Best Movies/TV shows of 1956

100 titles that travel well across time — a personal watchlist for best movies/tv shows of 1956.

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1 Aparajito(1956)
Movie | Drama | India | Bengali
2 Un condamne a mort s'est echappe ou Le vent souffle ou il veutaka A Man Escaped(1956)
Movie | Drama, Thriller | France | French, German
3 Nuit et brouillardaka Night and Fog(1956)
Movie | Documentary, Short | France | French
4 The Searchers(1956)
Movie | Adventure, Western | USA | English, Navajo
5 The Killing(1956)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
6 Le ballon rougeaka The Red Balloon(1956)
Movie | Short, Comedy | France | French
7 The Ten Commandments(1956)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English
8 Jagte Rahoaka Stay Alert(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
9 The Man Who Knew Too Much(1956)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Arabic
10 Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956)
Movie | Drama, Horror | USA | English
11 Giant(1956)
Movie | Drama, Western | USA | English, Spanish
12 Forbidden Planet(1956)
Movie | Adventure, Sci-Fi | USA | English
13 The King and I(1956)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, Thai
14 Bob le flambeur(1956)
Movie | Crime, Drama | France | French, English
15 The Wrong Man(1956)
Movie | Drama, Film-Noir | USA | English, Italian
16 Biruma no tategotoaka The Burmese Harp(1956)
Movie | Drama, Music | Japan | Japanese, English
17 C.I.D.(1956)
Movie | Action, Crime | India | Hindi
18 Chori Chori(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Musical | India | Hindi
19 Moby Dick(1956)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English
20 Akasen chitaiaka Street of Shame(1956)
Movie | Drama | Japan | Japanese
21 Around the World in Eighty Daysaka Around the World in 80 Days(1956)
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | USA | English, Spanish
22 Miyamoto Musashi kanketsu-hen: Ketto Ganryu-jimaaka Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island(1956)
Movie | Action, Adventure | Japan | Japanese
23 Written on the Wind(1956)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
24 Soshunaka Early Spring(1956)
Movie | Drama | Japan | Japanese
25 The Harder They Fall(1956)
Movie | Drama, Film-Noir | USA | English, Spanish
26 The Bad Seed(1956)
Movie | Drama, Horror | USA | English
27 Lust for Life(1956)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
28 Somebody Up There Likes Me(1956)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
29 High Society(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Musical | USA | English
30 War and Peace(1956)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Italy, USA | English, Russian
31 Baby Doll(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, Italian
32 Bigger Than Life(1956)
Movie | Drama | USA | English, Japanese
33 Friendly Persuasion(1956)
Movie | Drama, Family | USA | English
34 Tenali Ramakrishna(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Telugu
35 La traversee de Parisaka The Crossing of Paris(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | France, Italy | French, German
36 Godzilla, King of the Monsters!aka Godzilla: King of the Monsters!(1956)
Movie | Action, Horror | Japan, USA | English, Japanese
37 Et Dieu... crea la femmeaka ...And God Created Woman(1956)
Movie | Drama, Romance | France | French, English
38 7 Men from Now(1956)
Movie | Western | USA | English
39 Anastasia(1956)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, French
40 Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin(1956)
Movie | Drama, History | Austria | German, Hungarian
41 Le mystere Picassoaka The Mystery of Picasso(1956)
Movie | Documentary, Biography | France | French
42 Karnavalnaya nochaka Carnival Night(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Russia | Russian
43 O Drakosaka The Ogre of Athens(1956)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Greece | Greek
44 Attack(1956)
Movie | Action, Drama | USA | English, German
45 The Man Who Never Was(1956)
Movie | Drama, War | UK, USA | English, German
46 Pavankhind(1956)
Movie | Drama | India | Marathi
47 Toto, Peppino e la... malafemminaaka Tot , Peppino e la... malafemmina(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Musical | Italy | Italian
48 Sora no daikaiju Radonaka Rodan(1956)
Movie | Sci-Fi, Thriller | Japan | Japanese, Mandarin
49 Shilpi(1956)
Movie | Drama, Family | India | Bengali
