Year 1962 movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant year 1962 movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, black and white, retro, cult classic and tense films and TV shows about / with husband wife relationship, time travel, death, cigarette smoking, telephone call, bare chested male, violence, drunkenness, father daughter relationship and gun plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as year 1962: On Chesil Beach (2017), Animal House (1978), Green Book (2018), The Shape of Water (2017), A Single Man (2009), Blonde (2022), Jules and Jim (1962), Advise & Consent (1962), Billy Budd (1962), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962).

List of year 1962 movies

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On Chesil Beach (2017)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.
Style: serious, period piece, novela, costume drama, sensitive ...
Plot: newlyweds, wedding night, frigidity, sexual revolution, sexual abuse, awkwardness, beach, honeymoon, virgin, male virgin, marriage, asexual ...
Time: year 1962, year 2007, 60s, year 1975
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 7.4
 129K
Animal House (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
Style: humorous, funny, light, witty, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: college, beer, female nudity, marijuana, party, youth, sorority, revenge, cheerleader, overweight, lust, fraternity ...
Time: year 1962, year 1978, 20th century, 60s
Place: pennsylvania
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 8.2
 561K
Green Book (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, China
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line relied on ...
Style: road movie, feel good, uplifting, funny, captivating ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, adult
Plot: racism, road trip, travel, musician, interracial friendship, driver, friendship, racial prejudice, on the road, journey, black american, friend ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 1962, 20th century
Place: bronx new york city, southern usa, america, new york, nebraska ...
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The Shape of Water (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story: An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Style: touching, fairy tale, romantic, biting, disturbing ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: sign language, creature, love story, interspecies romance, supernatural, female protagonist, rescue, laboratory, cold war, interspecies sex, scientist, water ...
Time: 2010s, year 1962, year 2017, 60s, future
Place: maryland, america, los angeles, baltimore, usa ...
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 7.5
 117K
A Single Man (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Adapted from a 1964 novel of the same name, the film follows a day in the life of George Falconer, a British college professor reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event makes George challenge his own will ...
Style: touching, psychological, sincere, heartbreaking, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: gay, depression, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, loneliness, homosexual, lgbt, broken heart, grief, haunted by the past, gender, tragic love ...
Time: 60s, year 1962, year 2009, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: los angeles, california, cuba, usa, madrid ...
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 5.5
 71K
Blonde (2022)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story: From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her ...
Style: exciting, dramatic, realistic, rough, emotional ...
Audience: adult
Plot: fame, actress, hollywood, traumatic childhood, bare breasts, hand job, abortion, biopic, female nudity, threesome, famous, woman ...
Time: 60s, year 1962, 2020s, 1950s, 1930s ...
Place: los angeles, new york, maine
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 7.7
 44K
Jules and Jim (1962)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In Paris, before WWI, two friends, Jules (Austrian) and Jim (French) fall in love with the same woman, Catherine. But Catherine loves and marries Jules. After the war, when they meet again in Germany, Catherine starts to love Jim... This is the ...
Style: art house, black and white, philosophical, lyrical, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: marriage, friendship, love triangle, unrequited love, love, relationships, menage a trois, love story, storytelling, melancholy, manic pixie dream girl, couples ...
Time: 1910s, 1920s, year 1962, 1930s, post world war one ...
Place: france, paris france, europe, germany
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Advise & Consent (1962)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A Senate investigation into the President's newly-nominated Secretary of State gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.
Style: political, black and white, realistic, clever, contemplative ...
Plot: politics, courtroom drama, political intrigue, cold war, president, political corruption, journalism, american politics, gay bar, corruption, government, u.s. president ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 7.8
 5K
Billy Budd (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
Style: tense, emotional, serious, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot: mutiny, ship, napoleonic wars, british navy, courtroom drama, injustice, navy, ship captain, ocean, betrayal, military, dishonesty ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s, year 1962, georgian era
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Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, atmospheric, black and white ...
Plot: prison, bird, redemption, life sentence, warden, alcatraz, prison escape, biopic, rebel, self discovery, isolation, obstacle ...
Time: 20th century, year 1962, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place: san francisco, bay area, kansas
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 7.7
 32K
Cape Fear (1962)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
Style: neo noir, tense, suspense, disturbing, black and white ...
Plot: psychopath, stalking, revenge, lawyer, danger, obsession, serial killer, family in danger, villain, justice, vigilante, psychology ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
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Carnival of Souls (1962)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish ...
Style: atmospheric, cult classic, gothic, surreal, independent film ...
Plot: carnival, ghost, female protagonist, supernatural, zombie, afterlife, amusement park, car accident, surrealism, spirit, macabre, visceral ...
Time: year 1962
Place: salt lake city utah, utah, usa
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Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Style: sexy, poignant, realistic, depressing, black and white ...
Plot: addiction, alcoholic, alcoholism, alcoholics anonymous, alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, recovery, love, drinking, drunk, drug addiction, secretary ...
Time: year 1962, 20th century, 60s
Place: san francisco, usa, texas, california, houston texas
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 7.1
 14K
Hatari! (1962)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story: A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos. Will the arrival of a female wildlife photographer change their ways?
Style: exciting, humorous, black and white, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: safari, jungle, hunter, hunting, elephant, colonialism, lost world, older man younger woman relationship, african, age difference, explorer, wild animal ...
Time: year 1962, 20th century, 60s
Place: africa
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 218 min.
Story: The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological ...
Style: epic, captivating, breathtaking, visually appealing, visually stunning ...
Audience: date night, teens, family outing, kids
Plot: desert, world war one, military, british empire, camel, imperialism, historical character, battles, islam, politics, great war, train ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1920s, year 1962, victorian era ...
