ChannelHopper.org > Films set in 1959
Films set in 1959
Desert Hearts
The story of straight-edge literature professor Vivian who travels to Reno to get away from a relationship breakup when she falls in love with an attractive and unconventional girl named Cay.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Desert Hearts
Infamous
While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Infamous
La Bamba
Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has confl...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent La Bamba
Justice League: The New Frontier
The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and The Flash can stop it. But can they overcome th...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Justice League: The New Frontier
The Mystery of Natalie Wood
Uses accounts from family, friends, and acquaintances to tell the story of Natalie Wood and how she started young, acting in the spotlight, making the transition from a childhood actress to serious ac...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Mystery of Natalie Wood
School Ties
When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, fearing that they ma...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent School Ties
Jersey Boys
A musical biopic of the Four Seasons—the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimate triumph of a group of friends whose music became symbolic of a generation. Far from a mere tribute...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Jersey Boys
Hitchcock
Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Hitchcock
Ladies in Black
Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black is an alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Ladies in Black
Sparkle
Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Sparkle