Films Released in 1959
Reflecting on aesthetic currents, landmark technological shifts, and beloved masterpieces from this era of film history.
Indexed Films: 19 titlesRanked by Critical Consensus
Sleeping Beauty
••Fantasy
Dir: Clyde Geronimi2.39:1
Some Like It Hot
••Comedy
Dir: Billy Wilder2.39:1
Ben-Hur
••History
Dir: William Wyler2.39:1
North by Northwest
••Thriller
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock2.39:1
Les Quatre Cents Coups
••Drama
Dir: François Truffaut2.39:1
Rio Bravo
••Western
Dir: Howard Hawks2.39:1
Hiroshima mon amour
••Drama
Dir: Alain Resnais2.39:1
Anatomy of a Murder
••Crime
Dir: Otto Preminger2.39:1
Operation Petticoat
••Comedy
Dir: Blake Edwards2.39:1
Pickpocket
••Crime
Dir: Robert Bresson2.39:1
On the Beach
••Sci-Fi
Dir: Stanley Kramer2.39:1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
人間の條件 第１部純愛篇／第２部激怒篇
••War
Dir: Masaki Kobayashi2.39:1
Pillow Talk
••Comedy
Dir: Michael Gordon2.39:1
Imitation of Life
••Drama
Dir: Douglas Sirk2.39:1
Ballad of a Soldier
Баллада о солдате
••Drama
Dir: Grigoriy Chukhray2.39:1
Suddenly, Last Summer
••Thriller
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz2.39:1
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
人間の條件 第３部望郷篇／第４部戦雲篇
••War
Dir: Masaki Kobayashi2.39:1
Good Morning
お早よう
••Comedy
Dir: Yasujirō Ozu2.39:1
The Great War
La grande guerra
••Comedy
Dir: Mario Monicelli2.39:1