Best Drama movies of 1962

Actors : Francesco Ruiu, Vincenzo Ciccora, Giancarlo De Rosa, Alfredo Leggi,
Directors : Bernardo Bertolucci,

Near the Tiber river, in a Roman park, a prostitute was killed. The police tracks down people that were inside the park during that night. They are questioned and have to explain why they ...

Actors : Elizabeth Ercy, Raf Vallone, Anthony Perkins, Melina Mercouri,
Directors : Jules Dassin,

The powerful Greek shipowner and constructor Thanos proposes to marry Phaedra during the baptism of a ship with her name. Phaedra, who is the daughter of Thanos'greatest competitor, is a ...

Actors : Jeff Chandler, Peter Brown, Andrew Duggan, Ty Hardin,
Directors : Samuel Fuller,

During WW2, a 3000-strong American unit, known as Merrill's Marauders, battles the Japanese forces in Burma.

Actors : Suzanne Flon, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Directors : Henri Verneuil,

Albert is an inn owner who vowed never to drink again if he and his wife survived the war. They did, and the reformed alcoholic keeps his vow. But times have changed and soon after the war,...

Actors : Geraldo Del Rey, Glória Menezes, Leonardo Villar, Dionísio Azevedo,
Directors : Anselmo Duarte,

A simple yet devout Christian makes a vow to Saint Barbara after she saves his donkey, but everyone he meets seems determined to misunderstand his intentions. Will he be able to keep his promise in the end?

Actors : Maurice Denham, Dirk Bogarde, Alec Guinness, Nigel Stock,
Directors : Lewis Gilbert,

On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary Wars, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lt. Scott-Paget whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.

Actors : Capucine, Laurence Harvey, Anne Baxter, Jane Fonda,
Directors : Edward Dmytryk,

At the Doll House, a 1930's New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Her comfortable if tedious life is disrupted by the arrival in town ...

Actors : Anatoliy Smiranin, Vladimir Korenev, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Mikhail Kozakov,

People living in a seaside town are frightened by reports about an unknown creature in the ocean. Nobody knows what it is, but it's really the son of Doctor Salvator. The doctor performed ...

Actors : Lee J. Cobb, Charles Boyer, Ingrid Thulin, Glenn Ford,
Directors : Vincente Minnelli,

In Argentina, the family man Julio Madariaga is the patriarch of his family and considers his farm the paradise on Earth. One of his daughters, Luisa Desnoyers, has married the Frenchman ...

Actors : Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Robert Brown, Joan Freeman,
Directors : Roger Corman,

The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England.

Actors : Shirley Anne Field, Steve McQueen, Gary Cockrell, Robert Wagner,
Directors : Philip Leacock,

Buzz Rickson is a dare-devil World War II bomber pilot with a death wish. Failing at everything not involving flying, Rickson lives for the most dangerous missions. His crew lives with this...

Actors : Jean-Pierre Léaud, Rosy Varte, Marie-France Pisier, Patrick Auffay,

"Love at Twenty" unites five directors from around the world to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of ...

Actors : George Hamilton, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux, Olivia de Havilland,
Directors : Guy Green,

Upper class Americans Noel and Meg Johnson have a twenty-six year old daughter named Clara Johnson. Clara suffered a head injury as a child which resulted in her being mentally disabled. ...

Actors : Stanley Baker, Rossana Podestà, Pier Angeli, Stewart Granger,
Directors : Robert Aldrich,

Sex, torture and betrayal in Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot, leader of the Hebrews, believes his people can co-exist with the Sodomites, a disastrous decision.

Actors : Meena Kumari, Rehman, Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman,
Directors : Abrar Alvi,

A lowly servant, Bhootnath gets close to the wife of his employer, and narrates her story through his eyes and perspective.

Actors : Jess Hahn, Michèle Girardon, Paul Bisciglia, Van Doude,
Directors : Éric Rohmer,

A French-American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using borrowed money when his rich American aunt dies, believing firmly in his horoscope.

Actors : Nick Adams, Michael Callan, James MacArthur, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : David Swift,

During their first year of internship at New North Hospital, a group of aspiring doctors undergo both personal and professional upheavals. John Paul Otis destroys his medical career when he...

Actors : Fabian, Red Buttons, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke,
Directors : Irwin Allen,

In 1862, the British commission inventor Fergusson to claim uncharted land in West Africa for Britain by flying his giant hot air balloon there.

Actors : Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Nigel Stock, Alfred Lynch,
Directors : Andrew L. Stone,

A World War II British officer named Charles Coward, having been captured by the Germans, tries everything he can to escape. In the process, among many other adventures he gets awarded the ...

Actors : Marcello Mastroianni, Brigitte Bardot, Nicolas Bataille, Dirk Sanders,
Directors : Louis Malle,

When Jill becomes a movie star, she soon discovers that her private life is destroyed by persistent fans that won't leave her alone. Her mother's ex-lover, Fabio, tries to protect her.