List of American films of 1962

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: https://web.archive.org/web/20080907071824/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1962.shtml

A-B

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
13 West Street	Philip Leacock	Alan Ladd, Rod Steiger	Drama
The 300 Spartans	Rudolph Maté	Richard Egan, Diane Baker	Adventure	Fox
40 Pounds of Trouble	Norman Jewison	Tony Curtis, Suzanne Pleshette	Comedy	Universal
Advise & Consent	Otto Preminger	Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Gene Tierney, Peter Lawford, George Grizzard, Burgess Meredith, Lew Ayres, Paul Ford	Drama	Columbia; from novel by Allen Drury
All Fall Down	John Frankenheimer	Eva Marie Saint, Warren Beatty	Drama	MGM
Bachelor Flat	Frank Tashlin	Terry-Thomas, Tuesday Weld, Celeste Holm	Comedy	Fox
The Bellboy and the Playgirls	Francis Ford Coppola, Fritz Umgelter	June Wilkinson	Comedy
Big Red	Norman Tokar	Walter Pidgeon	Family	Disney
Billy Rose's Jumbo	Charles Walters	Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd, Martha Raye	Musical comedy	MGM
Birdman of Alcatraz	John Frankenheimer	Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Telly Savalas	Drama	United Artists; 4 Oscar nominations
Black Gold	Leslie H. Martinson	Diane McBain, Fay Spain, Philip Carey	Adventure	Warner Bros.
Bon Voyage!	James Neilson	Fred MacMurray, Jane Wyman	Family	Disney
Boys' Night Out	Michael Gordon	James Garner, Kim Novak, Tony Randall	Comedy	MGM
The Brain That Wouldn't Die	Joseph Green	Jason Evers, Virginia Leith	Sci-fi	A.I.P.
Brushfire	Jack Warner, Jr.	John Ireland, Jo Morrow	Drama
Buddies Thicker Than Water	Gene Deitch	Tom and Jerry	Animated	MGM

