Best Thriller movies of 1962

Actors : Joseph Wiseman, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee, Sean Connery,
Directors : Terence Young,

A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.

Actors : Angela Lansbury, Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, Laurence Harvey,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Gregory Peck, Lori Martin,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.

Actors : Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Wesley Addy, Victor Buono,
Directors : Robert Aldrich,

A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

Actors : Anna Ciepielewska, Leon Niemczyk, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Jolanta Umecka,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

On their way to a sailing trip, an aging husband and wife invite along an emphatic young hitchhiker out of sheer patronization.

Actors : Billy Kearns, Jess Hahn, Anthony Perkins, Arnoldo Foà,
Directors : Orson Welles,

An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.

Actors : Henry Fonda, Lew Ayres, Franchot Tone, Walter Pidgeon,
Directors : Otto Preminger,

Senate investigation into the President's newly nominated Secretary of State, gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.

Actors : Mary Mitchel, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon, Ray Milland,
Directors : Ray Milland,

A family of four leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before a nuclear bomb destroys the city. As lawlessness prevails, the father must fight to keep his family alive.

Actors : Stefanie Powers, Glenn Ford, Roy Poole, Lee Remick,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

A man with an asthmatic voice telephones bank clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.

Actors : Lilli Palmer, William Holden, Hugh Griffith, Carl Raddatz,
Directors : George Seaton,

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

Actors : David Silva, Ariadna Welter, Germán Robles, Abel Salazar,
Directors : Chano Urueta,

In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other crimes. As he dies, the Baron swears ...

Actors : Helge Herala, Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela,
Directors : Matti Kassila,

Actors : Dan O'Herlihy, Glynis Johns, Lawrence Dobkin, Richard Davalos,
Directors : Roger Kay,

Jane's car breaks down and she makes her way to a nearby estate, owned by a mysterious man named Caligari. Soon she finds that she has become a virtual prisoner, and none of the strange ...

Actors : Christopher Lee, Marisa Mell, Pinkas Braun, Adrian Hoven,
Directors : Helmuth Ashley,

Rival gangsters from Chicago move to London and attempt to extort money from rich Britons.

Actors : Dina de Marco, Isabela Corona, Armando Calvo, Rosita Arenas,
Directors : Chano Urueta,

A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch's mirror to take her revenge.

Actors : Madan Puri, Biswajeet, Manmohan Krishna, Waheeda Rehman,
Directors : Biren Nag,

After a lusty Thakur rapes a young girl, she kills herself. Thereafter, the Thakur is killed by what the local people call the girl's vengeful spirit. Then the Thakur's son is also killed ...

Actors : Karl-Arne Holmsten, Jan Malmsjö, Nils Asther, Anita Björk,
Directors : Arne Mattsson,

A ghost called Vita Frun (White Lady) is accused of several murders. Detective Hillman is contacted to resolve the case.

Actors : Ab Abspoel, Chris Baay, Henk Admiraal, Hetty Beck,
Directors : Paul Rotha,

1944. Resistance-fighter Bakker gets send to a prison in Leeuwarden by the Gestapo. There he and other resistance-fighters are about to be rescued in a giant prison escape by their companions.

Actors : Paul Meurisse, Elga Andersen, Gaia Germani, Charles Millot,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

In 1943, a German commando conceals a large quantity of gold in an undersea cave on the coast of Corsica. Years later, Schlumpf, the sole survivor of the commando, returns to Corsica to ...

Actors : Beverly Garland, Kenneth Tobey, Hannah Stone, Skip Homeier,

A sadistic husband mentally tortures his wife, while eventually planning to murder her. Although no one believes her, she gets help from an unexpected source.