- -30-Director: Jack WebbProduction companies: Mark VII Limited
- 01-99Director: Amasi MartirosyanProduction companies: Armenfilm
- 1001 Arabian NightsDirector: Jack KinneyProduction companies: UPA
- 5 loddrettDirector: Nils Reinhardt ChristensenProduction companies: Concord Film
- A Dog of FlandersDirector: James B. ClarkProduction companies: 20th Century Studios
- A Home for TanyaDirector: Lev KulidzhanovProduction companies: Gorky Film Studio
- A Messenger of the PeopleDirector: Dejidiin JigjidProduction companies: Mongolkino
- A Poet's FateDirector: Boris KimyagarovProduction companies: Tajikfilm
- A Private's AffairDirector: Raoul WalshProduction companies: 20th Century Studios
- A Soldier's HeartDirector: Sergey KolosovProduction companies: Mosfilm
- A Summer PlaceDirector: Delmer DavesProduction companies: Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Also PeopleDirector: Georgiy DaneliyaProduction companies: Mosfilm
- An Old LoveDirector: Frank BeyerProduction companies: DEFA
- An Unusual DayDirector: Bärbl BergmannProduction companies: DEFA
- AnnushkaDirector: Boris BarnetProduction companies: Mosfilm
- Antony and CleopatraDirector: Christopher MuirProduction companies: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Appu Chesi Pappu KooduDirector: L. V. PrasadProduction companies: Vijaya Vauhini Studios
- Ask Any GirlDirector: Charles WaltersProduction companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- AsteroDirector: Dinos DimopoulosProduction companies: Finos Film
- Bain el AtlalDirector: Ezz El Dine ZulficarProduction companies: Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films Company
- Battle in Outer SpaceDirector: Ishirō HondaProduction companies: Toho
- Battle of the Coral SeaDirector: Paul WendkosProduction companies: Columbia Pictures
- Bazi-e EshghProduction companies: Atlas FilmReleased: 1959
- Before the Lightning StrikesDirector: Richard GroschoppProduction companies: DEFA
- Bell, Book and CandleDirector: Richard QuineProduction companies: Columbia Pictures
- Beloved InfidelDirector: Henry KingProduction companies: 20th Century Studios
- Ben-HurDirector: William WylerProduction companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Black OrpheusProduction companies: Warner Bros. EntertainmentReleased: June 12, 1959
- Broken SpellDirector: Siamak YasemiProduction companies: Pars Film
- Café pod MinogaProduction companies: IluzjonReleased: 1959
- Caltiki – The Immortal MonsterDirector: Mario Bava, Riccardo FredaProduction companies: Lux Film
- Carthage in FlamesDirector: Carmine GalloneProduction companies: Lux Film
- CerasellaDirector: Raffaello MatarazzoProduction companies: Titanus
- City of FearDirector: Irving LernerProduction companies: Columbia Pictures
- CompulsionDirector: Richard FleischerProduction companies: 20th Century Studios
- Count Your BlessingsDirector: Jean NegulescoProduction companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Crime After SchoolDirector: Alfred VohrerProduction companies: Ultra-Film
- Cross of ValorDirector: Kazimierz KutzProduction companies: Studio Filmowe Kadr
- CrueltyProduction companies: MosfilmReleased: August 7, 1959
- Curse of the UndeadDirector: Edward DeinProduction companies: Universal Pictures
- Dagli Appennini alle AndeDirector: Folco QuiliciProduction companies: Argentina Sono Film
- Darby O'Gill and the Little PeopleDirector: Robert StevensonProduction companies: The Walt Disney Company
- Dead Man's TreasureDirector: Nikos TsiforosProduction companies: Finos Film
- Death in the SaddleDirector: Jindřich PolákProduction companies: Barrandov Film Studio
- Der Frosch mit der MaskeDirector: Harald ReinlProduction companies: Rialto Film
- Destiny of a ManDirector: Sergei BondarchukProduction companies: Mosfilm
- Dinner with the FamilyProduction companies: Australian Broadcasting CorporationReleased: 1959
