31. 1984
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling, David Kossoff, Donald Pleasence, Mervyn Johns
Plot: In a futuristic, state-run society controlled by "Big Brother" in which love is outlawed, employee of the state Winston Smith falls for Julia, and is tortured and brainwashed for his crime.
32. Satellite in the Sky
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paul Dickson
Actors: Kieron Moore, Lois Maxwell, Donald Wolfit, Bryan Forbes, Jimmy Hanley, Barry Keegan
33. 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
34. 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.
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. 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
39. Around the World in 80 Days
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: David Niven, Robert Morley, Charles Boyer, Cantinflas, John Gielgud, Noel Coward
Plot: With new inventions in the early days a man promises he can make it around the world in 80 days, a feat that had never been done. Based on Jules Verne novel of the same name.
40. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Actors: Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, Lee J. Cobb, Marisa Pavan, Ann Harding
