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TopTenREVIEWS top movie of the year 1959 is Ben-Hur.

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1Movie reviews for Ben-Hur (1959)Ben-Hur (1959)Movie critics combined give Ben-Hur a score of 3.7311 out of 4
3.7311
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PGAction, Adventure, Drama, Romance $3.42 When Ben-Hur and long time friend Messala have a falling-out over political views Ben-Hur is sent ...more about Ben-Hur  starring Charlton Heston and Jack Hawkins
2Movie reviews for Some Like It Hot (1959)Some Like It Hot (1959)Movie critics combined give Some Like It Hot a score of 3.6570 out of 4
3.6570
72
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NAThriller, Crime, Romance, Comedy, Music $4.55 Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) just happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time ...more about Some Like It Hot  starring Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis
3Movie reviews for North by Northwest (1959)North by Northwest (1959)Movie critics combined give North by Northwest a score of 3.5541 out of 4
3.5541
115
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NAAdventure, Thriller, Mystery $10.53 Middle-aged Madison Avenue advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill is mistaken for a government ...more about North by Northwest  starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint
4Movie reviews for Nun's Story, The (1959)Nun's Story, The (1959)Movie critics combined give Nun's Story a score of 3.1865 out of 4
3.1865
17
reviews
NA  $12.71 Gabrielle Van Der Mal gave up everything to become a nun. But her faith and her vows are forever ...more about Nun's Story  starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter Finch
5Movie reviews for Anatomy of a Murder (1959)Anatomy of a Murder (1959)Movie critics combined give Anatomy of a Murder a score of 3.1520 out of 4
3.1520
49
reviews
NADrama, Mystery $13.34 Since being voted out of office as local prosecutor, Paul Biegler spends more time fishing than ...more about Anatomy of a Murder  starring James Stewart and Lee Remick
6Movie reviews for Tiger Bay (1959)Tiger Bay (1959)Movie critics combined give Tiger Bay a score of 3.1008 out of 4
3.1008
11
reviews
NADrama, Thriller, CrimeN/A12 year old Gillie witnesses a Polish Sailor killing his girlfriend and manages to get hold of the ...more about Tiger Bay  starring John Mills and Horst Buchholz
7Movie reviews for Sleeping Beauty (1959)Sleeping Beauty (1959)Movie critics combined give Sleeping Beauty a score of 3.0964 out of 4
3.0964
25
reviews
GFamily, Animation, DisneyN/AWhen the evil witch Maleficent curses young Princess Aurora the child is hidden away in the woods ...more about Sleeping Beauty  starring Mary Costa and Eleanor Audley
8Movie reviews for Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1959)Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1959)Movie critics combined give Hound of the Baskervilles a score of 3.0859 out of 4
3.0859
13
reviews
PGHorror, Crime, Mystery $5.74 Returning to his familie’s manor house on the lonely moors after his father dies under mysterious ...more about Hound of the Baskervilles  starring Peter Cushing and André Morell
9Movie reviews for Pillow Talk (1959)Pillow Talk (1959)Movie critics combined give Pillow Talk a score of 3.0817 out of 4
3.0817
22
reviews
NARomance, Comedy, Music $8.96 Interior decorator Jan Morrow and composer Brad Allen share a phone line. Brad keeps the line ...more about Pillow Talk  starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day
10Movie reviews for Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)Movie critics combined give Plan 9 from Outer Space a score of 3.0670 out of 4
3.0670
59
reviews
NASci-Fi, Comedy $6.88 Aliens try to take over the world by raising the dead and marching on all its major cities. ...more about Plan 9 from Outer Space  starring Gregory Walcott and Mona McKinnon
11Movie reviews for Tingler, The (1959)Tingler, The (1959)Movie critics combined give Tingler a score of 3.0421 out of 4
3.0421
24
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi $3.92 After much hard work, a pathologist discovers and captures a creature that lives in every ...more about Tingler  starring Vincent Price and Judith Evelyn
12Movie reviews for Pork Chop Hill (1959)Pork Chop Hill (1959)Movie critics combined give Pork Chop Hill a score of 3.0304 out of 4
3.0304
10
reviews
