Best 21 Romance Movies Worth Watching Released in 1956

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

A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children. Check out The King and I / IMDB / YouTube

With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him. Info on High Society / IMDB / YouTube

In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies. More about Oklahoma! / IMDB / YouTube

Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's sister. See more about Written on the Wind / IMDB / YouTube

A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction. Get info on The Man with the Golden Arm / IMDB / YouTube

A naive but stubborn cowboy falls in love with a saloon singer and tries to take her away against her will to get married and live on his ranch in Montana. Learn about Bus Stop / IMDB / YouTube

Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia, including his disastrous 1812 invasion, serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families. Find out about War and Peace / IMDB / YouTube

An opportunistic businessman tries to pass off a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and she is so convincing that even the biggest skeptics believe her. See more about Anastasia / IMDB / YouTube

The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War. Info on Friendly Persuasion / IMDB / YouTube

The second in a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth Sissi of Austria, the film chronicles the married life of the young empress as she tries to adjust to formal and strict life in the palace and an overbearing mother-in-law. See more about Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin / IMDB / YouTube

During a day of their honeymoon, newlyweds are separated by the city's lust and the desires it produces. Explore The White Sheik / IMDB / YouTube

Fifteen years after his death, a carousel barker is granted permission to return to Earth for one day to make amends to his widow and their daughter. Explore Carousel / 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. Check out Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island / IMDB / YouTube

A crippled circus acrobat is torn emotionally between two ambitious young trapeze artists, one a talented young American and a less-gifted but beautiful Italian. Check out Trapeze / IMDB / YouTube

Through a series of bizarre coincidences, an artist finds himself falsely accused of bank robbery and murder and is pursued by the authorities and the real killers. Find out about Nightfall / IMDB / YouTube

At the end of the Civil War, a Confederate team is ordered to rob a Union payroll train but the war ends leaving these men with their Union loot, until the Feds come looking for it. See more about Love Me Tender / IMDB / YouTube

Follow the story of a couple who goes to a small French fishing village to try to solve the problems of their deteriorating marriage. More about La Pointe Courte / IMDB / YouTube

A new foreman rejects the sexual advances of a frustrated rancher's wife, which leads to conflicts that could get him killed. Info on Jubal / IMDB / YouTube

This comedy drama from Jean Renoir chronicles the revival of Paris' most notorious dance as it tells the story of a theater producer who turns a humble washerwoman into a star at the Moulin Rouge. Info on French Cancan / IMDB / YouTube

A ruthless college student resorts to murder in an attempt to marry an heiress. More about A Kiss Before Dying / IMDB / YouTube