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==Films released==
==Films released==
[[American films of 1967|US]] unless stated
[[List of American films of 1968|US]] unless stated


===January–March===
===January–March===
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**[[Cuba Gooding Jr.]], American actor
**[[Cuba Gooding Jr.]], American actor
**[[Evan Parke]], Jamaican-born American actor
**[[Evan Parke]], Jamaican-born American actor
*January 5 - [[Carrie Ann Inaba]], American actress and singer
*January 6 – [[John Singleton]], American director and writer (d. 2019)
*January 6 – [[John Singleton]], American director and writer (d. 2019)
*January 9 – [[Joey Lauren Adams]], American actress
*January 9 – [[Joey Lauren Adams]], American actress
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*January 31 - [[Matt King (comedian)|Matt King]], English actor, DJ and comedian
*January 31 - [[Matt King (comedian)|Matt King]], English actor, DJ and comedian
*February 1 – [[Pauly Shore]], American actor
*February 1 – [[Pauly Shore]], American actor
*February 8 - [[Gary Coleman]], American actor and comedian (d. 2010)
*February 12
*February 12
**[[Josh Brolin]], American actor
**[[Josh Brolin]], American actor
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*February 18 – [[Molly Ringwald]], American actress
*February 18 – [[Molly Ringwald]], American actress
*February 21 - [[Patrick Gallagher (actor)|Patrick Gallagher]], Canadian actor
*February 21 - [[Patrick Gallagher (actor)|Patrick Gallagher]], Canadian actor
*February 24 - [[Mitch Hedberg]], American stand-up comedian (d. 2005)
*March 2 – [[Daniel Craig]], British actor
*March 2 – [[Daniel Craig]], British actor
*March 4 – [[Patsy Kensit]], English actress
*March 4 – [[Patsy Kensit]], English actress
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** [[Lucy Lawless]], New Zealand actress and singer
** [[Lucy Lawless]], New Zealand actress and singer
*March 30
*March 30
**[[Donna D'Errico]], American actress
**[[Celine Dion]], Canadian singer
**[[Celine Dion]], Canadian singer
**[[Roland Kickinger]], Austrian actor and bodybuilder
**[[Roland Kickinger]], Austrian actor and bodybuilder
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**[[Patricia Arquette]], American actress
**[[Patricia Arquette]], American actress
**[[Shawn Fonteno]], American actor and rapper
**[[Shawn Fonteno]], American actor and rapper
⚫
*April 12 - [[Alicia Coppola]], American actress
*April 13 - [[Andrew Pleavin]], English actor
*April 13 - [[Andrew Pleavin]], English actor
*April 14 – [[Anthony Michael Hall]], American actor
*April 14 – [[Anthony Michael Hall]], American actor
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**[[David Hewlett]], British-born Canadian actor, writer and director
**[[David Hewlett]], British-born Canadian actor, writer and director
*April 19 – [[Ashley Judd]], American actress
*April 19 – [[Ashley Judd]], American actress
*April 22 - [[Piera Coppola]], American voice actress
*April 24
*April 24
**[[Aidan Gillen]], Irish actor
**[[Aidan Gillen]], Irish actor
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*May 16 - [[Stephen Mangan]], English actor, comedian and presenter
*May 16 - [[Stephen Mangan]], English actor, comedian and presenter
*May 20 – [[Timothy Olyphant]], American actor
*May 20 – [[Timothy Olyphant]], American actor
⚫
*May 23 - [[John Ortiz]], American actor
*May 25 - [[Kevin Heffernan (actor)|Kevin Heffernan]], American actor, writer, producer and director
*May 25 - [[Kevin Heffernan (actor)|Kevin Heffernan]], American actor, writer, producer and director
*May 27 - [[Spencer Kayden]], American actress, comedian and writer
*May 28 - [[Kylie Minogue]], Australian actress and singer
*May 28 - [[Kylie Minogue]], Australian actress and singer
*June 2
*June 2
**[[Navid Negahban]], Iranian-American actor
**[[Navid Negahban]], Iranian-American actor
**[[Nickolai Stoilov]], Bulgarian-American actor and writer
**[[Nickolai Stoilov]], Bulgarian-American actor and writer
*June 4
*June 4 - [[Joey Mazzarino]], American actor, puppeteer, writer and director
**[[Joey Mazzarino]], American actor, puppeteer, writer and director
**[[Scott Wolf]], American actor
*June 9 - [[Eddie Marsan]], English actor
*June 9 - [[Eddie Marsan]], English actor
*June 10 - [[Bill Burr]], American stand-up comedian, actor and writer
*June 10 - [[Bill Burr]], American stand-up comedian, actor and writer
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*June 12 - [[Sarah Trigger]], retired British actress
*June 14 - [[Faizon Love]], Cuban-born American actor and comedian
*June 14 - [[Faizon Love]], Cuban-born American actor and comedian
*June 16 - [[James Patrick Stuart]], American actor
*June 16 - [[James Patrick Stuart]], American actor
*June 19 - [[Kim Walker (actress)|Kim Walker]], American actress (d. 2001)
*June 19 - [[Kim Walker (actress)|Kim Walker]], American actress (d. 2001)