NAAction, Drama, War $4.12 American GI's must retake a barren hill in Korea that has been overrun by Red Chinese troops. The ...more about Pork Chop Hill  starring Gregory Peck and Harry Guardino
13Movie reviews for Room at the Top (1959)Room at the Top (1959)Movie critics combined give Room at the Top a score of 3.0083 out of 4
3.0083
12
reviews
NADramaN/AThe English factory town is dreary but Joe Lampton has landed a job with a future. To have ...more about Room at the Top  starring Simone Signoret and Laurence Harvey
14Movie reviews for Bucket of Blood, A (1959)Bucket of Blood, A (1959)Movie critics combined give Bucket of Blood a score of 2.9928 out of 4
2.9928
20
reviews
NAHorror, Crime, Comedy $5.69 Walter Paisley, nerdish waiter at a Bohemian cafe, is jealous of the talent (and popularity) of its ...more about Bucket of Blood  starring Dick Miller and Barboura Morris
15Movie reviews for On the Beach (1959)On the Beach (1959)Movie critics combined give On the Beach a score of 2.9826 out of 4
2.9826
23
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NADrama, Sci-Fi $5.80 In 1964, nuclear war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds ...more about On the Beach  starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner
16Movie reviews for Imitation of Life (1959)Imitation of Life (1959)Movie critics combined give Imitation of Life a score of 2.9307 out of 4
2.9307
21
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NADrama, Romance $8.89 In 1947 at Coney Island, down-on-her-luck actress Lora Meredith and her young daughter Susie meet ...more about Imitation of Life  starring Lana Turner and John Gavin
17Movie reviews for Bat, The (1959)Bat, The (1959)Movie critics combined give Bat a score of 2.9002 out of 4
2.9002
14
reviews
NAThriller, Horror, Mystery $1.99 Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago ...more about Bat  starring Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead
18Movie reviews for Compulsion (1959)Compulsion (1959)Movie critics combined give Compulsion a score of 2.8962 out of 4
2.8962
19
reviews
Not RatedDrama, Thriller, Crime $6.88 Based very closely on the Loeb-Leopold murder case, the second half of the movie is primarily taken ...more about Compulsion  starring Orson Welles and Diane Varsi
19Movie reviews for Ride Lonesome (1959)Ride Lonesome (1959)Movie critics combined give Ride Lonesome a score of 2.8661 out of 4
2.8661
5
reviews
NAWesternN/AA wanted murderer, Billy John, is captured by Ben Brigade, a bounty hunter, who intends to take him ...more about Ride Lonesome  starring Randolph Scott and Karen Steele
20Movie reviews for Wonderful Country, The (1959)Wonderful Country, The (1959)Movie critics combined give Wonderful Country a score of 2.8661 out of 4
2.8661
4
reviews
NAWesternN/AHaving fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady ...more about Wonderful Country  starring Julie London and Albert Dekker
21Movie reviews for Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)Movie critics combined give Journey to the Center of the Earth a score of 2.8646 out of 4
2.8646
22
reviews
GAdventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi $7.50 Prof. Lindenbrook leads his intrepid party on an expedition to the centre of the earth, via a ...more about Journey to the Center of the Earth  starring Pat Boone and James Mason
22Movie reviews for Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)Movie critics combined give Last Train from Gun Hill a score of 2.8543 out of 4
2.8543
7
reviews
NADrama, Western $6.34 The wife of marshal Matt Morgan is raped and murdered. The killers leave behind a distinctive ...more about Last Train from Gun Hill  starring Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn
23Movie reviews for Killer Shrews, The (1959)Killer Shrews, The (1959)Movie critics combined give Killer Shrews a score of 2.8403 out of 4
2.8403
17
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi $2.99 A disparate group are trapped on a remote island by a hurricane. On the island, a doctor works to ...more about Killer Shrews  starring James Best and Ingrid Goude
24Movie reviews for Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)Movie critics combined give Attack of the Giant Leeches a score of 2.8225 out of 4
2.8225
33
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NAHorror, Sci-Fi $6.88 After local-moonshine swilling trapper Lem Sawyer (George Cisar) sees a giant creature, people ...more about Attack of the Giant Leeches  starring Ken Clark and Yvette Vickers
25Movie reviews for House on Haunted Hill (1959)House on Haunted Hill (1959)Movie critics combined give House on Haunted Hill a score of 2.8117 out of 4
