Top 24 Adventure Movies Releases from 1959

A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt. Explore North by Northwest / IMDB / YouTube

A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. More about Ben-Hur / IMDB / YouTube

After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies. Find out about Sleeping Beauty / IMDB / YouTube

An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center. Find out about Journey to the Center of the Earth / IMDB / YouTube

A teenage boy grows to love a stray yellow dog while helping his mother and younger brother run their Texas homestead while their father is away on a cattle drive. First thought to be good-for-nothing mutt, Old Yeller is soon beloved by all. Find out about Old Yeller / IMDB / YouTube

In 1895, British archaeologists find and open the tomb of Egyptian Princess Ananka with nefarious consequences. Look into The Mummy / IMDB / YouTube

In 1863, a Union outfit is sent behind Confederate lines in Mississippi to destroy enemy railroads but a captive southern belle and the unit's doctor cause frictions within ranks. Look into The Horse Soldiers / IMDB / YouTube

One of only two survivors from a Martian expedition is so traumatized she doesn't remember the circumstances of the trip. See more about The Angry Red Planet / IMDB / YouTube

During WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma. Check out Never So Few / IMDB / YouTube

In Eschnapur, a local Maharajah and a German architect fall in-love with the same temple dancer. See more about The Tiger of Eschnapur / IMDB / YouTube

A young girl embarks on a perilous journey to rescue her friend, who has been taken captive by the Snow Queen and turned cruel by enchanted ice splinters. Info on The Snow Queen / IMDB / YouTube

Set on the North West Frontier of colonial India in 1905. A British Army Officer, Captain Scott is sent to rescue a five year old Indian Prince and his American governess, Catherine Wyatt from certain death at the hands of rebel tribesman. See more about North West Frontier / IMDB / YouTube

A German architect runs away with the maharajah of Eschnapur's fiancee but is caught and thrown in the dungeon, while his relatives arrive from Europe looking for him and the maharajah's brother is scheming to usurp the throne. Find out about The Indian Tomb / IMDB / YouTube

A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name. More about The Wreck of the Mary Deare / IMDB / YouTube

A boy (Russ Tamblyn), no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves (Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers) determined to make a fortune from him. Get info on Tom Thumb / IMDB / YouTube

A young man in the jungles of Venezuela meets a strange girl of the forest and falls in love with her. Get info on Green Mansions / IMDB / YouTube

The muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole. Info on Hercules / IMDB / YouTube

An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommend soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916. Check out They Came to Cordura / IMDB / YouTube

In 1942, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden from the underwater demolition team is sent to a Japanese island to photograph secret radio codes. Learn about Up Periscope / IMDB / YouTube

A chronicle of the rise and fall of Chicago crime boss Al Capone during the Prohibition era. More about Al Capone / IMDB / YouTube

In 1942, a French prisoner of war in Germany decides to escape to France using a cow held by a lunge as a decoy. He crosses all Germany in this way. Learn about The Cow and I / IMDB / YouTube

Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so and Tarzan pursues them to their mine. See more about Tarzan's Greatest Adventure / IMDB / YouTube

The evil witch Louhi kidnaps Lemminkäinen's sister to build for her a Sampo, a device that creates salt, grain, and gold. When Lemminkäinen fails to recover the Sampo, Louhi steals the sun, plunging the world into frozen darkness. Learn about The Day the Earth Froze / IMDB / YouTube

When the cable breaks on their diving bell four people find themselves trapped in a hidden underwater world. Details on The Incredible Petrified World / IMDB / YouTube