Best Biography movies of 1962

Actors : Jack Hawkins, Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn,
Directors : David Lean,

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.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Neville Brand, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter,

A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.

Actors : Anne Bancroft, Victor Jory, Patty Duke, Inga Swenson,
Directors : Arthur Penn,

The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.

Actors : Karl Malden, Natalie Wood, Rosalind Russell, Paul Wallace,
Directors : Mervyn LeRoy,

Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.

Actors : Susan Kohner, Montgomery Clift, Larry Parks, Susannah York,
Directors : John Huston,

This pseudobiographical movie depicts five years from 1885 on in the life of the Viennese psychologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). At this time, most of his colleagues refuse to cure ...

Actors : Walter Slezak, Karlheinz Böhm, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom,

The story of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, and three of their stories...

Actors : Armando Silvestre, Pat Conway, Kamala Devi, Chuck Connors,
Directors : Arnold Laven,

In 1880s Arizona, General Crook and his troops are trying to subdue the last tribe of Apache led by Geronimo.

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Rik Battaglia, Dominique Wilms, Ivica Pajer,
Directors : Tanio Boccia,

Julius Caesar leads the Roman army to battle against rebels in Gaul.

Actors : Bob Mathias, Trax Colton, Nico Minardos, Jayne Mansfield,
Directors : Andrew Marton,

In 1896 it is announced that the Olympic Games will be revived in Athens. A young shepherd, Spiridon Loues, decides to enter the 26-mile marathon. Once in Athens, he meets Christina Gratsos...

Actors : Maximilian Schell, Akim Tamiroff, Lea Padovani, Ricardo Montalban,
Directors : Edward Dmytryk,

In 17th century Italy, a simple and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order, pursues full priesthood and performs a miracle that eventually ensures his sainthood.

Actors : María Mahor, Rosanna Schiaffino, Sonja Ziemann, O.W. Fischer,

Actors : Richard Basehart, Martin Kosleck, Maria Emo, Cordula Trantow,
Directors : Stuart Heisler,

Richard Basehart stars as one of the most influential and one of the most reviled men in history in this probing psychological study of a man who nearly gained dominance over the entire ...

Actors : Vincent Price, Ben Gazzara, Stuart Whitman, Ray Walston,
Directors : Millard Kaufman,

A semi-fictionalized version of John Resko's incarceration is presented. John is on death row at Sing Sing for murder. In December 1930, he killed a toy store shopkeeper over a teddy bear ...

Actors : Jack Hawkins, Folco Lulli, Michel Le Royer, Pascale Audret,
Directors : Jean Dréville,

During the American War of Independence, French officer and nobleman La Fayette comes to America's aid with men, money and weapons and becomes a Major-General under George Washington's command.

Actors : Kim Hee-kap, Hwang Jung-Seun, Jang-gang Heo, Eun-hie Choi,
Directors : Sang-ok Shin,

Continuing the story of the film, Prince Yeonsan, Yeonsan's grief and dissipated life leads him to become a cruel tyrant, ordering the decapitation of the court members who advised the ...