1962 in film
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Events
- Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the longest-running motion picture franchise of all time, running more than 40 years.
Top grossing North American films
- West Side Story
- Spartacus
- El Cid
- Lover Come Back
- That Touch of Mink
- tie King of Kings and The Music Man
- Hatari!, starring John Wayne
- Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia - Horizon-Spiegel-Lean, Columbia
- Best Actor: Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird
- Best Actress: Anne Bancroft - The Miracle Worker
Births
- January 1 - Nancy Mette,actress
- January 17 - Jim Carrey, actor, comedian
- July 3 - Tom Cruise, actor
- September 11 - Elizabeth Daily, actress
- September 26 - Melissa Sue Anderson, actress
- October 1 - Esai Morales, actor
- November 11 - Demi Moore,US actress
- November 19 - Jodie Foster, actress and director
Deaths
- January 13 - Ernie Kovacs, comedian, actor
- August 5 - Marilyn Monroe
- December 15 - Charles Laughton, stage and film actor
Other movies released
- A Kind of Loving
- Billy Budd
- Birdman of Alcatraz
- Boys' Night Out
- Cape Fear
- Divorce - Italian Style
- Dr. No
- Family Diary
- Girls! Girls! Girls!
- How the West Was Won
- Kid Galahad
- King Kong vs. Godzilla
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Lolita
- Lonely are the Brave
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- My Name is Ivan
- Requiem for a Heavyweight
- Ride the High Country
- State Fair
- Sweet Bird of Youth
- Taras Bulba (film)
- The Given Word
- The Longest Day
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- The Manchurian Candidate
- The Miracle Worker
- The Phantom of the Opera (1962 film) - Hammer production, starring Herbert Lom
- The Premature Burial
- The Trial of Joan of Arc
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
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