1968 in film
Overview of the events of 1968 in film
Overview of the events of 1968 in film
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The year 1968 in film involved some significant events, with the release of Stanley Kubrick 's 2001: A Space Odyssey , as well as two highly successful musical films, Funny Girl and Oliver! , the former earning Barbra Streisand 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 | Domestic rentals |
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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. Pictures | $19,000,000 [1] |
5 | Oliver! | Columbia Pictures | $16,800,000 [1] |
6 |
Planet of the Apes
Rosemary's Baby |
20th Century Fox
Paramount Pictures |
$15,000,000 [1] |
7 | Romeo and Juliet | Paramount Pictures | $14,500,000 [1] |
8 | Yours, Mine and Ours | United Artists | $11,500,000 [1] |
9 | The Lion in Winter | AVCO Embassy Pictures | $10,006,000 [2] |
10 | The Green Berets | Warner Bros. Pictures | $9,700,000 [1] |
Events
- November 1 – The MPAA 's film rating system is introduced.
Awards
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
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January 1968
- January 3
- January 8
- January 12
- January 17
- January 18
- January 24
- January 25
- January 29
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February 1968
- February 7
- February 8
- February 11
- February 18
- February 21
- February 24
- February 29
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March 1968
- March 1
- March 5
- March 6
- March 8
- March 11
- March 13
- March 18
- March 20
- March 21
- March 27
- March 29
April–June
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April 1968
- April 2
- April 3
- April 4
- April 10
- April 14
- April 17
- April 20
- April 23
- April 24
- April 26
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May 1968
- May 1
- May 2
- May 10
- May 15
- May 17
- May 23
- May 24
- May 28
- May 29
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June 1968
- June 1
- June 5
- June 8
- June 10
- June 12
- June 19
- June 21
- June 25
- June 26
July–September
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July 1968
- July 3
- July 12
- July 14
- July 15
- July 17
- July 19
- July 20
- July 23
- July 24
- July 29
- July 31
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August 1968
- August 1
- August 3
- August 7
- August 15
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August 18
- Stolen Kisses ( France )
- August 20
- August 22
- August 24
- August 26
- August 28
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September 1968
- September 2
- September 11
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September 12
- Spirits of the Dead ( France / Italy )
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September 15
- Song of Summer ( U.K. )
- September 18
- September 19
- September 22
- September 23
- September 26
October–December
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October 1968
- October 1
- October 2
- October 7
- October 8
- October 9
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October 10
- Barbarella (U.S.)
- October 13
- October 14
- October 16
- October 17
- October 19
- October 22
- October 23
- October 24
- October 30
- October 31
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November 1968
- November 6
- November 13
- November 15
- November 16
- November 18
- November 20
- November 24
- November 27
- November 28
- November 30
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December 1968
- December 1
- December 4
- December 8
- December 9
- December 10
- December 12
- December 13
- December 15
- December 16
- December 17
- December 18
- December 19
- December 20
- December 21
- December 22
- December 24
- December 25
- December 26
Notable films released in 1968
- Note: U.S. releases unless stated.
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- 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 )
- The Man Who Lost His Shadow , directed by Kamal El Sheikh , starring Salah Zulfikar , Magda and Kamal El-Shennawi – ( Egypt )
- 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
- Murder a la Mod , directed by Brian De Palma
- My Wife's Goblin , directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab , starring Salah Zulfikar and Shadia – ( Egypt )
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
- The Nile and the Life , directed by Youssef Chahine , starring Salah Zulfikar – ( Egypt )
- 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
- The Power , 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 )*
- Sherlock Holmes (British) a series of 15 Sherlock Holmes films made for BBC-TV, starring Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Stock as Dr. Watson
- 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
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One , directed by William Greaves
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 )
Births
- January 1 - Tom DeSanto , American producer and screenwriter
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January 2
- Cuba Gooding Jr. , American actor
- Evan Parke , Jamaican-born American actor
- January 6 – John Singleton , American director and writer (d. 2019)
- January 9 – Joey Lauren Adams , American actress
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January 12
- Farrah Forke , American actress (d. 2022)
- Rachael Harris , American actor and comedian
- January 14 – LL Cool J , American rapper, actor
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January 15
- Rosanne Sorrentino , American former child actress
- Chad Lowe , American actor
