Best Movies of 1963
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Best Movies of 1963
TOP Movies: The Great Escape (1963), The Birds (1963), Cleopatra (1963), The Sword in the Stone (1963), Lilies of the Field (1963), The Pink Panther (1963), The Servant (1963), America America (1963), From Russia with Love (1963), Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Hud (1963), The Nutty Professor (1963), 55 Days at Peking (1963), Flipper (1963), PT 109 (1963), The Day of the Triffids (1963), Who's Minding the Store? (1963), Charade (1963), The Incredible Journey (1963), Tom Jones (1963).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, realistic, historical drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, teens, manly, kids ...
Plot:
world war two, prison, prisoner, soldier, pow, freedom, prison escape, nazi, chase, war, capture, courage ...
Time:
1940s, year 1963, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
germany, america, europe, switzerland, alps ...
Is relevant?
219K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. ...
Style:
classic horror, dark, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
bird, bird attack, disaster, paranoia, animal attack, killer animal, small town, lawyer, unsolved mystery, seagull, teacher, creature feature ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, 60s
Place:
california, san francisco, bay area
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41K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 320 min.
Story:
Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.The winner of four Oscars, this epic saga of love, greed and betrayal stars Elizabeth Taylor as the passionate and ambitious Egyptian queen who's determined to hold on ...
Style:
epic, period piece, costume drama, retro, breathtaking ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
ancient rome, ancient egypt, antiquity, peplum, queen, ancient history, strong female lead, roman empire, ancient, julius caesar, cleopatra, tomb ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century, year 1963, 1st century b.c., 1930s ...
Place:
egypt, rome italy, alexandria egypt, africa, greece ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, entertaining, arthurian, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot:
magic, arthurian legend, wizard, transformation, medieval, king arthur, boy, sword and sorcery, sword, kingdom, tournament, owl ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 6th century, 1930s
Place:
europe, england, britain, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An unemployed construction worker (Homer Smith) heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior ...
Style:
black and white, christian film, touching, retro, social ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
desert, nun, catholic, religion, chapel, priest, faith, farm, literary, african american, mother superior, convent ...
Time:
year 1963, 50s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and leaves Paris for ...
Style:
slapstick comedy, slapstick, detective, funny, witty ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
diamond, jewel thief, pink panther, master criminal, princess, law enforcement, robbery, winter, chase, hotel, car chase, farce ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
switzerland, europe, los angeles, france, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A decadent London aristocrat hires a man-servant to attend to his needs. However, the balance of power starts to shift...
Style:
sexy, psychological, psychosexual thriller, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot:
manipulation, servant, master and servant, decadence, class differences, dysfunctional relationship, alcoholism, master servant relationship, classism, gay subtext, lgbt, sexual repression ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
england, london, america, britain, united kingdom
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to America
Style:
semi autobiographical, aesthetic, existential, social, road movie ...
Plot:
greek, immigration, immigrant, emigration, migration, armenian genocide, american dream, boat, journey, determination, dream, narration ...
Time:
19th century, year 1963, 1890s, 20th century
Place:
greece, ottoman empire, new york, istanbul turkey, middle east ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Italy, Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing ...
Style:
spy action, saga, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, agent, 007, cold war, spy hero, train, vigilante, assassin, secret service, secret agent, espionage ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
turkey, russia, istanbul turkey, venice, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught ...
Style:
exciting, epic fantasy, tense, epic, talky ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
greek mythology, giant monster, monster, skeleton, dragon, mythology, adventurer, sword and sorcery, prophecy, ancient world, stop motion, giant ...
Time:
ancient times, year 1963
Place:
ancient greece, greece, rome italy, hellas
Is relevant?
26K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, atmospheric, black and white, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
father son relationship, housekeeper, small town, dysfunctional family, redemption, rancher, womanizer, underage drinking, jukebox, sexual assault, rodeo cowboy, human nature ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, 50s, 1950s
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, america, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Jerry Lewis directed, co-wrote and starred in this riotously funny movie that set a new standard for screen comedy and inspired the hit remake. Lewis plays a timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher who discovers a magical potion that can transform him ...
Style:
slapstick, funny, humorous, feel good, parody ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family outing
Plot:
professor, jekyll and hyde, potion, college, chemistry, nerd, transformation, love, alter ego, laboratory, hidden identity, mad scientist ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, epic, suspense ...
Plot:
battles, imperialism, politics, british empire, colonialism, revolution, military, political unrest, rivalry, state affairs, against the odds, culture clash ...
Time:
1900s, 19th century, turn of the century, year 1900, year 1963 ...
Place:
china, england, france, beijing china, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The film that started the classic TV series. Although he's only seven, Eddie's got it all figured out. He wants his father, a widower, to get remarried - to the girl next door. Unfortunately, she's not one of the women that his ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, disturbing, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night
Plot:
single father, friendship, happy ending, parenthood, widower, unlikely friendships, single parent, lone hero, mentor, adolescence, family relations, wooing ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, 60s
Place:
new york, tokyo
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into ...