- Do not have 1 dollarDirector: Gennady KazanskyProduction companies: Lenfilm
- Dostigayev and OthersDirector: Natalya RashevskayaProduction companies: Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater
- E.A. — Extraordinary AccidentDirector: Viktor IvchenkoProduction companies: Gorky Film Studio
- Eglima sto KolonakiDirector: Jannis AliferisReleased: 1959
- El Dinero de DiosProduction companies: Argentina Sono FilmReleased: 1959
- Escape from the ShadowsDirector: Jiří SequensProduction companies: Barrandov Studios
- Ethnic Hui DetachmentProduction companies: August First Film StudioReleased: 1959
- Eugene OneginDirector: Roman TikhomirovProduction companies: Lenfilm
- Expresso BongoDirector: Val GuestProduction companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Face of a FugitiveDirector: Paul WendkosProduction companies: Columbia Pictures
- Farewell to SpringDirector: Keisuke KinoshitaProduction companies: Shochiku
- Female Age-MatesDirector: Vasili OrdynskyProduction companies: Mosfilm
- Ferdinando I, re di NapoliDirector: Gianni FrancioliniProduction companies: Titanus
- Ferry to Hong KongDirector: Lewis GilbertProduction companies: The Rank Organisation
- Fiasco in MilanDirector: Nanni LoyProduction companies: Titanus, Vides Cinematografica
- Five Gates to HellDirector: James ClavellProduction companies: 20th Century Studios
- Five Golden FlowersDirector: Wang JiayiProduction companies: Changchun Film Studio
- Five Minutes of ParadiseDirector: Igor PretnarProduction companies: Bosna film
- Floods of FearDirector: Charles CrichtonProduction companies: The Rank Organisation
- Foma GordeyevDirector: Mark DonskoyProduction companies: Gorky Film Studio
- For the First TimeDirector: Rudolph MatéProduction companies: Titanus
- Fröken ChicDirector: Hasse EkmanProduction companies: SF Studios
- FurtunaDirector: Kristaq Dhamo, Yuri OzerovProduction companies: Mosfilm
- General Della RovereDirector: Roberto RosselliniProduction companies: Studio Filmowe Zebra
- Girl Seeks FatherDirector: Lieŭ HolubProduction companies: Belarusfilm
- Goliath and the BarbariansDirector: Carlo CampogallianiProduction companies: AltaVista
- Goods for CataloniaDirector: Richard GroschoppProduction companies: DEFA
- Green MansionsDirector: Mel FerrerProduction companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Green VanDirector: Genrikh GabayProduction companies: Odesa Film Studio
- Grigory SkovorodaDirector: Ivan KavaleridzeProduction companies: Dovzhenko Film Studios
- Gunmen from LaredoDirector: Wallace MacDonaldProduction companies: Columbia Pictures
- Heaven and PancakeDirector: Hasse EkmanProduction companies: SF Studios
- Heaven Without LoveProduction companies: Jadran FilmReleased: 1959
- Heller in Pink TightsDirector: George CukorProduction companies: Paramount Pictures
- Hercules UnchainedDirector: Pietro FrancisciProduction companies: Lux Film
- Here I Am, Here I StayDirector: Werner JacobsProduction companies: CCC Film
- Hete septemberdagerDirector: Nils R. MüllerProduction companies: International Film Service
- Hiroshima mon amourDirector: Alain ResnaisProduction companies: Argos Films
- His generationDirector: Karl GakkelProduction companies: Dovzhenko Film Studios
- Hit ParadeDirector: Esko Töyri, Hannes HäyrinenProduction companies: Fennada-Filmi
- Horrors of the Black MuseumDirector: Arthur CrabtreeProduction companies: Anglo-Amalgamated
- I Was a Satellite of the SunProduction companies: TsentrnauchfilmReleased: May 5, 1959
- Idol on ParadeDirector: John GillingProduction companies: Warwick Films
- IlzeDirector: Rolands KalniņšProduction companies: Riga Film Studio
- Imitation of LifeDirector: Douglas SirkProduction companies: Universal Pictures
- Inspekcja pana AnatolaDirector: Jan RybkowskiProduction companies: Zespół Filmowy „Rytm”
