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American films released in 1963
A list of American films released in 1963.
55 Days at Peking starring Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner.
Cleopatra - the highest-grossing film of 1963.
| Title |
Director |
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
| 13 Frightened Girls |
William Castle |
Murray Hamilton, Joyce Taylor |
Thriller |
Columbia
|
| 4 for Texas |
Robert Aldrich |
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress, Charles Bronson |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
| 55 Days at Peking |
Nicholas Ray |
Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
| Act One |
Dore Schary |
George Hamilton, Jason Robards, Jack Klugman, George Segal |
Biography |
Warner Bros.
|
| All the Way Home |
Alex Segal |
Jean Simmons, Robert Preston, Pat Hingle |
Drama |
Drama James Agee book
|
| America America |
Elia Kazan |
Frank Wolff, Stathis Giallelis, Lou Antonio, Joanna Frank |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| Atom Age Vampire |
A.G. Majano |
Alberto Lupo, Susanne Loret, Sergio Fantoni |
Horror |
|
| The Balcony |
Joseph Strick |
Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Leonard Nimoy, Ruby Dee |
Drama |
play by Jean Genet
|
| Beach Party |
William Asher |
Robert Cummings, Dorothy Malone, Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon |
Comedy |
AIP
|
| The Birds |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Veronica Cartwright |
Suspense |
Universal
|
| Black Zoo |
Robert Gordon |
Michael Gough, Jeanne Cooper, Rod Lauren |
Horror |
Allied Artists
|
| Blonde Cobra |
Ken Jacobs |
Jack Smith |
Short |
|
| Blood Feast |
H.G. Lewis |
William Kerwin, Mal Arnold, Connie Mason, Scott H. Hall |
Horror |
|
| Bye Bye Birdie |
George Sidney |
Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret, Janet Leigh, Bobby Rydell, Maureen Stapleton |
Musical |
Columbia. Based on the play
|
| Cairo |
Wolf Rilla |
George Sanders, Richard Johnson |
Crime |
MGM
|
| California |
Hamil Petroff |
Jock Mahoney, Faith Domergue |
Western |
AIP; Remake of 1947 film
|
| Call Me Bwana |
Gordon Douglas |
Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
| Captain Newman, M.D. |
David Miller |
Gregory Peck, Angie Dickinson, Tony Curtis, Eddie Albert, Robert Duvall, Larry Storch, Bobby Darin |
Drama |
Universal. 3 Oscar nominations
|
| Captain Sindbad |
Byron Haskin |
Guy Williams, Heidi Brühl, Pedro Armendáriz |
Adventure |
MGM
|
| The Cardinal |
Otto Preminger |
Tom Tryon, John Huston, Carol Lynley, Romy Schneider, Ossie Davis |
Drama |
Columbia. 6 Oscar nominations
|
| The Caretakers |
Hall Bartlett |
Joan Crawford, Robert Stack, Polly Bergen |
Suspense |
U.A.
|
| Cattle King |
Tay Garnett |
Robert Taylor, Joan Caulfield |
Western |
MGM
|
| The Ceremony |
Laurence Harvey |
Laurence Harvey, Sarah Miles |
Crime |
United Artists
|
| Charade |
Stanley Donen |
Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, Ned Glass, George Kennedy |
Suspense |
Universal
|
| A Child Is Waiting |
John Cassavetes |
Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Gena Rowlands |
Drama |
United Artists
|
| Cleopatra |
Joseph Mankiewicz |
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, Martin Landau, Carroll O'Connor, Hume Cronyn |
Epic |
Fox; won 4 Oscars; Remake of 1934 film
|
| Come Blow Your Horn |
Bud Yorkin |
Frank Sinatra, Tony Bill, Barbara Rush, Jill St. John |
Comedy |
Paramount. Script by Neil Simon
|
| Come Fly with Me |
Henry Levin |
Dolores Hart, Pamela Tiffin, Lois Nettleton, Hugh O'Brian |
Romance |
MGM
|
| The Comedy of Terrors |
Jacques Tourneur |
Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone |
Horror |
American International
|
| The Cool World |
Shirley Clarke |
Yolanda Rodríguez, Antonio Fargas, Carl Lee |
Drama |
|
| The Courtship of Eddie's Father |
Vincente Minnelli |
Glenn Ford, Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens, Dina Merrill, Ron Howard, Jerry Van Dyke |
Comedy |
MGM. Inspired TV series
|
| The Crawling Hand |
Herbert L. Strock |
Peter Breck, Kent Taylor, Alan Hale Jr. |
Horror |
|
| Critic's Choice |
Don Weis |
Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Maxwell, Rip Torn |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
| Cry of Battle |
Irving Lerner |
Van Heflin, Rita Moreno |
War |
Allied Artists
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
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| The Day Mars Invaded Earth
|
Maury Dexter
|
Kent Taylor, Marie Windsor
|
Science fiction
|
20th Century Fox
|
| Dementia 13
|
Francis Ford Coppola
|
William Campbell, Patrick Magee
|
Thriller
|
A.I.P.
