Best truly epic award winning movies from 1962

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1 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.

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1962-12-11 | Adventure / History

Cast

Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness

Rating

rating icon 8.004
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #17 for
    remarkable
  2. Ranked #52 for
    critically acclaimed
  3. Ranked #80 for
    deservedly won awards

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2 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

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1962-12-20 | Drama

Cast

Gregory Peck, Mary Badham

Rating

rating icon 8.003
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #14 for
    critically acclaimed
  2. Ranked #67 for
    Courtroom Drama
  3. Ranked #71 for
    extraordinary

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3 Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.

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1962-11-08 | Adventure / Drama

Cast

Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #47 for
    bloated
  2. Ranked #128 for
    with cockney accent
  3. Ranked #136 for
    tetchy

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4 How the West Was Won (1962)

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

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1962-11-02 | Western

Cast

Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #41 for
    travelogue
  2. Ranked #105 for
    westernized
  3. Ranked #119 for
    Spaghetti Western

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5 The Longest Day (1962)

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

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1962-09-25 | War / Action

Cast

Eddie Albert, Paul Anka

Rating

rating icon 7.582
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #67 for
    like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
  2. Ranked #76 for
    with mercenaries
  3. Ranked #77 for
    Aerial Combat

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6 The Four Days of Naples (1962)

September 1943. After Italy surrenders to the Allies, most people in Naples believe the war is finally over, but soon realize Germans are still in control—and as ruthless as ever. Armed with makeshift weapons, the Neapolitan civilians spontaneously rise up en masse against their occupants—and overwhelming odds, driving them from the city after four days of fighting.

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1962-11-16 | Drama / War

Cast

Lea Massari, Gian Maria Volonté

Rating

rating icon 7.558
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #58 for
    neo-realism
  2. Ranked #119 for
    non-professional cast
  3. Ranked #140 for
    jingoistic

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7 The Miracle Worker (1962)

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.

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1962-05-23 | Drama

Cast

Anne Bancroft, Victor Jory

Rating

rating icon 7.828
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #122 for
    game changer
  2. Ranked #182 for
    most moving
  3. Ranked #207 for
    critically acclaimed

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8 Gypsy (1962)

Rose Hovick lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind.

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1962-11-01 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Natalie Wood, Rosalind Russell

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #5 for
    vaudevillian
  2. Ranked #60 for
    wallflower
  3. Ranked #78 for
    resonant vocal

Trailer

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9 Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)

Over the course of one foggy day in August 1912, a retired Irish theater actor grapples with the morphine addiction of his unbalanced wife, debauchery of his older son, and sickness of the youngest son as past guilts, repressed anger, and deep-seated regrets slowly come boiling out, threatening to destroy the family.

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1962-10-09 | Drama

Cast

Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson

Rating

rating icon 6.967
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #103 for
    with epiphany moments
  2. Ranked #106 for
    foster father
  3. Ranked #128 for
    cathartic

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10 Dr. No (1962)

Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.

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1962-10-07 | Adventure / Action

Cast

Sean Connery, Ursula Andress

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #72 for
    globetrotting
  2. Ranked #108 for
    vehicular carnage
  3. Ranked #129 for
    escapist fun

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