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1963 in film

The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the big-budget epic Cleopatra and two films with all-star casts, How the West Was Won and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1963 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

 * January 9 – Joseph Vogel resigns as president of MGM and is replaced by Robert O'Brien.
 * February 20 – The classic epic western How the West Was Won premieres in the United States. It is an instant success with both audiences and critics and becomes the biggest moneymaker for MGM since Ben-Hur.
 * June 12 – Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton, premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. Its staggering production costs nearly bankrupted Twentieth Century Fox and the adulterous affair between Taylor and Burton made the publicity even worse. Cleopatra marked the only instance that a film would be the highest-grossing film of a year while still losing money, thus establishing it as, at the time, the biggest box office disaster in cinema history. The film's terrible reception harmed the reputation of director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who had an esteemed career for directing classics like A Letter to Three Wives, All About Eve, Julius Caesar, The Barefoot Contessa, Guys and Dolls, and Suddenly Last Summer. It effectively destroyed the career of its well-known producer Walter Wanger, who never worked in Hollywood or on another film again; he died five years later at the age of 74 of a heart attack. Much of the blame for the film's failures could be pointed at Taylor's super-diva personality, her health issues, her and Burton's adulterous affair, and the studio's inadequate management. It wouldn't be until two years later that Rodgers and Hammerstein's adaptation of The Sound of Music would help rescue Fox from bankruptcy by becoming one of the highest-grossing motion pictures of all time.
 * November 7 – The comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World premieres, with one of the finest all-star ensemble casts ever. It is also the first comedy film ever directed by Stanley Kramer, best known for directing serious human drama films on controversial subjects like The Defiant Ones, Inherit the Wind, Judgment at Nuremberg, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
 * December 25 – Walt Disney's production of The Sword in the Stone premieres. It is the second adaptation of T. H. White's The Once and Future King after the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical Camelot, the first cinematic adaptation of the novel, and the 13th film adaptation of the legend of King Arthur.

Awards
Academy Awards:

 * Best Picture: Tom Jones — Woodfall, United Artists-Lopert (British)
 * Best Director: Tony Richardson – Tom Jones
 * Best Actor: Sidney Poitier – Lilies of the Field
 * Best Actress: Patricia Neal – Hud
 * Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas – Hud
 * Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Rutherford – The V.I.P.s
 * Best Foreign Language Film: 8½ (Otto e mezzo), directed by Federico Fellini, Italy

Golden Globe Awards:

 * Drama:
 * Best Picture: The Cardinal
 * Best Actor: Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field
 * Best Actress: Leslie Caron - The L-Shaped Room

 * Comedy or Musical:
 * Best Picture: Tom Jones
 * Best Actor: Alberto Sordi - To Bed or Not to Bed
 * Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine - Irma la Douce

 * Other
 * Best Supporting Actor: John Huston - The Cardinal
 * Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Rutherford – The V.I.P.s
 * Best Director: Elia Kazan - America America

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
 * The Leopard (Il Gattopardo), directed by Luchino Visconti, Italy

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
 * Hands Over the City (Le mani sulla città), directed by Francesco Rosi, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
 * Il diavolo (To Bed... or Not to Bed), directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro, Italy

1963 film releases
United States unless stated

January–March

 * January 1963
 * 16 January
 * The Hook
 * Son of Flubber
 * 22 January
 * The Young Racers
 * 25 January
 * The Raven
 * 30 January
 * Diamond Head
 * February 1963
 * 13 February
 * 8½ (Italy)
 * A Child Is Waiting
 * 14 February
 * The Day Mars Invaded Earth
 * 27 February
 * Follow the Boys
 * March 1963
 * 1 March
 * High and Low (Japan)
 * 3 March
 * California
 * The Long Ships
 * 4 March
 * In the Cool of the Day
 * 6 March
 * Diary of a Madman
 * Papa's Delicate Condition
 * 7 March
 * I Could Go On Singing
 * 15 March
 * House of the Damned
 * 21 March
 * The Balcony
 * 26 March
 * Operation Bikini
 * 27 March
 * Come Fly with Me
 * The Courtship of Eddie's Father
 * 28 March
 * The Birds
 * Love Is a Ball
 * 29 March
 * Miracle of the White Stallions

