Overview of the events of 1965 in film
Overview of the events of 1965 in film
The year 1965 in film involved several significant events, with The Sound of Music topping the U.S. box office and winning five Academy Awards .
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1965 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1965
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
The Sound of Music
20th Century Fox
$72,000,000[1]
2
Doctor Zhivago
MGM
$43,000,000[1]
3
Thunderball
United Artists / Eon
$27,000,000[1]
4
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
20th Century Fox
$14,000,000[2]
5
The Great Race
Warner Bros.
$11,400,000[3]
6
That Darn Cat!
Buena Vista
$9,500,000[1]
7
Cat Ballou
Columbia
$9,300,000[1]
8
What's New Pussycat?
United Artists
$8,469,000[3]
9
Shenandoah
Universal
$7,771,000[3]
10
Von Ryan's Express
20th Century Fox
$7,700,000[3]
1965 film releases
United States unless stated
January–March
January 1965
January 8
January 15
January 28
February 1965
February 10
February 15
February 23
February 24
March 1965
March 2
March 5
March 6
March 15
March 21
March 24
March 31
April–June
April 1965
April 3
April 6
April 7
April 8
April 9
April 14
May 1965
5 May
7 May
13 May
14 May
26 May
June 1965
June 2
June 3
June 9
June 16
June 18
June 23
June 24
June 30
July–September
July 1965
July 1
July 3
July 12
July 14
July 21
July 22
July 29
August 1965
August 1
August 3
August 8
August 9
August 14
August 18
August 23
August 25
September 1965
September 1
September 3
September 8
September 15
September 20
September 24
September 27
October–December
October 1965
October 6
October 7
October 11
October 13
October 15
October 17
October 27
November 1965
November 4
November 6
November 10
November 15
November 18
November 19
November 24
November 25
November 26
November 27
December 1965
December 2
December 8
December 10
December 13
December 15
December 16
December 19
December 22
December 23
December 24
December 29
Notable films released in 1965
United States unless stated
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Abashiri Prison (Abashiri Bangaichi), starring Ken Takakura – (Japan )
Adventures of a Dentist (Pokhozhdyeniya zubnovo vracha), directed by Elem Klimov – (U.S.S.R. )
The Adventures of the Smurfs (Les aventures des Schtroumpfs) – (Belgium )
The Agony and the Ecstasy , directed by Carol Reed , starring Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison
The Alphabet Murders , directed by Frank Tashlin , starring Tony Randall and Anita Ekberg
Alphaville (Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution), directed by Jean-Luc Godard – (France )
Always Further On (Tarahumara (Cada vez más lejos)), directed by Luis Alcoriza – (Mexico )
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders , starring Kim Novak , Richard Johnson and Angela Lansbury
The Art of Love , directed by Norman Jewison , starring James Garner , Angie Dickinson , Elke Sommer and Dick Van Dyke
Arzoo (Wish), starring Sadhana – (India )
The Ashes (Popioły), directed by Andrzej Wajda – (Poland )
B
Baby the Rain Must Fall , starring Steve McQueen and Lee Remick
Bad Girls Go to Hell , directed by Doris Wishman
Battle of the Bulge , starring Henry Fonda , Robert Shaw and Robert Ryan
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita , directed by Delmer Daves , starring Maureen O'Hara , Rossano Brazzi , Olivia Hussey
Beach Blanket Bingo , directed by William Asher , starring Annette Funicello , Frankie Avalon , Deborah Walley , Don Rickles
The Bedford Incident , starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier – (US /UK )
Behind the Mask of Zorro , directed by Ricardo Blasco and starring Tony Russel – (Italy /Spain )
Billie , directed by Don Weis and starring Patty Duke
Black Humor , anthology film directed by Claude Autant-Lara , Giancarlo Zagni and José María Forqué – (France /Italy /Spain )
Black Wind (Viento negro), directed by Servando González – (Mexico )
Boeing Boeing , starring Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis
La Bohème , directed by Franco Zeffirelli – (West Germany )
Le Bonheur , directed by Agnès Varda – (France )
Brainstorm , directed by William Conrad , starring Anne Francis and Jeffrey Hunter
The Brigand of Kandahar , starring Oliver Reed and Yvonne Romain
Bunny Lake Is Missing , directed by Otto Preminger , starring Laurence Olivier and Carol Lynley – (U.K. )
Bus Riley's Back in Town , starring Ann-Margret and Michael Parks
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The Camp Followers (Le soldatesse), starring Anna Karina – (Italy )
Carry On Cowboy , starring Sid James , Kenneth Williams , Jim Dale – (U.K. )
Casanova 70 , starring Marcello Mastroianni and Virna Lisi – (Italy )
Cat Ballou , starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin
Catch Us If You Can (a.k.a. Having a Wild Weekend ), starring the Dave Clark Five – (U.K. )
China! , a documentary written by Felix Greene
Chronicle of a Boy Alone (Crónica de un niño solo) – (Argentina )
The Cincinnati Kid , directed by Norman Jewison , starring Steve McQueen , Edward G. Robinson , Ann-Margret , Karl Malden , Tuesday Weld , Joan Blondell
City Under the Sea (a.k.a. War-Gods of the Deep), starring Vincent Price and Tab Hunter
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion , starring Marshall Thompson and Betsy Drake
Cloportes (La aétamorphose des cloportes), directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre – (France /Italy )
Coast of Skeletons , directed by Robert Lynn and starring Richard Todd and Dale Robertson – (U.K. /South Africa )
The Collector , directed by William Wyler , starring Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar – (U.K. /U.S.)
