Finding box office information for movies made before 1980 is not an easy task. For somebody looking for box office information on 1959 it is very very frustrating. Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 30,000 movies. So we figured we would show all the 1959 movies in our database.
To make this list a movie had to be made in 1959. This page will looks at 123 1959 Top Grossing Movies. The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. So why 1959? There are a couple of reasons….(1) Headed to Alabama for the rest of the holiday and (2) this year gives Steve Lensman’s favorite movie….Ben-Hur….lots of respect.
Our UMR Top 50 of 1959
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Movie (Year)
Rating
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Year Movie (Year) Rating S
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Ben-Hur (1959)
AA Best Picture Win
1959
Some Like It Hot (1959)
1959
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
AA Best Picture Nom
1959
The Nun's Story (1959)
AA Best Picture Nom
1959
North by Northwest (1959)
1959
Pillow Talk (1959)
1959
Rio Bravo (1959)
1959
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
1959
Imitation of Life (1959)
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
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Operation Petticoat (1959)
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Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
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The Horse Soldiers (1959)
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Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
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A Summer Place (1959)
1959
On the Beach (1959)
1959
Porgy and Bess (1959)
1959
The Five Pennies (1959)
1959
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
AA Best Picture Nom
1959
The FBI Story (1959)
1959
A Hole in the Head (1959)
1959
The Shaggy Dog (1959)
1959
Li'l Abner (1959)
1959
The Best of Everything (1959)
1959
This Earth Is Mine (1959)
1959
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
1959
Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
1959
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
1959
Blue Denim (1959)
1959
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
1959
Room at the Top (1959)
AA Best Picture Nom
1959
Compulsion (1959)
1959
The Mating Game (1959)
1959
The Hanging Tree (1959)
1959
Our Man in Havana (1959)
1959
Al Capone (1959)
1959
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
1959
The Big Circus (1959)
1959
The Big Fisherman (1959)
1959
Say One For Me (1959)
1959
Ask Any Girl (1959)
1959
Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
1959
The Gazebo (1959)
1959
Never So Few (1959)
1959
It Started with a Kiss (1959)
1959
Career (1959)
1959
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
1959
They Came To Cordura (1959)
1959
The Last Angry Man (1959)
1959
Look Back in Anger (1959)
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| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1959 | The Nun's Story (1959) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1959 | North by Northwest (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Pillow Talk (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Rio Bravo (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Sleeping Beauty (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Imitation of Life (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Operation Petticoat (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) | |
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| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) | |
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| 1959 | A Summer Place (1959) | |
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| 1959 | On the Beach (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Porgy and Bess (1959) | |
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| 1959 | The Five Pennies (1959) | |
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| 1959 | The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1959 | The FBI Story (1959) | |
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| 1959 | A Hole in the Head (1959) | |
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| 1959 | The Shaggy Dog (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Li'l Abner (1959) | |
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| 1959 | The Best of Everything (1959) | |
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| 1959 | This Earth Is Mine (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Solomon and Sheba (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Don't Give Up the Ship (1959) | |
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| 1959 | The Young Philadelphians (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Blue Denim (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Room at the Top (1959) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1959 | Compulsion (1959) | |
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| 1959 | The Mating Game (1959) | |
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| 1959 | The Hanging Tree (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Our Man in Havana (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Al Capone (1959) | |
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| 1959 | The Mouse That Roared (1959) | |
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| 1959 | The Big Circus (1959) | |
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| 1959 | The Big Fisherman (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Say One For Me (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Ask Any Girl (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Third Man on the Mountain (1959) | |
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| 1959 | The Gazebo (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Never So Few (1959) | |
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| 1959 | It Started with a Kiss (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Career (1959) | |
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| 1959 | House on Haunted Hill (1959) | |
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| 1959 | They Came To Cordura (1959) | |
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| 1959 | The Last Angry Man (1959) | |
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| 1959 | Look Back in Anger (1959) | |
