Best Drama movies of 1962

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 : Karlheinz Böhm, Romy Schneider, Vilma Degischer, Magda Schneider,
Directors : Ernst Marischka,

The romantic "Sissi" trilogy condensed into one film. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria falls in love with young princess Elisabeth.

Actors : Dermot Kelly, Sylvia Syms, Patrick McGoohan, Walter Macken,
Directors : Arthur Dreifuss,

Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His ...

Actors : Salvo Randone, Franco Sportelli, Regina Bianchi, Marcella Valeri,
Directors : Elio Petri,

A middle-aged plumber quits his job and questions his life after seeing somebody his own age suddenly die from a heart attack on his way to work.

Actors : Isao Kimura, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Chieko Naniwa, Wakaba Irie,
Directors : Tomu Uchida,

Actors : Elke Sommer, Vittoria Prada, Christian Pezey, Pierre Brice,
Directors : Max Pécas,

Olivier, a handsome but callow and moody young student, picks up an enthusiastic actress during a theatre rehearsal, and is introduced to her acquaintances -- a group of jaded rich kids who...

Actors : Dev Anand, Sadhana, Nasir Hussain, Sandhya Roy,
Directors : Hrishikesh Mukherjee,

Renu lives a poor lifestyle with her mom, dad and a brother. Her dad decides to travel to Africa so that he can earn enough money to send his son to study engineering, so that he can find ...

Actors : Hiroyuki Nagato, Izumi Ashikawa, Yûjirô Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka,
Directors : Koreyoshi Kurahara,

In the high-octane, unorthodox romance I Hate But Love (Nikui Anchikusho), a celebrity (played by megastar Yujiro Ishijara), dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, ...

Actors : Noël-Noël, Gabriele Ferzetti, Maurice Chevalier, Angie Dickinson,

The women of a small Sicilian village, jealous of a beautiful widowed midwife, plot her ruin by refusing to have anything to do with their husbands.

Actors : Kenneth More, David Andrews, Ray Brooks, Anneke Wills,
Directors : Clive Donner,

The story of three teenaged tearaways Johnnie, Bill and Bert who find themselves at odds with society. Following a brush with the law they have a chance meeting with a local choirmaster who offers them a way of making good.

Actors : Vanni De Maigret, Gabriella Giorgelli, Reginald Kernan, Key Meersman,
Directors : Damiano Damiani,

Arturo is a teenage boy who lives alone on an island. His mother died when he was born, and his father is always away. From time to time, Arturo's father comes to see him, but only too soon...

Actors : Michèle Mercier, Guy Madison, Marisa Belli, Federica Ranchi,
Directors : Domenico Paolella,

Female prisoners are shipped to Devil's Island penal colony. They are indoctrinated into the prison life from abusive guards and then a new prison governor arrives with planned reforms.

Actors : Ernst Marbeck, Friedrich Joloff, Herbert Tiede, Wilfried Schröpfer,
Directors : Ferdinand Khittl,

Actors : Richard Bidlake, Vanda Godsell, Victor Charrington, Michael Gough,
Directors : David Villiers,

The professional killer Kersten arrives in England and is hired by Donald Edwards to murder his wife Helene. But Helene's lover Robert Vaughan discovers the plot and he trails Kersten and Edwards to a country cottage.

Actors : Roberto Risso, John Mills, Robert Shaw, Ettore Manni,
Directors : Roy Ward Baker,

Having placed mines on the hull of a British warship whilst it is safe in harbour during the second World War, the two man crew of an Italian miniature submarine are captured and held ...

Actors : Rentarô Mikuni, Satomi Oka, Hashizô Ôkawa, Ryûtarô Ôtomo,
Directors : Nagisa Ôshima,

In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro Amakusa.

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.

Actors : Patricia Burke, Joan Heath, Ingrid Hafner, Peter Halliday,
Directors : Peter Maxwell,

Respectable schoolmaster returns from work on the eve of a wedding anniversary holiday to find a strange man dead in their bathroom and his wife missing.

Actors : Peter Breck, Peggy McCay, Carroll O'Connor, Angela Cartwright,

A Wonder dog wins the hearts of a young child and saves his owners from danger.

Actors : Isabella, Henrique Montes, Flávio Migliaccio, Waldir Fiori,

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.