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Theme: Films of 1959

The 30-Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)

28 June 201714 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Giant Woman Comedy

Director: Sidney Miller
Actors: Lou Costello, Dorothy Provine, Gale Gordon, Jimmy Conlin, …
Category: Science Fiction

The 4D Man (1959)

8 April 200017 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Incorporeal Man

Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr
Actors: Robert Lansing, Lee Merriwether, Robert Strauss, Edgar Stehli
Category: Science Fiction

The Alligator People (1959)

9 February 200124 February 2024

Rating: ★★

Alligator-Human Hybrids

Director: Roy Del Ruth
Actors: Beverly Garland, Richard Crane, Lon Chaney Jr, Frieda Inescort, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Angry Red Planet (1959)

9 June 200122 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Mission to Mars

Director: Ib Melchior
Actors: Nora Hayden, Gerald Mohr, Les Tremayne, Jack Kruschen
Category: Science Fiction

The Atomic Submarine (1959)

2 August 200114 December 2021

Rating: ★★★

Submarine Encounters Flying Saucer

Director: Spencer G. Bennet
Actors: Arthur Franz, Tom Conway, Dick Foran, Brett Halsey, …
Category: Science Fiction

Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)

17 November 201024 March 2023

Rating: ★★

Giant Killer Leeches Amok

Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Actors: Yvette Vickers, Bruno VeSota, Gene Roth, Tyler McVey
Category: Science Fiction

The Bat (1959)

21 January 201030 October 2019

Rating: ★

Old Dark House Thriller

Director: Crane Wilbur
Actors: Agnes Moorehead, Vincent Price, Lenitra Lane, Gavin Gordon, …
Category: Horror

Black Orpheus (1959)

11 July 199913 May 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Modernised Greek Myth

Director: Marcel Camus
Category: Fantasy

A Bucket of Blood (1959)

13 December 201014 October 2022

Rating: ★★★

Murderous Beatnik Artist/Black Comedy

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Ed Nelson, Judy Bamber, …
Category: Horror

City of the Dead (1959)

25 August 200217 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Town of Occultists/Reincarnated Witch

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Actors: Christopher Lee, Patricia Jessel, Betta St John, Valentine Dyall
Category: Horror

The Cosmic Man (1959)

25 October 20234 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Alien Visitor

Director: Herbert Greene
Actors: John Carradine, Bruce Bennett, Paul Langton, Angela Greene, …
Category: Science Fiction

Curse of the Undead (1959)

30 January 20153 December 2020

Rating: ★★½

Vampire Western

Director: Edward Dein
Actors: Michael Pate, Eric Fleming, Kathleen Crowley, Bruce Gordon, …
Category: Horror

Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959)

6 January 20027 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Disney Leprechaun Film

Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Kieron Moore, …
Category: Fantasy

Eyes Without a Face (1959)

5 May 200011 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Mad Killer Surgeon

Director: Georges Franju
Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob, Alida Valli
Category: Horror

First Man Into Space (1959)

20 December 200015 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Mutated Astronaut

Director: Robert Day
Actors: Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Carl Jaffe, Robert Ayres
Category: Science Fiction

First Spaceship on Venus (1959)

19 June 200515 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Soviet Space Mission

Director: Kurt Maetzig
Actors: Yoko Tani
Category: Science Fiction

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)

29 January 201112 June 2024

Rating: ★★

Shrunken Head Curse

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Actors: Eduard Franz, Henry Daniell, Frank Gerstle, Lumsden Hare, …
Category: Horror

Ghost Story of Yotsuya (1959)

17 April 201316 May 2024

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Nobuo Nakagawa
Actors: Shigeru Amachi, Katsuko Wakasugi, Noriko Kitazawa, Junko Ikeuchi
Category: Horror

The Giant Gila Monster (1959)

15 August 20109 May 2021

Rating: ★

Giant Monster Movie

Director: Ray Kellogg
Actors: Don Sullivan, Fred Graham
Category: Science Fiction

Have Rocket — Will Travel (1959)

4 January 20234 January 2023

Rating: ★★

Idiots Launched Into Space Comedy

Director: David Lowell Rich
Actors: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe DeRita, Jerome Cowan
Category: Science Fiction

Hercules Unchained (1959)

5 July 20021 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Greek Mythological Hero

Director: Pietro Francisci
Actors: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sergio Fantoni, Mimmo Palmara
Category: Fantasy

The Hideous Sun Demon (1959)

23 May 201320 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Mutated Scientist

Director: Robert Clarke
Actors: Robert Clarke
Category: Science Fiction

Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)

