And the Oscar should have gone to... 1956
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1. Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Passed | 137 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer
Votes: 7,736
BEST MOTION PICTURE 01. Friendly persuasion · William Wyler 02. Giant · George Stevens · Henry Ginsberg 03. The ten commandments · Cecil B. DeMille 04. The king and I · Charles Brackett 05. Around the world in 80 days · Michael Todd
2. Giant (1956)
G | 201 min | Drama, Western
Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker
Votes: 42,236
BEST DIRECTING 01. George Stevens · Giant 02. William Wyler · Friendly persuasion 03. Walter Lang · The king and I 04. Michael Anderson · Around the world in 80 days --- King Vidor · War and peace
3. Lust for Life (1956)
Approved | 122 min | Biography, Drama
The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown
Votes: 12,506 | Gross: $3.48M
BEST ACTOR 01. Kirk Douglas · Lust for life 02. James Dean · Giant 03. Rock Hudson · Giant 04. Yul Brynner · The king and I --- Laurence Olivier · Richard III
4. Baby Doll (1956)
Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
An immature, naive teenage bride holds her anxious husband at bay while flirting with an amorous Sicilian farmer.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock
Votes: 8,292
BEST ACTRESS 01. Carroll Baker · Baby doll 02. Katharine Hepburn · The rainmaker 03. Ingrid Bergman · Anastasia 04. Deborah Kerr · The king and I 05. Nancy Kelly · The bad seed
5. Bus Stop (1956)
Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A naive but stubborn cowboy falls in love with a saloon singer and tries to take her away against her will to get married and live on his ranch in Montana.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field
Votes: 12,768
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 01. Don Murray · Bus Stop 02. Robert Stack · Written on the wind 03. Anthony Quinn · Lust for life 04. Anthony Perkins · Friendly persuasion --- Mickey Rooney · The bold and the brave
6. Written on the Wind (1956)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
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.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 13,416
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 01. Dorothy Malone · Written on the wind 02. Mildred Dunnock · Baby doll 03. Mercedes McCambridge · Giant 04. Eileen Heckart · The bad seed 05. Patty McCormack · The bad seed
7. Umberto D. (1952)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova
Votes: 28,183 | Gross: $0.07M
BEST WRITING (Motion picture story) 01. Umberto D. · Cesare Zavattini 02. The proud and the profane · Jean Paul Sartre --- The brave one · Dalton Trumbo The Eddy Duchin story · Leo Katcher
8. Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Passed | 137 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer
Votes: 7,736
BEST WRITING (Screenplay-Adapted) 01. Friendly persuasion · Michael Wilson 02. Lust for life · Norman Corwin 03. Baby doll · Tenneessee Williams 04. Giant · Fred Guiol · Ivan Moffat 05. Around the world in 80 days · James Poe · John Farrow · S. F. Perelman
9. The Road (1954)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani
Votes: 66,578
BEST WRITING (Screenplay-Original) 01. La strada · Federico Fellini · Tullio Pinelli 02. The ladykillers · William Rose 03. The red balloon · Albert Lamorisse 04. Julie · Andrew L. Stone --- The bold and the brave · Robert Lewin
10. The Ten Commandments (1956)
G | 220 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson
Votes: 77,844 | Gross: $93.74M
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) 01. The ten commandments · Loyal Griggs 02. The king and I · Leon Shamroy 03. Around the world in 80 days · Lionel Lindon --- The Eddy Duchin story · Harry Stradling War and peace · Jack Cardiff
11. Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Passed | 113 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Boxer Rocky Graziano's biopic, based on his autobiography, from childhood to his World Middleweight Championship title win at age 28 in 1947.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart
Votes: 9,020
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (B/W) 01. Somebody up there likes me · Joseph Ruttenberg 02. Baby doll · Boris Kaufman 03. The bad seed · Hal Rosson --- The harder they fall · Burnett Guffey Statecoach to Fury · Walter Strenge
12. The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of directors at a billion dollar corporation.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Judy Holliday, John Williams, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark
Votes: 2,286
BEST ART DIRECTION (B/W) 01. The solid gold cadillac · Ross Bellah · William R. Kiernan · Louis Diage 02. The proud and the profane · Hal Pereira · A. Earl Hedrick · Samuel M. Comer · Frank R. McKelvy 03. Somebody up there likes me · Cedric Gibbons · Malcolm F. Brown · Edwin B. Willis · F. Keogh Gleason --- The magnificent seven · Takashi Matsuyama Teenage rebel · Lyle R. Wheeler · Jack Martin Smith · Walter M. Scott · Stuart A. Reiss
13. The King and I (1956)
G | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson
Votes: 27,916 | Gross: $21.30M
