Editing 1959 in film

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The year '''1959 in film''' involved some significant events, with ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' winning a record 11 [[Academy Awards]].

== Top-grossing films (U.S.) ==
{{see also|List of 1959 box office number-one films in the United States}}
The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1959
|-
! Rank !! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''1'''
| ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]''
| MGM
| $36,000,000<ref name=Finler>{{cite book |last=Finler |first=Joel Waldo |year=2003 |title=The Hollywood Story |publisher=Wallflower Press |isbn=978-1-903364-66-6 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA358#v=twopage 358–359]}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''2'''
| ''[[The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)|The Shaggy Dog]]''
| [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista]]
| $9,600,000<ref name=Variety64>"All-time top film grossers", ''Variety'' 8 January 1964 p 37.</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''3'''
| ''[[Operation Petticoat]]''
| [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]
| $9,321,555<ref name=AllTime>{{cite news|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=All-Time Film Rental Champs|date=October 15, 1990|page=M140-M196|first=Lawrence|last=Cohn}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''4'''
| ''[[Some Like It Hot]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $8,127,835<ref name=AllTime/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''5'''
| ''[[Pillow Talk]]''
| rowspan="2"|Universal
| $7,669,713<ref name=AllTime/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''6'''
| ''[[Imitation of Life (1959 film)|Imitation of Life]]''
| $6,417,807<ref name=AllTime/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''7'''
| ''[[Suddenly, Last Summer (film)|Suddenly, Last Summer]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| $6,375,000<ref name=AllTime/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''8'''
| ''[[Rio Bravo (film)|Rio Bravo]]''<br>''[[The Nun's Story (film)|The Nun's Story]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $5,750,000<ref name=AllTime/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''9'''
| ''[[North by Northwest]]''
| MGM
| $5,740,000<ref>{{Citation|title=The Eddie Mannix Ledger |publisher= Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study |place=Los Angeles}}.</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''10'''
| ''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]''
| Columbia
| $5,500,000<ref name=Finler/>
|}

== Events ==
* January 23 – [[Republic Pictures]] releases its last production, ''[[Plunderers of Painted Flats]]''.<ref>{{AFI film|id=52990|title=Plunderers of Painted Flats}}</ref>
* January 29 – [[Walt Disney]] releases his 16th animated film, ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' in [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]]. It is Disney's first animated film to be shown in [[70 mm film|70mm]] and modern [[Stereophonic sound|6-track stereophonic sound]],{{Efn|''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'' had also used a multi-speaker stereophonic sound system, but it was primitive compared to the one used in ''Sleeping Beauty''.}} but its last fairytale adaptation until [[1989]]. Also on the program is Disney's new "pictorial interpretation" ''[[Grand Canyon (1958 film)|Grand Canyon]]'', which uses the music of [[Ferde Grofé]]'s ''[[Grand Canyon Suite]]''. ''Grand Canyon'' wins an [[Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)]].
*April 30 – [[François Truffaut]]'s ''[[The 400 Blows]]'' opens the [[1959 Cannes Film Festival]] bringing international attention to the [[French New Wave]].
* June 4 – [[The Three Stooges]] release their 190th and last short film, ''[[Sappy Bull Fighters]]''.
* June 7 –  A contract between Paramount and [[Jerry Lewis]] Productions is signed specifying a payment of $10&nbsp;million plus 60% of the profits for 14 films over a seven-year period.<ref>{{cite book |last=Krutnik|first=Frank |title=Inventing Jerry Lewis |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |year=2000 |page=105 |isbn=978-1560983699}}</ref> This contract makes Lewis the highest paid individual Hollywood talent to date and is unprecedented in that he has unlimited creative control, including final cut, and the return of film rights after 30 years. 
* July 1 - [[Herbert J. Yates]], founder of [[Republic Pictures]], sells his controlling stake in the company.
* July – ''[[Les Cousins (film)|Les Cousins]]'', another film of the [[French New Wave]], wins the [[Golden Bear]] at the [[9th Berlin International Film Festival]].
* July 22 – [[Joseph E. Levine]] promotes the release of ''[[Hercules (1958 film)|Hercules]]'' in the United States starring [[Steve Reeves]] which popularizes the [[sword and sandals]] genre.
* August 4 – ''[[The Big Fisherman]]'' is the first film released in [[Super Panavision 70]].
* September 30 – The film of ''[[Mise Éire]]'', made by [[George Morrison (documentary maker)|George Morrison]] for [[Gael Linn]], is premiered to close the [[Cork Film Festival]], the first feature-length [[Irish language]] film.
* October 7 – [[Rock Hudson]], who is later voted top in the [[Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll]] for the year, appears in ''[[Pillow Talk (film)|Pillow Talk]]'' alongside [[Doris Day]] for the first time.
* October 14 – Legendary Australian-born actor [[Errol Flynn]] dies of a heart attack in Vancouver, Canada at the age of 50.
* November 18 – [[William Wyler]]'s ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'', the most expensive film up to this date with a budget of $15,175,000, premieres at [[Loew's State Theatre (New York City)]]. It goes on to win a record 11 [[Academy Awards]]. [[Principal photography]] had [[Wrap (filmmaking)|wrap]]ped on January 7 with filming the last shots of the crucifixion scene at [[Cinecittà]] in Rome.<ref>{{cite book|last=Eagan|first=Daniel|title=America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry|url=https://archive.org/details/americasfilmlega0000eaga|url-access=registration|year=2010|publisher=Continuum|location=New York|isbn=978-0-8264-2977-3|page=560}}</ref>
* December 2 – The battle of the smellies starts with the release of the documentary ''Behind the Great Wall'' in [[Smell-O-Vision|AromaRama]], with scents pumped into the theater during the film.

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:200px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[17th Golden Globe Awards]]<br />March 10, 1960 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[12th British Academy Film Awards|12th BAFTA Awards]]<br />March 26, 1960 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[32nd Academy Awards]]<br />April 4, 1960
|-
! width=200| Comedy or Musical !! style="width:200px;"| Drama
|-
| Best Film || '''''[[Some Like It Hot]]''''' (Comedy)<br> '''''[[Porgy and Bess (film)|Porgy and Bess]]''''' (Musical) || '''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]''''' || '''''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]'''''|| '''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'''''
|-
| Best Director || colspan=2| [[William Wyler]]<br />'''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'''''  || '''-''' || [[William Wyler]]<br />'''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'''''
|-
| Best Actor || [[Jack Lemmon]]<br />'''''[[Some Like It Hot]]''''' || [[Anthony Franciosa]]<br />'''''[[Career (1959 film)|Career]]''''' || [[Sidney Poitier]]<br />'''''[[The Defiant Ones (film)|The Defiant Ones]]''''' || [[Charlton Heston]]<br />'''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'''''
|-
| Best Actress || [[Marilyn Monroe]]<br />'''''[[Some Like It Hot]]''''' || [[Elizabeth Taylor]]<br />'''''[[Suddenly, Last Summer (film)|Suddenly, Last Summer]]''''' || [[Simone Signoret]]<br />'''''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]''''' || [[Simone Signoret]]<br />'''''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]'''''
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || colspan=2| [[Stephen Boyd]]<br />'''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]''''' || '''-''' || [[Hugh Griffith]]<br />'''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'''''
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || colspan=2| [[Susan Kohner]]<br />'''''[[Imitation of Life (1959 film)|Imitation of Life]]''''' || '''-''' || [[Shelley Winters]]<br />'''''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'''''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Adapted || rowspan=2 colspan=2| '''''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]'''''<br>[[Neil Paterson (writer)|Neil Paterson]] || rowspan=2| '''''[[Orders to Kill]]'''''<br />[[Paul Dehn]] || '''''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]'''''<br />[[Neil Paterson (writer)|Neil Paterson]]
|-
| Best Screenplay, Original || '''''[[Pillow Talk (film)|Pillow Talk]]'''''<br />[[Russell Rouse]], [[Clarence Greene]], [[Stanley Shapiro]], and [[Maurice Richlin]]
|}

'''[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Black Orpheus]]''''' (''Orfeu Negro''), directed by [[Marcel Camus]], France

'''[[Golden Lion]] (Venice Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Il Generale della Rovere]]''''' (''General della Rovere''), directed by [[Roberto Rossellini]], Italy / France
:'''''[[La grande guerra]]''''' (''The Great War''), directed by [[Mario Monicelli]], Italy / France

'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Les Cousins (film)|Les Cousins]]''''' (''The Cousins''), directed by [[Claude Chabrol]], France

== 1959 film releases ==
[[List of American films of 1959|United States]] unless stated