18 July 200027 December 2022

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Crime Writer

Director: Arthur Crabtree
Actors: Michael Gough, Shirley Ann Field, Geoffrey Keen
Category: Horror

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

25 August 200913 August 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Hammer Sherlock Holmes Film/Ghostly Dog Mystery

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Christopher Lee, Francis de Wolff, …
Category: Horror

House on Haunted Hill (1959)

18 November 200017 June 2021

Rating: ★★★

Haunted House

Director: William Castle
Actors: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Elisha Cook Jr, Richard Long, …
Category: Horror

Invisible Invaders (1959)

15 February 200117 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Alien Invaders Possess the Dead

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Actors: John Agar, John Carradine, Phillip Tonge, Philip Tonge, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jack the Ripper (1959)

6 February 20131 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Jack the Ripper Killings

Director: Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman
Actors: Lee Patterson, Eddie Byrne, Ewen Solon, John Le Mesurier, …
Category: Horror

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

12 April 200320 September 2021

Rating: ★★½

Underground Adventures/Jules Verne Adaptation

Director: Henry Levin
Actors: James Mason, Pat Boone, Arlene Dahl, Thayer David, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Manster (1959)

11 September 200313 June 2023

Rating: ★★★

Two-Headed Man Amok

Director: George Breakston, Kenneth G. Crane
Actors: Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton, Jerry Ito
Category: Horror

The Miracle (1959)

7 April 201312 September 2024

Rating: 0­

Statue of the Virgin Mary Comes to Life/Catholic Historical Romance

Director: Irving Rapper
Actors: Carroll Baker, Roger Moore, Walter Slezak, Vittorio Gassman, …
Category: Fantasy

The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959)

13 May 201330 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Prehistoric Monster

Director: Irvin Berwick
Actors: Les Tremayne, Forrest Lewis, Don Sullivan
Category: Horror

The Mouse That Roared (1959)

2 February 199927 May 2023

Rating: ★★

The World’s Smallest Country Invades the USA

Director: Jack Arnold
Actors: Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, David Kossoff, William Hartnell, …
Category: Fantasy

The Mummy (1959)

1 March 202220 July 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Revived Mummy/Hammer Film

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, George Pastell, …
Category: Horror

On the Beach (1959)

27 July 200110 August 2021

Rating: ★★★

The Nuclear Holocaust

Director: Stanley Kramer
Actors: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins
Category: Science Fiction

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

14 September 200228 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Alien Invasion/Classic Bad Movie

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Vampira, Tor Johnson, Dudley Manlove, …
Category: Science Fiction

Prince of Space (1959)

24 June 200713 February 2025

Rating: 0­

Japanese Space Opera

Director: E. Wakabayashi
Category: Science Fiction

Return of the Fly (1959)

2 February 20052 December 2024

Rating: ★★

The Fly Sequel

Director: Edward L. Bernds
Actors: Vincent Price, David Frankham, Brett Halsey, Danielle De Metz, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Shaggy Dog (1959)

7 March 200513 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Teenager Transforms Into a Dog/Disney Comedy

Director: Charles Barton
Actors: Tommy Kirk, Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Cecil Kellaway, …
Category: Fantasy

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

5 November 199911 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Disney Animation/Fairy-Tale

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Actors: Verna Felton, Eleanor Audley
Category: Fantasy

Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure (1959)

25 February 200630 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Jungle Hero

Director: John Guillermin
Actors: Gordon Scott, Anthony Quayle, Sean Connery, Sara Shane, …
Category: Fantasy

Terror in the Midnight Sun (1959)

19 December 20194 February 2025

Rating: ½

Alien Monster

Director: Virgil Vogel
Category: Science Fiction

Terror is a Man (1959)

8 June 200011 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Scientist Creates Beast People

Director: Gerardo de Leon
Actors: Richard Derr, Francis Lederer, Greta Thyssen
Category: Horror

The Testament of Dr Cordelier (1959)

16 June 201510 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Adaptation

Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Jean-Louis Barrault
Category: Horror

The Tingler (1959)

10 May 200926 June 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Capturing the Spirit of Fear

Director: William Castle
Actors: Vincent Price
Category: Horror

The Virgin Spring (1959)

21 October 20073 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Revenge Film

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Max Von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Birgitta Pettersson, Gunnel Lindblom, …
Category: Horror

The Wasp Woman (1959)

2 September 20036 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Rejuvenation Formula/Wasp Woman

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Susan Cabot, Barboura Morris, William Roerick, Frank Gerstle
Category: Science Fiction, Horror

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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