BEST ART DIRECTION (Color) 01. The king and I · Lyle R. Wheeler · John Decuir · Walter M. Scott · Paul S. Fox 02. Giant · Boris Leven · Ralph S. Hurst 03. The ten commandments · Hal Pereira · Walter H. Tyler · Albert Nozaki · Samuel M. Comer · Ray Moyer 04. Around the world in 80 days · James W. Sullivan · Ken Adam · Ross J. Dowd 05. Lust for life · Cedric Gibbons · Hans Peters · Preston Ames · Edwin B. Willis · F. Keogh Gleason
14. Giant (1956)
G | 201 min | Drama, Western
Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker
Votes: 42,236
BEST MUSIC (Scoring of a dramatic or comedy picture) 01. Giant · Dimitri Tiomkin 02. Anastasia · Alfred Newman 03. Around the world in 80 days · Victor Young 04. The rainmaker · Alex North --- Between heaven and hell · Hugo Friedhofer
15. The King and I (1956)
G | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson
Votes: 27,916 | Gross: $21.30M
BEST MUSIC (Scoring of a musical picture) 01. The king and I · Alfred Newman · Ken Darby 02. High society · Johnny Green · Saul Chaplin --- The best things in life are free · Lionel Newman The Eddy Duchin story · Morris Stoloff · George Duning Meet me in Las Vegas · George Stoll · Johnny Green
16. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
PG | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles
Votes: 69,554 | Gross: $10.25M
BEST MUSIC (Song) 01. The man who new too much · Que sera, sera · Jay Livingston · Ray Evans 02. Written on the wind · Written on the wind · Victor Young · Sammy Cahn 03. Julie · Julie · Leith Stevens · Tom Adair 04. Friendly persuasion · Friendly persuasion · Dimitri Tiomkin · Paul Francis Webster 05. High society · True love · Cole Porter
17. The Ten Commandments (1956)
G | 220 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson
Votes: 77,844 | Gross: $93.74M
BEST FILM EDITING 01. The ten commandments · Anne Bauchens 02. Giant · William Hornbeck · Philip W. Anderson · Fred Bohanan 03. Around the world in 80 days · Gene Ruggiero · Paul Weatherwax 04. Somebody up there likes me · Albert Akst --- The brave one · Merrill G. White
18. The King and I (1956)
G | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson
Votes: 27,916 | Gross: $21.30M
BEST SOUND RECORDING 01. The king and I · Carl Faulkner · 20th Century Fox 02. The ten commandments · Loren L. Ryder · Paramount 03. Friendly persuasion · Gordon R. Gleman · Gordon Sawyer · Wextrex Sound Services INC · Samuel Goldwyn --- The brave one · John Myers · King Bros. Producitons Inc. The Eddy Duchin story · Columbia
19. The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of directors at a billion dollar corporation.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Judy Holliday, John Williams, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark
Votes: 2,286
BEST COSTUME DESIGN (B/W) 01. The solid gold cadillac · Jean Louis 02. The proud and the profane · Edith Head --- The magnificent seven · Kohei Ezaki The power and the prize · Helen Rose Teenage rebel · Mary Wells · Charles LeMaire
20. The King and I (1956)
G | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson
Votes: 27,916 | Gross: $21.30M
BEST COSTUME DESIGN (Color) 01. The king and I · Irene Sharaff 02. The ten commandments · Edith Head · Ralph Jester · John Jensen · Dorothy Jeakins · Arnold Friberg 03. Around the world in 80 days · Miles White 04. Giant · Moss Mabry · Marjorie Best --- War and peace · Marie de Matteis
21. The Ten Commandments (1956)
G | 220 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson
Votes: 77,844 | Gross: $93.74M
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS 01. The ten commandments · John Fulton 02. Forbidden planet · A. Arnold Gillespie · Irving Ries · Wesley C. Miller
22. The Road (1954)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani
Votes: 66,578
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 01. La strada · Italy · Dino de Laurentiis · Carlo Ponti 02. Gervaise · France · Annie Dorfmann --- Qivitoq · Denmark · O. Dalsgard-Olsen Harp of Burma · Japan · Masayuki Takagi The captain of Kopenick · Federal Republic of Germany - West · Gyula Trebitsch · Walter Koppel
23. Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo (1956)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
While meeting a new friend, Gerald is abducted by aliens and whisked to the planet Moo. The king of Moo mistakenly thinks that all Earthlings - like Gerald - speak only in sound effects, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Cannon | Stars: Marvin Miller, Marian Richman
Votes: 322
BEST SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) 01. Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo · Stephen Bosustow 02. Mister Magoo's puddle jumper · Stephen Bosustow --- The jaywalker · Stephen Bosustow
24. The Silent World (1956)
86 min | Documentary, Adventure
A documentary about the undersea explorers and how they penetrate into the underwater world.
Directors: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Louis Malle | Stars: Frédéric Dumas, Albert Falco, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, François Saout
Votes: 1,814
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Feature) 01. The silent world · Jacques-Yves Cousteau --- The naked eye · Louis Clyde Stoumen Where mountains float · The government film committe of Denmark
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