Best of 1962
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1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,535 | Gross: $44.82M
BEST PICTURE
Lawrence of Arabia
The Longest Day
The Manchurian Candidate
To Kill a Mockingbird
Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
The Miracle Worker
Sundays and Cybèle (Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray)
Dr. No
Lolita
2. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,535 | Gross: $44.82M
BEST DIRECTOR
David Lean - Lawrence of Arabia
Arthur Penn - The Miracle Worker
Robert Mulligan - To Kill a Mockingbird
John Frankenheimer - The Manchurian Candidate
Akira Kurosawa - Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô)
Serge Bourguignon - Sundays and Cybèle (Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray)
3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,535 | Gross: $44.82M
BEST ACTOR
Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia
Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird
James Mason - Lolita
Toshirô Mifune - Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô)
Hardy Krüger - Sundays and Cybèle (Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray)
Frank Sinatra - The Manchurian Candidate
4. The Miracle Worker (1962)
Approved | 106 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory, Inga Swenson
Votes: 20,515 | Gross: $5.45M
BEST ACTRESS
Anne Bancroft - The Miracle Worker
Patty Duke - The Miracle Worker
Bette Davis - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Joan Crawford - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Patricia Gozzi - Sundays and Cybèle (Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray)
Rosalind Russell - Gypsy
5. Lolita (1962)
Not Rated | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old girl.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Gary Cockrell
Votes: 108,847 | Gross: $9.25M
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Sellers - Lolita
Omar Sharif - Lawrence of Arabia
Alec Guinness - Lawrence of Arabia
Claude Rains - Lawrence of Arabia
Robert Duvall - To Kill a Mockingbird
Victor Buono - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
6. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 79,863
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Angela Lansbury - The Manchurian Candidate
Shelley Winters - Lolita
Mary Badham - To Kill a Mockingbird
Janet Leigh - The Manchurian Candidate
Betty Field - Birdman of Alcatraz
7. The Longest Day (1962)
G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Votes: 59,088 | Gross: $39.10M
BEST CASTING
The Longest Day
Lawrence of Arabia
How the West Was Won
The Manchurian Candidate
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
To Kill a Mockingbird
8. How the West Was Won (1962)
G | 164 min | Adventure, War, Western
A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
Directors: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe | Stars: James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda
Votes: 23,343 | Gross: $46.50M
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
How the West Was Won
9. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Approved | 129 min | Crime, Drama
Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy
Votes: 333,026
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lawrence of Arabia
The Manchurian Candidate
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
The Miracle Worker
Lolita
10. Dr. No (1962)
PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee, Joseph Wiseman
Votes: 179,480 | Gross: $16.07M
BEST TITLES/CREDITS DESIGN
Dr. No
How the West Was Won
Gypsy
The Longest Day
Lawrence of Arabia
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
11. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,535 | Gross: $44.82M
BEST EDITING
Lawrence of Arabia
The Manchurian Candidate
Dr. No
The Longest Day
Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô)
How the West Was Won
12. The Longest Day (1962)
G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Votes: 59,088 | Gross: $39.10M
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Longest Day
Lawrence of Arabia
To Kill a Mickingbird
The Manchurian Candidate
Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô)
Lolita
13. Gypsy (1962)
Approved | 143 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace
Votes: 6,998 | Gross: $13.01M
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Gypsy
How the West Was Won
Lawrence of Arabia
Dr. No
Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô)
The Longest Day
14. Gypsy (1962)
Approved | 143 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace
Votes: 6,998 | Gross: $13.01M
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Gypsy
Lawrence of Arabia
How the West Was Won
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô)
The Miracle Worker
15. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,535 | Gross: $44.82M
BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR
Lawrence of Arabia
Dr. No
How the West Was Won
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Gypsy
Birdman of Alcatraz
16. The Longest Day (1962)
G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Votes: 59,088 | Gross: $39.10M
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Longest Day
Dr. No
How the West Was Won
17. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,535 | Gross: $44.82M
BEST SCORE
Lawrence of Arabia
Dr. No
How the West Was Won
Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Birdman of Alcatraz
18. Gypsy (1962)
Approved | 143 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace
Votes: 6,998 | Gross: $13.01M
BEST SOUNDTRACK/ADAPTED SCORE
Gypsy
Sundays and Cybèle (Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray)
19. Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Musical
When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, a sailor has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Jeremy Slate, Laurel Goodwin
Votes: 3,625
BEST SONG
Girls! Girls! Girls! - "Return to Sender"
Dr. No - "Under the Mango Tree"
20. Gypsy (1962)
Approved | 143 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace
Votes: 6,998 | Gross: $13.01M
BEST DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
Gypsy
Girls! Girls! Girls!
21. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,535 | Gross: $44.82M
BEST SOUND
Lawrence of Arabia
Dr. No
The Longest Day
How the West Was Won
The Manchurian Candidate
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
22. The Longest Day (1962)
G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Votes: 59,088 | Gross: $39.10M
BEST SOUND EDITING
The Longest Day
Dr. No
Lawrence of Arabia
How the West Was Won
Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô)
Birdman of Alcatraz
23. The Longest Day (1962)
G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Votes: 59,088 | Gross: $39.10M
BEST STUNTS
The Longest Day
Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô)
Dr. No
Lawrence of Arabia
How the West Was Won
The Manchurian Candidate
24. Sanjuro (1962)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yûnosuke Itô
Votes: 41,155
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô)
Sundays and Cybèle (Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray)
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