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Best Movies of 1963

The highest-rated films released in 1963, ranked by TMDB user score among titles with at least 500 votes.

📊 A century of movies in numbers 17 titlesavg ★ 7.42 avg 131 min DramaThrillerAdventureCrime

Most watched in 1963

The BirdsThe Birds1963 · ★ 7.5 · 1h 59m The Sword in the StoneThe Sword in the Stone1963 · ★ 7.2 · 1h 19m From Russia with LoveFrom Russia with Love1963 · ★ 7.1 · 1h 55m The Great EscapeThe Great Escape1963 · ★ 7.9 · 2h 53m 8½8½1963 · ★ 8.1 · 2h 19m CharadeCharade1963 · ★ 7.7 · 1h 53m
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  1. #1 High and Low (1963) · ★ 8.4 · 1,201 votes · 2h 22m · thriller, drama, crime

    A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.…

  2. #2 8½ (1963) · ★ 8.1 · 2,601 votes · 2h 19m · drama

    Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gat…

  3. #3 The Great Escape (1963) · ★ 7.9 · 2,953 votes · 2h 53m · adventure, thriller, drama

    The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to si…

  4. #4 Winter Light (1963) · ★ 7.9 · 521 votes · 1h 20m · drama

    A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.…

  5. #5 Charade (1963) · ★ 7.7 · 1,602 votes · 1h 53m · comedy, romance, mystery

    After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she…

  6. #6 The Leopard (1963) · ★ 7.7 · 982 votes · 3h 6m · drama

    As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life.…

  7. #7 Crooks in Clover (1963) · ★ 7.7 · 579 votes · 1h 51m · comedy, crime

    An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is…

  8. #8 The Birds (1963) · ★ 7.5 · 4,565 votes · 1h 59m · thriller, horror

    Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.…

  9. #9 The Sword in the Stone (1963) · ★ 7.2 · 4,185 votes · 1h 19m · fantasy, animation, family

    Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He sta…

  10. #10 Jason and the Argonauts (1963) · ★ 7.2 · 728 votes · 1h 44m · fantasy, adventure, family

    Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magica…

  11. #11 From Russia with Love (1963) · ★ 7.1 · 3,475 votes · 1h 55m · action, adventure, thriller

    Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to…

  12. #12 Cleopatra (1963) · ★ 7.1 · 889 votes · 4h 11m · romance, drama, history

    Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows…

  13. #13 The Haunting (1963) · ★ 7.1 · 737 votes · 1h 52m · horror

    Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and it…

  14. #14 Contempt (1963) · ★ 7.0 · 996 votes · 1h 43m · romance, drama

    Art film producer Jeremy Prokosch, unhappy with the work of his director, hires Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of The Odyssey, but when it seems that the legendary…

  15. #15 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) · ★ 7.0 · 716 votes · 3h 12m · action, comedy, adventure

    A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those…

  16. #16 The Pink Panther (1963) · ★ 6.9 · 1,232 votes · 1h 55m · comedy, crime

    The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows w…

  17. #17 Lord of the Flies (1963) · ★ 6.7 · 597 votes · 1h 32m · adventure, thriller, drama

    Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival.…

Questions

What is the best movie of 1963?
By TMDB user rating among films with at least 500 votes, High and Low leads 1963 with 8.4/10, followed by 8½ (8.1).
What was the most watched film of 1963?
Measured by TMDB vote count, The Birds drew the most engagement with 4,565 votes.
How many notable films came out in 1963?
This index counts 17 films from 1963 with 500 or more TMDB votes; their average rating is 7.42 and average runtime 131 minutes.
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