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The year 1968 in film involved some significant events, with the release of Stanley Kubrick's cinematic masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey, as well as two highly successful musical films, Funny Girl and Oliver!, the former earning Barbra Striesand the Academy Award for Best Actress (an honour she shared with Katharine Hepburn for her role in The Lion in Winter) and the latter winning both the Best Picture and Best Director awards.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)[]
The top ten 1968 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Studio | Box-office gross rental |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Funny Girl | Columbia Pictures | $24,900,000[1] |
| 2 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $21,500,000[1] |
| 3 | The Odd Couple | Paramount Pictures | $20,000,000[1] |
| 4 | Bullitt | Warner Bros. | $19,000,000[1] |
| 5 | Oliver! | Columbia Pictures | $16,800,000[1] |
| 6 | Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Fox | $15,000,000[1] |
| Rosemary's Baby | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 8 | Romeo and Juliet | Paramount Pictures | $14,500,000[1] |
| 9 | Yours, Mine and Ours | United Artists | $11,500,000[1] |
| 10 | The Lion in Winter | AVCO Embassy Pictures | $10,006,000[2] |
Events[]
- November 1 – The MPAA's film rating system is introduced.
Awards[]
| Category/Organization | 26th Golden Globe Awards January 22, 1969 |
41st Academy Awards March 21, 1969 |
22nd BAFTA Awards April 14, 1969 | |
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| Drama | Comedy or Musical | |||
| Best Film | The Lion in Winter | Oliver! | The Graduate | |
| Best Director | Paul Newman Rachel, Rachel |
Carol Reed Oliver! |
Mike Nichols The Graduate | |
| Best Actor | Peter O'Toole The Lion in Winter |
Ron Moody Oliver! |
Cliff Robertson Charly |
Spencer Tracy Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
| Best Actress | Joanne Woodward Rachel, Rachel |
Barbra Streisand Funny Girl |
Katharine Hepburn The Lion in Winter Barbra Streisand Funny Girl |
Katharine Hepburn Guess Who's Coming to Dinner The Lion in Winter |
| Best Supporting Actor | Daniel Massey Star |
Jack Albertson The Subject Was Roses |
Ian Holm The Bofors Gun | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ruth Gordon Rosemary's Baby |
Billie Whitelaw Twisted Nerve Charlie Bubbles | ||
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Stirling Silliphant Charly |
James Goldman The Lion in Winter |
Buck Henry and Calder Willingham The Graduate | |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Mel Brooks The Producers | |||
| Best Original Score | Alex North The Shoes of the Fisherman |
John Barry The Lion in Winter Johnny Green Oliver! |
John Barry The Lion in Winter | |
| Best Original Song | "The Windmills of Your Mind" The Thomas Crown Affair |
N/A | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | War and Peace | N/A | ||
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): canceled due to events of May 1968
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos (Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed), directed by Alexander Kluge, West Germany
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Ole dole doff (Who Saw Him Die?), directed by Jan Troell, Sweden
Films released[]
US unless stated
January–March[]
- January 1968
- January 3
- The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
- January 8
- Wild 90
- January 12
- January 17
- The Biggest Bundle of Them All
- January 18
- Spider Baby
- January 24
- Danger: Diabolik (Italy/U.S.)
- Firecreek
- Maryjane
- Sebastian
- January 25
- January 29
- January 3
- February 1968
- February 7
- The Anniversary
- Sol Madrid
- February 8
- Blackbeard's Ghost
- Sweet November
- February 11
- February 18
- The Money Jungle
- February 21
- Bye Bye Braverman
- The Power
- February 24
- Kuroneko (Japan)
- February 29
- February 7
- March 1968
- March 1
- Day of the Evil Gun
- March 5
- Romeo and Juliet
- March 6
- P.J.
- Psych-Out
- March 8
- A Man Called Gannon
- Stay Away, Joe
- March 11
- Otley
- March 13
- Counterpoint
- March 18
- The Producers
- March 20
- No Way to Treat a Lady
- Gamera vs. Viras (Japan)
- March 21
- The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
- March 27
- March 29
- March 1
April–June[]
- April 1968
- April 2
- A Dandy in Aspic
- The Scalphunters
- April 3
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Planet of the Apes
- April 4
- The Party
- April 10
- The Charge of the Light Brigade
- Hammerhead
- Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
- Will Penny
- April 14
- April 17
- The Bride Wore Black (France)
- The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
- April 20
- April 23
- Blue
- April 24
- Yours, Mine and Ours
- April 26
- Je t'aime, je t'aime (France)
- April 2
- May 1968
- May 1
- Countdown
- Don't Just Stand There!
