Best Drama Films of 1963

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I Could Go on Singing

This is a standard ... -- raising the question of whether her passion for the stage is still stronger than her passion for David. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

The Cardinal

Tom Tryon plays the ... Huston, Robert Morse, Burgess Meredith, Raf Vallone, Ossie Davis. Incidentally, Tryon eventually quit acting and became a popular novelist. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

Kings of the Sun

In this historical adventure ... a united front against the invaders. Kings of the Sun also features Richard Basehart, Brad Dexter, and Barry Morse. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

The Ugly American

Taken from a best-selling ... learn that a revolutionary movement is not one-dimensional. Unfortunately, the film itself never adequately clarifies the events it depicts. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

This Sporting Life

Adapted by David Storey ... filmmaker Lindsay Anderson's first feature, but became one of the harbingers of the "Angry Young Man" school of filmmaking. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

Savage Sam

Savage Sam is the ... film. Norman Tokar directed this uneven feature that fared far less better at the box office than is predecessor. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

Fun in Acapulco

Elvis Presley stars as ... spectacular high-dive finale. Presley songs featured include "Vino, Dinero y Amor," "Marguerita," "Bossa Nova Baby" and the title tune. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

Le Feu Follet

Maurice Ronet plays an ... also the title of the novel by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (another suicide!) from which this film was adapted. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

Lilies of the Field

Sidney Poitier plays Homer ... it won Poitier an Academy Award for Best Actor, the first time that award was given to an African-American. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

Bay of Angels

Bay of the Angels ... just before he achieved international fame with his musical films Young Girls of Rochefort and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

Nackt unter Wölfen

Prisoners in a Nazi ... death. Only the Allied invasion and subsequent tank patrols can save the prisoners and their young friend from doom. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

Le Mani Sulla Città

A corrupt city councilman ... and the final result of the new zoning laws that followed the tangle of secret deals, bribes and blackmail. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

The Three Lives of Thomasina

Based on a whimsical ... "bewitched" Hampshire. As it turns out, Thomasina is the catalyst for both Dotrice's recovery and the film's happy ending. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

Harakiri

This well-regarded Japanese drama ... fatal act, disemboweling himself with a dull bamboo blade, as his own had been sold to feed his family. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

Muriel ou le Temps d'un Retour

Alain Resnais's third feature ... d'un Retou was Jean Cayrol, whose earlier collaboration with the director yielded the celebrated short subject Night and Fog. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

Young Aphrodites

This slow moving exploitation ... a lesson in love when they run across the shepherd and the fisherman's wife in the throws of passion. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

Lord of the Flies

Peter Brooks' big-screen adaptation ... the center of a war for leadership on the island. The story was filmed with less success in 1990. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

The Raiders of Leyte Gulf

In this WW II ... rebels to launch another, more successful, attack. As the POW dies, he is able to fatally stab his tormentor. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

Vidas Secas

Filmed with a strong ... severe drought has the man moving on from the ranch with his family to earn their living elsewhere.iving elsewhere. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

La Carriere de Suzanne

Suzanne's Career is the ... (Philippe Beuzen) and Guillaume (Christian Charrière) are friends. They take advantage of Suzanne (Catherine Sée) and Sophie (Diane Wilkinson). [ best drama films - 1963 ]

Escrito en El Destino

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Jacob, the Man Who Fought With God

Jacob, the Man Who ... of the major events in his life including his marriage to Rachel and his relationship with his brother Esau. [ best drama films - 1963 ]

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