2.8117
28
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NAThriller, Horror, Comedy $2.99 Five diverse people are invited to a 'haunted house' party. They are offered $10,000 each by an ...more about House on Haunted Hill  starring Vincent Price and Carolyn Craig
26Movie reviews for It Happened to Jane (1959)It Happened to Jane (1959)Movie critics combined give It Happened to Jane a score of 2.7887 out of 4
2.7887
8
reviews
NAComedy $3.95 Jane Osgood is trying to support her two young children by running a lobster business. After one of ...more about It Happened to Jane  starring Doris Day and Jack Lemmon
27Movie reviews for Cosmic Man, The (1959)Cosmic Man, The (1959)Movie critics combined give Cosmic Man a score of 2.7693 out of 4
2.7693
13
reviews
NASci-Fi $5.85 The latest UFO, a white globe levitating in a California canyon, is investigated by the Air Force, ...more about Cosmic Man  starring John Carradine and Bruce Bennett
28Movie reviews for Best of Everything, The (1959)Best of Everything, The (1959)Movie critics combined give Best of Everything a score of 2.7561 out of 4
2.7561
14
reviews
NADrama, Romance $9.27 This is another of those films where a couple of names (Joan Crawford and Louis Jourdan) that no ...more about Best of Everything  starring Hope Lange and Stephen Boyd
29Movie reviews for Night of the Ghouls (1959)Night of the Ghouls (1959)Movie critics combined give Night of the Ghouls a score of 2.7501 out of 4
2.7501
18
reviews
NAHorror $11.01 ...more about Night of the Ghouls  starring Kenne Duncan and Tor Johnson
30Movie reviews for Shaggy Dog, The (1959)Shaggy Dog, The (1959)Movie critics combined give Shaggy Dog a score of 2.7184 out of 4
2.7184
14
reviews
GFantasy, Comedy, Family, Disney $7.34 Through an ancient spell, a boy (played by Tommy Kirk) changes into a sheepdog and back again. It ...more about Shaggy Dog  starring Fred MacMurray and Jean Hagen
31Movie reviews for Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)Movie critics combined give Suddenly a score of 2.7177 out of 4
2.7177
4
reviews
NADrama, Horror $13.34 In New Orleans in 1937, a rich widow, Mrs. Venable, plans to fund a hospital building for a state ...more about Suddenly  starring Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn
32Movie reviews for Alligator People, The (1959)Alligator People, The (1959)Movie critics combined give Alligator People a score of 2.7126 out of 4
2.7126
20
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi $5.70 A newlywed couple sit in a train. The husband receives a frantic telegram. He gets off at a station ...more about Alligator People  starring Beverly Garland and George Macready
33Movie reviews for Mummy, The (1959)Mummy, The (1959)Movie critics combined give Mummy a score of 2.7069 out of 4
2.7069
17
reviews
NAHorror $1.96 Three British archeologists discover the grave of an important Egyptian female priest who has died ...more about Mummy  starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee
34Movie reviews for Rio Bravo (1959)Rio Bravo (1959)Movie critics combined give Rio Bravo a score of 2.6763 out of 4
2.6763
16
reviews
NADrama, Western, Romance $10.72 A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young ...more about Rio Bravo  starring John Wayne and Angie Dickinson
35Movie reviews for Horse Soldiers, The (1959)Horse Soldiers, The (1959)Movie critics combined give Horse Soldiers a score of 2.6652 out of 4
2.6652
4
reviews
NAAdventure, War, Western $4.86 A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail/supply centre. ...more about Horse Soldiers  starring John Wayne and William Holden
36Movie reviews for Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)Movie critics combined give Horrors of the Black Museum a score of 2.6472 out of 4
2.6472
11
reviews
NAHorror $8.65 The promotion announced that this film was released in "Hypnovision" which gives an idea of the ...more about Horrors of the Black Museum  starring Michael Gough and June Cunningham
37Movie reviews for Our Man in Havana (1959)Our Man in Havana (1959)Movie critics combined give Our Man in Havana a score of 2.6451 out of 4
2.6451
12
reviews
NADrama, Thriller, ComedyN/AJim Wormold sells vacuum cleaners in Havana. His daughter Milly, 17, spends a lot of money, so he ...more about Our Man in Havana  starring Alec Guinness and Burl Ives
38Movie reviews for Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)Movie critics combined give Carlton-Browne of the F.O. a score of 2.6438 out of 4
2.6438
