Best Movies of 1962
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
HarakiriA revenge film built as a legal argument, and the verdict destroys an entire code.Read the review
Lawrence of ArabiaThe widest canvas any director has filled, and a second half that wanders as much as its hero.
To Kill a MockingbirdGregory Peck's Atticus Finch became America's idea of decency, and the film is best when it remembers that it is really Scout's story.
Lolita (1962)Censorship turned Nabokov's horror into drawing room comedy, and James Mason survives anyway.