1959 in film

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The year 1959 in film involved some significant events.

Events

Top grossing films

North America

  1. Ben-Hur
  2. Auntie Mame
  3. The Shaggy Dog
  4. Some Like It Hot, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon
  5. Pillow Talk
  6. Imitation of Life
  7. The Nun's Story
  8. tie Anatomy of a Murder and North by Northwest, by Alfred Hitchcock
  9. (see above)
  10. Sleeping Beauty
  11. Rio Bravo

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Ben-Hur - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Best Director: William Wyler - Ben-Hur
Best Actor: Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur
Best Actress: Simone Signoret - Room at the Top
Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith - Ben-Hur
Best Supporting Actress: Shelley Winters - The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Foreign Language Film: Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro), directed by Marcel Camus, Brazil / France / Italy

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: Ben-Hur
Best Actor: Anthony Franciosa - Career
Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture (tie): Some Like It Hot
Best Picture (tie): Porgy and Bess
Best Actor: Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot
Best Actress: Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot

Other
Best Director: William Wyler - Ben-Hur

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro), directed by Marcel Camus, France

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Il Generale della Rovere (General della Rovere), directed by Roberto Rosselini, Italy / France
La grande guerra (The Great War), directed by Mario Monicelli, Italy / France

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Les cousins (The Cousins), directed by Claude Chabrol, France

Films released in 1959

Short Film Series

Births

Deaths



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