Most Viewed Year 1959

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

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

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

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

Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the...

Genre: History

Cast: Yul Brynner

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

Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Doris Day

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

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

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

A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Folker Bohnet

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

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Martin LaSalle

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

On the way to pick up the bounty on a wanted murderer, a bounty hunter stops at a staging post where he is forced to continue his journey with two...

Genre: Western

Cast: Randolph Scott

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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

Genre: Reality

Cast: Carina Berg

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

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

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Robert Stack

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

Look at Life was a regular British series of short documentary films of which 507 were produced between 1959 and 1969 by the Special Features...

Genre: Documentary

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Genre: Drama

Cast: Jonathan Harris

“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

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

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

Genre: Animation

Cast: Georges Poujouly

Black Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44 episodes on ABC from January 10, 1959 to May 6, 1960. The...

Genre: Western

Cast: Peter Breck

The Lawless Years is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from April 16 1959, to September 22, 1961. The series is the first of its kind...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Robert Karnes

Johnny Ringo is an American Western television series starring Don Durant that aired on CBS from October 1, 1959, until June 30, 1960. It is loosely...

Genre: Western

Cast: Don Durant