April–June

 * April 1963
 * 3 April
 * It Happened at the World's Fair
 * My Six Loves
 * Nine Hours to Rama
 * The Ugly American
 * 4 April
 * Bye Bye Birdie
 * Call Me Bwana
 * 8 April
 * The Sadist
 * 13 April
 * Critic's Choice
 * 17 April
 * The Man from the Diners' Club
 * 21 April
 * Youth of the Beast (Japan)
 * 24 April
 * Free, White and 21
 * 29 April
 * Flaming Creatures
 * May 1963
 * May 12
 * Lord of the Flies (United Kingdom)
 * 15 May
 * Black Zoo
 * Drums of Africa
 * 16 May
 * Spencer's Mountain
 * 20 May
 * Maniac
 * 22 May
 * Dime with a Halo
 * 29 May
 * 55 Days at Peking
 * Hud
 * The List of Adrian Messenger
 * Tammy and the Doctor
 * June 1963
 * 2 June
 * Savage Sam
 * 4 June
 * The Nutty Professor
 * 5 June
 * Come Blow Your Horn
 * Irma la Douce
 * Lancelot and Guinevere
 * 12 June
 * Cleopatra
 * Donovan's Reef
 * The Girl Hunters
 * Island of Love
 * 15 June
 * The Yellow Canary
 * 17 June
 * The Terror
 * 19 June
 * Captain Sindbad
 * Jason and the Argonauts
 * PT 109 released five months before John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
 * The Stripper
 * 21 June
 * A Gathering of Eagles

July–September

 * July 1963
 * 4 July
 * The Great Escape
 * 6 July
 * Blood Feast
 * 7 July
 * Summer Magic
 * 17 July
 * Tarzan's Three Challenges
 * The Thrill of It All
 * 31 July
 * Cattle King
 * Gidget Goes to Rome
 * Toys in the Attic
 * August 1963
 * 7 August
 * Beach Party
 * For Love or Money
 * 10 August
 * The Young and The Brave
 * 11 August
 * Matango (Japan)
 * 14 August
 * Flipper
 * 15 August
 * Billy Liar (United Kingdom)
 * Promises! Promises!
 * 17 August
 * Black Sabbath
 * 18 August
 * A Ticklish Affair
 * 21 August
 * Cairo
 * The Caretakers
 * The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze
 * 28 August
 * The Gun Hawk
 * The Haunted Palace
 * September 1963
 * 2 September
 * The Cool World
 * 4 September
 * The Crawling Hand
 * Wall of Noise
 * 6 September
 * Goldilocks and the Three Bares
 * 11 September
 * Of Love and Desire
 * Shock Corridor
 * Twice-Told Tales
 * 13 September
 * The V.I.P.s
 * 18 September
 * The Haunting
 * In the French Style
 * X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes
 * The Young Swingers
 * 25 September
 * Dementia 13
 * Thunder Island
 * 29 September
 * Tom Jones

