Best Drama Films of 1956

Pulse of Cinema lists 122 drama films released in 1956, ranked by the Pulse Score blended from IMDb, Letterboxd and TMDB. Standouts include A Man Escaped, Aparajito, The Red Balloon.

7.9

A Man Escaped

1956

7.9

Aparajito

1956

7.7

The Red Balloon

1956

7.6

The Killing

1956

7.8

The Ten Commandments

1956

7.8

The Burmese Harp

1956

7.5

Early Spring

1956

7.7

Street of Shame

1956

7.6

Giant

1956

7.5

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956

7.3

Bob le Flambeur

1956

7.2

Bigger Than Life

1956

7.1

The Ogre of Athens

1956

7.0

Tea and Sympathy

1956

7.4

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956

7.3

Patterns

1956

7.2

Somebody Up There Likes Me

1956

7.2

The Harder They Fall

1956

7.2

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956

7.2

There's Always Tomorrow

1956

7.1

The Wrong Man

1956

7.1

The Bad Seed

1956

7.1

The Bitter Stems

1956

7.0

Written on the Wind

1956

7.7

The Railroad Man

1956

7.6

Merry-Go-Round

1956

7.4

The Roof

1956

7.3

La Traversée de Paris

1956

7.2

Lust for Life

1956

7.2

Flowing

1956

7.1

Moby Dick

1956

7.0

Baby Doll

1956

7.0

Carnival Night

1956

6.8

Attack

1956

6.3

Main Street

1956

7.3

Deadlier Than the Male

1956

7.2

The Catered Affair

1956

7.1

The King and I

1956

7.1

Spring on Zarechnaya Street

1956

7.0

The Man Who Never Was

1956

6.9

La Pointe Courte

1956

6.9

Nightfall

1956

6.9

The Forty-First

1956

6.9

Crazed Fruit

1956

8.0

The Three Maidens

1956

7.9

Beyond Oblivion

1956

7.0

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

1956

6.9

Jubal

1956