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Best Films of 1959

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6.2

Solomon and Sheba (1959)

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205

7.5

7.4

Black Orpheus

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158

6.9

The Hound of the Baskervilles

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6.5

7.1

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

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6.2

6.3

A Hole in the Head (1959)

Director: Frank Capra
His 39th movie
My 9th movie watched from the director

This was kind of a dull movie for Sinatra. His kid in it was annoying, and actually Sinatra's character is annoying, too. Makes it tough to really enjoy what is actually not a bad story, for the time period.

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Songs More Famous Than Their Movie
Father Son Movies

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Location: Miami, FL, USA

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451

7.1

6.9

House on Haunted Hill (1959)

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270

6.9

7.4

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

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211

7.7

7.8

Imitation of Life

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194

8.3

8.5

The World of Apu (1959)

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8.1

6.9

A Summer Place (1959)

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8.9

7.1

Career (1959)...

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228

7.6

7.4

Pillow Talk

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174

7.1

7.3

Operation Petticoat (1959)

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Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

159

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

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6.6

6.5

The Shaggy Dog (1959)

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259

7.7

7.5

Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

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7.6

Porgy and Bess (1959)

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7.8

6.7

Gidget (1959)...

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104

7.4

7.5

Room at the Top

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178

7.4

7.6

The Nun's Story (1959)

Director: Fred Zinnemann
His 15th movie
My 8th movie watched from the director

This was apparently a controversial movie, so I was expecting a more controversial story or scenes... then again, I shouldn't have considering it was 1959 in a still-very Christian/Catholic USA. It basically just painted the church and nuns as imperfect and not so squeaky clean. Still, Hepburn pulled off a hell of a performance, one of her best. Director Zinnemann handled the story well and crafted a pretty decent film, considering the rather uninteresting subject matter.

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Nun of These Movies are Bad
Top Ten Performances - Audrey Hepburn
Top Ten Performances - Peter Finch
Top Ten Films - Fred Zinnemann

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Location: Belgium, The Congo River/Jungle

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146

6.8

7.2

On the Beach (1959)

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169

8.4

8.2

The Great War (1959)

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610

7.9

Rio Bravo (1959)

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1416

7.6

8.1

Ben-Hur (1959)

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600

7.9

Hiroshima Mon amour (1959)

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2600

7.1

7.2

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

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621

7.9

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

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1210

8.4

8.1

The 400 Blows

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1943

8.2

Some Like It Hot

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1909

8.3

North by Northwest (1959)

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This list is created by and in the opinion of Stephen H Koontz

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