List of American films of 1959 explained

The American films of 1959 are listed in a table of the films which were made in the United States and released in 1959. The film Ben-Hur won the Academy Award for Best Picture, among winning a record-setting eleven Oscars.

A–B

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-30-			Drama	Warner Bros.
4D Man			Science fiction	Universal
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock			Comedy	Columbia released after Costello's death
Alaska Passage			Drama	20th Century Fox
Al Capone			Biography	Allied Artists
Alias Jesse James			Comedy	United Artists
The Alligator People			Horror	20th Century Fox
Anatomy of a Murder		James Stewart, Lee Remick, George C. Scott	Crime	Columbia Pictures based on a book by Robert Traver; 7 Oscar nominations
The Angry Hills			War	MGM
The Angry Red Planet			Science fiction	AIP
Arson for Hire	Thor L. Brooks		Crime	Allied Artists
The Atomic Submarine			Science fiction	Allied Artists
Ask Any Girl			Comedy	MGM
Attack of the Giant Leeches			Science fiction	AIP
The Bat			Mystery thriller	Allied Artists. Hood's final screen appearance
Battle Flame			War	Allied Artists
Battle of the Coral Sea			War	Columbia
Beast from Haunted Cave			Science fiction	Allied Artists
The Beat Generation			Crime	MGM
Behemoth, the Sea Monster			Science fiction	Allied Artists
Beloved Infidel			Biography	20th Century Fox life of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ben-Hur			Epic	MGM won a record 11 Academy Awards; remake of 1925 silent film
The Best of Everything			Drama	20th Century Fox 2 Oscar nominations
The Big Circus			Drama	Allied Artists
The Big Fisherman			Drama	Buena Vista
The Big Operator			Crime	MGM
The Black Orchid			Drama	Paramount
Blood and Steel			War	20th Century Fox
The Blue Angel			Drama	20th Century Fox remake of 1930 film
Blue Denim			Drama	20th Century Fox
Born to Be Loved			Comedy	Universal
A Bucket of Blood			Horror	AIP
But Not for Me		Clark Gable, Carroll Baker, Lilli Palmer	Comedy	Paramount

C–D

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Career			Drama	Paramount written by Dalton Trumbo; 3 Oscar nominations
Cast a Long Shadow			Western	United Artists
City of Fear				Columbia
Compulsion			Crime drama	20th Century Fox. Based on Leopold and Loeb
The Cosmic Man	Herbert S. Greene		Science fiction	Allied Artists
Count Your Blessings			Comedy drama	MGM
Counterplot			Crime	United Artists
Crime and Punishment U.S.A.			Crime	Allied Artists
The Crimson Kimono				Columbia
Cry Tough			Crime	United Artists
Cuban Rebel Girls		Errol Flynn, Beverly Aadland, John McKay	Drama	Independent
Curse of the Undead	Edward Dein		Horror western	Universal
Darby O'Gill and the Little People			Adventure	Walt Disney
Date with Death			Crime	Independent
Day of the Outlaw			Western	United Artists
Desert Desperadoes			Drama	RKO
The Devil's Disciple			Drama	United Artists based on George Bernard Shaw play
The Diary of Anne Frank			Biography	20th Century Fox won 3 Academy Awards
A Dog of Flanders			Drama	20th Century Fox
A Dog's Best Friend			Drama	United Artists
Don't Give Up the Ship			Comedy	Paramount

