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. Warlock

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Actors: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Dolores Michaels, DeForest Kelley

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. 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.

34. 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

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. 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.

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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.

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