=== January–March ===
*January 1959
**2 January
***''[[Kaagaz Ke Phool]]'' ([[Bollywood films of 1959|India]])
**6 January
***''[[The Captain's Table]]''
**13 January
***''[[Guns, Girls and Gangsters]]''
**16 January
***''[[Anari (1959 film)|Anari]]'' ([[Bollywood films of 1959|India]])
**22 January
***''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
***''[[The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959 film)|The Tiger of Eschnapur]]'' ([[List of German films 1945-1959|West Germany]])
**25 January
***''[[The Law (1959 film)|The Law]]'' ([[Italian films of 1959|Italy]])
**28 January
***''[[The Trap (1959 film)|The Trap]]''
**29 January
***''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]''
*February 1959
**11 February
***''[[The Hanging Tree (film)|The Hanging Tree]]''
**12 February
***''[[The Black Orchid (film)|The Black Orchid]]''
**15 February
***''[[No Name on the Bullet]]''
***''[[Ride Lonesome]]''
**17 February
***''[[House on Haunted Hill]]''
**19 February
***''[[The Journey (1959 film)|The Journey]]''
**22 February
***''[[Model for Murder]]''
**24 February
***''[[Make Mine a Million]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**26 February
***''[[City of Fear (1959 film)|City of Fear]]''
*March 1959
**3 March
***''[[The Giant Behemoth]]''
***''[[A Stranger in My Arms]]''
**4 March
***''[[Up Periscope]]''
**5 March
***''[[Carry On Nurse]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**6 March
***''[[Breakout (1959 film)|Breakout]]''
**8 March
***''[[Too Many Crooks]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**10 March
***''[[Carlton-Browne of the F.O.]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**11 March
***''[[Les Cousins (film)|Les Cousins]]'' ([[French films of 1959|France]])
**12 March
***''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]''
**18 March
***''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]''
***''[[The Sad Horse]]''
**19 March
***''[[Green Mansions (film)|Green Mansions]]''
***''[[The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)|The Shaggy Dog]]''
**20 March
***''[[Alias Jesse James]]''
**25 March
***''[[Al Capone (1959 film)|Al Capone]]''
***''[[Tiger Bay (1959 film)|Tiger Bay]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**29 March
***''[[Honeymoon (1959 film)|Honeymoon]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]]/[[Spanish films of 1959|Spain]])
***''[[Some Like It Hot]]''

===April–June===
*April 1959
**1 April
***''[[Compulsion (1959 film)|Compulsion]]''
***''[[Warlock (1959 film)|Warlock]]''
**4 April
***''[[Rio Bravo (film)|Rio Bravo]]''
**6 April
***''[[The Sound and the Fury (1959 film)|The Sound and the Fury]]''
**8 April
***''[[Thunder in the Sun]]''
**10 April
***''[[Gidget (film)|Gidget]]''
**14 April
***''[[ ]]''
**16 April
***''[[Court Martial (1959 film)|Court Martial]]'' ([[List of German films 1945-1959|West Germany]])
**21 April
***''[[Sapphire (film)|Sapphire]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**23 April
***''[[Count Your Blessings (1959 film)|Count Your Blessings]]''
***''[[The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959 film)|The World, the Flesh and the Devil]]''
**25 April
***''[[A Home for Tanya]]'' ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]])
***''[[Westbound (film)|Westbound]]''
**29 April
***''[[The Mating Game (film)|The Mating Game]]''
**30 April
***''[[Imitation of Life (1959 film)|Imitation of Life]]''
*May 1959
**1 May
***''[[The World of Apu]]'' ([[Bollywood films of 1959|India]])
**2 May
***''[[Le Signe du Lion|The Sign of Leo]]'' ([[French films of 1959|France]])
**4 May
***''[[The 400 Blows]]'' ([[French films of 1959|France]])
***''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**8 May
***''[[These Thousand Hills]]''
**9 May
***''[[There Will Be No Leave Today]]'' ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]])
**12 May
***''[[Face of a Fugitive]]''
***''[[Good Morning (1959 film)|Good Morning]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1959|Japan]])
**14 May
***''[[Serious Charge]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**19 May
***''[[The Young Philadelphians]]''
**21 May
***''[[Ask Any Girl (film)|Ask Any Girl]]''
***''[[Shake Hands with the Devil (1959 film)|Shake Hands with the Devil]]'' ([[American films of 1959|U.S.]]/[[List of Irish films|Ireland]])
**23 May
***''[[Little Greaser (1959 film)|Little Greaser]]''
**27 May
***''[[The Wild and the Innocent]]''
***''[[Woman Obsessed]]''
**29 May
***''[[The Man in the Net]]''
***''[[Pork Chop Hill (film)|Pork Chop Hill]]''
*June 1959
**4 June
***''[[Nazarín]]'' ([[Mexican films of 1959|Mexico]])
**10 June
***''[[Hiroshima Mon Amour]]'' ([[French films of 1959|France]]/[[Japanese films of 1959|Japan]])
**12 June
***''[[Black Orpheus]]'' ([[Brazilian films of the 1950s|Brazil]]/[[French films of 1959|France]]/[[Italian films of 1959|Italy]])
***''[[The Horse Soldiers]]''
**16 June
***''[[Don't Give Up The Ship (film)|Don't Give Up The Ship]]''
***''[[John Paul Jones (film)|John Paul Jones]]''
***''[[Ten Seconds to Hell]]''
**17 June
***''[[The Hangman (1959 film)|The Hangman]]''
***''[[Middle of the Night]]''
**18 June
***''[[The Five Pennies]]''
***''[[Say One for Me]]''
***''[[Teenagers from Outer Space (film)|Teenagers from Outer Space]]''
***''[[This Happy Feeling]]''
**24 June
***''[[Porgy and Bess (film)|Porgy and Bess]]''
**25 June
***''[[The Giant Gila Monster]]''
***''[[The Killer Shrews]]''
**26 June
***''[[Darby O'Gill and the Little People]]'' (With ''[[Donald in Mathmagic Land]]'' released with it)
***''[[This Earth Is Mine (1959 film)|This Earth Is Mine]]''
**27 June
***''[[Letter Never Sent (film)|Letter Never Sent]]''  ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]])

===July–September===
*July 1959
**1 July
***''[[North by Northwest]]''
**2 July
***''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]''
**3 July
***''[[The Beat Generation]]''
***''[[The Heart of a Man]]''
***''[[Return of the Fly]]''
**5 July
***''[[The Big Circus]]''
**8 July
***''[[Tarzan's Greatest Adventure]]''
**11 July
***''[[Yesterday's Enemy]]''
**14 July
***''[[The Legend of Tom Dooley]]''
**15 July
***''[[A Hole in the Head]]''
**16 July
***''[[The Alligator People]]''
**17 July
***''[[The Mouse That Roared (film)|The Mouse That Roared]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**18 July
***''[[The Nun's Story (film)|The Nun's Story]]''
**20 July
***''[[Day of the Outlaw]]''
**22 July
***''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]''
**24 July
***''[[Holiday for Lovers]]''
**29 July
***''[[The Angry Hills (film)|The Angry Hills]]''
***''[[Last Train from Gun Hill]]''
***''[[The Tingler]]''
**30 July
***''[[Blue Denim]]''
*August 1959
**4 August
***''[[The Big Fisherman]]''
**5 August
***''[[It Happened to Jane]]''
**6 August
***''[[The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock]]''
***''[[The Scapegoat (1959 film)|The Scapegoat]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**9 August
***''[[The Bat (1959 film)|The Bat]]''
**11 August
***''[[The Big Operator (1959 film)|The Big Operator]]''
**13 August
***''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**19 August
***''[[But Not for Me (film)|But Not for Me]]''
***''[[It Started with a Kiss (film)|It Started with a Kiss]]''
**20 August
***''[[The Devil's Disciple (1959 film)|The Devil's Disciple]]'' ([[American films of 1959|U.S.]]/[[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**22 August
***''[[Fate of a Man]]'' ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]])
**24 August
***''[[Sampo (film)|Sampo]]'' ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]]/[[List of Finnish films of the 1950s|Finland]])
*September 1959
**3 September
***''[[Carry On Teacher]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**4 September
***''[[The Blue Angel (1959 film)|The Blue Angel]]''
**9 September
***''[[Les Liaisons Dangereuses (film)|Les liaisons dangereuses]]'' ([[French films of 1959|France]])
**10 September
***''[[The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery]]''
**11 September
***''[[That Kind of Woman]]''
**12 September
***''[[Battle Beyond the Sun]]'' ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]])
**15 September
***''[[Look Back in Anger (1959 film)|Look Back in Anger]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**16 September
***''[[Jet Storm]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**18 September
***''[[Dil Deke Dekho]]'' ([[Bollywood films of 1959|India]])
**24 September
***''[[Killers of Kilimanjaro]]''
**25 September
***''[[The Great War (1959 film)|The Great War]]'' ([[Italian films of 1959|Italy]])
***''[[The Mummy (1959 film)|The Mummy]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**26 September
***''[[General Della Rovere]]'' ([[Italian films of 1959|Italy]])

