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A list of American films released in
1963.
Cleopatra - the highest-grossing film of 1963.
A-C
Title |
Director |
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
13 Frightened Girls |
William Castle |
Murray Hamilton,
Joyce Taylor |
Thriller |
Columbia
|
4 for Texas |
Robert Aldrich |
Frank Sinatra,
Dean Martin,
Anita Ekberg,
Ursula Andress,
Charles Bronson |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
55 Days at Peking |
Nicholas Ray |
Charlton Heston,
Ava Gardner,
David Niven |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
Act One |
Dore Schary |
George Hamilton,
Jason Robards,
Jack Klugman,
George Segal |
Biography |
Warner Bros.
|
All the Way Home |
Alex Segal |
Jean Simmons,
Robert Preston,
Pat Hingle |
Drama |
Drama
James Agee book
|
America America |
Elia Kazan |
Frank Wolff,
Stathis Giallelis,
Lou Antonio,
Joanna Frank |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Atom Age Vampire |
A.G. Majano |
Alberto Lupo, Susanne Loret,
Sergio Fantoni |
Horror |
|
The Balcony |
Joseph Strick |
Shelley Winters,
Peter Falk,
Leonard Nimoy,
Ruby Dee |
Drama |
play by
Jean Genet
|
Beach Party |
William Asher |
Robert Cummings,
Dorothy Malone,
Annette Funicello,
Frankie Avalon |
Comedy |
AIP
|
The Birds |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Tippi Hedren,
Rod Taylor,
Jessica Tandy,
Suzanne Pleshette,
Veronica Cartwright |
Suspense |
Universal
|
Black Zoo |
Robert Gordon |
Michael Gough,
Jeanne Cooper,
Rod Lauren |
Horror |
Allied Artists
|
Blonde Cobra |
Ken Jacobs |
Jack Smith |
Short |
|
Blood Feast |
H.G. Lewis |
William Kerwin, Mal Arnold,
Connie Mason, Scott H. Hall |
Horror |
|
Bye Bye Birdie |
George Sidney |
Dick Van Dyke,
Ann-Margret,
Janet Leigh,
Bobby Rydell,
Maureen Stapleton |
Musical |
Columbia. Based on the
play
|
Cairo |
Wolf Rilla |
George Sanders,
Richard Johnson |
Crime |
MGM
|
California |
Hamil Petroff |
Jock Mahoney,
Faith Domergue |
Western |
AIP; Remake of
1947 film
|
Call Me Bwana |
Gordon Douglas |
Bob Hope,
Anita Ekberg,
Edie Adams |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
Captain Newman, M.D. |
David Miller |
Gregory Peck,
Angie Dickinson,
Tony Curtis,
Eddie Albert,
Robert Duvall,
Larry Storch,
Bobby Darin |
Drama |
Universal. 3
Oscar nominations
|
Captain Sindbad |
Byron Haskin |
Guy Williams,
Heidi Brühl,
Pedro Armendáriz |
Adventure |
MGM
|
The Cardinal |
Otto Preminger |
Tom Tryon,
John Huston,
Carol Lynley,
Romy Schneider,
Ossie Davis |
Drama |
Columbia. 6 Oscar nominations
|
The Caretakers |
Hall Bartlett |
Joan Crawford,
Robert Stack,
Polly Bergen |
Suspense |
U.A.
