The year 1965 in film involved several significant events, with ''
The Sound of Music
''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. S ...
'' topping the U.S. box office and winning five
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1965 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Events
* February 15 –
George Stevens
George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.Obituary '' Variety'', March 12, 1975, page 79. Films he produced were nominated for the Academy Award for ...
' production of ''
The Greatest Story Ever Told
''The Greatest Story Ever Told'' is a 1965 American epic film produced and directed by George Stevens. It is a retelling of the Biblical account about Jesus of Nazareth, from the Nativity through to the Ascension. Along with the ensemble cast ...
'', a retelling of the account of
Jesus Christ
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...
, premieres in
New York City, New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
. It was such a flop with critics and audiences that its failure discouraged production of religious epics for many years. It is considered notable in the 21st century for its astonishing landscapes, powerful and provocative cinematography,
Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow ( , ; born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish-French actor. He had a 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films and several television ...
's debut acting performance in an American film, and the final film performance of
Claude Rains.
* March 2 – The
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals. Their popular ...
film adaptation of ''
The Sound of Music
''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. S ...
'', directed by
Robert Wise
Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American film director, producer, and editor. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films ''West Side Story'' (1961) and ''The Sound of ...
and starring
Julie Andrews and
Christopher Plummer
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition for his performances in film, stage, and television. He received multiple accolades, inc ...
, premieres. It quickly became a worldwide phenomenon and an instant classic. It successfully displaced ''
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind most often refers to:
* ''Gone with the Wind'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell
* ''Gone with the Wind'' (film), the 1939 adaptation of the novel
Gone with the Wind may also refer to:
Music
* ''Gone with the Wind'' ...
'' to become, at the time,
the highest-grossing film of all-time. ''The Sound of Music'' is credited as the film that saved and restored
Twentieth Century-Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Dis ...
from bankruptcy after it suffered from extremely high production costs of ''
Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII Philopator ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ}, "Cleopatra the father-beloved"; 69 BC10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.She was also a ...
'' two years prior.
* July 1 –
Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards (born William Blake Crump; July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.
Edwards began his career in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon began writing screenplays and radio s ...
's epic comedy ''
The Great Race
''The Great Race'' is a 1965 American Technicolor slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Arthur A. Ross (from a story by Edwards and Ross), and with music by Henry Manci ...
,'' starring
Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925September 29, 2010) was an American actor whose career spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s (Kansas Raiders, 1950) and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 f ...
,
Jack Lemmon
John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor. Considered equally proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, Lemmon was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in dramedy pictures, leadin ...
,
Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood ( Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully transitioned to young adult roles.
Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring r ...
,
Peter Falk, and
Keenan Wynn, premieres. Initially a flop with critics and audiences, some do admire Edwards' direction, the acting by its ensemble cast,
Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini ( ; born Enrico Nicola Mancini, ; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Award ...
's music and its climactic pie fight.
*August 10 - A
massive vault fire at MGM studios in
Culver City, California, destroys the only known copies of hundreds of archived silent films, including
Lon Chaney
Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and affli ...
's ''
London After Midnight'' and Greta Garbo's ''
The Divine Woman
''The Divine Woman'' (1928) is an American silent film directed by Victor Sjöström and starring Greta Garbo. Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Only a single nine-minute reel and an additional 45-second excerpt are currently know ...
''.
* December 22 –
David Lean's film adaptation of
Boris Pasternak's ''
Doctor Zhivago
''Doctor Zhivago'' is the title of a novel by Boris Pasternak and its various adaptations.
Description
The story, in all of its forms, describes the life of the fictional Russian physician and poet Yuri Zhivago
Yuri Andreievich Zhivago is the ...
'', starring
Omar Sharif
Omar Sharif ( ar, عمر الشريف ; born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub , 10 April 193210 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He began his career in his native country in the ...
,
Julie Christie
Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, Christie is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She ...
,
Rod Steiger, and
Alec Guinness, premieres and, like ''The Sound of Music'', quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. Its moral story and message of a love and human spirit that defied the communist Soviet Union have made the film a true classic with critics and audiences. It was included among top films by the
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees.
Leade ...
. In a decade of very difficult times for its studio, ''Zhivago'' became the most successful and acclaimed
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by amazon (company), Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded o ...
film since ''
How the West Was Won;'' it was the greatest MGM film since ''
Ben-Hur''.
Awards
Academy Awards
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:
:
Best Picture
This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards.
Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
: ''
The Sound of Music
''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. S ...
'' – Argyle Enterprises,
20th Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Dis ...
:
Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to:
Film awards
* AACTA Award for Best Direction
* Academy Award for Best Director
* BA ...
:
Robert Wise
Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American film director, producer, and editor. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films ''West Side Story'' (1961) and ''The Sound of ...
– ''
The Sound of Music
''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. S ...
''
:
Best Actor:
Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin (born Lamont Waltman Marvin Jr.; February 19, 1924August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and premature white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled "tough guy" characters. Alt ...
– ''
Cat Ballou
''Cat Ballou'' is a 1965 American western comedy film starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual role. The story involves a woman who hires a notorious gunman to protect her father's ranch, and la ...
''
:
Best Actress
Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...
:
Julie Christie
Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, Christie is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She ...
– ''
Darling''
:
Best Supporting Actor:
Martin Balsam
Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American actor. He had a prolific career in character roles in film, in theatre, and on television. An early member of the Actors Studio, he began his career on the New Yo ...
– ''
A Thousand Clowns''
:
Best Supporting Actress:
Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress whose career spanned seven decades. She appeared in numerous films. She won Academy Awards for ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1959) and ''A Patch o ...
– ''
A Patch of Blue
''A Patch of Blue'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Guy Green about the friendship between an educated black man (played by Sidney Poitier) and an illiterate, blind, white 18-year-old girl (played by Elizabeth Hartman), and the proble ...
''
:
Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards.
Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
: ''
The Shop on Main Street
''The Shop on Main Street'' ( Czech/ Slovak: ''Obchod na korze''; in the UK ''The Shop on the High Street'') is a 1965 Czechoslovakian film about the Aryanization program during World War II in the Slovak State.
The film was written by Ladislav G ...
'' (''Obchod na korze''), directed by
Ján Kadár
Ján Kadár (1 April 1918 – 1 June 1979) was a Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian-born Slovak film writer and director of History of the Jews in Hungary, Jewish heritage.
As a filmmaker, he worked in Czechoslovakia, the United States, and Canada. ...
and
Elmar Klos
Elmar Klos (26 January 1910 – 19 July 1993) was a Czech film director who collaborated for 17 years with his Slovak colleague Ján Kadár and with him won the 1965 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of categories of award ...
, Czechoslovakia
BAFTA Film Awards
The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The cere ...
:
:
Best Film from Any Source: ''
My Fair Lady
''My Fair Lady'' is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons f ...
''
:
Best British Film: ''
The Ipcress File
''The IPCRESS File'' is Len Deighton's first spy novel, published in 1962. The story involves Cold War brainwashing, includes scenes in Lebanon and on an atoll for a United States atomic weapon test, as well as information about Joe One, the ...
''
Golden Globe Awards
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...
:
:
Drama:
:
Best Picture
This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards.
Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
: ''
Doctor Zhivago
''Doctor Zhivago'' is the title of a novel by Boris Pasternak and its various adaptations.
Description
The story, in all of its forms, describes the life of the fictional Russian physician and poet Yuri Zhivago
Yuri Andreievich Zhivago is the ...
''
:
Best Actor:
Omar Sharif
Omar Sharif ( ar, عمر الشريف ; born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub , 10 April 193210 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He began his career in his native country in the ...
– ''
Doctor Zhivago
''Doctor Zhivago'' is the title of a novel by Boris Pasternak and its various adaptations.
Description
The story, in all of its forms, describes the life of the fictional Russian physician and poet Yuri Zhivago
Yuri Andreievich Zhivago is the ...
''
:
Best Actress
Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...
:
Samantha Eggar
Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar (born 5 March 1939) is a retired British-American actress. After beginning her career in Shakespearean theatre she rose to fame for her performance in William Wyler's thriller '' The Collec ...
– ''
The Collector
''The Collector'' is a 1963 thriller novel by English author John Fowles, in his literary debut. Its plot follows a lonely, psychotic young man who kidnaps a female art student in London and holds her captive in the cellar of his rural farmhous ...
''
:
Comedy or Musical:
:
Best Picture
This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards.
Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
: ''
The Sound of Music
''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. S ...
''
:
Best Actor:
Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin (born Lamont Waltman Marvin Jr.; February 19, 1924August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and premature white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled "tough guy" characters. Alt ...
– ''
Cat Ballou
''Cat Ballou'' is a 1965 American western comedy film starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual role. The story involves a woman who hires a notorious gunman to protect her father's ranch, and la ...
''
:
Best Actress
Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...
:
Julie Andrews – ''
The Sound of Music
''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. S ...
''
:
Other
:
Best Supporting Actor:
Oskar Werner
Oskar Werner (; born Oskar Josef Bschließmayer; 13 November 1922 23 October 1984) was an Austrian stage and cinema actor whose prominent roles include two 1965 films, '' The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' and ''Ship of Fools''. Other notable ...
– ''
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold''
:
Best Supporting Actress:
Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American actress, screenwriter, and playwright. She began her career performing on Broadway at age 19. Known for her nasal voice and distinctive personality, Gordon gained internati ...
– ''
Inside Daisy Clover
''Inside Daisy Clover'' is a 1965 American drama film based on Gavin Lambert's 1963 novel of the same name, directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Natalie Wood. It follows a tomboy becoming a Hollywood actress and singer.
Plot
In 1936 Santa Mon ...
''
:
Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to:
Film awards
* AACTA Award for Best Direction
* Academy Award for Best Director
* BA ...
:
David Lean – ''
Doctor Zhivago
''Doctor Zhivago'' is the title of a novel by Boris Pasternak and its various adaptations.
Description
The story, in all of its forms, describes the life of the fictional Russian physician and poet Yuri Zhivago
Yuri Andreievich Zhivago is the ...
''
Palme d'Or
The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...
(Cannes Film Festival):
:''
The Knack ...and How to Get It'', directed by
Richard Lester
Richard Lester Liebman (born January 19, 1932) is an American retired film director based in the United Kingdom.
He is best known for directing the Beatles' films '' A Hard Day's Night'' (1964) and '' Help!'' (1965), and the superhero films ' ...
, United Kingdom
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
:''
Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa'' (''Sandra of a Thousand Delights''), directed by
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, stage director, and screenwriter. A major figure of Italian art and culture in the mid-20th century, Visconti was one of the fat ...
, Italy
Golden Bear
The Golden Bear (german: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin.
History
The winn ...
(Berlin Film Festival):
:''
Alphaville'', directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran ...
, France / Italy
1965 film releases
United States
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unless stated
January–March
*January 1965
**January 8
***''
Dear Brigitte''
**January 15
***''
Baby the Rain Must Fall
''Baby the Rain Must Fall'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Lee Remick, Steve McQueen and Don Murray. Dramatist Horton Foote, who wrote the screenplay, based it on his 1954 play ''The Traveling Lady.'' Thi ...
''
**January 28
***''
36 Hours''
*February 1965
**February 10
***''
Strange Bedfellows''
***''
Sylvia''
**February 15
***''
Lord Jim
''Lord Jim'' is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in ''Blackwood's Magazine'' from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event in the story is the abandonment of a passenger ship in distress by its crew, ...
''
UK)
**February 23
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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
''Dr Terror's House of Horrors'' is a 1965 British anthology horror film from Amicus Productions, directed by veteran horror director Freddie Francis, written by Milton Subotsky, and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
It was the fi ...
''
UK)
**February 24
***''
Love Has Many Faces''
***''
Crack in the World
''Crack in the World '' is a 1965 American science-fiction doomsday disaster movie filmed in Spain. It is about scientists who launch a nuclear missile into the Earth's crust, to release the geothermal energy of the magma below; but accidentally ...
''
*March 1965
**March 2
***''
The Sound of Music
''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. S ...
''
**March 5
***''
Face of the Screaming Werewolf''
***''
The Rounders''
**March 6
***''
Empire
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...
''
***''
Nightmare in the Sun''
**March 15
***''
Major Dundee
''Major Dundee'' is a 1965 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, and James Coburn. Written by Harry Julian Fink, the film is about a Union cavalry officer who leads a content ...
''
**March 21
***''
Die! Die! My Darling!
''Fanatic'' (released as ''Die! Die! My Darling!'' in the United States) is a 1965 British horror thriller film directed by Silvio Narizzano for Hammer Films. It stars Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan, Yootha Joyce, Maurice K ...
'' (U.K.)
**March 24
***''
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
''John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!'' is a 1965 American comedy film based on the novel by William Peter Blatty published in 1963.
The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson. The film was shot in the Mojave Desert.
In the film, an American militar ...
''
**March 31
***''
The Truth About Spring
''The Truth about Spring'' (also known as ''The Pirates of Spring Cove'' or ''Miss Jude'') is a 1965 American-British Technicolor adventure film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Hayley Mills, John Mills and James MacArthur. It is a ro ...
