List of American films of 1965

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A list of American films released in 1965.

The Sound of Music won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

A-D

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
36 Hours	George Seaton	James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint	Drama, War	MGM
The Agony and the Ecstasy	Carol Reed	Rex Harrison, Charlton Heston, Diane Cilento	Drama, Biography	Fox
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 Go to Hell	Doris Wishman	Gigi Darlene, George La Rocque	Sexploitation
Battle of the Bulge	Ken Annakin	Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Ty Hardin, Pier Angeli, Telly Savalas, Charles Bronson	Drama, War	Warner Bros.
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	Cold War	Columbia
Billie	Don Weis	Patty Duke, Jim Backus, Jane Greer	Musical	United Artists
Blindfold	Philip Dunne	Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Warden	Suspense	Universal
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	Comedy	Paramount
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	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
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion	Andrew Marton	Marshall Thompson, Betsy Drake	Family	inspired TV's Daktari
The Collector	William Wyler	Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne	Thriller	Columbia
Color Me Blood Red	H.G. Lewis	Candi Conder, Gordon Oas-Heim	Horror
Dear Brigitte	Henry Koster	James Stewart, Fabian, Ed Wynn, Bill Mumy, Brigitte Bardot	Comedy	Fox
The Dirty Game	4 directors	Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan	Spy anthology
Doctor Zhivago	David Lean	Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Rod Steiger, Geraldine Chaplin, Tom Courtenay, Alec Guinness	Drama, Romance	based on the novel; 5 Oscars
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine	Norman Taurog	Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman	Comedy	A.I.P.

E-I

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
Ferry Cross the Mersey	Jeremy Summers	Gerry and the Pacemakers, Cilla Black	Musical	U.K.
The Flight of the Phoenix	Robert Aldrich	James Stewart, Peter Finch, Richard Attenborough, Hardy Kruger, Dan Duryea, Ernest Borgnine	Action, Adventure	from Elleston Trevor novel; 2 Oscar nominations
Genghis Khan	Henry Levin	Omar Sharif, James Mason	Adventure
Girl Happy	Boris Sagal	Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Mary Ann Mobley	Musical	MGM
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	Western
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
The Hallelujah Trail	John Sturges	Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin	Comedy, Western	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	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
The Heroes of Telemark	Anthony Mann	Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Michael Redgrave	War	filmed in Norway
Help!	Richard Lester	John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr	Musical comedy	filmed in London, Bahamas, Austria
A High Wind in Jamaica	Alexander MacKendrick	Anthony Quinn, Lila Kedrova, James Coburn	Adventure	from Richard Hughes novel
The Hill	Sidney Lumet	Sean Connery, Ian Bannen, Ossie Davis	Drama	MGM
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	American International
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
Inside Daisy Clover	Robert Mulligan	Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Christopher Plummer	Drama	4 Oscar nominations

J-R

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	Drama	MGM
King Rat	Bryan Forbes	George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox	War, Drama	from James Clavell novel
Life at the Top	Ted Kotcheff	Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman	Drama	Columbia
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	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	Animation
Marriage on the Rocks	Jack Donohue	Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Deborah Kerr	Romantic comedy	Warner Bros.
Mickey One	Arthur Penn	Warren Beatty, Franchot Tone	Drama	Columbia
Mirage	Edward Dmytryk	Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau	Thriller	Universal Pictures
Mister Moses	Ronald Neame	Robert Mitchum, Carroll Baker	Adventure
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
Mudhoney	Russ Meyer	Lorna Maitland, Hal Hopper	Drama
The Naked Prey	Cornel Wilde	Cornel Wilde, Ken Gampu	Adventure	Paramount
Never Too Late	Bud Yorkin	Paul Ford, Maureen O'Sullivan, Connie Stevens	Comedy	Warner Bros.
Nightmare in the Sun	John Derek	John Derek, Ursula Andress, Sammy Davis, Jr.	Crime Drama	Zodiac Films
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
Operation C.I.A.	Christian Nyby	Burt Reynolds, Danielle Aubrey, John Hoyt	Thriller	Allied Artists
Operation Crossbow	Michael Anderson	Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard	War Drama	MGM
A Patch of Blue	Guy Green	Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Hartman, Shelley Winters	Drama	Oscar for Winters
Promise Her Anything	Arthur Hiller	Warren Beatty, Leslie Caron	Comedy
A Rage to Live	Walter Grauman	Suzanne Pleshette, Bradford Dillman, Ben Gazzara	Drama	from John O'Hara novel
Red Line 7000	Howard Hawks	James Caan	Drama	Hawks' last non-Western
Requiem for a Gunfighter	Spencer Gordon Bennet	Rod Cameron, Stephen McNally, Mike Mazurki	Western	Embassy Pictures
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

S-Z

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
Sands of the Kalahari	Cy Endfield	Stuart Whitman, Stanley Baker	Adventure	Paramount
The Satan Bug	John Sturges	George Maharis, Anne Francis	Science fiction	from Alistair MacLean novel
The Secret of My Success	Andrew L. Stone	Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens, Honor Blackman, James Booth, Lionel Jeffries	Comedy	MGM
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	Drama	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	American International
The Slender Thread	Sydney Pollack	Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas	Drama	Paramount
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
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold	Martin Ritt	Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, Cyril Cusack	Spy drama	Paramount; from novel by John LeCarre; won 4 BAFTA awards
Strange Bedfellows	Melvin Frank	Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Gig Young	Comedy
A Swingin' Summer	Robert Sparr	Raquel Welch, James Stacy	Comedy
Sylvia	Gordon Douglas	Carroll Baker, George Maharis, Peter Lawford	Drama	Paramount
Synanon	Richard Quine	Edmond O'Brien, Chuck Connors, Stella Stevens	Drama
That Darn Cat!	Robert Stevenson	Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine	Family, Comedy	Walt Disney
The Third Day	Jack Smight	George Peppard, Elizabeth Ashley, Roddy McDowall	Drama
A Thousand Clowns	Fred Coe	Jason Robards, Martin Balsam, Barbara Harris, William Daniels, Barry Gordon, Gene Saks	Comedy, Drama	United Artists; Oscar for Balsam
Tickle Me	Norman Taurog	Elvis Presley, Julie Adams, Jocelyn Lane	Musical	Allied Artists
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	Fox
A Very Special Favor	Michael Gordon	Rock Hudson, Leslie Caron, Charles Boyer	Romantic comedy	Universal
Von Ryan's Express	Mark Robson	Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard	War	Fox; from David Westheimer novel
The War Lord	Franklin J. Schaffner	Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth	Historical	Universal
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
Wild on the Beach	Maury Dexter	Frankie Randall, Sherry Jackson, Cher, Sonny Bono	Comedy	Fox
Willy McBean and his Magic Machine	Arthur Rankin, Jr.		Animation
The World of Abbott and Costello	Sidney Miller	Bud Abbott, Lou Costello	Compilation

See also

• List of American films of 1964
• List of American films of 1966

Notes

References

External links

• 1965 films at the Internet Movie Database