Comedy Movies
Good Morning (1959)
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after…
The Mating Game (1959)
Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins’ farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn’t paid his back taxes. Charlton has to stay for a day to try to estimate…
Gidget (1959)
Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggie. She’s fascinated with his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Although they make…
Men and Noblemen (1959)
Idol on Parade (1959)
A rock’n’roll idol is drafted into the wrong regiment.
Alias Jesse James (1959)
Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the…
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an…
The Shaggy Dog (1959)
Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inopportune times and the spell can only be broken by an act…
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to…
Too Many Crooks (1959)
Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon – who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue – but he sees Fingers…
Véronique and Her Dunce (1959)
Brother Wang And Brother Liu Tour Taiwan-Part 1 (1959)
The Lady is a Square (1959)
Neagle stars as Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband’s symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of a young pop singer (Frankie Vaughan) who…
Carry On Nurse (1959)
In Haven Hospital, a certain men’s ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital altogether. The formidable Matron’s debut gives everyone a chill every time she walks past, with…
Miss Chic (1959)
Friends and Neighbours (1959)
During the Cold War, a British family struggles to overcome cultural differences as they welcome two Russian social workers into their home for a visit.
The Captain’s Table (1959)
A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to take charge of such a ship,…
Witty Kitty (1959)
Two hungry alley cats hatch a plan to score a meal by running “the old raffle game.” They offer a turkey as the prize and convince Doc to pick a…
Desert Mice (1959)
A World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service Association) group. Fresh from the music halls, they bumble their way from army camp to…
Don’t Panic Chaps! (1959)
During World War II, four British soldiers are commissioned to set up an observation post on a seemingly deserted island in the Mediterranean. However, while surveying the island, the Brits…
The Doctor’s Dilemma (1959)
Four doctors face a serious dilemma when the beautiful wife of a TB-stricken artist begs one of them to cure her brilliant, but amoral, husband.
Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958)
Bell Book and Candle (1958)
A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead… only to fall in love with him for real.
Rally ‘Round the Flag Boys! (1958)
Harry Bannerman, a Connecticut suburbanite, becomes involved in various shenanigans when his wife Grace leads a protest movement against a secret army plan to set up a missile base in…
Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)
Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.
Oil’s Well That Ends Well (1958)
The stooges need money for their father’s operation, so they head for the country to prospect for uranium. Instead of uranium, they discover oil on their father’s property and all…
Auntie Mame (1958)
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the…
The Perfect Furlough (1958)
A love-starved soldier stationed at an Arctic base wins a furlough in Paris, but a pretty, no-nonsense military psychologist is ordered to accompany him as chaperone to keep him out…
Taxi Trailer and Bullfight (1958)
The Tunnel of Love (1958)
A series of misunderstandings leaves a married man believing he has impregnated the owner of an adoption agency, and that she will be his and his wife’s surrogate.
Houseboat (1958)
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
The Horse’s Mouth (1958)
Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse of would-be patrons the…
The Geisha Boy (1958)
Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
English gunsmith Jonathon Tibbs travels to the American West in the 1880s to sell firearms to the locals. He inadvertently acquires a reputation of quickness on the draw due to…
Onionhead (1958)
An irresponsible student enlists in the Coast Guard expecting to sit out World War II.
Girls at Sea (1958)
When HMS Scotia pays a visit to the French Riviera, the officers throw a lavish party to celebrate the engagement of Captain Robert Randall to Jill Eaton, a charming American…