''
April–June
*April 1965
**April 3
***''
The Man from Button Willow''
**April 6
***''
In Harm's Way
''In Harm's Way'' is a 1965 American epic war film produced and directed by Otto Preminger and starring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Patricia Neal, with a supporting cast featuring Henry Fonda in a lengthy cameo, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss, Stanle ...
''
**April 7
***''
Bus Riley's Back in Town
''Bus Riley's Back in Town'' is a 1965 American drama film written by William Inge, directed by Harvey Hart, and starring Ann-Margret and Michael Parks
Michael Parks (born Harry Samuel Parks; April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017) was an American ...
''
***''
Girl Happy
''Girl Happy'' is a 1965 American musical romantic comedy and beach party film starring Elvis Presley in his eighteenth feature. The movie won a fourth place prize Laurel Award in the category Top Musical of 1965. It featured the song " Puppet ...
''
**April 8
***''
The World of Abbott and Costello
''The World of Abbott and Costello'' is a 1965 American compilation film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.
Plot
This film is a compilation of scenes from eighteen films that Abbott and Costello made for Universal Pictures between ...
''
**April 9
***''
The Greatest Story Ever Told
''The Greatest Story Ever Told'' is a 1965 American epic film produced and directed by George Stevens. It is a retelling of the Biblical account about Jesus of Nazareth, from the Nativity through to the Ascension. Along with the ensemble cast ...
''
**April 14
***''
Beach Blanket Bingo''
***''
The Satan Bug
''The Satan Bug'' is a 1965 American crime science fiction suspense film from United Artists, produced and directed by John Sturges, that stars George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, and Dana Andrews. The screenplay by James Clavell a ...
''
*May 1965
**5 May
***''
Alphaville''
France
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)
***''
Brainstorm''
**7 May
***''
Joy in the Morning''
**13 May
***''
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
''The Yellow Rolls-Royce'' is a 1964 British dramatic composite film written by Terence Rattigan, produced by Anatole de Grunwald, and directed by Anthony Asquith, the trio responsible for '' The V.I.P.s'' (1963).
Apparently adapting an idea fr ...
''
**14 May
***''
Harlow
Harlow is a large town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Founded as a new town, it is situated on the border with Hertfordshire and London, Harlow occupies a large area of land on the south bank of the upp ...
''
**26 May
***''
Mirage
A mirage is a naturally-occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. The word comes to English via the French ''(se) mirer'', from the Latin ''mirari'', meanin ...
''
*June 1965
**June 2
***''
What's New Pussycat?
''What's New Pussycat?'' is a 1965 screwball comedy film directed by Clive Donner, written by Woody Allen in his first produced screenplay, and starring Allen in his acting debut, along with Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capuci ...
''
**June 3
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Shenandoah''
**June 9
***''
Up from the Beach
''Up from the Beach'' is a 1965 French-American international co-production war film directed by Robert Parrish and starring Cliff Robertson, Red Buttons and James Robertson Justice. It was based on a 1959 novel by George Barr called ''Epitaph ...
'' French
international co-production
A co-production is a joint venture between two or more different production companies for the purpose of film production, television production, video game development, and so on. In the case of an international co-production, production companie ...
**June 16
***''
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
''Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines; Or, How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes'' is a 1965 British period comedy film that satirizes the early years of aviation. Directed and co-written by Ken Annakin, the film ...
''
**June 18
***''
I'll Take Sweden
''I'll Take Sweden'' is a 1965 American comedy film directed by Frederick de Cordova, and starring Bob Hope, Frankie Avalon, and Tuesday Weld.
Plot
Single father Bob Holcomb, a widower, is unhappy with the guitar-playing boy Kenny his daughter ...
''
**June 23
***''
''Genghis Khan'' (1965 film)''
***''
The Hallelujah Trail
''The Hallelujah Trail'' is a 1965 American Western mockumentary spoof directed by John Sturges, with top-billed stars Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton and Pamela Tiffin. It was based on the book of the same title (originally released as ...
''
***''
Harlow
Harlow is a large town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Founded as a new town, it is situated on the border with Hertfordshire and London, Harlow occupies a large area of land on the south bank of the upp ...
''
***''
Von Ryan's Express
''Von Ryan's Express'' is a 1965 World War II adventure film starring Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, and Raffaella Carrà, and directed by Mark Robson. Produced in CinemaScope, the film depicts a group of Allied prisoners of war ( POWs) who cond ...
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Willy McBean and his Magic Machine
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People Given name or nickname
* Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and scree ...
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**June 24
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Cat Ballou
''Cat Ballou'' is a 1965 American western comedy film starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual role. The story involves a woman who hires a notorious gunman to protect her father's ranch, and la ...
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**June 30
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Ski Party
''Ski Party'' is a 1965 American musical-comedy film directed by Alan Rafkin and starring Frankie Avalon and Dwayne Hickman. It was released by American International Pictures (AIP). ''Ski Party'' is considered as a beach party film spin-off, wi ...
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Tickle Me
''Tickle Me'' is a 1965 American musical comedy western film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Elvis Presley as a champion rodeo bull rider and bronco buster.
Presley won a 1966 Golden Laurel Award as best male actor in a musical film fo ...
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July–September
*July 1965
**July 1
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The Family Jewels''
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The Great Race
''The Great Race'' is a 1965 American Technicolor slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Arthur A. Ross (from a story by Edwards and Ross), and with music by Henry Manci ...
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The Sons of Katie Elder
''The Sons of Katie Elder'' is a 1965 American Western film in Panavision, directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. It was filmed principally in Mexico.
Plot
The four adult sons of Katie Elder – John, who is a fa ...
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**July 3
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The Hill'' (
UK)
**July 12
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The Art of Love''
**July 14
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How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
''How to Stuff a Wild Bikini'' is a 1965 Pathécolor beach party film from American International Pictures. The sixth entry in a seven-film series, the movie features Mickey Rooney, Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, and Beverl ...
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**July 21
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I Saw What You Did
''I Saw What You Did'' is a 1965 American thriller film released by Universal Pictures and starring Joan Crawford and John Ireland. The plot follows two teenage girls who find themselves in serious danger after making a prank phone call to a man ...
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**July 22
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The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
''The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders'' is a 1965 British historical comedy film directed by Terence Young and starring Kim Novak, Richard Johnson, and Angela Lansbury. It is based on the 1722 novel '' Moll Flanders'' by Daniel Defoe.
...
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**July 29
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Ship of Fools
The ship of fools is an allegory, originating from Book VI of Plato's ''Republic'', about a ship with a dysfunctional crew. The allegory is intended to represent the problems of governance prevailing in a political system not based on expert kn ...
''
*August 1965
**August 1
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Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet''
**August 3
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Darling'' (
UK)
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You Must Be Joking!'' (
UK)
**August 8
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Frankenstein Conquers the World
is a 1965 ''kaiju'' film directed by Ishirō Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film stars Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno and Tadao Takashima, with Koji Furuhata as Frankenstein and Haruo Nakajima as Baragon. An international co-producti ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
)
**August 9
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The Brigand of Kandahar
''The Brigand of Kandahar'' is a 1965 British adventure film directed by John Gilling and starring Ronald Lewis, Oliver Reed and Duncan Lamont. Case, a British Indian Army officer, is discharged from his regiment after being accused of coward ...
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**August 14
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A Very Special Favor
''A Very Special Favor'' is a 1965 romantic comedy film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Rock Hudson and Leslie Caron.
Plot
Paul Chadwick (Hudson) is a wealthy American oilman who is in a Parisian court, where he is up against the oppo ...
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**August 18
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Catch Us If You Can
"Catch Us If You Can" is a 1965 song from The Dave Clark Five, written by group's drummer Dave Clark and guitarist Lenny Davidson. It was the title song for the film of the same name, which was retitled ''Having a Wild Weekend'' in the Unite ...
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UK)
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The Monkey's Uncle
''The Monkey's Uncle'' is a 1965 American comedy film starring Tommy Kirk as genius college student Merlin Jones and Annette Funicello (former Mouseketeer from ''The Mickey Mouse Club'') as his girlfriend, Jennifer. The title plays on the idiom ...
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Sergeant Deadhead
''Sergeant Deadhead'' is a 1965 musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Frankie Avalon. It features many cast members who appeared in the ''Beach Party'' movies.
Plot
Sergeant Deadhead is a bumbling soldier who is sent to the g ...
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**August 23
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Dr. Who and the Daleks
''Dr. Who and the Daleks'' is a 1965 British science fiction film directed by Gordon Flemyng and written by Milton Subotsky, and the first of two films based on the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It stars Peter Cushi ...
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U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
**August 25
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Morituri''
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That Funny Feeling''
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Wild on the Beach
''Wild on the Beach'' is a 1965 beach party film directed by Maury Dexter and starring Frankie Randall, Sherry Jackson, Gayle Caldwell, and Jackie Miller. It is notable for the musical acts showcased onscreen, being the film debut of Sonny & ...
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*September 1965
**September 1
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Billie''
**September 3
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The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
''The Battle of the Villa Fiorita'' is a 1965 British drama film, based on the 1963 novel by Rumer Godden, directed by Delmer Daves. It stars Maureen O'Hara and Rossano Brazzi.
This was the last film for Delmer Daves who, two years earlier, wr ...
'' (
UK)
**September 8
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Operation C.I.A.''
**September 15
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The Reward
''The Reward'' is a 1965 American Western film directed by Serge Bourguignon and starring Max von Sydow, Yvette Mimieux, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Gilbert Roland. based on a novel by Michael Barrett.
Plot
El Paso crop duster Scott Svenson accide ...
''
**September 20
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How to Murder Your Wife
''How to Murder Your Wife'' is a 1965 American black comedy film from United Artists, produced by George Axelrod, directed by Richard Quine, that stars Jack Lemmon and Virna Lisi. Quine also directed Lemmon in '' My Sister Eileen'', '' It Happe ...
''
**September 24
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Marriage on the Rocks
''Marriage on the Rocks'' is a 1965 comedy film starring Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr, and Dean Martin about a businessman's wife who ends up divorced by mistake and then married to his best friend by an even bigger mistake. The film was written by ...
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**September 27
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Mickey One
''Mickey One'' is a 1965 American neo noir crime film starring Warren Beatty and directed by Arthur Penn from a script by Alan Surgal.
Plot
After incurring the wrath of the Mafia, a stand-up comic (Warren Beatty) flees Detroit for Chicago, taki ...
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October–December
*October 1965
**October 6
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Who Killed Teddy Bear
''Who Killed Teddy Bear'' is a 1965 American neo-noir crime thriller film, directed by Joseph Cates and starring Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, Jan Murray and Elaine Stritch. The film was written by Arnold Drake and Leon Tokatyan.
Plot
Norah Dain ( ...
''
**October 7
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The Agony and the Ecstasy''
**October 11
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The Bedford Incident
''The Bedford Incident'' is a 1965 British-American Cold War film starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier and co-produced by Widmark. The cast also features Eric Portman, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam and Wally Cox, as well as early a ...
'' (
US/
UK)
**October 13
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Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious''
**October 15
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The Cincinnati Kid
''The Cincinnati Kid'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Norman Jewison. It tells the story of Eric "The Kid" Stoner, a young Depression-era poker player, as he seeks to establish his reputation as the best. This quest leads him to cha ...
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**October 17
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Sting of Death
Sting of Death is a 1965 American science fiction horror film directed by William Grefe, William Grefé, written by Al Dempsey, and starring Joe Morrison, Valerie Hawkins, Deanna Lund, John Vella, and Jack Nagle. Its plot concerns five female co ...
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**October 27
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King Rat''
*November 1965
**November 4
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Never Too Late''
**November 6
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Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
''Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine'' is a 1965 American International Pictures comedy film, made in Pathécolor, directed by Norman Taurog. It stars Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Susan Hart and Jack Mullaney, and features F ...
''
**November 10
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The War Lord
''The War Lord'' is a 1965 American drama historical film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston. The film, which concerns medieval warfare and culture in 11th-century Normandy, is an adaptation of the play ''The Lovers ...
''
**November 15
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Bunny Lake Is Missing
''Bunny Lake Is Missing'' is a 1965 British-American psychological drama film, directed and produced by Otto Preminger. Filmed in black-and-white widescreen format in London, it was based on the 1957 novel '' Bunny Lake Is Missing'' by Merriam ...
'' (
UK)
**November 18
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For a Few Dollars More'' (
Italy
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)
**November 19
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Return from the Ashes
''Return from the Ashes'' is a 1965 British thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Ingrid Thulin, Maximilian Schell, Samantha Eggar and Herbert Lom. It is based on a novel by French crime writer Hubert Monteilhet, adapted f ...
''
**November 24
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Harum Scarum''
**November 25
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Lady L
''Lady L'' is a 1965 comedy film based on the novel by Romain Gary and directed by Peter Ustinov. Starring Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven and Cecil Parker, the film focuses on an elderly Corsican lady as she recalls the loves of her ...
''
**November 26
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Carry On Cowboy
''Carry On Cowboy'' is a 1965 British comedy Western film, the eleventh in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). It was the first film to feature series regulars Peter Butterworth and Bernard Bresslaw. Series regulars Sid James, Ken ...
''
UK)
**November 27
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Gamera, the Giant Monster
is a 1965 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Noriaki Yuasa, with special effects by Yonesaburo Tsukiji. Produced and distributed by Daiei Film, it is the first film in the ''Gamera'' franchise and the Shōwa era. The film stars Eiji Funakos ...