- The Mini-Skirt Mob
- Tarzan and the Jungle Boy
- May 2
- The Odd Couple
- May 10
- Project X
- May 15
- The Devil's Brigade
- The Swimmer
- Witchfinder General (aka The Conqueror Worm)
- May 17
- May 23
- Kona Coast
- Prudence and the Pill
- May 24
- The Savage Seven
- What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
- May 28
- Boom!
- The Detective
- May 29
- Madigan's Millions
- Villa Rides
- Wild in the Streets
- May 1
- June 1968
- June 1
- Bandolero!
- June 5
- June 8
- Kill! (Japan)
- June 10
- Petulia
- June 12
- Rosemary's Baby
- Speedway
- The Sweet Ride
- June 19
- The Green Berets
- The Thomas Crown Affair
- The Lost Continent
- Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
- June 21
- June 25
- The Secret Life of an American Wife
- June 26
- Never a Dull Moment
- June 1
July–September[]
- July 1968
- July 3
- July 12
- Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
- A Lovely Way to Die
- July 14
- July 15
- Interlude
- July 17
- For Love of Ivy
- July 19
- Inspector Clouseau
- July 20
- July 23
- July 24
- Anzio
- The Strange Affair
- July 29
- July 31
- 5 Card Stud
- Asterix the Gaul
- The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
- August 1968
- August 1
- Destroy All Monsters (Japan)
- August 3
- August 7
- Farewell, Friend (France)
- With Six You Get Eggroll
- August 15
- August 18
- Stolen Kisses (France)
- August 20
- How Sweet It Is!
- August 22
- Nobody Runs Forever
- August 24
- A Stranger in Town
- August 26
- Rachel, Rachel
- August 28
- The Hell with Heroes
- August 1
- September 1968
- September 2
- Negatives
- September 11
- The Young Runaways
- September 12
- Spirits of the Dead (France/Italy)
- September 15
- Song of Summer (U.K.)
- September 18
- Funny Girl
- Pretty Poison
- September 19
- Hot Millions
- September 22
- The Split
- September 23
- Charly
- September 26
- Oliver! (U.K.)
- September 2
October–December[]
- October 1968
- October 1
- Night of the Living Dead
- October 2
- October 7
- October 8
- October 9
- October 10
- Barbarella (U.S.)
- October 13
- The Subject Was Roses
- October 14
- Paper Lion
- October 16
- The Boston Strangler
- The Girl on a Motorcycle
- October 17
- Bullitt
- October 19
- A Flea in Her Ear
- October 22
- Star!
- Vixen!
- Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women
- October 23
- Live a Little, Love a Little
- Secret Ceremony
- October 24
- Ice Station Zebra
- October 30
- The Lion in Winter
- October 31
- Ace High (Italy)
- They Came to Rob Las Vegas
- October 1
- November 1968
- November 6
- Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
- Head
- November 13
- Killers Three
- Yellow Submarine
- November 15
- The Shoes of the Fisherman
- November 16
- The Legend of Lylah Clare
- November 18
- November 20
- Lady in Cement
- Woman in Chains (France)
- November 24
- Faces
- Joanna
- November 27
- The Great Silence (Italy)
- Hellfighters
- November 28
- Carry On Up the Khyber
- November 30
- The Shakiest Gun in the West
- Sympathy for the Devil
- November 6
- December 1968
- December 1
- The Green Slime
- December 4
- Corruption
- Where Eagles Dare
- December 8
- December 9
- December 10
- Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
- The Magus
- December 12
- The Killing of Sister George
- December 13
- December 15
- Curse of the Crimson Altar
- Greetings
- December 16
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (U.K.)
- December 17
- Candy
- December 18
- Hell in the Pacific
- Isadora
- The Night They Raided Minsky's
- December 19
- if....
- Mayerling (U.K./France)
- A Place for Lovers
- Skidoo
- December 20
- The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
- Three in the Attic
- Twisted Nerve
- December 21
- Once Upon a Time in the West (Italy)
- December 22
- The Sea Gull
- December 24
- The Love Bug
- December 25
- Assignment to Kill
- The Brotherhood
- The Sergeant
- The Stalking Moon
- December 26
- Monterey Pop
- Krakatoa, East of Java (Sweden)
- December 28
- Uptight
- December 1
Notable films released in 1968[]
- Note: U.S. releases unless stated.
#[]
- 5 Card Stud, starring Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens
- 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War (17e Parallele Le Vietnam en Guerre), a documentary directed by Joris Ivens – (France/Vietnam)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood – (U.S./ U.K.)
A[]
- Aadmi, starring Dilip Kumar – (India)
- Aankhen (The Eyes) – (India)
- Ace High, starring Eli Wallach – (Italy)
- Adieu l'ami (Farewell Friend), starring Alain Delon and Charles Bronson – (France)
- All My Compatriots (Všichni dobří rodáci) – (Czechoslovakia)
- The Amorous Ones (As Amorosas) – (Brazil)
- The Anniversary, starring Bette Davis – (U.K.)