- Ivan Brovkin on the State FarmDirector: Ivan LukinskyProduction companies: Gorky Film Studio
- Jack the RipperDirector: Monty BermanProduction companies: Tempean Films
- Jak se Franta naučil bátDirector: Jaroslav MachProduction companies: Barrandov Studios
- JayabheriDirector: P. PullaiahProduction companies: Vauhini Studios
- Ji Gong’s Cricket FightingProduction companies: Shanghai Animation Film StudioReleased: 1959
- Journey to the Center of the EarthDirector: Henry LevinProduction companies: 20th Century Studios
- Just an Ordinary FinnDirector: Ville SalminenProduction companies: Suomen Filmiteollisuus
- Kamienne nieboDirector: Czesław Petelski, Ewa PetelskaProduction companies: Zespół Filmowy Studio
- KapòDirector: Gillo PontecorvoProduction companies: Vides Cinematografica
- Katya-KatyshaDirector: Grigory LipschitzProduction companies: Dovzhenko Film Studios
- KhovanshchinaDirector: Vera StroyevaProduction companies: Mosfilm
- Killers of KilimanjaroDirector: Richard ThorpeProduction companies: Warwick Films
- Krava na MjesecuDirector: Dušan VukotićProduction companies: Zagreb Film
- La caídaDirector: Leopoldo Torre NilssonProduction companies: Argentina Sono Film
- La PalomaDirector: Paul MartinProduction companies: CCC Film
- Last Train from Gun HillDirector: John SturgesProduction companies: Wallis-Hazen Productions, Bryna Productions
- Le chemin des écoliersDirector: Michel BoisrondProduction companies: Gaumont
- Lend Me Your WifeDirector: Arne MattssonProduction companies: Sandrew Film & Theater
- Life in Your HandsDirector: Nikolai RozantsevProduction companies: Lenfilm
- Love's ConfusionDirector: Slatan DudowProduction companies: DEFA
- Lucky Dragon No. 5Director: Kaneto ShindōProduction companies: Kindai Eiga Kyokai
- LullabyDirector: Mikhail KalikProduction companies: Moldova-Film
- Maiden's CheekDirector: Alekos SakellariosProduction companies: Finos Film
- Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-FiacreDirector: Jean DelannoyProduction companies: Titanus
- Make Mine a MillionDirector: Lance ComfortProduction companies: Elstree Studios
- Manjal MahimaiDirector: Adurthi Subba RaoProduction companies: Annapurna Pictures
- May StarsDirector: Stanislav RostotskyProduction companies: Gorky Film Studio, Barrandov Studios
- Menschen im HotelDirector: Gottfried ReinhardtProduction companies: CCC Film
- MoonwolfProduction companies: Suomen FilmiteollisuusReleased: May 6, 1959
- MumuDirector: Anatoly Bobrovsky, Yevgeny TeterinProduction companies: Mosfilm
- NakanuneDirector: Vladimir PetrovProduction companies: Mosfilm
- Nasreddin in Khujand, or the Enchanted PrinceDirector: Hamo BeknazarianProduction companies: Tajikfilm
- Naughty CurvesDirector: Kaljo Kiisk, Julij KuhnProduction companies: Tallinnfilm
- Night of the Quarter MoonDirector: Hugo HaasProduction companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Night TrainDirector: Jerzy KawalerowiczProduction companies: Studio Filmowe Kadr
- No Name on the BulletDirector: Jack ArnoldProduction companies: Universal Pictures
- No Trees in the StreetDirector: J. Lee ThompsonProduction companies: Associated British Picture Corporation
- North by NorthwestDirector: Alfred HitchcockProduction companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Odds Against TomorrowDirector: Robert WiseProduction companies: United Artists
- On the BeachDirector: Stanley KramerProduction companies: Stanley Kramer Productions
- Operation BullshineProduction companies: Associated British Picture CorporationReleased: 1959
- Other People's ChildrenDirector: Tengiz AbuladzeProduction companies: Georgian Film Studio
- People on the BridgeDirector: Aleksandr ZarkhiProduction companies: Mosfilm
- Pillow TalkDirector: Michael GordonProduction companies: Universal Pictures
