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| 1 |  | Searchers, The (1956) |  3.6915 73 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Western |
$4.69
| Ethan Edwards (John Wayne)returned from war to find his family massacred and his niece kidnapped by ...more about Searchers starring John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter |
| 2 |  | King and I, The (1956) | 3.4000 19 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama, Musical, Romance, Family |
$12.99
| Mrs. Anna Leonowens and her son Louis arrive in Bangkok, where she has contracted to teach English ...more about King and I starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr |
| 3 |  | Ten Commandments, The (1956) | 3.2877 67 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama |
$14.71
| The story of Moses, a Hebrew boy that was raised as an Egyptian prince. Upon learning of his ...more about Ten Commandments starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner |
| 4 |  | Wrong Man, The (1956) | 3.2509 30 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$8.63
| Manny Ballestero is an honest hardworking musician at New York's Stork Club. When his wife needs ...more about Wrong Man starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles |
| 5 |  | Killing, The (1956) |  3.2493 49 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.69
| After getting out of prison, Johnny Clay masterminds a complex race-track heist, but his scheme is ...more about Killing starring Sterling Hayden and Coleen Gray |
| 6 |  | Giant (1956) | 3.0995 53 reviews | NA | Drama |
$15.52
| Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and ...more about Giant starring Carroll Baker and Elizabeth Taylor |
| 7 |  | Forbidden Planet (1956) | 3.0159 42 reviews | G | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$14.99
| When Adams and his crew are sent to investigate the silence from a planet inhabited by scientists, ...more about Forbidden Planet starring Walter Pidgeon and Anne Francis |
| 8 |  | Bad Seed, The (1956) | 2.9842 41 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Horror |
$13.99
| Christine Penmark seems to have it all: a lovely home, a loving husband and the most "perfect" ...more about Bad Seed starring Nancy Kelly and Henry Jones |
| 9 |  | Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1956) | 2.9164 19 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
$9.41
| Dr. Ben McKenna, his wife Jo and their son Hank are on a touring holiday of Africa when they meet ...more about Man Who Knew Too Much starring James Stewart and Doris Day |
| 10 |  | Baby Doll (1956) | 2.8678 14 reviews | NA | Drama |
$12.71
| Archie Lee Meighan, middle-aged cotton gin owner, can hardly wait for the 20th birthday of his ...more about Baby Doll starring Karl Malden and Carroll Baker |
| 11 |  | Patterns (1956) | 2.8661 4 reviews | NA | Drama |
$12.99
| ...more about Patterns starring Van Heflin and Everett Sloane |
| 12 |  | Eddy Duchin Story, The (1956) | 2.8504 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Music |
$13.34
| ...more about Eddy Duchin Story starring Tyrone Power and Kim Novak |
| 13 |  | Bhowani Junction (1956) | 2.8326 8 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Romance | N/A | The year is 1947, the British are on the verge of finally leaving India. Amongst the few who are ...more about Bhowani Junction starring Ava Gardner and Stewart Granger |
| 14 |  | Lust for Life (1956) | 2.8150 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$10.75
| Vincent Van Gogh is the archetypical tortured artistic genius. His obsession with painting, ...more about Lust for Life starring Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn |
| 15 |  | Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (1956) | 2.8082 22 reviews | NA | Drama |
$9.27
| ...more about Man in the Gray Flannel Suit starring Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones |
| 16 |  | Harder They Fall, The (1956) | 2.8028 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Sports, Film-Noir |
$19.99
| Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his ...more about Harder They Fall starring Humphrey Bogart and Rod Steiger |
| 17 |  | Friendly Persuasion (1956) | 2.7899 11 reviews | NA | Drama |
$9.76
| The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religous sect is strongly opposed to ...more about Friendly Persuasion starring Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire |
| 18 |  | Attack (1956) | 2.7612 13 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War |
$5.48
| During the closing days of WWII, a National Guard Infantry Company is assigned the task of setting ...more about Attack starring Jack Palance and Eddie Albert |
| 19 |  | Written on the Wind (1956) | 2.7563 14 reviews | NA | Drama |
$18.49
| Mitch Wayne and Kyle Hadley, the playboy son of an oil tycoon, have been best friends since ...more about Written on the Wind starring Rock Hudson and Lauren Bacall |
| 20 |  | Bus Stop (1956) | 2.7511 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$6.88
| Innocent rodeo cowboy Bo falls in love with cafe singer Cherie in Phoenix. She tries to run away to ...more about Bus Stop starring Marilyn Monroe and Betty Field |
| 21 |  | Anastasia (1956) | 2.7500 15 reviews | NA | Drama, History |
$4.86
| Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a ...more about Anastasia starring Ingrid Bergman and Helen Hayes |
| 22 |  | Autumn Leaves (1956) |  2.7131 9 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Milly, a lonely older woman, marries Burt Hanson, a much younger man. But after the wedding, Milly ...more about Autumn Leaves starring Joan Crawford and Cliff Robertson |
| 23 |  | Battle of the River Plate, The (1956) | 2.6606 7 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, War | N/A | Set during the early years of World War II, the War in the Atlantic. The Royal Navy was fighting a ...more about Battle of the River Plate starring John Gregson and Anthony Quayle |
| 24 |  | Bigger Than Life (1956) | 2.5960 12 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Schoolteacher and family man Ed Avery, who's been suffering bouts of severe pain and even ...more about Bigger Than Life starring Barbara Rush and Walter Matthau |
| 25 |  | Moby Dick (1956) | 2.5464 17 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama |
$6.62