- Anzio, starring Robert Mitchum, Earl Holliman, Peter Falk
- Artists Under the Big Top (Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos), Golden Lion winner – (West Germany)
- Assignment to Kill, starring Patrick O'Neal and Joan Hackett
- Asterix and Cleopatra – (France/Belgium)
B[]
- Baby Love, starring Linda Hayden and Keith Barron– (U.K.)
- Bandits in Milan (Banditi a Milano), starring Gian Maria Volonté – (Italy)
- Bandolero!, starring James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch, George Kennedy, Will Geer
- Barbarella, directed by Roger Vadim, starring Jane Fonda – (France/Italy)
- Be Sick... It's Free (Il medico della mutua), starring Alberto Sordi – (Italy)
- Berserk!, starring Joan Crawford and Diana Dors – (U.K.)
- Les Biches, directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Stéphane Audran and Jean-Louis Trintignant – (France)
- The Biggest Bundle of Them All, starring Raquel Welch and Edward G. Robinson
- The Birthday Party, directed by William Friedkin, starring Robert Shaw – (U.K.)
- Black Jesus (Seduto alla sua destra), starring Woody Strode – (Italy)
- Blackbeard's Ghost, starring Dean Jones, Peter Ustinov, Suzanne Pleshette
- Blue, starring Terence Stamp, Joanna Pettet, Karl Malden, and Ricardo Montalbán
- The Bofors Gun, starring Nicol Williamson and Ian Holm – (U.K.)
- Boom!, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton – (U.K.)
- The Boston Strangler, starring Tony Curtis and Henry Fonda
- The Bride Wore Black (La Mariée était en noir), directed by François Truffaut, starring Jeanne Moreau and Michel Bouquet – (France)
- Brilliantovaya ruka (The Diamond Arm) – a hugely popular Russian comedy – (U.S.S.R.)
- The Brotherhood, starring Kirk Douglas
- Bullitt, directed by Peter Yates, starring Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn
- Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell, starring Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Phil Silvers, Peter Lawford, Telly Savalas
- Bye Bye Braverman, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring George Segal, Jessica Walter, Joseph Wiseman
C[]
- Candy, starring Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn, Ringo Starr – (France/Italy/U.S.)
- Capricious Summer (Rozmarné léto), directed by Jiří Menzel – (Czechoslovakia)
- Carry On... Up the Khyber, starring Sid James and Kenneth Williams – (U.K.)
- The Charge of the Light Brigade, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Trevor Howard, John Gielgud and Vanessa Redgrave – (U.K.)
- Charly, starring Cliff Robertson
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, starring Dick Van Dyke – (U.K.)
- The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach – (West Germany)
- Colonel Wolodyjowski, directed by Jerzy Hoffman – (Poland)
- Coogan's Bluff, directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood, Susan Clark, Lee J. Cobb, Don Stroud
- Corruption, directed by Robert Hartford-Davis – (U.K.)
- Countdown, directed by Robert Altman and starring James Caan and Robert Duvall
- Counterpoint, starring Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Leslie Nielsen
- Curse of the Crimson Altar (a.k.a. The Crimson Cult), starring Christopher Lee and Boris Karloff – (U.K.)
D[]
- A Dandy in Aspic, starring Laurence Harvey, Tom Courtenay, and Mia Farrow – (U.K.)
- Danger: Diabolik, starring John Phillip Law and Michel Piccoli – (Italy/U.S.)
- Dark of the Sun (a.k.a. The Mercenaries), starring Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux – (U.K./U.S.)
- Day of the Evil Gun, starring Glenn Ford
- The Day of the Owl (Il giorno della civetta), starring Claudia Cardinale and Franco Nero – (Italy)
- Dead Season (Myortvyy sezon) – (U.S.S.R.)
- Deadfall, starring Michael Caine – (U.K.)
- Death by Hanging (Kōshikei), directed by Nagisa Oshima – (Japan)
- Death Laid an Egg (La morte ha fatto l'uovo), directed by Giulio Questi – (Italy/France)
- Destroy All Monsters (Kaijū Sōshingeki), directed by Ishirō Honda – (Japan)
- The Detective, starring Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Jacqueline Bisset, Jack Klugman, William Windom, Robert Duvall
- The Devil Rides Out, starring Christopher Lee and Charles Gray – (U.K.)
- The Devil's Brigade, starring William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards
- Diamonds for Breakfast, directed by Christopher Morahan – (U.K.)
- The Doll (Lalka), directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has – (Poland)
- Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River, starring Jerry Lewis
- Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, starring Christopher Lee – (U.K.)
