Best Drama movies of 1962

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 : 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 : Jim Hutton, Lois Nettleton, Jane Fonda, Anthony Franciosa,
Directors : George Roy Hill,

On December 23rd, Korean War veteran George Haverstick and nurse Isabel Crane - who George lovingly refers to as "Little Bit" - get married in a civil ceremony. They met when George was ...

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 : Lilli Palmer, William Holden, Hugh Griffith, Carl Raddatz,
Directors : George Seaton,

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.

Actors : Tatsuya Mihashi, Chûsha Ichikawa, Akira Takarada, Yûzô Kayama,
Directors : Hiroshi Inagaki,

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Sidney Poitier, Peter Falk, Carl Benton Reid, Bobby Darin,

A black prison psychiatrist is assigned the distasteful task of helping a paranoid American Nazi charged with sedition.

Actors : Rossano Brazzi, Suzanne Pleshette, Angie Dickinson, Troy Donahue,
Directors : Delmer Daves,

Prudence resigns from her teaching position after being criticized for giving a student her copy of a romance novel. She sails for Italy, takes a job at a small bookstore in Rome, and meets...

Actors : Shirley MacLaine, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Cummings, Yves Montand,
Directors : Jack Cardiff,

An actress disguises herself as a geisha in order to land the lead role in her director husband's film version of 'Madam Butterfly'.

Actors : Austin Green, George E. Mather, Norman Ollestad, Esther Furst,
Directors : Clark L. Paylow,

A group of medical students undertake some silly and frightening endeavors in order to pledge a fraternity.