1962 (Features/Shorts) Best to Worst
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1. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Passed | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
Votes: 61,904 | Gross: $4.05M
10/10
2. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
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.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,436 | Gross: $44.82M
10/10
3. Lolita (1962)
Not Rated | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old girl.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Gary Cockrell
Votes: 108,821 | Gross: $9.25M
10/10
4. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Approved | 129 min | Crime, Drama
Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy
Votes: 332,940
10/10
5. The Longest Day (1962)
G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Votes: 59,080 | Gross: $39.10M
10/10
6. Cape Fear (1962)
Passed | 106 min | Drama, Thriller
A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin
Votes: 31,891
10/10
7. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Not Rated | 147 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand
Votes: 19,311
9/10
8. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 79,838
9/10
9. A Sheep in the Deep (1962)
6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog punch into work, with Sam guarding a flock of sheep against Ralph's attempts to snatch some mutton for dinner. Ralph uses a lull-a-bye record to put Sam to sleep... See full summary »
Directors: Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 554
9/10
10. Pressure Point (1962)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
A black prison psychiatrist is assigned the distasteful task of helping a paranoid American Nazi charged with sedition.
Director: Hubert Cornfield | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk, Carl Benton Reid
Votes: 2,025
8/10
11. Ride the High Country (1962)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Western
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.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr
Votes: 14,839
8/10
12. Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
Passed | 93 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A family leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before hydrogen bombs destroy the city. In the midst of the chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive along the highway.
Director: Ray Milland | Stars: Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon, Mary Mitchel
Votes: 4,830
7/10
13. Strongroom (1962)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Bank robbery goes awry, manager and cashier locked in vault. Robbers return after failed rescue attempt, race against time to free hostages before police arrive.
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Colin Gordon, John Chappell, Ann Lynn, Derren Nesbitt
Votes: 632
7/10
14. Wet Hare (1962)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Blacque Jacque Shellacque dams the river and plans to charge everyone a fortune for water, but not if Bugs Bunny has anything to say about it.
Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 444
7/10
15. The Intruder (1962)
PG-13 | 84 min | Drama
A charismatic "social reformer" rallies the white populace of a Southern town to oppose school integration, but he soon finds himself in a situation that he cannot control.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: William Shatner, Frank Maxwell, Beverly Lunsford, Robert Emhardt
Votes: 3,903
6/10
16. Shishkabugs (1962)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
A spoiled-rotten monarch orders royal chef Yosemite Sam to make "Hasenpfeffer", the basic ingredient of which is rabbit. When Bugs comes to the door asking to borrow some carrots, Sam decides to cook him.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 490
6/10
17. Zoom at the Top (1962)
6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Wile E. Coyote tries and fails to catch the Road Runner using a bear trap with a bird seed bait, a jet rocket, an ice-making machine, and a boomerang.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, Paul Julian
Votes: 432
6/10
18. La Jetée (1962)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Drama, Romance
The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Étienne Becker, Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich
Votes: 37,068
6/10
19. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Approved | 123 min | Drama, Western
A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
Director: John Ford | Stars: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin
Votes: 82,316
5/10
20. The Music Man (1962)
G | 151 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
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.
Director: Morton DaCosta | Stars: Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold
Votes: 19,173 | Gross: $14.95M
5/10
21. The 300 Spartans (1962)
Approved | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A small Army of Greeks spearheaded by three hundred Spartans do battle with the whole invading Persian Army.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker, Barry Coe
Votes: 7,670
5/10
22. Bill of Hare (1962)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
The Tasmanian Devil finds Bugs cooking dinner underneath a beach boardwalk.
Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 511
5/10
23. Jigsaw (1962)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is found murdered in a house along the coast from Brighton. Local detectives Fellows and Wilks lead an investigation methodically following up leads and clues mostly in Brighton and Hove but also further afield.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Jack Warner, Ronald Lewis, Yolande Donlan, Michael Goodliffe
Votes: 1,578
4/10
24. Mexican Boarders (1962)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Speedy Gonzales' lethargic cousin, Slowpoke Rodriguez, comes to visit Speedy's hacienda, to the delight of Sylvester Cat, who is confident he will be able to catch Slowpoke for dinner.
Directors: Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt | Stars: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Tom Holland
Votes: 408
5/10
25. 13 West Street (1962)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama
An aerospace engineer (Ladd) ignores a policeman (Steiger) and hunts down a gang of juvenile delinquents.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Alan Ladd, Rod Steiger, Michael Callan, Dolores Dorn
Votes: 831
4/10
26. Dr. No (1962)
PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee, Joseph Wiseman
Votes: 179,440 | Gross: $16.07M
4/10
27. Honey's Money (1962)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Yosemite Sam marries a widow for her money, and once the honeymoon is over, the woman reveals her real bossy, loud mouthed manner and introduces Sam to her son - a huge, oafish kid. Sam ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray, Billy Booth
Votes: 335
4/10
28. Now Hear This (1962)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Short, Animation
In this very abstract cartoon, a hard-of-hearing old Britisher finds a red horn and uses it as a megaphone, unaware that it is really a lost horn from the Devil's forehead. The Britisher ... See full summary »
Directors: Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 551
4/10
29. Martian Through Georgia (1962)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Way out in space, on another world whose population is contented, one of its people decides that travel broadens the mind and relieves boredom. So, he flies to Earth in hope of helping the ... See full summary »
Directors: Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, Ed Prentiss, June Foray
Votes: 295
4/10
30. The Damned (1962)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors, Alexander Knox
Votes: 4,016
3/10
31. Mouse Into Space (1962)
TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jerry reads that there are no cats in outer space, so he signs up for a trip but Tom ends up stowing away anyhow.