1959 Top Grossing Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort 1959 Top Grossing Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
- Sort 1959 Top Grossing Movies by stars of the movie
- Sort 1959 Top Grossing Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort 1959 Top Grossing Movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each 1959 Top Grossing Movies received and how many Oscar® wins each 1959 Top Grossing Movies received.
- Sort 1959 Top Grossing Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR). Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | UMR Score | ||||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Ben-Hur (1959) AA Best Picture Win |
Charlton Heston & Stephen Boyd |
58.8 | 1,225.3 | 3,159.80 | 1 | 91 | 12 / 11 | 100.0 | |
| 2 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | Jack Lemmon & Marilyn Monroe |
23.2 | 483.8 | 483.80 | 5 | 93 | 06 / 01 | 99.5 | |
| 3 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) AA Best Picture Nom |
James Stewart & George C. Scott |
15.7 | 327.4 | 327.40 | 13 | 86 | 07 / 00 | 99.3 | |
| 4 | The Nun's Story (1959) AA Best Picture Nom |
Audrey Hepburn | 16.0 | 334.0 | 683.60 | 12 | 84 | 08 / 00 | 99.3 | |
| 5 | North by Northwest (1959) | Cary Grant & James Mason |
19.2 | 399.0 | 643.00 | 7 | 93 | 03 / 00 | 99.2 | |
| 6 | Pillow Talk (1959) | Doris Day & Rock Hudson |
22.2 | 463.1 | 463.10 | 6 | 83 | 05 / 01 | 98.6 | |
| 7 | Rio Bravo (1959) | John Wayne & Dean Martin |
16.4 | 342.3 | 599.90 | 11 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 98.2 | |
| 8 | Sleeping Beauty (1959) | Disney Animation | 43.7 | 910.0 | 910.00 | 2 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 97.8 | |
| 9 | Imitation of Life (1959) | Lana Turner & Sandra Dee |
18.3 | 382.0 | 382.00 | 8 | 80 | 02 / 00 | 97.4 | |
| 10 | Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) | James Mason & Arlene Dahl |
14.3 | 297.6 | 297.60 | 15 | 76 | 03 / 00 | 96.9 | |
| 11 | Operation Petticoat (1959) | Cary Grant & Tony Curtis |
26.6 | 554.8 | 554.80 | 3 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 96.7 | |
| 12 | Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) | Sean Connery | 17.2 | 358.9 | 358.90 | 10 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 96.6 | |
| 13 | The Horse Soldiers (1959) | John Wayne & William Holden |
10.9 | 226.2 | 226.20 | 21 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 96.1 | |
| 13 | Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) | Elizabeth Taylor & Montgomery Clift |
18.2 | 379.5 | 379.50 | 9 | 72 | 03 / 00 | 95.8 | |
| 14 | A Summer Place (1959) | Sandra Dee & Dorothy McGuire |
12.3 | 256.4 | 400.10 | 18 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 15 | On the Beach (1959) | Gregory Peck & Fred Astaire |
13.6 | 284.2 | 460.40 | 17 | 71 | 02 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 19 | Porgy and Bess (1959) | Sidney Poitier | 8.3 | 172.6 | 172.60 | 28 | 77 | 04 / 01 | 95.3 | |
| 20 | The Five Pennies (1959) | Danny Kaye | 7.9 | 163.7 | 163.70 | 30 | 80 | 04 / 00 | 95.0 | |
| 21 | The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) AA Best Picture Nom |
Shelley Winters & Directed by George Stevens |
6.6 | 136.9 | 189.00 | 38 | 74 | 08 / 03 | 94.7 | |
| 21 | The FBI Story (1959) | James Stewart | 10.0 | 208.3 | 208.30 | 22 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 93.7 | |
| 20 | A Hole in the Head (1959) | Frank Sinatra & Edward G. Robinson |
14.2 | 295.5 | 295.50 | 16 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 93.4 | |
| 22 | The Shaggy Dog (1959) | Fred MacMurray | 24.9 | 517.9 | 517.90 | 4 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 93.2 | |
| 26 | Li'l Abner (1959) | Leslie Parrish | 9.1 | 190.5 | 190.50 | 25 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 92.7 | |
| 25 | The Best of Everything (1959) | Joan Crawford & Stephen Boyd |
10.0 | 208.3 | 208.30 | 23 | 62 | 02 / 00 | 92.5 | |
| 27 | This Earth Is Mine (1959) | Rock Hudson & Claude Rains |
9.7 | 202.4 | 202.40 | 24 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
| 22 | Solomon and Sheba (1959) | Yul Brynner & Gina Lollobrigida |
14.9 | 309.5 | 309.50 | 14 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
| 26 | Don't Give Up the Ship (1959) | Jerry Lewis & Dina Merrill |
11.4 | 238.1 | 238.10 | 19 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 28 | The Young Philadelphians (1959) | Paul Newman & Brian Keith |
7.7 | 160.7 | 160.70 | 32 | 69 | 03 / 00 | 90.9 | |
| 31 | Blue Denim (1959) | Carol Lynley | 7.1 | 148.8 | 148.80 | 35 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 32 | Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) | Kirk Douglas & Anthony Quinn |
6.7 | 139.9 | 139.90 | 37 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 29 | Room at the Top (1959) AA Best Picture Nom |
Laurence Harvey & Simone Signoret |
2.7 | 56.5 | 56.50 | 87 | 83 | 06 / 02 | 88.1 | |
| 30 | Compulsion (1959) | Orson Welles & Dean Stockwell |
5.1 | 107.1 | 107.10 | 48 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 33 | The Mating Game (1959) | Debbie Reynolds & Tony Randall |
7.3 | 151.8 | 151.80 | 33 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 35 | The Hanging Tree (1959) | Gary Cooper & George C. Scott |
6.3 | 131.0 | 131.00 | 40 | 71 | 01 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 34 | Our Man in Havana (1959) | Maureen O'Hara | 5.2 | 108.6 | 108.60 | 47 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 87.1 | |
| 38 | Al Capone (1959) | Rod Steiger | 7.1 | 148.8 | 148.80 | 36 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 87.0 | |
| 37 | The Mouse That Roared (1959) | Peter Sellers | 5.7 | 119.0 | 119.00 | 43 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 39 | The Big Circus (1959) | Peter Lorre & Vincent Price |
7.7 | 160.7 | 160.70 | 31 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 86.6 | |
| 42 | The Big Fisherman (1959) | Howard Keel | 8.6 | 178.6 | 178.60 | 26 | 50 | 03 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 38 | Say One For Me (1959) | Bing Crosby & Debbie Reynolds |
11.1 | 232.1 | 232.10 | 20 | 45 | 01 / 00 | 85.8 | |
| 41 | Ask Any Girl (1959) | Shirley MacLaine & David Niven |
5.7 | 119.0 | 119.00 | 42 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 85.1 | |
| 40 | Third Man on the Mountain (1959) | James MacArthur | 4.6 | 95.2 | 95.20 | 56 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 43 | The Gazebo (1959) | Debbie Reynolds & Glenn Ford |
