Subgenre Sampler
: 25144 Films to Buy & Rent
Roger Corman Collection #2 (Creature from the Haunted Seas, It Conquered the World) (1956-1961)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Peter Graves, Lee Van Cleef, Beverly Garland…
- A double–feature of Corman sci–fi 'quickies'.
It Conquered the World (1956) – Van Cleef lures a malevolent alien from Venus to…
Roof, The (Tetto, Il) (1956)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Gabriella Pallotta, Giorgio Listuzzi
- Moving (and until recently, exceptionally hard to find) neo–realist drama that latches onto the hard times of a newly married couple who…
Run for the Sun (1956)
- Dir. Roy Boulting
Feat. Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer…
- Righteous remake of THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME has Widmark and Greer running through some almighty foliage desperate to evade smarmy baddie…
Searchers, The (1956)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles…
- A grand example of what made this such a popular genre. A disturbed John Wayne treks the untamed wilderness in a five–year odyssey to kill the…
Seven Men From Now (1956)
- Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin…
- Revered, obscure Western from iconoclast Budd Boetticher: Randolph Scott plays a lone rider charged with bringing seven ruthless bank robbers to…
Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1956)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Michael Connors, Lisa Gaye, Douglas Dumbrille…
- Shaky but endearing pop relic in which a group of concerned adults try to ban rock 'n' roll music in their town believing that it promotes juvenile…
Sissi - The Young Empress (1956)
- Dir. Ernst Marischka
Feat. Romy Schneider
- Royal life is not quite the bed of roses for Princess Sissi, now married to her beloved Franz but under the constant gaze of her meddling…
Smiley (1956)
- Dir. Anthony Kimmins
Feat. Ralph Richardson, John McCallum, Chips Rafferty…
- An iconic, simple depiction of smalltown life in rural 1950s Australia, loosely revolving around the life of a young boy, whose father is a nomadic…
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Paul Newman
- Paul Newman laces on the gloves in this round of boxing biography, playing NYC heavyweight Rocky Graziano with true Method–acting guts.…
Spanish Gardener, The (1956)
- Dir. Philip Leacock
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Sir Michael Hordern, Cyril Cusack…
- Curious father/son drama with Bogarde in the title role forming a close relationship with a young boy much to his father's envy.
Narrative wise…