American films of 1959

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Cinema of the
United States


1890s
1890 1891 1892 1893 1894
1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904
1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914
1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924
1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

The American films of 1959 are listed in a table of the films which were made in the United States and released in 1959. The film Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ won the Academy Award for Best Picture, among winning a record-setting eleven Academy Awards.

Contents

[edit] A-B

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock Sidney Miller Lou Costello, Dorothy Provine, Gale Gordon Comedy
4D Man Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether Sci-Fi Produced and written by Jack H. Harris
Alias Jesse James Norman Z. McLeod Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, James Garner, Fess Parker, Gary Cooper, Roy Rogers, Hugh O'Brien, James Arness Western
The Alligator People Roy Del Ruth Beverly Garland, Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr. Horror
Anatomy of a Murder Otto Preminger James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, George C. Scott Drama
The Angry Red Planet Sci-Fi
Argument About Basia Drama
The Atomic Submarine Sci-Fi
Attack of the Giant Leeches Sci-Fi
Ballad of a Soldier Drama
The Bat (1959 film) Drama
Battle in Outer Space Sci-Fi
The Battle of the Sexes Drama
Beast from Haunted Cave Sci-Fi
The Beat Generation Drama
Behemoth, the Sea Monster Sci-Fi
The Bells of St. Mary's (1959 film) Bing Crosby Drama
Beloved Infidel (film) Drama
Ben-Hur (1959 film) Drama Academy Award Best Picture. Set record with 11 Academy awards
The Big Fisherman Drama
The Birth of Japan Drama
Black Orpheus Drama
Blue Denim Drama
Bonanza Bunny Drama
Born to Be Loved Drama
A Bucket of Blood Drama

[edit] C-D

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Caltiki - The Immortal Monster
Career (1959 film) Drama
Come Back, Africa Drama
Compulsion (film) Drama
Count Your Blessings (film) Drama
Cuban Rebel Girls Drama
Danger Within Drama
Darby O'Gill and the Little People Fantasy
The Devil's Disciple (film) Drama
The Diary of Anne Frank (film) Drama
A Doll's House (1959 film) Drama
Don't Give Up the Ship (film) Drama
Donald in Mathmagic Land Drama

[edit] E-H

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Expresso Bongo Drama
The FBI Story Drama
Ferry to Hong Kong Drama
Fires on the Plain (film) Drama
First Man into Space Drama
Fishing Child Drama
The Five Pennies Drama
Floating Weeds Drama
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake Drama
The Gene Krupa Story Drama
The Giant Gila Monster Drama
The Giant of Marathon Drama
Gidget (film) Comedy
Girls Town Drama
Good Morning (film) Drama
Great Is My Country Drama
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery Drama
Green Mansions (film) Drama
The Hanging Tree Drama
Happy Anniversary (film) Drama
Have Rocket, Will Travel David Lowell Rich Three Stooges Comedy Sci-Fi Columbia Pictures
Hercules and the Queen of Lydia Fantasy
A Hole in the Head Drama
Horrors of the Black Museum Fantasy
The Horse Soldiers Drama
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film) Detective
House on Haunted Hill Horror

[edit] I-N

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
I'm All Right Jack Drama
Imitation of Life (1959 film) Drama
The Immoral Mr. Teas Drama
Island of Lost Women Drama
It Happened to Jane Drama
It Started with a Kiss Drama
Jazz on a Summer's Day Drama
John Paul Jones (film) Drama
Journey to the Center of the Earth (film) James Mason Drama
The Killer Shrews
The Last Angry Man Drama
The League of Gentlemen (film) Drama
Left, Right & Centre Drama
Libel (film) Drama
A Memory of Two Mondays Drama
Miracle on 34th Street Christmas
The Miracle (1959 film) Drama
The Mouse That Roared Comedy
The Mummy (1959 film) Sci-Fi
Muscle Up a Little Closer Drama
My Second Brother Drama
Never So Few Drama
Night Train (film) Drama
Night of the Ghouls Horror
No Name on the Bullet Audie Murphy Western
North by Northwest Hitchcock Cary Grant Suspense
Northwest Frontier Drama
The Nun's Story (film) Drama

[edit] O-S

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Odds Against Tomorrow Drama
On the Beach (1959 film) Ava Gardner Sci-Fi
Operation Petticoat War
Our Man in Havana (film) Drama
Pickpocket (film) Drama
Pillow Talk Michael Gordon Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter Comedy Universal Pictures
Plan 9 from Outer Space Edward D. Wood, Jr. Bela Lugosi, Vampira, Tor Johnson Sci-Fi
Planet Prince Drama
Porgy and Bess (film) Otto Preminger Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr., Pearl Bailey Musical, Drama
Pork Chop Hill Drama
Pull My Daisy Drama
Return of the Fly Sci-Fi
Ride Lonesome Drama
Rio Bravo (1959 film) Howard Hawks John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson Western Warner Bros.
Room at the Top (film) Drama
Sampo (film) Drama
Santa Claus (film) Christmas
Sapphire (film) Drama
Savage Beach Drama
The Savage Innocents Drama
Shadows (film) Drama
The Shaggy Dog (1959 film) Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen. Tommy Kirk Comedy Walt Disney Productions
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959 film) Drama
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw Drama
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) Fantasy, Animated film Walt Disney Productions
Solomon and Sheba (1959 film) Yul Brynner Drama
Some Like It Hot Billy Wilder Marilyn Monroe
Jack Lemmon
Tony Curtis
Comedy United Artists
Space Invasion of Lapland Sci-Fi
Suddenly, Last Summer (film) Drama
A Summer Place (film) Drama

[edit] T-Z

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure Adventure
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959 film) Adventure
Teenage Zombies Horror
Teenagers from Outer Space Sci-Fi
The Facts of Murder Drama
The Mating Game (film) Drama
The Monster of Piedras Blancas Drama
There Will Be No Leave Today Drama
Thunder in the Sun Drama
Tiger Bay (film) Drama
The Tingler Drama
The Trap Crime 20th Century Fox
Up Periscope War
Warlock (1959 film) Drama
Web of Evidence Drama
When Angels Fall Drama
Window Water Baby Moving Drama
Woman Obsessed Drama
The World, the Flesh and the Devil Drama
The Young Captives Drama
The Young Philadelphians Drama
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