- Duniya (The World), starring Dev Anand and Vyjayanthimala – (India)
E[]
- Eve, starring Robert Walker Jr., Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom
- Even the Wind is Frightened (Hasta el viento tiene miedo) – (Mexico)
F[]
- Faces, directed by John Cassavetes
- Fando y Lis (Fando and Lis) – (Mexico)
- Finian's Rainbow, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Don Francks, Keenan Wynn, Al Freeman Jr.
- Fire, Water, and Brass Pipes, directed by Alexander Rou, starring Natalya Sedykh and Georgy Millyar – (U.S.S.R.)
- Firecreek, starring James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Gary Lockwood, Jack Elam, James Best, Inger Stevens
- The Fixer, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Alan Bates and Dirk Bogarde – (U.K.)
- For Love of Ivy, starring Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Robert Duvall
- For Singles Only, starring John Saxon, Mary Ann Mobley, Milton Berle
- Funny Girl, directed by William Wyler, starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif
G[]
- The Girl on a Motorcycle, starring Alain Delon and Marianne Faithfull – (U.K./France)
- The Girl with the Pistol (La ragazza con la pistola), starring Monica Vitti and Stanley Baker – (Italy)
- Great Catherine, starring Peter O'Toole and Jeanne Moreau
- The Great Silence (Il grande silenzio), starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Klaus Kinski – (Italy)
- The Green Berets, directed by and starring John Wayne, with Jim Hutton, David Janssen
- Greetings, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Robert De Niro
- Guns for San Sebastian, starring Anthony Quinn, Charles Bronson and Anjanette Comer
H[]
- Hammerhead, starring Vince Edwards and Diana Dors
- Hang 'Em High, directed by Ted Post, starring Clint Eastwood
- Hatsukoi Jigokuhen (The Inferno of First Love) – (Japan)
- Head, directed by Bob Rafelson, starring the Monkees
- The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, starring Alan Arkin and Sondra Locke
- Hell in the Pacific, directed by John Boorman, starring Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune
- Hellfighters, starring John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton
- High School, directed by Frederick Wiseman
- The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit, starring Dean Jones
- Hot Millions, starring Peter Ustinov and Maggie Smith
- Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann – (Sweden)
- House of Cards, starring George Peppard, Inger Stevens and Orson Welles
- How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life, starring Dean Martin and Stella Stevens
- How Sweet It Is!, starring James Garner and Debbie Reynolds
I[]
- I Am Curious (Blue) (Jag är nyfiken – en film i blått) – (Sweden)
- I Love You, Alice B. Toklas, starring Peter Sellers
- Ice Station Zebra, directed by John Sturges, starring Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Jim Brown, Ernest Borgnine
- If...., directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Malcolm McDowell – Palme d'Or winner – (U.K.)
- The Immortal Story, directed by and starring Orson Welles – (France)
- In Enemy Country, starring Anthony Franciosa
- Inspector Clouseau, starring Alan Arkin – (U.K.)
- Interlude, starring Oskar Werner, Barbara Ferris, Donald Sutherland
- Isabel, starring Geneviève Bujold – (Canada)
- Isadora, a.k.a. The Loves of Isadora, a biopic of Isadora Duncan, directed by Karel Reisz, starring Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, James Fox – (U.K.)
- It Rains in My Village (Biće skoro propast sveta), starring Annie Girardot – (Yugoslavia)
J[]
- Je t'aime, je t'aime, directed by Alain Resnais – (France)
- Jigsaw, starring Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman and Hope Lange
- Joanna, starring Geneviève Waïte
K[]
- Kill! (Kiru) – (Japan)
- Killers Three, starring Dick Clark and Merle Haggard
- The Killing of Sister George, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Beryl Reid, Susannah York and Coral Browne
- King of Hearts – directed by Mohammad Ali Fardin (Iran)
- Kona Coast, starring Vera Miles and Richard Boone
- Kuroneko (a.k.a. Yabu no Naka no Kuroneko) – (Japan)
L[]
- Lady in Cement, starring Frank Sinatra, Dan Blocker, Raquel Welch, Richard Conte, Martin Gabel, Lainie Kazan
- The Last of the Mohicans (Ultimul Mohican) – (Romania)
- The Legend of Lylah Clare, starring Kim Novak and Peter Finch
- El Libro de piedra (The Book of Stone) – (Mexico)
- The Lion in Winter, starring Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn – (U.K.)
- The Little Golden Calf (Zolotoy telyonok) – (U.S.S.R.)
- Live a Little, Love a Little, starring Elvis Presley and Michele Carey
- The Love Bug, directed by Robert Stevenson, starring Dean Jones, Michele Lee, Buddy Hackett
- A Lovely Way to Die, starring Kirk Douglas and Sylva Koscina
- Lucía – (Cuba)
M[]
- Madigan, directed by Don Siegel, starring Richard Widmark, Inger Stevens, Henry Fonda, James Whitmore, Susan Clark
- The Magus, starring Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn and Candice Bergen – (U.K.)
