Best 28 Action Movies Must-Watch Released in 1956

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him. Learn about Seven Samurai / IMDB / YouTube

After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino. Read about Bob le Flambeur / IMDB / YouTube

Extraterrestrials traveling in high-tech flying saucers contact a scientist as part of a plan to enslave the inhabitants of Earth. Read about Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / IMDB / YouTube

An American reporter visiting Tokyo becomes a witness to the city's destruction by a dinosaur-like beast awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing. Check out Godzilla: King of the Monsters! / IMDB / YouTube

Musashi Miyamoto is challenged to a duel by a confident swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. He agrees to fight him in a year's time. Info on Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island / IMDB / YouTube

In 1944, an American Infantry company sets up an artillery observation post, but tensions between Captain Cooney and Lieutenant Costa run high. Look into Attack / IMDB / YouTube

In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship. More about Pursuit of the Graf Spee / IMDB / YouTube

During World War II, German ships are safely docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them. More about The Cockleshell Heroes / IMDB / YouTube

During the Civil War Union spy Andrews and his men volunteer to steal a Confederate train and drive it to Union territory while destroying the Confederate railway system along the way. Explore The Great Locomotive Chase / IMDB / YouTube

Social worker tries to befriend local slum gang. More about Crime in the Streets / IMDB / YouTube

During the 1950s, a man's car trip from L.A. to Texas turns into a Cold-War espionage drama after his car breaks down and he accepts a lift from a stranger. See more about 5 Steps to Danger / IMDB / YouTube

A Scottish knight in France to facilitate a marriage between a rich and beautiful countess and his aging uncle becomes involved in court intrigue. Explore Quentin Durward / IMDB / YouTube

An arms dealer and a mercenary cross swords during the 1916 Mexican revolution. Read about Bandido! / IMDB / YouTube

Two bank robbers abandon their wounded partner to the posse and run with the loot but their partner, after serving time in prison, seeks revenge. Learn about Gun the Man Down / IMDB / YouTube

In 1868 Oregon, after the Army violates the treaty by building a road across the reservation, several tribal chiefs decide to unite their forces against the trespassing whites. Read about Pillars of the Sky / IMDB / YouTube

A gunfighter takes a deputy sheriff job in a town caught in a feud between a powerful rancher and small farmers. Find out about Red Sundown / IMDB / YouTube

In 1700s New York, a Boston artist working in the remote Fort Alden is torn between his love for 2 women and thrown into the middle of a Mohawk-Iroquois-American war. Info on Mohawk / IMDB / YouTube

An Afghan outlaw finally saves a British officer at the cost of his own life. See more about Zarak / IMDB / YouTube

Police detective Roy Hargis falls for night club singer Ilona Vance, but his partner Sgt. Lackey is convinced she fatally shot mob lawyer Frank Hobart. Hargis has his doubts, until he learns that Ilona once owned the murder weapon. See more about Accused of Murder / IMDB / YouTube

A salt-of-earth family man needs money for his sick son, and decides to keep a job at a used car lot despite realizing it is selling stolen cars. See more about Hot Cars / IMDB / YouTube

After his kid brother is killed in a street race, a champion drag-racer quits racing. However, a new kid comes to town determined to force him back into racing so he can take his title--and he's already taken his girlfriend. Check out Hot Rod Girl / IMDB / YouTube

Daniel Boone leads settlers into Kentucky, but must battle Shawnee Indians who have been persuaded by a French renegade that Boone and the settlers are there to kill them and steal their land. Explore Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer / IMDB / YouTube

A gun runner, dishonorably discharged from the military, is swept deeper into a revolution in Cuba after he crosses paths with an enemy from the past and a beautiful revolutionary and her brother. See more about Santiago / IMDB / YouTube

Attractive Louise Whitman catalyzes action and adventure in an African country that offers haven to foreign fugitives. Learn about Congo Crossing / IMDB / YouTube

A young woman hires a frontier scout to help her discover if her brother died in an Indian attack on a remote fort. Find out about Quincannon, Frontier Scout / IMDB / YouTube

The adventures of a few brave men and women who are scattered around Japan after the siege of a castle, during the wars of the Sengoku period. See more about Sword for Hire / IMDB / YouTube

Sach has become a camera fiend so, in the pursuit of some ready cash, Duke takes him and his photographs to the editor of the New York Morning Blade, Mr. Ray Vance. He hires them to get some photos of gangland boss Frankie Arbo but Mr. Arbo does not care to have his picture in the papers and dislikes cameramen for the same reason. Sach and Duke pose as interio. Look into Fighting Trouble / IMDB / YouTube

Beautiful goatherd helps Chaldean rebel fight evil king in ancient Babylon. Get info on The Queen of Babylon / IMDB / YouTube