5.3 | 110.1 | 110.10 | 46 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 84.4 | |
| 45 | Never So Few (1959) | Steve McQueen & Frank Sinatra |
8.4 | 175.6 | 175.60 | 27 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 84.4 | |
| 48 | It Started with a Kiss (1959) | Debbie Reynolds & Glenn Ford |
7.9 | 163.7 | 163.70 | 29 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
| 46 | Career (1959) | Dean Martin & Shirley MacLaine |
6.0 | 125.0 | 125.00 | 41 | 60 | 03 / 00 | 83.0 | |
| 44 | House on Haunted Hill (1959) | Vincent Price & Carol Ohmart |
4.3 | 89.3 | 89.30 | 62 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 83.0 | |
| 47 | They Came To Cordura (1959) | Gary Cooper & Rita Hayworth |
6.4 | 133.9 | 133.90 | 39 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 82.8 | |
| 49 | The Last Angry Man (1959) | Paul Muni | 4.8 | 99.7 | 99.70 | 53 | 65 | 02 / 00 | 81.2 | |
| 50 | Look Back in Anger (1959) | Richard Burton & Claire Bloom |
3.2 | 66.1 | 66.10 | 76 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 80.3 | |
| 52 | The Journey (1959) | Deborah Kerr & Yul Brynner |
3.6 | 75.9 | 75.90 | 70 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 80.1 | |
| 53 | Gidget (1959) | Sandra Dee | 4.3 | 89.3 | 89.30 | 61 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | |
| 51 | Ride Lonesome (1959) | James Coburn & Randolph Scott |
2.7 | 56.5 | 56.50 | 89 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 79.7 | |
| 54 | Middle Of The Night (1959) | Fredric March | 4.1 | 86.3 | 86.30 | 64 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 78.7 | |
| 57 | Hercules Unchained (1959) | Steve Reeves | 7.1 | 148.8 | 148.80 | 34 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 77.9 | |
| 57 | Happy Anniversary (1959) | David Niven & Mitzi Gaynor |
5.1 | 107.1 | 107.10 | 49 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 77.8 | |
| 55 | No Name on the Bullet (1959) | Audie Murphy | 2.7 | 56.5 | 56.50 | 88 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 77.5 | |
| 60 | It Happened To Jane (1959) | Doris Day & Jack Lemmon |
4.9 | 101.2 | 101.20 | 52 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 77.2 | |
| 61 | Pork Chop Hill (1959) | Gregory Peck & Martin Landau |
5.6 | 116.1 | 116.10 | 44 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 77.1 | |
| 59 | Warlock (1959) | Richard Widmark & Henry Fonda |
4.3 | 89.3 | 89.30 | 60 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 77.0 | |
| 61 | Day of the Outlaw (1959) | Robert Ryan | 2.4 | 49.1 | 49.10 | 97 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 75.7 | |
| 63 | Babette Goes to War/Babette s'en va-t-en guerre (1959) | Brigitte Bardot | 4.7 | 97.0 | 97.00 | 55 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 75.5 | |
| 62 | Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) | Shelley Winters & Robert Ryan |
1.8 | 37.2 | 37.20 | 121 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 75.2 | |
| 64 | Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) | Steve Reeves | 4.6 | 95.2 | 95.20 | 57 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 73.7 | |
| 66 | Yellowstone Kelly (1959) | Warren Oates & Clint Walker |
4.3 | 89.3 | 89.30 | 63 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 73.3 | |
| 65 | The Tingler (1959) | Vincent Price & Darryl Hickman |
2.9 | 59.5 | 59.50 | 84 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 72.9 | |
| 69 | The Sound And The Fury (1959) | Yul Brynner | 4.9 | 101.2 | 101.20 | 51 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 72.6 | |
| 66 | The Trap (1959) | Richard Widmark | 3.1 | 65.5 | 65.50 | 79 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 72.4 | |
| 73 | The Devil's Disciple (1959) | Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas |
3.9 | 80.4 | 80.40 | 68 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 72.0 | |
| 76 | Thunder in the Sun (1959) | Susan Hayward & Jeff Chandler |
4.7 | 98.2 | 98.20 | 54 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 71.7 | |
| 72 | The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) | Charlton Heston & Gary Cooper |
3.3 | 69.3 | 167.60 | 73 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 71.5 | |
| 68 | I'm All Right Jack (1959) | Peter Sellers | 1.0 | 21.0 | 21.00 | 145 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 71.4 | |
| 70 | The Gene Krupa Story (1959) | Sal Mineo | 2.2 | 44.9 | 44.90 | 102 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 71.4 | |
| 71 | The Mummy (1959) | Peter Cushing | 2.2 | 42.1 | 42.10 | 103 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 70.8 | |
| 77 | The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959) | Clifton Webb | 3.7 | 77.4 | 77.40 | 69 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 70.6 | |
| 77 | Alias Jesse James (1959) | Bob Hope | 5.0 | 104.2 | 104.20 | 50 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 70.5 | |
| 76 | The 400 Blows (1959) | Directed by Francois Truffaut | 0.1 | 2.2 | 129.50 | 178 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 69.5 | |
| 78 | Ten Seconds To Hell (1959) | Jeff Chandler | 2.3 | 48.5 | 48.50 | 98 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 69.4 | |
| 79 | The Story On Page One (1959) | Rita Hayworth & Gig Young |
2.9 | 59.4 | 59.40 | 85 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 69.4 | |
| 78 | Shake Hands with The Devil (1959) | James Cagney | 2.8 | 58.0 | 58.00 | 86 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 69.3 | |
| 82 | Up Periscope (1959) | James Garner & Warren Oates |
3.9 | 81.1 | 158.50 | 66 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 69.3 | |
| 80 | Westbound (1959) | Randolph Scott & Virginia Mayo |
2.2 | 45.0 | 84.50 | 101 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 68.0 | |
| 85 | The Jayhawkers! (1959) | Jeff Chandler | 2.9 | 59.5 | 59.50 | 82 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 66.9 | |
| 84 | The Wonderful Country (1959) | Robert Mitchum | 2.9 | 59.5 | 59.50 | 83 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 66.9 | |
| 83 | Where The Hot Wind Blows (1959) | Gina Lollobrigida | 2.1 | 44.6 | 64.00 | 105 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 66.7 | |
| 87 | Hannibal (1959) | Victor Mature | 4.4 | 92.3 | 92.30 | 58 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 66.2 | |
| 86 | The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959) | Harry Belafonte | 1.7 | 34.8 | 64.60 | 124 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 65.3 | |
| 88 | The Bat (1959) | Vincent Price & Agnes Moorehead |
