Year 1956 movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant year 1956 movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, serious, period drama, psychological and tense films and TV shows about / with father son relationship, husband wife relationship, family relations, father daughter relationship, kiss, cigarette smoking, love, death, bare chested male and storytelling plots mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as year 1956: Black Book (2006), The Silent Revolution (2018), Children of Glory (2006), The Secret Ways (1961), Travelling Salesman (2012), Heart & Soul (1985), The Deep Dark (2023), The Outfit (2022), The History of Time Travel (2014), The Turncoat (2020).
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List of year 1956 movies
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Style:
erotic, psychological, tense, sexy, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, espionage, nazi, spy, nazism, resistance, female spy, occupation, gestapo, german soldier, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1956, 1950s, year 2006, 20th century ...
Place:
netherlands, israel, holland, germany, belgium ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
It's 1956. During a visit to a cinema in West Berlin, East German high school pupils Theo and Kurt see disturbing newsreel footage of the uprising in Budapest. Back in Stalinstadt, one of the GDR’s flagship workers’ settlements, they have ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, suspenseful, captivating, political ...
Plot:
cold war, solidarity, teenager, friendship, learning the truth, border crossing, high school, communism, betrayal, father son relationship, twists and turns, nazi ...
Time:
1950s, year 1956, 50s, year 1953
Place:
east germany, west berlin west germany, germany, hungary, german democratic republic ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Sport, War
Country: Hungary
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Children of Glory will commemorate Hungary's heroic Revolution of 1956, and takes place in Budapest and at the Melbourne Olympic Games in October and November of that year. While Soviet tanks were destroying Hungary, the Hungarian water polo ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, rough, emotional ...
Plot:
female warrior, politics, olympics, rebellion, human spirit, wartime life, resistance, athlete's life, ambition, contests and competitions, state affairs, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1956, 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
hungary, europe, australia, oceania, melbourne ...
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Genre: Adventure, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Mike Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist (Prof. Jansci) escape from Budapest. He and Julia, the professor's daughter, cross the boulder ...
Style:
black and white
Plot:
cold war, iron curtain, spy, espionage, escape, covert operation, looking for someone, torture victim, wound, prison break, freedom fighter, prison ...
Time:
year 1956, year 1961, 1950s, 60s, year 1960 ...
Place:
vienna, europe, zurich switzerland, budapest, soviet union ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Four mathematicians are gathered and meet with a top official of the United States Department of Defense. After some discussion, the group agrees that they must be wary with whom to trust and control their solution. The official offers them a reward ...
Style:
tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative, suspense, cerebral ...
Plot:
mathematics, mathematician, conspiracy, genius, professor, top secret, paranoia, science, mysterious man, fictional war, government, hacking ...
Time:
year 1956
Place:
china
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
1956: The shy Jonathan's luck with girls changes when he wins the rebellious Gene as a friend in his last year of high school. Gene is adored by many girls and manages to teach Jonathan a few lessons. Gene himself would rather just be with one ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sex comedy, sensual, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
high school, male orgasm, female nudity, voyeur, greaser, first love, coming of age, nudity, blonde, fondling, first sexual experience, attraction ...
Time:
1950s, year 1956, year 1985, 20th century, 50s
Place:
ohio
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Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
1956, in the north of France. A group of underground miners is forced to take a professor to take samples a thousand meters underground. After a landslide that prevents them from going back up, they discover a crypt from another time, and ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
miner, mine, crypt, trapped, creature, ancient civilization, evil, trap, research, explorer, problem, threat ...
Time:
year 1956
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only ...
Style:
suspense, period piece, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
organized crime, tailor, murderer, gangster, englishman, gang, irish mob, mobster, mob hit, fighting crime, criminal gang, changing lives ...
Time:
1950s, year 1956, 50s
Place:
chicago, london
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A fictional documentary about the creation of the world's first time machine, the men who created it, and the unintended ramifications it has on world events.
Style:
slasher, mockumentary, psychotronic
Plot:
time travel, found footage, time, world war two, loss of mother, moon landing, kgb, cia, inventor, albert einstein, nixon, death of mother ...