|
| Diamond Head
|
Guy Green
|
Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux
|
Drama
|
Columbia; based on Peter Gilman novel
|
| Diary of a Madman
|
Reginald Le Borg
|
Vincent Price, Nancy Kovack, Lewis Martin
|
Horror
|
United Artists
|
| Dime with a Halo
|
Boris Sagal
|
Barbara Luna, Roger Mobley
|
Comedy
|
MGM
|
| Donovan's Reef
|
John Ford
|
John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Jack Warden, Dorothy Lamour, Elizabeth Allen, Cesar Romero
|
Comedy
|
Paramount; final Ford-Wayne collaboration
|
| Drums of Africa
|
James B. Clark
|
Frankie Avalon, Mariette Hartley
|
Adventure
|
MGM
|
| Eat
|
Andy Warhol
|
Robert Indiana
|
|
|
| Face in the Rain
|
Irvin Kershner
|
Rory Calhoun, Marina Berti
|
Drama
|
Embassy
|
| Five Minutes to Love
|
John Hayes
|
Rue McClanahan
|
Drama
|
Headliner Productions
|
| Flaming Creatures
|
Jack Smith
|
Frances Francine, Mario Montez
|
Experimental
|
|
| Flipper
|
James B. Clark
|
Chuck Connors, Luke Halpin
|
Family
|
MGM. Based on the TV series
|
| Follow the Boys
|
Richard Thorpe
|
Connie Francis, Janis Paige, Paula Prentiss, Russ Tamblyn
|
Comedy
Romance
|
MGM
|
| For Love or Money
|
Michael Gordon
|
Kirk Douglas, Mitzi Gaynor, Thelma Ritter, Gig Young, Leslie Parrish, Julie Newmar
|
Comedy
Romance
|
Universal
|
| Free, White and 21
|
Larry Buchanan
|
Frederick O'Neal, Annalena Lund
|
Drama
|
AIP
|
| From Russia with Love |
Terence Young |
Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Lotte Lenya |
Spy |
United Artists
|
| Fun in Acapulco
|
Richard Thorpe
|
Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Elsa Cárdenas, Alejandro Rey
|
Musical
|
Paramount
|
| A Gathering of Eagles
|
Delbert Mann
|
Rock Hudson, Rod Taylor, Barry Sullivan
|
Drama
|
Universal
|
| Gidget Goes to Rome
|
Paul Wendkos
|
Cindy Carol, Don Porter
|
Comedy
|
Columbia. Gidget sequel
|
| The Girl Hunters
|
Roy Rowland
|
Mickey Spillane, Shirley Eaton
|
Mystery
|
from Spillane's novel
|
| Goldilocks and the Three Bares
|
Herschell Gordon Lewis
|
Alison Edwards, Rex Marlow, Thomas Sweetwood, Joey Maxim
|
Erotic Comedy
|
|
| The Great Escape
|
John Sturges
|
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, James Donald, Donald Pleasence, David McCallum
|
War
|
United Artists; based on book by Paul Brickhill
|
| Gunfight at Comanche Creek
|
Frank McDonald
|
Audie Murphy, Colleen Miller
|
Western
|
Allied Artists
|
| The Gun Hawk
|
Edward Ludwig
|
Rory Calhoun, Rod Cameron, Ruta Lee
|
Western
|
Allied Artists
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
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| Harbor Lights |
Maury Dexter |
Kent Taylor, Míriam Colón, Jeff Morrow |
Action |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Haunted Palace |
Roger Corman |
Vincent Price, Debra Paget |
Horror |
AIP. Paget's final film
|
| The Haunting |
Robert Wise |
Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Russ Tamblyn |
Horror |
MGM. From Shirley Jackson novel
|
| The Hook |
George Seaton |
Kirk Douglas, Nick Adams |
War |
MGM
|
| Hootenanny Hoot |
Gene Nelson |
Peter Breck, Ruta Lee, Johnny Cash |
Musical |
MGM
|
| House of the Damned |
Maury Dexter |
Ron Foster, Merry Anders, Richard Crane |
Thriller |
20th Century Fox
|
| Hud |
Martin Ritt |
Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon deWilde |
Drama |
Paramount. From Larry McMurtry novel; Oscars for Douglas, Neal
|
| I Could Go On Singing |
Ronald Neame |
Judy Garland, Dirk Bogarde |
Drama |
United Artists. Garland's final film
|
| In the Cool of the Day |
Robert Stevens |
Peter Finch, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury |
Drama |
MGM
|
| In the French Style |
Robert Parrish |
