Movies of 1958
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1. King Creole (1958)
PG | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
A troubled youth's singing sets New Orleans rockin'. With a sweet girl to love him and nightclubbers cheering, it seems he will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster and his man-trap moll snare him in a life of crime?
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart
Votes: 6,431
Release date July 2, 1958 Directed by Michael Curtiz Elvis Presley ... Danny Fisher Walter Matthau ... Maxie Fields
2. Les Misérables (1958)
210 min | Drama
Jean Valjean, convicted of a minor crime, spends the rest of his life being pursued by a cruel and unrelenting policeman, Javert.
Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Stars: Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, René Fleur, Julienne Paroli
Votes: 1,782
Release date 12 March 1958 Directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois Jean Gabin ... Jean Valjean / Champmathieu Bernard Blier ... Javert (père et fils) Bourvil ... Thénardier
3. The Vikings (1958)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Adventure, History
A slave and a Viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh
Votes: 15,705 | Gross: $7.00M
Release date June 11, 1958 Directed by Richard Fleischer Kirk Douglas ... Einar Tony Curtis ... Eric Ernest Borgnine ... Ragnar Janet Leigh ... Morgana
4. Christine (1958)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Vienna in 1906: Frantz Lobheimer has just broken off the discrete love affair he was having with the baroness Eggersdorf, now that he's discovered true love with the young and tender Christine.
Director: Pierre Gaspard-Huit | Stars: Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Jean-Claude Brialy, François Chaumette
Votes: 1,188
Release date December 19, 1958 Directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit Romy Schneider ... Christine Weiring Alain Delon ... Franz Lobheiner
5. Vertigo (1958)
PG | 128 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore
Votes: 427,203 | Gross: $3.20M
Release date May 9, 1958
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
James Stewart ... John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Kim Novak ... Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
Academy Awards, USA 1959
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White or Color
NOMINEE Best Sound
6. Touch of Evil (1958)
PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 109,841 | Gross: $2.24M
Release date April 23, 1958 Directed by Orson Welles Charlton Heston ... Mike Vargas Janet Leigh ... Susan Vargas Orson Welles ... Police Captain Hank Quinlan Marlene Dietrich ... Tanya
7. Houseboat (1958)
Unrated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A widower, his three young children, and an Italian nanny get to know each other better when circumstances have them living together aboard a badly neglected houseboat.
Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Harry Guardino
Votes: 9,658
Release date October 15, 1958
Directed by Melville Shavelson
Cary Grant ... Tom Winters
Sophia Loren ... Cinzia Zaccardi
Academy Awards, USA 1959
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Song
NOMINEE Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
8. The Big Country (1958)
Passed | 166 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A New England sea captain in the 1880s arrives at his fiancée's sprawling Texas ranch, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston
Votes: 21,141
Release date August 21, 1958
Directed by William Wyler
Gregory Peck ... James McKay
Jean Simmons ... Julie Maragon
Charlton Heston ... Steve Leech
Academy Awards, USA 1959
WINNER Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Burl Ives)
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
9. Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women (1958)
90 min | Comedy
Martine runs a sports center for women ,but they are short of the readies .To avoid seizure,she turns her health club into a nightclub with plenty of whiskey and wild women.
Director: Maurice Régamey | Stars: Annie Cordy, Pierre Mondy, Christian Méry, Pierre Doris
Votes: 39
Release date October 18, 1958 Directed by Maurice Régamey
10. The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
After inadvertently stopping an Indian attack on his stagecoach while traveling in the American West, an English gentleman finds himself appointed sheriff of a nearby town.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield, Henry Hull, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 1,340
Release date November 6, 1958 Directed by Raoul Walsh Jayne Mansfield ... Kate
11. I Want to Live! (1958)
Approved | 120 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel
Votes: 7,370
Release date October 29, 1958
Directed by Robert Wise
Susan Hayward ... Barbara Graham
Academy Awards 1959, USA
WINNER Best Actress in a Leading Role Susan Hayward
NOMINEE Best Director
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Sound
NOMINEE Best Film Editing
12. Ni vu, ni connu (1958)
95 min | Comedy
In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Louis de Funès, Noëlle Adam, Frédéric Duvallès, Claude Rich
Votes: 2,037
Release date 23 April 1958 Directed by Yves Robert Louis de Funès ... Blaireau
13. Scampolo (1958)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
A naive, poor girl falls for an architect on the beautiful island of Ischia.
Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Romy Schneider, Paul Hubschmid, Georg Thomalla, Eva Maria Meineke
Votes: 256
Release date 25 February 1958 Directed by Alfred Weidenmann Romy Schneider ... Scampolo
14. Man of the West (1958)
Not Rated | 100 min | Western
A reformed outlaw becomes stranded after an aborted train robbery with two other passengers and is forced to rejoin his old outlaw band.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 9,170
Release date September 17, 1958 Directed by Anthony Mann Gary Cooper ... Link Jones
15. Un drôle de dimanche (1958)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Jean Brevent has never been able to work out why his wife Catherine walked out on him. Five years later, he meets her by chance on a bus, but they are soon separated again.
Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Arletty, Bourvil, Roger Hanin
Votes: 176
Release date November 19, 1958 Directed by Marc Allégret Arletty ... Juliette Armier Bourvil ... Jean Brévent Jean Lefebvre ... Le réceptionniste Jean-Paul Belmondo ... Patrick
16. The Bravados (1958)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, Western
A man is chasing four outlaws who killed his wife and finds them in a small town's jail, but they escape to Mexico.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi
Votes: 6,408
Release date June 25, 1958 Directed by Henry King Gregory Peck ... Jim Douglass Lee Van Cleef ... Alfonso Parral
17. The Geisha Boy (1958)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy
Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa, Barton MacLane
Votes: 2,127
Release date December 17, 1958 Directed by Frank Tashlin Jerry Lewis ... Gilbert Wooley
18. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson
Votes: 53,444 | Gross: $17.57M
Release date August 23, 1958
Directed by Richard Brooks
Elizabeth Taylor ... Maggie
Paul Newman ... Brick
Academy Awards, USA 1959
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Paul Newman)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Leading Role (Elizabeth Taylor)
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Color
NOMINEE Best Director
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
19. Gigi (1958)
G | 115 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Charles Walters | Stars: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold
Votes: 24,512
Release date May 15, 1958
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Leslie Caron ... Gigi
Academy Awards, USA 1959
WINNER Best Picture
WINNER Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White or Color
WINNER Best Cinematography, Color
WINNER Best Costume Design, Black-and-White or Color
WINNER Best Director
WINNER Best Film Editing
WINNER Best Music, Original Song
WINNER Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
WINNER Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
20. Taxi, Trailer and Corrida (1958)
86 min | Comedy
A chaotic family go on holiday to Spain and get mixed up with a gang of diamond thieves
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Louis de Funès, Raymond Bussières, Annette Poivre, Guy Bertil
Votes: 773
Release date 22 November 1958 Directed by André Hunebelle Louis de Funès ... Maurice Berger
21. Some Came Running (1958)
Approved | 137 min | Drama, Romance
A veteran returns home to deal with family secrets and small-town scandals.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer
Votes: 7,381
Release date December 18, 1958
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Frank Sinatra ... Dave Hirsh
Shirley MacLaine ... Ginnie Moorehead
Academy Awards, USA 1959
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Arthur Kennedy)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Leading Role (Shirley MacLaine)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Martha Hyer)
NOMINEE Best Costume Design, Black-and-White or Color
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Song
22. Love Is My Profession (1958)
122 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot, Edwige Feuillère, Nicole Berger
Votes: 1,524
Release date September 2, 1958 Directed by Claude Autant-Lara Jean Gabin ... Maître André Gobillot Daniela Bianchi ... (uncredited)
23. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
Approved | 158 min | Biography, Drama, War
A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, Curd Jürgens, Michael David
Votes: 5,423
Release date November 23, 1958
Directed by Mark Robson
Ingrid Bergman ... Gladys Aylward
Curd Jürgens ... Capt. Lin Nan
Academy Awards, USA 1959
NOMINEE Best Director (Mark Robson)
24. Desire Under the Elms (1958)
Approved | 111 min | Drama, Romance
Desperation and secret passions on a family farm lead to tragedy.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives, Frank Overton
Votes: 1,448
Release date March 12, 1958
Directed by Delbert Mann
Sophia Loren ... Anna
Academy Awards, USA 1959
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
25. The Young Lions (1958)
Approved | 167 min | Action, Drama, War
The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Hope Lange
Votes: 8,867 | Gross: $9.96M
Release date April 2, 1958
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Marlon Brando ... Lt. Christian Diestl
Montgomery Clift ... Noah Ackerman
Lee Van Cleef ... 1st Sgt. Rickett
Academy Awards, USA 1959
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
NOMINEE Best Sound
26. My Uncle (1958)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy
Monsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.
Director: Jacques Tati | Stars: Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie, Lucien Frégis
Votes: 24,265
Release date May 9, 1958
Directed by Jacques Tati
Academy Awards, USA 1959
WINNER Best Foreign Language Film
27. Zorro (1957–1959)
TV-G | 30 min | Adventure, Family, Western
Don Diego de la Vega opposes the corrupt tyrants of Spanish California as the masked swordsman, Zorro.
Stars: Guy Williams, Gene Sheldon, Henry Calvin, Don Diamond
Votes: 4,158
the complete 2nd season Original release October 9, 1958 - July 2, 1959
28. Happy Go Ducky (1958)
Passed | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Easter bunny brings an egg for Tom and Jerry that hatches into the little duckling. He keeps getting into water he shouldn't: the aquarium, water cooler, bathtub, sink, as the boys keep... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Red Coffey, William Hanna
Votes: 710
Release date January 3, 1958 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
29. Royal Cat Nap (1958)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom must oppose The Two Mouseketeers without disturbing the King's sleep.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Francoise Brun-Cottan, Jean Del Val, William Hanna
Votes: 731
Release date March 7, 1958 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
30. The Vanishing Duck (1958)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
George gives Joan a baby duck for her birthday. While they are out celebrating, Tom goes after the duck but his plans are thwarted when the duck (and, later, Jerry) finds a jar of vanishing... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Richard Anderson, Red Coffey, William Hanna, Perry Sheehan
Votes: 706
Release date May 2, 1958 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
31. Robin Hoodwinked (1958)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom Cat guards Robin Hood's prison cell; Jerry Mouse and his diaper-wearing friend intend to be Robin's rescuers.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Lucille Bliss, William Hanna, Bill Thompson
Votes: 743
Release date June 6, 1958 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
32. Tot Watchers (1958)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The lady of the house has gone out for a few hours, leaving her baby in the care of a stereotypical 1950s teenager, who immediately begins calling her friends. Tom and Jerry must call a ... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Julie Bennett, William Hanna, Bill Thompson
Votes: 762
Release date August 1, 1958 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
33. Whoa, Be-Gone! (1958)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Wile E. Coyote's plans for catching the Road Runner involve a giant elastic spring, a gun and trampoline, TNT sticks in a barrel, and tornado seeds. The last of these schemes results in the... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Paul Julian
Votes: 802
Release date April 12, 1958 Directed by Chuck Jones Road Runner
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