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1962 Chronicle of The Cinema

by wijayaandik • Created 9 years ago • Modified 2 weeks ago
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  • Advise & Consent (1962)

    1. Advise & Consent

    19622h 19mApproved
    7.7 (7.9K)
    The polarizing search for a new Secretary of State has far-reaching consequences.
    DirectorOtto PremingerStarsFranchot ToneLew AyresHenry Fonda
  • The Exterminating Angel (1962)

    2. The Exterminating Angel

    19621h 35mNot Rated
    8.0 (37K)
    The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.
    DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsSilvia PinalJacqueline AndereEnrique Rambal
    Nova /
  • Harakiri (1962)

    3. Harakiri

    19622h 13mNot Rated85Metascore
    8.6 (82K)
    When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.
    DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira IshihamaShima Iwashita
    AMO
  • Jules and Jim (1962)

    4. Jules and Jim

    19621h 45mNot Rated97Metascore
    7.7 (46K)
    Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.
    DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJeanne MoreauOskar WernerHenri Serre
  • Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, and Monica Vitti in L'Eclisse (1962)

    5. L'Eclisse

    19622h 6mNot Rated
    7.7 (24K)
    A young woman meets a vital young man, but their love affair is doomed because of the man's materialistic nature.
    DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsMonica VittiAlain DelonFrancisco Rabal
  • Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, José Ferrer, and Jack Hawkins in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

    6. Lawrence of Arabia

    19623h 47mPG100Metascore
    8.3 (332K)
    The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony Quinn
  • James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Andy Devine, Vera Miles, and Edmond O'Brien in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

    7. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    19622h 3mApproved94Metascore
    8.1 (86K)
    A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJames StewartJohn WayneVera Miles
  • The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

    8. The Manchurian Candidate

    19622h 6mPG-1394Metascore
    7.9 (83K)
    An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
    DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsFrank SinatraLaurence HarveyJanet Leigh
  • Salvatore Giuliano (1962)

    9. Salvatore Giuliano

    19622h 5mNot Rated
    7.3 (5.3K)
    The unclear and complicated twists between governal powers, independentist party and Mafia in the Sicily of the '40s culminate with the death of Salvatore Giuliano.
    DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsFrank WolffSalvo RandoneFrederico Zardi
  • Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, and Phillip Alford in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

    10. To Kill a Mockingbird

    19622h 9mApproved88Metascore
    8.3 (345K)
    A widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama defends a black man against a false rape charge while teaching his young children about the sad reality of prejudice.
    DirectorRobert MulliganStarsGregory PeckJohn MegnaFrank Overton
  • The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)

    11. The Trial of Joan of Arc

    19621h 4m
    7.4 (6.4K)
    A Joan of Arc's trial reconstruction concerning her imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English. Filmed in a spare, low-key fashion.
    DirectorRobert BressonStarsFlorence DelayJean-Claude FourneauRoger Honorat
  • Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

    12. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    19622h 14mApproved75Metascore
    8.0 (65K)
    A former vaudeville child star torments her paraplegic sister, who eclipsed her as a movie star, in their decaying Hollywood mansion while desperately clinging to hopes of a comeback.
    DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBette DavisJoan CrawfordVictor Buono
  • Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Sean Connery, Sal Mineo, Eddie Albert, Richard Beymer, Red Buttons, Jeffrey Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka, Arletty, Mel Ferrer, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Fabian, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Ray Danton, Irina Demick, Leo Genn, Henry Grace, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Werner Hinz, Curd Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Christian Marquand, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter van Eyck, and Stuart Whitman in The Longest Day (1962)

    13. The Longest Day

    19622h 58mG75Metascore
    7.7 (62K)
    The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
    DirectorsKen AnnakinAndrew MartonGerd OswaldStarsJohn WayneRobert RyanRichard Burton
  • Orson Welles, Anthony Perkins, Romy Schneider, and Jeanne Moreau in The Trial (1962)

