1

Ben-Hur (1959) ❧

Dir. William Wyler

212· USA· History, Drama, Adventure,· G

A+ 96/100

Director William Wyler

Writer Karl Tunberg

D.O.P. Robert Surtees

Composer Miklós Rózsa

Editor John D. Dunning, Ralph E. Winters

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 212′

Percentile 98th

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North by Northwest (1959) ❧

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

136· USA· Thriller, Adventure,· NR

A+ 96/100

Director Alfred Hitchcock

Writer Ernest Lehman

D.O.P. Robert Burks

Composer Bernard Herrmann

Editor George Tomasini

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 136′

Percentile 98th

3

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) ❧

Dir. Masaki Kobayashi

178· Japan· War, Drama, History,· NR

A+ 95/100

Director Masaki Kobayashi

Writer Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzō Matsuyama

D.O.P. Yoshio Miyajima

Composer Chūji Kinoshita

Editor Keiichi Uraoka

Language Japanese

Country Japan

Runtime 178′

Percentile 97th

4

Sleeping Beauty (1959) ❧

Dir. Clyde Geronimi

75· USA· Fantasy, Animation, Romance, Family,· G

A 94/100

Director Clyde Geronimi

Writer Erdman Penner, Charles Perrault, Joe Rinaldi, Bill Peet, Ted Sears, Ralph Wright, Milt Banta, Winston Hibler

D.O.P. Null

Composer George Bruns, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, George Bruns

Editor Roy M. Brewer Jr., Donald Halliday

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 75′

Percentile 96th

5

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) ❧

Dir. Masaki Kobayashi

206· Japan· War, Drama, History,· NR

A- 92/100

Director Masaki Kobayashi

Writer Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzō Matsuyama

D.O.P. Yoshio Miyajima

Composer Chūji Kinoshita

Editor Keiichi Uraoka

Language Japanese

Country Japan

Runtime 206′

Percentile 93rd

6

Compulsion (1959) ❧

Dir. Richard Fleischer

103· USA· Crime, Drama, History, Thriller,· NR

B- 78/100

Director Richard Fleischer

Writer Richard Murphy

D.O.P. William C. Mellor

Composer Lionel Newman

Editor William Reynolds

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 103′

Percentile 64th

7

Anatomy of a Murder (1959) ❧

Dir. Otto Preminger

161· USA· Crime, Drama, Mystery,· NR

B- 77/100

Director Otto Preminger

Writer Wendell Mayes

D.O.P. Sam Leavitt

Composer Duke Ellington

Editor Louis R. Loeffler

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 161′

Percentile 62nd

8

Libel (1959) ❧

Dir. Anthony Asquith

100· UK· Drama, Mystery, Thriller,· NR

C+ 74/100

Director Anthony Asquith

Writer Karl Tunberg, Anatole de Grunwald

D.O.P. Robert Krasker

Composer Benjamin Frankel

Editor Frank Clarke

Language English

Country UK

Runtime 100′

Percentile 56th

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The Young Philadelphians (1959) ❧

Dir. Vincent Sherman

136· USA· Drama,· NR

D+ 57/100

Director Vincent Sherman

Writer James Gunn

D.O.P. Harry Stradling Sr.

Composer Ernest Gold

Editor William H. Ziegler

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 136′

Percentile 24th

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10

Hannibal (1959) ❧

Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer, Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

90· Italy· History, Adventure, Drama,· NR

D 53/100

Director Edgar G. Ulmer, Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

Writer Mortimer Braus, Sandro Continenza, Ottavio Poggi

D.O.P. Raffaele Masciocchi

Composer Carlo Rustichelli

Editor Renato Cinquini

Language Italian

Country Italy

Runtime 90′

Percentile 19th