The 3rd New York Film Festival took place September 7–18, 1965.

Main Slate

Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard) (Opening Night)
Red Beard (Akira Kurosawa) Closing Night)
Black Peter (Miloš Forman)
“Buster and Beckett” [The Railrodder, Film, Seven Chances] (Gerald Potterton, Alan Schneider, Buster Keaton) (Retrospective selection)
The Lady Without Camelias (Michelangelo Antonioni) (Retrospective selection)
Caressed aka Sweet Substitute (Larry Kent)
Charulata (Satyajit Ray)
Fists in the Pocket aka Between Two Worlds (Marco Bellocchio)
Gertrud (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
Indentification Marks: None (Jerzy Skolimowski)
Knave of Hearts aka Monsier Ripois aka Lovers, Happy Lovers! (René Clément) (Retrospective selection)
The Koumiko Mystery (Chris Marker)
Mickey One (Arthur Penn)
Of Human Bondage (John Cromwell) (Retrospective selection)
Le Petit Soldat (Jean-Luc Godard)
Raven’s End (Bo Widerberg)
Sandra (Luchino Visconti)
Shakespeare-Wallah (James Ivory)
The Shop on Main Street aka The Shop on High Street (Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos)
Six in Paris: La Muette (Claude Chabrol), Saint-Germain-des-Pres (Jean Douchet), Montparnasse et Levallois (Jean-Luc Godard), Rue Saint-Denis (Jean-Daniel Pollet), Place de l’Etoile (Eric Rohmer), and Gare du Nord (Jean Rouch)
Thomas the Imposter (Georges Franju)
Twilight of Empire (Kevin Billington)
Unreconciled (Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet)
Les Vampires (Louis Feuillade) (Retrospective selection)
Walkover (Jerzy Skolimowski)
The Wedding March (Erich von Stroheim) (Retrospective selection)

THIRD NYFF POSTER BY BRUCE CONNER