Movies released in 1956

Wicked as They Come

68/100

A poor but beautiful woman sets her sights on rising to the top, and lets nothing stand in her way - including murder.

Liane, Jungle Goddess

53/100

An expedition discovers blonde 16 year-old Liane venerated by the native tribe in the African jungle and returns her to Hamburg where she is welcomed by her grandfather, ship tycoon Von ... See full summary »

Michael Strogoff

63/100

In 19th century Russia, a Tartar rebellion led by Feofar Khan separates Russia from Siberia where the Tsar's brother and his troops are making a last stand. The Tsar entrusts Captain Michel Strogoff to deliver a vital message to them.

Full of Life

67/100

Writer Nick and his wife Emily are expecting their first child. When a necessary home repair proves too costly to afford...

Panic in the Parlor

65/100

Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Shirley. Shirley is to marry young sailor Albert,raised in an orphanage,and he and best man... See full summary »

Man Beast

36/100

Connie Hayward mounts an expedition into the Himalayan Mountains looking for her brother, who has not returned from a previous trek trying to locate the Yeti, or "Abominable Snowman". ... See full summary »

The Unguarded Moment

65/100

A beautiful teacher is protective of a high school boy who sexually harassed her, and later he becomes a murder suspect.

The Montecarlo Story

56/100

A gambler very much in debt, sets his cap for a beautiful woman, not knowing that she is also penniless.

I Will Buy You

71/100

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to his team.

The Girl He Left Behind

54/100

College students Andy Shaeffer and Susan Daniels are pinned. While Susan works hard to put herself through college, Andy sponges off his parents, his mother, Madeline Shaeffer, who in ... See full summary »

Don't Knock the Rock

57/100

A disc jockey tries to prove to teenagers' parents that rock 'n' roll is harmless and won't turn their kids into juvenile delinquents.

Three Men in a Boat

56/100

Three London gentlemen take vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.

Female Jungle

56/100

Several persons, including an off duty policeman and a weird rich guy, are suspects in the murder of a beautiful actress.

The Roof

73/100

Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building...

Magdana's Donkey

77/100

Small Georgian village (ca. 1890) Magdana a widow lives in a shack with her 3 children and ekes out a living selling yogurt. When the children find a donkey lying by the road and nurse it to health, it seems the family's troubles are over.

Jenseits der Straße

76/100

A partisan comes secretly to town to find about what happened to his little son who barely remembers him. He is horrified when he finds out that his son is raised in a colaborators' ... See full summary »

The First Texan

61/100

Eastern lawyer Sam Houston moves to Texas where, at the request of President Jackson, he leads the Texan independence movement and wins several battles against the Mexican army.

Charley's Aunt

52/100

The Fortune Teller

72/100

A former laundry old lady cooperates with a coffee maker man who owns a cafeteria of late 50s .He makes coffee for reach ladies who come to learn about their affairs . But soon they all connect in a weird situation.

Finger of Guilt

62/100

A married movie studio executive's life, starts to fall apart when he is intimately stalked by a beautiful woman he claims he does not know.