C-G

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
Cape Fear	J. Lee Thompson	Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Polly Bergen, Telly Savalas, Martin Balsam, Lori Martin, Barrie Chase	Film noir	Universal; remade in 1991
The Captive City	Joseph Anthony	David Niven, Ben Gazzara, Martin Balsam, Lea Massari	Drama	A.I.P
Carmen Get It!	Gene Deitch	Tom and Jerry	Animated	MGM
Carnival of Souls	Herk Harvey	Candace Hilligoss, Art Ellison	Horror
The Chapman Report	George Cukor	Shelley Winters, Jane Fonda, Claire Bloom	Drama	Warner Bros.
The Commies Are Coming, the Commies Are Coming	George Waggner	Jack Kelly, Jeanne Cooper	War short	Warner Bros.
Convicts 4	Millard Kaufman	Ben Gazzara, Stuart Whitman, Sammy Davis Jr.	Drama	United Artists
The Counterfeit Traitor	George Seaton	William Holden, Lilli Palmer, Hugh Griffith	War	Paramount
The Creation of the Humanoids	Wesley Barry	Don Megowan, Dudley Manlove	Sci-fi
David and Lisa	Frank Perry	Keir Dullea, Janet Margolin	Drama	2 Oscar nominations
Days of Wine and Roses	Blake Edwards	Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Jack Klugman	Drama	Oscar for Best Song; 5 nominations
Deadly Duo	Reginald Le Borg	Marcia Henderson, Irene Tedrow	Drama	United Artists
Don't Knock the Twist	Oscar Rudolph	Chubby Checker, Lang Jeffries	Musical
Escape from East Berlin	Robert Siodmak	Don Murray, Christine Kaufmann, Werner Klemperer	Drama	MGM
Escape from Zahrain	Ronald Neame	Yul Brynner, Sal Mineo, Jack Warden	Drama	Paramount
Experiment in Terror	Blake Edwards	Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers, Ross Martin	Film noir	Columbia
FBI Code 98	Leslie H. Martinson	Jack Kelly, Ray Danton	Crime	Warner Bros.
Five Finger Exercise	Daniel Mann	Rosalind Russell, Jack Hawkins	Drama	Columbia
Five Miles to Midnight	Anatole Litvak	Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins	Suspense	United Artists
Five Weeks in a Balloon	Irwin Allen	Red Buttons, Barbara Eden	Adventure	20th Century Fox
Follow that Dream	Gordon Douglas	Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Joanna Moore	Musical comedy	United Artists
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	Vincente Minnelli	Glenn Ford, Lee J. Cobb, Charles Boyer	Drama	MGM
Freud: The Secret Passion	John Huston	Montgomery Clift, Susannah York, Larry Parks	Biography	Universal
Gay Purr-ee	Abe Levitow	(voices of) Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Red Buttons	Animated musical	Warner Bros.
Gigot	Gene Kelly	Jackie Gleason	Comedy	Fox
A Girl Named Tamiko	John Sturges	Laurence Harvey, France Nuyen	Drama	Paramount
Girls! Girls! Girls!	Norman Taurog	Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Laurel Goodwin	Musical comedy	Paramount
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	Action, Comedy	Paramount; title means "danger" in Swahili
Heaven and Earth Magic	Harry Everett Smith		Animated
Hell Is for Heroes	Don Siegel	Steve McQueen, Fess Parker, James Coburn, Bobby Darin	War drama	Paramount
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man	Martin Ritt	Richard Beymer, Diane Baker, Corinne Calvet	Drama	also featuring Paul Newman
Hero's Island	Leslie Stevens	James Mason, Rip Torn	Adventure	UA
High Steaks	Gene Deitch	Tom and Jerry	Animated short	MGM
The Horizontal Lieutenant	Richard Thorpe	Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Carter, Miyoshi Umeki, Charles McGraw, Jim Backus	Comedy	MGM
House of Women	Crane Wilbur	Shirley Knight, Andrew Duggan, Constance Ford	Drama	Warner Bros.
How the West Was Won	John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall	James Stewart, Debbie Reynolds, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark, George Peppard, John Wayne	Epic western	MGM; nominated for 8 Academy Awards
If a Man Answers	Henry Levin	Bobby Darin, Sandra Dee, Cesar Romero	Comedy	Universal
In Search of the Castaways	Robert Stevenson	Hayley Mills, Maurice Chevalier, George Sanders	Family	Disney
