Best Movies of 1963 by Rank
10
1
Federico Fellini
Anouk Aimée, Marcello Mastroianni, Bruno Agostini, Guido Alberti
Drama / Comedy
Italy / France
Italian
105
2
Jean-Luc Godard
Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang
Drama
France / Italy
French
226
3
Luchino Visconti
Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale
Drama / War / Epic / History / Period Film
Italy / France
English
242
4
Tony Richardson
Albert Finney, Susannah York
Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
348
5
Alfred Hitchcock
Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette
Drama / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
419
6
Martin Ritt
Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon De Wilde, Whit Bissell
Drama / Western / Action
USA
English
515
7
Samuel Fuller
Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best
Drama / Mystery / Cult
USA
English
595
8
John Sturges
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Coburn
Adventure / War / Action / Drama / History / Family
USA
English
667
9
Joseph Losey
Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig, James Fox
Drama / Cult
UK
English
668
10
Lindsay Anderson
Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell
Drama / Sports
UK
English
721
11
John Schlesinger
Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
UK
English
979
12
Robert Wise
Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn
Horror / Thriller
USA
English
1113
14
Stanley Donen
Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy
Comedy / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
USA
English
1204
15
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens, Del Moore, Kathleen Freeman
Comedy / Sci-Fi / Romance
USA
English
1250
17
Blake Edwards
Peter Sellers, David Niven, Robert Wagner, Capucine
Comedy / Crime / Caper / Detective / Family
UK / USA
English
1347
18
Terence Young
Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendáriz, Robert Shaw
Thriller / Adventure / Action / Drama / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
1371
19
Ingmar Bergman
Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Birger Malmsten
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
1426
21
Vittorio De Sica
Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè, Agostino Salvietti
Comedy / Crime / Romance / Religion
Italy / France
Italian
1428
22
Don Chaffey
Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond, Laurence Naismith
Action / Family / Fantasy / Adventure
UK / USA
English
1528
23
Louis Malle
Maurice Ronet, Léna Skerla, Yvonne Clech, Hubert Deschamps
Drama
Italy / France
French
1583
24
Alain Resnais
Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Nita Klein
Drama
France / Italy
French
1636
25
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa
Thriller / Drama / Post-Noir
Japan
Japanese
1736
26
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian, Darryl F. Zanuck
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
Drama / Romance / Epic / History / Biography
UK / USA / Switzerland
English
1746
27
Kon Ichikawa
Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
1870
29
Jacques Demy
Jeanne Moreau, Claude Mann, Paul Guers, Henri Nassiet, André Certes
Drama / Romance
France
French
1916
30
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Átila Iório, Maria Ribeiro, Orlando Macedo, Jofre Soares
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2142
32
Otto Preminger
Tom Tryon, John Huston, Carol Lynley
Drama / Religion
USA
English
2288
33
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Bruce Yarnell
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2299
34
Witold Lesiewicz, Andrzej Munk
Aleksandra Slaska, Anna Ciepielewska, Janusz Bylczynski, Krystyna Dubielowna
Drama / War
Poland
Polish
2305
35
Alex Segal
Jean Simmons, Robert Preston, Pat Hingle, Aline MacMahon
Drama
USA
English
2320
36
Robert Mulligan
Natalie Wood, Steve McQueen, Edie Adams, Herschel Bernardi, Anne Hegira
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2344
37
Francisco Rovira Beleta
Carmen Amaya, Sara Lezana, Daniel Martín
Drama / Romance
Spain
Spanish
2356
38
Francesco Rosi
Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti, Dany París, Carlo Fermariello
Drama / Crime
Italy / France
Italian
2360
39
Mark Robson
Paul Newman, Elke Sommer, Edward G. Robinson, Diane Baker, Micheline Presle
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Spy
USA
English
2393
40
Peter Brook
James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin
Adventure / Drama / Horror / Thriller
UK
English
2472
41
Stan Brakhage
Stan Brakhage
Short / Drama / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2482
42
George Sidney
Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret, Maureen Stapleton
Musical / Family / Comedy
USA
English
2482
42
David Miller
Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Eddie Albert
Comedy / Drama / War
USA
English
2497
43
Bo Widerberg
Thommy Berggren, Emy Storm, Keve Hjelm, Christina Frambäck
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
2511
44
John Huston
George C. Scott, Dana Wynter, Clive Brook, Gladys Cooper, Herbert Marshall
Crime / Mystery / Drama / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2511
44
Michael Gordon
Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Thelma Ritter, Fred Clark, Don Knotts
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2546
45
Robert Youngson
Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Douglas Fairbanks
Comedy / Documentary / Family
USA
English (Silent Scenes)
2553
46
Stanley Kramer
Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett
Adventure / Action / Comedy / Crime
USA
English
2556
47
Henri Verneuil
Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Viviane Romance
Crime / Drama / Caper / Thriller
France / Italy
French
2605
48
Richard Lester
Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins, David Kossoff, Terry-Thomas
