1959 Movies

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Ben-Hur(1959)

3.9/5 (with 1,144 votes)

In 25 AD,Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners. Three years later and freed by a grateful Roman galley commander whom he has rescued from drowning, he becomes an expert charioteer for Rome, all the while plotting to return to Judea, find and rescue his family, and avenge himself on his former friend. All the while, the form and work of Jesus move in the background of his life...

Directed by William Wyler - With Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, ...

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Sleeping Beauty(1959)

| 1h 15min | Fantasy, Animation, Romance / Love, Kids & Family

3.5/5 (with 2,332 votes)

A beautiful princess born in a faraway kingdom is destined by a terrible curse to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a deep sleep that can only be awakened by true love's first kiss. Determined to protect her, her parents ask three fairies to raise her in hiding. But the evil Maleficent is just as determined to seal the princess's fate.

Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Les Clark, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman

North by Northwest(1959)

| 2h 16min | Mystery, Thriller

4.0/5 (with 1,745 votes)

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock - With Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll, Philip Ober, Martin Landau, ...

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Rio Bravo(1959)

| 2h 21min | Western

3.9/5 (with 467 votes)

The sheriff of a small town in southwest Texas must keep custody of a murderer whose brother, a powerful rancher, is trying to help him escape. After a friend is killed trying to muster support for him, he and his deputies must find a way to hold out against the rancher's hired guns until the marshal arrives. In the meantime, matters are complicated by the presence of a young gunslinger - and a mysterious beauty who just came in on the last stagecoach.

Directed by Howard Hawks, Paul Helmick - With John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, ...

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Some Like It Hot(1959)

| 2h 2min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love, Crime

4.1/5 (with 1,476 votes)

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.

Directed by Billy Wilder - With Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Mike Mazurki, ...

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Solomon and Sheba(1959)

2h 19min | History, Romance / Love

3.2/5 (with 35 votes)

Under the rule of King David, Israel is united and prosperous although surrounded by enemies including Egypt and its allies. The aging King David favors his younger son, Solomon, as his successor, but David's elder son Prince Adonijah, a warrior, declares himself King. When David learns of this, he publicly announces Solomon to be his successor. Adonijah and Joab, his general, withdraw in rage. Israel prospers under King Solomon's wise and benevolent rule and is seen as a threat to more tyrannical monarchs in the region. The Pharaoh of Egypt agrees to cede a Red Sea port to the Queen of Sheba in a plot to undermine Solomon's rule. Sheba is to seduce Solomon and introduce Sheban pagan worship into Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Prince Adonijah, now banished, also conspires with Pharaoh and is given an army to defeat Solomon. The film is a highly fictionalized dramatization of events depicted in The Bible -- First Kings chapter 10 and Second Chronicles chapter 9.

Directed by King Vidor - With Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders, Marisa Pavan, David Farrar, Finlay Currie, ...

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Good Morning(1959)

1h 34min | Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama

3.9/5 (with 102 votes)

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu - With Chishū Ryū, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Sugimura Haruko, Taiji Tonoyama, Kuniko Miyake, ...

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Journey to the Center of the Earth(1959)

| 2h 12min | Adventure, Fantasy, Kids & Family

3.5/5 (with 189 votes)

An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

Directed by Henry Levin - With James Mason, Pat Boone, Arlene Dahl, Thayer David, Peter Ronson, Diane Baker, ...

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The Diary of Anne Frank(1959)

| 3h | Drama, History

3.6/5 (with 151 votes)

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

Directed by George Stevens - With Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, Richard Beymer, Gusti Huber, Lou Jacobi, ...

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The 400 Blows(1959)

| 1h 39min | Drama

4.1/5 (with 978 votes)

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.

Directed by François Truffaut - With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble, Georges Flamant, Jeanne Moreau, ...

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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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Anatomy of a Murder(1959)

| 2h 41min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

3.9/5 (with 395 votes)

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.

Directed by Otto Preminger - With James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, George C. Scott, Eve Arden, ...