===October–December===
*October 1959
**3 October
***''[[A Bucket of Blood]]''
***''[[Girls Town (1959 film)|Girls Town]]''
**6 October
***''[[Pillow Talk (film)|Pillow Talk]]''
**7 October
***''[[4D Man]]''
***''[[Career (1959 film)|Career]]''
***''[[North West Frontier (film)|North West Frontier]]''
**8 October
***''[[The Nightingale's Prayer]]'' ([[Egyptian films of the 1950s|Egypt]])
**9 October
***''[[The Best of Everything (film)|The Best of Everything]]''
**15 October
***''[[Odds Against Tomorrow]]''
***''[[The Roots of Heaven (film)|The Roots of Heaven]]''
**16 October
***''[[Two Men in Manhattan]]'' ([[French films of 1959|France]])
**18 October
***''[[The Crimson Kimono]]''
**21 October
***''[[The FBI Story]]''
***''[[They Came to Cordura]]''
***''[[The Wonderful Country (film)|The Wonderful Country]]''
**22 October
***''[[Die Brücke (film)|The Bridge]]'' ([[List of German films 1945-1959|West Germany]])
***''[[The Last Angry Man]]''
**23 October
***''[[Libel (film)|Libel]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**25 October
***''[[The Three Treasures]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1959|Japan]])
**27 October
***''[[Solomon and Sheba]]''
**30 October
***''[[Paigham]]'' ([[Bollywood films of 1959|India]])
***''[[The Wasp Woman]]''
*November 1959
**2 November
***''[[Edge of Eternity (film)|Edge of Eternity]]''
**3 November
***''[[Fires on the Plain (1959 film)|Fires on the Plain]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1959|Japan]])
**4 November
***''[[Jet Over the Atlantic]]''
**6 November
***''[[The Wreck of the Mary Deare (film)|The Wreck of the Mary Deare]]'' ([[American films of 1959|U.S.]]/[[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**10 November
***''[[Happy Anniversary (1959 film)|Happy Anniversary]]''
***''[[Third Man on the Mountain]]''
**11 November
***''[[The Facts of Murder (film)|The Facts of Murder]]'' ([[Italian films of 1959|Italy]])
***''[[Shadows (1959 film)|Shadows]]''
***''[[Yellowstone Kelly]]''
**12 November
***''[[The Miracle (1959 film)|The Miracle]]''
***''[[The Soldiers of Pancho Villa]]'' ([[Mexican films of 1959|Mexico]])
**13 November
***''[[Estate Violenta]]'' ([[Italian films of 1959|Italy]]/[[French films of 1959|France]])
**14 November
***''[[Bad Girls Don't Cry]]'' ([[Italian films of 1959|Italy]])
***''[[Insan Jaag Utha]]'' ([[Bollywood films of 1959|India]])
**17 November
***''[[Beloved Infidel]]''
**18 November
***''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]''
***''[[A Summer Place (film)|A Summer Place]]''
**22 November
***''[[Timbuktu (1959 film)|Timbuktu]]''
**23 November
***''[[The Angry Red Planet]]''
**29 November
***''[[The Atomic Submarine]]''
**30 November
***''[[The Man Who Could Cheat Death]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*December 1959
**1 December
***''[[1001 Arabian Nights (1959 film)|1001 Arabian Nights]]''
***''[[Ballad of a Soldier]]'' ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]])
***''[[The Rookie (1959 film)|The Rookie]]''
**5 December
***''[[La Fièvre Monte à El Pao|Republic of Sin]]'' ([[French films of 1959|France]]/[[Mexican films of 1959|Mexico]])
***''[[Operation Petticoat]]''
**7 December
***''[[Never So Few]]''
**11 December
***''[[Expresso Bongo (film)|Expresso Bongo]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
***''[[Li'l Abner (1959 film)|Li'l Abner]]''
***''[[SOS Pacific]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**12 December
***''[[Hannibal (1959 film)|Hannibal]]'' ([[Italian films of 1959|Italy]])
***''[[Terror Is a Man]]'' ([[American films of 1959|U.S.]]/[[List of Philippine films|Philippines]])
**15 December
***''[[Follow a Star]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**16 December
***''[[Blessings of the Land]]'' ([[Philippine films of the 1950s|Philippines]])
***''[[The Gazebo]]''
***''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)|Journey to the Center of the Earth]]''
***''[[Pickpocket (film)|Pickpocket]]'' ([[French films of 1959|France]])
***''[[The Shakedown (1959 film)|The Shakedown]]''
**17 December
***''[[On the Beach (1959 film)|On the Beach]]''
**18 December
***''[[Vi er allesammen tossede|We are Altogether Crazy]]'' ([[Danish films of the 1950s|Denmark]])
**20 December
***''[[A Dog's Best Friend]]''
***''[[Suddenly, Last Summer (film)|Suddenly, Last Summer]]''
**21 December
***''[[Tommy the Toreador]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**25 December
***''[[Magic Boy (film)|Magic Boy]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1959|Japan]])
**26 December
***''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1959|Japan]])
**28 December
***''[[Come Dance with Me (1959 film)|Come Dance with Me]]'' ([[French films of 1959|France]]/[[Italian films of 1959|Italy]])
**30 December
***''[[Our Man in Havana (film)|Our Man in Havana]]'' ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
**31 December
***''[[The Adventures of Buratino (1959 film)|The Adventures of Buratino]]'' ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]])

==Notable films released in 1959==
[[List of American films of 1959|United States]] unless stated

===#===
*''[[4D Man]]'', starring [[Robert Lansing (actor)|Robert Lansing]] and [[Lee Meriwether]]
*''[[The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock]]'', starring [[Lou Costello]] and [[Dorothy Provine]]
*''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]'', starring [[Kenneth More]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[The 400 Blows]]'' (Les Quatre Cents Coups), directed by [[François Truffaut]], starring [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]] – ([[French films of 1959|France]])Nights
*''[[1001 Arabian Nights (1959 film)|1001 Arabian Nights]]'', animated film  directed by [[Jack Kinney]].

===A===
*''[[The Adventures of Buratino (1959 film)|The Adventures of Buratino]]'' (Priklyucheniya Buratino) – ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]])
*''[[Al Capone (1959 film)|Al Capone]]'', starring [[Rod Steiger]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Al Capone (1959) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a626930 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229182234/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a626930 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 29, 2018 |website=BFI |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*''[[Alias Jesse James]]'', starring [[Bob Hope]]
*''[[The Alligator People]]'', starring [[Beverly Garland]]
*''[[Anari (1959 film)|Anari]]'', starring [[Raj Kapoor]] – ([[Bollywood films of 1959|India]])
*''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]'', directed by [[Otto Preminger]], starring [[James Stewart]], [[Lee Remick]], [[Ben Gazzara]], [[Eve Arden]], [[Arthur O'Connell]], [[Kathryn Crosby|Kathryn Grant]], [[George C. Scott]]
*''[[The Angry Hills (film)|The Angry Hills]]'', starring [[Robert Mitchum]] and [[Gia Scala]]
*''[[The Angry Red Planet]]'' (aka Invasion of Mars), starring [[Gerald Mohr]]
*''[[Argument About Basia]]'' (Awantura o Basię) – ([[List of Polish films of the 1950s|Poland]])

===B===
*''[[Bad Girls Don't Cry]]'' (La notte brava), starring [[Rosanna Schiaffino]] – ([[Italian films of 1959|Italy]])
*''[[Ballad of a Soldier]]'' (Ballada o soldate), directed by [[Grigory Chukhray]] – ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]])
*''[[The Bat (1959 film)|The Bat]]'', starring [[Vincent Price]] and [[Agnes Moorehead]]
*''[[Battle Beyond the Sun]]'' ({{lang|ru|Nebo zovet}}) – (USSR)
*''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'', directed by [[Ishirō Honda]] – ([[Japanese films of 1959|Japan]])
*''[[The Battle of the Sexes (1959 film)|The Battle of the Sexes]]'', starring [[Peter Sellers]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[The Beat Generation]]'', starring [[Steve Cochran]] and [[Mamie Van Doren]]
*''[[Beloved Infidel]]'', starring [[Gregory Peck]] and [[Deborah Kerr]]
*''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'', directed by [[William Wyler]], starring [[Charlton Heston]], [[Stephen Boyd]], [[Jack Hawkins]] – winner of 11 [[32nd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]] and 4 [[Golden Globes]]
*''[[The Best of Everything (film)|The Best of Everything]]'', starring [[Hope Lange]], [[Diane Baker]], [[Suzy Parker]], [[Stephen Boyd]], [[Joan Crawford]]
*''[[The Big Circus]]'', starring [[Victor Mature]], [[Rhonda Fleming]], [[Red Buttons]], [[Gilbert Roland]], [[Kathryn Crosby|Kathryn Grant]]
*''[[The Big Fisherman]]'', starring [[Howard Keel]]
*''[[The Big Operator (1959 film)|The Big Operator]]'', starring [[Mickey Rooney]], [[Steve Cochran]], [[Mamie Van Doren]]
*''[[The Birth of Japan]]'' (Nippon Tanjō), starring [[Toshiro Mifune]] – ([[Japanese films of 1959|Japan]])
*''[[Black Orpheus]]'', directed by [[Marcel Camus]] – winner of Palme d'Or, Golden Globe, Oscar and Bafta – ([[Brazilian films of the 1950s|Brazil]]/[[French films of 1959|France]]/[[Italian films of 1959|Italy]])
*''[[Blessings of the Land]]'' (Biyaya ng lupa), starring [[Rosa Rosal]] – ([[Philippine films of the 1950s|Philippines]])
*''[[Breakout (1959 film)|Breakout]]'', starring [[Hazel Court]]
*''[[The Bridge (1959 film)|The Bridge]]'' (Die Brücke), directed by [[Bernhard Wicki]] – ([[List of German films 1945-1959|West Germany]])
*''[[A Bucket of Blood]]'', directed by [[Roger Corman]]
*''[[But Not for Me (film)|But Not for Me]]'', directed by [[Walter Lang]], starring [[Clark Gable]], [[Carroll Baker]], [[Lee J. Cobb]]

