Most Viewed Year 1959

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Cary Grant

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

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

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the...

Genre: Western

Cast: John Wayne

An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: James Mason

A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Albert Sharpe

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

In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lana Turner

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

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...

Genre: War

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

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

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Peter Cushing

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

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Keiji Sada

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

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

Genre: War

Cast: Frank Sinatra

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

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

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

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with...

Genre: Western

Cast: Clint Eastwood

The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons, and on NBC during its third and final season. The...

Genre: Action & Adventure

Cast: Robert Taylor

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

Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue Studios production, the program originally starred John...

Genre: Western

Cast: Robert Fuller

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

The Rebel is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. The Rebel was one...

Genre: Western

Cast: Nick Adams

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

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 Deputy is an American western series that aired on NBC from September 1959, to July 1961. The series stars Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry...

Genre: Western

Cast: Henry Fonda

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

Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Robert Conrad

Lock-Up is an American legal drama series that premiered in syndication in September 1959 and concluded in June 1961. The half-hour episodes had...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Macdonald Carey

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

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Robert Stack

The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Charles Korvin

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

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

Genre: Talk

Cast: Denise Glaser

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