2.5 | 52.4 | 52.40 | 92 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 64.9 | |
| 91 | A Private's Affair (1959) | Sal Mineo | 4.3 | 89.3 | 89.30 | 59 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 64.6 | |
| 91 | That Kind of Woman (1959) | Sophia Loren & George Sanders |
2.9 | 59.5 | 59.50 | 81 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 64.5 | |
| 95 | But Not For Me (1959) | Clark Gable & Carroll Baker |
5.4 | 113.1 | 157.70 | 45 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 64.0 | |
| 90 | Tiger Bay (1959) | John Mills | 0.9 | 18.2 | 18.20 | 149 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 63.5 | |
| 93 | Le chemin des écoliers (1959) | Alain Delon | 2.5 | 52.4 | 68.10 | 91 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 63.0 | |
| 96 | Come Dance with Me!/Voulez-vous danser avec moi (1959) | Brigitte Bardot | 3.2 | 66.6 | 66.60 | 75 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 62.4 | |
| 93 | North West Frontier (1959) | Lauren Bacall & Kenneth More |
1.1 | 23.8 | 23.80 | 138 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 62.2 | |
| 92 | Black Orpheus (1959) | Breno Mello | 0.8 | 15.6 | 15.60 | 155 | 70 | 01 / 01 | 62.0 | |
| 95 | A Stranger in My Arms (1959) | Sandra Dee & June Allyson |
1.9 | 40.2 | 40.20 | 114 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 61.2 | |
| 98 | The Bridge (1959) | Buck Henry | 0.1 | 2.9 | 2.90 | 175 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 60.9 | |
| 100 | Never Steal Anything Small (1959) | James Cagney | 2.6 | 55.1 | 55.10 | 90 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 60.6 | |
| 100 | Have Rocket -- Will Travel (1959) | Three Stooges | 3.1 | 65.5 | 65.50 | 78 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 60.3 | |
| 99 | Tiger of Bengal (1959) | Debra Paget | 0.9 | 16.9 | 16.90 | 151 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 59.9 | |
| 108 | Sign of the Gladiator (1959) | Anita Ekberg | 3.4 | 71.4 | 71.40 | 71 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | |
| 101 | The Indian Tomb (1959) | Debra Paget | 0.9 | 16.9 | 16.90 | 152 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 59.2 | |
| 104 | Edge of Eternity (1959) | Cornel Wilde | 1.9 | 38.8 | 38.80 | 117 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 59.0 | |
| 105 | These Thousand Hills (1959) | Lee Remick & Richard Egan |
1.9 | 38.8 | 38.80 | 116 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 59.0 | |
| 102 | The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) | Peter Cushing | 0.4 | 8.4 | 8.40 | 165 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 58.9 | |
| 105 | Face of a Fugitive (1959) | ames Coburn & Fred MacMurray |
2.1 | 44.6 | 44.60 | 104 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 58.6 | |
| 108 | The Blue Angel (1959) | Curd Jürgens | 4.0 | 83.3 | 83.30 | 65 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 58.3 | |
| 111 | Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) | Sean Connery & Gordon Scott |
2.5 | 52.1 | 52.10 | 93 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 56.8 | |
| 106 | Carry On Nurse (1959) | Kenneth Williams | 1.5 | 31.2 | 31.20 | 129 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 56.7 | |
| 110 | Web of Evidence (1959) | Van Johnson | 1.5 | 30.6 | 30.60 | 131 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 56.4 | |
| 113 | Woman Obsessed (1959) | Susan Hayward | 3.2 | 67.0 | 67.00 | 74 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 56.3 | |
| 113 | Three Murderesses/Faibles femmes (1959) | Alain Delon | 2.4 | 49.2 | 114.80 | 96 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 56.1 | |
| 115 | The Giant of Marathon (1959) | Steve Reeves | 3.9 | 80.4 | 80.40 | 67 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 55.8 | |
| 112 | The Siege of Pinchgut (1959) | Aldo Ray | 0.7 | 15.3 | 15.30 | 157 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 54.8 | |
| 114 | Journey To The Lost City (1959) | Debra Paget | 0.7 | 14.0 | 14.00 | 158 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 54.2 | |
| 118 | For The First Time (1959) | Mario Lanza | 2.0 | 42.3 | 100.30 | 108 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 54.1 | |
| 116 | Libel (1959) | Olivia de Havilland & Robert Shaw |
0.7 | 14.6 | 69.60 | 159 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 53.4 | |
| 119 | The Wild and the Innocent (1959) | Audie Murphy & Sandra Dee |
2.0 | 41.7 | 41.70 | 110 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 53.0 | |
| 118 | SOS Pacific (1959) | Richard Attenborough | 0.4 | 8.4 | 8.40 | 164 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 52.9 | |
| 120 | Face of Fire (1959) | James Whitmore | 0.1 | 2.9 | 2.90 | 171 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 52.1 | |
| 121 | Holiday For Lovers (1959) | Paul Henreid & Clifton Webb |
3.1 | 65.5 | 65.50 | 77 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 51.1 | |
| 124 | Watusi (1959) | George Montgomery | 2.0 | 41.4 | 92.00 | 112 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 49.7 | |
| 122 | Good Day For a Hanging (1959) | Fred MacMurray | 1.5 | 31.0 | 31.00 | 130 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 49.2 | |
| 123 | Night of the Quarter Moon (1959) | Agnes Moorehead | 1.3 | 27.7 | 56.00 | 133 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 49.2 | |
| 126 | The Angry Hills (1959) | Robert Mitchum | 1.5 | 30.4 | 76.50 | 132 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 48.9 | |
| 130 | Beloved Infidel (1959) | Gregory Peck & Deborah Kerr |
2.2 | 45.8 | 45.80 | 100 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 48.2 | |
| 126 | Riff Raff Girls (1959) | Eddie Constantine | 0.4 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 168 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 47.9 | |
| 126 | I Mobster (1959) | Roger Corman | 0.6 | 11.8 | 11.80 | 162 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 47.7 | |
| 128 | Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) | Michael Gough | 1.0 | 21.7 | 21.70 | 143 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 47.6 | |
| 130 | Sapphire (1959) Limited Release |
Nigel Patrick | 0.1 | 2.9 | 22.40 | 169 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 47.3 | |
| 129 | ...and the Wild Wild Women (1959) | Anna Magnani | 0.1 | 1.8 | 1.80 | 179 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 46.8 | |
| 134 | The Hangman (1959) | Robert Taylor | 2.9 | 59.5 | 78.90 | 80 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 46.6 | |