E–H

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Edge of Eternity			Crime Drama	Columbia
Escort West			Western	United Artists
The FBI Story			Drama	Warner Bros.
Face of a Fugitive			Western	Columbia
Face of Fire			Drama	Allied Artists
First Man into Space			Science fiction	MGM
Five Gates to Hell			War Drama	20th Century Fox
The Five Pennies			Musical	Paramount. Story of musician Red Nichols; 4 Oscar nominations
The Flying Fontaines			Drama	Columbia
For the First Time			Musical	MGM. Co-production with West Germany.
Forbidden Island			Adventure	Columbia
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake			Science fiction	United Artists
The Fugitive Kind			Drama	United Artists
Gangster Story			Crime drama	Independent
The Gazebo			Comedy	MGM based on the play
The Gene Krupa Story			Biography	Columbia. Story of drummer Gene Krupa
The Giant Gila Monster		Fred Graham, Shug Fisher, Don Sullivan	Science fiction	Independent
Gidget			Comedy	Columbia. 4 film sequels; 2 TV series
Girls Town			Drama	MGM. Anka sings Lonely Boy
Good Day for a Hanging			Western	Columbia
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery			Crime	United Artists
Green Mansions			Drama	MGM. Based on W. H. Hudson novel
The Gunfight at Dodge City			Western	United Artists
Gunmen from Laredo			Western	Columbia
Guns, Girls and Gangsters			Crime	United Artists
The Hanging Tree			Western	Warner Bros. Scott's first film
The Hangman			Western	Paramount
Happy Anniversary			Comedy	United Artists
Have Rocket, Will Travel			Comedy	Columbia
Here Come the Jets			Drama	20th Century Fox
Hey Boy! Hey Girl!			Musical	Columbia
A Hole in the Head			Comedy drama	United Artists Oscar for song "High Hopes"
Holiday for Lovers			Comedy	20th Century Fox
The Horse Soldiers			War	United Artists
Hound-Dog Man			Musical	20th Century Fox
House on Haunted Hill			Horror	Allied Artists. Remade in 1999

I–N

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Imitation of Life		Lana Turner, Sandra Dee, Juanita Moore	Drama	Universal. 2 Oscar nominations; Sirk's final film
Inside the Mafia			Crime	United Artists
Invisible Invaders			Science fiction	United Artists
Island of Lost Women			Science fiction	Warner Bros.
It Happened to Jane		Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs	Comedy	Columbia
It Started with a Kiss			Romantic comedy	MGM
The Jayhawkers!			Western	Paramount
Jet Over the Atlantic			Drama	Inter-Continent Films
John Paul Jones			Biography	Warner Bros.
The Journey			Drama	MGM
Journey to the Center of the Earth			Science fiction	20th Century Fox from novel by Jules Verne
Juke Box Rhythm			Musical	Columbia
The Killer Shrews			Science fiction	Independent
King of the Wild Stallions			Western	Allied Artists
The Last Angry Man			Drama	Columbia. 2 Oscar nominations
The Last Blitzkrieg			War	Columbia
The Last Mile			Crime drama	United Artists
Last Train from Gun Hill			Western	Paramount
The Legend of Tom Dooley			Western	Columbia
Li'l Abner		Peter Palmer, Leslie Parrish, Stella Stevens,	Musical comedy	Paramount. Based on Al Capp comic strip and stage musical
The Little Savage			Adventure	20th Century Fox
Lone Texan			Western	20th Century Fox
The Man in the Net				United Artists
The Man Who Understood Women			Drama	20th Century Fox
The Mating Game			Comedy	MGM
Middle of the Night			Drama	Columbia
The Miracle			Historical	Warner Bros.
The Miracle of the Hills			Western	20th Century Fox
Never So Few	John Sturges	Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen, Gina Lollobrigida	War	MGM
Never Steal Anything Small			Drama	Universal
Night of the Ghouls			Horror	Independent
Night of the Quarter Moon			Drama	MGM
No Name on the Bullet			Western	Universal
North by Northwest			Thriller	MGM 3 Oscar nominations
The Nun's Story			Drama	Warner Bros. 8 Oscar nominations