===C===
*''[[The Captain's Table]]'', starring [[John Gregson]] and [[Peggy Cummins]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[Career (1959 film)|Career]]'', starring [[Dean Martin]], [[Shirley MacLaine]], [[Anthony Franciosa]]
*''[[Carlton-Browne of the F.O.]]'', starring [[Peter Sellers]], [[Terry-Thomas]], [[John Le Mesurier]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[Carry On Nurse]]'', starring [[Shirley Eaton]] and [[Kenneth Connor]] – (Britain)
*''[[Carry On Teacher]]'', starring [[Kenneth Connor]] and [[Leslie Phillips]] – (Britain)
*''[[The Chasers (1959 film)|The Chasers]]'' (Jakten) – ([[Norwegian films of the 1950s|Norway]])
*''[[City of Fear (1959 film)|City of Fear]]'', score by Jerry Goldsmith
*''[[Come Dance with Me (1959 film)|Come Dance with Me]]'', starring [[Brigitte Bardot]] – (France/[[Italian films of 1959|Italy]])
*''[[Compulsion (1959 film)|Compulsion]]'', starring [[Orson Welles]], [[Bradford Dillman]], [[Dean Stockwell]], [[Diane Varsi]], [[E. G. Marshall]]
*''[[Court Martial (1959 film)|Court Martial]]'' (Kriegsgericht) – ([[List of German films 1945-1959|West Germany]])
*''[[Les Cousins (film)|Les Cousins]]'', directed by [[Claude Chabrol]] – ([[French films of 1959|France]])
*''[[The Crimson Kimono]]'', directed by [[Samuel Fuller]], starring [[James Shigeta]]

===D===
*''[[Danger Within]]'', starring [[Richard Todd]], [[Bernard Lee]], [[Richard Attenborough]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[Darby O'Gill and the Little People]]'', starring [[Sean Connery]]
*''[[Date With Death]]'', starring [[Gerald Mohr]]
*''[[Day of the Outlaw]]'', starring [[Robert Ryan]], [[Tina Louise]], [[Burl Ives]]
*''[[The Death Ship (1959 film)|The Death Ship]]'' (Das Totenschiff), starring [[Horst Buchholz]] – ([[List of German films of 1945–59|West Germany]])
*''[[Destiny of a Man]]'' (Sudba cheloveka), directed by [[Sergei Bondarchuk]] – ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]])
*''[[The Devil's Disciple (1959 film)|The Devil's Disciple]]'', starring [[Laurence Olivier]], [[Burt Lancaster]], [[Kirk Douglas]] – ([[American films of 1959|U.S.]]/[[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'', directed by [[George Stevens]], starring [[Millie Perkins]], [[Joseph Schildkraut]], [[Shelley Winters]], [[Richard Beymer]], [[Diane Baker]], [[Ed Wynn]]
*''[[Dil Deke Dekho]]'', starring [[Shammi Kapoor]] – ([[Bollywood films of 1959|India]])
*''[[Donald in Mathmagic Land]]'' (short subject)
*''[[Don't Give Up The Ship (film)|Don't Give Up The Ship]]'', starring [[Jerry Lewis]]
*''[[Støv på hjernen (1959 film)|Dust on the Brain]]'' (Støv på hjernen) – ([[Norwegian films of the 1950s|Norway]])

===E===
*''[[Expresso Bongo (film)|Expresso Bongo]]'', starring [[Laurence Harvey]] and [[Cliff Richard]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])

===F===
*''[[The FBI Story]]'', starring [[James Stewart]]
*''[[Face of a Fugitive]]'', starring [[Fred MacMurray]]
*''[[Un maledetto imbroglio|The Facts of Murder]]'' (Un maledetto imbroglio), directed by and starring [[Pietro Germi]] with [[Claudia Cardinale]] – ([[Italian films of 1959|Italy]])
*''[[La fièvre monte à El Pao]]'' (Fever Mounts at El Pao), directed by [[Luis Buñuel]] – ([[French films of 1959|France]]/[[Mexican films of 1959|Mexico]])
*''[[Fires on the Plain (1959 film)|Fires on the Plain]]'' (Nobi), directed by [[Kon Ichikawa]] – ([[Japanese films of 1959|Japan]])
*''[[The Five Pennies]]'', starring [[Danny Kaye]]
*''[[Floating Weeds]]'' (Ukikusa), directed by [[Yasujirō Ozu]] – (Japan)
*''[[Follow a Star]]'', starring [[Norman Wisdom]], [[Ron Moody]], [[Hattie Jacques]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[Forbidden Women (1959 film)|Forbidden Women]]'', directed by [[Mahmoud Zulfikar]], starring [[Salah Zulfikar]] and [[Huda Sultan]] – ([[List of Egyptian films of 1959|Egypt]])
*''[[The Fugitive Kind]]'', directed by [[Sidney Lumet]], starring [[Marlon Brando]], [[Anna Magnani]], [[Joanne Woodward]]

===G===
*''[[The Gazebo]]'', starring [[Glenn Ford]], [[Debbie Reynolds]], [[Carl Reiner]]
*''[[Il Generale della Rovere]]'', directed by [[Roberto Rossellini]], starring [[Vittorio De Sica]] – ([[Italian films of 1959|Italy]])
*''[[The Giant Behemoth]]'', starring [[Gene Evans]] and [[André Morell]]
*''[[Gidget (film)|Gidget]]'', starring [[Sandra Dee]]
*''[[Girls Town (1959 film)|Girls Town]]'', starring [[Mamie Van Doren]]
*''[[Good Morning (1959 film)|Good Morning]]'' (Ohayō), directed by [[Yasujirō Ozu]] – ([[Japanese films of 1959|Japan]])
*''[[The Great War (1959 film)|La grande guerra]]'' (The Great War), directed by [[Mario Monicelli]], starring [[Alberto Sordi]] and [[Vittorio Gassman]] – (Italy)
*''[[The Gunfight at Dodge City]]'', starring [[Joel McCrea]]
*''[[Guns, Girls and Gangsters]]'', directed by [[Edward L. Cahn]]

===H===
*''[[The Hanging Tree (film)|The Hanging Tree]]'', directed by [[Delmer Daves]], starring [[Gary Cooper]], [[Karl Malden]], [[George C. Scott]]
*''[[The Hangman (1959 film)|The Hangman]]'', starring [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]] and [[Tina Louise]]
*''[[Hannibal (1959 film)|Hannibal]]'', starring [[Victor Mature]] and [[Rita Gam]]
*''[[Happy Anniversary (1959 film)|Happy Anniversary]]'', starring [[David Niven]] and [[Mitzi Gaynor]]
*''[[Have Rocket, Will Travel]]'', starring [[Moe Howard]], [[Larry Fine]] and [[Joe De Rita]]
*''[[The Heart of a Man]]'', starring [[Frankie Vaughan]] and [[Anne Heywood]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[Hiroshima Mon Amour]]'', directed by [[Alain Resnais]] – ([[French films of 1959|France]]/Japan)
*''[[A Hole in the Head]]'', starring [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Edward G. Robinson]], [[Carolyn Jones]], [[Eddie Hodges]]
*''[[Holiday for Lovers]]'', starring [[Jane Wyman]], [[Clifton Webb]], [[Jill St. John]]
*''[[A Home for Tanya]]'' (Otchiy dom) – ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]])
*''[[Honeymoon (1959 film)|Honeymoon]]'' (Luna de miel), directed by [[Michael Powell]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]]/[[Spanish films of 1959|Spain]])
*''[[The Horse Soldiers]]'', starring [[John Wayne]], [[William Holden]], [[Constance Towers]]
*''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' (British), a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Films, starring [[Peter Cushing]] as Holmes, Andre Morell as Watson and [[Christopher Lee]] as Sir Henry Baskerville – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[House on Haunted Hill]]'', starring [[Vincent Price]]

===I===
*''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'', directed by the [[Boulting Brothers]], starring [[Peter Sellers]] and [[Ian Carmichael]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[Imitation of Life (1959 film)|Imitation of Life]]'', directed by [[Douglas Sirk]], starring [[Lana Turner]], [[John Gavin]], [[Sandra Dee]], [[Susan Kohner]], [[Juanita Moore]]
*''[[The Immoral Mr. Teas]]'', directed by [[Russ Meyer]]
*''[[The Indian Tomb (1959 film)|The Indian Tomb]]'', directed by [[Fritz Lang]] – (West Germany)
*''[[Insan Jaag Utha]]'', starring [[Madhubala]] – ([[India]])
*''[[It Happened to Jane]]'', starring [[Doris Day]], [[Jack Lemmon]], [[Ernie Kovacs]]
*''[[It Started with a Kiss (film)|It Started with a Kiss]]'', starring [[Debbie Reynolds]] and [[Glenn Ford]]

===J===
*''[[Jazz on a Summer's Day]]'', [[concert film]] of the 1958 [[Newport Jazz Festival]], directed by [[Bert Stern]] and [[Aram Avakian]]
*''[[The Jazz Singer (1959 film)|The Jazz Singer]]'', a television film starring [[Jerry Lewis]]
*''[[Jet Over the Atlantic]]'', starring [[Guy Madison]] and [[Virginia Mayo]]
*''[[Jet Storm]]'', starring [[Richard Attenborough]], [[Stanley Baker]], [[Diane Cilento]], [[Mai Zetterling]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[John Paul Jones (film)|John Paul Jones]]'', starring [[Robert Stack]]
*''[[The Journey (1959 film)|The Journey]]'', starring [[Yul Brynner]] and [[Deborah Kerr]]
*''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)|Journey to the Center of the Earth]]'', starring [[James Mason]] and [[Pat Boone]]