October–December

 * October 1963
 * 1 October
 * Lilies of the Field
 * 10 October
 * From Russia with Love (United Kingdom/United States)
 * 16 October
 * Twilight of Honor
 * 17 October
 * All the Way Home
 * 19 October
 * Johnny Cool
 * 23 October
 * Under the Yum Yum Tree
 * 24 October
 * Mary, Mary
 * 26 October
 * The Lost World of Sinbad (Japan)
 * 29 October
 * Cry of Battle
 * 30 October
 * A New Kind of Love
 * The Old Dark House
 * 31 October
 * The World Ten Times Over (United Kingdom)
 * November 1963
 * 5 November
 * Palm Springs Weekend
 * 6 November
 * Gunfight at Comanche Creek
 * 7 November
 * Carry On Cabby (United Kingdom)
 * It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
 * 13 November
 * The Skydivers
 * Sunday in New York
 * Take Her, She's Mine
 * 14 November
 * The Wheeler Dealers
 * 18 November
 * The Victors
 * 20 November
 * The Incredible Journey
 * 23 November
 * McLintock!
 * 27 November
 * Fun in Acapulco
 * Soldier in the Rain
 * 28 November
 * Who's Minding the Store?
 * December 1963
 * 5 December
 * Charade
 * 13 December
 * The Cardinal
 * 15 December
 * America America
 * 18 December
 * The Ceremony
 * Kings of the Sun
 * The Pink Panther
 * Samson and the Slave Queen
 * 22 December
 * Atragon (Japan)
 * 23 December
 * Captain Newman, M.D.
 * Ladybug Ladybug
 * One Man's Way
 * 25 December
 * 4 for Texas
 * The Comedy of Terrors
 * Love with the Proper Stranger
 * Move Over, Darling
 * The Prize
 * The Sword in the Stone
 * Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
 * 26 December
 * Act One

Notable films released in 1963
United States except where noted..

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 * 13 Assassins (十三人の刺客, Jūsan-nin no shikaku), directed by Eiichi Kudo – (Japan)
 * 13 Frightened Girls, directed and produced by William Castle
 * 4 for Texas, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ursula Andress, Anita Ekberg
 * 8½, directed by Federico Fellini, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée -- Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film – (Italy)
 * 55 Days at Peking, starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven

A

 * Les abysses, directed by Nikos Papatakis – (France)
 * Act One, directed by Dore Schary and starring George Hamilton
 * An Actor's Revenge (Yukinojō Henge), directed by Kon Ichikawa – (Japan)
 * Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din (Saladin), directed by Youssef Chahine – (Egypt)
 * All the Way Home, starring Jean Simmons, Robert Preston, Ronnie Claire Edwards
 * Alone on the Pacific (Taiheiyo hitori-botchi), directed by Kon Ichikawa – (Japan)
 * America, America (a.k.a. The Anatolian Smile) by Elia Kazan
 * Any Number Can Win (Mélodie en sous-sol), starring Jean Gabin and Alain Delon – (France/Italy)
 * Apache Gold (Winnetou – 1. Teil), directed by Harald Reinl – (West Germany/Italy/Yugoslavia)
 * Atragon (Kaitei gunkan), directed by Ishirō Honda – (Japan)
 * Attack Squadron! (太平洋の翼, Taiheiyō no Tsubasa), directed by Shue Matsubayashi – (Japan)

B

 * The Bakery Girl of Monceau (La boulangère de Monceau), directed by Éric Rohmer, starring Barbet Schroeder – (France)
 * The Balcony, starring Shelley Winters, Peter Falk and Leonard Nimoy
 * Banana Peel (Peau de banane), starring Jeanne Moreau and Jean Paul Belmondo – (France/Italy/West Germany)
 * Bandini (Imprisoned), directed by Bimal Roy, starring Ashok Kumar – (India)
 * Barren Lives (Vidas Secas), directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos – (Brazil)
 * The Bastard (悪太郎, Akutarō), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (Japan)
 * Bay of Angels (La Baie des Anges), directed by Jacques Demy, starring Jeanne Moreau – (France)
 * Beach Party, directed by William Asher, starring Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Bob Cummings, Dorothy Malone
 * Bébo's Girl (La ragazza di Bube), starring Claudia Cardinale and George Chakiris – (Italy)
 * The Big City (Mahanagar), directed by Satyajit Ray – (India)
 * Billy Liar, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie – (U.K.)
 * The Birds, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy
 * Bitter Harvest, starring Janet Munro – (U.K.)
 * The Black Abbot (Der Schwarze Abt), directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb – (West Germany)
 * Black Sabbath (I tre volti della paura), starring Boris Karloff – (Italy/U.K./France)
 * Blood Feast, directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis
 * Bluebeard (Landru), directed by Claude Chabrol – (France/Italy)
 * Il Boom, directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring Alberto Sordi – (Italy)
 * Bushido, Samurai Saga, directed by Tadashi Imai (Bushidô zankoku monogatari) – (Japan)
 * Bye Bye Birdie, starring Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret

