Best 1962 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 1962 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

#17. Mutiny on the Bounty
- Stacker score: 65.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 19,000)
- Metascore: 48
- Director: Lewis Milestone, Carol Reed, George Seaton
- Actors: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris
- Runtime: 2 hours 58 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#16. How the West Was Won
- Stacker score: 69.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 25,000)
- Metascore: 56
- Director: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall
- Actors: James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck
- Runtime: 2 hours 44 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $76,729

#15. Dr. No
- Stacker score: 82.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 188,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: Terence Young
- Actors: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee
- Runtime: 1 hour 50 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $16,067,035

#14. Days of Wine and Roses
- Stacker score: 83.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 15,000)
- Metascore: 74
- Director: Blake Edwards
- Actors: Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford
- Runtime: 1 hour 57 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: $8,123,077

#13. The Longest Day
- Stacker score: 83.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 62,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald
- Actors: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton
- Runtime: 2 hours 58 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: N/A

#12. The Music Man
- Stacker score: 83.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 20,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: Morton DaCosta
- Actors: Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett
- Runtime: 2 hours 31 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: N/A

#11. Cape Fear
- Stacker score: 83.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 34,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: J. Lee Thompson
- Actors: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen
- Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#10. Birdman of Alcatraz
- Stacker score: 84.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 21,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: John Frankenheimer
- Actors: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter
- Runtime: 2 hours 27 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#9. Lolita
- Stacker score: 84.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 114,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Stanley Kubrick
- Actors: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon
- Runtime: 2 hours 33 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#8. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
- Stacker score: 84.7
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 66,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Robert Aldrich
- Actors: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono
- Runtime: 2 hours 14 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#7. The Miracle Worker
- Stacker score: 89.6
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 22,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Arthur Penn
- Actors: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory
- Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#6. Ride the High Country
- Stacker score: 90.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 16,000)
- Metascore: 92
- Director: Sam Peckinpah
- Actors: Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley
- Runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#5. To Kill a Mockingbird
- Stacker score: 93.4
- IMDb user rating: 8.3 (votes: 346,000)
- Metascore: 88
- Director: Robert Mulligan
- Actors: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton
- Runtime: 2 hours 9 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: $592,237

#4. The Manchurian Candidate
- Stacker score: 94.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 83,000)
- Metascore: 94
- Director: John Frankenheimer
- Actors: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh
- Runtime: 2 hours 6 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $2,757,256

#3. Jules and Jim
- Stacker score: 95.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 46,000)
- Metascore: 97
- Director: François Truffaut
- Actors: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre
- Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $509

#2. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- Stacker score: 95.6
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 87,000)
- Metascore: 94
- Director: John Ford
- Actors: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles
- Runtime: 2 hours 3 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#1. Lawrence of Arabia
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.3 (votes: 333,000)
- Metascore: 100
- Director: David Lean
- Actors: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
- Runtime: 3 hours 47 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $45,306,425