Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics: 3552 Films to Rent
Cape Fear (1962)
- Dir. J. Lee-Thompson
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck
- The original chiller that inspired the recent remake, complete with Bernard Herrmann's bombastic score. Robert Mitchum plays the ex–con…
Carnival of Souls (1962)
- Dir. Herk Harvey
Feat. Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey
- A woman's vision of the world is not quite the same after surviving a car accident in this vastly under–appreciated spook story that comes…
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
- Dir. Agnes Varda
Feat. Corrine Marchand
- One of the treasures of the French New Wave, dir. Varda’s debut is, Pauline Kael contends “one of the few films directed by a woman where the…
Courtship of Eddie's Father, The (1962)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Glenn Ford, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones
- Wholesome family comedy, wherein widower Glenn Ford is prodded into romance by his six–year son Ron Howard (who went on to become the…
Damn the Defiant! (H.M.S. Defiant) (1962)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Quayle
- Naval drama set aboard a British warship during the Napoleonic wars is a defiantly good–quality effort. Script, photography (by Christopher…
Day the Earth Caught Fire, The (1962)
- Dir. Val Guest
Feat. Edward Judd, Leo McKern
- A solidly old–fashioned 'disaster film' in which H–Bomb test knock the Earth of its axis, leading to terrifying and accelerating climate…
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford…
- A bittersweet reprise of THE LOST WEEKEND, with PR–expert Jack Lemmon's never–ending round of cocktail parties dragging him and his wife…
Devil's Hand, The (1962)
- Dir. William J. Hole Jnr
Feat. Linda Christian, Robert Alda, Neil Hamilton
- Hammy low–budget horror of a man seduced by a blonde vixen who forces him to become involved in a mysterious satanic cult she holds allegiance…
Dick Van Dyke Show, The (TV Series ) (1962-1966)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore
- Seminal sitcom set around a New York comedy writer and his family. Van Dyke's wife was played by Mary Tyler Moore in her first major…
Dr. Crippen (1962)
- Dir. Robert Lynn
Feat. Donald Pleasence, Coral Browne, Samantha Eggar
- This well paced drama centered around Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen's murder of his wife was originally billed as a horror, but is actually a rather…