Movies released in 1959

The Overcoat

74/100

Three Murderesses

68/100

The Buddenbrooks

68/100

Der Deserteur

69/100

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer. The ... See full summary »

The Rabbit Trap

64/100

Job or family? This perennial conflict portrayed in this drama about a draftsman, able to free himself from the job for a very overdue family vacation, who is threatened with the sack if he doesn't return to work mid-holiday.

Paratroop Command

53/100

A squad member of the U.S. Paratroop unit in WWII accidently shoots one of his unit. Over the forthcoming months there is some anamosity against him as they battle their way across Italy.

A Stranger in My Arms

64/100

After the Korean War, an Air Force pilot meets the family of his KIA navigator and recalls, in flashbacks, the circumstances of their ordeal, after being shot down.

An Imbecile and a Half

67/100

Thomas is a good but low intelligence man. He is in love with Urania, a widow, whose stingy husband Sotiris is over a year dead...

Serious Charge

65/100

Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previous vicar's daughter, Hester Peters, who fears being a spinster, wants to be his wife. He... See full summary »

HD-Soldat Läppli

70/100

Gunmen from Laredo

47/100

After Ben Keefer kills Gil Reardon's wife, Reardon seeks revenge. To get to Keefer he has to outdraw one of Keefer's henchmen. But Keefer makes it look like murder amd he is convicted and ... See full summary »

Web of Evidence

65/100

A British-American returns to Britain after 20 years to discover that his father has been jailed since WW2 for a murder that took place in murky circumstances.

Witness in the Dark

66/100

An elderly woman is murdered by a thief, with the only witness a blind girl whom the killer returns to silence permanently.

The Purple Gang

62/100

The story of the infamous Purple Gang, a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920s' Detroit.

König des Böhmerwaldes

66/100

Crime & Punishment, USA

58/100

A Californian law student murders a pawnbroker, then matches wits with the detective on the case.

The Woman Vampire

58/100

A woman who's been missing for twenty years suddenly turns up alive, and looking not a day older than when she vanished. When her daughter sees a painting of a woman identical to her mother... See full summary »

Rue de Paris

67/100

Five Gates to Hell

54/100

A small group of Red Cross doctors and nurses are held captive by Chinese guerillas in Vietnam

Four Desperate Men

64/100

An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.

The Rambling Guitarist

64/100

Shinji (Akira Kobayashi), a wandering street musician, gets involved with a mob boss, Akitsu (Nobuo Kaneko), after saving one of his henchmen in a bar fight. Akitsu gives Shinji a job to ... See full summary »

Jet Over the Atlantic

58/100

Assorted people board a plane with a fire bomb in its luggage hold.

Ataba Square

61/100

Bobbikins

50/100

Parents Shirley Jones and Max Bygraves portray parents of the title character, an infant who talks like an adult.

Pendekar bujang lapok

71/100

The second instalment of the 'Bujang Lapok' series, this film chronicles the misadventures of the three bachelors as they learn self defence...