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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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*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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*May 20 – [[Timothy Olyphant]], American actor
*May 20 – [[Timothy Olyphant]], 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 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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**[[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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**[[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
*November 18

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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:

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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Short film series

Births

Deaths

Film debuts

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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