C

 * Call Me Bwana, directed by Gordon Douglas, starring Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams
 * Captain Newman, M.D., directed by David Miller, starring Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Bobby Darin, Eddie Albert, Angie Dickinson
 * Captain Sindbad
 * The Carabineers (Les Carabiniers), directed by Jean-Luc Godard – (France)
 * Carbide and Sorrel (Karbid und Sauerampfer) – (East Germany)
 * The Cardinal, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Tom Tryon, Carol Lynley, Romy Schneider, John Huston
 * The Caretaker, starring Alan Bates and Robert Shaw – (U.K.)
 * The Caretakers, starring Joan Crawford, Robert Stack, Polly Bergen
 * Carom Shots (Carambolages), directed by Marcel Bluwal – (France)
 * Carry On Cabby, starring Sid James and Hattie Jacques – (U.K.)
 * Carry On Jack, starring Kenneth Williams and Bernard Cribbins – (U.K.)
 * The Cassandra Cat (Až přijde kocour) – (Czechoslovakia)
 * The Ceremony, directed by Laurence Harvey
 * Chair de poule (a.k.a. Highway Pickup), directed by Julien Duvivier – (France)
 * Charade, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, George Kennedy, James Coburn
 * A Child Is Waiting, starring Judy Garland and Burt Lancaster
 * Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison, Richard Burton – (U.S./U.K./Switzerland)
 * Codine, directed by Henri Colpi – (France/Romania)
 * Come Blow Your Horn, starring Frank Sinatra, Tony Bill, Barbara Rush, Jill St. John
 * Come Fly With Me, starring Pamela Tiffin, Lois Nettleton, Dolores Hart
 * The Conjugal Bed (L'ape regina), starring Ugo Tognazzi – (Italy)
 * Contempt (Le mépris), directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli – (France)
 * The Cool World, directed by Shirley Clarke
 * The Corrupt (Symphonie pour un massacre), directed by Jacques Deray
 * The Courtship of Eddie's Father, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Glenn Ford, Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens, Dina Merrill, Ron Howard
 * Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment, documentary film directed by Robert Drew
 * Critic's Choice, starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball
 * Crooks in Clover (Les tontons flingueurs), starring Lino Ventura – (France/Italy/West Germany)
 * The Cry (Křik) – (Czechoslovakia)

D

 * The Damned, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Macdonald Carey – (U.K.)
 * The Day and the Hour (Le jour et l'heure), directed by René Clément, starring Simone Signoret and Stuart Whitman – (France)
 * Dementia 13, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
 * The Devil (Il diavolo), starring Alberto Sordi, Golden Bear winner – (Italy)
 * Diamond Head, starring Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, France Nuyen, George Chakiris, James Darren
 * Diary of a Madman, starring Vincent Price, Nancy Kovack, Elaine Devry
 * Dil Ek Mandir (The Heart Is a Temple) – (India)
 * Donovan's Reef, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne and Lee Marvin
 * Drama of the Lark (Pacsirta) – (Hungary)

E

 * El Dorado, directed by Menahem Golan, starring Topol – (Israel)
 * Empress Wu Tse-Tien – (Hong Kong)
 * The Empty Canvas (La noia), starring Bette Davis and Horst Buchholz – (Italy)
 * The Engagement (I fidanzati), directed by Ermanno Olmi – (Italy)
 * The Executioner (El Verdugo), directed by Luis García Berlanga, starring Nino Manfredi – (Spain)

