Best Movies of 1956

These are the 11 best-rated movies released in 1956, led by Rabbitson Crusoe, The Kettles in the Ozarks and Napoleon Bunny-Part. Ranked by audience score, with cast, trailers and legal places to watch on every page.

1. Rabbitson Crusoe (1956)

★ 7.2/10

Crusoe, played by Yosemite Sam, has been living off coconuts for 20 years when Bugs washes up on his island.
2. The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)

★ 7.1/10

Ma and the kids head out to help Pa's brother Sedgewick with the his farm in Mournful Hollow, Arkansas. Things get tighter when a couple of bootleggers rent Sedge's barn to manufacture moonshine. With Ma and the kids…
3. Napoleon Bunny-Part (1956)

★ 6.8/10

Bugs takes a wrong turn off the Hollywood freeway and tunnels into the headquarters of Napoleon Bonaparte.
4. Le Sabotier du Val de Loire (1956)

★ 6.8/10

This is October 1955. The place is a village in Loire-Atlantique, La Chapelle-Basse-Mer, where an old clog-maker works and lives with his wife and their adopted son. The clog-maker's meticulous craft is described with…
5. Tiger in the Smoke (1956)

★ 6.7/10

In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Several years later, the…
6. Blue Cat Blues (1956)

★ 6.6/10

Jerry narrates in voiceover: Tom has fallen hard for the cat next door, and competes with rich cat Butch for her affections. But Butch outspends Tom to a ludicrous level at every turn. Tom goes downhill after that…
7. Busy Buddies (1956)

★ 6.6/10

Tom and Jerry need to repeatedly come to the rescue when a teenage babysitter, supposed to be looking after the baby, is more interested in talking on the telephone than in paying attention to the baby who keeps…
8. The Maverick Queen (1956)

★ 5.8/10

Kit Banion, a Virginia-born beauty and product of post-Civil War chaos, has settled in Wyoming and prospered; acquiring a fortune and a hotel, which, like the owner bears the name of "The Maverick Queen."---a title…
9. The Last Man to Hang (1956)

★ 5.7/10

A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.
10. Nero's Mistress (1956)

★ 5.6/10

Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her German praetorians and…
11. 90 Day Wondering (1956)

★ 5.2/10

Ralph Phillips is overjoyed when he runs out of Fort Itude, because he's a civilian again. Things, however, don't go well for him when he gets home, and two pixies named Pete and Re-Pete convince him to stay in…