Director: Gene Deitch | Star: Allen Swift
Votes: 451
3/10
32. Good Noose (1962)
6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Daffy Duck is a stow-away on a ship commanded by a portly, Captain Bligh-like figure, who orders his First Mate, a parrot named Mr. Tristan, to locate any stowaways aboard his ship and to ... See full summary »
Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 205
3/10
33. Carnival of Souls (1962)
Approved | 78 min | Horror, Mystery
After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival.
Director: Herk Harvey | Stars: Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger, Art Ellison
Votes: 27,823
2/10
34. The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit (1962)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Using a kit that contains both Tom and Jerry anyone can enter the lucrative field of animated cartoons.
Director: Gene Deitch | Star: Allen Swift
Votes: 558
2/10
35. This Is Not a Test (1962)
Not Rated | 73 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A deputy sheriff stops motorists on a mountain road after police dispatch reports of a possible nuclear attack.
Director: Fredric Gadette | Stars: Seamon Glass, Thayer Roberts, Aubrey Martin, Mary Morlas
Votes: 893
2/10
36. Zotz! (1962)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A professor comes into possession of an amulet with magical powers.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Tom Poston, Julia Meade, Jim Backus, Fred Clark
Votes: 925
2/10
37. Night of Evil (1962)
88 min | Drama
The story of a young girl who goes from being a high school cheerleader to a stripper who commits an armed robbery.
Director: Richard Galbreath | Stars: Lisa Gaye, William Campbell, Lynette Bernay, Remo Pisani
Votes: 95
2/10
38. Tall in the Trap (1962)
TV-PG | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Jerry is a cheese rustler in the old west and Tom gets deputized to bring him to justice.
Director: Gene Deitch | Star: Allen Swift
Votes: 403
2/10
39. Dicky Moe (1962)
TV-Y7 | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The captain's obsession with the white whale Dicky Moe led his crew to abandon ship. He abducts Tom and enlists him as crew but Jerry's already on board to help make Tom's life miserable.
Director: Gene Deitch | Star: Allen Swift
Votes: 494
2/10
40. Quackodile Tears (1962)
6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Daffy Duck is ordered by his loud-mouthed wife to sit on their egg in a nest. When Daffy adjusts the nest to make it more comfortable, the egg rolls away from him and into a crocodile ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Davis | Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray
Votes: 273
2/10
41. Calypso Cat (1962)
TV-G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom falls for a female cat but she quickly loses interest in him when they arrive in at an island and Jerry torments him.
Director: Gene Deitch | Star: Allen Swift
Votes: 466
1/10
42. High Steaks (1962)
TV-PG | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The usual antics of Tom and Jerry interfere with a man trying to barbecue.
Director: Gene Deitch | Star: Allen Swift
Votes: 473
1/10
43. Rocket Racket (1962)
6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Woody Woodpecker is set to become the first woodpecker in space. Gabby Gator sets up a fake rocket and diverts Woody away from Cape Canaveral, hoping to cook him for dinner.
Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: Daws Butler, Grace Stafford
Votes: 60
1/10
44. The Violent and the Damned (1962)
58 min | Drama
When chain gang prisoners attack their guards, some of the hardened criminals escape Brazil's infamous Anchieta Prison amidst all the pick-ax carnage. The government dispatches a ... See full summary »
Directors: Carlos Hugo Christensen, Jerry Warren | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Carlos Cotrim, Sadi Cabral, Tônia Carrero
Votes: 17
1/10
45. A Dog's Life (1962)
Approved | 108 min | Documentary, Horror
A "shockumentary" consisting of a collection of mostly real archive footage displaying mankind at its most depraved and perverse, displaying bizarre rites, cruel behavior and bestial violence.
Directors: Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Stefano Sibaldi, Rossano Brazzi, Yves Klein, Henning Skaarup
Votes: 4,409
1/10
46. Jacktown (1962)
Not Rated | 62 min | Drama
A young delinquent is sent to prison for a statutory rape.
Director: William Martin | Stars: Patty McCormack, Richard Meade, Douglas Rutherford, Russ Paquette
Votes: 174
1/10
47. The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
Approved | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriend's head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body.
Director: Joseph Green | Stars: Jason Evers, Virginia Leith, Anthony La Penna, Adele Lamont
Votes: 7,576
1/10
48. Landing Stripling (1962)
TV-G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A young bird flies into Tom's territory, but quickly allies himself with Jerry. Tom shows a coyote-like persistence and reliance on ever more elaborate schemes to catch the bird.
Director: Gene Deitch | Star: Allen Swift
Votes: 437
1/10
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