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Oscars 1956: Winners and Nominees of the 28th Academy Awards

Public list by WPS with 56 movies or TV shows/series

These movies have won or been nominated for the Oscars 1956 on 03/21/1956.

The 28th Academy Awards were held on March 21, 1956 to honor the films of 1955, at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California. In this year, Jerry Lewis became the host, replacing Bob Hope. At just 90 minutes, Marty became the shortest film to win Best Picture, as well as the second to have also won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival (after The Lost Weekend in 1945). All of the various winners, with the exception of Anna Magnani, collected their Oscars. Grace Kelly, soon to be Princess of Monaco, attended the ceremony as a presenter on her way toward retirement from acting. She was chided by Louella Parsons for failing to acknowledge Lewis' tribute to her from the film business. Parsons wrote, "it seems she might have taken a moment to thank him, give him a little kiss or something before leaving the stage so abruptly." This was the final year in which the Best Foreign Language Film was a Special/Honorary award. Beginning with the 29th Academy Awards, it became a competitive category. ()

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Rebel Without a Cause(1955)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 51min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 680 votes)

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

To Catch a Thief(1955)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 47min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance / Love, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 636 votes)

An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.

Ugetsu(1953)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 36min | Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
4.0/5 (with 228 votes)

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.

East of Eden(1955)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 55min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 311 votes)

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

Marty(1955)

1h 30min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 155 votes)

Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. Marty meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher, realising their emotional connection, he promises to call but family and friends try to convince him not to.

Guys and Dolls(1955)

3.4/5 (with 96 votes)

Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.

Bad Day at Black Rock(1955)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 21min | Thriller, Drama, Crime
3.7/5 (with 147 votes)

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

Blackboard Jungle(1955)

1h 41min | Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 63 votes)

Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes.

Oklahoma!(1955)

3.3/5 (with 65 votes)

This joyous celebration of frontier life combines tender romance and violent passion in the Oklahoma Territory of the 1900s with a timeless score filled with unforgettable songs. Rodgers and Hammerstein's hit Broadway musical.

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday(1953)

1h 27min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 182 votes)

Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.

The Man with the Golden Arm(1955)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 59min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 91 votes)

A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto(1954)

1h 33min | Drama, Action, Adventure
3.6/5 (with 66 votes)

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.

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Summertime(1955)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 40min | Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
3.5/5 (with 57 votes)

Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings to finance a summer in romantic Venice, where she finally meets the man of her dreams, the elegant Renato Di Rossi.

Picnic(1956)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 55min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 39 votes)

Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college classmate and son of the richest man in town.

The Rose Tattoo(1955)

1h 57min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 29 votes)

A grieving widow embarks on a new romance when she discovers her late husband had been cheating on her.

The Bridges at Toko-Ri(1954)

3.0/5 (with 27 votes)

A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.

The Dam Busters(1955)

3.5/5 (with 59 votes)

The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.

Mister Roberts(1955)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 3min | Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family, War
3.6/5 (with 64 votes)

Mr. Roberts is as an officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned Navy ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing(1955)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 42min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.1/5 (with 36 votes)

A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.

Daddy Long Legs(1955)

3.2/5 (with 40 votes)

Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.

Strategic Air Command(1955)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 52min | Action, Drama
3.1/5 (with 12 votes)

Air Force reservist Lt. Col. Robert (Dutch) Holland is recalled into active duty at the peak of his baseball career.

Queen Bee(1955)

1h 35min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 14 votes)

A devilish Southern woman, married to a man who despises her, manages to manipulate those around her under the guise of being kind. But, when her sister-in-law is engaged to be married to the woman's former lover and her husband starts up an affair with her cousin, visting from New York, things start to go awry and she sets a plan to destroy it all.

It's Always Fair Weather(1955)

3.6/5 (with 24 votes)

Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.

The Virgin Queen(1955)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 32min | Drama, History, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 11 votes)

Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.

Speedy Gonzales(1955)

3.5/5 (with 54 votes)

Speedy comes to the aid of a group of mice trying to get the cheese from a factory guarded by Sylvester.

Directed by Friz Freleng

Love Me or Leave Me(1955)

3.4/5 (with 18 votes)

A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell(1955)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 40min | Drama, War
3.3/5 (with 17 votes)

A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.

The Rains of Ranchipur(1955)

2.6/5 (with 4 votes)

India. The spoilt and stubborn Edwina Esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. She falls in love with an indian doctor, Dr. Safti. She also meets an old friend of hers, the alcoholic Tom Ransome. An awful earthquake is followed by days of rain.

The Sheep Has Five Legs(1954)

1h 44min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 15 votes)

A publicity-minded French mayor reunites quintuplets and their earthy father, all six played by Fernandel.

The Tender Trap(1955)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 51min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 16 votes)

An actress flirt demurely with a swinging Manhattan bachelor who thinks he has it made.

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