Subgenre Sampler
: 25144 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Fencing Master, The (1962)
- Dir. Harumi Mizuho
Feat. Raizo Ichikawa, Ganjiro Nakamura, Kinuyo Tanaka
- Thoughtful, if minor exploration of samurai traditions concerns an aging swordsman struggling to keep his feudal art form alive in early 20th century…
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…
Fireball XL5 (TV Series) (1962)
- Dir. Gerry Anderson
- A precursor to the Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5 is a massive spacecraft, patrolling a dangerous sector of the galaxy and piloted by the handsome and…
First Spaceship On Venus (1962)
- Dir. Kurt Maetzig
Feat. Yoko Tani, Oldrich Lukes, Ignacy Machowski
- Adapted from a novel by Polish sci–fi writer Stanislaw Lem (SOLARIS), this follows an expedition to Venus to discover the ravaged remains of an…
Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
- Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young…
- Unfocused but intriguing murder–mystery with Anthony Perkins as a domineering, jealous husband who convinces his wife (Loren) to collect…
Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
- Dir. Irwin Allen
Feat. Red Buttons, Fabian, Barbara Eden…
- Predictable but entertaining adaptation of Jules Verne's tale about a professor (Hardwicke) who plans to fly across Africa in a balloon and ends up…
Follow That Dream (1962)
- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Anne Helm
- An under–rated and upbeat Elvis Presley vehicle has the King as part of a family of vagabonds who set up a makeshift home on a Florida beach…
Freud (1962)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Montgomery Clift, Susannah York, Larry Parks…
- John Huston once again proves his mastery of adaptation and biography, here depicting the famous psychoanalyst's clash with conservative Viennese…
Geronimo (1962)
- Dir. Arnold Laven
Feat. Chuck Connors, Adam West
- Despite the ridiculous casting of blue–eyed Connors as the legendary renegade Apache, this is a half decent B movie, loosely following the…