Movies of 1959
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1. Some Like It Hot (1959)
Passed | 121 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft
Votes: 283,483 | Gross: $25.00M
Release date March 19, 1959
Directed by Billy Wilder
Marilyn Monroe ... Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
Tony Curtis ... Joe / Josephine
Jack Lemmon ... Jerry / Daphne
George Raft ... Spats Colombo
Academy Awards, USA 1960
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jack Lemmon)
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
WINNER Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Director
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
2. Ben-Hur (1959)
G | 212 min | Adventure, Drama
After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet
Votes: 253,616 | Gross: $74.70M
Release date November 18, 1959
Directed by William Wyler
Charlton Heston ... Judah Ben-Hur
Academy Awards, USA 1960
WINNER Best Picture
WINNER Best Actor in a Leading Role (Charlton Heston)
WINNER Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Hugh Griffith)
WINNER Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
WINNER Best Cinematography, Color
WINNER Best Costume Design, Color
WINNER Best Director
WINNER Best Effects, Special Effects
WINNER Best Film Editing
WINNER Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
WINNER Best Sound
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
3. North by Northwest (1959)
Approved | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis
Votes: 346,082 | Gross: $13.28M
Release date July 1, 1959
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant ... Roger Thornhill
Eva Marie Saint ... Eve Kendall
James Mason ... Phillip Vandamm
Academy Awards, USA 1960
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
NOMINEE Best Film Editing
NOMINEE Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
4. Solomon and Sheba (1959)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, History, Romance
After becoming king of ancient Israel, Solomon faces threats coming from his jealous dispossessed brother Adonijah, the Egyptian Pharaoh and the scheming Queen of Sheba.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders, Marisa Pavan
Votes: 3,791 | Gross: $12.20M
Release date October 27, 1959 Directed by King Vidor Yul Brynner ... Solomon Gina Lollobrigida ... Sheba
5. An Angel on Wheels (1959)
87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A female guardian angel tries to convince Pierre not to marry his rich but mean fiance, but rather fall in love with a stewardess who is secretly in love with him.
Director: Géza von Radványi | Stars: Romy Schneider, Henri Vidal, Michèle Mercier, Jean-Paul Belmondo
Votes: 360
Release date 28 August 1959 Directed by Géza von Radványi Romy Schneider ... Line / L'ange Michèle Mercier ... Augusta de Munchenberg Jean-Paul Belmondo ... Michel Barrot
6. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Approved | 180 min | Biography, Drama, Family
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Millie Perkins, Shelley Winters, Joseph Schildkraut, Richard Beymer
Votes: 13,686 | Gross: $5.01M
Release date March 18, 1959
Directed by George Stevens
Shelley Winters ... Mrs. Petronella Van Daan
Academy Awards, USA 1960
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Ed Wynn)
WINNER Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Shelley Winters)
WINNER Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
WINNER Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Director
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
7. The Cow and I (1959)
TV-PG | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
In 1942, a French prisoner of war in Germany decides to escape to France using a cow held by a lunge as a decoy. He crosses all Germany in this way.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Fernandel, Pierre-Louis, Ellen Schwiers, Ingeborg Schöner
Votes: 1,729
Release date 16 December 1959 Directed by Henri Verneuil Fernandel ... Charles Bailly
8. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Not Rated | 161 min | Drama, Mystery
An upstate Michigan lawyer defends a soldier who claims he killed an innkeeper due to temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 71,314 | Gross: $11.90M
Release date June 29, 1959
Directed by Otto Preminger
James Stewart ... Paul Biegler
Lee Remick ... Laura Manion
Academy Awards, USA 1960
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Stewart)
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Arthur O'Connell)
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (George C. Scott)
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Film Editing
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
9. Die Halbzarte (1959)
92 min | Comedy
Nicole is a young librarian who writes romantic poetry. A successful new erotic novel, gives her the idea to secretly write a daring play, only about sex.
Director: Rolf Thiele | Stars: Romy Schneider, Carlos Thompson, Magda Schneider, Josef Meinrad
Votes: 165
Release date February 11, 1959 Directed by Rolf Thiele Romy Schneider ... Nicole
10. Pillow Talk (1959)
Passed | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
An interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter
Votes: 19,163 | Gross: $18.75M
Release date October 6, 1959
Directed by Michael Gordon
Rock Hudson ... Brad Allen
Doris Day ... Jan Morrow
Academy Awards, USA 1960
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Leading Role (Doris Day)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Thelma Ritter)
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
WINNER Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
11. Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
Passed | 95 min | Western
A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for his role in the rape and murder of the marshal's Native American wife.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones, Earl Holliman
Votes: 8,805 | Gross: $2.50M
Release date July 9, 1959 Directed by John Sturges Kirk Douglas ... Marshal Matt Morgan Anthony Quinn ... Craig Belden
12. Adorable Sinner (1959)
91 min | Drama
The Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia. He understands that he loves her and try to send her away but they end up seeing each other again and becomes his mistress. With the help... See full summary »
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Romy Schneider, Curd Jürgens, Pierre Blanchar, Antoine Balpêtré
Votes: 479
Release date December 22, 1959 Directed by Robert Siodmak Romy Schneider ... Katia Curd Jürgens ... Czar Alexander II
13. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.
