Winter Light (1963) ****

One of Ingmar Bergman's most austere films (and that's saying a lot).

Flower On The Stone (1963) ***

Directed by Sergei Parajanov.

Tom Jones (1963) ****

Excellent historical drama, set in 18th century England.

Jak byc kochana (1963) ****

Profound Polish drama, set during the German occupation, about a young woman sheltering a man hiding from the Nazis.

Naked Among Wolves (1963) ***

East German drama set in Buchenwald at the end of the war.

Feast By The Sea (1963) ***

Original title: "Meren Juhlat". It's available here.

Fun In Acapulco (1963) ***

Elvis Presley sings (and swims) in Acapulco.

The Executioner (1963) ***

Violent Midnight (1963) ***

La Rabbia (1963) ***

Scum Of The Earth (1963) ***

Le Petit soldat (1963) ***

Przygoda noworoczna (1963) ***

Barren Lives (1963) ***

Promises, Promises (1963) ***

Lord Of The Flies (1963) ***

Goldilocks And The Three Bares (1963) ***

Beach Party (1963) ***

The first "beach blanket" musical comedy starring Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.

Europe In The Raw (1963) ***

Czarne skrzydla (1963) ***

Pour la suite du monde (1963) ***

Cleopatra (1963) ***

50,000 B.C. Before Clothing (1963) ***

Mondo Cane (1963) ***

The Great Escape (1963) ****

Excellent war drama about an escape from a POW camp in Germany.

RoGoPaG (1963) ***

Three fine short films from famous directors and one perfectly fine short film from a relative unknown. The Pier Paolo Pasolini's segment, starring Orson Welles, is probably the best, a warm-up of sorts before the next year's "The Gospel According To St. Mathew". Jean-Luc Godard's segment is well-directed and intriguing, although more conventional than this director's other films. The Rossellini segment, mostly set in Bangkok, is a bit odd, but quite entertaining.

"Illibatezza" (Roberto Rossellini)  ***
"Il Nuovo mondo" (Jean-Luc Godard)  ***
"La Ricotta" (Pier Paolo Pasolini)  ****
"Il Pollo ruspante" (Ugo Gregoretti)  ***

Santo en el museo de cera (1963) ***

Zbrodniarz i panna (1963) **

Film sensacyjny ze Zbigniewem Cybulskim.

This Sporting Life (1963) **

A Gathering Of Eagles (1963) **

Serious drama about the pressures of commanding an airforce wing.

The Molesters (1963) **

Swiss drama about pedophiles. A didactic, rather than exploitive, treatment of the subject.

Something Different (1963) **

Vera Chytilova's first film.

The Small Witch (1963) *

Egyptian comedy about a sexy young woman. A relic of an earlier era, before Muslim fundamentalists took over.

To Parsifal (1963) *****

Joseph Kilian (1963) ****

The Birds (1963) ***

Classic horror film by Alfred Hitchcock. Very influential.

Charade (1963) ***

Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn star in this light thriller set in Paris.

La Riviere du hibou (1963) ****

A hanging. A French short nominated for a Short Subject Oscar. Although originally released theatrically, it was later included in "The Twilight Zone" TV series.

Koncert (1963) ****

Hungarian short directed by Istvan Szabo.

It's A Mad,Mad,Mad,Mad World (1963) ***

A madcap chase comedy with an all-star cast.

Jason And The Argonauts (1963) ***

Exciting adventure film with great special effects by Ray Harryhausen.

King Kong Vs Godzilla (1963) ***

The two famous monsters are battling it out near Mount Fuji in this campy Japanese flick.

Man's Favorite Sport ? (1963) ***

Rock Hudson stars in this amusing comedy directed by Howard Hawks.

Christmas On Earth (1963) ***

The Home-Made Car (1963) ***

A British short about a car.

The Snow Plow (1963) ***

Mothlight (1963) ***

Pure abstraction.

The Nutty Professor (1963) ***

Jerry Lewis' best film.

The Five Cities Of June (1963) *

Embarrassingly simplistic propaganda documentary. Nominated for an Oscar.

La Maleta (1963) *

Boring Chilean short by Raoul Ruiz.

The Sword In The Stone (1963) ***

The legend of King Arthur, the Disney version. Excellent animated film, very entertaining.

The Sadist (1963) ***

Superlative horror film, incredibly tense and nerve-wrecking. A low-budget masterpiece.

Shock Corridor (1963) ***

A newspaper reporter pretends to be insane in order to be admitted to a mental hospital so that he can solve a murder mystery.

America America (1963) **

Facing persecutions at home, a Greek from Anatolia wants to emigrate to America.

The Cardinal (1963) **

Curious film about an American priest who rises through the ranks of Church hierarchy.

The Great Chase (1963) *

A documentary by Paul Killiam, presenting a compilation of excerpts from many silent films (both shorts and features).

1:58-4:08 "The Great Train Robbery" (1903).

4:08-5:24 A gangster film directed by Edwin S.Potter, set in
New York City.

5:24-10:05 "The Girl And Her Trust" (1912).

10:05-14:00 "Way Down East" (1920).

14:00-19:51 A young woman is kidnapped in this melodrama by
Cecil B.DeMille.

19:51-20:40 Brief scenes from Douglas Fairbanks' adventure
films.

20:40-24:30 Exciting chase scenes from "The Mark Of Zorro".

24:30-25:50 Adventure serials like "The Perils Of Pauline"
(1914).

25:50-32:29 "Chasing Choo Choos" (1927).

32:29-42:48 An exciting adventure film, "Jungle Treasure".

42:48-47:50 A William S.Hart western "Tumbleweeds".

47:50-1:12:10 "The General" (1926).

1:12:10-1:16:25 "The Extra Girl" (1923).

1:16:25-1:20:20 "The Dare Devil" (1923).

Hud (1963) *

A western set in modern times. Dated and quite tedious.

The VIPs (1963) *

Boring soap opera set at the Heathrow airport.

What (1963) ***

An Italian horror film, directed by Mario Bava, with some shocking sexploitation scenes, but no nudity.

À tout prendre (1963) ***

A story of a love affair between a white boy and a black girl.

Bye Bye Birdie (1963) ***

A 1963 time capsule - an Elvis-like pop singer, screaming teenage girls, Ann-Margaret, Nikita Khruschev, and the Ed Sullivan Show. Musical numbers:

"Bye Bye Birdie" ***
"We Love You Conrad"
"The Telephone Hour" *
"How Lovely To Be A Woman" *
"We Love You Conrad" (reprise) **
"Honestly Sincere" *
"One Boy (Girl)" **
"Put On A Happy Face" **
"Kids" **
"One Last Kiss"
"A Lot Of Livin' To Do" *
"Sultan's Ballet" *
"One Last Kiss" (reprise) *
"Rosie" **
"Bye Bye Birdie" (reprise) **

Les Carabiniers (1963) ***

Jean-Luc Godard's angry diatribe against war. Brilliant and depressing.

La Carrière de Suzanne (1963) ***

A love triangle involving two young men and a girl. Length: 52 min.

L'Homme de Rio (1963) ***

A very entertaining adventure film starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as a soldier on a leave, who rescues his kidnapped girlfriend. Jean-Paul Rappeneau co-wrote the script (and received an Oscar nomination).

Irma la Douce (1963) ***

Daring sex comedy about a prostitute (Shirley McLaine) finding herself a new pimp (Jack Lemmon).

The Leopard (1963) ****

Historical drama starring Burt Lancaster as a 19th-century liberal Sicilian aristocrat.