List of American films of 1956 explained

A list of American films released in 1956
Around the World in 80 Days won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

A-B

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7th Cavalry		Randolph Scott, Barbara Hale, Jay C. Flippen	Western	Columbia Pictures
23 Paces to Baker Street	Henry Hathaway		Thriller	20th Century Fox. From Philip MacDonald novel
Accused of Murder	Joseph Kane			Republic
Alexander the Great	Robert Rossen	Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Fredric March	Drama	United Artists
The Ambassador's Daughter			Romantic comedy	United Artists
Anastasia		Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes	Drama	20th Century Fox Remade in 1997 film
Anything Goes		Bing Crosby, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor	Musical	Paramount. Based on 1934 play, 1936 film
Around the World in 80 Days	Michael Anderson, John Farrow		Adventure	United Artists. Winner of 5 Oscars, Best Picture; based on a novel by Jules Verne
Attack			War	United Artists
Autumn Leaves			Drama	Columbia
Away All Boats	Joseph Pevney		War	Universal
Baby Doll			Drama	Warner Bros. Written by Tennessee Williams; 4 Oscar nominations
Back from Eternity			Drama	RKO. Remake of Five Came Back
Backlash				Universal Remake of 1947 film
The Bad Seed			Thriller	Warner Bros.
Bandido			Western	United Artists
Battle Stations			War	Columbia[1]
The Beast of Hollow Mountain			Horror	United Artists
Behind the High Wall				Universal
The Benny Goodman Story			Musical	Universal Pictures
The Best Things in Life Are Free			Musical	20th Century Fox
Between Heaven and Hell			War	20th Century Fox
Beyond Mombasa			Adventure	United Artists. Co-production with UK.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt				RKO Pictures remade in 2009
Bhowani Junction			Drama	MGM. Co-production with UK.
Bigger Than Life			Drama	20th Century Fox
The Birds and the Bees	Norman Taurog	George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor, David Niven	Musical	Paramount
The Black Sleep			Horror	United Artists
The Black Whip			Western	20th Century Fox
Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado			Western	Columbia
The Bold and the Brave	Lewis R. Foster		War	RKO
The Boss			Film noir	United Artists
The Bottom of the Bottle			Drama	20th Century Fox
The Brass Legend			Western	United Artists
The Brave One			Drama	RKO. Oscar for writer Dalton Trumbo
The Broken Star			Western	United Artists
Bundle of Joy			Comedy	RKO
The Burning Hills			Western	Warner Bros.
Bus Stop	Joshua Logan		Drama	20th Century Fox based on two plays by William Inge

C-D

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Calling Homicide			Crime	Allied Artists
Canyon River			Western	Allied Artists
Carousel			Musical	20th Century Fox based on play
The Catered Affair			Drama	MGM from teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!			Musical	Columbia
Comanche			Western	United Artists
Come Next Spring			Drama	Republic
The Come On	Russell Birdwell		Drama	Allied Artists
Congo Crossing				Universal
The Conqueror			Adventure	RKO
The Court Jester	Melvin Frank, Norman Panama		Comedy	Paramount
Crashing Las Vegas			Comedy	Allied Artists
The Creature Walks Among Us	John Sherwood		Science fiction	Universal
Crime Against Joe			Crime drama	United Artists
Crime in the Streets			Crime drama	Allied Artists
Crowded Paradise	Fred Pressburger		Drama	Independent
A Cry in the Night			Thriller	Warner Bros.
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon			Adventure	Universal
A Day of Fury			Western	Universal
D-Day the Sixth of June	Henry Koster		War	20th Century Fox
Dakota Incident			Western	Republic
Dance with Me, Henry	Charles Barton		Comedy	United Artists final Abbott and Costello film
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer			Adventure	Republic
Death of a Scoundrel	Charles Martin		Drama	RKO
The Desperados Are in Town			Western	20th Century Fox
Diane			Drama	MGM
Dig That Uranium			Comedy	Allied Artists
Don't Knock the Rock			Musical	Columbia

