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A list of American films released in
1965.
The Sound of Music won the
Academy Award for
Best Picture.
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note
|
36 Hours |
George Seaton |
James Garner,
Rod Taylor,
Eva Marie Saint |
War drama |
MGM
|
The Agony and the Ecstasy |
Carol Reed |
Rex Harrison,
Charlton Heston,
Diane Cilento |
Drama, biography |
Fox
|
Andy |
Richard C. Sarafian |
Norman Alden,
Ann Wedgeworth |
Drama |
Universal
|
Apache Uprising |
R. G. Springsteen |
Rory Calhoun,
Corinne Calvet,
John Russell |
Western |
Paramount
|
Arizona Raiders |
William Witney |
Audie Murphy,
Michael Dante,
Gloria Talbott |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Art of Love |
Norman Jewison |
Dick Van Dyke,
James Garner,
Elke Sommer,
Angie Dickinson |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Baby the Rain Must Fall |
Robert Mulligan |
Steve McQueen,
Lee Remick,
Don Murray |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Bad Girls Do Cry |
Sid Melton |
Misty Ayers, William Page,
William Marks |
Sexploitation |
Independent. Filmed in 1954. |
|
Bad Girls Go to Hell |
Doris Wishman |
Gigi Darlene, George La Rocque |
Sexploitation |
Independent
|
Battle of the Bulge |
Ken Annakin |
Henry Fonda,
Dana Andrews,
Robert Shaw,
Robert Ryan,
Ty Hardin,
Pier Angeli,
Telly Savalas,
Charles Bronson |
War drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Beach Ball |
Lennie Weinrib |
Edd Byrnes,
Chris Noel,
Gail Gilmore |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Beach Blanket Bingo |
William Asher |
Frankie Avalon,
Annette Funicello,
Paul Lynde,
Don Rickles |
Comedy, Musical |
A.I.P.
|
The Bedford Incident |
James B. Harris |
Richard Widmark,
Sidney Poitier,
Martin Balsam,
Wally Cox |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Billie |
Don Weis |
Patty Duke,
Jim Backus,
Jane Greer |
Musical |
United Artists
|
Black Spurs |
R. G. Springsteen |
Rory Calhoun,
Terry Moore,
Linda Darnell |
Western |
Paramount
|
Bloody Pit of Horror |
Massimo Pupillo |
Mickey Hargitay, Walter Bigari, Luisa Baratto |
Horror |
Italian-American co-production
|
Boeing Boeing |
John Rich |
Tony Curtis,
Jerry Lewis,
Dany Saval |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
The Bounty Killer |
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
Dan Duryea,
Audrey Dalton,
Richard Arlen |
Western |
Embassy Pictures
|
Brainstorm |
William Conrad |
Anne Francis,
Dana Andrews,
Jeffrey Hunter |
Suspense |
Warner Bros.
|
Bus Riley's Back in Town |
Harvey Hart |
Ann-Margret,
Michael Parks,
Kim Darby,
Janet Margolin |
Drama |
Universal
|
Cat Ballou |
Elliot Silverstein |
Jane Fonda,
Lee Marvin,
Dwayne Hickman,
Michael Callan,
Nat King Cole,
Stubby Kaye |
Western comedy |
Columbia. Academy Award for Marvin
|
The Cincinnati Kid |
Norman Jewison |
Steve McQueen,
Ann-Margret,
Edward G. Robinson,
Karl Malden,
Tuesday Weld,
Rip Torn,
Cab Calloway,
Joan Blondell |
Drama |
MGM
|
City Under the Sea |
Jacques Tourneur |
Vincent Price,
Tab Hunter,
Susan Hart |
Sci-fi |
A.I.P. Tourneur's final film
|
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion |
Andrew Marton |
Marshall Thompson,
Betsy Drake,
Richard Haydn |
Family |
MGM. Inspired TV's
Daktari
|
The Collector |
William Wyler |
Terence Stamp,
Samantha Eggar,
Mona Washbourne |
Thriller |
Columbia
|
Convict Stage |
Lesley Selander |
Harry Lauter,
Don "Red" Barr,
Hanna Landy |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
Crack in the World |
Andrew Marton |
Dana Andrews,
Janette Scott,
Kieron Moore |
Drama |
Paramount
|
Dark Intruder |
Harvey Hart |
Leslie Nielsen,
Mark Richman,
Judi Meredith |
Horror |
Universal
|
Deadwood '76 |
James Landis |
Arch Hall Sr. |
Western |
Fairway International Pictures
|
Dear Brigitte |
Henry Koster |
James Stewart,
Fabian,
Glynis Johns,
Ed Wynn,
Bill Mumy,
Brigitte Bardot |
Comedy |
Fox
|
Die, Monster, Die! |
Daniel Haller |
Boris Karloff,
Nick Adams,
Suzan Farmer |
Science Fiction, Horror |
A.I.P.
