Best 21 Sci-Fi Movies Must-See Released in 1959

Evil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible Plan 9 into action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth, the lives of the living are in danger. Learn about Plan 9 from Outer Space / IMDB / YouTube

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

An obsessed pathologist discovers and captures a parasitic creature that grows when fear grips its host. Explore The Tingler / IMDB / YouTube

Scout pilots for a fishing company are startled to discover a second Godzilla, whose battle with rival monster Anguirus threatens to destroy Osaka. More about Godzilla Raids Again / IMDB / YouTube

On an isolated island, a small group of people is terrorized by giant voracious shrews during a hurricane. Info on The Killer Shrews / IMDB / YouTube

The head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects have deadly consequences. Details on The Wasp Woman / IMDB / YouTube

Philippe Delambre, the now-adult son of The Fly, does some transportation experimentation of his own. Get info on Return of the Fly / IMDB / YouTube

A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them. Look into Attack of the Giant Leeches / IMDB / YouTube

A giant lizard terrorizes a rural Texas community and a heroic teenager attempts to destroy the creature. Explore The Giant Gila Monster / 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. More about Teenagers from Outer Space / IMDB / YouTube

One of only two survivors from a Martian expedition is so traumatized she doesn't remember the circumstances of the trip. Find out about The Angry Red Planet / 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. Learn about The World, the Flesh and the Devil / IMDB / YouTube

Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur that threatens London. Learn about The Giant Behemoth / IMDB / YouTube

A woman in a hypnotic state recounts to two doctors the details of a horrific experience from her past life that began with the mysterious and sudden disappearance of her husband. See more about The Alligator People / IMDB / YouTube

A centenarian artist and scientist in 1890 Paris maintains his youth and health by periodically replacing a gland with that of a living person. Learn about The Man Who Could Cheat Death / 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. Explore 4D Man / IMDB / YouTube

Invisible aliens from the Moon invade the Earth by occupying the bodies of recently deceased humans but a scientist, his daughter and an army Major, try to fight them. More about Invisible Invaders / IMDB / YouTube

Shortly after a giant robot destroys a village, aliens from outer space arrive offering friendship. Will the people of Earth tie these two events together? Find out about The Mysterians / IMDB / YouTube

Ships mysteriously disappear on route across the Arctic Sea, and a specially-equipped submarine is sent to investigate. Learn about The Atomic Submarine / IMDB / YouTube

The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside... Explore First Man Into Space / IMDB / YouTube