50 Bus Stop(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
51 While the City Sleeps(1956)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
52 Patterns(1956)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
53 Kurutta kajitsuaka Crazed Fruit(1956)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Japan | Japanese, English
54 Nightfall(1956)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
55 Calle Mayoraka Main Street(1956)
Movie | Drama | Spain, France | Spanish
56 New Delhi(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
57 Korhintaaka Merry-Go-Round(1956)
Movie | Romance, Drama | Hungary | Hungarian
58 Toute la memoire du mondeaka All the Memory in the World(1956)
Movie | Documentary, Short | France | French
59 Sagarika(1956)
Movie | Drama, Romance | India | Bengali
60 Voici le temps des assassins...aka Deadlier Than the Male(1956)
Movie | Crime, Drama | France | French
61 Sorok pervyyaka The Forty-First(1956)
Movie | War, Drama | Russia | Russian
62 There's Always Tomorrow(1956)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English
63 Jubal(1956)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English
64 Gervaise(1956)
Movie | Drama | France | French
65 Funtoosh(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
66 Ubiytsyaka The Killers(1956)
Movie | Short, Drama | Russia | Russian
67 La banda degli onesti(1956)
Movie | Comedy | Italy | Italian
68 Vesna na Zarechnoy ulitse(1956)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Russia | Russian
69 Il ferroviereaka The Railroad Man(1956)
Movie | Drama | Italy | Italian
70 La mort en ce jardinaka Death in the Garden(1956)
Movie | Adventure, Crime | France, Mexico | French
71 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers(1956)
Movie | Action, Horror | USA | English
72 The Catered Affair(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
73 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt(1956)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
74 Notre-Dame de Parisaka The Hunchback of Notre Dame(1956)
Movie | Drama, Fantasy | France, Italy | French, Latin
75 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit(1956)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English, Italian
76 Trapeze(1956)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English, Italian
77 Carousel(1956)
Movie | Drama, Fantasy | USA | English
78 Alibabhavum Narpathu Thirudargalum(1956)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | India | Tamil
79 Tea and Sympathy(1956)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
80 A Kiss Before Dying(1956)
Movie | Crime, Film-Noir | USA | English
81 Dvenadtsat mesyatsevaka The Twelve Months(1956)
Movie | Animation, Family | Russia | Russian
82 To koritsi me ta mavraaka A Girl in Black(1956)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Greece | Greek
83 Der Hauptmann von Kopenickaka The Captain from K penick(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Germany | German
84 The Solid Gold Cadillac(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
85 Il tettoaka The Roof(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Italy, France | Italian
86 The Rainmaker(1956)
Movie | Romance, Western | USA | English
87 The Fastest Gun Alive(1956)
Movie | Drama, Western | USA | English
88 The Battle of the River Plateaka Pursuit of the Graf Spee(1956)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK | English, German
89 1984(1956)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | UK | English
90 Maksim Perepelitsa(1956)
Movie | Comedy | Russia | Russian
91 Nagareruaka Flowing(1956)
Movie | Drama | Japan | Japanese
92 Le monde du silenceaka The Silent World(1956)
Movie | Documentary, Adventure | France, Italy | French
93 The Last Wagon(1956)
Movie | Western | USA | English
94 Reach for the Sky(1956)
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK | English, French
95 The Girl Can't Help It(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Music | USA | English
96 Autumn Leaves(1956)
Movie | Drama | USA | English, Spanish
97 Calabuchaka The Rocket from Calabuch(1956)
Movie | Comedy | Spain, Italy | Spanish
98 O Olmasin, Bu Olsun(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Musical | Russia | Azerbaijani, Russian
99 Ekti Raat(1956)
Movie | Drama | India | Bengali
100 The Teahouse of the August Moon(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, Japanese

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Updated November 29, 2025 · FlickRatings