- The Man Who Lies (L'homme qui ment / Muž, ktorý luže), starring Jean-Louis Trintignant – (France/Czechoslovakia)
- Mandabi (Le mendat), directed by Ousmane Sembène – (Senegal)
- Matthew's Days (Żywot Mateusza) – (Poland)
- Mayerling, starring Omar Sharif and Catherine Deneuve – (U.K./France)
- Memories of Underdevelopment (Memorias del Subdesarrollo) – (Cuba)
- Mera Naam Joker (My Name is Joker), directed by and starring Raj Kapoor – (India)
- The Mercenary, also known as A Professional Gun, starring Franco Nero and Jack Palance – (Italy)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Peter Hall, starring Derek Godfrey, Ian Holm, Judi Dench and Helen Mirren – (U.K.)
- A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die, starring Alex Cord, Arthur Kennedy, Robert Ryan – (Italy)
- The Money Jungle, starring Lola Albright and Leslie Parrish
- Monterey Pop, a concert film by D. A. Pennebaker, featuring Simon & Garfunkel, The Mamas & the Papas, Jimi Hendrix and others
- More Dead Than Alive, starring Clint Walker and Anne Francis
- Murder a la Mod, directed by Brian De Palma
N[]
- Naked Children (L'enfance nue), directed by Maurice Pialat – (France)
- Neel Kamal – (India)
- Negatives, starring Peter McEnery, Glenda Jackson and Diane Cilento– (U.K.)
- Never a Dull Moment, starring Dick Van Dyke, Dorothy Provine, Edward G. Robinson
- The Night of the Following Day, starring Marlon Brando, Richard Boone, Rita Moreno
- Night of the Living Dead, first in the zombie trilogy by George A. Romero
- The Night They Raided Minsky's, directed by William Friedkin, starring Jason Robards
- Nobody Runs Forever (a.k.a. The High Commissioner), directed by Ralph Thomas, starring Rod Taylor, Scobie Malone and Christopher Plummer – (U.K./U.S.)
- Nobody's Perfect, starring Doug McClure
- No Way to Treat a Lady, starring Rod Steiger, George Segal, Lee Remick
- Las Noches del Hombre Lobo (Nights of the Werewolf) – (Spain/France)
O[]
- The Odd Couple, directed by Gene Saks, starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
- Oliver!, directed by Carol Reed, starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Shani Wallis, Jack Wild, Mark Lester – winner of six Academy Awards – (U.K.)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (C'era una volta il West), directed by Sergio Leone, starring Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards – (Italy)
- The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, starring Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen, Kurt Russell, Wally Cox, Lesley Ann Warren
- One Plus One (a.k.a. Sympathy for the Devil), a docudrama directed by Jean-Luc Godard, featuring the Rolling Stones – (U.K.)
- Otley, starring Tom Courtenay and Romy Schneider – (U.K.)
P[]
- Padosan (Neighbour), starring Sunil Dutt – (India)
- Palo y hueso (Stick and Bone) – (Argentina)
- The Party, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Peter Sellers and Claudine Longet
- Performance, directed by Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell, starring Mick Jagger and James Fox – (U.K.)
- Petulia, starring Julie Christie and George C. Scott
- The Pink Jungle, starring James Garner
- P.J., starring George Peppard, Gayle Hunnicutt, Raymond Burr, Susan Saint James
- A Place for Lovers (Amanti), directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Faye Dunaway
- Planet of the Apes, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter
- , starring George Hamilton
- Pretty Poison, starring Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins
- The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell, starring Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller
- The Producers, written and directed by Mel Brooks, starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Dick Shawn
- The Prophet (Il profeta), directed by Dino Risi, starring Vittorio Gassman and Ann-Margret – (Italy)
- The Profound Desire of the Gods (Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubō), directed by Shohei Imamura – (Japan)
- Project X, directed by William Castle
- Prudence and the Pill, starring Deborah Kerr and David Niven – (U.K.)
- Psych-Out, directed by Richard Rush, starring Susan Strasberg, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nicholson
R[]
- Rachel, Rachel, directed by Paul Newman and starring Joanne Woodward
- Romeo and Juliet, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey – (U.K./Italy)
- Rosemary's Baby, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes
S[]
- Saathi, starring Vyjayanthimala, Rajendra Kumar and Simi Garewal – (India)
- Salt and Pepper, directed by Richard Donner, starring Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford – (U.K.)
- The Scalphunters, starring Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis and Telly Savalas
- The Sea Gull, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Simone Signoret – (U.S./ U.K./Greece)
- Sebastian, starring Dirk Bogarde and Susannah York – (U.K.)
