MY TOP 30+ MOVIES FOR 1962 (in list order)

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.

A burglar betraying other criminals prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend who might be as untrustworthy as he.

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.

After suffering a brutal defeat and being told he can no longer fight, 37-year-old, scar-ridden prizefighter Louis 'Mountain' Rivera struggles to find a new direction in life.

An immature young man from Middle America grows to manhood after a cross-country journey and his military service in World War I.

A couple pick up a hitchhiker on the way to their yacht. The husband invites the young man to come along for their day's sailing. As the voyage progresses, the antagonism between the two men grows. A violent confrontation is inevitable.

The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind, deaf and mute child Helen Keller how to understand and communicate.

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.

A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.

A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.

An ex-union soldier is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.

The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.

When a woman is killed in a park, the police bring in everyone suspected of being there when the incident occurred and question them. One of them is the killer.

During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines.

Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.

A young woman meets a vital young man, but their love affair is doomed because of the man's materialistic nature.

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.

A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old girl.

An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.

Cleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.

A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.

Antoine Doinel is 17, lives in a hotel and works in a factory making records; he loves music. He falls in love with a woman he meets at a concert. She sees him as a friend, but her parents love him.

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.

Small squad must hold off German attack.