O–S

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Odds Against Tomorrow				United Artists
On the Beach			Science fiction	United Artists 2 Oscar nominations; BAFTA award for Kramer
Operation Dames		Eve Meyer, Byron Morrow, Cindy Girard	War	AIP
Operation Petticoat			Comedy	Universal
The Oregon Trail			Western	20th Century Fox became TV series
Paratroop Command			War	AIP
Pier 5, Havana			Crime	United Artists
Pillow Talk			Comedy	Universal Oscar for screenplay, 5 nominations
Plan 9 from Outer Space			Science fiction	Referenced in Ed Wood
Plunderers of Painted Flats			Western	Republic
Porgy and Bess		Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr.	Musical	Columbia. Music by George Gershwin
Pork Chop Hill		Gregory Peck, Woody Strode, Harry Guardino	War	United Artists
Prisoner of the Volga			Adventure	Paramount
A Private's Affair			Musical	20th Century Fox
The Rabbit Trap			Drama	United Artists
The Rebel Set			Drama	Allied Artists
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker			Comedy	20th Century Fox
Return of the Fly			Science fiction	20th Century Fox sequel to The Fly
Ride Lonesome			Western	Columbia
Rio Bravo			Western	Warner Bros.
Riot in Juvenile Prison			Drama	United Artists
The Rookie			Comedy	20th Century Fox
The Sad Horse			Drama	20th Century Fox
Say One for Me			Musical	20th Century Fox
Shadows			Drama	Independent
The Shaggy Dog			Comedy	Disney
Shake Hands with the Devil			Drama	United Artists filmed in Ireland
Sleeping Beauty			Animation	Disney
Solomon and Sheba			Epic	United Artists
Some Like It Hot			Comedy	United Artists won 3 Golden Globes; nominated for 6 Oscars; remake of 1939 film
The Sound and the Fury			Drama	20th Century Fox from book by William Faulkner
Speed Crazy		Brett Halsey, Yvonne Lime, Baynes Barron	Crime	Allied Artists
A Stranger in My Arms			Drama	Universal
The Story on Page One	Clifford Odets	Rita Hayworth, Anthony Franciosa, Gig Young	Drama	20th Century Fox
Suddenly, Last Summer			Drama	Columbia written by Tennessee Williams; Golden Globe for Taylor
A Summer Place			Drama	Warner Bros. based on the novel
Surrender - Hell!			War	Allied Artists

T–Z

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Take a Giant Step			Drama
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure			Adventure	Paramount
Tarzan, the Ape Man			Adventure	MGM
Teenage Zombies			Horror	Independent
Teenagers from Outer Space			Science fiction	Warner Bros.
Ten Seconds to Hell			War	United Artists. Co-production with UK.
Terror Is a Man			Horror	Independent. Co-production with Philippines.
That Kind of Woman			Drama	Paramount
These Thousand Hills			Western	20th Century Fox
They Came to Cordura			Western	Columbia
Third Man on the Mountain			Family	Disney
This Earth Is Mine			Drama	Universal
This Happy Feeling			Comedy	Universal
Thunder in the Sun			Western	Paramount
Timbuktu			Adventure	United Artists
The Tingler			Science fiction	Columbia
Tokyo After Dark	Norman T. Herman		Drama	Paramount
The Trap			Crime	Paramount Pictures
Up Periscope			War	Warner Bros.
Verboten!			Drama	Columbia
Warlock			Western	20th Century Fox
Watusi			Adventure	MGM
The Wasp Woman			Horror	Allied Artists
Westbound			Western	Warner Bros.
The Wild and the Innocent			Western	Universal
Woman Obsessed			Drama	20th Century Fox
The Wonderful Country		Robert Mitchum, Julie London, Pedro Armendáriz,	Western	United Artists
The World, the Flesh and the Devil			Science fiction	MGM
The Wreck of the Mary Deare			Thriller	MGM. Co-production with the UK.
Yellowstone Kelly			Western	Warner Bros.
The Young Captives			Drama	Paramount
The Young Land			Western	Columbia
The Young Philadelphians			Drama	Warner Bros.

Other films

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The Immoral Mr. Teas
Jazz on a Summer's Day			Documentary	Newport Jazz Festival concert film
The Jazz Singer			Drama	TV film
Window Water Baby Moving

See also

• 1959 in the United States

External links

• • 1959 films at the Internet Movie Database