|
Cattle King |
Tay Garnett |
Robert Taylor,
Joan Caulfield |
Western |
MGM
|
The Ceremony |
Laurence Harvey |
Laurence Harvey,
Sarah Miles |
Crime |
United Artists
|
Charade |
Stanley Donen |
Audrey Hepburn,
Cary Grant,
Walter Matthau,
James Coburn,
Ned Glass,
George Kennedy |
Suspense |
Universal
|
A Child Is Waiting |
John Cassavetes |
Burt Lancaster,
Judy Garland,
Gena Rowlands |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Cleopatra |
Joseph Mankiewicz |
Elizabeth Taylor,
Richard Burton,
Rex Harrison,
Roddy McDowall,
Martin Landau,
Carroll O'Connor,
Hume Cronyn |
Epic |
Fox; won 4
Oscars; Remake of
1934 film
|
Come Blow Your Horn |
Bud Yorkin |
Frank Sinatra,
Tony Bill,
Barbara Rush,
Jill St. John |
Comedy |
Paramount. Script by
Neil Simon
|
Come Fly with Me |
Henry Levin |
Dolores Hart,
Pamela Tiffin,
Lois Nettleton,
Hugh O'Brian |
Romance |
MGM
|
The Comedy of Terrors |
Jacques Tourneur |
Vincent Price,
Peter Lorre,
Boris Karloff,
Basil Rathbone |
Horror |
American International
|
The Cool World |
Shirley Clarke |
Yolanda Rodríguez,
Antonio Fargas,
Carl Lee |
Drama |
|
The Courtship of Eddie's Father |
Vincente Minnelli |
Glenn Ford,
Shirley Jones,
Stella Stevens,
Dina Merrill,
Ron Howard,
Jerry Van Dyke |
Comedy |
MGM. Inspired
TV series
|
The Crawling Hand |
Herbert L. Strock |
Peter Breck,
Kent Taylor,
Alan Hale Jr. |
Horror |
|
Critic's Choice |
Don Weis |
Bob Hope,
Lucille Ball,
Marilyn Maxwell,
Rip Torn |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Cry of Battle |
Irving Lerner |
Van Heflin,
Rita Moreno |
War |
Allied Artists
|
D-G
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
The Day Mars Invaded Earth
|
Maury Dexter
|
Kent Taylor,
Marie Windsor
|
Science fiction
|
20th Century Fox
|
Dementia 13
|
Francis Ford Coppola
|
William Campbell,
Patrick Magee
|
Thriller
|
A.I.P.
|
Diamond Head
|
Guy Green
|
Charlton Heston,
Yvette Mimieux
|
Drama
|
Columbia; based on Peter Gilman novel
|
Diary of a Madman
|
Reginald Le Borg
|
Vincent Price,
Nancy Kovack,
Lewis Martin
|
Horror
|
United Artists
|
Dime with a Halo
|
Boris Sagal
|
Barbara Luna,
Roger Mobley
|
Comedy
|
MGM
|
Donovan's Reef
|
John Ford
|
John Wayne,
Lee Marvin,
Jack Warden,
Dorothy Lamour,
Elizabeth Allen,
Cesar Romero
|
Comedy
|
Paramount; final Ford-Wayne collaboration
|
Drums of Africa
|
James B. Clark
|
Frankie Avalon,
Mariette Hartley
|
Adventure
|
MGM
|
Eat
|
Andy Warhol
|
Robert Indiana
|
|
|
Face in the Rain
|
Irvin Kershner
|
Rory Calhoun,
Marina Berti
|
Drama
|
Embassy
|
Five Minutes to Love
|
John Hayes
|
Rue McClanahan
|
Drama
|
Headliner Productions
|
Flaming Creatures
|
Jack Smith
|
Frances Francine,
Mario Montez
|
Experimental
|
|
Flipper
|
James B. Clark
|
Chuck Connors,
Luke Halpin
|
Family
|
MGM. Based on the TV series
|
Follow the Boys
|
Richard Thorpe
|
Connie Francis,
Janis Paige,
Paula Prentiss,
Russ Tamblyn
|
Comedy
Romance
|
MGM
|
For Love or Money
|
Michael Gordon
|
Kirk Douglas,
Mitzi Gaynor,
Thelma Ritter,
Gig Young,
Leslie Parrish,
Julie Newmar
|
Comedy
Romance
|
Universal; Remake of
1993 film
|
Free, White and 21
|
Larry Buchanan
|
Frederick O'Neal, Annalena Lund
|
Drama
|
AIP
|
From Russia with Love |
Terence Young |
Sean Connery,
Daniela Bianchi,
Lotte Lenya |
Spy |
United Artists
|
Fun in Acapulco
|
Richard Thorpe
|
Elvis Presley,
Ursula Andress,
Elsa Cárdenas,
Alejandro Rey
|
Musical
|
Paramount
|
A Gathering of Eagles
|
Delbert Mann
|
Rock Hudson,
Rod Taylor,
Barry Sullivan
|
Drama
|
Universal
|
Gidget Goes to Rome
|
Paul Wendkos
|
Cindy Carol,
Don Porter
|
Comedy
|
Columbia.
