Best Movies of 1965

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Best Movies of 1965
Best Movies of 1965
TOP Movies: The Sound of Music (1965), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Thunderball (1965), A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), Darling (1965), A Patch of Blue (1965), Repulsion (1965), The Great Race (1965), Cat Ballou (1965), Ship of Fools (1965), The Hill (1965), The Ipcress File (1965), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Von Ryan's Express (1965), In Harm's Way (1965), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965), A Thousand Clowns (1965), Help! (1965).
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The Sound of Music (1965)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story: Film adaptation of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on a nun who becomes a governess for an Austrian family.
Style: feel good, sentimental, christian film, touching, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, toddlers, kids ...
Plot: world war two, nanny, love, love story, love and romance, convent, mischievous children, beautiful scenery, nazi, nun, children, single father ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1938, 50s, 1900s ...
Place: austria, europe, alps
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Star studded comedy about a early 20th century air race from Britain to France.
Style: funny, humorous, road movie, dieselpunk, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: aviation, airplane, aviator, steampunk, flying, road trip, farce, competition, stereotypes, prize, tournament, contest ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1900s, edwardian era, prehistoric times
Place: london, england, france, paris france, europe ...
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 7.9
 82K
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 197 min.
Story: Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other ...
Style: epic, atmospheric, emotional, visual, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: world war one, revolution, communism, war, wartime, train, rape, love triangle, poet, communist, imperial russia, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 1910s, 1940s, year 1965 ...
Place: russia, soviet union, moscow russia
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 6.9
 126K
Thunderball (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.
Style: exciting, saga, cult classic, thrilling, slasher ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: james bond, spy, 007, secret agent, underwater, secret service, cold war, scuba diving, espionage, agent, diving, assassin ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: bahamas, caribbean, paris france, big ben london, florida ...
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A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
Story: When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but is a frustrating struggle. ...
Style: christmas special, christmas classics, sweet, feel good, touching ...
Audience: kids, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, holiday, peanuts, christmas season, snow, xmas, winter, dog, tree, melancholy, best friend, children ...
Time: year 1965
Place: minnesota
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 7.0
 8K
Darling (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A beautiful but amoral model sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.
Style: independent film, clever, witty, cynical, biting ...
Plot: fashion, social climber, model, hedonism, unrequited love, swing, satire, infidelity, fashion model, kitchen sink realism, greed, hotel ...
Time: 60s, year 1965
Place: england, london, italy, paris france, europe
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A Patch of Blue (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.
Style: black and white, talky, touching, emotional, thought provoking ...
Plot: blindness, interracial relations, interracial romance, racism, disability, friendship, racial prejudice, tolerance, blind character, prostitute, music box, black man white woman relationship ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: usa, los angeles, new york state, new york
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 7.6
 57K
Repulsion (1965)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In Roman Polanski's first English-language film, beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian ...
Style: surreal, disturbing, black and white, cerebral, atmospheric ...
Plot: mental illness, rape, schizophrenia, surrealism, insanity, murder, hallucination, delusion, isolation, claustrophobia, repression, female protagonist ...
Time: 20th century, year 1965, 60s
Place: england, london, europe, britain, eastern europe ...
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 20K
The Great Race (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story: Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. ...
Style: epic, funny, slapstick, road movie, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: swashbuckler, car, racing, royalty, sword fight, on the road, steampunk, race, mechanic, auto racing, road trip, drunkenness ...
Time: 1900s, turn of the century, victorian era, edwardian era, 20th century ...
Place: alaska, paris france, new york, america, france ...
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 6.7
 16K
Cat Ballou (1965)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
Style: funny, melancholic, talky, harsh, semi serious ...
Plot: revenge, murder, female protagonist, vengeance, alcoholic, redemption, ranch, justice, twists and turns, culture clash, rescue, criminal heroes ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, 1900s, 20th century
Place: wyoming, persia
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Style: political, black and white, suspense, grim, realistic ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, berlin wall, iron curtain, british intelligence, double agent, politics, great ending, secret agent, spy thriller, loner ...
Time: 60s, year 1965, 20th century
Place: east germany, berlin germany, london, england, persia ...
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Ship of Fools (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era. The crew is German, including the ship's Dr. Schumann, who falls in love with one of the passengers, La Condesa. A young American woman, ...
Style: atmospheric, emotional, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot: world war two, ship, racism, ocean liner, fighting the system, anti semitism, love and romance, fall in love, society, love hate relationship, couples, human nature ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, pre world war two, year 1933
Place: germany, middle east, mexico, europe, latin america ...
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 7.9
 15K
The Hill (1965)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a ...
Style: black and white, tense, bleak, noir, retro ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: world war two, prison, military, desert, brutality, prison escape, sadism, military prison, world war, great war, wartime, prisoner ...
Time: 1940s, year 1965, 20th century
Place: africa, libya, north africa
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The Ipcress File (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: This espionage thriller represents a landmark in spy movies introducing the sly, dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer. The story, centers on Palmer's investigation into British Intelligence security. He's soon enmeshed in a world of ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense ...
Plot: espionage, cold war, conspiracy, spy, double agent, brainwashing, politics, undercover, investigation, british, political intrigue, secret agent ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: london, albania, england, europe, scotland yard
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The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: A cargo plane goes down in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will ...