14
reviews
NAComedy $39.84 Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. ...more about Carlton-Browne of the F.O.  starring Terry-Thomas and Ian Bannen
39Movie reviews for Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)Movie critics combined give Teenagers from Outer Space a score of 2.6027 out of 4
2.6027
12
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi, Teen $2.99 Horror movie about Maritans invading earth to grow their "Gargon Herd" (actually a lobster). The ...more about Teenagers from Outer Space  starring Harvey B. Dunn
40Movie reviews for Third Man on the Mountain (1959)Third Man on the Mountain (1959)Movie critics combined give Third Man on the Mountain a score of 2.5944 out of 4
2.5944
4
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GAdventure, Family, Disney $10.00 Based on a true story of a teen boy who made a vow to climb the Matterhorn in memory of his father ...more about Third Man on the Mountain  starring Michael Rennie and James MacArthur
41Movie reviews for Invisible Invaders (1959)Invisible Invaders (1959)Movie critics combined give Invisible Invaders a score of 2.5928 out of 4
2.5928
12
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi $12.29 Aliens, contacting scientist Adam Penner, inform him that they have been on the moon for twenty ...more about Invisible Invaders  starring John Agar and Jean Byron
42Movie reviews for Beast from Haunted Cave (1959)Beast from Haunted Cave (1959)Movie critics combined give Beast from Haunted Cave a score of 2.5560 out of 4
2.5560
17
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi, Crime $5.00 A group of gold thieves (Frank Wolff, Richard Sinatra, Wally Campo and Sheila Carol) pull of a ...more about Beast from Haunted Cave  starring Michael Forest and Sheila Noonan
43Movie reviews for Five Pennies, The (1959)Five Pennies, The (1959)Movie critics combined give Five Pennies a score of 2.5445 out of 4
2.5445
7
reviews
NADrama, Biography, Music $5.97 Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of ...more about Five Pennies  starring Danny Kaye and Barbara Bel Geddes
44Movie reviews for Teenage Zombies (1959)Teenage Zombies (1959)Movie critics combined give Teenage Zombies a score of 2.5343 out of 4
2.5343
6
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi $5.16 Teenagers Reg, Skip, Julie and Pam go out for an afternoon of water skiing on a nice day. They come ...more about Teenage Zombies  starring Don Sullivan and Katherine Victor
45Movie reviews for Cover Girl Killer (1959)Cover Girl Killer (1959)Movie critics combined give Cover Girl Killer a score of 2.5312 out of 4
2.5312
7
reviews
NAThriller, CrimeN/AA bikini-clad pin-up is found dead by the Serpentine in the same place, pose and get-up as when she ...more about Cover Girl Killer  starring Harry H. Corbett and Felicity Young
46Movie reviews for Operation Petticoat (1959)Operation Petticoat (1959)Movie critics combined give Operation Petticoat a score of 2.5273 out of 4
2.5273
13
reviews
NAWar, Comedy $9.99 A submarine newly commissioned is damaged in the opening days of WW II. A captain, looking for a ...more about Operation Petticoat  starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis
47Movie reviews for North West Frontier (1959)North West Frontier (1959)Movie critics combined give North West Frontier a score of 2.5035 out of 4
2.5035
5
reviews
NAAdventureN/AIn northwestern India soon after the turn of the 20th Century, Moslem rebels seek to kill a ...more about North West Frontier  starring Lauren Bacall and Herbert Lom
48Movie reviews for 4D Man (1959)4D Man (1959)Movie critics combined give 4D Man a score of 2.4993 out of 4
2.4993
9
reviews
NAAction, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Romance $7.99 Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to ...more about 4D Man  starring Lee Meriwether and James Congdon
49Movie reviews for I'm All Right Jack (1959)I'm All Right Jack (1959)Movie critics combined give I'm All Right Jack a score of 2.4893 out of 4
2.4893
10
reviews
NA  $8.11 Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much ...more about I'm All Right Jack  starring Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas
50Movie reviews for Shadows (1959)Shadows (1959)Movie critics combined give Shadows a score of 2.4871 out of 4
2.4871
10
reviews
NADrama $84.75 Benny's a hipster, moving in and out of Manhattan's beat scene, aimless, maybe close to trouble. ...more about Shadows  starring Ben Carruthers and Lelia Goldoni
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