Top Movies from 1962
Welcome to our curated selection of films released in 1962. This collection captures the cinematic spirit of the year, reflecting the evolving trends, storytelling techniques, and cultural touchstones that defined 1962. Whether you’re revisiting old favorites or discovering hidden gems for the first time, these titles showcase the breadth and depth of cinema produced during this notable year.
Seven Seas to Calais (1962)
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Sir Francis Drake fights to take over Spain's treasure routes for Queen Elizabeth I.
Seven Seas to Calais (1962)
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Sir Francis Drake fights to take over Spain's treasure routes for Queen Elizabeth I.
Mother Was a Rooster (1962)
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Foghorn Leghorn is sound asleep when the barnyard dog places an ostrich egg beside him for a gag. When Foghorn awakes and sees the egg...
Fallguy (1962)
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Hot shot teen Sonny Martin stops to help the victim of an auto accident but quickly realizes he’s stepped into a murder in progress.
Las estrellas (1962)
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An unhappy but good-hearted barber, Lorenzo, uses to seek advice in everything by a friend, a professional ice cream maker. However, this confidence is completely blind and often pushes Lorenzo to extreme situations, sometimes even dangerous. Thus, the innocent owner of the barbershop dreams that his two children become all about stars: the boy as a bullfighter and the girl as a singer.
Light in the Piazza (1962)
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A young American woman traveling in Italy with her mother is slender, blonde, beautiful and there is something charmingly naive about her. Fabrizio Naccarelli seems to always know where the mother and daughter will sightsee next. Signor Naccarelli is just as concerned about where this will lead as Mrs. Johnson is. Then she starts thinking that perhaps her daughter can be a wife of a wealthy young man in a society where all she has to do is look beautiful. What happens if Signor Naccarelli finds out who his prospective daughter-in-law really is?
A Kind of Loving (1962)
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As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reconcile how he thought his life would go with what life actually has in store for him.
Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
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It's 1790 and British Naval Commander Redway is driven by greed for money and will stop at nothing to get it. His second in command, David Robinson, questions his allegiance when Redway kills his father and takes his brother prisoner. In order to save his brother and avenge his father's death David must join forces with a band of pirates, led by Captain Bernard, hunt down and kill Redway.
Tomorrow at Ten (1962)
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A British policeman (John Gregson) tries to find a rich man's (Alec Clunes) son before a kidnapper's (Robert Shaw) time bomb blows.
Black Test Car (1962)
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Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.
Kid Galahad (1962)
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After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.
40 Pounds of Trouble (1962)
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Hilarity ensues when a casino manager spends a day at Disneyland with a cute but troublesome little girl.
A Prize of Arms (1962)
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A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
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Over the course of one foggy day in August 1912, a retired Irish theater actor grapples with the morphine addiction of his unbalanced wife, debauchery of his older son, and sickness of the youngest son as past guilts, repressed anger, and deep-seated regrets slowly come boiling out, threatening to destroy the family.
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
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Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel (Maurice Chevalier) on a search expedition for the children's shipwrecked sea captain father. This Disney film was based upon Jules Verne's 1868 adventure novel Captain Grant's Children.
The Music Man (1962)
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A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.
Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
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Immediately after Lisa declares that she is leaving her immature, abusive, but easy-going husband Robert, he is reported dead in a plane crash. Secretly still alive, he convinces her to collect his life insurance, although she knows that it's a bad idea. Lisa must contend with the complications of the scheme, which involve an aggressive suitor, Robert's jealousy, and her own guilt.
Who's Got the Action? (1962)
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A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.