F

 * Father Came Too!, starring James Robertson Justice and Leslie Phillips – (U.K.)
 * The Fiancés (I fidanzati), directed by Ermanno Olmi – (Italy)
 * The Fire Within (Le feu follet), directed by Louis Malle – (France)
 * Flaming Creatures, directed by Jack Smith
 * Flipper, starring Chuck Connors and Luke Halpin
 * Follow the Boys, starring Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, Dany Robin, Janis Paige
 * For Love or Money, starring Kirk Douglas and Mitzi Gaynor
 * From Russia with Love, the second James Bond film, starring Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendáriz, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya – (U.K./U.S.)
 * Fun in Acapulco, starring Elvis Presley and Ursula Andress

G

 * A Gathering of Eagles, starring Rock Hudson
 * Gidget Goes to Rome, starring Cindy Carol
 * The Girl Hunters, starring Mickey Spillane (as Mike Hammer), with Lloyd Nolan, Shirley Eaton
 * The Girl Who Knew Too Much (La ragazza che sapeva troppo), directed by Mario Bava – (Italy)
 * Le glaive et la balance (a.k.a. Two are Guilty), starring Anthony Perkins – (France/Italy)
 * Gone Are the Days!, starring Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee and Godfrey Cambridge
 * Goryeojang (고려장), written, produced and directed by Kim Ki-young – (South Korea)
 * The Great Escape, directed by John Sturges, starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson, Richard Attenborough, David McCallum, Donald Pleasence
 * The Green Years (Os Verdes Anos) – (Portugal)

H

 * Hallelujah the Hills, directed by Adolfas Mekas
 * Hands over the City (Le mani sulla città), directed by Francesco Rosi, starring Rod Steiger – (Italy)
 * The Haunted Palace, directed by Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price
 * The Haunting, directed by Robert Wise, starring Julie Harris – (U.K.)
 * Heaven Sent (Un drôle de paroissien), starring Bourvil – (France)
 * Heavens Above!, directed by the Boulting brothers, starring Peter Sellers – (U.K.)
 * High and Low (天国と地獄), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune – (Japan)
 * The Hook, starring Kirk Douglas
 * The Hours of Love (Le ore dell'amore), directed by Luciano Salce – (Italy)
 * The Householder (Gharbar), directed by James Ivory, starring Shashi Kapoor and Leela Naidu – (India)
 * How to Be Loved (Jak być kochaną), starring Zbigniew Cybulski – (Poland)
 * Hud, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman, Patricia Neal, Brandon deWilde, Melvyn Douglas

I

 * I Could Go On Singing, starring Judy Garland and Dirk Bogarde – (U.K./U.S.)
 * Ikarie XB-1 (Icarus XB-1) – (Czechoslovakia)
 * L'immortelle (The Immortal) – (France/Turkey)
 * In the Cool of the Day, starring Peter Finch, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury
 * The Indian Scarf (Das indische Tuch), directed by Alfred Vohrer – (West Germany)
 * The Incredible Journey
 * The Insect Woman (Nippon konchūki), directed by Shohei Imamura - (Japan)
 * Irma la Douce, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine
 * The Iron Maiden (a.k.a. Swinging Maiden), directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Michael Craig – (U.K.)
 * Island of Love, starring Robert Preston and Walter Matthau
 * It Happened at the World's Fair, starring Elvis Presley
 * It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Phil Silvers, Sid Caesar, Jonathan Winters, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Edie Adams, Dick Shawn and many more
 * It's All Happening (a.k.a. The Dream Maker), directed by Don Sharp – (U.K.)
 * Ivan's Childhood (originally Ivanovo detstvo), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, starring Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, and Evgeniy Zharikov – (U.S.S.R.)

J

 * Jason and the Argonauts, starring Todd Armstrong – (U.K./U.S.)
 * Johnny Cool, starring Henry Silva and Elizabeth Montgomery
 * Judex, directed by Georges Franju – (France)

K

 * Kanto Wanderer (Kantō mushuku) – (Japan)
 * Kings of the Sun, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Yul Brynner and George Chakiris
 * Kiss of the Vampire, directed by Don Sharp