*June 20 - [[Robert Rodriguez]], American filmmaker and visual effects supervisor
*June 20 - [[Robert Rodriguez]], American filmmaker and visual effects supervisor
*June 26 - [[Travis Fine]], American actor, writer, director and producer
*June 29 - [[Brian d'Arcy James]], American actor and musician
*June 29 - [[Brian d'Arcy James]], American actor and musician
*July 1 - [[Jordi Mollà]], Spanish actor, writer and filmmaker
*July 1 - [[Jordi Mollà]], Spanish actor, writer and filmmaker
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*July 15
*July 15
**[[Eddie Griffin]], American comedian and actor
**[[Eddie Griffin]], American comedian and actor
**[[Stan Kirsch]], American actor (d. 2020)
**[[Stan Kirsch]], American actor (d. 2020)
*July 17 - [[Beth Littleford]], American actress and comedian
*July 18
*July 18
**[[Grant Bowler]], New-Zealand-Australian actor
**[[Grant Bowler]], New-Zealand-Australian actor
**[[Alex Désert]], American actor and musician
**[[Alex Désert]], American actor and musician
*July 19 - [[William Houston (actor)|William Houston]], English actor
*July 21 - [[Samuli Edelmann]], Finnish actor and singer
*July 23 - [[Shawn Levy]], Canadian director, producer and actor
*July 23 - [[Shawn Levy]], Canadian director, producer and actor
*July 24
*July 24
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**[[McG]], American director and producer
**[[McG]], American director and producer
*August 10 - [[Cate Shortland]], Australian screenwriter, director and writer
*August 10 - [[Cate Shortland]], Australian screenwriter, director and writer
*August 11
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*August 11 – [[Sophie Okonedo]], British actress
**[[Anna Gunn]], American actress
**[[Sophie Okonedo]], British actress
*August 14
*August 14
**[[Catherine Bell (actress)|Catherine Bell]], British actress and model
**[[Catherine Bell (actress)|Catherine Bell]], British actress and model
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*August 27 - [[Lisa Marie Newmyer]], American actress
*August 27 - [[Lisa Marie Newmyer]], American actress
*August 28 – [[Billy Boyd (actor)|Billy Boyd]], Scottish actor
*August 28 – [[Billy Boyd (actor)|Billy Boyd]], Scottish actor
*September 2 - [[Kristen Cloke]], American actress
*September 2
**[[Kristen Cloke]], American actress
**[[Jonathan Goldstein (filmmaker)|Jonathan Goldstein]], American filmmaker
*September 4 – [[John DiMaggio]], American actor and voice actor
*September 4 – [[John DiMaggio]], American actor and voice actor
*September 5 - [[Glenn Fleshler]], American actor
*September 5 - [[Glenn Fleshler]], American actor
*September 6 - [[Mark Ivanir]], Israeli actor
*September 7 - [[Camille Japy]], Belgian-French actor
*September 7 - [[Camille Japy]], Belgian-French actor
*September 8
*September 8
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*October 2
*October 2
**[[Lucy Cohu]], English actress
**[[Lucy Cohu]], English actress
**[[Curtiss Cook]], American character actor
**[[Joey Slotnick]], American actor
**[[Joey Slotnick]], American actor
*October 9
*October 9
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**[[Bruno Gunn]], American actor
**[[Bruno Gunn]], American actor
**[[Parker Posey]], American actress
**[[Parker Posey]], American actress
*November 10 – [[Tracy Morgan]], American actor, voice actor and comedian
*November 10
**[[Tracy Morgan]], American actor, voice actor and comedian
**[[Tom Papa]], American actor and comedian
*November 16 - [[James Parks (actor)|James Parks]], American actor
*November 16 - [[James Parks (actor)|James Parks]], American actor
*November 18 – [[Owen Wilson]], American actor
*November 18
**[[Romany Malco]], American actor and rapper
**[[Owen Wilson]], American actor
*November 19 - [[Mark Bonnar]], Scottish actor
*November 21
*November 21
**[[Todd Farmer]], American screenwriter and actor
**[[Todd Farmer]], American screenwriter and actor
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*December 19
*December 19
**[[Ken Marino]], American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
**[[Ken Marino]], American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
**[[Chris Williams (director)]], Canadian-American animator, director, screenwriter and voice actor
**[[Chris Williams (director)|Chris Williams]], Canadian-American animator, director, screenwriter and voice actor
*December 20 - [[Joe Cornish]], English comedian and filmmaker
*December 20 - [[Joe Cornish]], English comedian and filmmaker
*December 22 - [[Dina Meyer]], American actress
*December 22 - [[Dina Meyer]], American actress
*December 23 - [[Angela Jones]], American actress
*December 23 - [[Angela Jones]], American actress
*December 25 - [[Klea Scott]], Panamanian-born Canadian actress
*December 26 - [[Byron Howard]], American animator, director, producer and screenwriter
*December 26 - [[Byron Howard]], American animator, director, producer and screenwriter