Comedy / Family
UK
English
2605
48
George Pollock
Margaret Rutherford, Stringer Davis, Robert Morley, Flora Robson
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Detective
UK
English
2674
49
Luis García Berlanga
Nino Manfredi, Emma Penella, José Isbert, Angel Alvarez
Drama / Comedy
Spain / Italy
Spanish
2688
50
Ken Hughes
Anthony Newley, Julia Foster, Robert Stephens, Wilfrid Brambell, Warren Mitchell
Drama / Crime / Gangster
UK
English
2688
50
Joseph Losey
Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors, Alexander Knox, Oliver Reed
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller
UK
English
2688
50
Roger Corman
Ray Milland, Diana Van der Vlis, Harold J. Stone, John Hoyt, Don Rickles
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2689
51
William Asher
Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Robert Cummings, Dorothy Malone, Morey Amsterdam
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2689
51
Bud Yorkin
Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb, Molly Picon, Barbara Rush, Jill St. John, Tony Bill
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2689
51
John Ford
John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Elizabeth Allen, Jack Warden, Cesar Romero
Action / Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2689
51
Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew Marton
Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, John Ireland
Drama / History / War / Action / Adventure / Epic
USA
English
2689
51
Andrew V. McLaglen
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Jack Kruschen
Comedy / Western / Romance
USA
English
2689
51
Roger Corman
Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Hazel Court, Olive Sturgess
Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
USA
English
2689
51
Ralph Nelson
Jackie Gleason, Steve McQueen, Tuesday Weld, Tony Bill, Tom Poston
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2689
51
Franklin J. Schaffner
Joanne Woodward, Richard Beymer, Claire Trevor, Carol Lynley, Robert Webber
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2689
51
Peter Tewksbury
Rod Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp, Jo Morrow
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2689
51
Wolfgang Reitherman
Sebastian Cabot, Rickie Sorensen, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews, Ginny Tyler
Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
USA
English
2689
51
Norman Jewison
Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, Reginald Owen
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2689
51
Anthony Asquith
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Elsa Martinelli
Drama
UK
English
2709
52
Vassilis Georgiadis
Jenny Karezi, Mary Chronopoulou, George Foundas
Drama
Greece
Greek
2709
52
Noboru Nakamura
Shima Iwashita, Hiroyuki Nagato, Seiji Miyaguchi, Teruo Yoshida
Drama
Japan
Japanese
2736
53
Mario Monicelli
Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Gabriella Giorgelli
Crime / Drama
Italy / France / Yugoslavia
Italian
2737
54
Abraham Zapruder
John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Connally
Documentary / Short / History / Crime
USA
English
2740
55
André Cayatte
Marie-José Nat, Jacques Charrier, Michel Subor
Drama
France / Italy / West Germany
French
2742
56
Satyajit Ray
Anil Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Jaya Bhaduri, Haren Chatterjee, Sefalika Devi
Drama / Comedy
India
Bengali
2753
57
Vera Chytilová
Jirí Kodet, Eva Bosáková
Documentary / Drama / Sports
Czechoslovakia
Czech
2756
58
Robert Drew
John F. Kennedy, George Wallace, Robert F. Kennedy, Vivian Malone, James Hood
Documentary / History / Biography
USA
English
2783
59
Jean-Luc Godard
Albert Juross, Marino Masé, Catherine Ribeiro
Drama / War
France / Italy
French
2788
60
Jörn Donner
Harriet Andersson, Tommy Berggren, Barbro Kollberg, Harry Ahlin
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
2788
60
Chris Marker
Chris Marker, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret
Documentary
France
French
2788
60
Juan Antonio Bardem
Antonio Casas, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Corinne Marchand
Drama
Spain / France
Spanish
2789
61
Hall Bartlett
Robert Stack, Polly Bergen, Diane McBain, Joan Crawford
Drama
USA
English
2789
61
Laurence Harvey
Laurence Harvey, Sarah Miles, Robert Walker Jr., John Ireland
Crime / Drama
Spain / USA
English
2789
61
Kon Ichikawa
Yûjirô Ishihara, Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka
Adventure / Drama
Japan
Japanese
2789
61
George Sidney
Shirley Jones, Gig Young, Red Buttons, Carolyn Jones
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2789
61
Gian Luigi Polidoro
Alberto Sordi, Ulf Palme, Ulla Smidje, Lauritz Falk
Comedy
Italy
Italian
2789
61
David Swift
Jack Lemmon, Carol Lynley, Dean Jones, Edie Adams
Comedy
USA
English
2792
62
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Orson Welles, Vittorio La Paglia, Laura Betti, Mario Cipriani
Comedy / Drama / Short / Religion
Italy / France
Italian
2800
63
Vojtech Jasny
Václav Babka, Jirina Bohdalová, Pavel Brodsky
Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Czechoslovakia
Czech
2807
64
Charles F. Haas, Byron Paul, Frederick De Cordova, Robert Ellis Miller, James Goldstone
Gene Barry, Gary Conway
Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Detective
USA
English
2807
64
Eric Rohmer
Barbet Schroeder, Claudine Soubrier, Michèle Girardon
Romance / Short / Drama
France
French
2807
64
Norman Tokar
Brian Keith, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Dewey Martin, Jeff York
Western / Family / Adventure / Drama
USA
English
2807
64
Eric Rohmer
Catherine Sée, Philippe Beuzen, Christian Charrière, Diane Wilkinson
Romance / Drama
France
French
2860
66
Shohei Imamura
Sachiko Hidari, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Nagato
Drama / Comedy
Japan
Japanese
