List of American films of 1962 explained

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

Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures that celebrated their 50th Anniversaries.

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

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1962 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: https://web.archive.org/web/20080907071824/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1962.shtml^[1]

A-B

width=25%	Title	width=16%	Director	width=38%	Cast	width=10%	Genre	width=10%	Note
13 West Street		Alan Ladd, Rod Steiger, Dolores Dorn	Drama	Columbia
The 300 Spartans	Rudolph Maté	Richard Egan, Diane Baker	Adventure	Fox
40 Pounds of Trouble	Norman Jewison		Comedy	Universal
Advise & Consent	Otto Preminger		Drama	Columbia from novel by Allen Drury
Air Patrol			Drama	20th Century Fox
All Fall Down			Drama	MGM
Bachelor Flat			Comedy	Fox
Beauty and the Beast			Romance	United Artists
The Bellboy and the Playgirls		June Wilkinson	Comedy
Big Red	Norman Tokar		Family	Disney
Billy Rose's Jumbo			Musical	MGM
Birdman of Alcatraz	John Frankenheimer		Drama	United Artists four Oscar nominations
Black Gold			Adventure	Warner Bros.
Bon Voyage!	James Neilson		Family	Disney
Boys' Night Out			Comedy	MGM
The Brain That Wouldn't Die	Joseph Green		Science fiction	A.I.P.
The Broken Land	John A. Bushelman		Western	20th Century Fox
Brushfire	Jack Warner, Jr.		Drama	Paramount

C-G

width=23%	Title	width=13%	Director	width=36%	Cast	width=10%	Genre	width=17%	Note
The Cabinet of Caligari			Horror	20th Century Fox
Cape Fear			Film noir	Universal remade in 1991
The Captive City			Drama	A.I.P
Carnival of Souls	Herk Harvey	Candace Hilligoss, Art Ellison	Horror	Harcourt Productions
The Chapman Report			Drama	Warner Bros.
Confessions of an Opium Eater			Crime	Allied Artists
Convicts 4	Millard Kaufman		Drama	United Artists
The Couch			Horror	Warner Bros.
The Counterfeit Traitor			War	Paramount
The Creation of the Humanoids			Science fiction
David and Lisa			Drama	Vision Associates Productions; two Oscar nominations
Days of Wine and Roses	Blake Edwards		Drama	Warner Bros. Oscar for Best Song; five nominations
Deadly Duo			Drama	United Artists
Don't Knock the Twist			Musical	Columbia
Dr. No				United Artists
Escape from East Berlin			Drama	MGM
Escape from Zahrain			Adventure	Paramount
Experiment in Terror	Blake Edwards		Film noir	Columbia
FBI Code 98			Crime	Warner Bros.
The Firebrand			Western	20th Century Fox
Five Finger Exercise	Daniel Mann		Drama	Columbia
Five Miles to Midnight			Suspense	United Artists
Five Weeks in a Balloon			Adventure	20th Century Fox
Follow That Dream			Musical	United Artists
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse			Drama	MGM
			Biography	Universal
Gay Purr-ee				Warner Bros.
Geronimo			Western	United Artists
Gigot	Gene Kelly		Comedy	Fox
A Girl Named Tamiko			Drama	Paramount
Girls! Girls! Girls!			Musical	Paramount
Gypsy	Mervyn LeRoy		Musical	Warner Bros.; story of Gypsy Rose Lee; Golden Globe for Russell

H-M

width=22%	Title	width=17%	Director	width=33%	Cast	width=10%	Genre	width=17%	Note
Hand of Death			Horror	20th Century Fox
Hands of a Stranger	Newt Arnold		Horror	Allied Artists
Hatari!		John Wayne, Red Buttons, Elsa Martinelli	Action, Comedy	Paramount
Heaven and Earth Magic			Animated
Hell Is for Heroes			War	Paramount
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man			Drama	20th Century Fox
Hero's Island			Adventure	United Artists
Hitler			Biopic	Allied Artists
The Horizontal Lieutenant		Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Carter, Miyoshi Umeki	Comedy	MGM
House of Women			Drama	Warner Bros.
How the West Was Won			Western	MGM nominated for 8 Academy Awards
If a Man Answers			Comedy	Universal
In Search of the Castaways			Family	Disney
Incident in an Alley			Crime	United Artists
The Inspector			Drama	20th Century Fox
The Interns			Drama	Columbia sequel in 1964
The Intruder	Roger Corman		Drama	Filmgroup
Invasion of the Star Creatures			Comedy	American International Pictures
I Thank a Fool			Drama	MGM
It Happened In Athens			Comedy	Fox
It's Only Money			Comedy	Paramount
Jack the Giant Killer			Fantasy	United Artists
Jessica			Drama	United Artists filmed in Italy
Journey to the Seventh Planet			Science Fiction	American International Pictures
Kid Galahad			Musical	United Artists remake of 1937 film
Lad, A Dog			Drama	Warner Bros.
Light in the Piazza			Drama	MGM from novel by Elizabeth Spencer
The Lion			Drama	20th Century Fox filmed in Kenya
Lolita	Stanley Kubrick		Drama	MGM from Vladimir Nabokov novel
Lonely Are the Brave	David Miller		Western	Universal screenplay by Dalton Trumbo
Long Day's Journey Into Night			Drama	Embassy based on Eugene O'Neill play
The Longest Day			War drama	Fox nominated for 5 Academy Awards
The Magic Sword			Fantasy	United Artists
The Main Attraction			Drama	MGM
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	John Ford		Western	Paramount Academy Award nomination for Costume Design
The Manchurian Candidate			Drama	United Artists Richard Condon novel; Golden Globe for Lansbury; remade in 2004
The Manster		Peter Dyneley, Tetsu Nakamura, Terri Zimmern, Jane Hylton	Horror	U.S./Japan
Mermaids of Tiburon	John Lamb		Fantasy	Filmgroup
Merrill's Marauders			War	Warner Bros.
The Miracle Worker			Drama	United Artists Helen Keller bio; Oscars for Bancroft and Duke
Moon Pilot			Comedy	Disney
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation			Comedy	Fox
The Music Man			Musical	Warner Bros. from Meredith Willson play; five Oscar nominations; Remake of 2003 film
Mutiny on the Bounty	Lewis Milestone		Adventure	MGM remake of 1935 film; seven Oscar nominations
My Geisha	Jack Cardiff		Comedy	Paramount