Time:
1940s, year 1985, year 1990, year 1987, year 1996 ...
Place:
hiroshima japan
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Directed by Academy Award-winner Florian Gallenberger from Sigefried Lenz's international bestseller, "Der Überläufer" is set in the summer of 1944. German soldier Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, partisan, nazi germany, pow, eastern front, defector, political repression, nazi occupied poland, border crossing, swamp, jail ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1956, post world war two, year 1944
Place:
berlin germany, east berlin, germany, hamburg germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Brooklyn Bridge is an American television program which aired on CBS between 1991 and 1993. It is about a Jewish American family living in Brooklyn in the middle 1950s. The premise was partially based on the childhood of executive producer and ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, sentimental, semi serious, touching ...
Plot:
interfaith relationship, jewish family, skirt, family relations, coming of age, family life, friends, youth, society, misfit, social misfits, social differences ...
Time:
1950s, year 1956, 50s
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, humorous, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bank robber, prison, old man, bank, heist, widow, pursuit, criminal, investigation, lie, chase, secret ...
Time:
year 1960, year 1936, year 1979, year 1952, year 1962 ...
Place:
usa, dallas texas, texas, columbus ohio, montana ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination.
Style:
clever, inspirational, captivating, political, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
courtroom, women's rights, feminist, supreme court, female lawyer, human rights, lawyer, equality, husband wife relationship, teacher, feminism, marriage ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1963, year 1956, 70s ...
Place:
usa, denver colorado, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
TRAUTMANN tells the story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by ...
Style:
motivational, costume drama, inspirational, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
football, husband wife relationship, goalkeeper, father daughter relationship, love and romance, world war, rivalry, courage, college, ambition, transformation, post war ...
Time:
year 1948, 20th century, 1940s, year 1956, year 1949 ...
Place:
germany, england, manchester
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of 10-year-old boy and his family against the backdrop of the bloody events of 1956, in Budapest. Children do not yet understand what is going on, but they're happy because the schools are closed. But gradually, to adults and children ...
Style:
tension, emotional, bleak, melancholic, sad ...
Plot:
children, innocence lost, repression, political unrest, oppression, fear, loss, child protagonist, coming of age, violence, shock, urban ...
Time:
1950s, year 1956, 50s
Place:
budapest, eastern europe, europe, hungary
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Colombia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Takes place in 1956 under a militant dictatorship, but an uncontrollable crisis is about to take place in part of the country as buildings are blown up, people exterminated and a hidden evil force is unleashed. The supernatural force released ...
Style:
black comedy, psychotronic, dark comedy, period drama
Plot:
conflict, colombian drug cartel, sex, matriarchy, tickling, black cat, blood, dying words, gay slur, childbirth, albino, inheritance ...
Time:
year 1956, 1950s, 50s
Place:
colombia, south america, turkey
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Genre: Documentary, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In late 1955 and early 1956, the citizens of Boise, Idaho believed there was a menace in their midst. On Halloween, investigators arrested three men on charges of having sex with teenage boys. The investigators claimed the arrests were just the tip ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay slur, witch hunt, halloween, justice, prison, interview, police, homosexual, sex scandal, homosexual history ...
Time:
year 1956, year 1955, 1950s, 50s
Place:
idaho
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Vienna, the 1950s. A childhood captured on 8mm film, documented by thirteen-year-old Johanna.
Style:
art house, melancholic, poetic, experimental, period piece ...
Plot:
memory, childhood, family secret, family drama, nostalgia, coming of age, identity, intimate, introspection, autobiography, middle class, voice over narration ...
Time:
1950s, year 1956, 50s
Place:
vienna, germany, europe, austria
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mexico, Mario Moreno, a young entertainer is struggling to get some respect, and he manages to become a star. A twist of faith makes them partners. ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, captivating, crying
Plot:
filmmaking, biopic, hollywood, showbiz, rising to stardom, actor's life, rise to the top, artists and showbiz, celebrity, husband wife relationship, fame, film history ...
Time:
year 1941, year 1966, year 1940, year 1993, year 1955 ...