|
The Dirty Game |
4 directors |
Henry Fonda,
Robert Ryan,
Vittorio Gassman |
Spy anthology |
A.I.P
|
Do Not Disturb |
Ralph Levy |
Doris Day,
Rod Taylor,
Hermione Baddeley |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Doctor Zhivago |
David Lean |
Omar Sharif,
Julie Christie,
Rod Steiger,
Geraldine Chaplin,
Tom Courtenay,
Alec Guinness |
Drama, epic |
MGM. Based on the
novel; 5
Oscars
|
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine |
Norman Taurog |
Vincent Price,
Frankie Avalon,
Dwayne Hickman,
Susan Hart |
Comedy |
A.I.P.
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
The Family Jewels |
Jerry Lewis |
Jerry Lewis,
Sebastian Cabot,
Donna Butterworth |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! |
Russ Meyer |
Tura Satana,
Haji,
Lori Williams |
Sexploitation |
Independent
|
Finger on the Trigger |
Sidney W. Pink |
Rory Calhoun,
Aldo Sambrell,
James Philbrook |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
The Flight of the Phoenix |
Robert Aldrich |
James Stewart,
Peter Finch,
Richard Attenborough,
Hardy Kruger,
Dan Duryea,
George Kennedy,
Ernest Borgnine |
Drama |
20th Century Fox. From
Elleston Trevor novel; 2
Oscar nominations
|
Fluffy |
Earl Bellamy |
Tony Randall,
Shirley Jones,
Celia Kaye |
Family |
Universal
|
The Fool Killer |
Servando González |
Anthony Perkins,
Edward Albert,
Dana Elcar |
Adventure |
Allied Artists
|
Fort Courageous |
Lesley Selander |
Don "Red" Barry,
Hanna Landy,
Harry Lauter |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster |
Robert Gaffney |
James Karen,
Marilyn Hanold |
Science fiction |
Allied Artists
|
Genghis Khan |
Henry Levin |
Omar Sharif,
James Mason,
Eli Wallach |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
Girl Happy |
Boris Sagal |
Elvis Presley,
Shelley Fabares,
Harold Stone,
John Fiedler,
Nita Talbot,
Mary Ann Mobley,
Gary Crosby |
Musical |
MGM
|
The Girls on the Beach |
William N. Witney |
Noreen Corcoran,
Martin West,
Linda Marshall |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Git! |
Ellis Kadison |
Heather North,
Leslie Bradley,
Richard Webb |
Drama |
Embassy Pictures
|
The Glory Guys |
Arnold Laven |
Tom Tryon,
Harve Presnell,
Senta Berger,
James Caan |
Western |
United Artists
|
Goldstein |
Philip Kaufman |
Lou Gilbert, Ellen Madison, Tom Erhart |
Comedy |
|
The Great Race |
Blake Edwards |
Tony Curtis,
Natalie Wood,
Jack Lemmon,
Peter Falk |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.; 5
Oscar nominations
|
The Great Sioux Massacre |
Sidney Salkow |
Joseph Cotten,
Darren McGavin,
Philip Carey |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Greatest Story Ever Told |
George Stevens |
Max von Sydow,
Charlton Heston,
José Ferrer,
Claude Rains,
Angela Lansbury,
David McCallum,
Martin Landau,
Ed Wynn,
Telly Savalas,
