Best 1956 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 1956 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

#15. The Bad Seed
- Stacker score: 72.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 17,000)
- Metascore: 51
- Director: Mervyn LeRoy
- Actors: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Gage Clarke
- Runtime: 2 hours 9 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#14. High Society
- Stacker score: 77.9
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (votes: 19,000)
- Metascore: 65
- Director: Charles Walters
- Actors: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra
- Runtime: 1 hour 51 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#13. Around the World in 80 Days
- Stacker score: 79.1
- IMDb user rating: 6.7 (votes: 31,000)
- Metascore: 69
- Director: Michael Anderson, John Farrow
- Actors: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie
- Runtime: 2 hours 55 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $42,000,000

#12. Lust for Life
- Stacker score: 82.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 13,000)
- Metascore: 68
- Director: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor
- Actors: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald
- Runtime: 2 hours 2 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#11. The King and I
- Stacker score: 84.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 29,000)
- Metascore: 72
- Director: Walter Lang
- Actors: Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno
- Runtime: 2 hours 13 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $21,300,000

#10. The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Stacker score: 87.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 74,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Actors: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

#9. Moby Dick
- Stacker score: 87.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 23,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: John Huston
- Actors: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn
- Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#8. Forbidden Planet
- Stacker score: 90.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 56,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Fred M. Wilcox
- Actors: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen
- Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: N/A

#7. Bob le Flambeur
- Stacker score: 90.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 14,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
- Actors: Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy
- Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $15,586

#6. The Wrong Man
- Stacker score: 91.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 34,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Actors: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle
- Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#5. Written on the Wind
- Stacker score: 92.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 14,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Douglas Sirk
- Actors: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack
- Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#4. Giant
- Stacker score: 93.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 44,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: George Stevens
- Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean
- Runtime: 3 hours 21 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $32,855,818

#3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- Stacker score: 98.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 58,000)
- Metascore: 92
- Director: Don Siegel
- Actors: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates
- Runtime: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#2. The Killing
- Stacker score: 98.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 103,000)
- Metascore: 91
- Director: Stanley Kubrick
- Actors: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards
- Runtime: 1 hour 24 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#1. The Searchers
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 101,000)
- Metascore: 94
- Director: John Ford
- Actors: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles
- Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A