Place: middle east, saudi arabia, ottoman empire, arabia, africa ...
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 7.5
 108K
Lolita (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's ...
Style: sexual, disturbing, psychological, sexy, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: forbidden love, lolita, age difference, pedophilia, girl man relationship, seduction, older man younger woman relationship, lust, teenage girl, nymphet, obsession, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1962, near future, 1950s ...
Place: new hampshire, usa, ohio
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Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
Style: black and white, existential, retro, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison escape, chase, friendship, modern west, on the run, escape, indians, idealism, small town, wilderness, cowboy, anarchist ...
Time: 20th century, year 1962, 1950s, 60s, year 1952
Place: albuquerque new mexico, new mexico
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The Longest Day (1962)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story: The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that ...
Style: epic, realistic, black and white, factual, harsh ...
Audience: manly
Plot: world war two, war, nazi, military, french resistance, d day, world war, courage, allies, resistance, beach, soldier ...
Time: year 1962, 20th century, year 1944, 1940s
Place: normandy, america, english channel, europe, france ...
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
Style: black and white, suspense, atmospheric, serious, melancholic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: politics, cowboy, lawyer, wild west, small town, bully, senator, robbery, showdown, funeral, justice, criminal ...
Time: 19th century, year 1962, 1800s, 20th century
Place: america
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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller from American director John Frankenheimer. An American soldier is brainwashed into being a killer for the communist Russians during the Korean War.
Style: political thriller, black and white, psychological, political, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: conspiracy, cold war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, assassin, senator, election, political intrigue, korean war, spy, manipulation, politics ...
Time: 20th century, year 1962, 50s, 1950s, year 1952
Place: new york, china, north korea, korea, usa ...
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The Miracle Worker (1962)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old ...
Style: inspirational, emotional, black and white, period piece, touching ...
Audience: kids
Plot: teacher, blind character, blindness, disability, mute or deaf, education, human spirit, deaf, mentor, children, deafness, childhood ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, year 1962, 1800s
Place: alabama, persia, usa, massachusetts, new england ...
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Ride the High Country (1962)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An ex-lawman 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.
Style: spaghetti western, sentimental, realistic, aesthetic, retro ...
Plot: horse, gold rush, runaway, wild west, aging, betrayal, friendship, judge, gunfight, shootout, death, drinking ...
Time: year 1962, 19th century, 1890s
Place: california, america, idaho
Is relevant ?
 8.0
 41K
Sanjuro (1962)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of ...
Style: black and white, atmospheric, witty, tense, stylized ...
Plot: samurai, sword fight, corruption, one against many, betrayal, drifter, rescue, martial arts, police investigation, medieval, visceral, culture clash ...
Time: 19th century, year 1962, future, 1800s
Place: japan, asia
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To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected ...
Style: touching, black and white, enigmatic, compassionate, sentimental ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, family outing, teen drama
Plot: lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, racism, small town, trial, single father, legal, rape, childhood, poverty, prejudice ...
Time: 1930s, year 1932, 20th century, year 1962
Place: alabama, usa, america, africa
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 24K
The Trial (1962)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story: An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.
Style: surreal, black and white, psychological, disturbing, visually appealing ...
Plot: dystopia, surrealism, courtroom, courtroom drama, distopia, paranoia, insanity, legal, existentialism, law, trial, justice ...
Time: 20th century, year 1962, 60s
Place: america, russia
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 4K
The Intruder (1962)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A man in a gleaming white suit comes to a small Southern town on the eve of integration. He calls himself a social reformer. But what he does is stir up trouble--trouble he soon finds he can't control.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, psychotronic, neo noir, controversial ...
Plot: racism, civil rights, african, american south, exploitation, blaxploitation, racial issues, ethnic, deep south, ethnicity, small town, false accusation ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place: america, usa
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 820
13 West Street (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Walt Sherill (Alan Ladd) is attacked and beat down by a group of juvenile delinquents on his way home from work one night. The boys who attacked him are not previously known by the police and are therefore hard to track down. As Sherill starts ...
Style: neo noir, independent film, juvenile, slang, classic noir
Plot: juvenile delinquent, hooligan, thug, bare chested male, man hits a woman, car chase, private investigator, assault, suicide by hanging, arrest, husband wife relationship, detective sergeant ...
Time: year 1962, 60s
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The Four Days of Naples (1962)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The film shows the history of the Neapolitan popular revolt against the invading Germans, during the second world war. During the four days in Naples the revolt turns over in just few hours. Neapolitans slinged on rifles and guns, and they armed ...
Style: historical drama
Plot: world war two, fascism, war, anti nazi, nazi soldier, resistance movement, boy, civil war, resistance, italian history, partisan, german army ...
Time: 1940s, year 1962, year 1943
Place: italy, naples italy
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 7.7
 22K
L'Eclisse (1962)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A young woman meets a vital young man, but their love affair is doomed by the man's materialistic nature.
Style: art house, black and white, philosophical, neorealism, visual ...
Plot: loneliness, alienation, art, love, stock broker, great ending, love story, existentialism, minimalism, unrequited love, minimal dialogue, passion ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place: rome italy, usa, europe, los angeles, italy
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Family Portrait (1962)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Marcello Mastroianni gives a sensitive, finely judged performance as Enrico, a struggling journalist in the Rome of 1945. He receives a phone call informing him that his younger brother Lorenzo (Jacques Perrin) has died. Enrico recalls their long ...
Style: non-linear, serious, psychological, realistic, touching
Plot: family relations, voice over narration, brother brother relationship, death, grandmother, unemployment, illness, estrangement, unfulfillment, humble, terminal illness, family in crisis ...
Time: year 1962, 1930s, 1940s, year 1945, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, florence
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