E-I

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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers			Science Fiction	Columbia
The Eddy Duchin Story			Biography	Columbia
Edge of Hell				Universal[2]
Emergency Hospital			Drama	United Artists
Everything but the Truth			Comedy	Universal
The Fastest Gun Alive			Western	MGM
Fighting Trouble			Comedy	Allied Artists
The First Texan			Western	Allied Artists
The First Traveling Saleslady			Western comedy	RKO
Flame of the Islands				Republic
Flesh and the Spur			Western	AIP
Flight to Hong Kong				United Artists
Forbidden Planet			Science Fiction	MGM
Foreign Intrigue			Thriller	United Artists
Forever, Darling			Romantic comedy	MGM
Friendly Persuasion	William Wyler		Drama	Allied Artists. Set in American Civil War; 6 Oscar nominations
Frontier Gambler			Western	Independent
Frontier Woman			Western	Independent
Full of Life			Drama	Columbia
Fury at Gunsight Pass			Western	Columbia
Gaby			Drama	MGM
Ghost Town			Western
Giant	George Stevens		Drama	Warner Bros. Based on Edna Ferber novel; 10 Oscar nominations;
The Girl Can't Help It			Comedy	20th Century Fox
The Girl He Left Behind				Warner Bros.
Girls in Prison	Edward L. Cahn			A.I.P.
Glory			Musical	RKO
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!			Science Fiction	Embassy
Good-bye, My Lady	William A. Wellman		Drama	Warner Bros.
Great Day in the Morning			Drama	RKO
The Great Locomotive Chase			Action	Disney
The Great American Pastime	Herman Hoffman		Comedy	MGM
The Great Man			Drama	Universal
Gun Brothers			Western	United Artists
Gun the Man Down			Western	United Artists
Gunslinger			Western	AIP
The Harder They Fall			Drama
He Laughed Last	Blake Edwards		Comedy	Columbia
Helen of Troy	Robert Wise	Rossana Podestà, Jacques Sernas, Cedric Hardwicke	Epic	Warner Bros.
Hell on Frisco Bay				Warner Bros.
Hidden Guns			Western	Republic
High Society	Charles Walters		Musical comedy	MGM remake of The Philadelphia Story
Hilda Crane			Drama	20th Century Fox
Hold Back the Night			War drama	Allied Artists
Hollywood or Bust	Frank Tashlin		Comedy	Paramount 16th & final Martin and Lewis film
Hot Blood			Drama	Columbia
Hot Cars			Crime	United Artists
Hot Rod Girl			Action	AIP
Hot Shots			Comedy	Allied Artists
The Houston Story			Crime	Columbia
Huk!	John Barnwell		Drama	United Artists
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok			Western
Indestructible Man			Horror	Allied Artists
The Indian Fighter	André de Toth	Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau	Western	United Artists
Inside Detroit				Columbia
Invasion of the Body Snatchers			Science Fiction	Allied Artists based on Jack Finney novel; remade in 1978
Invitation to the Dance	Gene Kelly		Musical	MGM
It Conquered the World			Science Fiction	AIP
I've Lived Before			Drama	Universal

J-M

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Jaguar			Adventure	Republic
Johnny Concho			Drama	United Artists
Jubal			Western	Columbia
Julie	Andrew L. Stone		Thriller	MGM
The Kettles in the Ozarks			Comedy	Universal
The Killer Is Loose		Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey,		United Artists
The Killing	Stanley Kubrick			United Artists
The King and Four Queens		Clark Gable, Eleanor Parker, Barbara Nichols	Western	United Artists
The King and I		Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno	Musical	20th Century Fox. Winner of 5 Academy Awards
A Kiss Before Dying			Thriller	United Artists
The Last Hunt	Richard Brooks		Western	MGM
The Last Wagon			Western	20th Century Fox
The Leather Saint			Drama	Paramount
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts			Comedy	20th Century Fox
Lisbon			Crime	Republic
The Lone Ranger			Western	Warner Bros.
Love Me Tender		Elvis Presley, Debra Paget, Richard Egan,	Western	20th Century Fox. Presley's first film
Lust for Life	Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor		Biography	MGM. Story of Vincent van Gogh; Oscar for Quinn
Magnificent Roughnecks	Sherman A. Rose		Comedy	Allied Artists
Man from Del Rio			Western	United Artists
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit	Nunnally Johnson		Drama	20th Century Fox. Based on Sloan Wilson novel
Man in the Vault			Crime	RKO
The Man Is Armed			Crime	Republic
The Man Who Knew Too Much				Paramount. Remake of 1934 film; Oscar for Best Song
The Man Who Never Was			War thriller	20th Century Fox. Co-production with the UK.
Manfish			Adventure	United Artists
Massacre			Western	20th Century Fox
The Maverick Queen			Western	Republic
Meet Me in Las Vegas			Musical	MGM
Miami Exposé				Columbia
Miracle in the Rain			Romance	Warner Bros.
Moby Dick			Adventure	Warner Bros. Based on Herman Melville novel
Mohawk			Western	20th Century Fox
The Mole People	Virgil W. Vogel		Science fiction	Universal
The Mountain			Drama	Paramount

N-R

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Naked Gun			Western	Independent[3]
Navy Wife			Comedy	Allied Artists
Never Say Goodbye			Drama	Universal Remake of 1946 film
Nightmare				United Artists Remake of 1942 film
The Oklahoma Woman			Western	AIP
On the Threshold of Space				20th Century Fox Hodiak's final film
The Opposite Sex			Musical	MGM remake of The Women
Our Miss Brooks	Al Lewis		Comedy	Warner Bros. film version and series finale of TV series
Outside the Law	Jack Arnold			Universal
Over-Exposed	Lewis Seiler			Columbia
Pardners			Western comedy	Paramount. 15th Martin and Lewis film
Patterns			Drama
The Peacemaker			Western	United Artists
Pillars of the Sky			Western	Universal
Please Murder Me				Independent
The Power and the Prize			Drama	MGM
The Price of Fear				Universal
The Proud and Profane			Drama	Paramount 2 Oscar nominations
The Proud Ones				20th Century Fox
Quincannon, Frontier Scout			Western	United Artists
The Rack			War drama	MGM. From a teleplay by Rod Serling
The Rainmaker	Joseph Anthony		Drama	Paramount 2 Oscar nominations
Ransom!			Crime drama	MGM remade in 1996
Raw Edge	John Sherwood		Western	Universal
The Rawhide Years			Western	Universal
Rebel in Town			Western	United Artists
Red Sundown			Western	Universal
Reprisal!			Western	Columbia
The Revolt of Mamie Stover			Drama	20th Century Fox
Ride the High Iron			Drama	Columbia
Rock Around the Clock			Musical	Columbia inspired by song
Rock, Pretty Baby			Comedy	Universal
Rock, Rock, Rock	Will Price		Musical	Independent
Rumble on the Docks				Columbia
Runaway Daughters			Drama	AIP
Running Target	Marvin R. Weinstein		Western	United Artists
Run for the Sun			Thriller	United Artists

