Captured

John Krish Director

Wilfrid Brambell as Captive

Alan Dobie as Harry Daniels

Bernard Fox as Morrison

Brian Murray as Ross

Directed by cult British director John Krish, the film was sponsored by the Army Kinematograph Corporation. This tightly plotted drama shows British POWs enduring brainwashing and torture during the Korean War, thereby revealing what a soldier could expect if he was ever captured by enemy forces.

The Destiny of a Man

1959

Russian

♡ 3

Drama

fascist concentration camp

War

Sergey Bondarchuk Director

Sergey Bondarchuk as Andrey Sokolov

Mikko Niskanen as German Officer

Viktors Lorencs as One-eyed German Officer

Lev Borisov as Platoon Commander

The story of a man whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory...

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

♡ 3

Edward L. Cahn Director

Valerie French as Alison Drake

Henry Daniell as Dr. Emil Zurich

Howard Wendell as Dr. George Bradford

Arthur Tovey as Minister at Funeral

Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his grandfather by a tribe of South American Jivaro Indians is still in effect and that he himself is the probable next victim.

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

1959

English

♡ 5

60%

Dr. Bonner plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier human victims. Bonner looks about 40; he's really 104 years old. But people are starting to get suspicious, and he may not make 200.

Plan 9 from Outer Space in Color

1959

English

♡ 7

Sci-Fi

Edward D. Wood Jr. Director Vampira

Vampira as

Tor Johnson as

First Man Into Space

1959

English

5.4

♡ 11

23%

Robert Day Director

Marshall Thompson as Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott

Roger Delgado as Mexican Consul - Ramon de Guerrera

Michael Bell as State Trooper

Richard Shaw as Witney

The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...

Anari

1959

Hindi

7.6

♡ 7

Hrishikesh Mukherjee Director

Paul Mahendra as

Vishwa Mehra as

Shubha Khote as Asha Motilal

Motilal as Seth. Ramnath Sohanlal

Raj Kumar is an honest, handsome and intelligent young man. Working as a painter, he is unable to earn a living. One day Raj finds a wallet containing money and returns it to the man it belongs to. Impressed by his honesty, the man employs him to work in his office as a clerk.

Compulsion

1959

English

7.4

♡ 12

100%

85%

Action

based on a true story

based on novel or book

Richard Fleischer Director

Peter Brocco as Albert, Steiner's Chauffeur

Dean Stockwell as Judd Steiner

John Roy as Juror

Edward Binns as Tom Daly

Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.

I'm All Right Jack

1959

English

7.1

♡ 11

John Boulting Director

Dennis Price as Bertram Tracepurcel

Aileen Lewis as Reporter at Kite Residence

Sam Kydd as Shop Steward

John Le Mesurier as Waters

Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

The Sound and the Fury

1959

English

6.2

♡ 8

60%

Martin Ritt Director

Margaret Leighton as Caddy Compson

Stuart Whitman as Charlie Busch

Joanne Woodward as Quentin Compson / Narrator

William Challee as Roustabout

Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith, fortunes and respect.

Beloved Infidel

1959

English

6.1

♡ 7

52%

Henry King Director

Ron Nyman as Attendee at Preview

Kenneth Gibson as Attendee at Preview

Gregory Peck as F. Scott Fitzgerald

George Ford as Party Guest

In the late 1930s, Sheilah Graham’s Hollywood column quickly becomes popular for its biting tone. At a party, she meets author F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the two begin a torrid affair. Scott laments that his writing has fallen out of fashion, and when he is fired from his screenwriting position, he begins drinking heavily. Soon his intrusive, volatile behavior threatens their relationship and Sheilah's career.

The Chaplin Revue

1959

English

7.7

♡ 31

Charles Chaplin Director

Charles Chaplin as Narrator / Various

Bert Appling as Unemployed Man

Edna Purviance as Various

Mack Swain as Various

Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".

Blue Denim

1959

English

6.6

♡ 4

61%

Philip Dunne Director

Warren Berlinger as Ernie

Sandra Gould as Girl with Orchid

Malcolm Atterbury as Marriage License Clerk

Vaughn Taylor as Professor Willard

Two naive high-school students must deal with the unexpected consequences after a night of passion.

Yellowstone Kelly

1959

English

6.6

♡ 8

41%

Gordon Douglas Director

Warren Oates as Corporal

Clyde Howdy as Indian

Ray Danton as Sayapi - Gall's Nephew

David Armstrong as Trooper

A fur-trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief, is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory during the late 1870s. Reluctantly he takes on a tenderfoot assistant named Anse and together they give shelter to a runaway Arapaho woman. Tensions develop when Anse falls in love with this woman and when the Sioux chief arrives with his warriors to re-claim her.

Never So Few

1959

English

5.8

♡ 8

40%

John Sturges Director

Steve McQueen as Bill Ringa

Robert Bray as Col. Fred Parkson

Irene Tedrow as Head Nurse

Charles Bronson as Sgt. John Danforth

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

Vice Raid

1959

English

5.5

♡ 9

Edward L. Cahn Director

Nestor Paiva as Frank Burke

Arthur Tovey as Internal Affairs Hearing Attendee

Lester Dorr as Malone's Receptionist

Brad Dexter as Vince Malone

A prostitute sets out to frame a cop.

No Name on the Bullet

1959

English

7.2

♡ 6

76%

Jack Arnold Director

R.G. Armstrong as Asa Canfield

Marjorie Bennett as Store Customer

Herman Hack as Townsman

Harold Goodwin as Wilson - Bank Clerk

When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.