Sidney Poitier,
John Wayne |
Biblical
epic |
United Artists; 5
Oscar nominations; Rains' final film
|
Guns of Diablo |
Boris Sagal |
Charles Bronson,
Kurt Russell |
Western |
MGM
|
The Hallelujah Trail |
John Sturges |
Burt Lancaster,
Lee Remick,
Jim Hutton,
Pamela Tiffin |
Western comedy |
United Artists
|
Harlow |
Gordon Douglas |
Carroll Baker,
Raf Vallone,
Angela Lansbury,
Peter Lawford |
Drama, biography |
Paramount Pictures; story of
Jean Harlow
|
Harlow |
Alex Segal |
Carol Lynley,
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.,
Ginger Rogers |
Biography |
Independent. Rogers' final film
|
Harum Scarum |
Gene Nelson |
Elvis Presley,
Mary Ann Mobley,
Fran Jeffries |
Musical |
MGM
|
Having a Wild Weekend |
John Boorman |
The Dave Clark Five |
Musical |
Boorman's first film
|
Harvey Middleman, Fireman |
Ernest Pintoff |
Patricia Harty,
Arlene Golonka,
Hermione Gingold |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
How to Murder Your Wife |
Richard Quine |
Jack Lemmon,
Terry-Thomas,
Virna Lisi |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini |
William Asher |
Annette Funicello,
Dwayne Hickman,
Beverly Adams |
Comedy |
A.I.P.
|
The Human Duplicators |
Hugo Grimaldi |
George Nader,
Barbara Nichols,
Dolores Faith |
Sci-fi |
Independent
|
I Saw What You Did |
William Castle |
Joan Crawford,
John Ireland |
Thriller |
Universal
|
I'll Take Sweden |
Frederick de Cordova |
Bob Hope,
Tuesday Weld,
Frankie Avalon |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
In Harm's Way |
Otto Preminger |
John Wayne,
Kirk Douglas,
Patricia Neal,
Henry Fonda,
Brandon deWilde,
Paula Prentiss,
Burgess Meredith,
Carroll O'Connor,
Tom Tryon,
Dana Andrews,
George Kennedy |
War drama |
Paramount; from
James Bassett novel;
BAFTA award for Neal
|
Indian Paint |
Norman Foster |
Johnny Crawford,
Jay Silverheels,
Pat Hogan |
Western |
Crown
|
Inside Daisy Clover |
Robert Mulligan |
Natalie Wood,
Robert Redford,
Christopher Plummer |
Drama |
Warner Bros. 4
Oscar nominations
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home |
J. Lee Thompson |
Shirley MacLaine,
Richard Crenna,
Peter Ustinov |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Joy in the Morning |
Alex Segal |
Richard Chamberlain,
Yvette Mimieux,
Oskar Homolka |
Drama |
MGM
|
King Rat |
Bryan Forbes |
George Segal,
Tom Courtenay,
James Fox |
War drama |
Columbia. From
James Clavell novel
|
Love and Kisses |
Ozzie Nelson |
Ricky Nelson,
Jerry Van Dyke,
Kris Harmon |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Love Has Many Faces |
Alexander Singer |
Lana Turner,
Cliff Robertson,
Hugh O'Brian,
Ruth Roman,
Stefanie Powers |
Drama, Romance |
Columbia
|
The Loved One |
Tony Richardson |
Robert Morse,
Jonathan Winters,
John Gielgud,
Liberace,
Milton Berle,
Tab Hunter,
Rod Steiger |
