Greatest 29 Thriller Movies Must-Watch Released in 1962

A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program. Explore Dr. No / IMDB / YouTube

An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy. Get info on The Manchurian Candidate / IMDB / YouTube

A former vaudeville child star torments her paraplegic sister, who eclipsed her as a movie star, in their decaying Hollywood mansion while desperately clinging to hopes of a comeback. More about What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? / IMDB / YouTube

A surgeon causes an accident which leaves his daughter disfigured and goes to extreme lengths to give her a new face. Learn about Eyes Without a Face / IMDB / YouTube

A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail. See more about Cape Fear / IMDB / YouTube

An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges. See more about The Trial / IMDB / YouTube

A pianist helps his brother escape from two gangsters, who retaliate by abducting their kid brother. More about Shoot the Piano Player / IMDB / YouTube

An elusive billionaire hires an American smuggler to investigate his past, leading to a dizzying descent into a cold-war European landscape. Check out Confidential Report / IMDB / YouTube

A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants. Learn about The City of the Dead / IMDB / YouTube

Three tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death. Details on Tales of Terror / IMDB / YouTube

The polarizing search for a new Secretary of State has far-reaching consequences. Look into Advise & Consent / IMDB / YouTube

A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank. See more about Experiment in Terror / IMDB / YouTube

A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York, but a special girl from his past and a gun dealer with pet rats get in his way. See more about Blast of Silence / IMDB / YouTube

An expedition to Infant Island uncovers a native tribe and twin tiny fairy priestesses of a mythical deity, who sets out to rescue the pair after they are kidnapped by a greedy businessman. Explore Mothra / IMDB / YouTube

An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational horror of premature burial consumes him. Check out The Premature Burial / IMDB / YouTube

A family leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before hydrogen bombs destroy the city. In the midst of the chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive along the highway. Look into Panic in Year Zero! / IMDB / YouTube

In 18th-century England, the Royal Crown sends Royal Navy Captain Collier and his crew to investigate reports of illegal smuggling and bootlegging in a coastal town where locals believe in Marsh Phantoms. Get info on Night Creatures / IMDB / YouTube

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

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany. More about The Counterfeit Traitor / IMDB / YouTube

The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England. Learn about Tower of London / IMDB / YouTube

A cosmetic salesman sets out to prove to himself and his wife that he is not a failure. Look into Never Let Go / IMDB / YouTube

In the UK, after pulling a racetrack robbery, repeat offender Johnny Bannion hides the loot in a farmer's field but the police and the local mob come looking for Johnny and the money. Read about The Concrete Jungle / IMDB / YouTube

A group of medical students undertake some silly and frightening endeavors in order to pledge a fraternity. Get info on Ring of Terror / IMDB / YouTube

In 1661 Mexico, Baron Vitelius is executed for witchcraft. 300 years later, during a comet's return, he resurfaces as a brain-eating monster seeking revenge on the Inquisitors' descendants. See more about The Brainiac / IMDB / YouTube

Lisa's husband Robert fakes his death in a plane crash to collect insurance. She's trapped between helping him commit fraud and her growing feelings for David Barnes, until she makes one final, desperate choice. See more about Five Miles to Midnight / IMDB / YouTube

A group of ruthless pirates attack a seventeenth century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it. Details on The Pirates of Blood River / IMDB / YouTube

A stranded young woman finds herself at a mysterious mansion where nothing is what it seems. More about The Cabinet of Caligari / IMDB / YouTube

A concert pianist loses his hands in a car crash, but a surgeon gives him new ones. The experimental medical procedure goes awry when the new hands drive the pianist mad. Explore Hands of a Stranger / IMDB / YouTube

In a moment of madness a respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Unable to take in what he has done, he flees from the scene of the crime and behaves as if nothing has happened. Look into The Seventh Juror / IMDB / YouTube