===K===
*''[[Kaagaz Ke Phool]]'' (Paper Flowers), directed by and starring [[Guru Dutt]] – ([[Bollywood films of 1959|India]])
*''[[Kapò]]'', directed by [[Gillo Pontecorvo]], starring [[Susan Strasberg]] – ([[Italian films of 1959|Italy]]/[[French films of 1959|France]]/[[List of Yugoslav films of the 1950s|Yugoslavia]])
*''[[Killers of Kilimanjaro]]'', starring [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]], [[Anthony Newley]], [[Anne Aubrey]]

===L===
*''[[The Last Angry Man]]'', starring [[Paul Muni]]
*''[[Last Train from Gun Hill]]'', starring [[Kirk Douglas]], [[Anthony Quinn]], [[Carolyn Jones]], [[Earl Holliman]]
*''[[The Law (1959 film)|The Law]]'' (La Legge), starring [[Gina Lollobrigida]] and [[Yves Montand]] – (Italy)
*''[[El Lazarillo de Tormes]]'', winner of [[Golden Bear]] – ([[Spanish films of 1959|Spain]])
*''[[Le Signe du Lion|Le signe du lion]], directed by [[Éric Rohmer]] – ([[French films of 1959|France]])''
*''[[The Legend of Tom Dooley]]'', starring [[Michael Landon]]
*''[[Les Liaisons Dangereuses (film)|Les liaisons dangereuses]]'', directed by [[Roger Vadim]], starring [[Jeanne Moreau]] – ([[French films of 1959|France]])
*''[[Letter Never Sent (film)|Letter Never Sent]]'' (Neotpravlennoye pismo) – ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]])
*''[[Little Greaser (film)|Little Greaser]]''
*''[[Libel (film)|Libel]]'', directed by [[Anthony Asquith]], starring [[Dirk Bogarde]] and [[Olivia de Havilland]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[Li'l Abner (1959 film)|Li'l Abner]]'', directed by [[Melvin Frank]], starring [[Peter Palmer (actor)|Peter Palmer]], [[Leslie Parrish]], [[Stella Stevens]], [[Julie Newmar]], [[Stubby Kaye]]
*''[[Look Back in Anger (1959 film)|Look Back in Anger]]'', directed by [[Tony Richardson]], starring [[Richard Burton]] and [[Claire Bloom]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])

===M===
*''[[Magic Boy (film)|Magic Boy]]'' (Shōnen Sarutobi Sasuke) – Japanese animated film
*''[[Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre]]'', directed by [[Jean Delannoy]], starring [[Jean Gabin]] – ([[French films of 1959|France]])
*''[[Make Mine a Million]]'', directed by [[Lance Comfort]] and starring [[Arthur Askey]] and [[Sid James]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[The Man in the Net]]'', directed by [[Michael Curtiz]], starring [[Alan Ladd]] and [[Carolyn Jones]]
*''[[The Man Who Could Cheat Death]]'', starring [[Anton Diffring]] and [[Hazel Court]]
*''[[Model for Murder]]'', starring [[Keith Andes]] and [[Hazel Court]]
*''[[The Master and His Servants]]'' (Herren og hans tjenere) – ([[Norwegian films of the 1950s|Norway]])
*''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (Sen noci svatojánské), an animated puppet film by [[Jiří Trnka]] – ([[Czech films of the 1950s|Czechoslovakia]])
*''[[The Miracle (1959 film)|The Miracle]]'', starring [[Carroll Baker]] and [[Roger Moore]]
*''[[Mise Éire (film)|Mise Éire]]'' – ([[List of Irish films|Ireland]])
*''[[The Mouse That Roared (film)|The Mouse That Roared]]'', starring [[Peter Sellers]] and [[Jean Seberg]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[The Mummy (1959 film)|The Mummy]]'', starring [[Peter Cushing]] and [[Christopher Lee]] – (Britain)
*''[[My Second Brother]]'', directed by [[Shōhei Imamura]] – ([[Japanese films of 1959|Japan]])

===N===
*''[[Nazarín]]'', directed by [[Luis Buñuel]] – ([[Mexican films of 1959|Mexico]])
*''[[Never So Few]]'', starring [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Gina Lollobrigida]], [[Peter Lawford]], [[Steve McQueen]]
*''[[Night Train (1959 film)|Night Train]]'' (Pociąg) – ([[List of Polish films of the 1950s|Poland]])
*''[[The Nightingale's Prayer]]'' (Doaa al-Karawan) – ([[Egyptian films of the 1950s|Egypt]])
*''[[No Name on the Bullet]]'', starring [[Audie Murphy]]
*''[[North by Northwest]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], starring [[Cary Grant]], [[Eva Marie Saint]], [[James Mason]]
*''[[North West Frontier (film)|North West Frontier]]'', aka ''Flame Over India'', starring [[Kenneth More]] and [[Lauren Bacall]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[The Nun's Story (film)|The Nun's Story]]'', directed by [[Fred Zinnemann]], starring [[Audrey Hepburn]]

===O===
*''[[Odd Obsession]]'' (Kagi), directed by [[Kon Ichikawa]] – ([[Japanese films of 1959|Japan]])
*''[[Odds Against Tomorrow]]'', starring [[Harry Belafonte]] and [[Robert Ryan]]
*''[[On the Beach (1959 film)|On the Beach]]'', directed by [[Stanley Kramer]], starring [[Gregory Peck]], [[Ava Gardner]], [[Fred Astaire]], [[Anthony Perkins]]
*''[[Operation Petticoat]]'', starring [[Cary Grant]] and [[Tony Curtis]]
*''[[Our Man in Havana (film)|Our Man in Havana]]'', directed by [[Carol Reed]], starring [[Alec Guinness]], [[Maureen O'Hara]], [[Noël Coward]], [[Ernie Kovacs]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[The Overcoat (1959 film)|The Overcoat]]'' (Shinel) – ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]])

===P===
*''[[Paigham]]'', directed by [[S. S. Vasan]], starring [[Dilip Kumar]], [[Vyjayanthimala]], [[Raaj Kumar]], [[B. Saroja Devi]] – ([[Bollywood films of 1959|India]])
*''[[Pickpocket (film)|Pickpocket]]'', directed by [[Robert Bresson]] – ([[French films of 1959|France]])
*''[[Pillow Talk (film)|Pillow Talk]]'', starring [[Doris Day]] and [[Rock Hudson]]
*''[[El Pisito]]'' (The Little Apartment), directed by [[Marco Ferreri]] – ([[Spanish films of 1959|Spain]])
*''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]'', directed by [[Ed Wood|Edward D. Wood, Jr.]], starring [[Tor Johnson]], [[Maila Nurmi|Vampira]], [[Bela Lugosi]]
*''[[Porgy and Bess (1959 film)|Porgy and Bess]]'', a musical directed by [[Otto Preminger]], starring [[Sidney Poitier]] and [[Dorothy Dandridge]], music by [[George Gershwin|George]] and [[Ira Gershwin]]
*''[[Pork Chop Hill (film)|Pork Chop Hill]]'', starring [[Gregory Peck]]

===R===
*''[[The Rest Is Silence (1959 film)|The Rest Is Silence]]'' (Der Rest ist Schweigen), starring [[Hardy Krüger]] – ([[List of German films of 1945–59|West Germany]])
*''[[Return of the Fly]]'', starring [[Vincent Price]]
*''[[Ride Lonesome]]'', starring [[Randolph Scott]]
*''[[Rio Bravo (1959 film)|Rio Bravo]]'', directed by [[Howard Hawks]], starring [[John Wayne]], [[Dean Martin]], [[Ricky Nelson]], [[Walter Brennan]], [[Angie Dickinson]]
*''[[The Rookie (1959 film)|The Rookie]]'', starring [[Julie Newmar]], [[Tommy Noonan]], [[Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall]]
*''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]'', directed by [[Jack Clayton]], starring [[Simone Signoret]] and [[Laurence Harvey]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[The Roots of Heaven (film)|The Roots of Heaven]]'', directed by [[John Huston]], starring [[Errol Flynn]], [[Trevor Howard]], [[Juliette Gréco]], [[Eddie Albert]], [[Orson Welles]]