- Plan 9 from Outer SpaceDirector: Ed WoodProduction companies: RKO Pictures
- Playing a Hard Game Up NorthDirector: Toivo SärkkäProduction companies: Suomen Filmiteollisuus
- Poor MillionairesDirector: Dino RisiProduction companies: Titanus
- Porgy and BessDirector: Rouben Mamoulian, Otto Preminger, Paul HelmickProduction companies: Columbia Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Pork Chop HillDirector: Lewis MilestoneProduction companies: Pathé, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Red LineDirector: Matti KassilaProduction companies: Fennada-Filmi
- Ride LonesomeDirector: Budd BoetticherProduction companies: Columbia Pictures
- Rio BravoDirector: Howard Hawks, Paul HelmickProduction companies: Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Rommel Calls CairoDirector: Wolfgang SchleifProduction companies: Omega Film GmbH
- Royal RiverDirector: Gordon SparlingProduction companies: National Film Board of Canada
- SampoDirector: Risto Orko, Aleksandr PtushkoProduction companies: Mosfilm, Suomi-Filmi
- Santa ClausDirector: René CardonaProduction companies: Estudios Churubusco
- SAS 181 Does Not ReplyProduction companies: DEFAReleased: 1959
- Say One for MeDirector: Frank TashlinProduction companies: 20th Century Studios
- Solomon and ShebaDirector: King VidorProduction companies: United Artists
- Some Like It HotDirector: Billy WilderProduction companies: United Artists, The Mirisch Company
- Special MissionDirector: Heinz ThielProduction companies: DEFA
- SpeedDirector: Andrzej WajdaProduction companies: Studio Filmowe Kadr
- Ssora v LukashakhProduction companies: LenfilmReleased: 1959
- Støv på hjernenDirector: Øyvind VennerødProduction companies: Contact Film
- Submarine I-57 Will Not SurrenderDirector: Shūe MatsubayashiProduction companies: Toho
- Suddenly, Last SummerDirector: Joseph L. MankiewiczProduction companies: Columbia Pictures
- Summer of the Seventeenth DollDirector: Leslie NormanProduction companies: Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
- Swinging at the CastleDirector: Alf KjellinProduction companies: SF Studios
- Tarzan's Greatest AdventureDirector: John GuillerminProduction companies: Solar Films
- TavriyaDirector: Yurii LysenkoProduction companies: Dovzhenko Film Studios
- Ten Seconds to HellDirector: Robert AldrichProduction companies: UFA
- That Kind of WomanDirector: Sidney LumetProduction companies: Paramount Pictures
- That's No Way to Land a ManDirector: Hans DeppeProduction companies: Kurt Ulrich Film
- The 100 kilometer raceDirector: Giulio PetroniProduction companies: Titanus
- The 39 StepsDirector: Ralph ThomasProduction companies: The Rank Organisation
- The 400 BlowsDirector: François TruffautProduction companies: Les Films du Carrosse
- The Bandit of ZhobeDirector: John GillingProduction companies: Warwick Films
- The Best of EverythingDirector: Jean NegulescoProduction companies: 20th Century Studios
- The Big CaperDirector: Robert StevensProduction companies: Pine-Thomas Productions
- The Black OrchidDirector: Martin RittProduction companies: Paramount Pictures
- The Blue AngelDirector: Edward DmytrykProduction companies: 20th Century Studios
- The CandidateDirector: Fernando AyalaProduction companies: Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
- The Chaplin RevueDirector: Charlie ChaplinProduction companies: Warner Bros. Entertainment
- The ChasersDirector: Erik LøchenProduction companies: Studio ABC
- The ColtDirector: Vladimir FetinProduction companies: Lenfilm
- The Crimson KimonoDirector: Samuel FullerProduction companies: Columbia Pictures
- The Day the War EndedDirector: Yakov SegelProduction companies: Gorky Film Studio
- The Death ShipDirector: Georg TresslerProduction companies: UFA
- The Devil's DiscipleDirector: Guy HamiltonProduction companies: Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions, Bryna Productions