The Inspector	Philip Dunne	Stephen Boyd, Dolores Hart, Leo McKern	Drama	20th Century Fox
The Interns	David Swift	Cliff Robertson, Stefanie Powers, Telly Savalas, Michael Callan, James MacArthur, Suzy Parker	Drama	Columbia; sequel in 1964
The Intruder	Roger Corman	William Shatner	Drama
I Thank a Fool	Robert Stevens	Susan Hayward, Peter Finch	Drama	MGM
It Happened In Athens	Andrew Marton	Jayne Mansfield	Comedy	Fox
It's Only Money	Frank Tashlin	Jerry Lewis, Zachary Scott, Joan O'Brien	Comedy	Paramount
Jack the Giant Killer	Nathan H. Juran	Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher	Fantasy
Jessica	Jean Negulesco	Angie Dickinson, Maurice Chevalier, Sylvia Koscina, Agnes Moorehead	Drama	filmed in Italy
The Jet Cage	Friz Freleng	Looney Tunes	Animated short	Warner Bros.
Journey to the Seventh Planet	Sid Pink	John Agar, Greta Thyssen	Sci-fi
Kid Galahad	Phil Karlson	Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Charles Bronson, Joan Blackman, Lola Albright, Edward Asner	Musical drama	United Artists; remake of 1937 film
Lawrence of Arabia	David Lean	Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Alec Guinness, José Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains	Epic, Biography	Warner Bros.; won 7 Academy Awards; top-grossing film of 1962
Light in the Piazza	Guy Green	Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Barry Sullivan, Yvette Mimieux	Drama	MGM; from novel by Elizabeth Spencer
The Lion	Jack Cardiff	William Holden, Trevor Howard	Drama	filmed in Kenya
Lolita	Stanley Kubrick	James Mason, Sue Lyon, Shelley Winters, Peter Sellers	Comedy, Drama	MGM; from Vladimir Nabokov novel
Lonely Are the Brave	David Miller	Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau, Gena Rowlands, Carroll O'Connor, George Kennedy	Western	Universal; screenplay by Dalton Trumbo
Long Day's Journey Into Night	Sidney Lumet	Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards, Dean Stockwell	Drama	Embassy; based on Eugene O'Neill play
The Longest Day	Ken Annakin	John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Robert Ryan, George Segal, Tom Tryon, Peter Lawford	War drama	Fox; nominated for 5 Academy Awards
Madison Avenue	H. Bruce Humberstone	Dana Andrews, Eleanor Parker, Jeanne Crain	Drama	Fox
The Main Attraction	Daniel Petrie	Pat Boone, Nancy Kwan	Drama	MGM
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	John Ford	James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles, Edmond O'Brien, Woody Strode, Andy Devine, Strother Martin, Lee Van Cleef	Western	Paramount; Academy Award nomination for Costume Design
The Manchurian Candidate	John Frankenheimer	Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury, Leslie Parrish, James Gregory, Henry Silva, John McGiver	Political thriller	Richard Condon novel; Golden Globe for Lansbury; 2004 remake
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	Warner Bros.
The Miracle Worker	Arthur Penn	Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory	Biographical drama	Helen Keller bio; Oscars for Bancroft, Duke
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol	Abe Levitow	Jim Backus, Morey Amsterdam, Royal Dano	Animated
Moon Pilot	James Neilson	Tom Tryon, Edmond O'Brien, Dany Saval	Comedy	Disney
Mouse Into Space	Gene Deitch	Tom and Jerry	Animated short	MGM
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation	Henry Koster	James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian, Reginald Gardiner, Marie Wilson, John McGiver	Comedy	Fox
The Music Man	Morton DaCosta	Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Ron Howard, Hermione Gingold, Paul Ford, Susan Luckey, Pert Kelton	Musical	Warner Bros.; from Meredith Willson play; 5 Oscar nominations
Mutiny on the Bounty	Lewis Milestone	Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Richard Haydn, Hugh Griffith	Adventure	MGM; remake of 1935 film; 7 Oscar nominations
My Geisha	Jack Cardiff	Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson	Comedy	Paramount

