Tom Ewell, Sheree North, Rita Moreno, Rick Jason
Votes: 292
2. Mohawk (1956)
Approved | 80 min | Western
In 1700s New York, a Boston artist working in the remote Fort Alden is torn between his love for 2 women and thrown into the middle of a Mohawk-Iroquois-American war.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Scott Brady, Rita Gam, Neville Brand, Lori Nelson
Votes: 629
3. The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
Approved | 88 min | Drama
In the border town of Nogales, Arizona, a wealthy attorney and rancher is solicited by his escaped convict brother in aiding him to cross the border into Mexico where his wife and children are living in poverty.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Van Johnson, Joseph Cotten, Ruth Roman, Jack Carson
Votes: 331
4. Carousel (1956)
Approved | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Fifteen years after his death, a carousel barker is granted permission to return to Earth for one day to make amends to his widow and their daughter.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Ruick
Votes: 6,802
5. On the Threshold of Space (1956)
Approved | 98 min | Drama
Scientist is sent to investigate a faulty ejector seat, then sent into space to test it, showing an assortment of human weaknesses and strengths. Basically this is about the human predicament and drama, not space.
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Guy Madison, Virginia Leith, John Hodiak, Dean Jagger
Votes: 264
6. The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, War
In order to fool the Germans into thinking the Allied invasion of Sicily will take place elsewhere, British Military Intelligence comes up with a cunning ruse.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin
Votes: 5,787
7. The Proud Ones (1956)
Approved | 94 min | Western
Marshal Cass Silver has to deal with his old nemesis, a corrupt gambler, and his hired guns come to town as well as recurring bouts of blindness.
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Jeffrey Hunter, Robert Middleton
Votes: 1,630
8. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Approved | 153 min | Drama, Romance, War
An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.
Director: Nunnally Johnson | Stars: Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, Marisa Pavan
Votes: 4,106 | Gross: $10.88M
9. Hilda Crane (1956)
Approved | 87 min | Drama
Twice divorced Hilda Crane, feeling she's run out of chances, returns to her mother's house in her small hometown and tries to decide what to do next while still hoping to hold onto her independence. That proves to be a challenge.
Director: Philip Dunne | Stars: Jean Simmons, Guy Madison, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Judith Evelyn
Votes: 357
10. The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, War
Set in the early '40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as the second World War has begun to intensify. Mamie settles down in Hawaii, hoping to start a new life. Though ... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 979
11. 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
Approved | 103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A blind American writer living in London stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy involving kidnapping and extortion.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Cecil Parker, Patricia Laffan
Votes: 2,588
12. D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
Approved | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War
En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Robert Taylor, Richard Todd, Dana Wynter, Edmond O'Brien
Votes: 1,664
13. Massacre (1956)
Not Rated | 76 min | Western
A gang of gunrunners is sought by both the Mexican Rurales and the Yaqui Indians for different reasons - by the federal police to prevent the marauding tribes from preying on innocent ... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: Dane Clark, James Craig, Martha Roth, Miguel Torruco
Votes: 159
14. Smiley (1956)
97 min | Comedy
Smiley Greevins is a cheeky, mischievous, imaginative little boy who lives in the small town of Murrumbilla in the Australian outback. His father Bill is a poor drover who is often away ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: Ralph Richardson, John McCallum, Chips Rafferty, Colin Petersen
Votes: 210
15. Abdullah's Harem (1955)
103 min | Comedy
Abdullah, absolute monarch of a wealthy Middle Eastern country, has everything a man could want. Everything, that is, until he falls for a beautiful model. She rejects his advances, however... See full summary »
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Gregory Ratoff, Kay Kendall, Marina Berti, Sydney Chaplin
Votes: 25
16. The King and I (1956)
G | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson
Votes: 27,919 | Gross: $21.30M
17. Bigger Than Life (1956)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A seriously-ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert F. Simon
Votes: 8,146
18. The Queen of Babylon (1954)
Approved | 98 min | Action, Drama
Beautiful goatherd helps Chaldean rebel fight evil king in ancient Babylon.
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Rhonda Fleming, Ricardo Montalban, Roldano Lupi, Carlo Ninchi
Votes: 156
19. 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
20. The Last Wagon (1956)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Western
Wagon train survivors of an Apache attack entrust the sheriff's prisoner, scout Comanche Todd, with their lives despite his wanted-for-murder status.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner, Tommy Rettig
Votes: 3,675
21. Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, War
The spoiled rich son of a wealthy Southerner is changed by his experiences in the Pacific during World War II.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford, Buddy Ebsen
Votes: 1,534
22. The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
Approved | 104 min | Biography, Musical
Ray joins Buddy and Lew to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. Soon, they've got several hits on Broadway, but Buddy's ambition leads to friction among the group, as the other 2 feel increasingly left out.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, Ernest Borgnine, Sheree North
Votes: 381
23. Teenage Rebel (1956)
Approved | 94 min | Drama
Nancy Fallon gets custody of her teenage daughter Dodie back from her ex-husband after she remarries, but she must win her love.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Michael Rennie, Betty Lou Keim, Warren Berlinger
Votes: 396
24. The Desperados Are in Town (1956)
Approved | 73 min | Western
Lonnie works the family farm in Double Rivers Georgia, but dreams of going west. After he finally leaves, he makes it to Texas where his new friend Frank gets him a job at the livery. But ... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Robert Arthur, Kathleen Nolan, Rhys Williams, Rhodes Reason
Votes: 34
25. 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
26. Three Brave Men (1956)
Approved | 88 min | Drama
During the Cold War, a Maryland civilian employee of the U.S. Navy is deemed a security risk and he fights the official charges of being a Communist sympathizer.
Director: Philip Dunne | Stars: Ray Milland, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Lovejoy, Nina Foch
Votes: 212
27. The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956)
Approved | 72 min | Adventure, Drama
Eighteen years have passed since the arrival of the Bounty mutineers on Pitcairn Island. The last of these mutineers has just died and the island is now populated solely by their widows and... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: James Craig, Lynn Bari, John Smith, Arleen Whelan
Votes: 54
28. The Black Whip (1956)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Western
Two brothers rescue four dance-hall girls, and encounter trouble from a villain wielding a wicked whip.
Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Hugh Marlowe, Coleen Gray, Adele Mara, Angie Dickinson
Votes: 164
29. The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Music
A gangster hires a down-and-out press agent to make his airheaded girlfriend a singing star.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O'Brien, Julie London
Votes: 3,919
30. Stagecoach to Fury (1956)
Approved | 76 min | Western
A cavalry officer organizes fellow passangers against Mexican outlaws, while at a stagecoach stop. A character study of each passenger is provided, via flashback.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Mari Blanchard, Wallace Ford, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Votes: 145
31. 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
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