List of American films of 1962

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A list of American films released in 1962.
Lawrence of Arabia won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Top grossing films (U.S.)

Rank Title Studio Gross
1. Lawrence of Arabia Columbia $20,311,000
2. The Longest Day 20th Century Fox $17,600,000
3. In Search of the Castaways Disney $9,975,000
4. The Music Man Warner Brothers $8,100,000
5. That Touch of Mink Universal $7,942,000
6. Mutiny on the Bounty MGM $7,410,000
7. To Kill a Mockingbird Universal $7,112,000
8. Hatari! Paramount $7,000,000
9. Gypsy Warner Brothers $6,000,000
10. Bon Voyage!
The Interns		 Disney
Columbia		 $5,000,000

source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1962.shtml

A-B

Title Director Cast Genre Note
1962
The 300 Spartans Rudolph Maté Richard Egan, Diane BakerAdventure Fox
Advise and Consent Otto PremingerHenry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Gene Tierney, Peter Lawford, George Grizzard, Burgess Meredith DramaColumbia
All Fall DownJohn Frankenheimer Eva Marie Saint, Warren Beatty Drama MGM
Bachelor Flat Frank Tashlin Terry-Thomas, Tuesday Weld, Celeste Holm, Richard Beymer Comedy
The Bellboy and the PlaygirlsFrancis Ford Coppola, Fritz Umgelter June WilkinsonComedy
Big Red Norman TokarWalter Pidgeon Family Disney
Billy Rose's JumboCharles Walters Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd, Martha Raye Musical comedyMGM
Birdman of AlcatrazJohn Frankenheimer Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Telly Savalas DramaU.A.
Bon Voyage!James Neilsen Fred MacMurray, Jane Wyman Family Disney
Boys' Night OutMichael Gordon James Garner, Kim Novak, Tony Randall Comedy MGM
The Brain That Wouldn't DieJoseph Green Jason Evers, Virginia Leith Science fiction Horror
Buddies Thicker Than Water Gene DeitchTom and Jerry Animated MGM

C-G

Title Director Cast Genre Note
Cape FearJ. Lee Thompson Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Polly Bergen, Telly Savalas, Martin Balsam, Lori Martin, Barrie Chase Film noirUniversal; remade in 1991
Carmen Get It! Gene DeitchTom and Jerry Animated MGM
Carnival of SoulsHerk Harvey Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger, Art EllisonHorror
The Chapman ReportGeorge Cukor Shelley Winters, Jane Fonda Drama Warner
The Commies Are Coming, the Commies Are Coming George WaggnerJack Kelly, Jeanne CooperWar short Warner
Convicts 4 Millard KaufmanBen Gazzara, Stuart Whitman, Sammy Davis, Jr. DramaU.A.
The Counterfeit Traitor George Seaton William Holden, Lilli Palmer, Hugh Griffith War
The Creation of the Humanoids Wesley Barry Don Megowan, Dudley Manlove Science fiction
David and LisaFrank Perry Keir Dullea, Janet Margolin Drama
Days of Wine and Roses Blake Edwards Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Jack Klugman Drama5 Oscar nominations
Escape from East Berlin Robert Siodmak Don Murray, Christine Kaufmann, Werner Klemperer Drama
Experiment in Terror Blake EdwardsGlenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers, Ross Martin Film noirColumbia
Five Finger Exercise Daniel MannRosalind Russell, Jack Hawkins DramaColumbia
Follow that Dream Gordon Douglas Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Joanna Moore Musical comedy U.A.
Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseVincente Minnelli Glenn Ford, Lee J. Cobb, Charles Boyer Drama MGM
Freud: The Secret Passion John Huston Montgomery Clift, Susannah York, Larry Parks Biography
Gay Purr-eeAbe Levitow (voices of) Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Red Buttons Animated musicalWarner
Gigot Gene Kelly Jackie Gleason Comedy Fox
Girls! Girls! Girls! Norman Taurog Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Laurel Goodwin Musical comedyParamount
Gypsy Mervyn LeRoy Rosalind Russell, Karl Malden, Natalie Wood Musical story of Gypsy Rose Lee; Golden Globe for Russell

