The son of a French colonialist in Algeria returns to Algeria after learning that his father is ill. Memories from childhood return. He also must deal with some problems involving the Algerian fight for independence.

The Miracle Worker

1962

English

8.1

♡ 35

96%

blindness and impaired vision

Arthur Penn Director

William F. Haddock as 2nd Crone

Victor Jory as Captain Arthur Keller

Patty Duke as Helen Keller

Beah Richards as Viney - Keller Maid

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.

The Intruder

1962

English

7.5

♡ 13

80%

78%

Action

based on novel or book

Roger Corman Director

William Shatner as Adam Cramer

Leo Gordon as Sam Griffin

Robert Emhardt as Verne Shipman

Jeanne Cooper as Vi Griffin

A man in a gleaming white suit comes to a small Southern town on the eve of integration. He calls himself a social reformer. But what he does is stir up trouble--trouble he soon finds he can't control.

The Spiral Road

1962

English

6.1

♡ 2

27%

Robert Mulligan Director

Kenneth Gibson as Club Patron

Robert F. Simon as Dr. Martens

Philip Abbott as Frolick

Geoffrey Keen as Willem Wattereus

A selfish and prideful young Dutch doctor, through a series of circumstances, comes to learn that he does indeed "need" a higher spiritual being and other people.

Damn the Defiant!

1962

English

7.1

♡ 9

100%

62%

Action

based on novel or book

Lewis Gilbert Director

André Maranne as Colonel Giraud

Del Baker as Marine officer

Nigel Stock as Senior Midshipman Kilpatrick

Murray Melvin as Wagstaffe

Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.

Hands of a Stranger

1962

English

5.2

♡ 1

10%

Newt Arnold Director

Barry Gordon as Skeet Wilder

Sally Kellerman as Sue

George Sawaya as Tony Wilder

James Noah as Vernon Paris

A concert pianist loses his hands in a car crash, but a surgeon gives him new ones. The experimental medical procedure goes awry when the new hands drive the pianist mad.

Rider on a Dead Horse

5.5

Herbert L. Strock Director

John Vivyan as Hayden

Kevin Hagen as Jake Fry Lisa Lu

Lisa Lu as Ming Kwai

Charles Lampkin as Taylor

Three prospectors divide and bury their gold to safeguard it from warring Apaches. Cue a series of double crosses, triple crosses, chases, and shoot-outs as greed drives the three men to murder and betrayal.

Sodom and Gomorrah

1962

English

5.7

♡ 16

50%

Robert Aldrich Director

Emilio Messina as

Pietro Ceccarelli as Officer in Sodom

Anthony Steffen as The Captain

Valentino Macchi as (uncredited)

Lot leads his people to a fertile valley adjacent to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, hotbeds of vice and corruption ruled by the merciless Queen Bera. When Lot orders a dam to be busted in order to prevent the destruction of the cities by the attacking Helamites, the queen, in gratitude, allows Lot's people to settle in Sodom. Soon, however, the veneer of civilization begins crumbling as Lot and the Hebrews become corrupted by the Sodomites.

Taras Bulba

1962

English

6.3

♡ 17

68%

16th century

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

cossack

Drama

father son relationship

J. Lee Thompson Director

Abraham Sofaer as Abbot

Richard Rust as Capt. Alex

Chuck Hayward as Dolotov

Perry Lopez as Ostap Bulba

Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for his family and his folk and his passion for a Polish woman.

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962

English

7.4

♡ 5

83%

George Seaton Director

William Holden as Eric Erickson

Friedrich Schütter as German Passport Official

Eva Dahlbeck as Ingrid Erickson

Peter Capell as Unger

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

Two for the Seesaw

1962

English

6.6

♡ 8

33%

Robert Wise Director

Robert Mitchum as Jerry Ryan

Ann Morgan Guilbert as Molly - Dance Student's Mother

Billy Gray as Mr. Jacoby

Eddie Firestone as Oscar

After leaving his wife, lawyer Jerry Ryan moves from Omaha, Nebraska to New York City to start a new life. While studying for the New York Bar Examination and working to finalize his divorce, Ryan meets dancer Gittel Mosca, and the two begin a cautious courtship. However, Ryan feels that he must come to terms with his failed marriage and overcome his lingering attachment to his ex-wife before he can redefine himself and embrace his budding romance.

Walk in the Shadow

7.1

Basil Dearden Director

Norman Wooland as Counsel for the Crown

Michael Bryant as John's counsel

Basil Dignam as Lawyer Mapleton

Brian Wilde as Newspaper Photographer

John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life. Doctor Brown is determined to seek justice for what he sees as the needless death of a young girl.

The Premature Burial

1962

English

6.5

♡ 6

50%

Roger Corman Director

Hazel Court as Emily Gault

Ray Milland as Guy Carrell

Heather Angel as Kate Carrell

Richard Ney as Miles Archer

An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational fear of premature burial consumes him.

Viva Brazil

1962

English

6.4

♡ 2

Albert Staedler Director

John Fosberry as Self - English Commentary

Allan Grace as Self - English Commentary

Chile was the venue for the 1962 finals, where holders Brazil were expected to regain their crown. The host, Chile, took them all the way in an epic semi-final, but the classy Brazilians eventually beat Chile 4-2 and went on to beat another surprise package, Czechoslovakia, 3-1 in a one-sided final.

The Given Word

1962

Portuguese

8.3

♡ 9

100%

Drama

Anselmo Duarte Director

Antonio Pitanga as Coca, the Capoeira Fighter

Norma Bengell as Marly, the Prostitute

Othon Bastos as Reporter

Leonardo Villar as Zé do Burro / Donkey Jack

Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross - like Jesus - all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara's church, in the state capital. Upon the recovery of his donkey, Zé leaves on his journey. He makes it to the church, but the priest refuses to accept the cross once he discovers the context of Zé's promise.

Destiny's Son

1962

Japanese

7.0

♡ 4

Kenji Misumi Director

Yoshio Inaba as Giichirô Ikebe

Eijirô Yanagi as Ooinokami Matsudaira

Raizô Ichikawa as Shingo Takakura

Toshio Hosokawa as Yasutoshi 'Tootôminokami' Makino

In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive family is massacred for keeping the secret. Armed with an unbeatable swordfighting technique, Shingo embarks on the path of the masterless samurai in search of vengeance and a path beyond his own ignominious origins.

Sign of the Lion

1962

French

7.2

♡ 2

Action

Drama

Éric Rohmer Director

Macha Méril as La blonde du 14 juillet

Marie Dubois as La jeune femme au café

Malka Ribowska as La mère des deux enfants

Jean-Luc Godard as Le mélomane

An 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.