Category:1956, Top Films

1952 -- 1953 -- 1954 -- 1955

-- -- 1956, Top Films -- --

1957 -- 1958 -- 1959 -- 1960

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Ranking

Limbo

-- #13. Giant (Stevens) -- #17. Baby Doll (Kazan) -- #23. Lust for Life (Minnelli) -- #36. Tea and Sympathy

Critical Reception

-- #1. The Searchers -- #2. The Red Balloon -- #5. The Man Who Knew Too Much' -- #6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- #10. The Wrong Man -- #11. Aparajito -- #12. Forbidden Planet -- #15. The Burmese Harp -- #19. The Ten Commandments -- #22. The Bad Seed -- #32. The King and I -- #42. Bus Stop

-- #3. The Killing -- #4. A Man Escaped -- #7. Bob le flambeur -- #8. Bigger Than Life -- #9. Written on the Wind -- #13. Giant -- #14. Street of Shame -- #16. Early Spring -- #17. Baby Doll -- #18. All the World's Memories -- #20. Samurai III -- #23. Lust for Life -- #31. Moby Dick -- #36. Tea and Sympathy -- #41. The Silent World -- #50. Anastasia

CriticsTop10, Best Films (1956)

-- @1. Around the World in 80 Days -- @2. The King and I -- @3. Giant -- @4. War and Peace (1956) -- @5. Friendly Persuasion -- @6. Anastasia (1956) -- @7. Moby Dick (1956) -- @8. Picnic -- @9. The Ten Commandments (1956) -- @10. Tea & Sympathy

-- @11. Lust for Life -- @12. Written on the Wind -- @13. High Society -- @14. Trapeze 86 -- @15. La Strada -- @16. Bus Stop -- @17. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit -- @18. The Eddy Dunchin Story -- @19. Carousel -- @20. The Solid Gold Cadillac -- @21. The Man Who Knew Too Much -- @22. Somebody Up There Likes Me -- @23. Full of Life -- @24. The Silent World -- @25. The Searchers -- @26. The Harder They Fall -- @27. Attack! -- @28. The Ladykillers -- @29. Baby Doll -- @30. The Benny Goodman Story

Oscar, Best Films

-- Around the World in 80 Days -- Friendly Persuasion -- #13. Giant -- The King and I -- The Ten Commandments -- War and Peace -- La Strada (Italy)

National Board of Review

-- Around the World in 80 Days -- Moby Dick -- The King and I -- #23. Lust for Life -- Friendly Persuasion -- Somebody Up There Likes Me -- The Catered Affair -- Anastasia -- The Man Who Never Was -- Bus Stop

Top Grossing Films

-- The Ten Commandments -- Around the World in 80 Days -- #13. Giant -- Seven Wonders of the World -- The King and I -- Trapeze -- War and Peace -- High Society -- The Teahouse of the August Moo -- The Eddy Duchin Story

National Film Registry

-- The Court Jester (1955) -- Disneyland Dream <doc> -- Forbidden Planet -- #13. Giant -- Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- Modesta <short> -- The Searchers -- The Ten Commandments

American Film Institute

-- #13. Giant -- The Searchers

NYT, Best Films

-- The Silent World <doc> -- The Searchers -- The King and I -- #23. Lust for Life -- Bob le Flambeur -- Bus Stop -- Written on the Wind -- The Ten Commandments -- #13. Giant -- Friendly Persuasion -- The Girl Can't Help It -- Anastasia -- Baby Doll -- The Great Man

TSPDT, Best Films

-- The Searchers -- A Man Escaped -- Written on the Wind -- The Killing -- Bigger Than Life -- Aparajito -- Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- The Red Balloon -- Street of Shame -- Forbidden Planet -- The Ten Commandments

Top10ner, Best Films

-- Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- The Searchers -- The Killing -- The Ten Commandments -- #13. Giant -- Aparajito -- A Man Escaped

Film101, Best Films

-- The Searchers -- Aparajito -- Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- Written on the Wind -- #13. Giant -- A Man Escaped -- Bob le flambeur -- The Burmese Harp -- The Ten Commandments -- The Killing -- #23. Lust for Life -- Around the World in 80 Days -- Friendly Persuasion -- Forbidden Planet -- Baby Doll -- The King and I -- Bus Stop -- The Wrong Man

Rotten Tomatoes, Best Films

-- #4. A Man Escaped -- Night and Fog

ChildActors, Best Films

-- Aparajito (India) -- The Bad Seed -- Il ferroviere (Italy) -- Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- The Red Balloon (France)

-- The Brave One

-- The Brass Legend -- El camino de la vida / The Road of Life (Mexico) -- Les carottes sont cuites (France) -- Come Next Spring -- Dolina miru / The Valley of Peace (Yugoslavia) -- Das Donkosakenlied (West Germany) -- El pequeño ruiseñor / The Little Nightingale (Spain) -- Everything But the Truth -- Good-bye, My Lady -- Das Hirtenlied vom Kaisertal (Austria) -- Lauta mancia / Big Jeeter (Italy) -- Magdanas lurja / Magdana's Donkey (URSS) -- Mein Vater der Schauspieler (West Germany) -- Mi tío Jacinto (Spain) -- Ne okreci se, sine / Don't Look Back, My Son (Yugoslavia) -- Peril for the Guy (UK) -- Ransom! -- Smiley (Australia) -- The Spanish Gardener (UK) -- Starik Khottabych / The Flying Carpet (URSS) -- Storm Center -- Supersonic Saucer (UK) -- Tajemnica dzikiego szybu (Poland) -- Toy Tiger -- The Weapon (UK)

-- As the World Turns (TV series) -- Circus Boy (TV series) -- The Hardy Boys (TV series) -- I Love Lucy (TV series) -- Whack-O! (TV series)