Place:
mexico city, usa, los angeles, mexico
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
The German soldier Clemens Forel - determined to be reunited with his beloved family - makes a dramatic escape through bitter cold winters, desolate landscapes, and life threatening ventures from a Siberian labor camp after World War II. 8000 miles ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, pow, survival, human spirit, gulag, confined, captivity, wehrmacht, danger, wilderness survival, nazi, fugitives ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, year 1937, year 1947, year 1951 ...
Place:
germany, ussr, soviet union, siberia, tehran iran ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his ...
Style:
philosophical, artsy, surreal, atmospheric, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
childhood, philosophy, spirituality, existentialism, coming of age, death, father son relationship, hopes, parenthood, religion, grief, family relations ...
Time:
1950s, year 2011, prehistory, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
texas, southern usa, america, usa, china
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story of life of Gholam Reza Takhti from his childhood till adulthood, his matches and finally his death.
Plot:
athlete, child, olympics, tournament, chief, silver, competition, wrestling, childhood, life, coach, based on real people ...
Time:
60s, 1930s, 1950s, year 1939, year 1956 ...
Place:
iran
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has ...
Style:
emotional, breathtaking, intellectual, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, biopic, genius, addiction, alcoholism, bohemian life, art history, self destructing, rise and fall ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 1945, year 1941 ...
Place:
new york, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
At the end of WW II the Dutch resistance kills a German officer in front of the house of a Dutch family. Years after the war the young boy who witnessed the killing runs into the members of the resistance who committed the killing.
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, political, contemplative, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, holocaust, world war, wartime life, terrorism, fictional history, cannon, nazi, dutch history, gestapo, post war ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 80s, 50s, 1940s ...
Place:
netherlands, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Marty Lakewood is a reporter forced to leave Chicago and his family because he had uncovered too much police corruption. He returns to his small home town on the California coast to his ailing mother and prostitute sister, with whom he had an ...
Style:
neo noir, dark comedy, independent film, noir, erotic ...
Plot:
incest, brother sister relationship, sex scene, brother sister incest, incestuous sex, murder, fraternal twins, female nudity, incestuous relationship, crazy love, getting away with murder, prostitute ...
Time:
1950s, year 1997, 1920s, 50s, year 1956 ...
Place:
california, usa, chicago, mexico
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In the 1970s and ’80s, Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and a theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance, and prosperity.
Style:
period piece, disturbing, serious, realistic, cynical ...
Plot:
televangelist, rise and fall, adultery, religion, unfaithful husband, luxury, lgbt, family relations, religious, secret, lie, scandal ...
Time:
year 1960, 1950s, 60s, year 1978, year 1977 ...
Place:
palm springs california, minneapolis minnesota, minnesota
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Genre: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South Africa where his nearest relative, Aunt Jane, lives. On the way he meets a variety of different ...
Style:
esoteric, crying
Plot:
boy, little boy, coming of age, british empire, jungle adventure, children in wartime, journey, child protagonist, wildlife, diamond, taxi, military ...
Time:
year 1963, year 1956, year 1957
Place:
africa, south africa, sudan, egypt
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.
Style:
romantic, touching, emotional, dramatic, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love, immortality, love story, immortal, loneliness, supernatural, life & death, love and romance, destiny, impossible love, beautiful scenery, supernatural romance ...
Time:
future, edwardian era, 2010s, year 2015, 20th century ...
Place:
san francisco, peru, california, oregon, arizona ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States, must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, sincere, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
immigrant, justice, family relations, cold war, police investigation, adolescence, family bonds, friendship, love and romance, self discovery, human nature, on the run ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 2001, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
california, budapest, europe, usa, austria ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Drama following WPC Gina Dawson, the first Woman Police Constable to join Brinford Constabulary, a fictional police force in the West Midlands, in 1956. The show focuses on WPC Gina Dawson's struggle to gain acceptance in the male-dominated ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, detective, historical drama ...
Plot:
gender, police station, female police officer, police investigation, british police, law enforcement, police detective, workplace, workplace situations, policewoman, murder, police sergeant ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1956
Place:
england
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