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*November 13 – [[Berthold Bartosch]], 74, Bohemian filmmaker, ''[[The Idea (1932 film)|The Idea]]''
*November 13 – [[Berthold Bartosch]], 74, Bohemian filmmaker, ''[[The Idea (1932 film)|The Idea]]''
*November 18 – [[Walter Wanger]], 74, American producer, ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]'', ''[[I Want to Live!]]''
*November 18 – [[Walter Wanger]], 74, American producer, ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]'', ''[[I Want to Live!]]''
*November 20 – [[Helen Gardner (actress)|Helen Gardner]], 84 American actress, ''[[Cleopatra (1912 film)|Cleopatra]]
*November 20 – [[Helen Gardner (actress)|Helen Gardner]], 84 American actress, ''[[Cleopatra (1912 film)|Cleopatra]]''
*November 25 – [[Upton Sinclair]], 90, American author and producer, ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'', ''[[The Gnome-Mobile]]''
*November 25 – [[Upton Sinclair]], 90, American author and producer, ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'', ''[[The Gnome-Mobile]]''
*December 2 – [[Colin Kenny (actor)|Colin Kenny]], 79, Irish actor, ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'', ''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]''
*December 2 – [[Colin Kenny (actor)|Colin Kenny]], 79, Irish actor, ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'', ''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]''
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==Film debuts==
==Film debuts==
*[[Rutanya Alda]] – ''[[Greetings (1968 film)|Greetings]]''
*[[Rutanya Alda]] – ''[[Greetings (1968 film)|Greetings]]''
*[[John Aprea]] – ''[[Bullitt]]''
*[[Eileen Atkins]] – ''[[Inadmissible Evidence (film)|Inadmissible Evidence]]''
*[[Eileen Atkins]] – ''[[Inadmissible Evidence (film)|Inadmissible Evidence]]''
*[[Tom Atkins (actor)|Tom Atkins]] – ''[[The Detective (1968 film)|The Detective]]''
*[[Tom Atkins (actor)|Tom Atkins]] – ''[[The Detective (1968 film)|The Detective]]''
*[[Florinda Bolkan]] – ''[[Candy (1968 film)|Candy]]''
*[[Philip Bosco]] – ''[[A Lovely Way to Die]]''
*[[Philip Bosco]] – ''[[A Lovely Way to Die]]''
*[[Sônia Braga]] – ''[[The Red Light Bandit]]''
*[[Sônia Braga]] – ''[[The Red Light Bandit]]''
*[[Joanna Cassidy]] – ''Bullitt''
*[[John Cleese]] – ''[[Interlude (1968 film)|Interlude]]''
*[[John Cleese]] – ''[[Interlude (1968 film)|Interlude]]''
*[[Timothy Dalton]] – ''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]''
*[[Timothy Dalton]] – ''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]''
*[[Don Fellows]] – ''The Detective''
*[[Frederic Forrest]] – ''The Filthy Five''
*[[Frederic Forrest]] – ''The Filthy Five''
*[[Marla Gibbs]] – ''[[Yours, Mine and Ours (1968 film)|Yours, Mine and Ours]]''
*[[Marla Gibbs]] – ''[[Yours, Mine and Ours (1968 film)|Yours, Mine and Ours]]''
*[[Gerrit Graham]] – ''Greetings''
*[[Gerrit Graham]] – ''Greetings''
*[[Jon Gries]] – ''[[Will Penny]]''
*[[Jon Gries]] – ''[[Will Penny]]''
*[[John Hallam]] – ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]''
*[[Goldie Hawn]] – ''[[The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band]]''
*[[Goldie Hawn]] – ''[[The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band]]''
*[[Don Henderson]] – ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''
*[[Barbara Hershey]] – ''[[With Six You Get Eggroll]]''
*[[Barbara Hershey]] – ''[[With Six You Get Eggroll]]''
*[[Howard Hesseman]] – ''[[Petulia]]''
*[[Howard Hesseman]] – ''[[Petulia]]''
*[[Bo Hopkins]] – ''[[Dayton's Devils]]''
*[[Tony Jay]] – ''Majuba: Heuwel van Duiwe''
*[[Tony Jay]] – ''Majuba: Heuwel van Duiwe''