| This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge ...more about Moby Dick starring Gregory Peck and Richard Basehart |
| 26 |  | Alexander the Great (1956) | 2.5463 23 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$9.99
| An epic film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the macedonian king that united all ...more about Alexander the Great starring Richard Burton and Claire Bloom |
| 27 |  | Killer Is Loose, The (1956) | 2.5130 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies teller Leon Poole as inside ...more about Killer Is Loose starring Joseph Cotten and Rhonda Fleming |
| 28 | | Tea and Sympathy (1956) | 2.4643 8 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Tom Lee is a sensitive boy of 17 whose lack of interest in the "manly" pursuits of sports, mountain ...more about Tea and Sympathy starring Deborah Kerr and John Kerr |
| 29 | | Back from Eternity (1956) | 2.4300 4 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | A South American plane loaded with an assortment of characters crash lands in a remote jungle area ...more about Back from Eternity starring Robert Ryan and Anita Ekberg |
| 30 | | Time Table (1956) | 2.4095 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | As a train speeds through the Arizona night, a man posing as a physician holds up the baggage-car ...more about Time Table starring Mark Stevens and King Calder |
| 31 |  | Helen of Troy (1956) | 2.4058 7 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Drama, War, Romance |
$4.99
| In this version, Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and ...more about Helen of Troy starring Rossana Podest� and Stanley Baker |
| 32 |  | Man in the Vault (1956) | 2.3912 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$8.30
| There's $200,000 in a Los Angeles safety-deposit box that mobster Willis Trent (Beery Kroger) would ...more about Man in the Vault starring William Campbell and Karen Sharpe |
| 33 |  | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) | 2.2908 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | Writer sets himself up to take murder rap to show the errors of circumstantial evidence. With a ...more about Beyond a Reasonable Doubt starring Dana Andrews and Joan Fontaine |
| 34 |  | Hot Rod Girl (1956) | 2.2725 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Teen |
$4.99
| ...more about Hot Rod Girl starring Lori Nelson and Chuck Connors |
| 35 |  | Between Heaven and Hell (1956) | 2.2673 12 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$6.88
| Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner, ...more about Between Heaven and Hell starring Robert Wagner and Terry Moore |
| 36 | | Edge of Hell (1956) | 2.2524 5 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Edge of Hell starring Hugo Haas and Francesca De Scaffa |
| 37 |  | Catered Affair, The (1956) |  2.1751 5 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and ...more about Catered Affair starring Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine |
| 38 | | Seven Years in Tibet (1956) | 2.1629 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Documentary | N/A | In 1939, at the outbreak of WWII, Austrian mountain-climber Harrer is captured and interred in an ...more about Seven Years in Tibet |
| 39 |  | While the City Sleeps (1956) | 2.1112 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Film-Noir | N/A | Death of media magnat Amos Kyne is causing power struggle between his executives. In the meantime ...more about While the City Sleeps starring Dana Andrews and Rhonda Fleming |
| 40 |  | Nightmare (1956) | 2.0959 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir | N/A | A musician was hypnotised in order to commit a crime. When he wakes up he tries to find the truth ...more about Nightmare starring Edward G. Robinson and Connie Russell |
| 41 |  | D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) | 2.0661 9 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War, Romance |
$8.28
| 'Twas the night before D-Day. One ship, carrying Special Force Six, leaves ahead of the main ...more about D-Day the Sixth of June starring Robert Taylor and Richard Todd |
| 42 | | Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) | 2.0655 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Sports |
$37.01
| Rocky Granziano is building a career in crime, when he's finally caught and arrested. In jail, he ...more about Somebody Up There Likes Me starring Pier Angeli and Everett Sloane |
| 43 | | Intimate Stranger, The (1956) | 2.0655 4 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Intimate Stranger starring Richard Basehart and Mary Murphy |
| 44 | | Hot Blood (1956) | 2.0625 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical | N/A | ...more about Hot Blood starring Jane Russell and Cornel Wilde |
| 45 | | Miracle in the Rain (1956) | 2.0351 2 reviews | NA | Drama |
$8.68
| A fanciful, O. Henryesque tale set in New York City during World War II. A shy, lonely woman and a ...more about Miracle in the Rain starring Jane Wyman and Van Johnson |
| 46 | | Search for Bridey Murphy, The (1956) | 1.9803 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | After being shown what hypnotism can do, a Doctor sets out to study it in depth. When experimenting ...more about Search for Bridey Murphy starring Teresa Wright and Louis Hayward |
| 47 |  | Battle Hymn (1956) | 1.9392 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$5.74
| Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he's a failure ...more about Battle Hymn starring Rock Hudson and Anna Kashfi |
| 48 |  | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956) | 1.8615 2 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama, Western, Comedy, Family, Disney |
$10.98
| Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in ...more about Davy Crockett and the River Pirates starring Walter Catlett and Fess Parker |
| 49 | | Yield to the Night (1956) | 1.8387 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | A young woman who has been abused and taken advantage of by all the men in her life, finally finds ...more about Yield to the Night starring Diana Dors and Yvonne Mitchell |
| 50 | | 1984 (1956) | 1.8311 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi | N/A | In a futuristic, state-run society controlled by "Big Brother" in which love is outlawed, employee ...more about 1984 starring Jan Sterling and Michael Redgrave |
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