'' (
Japan
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)
*December 1965
**December 2
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That Darn Cat!
''That Darn Cat!'' is a 1965 American thriller comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Hayley Mills and Dean Jones in a story about bank robbers, a kidnapping and a mischievous cat; produced by Walt Disney Productions. The fi ...
''
**December 8
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The Return of Ringo
''The Return of Ringo'' ( it, Il ritorno di Ringo) is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Duccio Tessari and the sequel to the earlier film ''A Pistol for Ringo''.
Like its predecessor, the film features a score composed by Ennio Mo ...
'' (
Italy
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)
**December 10
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A Patch of Blue
''A Patch of Blue'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Guy Green about the friendship between an educated black man (played by Sidney Poitier) and an illiterate, blind, white 18-year-old girl (played by Elizabeth Hartman), and the proble ...
''
**December 13
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A Thousand Clowns''
**December 15
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The Flight of the Phoenix''
**December 16
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Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive (military), offensive military campaign, campaign on the Western Front (World War II), Western Front during World War II. The battle lasted fr ...
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold''
UK)
**December 19
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Invasion of Astro-Monster
is a 1965 ''kaiju'' film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It is the sixth film in the ''Godzilla'' franchise and Shōwa period. The film was a Japanese-American co-production; it was the second collaboration b ...
''
**December 22
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Doctor Zhivago
''Doctor Zhivago'' is the title of a novel by Boris Pasternak and its various adaptations.
Description
The story, in all of its forms, describes the life of the fictional Russian physician and poet Yuri Zhivago
Yuri Andreievich Zhivago is the ...
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UK/
Italy
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/
US)
**December 23
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The Slender Thread
''The Slender Thread'' is a 1965 American drama film starring Anne Bancroft and Sidney Poitier. It was the first feature-length film directed by future Oscar-winning director, producer and actor Sydney Pollack.
Poitier portrays Alan, a college ...
''
**December 24
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Bad Girls Go to Hell
''Bad Girls Go to Hell'' is a 1965 American sexploitation film written, produced and directed by Doris Wishman. The film stars Gigi Darlene, Sam Stewart, Barnard L. Sackett, and Darlene Bennett.
Plot
Meg (Gigi Darlene) is a Boston housewife, w ...
''
**December 29
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Thunderball'' (
UK/
US)
Notable films released in 1965
United States
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The 10th Victim
''The 10th Victim'' ( it, La decima vittima) is a 1965 science fiction film directed and co-written by Elio Petri, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli, and Salvo Randone. An international co-production between Italy and ...
'' (La decima vittima), starring
Marcello Mastroianni and
Ursula Andress
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– (
Italy
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/
France
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)
*''
36 Hours'', starring
James Garner
James Garner (born James Scott Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor. He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including '' The Great Escape'' (1963) with Steve McQueen; Paddy Chayefsky's ''The Ameri ...
,
Rod Taylor
Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 feature films, including ''The Time Machine'' (1960), ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1961), '' The Birds'' (1963), and ''In ...
and
Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American actress of film, theatre and television. In a career spanning over 70 years, she has won an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, alongside nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two Brit ...
*''
The 317th Platoon
''The 317th Platoon'' (french: La 317ème section) is a 1965 French black-and-white war film set during the First Indochina War (1946–54) written and directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer. The film was based on Schoendoerffer's 1963 novel of the ...
'' (La 317ème section), written and directed by
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Pierre Schoendoerffer (french: Pierre Schœndœrffer; 5 May 1928 – 14 March 2012) was a French film director, a screenwriter, a writer, a war reporter, a war cameraman, a renowned First Indochina War veteran, a cinema academician. He was ...
– (
France
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)
A
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Abashiri Prison
is a prison in Abashiri, Hokkaido Prefecture that opened in 1890. The northernmost prison in Japan, it is located near the Abashiri River and east of Mount Tento. It holds inmates with sentences of less than ten years. Older parts of the prison ...
'' (Abashiri Bangaichi), starring
Ken Takakura
, born , was a Japanese actor and singer who appeared in over 200 films. Affectionately referred to as "Ken-san" by audiences, he was best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brought to his roles. He won the Japan Academy Prize ...
– (
Japan
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)
*''
Adventures of a Dentist'' (Pokhozhdyeniya zubnovo vracha), directed by
Elem Klimov
Elem Germanovich Klimov (russian: link=no, Элем Германович Климов; 9 July 1933 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker. He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, and was married to film dire ...
– (
U.S.S.R.
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)
*''
The Adventures of the Smurfs'' (Les aventures des Schtroumpfs) – (
Belgium
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)
*''
The Agony and the Ecstasy'', directed by
Carol Reed
Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director and producer, best known for ''Odd Man Out'' (1947), '' The Fallen Idol'' (1948), ''The Third Man'' (1949), and '' Oliver!'' (1968), for which he was awarded the ...
, starring
Charlton Heston and
Rex Harrison
*''
The Alphabet Murders
''The Alphabet Murders'' is a 1965 British detective film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Tony Randall as Hercule Poirot. It is based on the 1936 novel ''The A.B.C. Murders'' by Agatha Christie.
Plot
Albert Aachen, a clown with a unique ...
'', directed by
Frank Tashlin, starring
Tony Randall
Anthony Leonard Randall (born Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg; February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was an American actor. He is best known for portraying the role of Felix Unger in a television adaptation of the 1965 play '' The Odd Couple'' by Neil Sim ...
and
Anita Ekberg
Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (; 29 September 193111 January 2015) was a Swedish actress active in American and European films, known for her beauty and stunning figure. She became prominent in her iconic role as Sylvia in the Federico Fellini ...
*''
Alphaville'' (Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution), directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran ...
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France
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)
*''
Always Further On
''Always Further On'' ( es, Tarahumara (Cada vez más lejos)) is a 1965 Mexican drama film directed by Luis Alcoriza. It won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreig ...
'' (Tarahumara (Cada vez más lejos)), directed by
Luis Alcoriza
Luis Alcoriza de la Vega (September 5, 1918 – December 3, 1992) was a respected Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor.
Alcoriza was born in Spain and, exiled because of the Spanish Civil War, established himself in Mexico from 1940 ...
– (
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
)
*''
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
''The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders'' is a 1965 British historical comedy film directed by Terence Young and starring Kim Novak, Richard Johnson, and Angela Lansbury. It is based on the 1722 novel '' Moll Flanders'' by Daniel Defoe.
...
'', starring
Kim Novak
Marilyn Pauline "Kim" Novak (born February 13, 1933) is an American retired film and television actress and painter.
Novak began her career in 1954 after signing with Columbia Pictures and quickly became one of Hollywood's top box office stars, ...
,
Richard Johnson Richard or Dick Johnson may refer to:
Academics
* Dick Johnson (academic) (1929–2019), Australian academic
* Richard C. Johnson (1930–2003), professor of electrical engineering
* Richard A. Johnson, artist and professor at the University of ...
and
Angela Lansbury
Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was an Irish-British and American film, stage, and television actress. Her career spanned eight decades, much of it in the United States, and her work received a great deal ...
*''
The Art of Love'', directed by
Norman Jewison
Norman Frederick Jewison (born July 21, 1926) is a retired Canadian film and television director, producer, and founder of the Canadian Film Centre.
He has directed numerous feature films and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best D ...
, starring
James Garner
James Garner (born James Scott Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor. He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including '' The Great Escape'' (1963) with Steve McQueen; Paddy Chayefsky's ''The Ameri ...
,
Angie Dickinson
Angeline Dickinson (née Brown; born September 30, 1931) is an American actress. She began her career on television, appearing in many anthology series during the 1950s, before gaining her breakthrough role in ''Gun the Man Down'' (1956) wit ...
,
Elke Sommer and
Dick Van Dyke
*''
Arzoo'' (Wish), starring
Sadhana – (
India
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)
*''
The Ashes
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, '' The Sporting Times'', immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, its first ...
'' (Popioły), directed by
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the ...
– (
Poland
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)
B
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Baby the Rain Must Fall
''Baby the Rain Must Fall'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Lee Remick, Steve McQueen and Don Murray. Dramatist Horton Foote, who wrote the screenplay, based it on his 1954 play ''The Traveling Lady.'' Thi ...
'', starring
Steve McQueen and
Lee Remick
Lee Ann Remick (December 14, 1935 – July 2, 1991) was an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the film '' Days of Wine and Roses'' (1962), and for the 1966 Tony Award for Best Actress in ...
*''
Bad Girls Go to Hell
''Bad Girls Go to Hell'' is a 1965 American sexploitation film written, produced and directed by Doris Wishman. The film stars Gigi Darlene, Sam Stewart, Barnard L. Sackett, and Darlene Bennett.
Plot
Meg (Gigi Darlene) is a Boston housewife, w ...
'', directed by
Doris Wishman
*''
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive (military), offensive military campaign, campaign on the Western Front (World War II), Western Front during World War II. The battle lasted fr ...
'', starring
Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor. He had a career that spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. He cultivated an everyman screen image in several films considered to be classics.
Born and ra ...
,
Robert Shaw and
Robert Ryan
Robert Bushnell Ryan (November 11, 1909 – July 11, 1973) was an American actor and activist. Known for his portrayals of hardened cops and ruthless villains, Ryan performed for over three decades. He was nominated for the Academy Award for ...
*''
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
''The Battle of the Villa Fiorita'' is a 1965 British drama film, based on the 1963 novel by Rumer Godden, directed by Delmer Daves. It stars Maureen O'Hara and Rossano Brazzi.
This was the last film for Delmer Daves who, two years earlier, wr ...
'', directed by
Delmer Daves
Delmer Lawrence Daves (July 24, 1904 – August 17, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He worked in many genres, including film noir and warfare, but he is best known for his Western movies, especially '' Br ...
, starring
Maureen O'Hara,
Rossano Brazzi
Rossano Brazzi (18 September 1916 – 24 December 1994) was an Italian actor.
Biography
Brazzi was born in Bologna, Italy, the son of Maria Ghedini and Adelmo Brazzi, an employee of the Rizzoli shoe factory. He was named after Rossano Ve ...
,
Olivia Hussey
Olivia Hussey (born Olivia Osuna; 17 April 1951) is an English film, stage, and television actress. Her awards include a Golden Globe Award and a David di Donatello Award. The daughter of Argentine opera singer Andrés Osuna, Hussey was born i ...
*''
Beach Blanket Bingo'', directed by
William Asher
William Milton Asher (August 8, 1921 – July 16, 2012) was an American television and film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen series.
Wit ...
, starring
Annette Funicello,
Frankie Avalon
Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1940), better known as Frankie Avalon, is an American actor, singer, and former teen idol. He had 31 charting U.S. ''Billboard'' singles from 1958 to late 1962, including number one hits, "Venus" an ...
,
Deborah Walley
Deborah Walley (August 12, 1941May 10, 2001) was an American actress noted for playing the title role in ''Gidget Goes Hawaiian'' (1961) and appearing in several beach party films.
Early years
Walley was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Ice ...
,
Don Rickles
Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He became known primarily for his insult comedy. His film roles include ''Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958) with Clark Gable, Carl Reiner's '' Enter La ...
*''
The Bedford Incident
''The Bedford Incident'' is a 1965 British-American Cold War film starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier and co-produced by Widmark. The cast also features Eric Portman, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam and Wally Cox, as well as early a ...
'', starring
Richard Widmark
Richard Weedt Widmark (December 26, 1914March 24, 2008) was an American film, stage, and television actor and producer.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film, '' Kiss of Death'' (1947) ...
and
Sidney Poitier – (
US/
UK)
*''
Behind the Mask of Zorro'', directed by Ricardo Blasco and starring
Tony Russel
Tony Russel (born Antonio Pietro Russo, and sometimes credited as Tony Russo or Tony Russell; November 23, 1925 – March 18, 2017) was an American film, stage, and television actor. He was noted for having worked extensively in the Italian film ...
– (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
/
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
)
*''
Billie'', directed by
Don Weis
Don Weis (May 13, 1922 – July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director.
Biography
Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Emma (née Wiener; 1889–1971) and Meyer Weis (1886-1942). He graduated from the University of Southern ...
and starring
Patty Duke
Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (December 14, 1946 – March 29, 2016) was an American actress and mental health advocate. Over the course of her acting career, she was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Aw ...
*''
Black Humor
Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...
'', anthology film directed by
Claude Autant-Lara
Claude Autant-Lara (; 5 August 1901 – 5 February 2000) was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
Biography
Born at Luzarches in Val-d'Oise, Autant-Lara was educated in France and at London's Mill Hill Sc ...
,
Giancarlo Zagni
Giancarlo Zagni (4 November 1926 – 21 March 2013) was an Italian director and screenwriter.
Born in Bologna, Zagni attended the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bologna, then collaborated with ''L'avvenire d'Italia'' and other newspap ...
and
José María Forqué
José María Forqué Galindo (8 March 1923 – 17 March 1995) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director.
Biography
He was the father of the actress Verónica Forqué and the director Álvaro Forqué. He died on 17 March 1995 in Madrid ...