===S===
*''[[Sampo (film)|Sampo]]'' (The Day the Earth Froze) – ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]]/[[List of Finnish films of the 1950s|Finland]])
*''[[Sapphire (film)|Sapphire]]'', directed by [[Basil Dearden]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[Say One for Me]]'', starring [[Bing Crosby]], [[Debbie Reynolds]] and [[Robert Wagner]]
*''[[The Scapegoat (1959 film)|The Scapegoat]]'', starring [[Alec Guinness]] and [[Bette Davis]] – (Britain)
*''[[Serious Charge]]'', starring [[Anthony Quayle]] – (Britain)
*''[[Shadows (1959 film)|Shadows]]'', directed by [[John Cassavetes]]
*''[[The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)|The Shaggy Dog]]'', starring [[Fred MacMurray]], [[Jean Hagen]] and [[Tommy Kirk]]
*''[[The Shakedown (1959 film)|The Shakedown]]'', starring [[Donald Pleasence]] and [[Hazel Court]]
*''[[Shake Hands with the Devil (1959 film)|Shake Hands with the Devil]]'', starring [[James Cagney]] – (U.S./[[List of Irish films|Ireland]])
*''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'', animated film produced by [[Walt Disney]]
*''[[The Soldiers of Pancho Villa]]'' (La cucaracha), starring [[María Félix]] and [[Dolores del Río]] – ([[Mexican films of 1959|Mexico]])
*''[[Solomon and Sheba]]'', starring [[Yul Brynner]] and [[Gina Lollobrigida]]
*''[[Some Like It Hot]]'', directed by [[Billy Wilder]], starring [[Marilyn Monroe]], [[Tony Curtis]] and [[Jack Lemmon]]
*''[[SOS Pacific]]'', starring [[Richard Attenborough]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[The Sound and the Fury (1959 film)|The Sound and the Fury]]'', starring [[Yul Brynner]] and [[Joanne Woodward]]
*''[[Stars (film)|Stars]]'' (Sterne), directed by [[Konrad Wolf]] – ([[List of East German films#1950s|East Germany]]/[[List of Bulgarian films#1950s|Bulgaria]])
*''[[A Stranger in My Arms]]'', starring [[Jeff Chandler (actor)|Jeff Chandler]], [[June Allyson]], [[Mary Astor]] and [[Sandra Dee]]
*''[[Suddenly, Last Summer (film)|Suddenly, Last Summer]]'', directed by [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]], starring [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Montgomery Clift]] and [[Katharine Hepburn]]
*''[[A Summer Place (film)|A Summer Place]]'', starring [[Troy Donahue]] and [[Sandra Dee]]

===T===
*''[[Tarzan's Greatest Adventure]]'', directed by [[John Guillermin]], starring [[Gordon Scott]], [[Anthony Quayle]], [[Sean Connery]]
*''[[Telegrame]]'' – ([[List of Romanian films#1950s|Romania]])
*''[[Ten Seconds to Hell]]'', directed by [[Robert Aldrich]], starring [[Jack Palance]]
*''[[Terror Is a Man]]'', starring [[Francis Lederer]] – ([[American films of 1959|U.S.]]/[[List of Philippine films|Philippines]])
*''[[That Kind of Woman]]'', directed by [[Sidney Lumet]], starring [[Sophia Loren]] and [[Tab Hunter]]
*''[[The Unknown Woman (1959 film)|The Unknown Woman]]'', directed by [[Mahmoud Zulfikar]], starring [[Shadia]], [[Shoukry Sarhan]] and [[Kamal el-Shennawi|Kamal El-Shennawi]] – ([[List of Egyptian films of 1959|Egypt]])
*''[[There Will Be No Leave Today]]'' (Segodnya uvolneniya ne budet), directed by [[Andrei Tarkovsky]] – ([[Soviet films of 1959|USSR]])
*''[[These Thousand Hills]]'', starring [[Richard Egan (actor)|Richard Egan]], [[Don Murray (actor)|Don Murray]], [[Lee Remick]]
*''[[They Came to Cordura]]'', starring [[Gary Cooper]], [[Rita Hayworth]], [[Van Heflin]], [[Richard Conte]], [[Dick York]], [[Tab Hunter]]
*''[[Third Man on the Mountain]]'', starring [[Michael Rennie]]
*''[[Tiger Bay (1959 film)|Tiger Bay]]'', starring [[John Mills]] and [[Hayley Mills]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959 film)|The Tiger of Eschnapur]]'', directed by [[Fritz Lang]] – (West Germany)
*''[[The Tingler]]'', starring [[Vincent Price]]
*''[[Tommy the Toreador]]'', starring [[Tommy Steele]] – (Britain)
*''[[Too Many Crooks]]'', starring [[Terry-Thomas]] and [[George Cole (actor)|George Cole]] – (Britain)
*''[[Train Without a Timetable]]'' (Vlak bez voznog reda) – ([[List of Yugoslav films of the 1950s|Yugoslavia]])
*''[[The Trap (1959 film)|The Trap]]'', starring [[Richard Widmark]], [[Lee J. Cobb]], [[Earl Holliman]], [[Tina Louise]]
*''[[Two Men in Manhattan]]'' (Deux hommes dans Manhattan), directed by [[Jean-Pierre Melville]] – ([[French films of 1959|France]])

===U===
*''[[Up Periscope]]'', starring [[James Garner]] and [[Edmond O'Brien]]

===V===
*''[[Il vedovo]]'' (The Widower), directed by [[Dino Risi]], starring [[Alberto Sordi]] – (Italy)
*''[[La vida alrededor]]'' (Life Around Us) – ([[Spanish films of 1959|Spain]])
*''[[Violent Summer]]'' (Estate violenta), starring [[Jean-Louis Trintignant]] – ([[Italian films of 1959|Italy]]/[[French films of 1959|France]])

===W===
*''[[Warlock (1959 film)|Warlock]]'', directed by [[Edward Dmytryk]], starring [[Henry Fonda]], [[Richard Widmark]] and [[Anthony Quinn]]
*''[[The Wasp Woman]]'', starring [[Susan Cabot]]
*''[[Vi er allesammen tossede|We Are Altogether Crazy]]'' (Vi er allesammen tossede) – ([[Danish films of the 1950s|Denmark]])
*''[[Westbound (film)|Westbound]]'', starring [[Randolph Scott]] and [[Virginia Mayo]]
*''[[When the Woman Butts In]]'' (Kam čert nemůže) – ([[Czech films of the 1950s|Czechoslovakia]])
*''[[The Wild and the Innocent]]'', starring [[Audie Murphy]], [[Joanne Dru]], [[Sandra Dee]]
*''[[Woman Obsessed]]'', starring [[Susan Hayward]]
*''[[The Wonderful Country]]'', starring [[Robert Mitchum]] and [[Julie London]]
*''[[The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959 film)|The World, the Flesh and the Devil]]'', starring [[Harry Belafonte]] and [[Inger Stevens]]
*''[[The World of Apu]]'' (Apur Sansar), directed by [[Satyajit Ray]] – ([[Bengali films of the 1950s|India]])
*''[[The Wreck of the Mary Deare (film)|The Wreck of the Mary Deare]]'', starring [[Gary Cooper]] and [[Charlton Heston]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]]/[[American films of 1959|U.S.]])

===Y===
*''[[Yellowstone Kelly]]'', starring [[Clint Walker]] and [[Edd Byrnes]]
*''[[Yesterday's Enemy]]'', directed by [[Val Guest]], starring [[Stanley Baker]] – ([[British films of 1959|Britain]])
*''[[The Young Philadelphians]]'', starring [[Paul Newman]], [[Barbara Rush]], [[Brian Keith]], [[Alexis Smith]], [[Robert Vaughn]]

===Z===
*''[[Zorro, the Avenger]]'', feature film released outside of the U.S., compiled from six episodes of the Disney ''Zorro, the Avenger'' TV series, starring [[Guy Williams (actor)|Guy Williams]] and [[Charles Korvin]]

==Short film series==
*''[[Looney Tunes]]'' (1930–1969)
*''[[Terrytoons]]'' (1930–1964)
*''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' (1931–1969)
*''[[Bugs Bunny]]'' (1940–1962)
*''[[Yosemite Sam]]'' (1945–1963)
*''[[Speedy Gonzales]]'' (1953–1968)
*''[[The Three Stooges]]'' (1934–1959)
*''[[Loopy De Loop]]'' (1959–1965)