- Secret Ceremony, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow and Robert Mitchum
- The Secret Life of an American Wife, starring Walter Matthau
- The Secret War of Harry Frigg, starring Paul Newman
- The Sergeant, starring Rod Steiger and John Phillip Law
- Sergeant Ryker, starring Lee Marvin and Vera Miles
- The Shakiest Gun in the West, starring Don Knotts and Barbara Rhoades
- Shalako, starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot – (U.K.)
- Shame (Skammen), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow – (Sweden)*
- The Shoes of the Fisherman, starring Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Oskar Werner, Leo McKern, David Janssen, Barbara Jefford
- Signs of Life (Lebenszeichen), directed by Werner Herzog – (West Germany)
- Single Room Furnished, starring Jayne Mansfield in her final film
- Skidoo, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing and, in his final film, Groucho Marx
- Sol Madrid, starring David McCallum, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn
- Song of Summer, directed by Ken Russell – (made for television) – (U.K.)
- Speedway, starring Elvis Presley and Nancy Sinatra
- Spider Baby, starring Lon Chaney Jr.
- Spirits of the Dead, directed by Federico Fellini, Louis Malle and Roger Vadim, starring Jane Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda – (France/Italy)
- The Split, starring Jim Brown, Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Julie Harris
- The Stalking Moon, starring Gregory Peck and Eva Marie Saint
- Star!, starring Julie Andrews
- Stay Away, Joe, starring Elvis Presley
- Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés), directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud and Delphine Seyrig – (France)
- The Strange Affair, starring Susan George – (U.K.)
- The Subject was Roses, starring Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen
- Sunghursh, starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala – (India)
- The Swedish Kings (Shvedskite krale), directed by Lyudmil Kirkov, starring Kiril Gospodinov – (Bulgaria)
- The Sweet Ride, starring Michael Sarrazin and Jacqueline Bisset
- The Swimmer, starring Burt Lancaster
T[]
- Targets, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Boris Karloff
- Teorema, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, starring Silvana Mangano and Terence Stamp – (Italy)
- Tevye and His Seven Daughters (Tuvia Vesheva Benotav), directed by Menahem Golan – (Israel)
- They Came to Rob Las Vegas, starring Gary Lockwood, Elke Sommer, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Palance
- The Thomas Crown Affair, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway
- Three in the Attic, starring Christopher Jones, Yvette Mimieux, Judy Pace, Maggie Thrett
- A Twist of Sand, starring Richard Johnson and Honor Blackman – (U.K.)
- Twisted Nerve, starring Hywel Bennett and Hayley Mills – (U.K.)
U[]
- The Unfaithful Wife (La Femme infidèle), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Stéphane Audran – (France)
- Up the Junction, starring Dennis Waterman and Suzy Kendall – (U.K.)
V[]
- Villa Rides, starring Yul Brynner and Robert Mitchum
- Vixen!, directed by Russ Meyer
W[]
- What's So Bad About Feeling Good?, starring George Peppard and Mary Tyler Moore
- Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows, starring Rosalind Russell
- Where Eagles Dare, directed by Brian G. Hutton, starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood – (U.K./U.S.)
- Who Saw Him Die? (Ole dole doff), directed by Jan Troell – (Sweden)
- The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz, starring Elke Sommer and Bob Crane
- Wild 90, directed by and starring Norman Mailer
- Wild in the Streets, starring Christopher Jones, Shelley Winters, Hal Holbrook
- Will Penny, starring Charlton Heston and Joan Hackett
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (animation short)
- Witchfinder General, directed by Michael Reeves, starring Vincent Price – (U.K.)
- With Six You Get Eggroll, directed by Howard Morris, starring Doris Day, Brian Keith, Barbara Hershey
- Woman in Chains (La prisonnière), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot – (France)
Y[]
- Yellow Submarine, an animated film with music by The Beatles – (U.K.)
- Yours, Mine and Ours, starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda
Short film series[]
- Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
- Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
- Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)
- Daffy Duck (1937–1968)
- Cool Cat (1967–1969)
- Merlin the Magic Mouse (1967–1969)
Film debuts[]
- Gary Busey – Wild in the Streets
- John Cleese – Interlude
- Timothy Dalton – The Lion in Winter
- Frederic Forrest – The Filthy Five
- Goldie Hawn – The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
- Barbara Hershey – With Six You Get Eggroll
- Madeline Kahn – The Dove
- Lainie Kazan – Dayton's Devils
- Stacy Keach – The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
- Margot Kidder – The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
- Sally Kirkland – Blue
- Sondra Locke – The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
- Ali MacGraw – A Lovely Way to Die
- Marsha Mason – Beyond the Law
- Malcolm McDowell – if...