*[[Madeline Kahn]] – ''[[The Dove (1968 film)|The Dove]]''
*[[Madeline Kahn]] – ''[[The Dove (1968 film)|The Dove]]''
*[[Lainie Kazan]] – ''[[Dayton's Devils]]''
*[[Lainie Kazan]] – ''Dayton's Devils''
*[[Stacy Keach]] – ''[[The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (film)|The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter]]''
*[[Stacy Keach]] – ''[[The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (film)|The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter]]''
*[[Margot Kidder]] – ''[[The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar]]''
*[[Margot Kidder]] – ''[[The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar]]''
*[[Udo Kier]] – ''Shameless''
*[[Udo Kier]] – ''Shameless''
*[[Sally Kirkland]] – ''[[Blue (1968 film)|Blue]]''
*[[Sally Kirkland]] – ''[[Blue (1968 film)|Blue]]''
*[[Terry Kiser]] – ''[[Rachel, Rachel]]''
*[[Peter Maloney (actor)|Peter Maloney]] – ''Greetings''
*[[Chuck McCann]] – ''The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter''
*[[Malcolm McDowell]] – ''[[If....|if...]]''
*[[Malcolm McDowell]] – ''[[If....|if...]]''
*[[Chuck Norris]] – ''[[The Wrecking Crew (1968 film)|The Wrecking Crew]]''
*[[Chuck Norris]] – ''[[The Wrecking Crew (1968 film)|The Wrecking Crew]]''
*[[Jennifer O'Neill]] – ''[[For Love of Ivy]]''
*[[Jennifer O'Neill]] – ''[[For Love of Ivy]]''
*[[Austin Pendleton]] – ''Petulia''
*[[Austin Pendleton]] – ''Petulia''
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*[[David Proval]] – ''[[The Boston Strangler (film)|The Boston Strangler]]''
*[[Barry Primus]] – ''[[The Brotherhood (1968 film)|The Brotherhood]]''
*[[Barry Primus]] – ''[[The Brotherhood (1968 film)|The Brotherhood]]''
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*[[David Proval]] – ''[[The Boston Strangler (film)|The Boston Strangler]]''
*[[Paul Reubens]] – ''The Brotherhood''
*[[Paul Reubens]] – ''The Brotherhood''
*[[Joely Richardson]] – ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]''
*[[Joely Richardson]] – ''The Charge of the Light Brigade''
*[[Hanna Schygulla]] – ''The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp''
*[[Hanna Schygulla]] – ''The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp''
*[[Talia Shire]] – ''[[The Wild Racers]]''
*[[Talia Shire]] – ''[[The Wild Racers]]''
*[[Leigh Taylor-Young]] – ''[[I Love You, Alice B. Toklas]]''


==References==
==References==

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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.)

See also: List of 1968 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1968 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1968
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1 Funny Girl Columbia $24,900,000[1]
2 2001: A Space Odyssey MGM $21,500,000[1]
3 The Odd Couple Paramount $20,000,000[1]
4 Bullitt Warner Bros. $19,000,000[1]
5 Oliver! Columbia $16,800,000[1]
6 Planet of the Apes 20th Century Fox $15,000,000[1]
7 Rosemary's Baby Paramount $15,000,000[1]
8 Romeo and Juliet Paramount $14,500,000[1]
9 Yours, Mine and Ours United Artists $11,500,000[1]
10 The Lion in Winter AVCO Embassy $10,006,000[2]

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 26th Golden Globe Awards
January 22, 1969		 41st Academy Awards
March 21, 1969		 22nd BAFTA Awards
April 14, 1969
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

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1968

Note: U.S. releases unless stated.

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Births

Deaths

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  2. ^ Top 20 Films of 1968 by Domestic Revenue

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