H-M

Title Director Cast Genre Note
Hatari!Howard Hawks John Wayne, Red Buttons, Elsa Martinelli, Hardy Krüger, Michele Girardon, Gerard Blain, Bruce Cabot Action, ComedyThe title means "danger" in Swahili
Heaven and Earth MagicHarry Everett Smith Animated
Hell Is for HeroesDon Siegel Steve McQueen, Fess Parker, James Coburn, Bobby Darin War dramaParamount
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man Martin Ritt Richard Beymer, Diane Baker, Corinne Calvet Drama
High SteaksGene Deitch Tom and Jerry Animated shortMGM
The Horizontal LieutenantRichard Thorpe Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Carter, Jim BackusMilitary comedy
House of Women Crane Wilbur Shirley Knight, Andrew Duggan, Constance Ford Drama
How the West Was WonJohn Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall James Stewart, Debbie Reynolds, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark, John Wayne Epic western MGM; nominated for 8 Academy Awards
If a Man Answers Henry Levin Bobby Darin, Sandra Dee, Cesar Romero Comedy
In Search of the Castaways Robert Stevenson Hayley Mills, Maurice Chevalier, George Sanders Family
The Inspector Philip Dunne Stephen Boyd, Dolores Hart Drama
The Intruder Roger CormanWilliam Shatner Drama
It Happened In AthensAndrew Marton Jayne Mansfield Comedy Fox
It's Only MoneyFrank Tashlin Jerry Lewis, Zachary Scott, Joan O'Brien ComedyParamount
Jack the Giant KillerNathan H. Juran Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher Family fantasy
Jessica Jean Negulesco Angie Dickinson, Maurice Chevalier, Sylvia Koscina Drama
The Jet CageFriz Freleng Looney Tunes Animated shortWarner
Kid Galahad Phil Karlson Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Charles Bronson Musical dramaremake of 1937 film
Lawrence of ArabiaDavid Lean Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Alec Guinness, José Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains epic, Biographywon 7 Academy Awards; top-grossing film of 1962
Light in the Piazza Guy Green Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux Drama
Lolita Stanley Kubrick James Mason, Sue Lyon, Shelley Winters, Peter Sellers Comedy, Dramafrom Vladimir Nabokov novel
Lonely Are the BraveDavid Miller Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau, Gena Rowlands Westernscreenplay by Dalton Trumbo
Long Day's Journey Into NightSidney Lumet Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards Drama based on Eugene O'Neill play
The Longest DayKen Annakin John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Robert Ryan, George Segal War drama Fox; nominated for 5 Academy Awards
Madison Avenue H. Bruce Humberstone Dana Andrews, Eleanor Parker, Jeanne Crain Drama
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance John FordJames Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles, Edmond O'Brien, Woody Strode, Andy Devine Western Paramount
The Manchurian CandidateJohn Frankenheimer Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury, Leslie Parrish, James Gregory, Henry Silva Political thrillerfrom Richard Condon novel; Golden Globe for Lansbury
The Manster George Breakston Peter Dyneley, Tetsu Nakamura, Terri Zimmern, Jane Hylton Horror U.S./Japan
Merrill's Marauders Samuel Fuller Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Claude Akins War
The Miracle WorkerArthur Penn Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory Drama Academy Award for Duke
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol Abe LevitowJim Backus, Morey Amsterdam, Jack Cassidy, Royal Dano Animated
Moon Pilot James Neilson Tom Tryon, Edmond O'Brien, Dany Saval Comedy
Mouse Into Space Gene Deitch Tom and JerryAnimated short MGM
Mr. Hobbs Takes a VacationHenry Koster James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian ComedyFox
The Music ManMorton DaCosta Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Ron Howard, Hermione Gingold, Paul Ford, Pert Kelton Musicalbased on Meredith Willson play; 5 Oscar nominations
Mutiny on the Bounty Lewis Milestone Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris Adventureremake of 1935 film
My Geisha Jack CardiffShirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson ComedyParamount

