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The American films of 1959 are listed in a table of the films which were made in the United States and released in 1959. The film Ben-Hur won the Academy Award for Best Picture , among winning a record-setting eleven Oscars .
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1959 per Variety's weekly National Boxoffice Survey. The results are based on a sample of 20-25 key cities and therefore, any box office amounts quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.)
A scene from the movie. Ben-Hur is a 1959 American religious epic film [1] directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam Zimbalist, and starring Charlton Heston as the title character. A remake of the 1925 silent film with a similar title, it was adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
Six different directors have directed the highest-grossing film on multiple occasions: George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Sam Raimi, Robert Zemeckis, and Chris Columbus. Spielberg has the record, directing four of the yearly highest-grossing films: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Jurassic Park ...
On the Beach is a 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, and Anthony Perkins.Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, [2] it is based on Nevil Shute's 1957 novel On the Beach depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war. [3]
March 4, 1959: Up Periscope: April 4, 1959: Rio Bravo: co-production with Armada Productions April 25, 1959: Westbound: May 7, 1959: Island of Lost Women: theatrical distribution only; produced by Jaguar Productions Public domain May 21, 1959: Gigantis the Fire Monster [N 11] US distribution of 1955 Japanese Toho film Godzilla Raids Again: May ...
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