| 131 | The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959) | Steve McQueen | 2.1 | 43.5 | 43.50 | 107 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 46.4 | |
| 133 | John Paul Jones (1959) | Bette Davis & Peter Cushing |
2.4 | 50.4 | 106.50 | 95 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 45.6 | |
| 136 | The Female/La femme et le pantin (1959) | Brigitte Bardot | 2.5 | 51.1 | 51.10 | 94 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 45.1 | |
| 138 | Green Mansions (1959) | Audrey Hepburn & Anthony Perkins |
3.4 | 69.9 | 69.90 | 72 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 44.0 | |
| 139 | Cast a Long Shadow (1959) | Audie Murphy | 1.9 | 38.7 | 38.70 | 120 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 42.5 | |
| 135 | Broth of a Boy (1959) | Barry Fitzgerald | 0.7 | 15.5 | 15.50 | 156 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 42.5 | |
| 138 | The Restless and the Damned (1959) | Edmond O'Brien | 0.8 | 15.8 | 15.80 | 154 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 42.0 | |
| 142 | Season of Passion (1959) | Anne Baxter & Ernest Borgnine |
1.8 | 37.2 | 37.20 | 122 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 41.5 | |
| 140 | The Beat Generation (1959) | Mamie Van Doren | 1.1 | 23.8 | 44.60 | 139 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 40.8 | |
| 144 | The Big Operator (1959) | Mickey Rooney | 0.9 | 19.6 | 40.50 | 147 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 40.3 | |
| 142 | Expresso Bongo (1959) | Laurence Harvey | 0.1 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 174 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 40.0 | |
| 144 | Operation Amsterdam (1959) | Peter Finch | 0.4 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 163 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 39.1 | |
| 146 | Escort West (1959) | Victor Mature | 2.0 | 41.7 | 41.70 | 109 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 37.8 | |
| 146 | Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) | Peter Sellers | 0.4 | 8.0 | 8.00 | 167 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 36.9 | |
| 148 | 4D Man (1959) | Patty Duke | 0.1 | 2.9 | 2.90 | 176 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 36.4 | |
| 149 | The Angry Red Planet (1959) | Gerald Mohr | 2.0 | 41.7 | 41.70 | 111 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 35.6 | |
| 151 | À double tour (1959) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | 0.1 | 1.3 | 40.20 | 180 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 32.7 | |
| 150 | Home Is The Hero (1959) | Arthur Kennedy | 0.1 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 170 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 32.4 | |
| 150 | Battle of the Coral Sea (1959) | Cliff Robertson | 0.9 | 19.4 | 19.40 | 148 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 31.3 | |
| 154 | Return of the Fly (1959) | Vincent Price & Brett Halsey |
1.9 | 38.7 | 38.70 | 119 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 31.2 | |
| 152 | The Scapegoat (1959) | Bette Davis & Alec Guinness |
1.6 | 33.9 | 71.10 | 125 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 31.0 | |
| 153 | Hound-Dog Man (1959) | Carol Lynley | 1.5 | 31.3 | 31.30 | 128 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 30.3 | |
| 156 | The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959) | Joel McCrea | 2.1 | 44.6 | 44.60 | 106 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 30.0 | |
| 157 | The Bandit of Zhobe (1959) | Victor Mature | 2.0 | 40.8 | 40.80 | 113 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 29.5 | |
| 160 | Count Your Blessings (1959) | Deborah Kerr | 2.3 | 48.2 | 101.80 | 99 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 29.0 | |
| 155 | Portrait of a Sinner (1959) | William Bendix | 0.1 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 173 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 28.5 | |
| 158 | The Young Land (1959) | Dennis Hopper | 1.0 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 144 | 52 | 01 / 00 | 28.1 | |
| 161 | First Man Into Space (1959) | Marshall Thompson | 0.9 | 18.5 | 18.50 | 150 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 27.7 | |
| 162 | Timbutku (1959) | Yvonne De Carlo | 1.5 | 32.2 | 32.20 | 126 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 27.5 | |
| 162 | A Dog's Best Friend (1959) | Harry Dean Stanton | 1.2 | 25.7 | 25.70 | 134 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 27.5 | |
| 164 | The House of the Seven Hawks (1959) | Robert Taylor | 1.2 | 24.7 | 63.40 | 137 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 26.7 | |
| 165 | The Man in The Net (1959) | Alan Ladd & Carolyn Jones |
1.8 | 36.6 | 36.60 | 123 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 25.5 | |
| 164 | Gangster Story (1959) | Walter Matthau | 1.1 | 23.5 | 23.50 | 140 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 24.7 | |
| 163 | The Miracle (1959) | Roger Moore | 0.4 | 8.3 | 8.30 | 166 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 24.6 | |
| 166 | The Last Blitzkrieg (1959) | Van Johnson | 1.2 | 24.7 | 24.70 | 136 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 24.1 | |
| 167 | Subway In The Sky (1959) | Van Johnson | 0.6 | 12.8 | 12.80 | 160 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 19.4 | |
| 169 | Jet Over The Atlantic (1959) | Virginia Mayo | 0.9 | 17.9 | 17.90 | 153 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 19.1 | |
| 168 | Hot Money Girl (1959) | Eddie Constantine | 0.1 | 2.9 | 2.90 | 172 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 18.9 | |
| 172 | The Immoral Mr. Teas (1959) | Directed by Russ Meyer | 1.5 | 31.4 | 31.40 | 127 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 18.0 | |
| 170 | Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959) | Robert Taylor | 0.6 | 12.6 | 12.60 | 161 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 18.0 | |
| 171 | Bobbikins (1959) | Shirley Jones & Max Bygraves |
1.2 | 25.3 | 25.30 | 135 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 17.9 | |
| 173 | An Angel on Wheels (1959) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | 0.0 | 0.7 | 32.20 | 181 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 13.4 | |
| 174 | The Killer Shrews (1959) | James Best | 1.0 | 20.8 | 20.80 | 146 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 11.0 | |
| 177 | The Man Who Understood Women (1959) | Henry Fonda & Leslie Caron |