Gidget sequel
|
The Girl Hunters
|
Roy Rowland
|
Mickey Spillane,
Shirley Eaton
|
Mystery
|
from Spillane's novel
|
Goldilocks and the Three Bares
|
Herschell Gordon Lewis
|
Alison Edwards, Rex Marlow, Thomas Sweetwood,
Joey Maxim
|
Erotic Comedy
|
|
The Great Escape
|
John Sturges
|
Steve McQueen,
James Garner,
Richard Attenborough,
Charles Bronson,
James Coburn,
James Donald,
Donald Pleasence,
David McCallum
|
War
|
United Artists; based on book by
Paul Brickhill
|
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
|
Frank McDonald
|
Audie Murphy,
Colleen Miller
|
Western
|
Allied Artists
|
The Gun Hawk
|
Edward Ludwig
|
Rory Calhoun,
Rod Cameron,
Ruta Lee
|
Western
|
Allied Artists
|
H-M
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Harbor Lights |
Maury Dexter |
Kent Taylor,
Míriam Colón,
Jeff Morrow |
Action |
20th Century Fox
|
The Haunted Palace |
Roger Corman |
Vincent Price,
Debra Paget |
Horror |
AIP. Paget's final film
|
The Haunting |
Robert Wise |
Julie Harris,
Claire Bloom,
Russ Tamblyn |
Horror |
MGM. From
Shirley Jackson novel
|
The Hook |
George Seaton |
Kirk Douglas,
Nick Adams |
War |
MGM
|
Hootenanny Hoot |
Gene Nelson |
Peter Breck,
Ruta Lee,
Johnny Cash |
Musical |
MGM
|
House of the Damned |
Maury Dexter |
Ron Foster,
Merry Anders,
Richard Crane |
Thriller |
20th Century Fox
|
Hud |
Martin Ritt |
Paul Newman,
Melvyn Douglas,
Patricia Neal,
Brandon deWilde |
Drama |
Paramount. From
Larry McMurtry novel;
Oscars for Douglas, Neal
|
I Could Go On Singing |
Ronald Neame |
Judy Garland,
Dirk Bogarde |
Drama |
United Artists. Garland's final film
|
In the Cool of the Day |
Robert Stevens |
Peter Finch,
Jane Fonda,
Angela Lansbury |
Drama |
MGM
|
In the French Style |
Robert Parrish |
Jean Seberg,
Stanley Baker,
Philippe Forquet |
Romance |
Columbia
|
The Incredible Journey |
Fletcher Markle |
Émile Genest,
John Drainie |
Family |
|
Irma la Douce |
Billy Wilder |
Jack Lemmon,
Shirley MacLaine |
Comedy |
United Artists. 3
Oscar nominations and 1 win.
