List of American films of 1964 explained

A list of American films released in 1964.

My Fair Lady won the Academy Award for Best Picture.


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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt			Comedy	Independent
633 Squadron			War	United Artists
7 Faces of Dr. Lao			Fantasy	MGM
The 7th Dawn			Adventure	United Artists
Advance to the Rear			Western	MGM
Apache Rifles			Western	20th Century Fox
The Americanization of Emily			War	MGM
Back Door to Hell	Monte Hellman		War	20th Century Fox
Batman Dracula			Avant-garde
Bedtime Story	Ralph Levy		Comedy	Universal Remake of 1941 film
Behold a Pale Horse	Fred Zinnemann		Drama	Columbia
The Best Man		Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Lee Tracy, Edie Adams, Ann Sothern	Drama	United Artists. Written by Gore Vidal
Bikini Beach			Comedy	AIP
Black Like Me			Drama	Independent
Blood on the Arrow			Western	Allied Artists
The Brass Bottle			Fantasy	Universal
Bullet for a Badman			Western	Universal
The Candidate			Comedy	Independent
Carol for Another Christmas	Joseph L. Mankiewicz		Drama	made for television
The Carpetbaggers	Edward Dmytryk		Drama	Paramount based on the novel
The Cavern			War	20th Century Fox. Co-production.
Cheyenne Autumn			Western	Warner Bros.
Circus World			Drama	Paramount
The Comedy of Terrors	Jacques Tourneur		Horror	AIP
Crack in the World			Science fiction	Paramount
The Creeping Terror	Arthur J. Nelson	Vic Savage	Science fiction	MST3K
The Curse of the Living Corpse			Horror	20th Century Fox

D-F

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
Dark Purpose			Drama	Universal
Dead Ringer	Paul Henreid		Horror	Warner Bros. Davis in two roles
Dear Heart			Comedy	Warner Bros.
Diary of a Bachelor		William Traylor, Joe Silver, Dagne Crane	Comedy	AIP
The Disorderly Orderly			Comedy	Paramount
A Distant Trumpet	Raoul Walsh	Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette	Western	Warner Bros.
			Comedy	Columbia. 4 Oscar nominations; won 4 BAFTA awards
Dumb Patrol	Gerry Chiniquy		Animated	Warner Bros.
Emil and the Detectives			Drama	Disney
Ensign Pulver			Comedy	Warner Bros. Sequel to Mister Roberts
The Eyes of Annie Jones			Drama	20th Century Fox
Face of the Screaming Werewolf	3 Directors		Horror	Indy
Fail-Safe			Thriller	Columbia based on the novel; Remake of 2000 film
The Fall of the Roman Empire				Paramount Golden Globe for Best Original Score
False Hare			Animated	Warner Bros.
Fanny Hill		Miriam Hopkins, Letícia Román, Karin Evans	Romance	Independent
Fate Is the Hunter			Drama	20th Century Fox. From Ernest K. Gann book
Father Goose			Romantic comedy	Universal won Oscar for screenplay
Firelight			Short
The Flesh Eaters	Jack Curtis		Horror	Independent
Flight from Ashiya			War	United Artists
Flight to Fury			Drama	Independent
Flipper's New Adventure	Leon Benson		Family	MGM. Based on TV series
For Those Who Think Young	Leslie H. Martinson		Comedy	United Artists

G-H

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
Get Yourself a College Girl			Comedy	MGM
A Global Affair			Comedy	MGM
The Golden Head		George Sanders, Buddy Hackett, Jess Conrad	Comedy	MGM
Goldfinger				United Artists
Good Neighbor Sam	David Swift		Comedy
Goodbye Charlie			Comedy	20th Century Fox
Gunfighters of Casa Grande			Western	MGM
Hag in a Black Leather Jacket			Short film
A Hard Day's Night			Musical comedy	United Artists
He Rides Tall			Western	Universal
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!	Joseph Barbera and William Hanna			Columbia
Honeymoon Hotel	Henry Levin		Comedy	MGM
The Horror of Party Beach		John Scott, Alice Lyon	Horror	20th Century Fox
A House Is Not a Home			Drama	Embassy
Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte			Horror	20th Century Fox 7 Oscar nominations; Astor's final film

I-K

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
I'd Rather Be Rich			Comedy	Universal
The Incredible Mr. Limpet			Comedy	Warner Bros.
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies			Horror musical	MST3K
Invitation to a Gunfighter			Western	United Artists
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?	Chuck Jones			MGM
Island of the Blue Dolphins	James B. Clark		Drama	Universal
It's Not Just You, Murray!			Short
The Killers			Crime drama	Reagan's final film role. Universal Pictures; Remake of 1946 film
Kiss Me Quick!	Peter Perry	Frank Coe		Sci-fi
Kiss Me, Stupid			Comedy	United Artists
Kisses for My President	Curtis Bernhardt		Comedy	Warner Bros.
Kissin' Cousins			Musical	MGM
Kitten with a Whip			Crime drama	Universal

