Movies Set in 1959

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Oppenheimer(2023)

4.1/5 (with 2,359 votes)

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

Directed by Christopher Nolan - With Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, ...

Luca(2021)

1h 35min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Kids & Family

3.9/5 (with 3,640 votes)

Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.

Directed by Enrico Casarosa

The Godfather Part II(1974)

| 3h 22min | Drama, Crime

4.3/5 (with 5,728 votes)

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola - With Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Talia Shire, Morgana King, ...

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Ford v Ferrari(2019)

PG-13

| 2h 33min | Drama, Action, History

4.0/5 (with 3,260 votes)

American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

Directed by James Mangold - With Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitríona Balfe, Noah Jupe, Josh Lucas, ...

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Priscilla(2023)

| 1h 50min | Romance / Love, Drama

3.5/5 (with 167 votes)

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.

Directed by Sofia Coppola - With Jacob Elordi, Cailee Spaeny

Grease(1978)

| 1h 50min | Romance / Love, Comedy

3.7/5 (with 3,259 votes)

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

Directed by Randal Kleiser - With John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Barry Pearl, Michael Tucci, ...

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Stand by Me(1986)

| 1h 29min | Crime, Drama

3.9/5 (with 2,471 votes)

Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern are four friends who decide to hike to find the corpse of Ray Brower, a local teenager, who was hit by a train while plucking blueberries in the wild.

Directed by Rob Reiner - With Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, Richard Dreyfuss, ...

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Dead Poets Society(1989)

2h 8min | Drama

4.2/5 (with 4,921 votes)

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

Directed by Peter Weir - With Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Norman Lloyd, ...

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Suburbicon(2017)

| 1h 45min | Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery

2.9/5 (with 781 votes)

In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and murder.

Directed by George Clooney - With Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac, Noah Jupe, Glenn Fleshler, Megan Ferguson, ...

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Knowing(2009)

PG-13

| 2h 1min | Action, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

3.1/5 (with 2,331 votes)

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

Directed by Alex Proyas - With Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Lara Robinson, Ben Mendelsohn, Alethea McGrath, ...

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Movie 43(2013)

| 1h 30min | Comedy

2.3/5 (with 1,020 votes)

Fifteen directors and an all-star cast created this twisted comedy that follows three teens on the hunt for the world's most banned film.

Directed by Peter Farrelly, Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, Griffin Dunne, ... - With Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Emma Stone, ...

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The Talented Mr. Ripley(1999)

| 2h 19min | Thriller, Crime, Drama

3.6/5 (with 1,534 votes)

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

Directed by Anthony Minghella - With Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport, Sergio Rubini, ...

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Bad Times at the El Royale(2018)

| 2h 21min | Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Crime

3.4/5 (with 1,573 votes)

Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

Directed by Drew Goddard - With Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, ...

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The Apartment(1960)

| 2h 5min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

4.1/5 (with 982 votes)

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

Directed by Billy Wilder - With Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, David Lewis, Edie Adams, ...

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The Nut Job(2014)

| 1h 25min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure

2.9/5 (with 423 votes)

Surly, a curmudgeon, independent squirrel is banished from his park and forced to survive in the city. Lucky for him, he stumbles on the one thing that may be able to save his life, and the rest of park community, as they gear up for winter - Maury's Nut Store.

Directed by Peter Lepeniotis

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Chocolat(2000)

2h 1min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

3.5/5 (with 1,486 votes)

A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of Boat Gypsies float down the river, the prejudice of the Mayor leads to a crisis.

Directed by Lasse Hallström - With Juliette Binoche, Carrie-Anne Moss, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, ...

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Hitchcock(2012)

PG-13

| 1h 38min | Drama

3.3/5 (with 671 votes)

Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to pay for it himself in exchange for a percentage of the profits. His wife, Alma Reville, has serious reservations about the film but supports him nonetheless. Still, the production strains the couple's marriage.

Directed by Sacha Gervasi - With Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette, Danny Huston, Jessica Biel, ...

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Badlands(1973)

| 1h 34min | Crime, Drama, Thriller, Romance / Love

3.8/5 (with 500 votes)

An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.

Directed by Terrence Malick - With Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri, Terrence Malick, Charles Fitzpatrick, ...

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La Bamba(1987)

PG-13

| 1h 48min | Drama, Music

3.6/5 (with 299 votes)

Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly.

Directed by Luis Valdez - With Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Brian Setzer, Joe Pantoliano, ...

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This Boy's Life(1993)

| 1h 55min | Drama

3.6/5 (with 449 votes)

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.

