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.

61. Snow Queen, The ( Snezhnaya koroleva - 1959 )

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lev Atamanov
Actors: Vladimir Gribkov, Mariya Babanova, Yanina Zhejmo, Sergei Martinson, Art Linkletter, Sandra Dee
Plot: A Russian animation movie. Adaptation of "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen.
The cold hearted Snow Queen abducts Kai, a small boy. His friend Gerda keeps looking for him. She finally finds him with help of various friends she meets on her quest. Girl's love for him thaws his heart that was already turning into a lump of ice.

62. Ask Any Girl

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Walters
Actors: David Niven, Shirley MacLaine, Gig Young, Rod Taylor, Jim Backus, Claire Kelly

63. beau Serge, Le

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michèle Méritz, Bernadette Lafont, Claude Cerval, Jeanne Pérez
Plot: After ten years away from home, Francois returns to his French village to
find the town the same, but the people changed. One such person is his old
friend Serge, now a drunkard, who Francois feels he must help.

64. Look Back in Anger

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tony Richardson
Actors: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure, Edith Evans, Donald Pleasence, Gary Raymond

65. The FBI Story

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Actors: James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton, Larry Pennell, Jean Willes, Nick Adams
Plot: A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Ku Klux Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.

66. Day of the Outlaw

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: André De Toth
Actors: Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise, Alan Marshal, Nehemiah Persoff, Venetia Stevenson

67. The Chaplin Revue

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Chaplin
Actors: Charles Chaplin, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman, Syd Chaplin, Loyal Underwood, Edna Purviance

68. The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Guggenheim, John Stix
Actors: Steve McQueen, Crahan Denton, David Clarke, James Dukas, Molly McCarthy, Martha Gable
Plot: 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.

69. Never So Few

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Sturges
Actors: Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen, Paul Henreid, Brian Donlevy

70. Cousins, The ( cousins, Les )

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Juliette Mayniel, Guy Decomble, Geneviève Cluny, Michèle Méritz
Plot: Claude Chabrol's New Wave precursor features the straight-laced Charles moving in with his free-wheeling cousin Paul. When love enters the picture, it will forever change their relationship.

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