- January 18 - David Ayer , American filmmaker
- January 19 – Matt Hill , Canadian actor, voice actor, comedian
- January 20 - Chris Miller , American voice actor, animator, director, screenwriter and storyboard artist
- January 29 – Edward Burns , American actor and producer
- February 1 – Pauly Shore , American actor
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February 12
- Josh Brolin , American actor
- Chynna Phillips , American singer and actress
- February 13 - Kelly Hu , American actress, voice artist, former fashion model and beauty queen
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February 14
- Alicia Borrachero , Spanish actress
- Phil Lewis , American actor, comedian and director
- February 18 – Molly Ringwald , American actress
- March 2 – Daniel Craig , British actor
- March 4 – Patsy Kensit , English actress
- March 6 - Moira Kelly , American actress
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March 12
- Aaron Eckhart , American actor
- Jason Lively , American actor
- March 18 - Juan Carlos Vellido , Spanish actor
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March 20
- Jaime Cardriche , American actor (d. 2000)
- Lawrence Makoare , New Zealand actor of Māori descent
- March 21 - Greg Ellis , English actor
- March 26 - Max Perlich , American actor
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March 29
- Sabrina Impacciatore , Italian actress
- Lucy Lawless , New Zealand actress and singer
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March 30
- Celine Dion , Canadian singer
- Roland Kickinger , Austrian actor and bodybuilder
- April 3 - Charlotte Coleman , English actress (d. 2001)
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April 8
- Patricia Arquette , American actress
- Shawn Fonteno , American actor and rapper
- April 13 - Andrew Pleavin , English actor
- April 14 – Anthony Michael Hall , American actor
- April 17 - Adam McKay , American director, producer, screenwriter and comedian
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April 18
- Mary Birdsong , American actress, comedian, writer and singer
- David Hewlett , British-born Canadian actor, writer and director
- April 19 – Ashley Judd , American actress
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April 24
- Aidan Gillen , Irish actor
- Stacy Haiduk , American actress
- May 3 – Amy Ryan , American actress
- May 10 - Adrian Scarborough , English actor
- May 11 - Jeffrey Donovan , American actor
- May 12 - Tony Hawk , American actor and professional skateboarder
- May 16 - Stephen Mangan , English actor, comedian and presenter
- May 20 – Timothy Olyphant , American actor
- May 23 - John Ortiz , American actor
- May 28 - Kylie Minogue , Australian actress and singer
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June 2
- Navid Negahban , Iranian-American actor
- Nickolai Stoilov , Bulgarian-American actor and writer
- June 4 - Joey Mazzarino , American actor, puppeteer, writer and director
- June 9 - Eddie Marsan , English actor
- June 10 - Bill Burr , American stand-up comedian, actor and writer
- June 14 - Faizon Love , Cuban-born American actor and comedian
- June 16 - James Patrick Stuart , American actor
- June 19 - Kim Walker , American actress (d. 2001)
- June 20 - Robert Rodriguez , American filmmaker and visual effects supervisor
- June 29 - Brian d'Arcy James , American actor and musician
- July 1 - Jordi Mollà , Spanish actor, writer and filmmaker
- July 5 - Michael Stuhlbarg , American actor
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July 7
- Danny Jacobs , American actor and comedian
- Allen Payne , American actor
- July 8 – Billy Crudup , American actor
- July 11 - Conrad Vernon , American voice actor, director, writer and storyboard artist
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July 15
- Eddie Griffin , American comedian and actor
- Stan Kirsch , American actor (d. 2020)
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July 18
- Grant Bowler , New-Zealand-Australian actor
- Alex Désert , American actor and musician
- July 23 - Shawn Levy , Canadian director, producer and actor
- July 24 – Kristin Chenoweth , American actress and singer
- July 26 – Olivia Williams , British actress
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July 27
- Cliff Curtis , New Zealand actor
- Julian McMahon , Australian-American actor
- July 30 - Terry Crews , American actor, comedian, activist, artist, bodybuilder and former professional football player
- August 4 - Daniel Dae Kim , South Korean-American actor and producer
- August 7 - Sophie Lee , Australian actress
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August 9
- Gillian Anderson , American-British actress
- Eric Bana , Australian actor
- McG , American director and producer
- August 10 - Cate Shortland , Australian screenwriter, director and writer
- August 11 – Sophie Okonedo , British actress
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August 14
- Catherine Bell , British actress and model
- Terry Notary , American actor and stunt co-ordinator/double
- August 15 - Debra Messing , American actress
- August 17 - Andrew Koenig , American character actor, director, editor and writer (d. 2010)
- August 21 - Julian Lewis Jones , Welsh actor
- August 25 - David Alan Basche , American actor
- August 27 - Lisa Marie Newmyer , American actress
- August 28 – Billy Boyd , Scottish actor
- September 2 - Kristen Cloke , American actress
- September 4 – John DiMaggio , American actor and voice actor
- September 5 - Glenn Fleshler , American actor
- September 7 - Camille Japy , Belgian-French actor
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September 8