Directors: Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton
Votes: 160,848 | Gross: $51.60M
Release date January 29, 1959
Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson & Les Clark
Academy Awards, USA 1960
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
14. Rio Bravo (1959)
Passed | 141 min | Western
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson
Votes: 68,043 | Gross: $12.54M
Release date March 18, 1959 Directed by Howard Hawks John Wayne ... Sheriff John T. Chance Angie Dickinson ... Feathers
15. Die schöne Lügnerin (1959)
94 min | Comedy
In Vienna in 1815. A lovely corset-maker fell madly in love with a so-called first valet.
Director: Axel von Ambesser | Stars: Romy Schneider, Hans Moser, Jean-Claude Pascal, Paul Guers
Votes: 140
Release date September 10, 1959 Directed by Axel von Ambesser Romy Schneider ... Fanny Emmetsrieder
16. ...and the Wild Wild Women (1959)
95 min | Drama
A harsh study about the grim realities of life in a female prison environment. The story concerns a young girl sent to prison who experiences the entire prison subculture. The inmates she ... See full summary »
Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Anna Magnani, Giulietta Masina, Cristina Gaioni, Anita Durante
Votes: 577
Release date January 29, 1959 Directed by Renato Castellani Anna Magnani ... Egle
17. Pork Chop Hill (1959)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, War
During the Korean War peace talks, U.S. troops fight to retake a hill from the Communist Chinese forces.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, George Peppard
Votes: 5,271 | Gross: $4.02M
Release date May 29, 1959 Directed by Lewis Milestone Gregory Peck ... Lt. Joe Clemons George Peppard ... Cpl. Chuck Fedderson
18. Le chemin des écoliers (1959)
85 min | Drama
Le chemin des ecoliers (The Way of Youth) is a 1959 French film starring Alain Delon. It is based in the novel The Transient Hour by Marcel Ayme.
Director: Michel Boisrond | Stars: Françoise Arnoul, Bourvil, Lino Ventura, Alain Delon
Votes: 428
Release date September 23, 1959 Directed by Michel Boisrond Bourvil ... Charles Michaud Lino Ventura ... Tiercelin Alain Delon ... Antoine Michaud
19. Soft Skin on Black Silk (1959)
98 min | Drama
On a lonely beach in the Mediterranean, a man and woman meet. She takes his to her summer villa, where he reveals a deadly secret-- a plan of murder. Seeking to dissuade him, the woman ... See full summary »
Director: José Antonio de la Loma | Stars: Agnès Laurent, Armand Mestral, Barbara Laage, Vicente Parra
Votes: 32
Release date 15 June 1959 Directed by José Antonio de la Loma
20. The Naked Venus (1959)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama
A young American painter and his French wife move with their small daughter to the US when the husband's father dies. His mother takes an instant dislike to the wife, and when she finds out... See full summary »
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Patricia Conelle, Don Roberts, Arianne Ulmer, Wynn Gregory
Votes: 173
Release date April 22, 1959 Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
21. I tartassati (1959)
105 min | Comedy
Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and does not consider it right to pay taxes and therefore uses a tax consultant to be able to evade more taxes.
Director: Steno | Stars: Totò, Aldo Fabrizi, Cathia Caro, Luciano Marin
Votes: 980
Release date April 10, 1959 Directed by Steno Louis de Funès ... Ettore
22. The St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gang's plans for a St. Louis bank robbery are complicated when the sister of one of the thieves starts voicing her well-founded suspicions.
Directors: Charles Guggenheim, John Stix | Stars: Steve McQueen, Crahan Denton, David Clarke, James Dukas
Votes: 1,704
Release date September 10, 1959 Directed by Charles Guggenheim & John Stix Steve McQueen ... George Fowler
23. Gangster Boss (1959)
92 min | Comedy
In Paris, scoundrel mates Paolo and Antoine Venturen hope to get rich quick by asking ransom fro rich Mr. Jumelin's preteen son Eric. Masquerading as Indians, the scamp's favorite game, ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Papouf, Florence Blot
Votes: 283
Release date March 20, 1959 Directed by Henri Verneuil Fernandel ... Antoine Venturen
24. Shadows (1958)
PG | 87 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City.
Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Hurd, Anthony Ray
Votes: 12,552
Release date November 11, 1959 Directed by John Cassavetes John Cassavetes ... Pedestrian (uncredited) Gena Rowlands ... Woman in Nightclub (uncredited)
25. Baton Bunny (1959)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bugs conducts the Warner Brothers Symphony in Franz von Suppé's "Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna" while reacting to a bothersome fly.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,086
Release date 10 January 1959 Directed by Chuck Jones & Abe Levitow Bugs Bunny
26. A Broken Leghorn (1959)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
On Old MacDonald's farm, an egg hatches in slow-witted hen Miss Prissy's nest, and out of the shell comes a baby rooster. Fearing he will be replaced by the kid rooster and sent to be ... See full summary »
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray
Votes: 809
Release date September 26, 1959 Directed by Robert McKimson
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