Ben-Hur (1959 film) the second highest-grossing film in history at the time after "Gone with the Wind". It won a record 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Wyler), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Heston), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Griffith), and Best Cinematography – Color (Surtees). "Ben-Hur" also won three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for Stephen Boyd. Today, "Ben-Hur" is widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever made, and in 1998 the American Film Institute ranked it the 72nd best American film
The Goodies (1959 film) comical mistakes, but eventually the two new couples reunite and all ends well. The West German Catholic Film Service regarded the film as one "with a weak plot line, the same old gags used over and over again." The film critic of the journal "Cinema" wrote that "even in the 1950s, it was not witty." The Goodies (1959 film) Musterknaben ("Role Models"; English-language title: "The Goodies") is an East German romantic comedy film, directed by Johannes Knittel. It was released in 1959. Bassi and Edwin are the two laziest, most irresponsible construction workers in their workers' brigade. When they fall