Style:
melancholic, touching, exciting, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
boy, father son relationship, rescue, ocean, youth, healing power, coming of age, fishing, fisherman, animal, young heroes, friendship ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 80s
Place:
florida, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He and the survivors had to make their way to an island, find food and shelter and ...
Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, president, john f. kennedy, world war, island, leadership, ship, usa president, enemy, u.s. military, native ...
Time:
1940s, year 1963, year 1943
Place:
pacific ocean, oceania
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A shower of meteorites produces a rare night time spectacle that blinds anyone that looks at it. As it was such a beautiful sight, most people were watching, and as a consequence, 99% of the World's population go completely blind. In the ...
Style:
scary, suspense, enigmatic, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blindness, space and aliens, creature feature, post apocalyptic, monster, mutant, distopia, apocalypse, survival, humanity, post apocalypse, save the world ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, england, united kingdom, london, france ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
Style:
road movie, humorous, funny, hilarious, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
treasure hunt, on the road, race, car chase, treasure, road trip, competition, chase, greed, money, twists and turns, disorder ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, 20th century, year 1916, 70s
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend, Barbara, is heir to the Tuttle Department Store dynasty. Mrs. Tuttle, Barbara's mother, is determined to split the two lovers, and hires ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, slapstick, feel good ...
Plot:
workplace, farce, department store, family relations, rise to the top, wooing, parents and children, disorder, goofy hero, mistaken identity, chaos and mayhem, store ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
93K
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World ...
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, atmospheric, rom com, exciting ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, kids
Plot:
spy, murder, funeral, investigation, age difference, older man younger woman relationship, love and romance, love story, hotel, photograph, marriage proposal, police inspector ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, year 1944, 60s, 1930s
Place:
paris france, france, alps, europe, persia ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?
Style:
road movie, touching, uplifting, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
dog, cat, wilderness, animal, labrador retriever, friendship, pets, wildlife, siamese cat, puppy love, camp, camping trip ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
canada, ontario canada
Is relevant?
15K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?
Style:
costume drama, witty, depressing, picaresque, historical drama ...
Plot:
arranged marriage, rags to riches, true love, womanizer, class conflict, illegitimate son, literary, farce, squire, tutor, food, kitchen sink realism ...
Time:
18th century, year 1963, 1930s, 60s
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Thomasina is the pet cat of Mary McDhui, the daughter of Scottish veterinarian Andrew McDhui. When Thomasina falls ill, McDhui declares that the pet should be put down. But when Mary and her father try to bury the cat, Lori MacGregor (Susan ...
Style:
talky, atmospheric, touching, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
cat, pets, afterlife, dealing with death, animal, storytelling, happy ending, family life, terminal illness, witch, youth, friendship ...
Time:
year 1963, 1910s, year 1912
Place:
scotland, europe, britain, australia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and creates an alter ego who’s to be her only customer.
Style:
humorous, stylized, sex comedy, talky, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
prostitute, pimp, prostitution, fall in love, smoking, police, unlikely couple, couple relations, love triangle, disorder, love of one's life, couples ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, 60s
Place:
paris france, europe, france, america
Is relevant?
Genre: Short, Comedy
Country: West Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 18 min.
Story:
A very old woman wants to have dinner with her friends. As they are all dead, the butler has to play the role of every guest.
Style:
slapstick comedy, sketch comedy
Audience:
kids
Plot:
christmas, butler, new year's eve, drinking alcohol, sketch, christmas spirit, birthday party, dinner party, joke, drunkenness, wealth, disguise ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
George Washington McLintock, 'GW' to friends and foes alike, is a cattle baron and the richest man in the territory. He anxiously awaits the return of his daughter Becky who has been away at school for the last two years. He's also ...
Style:
humorous, funny, light, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
farce, ranch, cowboy, greed, mogul, rivalry, father daughter relationship, indians, wild west, couples, vengeance, shakespeare ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century, year 1963, 60s, 1930s
Place:
oklahoma, arizona, california, ireland, alaska
Is relevant?
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
While in Canada Timmy and Lassie encounter a downed hot air ballonist. By accident they end up in the balloon which takes them into the wilderness. The young boy and his dog must find a way to survive even fending off a wild pig.
Style:
independent film, serious, psychotronic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, lassie, nature, youth, rescue, risk, animal life, wilderness, danger, escapades, survival, heroes ...
Time:
60s
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
With 8 ½ Frederico Fellini leaves a self-portrait where dreams and reality are a mix. With help from a most excellent cast and unique scenery this self reflecting film is one of his master works.
Style:
psychological, art house, cerebral, philosophical, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, childhood, filmmaking, midlife crisis, loneliness, stream of consciousness, flashback, memory, satire, catholic, dream, actress ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, 60s, 1930s
Place:
italy, europe, paris france, france, england ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
kitchen sink realism, rugby, widow, ambition, rise to the top, human nature, couples, introspection, christmas, male objectification, male female relationship, miner ...
Time:
year 1963
Place:
england, yorkshire, britain, northern england, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, mind bending, surreal, psychedelic ...
Plot:
kitchen sink realism, coming of age, train, working class, storytelling, imagination, hospital, friendship, drinking, fantasy world, liar, compulsive liar ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
england, yorkshire, northern england, europe, london ...
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