Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
- Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Feat. Nikolai Burlyayev, Valentin Zubkov, Yevgeni Zharikov
- A teenage spy works behind enemy lines in WW2 Germany. The Russian master's first feature is his least self–conscious and most efficient…
Ken Russell at the BBC (Elgar; Debussy; Always on Sunday; Isadora; Dante's Inferno; Song of Summer) (1962-1968)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Oliver Reed, Vladek Sheybal, Vernon Dobtcheff…
- The engrossing early works of the controversial director comprises six of his famed artist portraits
Kid Galahad (1962)
- Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Elvis Presley, Charles Bronson, Joan Blackman…
- Musical remake sees Elvis enter the ring as an upstart boxer under the tutelage of grizzly Charles Bronson, who's not about to put the champ in…
Knife in the Water (1962)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz
- The old adage 'three is a crowd' is chillingly played out in Polanski's directing debut about a couple's troubled yachting weekend with a…
L-Shaped Room, The (1962)
- Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. Leslie Caron
- Defining slice of gritty Brit realism tackles the issue of pregnancy outside marriage with considerable pathos. French girl Leslie Caron crosses 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…
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn…
- Superlative epic biography of enigmatic adventurer T.E. Lawrence played by a charismatic Peter O'Toole in his first leading role. The spectacle is…
Lolita (1962)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. James Mason, Peter Sellers, Shelley Winters…
- A middle–aged man falls in love with a 14–year–old girl, so marries her mother to be near her. Fascinating black comedy of sexual…
Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
- Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Tom Courtenay, Michael Redgrave, Alec McCowen
- Rebellious borstal–boy Tom Courtenay finds self–discovery while cross–country training. An emotionally powerful critique of class…
Lonely Are The Brave (1962)
- Dir. David Miller
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau…
- Kirk Douglas is on top form in this Dalton Trumbo–penned 'psychological' Western, playing an anti–establishment cowboy who purposefully…