Best 28 Thriller Movies Popular from 1956

Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery. Learn about The Killing / IMDB / YouTube

An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped. Get info on The Man Who Knew Too Much / IMDB / YouTube

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. See more about Invasion of the Body Snatchers / IMDB / YouTube

Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes... Read about Rififi / IMDB / YouTube

Rhoda Penmark seems like your average, sweet eight-year-old girl. After her rival at school dies in mysterious circumstances at the school picnic, her mother starts to suspect that Rhoda was responsible. Check out The Bad Seed / IMDB / YouTube

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

An ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina. Read about The Harder They Fall / IMDB / YouTube

A serial killer has been killing beautiful women in New York City and the new owner of a media company offers a high position in the company to the first of his senior executives who can get the earliest scoop on the case. See more about While the City Sleeps / IMDB / YouTube

In order to fool the Germans into thinking the Allied invasion of Sicily will take place elsewhere, British Military Intelligence comes up with a cunning ruse. Learn about The Man Who Never Was / 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. Check out Nightfall / IMDB / YouTube

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

A blind American writer living in London stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy involving kidnapping and extortion. More about 23 Paces to Baker Street / IMDB / YouTube

A well meaning scientist guides an alien monster to Earth from Venus, so that he can rid mankind of feelings and emotions - but only death and sorrow results. Check out It Conquered the World / IMDB / YouTube

An unhinged, deceptively mild-mannered bank robber escapes prison, seeking revenge on the cop who accidentally killed his wife during a gun battle. More about The Killer Is Loose / IMDB / YouTube

After the child of wealthy parents gets abducted, the police and a member of the press intervene to assist the parents in their search but end up complicating their impending decisions. Info on Ransom! / IMDB / YouTube

A terrified wife tries to escape from her insanely jealous husband who is bent on killing her. Look into Julie / 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. Check out Swamp Women / IMDB / YouTube

An American cowboy living in Mexico discovers his cattle are being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur. Look into The Beast of Hollow Mountain / IMDB / YouTube

Paula Parkins is the teenage daughter of wealthy parents who can't seem to make time for her, so she looks for thrills as the leader of her all girl-gang who rob and rape young men. Find out about The Violent Years / IMDB / YouTube

A lawyer suffers a guilt complex after getting a murder acquittal for his client, and then finding out she did commit the crime. Find out about Please Murder Me! / IMDB / YouTube

André Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris. One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him. She happens to be the daughter of his estranged wife, Gabrielle, that André left more than twenty years before. As Gabrielle has just died, André accepts to accommodate Catherine first, then gives her a job in his restaurant before finally marrying her. Bu. Find out about Deadlier Than the Male / IMDB / YouTube

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

When a reclusive, enigmatic millionaire dies suddenly on the Riviera, his press agent begins to investigate his employer's shady past. See more about Foreign Intrigue / IMDB / YouTube

The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries. Look into The Third Key / IMDB / YouTube

Social worker tries to befriend local slum gang. Get info on 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. More about 5 Steps to Danger / IMDB / YouTube

After being wounded by a bullet, bank robber Charlie Blake seeks shelter with his gang at his brother's mountain retreat. There he rekindles his romance with his brother's wife and reconnects with the boy he believes is his son. Look into Storm Fear / IMDB / YouTube

An urban wheeler-dealer gets involved in organized crime, corrupt city politics and graft while falling in love with the fiancée of the newly elected mayor. Look into Slightly Scarlet / IMDB / YouTube