1.9 | 38.7 | 38.70 | 118 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 9.9 | |
| 175 | Frontier Rangers (1959) | Buddy Ebsen | 0.0 | 0.7 | 39.40 | 182 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 9.8 | |
| 178 | Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959) | Denny Miller | 1.9 | 39.3 | 39.30 | 115 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 9.0 | |
| 179 | The Oregon Trail (1959) | Fred MacMurray | 1.1 | 22.9 | 22.90 | 141 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 9.0 | |
| 179 | Girls Town (1959) | Mamie Van Doren | 1.1 | 22.3 | 52.10 | 142 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 5.5 | |
| 180 | Cuban Rebel Girls (1959) | Errol Flynn | 0.1 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 177 | 30 | 00 / 00 | 0.8 |
1959 Box Office Grosses – Adjusted World Wide
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
| Ben-Hur (1959) AA Best Picture Win |
Charlton Heston & Stephen Boyd |
3,159.80 | |
| The Nun's Story (1959) AA Best Picture Nom |
Audrey Hepburn | 683.60 | |
| North by Northwest (1959) | Cary Grant & James Mason |
643.00 | |
| Rio Bravo (1959) | John Wayne & Dean Martin |
599.90 | |
| On the Beach (1959) | Gregory Peck & Fred Astaire |
460.40 | |
| A Summer Place (1959) | Sandra Dee & Dorothy McGuire |
400.10 | |
| The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) AA Best Picture Nom |
Shelley Winters & Directed by George Stevens |
189.00 | |
| The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) | Charlton Heston & Gary Cooper |
167.60 | |
| Up Periscope (1959) | James Garner & Warren Oates |
158.50 | |
| But Not For Me (1959) | Clark Gable & Carroll Baker |
157.70 | |
| The 400 Blows (1959) | Directed by Francois Truffaut | 129.50 | |
| Three Murderesses/Faibles femmes (1959) | Alain Delon | 114.80 | |
| John Paul Jones (1959) | Bette Davis & Peter Cushing |
106.50 | |
| Count Your Blessings (1959) | Deborah Kerr | 101.80 | |
| For The First Time (1959) | Mario Lanza | 100.30 | |
| Watusi (1959) | George Montgomery | 92.00 | |
| Westbound (1959) | Randolph Scott & Virginia Mayo |
84.50 | |
| The Hangman (1959) | Robert Taylor | 78.90 | |
| The Angry Hills (1959) | Robert Mitchum | 76.50 | |
| The Scapegoat (1959) | Bette Davis & Alec Guinness |
71.10 | |
| Libel (1959) | Olivia de Havilland & Robert Shaw |
69.60 | |
| Le chemin des écoliers (1959) | Alain Delon | 68.10 | |
| The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959) | Harry Belafonte | 64.60 | |
| Where The Hot Wind Blows (1959) | Gina Lollobrigida | 64.00 | |
| The House of the Seven Hawks (1959) | Robert Taylor | 63.40 | |
| Night of the Quarter Moon (1959) | Agnes Moorehead | 56.00 | |
| Girls Town (1959) | Mamie Van Doren | 52.10 | |
| The Beat Generation (1959) | Mamie Van Doren | 44.60 | |
| The Big Operator (1959) | Mickey Rooney | 40.50 | |
| À double tour (1959) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | 40.20 | |
| Frontier Rangers (1959) | Buddy Ebsen | 39.40 | |
| An Angel on Wheels (1959) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | 32.20 | |
| Sapphire (1959) Limited Release |
Nigel Patrick | 22.40 |
Top earners in 1959 for Adjusted USA Box Office:
| Name | Number of Movies | Total Adj World Wide (mil) | Total Adj USA (mil) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Boyd | 2 | 3,368.1 | 1,433.6 |
| Charlton Heston | 2 | 3,327.4 | 1,294.6 |
| Hugh Griffith | 2 | 3,219.2 | 1,284.7 |
| Jack Hawkins | 1 | 3,159.8 | 1,225.3 |
| Martha Scott | 1 | 3,159.8 | 1,225.3 |
| Sam Jaffe | 1 | 3,159.8 | 1,225.3 |
| Tony Curtis | 2 | 1,038.6 | 1,038.6 |
| Cary Grant | 2 | 1,197.8 | 953.8 |
| Gavin MacLeod | 4 | 822.9 | 822.9 |
| Sandra Dee | 5 | 953.3 | 809.6 |
| Nehemiah Persoff | 5 | 806.7 | 806.7 |
| Strother Martin | 3 | 785.8 | 785.8 |
| Thelma Ritter | 2 | 758.6 | 758.6 |
| Saul Bass | 2 | 970.4 | 726.4 |
| James Mason | 2 | 940.6 | 696.6 |
| Rock Hudson | 2 | 665.5 | 665.5 |
| Debbie Reynolds | 4 | 657.7 | 657.7 |
| Diane Baker | 3 | 694.9 | 642.8 |
| Troy Donahue | 2 | 782.1 | 638.4 |
| Martin Landau | 3 | 869.2 | 625.2 |
| Fred MacMurray | 4 | 616.4 | 616.4 |
| Tony Randall | 2 | 614.9 | 614.9 |
| Jack Lemmon | 2 | 585.0 | 585.0 |
| Jack Albertson | 2 | 573.0 | 573.0 |
| John Wayne | 2 | 826.1 | 568.5 |
My Main Sources
Source 1: Variety – January 4th, 1961 Page 47
Source 2: Twentieth Century-Fox A Corporate and Financial History by Aubrey Solomon
Source 3: Wikipedia
Source 4: IMDb.com
Source 5: BoxOfficeMojo.com
How the Box Office Numbers were Calculated
Sadly in 1959….BoxOfficeMojo was not around to keep track of box office earnings. Back then earnings seem to be a secret and a secret that needed to be safely locked up. When studios did report box office stats they used “box office rentals”. Box office rentals were the amount of money the studio got back from the theaters. It is NOT the box office gross. Every year the rental to box office gross percentage changed…in 1959 this meant you had to triple the rentals to get the gross….so the multiplier used in this page was 3.0.
My Yearly Review Pages
- 1939 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Gone With The Wind
- 1942 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Mrs. Miniver
- 1946 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Best Years of Our Lives
- 1952 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Greatest Show On Earth
- 1959 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Ben-Hur
- 1976 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Rocky
- 2011 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Help
- 2012 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Argo
- 2013 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Gravity
- 2014 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? American Sniper
- 2015 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Martian
- 2016 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Deadpool (currently)
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It’s difficult to count up all the 1959’s I’ve seen Ben Hur years ago on TV and Darby O’Gill in the movie theater (on a re-issue in the 1970’s), I can easily pull up all in order of the past 24 years after I hit film 8000 (don’t know what it is). Now the total is over 22,000. This list is all I’ve seen since the end of 1992, the date I saw it and the source (TV channel, DVD or tape). Movies listed by one I think is an over the air Fox affiliate in New York. Discounting a Disney made for TV I’ve seen 113 1959 films in the past 24. Some are on your list, more are obscure.
