Top Movies of 1965


The top movies of 1965 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

21. The Pawnbroker

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sánchez, Thelma Oliver, Marketa Kimbrell

22. In Harm's Way

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Otto Preminger
Actors: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon, Carroll O'Connor, Paula Prentiss

23. Thunderball

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Terence Young
Actors: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Guy Doleman, Adolfo Celi
Plot: An evil organization named SPECTRE plans on bribing NATO in exchange for bombs to use for destroying parts of the US and UK. James Bond tries to stop Emilio Largo (SPECTRE No. 2) in destroying Miami Beach. A mysterious mistress assists Largo... or maybe even James Bond.

24. The Cincinnati Kid

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Norman Jewison
Actors: Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Tuesday Weld, Joan Blondell
Plot: An Itinerant card shark gets into a high stakes game with an old pro.

25. Man is Not a Bird ( Covek nije tica )

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Serbian
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dusan Makavejev
Actors: Milena Dravic, Janez Vrhovec, Eva Ras, Stole Arandjelovic, Boris Dvornik, Mirjana Blaskovic

26. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Martin Ritt
Actors: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Rupert Davies, Sam Wanamaker, Cyril Cusack
Plot: Alec Leamas is a British agent who refuses to come out of the Cold War. Sent to East Germany, supposedly as a defector, but really to sow disinformation - he realizes that he is a pawn in a much bigger game and struggles to find his humanity before it's too late.

27. Help!

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Richard Lester
Actors: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron
Plot: The Fab Four make like James Bond when Ringo falls into the possession of ring making him the target of cultists and some mad scientists.

28. Battle of the Bulge

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ken Annakin
Actors: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews, George Montgomery, Charles Bronson
Plot: In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent this occurrence, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp. "The Battle of the Bulge" shows this conflict from the perspective of an American intelligence officer as well as from a German Panzer Commander.

29. The Great Race

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Blake Edwards
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Denver Pyle, Arthur O'Connell

30. The Agony and the Ecstasy

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Carol Reed
Actors: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Alberto Lupo, John Stacy
Plot: Kind of a "making of film" about the painting of the Sisteen Chapel. Pope Julius 2nd (Rex Harrison) hires the reluctant painter Michelangelo (Charlton Heston).

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