Crack in the World , starring Dana Andrews , Kieron Moore , Janette Scott
Cup Fever , starring Bernard Cribbins – (U.K.)
Curse of the Fly , starring Brian Donlevy , George Baker , Carole Gray
Curse of the Voodoo (a.k.a. Curse of Simba / Voodoo Blood Death), directed by Lindsay Shonteff – (U.K. )
D
Darling , directed by John Schlesinger , starring Laurence Harvey , Dirk Bogarde , Julie Christie – (U.K. )
Dear Brigitte , starring James Stewart , Bill Mumy , Glynis Johns , Ed Wynn , Brigitte Bardot
The Decadent Influence (Une fille et des fusils, a.k.a. To Be a Crook), directed by Claude Lelouch – (France )
A Devilish Homicide (Salinma) – (South Korea )
Die! Die! My Darling! (a.k.a. Fanatic ), starring Tallulah Bankhead and Stefanie Powers
Dingaka , starring Stanley Baker – (South Africa )
Do Not Disturb , starring Doris Day and Rod Taylor
Doctor Zhivago , directed by David Lean , starring Omar Sharif , Julie Christie , Geraldine Chaplin , Rod Steiger , Alec Guinness —winner of 5 Academy Awards – (U.K. )
The Dolls (Le bambole), starring Nino Manfredi , Monica Vitti , Elke Sommer and Gina Lollobrigida – (Italy )
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine , starring Vincent Price and Frankie Avalon
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors , starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee – (U.K.)
Dr. Who and the Daleks , starring Peter Cushing – (U.K. )
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The Face of Fu Manchu , directed by Don Sharp and starring Christopher Lee – (U.K. /West Germany )
The Family Jewels , starring Jerry Lewis
Fantômas se déchaîne (Fantômas Unleashed), starring Jean Marais – (France )
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! , directed by Russ Meyer
Ferry Cross the Mersey , starring Gerry and the Pacemakers – (U.K. )
Film , written by Samuel Beckett and directed by Alan Schneider
Fists in the Pocket (I pugni in tasca) – (Italy )
The Flight of the Phoenix , directed by Robert Aldrich , starring James Stewart , Richard Attenborough , Hardy Krüger , Ernest Borgnine , Peter Finch
For a Few Dollars More , directed by Sergio Leone , starring Clint Eastwood – (Italy )
Frankenstein Conquers the World (Furankenshutain tai Baragon), directed by Ishirō Honda – (Japan )
Funny Things Happen Down Under , starring Olivia Newton-John – (Australia )
G
Il Gaucho , starring Vittorio Gassman and Nino Manfredi – (Italy /Argentina )
Gendarme in New York (Le gendarme à New York), starring Louis de Funès – (France /Italy /U.S.)
Genghis Khan , starring Omar Sharif , Stephen Boyd and James Mason
Girl Happy , starring Elvis Presley
The Girls on the Beach , directed by William N. Witney , starring Noreen Corcoran and Martin West
The Glory Guys , directed by Arnold Laven , starring Tom Tryon and Harve Presnell
Goldstein , comedy ensemble film, with actors from The Second City , including Severn Darden
The Great Race , directed by Blake Edwards , starring Tony Curtis , Jack Lemmon , Natalie Wood , Peter Falk , Ross Martin
The Great Sioux Massacre , directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Joseph Cotten , Darren McGavin and Philip Carey
The Greatest Story Ever Told , directed by George Stevens , starring Max von Sydow , Charlton Heston , Dorothy McGuire , David McCallum , Martin Landau , Telly Savalas
Guide , directed by Vijay Anand , starring Dev Anand – (India )
Gumnaam (Unknown), starring Manoj Kumar – (India)
H
The Hallelujah Trail , directed by John Sturges , starring Burt Lancaster , Lee Remick , Jim Hutton , Pamela Tiffin
Hands of a Gunfighter (Ocaso de un pistolero / Il destino di un pistolero), directed by Rafael Romero Marchent – (Italy /Spain )
Happiness (Le bonheur), directed by Agnès Varda – (France )
Harlow , starring Carroll Baker , Peter Lawford , Red Buttons , Mike Connors , Leslie Nielsen , Angela Lansbury
Harlow , starring Carol Lynley , Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. , Barry Sullivan , Hurd Hatfield , Ginger Rogers
Harum Scarum , aka Harem Holiday , starring Elvis Presley , Mary Ann Mobley , Fran Jeffries
Harvey Middleman, Fireman , written and directed by Ernest Pintoff
Help! , directed by Richard Lester , starring the Beatles – (U.K.)