– (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
/
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
/
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
)
*''
Black Wind'' (Viento negro), directed by
Servando González
Servando González Hernández (15 May 1923 – 5 October 2008) was a Mexican film director. He died in Mexico City on 5 October 2008, at the age of 85.
Servando González started as an apprentice (gofer) at Estudios Clasa, a Mexican film studio. ...
– (
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
)
*''
Boeing Boeing'', starring
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in popular culture, pop culture ...
and
Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925September 29, 2010) was an American actor whose career spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s (Kansas Raiders, 1950) and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 f ...
*''
La Bohème
''La bohème'' (; ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions ''quadri'', ''tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe G ...
'', directed by
Franco Zeffirelli
Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli (12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019), was an Italian stage and film director, producer, production designer and politician. He was one of the most significant opera and theatre directors of the post-World War II era, ...
– (
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
)
*''
Brainstorm'', directed by
William Conrad, starring
Anne Francis and
Jeffrey Hunter
*''
The Brigand of Kandahar
''The Brigand of Kandahar'' is a 1965 British adventure film directed by John Gilling and starring Ronald Lewis, Oliver Reed and Duncan Lamont. Case, a British Indian Army officer, is discharged from his regiment after being accused of coward ...
'', starring
Oliver Reed
Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his well-to-do, macho image and "hellraiser" lifestyle. After making his first significant screen appearances in Hammer Horror films in the early 1960s, his ...
and
Yvonne Romain
Yvonne Adelaide "Evie" Romain ('' née'' Warren; 17 February 1938) is a British former film and television actress of the late 1950s and 1960s.
Early career
Romain was born in London of Maltese descent and is a graduate of the Italia Conti Acad ...
*''
Bunny Lake Is Missing
''Bunny Lake Is Missing'' is a 1965 British-American psychological drama film, directed and produced by Otto Preminger. Filmed in black-and-white widescreen format in London, it was based on the 1957 novel '' Bunny Lake Is Missing'' by Merriam ...
'', directed by
Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger ( , ; 5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian-American theatre and film director, film producer, and actor.
He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the theatre. He first gai ...
, starring
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the Theatre of the U ...
and
Carol Lynley
Carol Lynley (born Carole Ann Jones; February 13, 1942 – September 3, 2019) was an American actress known for her roles in the films '' Blue Denim'' (1959) and '' The Poseidon Adventure'' (1972).
Lynley was born in Manhattan to an Irish ...
– (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
Bus Riley's Back in Town
''Bus Riley's Back in Town'' is a 1965 American drama film written by William Inge, directed by Harvey Hart, and starring Ann-Margret and Michael Parks
Michael Parks (born Harry Samuel Parks; April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017) was an American ...
'', starring
Ann-Margret
Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish–American actress, singer, and dancer. As an actress and singer, she is credited as Ann-Margret.
She is known for her roles in '' Pocketful of Miracles'' (1961), ''State Fair'' (1962), '' ...
and
Michael Parks
Michael Parks (born Harry Samuel Parks; April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017) was an American singer and actor. He appeared in many films and made frequent television appearances, notably starring in the 1969–1970 series '' Then Came Bronson'', but ...
C
*''
The Camp Followers'' (Le soldatesse), starring
Anna Karina
Anna Karina (born Hanne Karin Blarke Bayer; September 22, 1940 – December 14, 2019) – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
)
*''
Carry On Cowboy
''Carry On Cowboy'' is a 1965 British comedy Western film, the eleventh in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). It was the first film to feature series regulars Peter Butterworth and Bernard Bresslaw. Series regulars Sid James, Ken ...
'', starring
Sid James
Sidney James (born Solomon Joel Cohen; 8 May 1913 – 26 April 1976) was a British actor and comedian whose career encompassed radio, television, stage and screen. He was best known for numerous roles in the Carry On film series.
Born to a mi ...
,
Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was an English actor of Welsh heritage. He was best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and diarist. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the 31 Car ...
,
Jim Dale
Jim Dale (born James Smith; 15 August 1935) is an English actor, composer, director, narrator, singer and songwriter. In the United Kingdom he is known as a pop singer of the 1950s who became a leading actor at the National Theatre. In Britis ...
– (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
Casanova 70
''Casanova 70'' is a 1965 Italian comedy film produced by Carlo Ponti, directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Marcello Mastroianni, Virna Lisi, Enrico Maria Salerno and Michèle Mercier.
Plot
NATO officer Andrea Rossi-Colombotti is a ladies ...
'', starring
Marcello Mastroianni and
Virna Lisi Verna or Virna may refer to:
People
* Verna Aardema (1911–2000), American author of children's books
* Verna Bloom (1939–2019), American actress
* Virna De Angeli (born 1976), Italian former sprinter
* Virna Dias (born 1971), Brazilian reti ...
– (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
)
*''
Cat Ballou
''Cat Ballou'' is a 1965 American western comedy film starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual role. The story involves a woman who hires a notorious gunman to protect her father's ranch, and la ...
'', starring
Jane Fonda and
Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin (born Lamont Waltman Marvin Jr.; February 19, 1924August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and premature white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled "tough guy" characters. Alt ...
*''
Catch Us If You Can
"Catch Us If You Can" is a 1965 song from The Dave Clark Five, written by group's drummer Dave Clark and guitarist Lenny Davidson. It was the title song for the film of the same name, which was retitled ''Having a Wild Weekend'' in the Unite ...
'' (a.k.a. ''Having a Wild Weekend''), starring
the Dave Clark Five
The Dave Clark Five, also known as the DC5, were an English rock and roll band formed in 1958 in Tottenham, London. Drummer Dave Clark served as the group's leader, producer and co-songwriter. In January 1964 they had their first UK top ten sin ...
– (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''China!'', a documentary written by
Felix Greene
*''
Chronicle of a Boy Alone
''Chronicle of a Boy Alone'' ( es, Crónica de un niño solo), also known as ''Chronicle of a Lonely Child'', is a 1965 Argentine film directed by Leonardo Favio. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film.
It was selected as the greatest Ar ...
'' (Crónica de un niño solo) – (
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
)
*''
The Cincinnati Kid
''The Cincinnati Kid'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Norman Jewison. It tells the story of Eric "The Kid" Stoner, a young Depression-era poker player, as he seeks to establish his reputation as the best. This quest leads him to cha ...
'', directed by
Norman Jewison
Norman Frederick Jewison (born July 21, 1926) is a retired Canadian film and television director, producer, and founder of the Canadian Film Centre.
He has directed numerous feature films and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best D ...
, starring
Steve McQueen,
Edward G. Robinson,
Ann-Margret
Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish–American actress, singer, and dancer. As an actress and singer, she is credited as Ann-Margret.
She is known for her roles in '' Pocketful of Miracles'' (1961), ''State Fair'' (1962), '' ...
,
Karl Malden
Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an American actor. He was primarily a character actor, who according to Robert Berkvist, "for more than 60 years brought an intelligent intensity and a homespun aut ...
,
Tuesday Weld
Tuesday Weld (born Susan Ker Weld; August 27, 1943) is an American actress and model. She began acting as a child and progressed to mature roles in the late 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer in 1960. Over t ...
,
Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell (born Rose Joan Bluestein; August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress who performed in film and television for 50 years.
Blondell began her career in vaudeville. After winning a beauty pageant, she embarked on ...
*''
City Under the Sea'' (a.k.a. War-Gods of the Deep), starring
Vincent Price
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, art historian, art collector and gourmet cook. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has two stars on the Hollywood Wal ...
and
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter (born Arthur Andrew Kelm; July 11, 1931 – July 8, 2018) was an American actor, singer, film producer, and author. Known for his blond, clean-cut good looks, Hunter starred in more than forty films. He was a Hollywood heartthrob of t ...
*''
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion
''Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion'' is a 1965 light comedy-adventure film, produced by Ivan Tors, Leonard B. Kaufman, and Harry Redmond Jr., directed by Andrew Marton, and starring Marshall Thompson and Betsy Drake. The film was shot at Soledad ...
'', starring
Marshall Thompson
James Marshall Thompson (November 27, 1925 – May 18, 1992) was an American film and television actor.
Early years
Thompson was born in Peoria, Illinois. He and his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Laurence B. Thompson, moved to California when he was a ...
and
Betsy Drake
Betsy Drake (September 11, 1923 – October 27, 2015) was an American actress, writer, and psychotherapist. She was the third wife of actor Cary Grant.
Early life and education
Betsy Drake, the eldest child of two American expatriates, was b ...
*''
Cloportes'' (La aétamorphose des cloportes), directed by
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Pierre Granier-Deferre (27 July 1927 – 16 November 2007) was a French film director and screenwriter
His 1971 film ''Le Chat (film), Le Chat'' (The Cat) won the Silver Bear for Best Actor, Best Actor and Silver Bear for Best Actress, B ...
– (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
/
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
)
*''
Coast of Skeletons
''Coast of Skeletons'' is a 1965 adventure film, directed by Robert Lynn and starring Richard Todd and Dale Robertson. It is a sequel to the 1963 film '' Death Drums Along the River'', and just as that film, it uses the characters from Edgar ...
'', directed by
Robert Lynn and starring
Richard Todd
Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd (11 June 19193 December 2009) was an Irish-British actor known for his leading man roles of the 1950s. He received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, and an Academy Award for Best Actor n ...
and
Dale Robertson
Dayle Lymoine Robertson (July 14, 1923February 27, 2013) was an American actor best known for his starring roles on television. He played the roving investigator Jim Hardie in the television series ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' and railroad owner Ben ...
– (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
/
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
)
*''
The Collector
''The Collector'' is a 1963 thriller novel by English author John Fowles, in his literary debut. Its plot follows a lonely, psychotic young man who kidnaps a female art student in London and holds her captive in the cellar of his rural farmhous ...
'', directed by
William Wyler
William Wyler (; born Willi Wyler (); July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a Swiss-German-American film director and producer who won the Academy Award for Best Director three times, those being for '' Mrs. Miniver'' (1942), ''The Best Years of ...
, starring
Terence Stamp
Terence Henry Stamp (born 22 July 1938) is an English actor. Stamp is known for his sophisticated villain roles. He was named by ''Empire Magazine'' as one of the 100 Sexiest Film Stars of All Time in 1995. He has received various accolades inc ...
and
Samantha Eggar
Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar (born 5 March 1939) is a retired British-American actress. After beginning her career in Shakespearean theatre she rose to fame for her performance in William Wyler's thriller '' The Collec ...
– (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
/U.S.)
*''
Crack in the World
''Crack in the World '' is a 1965 American science-fiction doomsday disaster movie filmed in Spain. It is about scientists who launch a nuclear missile into the Earth's crust, to release the geothermal energy of the magma below; but accidentally ...
'', starring
Dana Andrews
Carver Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992) was an American film actor who became a major star in what is now known as film noir. A leading man during the 1940s, he continued acting in less prestigious roles and character parts ...
,
Kieron Moore
Kieron Moore (born Ciarán Ó hAnnracháin, anglicised as Kieron O'Hanrahan) (5 October 1924 – 15 July 2007) was an Irish film and television actor whose career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. He may be best remembered for his role as ...
,
Janette Scott
Thora Janette Scott (born 14 December 1938) is an English retired actress.
Life and career
Scott was born on 14 December 1938 in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. She is the daughter of actors Jimmy Scott and Thora Hird and began her acting ca ...
*''
Cup Fever
''Cup Fever'' is a 1965 British family sports film under the banner of the Children's Film Foundation. It was directed by David Bracknell and starred Bernard Cribbins and David Lodge. The film includes early appearances from Susan George and Ol ...
'', starring
Bernard Cribbins
Bernard Joseph Cribbins (29 December 1928 – 27 July 2022) was an English actor and singer whose career spanned over seven decades.
During the 1960s, Cribbins became known in the UK for his successful novelty records " The Hole in the Groun ...
– (U.K.)
*''
Curse of the Fly
''Curse of the Fly'' is a 1965 American horror science-fiction film and a sequel to ''Return of the Fly'' (1959), as the third installment in ''The Fly'' film series. It was released in 1965, and unlike the other films in the series was produce ...
'', starring
Brian Donlevy
Waldo Brian Donlevy (February 9, 1901 – April 6, 1972) was an American actor, noted for playing dangerous tough guys from the 1930s to the 1960s. He usually appeared in supporting roles. Among his best-known films are '' Beau Geste'' (19 ...
,
George Baker,
Carole Gray
Carole Gray (born 1938)
Linked 2017-07-11 is a Southern Rhodesia-born
*''
Curse of the Voodoo'' (a.k.a. Curse of Simba / Voodoo Blood Death), directed by
Lindsay Shonteff
Lindsay Craig Shonteff (5 November 1935 – 11 March 2006) was a Canadian born film director, film producer and screenwriter who achieved fame for low-budget films produced in the United Kingdom.
Biography
Lindsay Shonteff was born in Toronto ...
– (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
D
*''
Darling'', directed by John Schlesinger, starring Laurence Harvey, Dirk Bogarde,
Julie Christie
Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, Christie is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She ...
– (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
Dear Brigitte'', starring James Stewart, Bill Mumy, Glynis Johns, Ed Wynn, Brigitte Bardot
*Une fille et des fusils, ''The Decadent Influence'' (Une fille et des fusils, a.k.a. To Be a Crook), directed by Claude Lelouch – (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
)
*''A Devilish Homicide'' (Salinma) – (South Korean films of 1965, South Korea)
*''
Die! Die! My Darling!