Jean Seberg, Stanley Baker, Philippe Forquet |
Romance |
Columbia
|
| The Incredible Journey |
Fletcher Markle |
Émile Genest, John Drainie |
Family |
|
| Irma la Douce |
Billy Wilder |
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine |
Comedy |
United Artists. 3 Oscar nominations and 1 win.
|
| Island of Love |
Morton DaCosta |
Robert Preston, Tony Randall, Walter Matthau |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
| It Happened at the World's Fair |
Norman Taurog |
Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood, Vicky Tiu, Yvonne Craig, Kam Tong, Kurt Russell |
Musical |
MGM
|
| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
Stanley Kramer |
Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Mickey Rooney, Ethel Merman, Sid Caesar, Phil Silvers |
Comedy |
United Artists. 6 Academy Award nominations with 1 win; top-grossing film of 1963
|
| Jason and the Argonauts |
Don Chaffey |
Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Honor Blackman |
Fantasy |
Columbia
|
| Johnny Cool |
William Asher |
Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Jim Backus |
Crime |
United Artists
|
| Kings of the Sun |
J. Lee Thompson |
Yul Brynner, George Chakiris |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
| Ladybug Ladybug |
Frank Perry |
Jane Connell, William Daniels, Nancy Marchand |
Drama |
United Artists
|
| Lilies of the Field |
Ralph Nelson |
Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala |
Drama |
United Artists. Oscar for Poitier
|
| The List of Adrian Messenger |
John Huston |
George C. Scott, Dana Wynter |
Mystery |
Universal. Many cameos
|
| The Long Ships |
Jack Cardiff |
Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| Love Is a Ball |
David Swift |
Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Telly Savalas |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
| Love with the Proper Stranger |
Robert Mulligan |
Natalie Wood, Steve McQueen, Edie Adams |
Drama |
Paramount. 5 Oscar nominations
|
| The Man from the Diners' Club |
Frank Tashlin |
Danny Kaye, Martha Hyer, Telly Savalas |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| Maniac |
Michael Carreras |
Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray, Donald Houston |
Horror |
|
| Mary, Mary |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Debbie Reynolds, Barry Nelson, Michael Rennie |
Comedy |
Warner Bros. From Jean Kerr play
|
| McLintock! |
Andrew V. McLaglen |
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Stefanie Powers, Yvonne De Carlo |
Western |
United Artists
|
| Miracle of the White Stallions |
Arthur Hiller |
Robert Taylor, Lilli Palmer, Curd Jürgens |
War drama |
Disney
|
| Move Over, Darling |
Michael Gordon |
Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox. My Favorite Wife remake
|
| My Six Loves |
Gower Champion |
Debbie Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, David Janssen |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
| A New Kind of Love |
Melville Shavelson |
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Eva Gabor |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Nine Hours to Rama |
Mark Robson |
Horst Buchholz, José Ferrer, Diane Baker |
Drama |
20th Century Fox. From Stanley Wolpert book
|
| The Nutty Professor |
Jerry Lewis |
Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens |
Comedy |
Paramount; Remade in 1996
|
| Of Love and Desire |
Richard Rush |
Merle Oberon, Steve Cochran |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Old Dark House |
William Castle |
Tom Poston, Joyce Grenfell, Janette Scott |
Horror |
Columbia; remake of 1932 film
|
| One Man's Way |
Denis Sanders |