- The Diary of Anne FrankDirector: George StevensProduction companies: 20th Century Studios
- The EagleDirector: Leonard BuczkowskiProduction companies: Studio Filmowe Kadr
- The FBI StoryDirector: Mervyn LeRoyProduction companies: Warner Bros. Entertainment
- The Five PenniesDirector: Melville ShavelsonProduction companies: Paramount Pictures
- The Golden EshelonDirector: Ilya GurinProduction companies: Gorky Film Studio
- The Goose of SedanDirector: Helmut KäutnerProduction companies: UFA
- The Great St. Louis Bank RobberyDirector: Charles GuggenheimProduction companies: CBS
- The Great WarDirector: Mario MonicelliProduction companies: Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica
- The Gunfight at Dodge CityDirector: Joseph M. NewmanProduction companies: The Mirisch Company
- The HangmanDirector: Michael CurtizProduction companies: Paramount Pictures
- The Hill of LoveDirector: Samuel KhachikianProduction companies: Azhir Film
- The Horse SoldiersDirector: John FordProduction companies: The Mirisch Company
- The Hound of the BaskervillesDirector: Terence FisherProduction companies: Hammer Film Productions
- The Indian TombDirector: Fritz LangProduction companies: CCC Film
- The Jayhawkers!Director: Melvin FrankProduction companies: Paramount Pictures
- The Kingdom and the BeautyDirector: Li Han-hsiangProduction companies: Shaw Brothers Studio
- The Last BlitzkriegDirector: Arthur DreifussProduction companies: Columbia Pictures
- The Last InchDirector: Nikita KurikhinProduction companies: Lenfilm
- The Legend of Tom DooleyDirector: Ted PostProduction companies: Columbia Pictures
- The Little SistersProduction companies: National Film Board of CanadaReleased: 1959
- The Lonely Ones' QuayReleased: 1959
- The MagistrateDirector: Luigi ZampaProduction companies: Titanus
- The MagliariDirector: Francesco RosiProduction companies: Titanus, Vides Cinematografica
- The MagpieDirector: Naum TrakhtenbergProduction companies: Mosfilm
- The Man in the NetDirector: Michael CurtizProduction companies: The Mirisch Company, Jaguar Productions
- The Man Who Could Cheat DeathDirector: Terence FisherProduction companies: Hammer Film Productions
- The Man Who Understood WomenDirector: Nunnally JohnsonProduction companies: 20th Century Studios
- The Master and His ServantsDirector: Arne SkouenProduction companies: Norsk Film
- The MiracleDirector: Irving RapperProduction companies: Warner Bros. Entertainment
- The Mouse that Jack BuiltDirector: Robert McKimsonProduction companies: Warner Bros. Cartoons
- The MummyDirector: Terence FisherProduction companies: Hammer Film Productions
- The Naked and the DeadDirector: Raoul WalshProduction companies: RKO Pictures
- The Pirate and the Slave GirlDirector: Piero PierottiProduction companies: Romana Film
- The Policeman of the 16th PrecinctDirector: Alekos SakellariosProduction companies: Finos Film
- The Princess with the Golden StarDirector: Martin FričProduction companies: Barrandov Film Studio
- The Promised LandProduction companies: National Film Board of CanadaReleased: 1959
- The Remarkable Mr. PennypackerDirector: Henry LevinProduction companies: 20th Century Studios
- The Rest Is SilenceDirector: Helmut KäutnerProduction companies: Real Film Berlin, Freie Film Produktion GmbH & Co., Hamburg
- The Restless and the DamnedDirector: Yves AllégretProduction companies: Southern International Productions
- The Second ManDirector: Ezz El Dine ZulficarProduction companies: Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films Company
- The Shaggy DogDirector: Charles BartonProduction companies: The Walt Disney Company
- The Siege of PinchgutDirector: Harry WattProduction companies: Ealing Studios
- The Sky CallsDirector: Mikhail Karyukov, Aleksandr KozyrProduction companies: Dovzhenko Film Studios
