Best Drama movies of 1962

Actors : Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri, Suryakantham, Savitri, Akkineni Nageshwara Rao,
Directors : Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao,

Gundamma, a rich widow tries to get her daughter married to a rich boy. She, however, treats her step daughter like a maid and does not care about her marriage. This is the story of how two...

Actors : Isao Kimura, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Wakaba Irie, Chieko Naniwa,
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 : Franco Sportelli, Salvo Randone, 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 : Hideo Takamatsu, Jirô Tamiya, Junko Kanô, Eiji Funakoshi,
Directors : Yasuzô Masumura,

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.

Actors : Helmut Schmid, John Phillips, Stanley Baker, Tom Bell,
Directors : Cliff Owen,

A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.

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 : Maximilian Schell, Akim Tamiroff, Lea Padovani, Ricardo Montalban,
Directors : Edward Dmytryk,

In 17th century Italy, a simple and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order, pursues full priesthood and performs a miracle that eventually ensures his sainthood.

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 : 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 : 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 : Rosanna Schiaffino, María Mahor, Sonja Ziemann, O.W. Fischer,

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 : 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 : Claudio Gora, Jacques Sernas, Gianna Maria Canale, Steve Reeves,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

The decurion Randus holds himself so well in the command of his troops, that Caesar promotes him to centurion. He is subsequently sent to Egypt, to keep Caesar informed on the actions and ...

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

Actors : Siegfried Lowitz, Rudolf Fernau, Lex Barker, Karin Dor,
Directors : Harald Reinl,

Evil mastermind Dr. Mabuse seeks Professor Erasmus' secret invention, a device that makes one invisible, but a murder in a revue theatre brings the German police and the FBI into the mix.