The Heroes of Telemark , starring Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris
A High Wind in Jamaica , starring Anthony Quinn and James Coburn – (U.K. )
The Hill , directed by Sidney Lumet , starring Sean Connery , Ian Bannen , Ossie Davis – (U.K.)
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga) – (Brazil )
How to Murder Your Wife , starring Jack Lemmon and Virna Lisi
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini , starring Annette Funicello , Dwayne Hickman , Buster Keaton , Beverly Adams , Mickey Rooney
I
I, a Woman (Jeg - en kvinde), directed by Mac Ahlberg – (Denmark /Sweden )
I Knew Her Well (Io la conoscevo bene), starring Stefania Sandrelli , Nino Manfredi , Franco Nero – (Italy )
I'll Take Sweden , starring Bob Hope , Dina Merrill , Frankie Avalon , Tuesday Weld
Impossible on Saturday (Pas question le samedi) – (Italy /France /Israel )
In Harm's Way , directed by Otto Preminger , starring John Wayne , Kirk Douglas , Patricia Neal , Brandon deWilde , Paula Prentiss , Henry Fonda
Inside Daisy Clover , starring Natalie Wood , Robert Redford , Christopher Plummer
Inside the Forbidden City (Song gong mi shi) – (Hong Kong )
Intimate Lighting (Intimní osvětlení), directed by Ivan Passer – (Czechoslovakia )
Invasion of Astro-Monster (Kaijû daisensô), directed by Ishirō Honda – (Japan )
The Ipcress File , directed by Sidney J. Furie , starring Michael Caine – BAFTA Award for Best British Film – (U.K. )
I Saw What You Did , starring Joan Crawford
J
K
L
The Lace Wars (Les fêtes galantes), directed by René Clair – (France /Romania )
Lady L , directed by Peter Ustinov , starring Sophia Loren , Paul Newman and David Niven
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's , a retrospective film directed by Robert Youngson
Licensed to Kill , starring Tom Adams – (U.K. )
Life at the Top , starring Laurence Harvey and Jean Simmons – (U.K. )
The Liquidator , directed by Jack Cardiff , starring Rod Taylor and Trevor Howard (U.K.)
La Loba (The She-Wolf) – (Mexico )
Lord Jim , starring Peter O'Toole – (UK /US )
Love and Kisses , starring Rick Nelson
The Love Goddesses , a documentary directed by Saul J. Turell
Love Has Many Faces , starring Lana Turner , Hugh O'Brian and Cliff Robertson
Love Meetings , a documentary by Pier Paolo Pasolini – (Italy )
The Loved One , directed by Tony Richardson , starring Robert Morse and Jonathan Winters
Loves of a Blonde (Lásky jedné plavovlásky), directed by Miloš Forman – (Czechoslovakia )
M
A Maiden for a Prince (Una vergine per il principe), starring Virna Lisi and Vittorio Gassman – (Italy )
Major Dundee , directed by Sam Peckinpah , starring Charlton Heston , Richard Harris , James Coburn , Jim Hutton
The Man from Button Willow
Man Is Not a Bird (Čovek nije tica) – (Yugoslavia )
Marco the Magnificent (La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo), directed by Denys de La Patellière and Noël Howard – (Multiple countries)
Marriage on the Rocks , starring Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin and Deborah Kerr
Marvelous Angelique (Merveilleuse Angélique), directed by Bernard Borderie – (France /Italy /West Germany )
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force
Mickey One , directed by Arthur Penn , starring Warren Beatty
Mirage , directed by Edward Dmytryk , starring Gregory Peck , Diane Baker and Walter Matthau
Mister Moses , directed by Ronald Neame and starring Robert Mitchum and Carroll Baker
The Moment of Truth (Il momento della verità), directed by Francesco Rosi – (Italy )
The Money Trap , starring Glenn Ford , Rita Hayworth , Ricardo Montalbán , Joseph Cotten , Elke Sommer
The Monkey's Uncle , starring Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk
Morituri , starring Marlon Brando and Yul Brynner
Mozambique , directed by Robert Lynn – (U.K. /West Germany )
My Baby Is Black! (Les lâches vivent d'espoir), 1961 French film released in the U.S. in 1965 – (France )
N
The Nanny , starring Bette Davis – (U.K. )
The Naked Prey , directed by and starring Cornel Wilde – (U.S. /South Africa )
Never Too Late , starring Paul Ford , Maureen O'Sullivan , Connie Stevens , Jim Hutton
Nightmare Castle , starring Barbara Steele – (Italy )
Nightmare in the Sun , starring Ursula Andress , John Derek , Aldo Ray and Sammy Davis, Jr.