== Births ==
*January 1 - [[Adrian Hall (actor)|Adrian Hall]], English former actor and co-director
*January 4 - [[Vanity (singer)|Vanity]], Canadian singer, songwriter, model and actress (died 2016)
*January 5 – [[Clancy Brown]], American actor and voice actor
*January 12 - [[Ralf Moeller]], German actor
*January 13 - [[Alan Taylor (director)|Alan Taylor]], American director
*January 17 – [[Momoe Yamaguchi]], Japanese former actress and singer
*January 22 – [[Linda Blair]], American actress
*January 23
**[[Didier Bourdon]], French actor, screenwriter and director
**[[Robert Funaro]], American actor
*January 26 - [[Herbert Sigüenza]], American actor, writer, visual artist and performer
*January 27 - [[Glenn Taranto]], American actor and writer
*January 28 - [[Frank Darabont]], American director, screenwriter and producer
*January 30 - [[Alex Hyde-White]], American actor
*January 31 
**[[Anthony LaPaglia]], Australian actor
**[[Kelly Lynch]], American actress
*February 1 - [[Slink Johnson]], American rapper, actor and comedian
*February 2 – [[Laine Mägi]], Estonian actress and dancer
*February 4 – [[Pamelyn Ferdin]], American actress
*February 8 - [[Henry Czerny]], Canadian actor
*February 12 - [[Sigrid Thornton]], Australian actress
*February 16 - [[Hazelle Goodman]], American actress
*February 18 - [[Jayne Atkinson]], British-American actress
*February 22 – [[Kyle MacLachlan]], American actor
*March 3
**[[Taylor Nichols]], American actor
**[[Olivier Rabourdin]], French actor
*March 5 – [[Darío Grandinetti]], Argentinian actor
*March 6 – [[Tom Arnold (actor)|Tom Arnold]], American actor and comedian
*March 7
**[[Donna Murphy]], American actress and singer
**[[Nick Searcy]], American character actor
*March 8 – [[Aidan Quinn]], Irish-American actor
*March 9 – [[Rodney A. Grant]], American actor
*March 11 – [[Margus Oopkaup]], Estonian actor and dramatist (died 2025)<ref>[http://maaleht.delfi.ee/news/maaleht/elu/endine-naitleja-margus-oopkaup-toitu-saan-paevas-osta-kolme-euro-eest?id=70616385 Maaleht.] ''Endine näitleja Margus Oopkaup: toitu saan päevas osta kolme euro eest.'' 22 January 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2016.</ref> 
*March 12 - [[Luenell]], American comedian and actress
*March 14
**[[Laila Robins]], American actress
**[[Tamara Tunie]], American actress, director and producer
*March 15 – [[Renny Harlin]], Finnish director and producer
*March 16
**[[Gary Basaraba]], Canadian actor
**[[Ludger Pistor]], German actor
**[[Scott L. Schwartz]], American actor, stuntman and professional wrestler (died 2024)
*March 18
**[[Luc Besson]], French director and producer
**[[Irene Cara]], American actress and singer (died 2022)
*March 22 – [[Matthew Modine]], American actor
*March 23 – [[Catherine Keener]], American actress
*March 27 - [[Brian Tarantina]], American character actor (died 2019)
*April 1 - [[Ivan G'Vera]], Czech actor
*April 3 – [[David Hyde Pierce]], American actor
*April 4 - [[Phil Morris (actor)|Phil Morris]], American actor and voice actor
*April 10 - [[Jochen Nickel]], German actor
*April 13 - [[Jodie Markell]], American actress and director
*April 15
**[[Emma Thompson]], English actress
**[[Thomas F. Wilson]], American actor, comedian and musician
*April 17
**[[Imogen Bain]], English actress (died 2014)
**[[Sean Bean]], English actor
*April 19 - [[Patricia Charbonneau]], American actress
*April 20
**[[Clint Howard]], American actor
**[[Yuji Okumoto]], American actor of Japanese descent
*April 23
**[[Tim Blaney]], American puppeteer and voice actor
**[[Jonathan Sagall]], Israeli actor
*April 24 - [[Glenn Morshower]], American character actor
*April 27 - [[Neil Pearson]], British actor
*May 2 - [[Lone Scherfig]], Danish director and screenwriter
*May 3 - [[Ben Elton]], English comedian, actor and director
*May 10 - [[Victoria Rowell]], American actress
*May 12 - [[Ving Rhames]], American actor
*May 15 - [[Chris Meledandri]], American producer and founder and CEO of [[Illumination (company)]]
*May 16 – [[Mare Winningham]], American actress
*May 19 - [[Jim Ward (voice actor)|Jim Ward]], American voice actor, radio personality and camera operator
*May 20 - [[Bronson Pinchot]], American actor
*May 21
**[[Nick Cassavetes]], American actor, director and writer
**[[Dana Kimmell]], American former actress and model
*May 22 - [[Linda Emond]], American actress
*May 24 - [[Nula Conwell]], English character actress
*May 26 - [[Kevin Gage (actor)|Kevin Gage]], American character actor
*May 29 – [[Rupert Everett]], English actor
*June 6
**[[Neal H. Moritz]], American producer
**[[Colin Quinn]], American stand-up comedian, actor and writer
*June 7 - [[Francis Magee]], Irish actor
*June 8 - [[Bernard White (actor)|Bernard White]], American actor, screenwriter and director
*June 11 – [[Hugh Laurie]], English actor
*June 16 - [[Willard E. Pugh]], American actor
*June 22 – [[Wayne Federman]], American actor and comedian
*June 23 - [[Duane Whitaker]], American character actor
*June 28 - [[Chris Doohan]], Canadian actor
*June 29 - [[Charlotte Attenborough]], British actress
*June 30 – [[Vincent D'Onofrio]], American actor
*July 2 - [[Jere Fields]], American former actress
*July 3 
**[[Elisa Gabrielli]], American actress
**[[Andreas Wisniewski]], German actor and former dancer
*July 8 
**[[Jean-Philippe Écoffey]], Swiss actor
**[[Robert Knepper]], American actor
**[[Pauline Quirke]], retired English actress
*July 9 - [[Kevin Nash]], American actor and retired professional wrestler
*July 12 - [[Charlie Murphy (actor)|Charlie Murphy]], American actor, comedian and writer (died 2017)
*July 16 - [[Bob Joles]], American voice actor and musician
*July 26
**[[Steve Evets]], English actor and musician
**[[Kevin Spacey]], American actor
*July 29 – [[Sanjay Dutt]], Indian actor
*August 2
**[[Urbain Cancelier]], French comedian and actor
**[[Jim Doughan]], American actor and writer
*August 3 - [[John C. McGinley]], American actor
*August 10 – [[Rosanna Arquette]], American actress
*August 14 – [[Marcia Gay Harden]], American actress
*August 22 - [[Mark Williams (actor)|Mark Williams]], English actor, presenter and screenwriter
*August 27 - [[Peter Mensah]], Ghanaian-British actor
*August 28
**[[Jim Fitzpatrick (actor)|Jim Fitzpatrick]], American actor, producer, screenwriter and director
**[[Brian Thompson (actor)|Brian Thompson]], American actor
*August 29 – [[Rebecca De Mornay]], American actress
*September 3 - [[Merritt Butrick]], American actor (died 1989)
*September 9 - [[Brent Stait]], Canadian actor
*September 10
**[[Michael Earl (puppeteer)|Michael Earl]], American puppeteer, actor, writer and singer (died 2015)
**[[Jim Meskimen]], American actor and comedian
**[[Peter Nelson (actor)|Peter Nelson]], American actor, producer and writer
*September 11 - [[John Hawkes (actor)|John Hawkes]], American actor
*September 13 - [[Dominic Fumusa]], American actor
*September 14
**[[Kirk Baltz]], American actor
**[[Haviland Morris]], American actress
*September 16 - [[Peter Keleghan]], Canadian actor and writer
*September 19
**[[Mark Gustafson]], American animator and director (died 2024)
**[[Carolyn McCormick]], American actress
*September 23
**[[Jason Alexander]], American actor
**[[Elizabeth Pena]], American actress, writer, panelist and musician (died 2014)
*September 24 - [[Steve Whitmire]], American puppeteer
*September 28
**[[Steve Hytner]], American actor
**[[Giselda Volodi]], Italian actress
*October 2 - [[Kevin Eldon]], English actor and comedian
*October 3 – [[Greg Proops]], American actor, stand-up comedian, voice artist and television host
*October 7 - [[Dylan Baker]], American character actor
*October 8 - [[Brad Greenquist]], American actor
*October 9 - [[Katt Shea]], American actress
*October 10 
**[[Julia Sweeney]], American actress, comedian and author
**[[Bradley Whitford]], American actor and producer
*October 14 - [[Vincent Riotta]], British actor
*October 17 - [[Norm Macdonald]], Canadian stand-up comedian, writer and actor (died 2021)
*October 21
**[[Tony Ganios]], American actor (died 2024)
**[[Melora Walters]], American actress
**[[Ken Watanabe]], Japanese actor
*October 22 - [[Marc Lawrence (filmmaker)|Marc Lawrence]], American director, screenwriter and producer
*October 23
**[[Sam Raimi]], American filmmaker and producer
**[[Weird Al Yankovic]], American singer-songwriter, musician and actor
*October 24 - [[Brad Johnson (actor, born 1959)|Brad Johnson]], American actor (died 2022)
*October 26 - [[François Chau]], American actor
*October 31 - [[Michael DeLorenzo]], American actor, director, writer, producer and musician
*November 2 - [[Peter Mullan]], Scottish actor and filmmaker
*November 4 - [[Ken Kirzinger]], Canadian actor and stuntman
*November 8 - [[Don McManus]], American character actor
*November 9 - [[Tony Slattery]], British actor and comedian (died 2025)
*November 10 - [[Mackenzie Phillips]], American actress and singer
*November 13 - [[Caroline Goodall]], British actress and screenwriter
*November 14 – [[Paul McGann]], English actor
*November 19 – [[Allison Janney]], American actress
*November 20 – [[Sean Young]], American actress
*November 28 – [[Judd Nelson]], American actor
*November 30
**[[Cherie Currie]], American singer, musician, actress, and artist
**[[Marie Currie]], American singer, songwriter, actress, and artist
**[[Les Mayfield]], American retired director and producer
*December 13 – [[Johnny Whitaker]], American actor
*December 14 - [[Debbie Lee Carrington]], American actress and stuntwoman (died 2018)
*December 16 - [[Lee Perry (voice actor)|Lee Perry]], Australian voice actor
*December 21 - [[Sergio Rubini]], Italian actor, director and screenwriter
*December 24
**[[Lee Daniels]], American producer, director, and screenwriter
**[[Perry Lang]], American director, writer, and actor
**[[Jesús Ochoa (actor)|Jesús Ochoa]], Mexican actor
*December 29
**[[Patricia Clarkson]], American actress
**[[Paula Poundstone]], American stand-up comedian and actress
**[[Brian Sergent]], New Zealand actor
*December 30 - [[Tracey Ullman]], British-American actress, comedian, singer, writer, producer and director
*December 31
**[[Ronnie del Carmen]], Filipino director, animator, and voice actor
**[[Val Kilmer]], American actor (died 2025)

