Drama Movies of 1965
The Cincinnati Kid
Steve McQueen stars as the Cincinnati Kid, a crackerjack New Orleans stud poker player. Tired of chicken feed, the Kid decides to challenge The Man (Edward G. Robinson), the reigning poker champ, who is in town for a ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Lord Jim
Joseph Conrad's cerebral, philosophical novel Lord Jim is streamlined and simplified by producer/director/writer Richard Brooks for the action-and-adventure crowd. Peter O'Toole ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Ship of Fools
The first person the audience sees in Ship of Fools is dwarf Michael Dunn, ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Othello
The 1965 Othello is literally a photographed stage play: a filmed record of the National Theatre Production of 1964, as staged by John Dexter and starring Laurence Olivier. As the easily led, fatally jealous Moor of ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Those Calloways
Originally trade-previewed as Those Crazy Calloways, Disney's Those Calloways is a lengthy, anecdotal film about a highly individualistic New England family. Patriarch Cam Calloway (Brian Keith) is regarded as a crank by the local ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
A Patch of Blue
Shelley Winters won an Academy Award for her searing performance as Rose-Ann d'Arcy in A Patch of Blue. The star, however, is not Winters but Elizabeth Hartman, cast as d'Arcy's ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
None But the Brave
Frank Sinatra took over the directors' chair for the first (and only) time in ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Baby, the Rain Must Fall
Adapted by Horton Foote from his own play The Travelling Lady, Baby the Rain Must Fall stars Steve McQueen as a ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
King Rat
James Clavell incorporated a few of his own experiences as a British POW in his novel King Rat. Bryan Forbes' film version stars George Segal as the mastermind of all black ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Shenandoah
The year is 1863. Wealthy Virginia landowner Charlie Anderson (James Stewart), a man of peace despite his autocratic behavior, steadfastly refuses to take sides in the Civil War. Bit by bit, Anderson's ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Adapted by Philip Dunne from the novel by Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstacy is ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Red Beard
In 1820, young Noboru Yasumoto (Yuzo Kayama) completes his medical education in Nagasaki and returns to his native Edo hoping both to marry the daughter of a wealthy man and to achieve affluence himself ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Paris vu Par...
A sextet of French filmmakers collaborated on Six in Paris (originally Paris vu Par...) Jean Douchet directed the ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Shakespeare Wallah
Lizzie (Felicity Kendal) is an actress in a Shakespearean theater ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Waqt
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I Pugni in Tasca
Considered one of the great lost classics of Italian neo-realism, this bleak drama was the debut feature of filmmaker Marco Bellocchio. Lou Castel stars as Alessandro, an ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Mere Jeevan Saathi
An unusual Indian film entitled My Life Partner, this is a tale of fantasy using music, special effects and violence. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
The Shop on Main Street
The 1965 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film, The Shop on Main Street (Obch o Na Korze) stars Josef Kroner as Tono Briko, a slothful Czechslovakian carpenter. The time is World War II, and the occupying Nazis are nationalizing all Jewish-owned ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Father of a Soldier
In this war drama, set towards the end of WW II, a Georgian farmer embarks upon a dangerous journey to find his ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
The Guide
This drama, the only screenplay Pearl S. Buck ever wrote, chronicles the exploits of Raju, a plucky young Indian tour guide who is hired by Marco, an archaeologist, who wants to show his wife Rosie around the local ruins. Raju shows ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Once Upon a Coffee House
In this romance, a wealthy playboy falls in love with a folk singing waitress. Her ambitious employer attempts to persuade the fellow into buying his coffeehouse so the two can continue to be together. ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Satan's Bed
Yoko Ono, best known for her avant-garde music, art, and her marriage to John Lennon, stars in this low-budget ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Das Kaninchen Bin Ich
This East German film about corruption in high places, and ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Story of a Prostitute
Seijun Suzuki directed this hard-hitting account of a woman who volunteers to serve as a "comfort woman" (prostitute to the Japanese army) at the ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Black Girl
The first major work of Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene, this 1966 film is ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Tattooed Life
In Japan, the gangsters wear tattoos. A lot of tattoos. In fact, without their clothes, it almost looks as if they are wearing a particularly tight-fitting, gaudy ensemble. When two brothers who want to quit the ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
Sarutobi
A seemingly simple assignment sends a warrior for hire into a labyrinth of danger and intrigue in this ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
El Gangster
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Sword of the Beast
A man of honor struggles to regain his good name after being exiled to the wrong side of the law in this period drama from Japan. Gennosuke (Mikijiro Hira) ... [ Drama movie - 1965 ]
El Nino y el Ladron
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Bernardita de Lourdes
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