Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3626 Films to Buy & Rent
Bedford Incident, The (1965)
- Dir. James B. Harris
Feat. Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier
- Excellent Cold war navy thriller in which an US captain (Richard Widmark) treads the nuclear tightrope in obsessive pursuit of a Russian sub.
Belle and Sebastien (TV Series) (1965)
- Dir. Cecile Aubry, Jean Guillaume
- Cherished children's series lovingly recreates the classic French tale of a six–year–old orphan who forms an enduring friendship with a…
Big Job, The (1965)
- Dir. Gerald Thomas
Feat. Sid James, Sylvia Syms, Dick Emery
- Classic comedy in the tradition of the 'CARRY ON' films centered around a group of arrested bankrobbers, who, after being released from prison, try…
Blindfold (1965)
- Dir. Philip Dunne
Feat. Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Warden…
- Rock Hudson stars in this wry thriller as a psycho–analyst caught up in an international spy plot after one of his patients knows more than…
Boeing, Boeing (1965)
- Dir. John Rich
Feat. Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis, Thelma Ritter
- Comedy with Tony Curtis playing a philanderer who is secretly engaged to three different air stewardesses, and Jerry Lewis as the surprise house…
Bunny Lake is Missing (1965)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Keir Dullea, Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier…
- Deeply eccentric chiller centred on the hunt for a missing child who the police begin to suspect may never have existed at all.
Both a finely…
Cast a Giant Shadow (1965)
- Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Angie Dickinson…
- Spectacular epic concerning the Israeli War of Independence in 1947–8, that like EXODUS somewhat romanticises events. Weaves a romance around…
Cat Ballou (1965)
- Dir. Elliot Silverstein
Feat. Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin
- Amusing spoof of the genre with Jane Fonda as a school–teacher who becomes an outlaw after her father's untimely death. Lee Marvin won an Oscar…
Catch Us If You Can (1965)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Dave Clark, Barbara Ferris, Lenny Davidson
- Surprisingly downbeat comedy vehicle for pop band the Dave Clark Five sees a stuntman (Clark) for a pro–meat commercial run away with its star…
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud…
- Orson Welles' late–career masterpiece in which one of the Bard's great supporting characters Falstaff is given his due through a series of…