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Young One, TheYoung One, The (La Joven; White Trash) (1960)
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Zachary Scott, Bernie Hamilton
Bunuel’s English–language feature masterfully unfurls the quandary between a young girl and an itinerant black musician unjustly accused of…
400 Blows, The400 Blows, The (1959) Recommended
Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy
Truffaut's first film rocketed him to fame as some kind of New Wave radical, but at a second glance this story of a teenage delinquent thrown in and…
Adventures Of Antoine Doinel, TheAdventures Of Antoine Doinel, The (400 Blows, Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board, Love on the Run) (1959-1979)
Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Jean-Pierre Leaud
Francois Truffaut's most enduring cinematic creation, the irrepressible Antoine Doinel (played synonymously by Jean–Pierre Leaud) is…
Amants, LesAmants, Les (Lovers, The) (1959)
Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Alain Cuny
This helped push the envelope of frank sexuality in cinema and made a star of Jeanne Moreau, as the rich, bored housewife whose extra–marital…
BrandBrand (1959)
Dir. Michael Elliot
Feat. Patrick McGoohan
Spellbinding BBC version of Henrik Ibsen's great play, with Patrick McGoohan playing a young priest who idealistically adopts a doctrine that one…
Diary of Anne Frank, TheDiary of Anne Frank, The (1959) Recommended
Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters
Absorbing film version of the play based on the experience of a Jewish girl who was forced to live within the confines of a tiny attic, under…
Floating WeedsFloating Weeds (Ukigusa) (1959) Recommended
Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Ganjiro Nakamura
An aging actor who returns with his troupe to his provincial town, and becomes caught between his long–lost family and his jealous…
Fugitive Kind, TheFugitive Kind, The (1959)
Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani
A directionless, but quirky version of Tennesse Williams' play 'Orpheus Descending' with Brando playing a troublesome hobo who spreads romantic…
Hiroshima Mon AmourHiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada
Romance between a French actress and a Japanese architect rekindles their traumatic wartime experiences. The twin threads of despair and sensual love…
Human Condition, TheHuman Condition, The (No Greater Love, Road to Eternity, A Soldier's Prayer) (1959-1961) Aro Favourite
Dir. Masaki Kobayashi
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratana
An epic Japanese film trilogy following the life of a well–intentioned yet naïve pacifist and socialist as he tries to survive in the…

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