Release Date: October 5, 1956 Production Company: Cecil B DeMille Production

Director(s): Cecil B. DeMille

Earnings: $85,433,929

Overview: Enjoying a life of ease in the court of Egypt's pharaoh, Moses (Charlton Heston) discovers his Hebrew heritage and, later, God's expectations of him. He dedicates himself to liberating his people from captivity and -- with the aid of plagues and divine intervention -- manages to lead them out of Egypt and across the Red Sea. A greater challenge comes in the form of the golden calf idol, however, and it takes an unforgettable visitation by God on Mount Sinai for Moses' mission to prevail.

Release Date: June 22, 1955 Production Company: Walt Disney Productions

Director(s): Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske

Earnings: $93,600,00

Overview: This Disney animated classic follows a pampered cocker spaniel named Lady (Barbara Luddy) whose comfortable life slips away once her owners have a baby. When, after some tense circumstances, Lady finds herself on the loose and out on the street, she is befriended and protected by the tough stray mutt Tramp (Larry Roberts). A romance begins to blossom between the two dogs, but their many differences, along with more drama at Lady's household, threaten to keep them apart.

Release Date: February 5, 1953 Production Company: Walt Disney Productions

Director(s): Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi

Earnings: $87,400,000

Overview: In this Disney animated film, Wendy (Kathryn Beaumont) and her two brothers are amazed when a magical boy named Peter Pan (Bobby Driscoll) flies into their bedroom, supposedly in pursuit of his rebellious shadow. He and his fairy friend, Tinkerbell, come from a far-off place called Neverland, where children stay perpetually young. Enchanted, the kids follow him back. But when Pan's nemesis, the pirate Captain Hook (Hans Conried), causes trouble, the kids begin to miss their old life.

Release Date: March 4, 1950 Production Company: Walt Disney Productions

Director(s): Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen

Earnings: $263,591,415

Overview: With a wicked stepmother (Eleanor Audley) and two jealous stepsisters (Rhoda Williams, Lucille Bliss) who keep her enslaved and in rags, Cinderella (Ilene Woods) stands no chance of attending the royal ball. When her fairy godmother (Verna Felton) appears and magically transforms her reality into a dream come true, Cinderella enchants the handsome Prince Charming at the ball, but must face the wrath of her enraged stepmother and sisters when the spell wears off at midnight.

Release Date: November 18, 1959 Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director(s): William Wyler

Earnings: $73,259,017

Overview: Epic drama about an aristocratic Jew living in Judaea who incurs the wrath of a childhood friend, now a Roman tribune. Although forced into slavery on a galley and compelled to witness the cruel persecution of his family, he survives, harboring dreams of vengeance. A battle at sea and a chariot race are among the memorable sequences. The film used 300 sets at Rome's Cinecitta Studios and won a record 11 Oscars.

Release Date: January 29, 1959 Production Company: Walt Disney Productions

Director(s): Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman, Les Clark, Eric Larson

Earnings: $51,600,000

Overview: Filled with jealousy, the evil witch Maleficent (Eleanor Audley) curses Princess Aurora (Mary Costa) to die on her 16th birthday. Thanks to Aurora's guardian fairies (Verna Felton, Barbara Jo Allen, Barbara Luddy), she only falls into a deep sleep that can be ended with a kiss from her betrothed, Prince Phillip (Bill Shirley). To prevent Phillip from rescuing Aurora, Maleficent kidnaps and imprisons him. The good fairies are the last hope to free Phillip so that he can awaken Aurora.

Release Date: December 14, 1957 Production Company: Horizon Pictures

Director(s): David Lean

Earnings: $33,300,000

Overview: British POWs are ordered by their Japanese captors to construct a bridge of strategic importance and are happy to sabotage and delay the progress until their commanding officers orders them to continue the work unhindered to its completion, but are his actions tantamount to collaborating with the enemy?

Release Date: October 17, 1956 Production Company: Michael Todd Company

Director(s): Michael Anderson

Earnings: $42,000,000

Overview: Victorian-era Englishman Phileas Fogg (David Niven) proclaims before his fellow members of a London gentleman's club that he can circumnavigate the globe in a mere 80 days, further boasting that he will bet the princely sum of 20,000 pounds on the success of his endeavor. With his stalwart manservant Passepartout (Cantinflas) alongside, he goes forth on his adventure, pursued by a dogged Police Inspector (Robert Newton) who suspects Fogg of chicanery.

Release Date: September 30, 1952 Production Company: Cinerama Productions

Director(s): Mike Todd Jr., Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

Earnings: $41,600,000

Overview: Designed to introduce the Cinerama widescreen format, this film documents exciting events and beautiful scenery from around the world in the aforementioned format. Included is a thrilling rollercoaster ride from the now-defunct Rockaways' Playland in Queens, scenes from the opera "Aida," an up-close view of the Niagara Falls, a ride down the canals of Venice and a bullfight. The film also features narration from newscaster Lowell Thomas and an Academy Award--nominated score.

Release Date: January 10, 1952 Production Company: Paramount Pictures

Director(s): Cecil B. DeMille

Earnings: $36,000,000

Overview: "The Greatest Show on Earth" is a dazzling spectacle of life behind the scenes with Ringling Bros.-Barnum and Bailey Circus, the best three-ring circus in the land. Celebrates the extravagant three-ring circus and depicts the passionate scenes of love and jealousy behind the greatest show on Earth.