Comedy |
MGM; based on novel by
Evelyn Waugh
|
Major Dundee |
Sam Peckinpah |
Charlton Heston,
Richard Harris,
James Coburn |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Man from Button Willow |
David Detiege |
Dale Robertson,
Howard Keel,
Barbara Jean Wong |
Animated western |
Independent
|
Mara of the Wilderness |
Frank McDonald |
Adam West,
Lori Saunders |
Adventure |
Allied Artists
|
Marriage on the Rocks |
Jack Donohue |
Frank Sinatra,
Dean Martin,
Deborah Kerr |
Romantic comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force |
Edward Montagne |
Joe Flynn,
Tim Conway |
Comedy |
Universal Pictures
|
Mickey One |
Arthur Penn |
Warren Beatty,
Franchot Tone,
Alexandra Stewart |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Mirage |
Edward Dmytryk |
Gregory Peck,
Diane Baker,
Walter Matthau |
Thriller |
Universal Pictures
|
Mister Moses |
Ronald Neame |
Robert Mitchum,
Carroll Baker,
Ian Bannen |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
The Monkey's Uncle |
Robert Stevenson |
Annette Funicello,
Tommy Kirk,
Arthur O'Connell |
Comedy |
Disney; sequel to
1964 film
|
The Money Trap |
Burt Kennedy |
Glenn Ford,
Elke Sommer,
Rita Hayworth |
Drama |
MGM
|
Monster A Go-Go |
Bill Rebane |
June Travis,
Phil Morton |
Science fiction |
|
Morituri |
Bernhard Wicki |
Marlon Brando,
Yul Brynner,
Wally Cox,
Janet Margolin |
Action |
20th Century Fox
|
Motorpsycho |
Russ Meyer |
Haji,
Alex Rocco |
Action |
Independent
|
Mudhoney |
Russ Meyer |
Lorna Maitland, Hal Hopper |
Drama |
Independent
|
My Blood Runs Cold |
William Conrad |
Troy Donahue,
Joey Heatherton,
Barry Sullivan |
Thriller |
Warner Bros.
|
The Naked Brigade |
Maury Dexter |
Shirley Eaton,
Ken Scott,
Mary Chronopoulou |
War |
Universal
|
The Naked Prey |
Cornel Wilde |
Cornel Wilde,
Ken Gampu,
Gert van den Bergh |
Adventure |
Paramount
|
Never Too Late |
Bud Yorkin |
Paul Ford,
Maureen O'Sullivan,
Connie Stevens |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Nightmare in the Sun |
Marc Lawrence |
John Derek,
Ursula Andress,
Sammy Davis, Jr. |
Crime drama |
Independent
|
None But The Brave |
Frank Sinatra |
Frank Sinatra, Tatsuya Mihashi,
Clint Walker,
Tommy Sands,
Brad Dexter,
Tony Bill |
War drama |
Warner Bros.; only film Sinatra directed
|
Once a Thief |
Ralph Nelson |
Alain Delon,
Ann-Margret,
Van Heflin,
Jack Palance |
Crime |
MGM
|
One Way Wahine |
William O. Brown |
Joy Harmon,
Anthony Eisley,
Edgar Bergen |
Comedy |
Independent
|
Operation C.I.A. |
Christian Nyby |
Burt Reynolds, Danielle Aubrey,
John Hoyt |
Thriller |
Allied Artists
|
The Outlaws Is Coming |
Norman Maurer |
Moe Howard,
Larry Fine,
Joe DeRita |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
A Patch of Blue |
Guy Green |
Sidney Poitier,
Elizabeth Hartman,
Shelley Winters |
Drama |
MGM.
