Search results for "1956"
The Black Tent

The Black Tent

The Black Tent
IMDb: 5.5
93

During the British retreat through Libya, a British officer takes shelter with a group of Arab Bedouin. He marries the chief’s daughter. Sometime later, his younger brother, who had believed…

Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp
IMDb: 8
117

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.

Genre: Drama, War
The Black Sleep

The Black Sleep

The Black Sleep
IMDb: 6
82

In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false conviction for murder, and spirits him away to an ancient, repurposed abbey…

Bigger Than Life

Bigger Than Life

Bigger Than Life
IMDb: 7.4
95

A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.

Genre: Drama
Bhowani Junction

Bhowani Junction

Bhowani Junction
IMDb: 6.4
110

Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.

Beyond Mombasa

Beyond Mombasa

Beyond Mombasa
IMDb: 5.7
90

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

Genre: Action, Adventure
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
IMDb: 6.9
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
Between Heaven and Hell

Between Heaven and Hell

Between Heaven and Hell
IMDb: 6.6
94

Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner, married to the daughter of a colonel. At the beginning of the war he was…

Genre: Drama, War
Behind the High Wall

Behind the High Wall

Behind the High Wall
IMDb: 6.4
85

A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang’s dough.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Best Things in Life Are Free

The Best Things in Life Are Free

The Best Things in Life Are Free
IMDb: 5.9
104

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…

Genre: Music
The Beast of Hollow Mountain

The Beast of Hollow Mountain

The Beast of Hollow Mountain
IMDb: 4.1
81

An American cowboy living in Mexico discovers his cattle is being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur.

Battle Stations

Battle Stations

Battle Stations
IMDb: 6.1
81

The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.

Genre: Drama, 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 early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Red Balloon

The Red Balloon

The Red Balloon
IMDb: 8.1
34

A young boy discovers a stray balloon, which seems to have a mind of its own, on the streets of Paris. The two become inseparable, yet the world’s harsh realities…

Bandido!

Bandido!

Bandido!
IMDb: 6
92

American arms dealer Kennedy hopes to make a killing by selling to the “regulares” in the 1916 Mexican revolution. American mercenary Wilson favors the rebel faction headed by Escobar, and…

Genre: Action, Western
The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed
IMDb: 7.4
129

Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter’s darker side to herself,…

Back from Eternity

Back from Eternity

Back from Eternity
IMDb: 6.5
100

A South American plane loaded with an assortment of characters crash lands in a remote jungle area in the middle of a storm. The passengers then discover they are in…

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Backlash

Backlash

Backlash
IMDb: 6.6
84

Jim Slater’s father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared…

Genre: Western
Baby Doll

Baby Doll

Baby Doll
IMDb: 7.3
114

Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons. As Archie…

Genre: Drama
The Baby and the Battleship

The Baby and the Battleship

The Baby and the Battleship
IMDb: 5.3
96

After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails…

Genre: Comedy
Away All Boats

Away All Boats

Away All Boats
IMDb: 6.2
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: Drama, War
Attack

Attack

Attack
IMDb: 7.4
107

Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 1944. Lieutenant Costa, an infantry company officer who must establish artillery observation posts in a strategic area, has serious doubts about Captain Cooney’s…

Genre: Drama, War
Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves
IMDb: 6.8
107

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

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days
IMDb: 6.7
182

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short…

Anything Goes

Anything Goes

Anything Goes
IMDb: 6.1
106

Bill Benson and Ted Adams are to appear in a Broadway show together and, while in Paris, each ‘discovers’ the perfect leading lady for the plum female role. Each promises…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Aparajito

Aparajito

Aparajito
IMDb: 8.2
N/A

The exploits of the Grim Reaper, who has been forced into being the best friend of two children. A spin-off of the show Grim & Evil.

Anastasia

Anastasia

Anastasia
IMDb: 7
105

Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Don Juan

Don Juan

Don Juan
IMDb: 5.9
93

Don Juan is arrested during one of his raids loving, just as he intended to seduce the daughter of the Governor, who was about to marry. His faithful servant, too…

Genre: Comedy
Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great
IMDb: 5.8
136

An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the belief that the Greek way…

Accused of Murder

Accused of Murder

Accused of Murder
IMDb: 5.6
74

A police detective finds himself entangled in the web of the underworld when he falls in love with a nightclub singer accused of murdering a crooked lawyer.

Genre: Action, Thriller
Street of Shame

Street of Shame

Street of Shame
IMDb: 7.8
87

The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

Genre: Drama
1984

1984

1984
IMDb: 6.9
90

In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

23 Paces to Baker Street

23 Paces to Baker Street

23 Paces to Baker Street
IMDb: 6.9
103

Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no…

Thunderstorm

Thunderstorm

Thunderstorm
IMDb: 6.7
85

A luminously beautiful, provocative young woman is rescued near a small fishing village on the Spanish coast. The scene is set for a drama of dangerous passion that threatens to…

Genre: Drama
Sunset in Naples

Sunset in Naples

Sunset in Naples
IMDb: 6
90

Two young men try to make it big as musicians.

Genre: Comedy, Music
Our Miss Brooks

Our Miss Brooks

Our Miss Brooks
IMDb: 6.5
85

The big-screen translation of the successful television show of the 1950’s. Arden stars as Connie Brooks, wisecracking English teacher at Madison High School, still hoping to tie the knot with…

Genre: Comedy
Now and Forever

Now and Forever

Now and Forever
IMDb: 6.3
90

A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and then decides…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Night and Fog

Night and Fog

Night and Fog
IMDb: 8.6
32

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler’s concentration camps.

Marie-Antoinette Queen of France

Marie-Antoinette Queen of France

Marie-Antoinette Queen of France
IMDb: 6.2
120

While Louis XV is dying, the Dauphine of France, Marie-Antoinette, seduces a Swedish officer, Axel de Fersen, which pains her husband, the new King Louis XVI, who will know how…

Genre: Drama, History
The March Hare

The March Hare

The March Hare
IMDb: 5.1
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