Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Hiroshima 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…
Hole in the Head, A (1959)- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker… - One of dir. Capra's (IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE) final efforts stays true to the redemptive themes of his classic works. Sinatra runs a threadbare…
Human Condition, The (No Greater Love, Road to Eternity, A Soldier's Prayer) (1959-1961)
- 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…
Imitation of Life (1959)
- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee… - Douglas Sirk's famed melodrama of American ambition and racism is justly renowned for the surprisingly bitter commentary buried within its involving…
John Cassavetes Collection Boxset (Shadows, Faces, A Woman Under the Influence, Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Opening Night) (1959-1977)- Dir. John Cassavetes
- Five–film anthology of John Cassavetes' groundbreaking independent cinema. Includes Charles Kiselyak's lengthy documentary on Cassavetes, A…
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones… - Underrated American Western telling the tale of a U.S. Marshal seeking revenge in the town of 'Gun Hill' after the racially charged rape and murder…
Les Cousins (1959)- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Jean-Claude Brialy, Gerard Blain - Claude Chabrol continues his city / country theme from LE BEAU SERGE with this estranging drama following a country boy who ends up in a despicable…
On the Beach (1959)- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire… - 50's cold war paranoia piece set in post–WW2 Melbourne, the only place in the world yet untouched by creeping radiation. Based on Nevil Shute's…
Operation Amsterdam (1959)- Dir. Michael McCarthy
Feat. Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, Tony Britton - Gripping wartime drama tracking two gem specialists attempting to remove a valuable horde of diamonds from Amsterdam in 14 hours before the nasty…
Pickpocket (1959)- Dir. Robert Bresson
- Dir. Bresson's austere meditation on the motive personal forces of criminal enterprise, this trails a directionless young man into a flirtation with…
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