Best 25 Adventure Movies Must-Watch Released in 1956

An American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm. Get info on The Searchers / IMDB / YouTube

Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery. Read about The Ten Commandments / IMDB / YouTube

A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. Check out Around the World in 80 Days / IMDB / YouTube

The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick. Get info on Moby Dick / IMDB / YouTube

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful King. Find out about The Court Jester / 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. Look into Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island / IMDB / YouTube

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

The life and military conquests of Alexander III of Macedon (July 20/21, 356 - June 10/11, 323 B.C.), commonly known as Alexander the Great. Find out about Alexander the Great / IMDB / YouTube

A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a mutant five-millennia-old Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in Mesopotamia. More about The Mole People / IMDB / YouTube

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan. Details on The Conqueror / IMDB / YouTube

Adventurer Shark comes to a small village near a diamond-miners' camp, and local police arrest him, accusing him of having committed a bank robbery in a neighboring town. The police also confiscate the diamond mine for the state, which incites the miners to revolt, but they're defeated. Shark, Father Lizzardi, Castin, his daughter, and Djin, a whore Castin loves, flee. Get info on Death in the Garden / IMDB / YouTube

The Iliad's story of the Trojan war, told from the Trojan viewpoint. Check out Helen of Troy / IMDB / YouTube

Davy and his friends leave for New Orleans to sell some fur pelts. Find out about Davy Crockett and the River Pirates / IMDB / YouTube

Astronauts returning from a voyage to Mars are caught in a time warp and are propelled into a post-Apocalyptic Earth populated by mutants. Details on World Without End / IMDB / YouTube

Selfish Chris Teller pressures his older brother, a retired climber, to accompany him on a treacherous Alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane crash victims. See more about The Mountain / IMDB / YouTube

Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India. Check out Bhowani Junction / IMDB / YouTube

An undercover policewoman helps three female convicts escape from prison so that they can lead her to a stash of stolen diamonds hidden in a swamp. See more about Swamp Women / IMDB / YouTube

Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to find their hidden gold. Details on The King and Four Queens / IMDB / YouTube

A documentary about the undersea explorers and how they penetrate into the underwater world. See more about The Silent World / IMDB / YouTube

In Central America, an action-adventure novelist and a journalist for a magazine find themselves at the mercy of Nazi war criminals. Explore Run for the Sun / 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. Look into The Great Locomotive Chase / IMDB / YouTube

Daffy Duck is a detective who is hunting for the Shropshire Slasher. Details on Deduce, You Say / 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. See more about Quentin Durward / IMDB / YouTube

Wealthy rancher Reese Kilgore aims to grab silver-rich Indian land by skilfully pitting Indians against settlers but the suspicious territorial governor sends The Lone Ranger to investigate. Info on The Lone Ranger / IMDB / YouTube

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