Don Murray, Diana Hyland, Carol Ohmart, William Windom, Veronica Cartwright, Virginia Sale |
Biography |
story of Norman Vincent Peale
|
| Operation Bikini |
Anthony Carras |
Tab Hunter, Frankie Avalon, Jim Backus, Gary Crosby |
Comedy |
AIP
|
| PT 109 |
Leslie H. Martinson |
Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp, Robert Blake |
War |
Warner Bros.; story of John F. Kennedy
|
| Palm Springs Weekend |
Norman Taurog |
Troy Donahue, Stefanie Powers, Connie Stevens |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
| Papa's Delicate Condition |
George Marshall |
Jackie Gleason, Glynis Johns, Charlie Ruggles |
Comedy |
Paramount. Oscar for Best Song
|
| The Pink Panther |
Blake Edwards |
David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Claudia Cardinale |
Comedy |
United Artists. First of a series
|
| Police Nurse |
Maury Dexter |
Ken Scott, Merry Anders |
Crime |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Prize |
Mark Robson |
Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Kevin McCarthy, Diane Baker |
Drama |
MGM. From Irving Wallace novel
|
| Promises! Promises! |
King Donovan |
Jayne Mansfield, Tommy Noonan |
Comedy |
First feature with nudity by a star actress
|
| The Quick and the Dead |
Robert Totten |
Victor French, Majel Barrett |
War |
Independent
|
| The Raiders |
Herschel Daugherty |
Brian Keith, Robert Culp |
Western |
Universal; Remake of 1952 film
|
| Rampage |
Phil Karlson |
Robert Mitchum, Jack Hawkins, Elsa Martinelli |
Adventure |
Seven Arts
|
| The Raven |
Roger Corman |
Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre |
Horror |
AIP. Edgar Allan Poe story
|
| The Running Man |
Carol Reed |
Lawrence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates |
Drama |
Columbia Pictures; Remade in 1987
|
| The Sadist |
James Landis |
Arch Hall Jr. |
Science fiction |
Fairway International Pictures
|
| Savage Sam |
Norman Tokar |
Brian Keith, Tommy Kirk |
Western |
Disney
|
| Shock Corridor |
Samuel Fuller |
Peter Breck, Constance Towers |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
| Showdown |
R. G. Springsteen |
Audie Murphy, Kathleen Crowley |
Western |
Universal
|
| The Skydivers |
Coleman Francis |
Anthony Cardoza, Jimmy Bryant |
Drama |
Crown International Pictures
|
| The Slime People |
Robert Hutton |
Robert Hutton, Susan Hart |
Horror |
Donald J. Hansen Enterprises
|
| Soldier in the Rain |
Ralph Nelson |
Jackie Gleason, Steve McQueen, Tuesday Weld |
Comedy |
Allied Artists. From William Goldman novel
|
| Son of Flubber |
Robert Stevenson |
Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Tommy Kirk, William Demarest, Keenan Wynn, Ed Wynn, Paul Lynde, Leon Ames, Elliott Reid, Edward Andrews |
Comedy |
Disney. The Absent-Minded Professor sequel
|
| Spencer's Mountain |
Delmer Daves |
Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara |
Family |
Warner Bros. From Earl Hamner Jr. novel
|
| Stolen Hours |
Daniel Petrie |
Susan Hayward, Diane Baker |
Drama |
United Artists. Dark Victory remake
|
| The Stripper |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
Joanne Woodward, Richard Beymer, Claire Trevor |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Summer Magic |
James Neilson |
Hayley Mills, Burl Ives |
Drama |
Disney
|
| Sunday in New York |
Peter Tewksbury |
Jane Fonda, Rod Taylor, Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp |
Comedy |
MGM; from Norman Krasna play
|
| The Sword in the Stone |
Wolfgang Reitherman |
voices of Sebastian Cabot, Karl Swenson |
Animated |
Disney
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| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
| Take Her, She's Mine |
Henry Koster |
James Stewart, Sandra Dee, Audrey Meadows |
Comedy |
