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Contents
- 1 Events
- 2 Top-grossing films (U.S.)
- 3 Films released
- 4 Action films released in 1968
- 5 Horror films released in 1968
- 6 Rockumentary films released in 1968
- 7 Sports films released in 1968
- 8 The Classic Movies of 1968
- 9 Short film series
- 10 Awards
- 11 Actor's debuts
- 12 Births
- 13 Deaths
- 14 References
- 15 External links
Events
- November 1 – The MPAA's film rating system was introduced.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
Films released
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- Rosemary's Baby
- Night of the Living Dead
- Faces
- Monterey Pop
- The Color of Pomegranates
- Planet of the Apes
Action films released in 1968
- Where Eagles Dare
- Kill!
- Danger: Diabolik
- Dark of the Sun
- Coogan's Bluff
- Destroy All Monsters
- Ice Station Zebra
- Kill Them All and Come Back Alone
- Ho!
Horror films released in 1968
Rockumentary films released in 1968
Sports films released in 1968
- The Love Bug
- Seven Old Men and a Girl
- Paper Lion
The Classic Movies of 1968
Short film series
- Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
- Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
- Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)
- Daffy Duck (1937–1968)
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
Actor's debuts
- Gary Busey – Wild in the Streets
- John Cleese – Interlude
- Timothy Dalton – The Lion in Winter
- Goldie Hawn – The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
- Malcolm McDowell – if...
- Hanna Schygulla – The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp
- Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl
- Jack Thompson – Personnel, or People?
Births
- January 2 – Cuba Gooding, Jr., actor
- January 6 – John Singleton, director and writer
- January 14 – LL Cool J, rapper, actor
- January 29 – Edward Burns, actor and producer
- February 1 – Pauly Shore, actor
- February 12 – Josh Brolin, American actor
- February 18 – Molly Ringwald, actress
- March 2 – Daniel Craig, actor
- March 4 – Patsy Kensit, actress
- March 12 – Aaron Eckhart, actor
- March 30 – Celine Dion, singer
- April 8 – Patricia Arquette, actress
- 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
- May 20 – Timothy Olyphant, actor
- July 8 – Billy Crudup, actor
- July 18 – Grant Bowler, actor
- July 26 – Olivia Williams, actress
- August 11 – Sophie Okonedo, actress
- August 28 – Billy Boyd, actor
- September 9 – Julia Sawalha, actor
- September 10 – Guy Ritchie, director, writer, husband of Madonna (2000–08)
- 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, The Passion of the Christ
- September 28 – Naomi Watts, actress
- October – Musola Cathrine Kaseketi, Zambian director
- October 11 – Tiffany Grant, voice actress
- October 12 – Hugh Jackman, actor
- October 13 – Tisha Campbell, actress
- October 27 – Dileep, Indian actor
- November 5 – Sam Rockwell, actor
- November 6 – Kelly Rutherford, actresses
- November 18 – Owen Wilson, actor
- November 21 – Sean Schemmel, voice actor
- December 2 – Lucy Liu, actress
- December 3 – Brendan Fraser, actor
- December 7 – Greg Ayres, voice actor
Deaths
- January 18 – John Ridgely, 58, American actor, The Big Sleep, God Is My Co-Pilot
- 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 16 – June Collyer, 63, American actress, Hangman's House, A Face in the Fog
- 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
- March 30 – Bobby Driscoll, 31, American actor, Peter Pan, Treasure Island
- April 5 – Lois Andrews, 44, American actress, Dixie Dugan
- 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, The Sound of Music, Alice in Wonderland
- May 25 – Charles K. Feldman, 64, American producer, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Seven Year Itch
- May 27 – Denise Legeay, 70, French actress, Le signe de la mort
- 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 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, Inglourious Basterds, The Three from the Filling Station
- 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 18 – Franchot Tone, 63, American actor, The Mutiny on the Bounty, Advise & Consent
- October 18 – Lee Tracy, 70, American actor, Dinner at Eight, Bombshell
- 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, The Search
- 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 writer and producer, There Will Be Blood, The Gnome-Mobile
- December 2 – Colin Kenny, 79, Irish actor, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Captain Blood
- December 5 – Fred Clark, 54, American actor, White Heat, Auntie Mame
- December 12 – Tallulah Bankhead, 66, American actress, Lifeboat, Stage Door Canteen
- December 15 – Dorothy Abbott, 47, American actress, South Pacific, Red, Hot and Blue
References
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- ↑ "ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses", Variety, 31 May 1973 pg 3
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- ↑ "Big Rental Films of 1968", Variety, 8 January 1969, pg 15.
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