May 1956 (Forbidden Planet)

• 12 Hours to Live [see: Twelve Hours to Live]

• The African Lion (USA - 1955)
• Anything Goes (USA - 1955) (VistaVision) (Perspecta Sound)
• The Argonauts (TVM) (USA - 1955 - bw) ¹

• At Gunpoint (see: Gunpoint!)

• Battle Stations (USA - 1956 - bw)
• The Beast With a Million Eyes (USA - 1955 - bw)
• The Birds and the Bees (USA - 1956) (VistaVision) (Perspecta Sound)
• The Bold and the Brave (USA - 1956 - bw) (Superscope)

• The Catered Affair (see: Wedding Breakfast)

• Dakota Incident (USA - 1956)
• Diary of a Married Woman (Tagebuch einer Verliebten) (W.Ger - 1953 - bw)
• Don Giovanni (see: Don Juan's Farewell)
• Don Juan (see: Don Juan's Farewell)
• Don Juan's Farewell (Don Giovanni) /USA: Don Juan (Austria - 1954)

• Emergency Hospital (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Escape in the Sun (UK - 1956)
• Every Day's a Holiday (L’oro di Napoli) /USA: The Gold of Naples (It - 1954 - bw)

• Finger of Guilt (see: Intimate Stranger, The)
• First Start (Pierwszy start) (Pol - 1950 - bw) [BBFC]

• Flying Disc Man From Mars (serial) (USA - 1950 - 12 chapters - bw) ²
• Forbidden Planet (USA - 1956) (scope) (Perspecta Sound)
• Forever, Darling (USA - 1956)

• Gaby (USA - 1956) (scope) (4-channel)
• The Gold of Naples (see: Every Day's a Holiday)
• Guilty? (Je plaide non coupable) (Fr/UK - 1956 - bw)
• Gunpoint! (At Gunpoint) (USA - 1955) (scope)

• Hilda Crane (USA - 1956) (scope) (4-channel)
• His Last Twelve Hours (see: Twelve Hours to Live)
• The Houston Story (USA - 1956 - bw)

• If All the Guys in the World... (see: Race for Life)
• The Intimate Stranger /USA: Finger of Guilt (UK - 1956 - bw)
• It’s Great to Be Young! (UK - 1956)
• It’s Never Too Late (UK - 1956)

• Keep It Clean (UK - 1955 - bw)
• Killers of the East (see: Mystery of the Black Jungle)

• The Leather Saint (USA - 1955 - bw) (VistaVision) (Perspecta Sound)
• The Long Arm /USA: The Third Key (UK - 1956 - bw)

• Magnificent Roughnecks (USA - 1956 - bw)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (USA - 1955) (VistaVision) (Perspecta Sound)
• The Maverick Queen (USA - 1955) (scope)
• Meet Me in Las Vegas (see: Viva Las Vegas!)
• Mountain Fortress (TVM) (USA - 1955 - bw) ³
• Mystery of the Black Jungle (I misteri della giungla nera) /USA: Killers of the East (It - 1953)
• My Teenage Daughter /USA: Teenage Bad Girl (UK - 1956 - bw)

• The Naked Sea (USA - 1955)
• Nana (Fr/It - 1955)

• The New Explorers (UK - 1955 - bw) [KW]
• Nightmare (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Our Miss Brooks (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Pacific Destiny (UK - 1956) (scope)
• Papa, Mama, the Maid and I (Papa, maman, la bonne et moi...) (Fr - 1954 - bw)
• Patterns (see: Patterns of Power)
• Patterns of Power (Patterns) (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Port Afrique (UK - 1956)
• Port of Escape (UK - 1955 - bw)

• Race for Life (Si tous les gars du monde...) /USA: If All the Guys in the World... (Fr - 1955 - bw)
• The Rack (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Ramsbottom Rides Again (UK - 1956 - bw)
• The River Girl (see: Woman of the River)
• Rosanna (La red) (Mex - 1953)

• The Steel Jungle (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Storm Center (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Teenage Bad Girl (see: My Teenage Daughter)
• The Third Key (see: Long Arm, The)
• Top Banana (USA - 1954) (3-D) ⁴
• Toy Tiger (USA - 1956)
• Twelfth Night (Двенадцатая ночь) (USSR - 1955)
• Twelve Hours to Live (È più facile che un cammello...) /USA: His Last Twelve Hours (It/Fr - 1950 - bw)

• Uranium Boom (USA - 1956 - bw)

• Viva Las Vegas! (Meet Me in Las Vegas) (USA - 1956) (scope) (4-channel)

• Wedding Breakfast (The Catered Affair) (USA - 1956 - bw)
• Wicked as They Come (UK - 1956 - bw)
• Woman of the River (La donna del fiume) /USA: The River Girl (It/Fr - 1955)

• Yacht on the High Sea (TVM) (USA - 1956 - bw) ⁵

¹ Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Cheyenne (1955-63).

² Condensed feature version: Missile Monsters (1958).

³ Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Cheyenne (1955-63).

⁴ Filmed in 3-D, but previewed and released in 2-D only. Apparently, complete 3-D elements for this film no longer exist.

⁵ Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955-57).

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Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in May 1956. Theatrical release dates may differ.

Updated 25 Jul 2024.

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