1956 (29th Annual Awards)
Nomination Statistics by Film

Listed below are statistics for the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1956. In the chart, the term “Top Six” refers to the number of nominations or wins in the top six award categories (Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and Directing). The symbol appears next to those films that ultimately won at least one award. Click on the name of a film in the list to display more information about that film. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nomination statistics for that year.

		Nominations				Wins
Film Title		Top Six		Total		Top Six		Total
Anastasia		1		2		1		1
Around the World in 80 Days		2		8		1		5
Baby Doll		2		4		0		0
The Bad Seed		3		4		0		0
The Bespoke Overcoat		0		1		0		1
The Best Things in Life Are Free		0		1		0		0
Between Heaven and Hell		0		1		0		0
The Bold and the Brave		1		2		0		0
The Brave One		0		3		0		1
Bus Stop		1		1		0		0
The Captain of Kopenick		0		1		0		0
A City Decides		0		1		0		0
Cow Dog		0		1		0		0
Crashing the Water Barrier		0		1		0		1
The Dark Wave		0		2		0		0
The Eddy Duchin Story		0		4		0		0
Forbidden Planet		0		1		0		0
Friendly Persuasion		3		6		0		0
Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo		0		1		0		0
Gervaise		0		1		0		0
Giant		5		10		1		1
The Harder They Fall		0		1		0		0
Harp of Burma		0		1		0		0
High Society		0		1		0		0
High Society		0		2		0		0
The House Without a Name		0		1		0		0
I Never Forget a Face		0		1		0		0
The Jay Walker		0		1		0		0
Julie		0		2		0		0
The King and I		4		9		1		5
La Strada		0		2		0		1
The Ladykillers		0		1		0		0
Lust for Life		2		4		1		1
The Magnificent Seven		0		2		0		0
Man in Space		0		1		0		0
The Man Who Knew Too Much		0		1		0		1
Meet Me in Las Vegas		0		1		0		0
Mister Magoo’s Puddle Jumper		0		1		0		1
The Naked Eye		0		1		0		0
The Power and the Prize		0		1		0		0
The Proud and the Beautiful		0		1		0		0
The Proud and Profane		0		2		0		0
Qivitoq		0		1		0		0
The Rainmaker		1		2		0		0
The Red Balloon		0		1		0		1
Richard III		1		1		0		0
Samoa		0		1		0		0
The Silent World		0		1		0		1
The Solid Gold Cadillac		0		2		0		1
Somebody up There Likes Me		0		3		0		2
Stagecoach to Fury		0		1		0		0
Teenage Rebel		0		2		0		0
The Ten Commandments		1		7		0		1
Time Stood Still		0		1		0		0
The True Story of the Civil War		0		1		0		1
Umberto D.		0		1		0		0
War and Peace		1		3		0		0
Where Mountains Float		0		1		0		0
Written on the Wind		2		3		1		1
Winning Films: 18		30		125		6		27
Total Films: 59