Movie World lists 337 titles released in 1959: 320 movies and 17 TV series. The most common genres that year are Drama (150), Comedy (71) and Crime (48). Every title below links to a page with its cast, TMDB rating, official trailer and where to watch it.
1959 in numbers
1959 accounts for 0% of the Movie World catalogue, and 184 of its titles were added in the last 30 days. The table breaks the year down by genre, counting movies and TV series separately; a title with several genres is counted once in each of them.
Popular titles from 1959
These 8 titles from 1959 rank highest in TMDB's popular, trending and top-rated lists, which Movie World re-reads every 12 hours. They are ordered by that ranking, not by score. Each one links to its own page with the trailer, full cast, TMDB rating and where to watch it.
- North by Northwest 1959 · TMDB score 8.0/10 from 4,709 votes Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
- Bonanza 1959 · TMDB score 7.5/10 from 504 votes The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1959 · TMDB score 8.2/10 from 306 votes After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service.
- The Twilight Zone 1959 · TMDB score 8.5/10 from 1,095 votes An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
- Some Like It Hot 1959 · TMDB score 8.1/10 from 4,044 votes In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
- The Great War 1959 · TMDB score 8.1/10 from 380 votes Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army.
- The 400 Blows 1959 · TMDB score 8.0/10 from 2,418 votes For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another.
- Ben-Hur 1959 · TMDB score 7.9/10 from 3,323 votes In ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat opposing Roman occupation of his homeland reunites with his childhood friend, now a Roman commander — setting in motion a saga of betrayal, adventure, tragedy, revenge, and faith.
8 of these 8 titles (100%) have a TMDB score of 7.0 or higher, based on 16,779 votes in total.
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