Best Drama movies of 1962

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 : Takis Emmanuel, Eleni Zafeiriou, Faidon Georgitsis, Aimilia Pitta,
Directors : Takis Kanellopoulos,

Two stories set in northern Greece during World War II.

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 : 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 : 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 : Sadhana, Dev Anand, 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 : Yordan Matev, Ivan Kasabov, Miroslava Stoyanova, Nevena Kokanova,
Directors : Nikola Korabov,

The film is a screen version of the novel by Dimitar Dimov (1909-1966) and deals with the conflicts and contradictions in Bulgarian society during a period stretching from the early thirties to the end of the Second World War.

Actors : Serena Vergano, Angelo Maria Santiamantini, Alfredo Leggi, Franco Citti,

Tommaso, giovane di borgata, per conquistare l'amore di Irene organizza una serenata che finisce in una rissa, durante la quale ferisce un uomo con un coltello. Viene arrestato e condannato...

Actors : James Mason, Claude Dauphin, John Mills, Herbert Lom,
Directors : Ted Kotcheff,

James Mason and John Mills star in this comedy-drama about a tough colonel and a refined captain who clashed during the war, and continue their personal battle in peace-time Tahiti.

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 : 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 : Nebahat Çehre, Ekrem Bora, Ayhan Isik, Türkan Soray,
Directors : Metin Erksan,

Actors : Derren Nesbitt, Colin Gordon, Ann Lynn, John Chappell,
Directors : Vernon Sewell,

During a bank robbery, the manager and a cashier are locked in the strongroom while the crooks escape. Later when the gang realise that their plan to release the pair has gone wrong, they ...

Actors : Minoru Ôki, Junko Kanô, Machiko Kyô, Hiroshi Kawaguchi,
Directors : Umetsugu Inoue,

A jeweler hires detective Akechi to find his daughter kidnapped by a famous thief known as the Black Lizard.

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

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 : 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 : 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, ...