Best Films of 1959
 
 







  
Good Morning - Criterion Collection20 reviews
Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga

Criterion, 2000

Ignorant the previous review

+ Good comedy
+ Light-hearted domestic comedy . . .
+ Amusing and satirical exam of communication
+ Ozu, Most Japanese of the Japanese directors
  
  











  



  
Warlock29 reviews
Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda

20th Century Fox, 2005

An Intelligently Scripted Western

+ Good Western!
+ Decent oater with an impressive cast

Cheyenne Warrior: The Original Screenplay with Author Commentary Shadow Watcher Nobody Drowns in Mineral Lake Richard Widmark has the leading role in director Edward Dmytryk's WARLOCK (1959), a bold, intelligently scripted drama for its day that even includes hints of homosexuality. Warlock ...
  
  











  



  
Darby O'Gill and the Little People128 reviews
Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro

Walt Disney Video, 2004

When You Wish Upon A Star

+ back to my childhood

Disney has released some good movies the last few years but nothing can beat the movies they released 20 to 30 years ago. I love the older movies and really enjoyed this one as a child as well as after I became an adult. The special effects are pretty good too considering the era in which the ...
  
  











  



  
Fritz Lang's Indian Epic (The Tiger of Eschnapur / The Indian Tomb)7 reviews
Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid

Fantoma, 2003

An Indiana Jones type Indian Adventure, 1960 style

+ Yes, beautiful, but with one regrettable fault
+ coloruful, slow moving exotic adventure
+ This is truly a masterpiece!
+ I love Debra Paget!
  
  











  



  
The Mummy46 reviews
Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee

Warner Home Video, 2001

Torn From the Tomb... to Terrify!!

+ A Lot of Fun
+ Visually Beautiful, Tremendously Moody, and a Lot of Fun

In this, 1959's third installment from Hammer Studios, Christopher Lee dons the moldy bandages for a vengeful rampage across the Victorian countryside. Lee plays Kharis, an Egyptian priest returned from the afterlife, searching for archaeologist John Banning (Peter Cushing) and his expedition, to ...
  
  











  



  
Black Orpheus - Criterion Collection72 reviews
Maria Alice, Elizeth Cardoso

Criterion, 1999

One of the best

+ A Sense of Place
+ A VERY SPECIAL CLASSIC
+ Great Experience ; Luis Boston, MA
+ keeps me humming all day
  
  











  



  
Stories of Floating Weeds (A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) / Floating Weeds (1959)) - Criterion Collection20 reviews
Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyô

Criterion, 2004

On Roger Ebert's top ten films of all time list!

+ Ozu is a master
+ Twice the story
+ Ozu, side by side
+ One half of perfection
  
  











  



  
Rio Bravo (Two-Disc Special Edition)158 reviews
John Wayne, Dean Martin

Warner Home Video, 2007

good old westerns

+ Wonderful Western Classic
+ rio bravo dvd

In todays hustle and bustle world, it's nice to occasionally relax and watch an old fashioned western with real "good guys". This movie is fun entertainment for the whole family and even has a little singing with Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson. I'm so glad we still have movies like this available on ...
  
  











  



  
Horrors of the Black Museum13 reviews
Michael Gough, June Cunningham

Vci Video, 2003

Deliciously devilish movie, nice DVD

+ Michael Gough is Alfred??
+ I learned ice tongs aren't necessarily just for ice...

Michael Gough suavely chews the scenery in yet another one of his revenge-inspired madman film roles. He does them so well, why hire anyone else? Please, let others be your guide to the quality of the movie. (Suffice to say that I love it, but then again it's exactly the sort of movie I love, so it ...
  
  











  



  
North By Northwest311 reviews
Ed Binns, Leo G. Carroll

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 2004

Is this Roger Thornhill or Bond, James Bond?

+ now this is entertainment!
+ Cary Grant goes to Mount Rushmore--not just for the sight-seeing!!
+ Slow start, but a great movie...
  
  











  



  
A Bucket of Blood20 reviews
Dick Miller, Barboura Morris

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

A Humorous Bucket

+ GET THE MGM VERSION - ALL OTHERS NOT WORTH IT
+ A Pristine Print of a Corman Cult Classic.
+ Excellent Horror Comedy Flick
  
  











  



  
House on Haunted Hill123 reviews
Vincent Price, Carolyn Craig

Warner Home Video, 1999

Greed And Ambition Are The True Horrors

+ Excellent
+ ALPHA dvd version!!!

I used to feel that "House of Wax" was Vincent Price's finest moment. After seeing "House on Haunted Hill" though, I feel that award must now go to this outstanding masterpiece of horror. Vincent Price (loaded with millions of dollars) invites 5 very different people (a typist, a doctor, a drunk, ...
  
  











  



  
Fires on the Plain - Criterion Collection17 reviews
Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa

Criterion, 2007

Gears of war

+ Not brutal to view, at times unconvincing portrayal, but the story is there!
+ This picture turned me off because it was so real.
+ a devatating anti-war film
  
  











  



  
The 400 Blows - Criterion Collection89 reviews
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy

Criterion, 2006

Unforgettable

+ It Endlessly Rewards Close Attention
+ Intriguing.
+ A cinematic masterpiece
  
  











  



  
Anatomy of a Murder84 reviews
James Stewart, Lee Remick

Sony Pictures, 2000

Preminger's most famous film, and one that holds up extremely well today...

+ CLASSIC COURTROOM DRAMA
+ This is the movie for actual courtroom procedure viewing.
+ Anatomy of a Murder DVD
+ Anatomy of a perfect courtroom drama
  
  











  



  
Plan 9 from Outer Space253 reviews
Carl Anthony, Bill Ash

PASSPORT VIDEO, 2000

Let us punish the guilty, let us reward the innocent!

+ Best worst movie I've ever seen
+ A classic bad movie
+ Solarbenite?
+ Not as hilariously awful as I was told
  
  











  



  
Hiroshima Mon Amour - Criterion Collection60 reviews
Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada

Criterion, 2003

A French Masterpiece about Memory and Forgetting.

+ Sleeping with the Enemy
+ The inaugural event of the French Nouvelle Vague
+ Is It A Documentary? Is It a Movie? We'll Never Know.....
+ Hiroshima Mon Amour
  
  











  



  
John Cassavetes - Five Films (Shadows / Faces / A Woman Under the Influence / The Killing of a Chinese Bookie ...25 reviews
John Cassavetes-Five Films

Criterion, 2004

Brilliant and beautiful and raw depictions of how vulnerable we can be

+ good price, fast shipping, thanks!
+ John Cassavetes defines Independent Film.
+ John Cassavetes: Five Films
  
  











  



  
Some Like It Hot251 reviews
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis

MGM (Video & DVD), 2001

"Boy, would I love to borrow a cup of that sugar!!"

+ "Hot and Bothered"
+ THE GREAT COMEDY
+ Story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.
+ This movie is HOT, HOT, HOT...
  
  











  



  
Last Train From Gun Hill26 reviews
Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn

Paramount, 2004

Western Thriller

+ A CLASSICALLY SUSPENSEFUL WESTERN SHOWDOWN FROM THE GREAT JOHN STURGES WITH KIRK DOUGLAS AND ANTHONY QUINN!
+ Looking For Revenge in Gun Hill
+ Last Train From Gun Hill
+ Excellent western
  
  











  






   



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