N-S

Title Director Cast Genre Note
The Notorious Landlady Richard Quine Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak, Fred Astaire Comedy
Panic in Year Zero! Ray MillandRay Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon Science fiction A.I.
Period of AdjustmentGeorge Roy Hill Jane Fonda, Tony Franciosa, Jim Hutton Comedyfrom Tennessee Williams play
The Pigeon That Took Rome Melville Shavelson Charlton Heston, Elsa Martinelli, Harry Guardino War comedy
Premature Burial Roger Corman Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Alan Napier Horror
Pressure Point Hubert Cornfield Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk Drama
Red Nightmare George WaggnerJack Webb, Jack Kelly DramaParamount
The Reluctant SaintEdward Dmytryk Maximilian Schell, Ricardo Montalbán Drama
Requiem for a HeavyweightRalph Nelson Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney Drama written by Rod Serling
Ride the High CountrySam Peckinpah Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley WesternMGM
The Ring of Terror Clark L. Paylow Horror
The Road to Hong Kong Norman PanamaBob Hope, Bing Crosby, Joan Collins Comedy final Road picture
Rome AdventureDelmer Daves Angie Dickinson, Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette Romance Warner
Sergeants 3John Sturges Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop Western Rat Pack
Something's Got to GiveGeorge Cukor Marilyn Monroe, Dean MartinComedy Unfinished
The Spiral RoadRobert Mulligan Rock Hudson, Gena Rowlands, Burl Ives, Neva Patterson Drama based on Jan de Hartog novel
State FairJosé Ferrer Tom Ewell, Pat Boone, Ann-Margret, Bobby Darin Musicalremake of 1933, 1945 films
Sweet Bird of Youth Richard BrooksPaul Newman, Geraldine Page, Ed Begley, Rip Torn Drama from Tennessee Williams play
A Symposium on Popular Songs Disney

T-Z

Title Director Cast Genre Note
Tales of TerrorRoger Corman Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone HorrorAnthology
Taras Bulba J. Lee Thompson Yul Brynner, Tony Curtis, Sam Wanamaker Adventure
Tarzan Goes to India John GuillerminJock Mahoney Adventure MGM/UK
Tender Is the NightHenry King Jennifer Jones, Joan Fontaine, Jason Robards Dramafrom F. Scott Fitzgerald novel
That Touch of Mink Delbert MannCary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young, Audrey Meadows Comedy Universal
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules Edward Bernds The Three Stooges Comedy Columbia
The Three Stooges in Orbit Edward Bernds The Three Stooges Comedy Columbia
To Kill a Mockingbird Robert Mulligan Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Robert Duvall, Brock Peters, William Windom, Paul Fix Dramabased on novel by Harper Lee; nominated for 8 Oscars
Tonight for SureFrancis Ford Coppola Karl Schanzer Western
Too Late Blues John Cassavetes Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Vince Edwards Musical
Tower of London Roger CormanVincent Price Horror remake of 1939 film
The Trial Orson WellesAnthony Perkins, Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau Drama from Franz Kafka novel
Two for the Seesaw Robert WiseRobert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine Drama from William Gibson play
Two Weeks in Another Town Vincente Minnelli Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charisse Drama
Walk on the Wild Side Edward DmytrykJane Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck, Laurence Harvey, Capucine Drama based on Nelson Algren novel
War Hunt Denis SandersJohn Saxon, Charles Aidman, Robert Redford War U.A.
The War LoverPhilip Leacock Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner War from John Hersey novel
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?Robert Aldrich Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono Thriller 5 Oscar nominations
Who's Got the Action?Daniel Mann Dean Martin, Lana Turner, Walter Matthau Comedy Paramount
Wild GuitarRay Dennis Steckler Arch Hall, Jr. Musical
The Wonderful World of the Brothers GrimmHenry Levin Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Barbara Eden Biography4 Oscar nominations
The World's Greatest SinnerTimothy Carey Drama
Zotz!William Castle Tom Poston Horror comedy Columbia

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