''Fanatic'' (released as ''Die! Die! My Darling!'' in the United States) is a 1965 British horror thriller film directed by Silvio Narizzano for Hammer Films. It stars Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan, Yootha Joyce, Maurice K ...
'' (a.k.a. ''Fanatic (1965 film), Fanatic''), starring Tallulah Bankhead and Stefanie Powers
* ''Dingaka'', starring Stanley Baker – (List of South African films, South Africa)
* ''Do Not Disturb (1965 film), Do Not Disturb'', starring Doris Day and
Rod Taylor
Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 feature films, including ''The Time Machine'' (1960), ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1961), '' The Birds'' (1963), and ''In ...
*''
Doctor Zhivago
''Doctor Zhivago'' is the title of a novel by Boris Pasternak and its various adaptations.
Description
The story, in all of its forms, describes the life of the fictional Russian physician and poet Yuri Zhivago
Yuri Andreievich Zhivago is the ...
'', directed by
David Lean, starring
Omar Sharif
Omar Sharif ( ar, عمر الشريف ; born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub , 10 April 193210 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He began his career in his native country in the ...
,
Julie Christie
Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, Christie is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She ...
, Geraldine Chaplin,
Rod Steiger,
Alec Guinness—winner of 5
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
– (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*Le bambole, ''The Dolls'' (Le bambole), starring Nino Manfredi, Monica Vitti,
Elke Sommer and Gina Lollobrigida – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
)
*''
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
''Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine'' is a 1965 American International Pictures comedy film, made in Pathécolor, directed by Norman Taurog. It stars Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Susan Hart and Jack Mullaney, and features F ...
'', starring
Vincent Price
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, art historian, art collector and gourmet cook. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has two stars on the Hollywood Wal ...
and
Frankie Avalon
Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1940), better known as Frankie Avalon, is an American actor, singer, and former teen idol. He had 31 charting U.S. ''Billboard'' singles from 1958 to late 1962, including number one hits, "Venus" an ...
*''
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
''Dr Terror's House of Horrors'' is a 1965 British anthology horror film from Amicus Productions, directed by veteran horror director Freddie Francis, written by Milton Subotsky, and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
It was the fi ...
'', starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee – (U.K.)
*''
Dr. Who and the Daleks
''Dr. Who and the Daleks'' is a 1965 British science fiction film directed by Gordon Flemyng and written by Milton Subotsky, and the first of two films based on the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It stars Peter Cushi ...
'', starring Peter Cushing – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
E
*''The Early Bird'', starring Norman Wisdom – (U.K.)
*''The Eleanor Roosevelt Story'', a documentary directed by Richard Kaplan (film producer), Richard Kaplan
*''Sytten, Eric Soya's "17"'' (Sytten), starring Ole Søltoft and Ghita Nørby – (List of Danish films of the 1960s, Denmark)
F
*''The Face of Fu Manchu'', directed by Don Sharp and starring Christopher Lee – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
/
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
)
*''
The Family Jewels'', starring
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in popular culture, pop culture ...
*''Fantômas se déchaîne'' (Fantômas Unleashed), starring Jean Marais – (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
)
*''Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'', directed by Russ Meyer
*''Ferry Cross the Mersey (film), Ferry Cross the Mersey'', starring Gerry and the Pacemakers – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''Film (film), Film'', written by Samuel Beckett and directed by Alan Schneider
*''Fists in the Pocket'' (I pugni in tasca) – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
)
*''
The Flight of the Phoenix'', directed by Robert Aldrich, starring James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, Peter Finch
*''
For a Few Dollars More'', directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
)
*''
Frankenstein Conquers the World
is a 1965 ''kaiju'' film directed by Ishirō Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film stars Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno and Tadao Takashima, with Koji Furuhata as Frankenstein and Haruo Nakajima as Baragon. An international co-producti ...
'' (Furankenshutain tai Baragon), directed by Ishirō Honda – (
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
)
*''Funny Things Happen Down Under'', starring Olivia Newton-John – (Australian films of the 1960s, Australia)
G
*''Il Gaucho'', starring Vittorio Gassman and Nino Manfredi – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
/List of Argentine films of 1965, Argentina)
*''Gendarme in New York'' (Le gendarme à New York), starring Louis de Funès – (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
/
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
/U.S.)
*''Genghis Khan (1965 film), ''Genghis Khan'''', starring
Omar Sharif
Omar Sharif ( ar, عمر الشريف ; born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub , 10 April 193210 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He began his career in his native country in the ...
, Stephen Boyd and James Mason
*''
Girl Happy
''Girl Happy'' is a 1965 American musical romantic comedy and beach party film starring Elvis Presley in his eighteenth feature. The movie won a fourth place prize Laurel Award in the category Top Musical of 1965. It featured the song " Puppet ...
'', starring Elvis Presley
*''The Girls on the Beach'', directed by William N. Witney, starring Noreen Corcoran and Martin West (actor), Martin West
*''The Glory Guys'', directed by Arnold Laven, starring Tom Tryon and Harve Presnell
*''Goldstein (film), Goldstein'', comedy ensemble film, with actors from The Second City, including Severn Darden
*''
The Great Race
''The Great Race'' is a 1965 American Technicolor slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Arthur A. Ross (from a story by Edwards and Ross), and with music by Henry Manci ...
'', directed by
Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards (born William Blake Crump; July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.
Edwards began his career in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon began writing screenplays and radio s ...
, starring
Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925September 29, 2010) was an American actor whose career spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s (Kansas Raiders, 1950) and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 f ...
,
Jack Lemmon
John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor. Considered equally proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, Lemmon was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in dramedy pictures, leadin ...
,
Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood ( Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully transitioned to young adult roles.
Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring r ...
,
Peter Falk, Ross Martin
*''The Great Sioux Massacre'', directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin and Philip Carey
*''
The Greatest Story Ever Told
''The Greatest Story Ever Told'' is a 1965 American epic film produced and directed by George Stevens. It is a retelling of the Biblical account about Jesus of Nazareth, from the Nativity through to the Ascension. Along with the ensemble cast ...
'', directed by
George Stevens
George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.Obituary '' Variety'', March 12, 1975, page 79. Films he produced were nominated for the Academy Award for ...
, starring
Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow ( , ; born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish-French actor. He had a 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films and several television ...
,
Charlton Heston, Dorothy McGuire, David McCallum, Martin Landau, Telly Savalas
*''Guide (film), Guide'', directed by Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker), Vijay Anand, starring Dev Anand – (
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
)
*''Gumnaam'' (Unknown), starring Manoj Kumar – (India)
H
*''
The Hallelujah Trail
''The Hallelujah Trail'' is a 1965 American Western mockumentary spoof directed by John Sturges, with top-billed stars Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton and Pamela Tiffin. It was based on the book of the same title (originally released as ...
'', directed by John Sturges, starring Burt Lancaster,
Lee Remick
Lee Ann Remick (December 14, 1935 – July 2, 1991) was an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the film '' Days of Wine and Roses'' (1962), and for the 1966 Tony Award for Best Actress in ...
, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin
*''Hands of a Gunfighter'' (Ocaso de un pistolero / Il destino di un pistolero), directed by Rafael Romero Marchent – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
/
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
)
*''Happiness (1965 film), Happiness'' (Le bonheur), directed by Agnès Varda – (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
)
*''
Harlow
Harlow is a large town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Founded as a new town, it is situated on the border with Hertfordshire and London, Harlow occupies a large area of land on the south bank of the upp ...
'', starring Carroll Baker, Peter Lawford, Red Buttons, Mike Connors, Leslie Nielsen,
Angela Lansbury
Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was an Irish-British and American film, stage, and television actress. Her career spanned eight decades, much of it in the United States, and her work received a great deal ...
*''
Harlow
Harlow is a large town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Founded as a new town, it is situated on the border with Hertfordshire and London, Harlow occupies a large area of land on the south bank of the upp ...
'', starring
Carol Lynley
Carol Lynley (born Carole Ann Jones; February 13, 1942 – September 3, 2019) was an American actress known for her roles in the films '' Blue Denim'' (1959) and '' The Poseidon Adventure'' (1972).
Lynley was born in Manhattan to an Irish ...
, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Barry Sullivan (actor), Barry Sullivan, Hurd Hatfield, Ginger Rogers
*''
Harum Scarum'', aka ''Harem Holiday'', starring Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries
*''Harvey Middleman, Fireman'', written and directed by Ernest Pintoff
*''Help! (film), Help!'', directed by
Richard Lester
Richard Lester Liebman (born January 19, 1932) is an American retired film director based in the United Kingdom.
He is best known for directing the Beatles' films '' A Hard Day's Night'' (1964) and '' Help!'' (1965), and the superhero films ' ...
, starring the Beatles – (U.K.)
*''The Heroes of Telemark'', starring Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris
*''A High Wind in Jamaica (film), A High Wind in Jamaica'', starring Anthony Quinn and James Coburn – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
The Hill'', directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Sean Connery, Ian Bannen, Ossie Davis – (U.K.)
*''The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga'' (A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga) – (Brazilian films of the 1960s, Brazil)
*''
How to Murder Your Wife
''How to Murder Your Wife'' is a 1965 American black comedy film from United Artists, produced by George Axelrod, directed by Richard Quine, that stars Jack Lemmon and Virna Lisi. Quine also directed Lemmon in '' My Sister Eileen'', '' It Happe ...
'', starring
Jack Lemmon
John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor. Considered equally proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, Lemmon was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in dramedy pictures, leadin ...
and
Virna Lisi Verna or Virna may refer to:
People
* Verna Aardema (1911–2000), American author of children's books
* Verna Bloom (1939–2019), American actress
* Virna De Angeli (born 1976), Italian former sprinter
* Virna Dias (born 1971), Brazilian reti ...
*''
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
''How to Stuff a Wild Bikini'' is a 1965 Pathécolor beach party film from American International Pictures. The sixth entry in a seven-film series, the movie features Mickey Rooney, Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, and Beverl ...
'', starring
Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Buster Keaton, Beverly Adams, Mickey Rooney
I
*''I, a Woman'' (Jeg - en kvinde), directed by Mac Ahlberg – (List of Danish films of the 1960s, Denmark/List of Swedish films of the 1960s, Sweden)
*''Io la conoscevo bene, I Knew Her Well'' (Io la conoscevo bene), starring Stefania Sandrelli, Nino Manfredi, Franco Nero – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
)
*''
I'll Take Sweden
''I'll Take Sweden'' is a 1965 American comedy film directed by Frederick de Cordova, and starring Bob Hope, Frankie Avalon, and Tuesday Weld.
Plot
Single father Bob Holcomb, a widower, is unhappy with the guitar-playing boy Kenny his daughter ...
'', starring Bob Hope, Dina Merrill,
Frankie Avalon
Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1940), better known as Frankie Avalon, is an American actor, singer, and former teen idol. He had 31 charting U.S. ''Billboard'' singles from 1958 to late 1962, including number one hits, "Venus" an ...
,
Tuesday Weld
Tuesday Weld (born Susan Ker Weld; August 27, 1943) is an American actress and model. She began acting as a child and progressed to mature roles in the late 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer in 1960. Over t ...
*''Impossible on Saturday'' (Pas question le samedi) – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
/
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
/1965 in Israeli film, Israel)
*''
In Harm's Way
''In Harm's Way'' is a 1965 American epic war film produced and directed by Otto Preminger and starring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Patricia Neal, with a supporting cast featuring Henry Fonda in a lengthy cameo, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss, Stanle ...
'', directed by
Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger ( , ; 5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian-American theatre and film director, film producer, and actor.
He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the theatre. He first gai ...
, starring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon deWilde, Paula Prentiss,
Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor. He had a career that spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. He cultivated an everyman screen image in several films considered to be classics.
Born and ra ...
*''
Inside Daisy Clover
''Inside Daisy Clover'' is a 1965 American drama film based on Gavin Lambert's 1963 novel of the same name, directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Natalie Wood. It follows a tomboy becoming a Hollywood actress and singer.
Plot
In 1936 Santa Mon ...
'', starring
Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood ( Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully transitioned to young adult roles.
Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring r ...
, Robert Redford,
Christopher Plummer
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition for his performances in film, stage, and television. He received multiple accolades, inc ...
*''Inside the Forbidden City'' (Song gong mi shi) – (Hong Kong films of 1965, Hong Kong)
*''Intimate Lighting'' (Intimní osvětlení), directed by Ivan Passer – (Czech films of the 1960s, Czechoslovakia)
*''
Invasion of Astro-Monster
is a 1965 ''kaiju'' film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It is the sixth film in the ''Godzilla'' franchise and Shōwa period. The film was a Japanese-American co-production; it was the second collaboration b ...
'' (Kaijû daisensô), directed by Ishirō Honda – (
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
)
*''
The Ipcress File
''The IPCRESS File'' is Len Deighton's first spy novel, published in 1962. The story involves Cold War brainwashing, includes scenes in Lebanon and on an atoll for a United States atomic weapon test, as well as information about Joe One, the ...
'', directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Michael Caine – BAFTA Award for Best British Film – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
I Saw What You Did
''I Saw What You Did'' is a 1965 American thriller film released by Universal Pictures and starring Joan Crawford and John Ireland. The plot follows two teenage girls who find themselves in serious danger after making a prank phone call to a man ...
'', starring Joan Crawford
J
*''
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
''John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!'' is a 1965 American comedy film based on the novel by William Peter Blatty published in 1963.
The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson. The film was shot in the Mojave Desert.
In the film, an American militar ...
'', starring Shirley MacLaine, Richard Crenna, Peter Ustinov
*''
Joy in the Morning'', starring Richard Chamberlain and Yvette Mimieux
*''Juliet of the Spirits'' (Giulietta degli spiriti), directed by Federico Fellini – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
/
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
)
K
*''
King Rat'', starring George Segal, Tom Courtenay and James Fox
*''
The Knack ...and How to Get It'', directed by
Richard Lester
Richard Lester Liebman (born January 19, 1932) is an American retired film director based in the United Kingdom.
He is best known for directing the Beatles' films '' A Hard Day's Night'' (1964) and '' Help!'' (1965), and the superhero films ' ...
and starring Rita Tushingham – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
L
*''The Lace Wars'' (Les fêtes galantes), directed by René Clair – (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
/List of Romanian films#1960s, Romania)
*''
Lady L
''Lady L'' is a 1965 comedy film based on the novel by Romain Gary and directed by Peter Ustinov. Starring Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven and Cecil Parker, the film focuses on an elderly Corsican lady as she recalls the loves of her ...
'', directed by Peter Ustinov, starring Sophia Loren, Paul Newman and David Niven
*''Laurel and Hardy#Posthumous revivals and popular culture, Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's'', a retrospective film directed by Robert Youngson
*''Licensed to Kill (1965 film), Licensed to Kill'', starring Tom Adams (actor), Tom Adams – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''Life at the Top (film), Life at the Top'', starring Laurence Harvey and Jean Simmons – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''The Liquidator (1965 film), The Liquidator'', directed by Jack Cardiff, starring
Rod Taylor
Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 feature films, including ''The Time Machine'' (1960), ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1961), '' The Birds'' (1963), and ''In ...
and Trevor Howard (U.K.)
*''The She-Wolf (Mexican horror film), La Loba'' (The She-Wolf) – (
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
)
*''
Lord Jim
''Lord Jim'' is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in ''Blackwood's Magazine'' from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event in the story is the abandonment of a passenger ship in distress by its crew, ...
'', starring Peter O'Toole – (
UK/
US)
*''Love and Kisses (film), Love and Kisses'', starring Ricky Nelson, Rick Nelson
*''The Love Goddesses'', a documentary directed by Saul J. Turell
*''
Love Has Many Faces'', starring Lana Turner, Hugh O'Brian and Cliff Robertson
*''Love Meetings'', a documentary by Pier Paolo Pasolini – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
)
*''The Loved One (film), The Loved One'', directed by Tony Richardson, starring Robert Morse and Jonathan Winters
*''Loves of a Blonde'' (Lásky jedné plavovlásky), directed by Miloš Forman – (Czech films of the 1960s, Czechoslovakia)
M
*''A Maiden for a Prince'' (Una vergine per il principe), starring
Virna Lisi Verna or Virna may refer to:
People
* Verna Aardema (1911–2000), American author of children's books
* Verna Bloom (1939–2019), American actress
* Virna De Angeli (born 1976), Italian former sprinter
* Virna Dias (born 1971), Brazilian reti ...
and Vittorio Gassman – (Italy)
*''
Major Dundee
''Major Dundee'' is a 1965 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, and James Coburn. Written by Harry Julian Fink, the film is about a Union cavalry officer who leads a content ...
'', directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring
Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, James Coburn, Jim Hutton
*''
The Man from Button Willow''
*''Man Is Not a Bird'' (Čovek nije tica) – (List of Yugoslav films of the 1960s, Yugoslavia)
*''Marco the Magnificent'' (La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo), directed by Denys de La Patellière and Noël Howard – (Multiple countries)
*''
Marriage on the Rocks
''Marriage on the Rocks'' is a 1965 comedy film starring Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr, and Dean Martin about a businessman's wife who ends up divorced by mistake and then married to his best friend by an even bigger mistake. The film was written by ...
'', starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Deborah Kerr
*''Marvelous Angelique'' (Merveilleuse Angélique), directed by Bernard Borderie – (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
/
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
/
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
)
*''McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force''
*''
Mickey One
''Mickey One'' is a 1965 American neo noir crime film starring Warren Beatty and directed by Arthur Penn from a script by Alan Surgal.
Plot
After incurring the wrath of the Mafia, a stand-up comic (Warren Beatty) flees Detroit for Chicago, taki ...
'', directed by Arthur Penn, starring Warren Beatty
*''
Mirage
A mirage is a naturally-occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. The word comes to English via the French ''(se) mirer'', from the Latin ''mirari'', meanin ...
'', directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Gregory Peck, Diane Baker and Walter Matthau
*''Mister Moses'', directed by Ronald Neame and starring Robert Mitchum and Carroll Baker
*The Moment of Truth (1965 film), ''The Moment of Truth'' (Il momento della verità), directed by Francesco Rosi – (Italy)
*''The Money Trap'', starring Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth, Ricardo Montalbán, Joseph Cotten,
Elke Sommer
*''
The Monkey's Uncle
''The Monkey's Uncle'' is a 1965 American comedy film starring Tommy Kirk as genius college student Merlin Jones and Annette Funicello (former Mouseketeer from ''The Mickey Mouse Club'') as his girlfriend, Jennifer. The title plays on the idiom ...
'', starring
Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk
*''
Morituri'', starring Marlon Brando and Yul Brynner
*''Mozambique (film), Mozambique'', directed by
Robert Lynn – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
/
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
)
*My Baby is Black, ''My Baby Is Black!'' (Les lâches vivent d'espoir), 1961 French film released in the U.S. in 1965 – (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
)
N
*''The Nanny (1965 film), The Nanny'', starring Bette Davis – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
* ''The Naked Prey'', directed by and starring Cornel Wilde – (American films of 1965, U.S./List of South African films, South Africa)
*''
Never Too Late'', starring Paul Ford, Maureen O'Sullivan, Connie Stevens, Jim Hutton
*''Nightmare Castle'', starring Barbara Steele – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
)
*''
Nightmare in the Sun'', starring
Ursula Andress
Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss-German actress, former model and sex symbol who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, '' Dr. No'' (1962 ...
, John Derek, Aldo Ray and Sammy Davis, Jr.
*''Ninety Degrees in the Shade'' (''Třicet jedna ve stínu''), directed by Jiří Weiss – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
/Czech films of the 1960s, Czechoslovakia)
*''None but the Brave'', directed by and starring Frank Sinatra, with Clint Walker and Tommy Sands (entertainer), Tommy Sands
O
*''Once a Thief (1965 film), Once a Thief'', starring Alain Delon and
Ann-Margret
Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish–American actress, singer, and dancer. As an actress and singer, she is credited as Ann-Margret.
She is known for her roles in '' Pocketful of Miracles'' (1961), ''State Fair'' (1962), '' ...
– (
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
/
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
)
*''One Way Pendulum (film), One Way Pendulum'', directed by Peter Yates – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
Operation C.I.A.'', starring Burt Reynolds and Danielle Aubry
*''Operation Crossbow (film), Operation Crossbow'', starring Sophia Loren – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures'' (Operatsiya „Y“ i drugie priklyucheniya Shurika), starring Aleksandr Demyanenko – (
U.S.S.R.
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
)
*''OSS 117 Mission for a Killer, OSS 117–Mission for a Killer'' (Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117), directed by André Hunebelle and starring Frederick Stafford – (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
)
*''Othello (1965 British film), Othello'', directed by Stuart Burge, starring
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the Theatre of the U ...
, Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
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*''Pandora and the Magic Box'', directed by Joseph W. Sarno
*''Paris Secret'', a documentary directed by Edouard Logereau
*''
A Patch of Blue
''A Patch of Blue'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Guy Green about the friendship between an educated black man (played by Sidney Poitier) and an illiterate, blind, white 18-year-old girl (played by Elizabeth Hartman), and the proble ...
'', starring
Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Hartman,
Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress whose career spanned seven decades. She appeared in numerous films. She won Academy Awards for ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1959) and ''A Patch o ...
*''Pierrot le Fou'', directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran ...
, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and
Anna Karina
Anna Karina (born Hanne Karin Blarke Bayer; September 22, 1940 – December 14, 2019) – (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
)
*''Pinocchio in Outer Space'', produced and directed by Ray Goossens – (U.S./
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
)
*''A Pistol for Ringo'' (Una pistola per Ringo), directed by Duccio Tessari
*''Planet of the Vampires'' (Terrore nello spazio), directed by Mario Bava – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
/
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
)
*''The Possessed (1965 film), The Possessed'' (La donna del lago), directed by Luigi Bazzoni and Franco Rossellini – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
)
*''Promise Her Anything'', directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Warren Beatty and Leslie Caron
R
*''The Rabbit Is Me'' (Das Kaninchen bin ich) – (List of East German films#1960s, East Germany)
*''A Rage to Live,'' directed by Walter Grauman and starring Suzanne Pleshette
*''The Railroad Man'' (Il ferroviere), directed by Pietro Germi – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
)
*''The Railrodder'', a comedy short starring Buster Keaton in his last film – (List of Canadian films#1960s, Canada)
*''Rapture (1965 film), Rapture'' (La fleur de l'âge), directed by John Guillermin, starring Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Gozzi and Dean Stockwell – (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
/U.S.)
*''Răscoala'', directed by Mircea Mureșan – (List of Romanian films#1960s, Romania)
*''Red Beard'' (Akahige), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune – (
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
)
*''Red Line 7000'', directed by Howard Hawks and starring James Caan
*''Repulsion (film), Repulsion'', directed by Roman Polanski, starring Catherine Deneuve – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
Return from the Ashes
''Return from the Ashes'' is a 1965 British thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Ingrid Thulin, Maximilian Schell, Samantha Eggar and Herbert Lom. It is based on a novel by French crime writer Hubert Monteilhet, adapted f ...
'', starring Maximilian Schell and
Samantha Eggar
Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar (born 5 March 1939) is a retired British-American actress. After beginning her career in Shakespearean theatre she rose to fame for her performance in William Wyler's thriller '' The Collec ...
*''The Return of Mr. Moto'', starring Henry Silva – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
The Return of Ringo
''The Return of Ringo'' ( it, Il ritorno di Ringo) is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Duccio Tessari and the sequel to the earlier film ''A Pistol for Ringo''.
Like its predecessor, the film features a score composed by Ennio Mo ...
'' (Il ritorno di Ringo), directed by Duccio Tessari
*Rotten to the Core (film), ''Rotten to the Core'', directed by Boulting brothers, John Boulting – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
The Rounders'', directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Glenn Ford and
Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor. He had a career that spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. He cultivated an everyman screen image in several films considered to be classics.
Born and ra ...
S
*''Samurai Spy'' (Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke) – (
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
)
*''Sandra (1965 film), Sandra'' (Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa), directed by
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, stage director, and screenwriter. A major figure of Italian art and culture in the mid-20th century, Visconti was one of the fat ...
, starring Claudia Cardinale – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
)
*''São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima'' (São Paulo, the Anonymous Town) – (Brazilian films of the 1960s, Brazil)
*''The Saragossa Manuscript (film), The Saragossa Manuscript'' (Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie), starring Zbigniew Cybulski – (
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
)
*''The Sandpiper'', directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and
Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American actress of film, theatre and television. In a career spanning over 70 years, she has won an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, alongside nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two Brit ...
*''Sands of the Kalahari'', starring Stuart Whitman, Stanley Baker, Susannah York – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
The Satan Bug
''The Satan Bug'' is a 1965 American crime science fiction suspense film from United Artists, produced and directed by John Sturges, that stars George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, and Dana Andrews. The screenplay by James Clavell a ...
'', starring George Maharis and
Anne Francis
*''Secrets Behind the Wall'' (Kabe no naka no himegoto) – (
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
)
*''
Sergeant Deadhead
''Sergeant Deadhead'' is a 1965 musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Frankie Avalon. It features many cast members who appeared in the ''Beach Party'' movies.
Plot
Sergeant Deadhead is a bumbling soldier who is sent to the g ...
'', starring
Frankie Avalon
Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1940), better known as Frankie Avalon, is an American actor, singer, and former teen idol. He had 31 charting U.S. ''Billboard'' singles from 1958 to late 1962, including number one hits, "Venus" an ...
and
Deborah Walley
Deborah Walley (August 12, 1941May 10, 2001) was an American actress noted for playing the title role in ''Gidget Goes Hawaiian'' (1961) and appearing in several beach party films.
Early years
Walley was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Ice ...
* ''Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors'' (Tini zabutykh predkiv) – (List of Ukrainian films, U.S.S.R.)