- Chuck Norris – The Wrecking Crew
- Hanna Schygulla – The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp
- Talia Shire – The Wild Racers
- Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl
- Jack Thompson – Personnel, or People?
Births[]
- January 2 – Cuba Gooding, Jr., actor
- January 6 – John Singleton, director and writer (d. 2019)
- January 12 - Rachael Harris, American actor and comedian
- January 14 – LL Cool J, rapper, actor
- January 19 – Matt Hill, Canadian actor, voice actor, comedian
- January 29 – Edward Burns, actor and producer
- February 1 – Pauly Shore, actor
- February 12 – Josh Brolin, American actor
- February 13 - Kelly Hu, American actress, voice artist, former fashion model and beauty queen
- February 14 - Phil Lewis, American actor, comedian and director
- February 18 – Molly Ringwald, actress
- March 2 – Daniel Craig, actor
- March 4 – Patsy Kensit, actress
- March 6 - Moira Kelly, American actress
- March 12 – Aaron Eckhart, actor
- March 29 - Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer
- March 30 – Celine Dion, singer
- April 6 - Cindy Robinson, American voice actress
- April 8
- Patricia Arquette, actress
- Shawn Fonteno, American actor and rapper
- April 14 – Anthony Michael Hall, actor
- April 19 – Ashley Judd, actress
- April 24 – Stacy Haiduk, actress
- May 3 – Amy Ryan, American actress
- May 12
- Tony Hawk, actor and professional skateboarder
- Catherine Tate, English actress, comedian and writer
- May 16 - Stephen Mangan, English actor, comedian and presenter
- May 20 – Timothy Olyphant, actor
- June 10 - Bill Burr, American stand-up comedian, actor and writer
- June 14 - Faizon Love, Cuban-born American actor and comedian
- July 1 - Jordi Mollà, Spanish actor, writer and filmmaker
- July 8 – Billy Crudup, actor
- July 15 - Stan Kirsch, actor (d. 2020)
- July 18 – Grant Bowler, actor
- July 24 – Kristin Chenoweth, actress and singer
- July 26 – Olivia Williams, actress
- July 27 - Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor
- July 30 - Terry Crews, American actor, comedian, activist, artist, bodybuilder and former professional football player
- August 9
- Gillian Anderson, American-British actress
- Eric Bana, Australian actor
- August 11 – Sophie Okonedo, actress
- August 14 - Terry Notary, American actor and stunt co-ordinator/double
- August 15 - Debra Messing, American actress
- August 28 – Billy Boyd, actor
- September 2 - Kristen Cloke, American actress
- September 4 – John DiMaggio, American actor and voice actor
- September 5 - Glenn Fleshler, American actor
- September 9 – Julia Sawalha, actress
- September 10 – Guy Ritchie, director, screenwriter
- September 12 - Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian, actor and writer
- September 15 – Danny Nucci, actor
- September 15 – Shawn Doyle, actor
- September 22 – Megan Hollingshead, voice actress
- September 25 – Will Smith, actor
- September 26 – Jim Caviezel, actor
- September 28 – Naomi Watts, actress
- October – Musola Cathrine Kaseketi, Zambian director
- October 11
- Tiffany Grant, voice actress
- Jane Krakowski, American actress and singer
- October 12 – Hugh Jackman, actor
- October 13 – Tisha Campbell, actress
- October 23 - Maria Darling, British voice actress
- October 27 – Dileep, Indian actor
- November 5 – Sam Rockwell, actor
- November 6 – Kelly Rutherford, actress
- November 8 – Parker Posey, actress
- November 10 – Tracy Morgan, American actor, voice actor and comedian
- November 18 – Owen Wilson, actor
- November 21
- Todd Farmer, American screenwriter and actor
- Sean Schemmel, voice actor
- December 2 – Lucy Liu, actress
- December 3 – Brendan Fraser, actor
- December 7 – Greg Ayres, voice actor
- December 18
- Craig Grant, American poet and actor (died 2021)
- Daniel Oreskes, American actor
- December 20 - Joe Cornish, English comedian and filmmaker
Deaths[]
- January 7 - Hugo Butler, 53, Canadian screenwriter, Edison, the Man, Lassie Come Home
- January 18 – John Ridgely, 58, American actor, The Big Sleep, God Is My Co-Pilot
- January 25 - Virginia Maskell, 31, British actress, Only Two Can Play, Virgin Island
- February 4 – Eddie Baker, 70, American actor, Oranges and Lemons, Giant
- February 7 – Nick Adams, 36, American actor, Pillow Talk, Rebel Without a Cause
- February 13 – Mae Marsh, 73, American actress, The Birth of a Nation, 3 Godfathers
- February 20 – Anthony Asquith, 65, British director, The V.I.P.s, The Winslow Boy
- March 10 – Helen Walker, 47, American actress, Impact, Call Northside 777
