# List of British films of 1956

A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1956 (see 1956 in film):

## 1956

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1956 |||||||
| 1984 | Michael Anderson | Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling | Science-fiction | |
| Assignment Redhead | Maclean Rogers | Richard Denning, Carole Mathews, Ronald Adam | Crime | |
| The Baby and the Battleship | Jay Lewis | John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Michael Hordern | Comedy | |
| The Battle of the River Plate | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch | World War II | |
| Behind the Headlines | Charles Saunders | Paul Carpenter, Adrienne Corri, Hazel Court | Crime | |
| The Bespoke Overcoat | Jack Clayton | Alfie Bass, Alan Tilvern | Drama | Short film |
| Beyond Mombasa | George Marshall | Cornel Wilde, Donna Reed, Leo Genn | Adventure | Co-production with US |
| Bhowani Junction | George Cukor | Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, Bill Travers | Adventure | |
| The Black Tent | Brian Desmond Hurst | Donald Sinden, Anthony Steel, Anna Maria Sandri | War | |
| Bond of Fear | Henry Cass | Dermot Walsh, Jane Barrett, John Colicos | Drama | |
| The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn | Joseph Sterling | Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan | Comedy | Short film |
| Charley Moon | Guy Hamilton | Max Bygraves, Dennis Price | Musical | |
| Checkpoint | Ralph Thomas | Anthony Steel, Stanley Baker | Drama | |
| Child in the House | Cy Endfield, Charles De la Tour | Phyllis Calvert, Eric Portman | Drama | |
| Cloak Without Dagger | Joseph Sterling | Philip Friend, Mary Mackenzie, Leslie Dwyer | Thriller | |
| Doublecross | Anthony Squire | Donald Houston, Fay Compton | Thriller | |
| Dry Rot | Maurice Elvey | Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix | Comedy | |
| The Extra Day | William Fairchild | Richard Basehart, Simone Simon | Comedy/drama | |
| Eyewitness | Muriel Box | Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow | Thriller | |
| The Feminine Touch | Pat Jackson | George Baker, Belinda Lee | Drama | |
| Find the Lady | Charles Saunders | Donald Houston, Beverley Brooks, Mervyn Johns | Comedy | |
| Fire Maidens from Outer Space | Cy Roth | Anthony Dexter, Susan Shaw | Science-fiction | |
| The Gamma People | John Gilling | Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok, Leslie Phillips | Science-fiction | |
| The Gelignite Gang | Terence Fisher | Wayne Morris, Sandra Dorne | Crime | |
| The Green Man | Sidney Gilliat | Alastair Sim, George Cole | Comedy/drama | |
| Guilty? | Edmond T. Gréville | John Justin, Barbara Laage, Donald Wolfit | Crime | Co-production with France |
| High Terrace | Henry Cass | Dale Robertson, Lois Maxwell, Derek Bond, Eric Pohlmann | Mystery | |
| A Hill in Korea | Julian Amyes | George Baker, Harry Andrews | Korean War | |
| The Hostage | Harold Huth | Ron Randell, Mary Parker | Thriller | |
| House of Secrets | Guy Green | Michael Craig, Julia Arnall, Barbara Bates | Thriller | |
| The Intimate Stranger | Richard Basehart | Mary Murphy, Constance Cummings, Roger Livesey | Drama | |
| The Iron Petticoat | Ralph Thomas | Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn | Comedy | |
| It's Great to Be Young | Cyril Frankel | John Mills, Cecil Parker | Comedy/musical | |
| It's Never Too Late | Michael McCarthy | Phyllis Calvert, Patrick Barr | Comedy | |
| It's a Wonderful World | Val Guest | George Cole, Terence Morgan, Kathleen Harrison | Musical | |
| Jacqueline | Roy Ward Baker | John Gregson, Kathleen Ryan | Drama | |
| Johnny, You're Wanted | Vernon Sewell | John Slater, Garry Marsh | Crime | |
| Jumping for Joy | John Paddy Carstairs | Frankie Howerd, Stanley Holloway | Comedy | |
| Keep It Clean | David Paltenghi | Ronald Shiner, Joan Sims | Comedy | |