L

 * Ladies Who Do, starring Harry H. Corbett, Robert Morley and Peggy Mount – (U.K.)
 * Ladybug Ladybug, directed by Frank Perry
 * The Leopard (Il Gattopardo), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon – Palme d'Or winner – (Italy)
 * Like Two Drops of Water (Als twee druppels water), directed by Fons Rademakers – (Netherlands)
 * Lilies of the Field, directed by Ralph Nelson, starring Sidney Poitier
 * The List of Adrian Messenger, directed by John Huston, starring George C. Scott
 * The Little Soldier (Le petit soldat), directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Anna Karina – (France)
 * Lord of the Flies, directed by Peter Brook – (U.K.)
 * The Love Eterne (Liang Shan Bo yu Zhu Ying Tai) – (Hong Kong)
 * Love Is a Ball, starring Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Charles Boyer, Ricardo Montalbán
 * Love with the Proper Stranger, starring Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen

M

 * The Mad Executioners (Der Henker von London), directed by Edwin Zbonek – (West Germany)
 * Maigret Sees Red (Maigret voit rouge), starring Jean Gabin – (France/Italy)
 * The Man from the Diner's Club, directed by Frank Tashlin, starring Danny Kaye
 * Maniac, directed by Michael Carreras
 * Mary, Mary, starring Debbie Reynolds, Diane McBain and Barry Nelson
 * Matango (a.k.a. Attack of the Mushroom People), directed by Ishirō Honda – (Japan)
 * Mathias Sandorf, directed by Georges Lampin – (Italy/France/Spain)
 * A Matter of Choice, directed by Vernon Sewell, starring Anthony Steel – (U.K.)
 * McLintock!, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
 * The Mind Benders, starring Dirk Bogarde and Mary Ure – (U.K.)
 * Miracle of the White Stallions, starring Robert Taylor, Lilli Palmer, Eddie Albert
 * Monstrosity (a.k.a. The Atomic Brain), directed by Joseph V. Mascelli
 * Mother of the Bride (Omm el aroussa) – (Egypt)
 * The Mouse on the Moon, directed by Richard Lester – (U.K.)
 * Move Over, Darling, starring Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Chuck Connors
 * Mujhe Jeene Do (Let Me Live), starring Sunil Dutt – (India)
 * Murder at the Gallop (1963), a Miss Marple film directed by George Pollock – (U.K./U.S.)
 * Muriel (a.k.a. Muriel ou le Temps d'un retour), directed by Alain Resnais, starring Delphine Seyrig – (France)
 * My Six Loves, starring Debbie Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, David Janssen

N

 * Naked Among Wolves (Nackt unter Wölfen) – (East Germany)
 * Nartanasala, starring N. T. Rama Rao and Savitri – (India)
 * A New Kind of Love, starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
 * New Tale of Zatoichi (新・座頭市物語, Shin Zatoichi monogatari), third film of the Zatoichi trilogy – (Japan)
 * Nine Hours to Rama, directed by Mark Robson, starring Horst Buchholz, Diane Baker, José Ferrer – (U.K./U.S.)
 * Not on Your Life (El Verdugo), directed by Luis García Berlanga, starring Nino Manfredi – (Spain)
 * Nunca pasa nada (Nothing Ever Happens), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem – (Spain)
 * Nurse on Wheels, directed by Gerald Thomas – (U.K.)
 * Nutty, Naughty Chateau (Château en suède), directed by Roger Vadim – (France/Spain)
 * The Nutty Professor, directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, with Stella Stevens

O

 * The Old Dark House, directed by William Castle – (U.K./U.S.)
 * One Man's Way, directed by Denis Sanders and starring Don Murray
 * Operation Bikini, starring Tab Hunter, Frankie Avalon, Gary Crosby
 * Ophélia, directed by Claude Chabrol – (France)
 * Opiate '67 (I mostri), directed by Dino Risi – (Italy)
 * Optimistic Tragedy (Оптимистическая трагедия), directed by Samson Samsonov – (U.S.S.R.)
 * The Organizer (I compagni), directed by Mario Monicelli, starring Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)

P

 * PT 109, starring Cliff Robertson as John F. Kennedy
 * Papa's Delicate Condition, starring Jackie Gleason
 * The Paper Man (El hombre de papel) – (Mexico)
 * Paranoiac, starring Janette Scott and Oliver Reed – (U.K.)
 * Passenger (Pasażerka) – (Poland)
 * The Pink Panther, directed by Blake Edwards, starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine
 * Pour la suite du monde (For Those Who Will Follow) – (Canada)
 * The Prize, starring Paul Newman and Elke Sommer
 * Promises! Promises!, starring Jayne Mansfield
 * The Punch and Judy Man, starring Tony Hancock – (U.K.)