- Brian Huskey , American character actor, comedian and writer
- Simon J. Smith , British animator, director, visual effects artist and voice actor
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September 9
- Nathan Lee Graham , American actor and singer
- Julia Sawalha , English actress
- September 10 – Guy Ritchie , English director, screenwriter
- September 12 - Paul F. Tompkins , American comedian, actor and writer
- September 15 – Danny Nucci , American actor
- September 16 - Marc Anthony , American singer-songwriter and actor
- September 19 – Shawn Doyle , Canadian actor
- September 20 - Chad Stahelski , American stuntman and director
- September 22 – Megan Hollingshead , American voice actress
- September 25 – Will Smith , American actor
- September 26 – Jim Caviezel , American actor
- September 28 – Naomi Watts , British actress
- September 29 - Massi Furlan , Italian-American actor and producer
- October – Musola Cathrine Kaseketi , Zambian director
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October 2
- Lucy Cohu , English actress
- Joey Slotnick , American actor
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October 9
- Pete Docter , American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor and chief creative officer of Pixar
- James Dreyfus , English actor
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October 11
- Tiffany Grant , American voice actress
- Jane Krakowski , American actress and singer
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October 12
- Hugh Jackman , Australian actor
- Adam Rich , American actor (d. 2023)
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October 13
- Tisha Campbell , American actress
- Alex Ferns , Scottish actor and television personality
- October 17 - Ziggy Marley , Jamaican singer-songwriter, musician and actor
- October 19 - Yayan Ruhian , Indonesian martial artist and actor
- October 23 - Maria Darling , British voice actress
- October 24 - Mark Walton , American story artist and voice actor
- October 25 - Melinda McGraw , American actress
- October 27 – Dileep , Indian actor
- October 28 - Stephen Hunter , New Zealand actor
- October 29 - Grayson McCouch , American actor
- November 5 – Sam Rockwell , American actor
- November 6 – Kelly Rutherford , American actress
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November 8
- Bruno Gunn , American actor
- Parker Posey , American actress
- November 10 – Tracy Morgan , American actor, voice actor and comedian
- November 16 - James Parks , American actor
- November 18 – Owen Wilson , American actor
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November 21
- Todd Farmer , American screenwriter and actor
- Sean Schemmel , American voice actor
- November 23 - Brennan Brown , American actor
- November 27 - Michael Vartan , French-American actor
- December 2 – Lucy Liu , American actress
- December 3 – Brendan Fraser , American-Canadian actor
- December 5 - Margaret Cho , American stand-up comedian, actress and musician
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December 6
- Oliver Masucci , German actor
- Donnell Rawlings , American comedian, actor and radio host
- December 7 – Greg Ayres , American voice actor
- December 13 - Scott Stuber , American film producer
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December 18
- Craig Grant , American poet and actor (d. 2021)
- Daniel Oreskes , American actor
- Nina Wadia , British actress and comedian
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December 19
- Ken Marino , American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
- Chris Williams (director) , Canadian-American animator, director, screenwriter and voice actor
- December 20 - Joe Cornish , English comedian and filmmaker
- December 22 - Dina Meyer , American actress
- December 23 - Angela Jones , American actress
- December 26 - Byron Howard , American animator, director, producer and screenwriter
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
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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 23 – James Burke , 81, American actor, Little Orphan Annie , The Timber Trail
- 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 14 – Jack Rice , 75, American actor, Lady, Let's Dance , Beware of Blondie
- 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
- December 28 - Harry Woods , 79, American actress, Days of Jesse James , The Ghost Rider
Film debuts
- Rutanya Alda – Greetings
- Eileen Atkins – Inadmissible Evidence
- Tom Atkins – The Detective
- Philip Bosco – A Lovely Way to Die
- Sônia Braga – The Red Light Bandit
- Gary Busey – Wild in the Streets
- John Cleese – Interlude
- Timothy Dalton – The Lion in Winter
- Frederic Forrest – The Filthy Five
- Marla Gibbs – Yours, Mine and Ours
- Gerrit Graham – Greetings
- Jon Gries – Will Penny
- Goldie Hawn – The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
- Barbara Hershey – With Six You Get Eggroll
- Howard Hesseman – Petulia
- 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
- Udo Kier – Shameless
- Sally Kirkland – Blue
- Malcolm McDowell – if...
- Chuck Norris – The Wrecking Crew
- Jennifer O'Neill – For Love of Ivy
- Austin Pendleton – Petulia
- David Proval – The Boston Strangler
- Barry Primus – The Brotherhood
- Joely Richardson – The Charge of the Light Brigade
- Hanna Schygulla – The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp
- Talia Shire – The Wild Racers
References
External links
- "Filmmaking in West Germany, 1968" ( Goethe-Institut )
- List of 1968 films at IMDb
- List of 1968 deaths at IMDb
- List of 1968 births at IMDb