A list of films produced in the Soviet Union in 1956 (see 1956 in film).
| Title | Russian title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | ||||||
| Behind the Footlights | На подмостках сцены | Drama | ||||
| Carnival Night | Карнавальная ночь | Comedy | ||||
| A Crazy Day | Безумный день | Comedy | ||||
| Different Fortunes | Разные судьбы | Drama | ||||
| The Forty-First | Сорок первый | War film, romance | ||||
| For the Power of the Soviets | За власть Советов | Aleksey Alekseev | Drama | |||
| The Girl and the Crocodile | Девочка и крокодил | Elena Granovskaya | Comedy | |||
| Honeymoon | Медовый месяц | Comedy | ||||
| Ilya Muromets | Илья Муромец | Fantasy | ||||
| The Immortal Garrison | Бессмертный гарнизон | Vasili Makarov, Vladimir Yemelyanov, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Anatoli Chemodurov | War film | |||
| The Killers | Убийцы | Yuli Fait, Aleksandr Gordon, Valentin Vinogradov, Boris Novikov, Yuri Dubrovin | Student film | |||
| Magdana's Donkey | Лурджа Магданы | Dudukhana Tserodze | Drama | |||
| Maxim Perepelitsa | Максим Перепелица | Anatoly Granik | Comedy | |||
| Murder on Dante Street | Убийство на улице Данте | Yevgeniya Kozyreva | Drama | |||
| Old Khottabych | Старик Хоттабыч | Gennadiy Kazansky | Nikolai Volkov, Alexey Litvinov, Gennady Khudyakov | Fantasy | ||
| Othello | Отелло | Tragedy | Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Other People's Relatives | Чужая родня | Nikolai Rybnikov, Nonna Mordyukova, Nikolai Sergeev, Alexandra Denisova | Drama | |||
| The Poet | Поэт | Drama | ||||
| The Rumyantsev Case | Дело Румянцева | Aleksey Batalov, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Yevgeny Leonov | Drama, Crime | |||
| Sasha Enters Life | Тугой узел | Drama | ||||
| Soldiers | Солдаты | Aleksandr Ivanov | Drama | |||
| Spring on Zarechnaya Street | Весна на Заречной улице | Romantic drama | ||||
| They Were the First | Они были первыми | Yuri Egorov | War | |||
| The Twelve Months | Двенадцать месяцев | Animation | ||||
| A Weary Road | Долгий путь | Leonid Gaidai and Valentin Nevzorov | Drama | |||
| The White Poodle | Белый пудель | Marianna Roshal, Vladimir Shredel | Georgy Millyar, Mikhail Gluzsky | Drama | ||
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