Movie Releases by Score
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1.
The Searchers
May 26, 1956
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
February 5, 1956
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
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The Killing
June 6, 1956
Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five man team to plan and execute a daring race-track robbery.
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The Ladykillers
February 20, 1956
Five diverse oddball criminal types planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
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Richard III
March 11, 1956
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
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Written on the Wind
December 25, 1956
Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister.
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Giant
November 24, 1956
The film version of Edna Ferber's big Texas novel, a sprawling epic of contemporary cattle barons and nouveau riche oil tycoons.
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8.
Baby Doll
December 29, 1956
A steamy tale of two Southern rivals and a sensuous nineteen-year-old virgin.
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9.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
June 1, 1956
An American physician and his wife take matters into their own hands after assassins planning to execute a foreign prime minister kidnap their son.
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High Society
July 17, 1956
A spoiled heiress must choose among three suitors: her jazz musician ex-husband, a stuffy businessman, and an undercover tabloid reporter.
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
April 27, 1956
A 400-foot (122-meter) dinosaur-like beast, awoken from undersea hibernation off the Japanese coast by atomic-bomb testing, attacks Tokyo.
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12.
The Bad Seed
September 12, 1956
A housewife suspects that her seemingly perfect eight-year-old daughter is a heartless killer.
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Titles with fewer than 7 critic reviews are excluded.