|
Island of Love |
Morton DaCosta |
Robert Preston,
Tony Randall,
Walter Matthau |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
It Happened at the World's Fair |
Norman Taurog |
Elvis Presley,
Joan O'Brien,
Gary Lockwood,
Vicky Tiu,
Yvonne Craig,
Kam Tong,
Kurt Russell |
Musical |
MGM
|
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
Stanley Kramer |
Spencer Tracy,
Milton Berle,
Mickey Rooney,
Ethel Merman,
Sid Caesar,
Phil Silvers |
Comedy |
United Artists. 6
Academy Award nominations with 1 win; top-grossing film of 1963
|
Jason and the Argonauts |
Don Chaffey |
Todd Armstrong,
Nancy Kovack,
Honor Blackman |
Fantasy |
Columbia
|
Johnny Cool |
William Asher |
Henry Silva,
Elizabeth Montgomery,
Jim Backus |
Crime |
United Artists
|
Kings of the Sun |
J. Lee Thompson |
Yul Brynner,
George Chakiris |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
Ladybug Ladybug |
Frank Perry |
Jane Connell,
William Daniels,
Nancy Marchand |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Lilies of the Field |
Ralph Nelson |
Sidney Poitier,
Lilia Skala |
Drama |
United Artists.
Oscar for Poitier
|
The List of Adrian Messenger |
John Huston |
George C. Scott,
Dana Wynter |
Mystery |
Universal. Many cameos
|
The Long Ships |
Jack Cardiff |
Richard Widmark,
Sidney Poitier,
Russ Tamblyn |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
Love Is a Ball |
David Swift |
Glenn Ford,
Hope Lange,
Telly Savalas |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
Love with the Proper Stranger |
Robert Mulligan |
Natalie Wood,
Steve McQueen,
Edie Adams |
Drama |
Paramount. 5
Oscar nominations
|
The Man from the Diners' Club |
Frank Tashlin |
Danny Kaye,
Martha Hyer,
Telly Savalas |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Maniac |
Michael Carreras |
Kerwin Mathews,
Nadia Gray,
Donald Houston |
Horror |
|
Mary, Mary |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Debbie Reynolds,
Barry Nelson,
Michael Rennie |
Comedy |
Warner Bros. From
Jean Kerr play
|
McLintock! |
Andrew V. McLaglen |
John Wayne,
Maureen O'Hara,
Stefanie Powers,
Yvonne De Carlo |
Western |
United Artists
|
Miracle of the White Stallions |
Arthur Hiller |
Robert Taylor,
Lilli Palmer,
Curd Jürgens |
War drama |
Disney
|
Move Over, Darling |
Michael Gordon |
Doris Day,
James Garner,
Polly Bergen |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox.
My Favorite Wife remake
|
My Six Loves |
Gower Champion |
Debbie Reynolds,
Cliff Robertson,
David Janssen |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
N-S
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
A New Kind of Love |
Melville Shavelson |
Paul Newman,
Joanne Woodward,
Eva Gabor |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Nine Hours to Rama |
Mark Robson |
Horst Buchholz,
José Ferrer,
Diane Baker |
Drama |
20th Century Fox. From
Stanley Wolpert book
|
The Nutty Professor |
Jerry Lewis |
Jerry Lewis,
Stella Stevens |
Comedy |
Paramount; Remake of
1996 film
|
Of Love and Desire |
Richard Rush |
Merle Oberon,
Steve Cochran |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
The Old Dark House |
William Castle |
Tom Poston,
Joyce Grenfell,
Janette Scott |
Horror |
Columbia; remake of
1932 film
|
One Man's Way |
Denis Sanders |
Don Murray,
Diana Hyland,
Carol Ohmart,
William Windom,
Veronica Cartwright,
Virginia Sale |
Biography |
story of
Norman Vincent Peale
|
Operation Bikini |
Anthony Carras |
Tab Hunter,
Frankie Avalon,
Jim Backus,
Gary Crosby |
Comedy |
AIP
|
PT 109 |
Leslie H. Martinson |
Cliff Robertson,
Robert Culp,
Robert Blake |
War |
Warner Bros.; story of
John F. Kennedy
|
Palm Springs Weekend |
Norman Taurog |
Troy Donahue,
Stefanie Powers,
Connie Stevens |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Papa's Delicate Condition |
George Marshall |
Jackie Gleason,
Glynis Johns,
Charlie Ruggles |
Comedy |
Paramount.