*''Shakespeare Wallah'', directed by James Ivory, starring Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Madhur Jaffrey
*''The Shameless Old Lady'' (La vieille dame indigne), directed by René Allio – (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
)
*''She (1965 film), She'', starring
Ursula Andress
Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss-German actress, former model and sex symbol who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, '' Dr. No'' (1962 ...
and Peter Cushing – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
Shenandoah'', starring James Stewart, Doug McClure, Rosemary Forsyth, Katharine Ross
*''
Ship of Fools
The ship of fools is an allegory, originating from Book VI of Plato's ''Republic'', about a ship with a dysfunctional crew. The allegory is intended to represent the problems of governance prevailing in a political system not based on expert kn ...
'', directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret,
Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin (born Lamont Waltman Marvin Jr.; February 19, 1924August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and premature white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled "tough guy" characters. Alt ...
, Michael Dunn (actor), Michael Dunn, José Ferrer
*''
The Shop on Main Street
''The Shop on Main Street'' ( Czech/ Slovak: ''Obchod na korze''; in the UK ''The Shop on the High Street'') is a 1965 Czechoslovakian film about the Aryanization program during World War II in the Slovak State.
The film was written by Ladislav G ...
'' (Obchod na korze), directed by
Ján Kadár
Ján Kadár (1 April 1918 – 1 June 1979) was a Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian-born Slovak film writer and director of History of the Jews in Hungary, Jewish heritage.
As a filmmaker, he worked in Czechoslovakia, the United States, and Canada. ...
and
Elmar Klos
Elmar Klos (26 January 1910 – 19 July 1993) was a Czech film director who collaborated for 17 years with his Slovak colleague Ján Kadár and with him won the 1965 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of categories of award ...
(Czech films of the 1960s, Czechoslovakia)
*''Simon of the Desert'' (Simón del desierto), directed by Luis Buñuel – (
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
)
*''The Sin (1965 film), The Sin'' (Al Haram) – (Egyptian films of the 1960s, Egypt)
*''
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious'', starring
Alec Guinness, Mike Connors, Robert Redford
*''
Ski Party
''Ski Party'' is a 1965 American musical-comedy film directed by Alan Rafkin and starring Frankie Avalon and Dwayne Hickman. It was released by American International Pictures (AIP). ''Ski Party'' is considered as a beach party film spin-off, wi ...
'', starring
Frankie Avalon
Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1940), better known as Frankie Avalon, is an American actor, singer, and former teen idol. He had 31 charting U.S. ''Billboard'' singles from 1958 to late 1962, including number one hits, "Venus" an ...
and Yvonne Craig
*''The Skull'', starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Patrick Wymark – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''Slalom (film), Slalom'', starring Vittorio Gassman, Adolfo Celi, Beba Lončar, Daniela Bianchi – (
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
)
*''The Sleeping Car Murders'' (Compartiment tueurs), directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Yves Montand and Simone Signoret – (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
)
*''
The Slender Thread
''The Slender Thread'' is a 1965 American drama film starring Anne Bancroft and Sidney Poitier. It was the first feature-length film directed by future Oscar-winning director, producer and actor Sydney Pollack.
Poitier portrays Alan, a college ...
'', directed by Sydney Pollack, starring
Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas and Ed Asner
*''
The Sons of Katie Elder
''The Sons of Katie Elder'' is a 1965 American Western film in Panavision, directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. It was filmed principally in Mexico.
Plot
The four adult sons of Katie Elder – John, who is a fa ...
'', directed by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne and Dean Martin
*''
The Sound of Music
''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. S ...
'', directed by
Robert Wise
Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American film director, producer, and editor. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films ''West Side Story'' (1961) and ''The Sound of ...
, starring
Julie Andrews and
Christopher Plummer
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition for his performances in film, stage, and television. He received multiple accolades, inc ...
*''
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'', directed by Martin Ritt, starring Richard Burton and Claire Bloom – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
Sting of Death
Sting of Death is a 1965 American science fiction horror film directed by William Grefe, William Grefé, written by Al Dempsey, and starring Joe Morrison, Valerie Hawkins, Deanna Lund, John Vella, and Jack Nagle. Its plot concerns five female co ...
'', directed by William Grefe
*''Story of a Prostitute'' (Shunpuden), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (Japan)
*''
Strange Bedfellows'', starring Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida
*''A Study in Terror'' (British), a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by James Hill, starring John Neville (actor), John Neville as Holmes, Donald Houston as Watson, and Anthony Quayle- (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''A Swingin' Summer'', starring James Stacy and Raquel Welch
*''Sword of the Beast'' (Kedamono no ken), directed by Hideo Gosha – (
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
)
*''
Sylvia'', starring Carroll Baker and George Maharis
*''Synanon (film), Synanon'', directed by Richard Quine, starring Edmond O'Brien, Chuck Connors, Stella Stevens
T
*''Tattooed Life'' (Irezumi ichidai), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
)
*''Ten Little Indians (1965 film), Ten Little Indians'', starring Shirley Eaton, Hugh O'Brian, Daliah Lavi, Stanley Holloway, Wilfred Hyde-White, Fabian Forte – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
That Darn Cat!
''That Darn Cat!'' is a 1965 American thriller comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Hayley Mills and Dean Jones in a story about bank robbers, a kidnapping and a mischievous cat; produced by Walt Disney Productions. The fi ...
'' starring Dean Jones (actor), Dean Jones
*''
That Funny Feeling'', starring Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee
*''That Man in Istanbul'', directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring Horst Buchholz – (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
/
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
/
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
)
*''The Third Day'', starring George Peppard and Elizabeth Ashley
*''Thirty Three (film), Thirty Three'' (Tridtsat tri) – (
U.S.S.R.
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
)
*''
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
''Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines; Or, How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes'' is a 1965 British period comedy film that satirizes the early years of aviation. Directed and co-written by Ken Annakin, the film ...
'', directed by Ken Annakin, starring Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, Robert Morley, Gert Fröbe – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
A Thousand Clowns'', starring Jason Robards, Barry Gordon,
Martin Balsam
Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American actor. He had a prolific career in character roles in film, in theatre, and on television. An early member of the Actors Studio, he began his career on the New Yo ...
, Barbara Harris (actress), Barbara Harris
*''
Thunderball'', starring Sean Connery (as James Bond), with Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi, Adolfo Celi – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
Tickle Me
''Tickle Me'' is a 1965 American musical comedy western film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Elvis Presley as a champion rodeo bull rider and bronco buster.
Presley won a 1966 Golden Laurel Award as best male actor in a musical film fo ...
'', starring Elvis Presley
*''Tokyo Olympiad'', a documentary directed by Kon Ichikawa – (
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
)
*''Town Tamer'', directed by Lesley Selander and starring
Dana Andrews
Carver Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992) was an American film actor who became a major star in what is now known as film noir. A leading man during the 1940s, he continued acting in less prestigious roles and character parts ...
*''
The Truth About Spring
''The Truth about Spring'' (also known as ''The Pirates of Spring Cove'' or ''Miss Jude'') is a 1965 American-British Technicolor adventure film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Hayley Mills, John Mills and James MacArthur. It is a ro ...
'', directed by Richard Thorpe, starring Hayley Mills and John Mills
*''Two on a Guillotine'', directed by
William Conrad and starring Connie Stevens
U
*''The Uninhibited'' (Los pianos mecánicos), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem, starring Melina Mercouri and James Mason – (
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
)
*''
Up from the Beach
''Up from the Beach'' is a 1965 French-American international co-production war film directed by Robert Parrish and starring Cliff Robertson, Red Buttons and James Robertson Justice. It was based on a 1959 novel by George Barr called ''Epitaph ...
'', starring Cliff Robertson
*''Up to His Ears'' (Les tribulations d'un chinois en chine), starring Jean Paul Belmondo and
Ursula Andress
Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss-German actress, former model and sex symbol who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, '' Dr. No'' (1962 ...
– (
France
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)
V
*''
A Very Special Favor
''A Very Special Favor'' is a 1965 romantic comedy film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Rock Hudson and Leslie Caron.
Plot
Paul Chadwick (Hudson) is a wealthy American oilman who is in a Parisian court, where he is up against the oppo ...
'', starring Rock Hudson and Leslie Caron
*''Victim Five'', directed by
Robert Lynn – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''Viva Maria!'', directed by Louis Malle, starring Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau – (
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
)
*''
Von Ryan's Express
''Von Ryan's Express'' is a 1965 World War II adventure film starring Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, and Raffaella Carrà, and directed by Mark Robson. Produced in CinemaScope, the film depicts a group of Allied prisoners of war ( POWs) who cond ...
'', directed by Mark Robson (film director), Mark Robson, starring Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Edward Mulhare, Adolfo Celi
*''
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet'', starring Basil Rathbone
W
*''Waqt (1965 film), Waqt'', starring Sunil Dutt and
Sadhana – (
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
)
*''The War Game'', a TV docudrama directed by Peter Watkins – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''
The War Lord
''The War Lord'' is a 1965 American drama historical film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston. The film, which concerns medieval warfare and culture in 11th-century Normandy, is an adaptation of the play ''The Lovers ...
'', starring
Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth
*''
What's New Pussycat?
''What's New Pussycat?'' is a 1965 screwball comedy film directed by Clive Donner, written by Woody Allen in his first produced screenplay, and starring Allen in his acting debut, along with Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capuci ...
'', directed by Clive Donner, starring Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Woody Allen, Romy Schneider, Paula Prentiss, Capucine
*''
Who Killed Teddy Bear
''Who Killed Teddy Bear'' is a 1965 American neo-noir crime thriller film, directed by Joseph Cates and starring Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, Jan Murray and Elaine Stritch. The film was written by Arnold Drake and Leon Tokatyan.
Plot
Norah Dain ( ...
'', starring Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse and Elaine Stritch
*''
Wild on the Beach
''Wild on the Beach'' is a 1965 beach party film directed by Maury Dexter and starring Frankie Randall, Sherry Jackson, Gayle Caldwell, and Jackie Miller. It is notable for the musical acts showcased onscreen, being the film debut of Sonny & ...
'', starring Sherry Jackson, Frankie Randall (singer), Frankie Randall, Sonny & Cher
*''Willy McBean and his Magic Machine, Willy McBean and His Magic Machine,'' stop-motion film produced by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment, Videocraft International
*''Winter Kept Us Warm'', directed by David Secter – (List of Canadian films#1960s, Canada)
*''
The World of Abbott and Costello
''The World of Abbott and Costello'' is a 1965 American compilation film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.
Plot
This film is a compilation of scenes from eighteen films that Abbott and Costello made for Universal Pictures between ...