LEGEND OF TOM DOOLEY COL 11/20 1992 TNT
TARZAN, THE APE MAN MGM 12/28 1992 TNT
GUNMEN FROM LAREDO COL 1/3 1993 TNT
ALLIGATOR PEOPLE FOX 1/10 1993 AMC
ISLAND OF LOST WOMEN WB 1/13 1993 TNT
THUNDER IN THE SUN PAR 2/8 1993 AMC
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT COL 2/15 1993 TNT
AL CAPONE AA 2/17 1993 TNT
F.B.I. STORY WB 2/22 1993 A & E
TAKE A GIANT STEP UA 2/23 1993 TNT
WORLD, THE FLESH & THE DEVIL MGM 2/27 1993 TNT
FACE OF FIRE AA 2/28 1993 TNT
EDGE OF ETERNITY COL 3/17 1993 TNT
JOHN PAUL JONES WB 4/14 1993 TNT
BLACK ORCHID PAR 4/24 1993 AMC
BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA COL 4/27 1993 TNT
ANATOMY OF A MURDER COL 5/19 1993 TNT
BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE (JAP.) COL 6/9 1993 TNT
THE MUMMY (U.K.) UNI 6/16 1993 TNT
THAT KIND OF WOMAN PAR 7/15 1993 AMC
RIOT IN JUVENILE PRISON UA 9/11 1993 TNT
H-MAN (JAP.) COL 9/25 1993 TNT
WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE MGM 10/9 1993 TNT
GENE KRUPA STORY COL 10/23 1993 TNT
FACE OF A FUGITIVE COL 10/24 1993 TNT
INVISIBLE INVADERS UA 1/2 1994 7
HANGING TREE WB 1/6 1994 FAM
RABBIT TRAP UA 1/25 1994 TNT
REBEL SET AA 3/31 1994 COM
ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES AIP 5/8 1994 COM
JET OVER THE ATLANTIC INTERCONTINENTAL 5/10 1994 AMC
STRANGER IN MY ARMS UNI 7/4 1994 AMC
UP PERISCOPE WB 7/4 1994 TBS
DEVIL’S DISCIPLE (U.K.) UA 7/23 1994 TMC
DADDY-O AIP 8/6 1994 COM
THE BEATNIKS BAJUL INTL. 9/22 1994 COM
S.O.S. PACIFIC (U.K.) UNI 11/3 1994 55
GIANT GILA MONSTER MCLENDON 11/24 1994 COM
MASTERS OF VENUS (U.K.) WALLACE/CFT 5/7 1994 TAPE
TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE WB 1/28 1995 COM
TEN SECONDS TO HELL UA 2/25 1995 TNT
4 D MAN UNI 3/19 1995 TNT
FOUR SKULLS OF JONATHAN DRAKE UA 7/2 1995 TNT
LAST MILE UA 7/30 1995 TNT
BROTH OF A BOY (IR.) KINGSLEY 8/6 1995 21
MONEY, WOMEN AND GUNS UNI 8/16 1995 AMC
MOOKIE OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE (MTV) BV 8/22 1995 DIS
THEY CAME TO CORDURA COL 9/7 1995 TNT
STEP DOWN TO TERROR UNI 11/9 1995 AMC
WILD AND THE INNOCENT UNI 12/6 1995 AMC
MAN ACCUSED (U.K.) DANZIGER 1/8 1996 TMC
TONKA BV 1/11 1996 DIS
YELLOWSTONE KELLY WB 6/3 1996 TNT
I’M ALL RIGHT JACK (U.K.) COL 5/25 1997 21
SEDUCED FOR LIFE (U.K.) UA 6/24 1997 TMC
CURSE OF THE UNDEAD UNI 7/20 1997 SCI
CRIMSON KIMONO COL 10/2 1997 BRAVO
ANGRY HILLS (U.K.) MGM 10/28 1998 TCM
LIBEL (U.K.) MGM 11/8 1998 TCM
JOURNEY, THE MGM 5/26 1999 TCM
IT STARTED WITH A KISS MGM 7/14 1999 TCM
I, MOBSTER FOX 7/28 1999 AMC
MAN IN THE NET UA 10/11 1999 TCM
PIER 5, HAVANA UA 1/12 2000 TCM
INSIDE THE MAFIA UA 1/18 2000 TCM
KISS HER GOODBYE SHOWCORPORATION 1/23 2000 AMC
TANK COMMANDOS AIP 2/1 2000 AMC
MAN WHO UNDERSTOOD WOMEN FOX 3/13 2000 FXM
PRIVATE’S AFFAIR FOX 5/27 2000 FXM
GANGSTER STORY REP 7/7 2000 ACTN
OREGON TRAIL FOX 8/9 2000 FXM
BLUE ANGEL FOX 8/10 2000 FXM
SUBWAY IN THE SKY (U.K.) UA 12/18 2000 TCM
THE SCAPEGOAT (U.K.) MGM 12/18 2000 TCM
VERBOTEN COL 5/28 2001 TCM
PARATROOP COMMAND AIP 10/9 2001 AMC
SEASON OF PASSION UA 10/16 2001 TCM
TERROR IS A MAN VALIANT 11/12 2001 TCM
BOBBIKINS FOX 3/24 2003 FXM
MAGIC BOY (CARTOON – JAP.) MGM 9/8 2003 TCM
FIVE GATES TO HELL FOX 3/11 2004 FXM
FRONTIER RANGERS MGM 11/21 2005 TCM
KILLER SHREWS MCLENDON 4/23 2007 TCM
BLOOD AND STEEL FOX 1/22 2007 FXM
FLYING FONTAINES COL 1/24 2007 TCM
JUKE BOX RHYTHM COL 1/29 2007 TCM
CAST A LONG SHADOW UA 3/27 2007 TCM
BUCKET OF BLOOD AIP 4/8 2007 TCM
GIANT OF MARATHON (IT-FR) MGM 4/30 2008 DVD
ROOKIE, THE FOX 7/7 2008 FXM
OPERATION DAMES AIP 1/12 2009 AMC
TOO MANY CROOKS (U.K.) LOPERT 3/16 2009 TCM
1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS COL 3/26 2009 TCM
ROOM AT THE TOP (U.K.) CONTINENTAL 3/29 2009 TCM
IDOL ON PARADE (U.K.) COL 4/28 2009 TCM
TIMBUKTO UA 6/12 2009 TCM
MUSTANG UA 12/14 2009 WEST
JOYFUL MYSTERIES (SP.) FAMILY THEATER 1/1 2010 DVD
SORROWFUL MYSTERIES (SP.) FAMILY THEATER 1/18 2010 DVD
HEROD THE GREAT (IT-FR) AA 3/18 2010 DVD
GLORIOUS MYSTERIES (SP.) SAN PAULO FILMS / FAMILY THEATER 3/28 2010 DVD
YOUNG LAND COL 10/31 2010 DVD
ALASKA PASSAGE FOX 11/10 2010 FXM
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT U.S.A. AA 7/9 2012 TCM
YESTERDAY’S ENEMY (U.K.) COL 11/7 2012 TCM
MIRACLE, THE WB 12/10 2012 TCM
COME BACK AFRICA (DOC.) 3/14 2013 TCM
HIGH SCHOOL BIG SHOT FILMGROUP 3/18 2013 DVD
BEAST FROM HAUNTED COVE FILMGROUP 6/1 2013 TCM
GREAT ST. LOUIS BANK ROBBERY UA 11/1 2013 DVD
NAKED MAJA UA 1/11 2014 TCM
COUNTERPLOT UA 11/19 2014 TCM
CARRY ON SERGEANT (U.K.) GOVERNOR 12/13 2014 TCM
HANGED MAN PAR 3/25 2015 MOVIES
The beginning of that should have read more like;
It’s difficult to count up all the 1959’s I’ve seen. Ben Hur years ago on TV and Darby O’Gill in the movie theater (on a re-issue in the 1970’s), I can easily pull up all films I’ve seen in order from the past 24 years that were seen on TV, DVD and tape since I saw film #8000 (don’t know what it is). Now I’ve seen over 22,000.
