Best 19 Family Movies Highly Recommended Released in 1959

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. Look into 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. See more 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. Check out Old Yeller / IMDB / YouTube

In Nazi-occupied Holland in World War II, shopkeeper Kraler hides two Jewish families in his attic. Young Anne Frank keeps a diary of everyday life for the Franks and the Van Daans, chronicling the Nazi threat as well as family dynamics. A romance with Peter Van Daan causes jealousy between Anne and her sister, Margot. Otto Frank returns to the attic many years after the eventual capture of both families and finds his late daughter's diary. See more about The Diary of Anne Frank / IMDB / YouTube

Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set. Learn about Good Morning / IMDB / YouTube

A teenage boy is cursed with periodically turning into a sheepdog. Learn about The Shaggy Dog / IMDB / YouTube

With Merlin's aid, Santa Claus must defeat the evil machinations of the devil Pitch to ruin Christmas. Details on Santa Claus / 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. Find out about The Snow Queen / 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

Donald's goes on an adventure in which it is explained how mathematics can be useful in real life. Through this journey it is shown how numbers are more than graphs and charts, they are geometry, music and magical living things. Find out about Donald in Mathmagic Land / 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. Learn about Tarzan's Greatest Adventure / IMDB / YouTube

A boy attempts to realize his father's dream of climbing an alpine peak known as the Citadel. Look into Third Man on the Mountain / IMDB / YouTube

A Czech fairy tale about a princess named Lada who runs away from home in a mouse-fur disguise in order to escape an unwanted, forced marriage. Check out The Princess with the Golden Star / IMDB / YouTube

Bugs conducts the Warner Brothers Symphony in Franz von Suppé's Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna while reacting to a bothersome fly. More about Baton Bunny / IMDB / YouTube

The 3 Stooges are cleaners at a spaceport when they accidentally take off and land on Venus. The boys encounter a talking unicorn, a giant fire breathing tarantula and an alien computer that creates three evil duplicates of the Stooges. Get info on Have Rocket -- Will Travel / IMDB / YouTube

On Old MacDonald's farm, an egg hatches in slow-witted hen Miss Prissy's nest, and out of the shell comes a baby rooster. Fearing he will be replaced by the kid rooster and sent to be slaughtered, Foghorn Leghorn plots to do away with the little tyke. Get info on A Broken Leghorn / IMDB / YouTube

Two boys go outside at night to capture a bird. Learn about Moonbird / IMDB / YouTube

Wile E. Coyote's failed efforts to catch the Road Runner involve the use of roller skates, a gun in a camera, a trampoline, a dynamite stick on a crossbow, a bogus railroad crossing, and a jet-powered unicycle. Explore Hot-Rod and Reel! / IMDB / YouTube

Shakespeare is all ears as Bugs battles Witch Hazel in Macbeth's castle. Explore A Witch's Tangled Hare / IMDB / YouTube