S-Z

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Safari			Adventure	Columbia. Co-production with the UK.
Santiago			Thriller	Warner Bros.
Scandal Incorporated	Edward Mann		Crime	Republic
The Scarlet Hour				Paramount
Screaming Eagles			War	Allied Artists
The Search for Bridey Murphy	Noel Langley		Drama	Paramount
The Searchers			Western	Warner Bros. Voted best American Western
Secret of Treasure Mountain			Western	Columbia
Serenade			Musical	Warner Bros.
Seven Men from Now	Budd Boetticher		Western	Warner Bros.
Shake, Rattle & Rock!			Musical	AIP
The Sharkfighters				Adventure	United Artists
The She-Creature			Science fiction	AIP
Showdown at Abilene			Western	Universal[4]
Singing in the Dark			Drama	Independent
Slightly Scarlet	Allan Dwan			RKO
The Solid Gold Cadillac			Comedy	Columbia
Somebody Up There Likes Me	Robert Wise		Biography	MGM. Story of Rocky Graziano; won two Oscars
Stagecoach to Fury			Western	20th Century Fox
Star in the Dust				Universal
The Steel Jungle			Crime	Warner Bros.
Storm Center			Drama	Columbia
A Strange Adventure			Drama	Republic
Strange Intruder			Drama	Allied Artists
Stranger at My Door			Western	Republic
The Swan	Charles Vidor		Romance	MGM remake of 1925 film
Tea and Sympathy			Drama	MGM based on the play
The Teahouse of the August Moon	Daniel Mann		Comedy	MGM based on the play
Teenage Rebel			Drama	20th Century Fox. 2 Oscar nominations
The Ten Commandments			Drama	Paramount. Remake of 1923 film; 7 Oscar nominations; DeMille's final film
Tension at Table Rock			Western	RKO
Terror at Midnight			Crime	Republic
That Certain Feeling			Comedy	Paramount
There's Always Tomorrow			Drama	Universal. Remake of 1934 film
These Wilder Years			Drama	MGM
Three Bad Sisters	Gilbert Kay		Drama
Three Brave Men			Drama	20th Century Fox
The Three Outlaws			Western	Independent
Thunder Over Arizona			Western	Republic
Time Table				United Artists
Toward the Unknown	Mervyn LeRoy		Drama	Warner Bros.
The Toy Tiger			Comedy	Universal
Trapeze			Drama	United Artists Silver Bear award for Lancaster
Tribute to a Bad Man			Western	MGM
The Unguarded Moment				Universal
Uranium Boom			Adventure	Columbia
The Vagabond King			Musical	Paramount Grayson's final film
The Violent Years			Crime	Independent
Walk the Proud Land			Western	Universal
War and Peace		Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer	Historical	Paramount. Based on Leo Tolstoy novel; 3 Oscar nominations
The Werewolf			Horror	Columbia
Westward Ho the Wagons!			Western	Disney
Wetbacks			Crime	Independent
When Gangland Strikes			Crime	Republic
While the City Sleeps				RKO
The White Squaw			Western	Columbia
The Wild Party				United Artists
A Woman's Devotion				Republic
The Women of Pitcairn Island			Adventure	20th Century Fox
World in My Corner			Sports	Universal
World Without End			Science fiction	Allied Artists
Written on the Wind			Drama	Universal. Oscar for Malone
The Wrong Man				Warner Bros.
Yaqui Drums			Western	Allied Artists
You Can't Run Away from It			Musical	Columbia
The Young Guns			Western	Allied Artists

Documentaries and serials

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Blazing the Overland Trail			Serial	Columbia
Perils of the Wilderness			Serial	Columbia
Seven Wonders of the World	Tay Garnett & others		Documentary

See also

• 1956 in the United States

Sources

References

• Book: Weaver, Tom. Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers. McFarland. 2006. 0786428589.
• Book: Warren, Bill. Keep Watching the Skies!: American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, The 21st Century Edition. McFarland. 2009. 978-0786442300. registration.

External links

• 1956 films at the Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Battle Stations (1956). https://web.archive.org/web/20201023222359/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b790c15. dead. October 23, 2020.
2. Web site: Edge of Hell.
3. Web site: Naked Gun (1956) - Once Upon a Time in a Western.
4. Web site: Showdown at Abilene.