1959 Movies

Unpopular at school because of his high I.Q., neglected by his weak and alcoholic father, Marvin is easy prey for the campus vamp, Betty, who pretends...

A short documentary about a trailer weighing over 300 tons that carries material for the construction of a dam toward Tokyo.

Documentary which continues the story of the construction of what then was the second-largest dam in the world, and the gorge through the Japan Alps t...

Winner of the prestigious Prix Louis Delluc in 1958, "Moi, un noir" marked Jean Rouch's break with traditional ethnography, and his embrace of the col...

Gopal's sister believes that she knows what is best for him. But a series of events causes turbulence in the family.

Picked up by a beautiful motorist, jobless hitchhiker Pierre (Hossein) is subsequently romanced by the girl. Immediately thereafter, however, she dump...

A short animated film by from 1959.

A man who uses marriage as bait goes from woman to woman, and then a horrific murder is committed for money. Seven police man chase the vicious crimin...

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love with...

Biopic of a 1930s operatic tenor who ended up becoming a Franciscan monk and joining the priesthood.

Story of a young boy and his grandpa, a carpenter with a hearing impairment. The young boy frolics joyfully in the rural landscape, but eventually he'...

1959 youth comedy.

A small cardboard train embarks on a long journey full of strange events.

This short documentary (the second of two parts) follows Glenn Gould to New York City. There, we see the renowned Canadian concert pianist kidding the...

The Thimios leaves the village, the Vlachokerasia along with wife and children to come to the capital for a job. In the train station saves from suici...

Five swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two magistrates pursue the leads to solve the crime and it l...

Larry is a pet dealer who's seeing Moe's wife while at the same time trying to steal Joe's fiancée. When Moe's become suspicious, Larry attempts to fr...

Whilst dreaming, a little boy in the company of Tijl (Uilenspiegel?) travels centuries back to the fairytale world with the help of two balloons.