Best Drama Films of 1959

Pulse of Cinema lists 118 drama films released in 1959, ranked by the Pulse Score blended from IMDb, Letterboxd and TMDB. Standouts include The World of Apu, The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity.

8.1

The World of Apu

1959

8.1

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

8.2

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959

8.0

North by Northwest

1959

8.0

The 400 Blows

1959

7.9

Ben-Hur

1959

8.0

Ballad of a Soldier

1959

7.8

Anatomy of a Murder

1959

7.7

Good Morning

1959

7.8

Rio Bravo

1959

7.5

Floating Weeds

1959

7.7

Hiroshima Mon Amour

1959

8.1

The Great War

1959

7.6

The Bridge

1959

7.6

Fires on the Plain

1959

7.5

Imitation of Life

1959

7.3

Pickpocket

1959

7.8

The Nightingale's Prayer

1959

7.6

Nazarín

1959

7.6

Night Train

1959

7.6

Fate of a Man

1959

7.5

General Della Rovere

1959

7.0

Black Orpheus

1959

7.3

Suddenly, Last Summer

1959

7.2

The Diary of Anne Frank

1959

7.2

The Nun's Story

1959

6.9

Day of the Outlaw

1959

6.8

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959

7.3

Violent Summer

1959

7.2

Araya

1959

7.2

Tiger Bay

1959

7.1

Compulsion

1959

7.1

Last Train from Gun Hill

1959

7.4

I, a Negro

1959

7.4

The Young Philadelphians

1959

7.3

Marie-Octobre

1959

7.2

The Facts of Murder

1959

6.8

The Cousins

1959

6.6

No Name on the Bullet

1959

8.9

Between Heaven and Earth

1959

7.0

The Horse Soldiers

1959

7.0

Middle of the Night

1959

7.0

Sapphire

1959

6.9

Le Beau Serge

1959

6.8

Warlock

1959

6.7

On the Beach

1959

7.5

Anari

1959

7.4

Stars

1959