L-Q

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
Lady in a Cage			Thriller	Paramount
The Last Man on Earth	Ubaldo Ragona Sidney Salkow		Science fiction	A.I.P.
Law of the Lawless			Western	Paramount
Lilith	Robert Rossen		Drama	Columbia
The Lively Set			Sports	Universal
Looking for Love			Musical	MGM
Lorna	Russ Meyer	Lorna Maitland, Althea Currier	Sexploitation	Independent
Mail Order Bride			Western	MGM
Man in the Middle			Drama	20th Century Fox based on Howard Fast book
Man's Favorite Sport?			Comedy	Universal
Marnie			Suspense	Universal
Mary Poppins			Musical	Disney won 5 Oscars; based on P. L. Travers book
The Masque of the Red Death			Horror	A.I.P.
McHale's Navy			Comedy	Universal based on TV series
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones			Comedy	Disney sequel in 1965
Monstrosity			Science fiction	MST3K
The Moon-Spinners			Family	Disney
Muscle Beach Party			Comedy	A.I.P.
My Fair Lady			Musical	Warner Bros. Based on Pygmalion; won 8 Academy Awards
The Naked Kiss	Samuel Fuller		Neo-noir	United Artists
The Nasty Rabbit	James Landis		Spy	Fairway International Pictures
The New Interns			Drama	Columbia. Sequel to The Interns
The Night of the Iguana			Drama	MGM. Tennessee Williams play; 4 Oscar nominations
The Night Walker			Thriller	Universal. Screenplay by Robert Bloch
Nothing But a Man			Drama	Independent
One Potato, Two Potato			Drama	Best Actress award at Cannes for Barrie
The Outrage	Martin Ritt		Western	MGM. Based on Rashomon
Pajama Party			Comedy	A.I.P.
Paris When It Sizzles			Romance	Paramount
The Patsy			Comedy	Paramount. Final film of Peter Lorre
The Pawnbroker			Drama	Allied Artists. BAFTA award, Oscar nomination for Steiger
The Pleasure Seekers			Romance	20th Century Fox
Point of Order			Documentary
Quick, Before It Melts			Comedy	MGM
The Quick Gun			Western	Columbia
Quick, Let's Get Married			Comedy	Independent. Unreleased until 1971

R-V

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
Racing Fever		Joe Morrison, Charles G. Martin, Barbara Biggart	Drama	Allied Artists
Raiders from Beneath the Sea			Adventure	20th Century Fox
Rhino!			Adventure	MGM
Ride the Wild Surf			Romance	Columbia
Rio Conchos			Western	20th Century Fox
Robin and the 7 Hoods			Musical	Warner Bros.
Robinson Crusoe on Mars			Science fiction	Paramount
Roustabout			Musical	Paramount
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians			Science fiction	Embassy MST3K
The Secret Door	Gilbert Kay		War	Allied Artists
The Secret Invasion			War	United Artists
Send Me No Flowers	Norman Jewison	Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall	Comedy	Universal
Seven Days in May			Drama	Paramount script by Rod Serling; 2 Oscar nominations
Sex and the College Girl			Comedy	Independent
Sex and the Single Girl			Comedy	Warner Bros. based on a book by Helen Gurley Brown
Shell Shock		Beach Dickerson, Dolores Faith	War	Independent
Shock Treatment			Drama	20th Century Fox
Signpost to Murder			Drama	MGM
A Shot in the Dark	Blake Edwards		Comedy	United Artists. Sequel to The Pink Panther
Sleep	Andy Warhol	John Giorno	Avant-garde
Stage to Thunder Rock			Western	Paramount
The Starfighters		Bob Dorman, Shirley Olmstead	War	Independent
Strait-Jacket			Thriller	Columbia
The Strangler				Allied Artists
Surf Party			Musical	20th Century Fox
Taggart			Western	Universal
Teen-Age Strangler	Ben Parker	Bill Bloom, John Ensign, Jo Canterbury, John Humphreys	Science fiction	MST3K
Terror in the City			Drama	Allied Artists
The Thin Red Line			War	Allied Artists
The Three Lives of Thomasina			Family
Those Calloways			Drama	Disney^[1]
A Tiger Walks			Family	Disney Sabu's final film
The Time Travelers			Science fiction	AIP
To Trap a Spy			Drama	MGM pilot of TV series
Topkapi			Crime	United Artists Academy Award for Ustinov
The Train	John Frankenheimer		War drama	United Artists
Two Thousand Maniacs!			Horror
Under Age		Annabelle Weenick, Judy Adler	Drama	A.I.P.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown			Musical	MGM based on Broadway show; 6 Oscar nominations
The Visit	Bernhard Wicki	Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Irina Demick	Drama	Fox
Viva Las Vegas			Musical	MGM

W-Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
What a Way to Go!	J. Lee Thompson		Comedy	20th Century Fox nominated for 2 Academy Awards
Wheel of Fire			Horror	AIP
Where Love Has Gone	Edward Dmytryk		Drama	MGM based on a novel by Harold Robbins
Wild and Wonderful			Romance	Universal
The World of Henry Orient			Comedy	United Artists based on a novel by Nora Johnson
A Yank in Viet-Nam			War	Allied Artists
Youngblood Hawke			Drama	Warner Bros. based on a novel by Herman Wouk
The Young Lovers		Peter Fonda, Sharon Hugueny, Deborah Walley	Drama	MGM
Your Cheatin' Heart			Musical, biography	MGM bio of singer Hank Williams

See also

• 1964 in the United States

External links

• 1964 films at the Internet Movie Database
• List of 1964 box office number-one films in the United States

Notes and References

1. Film review: Those Calloways. Whit. Variety. 236. 13. November 18, 1964. 7, 22.