Subgenre Sampler
Cult: 1365 Films to Buy & Rent
Experimental Films of Osamu Tezuka, The (1962-1988)
- Dir. Osamu Tezuka
- 13 rare experimental films from the godfather of Japanese manga and anime, Osamu Tezuka.
Films: Tales of the Street Corner, Male, Memory, Mermaid,…
Exterminating Angel, The (1962)
- Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Silvia Pinal
- A psychic 'disaster movie', in which guests become trapped at a dinner party by a mysterious forcefield. As the days go by, dinner–table…
Final Academy Documents (1962)
- Two tapes of material on cult American writer/painter/filmmaker William Burroughs. First tape contains a number of his experimental films from the…
La Jetee (1962)
- Dir. Chris Marker
- Classic science–fiction short told almost entirely in stills takes a man from the future on a terrifying journey back to his childhood. The…
McHale's Navy (TV Series) (1962-1965)
- Feat. Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn, Tim Conway
- Predating MASH, Borgnine and Flynn engage in naval nonsense in this fondly remembered maritime comedy of hierarchical hi–jinks and seaman…
Saint, The (TV Series) (1962)
- Feat. Roger Moore
- The role of Simon Templar enabled a young Roger Moore to perfect the savvy quips that would mark him as a natural choice for James Bond.
Also…
Samurai, The (TV Series) (1962- 1965)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Koichi Ose
- Shintaro (Koichi Ose) and his Samurai warriors protect feudal Japan from the black–robed society of the Koga Ninjas, armed with magic and…
Tale of Zatoichi, The (1962)
- Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Shintaro Katsu
- The inaugural movie in the iconic 'Zatoichi' series – which followed the intriguing adventures in mythical Japan of a blind masseur, who has…
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono…
- Joan Crawford and Bette Davis scheme and brood in this memorable gothic melodrama about an aged child star and her embittered and jealous sister who…
Wild Guitar (1962)
- Dir. Ray Dennis Steckler
Feat. Arch Hall Jr., Nancy Czar, Ray Dennis Steckler
- A deceitful record exec stiffs our guitar–playing, motorcycling hero. Another textbook how–not–to–make–a–movie…