Most Popular Movies 1959
This chart shows the 1959 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1959 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1959 - Top 1959 Worldwide
| Most Popular Overall | 1960 → |
1
| Apur Sansar |
| Director: Satyajit Ray |
| Lead Roles: Soumitra Chatterjee as Apu, Sharmila Tagore as Aparna |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 1, 1959 (Wide) (India) |
| Keywords: Writing and Writers, Poverty, Wedding Day Disasters, Wedding Day, Arranged Marriage, Troubled Pregnancy or Miscarriage, Death of a Spouse or Fiancée / Fiancé, Maternal Death |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
Synopsis
Apu is now in his early twenties, out of college, and hoping to live as a writer. Alongside his professional ambitions, the film charts his romantic awakening, which occurs as the result of a most unlikely turn of events, and his eventual, fraught fatherhood.
2
| Hiroshima Mon Amour |
| Director: Alain Resnais |
| Lead Roles: Emmanuelle Riva as She, Eiji Okada as He |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 10, 1959 (Limited) (France) |
| Keywords: World War II, Film Actor, Performing Arts, Non-Chronological, Unnamed Character, Voiceover/Narration, Relationships Gone Wrong, Forbidden Romance, Interracial Romance |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $96,439 |
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International BO: $9,322 |
3
| The Shaggy Dog |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 19, 1959 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Talking Animals, Animal Lead |
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Domestic BO: $29,000,000 |
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| Ben-Hur |
| Director: William Wyler |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 18, 1959 (Wide) by MGM |
| Keywords: Heroic Adventure, Religious, Jewish, Slavery, Adopted Family, Dysfunctional Family, Political, Friends turned Enemies |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $73,000,000 |
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International BO: $226,628 |
5
| Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure |
| Director: John Guillermin |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 8, 1959 (Limited) by Paramount Pictures |
| Classification: Action, Live Action |
6
| The Gazebo |
| Director: George Marshall |
| Lead Roles: Glenn Ford as Elliot Nash, Debbie Reynolds as Nell Nash |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 18, 1959 (Limited) |
7
| The Miracle |
| Director: Irving Rapper |
| Lead Roles: Carroll Baker as Teresa, Roger Moore as Michael |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 12, 1959 (Limited) |
8
| Plan 9 from Outer Space |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 22, 1959 (Limited) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Science Fiction |
9
| Suddenly, Last Summer |
| Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Lead Roles: Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 22, 1959 (Limited) |
| Keywords: Mystery Drama |
| Classification: Based on Play, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
|
International BO: $207 |
10
| On the Beach |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 17, 1959 (Wide) |
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Domestic BO: $11,000,000 |
11
| The Nun's Story |
| Director: Fred Zinnemann |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 18, 1959 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Religious |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $12,800,000 |
12
| Pillow Talk |
| Director: Michael Gordon |
| Lead Roles: Doris Day as Jan Morrow, Rock Hudson as Brad Allen |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 1, 1959 (Wide) |
| Keywords: Romance |
| Classification: Romantic Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $18,750,000 |