Search results for "1956"
Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves
IMDb: 6.8
107

A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.

Genre: Drama
The Great Locomotive Chase

The Great Locomotive Chase

The Great Locomotive Chase
IMDb: 6.9
85

During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. However, things…

Forever, Darling

Forever, Darling

Forever, Darling
IMDb: 6.3
91

Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So into her life comes an angel, which only Susan can see, to…

Genre: Comedy
Bundle of Joy

Bundle of Joy

Bundle of Joy
IMDb: 6.2
98

Kitschy musical remake of “Bachelor Mother”. Debbie Reynolds plays an over-eager clerk in a large department store and Eddie Fisher plays the boss’ son. After getting fired from her job,…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Slightly Scarlet

Slightly Scarlet

Slightly Scarlet
IMDb: 6.8
99

Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison in custody of her sister June, secretary to “reform” political candidate Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol Caspar, sees this…

Rodan

Rodan

Rodan
IMDb: 6.3
82

A village is besieged by prehistoric nymphs when a more horrifying discovery is made. A giant flying creature that resembles a pteranodon emerges. Soon a second monster appears, converging with…

Man from Del Rio

Man from Del Rio

Man from Del Rio
IMDb: 6.3
82

Mexican gunfighter Dave Robles outdraws the town’s outlaw-turned-sheriff and is invited to fill the dead man’s shoes. But a tin star doesn’t bring automatic respectability and Robles is shunned by…

Genre: Western
Kentucky Rifle

Kentucky Rifle

Kentucky Rifle
IMDb: 4.3
84

A man escorts a wagon load of Kentucky rifles through Indian territory and must find a way to get through without losing the rifles to the Indians. Unfortunately the Indians…

Genre: Western
The Werewolf

The Werewolf

The Werewolf
IMDb: 6
79

The arrival in a small mountain town of a dissheveled stranger launches a series of murders committed by some sort of animal. As the town doctor and his daughter attempt…

Screaming Eagles

Screaming Eagles

Screaming Eagles
IMDb: 5.7
79

A group of young soldiers parachute into France in preparation for D-Day.

Genre: Drama, War
The Rack

The Rack

The Rack
IMDb: 6.8
100

Captain Edward Hall returns to the USA after two years in a prison camp in the korean war. In the camp he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Bigger Than Life

Bigger Than Life

Bigger Than Life
IMDb: 7.6
95

A seriously ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a “miracle” drug that begins to affect his sanity.

Genre: Drama
Francis in the Haunted House

Francis in the Haunted House

Francis in the Haunted House
IMDb: 5.7
80

A Ha-Ha-Haunted House Has Got ‘Em! …and it’s every ghost for himself!

Away All Boats

Away All Boats

Away All Boats
IMDb: 6.3
114

The story of USS ‘Belinda’, a U.S. naval ship, and its crew during the battle of the Pacific 1943-1945, as it prepares for action and landing troops on enemy beachheads.

Genre: War
The Rawhide Years

The Rawhide Years

The Rawhide Years
IMDb: 6.3
85

Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But Galena’s leading citizen is murdered on…

Genre: Western
Pillars of the Sky

Pillars of the Sky

Pillars of the Sky
IMDb: 6.3
95

First Sergeant Emmett Bell faces off with Apache chieftain Kamiakin in this nuanced portrayal of racial tensions between Native Americans and white settlers in 1860s Oregon Country.

Genre: Western
Walk the Proud Land

Walk the Proud Land

Walk the Proud Land
IMDb: 6.7
89

Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apaches based on respect for automomy rather than submission to Army. Wins over reservation chiefs and the Indian widow (Bancroft)…

Genre: Western
Woodpecker from Mars

Woodpecker from Mars

Woodpecker from Mars
IMDb: 6.3
6

Woody Woodpecker is a guest at a television show and walks off with a space helmet and a space gun as souvenirs. He pretends to be a man from Mars,…

Genre: Animation
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
IMDb: 7.1
153

Interesting character study of a WWII veteran trying to make it in the business world of post-war America.

