Movies released in 1956

Over-Exposed

60/100

Sexy blonde dance club girl learns the photography trade and moves to New York in pursuit of a new career.

The Best Things in Life Are Free

61/100

Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have several hits on Broadway but De Sylva's personal ambition leads to ... See full summary »

Raw Edge

63/100

In 1842 lawless Oregon, a gunfighter seeks vengeance when his innocent brother is lynched and his beautiful Indian wife is claimed by the local tyrant.

Reprisal!

65/100

Half-breed Frank Madden claims he's White, in order to own land, but violent racial clashes in town force him to abandon his neutrality and chose a side.

The Lovers Arrive

73/100

Tears for Simon

64/100

An 18 month old baby disappears in London. Detective Inspector Craig tries to find the child but there aren't many clues.

The Black Tent

52/100

In the African desert, a British soldier romances the native chief's daughter and helps the tribe fight off a Nazi attack.

That Certain Feeling

66/100

When Larry Larkin's comic strip needs some freshening up, he calls in ghost-writer Francis X. Dignan to help him with the strip. Things get complicated when Francis rekindles his love for ... See full summary »

Menace from Outer Space

36/100

A two-part episode of the sci-fi TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954), released as a feature.

Come Next Spring

73/100

Matt Ballot has returned home after 12 years of hard drinking in all 48 states. His wife managed to...

Valley of Peace

77/100

A boy (9 years?) and a rather younger girl lost their families in an air raid. They have heard about a valley where there is always peace and fancy that this is the house of the boy's uncle... See full summary »

Rebel in Town

68/100

After the Civil War, in a Yankee town five Confederates find trouble when one of them accidentally shoots a local young boy.

Lovers and Thieves

70/100

A man becomes the lover of his former persecutor's wife.

Westward Ho, the Wagons!

60/100

The adventures of a group of pioneers as their wagon train crosses the West.

Hot Rod Girl

51/100

After his kid brother is killed in a street race, a champion drag-racer quits racing. However, a new kid comes to town determined to force him back into racing so he can take his title--and he's already taken his girlfriend.

Curucu, Beast of the Amazon

39/100

Rock Dean and Dr. Andrea Romar travel up the Amazon River to find out why the plantation workers have left their work in panic, allegedly because of attacks from Curucu, a monster who is ... See full summary »

Lisbon

59/100

High stakes battle of wits and morals between gentlemen crooks, set in beautiful Portugal. A smuggler is hired to kidnap the rich husband of an American woman who's just arrived in Lisbon, Portugal.

Nero's Mistress

57/100

Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her ... See full summary »

Die Trapp-Familie

64/100

A novice nun, Maria, is sent to care for the unruly children of a weathy Baron. The Baron and Maria fall in love, Maria leaves the convent and they marry. Under Maria's guidance the family ... See full summary »

The Great Man

72/100

Joe Harris, preparing a eulogy for popular radio commentator Herb Fuller, finds that nobody has a good word to say about him.

Teenage Rebel

62/100

Ginger Rogers get her teenage daughter (Betty Lou Keim) back from her ex-husband when she remarries and must win her love.

The Boss

65/100

Political corruption is vividly depicted as a ruthless WWI veteran takes almost complete control of a state with the help of a crooked lawyer. The film is enhanced by John Payne's persuasive performance as "The Boss."

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer

48/100

Daniel Boone leads settlers into Kentucky, but must battle Shawnee Indians who have been persuaded by a French renegade that Boone and the settlers are there to kill them and steal their land.

The Thick-Walled Room

71/100

From the Criterion Collection: "Among the first Japanese films to deal directly with the scars of World War II...

Beyond Mombasa

60/100

An American travels to East Africa, where he tries to find out how his brother died.