Oscar for Winters
|
Promise Her Anything |
Arthur Hiller |
Warren Beatty,
Leslie Caron |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
A Rage to Live |
Walter Grauman |
Suzanne Pleshette,
Bradford Dillman,
Ben Gazzara |
Drama |
United Artists. From
John O'Hara novel
|
Rapture |
John Guillermin |
Melvyn Douglas,
Patricia Gozzi,
Dean Stockwell |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
The Ravagers |
Eddie Romero |
John Saxon,
Fernando Poe Jr.,
Robert Arevalo |
War |
Independent
|
Red Line 7000 |
Howard Hawks |
James Caan,
Laura Devon,
Charlene Holt |
Sports |
Paramount
|
Requiem for a Gunfighter |
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
Rod Cameron,
Stephen McNally,
Mike Mazurki |
Western |
Embassy Pictures
|
The Reward |
Serge Bourguignon |
Max von Sydow,
Yvette Mimieux,
Gilbert Roland |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
Ride in the Whirlwind |
Monte Hellman |
Jack Nicholson,
Millie Perkins,
Harry Dean Stanton |
Western |
written by Nicholson
|
The Rounders |
Burt Kennedy |
Henry Fonda,
Glenn Ford,
Chill Wills,
Sue Ane Langdon |
Western comedy |
MGM; from a novel by Max Evans
|
Runaway Girl |
Hamil Petroff |
Lili St. Cyr,
Jock Mahoney,
Laurie Mitchell |
Crime |
Independent
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
The Sandpiper |
Vincente Minnelli |
Elizabeth Taylor,
Richard Burton,
Eva Marie Saint,
Robert Webber,
Charles Bronson |
Drama |
MGM; won
Oscar for Best Song
|
The Satan Bug |
John Sturges |
George Maharis,
Anne Francis |
Science fiction |
from
Alistair MacLean novel
|
Sergeant Deadhead |
Norman Taurog |
Frankie Avalon,
Deborah Walley,
Cesar Romero |
Musical |
A.I.P.
|
Shenandoah |
Andrew V. McLaglen |
James Stewart,
Doug McClure,
Katharine Ross,
Glenn Corbett,
Rosemary Forsyth |
War, drama |
Universal
|
Ship of Fools |
Stanley Kramer |
Vivien Leigh,
Simone Signoret,
Lee Marvin,
José Ferrer,
Oskar Werner,
Elizabeth Ashley,
George Segal,
Michael Dunn (actor) |
Drama |
Columbia. 8
Oscar nominations; Leigh's final film
|
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious |
Gottfried Reinhardt |
Alec Guinness,
Mike Connors,
Robert Redford |
POW Comedy |
Paramount
|
Ski Party |
Alan Rafkin |
Frankie Avalon,
Dwayne Hickman,
Yvonne Craig |
Musical comedy |
A.I.P.
|
The Slender Thread |
Sydney Pollack |
Sidney Poitier,
Anne Bancroft,
Telly Savalas |
Drama |
Paramount
|
Son of a Gunfighter |
Paul Landres |
Russ Tamblyn,
Kieron Moore,
Fernando Rey |
Western |
MGM
|
The Sons of Katie Elder |
Henry Hathaway |
John Wayne,
Dean Martin,
Earl Holliman,
George Kennedy,
James Gregory,
Martha Hyer |
Western |
Paramount
|
The Sound of Music |
Robert Wise |
Julie Andrews,
Christopher Plummer,
Peggy Wood,
Eleanor Parker,
Richard Haydn |
Musical, family |
20th Century Fox; won 5
Oscars; from
Maria von Trapp book
|
Space Probe Taurus |
Leonard Katzman |
Francine York,
James Brown |
Science fiction |
A.I.P.
