Most Viewed Year 1959

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Cary Grant

The sheriff of a small town in southwest Texas must keep custody of a murderer whose brother, a powerful rancher, is trying to help him escape. After...

Genre: Western

Cast: John Wayne

In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of...

Genre: History

Cast: Charlton Heston

A beautiful princess born in a faraway kingdom is destined by a terrible curse to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Mary Costa

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tony Curtis

In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Gregory Peck

A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town, the residents hire...

Genre: Western

Cast: Richard Widmark

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Emmanuelle Riva

A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Cary Grant

An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Pat Boone

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Millie Perkins

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Keiji Sada

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...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Elizabeth Taylor

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her....

Genre: Crime

Cast: James Stewart

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Audrey Hepburn

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes...

Genre: Western

Cast: John Wayne

One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Peter Cushing

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Peter Cushing

A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife.

Genre: Western

Cast: Kirk Douglas

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

Genre: Western

Cast: Lorne Greene

The annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio to determine the country's...

Genre: Reality

Cast: Carina Berg

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a...

Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Cast: Rod Serling

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Robert Stack

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: John Newland

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as...

Genre: Action & Adventure

Cast: George Tobias

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Johnny Briggs

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The series and several episode scripts were adapted from a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Dwayne Hickman

Genre: Reality

Cast: Wim Thoelke

The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from September 21, 1959 to April 3, 1961 with rebroadcasts...

Genre: Drama

Cast: June Allyson

This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family, Henry, Alice, and their only child Dennis, an energetic,...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jay North

A variety show, with the main feature being the serialized adventures of the two title characters, the anthropomorphic moose Bullwinkle and flying...

Genre: Animation

Cast: William Conrad

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jonathan Harris

Law of the Plainsman is a Western television series starring Michael Ansara that aired on the NBC television network from October 1, 1959, until May...

Genre: Western

Cast: Michael Ansara

"Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Andrew Duggan

Genre: Talk

Cast: Denise Glaser

Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Robert Conrad

Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was...

Genre: Comedy

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Men Into Space is an American science-fiction television series broadcast from September 30, 1959 to September 7, 1960 by CBS which depicted future...

Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Cast: William Lundigan

“The Bell Telephone Hour” was a musical variety show that aired on “NBC” TV from 12 January 1959 to 14 June 1968 that...

Genre:

Cast: Donald Voorhees