'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Y
*''Yo Yo'', directed by and starring Pierre Étaix – (
France
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)
*''
You Must Be Joking!'', starring Lionel Jeffries, Denholm Elliott, Michael Callan – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''Young Cassidy'', directed by Jack Cardiff and John Ford – (
U.K.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
)
*''Young Dillinger'', starring Nick Adams (actor, born 1931), Nick Adams and Mary Ann Mobley
Z
* ''Zatoichi and the Chess Expert'' (Zatōichi jigoku-tabi), directed by Kenji Misumi – (
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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* ''Zatoichi and the Doomed Man'' (Zatōichi sakate-giri), directed by Kazuo Mori – (
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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Short film series
*''Looney Tunes'' (1930–1969)
*''Merrie Melodies'' (1931–1969)
*''Speedy Gonzales'' (1953–1968)
*''Goofy'' (1965)
Births
*January 3 – Jens Albinus, Danish actor
*January 4
**Yvan Attal, French actor, scriptwriter and director
**Julia Ormond, English actress
*January 5 - Vinnie Jones, British actor, producer and singer
*January 8 - Michelle Forbes, American actress
*January 9 – Joely Richardson, English actress
*January 15 – James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor
*January 22 – Diane Lane, American actress
*January 24 - Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian animator, director, producer and voice actor
*January 27 – Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
*January 31 - Matt McColm, American actor and stuntman
*February 1 – Brandon Lee, American actor (d. 1993)
*February 3 – Maura Tierney, American actress
*February 7 – Chris Rock, American actor and comedian
*February 9
**Darren Dalton, American actor, screenwriter and producer
**Keith Wickham, British voice actor, comedian and screenwriter
*February 12 - Christine Elise, American actress
*February 13 - Andy Buckley, American actor
*February 17 - Michael Bay, American director and producer
*February 18 – Dr. Dre, American music producer
*February 23 – Kristin Davis, American actress
*February 27 - Noah Emmerich, American actor and director
*March 9
**Mike Pollock (voice actor), American voice actor and former radio personality
**Coolie Ranx, British-Jamaican actor and singer
*March 13 - Steve Bacic, Canadian actor
*March 14 – Aamir Khan, Indian actor
*March 18 - Yul Vazquez, Cuban-American actor and musician
*March 23
**Peter Jacobson, American actor
**Wayne Péré, American character actor
*March 25 – Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress
*March 31 – Steve Bing, American businessman, philanthropist and film producer (d. 2020)
*April 1 - José Zúñiga, Honduran-American actor
*April 3 - Angela Featherstone, actress and writer
*April 4 – Robert Downey, Jr., American actor
*April 11 - Lynn Ferguson, Scottish writer and actress
*April 16
**Jon Cryer, American actor
**Martin Lawrence, Canadian-American actor and comedian
*April 17
**William Mapother, American actor
**Catherine Russell (British actress), British actress
*April 22 - Roman Coppola, American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer
*April 25 - John Henson (puppeteer), American puppeteer (d. 2014)
*April 26 – Kevin James, American actor and comedian
*April 30 - Adrian Pasdar, American actor and voice artist
*May 2 - Ari Lehman, American actor
*May 10 - Kiyoyuki Yanada, Japanese voice actor (d. 2022)
*May 16 - Vincent Regan, British actor
*May 19 - Mikhail Gorevoy, Russian actor
*May 23 – Liina Tennosaar, Estonian actress
*May 24 – John C. Reilly, American actor and comedian
*May 27 – Zenobia Shroff, Indian-American actress and comedienne
*May 31 – Brooke Shields, American actress and model
*June 8 - Frank Grillo, American actor
*June 10 – Elizabeth Hurley, English model and actress
*June 18 – Kim Dickens, American actress
*June 19 – Sean Marshall (actor), Sean Marshall, American child actor and singer
*June 22 - J. J. Cohen, American actor
*June 24 - Richard Lumsden, English actor, writer, composer and musician
*June 28 – Sonny Strait, American voice actor
*July 3
**Tommy Flanagan (actor), Scottish actor
**Connie Nielsen, Danish actress
*July 4 - Gérard Watkins, English-French actor, playwright, director and screenwriter
*July 8
**Corey Parker (actor), American actor and acting coach
**Lee Tergesen, American actor
*July 9 - David O'Hara, Scottish character actor
*July 11
**Liane Curtis, American actress and musician
**Pamela Gidley, American actress and model (d. 2018)
*July 13 - Eric Freeman (actor), American actor
*July 14 - Bibo Bergeron, French animator and director
*July 16 - Daryl Mitchell (actor), American actor and rapper
*July 17 - Alex Winter, British-born American director, writer and actor
*July 24 - Doug Liman, American director and producer
*July 25 – Illeana Douglas, American actress
*July 26 – Jeremy Piven, American actor
*August 1 - Sam Mendes, British director, producer and screenwriter
*August 4 - James Tupper, Canadian actor
*August 6 - De'voreaux White, American actor
*August 10 - Claudia Christian, American actress and singer
*August 11
**Embeth Davidtz, American-South African actress
**Viola Davis, American actress
*August 12 - Peter Krause, American actor, director and producer
*August 16 - Brian McCann (actor), American actor, comedian and writer
*August 19
**Kevin Dillon, American actor
**Kyra Sedgwick, American actress
*August 22 - Courtney Gains, American actor
*August 24 – Marlee Matlin, American actress
*August 31 - Daniel Bernhardt, Swiss actor, model and martial artist
*September 3 – Charlie Sheen, American actor
*September 6 - John Polson, Australian actor and director
*September 9 - Constance Marie, American actress
*September 15 - Joe Chrest, American academic and actor
*September 17
**Bryan Singer, American director, producer and screenwriter
**Kyle Chandler, American actor
*September 21
**Cheryl Hines, American actress, comedian and director
**David Wenham, Australian actor
*September 25 - Gordon Currie (actor), Canadian-American actor
*September 30 - Omid Djalili, British stand-up comedian, actor, television producer, voice actor and writer of Iranian descent
*October 8 – Peter Greene, American actor
*October 10
**Chris Penn, American actor (d. 2006)
**Rebecca Pidgeon, American actress, singer and songwriter
*October 11
**Lennie James, English actor
**Ivo Uukkivi, Estonian actor, singer and television producer
*October 14 – Steve Coogan, English actor
*October 18 - Ralph Eggleston, American animator, art director, storyboard artist, writer, director and production designer (d. 2022)
*October 19 – Merle Jääger, Estonian actress and poet
*October 20 – William Zabka, American actor
*October 25 – Mathieu Amalric, French actor and filmmaker
*October 28 - Jami Gertz, American actress
*October 31 - Rob Rackstraw, British voice actor
*November 2 – Shah Rukh Khan, Indian actor
*November 19 - Paul Weitz (filmmaker), American filmmaker and actor
*November 21 – Alexander Siddig, Sudanese-English actor
*November 22 - Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor
*November 24 – Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress
*November 25 - Dougray Scott, Scottish actor
*November 26 - Scott Adsit, American actor, comedian and writer
*November 30
**Ben Stiller, American actor
**Andrew Tiernan, British actor and director
*December 2 - Beatrice Macola, Italian actress (d. 2001)
*December 3 - Andrew Stanton, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and voice actor
*December 7 – Jeffrey Wright (actor), Jeffrey Wright, American actor
*December 14 - Ted Raimi, American character actor, director, comedian and writer
*December 16 – J.B. Smoove, American actor and comedian
*December 21 – Andy Dick, American comedian, actor, musician and television and film producer
*December 27 – Salman Khan, Indian actor
*December 31 – Gong Li, Chinese actress
Deaths
*January 14 – Jeanette MacDonald, 61, American actress, singer, ''San Francisco (1936 film), San Francisco'', ''One Hour with You''
*February 5 – Irving Bacon, 71, American actor, ''Meet John Doe'', ''Fort Ti''
*February 10 – Arnold Manoff, 50, American screenwriter, ''No Minor Vices'', ''Casbah (film), Casbah''
*February 15 – Nat King Cole, 45, American singer and actor, ''St. Louis Blues (1958 film), St. Louis Blues'', ''Istanbul (film), Istanbul''
*February 23 – Stan Laurel, 74, British actor, ''The Flying Deuces'', ''Sons of the Desert''
* March 1 – Fred Immler, 84, German actor, ''Madame Du Barry (1919 film), Madame Du Barry'', ''Zapata's Gang''
*March 6 – Margaret Dumont, 82, American actress, ''Duck Soup (1933 film), Duck Soup'', ''A Night at the Opera (film), A Night at the Opera''
*March 8 – Esther Howard, 72, American actress, ''The Big Noise (1944 film), The Big Noise'', ''Detour (1945 film), Detour''
*March 23 – Mae Murray, 79, American actress, ''The Merry Widow (1925 film), The Merry Widow'', ''The Delicious Little Devil''
*March 28
**Clemence Dane, 77, British screenwriter, ''Anna Karenina (1935 film), Anna Karenina'', ''Perfect Strangers (1945 film), Perfect Strangers''
**Jack Hoxie, 80, American Western (genre), Western actor, ''The Last Frontier (1926 film), The Last Frontier'', ''Gold (1932 film), Gold''
*April 1 – Edna Tichenor, 64, American actress, ''
London After Midnight'', ''The Show (1927 film), The Show''
*April 3 – Ray Enright, 69, American director, ''Alibi Ike'', ''The Spoilers (1942 film), The Spoilers''
*April 8 – Lars Hanson, 78, Swedish actor, ''The Wind (1928 film), The Wind'', ''Flesh and the Devil''
*April 10 – Linda Darnell, 41, American actress, ''My Darling Clementine (film), My Darling Clementine'', ''The Mark of Zorro (1940 film), The Mark of Zorro''
*April 24 – Louise Dresser, 85, American actress, ''A Ship Comes In'', ''The Scarlet Empress''
*April 30 – Helen Chandler, 59, American actress, ''Dracula (1931 English-language film), Dracula'', ''The Last Flight (1931 film), The Last Flight''
*5 May – John Waters (director born 1893), John Waters, 71, screenwriter and director, ''The Big Country'', ''The Desperate Hours (1955 film), The Desperate Hours''
*June 6 – Lech Owron, 71, Polish actor, ''Vampires of Warsaw'', ''The Little Eagle''
*June 7 – Judy Holliday, 43, American actress, ''Born Yesterday (1950 film), Born Yesterday'', ''Bells Are Ringing (film), Bells Are Ringing''
*June 8 – Florence Ryerson, 72, American screenwriter, ''The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), The Wizard of Oz'', ''The Ice Follies of 1939''
*June 15 – Steve Cochran, 48, American actor, ''The Best Years of Our Lives'', ''White Heat''
*June 22 – David O. Selznick, 63, American producer, ''
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind most often refers to:
* ''Gone with the Wind'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell
* ''Gone with the Wind'' (film), the 1939 adaptation of the novel
Gone with the Wind may also refer to:
Music
* ''Gone with the Wind'' ...
'', ''Rebecca (1940 film), Rebecca''
*June 23 – Mary Boland, 85, American stage and film actress, ''The Women (1939 film), The Women'', ''Ruggles of Red Gap''
*June 27 – Anthony Veiller, 62, American screenwriter, ''The Stranger (1946 film), The Stranger'', ''The Killers (1946 film), The Killers''
*July 11 – Ray Collins (actor), Ray Collins, 78, American actor, ''Citizen Kane'', ''The Kid from Left Field (1953 film), The Kid from Left Field''
*July 19 – Clyde Beatty, 62, American actor and animal trainer, ''Africa Screams'', ''Ring of Fear (film), Ring of Fear''
*July 24 – Constance Bennett, 60, American actress, ''Topper (film), Topper'', ''Merrily We Live''
*July 28 – Minor Watson, 75, American actor, ''Woman of the Year'', ''The Jackie Robinson Story''
*August 6
**Everett Sloane, 55, American actor, ''Citizen Kane'', ''The Lady from Shanghai''
**Nancy Carroll, 61, American actress, ''The Devil's Holiday'', ''Hot Saturday''
*August 30 – Pauline Garon, 64, Canadian actress, ''The Heart of Broadway'', ''The College Hero''
*September 2 – Felix E. Feist, 55, American director, ''This Woman Is Dangerous'', ''The Big Trees''
*September 4 – Isabel Jeans, 93, British actress, ''Suspicion (1941 film), Suspicion'', ''Gigi (1958 film), Gigi''
*September 7
** Catherine Dale Owen, 70, American actress, ''Such Men Are Dangerous'', ''Born Reckless (1930 film), Born Reckless''
** Jean Peyrière, 79, French actor, ''The King of Paris (1923 film), Le roi de Paris'', ''Fanfan la Tulipe (1925 film), Fanfan la Tulipe''
*September 8 – Dorothy Dandridge, 42, American actress, singer, ''Carmen Jones (film), Carmen Jones'', ''Porgy and Bess (film), Porgy and Bess''
*September 27 – Clara Bow, 60, American actress, ''Wings (1927 film), Wings'', ''It (1927 film), It''
*September 29 – Eddie Gribbon, 75, American film actor, brother of Harry Gribbon
*October 3 – Zachary Scott, 51, American actor, ''Mildred Pierce (film), Mildred Pierce'', ''The Southerner (film), The Southerner''
*October 6 – Tom Kennedy (actor), Tom Kennedy, 80, American actor, ''Petticoat Larceny'', ''Bringing Up Father (1946 film), Bringing Up Father''
*October 18 – Henry Travers, 91, British actor, ''It's a Wonderful Life'', ''Shadow of a Doubt''
*October 21 – Marie McDonald, 42, American actress, ''The Geisha Boy'', ''Living in a Big Way''
*October 23 – Janice Logan, 50, American actress, ''Dr. Cyclops'', ''Opened by Mistake''
*October 31 – Rita Johnson, 52, American actress, ''Here Comes Mr. Jordan'', ''The Major and the Minor''
*November 14 – Russell Collins, 68, American actor, ''Miss Sadie Thompson'', ''Bad Day at Black Rock''
*November 26 – Wild Bill Elliott, 61, American actor, ''The San Antonio Kid'', ''Sudden Danger''
*December 5 – Joseph I. Breen, 77, chief administrator of the Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 (Hays Code) from 1934 to 1954
*December 22 – Albert Ritz, 64, American entertainer of the Ritz Brothers, ''Sing, Baby, Sing'', ''Life Begins in College''
*December 29 – Frank S. Nugent, 57, American screenwriter, ''The Searchers (film), The Searchers'', ''She Wore a Yellow Ribbon''
Film debuts
*Woody Allen – ''What's New Pussycat?, What's New Pussycat''
*Ed Asner – ''
The Satan Bug
''The Satan Bug'' is a 1965 American crime science fiction suspense film from United Artists, produced and directed by John Sturges, that stars George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, and Dana Andrews. The screenplay by James Clavell a ...
''
*Sonny & Cher – ''
Wild on the Beach
''Wild on the Beach'' is a 1965 beach party film directed by Maury Dexter and starring Frankie Randall, Sherry Jackson, Gayle Caldwell, and Jackie Miller. It is notable for the musical acts showcased onscreen, being the film debut of Sonny & ...
''
*Dabney Coleman – ''
The Slender Thread
''The Slender Thread'' is a 1965 American drama film starring Anne Bancroft and Sidney Poitier. It was the first feature-length film directed by future Oscar-winning director, producer and actor Sydney Pollack.
Poitier portrays Alan, a college ...
''
*Robert De Niro – ''Encounter'' and ''Three Rooms in Manhattan''
*Charles Durning – ''Harvey Middleman, Fireman''
*Michael Gambon – ''Othello (1965 British film), Othello''
*Giancarlo Giannini – ''Libido (1965 film), Libido''
*Derek Jacobi – ''Othello''
*James Karen – ''Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster''
*Philip Kaufman (director) – ''Goldstein (film), Goldstein''
*George Lucas (director) – ''Look at Life (film), Look at Life''
*Sandra Peabody – ''Misfit (1965 film), Misfit''
*Alex Rocco – ''Motorpsycho (film), Motorpsycho''
*Katharine Ross – ''
Shenandoah''
*Sam Waterston – ''The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean''
References
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