|
Strange Bedfellows |
Melvin Frank |
Rock Hudson,
Gina Lollobrigida,
Gig Young |
Comedy |
Universal
|
A Swingin' Summer |
Robert Sparr |
Raquel Welch,
James Stacy |
Comedy |
Independent. Welch's first starring role
|
The Sword of Ali Baba |
Virgil W. Vogel |
Jocelyn Lane,
Frank McGrath,
Gavin MacLeod |
Adventure |
Universal
|
Sylvia |
Gordon Douglas |
Carroll Baker,
George Maharis,
Peter Lawford |
Drama |
Paramount
|
Synanon |
Richard Quine |
Edmond O'Brien,
Chuck Connors,
Stella Stevens |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Taffy and the Jungle Hunter |
Terry O. Morse |
Jacques Bergerac,
Manuel Padilla Jr. |
Adventure |
Allied Artists
|
That Darn Cat! |
Robert Stevenson |
Hayley Mills,
Dean Jones,
Dorothy Provine,
Roddy McDowall,
Neville Brand,
Frank Gorshin,
Elsa Lanchester,
Ed Wynn,
William Demarest |
Family, comedy |
Disney
|
That Funny Feeling |
Richard Thorpe |
Sandra Dee,
Bobby Darin,
Donald O'Connor |
Comedy |
Universal
|
The Third Day |
Jack Smight |
George Peppard,
Elizabeth Ashley,
Roddy McDowall |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
A Thousand Clowns |
Fred Coe |
Jason Robards,
Martin Balsam,
Barbara Harris,
William Daniels,
Barry Gordon,
Gene Saks |
Comedy, Drama |
United Artists;
Oscar for Balsam
|
Thunderball |
Terence Young |
Sean Connery,
Claudine Auger,
Adolfo Celi |
Spy |
United Artists
|
Tickle Me |
Norman Taurog |
Elvis Presley,
Julie Adams,
Jocelyn Lane |
Musical |
Allied Artists
|
Town Tamer |
Lesley Selander |
Dana Andrews,
Terry Moore,
Pat O'Brien |
Western |
Paramount
|
The Truth About Spring |
Richard Thorpe |
Hayley Mills,
John Mills,
Lionel Jeffries |
Drama |
Universal
|
Two on a Guillotine |
William Conrad |
Connie Stevens,
Cesar Romero,
Dean Jones |
Horror |
Warner Bros.
|
Up from the Beach |
Robert Parrish |
Cliff Robertson,
Red Buttons,
Irina Demick |
War |
20th Century Fox
|
A Very Special Favor |
Michael Gordon |
Rock Hudson,
Leslie Caron,
Charles Boyer |
Romantic comedy |
Universal
|
Village of the Giants |
Bert I. Gordon |
Tommy Kirk,
Johnny Crawford,
Beau Bridges,
Joy Harmon |
Sci-fi comedy |
Embassy
|
Von Ryan's Express |
Mark Robson |
Frank Sinatra,
Trevor Howard,
Raffaella Carrà |
War |
20th Century Fox; from
David Westheimer novel
|
The War Lord |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
Charlton Heston,
Richard Boone,
Rosemary Forsyth |
Historical |
Universal
|
War Party |
Lesley Selander |
Davey Davison,
Don "Red" Barry |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
What's New Pussycat? |
Clive Donner |
Peter Sellers,
Peter O'Toole,
Paula Prentiss,
Romy Schneider,
Woody Allen,
Capucine |
Comedy |
United Artists; Allen's film debut
|
When the Boys Meet the Girls |
Alvin Ganzer |
Connie Francis,
Harve Presnell,
Peter Noone |
Musical |
MGM
|
Wild on the Beach |
Maury Dexter |
Frankie Randall,
Sherry Jackson,
Cher,
Sonny Bono |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Wild Seed |
Brian G. Hutton |
Michael Parks,
Celia Kaye |
Drama |
Universal
|
Willy McBean and his Magic Machine |
Arthur Rankin, Jr. |
|
Animation |
Rankin-Bass Productions
|
Winter A-Go-Go |
Richard Benedict |
James Stacy,
William Wellman Jr.,
Beverly Adams |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
The World of Abbott and Costello |
Sidney Miller |
Bud Abbott,
Lou Costello |
Compilation |
Universal
|
Young Dillinger |
Terry O. Morse |
John Ashley,
Nick Adams,
Robert Conrad |
Crime |
Allied Artists
|
Young Fury |
Christian Nyby |
Rory Calhoun,
Virginia Mayo |
Western |
Paramount
|
Zebra in the Kitchen |
Ivan Tors |
Jay North,
Martin Milner,
Andy Devine |
Family |
MGM
|
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