Romance Movies
Operation Petticoat (1959)
A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides…
A Summer Place (1959)
A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.
Beloved Infidel (1959)
In the late 1930s, Sheilah Graham’s Hollywood column quickly becomes popular for its biting tone. At a party, she meets author F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the two begin a torrid…
The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)
Glaucus, a demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of black-hooded Christian robbers that terrorizes the city and he decides to investigate the…
Picnic on the Grass (1959)
Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment and therapy to eliminate passion. To celebrate his engagement to a…
Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
A US submarine and its crew are captured by the Japanese on the eve of a major WWII battle.
The Crimson Kimono (1959)
Two detectives clash over the hunt for a burlesque dancer’s killer in Los Angeles’ Japanese district.
The Best of Everything (1959)
An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.
Pillow Talk (1959)
Playboy songwriter Brad Allen’s succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan…
Ask Any Girl (1959)
Meg is a young wide-eyed girl who is endures many calamities in her search for a husband in modern-day New York. After losing her suitcase at Penn Station, being kicked…
But Not for Me (1959)
Out of hit ideas and seemingly in the twilight of his career, Broadway producer Russ Ward decides to give up the game. But when Russ lays off his nubile secretary,…
It Started with a Kiss (1959)
While on leave in New York, a serviceman both weds a chorus girl and wins a red convertible in a charity raffle. Both his wife and the car turn out…
Blue Denim (1959)
Two naive high-school students must deal with the unexpected consequences after a night of passion.
Imitation of Life (1959)
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
Porgy and Bess (1959)
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn…
Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959)
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
Left Right and Centre (1959)
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists. Amateur politician against committed…
Say One for Me (1959)
Father Conroy has a parish which serves the acting and performance community. When one of his parishioners gets too sick to work, his daughter Holly finds a job working for…
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave….
Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)
A young alien falls for a pretty teenage Earth girl and they team up to try to stop the plans of his invading cohorts, who intend to use Earth as…
Woman Obsessed (1959)
After her husband dies in a fire, a woman (Susan Hayward) is left to tend for her young son and the family farm on her own. Soon, she takes in…
It Happened to Jane (1959)
Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattention ruins her shipment, so with her lawyer George, Jane sues Harry Foster Malone, director of…
Middle of the Night (1959)
Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old…
The World the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of…
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…
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…
Green Mansions (1959)
A young Venezuelan idealist flees his native land to escape a revolution. Hoping to find peace, he goes to the mountains and the forests of the Amazon. There he encounters…
Lonelyhearts (1959)
Burdened by a family secret, Adam White lands a job as a newspaper advice columnist. Little does he realize that it’s all part of a nasty desire by cynical editor…
For the First Time (1959)
In this musical, a tempermental opera singer falls in love with a hearing-impaired young woman.
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far…
The Black Orchid (1959)
An aging widower fights family disapproval when he falls in love with a gangster’s widow.
The Journey (1959)
A Communist officer falls hard for a married woman trying to escape from Hungary.