Fox; based on Phoebe and Henry Ephron play
|
| Tammy and the Doctor |
Harry Keller |
Sandra Dee, Peter Fonda |
Romance |
Universal. Third of series
|
| Tarzan's Three Challenges |
Robert Day |
Jock Mahoney, Woody Strode |
Adventure |
MGM. Edgar Rice Burroughs character
|
| Terrified |
Lew Landers |
Rod Lauren, Barbara Luddy |
Horror |
Crown International Pictures
|
| The Terror |
5 directors |
Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson |
Horror |
AIP
|
| They Saved Hitler's Brain |
David Bradley |
Walter Stocker, Carlos Rivas |
Science Fiction |
|
| The Three Lives of Thomasina |
Don Chaffey |
Patrick McGoohan, Susan Hampshire, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber |
Fantasy |
Disney
|
| The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze |
Norman Maurer |
The Three Stooges, Joan Freeman |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| The Thrill of It All |
Norman Jewison |
Doris Day, James Garner |
Comedy |
Universal. Script by Carl Reiner
|
| Thunder Island |
Jack Leewood |
Gene Nelson, Fay Spain |
Drama |
20th Century Fox. Script co-written by Jack Nicholson
|
| A Ticklish Affair |
George Sidney |
Shirley Jones, Gig Young, Red Buttons |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| Toys in the Attic |
George Roy Hill |
Dean Martin, Geraldine Page, Yvette Mimieux, Wendy Hiller, Gene Tierney |
Drama |
United Artists; based on Lillian Hellman play
|
| Twice-Told Tales |
Sidney Salkow |
Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Beverly Garland |
Horror |
United Artists
|
| Twilight of Honor |
Boris Sagal |
Richard Chamberlain, Nick Adams, Joey Heatherton, Joan Blackman, Claude Rains |
Drama |
MGM
|
| The Ugly American |
George Englund |
Marlon Brando, Sandra Church, Eiji Okada, Jocelyn Brando, |
Drama |
Universal
|
| Under the Yum Yum Tree |
David Swift |
Jack Lemmon, Carol Lynley, Dean Jones, Edie Adams |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| The V.I.P.s |
Anthony Asquith |
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rod Taylor, Maggie Smith |
Drama |
MGM; from Terence Rattigan play; Oscar for Rutherford
|
| The Victors |
Carl Foreman |
George Peppard, George Hamilton, Vince Edwards, Romy Schneider |
War |
Columbia; from Alexander Baron story
|
| Wall of Noise |
Richard Wilson |
Suzanne Pleshette, Dorothy Provine |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Wheeler Dealers |
Arthur Hiller |
James Garner, Lee Remick, Chill Wills, Jim Backus, Pat Crowley |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? |
Daniel Mann |
Dean Martin, Elizabeth Montgomery, Carol Burnett, Richard Conte |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Who's Minding the Store? |
Frank Tashlin |
Jerry Lewis, Jill St. John, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Walston, Kathleen Freeman |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Wives and Lovers |
John Rich |
Janet Leigh, Van Johnson |
Romance |
Paramount
|
| X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes |
Roger Corman |
Ray Milland, Diana Van der Vlis, Don Rickles |
Science Fiction |
AIP; aka Man with the X-Ray Eyes
|
| The Yellow Canary |
Buzz Kulik |
Pat Boone, Barbara Eden, Steve Forrest |
Crime |
20th Century Fox. Script by Rod Serling
|
| The Young and the Brave |
Francis D. Lyon |
Rory Calhoun, William Bendix |
War |
MGM
|
| The Young Racers |
Roger Corman |
Mark Damon, Luana Anders, Patrick Magee |
Sports |
AIP
|
| The Young Swingers |
Maury Dexter |
Molly Bee, Rod Lauren |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
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 American films of the 1960s |
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