Top 10 Films of 1956

1. "The Searchers" (John Ford, USA)

2. "The Killing" (Stanley Kubrick, USA)

3. "Cien" (Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Poland)

4. "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" (Don Siegel, USA)

5. "Friendly Persuasion" (William Wyler, USA)

6. "The King And I" (Walter Lang, USA)

7. "The Burmese Harp" (Kon Ichikawa, Japan)

8. "While The City Sleeps" (Fritz Lang, USA)

9. "Gervaise" (René Clement, France)

10. "Early Spring" (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)

 Other great films:

Adam And Eve (Mexico)

Anything Goes
Baby Doll
The Battle Of The River Plate (UK)
Carousel

Cette sacrée gamine (France)

Child Of Sorrow (Philippines)
The Court Jester

Elena et les hommes (France)

En effeuillant la marguerite (France)

Et Dieu créa la femme (France)

Forbidden Planet

The Forty-First (Soviet Union)
Giant
Hauptmann von Kopenick (Germany)
High Society
Invitation To The Dance

Last Pair Out (Sweden)

Liane, Jungle Goddess (Germany)

Mio figlio Nerone (Italy)
Le Mystère Picasso (France)
Nightfall
Nikodem Dyzma (Poland)
Plan 9 From Outer Space

Les Promesses dangereuses (France)

Secrets Of Life
A Strange Adventure
Street Of Shame (Japan)
The Ten Commandments

The Wild And The Wicked

Written On The Wind

Short Top 3:

1. "Nuit et brouillard" (Alain Resnais, France)

2. "Le Ballon rouge" (Albert Lamorisse, France)

3. "Symphonie mécanique" (Jean Mitry, France)

Other great shorts:

Crashing The Water Barrier

The Defenders (Israel)

Top Commercial:

"Where There's Life There's Bud" (Budweiser)

Top TV:

"The Honeymooners: The 99 000 Answer" (Frank Satenstein, CBS)

Cartoon Top 10

1. "Magoo's Puddle Jumper" (Pete Burness, Columbia)

2. "Gerald McBoing-Boing On The Planet Moo" (Robert Cannon, Columbia)

3. "Gee Whiz-z-z" (Chuck Jones, Warner)

4. "The Jaywalker" (Robert Cannon, Columbia)

5. "Deduce You Say" (Chuck Jones, Warner)

6. "The High And The Flighty" (Robert McKimson, Warner)

7. "A Cowboy Needs A Horse" (Bill Justice, Disney)

8. "In The Bag" (Jack Hannah, Disney)

9. "Jack And Old Mac" (Bill Justice, Disney)

10. "Get Lost" (Paul J. Smith, Universal)

Other great cartoons:

Barbary Coast Bunny
Barbecue Brawl
Blue Cat Blues
Broom-stick Bunny
Bugs Bonnets
Chips Ahoy
The Honey-Mousers
Hooked Bear

How The Dog And The Cat Washed The Floor (Czechoslovakia)
How To Have An Accident In The Home
Rabbitson Crusoe
Rocket-bye Baby
Rocket Squad
Rythmetic (Canada)
A Star Is Bored
To Hare Is Human
Tree Cornered Tweety
Tweet And Sour
Woodpecker From Mars
Yankee Dood It

Weak films of 1956:

Anastasia
Around The World In 80 Days
The Brave One
The Bus Stop
Cipelice na asfaltu (Yugoslavia)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Rainmaker
Samurai 3: Duel At Ganryu Island (Japan)
La Sonate à Kreutzer (France)
War And Peace

Weak shorts:

The Bespoke Overcoat (UK)
Momma Don't Allow (UK)

Weak cartoons:

After The Ball
Arts And Flowers
Busy Buddies
Calling All Cuckoos
Chief Charlie Horse
Down Beat Bear
The Flying Sorceress
Half Fare Hare
Heaven Scent
Magoo's Canine Mutiny
Meet Mother Magoo
Millionaire Droopy
Mixed Master
Muscle Beach Tom
Napoleon Bunny-Part
Niagara Fools
Parlez Vouz-Woo
Raw! Raw! Rooster
Slap-Hoppy Mouse
Stupor Duck
There They Go-Go-Go
Top Hop To Handle
Tugboat Granny
Two Crows From Tacos
The Unexpected Pest
Weasel Stop
Wideo Wabbit
Woody Meets Davy Crewcut

Top 3 Musicals of 1956

1. "The King And I" (Walter Lang, 20th-Fox)


2. "Carousel" (Henry King, 20th-Fox)

3. "High Society" (Charles Walters, MGM)

Cien (1956) ****

Superbly written Polish thriller about a mysterious man who dies while jumping from a moving train. A truly remarkable sleight-of-hand of narrative construction.

Baby Doll (1956) ***

Campy and trashy mix of black comedy and "Southern Gothic" melodrama, written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Elia Kazan.

Friendly Persuasion (1956) ***

Charming and realistic saga of a Quaker family in Indiana during the Civil War.

Nikodem Dyzma (1956) ***

Adaptacja slynnej powiesci Tadeusza Dolegi-Mostowicza z Adolfem Dymsza w roli glownej.

The Wild And The Wicked (1956) ***

Liane, Jungle Goddess (1956) ***

The Forty-First (1956) ***

Et Dieu créa la femme (1956) ***

En effeuillant la marguerite (1956) ***

Early Spring (1956) ***

Ozu's drama about adultery.

Les Promesses dangereuses (1956) ***

Cette sacrée gamine (1956) ***

Adam And Eve (1956) ***

The Burmese Harp (1956) ***

Japanese POWs in Burma at the end of the war are trying to find a comrade.

Gervaise (1956) ***

Hauptmann von Kopenick (1956) ***

Based on a true story.

The Battle Of The River Plate (1956) ***

Last Pair Out (1956) ***

Mio figlio Nerone (1956) ***

A comedy about Nero.

Secrets Of Life (1956) ***

Child Of Sorrow (1956) ***