    14. The Trial

    19621h 59mNot Rated
    7.6 (26K)
    An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsAnthony PerkinsArnoldo FoàJess Hahn
  • "Birdman of Alcatraz" (Saul Bass Poster) 1962

    15. Birdman of Alcatraz

    19622h 27mApproved76Metascore
    7.8 (21K)
    A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.
    DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsBurt LancasterKarl MaldenThelma Ritter
    Nova / Film 103
  • Paul Newman and Geraldine Page in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

    16. Sweet Bird of Youth

    19622hApproved53Metascore
    7.1 (9K)
    A drifter and a faded film star, both traumatized by Hollywood, arrive to the guy's hometown, where the old bitter memories revive again.
    DirectorRichard BrooksStarsPaul NewmanGeraldine PageShirley Knight
  • Billy Budd (1962)

    17. Billy Budd

    19622h 3mApproved
    7.8 (5.2K)
    When a kind-hearted sailor is made to join an English vessel at war in 1797, he finds himself caught between devotion to his crewmates and obedience to their hated, cruel master-at-arms.
    DirectorPeter UstinovStarsTerence StampRobert RyanPeter Ustinov
  • Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke in The Miracle Worker (1962)

    18. The Miracle Worker

    19621h 46mApproved83Metascore
    8.1 (22K)
    The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind, deaf and mute child Helen Keller how to understand and communicate.
    DirectorArthur PennStarsAnne BancroftPatty DukeVictor Jory
  • Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

    19. Mutiny on the Bounty

    19622h 58mApproved48Metascore
    7.2 (19K)
    In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti, but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by first officer Fletcher Christian.
    DirectorsLewis MilestoneCarol ReedGeorge SeatonStarsMarlon BrandoTrevor HowardRichard Harris
  • Buddy Hackett, Paul Ford, Hermione Gingold, Shirley Jones, Pert Kelton, and Robert Preston in The Music Man (1962)

    20. The Music Man

    19622h 31mG76Metascore
    7.7 (20K)
    Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' band leader to raise money before he can skip town.
    DirectorMorton DaCostaStarsRobert PrestonShirley JonesBuddy Hackett
  • Two for the Seesaw (1962)

    21. Two for the Seesaw

    19621h 59mApproved
    6.6 (2.3K)
    Robert Wise directs Robert Mitchum and Shirley MacLaine in this spicy and poignant love story about a free-spirited Greenwich Village girl who hooks up with a brooding Nebraska lawyer. In HD.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsRobert MitchumShirley MacLaineEdmon Ryan
  • Hatari! (1962)

    22. Hatari!

    19622h 37mApproved
    7.1 (15K)
    A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos before the arrival of a female wildlife photographer threatens to change their ways.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsJohn WayneElsa MartinelliHardy Krüger
  • Anthony Perkins and Melina Mercouri in Phaedra (1962)

    23. Phaedra

    19621h 55mNot Rated
    6.8 (2K)
    To build bridges with his estranged son, a Greek shipping magnate enlists the help of his second wife, Phaedra. But, in rain-soaked Paris, their passionate affair threatens to destroy his empire. Will the modern temptress accept her fate?
    DirectorJules DassinStarsMelina MercouriAnthony PerkinsRaf Vallone
  • Barbara Eden, Claire Bloom, Laurence Harvey, Karlheinz Böhm, Yvette Mimieux, and Russ Tamblyn in The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

    24. The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

    19622h 15mG
    6.4 (2.3K)
    The story of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, and three of their stories.
    DirectorsHenry LevinGeorge PalStarsLaurence HarveyClaire BloomKarlheinz Böhm
    Los Movies / Mova
  • David and Lisa (1962)

    25. David and Lisa

    19621h 35mNot Rated
    7.2 (3.5K)
    Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people.
    DirectorFrank PerryStarsKeir DulleaJanet MargolinHoward Da Silva

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