Ninety Degrees in the Shade (Třicet jedna ve stínu ), directed by Jiří Weiss – (U.K. /Czechoslovakia )
None but the Brave , directed by and starring Frank Sinatra , with Clint Walker and Tommy Sands
O
Once a Thief , starring Alain Delon and Ann-Margret – (United States /France )
One Way Pendulum , directed by Peter Yates – (U.K. )
Operation C.I.A. , starring Burt Reynolds and Danielle Aubry
Operation Crossbow , starring Sophia Loren – (U.K. )
Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (Operatsiya „Y“ i drugie priklyucheniya Shurika), starring Aleksandr Demyanenko – (U.S.S.R. )
OSS 117– Mission for a Killer (Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117), directed by André Hunebelle and starring Frederick Stafford – (France )
Othello , directed by Stuart Burge , starring Laurence Olivier , Maggie Smith , Frank Finlay – (U.K. )
P
Pandora and the Magic Box , directed by Joseph W. Sarno
Paris Secret , a documentary directed by Edouard Logereau
A Patch of Blue , starring Sidney Poitier , Elizabeth Hartman , Shelley Winters
Pierrot le Fou , directed by Jean-Luc Godard , starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina – (France )
Pinocchio in Outer Space , produced and directed by Ray Goossens – (U.S./Belgium )
A Pistol for Ringo (Una pistola per Ringo), directed by Duccio Tessari
Planet of the Vampires (Terrore nello spazio), directed by Mario Bava – (Italy /Spain )
The Possessed (La donna del lago), directed by Luigi Bazzoni and Franco Rossellini – (Italy )
Promise Her Anything , directed by Arthur Hiller , starring Warren Beatty and Leslie Caron
R
The Rabbit Is Me (Das Kaninchen bin ich) – (East Germany )
A Rage to Live , directed by Walter Grauman and starring Suzanne Pleshette
The Railroad Man (Il ferroviere), directed by Pietro Germi – (Italy )
The Railrodder , a comedy short starring Buster Keaton in his last film – (Canada )
Rapture (La fleur de l'âge), directed by John Guillermin , starring Melvyn Douglas , Patricia Gozzi and Dean Stockwell – (France /U.S.)
Răscoala , directed by Mircea Mureșan – (Romania )
Red Beard (Akahige), directed by Akira Kurosawa , starring Toshiro Mifune – (Japan )
Red Line 7000 , directed by Howard Hawks and starring James Caan
Repulsion , directed by Roman Polanski , starring Catherine Deneuve – (U.K. )
Return from the Ashes , starring Maximilian Schell and Samantha Eggar
The Return of Mr. Moto , starring Henry Silva – (U.K. )
The Return of Ringo (Il ritorno di Ringo), directed by Duccio Tessari
Rotten to the Core , directed by John Boulting – (U.K. )
The Rounders , directed by Burt Kennedy , starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda
S
Samurai Spy (Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke) – (Japan )
Sandra (Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa), directed by Luchino Visconti , starring Claudia Cardinale – (Italy )
São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima (São Paulo, the Anonymous Town) – (Brazil )
The Saragossa Manuscript (Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie), starring Zbigniew Cybulski – (Poland )
The Sandpiper , directed by Vincente Minnelli , starring Elizabeth Taylor , Richard Burton and Eva Marie Saint
Sands of the Kalahari , starring Stuart Whitman , Stanley Baker , Susannah York – (U.K. )
The Satan Bug , starring George Maharis and Anne Francis
Secrets Behind the Wall (Kabe no naka no himegoto) – (Japan )
Sergeant Deadhead , starring Frankie Avalon and Deborah Walley
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Tini zabutykh predkiv) – (U.S.S.R. )
Shakespeare Wallah , directed by James Ivory , starring Shashi Kapoor , Felicity Kendal , Madhur Jaffrey
The Shameless Old Lady (La vieille dame indigne), directed by René Allio – (France )
She , starring Ursula Andress and Peter Cushing – (U.K. )
Shenandoah , starring James Stewart , Doug McClure , Rosemary Forsyth , Katharine Ross
Ship of Fools , directed by Stanley Kramer , starring Vivien Leigh , Simone Signoret , Lee Marvin , Michael Dunn , José Ferrer
The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze), directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos (Czechoslovakia )