N-S

width=21%	Title	width=14%	Director	width=38%	Cast	width=9%	Genre	width=17%	Note
Night of Evil	Richard Galbreath		Drama	Astor Pictures
No Exit			Drama	American/Argentinian coproduction; based on Sartre play
No Man Is an Island			Drama	Universal
The Notorious Landlady			Comedy	Columbia
The Nun and the Sergeant			War	United Artists
Panic in Year Zero!			Sci-Fi	A.I.P.
Paradise Alley				Astor Pictures
Period of Adjustment			Comedy	MGM from Tennessee Williams play
Phaedra			Drama	American/French/Greek coproduction
The Pigeon That Took Rome			Comedy	Paramount
Premature Burial				A.I.P.
Pressure Point			Drama	United Artists
The Reluctant Saint			Drama
Requiem for a Heavyweight			Sports, Drama	Columbia written by Rod Serling
Ride the High Country			Western	MGM Scott's final film
Rider on a Dead Horse			Western	Allied Artists
The Ring of Terror	Clark L. Paylow		Horror
The Road to Hong Kong			Comedy	United Artists final Road picture
Rome Adventure			Romance	Warner Bros.
Safe at Home!			Family	Columbia
Saintly Sinners				United Artists
Samar			Adventure	Warner Bros.
Satan in High Heels	Jerald Intrator		Drama
Satan Never Sleeps			Drama	20th Century Fox
	Rudolph Cusumano		Crime	Crown International Pictures
Sergeants 3			Western	United Artists Rat Pack
Six Black Horses			Western
Something's Got to Give			Comedy	Unfinished
The Spiral Road			Adventure	Universal based on Jan de Hartog novel
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock			Western	20th Century Fox
Stark Fear			Thriller	Independent
State Fair			Musical	20th Century Fox remake of 1933, 1945 films
Sweet Bird of Youth			Drama	MGM from Tennessee Williams play; Oscar for Begley

T-Z

width=24%	Title	width=15%	Director	width=31%	Cast	width=10%	Genre	width=19%	Note
Tales of Terror			Horror	American International Pictures anthology
Taras Bulba			Adventure	United Artists
Tarzan Goes to India	John Guillermin		Adventure	MGM/UK
Tender Is the Night			Drama	20th Century Fox from F. Scott Fitzgerald novel; King's final film
That Touch of Mink	Delbert Mann		Comedy	Universal
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules			Comedy	Columbia
The Three Stooges in Orbit			Comedy	Columbia
To Kill a Mockingbird	Robert Mulligan		Drama	Universal based on novel by Harper Lee; nominated for eight Oscars
Tonight for Sure		Karl Schanzer	Western
Tower of London	Roger Corman		Horror	United Artists remake of 1939 film
Trauma			Horror	Parade Releasing Organization
Two for the Seesaw	Robert Wise		Drama	United Artists from William Gibson play
Two Tickets to Paris			Musical	Columbia
Two Weeks in Another Town			Drama	MGM
The Underwater City			Science fiction	Columbia
Walk on the Wild Side	Edward Dmytryk		Drama	Columbia based on Nelson Algren novel
War Hunt	Denis Sanders		War	United Artists
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?			Thriller	Warner Bros. five Oscar nominations
When the Girls Take Over			Comedy
Who's Got the Action?			Comedy	Paramount
Wild Guitar		Arch Hall Jr.	Musical
The Wild Westerners			Western	Columbia
Womanhunt			Crime	20th Century Fox
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm			Biography	MGM four Oscar nominations
The World's Greatest Sinner			Drama	Never released
Young Guns of Texas			Western	20th Century Fox
Zotz!			Comedy	Columbia

See also

• 1962 in the United States

External links

• 1962 films at the Internet Movie Database
• List of 1962 box office number-one films in the United States

Notes and References

1. Big Rental Pictures of 1962. Variety. 9 January 1963. 13.