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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
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Curti, Roberto (2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969 . Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1989-7 .
External links [ edit ]
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