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Hiroshima Mon Amour(1959)

1h 32min | Drama, History, Romance / Love

3.9/5 (with 325 votes)

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.

Directed by Alain Resnais - With Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Bernard Fresson, Pierre Barbaud

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The Mummy(1959)

| 1h 26min | Horror

3.5/5 (with 92 votes)

One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40 centuries ago, has been brought to life by the power of the ancient gods and his sole purpose is to destroy those responsible for the desecration of the sacred tomb. But Isobel, wife of one of the explorers, resembles the beautiful princess, forcing the speechless and tormented monster to defy commands and abduct Isobel to an unknown fate.

Directed by Terence Fisher - With Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne, Giorgos Pastell, Harold Goodwin, ...

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The Tingler(1959)

| 1h 22min | Horror, Science Fiction

3.2/5 (with 62 votes)

After much hard work, a pathologist discovers and captures a creature that lives in every vertebrate and grows when fear grips its host. "Scream for your lives!".

Directed by William Castle - With Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Patricia Cutts, Dallas McKennon, William Castle, ...

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Pillow Talk(1959)

| 1h 42min | Comedy, Romance / Love

3.6/5 (with 110 votes)

Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her inthe guise of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan discovers that his best friend is moving in on the girl he desires, however, sparks fly.

Directed by Michael Gordon - With Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Allen Jenkins, ...

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L'Avventura(1960)

| 2h 24min | Drama, Mystery

3.8/5 (with 297 votes)

Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from guilt and tension.

Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni - With Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Lelio Luttazzi, Renzo Ricci, Esmeralda Ruspoli, ...

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Ride Lonesome(1959)

| 1h 13min | Western

3.3/5 (with 54 votes)

A wanted murderer, Billy John, is captured by Ben Brigade, a bounty hunter, who intends to take him to Santa Cruz to be hanged. Brigade stops at a staging post, where he saves the manager's wife from an Indian attack, and enlists the help of two outlaws to continue his journey more safely.

Directed by Budd Boetticher - With Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, Lee Van Cleef, James Coburn, James Best, ...

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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love(1959)

3h 26min | War, Drama, History

4.0/5 (with 94 votes)

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.

Directed by Masaki Kobayashi - With Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Keiji Sada, Chikage Awashima, Ineko Arima, Sō Yamamura, ...

Warlock(1959)

| 2h 2min | Western

3.4/5 (with 61 votes)

A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town, the residents hire the services of Clay Blaisedell as de facto town marshal. He arrives along with his friend, Tom Morgan, and sets about restoring law and order on his own terms whilst also overseeing the establishment of a gambling house and saloon.

Directed by Edward Dmytryk - With Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Dolores Michaels, Wallace Ford, ...

Floating Weeds(1959)

1h 55min | Drama

3.8/5 (with 66 votes)

A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Komajuro Arashi, the aging master of the troupe, goes to visit his old flame Oyoshi and their son Kiyoshi, even though Kiyoshi believes Komajuro is his uncle. The leading actress Sumiko is jealous and so, in order to humiliate the master, persuades the younger actress Kayo to seduce Kiyoshi.

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu - With Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao, Chishū Ryū, Nakamura Ganjirō II, Sugimura Haruko, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, ...

The Snow Queen(1957)

| 1h 8min | Animation, Kids & Family, Fantasy

3.4/5 (with 38 votes)

When the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kay, his best friend Gerda must overcome many obstacles on her journey to rescue him.

Directed by Lev Atamanov, Nikolay Fyodorov

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House on Haunted Hill(1959)

| 1h 15min | Horror, Crime, Mystery

3.4/5 (with 203 votes)

Frederick Loren has invited five strangers to a party of a lifetime. He is offering each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in a house. But the house is no ordinary house. This house has a reputation for murder. Frederick offers them each a gun for protection. They all arrived in a hearse and will either leave in it $10,000 richer or leave in it dead!

Directed by William Castle - With Vincent Price, Alan Marshal, Elisha Cook Jr., Carolyn Craig, Armelia Carol Ohmart, Julie Mitchum, ...