==Deaths==
*January 21
** [[Cecil B. DeMille]], 77, American director and producer, ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'', ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (film)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]''
** [[Carl Switzer]], 31, American singer and actor, ''[[Our Gang]]''
*February 1 – [[Madame Sul-Te-Wan]], 85, American actress, ''[[King of the Zombies]]'', ''[[In Old Chicago]]''
*February 4 – [[Una O'Connor (actress)|Una O'Connor]], 78, Irish actress, ''[[Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film)|Witness for the Prosecution]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]''
*February 5 – [[Gwili Andre]], 51, Danish actress, ''[[Secrets of the French Police]]'', ''[[No Other Woman (1933 film)|No Other Woman]]''
*February 20 – [[George Archainbaud]], 68, French director, ''[[Thirteen Women]]'', ''[[Girls of the Big House]]''
*February 22 – [[Helen Parrish]], 34, American actress, ''[[Too Many Blondes]]'', ''[[X Marks the Spot (1942 film)|X Marks the Spot]]''
*March 2 – [[Eric Blore]], 71, British actor, ''[[Top Hat]]'', ''[[The Lady Eve]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad]]''
*March 3 – [[Lou Costello]], 52, American comedian and actor, half of [[Abbott and Costello]] comedy team, ''[[Africa Screams]]'', ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]]''
*March 26 – [[Raymond Chandler]], 70, American author and screenwriter, ''[[The Big Sleep (1946 film)|The Big Sleep]]'', ''[[Double Indemnity]]''
*March 27 – [[Grant Withers]], 54, American actor, ''[[My Darling Clementine]]'', ''[[Fort Apache (film)|Fort Apache]]''
*April 12 – [[James Gleason]], 76, American actor, ''[[Here Comes Mr. Jordan]]'', ''[[The Bishop's Wife]]''
*April 17 – [[Cecil Cunningham]], 70, American actress, ''[[The Awful Truth]]'', ''[[Monkey Business (1931 film)|Monkey Business]]''
*April 18 – [[Irving Cummings]], 70, American director, ''[[Louisiana Purchase (film)|Louisiana Purchase]]'', ''[[The Dolly Sisters (film)|The Dolly Sisters]]''
*May 3 – [[Troy Sanders (composer)|Troy Sanders]], 57, American score arranger and composer, ''[[White Christmas (film)|White Christmas]]'', ''[[Going My Way]]''
*June 2 – [[Lyda Borelli]], 75, Italian actress, ''[[Malombra (1917 film)|Malombra]]'', ''[[La falena (film)|The Moth]]''
*June 4 – [[Charles Vidor]], 58, Hungarian director, ''[[Gilda (film)|Gilda]]'', ''[[Love Me or Leave Me (film)|Love Me or Leave Me]]''
*June 16 – [[George Reeves]], 45, American actor, ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'', ''[[So Proudly We Hail!]]''
*June 18 – [[Ethel Barrymore]], 79, American actress, ''[[Portrait of Jennie]]'', ''[[The Spiral Staircase (1946 film)|The Spiral Staircase]]''
*August 6 – [[Preston Sturges]], 60, American writer, director, ''[[Sullivan's Travels]]'', ''[[The Lady Eve]]''
*September 6 
** [[Edmund Gwenn]], 81, British actor, ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'', ''[[Mister 880]]''
** [[Kay Kendall]], 32, British actress, ''[[Genevieve (film)|Genevieve]]'', ''[[Les Girls]]''
*September 11 – [[Paul Douglas (actor)|Paul Douglas]], 52, American actor, ''[[A Letter to Three Wives]]'', ''[[It Happens Every Spring]]''
*September 13 – [[Adrian (costume designer)|Adrian]], 56, American costume designer, ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', ''[[The Women (1939 film)|The Women]]''
*September 14 – [[Wayne Morris (American actor)|Wayne Morris]], 45, American actor, ''[[Kid Galahad (1937 film)|Kid Galahad]]'', ''[[Paths of Glory]]''
*September 25 – [[Helen Broderick]], 68, American actress, ''[[Top Hat]]'', ''[[Swing Time (1936 film)|Swing Time]]''
*September 30 – [[Taylor Holmes]], 81, American actor, ''[[Kiss of Death (1947 film)|Kiss of Death]]'', ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]''
*October 3 – [[William Bishop (actor)|William Bishop]], 41, American actor, ''[[Harriet Craig]]'', ''[[Top Gun (1955 film)|Top Gun]]''
*October 7 – [[Mario Lanza]], 38, American singer and actor, ''[[The Great Caruso]]'', ''[[Winged Victory (film)|Winged Victory]]''
*October 12 – [[Edward Keane (actor)|Edward Keane]], 75, American actor, ''[[Frontier Pony Express]]'', ''[[The Roaring Twenties]]''
*October 14 – [[Errol Flynn]], 50, Australian actor, ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'', ''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]''
*October 21 – [[Olive Blakeney]], 60, American actress, ''[[Leave It to Blanche]]'', ''[[Don't Get Me Wrong (film)|Don't Get Me Wrong]]''
*October 23 – [[Gerda Lundequist]], 88, Swedish actress, ''[[Gosta Berlings saga (film)|Gosta Berlings Saga]]''
*October 30 – [[Noel Francis]], 53, American actress, ''[[Blonde Crazy]]'', ''[[I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang]]''
*November 7 – [[Victor McLaglen]], 72, British actor, ''[[The Quiet Man]]'', ''[[Gunga Din (film)|Gunga Din]]''
*November 20 – [[Sylvia Lopez]], 26, French actress, ''[[Hercules Unchained]]'', ''[[Son of the Red Corsair]]''
*November 21 – [[Max Baer (boxer)|Max Baer]], 50, American boxer and actor, ''[[The Prizefighter and the Lady]]'', ''[[The Harder They Fall (1956 film)|The Harder They Fall]]''
*November 25 – [[Gérard Philipe]], 36, French actor, ''[[Fan-Fan the Tulip]]'', ''[[Beauties of the Night (1952 film)|Beauties of the Night]]''
*December 1 – [[Jose Nepomuceno]], 66, Filipino filmmaker and producer, ''[[Dalagang Bukid|Country Maiden]]'', ''[[Ang Tatlong Hambog|The Three Humbugs]]''
*December 22 – [[Gilda Gray]], 58, American actress, ''[[Aloma of the South Seas (1926 film)|Aloma of the South Seas]]'', ''[[Cabaret (1927 film)|Cabaret]]''
*December 24 – [[Edmund Goulding]], 68, American director, ''[[Grand Hotel (1932 film)|Grand Hotel]]'', ''[[The Razor's Edge (1946 film)|The Razor's Edge]]''

== Film debuts ==
*[[Francesca Annis]] – ''The Cat Gang'' 
*[[Diane Baker]] – ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]''
*[[Jack Betts]] – ''[[The Bloody Brood]]''
*[[Michael Callan]] – ''[[They Came to Cordura]]''
*[[Seymour Cassel]] – ''[[Shadows (1959 film)|Shadows]]''
*[[James Coburn]] – ''[[Ride Lonesome]]''
*[[Soad Hosny]] – ''[[Hassan and Nayima]]''
*[[Michael Constantine]] – ''[[The Last Mile (1959 film)|The Last Mile]]''
*[[Jean-Pierre Darras]] – ''[[Two Men in Manhattan]]''
*[[David Doyle (actor)|David Doyle]] – ''[[Happy Anniversary (1959 film)|Happy Anniversary]]''
*[[Mia Farrow]] – ''[[John Paul Jones (film)|John Paul Jones]]''
*[[Don Francks]] – ''The Fast Ones''
*[[Jerry Goldsmith]] (film composer) – ''[[Face of a Fugitive]]''
*[[Richard Harris]] – ''[[Alive and Kicking (1959 film)|Alive and Kicking]]''
*[[Martin Landau]] – ''[[Pork Chop Hill (film)|Pork Chop Hill]]''
*[[Martin LaSalle]] – ''[[Pickpocket (film)|Pickpocket]]''
*[[Mako (actor)|Mako]] – ''[[Never So Few]]''
*[[John Meillon]] – ''[[On the Beach (1959 film)|On the Beach]]''
*[[Lee Meriwether]] – ''[[4D Man]]'' 
*[[Tomas Milian]] – ''The Big Night''
*[[Nichelle Nichols]] – ''[[Porgy and Bess (film)|Porgy and Bess]]''
*[[Warren Oates]] – ''[[Up Periscope]]''
*[[Millie Perkins]] – ''The Diary of Anne Frank''
*[[Michael J. Pollard]] – ''[[It Happened to Jane]]''
*[[Carl Reiner]] – ''Happy Anniversary''
*[[Bert Remsen]] – ''Pork Chop Hill''
*[[Jason Robards]] – ''[[The Journey (1959 film)|The Journey]]''
*[[George C. Scott]] – ''[[The Hanging Tree (film)|The Hanging Tree]]''
*[[Lucille Soong]] – ''[[Ferry to Hong Kong]]''
*[[Stella Stevens]] – ''[[Say One for Me]]''
*[[Romolo Valli]] – ''[[Policarpo (film)|Policarpo]]''
*[[Peter Vaughan]] – ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]''
*[[Billy Dee Williams]] – ''[[The Last Angry Man]]''
*[[Clarence Williams III]] – ''Pork Chop Hill''

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1959-01-01,1959-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1959 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1959-01-01,1959-12-31&adult=include List of 1959 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1959-01-01,1959-12-31&adult=include List of 1959 births] at [[IMDb]]

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