Hey Dan…..got it. 22,000 is an impressive number. I am sure I am in that range too. I have a few of my many years logged…but so many of my many years not logged. With Letterboxd..com I am able to know the order I have seen them in.
Hey Dan
1. First of all…congrats on having one awesome database.
2. I am truly impressed that you are able to come up with this information.
3. Will have to continue this comment after lunch…..darn family duties…lol.
In our tally count thinking Dan is the easy winner. I stopped counting when I passed Steve’s total. Love how you have this information broken down. My wife has a section in the database that alllows me to do the same thing. So far I have only taken advantage of that a few times. Best Cogerson trivia in this page? Yellowstone Kelly was the first movie my parents saw together. Thanks for this great comment and all the rest of your comments in 2016.
I’ve seen about 20 of 1959’s list, it produced some classic movies. Some Like It Hot, Pillow-talk, Ben Hur, Anatomy of Murder, Imitation of Life. In a way it was probably Hollywood’s last hurray, T.V. had taken over as the number 1 mass entertainment. Within the next couple of years, Rock n Roll would overtake Hollywood in influence.
One thing I noticed is that there were no big musicals, truly the end of an era. Oh yes and I forgot about North by North West. One of Hitch’s best.
I would say my favourite would have to be Some Like It Hot, followed by Pillow-talk. Great page.
PS. All the best for 2017.
Hey Chris
1. You are corrrect…musicals took this year off….but some big musicals were coming down the road…West Side Story and The Sound of Music….both would get the musical ball rolling again.
2. You make a good point about this being Hollywood’s last hurrah.
3. This is a stellar Top 10…..filled with great movies.
4. I like your two favorites…but they both take a back seat to my favorite….North by Northwest…..all three are all-time classics.
Hope your New Year goes awesome….thanks for the visit and the comment.
I have seen 8 of the movies in 1959 – most of them in the top 20, although I still have not seen Ben Hur. The highest ranked film I have seen is number 2, Some Like it Hot. The lowest ranked film I have seen is Plan Nine From Outer Space.
My favourite is North By Northwest.
Hey Flora….thanks for the visit, the comment and the tally count. Steve gets the top prize again. Wow that is two movies on the opposite side of good and bad……Some Like It Hot and Plan 9 From Outer Space. I am right there with you about Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. Hope you are having a wonderful holiday.
1959 – the year of Ben-Hur, my current favorite movie. Back in the 1970s my top favorites would have been – Jaws, Star Wars, The Omega Man, The Exorcist and Enter the Dragon.
I’ve seen just 26 of the 110 movies listed here, I expected more. Other favorites include – North by Northwest, Some Like it Hot, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Sleeping Beauty, Last Train from Gun Hill and Rio Bravo.
Notable movies I’ve missed or can’t remember seeing – The FBI Story, Anatomy of a Murder, The Nuns Story and The Diary of Anne Frank.
Good to see Ben-Hur topping the UMR chart and the box office chart, the adjusted gross of a billion dollars in the US & Canada is very impressive, what was the worldwide gross $2b?
Looking at the critics chart- four of my favorites are on there with North by Northwest at the top, I watched that again a few days ago. And either Casablanca, Some Like it Hot or Dr. Strangelove on New Years Eve,
Cheers Bruce, 1959 was a good year. Vote Up!
(btw you still have ‘1976’ in the second paragraph at the top)
Hey Steve
1. You 26, Laurent 23, me 21 and Flora 8….so another victory for you.
2. Glad you found this page…..I ran out of time yesterday as we were packing for our Alabama trip…..when I thought I will do another year page….and you and your Ben-Hur popped into my mind….and now we have a 1959 Movie Page.
3. Interesting Top 5 in the 1970s…..Jaws has worked it’s way on to my list of all-time favorite movies. One day I will have to share that list here.
4. I need to check out Last Train To Gun Hill….you and Bob have talked very highly of that movie.
5. Sorry I do not have the worldwide gross on Ben-Hur….but I bet if it is not over 2 billion it is very close to that number.
6. Of the notables that you have missed….I would say Anatomy of a Murder is the one to see…..you get a good story….classic Stewart and a young George C. Scott. A Nun’s Story bored me to death….FBI Story was edited by J.Edgar…..who was not known for his editing skills….lol.
As always….it is greatly appreciated that you shared your thoughts on 1959 movies.
Hello Bruce,
Good idea this page on 1959. It was a very good year. Ben-Hur is one of the better movie of all-time, in my opinion. My other favorites movies are North by Northwest (my favorite Hitchcock with Notorious and Spellbound), Some Like It Hot and Rio Bravo (the better Hawk’s western for me). I love Journey to the Center of the Earth and Horse Soldiers.
In France Ben-Hur still the 12th biggest success of all-time. Other big success in France of this year : Sleeping beauty, Some Like It hot, Solomon and Sheba, Rio Bravo (but with the 70’s reissue), North By Northwest and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness.
I’ve seen 23 movies of the list.
Hey Laurent…..thanks for checking out this new page. I am sure you already had most of these movies in your database. You and Steve agree on Ben-Hur….as that is one of his favorite movies too. North by Northwest is my personal favorite of these movies….I thank my dad for that….as North by Northwest was his favorite. He loved the crop dusting and auction scenes the most. Thanks for sharing the movies that were big hits in France. Surprised that Solomon and Sheba was successful there…..it has a pretty bad rep. Thanks for the visit and the comment.
Tally count:
Steve….26
Laurent 23
Cogerson 21
Flora 8