Style: harsh, suspense, captivating, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: desert, survival, airplane, air disaster, aviation, disaster, thirst, pilot, isolation, airplane accident, crew, rescue ...
Time: year 1965, 60s, 20th century
Place: sahara, libya, africa, middle east
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The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: The Elder boys return to Clearwater, Texas for their Mother's funeral. John the eldest is a well known gunfighter and trouble follows him wherever he goes. The boys try to get back their ranch from the towns gunsmith who won it from their ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, murder, vengeance, card playing, violence, chase, family relations, justice, gambling, brutality, redemption, shootout ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1890s, 19th century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
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The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
Style: tense, clever, realistic, retro, light ...
Audience: manly
Plot: gambling, poker, blackmail, mind game, gambler, casino, adultery, jazz, gangster, friendship, card playing, hustler ...
Time: 1930s, year 1965, 20th century
Place: new orleans, ohio, usa, los angeles, southern usa ...
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Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from Nazi Germany by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.
Style: realistic, exciting, retro, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: train, world war two, prison, behind enemy lines, prison escape, nazi, great war, world war, prisoner, railway, wartime, military ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1943
Place: italy, germany, europe, swiss alps, florence ...
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 7.3
 10K
In Harm's Way (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Style: realistic, tense, factual, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: war, world war two, naval battle, military, wartime, naval officer, father son relationship, u.s. navy, military life, suicide, marital infidelity, navy ...
Time: year 1941, year 1965, 1940s, year 1942
Place: pearl harbor, hawaii, pacific ocean, san francisco, polynesia
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The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Charlton Heston stars as Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II in this epic adaptation of Irvine Stone's novel ...
Style: epic, inspirational, uplifting, serious, biblical ...
Plot: renaissance, painter, artist, biopic, painting, art, catholic, pope, art history, christian, genius, sculpture ...
Time: 16th century, medieval times, ancient times, 60s
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
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A Thousand Clowns (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social worker, who falls in love with Murray and a bit in love with Nick. As the child ...
Style: spiritual, funny, semi serious, realistic, talky ...
Audience: date night
Plot: child custody, social worker, clown, hippie, spirituality, democracy, psychologist, uncle nephew relationship, illegitimate child, precocious child, nonconformity, library ...
Time: year 1965, 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 7.1
 21K
Help! (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: This Beatles film has an obscure Asian cult, that believes in human sacrifice, chasing Ringo after he accidentally put on the their victim's ceremonial ring. He is pursued by the cult, a pair of mad scientists, a member of a side cult that no ...
Style: humorous, witty, surreal, absurd, light ...
Audience: kids
Plot: the beatles, music, mad scientist, rock and roll, good versus evil, heroic mission, religious cult, curses spells and rituals, rock, musician, olympics, hippie ...
Place: england, bahamas, europe, scotland yard, buckingham palace
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 7.5
 12K
The Collector (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherwise totally missing from his life. He comes into a large sum of money, and buys himself a country ...
Style: tense, disturbing, serious, suspense, dark ...
Plot: kidnapping, psychopath, obsession, dangerous attraction, collector, confined, loneliness, woman in danger, danger, missing person, mentally unstable, serial killer ...
Time: year 1965, 60s, 20th century
Place: london
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Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story: In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent this occurrence, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp. "The ...
Style: epic, factual, tense, exciting, serious ...
Audience: manly
Plot: world war two, war, tank, nazi, military, world war, u.s. military, battles, heroic mission, campaign, danger, wartime ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1944
Place: belgium, america, europe
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 10K
Shenandoah (1965)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North the Civil War is forced upon him.
Style: retro, black and white, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, wartime, military, anti war, bittersweet, war, interracial relations, wild west, father son relationship, family drama, cowboy ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: virginia, usa
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Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: missing child, missing person, investigation, kidnapping, danger, imaginary friend, kindergarten, journalism, family relations, missing daughter, single parent, mentally unstable ...
Time: year 1965, 60s
Place: london, england, britain, america, europe ...
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The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 260 min.
Story: All-star epic retelling of Christ's life.
Style: biblical, epic, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience: preschool
Plot: jesus christ, jesus, faith, christianity, christian, ancient world, religion, bible, betrayal, desert, redemption, miraculous event ...
Time: ancient times, 1st century, biblical epic
Place: holy land, ancient greece, rome italy, jerusalem, egypt
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 6K
Mirage (1965)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: New York City. David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are trying to kill him succeed. Who is he, who are they, and why is he surrounded by murder?
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot: amnesia, manhunt, investigation, chase, police detective, private detective, murder, dishonesty, mind game, uncover truth, spy, russian roulette ...
Time: 60s
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city, california
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Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The career of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff as roistering companion to young Prince Hal, circa 1400-1413.
Style: spiritual, independent film, captivating, gloomy, serious ...
Plot: shakespeare, medieval, betrayal, transformation, battles, knight, war, stage play, kingdom, spirituality, colonialism, ancient history ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 15th century, year 1965
Place: england, america, europe
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 7.7
 3K
Cinderella (1965)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: TV-version of the classic fairy tale, set to a Rodgers and Hammerstein score.
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: cinderella, cinderella story, true love, fall in love, royal family, princess, wish come true, in love, couples, power relations, family relations, hopes ...
Place: france, europe
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