- March 11 – Pearl Doles Bell, 84, American film scenarist, novelist and editor, Her Elephant Man
- March 16 – June Collyer, 63, American actress, Hangman's House, A Face in the Fog
- March 18 - Harry Kurnitz, 60, American screenwriter, Witness for the Prosecution, How to Steal a Million
- March 20 – Carl Theodor Dreyer, 79, Danish director, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Gertrud
- March 24 – Alice Guy-Blaché, 94, pioneer French/American filmmaker, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Great Adventure
- March 30 – Bobby Driscoll, 31, American actor, Peter Pan, Treasure Island
- April 5 – Lois Andrews, 44, American actress, Dixie Dugan, The Desert Hawk
- April 6 – Keith Pyott, 66, English actor, Village of the Damned
- April 16 – Fay Bainter, 74, American actress, Woman of the Year, The Children's Hour
- April 24 – Tommy Noonan, 46, American actor, A Star is Born, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- May 5 – Albert Dekker, 62, American actor, The Wild Bunch, Kiss Me Deadly
- May 9
- Albert Lewin, 73, American director, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Marion Lorne, 84, American actress, The Graduate, Strangers on a Train
- May 10 – Scotty Beckett, 38, American actor, My Favorite Wife, The Jolson Story
- May 21 – Doris Lloyd, 71, British actress, Disraeli, Kind Lady
- May 25 – Charles K. Feldman, 64, American producer, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Seven Year Itch
- May 26 - Joseph MacDonald, 62, Mexico-born American cinematographer, My Darling Clementine, The Young Lions
- May 27 – Denise Legeay, 70, French actress, Happy Couple, Zigano
- May 31 – Preben Uglebjerg, 37, Danish actor, Pigen og vandpytten
- June 4 – Dorothy Gish, 70, American actress, The Cardinal, Orphans of the Storm
- June 7 – Dan Duryea, 61, American actor, Winchester '73, Scarlet Street
- June 8 - Patricia Jessel, 47, British actress, The City of the Dead, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- June 21 – Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, 72, Danish actress
- June 24 – Tony Hancock, 44, British comedian, Call Me Genius, The Punch and Judy Man
- June 29 – Hans Egede Budtz, 78, Danish actor, Nøddebo Præstegård
- July 1 – Virginia Weidler, 41, American actress, The Philadelphia Story, The Women
- July 12 – Antonio Pietrangeli, 49, Italian director, It Happened in Rome, The Magnificent Cuckold
- July 27 – Lilian Harvey, 62, British actress and singer, Waltz of Love, Let's Live Tonight
- July 30 – Alexander Hall, 74, American director, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Little Miss Marker
- August 23 – Hunt Stromberg, 74, American producer, The Thin Man, The Great Ziegfeld
- August 26 – Kay Francis, 63, American actress, Charley's Aunt, Little Men
- August 30 – William Talman, 53, American actor, The Hitch-Hiker, Crashout
- August 31 – Dennis O'Keefe, 60, American actor, T-Men, Raw Deal
- September 3 – Isabel Withers, 72, American actress, Possessed, Lady of Burlesque
- September 16 - Nedrick Young, 54, American screenwriter, Inherit the Wind, The Defiant Ones
- September 18 – Franchot Tone, 63, American actor, The Mutiny on the Bounty, Advise & Consent
- September 24 - Virginia Valli, 70, American actress, The Pleasure Garden, Evening Clothes
- October 18 – Lee Tracy, 70, American actor, Dinner at Eight, The Best Man
- October 29 – Pert Kelton, 61, American actress, The Music Man, Sing and Like It
- October 30 – Ramon Novarro, 69, Mexican actor, Ben-Hur, Mata Hari
- November 8 – Wendell Corey, 54, American actor, Rear Window, Harriet Craig
- November 9 – Gerald Mohr, 54, American actor, Gilda, The Angry Red Planet
- November 18 – Walter Wanger, 74, American producer, Cleopatra, I Want to Live!
- November 25 – Upton Sinclair, 90, American author and producer, There Will Be Blood, The Gnome-Mobile
- December 2 – Colin Kenny, 79, Irish actor, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Captain Blood
- December 4 - Archie Mayo, 77, American director, The Petrified Forest, A Night in Casablanca
- December 5 – Fred Clark, 54, American actor, White Heat, Auntie Mame
- December 12 – Tallulah Bankhead, 66, American actress, Lifeboat, Stage Door Canteen, Die! Die! My Darling
- December 15 – Dorothy Abbott, 47, American actress, South Pacific, Red, Hot and Blue
- December 20 - John Steinbeck, 66, American author and screenwriter, Viva Zapata!, The Red Pony
References[]
External links[]
- "Filmmaking in West Germany, 1968" (Goethe-Institut)
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