N-S

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
No Exit	Tad Danielewski	Viveca Lindfors, Rita Gam	Drama	based on the play by Sartre
No Man Is an Island	Richard Goldstone	Jeffrey Hunter	Drama	Universal
The Notorious Landlady	Richard Quine	Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak, Fred Astaire	Comedy	Columbia
The Nun and the Sergeant	Franklin Adreon	Robert Webber, Anna Sten	War	United Artists
Only Two Can Play	Sidney Gilliat	Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling	Comedy	British Lion Films
Panic in Year Zero!	Ray Milland	Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon	Sci-fi	A.I.P.
Period of Adjustment	George Roy Hill	Jane Fonda, Tony Franciosa, Jim Hutton	Comedy	MGM; from Tennessee Williams play
Phaedra	Jules Dassin	Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone	Drama	American/French/Greek co-production
The Pigeon That Took Rome	Melville Shavelson	Charlton Heston, Elsa Martinelli, Harry Guardino	Comedy	Paramount
Pontius Pilate	Irving Rapper	Jeanne Crain, Basil Rathbone, Letícia Román	Biblical
Premature Burial	Roger Corman	Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Alan Napier	Horror	A.I.P.
Pressure Point	Hubert Cornfield	Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk	Drama	United Artists
Red Nightmare	George Waggner	Jack Webb, Jack Kelly	Drama	Paramount
The Reluctant Saint	Edward Dmytryk	Maximilian Schell, Ricardo Montalbán	Drama
Requiem for a Heavyweight	Ralph Nelson	Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris	Drama	Columbia; written by Rod Serling
Ride the High Country	Sam Peckinpah	Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley, James Drury, Warren Oates, R. G. Armstrong, L. Q. Jones	Western	MGM; Scott's final film
The Ring of Terror	Clark L. Paylow		Horror
The Road to Hong Kong	Norman Panama	Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Joan Collins	Comedy	final Road picture
Rome Adventure	Delmer Daves	Angie Dickinson, Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette	Romance	Warner Bros.
Safe at Home!	Walter Doniger	Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, William Frawley	Family	Columbia
Satan in High Heels	Jerald Intrator	Grayson Hall, Meg Myles	Drama
Satan Never Sleeps	Leo McCarey	William Holden, Clifton Webb, France Nuyen	Drama
Sergeants 3	John Sturges	Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop	Western	Rat Pack
Six Black Horses	Harry Keller	Audie Murphy, Joan O'Brien	Western	Universal
Sodom and Gomorrah	Robert Aldrich	Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli	Drama
Something's Got to Give	George Cukor	Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin	Comedy	Unfinished
The Spiral Road	Robert Mulligan	Rock Hudson, Gena Rowlands, Burl Ives, Neva Patterson	Drama	based on Jan de Hartog novel
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock	Earl Bellamy	Martin Landau, Warren Stevens, Judy Dan	Western	20th Century Fox
Stark Fear	Ned Hockman	Skip Homeier, Beverly Garland	Thriller
State Fair	José Ferrer	Tom Ewell, Pat Boone, Pamela Tiffin, Ann-Margret, Alice Faye, Bobby Darin	Musical	remake of 1933, 1945 films
Sweet Bird of Youth	Richard Brooks	Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Ed Begley, Rip Torn, Mildred Dunnock, Shirley Knight	Drama	from Tennessee Williams play; Oscar for Begley
A Symposium on Popular Songs	Bill Justice		Animated	Disney

T-Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
Tales of Terror	Roger Corman	Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone	Horror	Anthology
Taras Bulba	J. Lee Thompson	Yul Brynner, Tony Curtis, Sam Wanamaker, Christine Kaufmann, Brad Dexter	Adventure	United Artists
Tarzan Goes to India	John Guillermin	Jock Mahoney	Adventure	MGM/UK
Tender Is the Night	Henry King	Jennifer Jones, Joan Fontaine, Jason Robards	Drama	from F. Scott Fitzgerald novel; King's final film
That Touch of Mink	Delbert Mann	Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young, Audrey Meadows, John Astin	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, Frank Overton, Paul Fix	Drama	Universal; based on novel by Harper Lee; nominated for 8 Oscars
Tonight for Sure	Francis Ford Coppola	Karl Schanzer	Western
Too Late Blues	John Cassavetes	Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Vince Edwards	Musical	Paramount
Tower of London	Roger Corman	Vincent Price	Horror	remake of 1939 film
The Trial	Orson Welles	Anthony Perkins, Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider	Drama	from Franz Kafka novel
Two for the Seesaw	Robert Wise	Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine	Drama	from William Gibson play
Two Weeks in Another Town	Vincente Minnelli	Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charisse, Claire Trevor, George Hamilton	Drama	MGM
A View from the Bridge	Sidney Lumet	Raf Vallone, Maureen Stapleton, Carol Lawrence	Drama	based on Arthur Miller play
Walk on the Wild Side	Edward Dmytryk	Jane Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck, Laurence Harvey, Capucine	Drama	based on Nelson Algren novel
War Hunt	Denis Sanders	John Saxon, Charles Aidman, Robert Redford	War	United Artists
The War Lover	Philip 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 Guitar	Ray Dennis Steckler	Arch Hall Jr.	Musical
The Wild Westerners	Oscar Rudolph	James Philbrook, Nancy Kovack	Western	Columbia
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm	Henry Levin	Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Barbara Eden	Biography	4 Oscar nominations
The World's Greatest Sinner	Timothy Carey		Drama	Never released
Zotz!	William Castle	Tom Poston, Jim Backus, Margaret Dumont	Sci-fi 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