| The Last Man to Hang? | Terence Fisher | Tom Conway, Elizabeth Sellars | Crime | |
| Laughing in the Sunshine | Daniel Birt | Jane Hylton, Bengt Logardt, Adolf Jahr | Romance | Co-production with Sweden |
| The Long Arm | Charles Frend | Jack Hawkins, John Stratton | Crime | Entered into the 6th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Loser Takes All | Ken Annakin | Glynis Johns, Rossano Brazzi, Robert Morley | Comedy | |
| Lost | Guy Green | David Farrar, David Knight | Thriller | |
| The Man Who Never Was | Ronald Neame | Clifton Webb, Ewen Montagu, Gloria Grahame | World War II | |
| The March Hare | George More O'Ferrall | Peggy Cummins, Terence Morgan | Comedy | |
| My Teenage Daughter | Herbert Wilcox | Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms | Drama | |
| My Wife's Family | Gilbert Gunn | Ted Ray, Greta Gynt | Comedy | |
| Not So Dusty | Maclean Rogers | Bill Owen, Leslie Dwyer | Comedy | |
| Now and Forever | Mario Zampi | Janette Scott, Kay Walsh | Drama | |
| Odongo | John Gilling | Rhonda Fleming, Juma | African adventure | |
| Pacific Destiny | Wolf Rilla | Denholm Elliott, Susan Stephen | Drama | |
| Port Afrique | Rudolph Maté | Pier Angeli, Philip Carey | Drama | |
| Port of Escape | Tony Young | Googie Withers, John McCallum | Thriller | |
| Portrait of Alison | Guy Green | Robert Beatty, Terry Moore | Crime | Also known as Postmark for Danger |
| Private's Progress | John Boulting | Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price | Comedy | |
| Ramsbottom Rides Again | John Baxter | Arthur Askey, Glenn Melvyn | Comedy/western | |
| Reach for the Sky | Lewis Gilbert | Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow | Biopic/World War II | |
| Safari | Terence Young | Victor Mature, Janet Leigh | African adventure | |
| Sailor Beware! | Gordon Parry | Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton | Comedy | |
| Satellite in the Sky | John Dickson | Kieron Moore, Lois Maxwell | Science-fiction | |
| The Secret Tent | Don Chaffey | Donald Gray, Andree Melly | Crime | |
| Seven Years in Tibet | Hans Nieter | | Documentary | Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Silken Affair | Roy Kellino | David Niven, Geneviève Page | Comedy | |
| Soho Incident | Vernon Sewell | Faith Domergue, Lee Patterson | Crime | Also known as Spin a Dark Web |
| The Spanish Gardener | Philip Leacock | Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Michael Hordern | Drama | Entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Stars in Your Eyes | Maurice Elvey | Nat Jackley, Patricia Kirkwood | Musical | |
| Three Men in a Boat | Ken Annakin | Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards, David Tomlinson, Shirley Eaton, Lisa Gastoni | Comedy | |
| Thunderstorm | John Guillermin | Carlos Thompson, Linda Christian | Drama | |
| Tiger in the Smoke | Roy Ward Baker | Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow | Crime | |
| Together | Lorenza Mazzetti | Michael Andrews, Eduardo Paolozzi | Free Cinema | |
| Tons of Trouble | Leslie S. Hiscott | Richard Hearne, William Hartnell | Comedy | |
| A Touch of the Sun | Gordon Parry | Frankie Howerd, Ruby Murray | Comedy | |
| A Town Like Alice | Jack Lee | Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch | Romance/drama | |
| Who Done It? | Basil Dearden | Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, David Kossoff | Comedy | |
| Wicked as They Come | Ken Hughes | Arlene Dahl, Philip Carey | Crime | |
| Women Without Men | Elmo Williams, Herbert Glazer | Joan Rice, Gordon Jackson | Crime | |
| X the Unknown | Leslie Norman | Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman | Sci-fi | |
| Yield to the Night | J. Lee Thompson | Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig | Drama | |
| Zarak | Terence Young | Victor Mature, Anita Ekberg | Adventure | |