1965 Movies
Take a nostalgic look back at the top movies of 1965, celebrating the films, directors and actors that defined the year and left a lasting legacy in the world of entertainment.
Sylvia
Directed by: Christine Jeffs
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Lucy Davenport, David Birkin
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Outline: Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
The Sound of Music
Directed by: Robert Wise
Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn
Country: United States of America
Outline: A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.
Doctor Zhivago
Directed by: David Lean
Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger
Country: United States of America
Outline: The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during the First World War and then the October Revolution.
Shenandoah
Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
Starring: James Stewart, Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, Patrick Wayne
Country: United States of America
Outline: During the Civil War, a Virginia farmer and his family vow to remain neutral, but one of the sons is captured by Union soldiers, sending the farmer to his rescue.
The Great Race
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Starring: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk
Country: United States of America
Outline: A grand adventurous race takes place between the heroic Leslie and the despicable Professor Fate across three continents.
Von Ryan's Express
Directed by: Mark Robson
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carrà, Brad Dexter
Country: United States of America
Outline: An American POW leads a group of mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.
Thunderball
Directed by: Terence Young
Starring: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi
Country: United States of America
Outline: James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.
Cat Ballou
Directed by: Elliot Silverstein
Starring: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman
Country: United States of America
Outline: A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
That Darn Cat!
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowall
Country: United States of America
Outline: After a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an SOS, the FBI assigns a cat-allergic agent to the case.
Cup Fever
Directed by: David Bracknell
Starring: Bernard Cribbins, Sonia Graham, Dermot Kelly, David Lodge
Outline: The children of Barton United are trying to win the cup in their local football league. Nasty councillor Mr Bates doesn't like them and wants the team his son plays for to win instead so he...
For a Few Dollars More
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè, Mario Brega
Country: United States of America
Outline: Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a Western outlaw.
Time to Love
Directed by: Metin Erksan
Starring: Müsfik Kenter, Sema Özcan, Süleyman Tekcan, Oya Bulaner
Country: United States of America
Outline: Halil who is a painter falls in love with a picture which belongs to a daughter of a mansion's owner. One day, the girl comes into the mansion while Halil is looking at the picture.
A Patch of Blue
Directed by: Guy Green
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford
Country: United States of America
Outline: A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life by introducing her to the outside world.
The Hill
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Alfred Lynch
Country: United States of America
Outline: In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.
Chimes at Midnight
Directed by: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, John Gielgud
Country: United States of America
Outline: The career of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff as roistering companion to young Prince Hal, circa 1400-1413.
Repulsion
Directed by: Roman Polanski
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux
Country: United States of America
Outline: A sex-repulsed woman who disapproves of her sister's boyfriend sinks into depression and has horrific visions of rape and violence.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Directed by: Martin Ritt
Starring: Richard Burton, Oskar Werner, Claire Bloom, Sam Wanamaker
Country: United States of America
Outline: British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Pierrot le Fou
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani, Aicha Abadir
Country: United States of America
Outline: Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
Juliet of the Spirits
Directed by: Federico Fellini
Starring: Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese
Country: United States of America
Outline: Visions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband.
The Collector
Directed by: William Wyler
Starring: Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne, Maurice Dallimore
Country: United States of America
Outline: A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there.
The Flight of the Phoenix
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Starring: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger
Country: United States of America
Outline: After a plane crash in the Sahara, one of the survivors says he's an airplane designer and they can make a flyable plane from the wreckage.
In Harm's Way
Directed by: Otto Preminger
Starring: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon
Country: United States of America
Outline: A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral, and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Mirage
Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
Starring: Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, Kevin McCarthy
Country: United States of America
Outline: A New York City man suffers amnesia. He soon learns that he's mixed up in a life-and-death situation, but what exactly is it?
The Bedford Incident
Directed by: James B. Harris
Starring: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam
Country: United States of America
Outline: An American destroyer captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Perhaps too determined.
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