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Some Like It Hot (1959)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: March 19, 1959

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Music

Director: Billy Wilder

Writers: Billy Wilder

, I.A.L. Diamond

, Robert Thoeren

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: Passed

Production: Ashton Productions, The Mirisch Corporation

Distributor: United Artists, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), VidAmerica, 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,883,848

8.1 - Kinopoisk
25370 votes

The 400 Blows (1959)

Summary: A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.

Release Date: November 16, 1959

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: François Truffaut

Writers: François Truffaut

, Marcel Moussy

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Les Films du Carrosse, Sédif Productions

Distributor: Zenith International Films, Fox Lorber, HBO Max, Home Vision Entertainment (HVE), The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 509

International: $ 193,681

8.1 - Kinopoisk
19488 votes

Ben-Hur (1959)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: November 18, 1959

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History

Director: William Wyler

Writers: Lew Wallace

, Karl Tunberg

, Gore Vidal

Runtime: 3 h 32 min

MPAA: G

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: CBS, United Artists, MGM/CBS Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Turner Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 74,432,704

International: $ 5,016

8.1 - Kinopoisk
4997 votes

The Nun's Story (1959)

Summary: After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.

Release Date: July 18, 1959

Genre: Drama

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Writers: Robert Anderson

, Kathryn Hulme

Runtime: 2 h 29 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Warner Bros.

Distributor: CBS, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,500,000

8 - Kinopoisk
10754 votes

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

Summary: A French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war.

Release Date: May 16, 1960

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Alain Resnais

Writer: Marguerite Duras

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Argos Films, Como Films, Daiei Studios, Pathé Entertainment, Pathé Overseas, Argos Films

Distributor: Zenith International Films, Embassy Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, Reel Media International, Rialto Pictures, The Criterion Channel

Countries: France, Japan

Language: French

Domestic: $ 96,439

International: $ 41,673

7.9 - Kinopoisk
27153 votes

North by Northwest (1959)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: December 18, 1959

Genres: Adventure, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writer: Ernest Lehman

Runtime: 2 h 16 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: CBS, RCA (II), MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Time-Life Video, Warner Home Video, HBO Max, Fathom Events, Home Box Office (HBO), The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,101,000

Domestic: $ 66,728

International: $ 78,039

7.6 - Kinopoisk
4161 votes

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Summary: 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?

Release Date: July 13, 1959

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Otto Preminger

Writers: Wendell Mayes

, John D. Voelker

Runtime: 2 h 41 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Otto Preminger Films

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

7.6 - Kinopoisk
3288 votes

Pickpocket (1959)

Summary: Michel passes the time by picking pockets, careful to never be caught despite being watched by the police. His friend Jacques may suspect, while both men may have their eyes on Jeanne, the pretty neighbor of Michel's ailing mother.

Release Date: December 16, 1959

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Robert Bresson

Writer: Robert Bresson

Runtime: 1 h 16 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Compagnie Cinématographique de France, World Wonder Ring Stardom

Distributor: The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: France

Language: French

7.6 - Kinopoisk
639 votes

Good Morning (1959)

Summary: Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family

Director: Yasujirô Ozu

Writers: Kôgo Noda

, Yasujirô Ozu

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Shochiku

Distributor: The Criterion Collection

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

7.6 - Kinopoisk
478 votes

Fires on the Plain (1959)

Summary: In the closing days of WWII, remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain death by starvation.

Release Date: November 03, 1959

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Kon Ichikawa

Writers: Shohei Ooka

, Natto Wada

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Daiei Studios, Kadokawa Herald Pictures

Distributor: Edward Harrison, The Criterion Collection, Janus Films

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

7.5 - Kinopoisk
1725 votes

Pillow Talk (1959)

Summary: An interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.

Release Date: October 07, 1959

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Michael Gordon

Writers: Stanley Shapiro

, Maurice Richlin

, Russell Rouse

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: Passed

Production: Arwin Productions

Distributor: MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

7.5 - Kinopoisk
860 votes

Look Back in Anger (1959)

Summary: A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.

Release Date: September 15, 1959

Genre: Drama

Director: Tony Richardson

Writers: John Osborne

, Nigel Kneale

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Woodfall Film Productions

Distributor: Embassy Home Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), Pioneer Entertainment, Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment, United American Video

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 250,000

7.3 - Kinopoisk
889 votes

Operation Petticoat (1959)

Summary: During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

Release Date: December 24, 1959

Genres: Comedy, Romance, War

Director: Blake Edwards

Writers: Stanley Shapiro

, Maurice Richlin

, Paul King

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Granart Company

Distributor: Universal Pictures, NTA Home Entertainment, Republic Pictures Home Video, Olive Films, Artisan Entertainment, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, National Telefilm Associates (NTA)

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 23,300,000

7.2 - Kinopoisk
950 votes

Imitation of Life (1959)

Summary: An aspiring white actress takes in an African American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.

Release Date: April 02, 1959

Genre: Drama

Director: Douglas Sirk

Writers: Eleanore Griffin

, Allan Scott

, Fannie Hurst

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal International Pictures (UI)

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

7.1 - Kinopoisk
1953 votes

On the Beach (1959)

Summary: After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.

Release Date: December 17, 1959

Genres: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Director: Stanley Kramer