Search results for "1959"
First Man into Space

First Man into Space

First Man into Space
IMDb: 5.5
77

The first pilot to leave Earth’s atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside…

I’m All Right Jack

I’m All Right Jack

I’m All Right Jack
IMDb: 7.2
105

Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the…

Genre: Comedy
The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury
IMDb: 6.2
110

Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith, fortunes and respect.

Genre: Drama
The Stranglers of Bombay

The Stranglers of Bombay

The Stranglers of Bombay
IMDb: 6.2
80

In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of thousands of Indians while pirating the shipments…

Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure

Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure

Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure
IMDb: 6.5
88

The greatest adventure of jungle king Tarzan. Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement,…

Genre: Adventure
Never So Few

Never So Few

Never So Few
IMDb: 5.9
125

A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.

Genre: War
The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows
IMDb: 8.1
99

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene,…

Genre: Drama
Gidget

Gidget

Gidget
IMDb: 6.7
95

Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggy. She’s fascinated of his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Although they make…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds
IMDb: 8
115

A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Komajuro Arashi, the aging master of the troupe, goes to visit his old flame Oyoshi…

Genre: Drama
Pickpocket

Pickpocket

Pickpocket
IMDb: 7.7
75

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 friend, Jacques, and his…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Poet of the Castle

The Poet of the Castle

The Poet of the Castle
IMDb: 7.1
11

A 10-minute portrait of modernist poet and de Andrade’s godfather, Manuel Bandeira, is clear in its affection for it subject, though like many New-Waveish films of the time, depicts the…

Genre: Documentary
Room at the Top

Room at the Top

Room at the Top
IMDb: 7.5
115

An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner’s daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree
IMDb: 7.1
107

Character study of a Doctor who saves a local criminal from a mob who are trying to hang him, but then tries to control the life of the young man,…

Genre: Western
Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot
IMDb: 8.2
122

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 an…

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
IMDb: 8.5
206

During the Second World War, Japanese conscientious objector Kaji works as a supervisor in a Manchurian prison camp. He hopes to avoid duty as a soldier, but he also hopes…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
IMDb: 8.5
178

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Invisible Invaders

Invisible Invaders

Invisible Invaders
IMDb: 5
67

Aliens, contacting scientist Adam Penner, inform him that they have been on the moon for twenty thousand years, undetected due to their invisibility, and have now decided to annihilate humanity…

Guns Girls and Gangsters

Guns Girls and Gangsters

Guns Girls and Gangsters
IMDb: 6.2
70

Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. He enlists the help of shady club owner Joe…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo
IMDb: 8
141

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 a friend is…

Genre: Western
Yellowstone Kelly

Yellowstone Kelly

Yellowstone Kelly
IMDb: 6.6
91

A fur-trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief, is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory during the late 1870s. Reluctantly he takes on…

The Wasp Woman

The Wasp Woman

The Wasp Woman
IMDb: 4.8
61

The head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula’s side effects have deadly consequences.

Ride Lonesome

Ride Lonesome

Ride Lonesome
IMDb: 7.2
73

A wanted murderer, Billy John, is captured by Ben Brigade, a bounty hunter, who intends to take him to Santa Cruz to be hanged. Brigade stops at a staging post,…

Genre: Action, Western
Operation Petticoat

Operation Petticoat

Operation Petticoat
IMDb: 7.3
124

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

Compulsion

Compulsion

Compulsion
IMDb: 7.4
103

Two close friends kidnap and murder a young boy and are defended in court by a renowned attorney who makes an impassioned plea against capital punishment.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk
IMDb: 7.4
102

A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but then he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow
IMDb: 7.4
96

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The World, the Flesh and the Devil

The World, the Flesh and the Devil

The World, the Flesh and the Devil
IMDb: 6.9
95

Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of…

Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba
IMDb: 6.2
139

Under the rule of King David, Israel is united and prosperous although surrounded by enemies including Egypt and its allies. The aging King David favors his younger son, Solomon, as…

Genre: History, Romance
Picnic on the Grass

Picnic on the Grass

Picnic on the Grass
IMDb: 6.8
91

Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment and therapy to eliminate passion. To celebrate his engagement to a…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
A Bucket of Blood

A Bucket of Blood

A Bucket of Blood
IMDb: 6.7
66

Nerdy Walter Paisley (Dick Miller), a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn’t fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful co-worker, Carla (Barboura…

Genre: Comedy, Horror
Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder
IMDb: 8
161

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. Over the course of an…

It Started with a Kiss

It Started with a Kiss

It Started with a Kiss
IMDb: 6
104

While on leave in New York, a serviceman both weds a chorus girl and wins a red convertible in a charity raffle. Both his wife and the car turn out…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Giant Behemoth

The Giant Behemoth

The Giant Behemoth
IMDb: 5.7
80

Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean’s ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London.

On the Beach

On the Beach

On the Beach
IMDb: 7.2
134

In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss…

Battle of the Coral Sea

Battle of the Coral Sea

Battle of the Coral Sea
IMDb: 5.6
86

A US submarine and its crew are captured by the Japanese on the eve of a major WWII battle.

Genre: War
The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank
IMDb: 7.4
180

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, History
No Name on the Bullet

No Name on the Bullet

No Name on the Bullet
IMDb: 7.3
77

When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town’s folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal…

The Angry Red Planet

The Angry Red Planet

The Angry Red Planet
IMDb: 5.3
83

The first manned flight to Mars returns after having been out of communications since it had arrived on Mars. What would it reveal?

Good Morning

Good Morning

Good Morning
IMDb: 7.9
94

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Fires on the Plain

Fires on the Plain

Fires on the Plain
IMDb: 8
108

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

Genre: Drama, War