Oscar for Best Song
|
The Pink Panther |
Blake Edwards |
David Niven,
Peter Sellers,
Robert Wagner,
Capucine,
Claudia Cardinale |
Comedy |
United Artists. First of a series
|
Police Nurse |
Maury Dexter |
Ken Scott,
Merry Anders |
Crime |
20th Century Fox
|
The Prize |
Mark Robson |
Paul Newman,
Edward G. Robinson,
Elke Sommer,
Kevin McCarthy,
Diane Baker |
Drama |
MGM. From
Irving Wallace novel
|
Promises! Promises! |
King Donovan |
Jayne Mansfield,
Tommy Noonan |
Comedy |
First feature with nudity by a star actress
|
The Quick and the Dead |
Robert Totten |
Victor French,
Majel Barrett |
War |
Independent
|
The Raiders |
Herschel Daugherty |
Brian Keith,
Robert Culp |
Western |
Universal; Remake of
1952 film
|
Rampage |
Phil Karlson |
Robert Mitchum,
Jack Hawkins,
Elsa Martinelli |
Adventure |
Seven Arts
|
The Raven |
Roger Corman |
Vincent Price,
Boris Karloff,
Peter Lorre |
Horror |
AIP.
Edgar Allan Poe story
|
The Running Man |
Carol Reed |
Lawrence Harvey,
Lee Remick,
Alan Bates |
Drama |
Columbia Pictures; Remade in
1987
|
The Sadist |
James Landis |
Arch Hall Jr. |
Science fiction |
Fairway International Pictures
|
Savage Sam |
Norman Tokar |
Brian Keith,
Tommy Kirk |
Western |
Disney
|
Shock Corridor |
Samuel Fuller |
Peter Breck,
Constance Towers |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
Showdown |
R. G. Springsteen |
Audie Murphy,
Kathleen Crowley |
Western |
Universal
|
The Skydivers |
Coleman Francis |
Anthony Cardoza,
Jimmy Bryant |
Drama |
Crown International Pictures
|
The Slime People |
Robert Hutton |
Robert Hutton,
Susan Hart |
Horror |
Donald J. Hansen Enterprises
|
Soldier in the Rain |
Ralph Nelson |
Jackie Gleason,
Steve McQueen,
Tuesday Weld |
Comedy |
Allied Artists. From
William Goldman novel
|
Son of Flubber |
Robert Stevenson |
Fred MacMurray,
Nancy Olson,
Tommy Kirk,
William Demarest,
Keenan Wynn,
Ed Wynn,
Paul Lynde,
Leon Ames,
Elliott Reid,
Edward Andrews |
Comedy |
Disney.
The Absent-Minded Professor sequel
|
Spencer's Mountain |
Delmer Daves |
Henry Fonda,
Maureen O'Hara |
Family |
Warner Bros. From
Earl Hamner Jr. novel
|
Stolen Hours |
Daniel Petrie |
Susan Hayward,
Diane Baker |
Drama |
United Artists.
Dark Victory remake
|
The Stripper |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
Joanne Woodward,
Richard Beymer,
Claire Trevor |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Summer Magic |
James Neilson |
Hayley Mills,
Burl Ives |
Drama |
Disney
|
Sunday in New York |
Peter Tewksbury |
Jane Fonda,
Rod Taylor,
Cliff Robertson,
Robert Culp |
Comedy |
MGM; from
Norman Krasna play
|
The Sword in the Stone |
Wolfgang Reitherman |
voices of
Sebastian Cabot,
Karl Swenson |
Animated |
Disney
|
T-Z
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Take Her, She's Mine |
Henry Koster |
James Stewart,
Sandra Dee,
Audrey Meadows |
Comedy |
Fox; based on
Phoebe and
Henry Ephron play
|
Tammy and the Doctor |
Harry Keller |
Sandra Dee,
Peter Fonda |
Romance |
Universal. Third of series
|
Tarzan's Three Challenges |
Robert Day |
Jock Mahoney,
Woody Strode |
Adventure |
MGM.
