Top Movies of 1959


The top movies of 1959 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

31. Pillow Talk

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Gordon
Actors: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Julia Meade
Plot: A man and woman share the same phone line and can't stand each other: Brad Allen spends all day talking to various women which drives Jan Morrow up the wall. Yet when Brad spies Jan one day, he decides to add her to his list, but in order to play this game he changes his persona to that of a innocent Texan, Rex Stetson.

32. Nine Lives ( Ni liv )

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Arne Skouen
Actors: Jack Fjeldstad, Henny Moan, Alf Malland, Joachim Holst-Jensen, Lydia Opøien, Edvard Drabløs

33. Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O'Dea, Kieron Moore, Estelle Winwood

34. Donald in Mathmagicland

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Les Clark, Joshua Meador, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske
Actors: Paul Frees, Clarence Nash
Plot: The Narrator takes Donald Duck on a journey to discover the magic of mathematics.

35. Suddenly, Last Summer

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Albert Dekker, Mercedes McCambridge, Gary Raymond
Plot: The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.

36. Odds Against Tomorrow

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Wise
Actors: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley, Gloria Grahame, Richard Bright

37. A Bucket of Blood

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone, Julian Burton, Ed Nelson, Bert Convy
Plot: A wimpy busboy wants to be a part of the artist and hipsters that hang out in the cafe where he works; so he comes up with a novel way to create sculpture.

38. Journey to the Center of the Earth

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Henry Levin
Actors: Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker, Thayer David, Peter Ronson
Plot: A scientist discovers an artifact that leads him and three others to the doorway to the center of the earth. Their journey will take them on an adventure only most dream about.

39. Ride Lonesome

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Budd Boetticher
Actors: Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, James Best, Lee Van Cleef, James Coburn

40. Go, Johnny, Go!

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paul Landres
Actors: Alan Freed, Jimmy Clanton, Ritchie Valens, Chuck Berry, Harvey Fuqua, Jimmy Cavallo

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