Best Movies of 1955

These are the 15 best-rated movies released in 1955, led by Double or Mutton, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki and Beanstalk Bunny. Ranked by audience score, with cast, trailers and legal places to watch on every page.

1. Double or Mutton (1955)

★ 7.3/10

Ralph Wolf wants to steal sheep; Sam Sheepdog wants to stop him. Ralph's tricks include digging a tunnel, walking a tightrope, launching a guided missile, dressing as Little Bo Peep, shooting a cannon and growing Sam's…
2. Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)

★ 7.2/10

Ma and Pa, along with daughter Rosie, go off to Hawaii in answer to cousin Rodney's call for help running his pineapple farm while he recovers from an illness. Pa soon causes a major explosion and gets himself kidnapped.
3. Beanstalk Bunny (1955)

★ 7.0/10

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck (as Jack) find themselves at the top of a beanstalk where they get chased around by a giant Elmer Fudd.
4. Pup on a Picnic (1955)

★ 6.7/10

Spike is taking his son on a picnic. Jerry keeps hiding in the basket, so Tom keeps disrupting the picnic while chasing him.
5. This Is a Life? (1955)

★ 6.6/10

Parody of "This is Your Life," with Elmer Fudd as the host and Bugs Bunny as the guest of honor, much to the disgust of Daffy Duck. On several occassions, Granny has to whack Daffy over the head to get him to be quiet…
6. Southbound Duckling (1955)

★ 6.4/10

Jerry's little duckling friend has packed his bag and is all set to fly south for the winter despite the book Jerry keeps showing him that points out that domestic ducks do not fly south, and despite his inability to…
7. Good Will to Men (1955)

★ 6.2/10

A group of young mice is in the ruins of a church, practicing singing for an upcoming service. After singing an adulterated version of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," the mice wonder about the last line, "Good will to…
8. Stolen Assignment (1955)

★ 5.8/10

Henry Crossley is an artist whose wife is spending a week's holiday with her aunt. But when her aunt comes to see him, worried because her niece has not arrived, a police investigation into her disappearance begins. It…
9. Hell's Island (1955)

★ 5.5/10

Down-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby. On the island, possibly involved with the ruby's disappearance, is his ex-girlfriend.
10. Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)

★ 5.5/10

Fictionalized account of events leading up the famous nude ride (alas, her hair covers everything) of the militant Saxon lady.
11. Kiss of Fire (1955)

★ 5.5/10

In 1700, a Spanish princess travels from New Mexico to California with ruthless outlaw El Tigre as guide.
12. Africa on the Seine (1955)

★ 5.4/10

This film is widely regarded as the first film made by an African south of the Sahara. Labelled an “ethnological documentary in reverse,” it shows 1950s Paris from the cinematic perspective of a group of African…
13. La bella di Roma (1955)

★ 5.3/10

Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic policeman.
14. Road to Life (1955)

★ 5.0/10

In 1920 Poltava, Ukraine, the first Soviet colony for street boys was created. This film tells the story of these rebellious kids and how the colony's director sought to rehabilitate them by allowing them to govern…
15. The Deep Blue Sea (1955)

★ 4.7/10

A woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living RAF pilot, who ends up being more than she can handle.