Genre: Drama
Run for the Sun

Run for the Sun

Run for the Sun
IMDb: 6.4
99

Mike, a Hemingway-esque adventure novelist, is spending his days in a self-imposed exile somewhere in Central America. A reporter for Sight Magazine, Katie, has tracked him down in the hope…

The Wormwood Star

The Wormwood Star

The Wormwood Star
IMDb: 6.4
10

Documentary on occultist Marjorie Cameron.

Genre: Documentary
Marie-Antoinette Queen of France

Marie-Antoinette Queen of France

Marie-Antoinette Queen of France
IMDb: 6.2
N/A

Though nearly as lavish as the 1938 MGM film of the same name, the 1955 French historical epic Marie Antoinette is not nearly as coherent or entertaining. Michele Morgan stars…

Genre: History
Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion
IMDb: 7.3
137

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It’s not easy for them to meet the rules…

Genre: Drama, War, Western
The Girl Can’t Help It

The Girl Can’t Help It

The Girl Can’t Help It
IMDb: 6.8
99

A down-and-out gangster hires an alcoholic press agent to make his blonde bombshell girlfriend a recording star in 6 weeks. But what is he going to do when he finds…

Genre: Comedy, Music
The March Hare

The March Hare

The March Hare
IMDb: 5.5
85

Sir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is ‘pulled’, and Sir Charles is forced to sell his…

Genre: Comedy
Rumble on the Docks

Rumble on the Docks

Rumble on the Docks
IMDb: 5.6
82

A juvenile delinquent (James Darren) puts his gang behind a New York waterfront union racketeer (Michael Granger).

Genre: Crime, Drama
Spin a Dark Web

Spin a Dark Web

Spin a Dark Web
IMDb: 6.1
76

A boxer is lured into a murder plot by a scheming woman.

Genre: Crime, Drama
A Hill in Korea

A Hill in Korea

A Hill in Korea
IMDb: 6.2
80

Based on real events, A Hill in Korea charts the fortunes of a small group of British soldiers serving in the Korean War. Out on a routine patrol, the soldiers…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Never Say Goodbye

Never Say Goodbye

Never Say Goodbye
IMDb: 6.3
96

In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an artist and his “dead” wife’s now boyfriend, berates…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Seven Wonders of the World

Seven Wonders of the World

Seven Wonders of the World
IMDb: 7.5
106

Seven Wonders of the World is a 1956 film in Cinerama. Lowell Thomas searches the world for natural and man made wonders and invites the audience to try to update…

Toward the Unknown

Toward the Unknown

Toward the Unknown
IMDb: 6.5
115

The story of a US Air Force major who was captured during the Korean War, and cracked signing a confession. After his release he ultimately arrives at Edwards Air Force…

Rose Street

Rose Street

Rose Street
IMDb: 6.5
15

The minutiae of daily life on Edinburgh’s Rose Street in the fifties is presented in this impressionistic documentary piece.

Genre: Documentary
Bob le Flambeur

Bob le Flambeur

Bob le Flambeur
IMDb: 7.7
103

In Paris, Bob Montagne is practically synonymous with gambling — and winning. He is kind, classy and well-liked by virtually everyone in town, including police inspector Ledru. However, when Bob’s…

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
A Kid for Two Farthings

A Kid for Two Farthings

A Kid for Two Farthings
IMDb: 6.5
96

Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories….

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
The Benny Goodman Story

The Benny Goodman Story

The Benny Goodman Story
IMDb: 6.7
102

Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by…

Genre: Drama, Music
Street of Shame

Street of Shame

Street of Shame
IMDb: 7.9
87

The personal tales of various sex workers who occupy a Japanese brothel.

Genre: Drama
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
IMDb: 7
80

A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp
IMDb: 8.1
116

In the War’s closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.

Genre: Drama, Music, War
The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate
IMDb: 6.6
119

In the opening years of World War II the Royal Navy was fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open and the British Isles supplied. Of great…

…And God Created Woman

…And God Created Woman

…And God Created Woman
IMDb: 6.3
95

Juliette Hardy is sexual dynamite, and has the men of a French coastal town panting. But Antoine, the only man who affects her likewise, wouldn’t dream of settling down with…

Genre: Drama, Romance