Directed by Michael Caton-Jones - With Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Eliza Dushku, Chris Cooper, Carla Gugino, ...

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Justice League: The New Frontier(2008)

1h 15min | Action, Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction, Kids & Family

3.4/5 (with 218 votes)

The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and The Flash can stop it. But can they overcome their differences to thwart this enemy using the combined strength of their newly formed Justice League?

Directed by Dave Bullock - With Miguel Ferrer, Neil Patrick Harris, Lucy Lawless, Kyle MacLachlan

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Night of the Creeps(1986)

| 1h 28min | Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction

3.4/5 (with 204 votes)

In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.

Directed by Fred Dekker - With Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow, Tom Atkins, Allan Kayser, David Paymer, David Oliver, ...

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The Dyatlov Pass Incident(2013)

| 1h 40min | Thriller, Mystery

2.9/5 (with 266 votes)

In February of 1959, nine Russian hikers ventured into a remote area of the Ural Mountains. Two weeks later, all of them were found dead. What happened is a mystery that has baffled investigators and researchers for decades. It has become known as the Dyatlov Pass Incident. When five ambitious American college students are issued a grant to return to the site of the original events, they gear up with the belief that they can uncover and document the truth of what happened to the supposedly experienced hikers. But what they find is more shocking than anything they could have imagined. Retracing the steps of the Russians' ill-fated journey, the students are plagued by strange and increasingly terrifying phenomena that suggest that in spite of the desolate surroundings, they are not alone. The forces at work in the Dyatlov Pass Incident have been waiting for them.

Directed by Renny Harlin - With Gemma Atkinson, Richard Reid, Matt Stokoe

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Operation Petticoat(1959)

| 2h 4min | Action, Comedy, Romance / Love

3.6/5 (with 147 votes)

A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

Directed by Blake Edwards - With Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Dina Merrill, Gene Evans, Dick Sargent, Marion Ross, ...

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I'm Not There(2007)

| 2h 15min | Drama, Music

3.3/5 (with 299 votes)

Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.

Directed by Todd Haynes - With Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, ...

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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg(1964)

PG-13

| 1h 31min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 325 votes)

This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.

Directed by Jacques Demy - With Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Harald Wolff, Dorothée Blanck, Ellen Farner, ...

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Jersey Boys(2014)

| 2h 14min | Music, Drama

3.4/5 (with 308 votes)

A musical biopic of the Four Seasons—the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimate triumph of a group of friends whose music became symbolic of a generation. Far from a mere tribute concert, it gets to the heart of the relationships at the centre of the group, with a special focus on frontman Frankie Valli, the small kid with the big falsetto.

Directed by Clint Eastwood - With John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Michael Lomenda, Vincent Piazza, Christopher Walken, Kathrine Narducci, ...

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School Ties(1992)

PG-13

| 1h 46min | Drama

3.2/5 (with 160 votes)

When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, fearing that they may be anti-Semitic. He quickly becomes the big man on campus thanks to his football skills, but when his Jewish background is discovered, his worst fears are realized and his friends turn on him with violent threats and public ridicule.

Directed by Robert Mandel - With Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell, Randall Batinkoff, Cole Hauser, Ben Affleck, ...

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The Producers(2005)

PG-13

| 2h 14min | Comedy

3.1/5 (with 204 votes)

After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.

Directed by Susan Stroman - With Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach, Roger Bart, ...

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The Illusionist(2010)

| 1h 20min | Animation, Drama

3.6/5 (with 249 votes)

A French illusionist travels to Scotland to work. He meets a young woman in a small village. Their ensuing adventure in Edinburgh changes both their lives forever.

Directed by Sylvain Chomet

Movies Set in 1959

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Oppenheimer(2023)

Luca(2021)

The Godfather Part II(1974)

Ford v Ferrari(2019)

Priscilla(2023)

Grease(1978)

Stand by Me(1986)

Dead Poets Society(1989)

Suburbicon(2017)

Knowing(2009)

Movie 43(2013)

The Talented Mr. Ripley(1999)

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Bad Times at the El Royale(2018)

The Apartment(1960)

The Nut Job(2014)

Chocolat(2000)

Hitchcock(2012)

Badlands(1973)

La Bamba(1987)

This Boy's Life(1993)

Justice League: The New Frontier(2008)

Night of the Creeps(1986)

The Dyatlov Pass Incident(2013)

Operation Petticoat(1959)

I'm Not There(2007)

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg(1964)

Jersey Boys(2014)

School Ties(1992)

The Producers(2005)

The Illusionist(2010)

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