Top 27 Music Movies Picks from 1962

Cleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor. Explore Cléo from 5 to 7 / IMDB / YouTube

Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' band leader to raise money before he can skip town. See more about The Music Man / IMDB / YouTube

Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose. Explore Gypsy / IMDB / YouTube

A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers. See more about Flower Drum Song / IMDB / YouTube

An acid-scarred composer has his dwarf helper bring an opera singer to his London sewer hide-out. Find out about The Phantom of the Opera / IMDB / YouTube

When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, a sailor has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel. Info on Girls! Girls! Girls! / IMDB / YouTube

After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter and takes him under his wing. More about Kid Galahad / IMDB / YouTube

Mistaken identity and the acquisition of a rare Tibetan herb put two buffoonish con men on the wrong side of a secret organization geared toward world domination. Details on The Road to Hong Kong / IMDB / YouTube

A farm cat moves to Paris in search of the high life while her wannabe lover from back home tries to reunite. Learn about Gay Purr-ee / IMDB / YouTube

A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man. Details on Billy Rose's Jumbo / IMDB / YouTube

Ghost is an ideological musician who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. However, when he meets and falls in love with beautiful singer Jess Polanski, she comes between him and his band members, and he leaves his dreams behind in search of fame. Details on Too Late Blues / IMDB / YouTube

A brother and sister find romance and good clean fun at the state fair in Dallas. Find out about State Fair / IMDB / YouTube

Aspiring singer Bud meets dancer Vickie. He signs with shady manager McCauley. Bud achieves success but faces manipulation. Kidnapped, he reconciles with Vickie, confronts McCauley with evidence, forcing honest management. Explore Wild Guitar / IMDB / YouTube

Youths must raise £1500 to save youth club from demolition by unscrupulous developer. They record song, broadcast it via pirate radio as Mystery Singer ploy to raise funds. Main character has secret he can't share with girlfriend. Find out about Wonderful to Be Young! / IMDB / YouTube

Supported avidly by his mother and more reluctantly at first by his father, a working-class Austrian boy joins the Vienna Choirboys, where he proves to be unusually talented. The standard initiation ordeals which new boys must endure at the hands of their seniors are intensified in his case because he has aroused the jealousy of Peter, the head chorister, by singing a. Explore Almost Angels / IMDB / YouTube

Young girl from the country come to Moscow, she wants to get into University, but it's too late. Anyway, she won't give up and will do everything to get a meeting with dean and sing for him. Find out about Come Tomorrow / IMDB / YouTube

In order to cut costs and conduct practice sessions, a group of students studying at an elite music school decide to stay together. Soon, one of them finds himself in trouble. Explore Roommates / IMDB / YouTube

Professor Ludwig von Drake plays a variety of popular music, all of which he wrote. First, ragtime: the Rutabaga Rag, with vegetables dancing in stop-motion. Next, the Charleston, with cut-out animation of a singer and dancers. Dixieland and more cut-out animation; the crooner/love ballad; 50's doo-wop; and finally, rockabilly. Info on A Symposium on Popular Songs / IMDB / YouTube

The story of three teenaged tearaways Johnnie, Bill and Bert who find themselves at odds with society. Following a brush with the law they have a chance meeting with a local choirmaster who offers them a way of making good. Read about Some People / IMDB / YouTube

A union-busting Yokohama dockworker learns that the loyalties that rule his life are based on shaky foundations. Believing that his manager was responsible for saving his life as a baby, he falls victim to a manipulative cycle of deceit and revenge. Check out A Flame at the Pier / IMDB / YouTube

Joselito makes a trip from Spain, when his Grandmother, who lives in a Mexican Village, demands his presence. While in the country, travelling on a Stagecoach towards his destination, the vehicle is attacked by bandits. However, the boy escapes, and meets Antonio, who becomes a good friend. See more about El caballo blanco / IMDB / YouTube

Tim is the boss of a trail-herding crew consisting of Kentucky, a cook who plays the guitar, Joe, and Marty, a young, impressionable cowhand who longs for the glamorous life of a gunfighter. While the four cowhands sing around the campfire, a night-riding gunfighter named Johnny Laredo happens upon their camp, and joins them for a cup of coffee. He then rides on, leav. See more about The Night Rider / IMDB / YouTube