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On the Beach(1959)

2h 14min | Science Fiction, Drama, Romance / Love

3.3/5 (with 83 votes)

In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other?

Directed by Stanley Kramer - With Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, John Tate, John Meillon, ...

Pickpocket(1959)

1h 15min | Crime, Drama

3.7/5 (with 208 votes)

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.

Directed by Robert Bresson - With Marika Green, Martin LaSalle, Jean Pélégri, Pierre Étaix, César Gattegno, Henri Kassagi, ...

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Imitation of Life(1959)

| 2h 5min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.8/5 (with 110 votes)

Lora Meredith, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway, has a chance encounter with Annie Johnson, a black single mother. Annie becomes the caretaker of Lora's daughter, Susie, while Lora pursues her stage career. Both women deal with the difficulties of motherhood: Lora's thirst for fame threatens her relationship with Susie, while Annie's light-skinned daughter, Sarah Jane, struggles with her African-American identity.

Directed by Douglas Sirk - With Lana Turner, Juanita Moore, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner, Dan O'Herlihy, ...

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The Indian Tomb(1959)

1h 37min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love

3.1/5 (with 43 votes)

Seetha and Harold Berger are rescued from the desert by a caravan and brought to a small village. However, the greedy owner of the house where they are lodged betrays the law of hospitality and reveals their location to Prince Ramigani. The couple tries to escape but is hunted and captured by Ramigani and his men. Meanwhile Irene Rhode and her husband Walter Rhode suspect that Maharaja Chandra is not telling the truth about Harold's destiny. The conspirator Ramigani forces Seetha to accept to get married with Chandra to provoke the wrath of the priests and get the alliance of Prince Padhu and his army. In the meantime, Harold succeeds in escaping from the dungeon and seeks out Seetha to save her.

Directed by Fritz Lang - With Debra Paget, Guido Celano, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer, Claus Holm, Valéry Inkijinoff, ...

The Hanging Tree(1959)

| 1h 47min | Western

3.4/5 (with 44 votes)

Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a man named Rune from the noose. With Rune as his servant, Frail decides to settle down, and he takes over as town doctor. He meets Elizabeth, who is suffering from shock, and the two soon fall in love. But when Elizabeth is attacked, Frail's attempt to help her lands them both in trouble.

Directed by Delmer Daves, Karl Malden - With Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Karl Malden, George C. Scott, Karl Swenson, John Dierkes, ...

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Sube y Baja(1959)

1h 48min | Comedy

4.0/5 (with 44 votes)

It is the story of a sportsman who is a little bit dumber than most people but nevertheless he succeeds in getting a job at a sports article saler's. Having this job is the beginning of a lot of funny problems he causes due to his dumbness.

Directed by Miguel M. Delgado - With Cantinflas, Tere Velázquez, Joaquín García Vargas, Domingo Soler, Carlos Agostí, Alejandro Ciangherotti, ...

Attack of the Giant Leeches(1959)

| 1h 2min | Horror, Science Fiction

2.0/5 (with 29 votes)

A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.

Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski - With Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Bruno VeSota

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1959 Movies

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Ben-Hur(1959)

Sleeping Beauty(1959)

North by Northwest(1959)

Rio Bravo(1959)

Some Like It Hot(1959)

Solomon and Sheba(1959)

Good Morning(1959)

Journey to the Center of the Earth(1959)

The Diary of Anne Frank(1959)

The 400 Blows(1959)

Operation Petticoat(1959)

Anatomy of a Murder(1959)

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Hiroshima Mon Amour(1959)

The Mummy(1959)

The Tingler(1959)

Pillow Talk(1959)

L'Avventura(1960)

Ride Lonesome(1959)

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love(1959)

Warlock(1959)

Floating Weeds(1959)

The Snow Queen(1957)

House on Haunted Hill(1959)

On the Beach(1959)

Pickpocket(1959)

Imitation of Life(1959)

The Indian Tomb(1959)

The Hanging Tree(1959)

Sube y Baja(1959)

Attack of the Giant Leeches(1959)

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