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.

101. Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Earl Bellamy
Actors: Howard Duff, Victor Jory, Margaret Field, Angela Stevens, William Tannen, Martin Garralaga

102. Congo Crossing

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph Pevney
Actors: Virginia Mayo, George Nader, Peter Lorre, Michael Pate, Rex Ingram, Tonio Selwart

103. Storm Center

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Taradash
Actors: Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Kim Hunter, Paul Kelly, Joe Mantell, Edward Platt

104. Canyon River

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Harmon Jones
Actors: George Montgomery, Marcia Henderson, Peter Graves, Richard Eyer, Walter Sande, Robert J. Wilke

105. Reprisal!

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Sherman
Actors: Guy Madison, Felicia Farr, Kathryn Grant, Michael Pate, Edward Platt, Otto Hulett

106. The Great Man

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: José Ferrer
Actors: José Ferrer, Dean Jagger, Keenan Wynn, Julie London, Joanne Gilbert, Ed Wynn
Plot: The "great man," a TV star, dies, and subsequent interviews with his associates for a tribute reveal him to have been quite the heel. The TV star was based on Arthur Godfrey.

107. These Wilder Years

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roy Rowland
Actors: James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Pidgeon, Betty Lou Keim, Don Dubbins, Will Wright

108. The Swan

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Vidor
Actors: Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness, Louis Jourdan, Agnes Moorehead, Jessie Royce Landis, Brian Aherne

109. Ransom!

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alex Segal
Actors: Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen, Juano Hernandez, Robert Keith, Richard Gaines
Plot: When a family's eight year old son is kidnapped and held for ransom, the father decides he will not give into their demands and pledges to use the ransom money instead to hunt done the kidnappers.

110. Miracle in the Rain

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rudolph Maté
Actors: Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Peggie Castle, Fred Clark, Eileen Heckart, Josephine Hutchinson

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