Simon of the Desert (Simón del desierto), directed by Luis Buñuel – (Mexico )
The Sin (Al Haram) – (Egypt )
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious , starring Alec Guinness , Mike Connors , Robert Redford
Ski Party , starring Frankie Avalon and Yvonne Craig
The Skull , starring Peter Cushing , Christopher Lee , Patrick Wymark – (U.K. )
Slalom , starring Vittorio Gassman , Adolfo Celi , Beba Lončar , Daniela Bianchi – (Italy )
The Sleeping Car Murders (Compartiment tueurs), directed by Costa-Gavras , starring Yves Montand and Simone Signoret – (France )
The Slender Thread , directed by Sydney Pollack , starring Sidney Poitier , Anne Bancroft , Telly Savalas and Ed Asner
The Sons of Katie Elder , directed by Henry Hathaway , starring John Wayne and Dean Martin
The Sound of Music , directed by Robert Wise , starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold , directed by Martin Ritt , starring Richard Burton and Claire Bloom – (U.K. )
Sting of Death , directed by William Grefe
Story of a Prostitute (Shunpuden), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (Japan)
Strange Bedfellows , starring Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida
A Study in Terror (British), a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by James Hill, starring John Neville as Holmes, Donald Houston as Watson, and Anthony Quayle - (U.K. )
A Swingin' Summer , starring James Stacy and Raquel Welch
Sword of the Beast (Kedamono no ken), directed by Hideo Gosha – (Japan )
Sylvia , starring Carroll Baker and George Maharis
Synanon , directed by Richard Quine , starring Edmond O'Brien , Chuck Connors , Stella Stevens
T
Tattooed Life (Irezumi ichidai), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (Japan )
Ten Little Indians , starring Shirley Eaton , Hugh O'Brian , Daliah Lavi , Stanley Holloway , Wilfred Hyde-White , Fabian Forte – (U.K. )
That Darn Cat! starring Dean Jones
That Funny Feeling , starring Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee
That Man in Istanbul , directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring Horst Buchholz – (France /Italy /Spain )
The Third Day , starring George Peppard and Elizabeth Ashley
Thirty Three (Tridtsat tri) – (U.S.S.R. )
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines , directed by Ken Annakin , starring Stuart Whitman , Sarah Miles , Robert Morley , Gert Fröbe – (U.K. )
A Thousand Clowns , starring Jason Robards , Barry Gordon , Martin Balsam , Barbara Harris
Thunderball , starring Sean Connery (as James Bond ), with Claudine Auger , Luciana Paluzzi , Adolfo Celi – (U.K. )
Tickle Me , starring Elvis Presley
Tokyo Olympiad , a documentary directed by Kon Ichikawa – (Japan )
Town Tamer , directed by Lesley Selander and starring Dana Andrews
The Truth About Spring , directed by Richard Thorpe , starring Hayley Mills and John Mills
Two on a Guillotine , directed by William Conrad and starring Connie Stevens
U
V
A Very Special Favor , starring Rock Hudson and Leslie Caron
Victim Five , directed by Robert Lynn – (U.K. )
Viva Maria! , directed by Louis Malle , starring Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau – (France )
Von Ryan's Express , directed by Mark Robson , starring Frank Sinatra , Trevor Howard , Edward Mulhare , Adolfo Celi
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet , starring Basil Rathbone
W
Waqt , starring Sunil Dutt and Sadhana – (India )
The War Game , a TV docudrama directed by Peter Watkins – (U.K. )
The War Lord , starring Charlton Heston , Richard Boone , Rosemary Forsyth
What's New Pussycat? , directed by Clive Donner , starring Peter Sellers , Peter O'Toole , Woody Allen , Romy Schneider , Paula Prentiss , Capucine
Who Killed Teddy Bear , starring Sal Mineo , Juliet Prowse and Elaine Stritch
Wild on the Beach , starring Sherry Jackson , Frankie Randall , Sonny & Cher
Willy McBean and His Magic Machine , stop-motion film produced by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Videocraft International
Winter Kept Us Warm , directed by David Secter – (Canada )
The World of Abbott and Costello , starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
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