Top 29 Romance Movies Releases from 1959

After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. Read about Some Like It Hot / 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. Check out Sleeping Beauty / IMDB / YouTube

After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence. More about Wild Strawberries / IMDB / YouTube

An interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up. Check out Pillow Talk / 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

An aspiring white actress takes in an African American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white. Details on Imitation of Life / IMDB / YouTube

During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses. Look into Operation Petticoat / IMDB / YouTube

In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other? Read about On the Beach / IMDB / YouTube

A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond. Read about Drunken Angel / IMDB / YouTube

A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro. Look into Black Orpheus / 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. Find out about The Horse Soldiers / IMDB / YouTube

The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at Separate Tables. Info on Separate Tables / IMDB / YouTube

An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter despite falling in love with a married older woman. Explore Room at the Top / IMDB / YouTube

Saddled with a dull husband and a foolish lover, a woman has an affair with a stranger. Read about The Lovers / IMDB / YouTube

A young alien and a teenage earthling fall in love and plot to stop the alien race from using Earth as a food-breeding ground for giant lobsters from their planet. Read about Teenagers from Outer Space / IMDB / YouTube

A young girl discovers surfing and love (in that order) during one transitive summer. Look into Gidget / IMDB / YouTube

After becoming king of ancient Israel, Solomon faces threats coming from his jealous dispossessed brother Adonijah, the Egyptian Pharaoh and the scheming Queen of Sheba. Learn about Solomon and Sheba / IMDB / YouTube

A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples. Check out A Summer Place / IMDB / YouTube

A miner trapped in a cave-in resurfaces, and upon discovering mankind has been wiped out in a nuclear holocaust, sets out to find other survivors. More about The World, the Flesh and the Devil / IMDB / YouTube

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

Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattention ruins her shipment, so with her lawyer George, Jane sues Harry Foster Malone, director of the line and the meanest man in the world. Find out about It Happened to Jane / 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. Explore The Indian Tomb / IMDB / YouTube

The black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War. Get info on The Devil's Disciple / IMDB / YouTube

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

Two French college girls each meet a boy named Patrick and quickly realize that it is less a coincidence then they think. Check out All Boys Are Called Patrick / IMDB / YouTube

An expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups. Info on The Best of Everything / IMDB / YouTube

A honorable drifter constantly on the run finds his enemies closing in around him. More about The Wonderful Country / IMDB / YouTube

A scientist discovers a formula enabling him to pass through solid surfaces, but he also rapidly ages, which forces him to kill humans in order to reverse the aging process by absorbing his victims' energies. Find out about 4D Man / IMDB / YouTube

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