Edgar Rice Burroughs character
|
Terrified |
Lew Landers |
Rod Lauren,
Barbara Luddy |
Horror |
Crown International Pictures
|
The Terror |
5 directors |
Boris Karloff,
Jack Nicholson |
Horror |
AIP
|
They Saved Hitler's Brain |
David Bradley |
Walter Stocker,
Carlos Rivas |
Science Fiction |
|
The Three Lives of Thomasina |
Don Chaffey |
Patrick McGoohan,
Susan Hampshire,
Karen Dotrice,
Matthew Garber |
Fantasy |
Disney
|
The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze |
Norman Maurer |
The Three Stooges,
Joan Freeman |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
The Thrill of It All |
Norman Jewison |
Doris Day,
James Garner |
Comedy |
Universal. Script by
Carl Reiner
|
Thunder Island |
Jack Leewood |
Gene Nelson,
Fay Spain |
Drama |
20th Century Fox. Script co-written by
Jack Nicholson
|
A Ticklish Affair |
George Sidney |
Shirley Jones,
Gig Young,
Red Buttons |
Comedy |
MGM
|
Toys in the Attic |
George Roy Hill |
Dean Martin,
Geraldine Page,
Yvette Mimieux,
Wendy Hiller,
Gene Tierney |
Drama |
United Artists; based on
Lillian Hellman play
|
Twice-Told Tales |
Sidney Salkow |
Vincent Price,
Sebastian Cabot,
Beverly Garland |
Horror |
United Artists
|
Twilight of Honor |
Boris Sagal |
Richard Chamberlain,
Nick Adams,
Joey Heatherton,
Joan Blackman,
Claude Rains |
Drama |
MGM
|
The Ugly American |
George Englund |
Marlon Brando,
Sandra Church,
Eiji Okada,
Jocelyn Brando, |
Drama |
Universal
|
Under the Yum Yum Tree |
David Swift |
Jack Lemmon,
Carol Lynley,
Dean Jones,
Edie Adams |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
The V.I.P.s |
Anthony Asquith |
Elizabeth Taylor,
Richard Burton,
Rod Taylor,
Maggie Smith |
Drama |
MGM; from
Terence Rattigan play;
Oscar for Rutherford
|
The Victors |
Carl Foreman |
George Peppard,
George Hamilton,
Vince Edwards,
Romy Schneider |
War |
Columbia; from
Alexander Baron story
|
Wall of Noise |
Richard Wilson |
Suzanne Pleshette,
Dorothy Provine |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
The Wheeler Dealers |
Arthur Hiller |
James Garner,
Lee Remick,
Chill Wills,
Jim Backus,
Pat Crowley |
Comedy |
MGM
|
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? |
Daniel Mann |
Dean Martin,
Elizabeth Montgomery,
Carol Burnett,
Richard Conte |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Who's Minding the Store? |
Frank Tashlin |
Jerry Lewis,
Jill St. John,
Agnes Moorehead,
Ray Walston,
Kathleen Freeman |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Wives and Lovers |
John Rich |
Janet Leigh,
Van Johnson |
Romance |
Paramount
|
X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes |
Roger Corman |
Ray Milland,
Diana Van der Vlis,
Don Rickles |
Science Fiction |
AIP; aka Man with the X-Ray Eyes
|
The Yellow Canary |
Buzz Kulik |
Pat Boone,
Barbara Eden,
Steve Forrest |
Crime |
20th Century Fox. Script by
Rod Serling
|
The Young and the Brave |
Francis D. Lyon |
Rory Calhoun,
William Bendix |
War |
MGM
|
The Young Racers |
Roger Corman |
Mark Damon,
Luana Anders,
Patrick Magee |
Sports |
AIP
|
The Young Swingers |
Maury Dexter |
Molly Bee,
Rod Lauren |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
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