- The Son of the Red CorsairDirector: Primo ZeglioProduction companies: House of Donati
- The Sound and the FuryDirector: Martin RittProduction companies: 20th Century Studios
- The Square PegDirector: John Paddy CarstairsProduction companies: The Rank Organisation
- The Stranglers of BombayDirector: Terence FisherProduction companies: Hammer Film Productions
- The TrapDirector: Norman PanamaProduction companies: Paramount Pictures
- The UnamenablesDirector: Yuri ChulyukinProduction companies: Mosfilm
- The Wild and the InnocentDirector: Jack SherProduction companies: Universal Pictures
- The WindDirector: Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir NaumovProduction companies: Mosfilm
- The Wonderful CountryDirector: Robert ParrishProduction companies: United Artists, D.R.M. Productions
- The Wreck of the Mary DeareDirector: Michael AndersonProduction companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- The Young PhiladelphiansDirector: Vincent ShermanReleased: October 12, 1959
- These Thousand HillsDirector: Richard FleischerProduction companies: 20th Century Studios
- Thimios Screws UpDirector: Alekos SakellariosProduction companies: Karagiannis-Karatzopoulos
- Third Man on the MountainDirector: Ken AnnakinProduction companies: The Walt Disney Company
- ThirstDirector: Evgeniy TashkovProduction companies: Odesa Film Studio
- This Earth Is MineDirector: Henry KingProduction companies: Universal Pictures
- Thunder in the SunDirector: Russell RouseProduction companies: Seven Arts Productions
- Till Death Do Us PartProduction companies: Australian Broadcasting CorporationReleased: April 22, 1959
- TimbuktuDirector: Jacques TourneurProduction companies: Edward Small Productions
- Time of Taiga SnowdropDirector: Yaropolk LapshinProduction companies: Sverdlovsk Film Studio
- Tipi da spiaggiaDirector: Mario MattoliReleased: 1959
- Too Much, Too SoonDirector: Art NapoleonProduction companies: Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Ugler i mosenDirector: Ivo CaprinoProduction companies: International Film Service
- Vasily SurikovDirector: Anatoli RybakovProduction companies: Mosfilm
- Vento del sudDirector: Enzo ProvenzaleProduction companies: Lux Film
- Verboten!Director: Samuel FullerProduction companies: RKO Pictures
- Wan shui qian shanDirector: Cheng Yin, Chun HuaProduction companies: August First Film Studio
- WarlockDirector: Edward DmytrykProduction companies: 20th Century Studios
- Web of PassionDirector: Philippe de Broca, Claude ChabrolProduction companies: Titanus
- West Side and East SideDirector: Giannis DalianidisReleased: October 19, 1959
- WestboundDirector: Budd BoetticherProduction companies: Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Whistling in the morningDirector: Chisato IkomaReleased: March 4, 1959
- Wild Cats on the BeachDirector: Vittorio SalaProduction companies: Lux Film
- Wild StrawberriesDirector: Ingmar BergmanProduction companies: SF Studios
- Wish I Had a HorseDirector: Ravjaagiin DorjpalamProduction companies: Mongolkino
- World of MiraclesDirector: Luigi CapuanoProduction companies: Romana Film
- Yak posvaryvsa Ivan Ivanovych z Ivanom NykyforovychemProduction companies: Odesa Film StudioReleased: 1959
- Yesterday's EnemyDirector: Val GuestProduction companies: Hammer Film Productions
- Young SinnersDirector: Edith CarlmarProduction companies: Carlmar Film
- Youth In Flames Of WarDirector: Wang YanProduction companies: Changchun Film Studio
- Youth In Our VillageProduction companies: Changchun Film StudioReleased: 1959
- Zmiana wartyDirector: Halina Bielińska, Włodzimierz HaupeProduction companies: Studio Miniatur Filmowych
- Zorro, the AvengerDirector: Charles BartonProduction companies: Walt Disney Pictures
- Åsa-Nisse jubilerarDirector: Ragnar FriskProduction companies: AB Svensk talfilm