R

 * Rampage, starring Robert Mitchum and Elsa Martinelli
 * The Raven, directed by Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff
 * Raven's End (Kvarteret Korpen), directed by Bo Widerberg – (Sweden)
 * The Red Lanterns (Ta Kokkina fanaria) – (Greece)
 * The Running Man, directed by Carol Reed, starring Laurence Harvey, Alan Bates, Lee Remick – (U.K.)

S

 * The Sadist (a.k.a. Profile of Terror or Sweet Baby Charlie), directed by James Landis
 * Sammy Going South (released in the U.S. as A Boy Ten Feet Tall), directed by Alexander Mackendrick – (U.K.)
 * Savage Sam, a sequel to Old Yeller directed by Norman Tokar
 * The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, directed by James Neilson
 * The Scarlet Blade (released in the U.S. as The Crimson Blade), directed by John Gilling – (U.K.)
 * Scum of the Earth!, directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis
 * The Servant, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, James Fox – (U.K.)
 * Shock Corridor, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Peter Breck and Constance Towers
 * Showdown, starring Audie Murphy
 * The Silence (Tystnaden), written and directed by Ingmar Bergman – (Sweden)
 * The Small World of Sammy Lee, written and directed by Ken Hughes – (U.K.)
 * Soft Hands, directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar – (Egypt)
 * Sodom and Gomorrah, starring Stewart Granger, Anouk Aimée, Pier Angeli
 * Soldier in the Rain, starring Steve McQueen and Jackie Gleason
 * Son of Flubber, starring Fred MacMurray
 * Sparrows Can't Sing, starring Barbara Windsor and Roy Kinnear – (U.K.)
 * Spencer's Mountain, starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara
 * The Squeaker (Der Zinker), directed by Alfred Vohrer – (West Germany/France)
 * Station Six-Sahara, directed by Seth Holt – (U.K./West Germany)
 * The Stripper, starring Joanne Woodward, Richard Beymer, Claire Trevor, Gypsy Rose Lee
 * Stolen Hours, starring Susan Hayward and Diane Baker
 * The Success (Il successo), starring Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant – (Italy)
 * Summer Holiday, starring Cliff Richard, Lauri Peters and The Shadows – (U.K.)
 * Summer Magic, starring Dorothy McGuire, Hayley Mills, Deborah Walley
 * Sunday in New York, starring Jane Fonda, Rod Taylor, Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp
 * Sunshine in a Net (Slnko v sieti) – (Czechoslovakia)
 * Suzanne's Career (La carrière de Suzanne), directed by Éric Rohmer – (France)
 * Sweet and Sour (Dragées au poivre), directed by Jacques Baratier – (Italy/France)
 * Sweet Skin (Strip-tease), directed by Jacques Poitrenaud – (Italy/France)
 * The Sword in the Stone, an animated Disney film

T

 * Taj Mahal – (India)
 * Take Her, She's Mine, starring James Stewart, Sandra Dee and Audrey Meadows
 * Take It All (À tout prendre, a.k.a. All Things Considered) directed by Claude Jutra – (Canada)
 * Tammy and the Doctor, starring Sandra Dee and Peter Fonda
 * Los Tarantos, directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta – (Spain)
 * Tarzan's Three Challenges, starring Jock Mahoney – (U.K./U.S.)
 * The Terror, produced and directed by Roger Corman
 * That Kind of Girl, directed by Gerry O'Hara – (U.K.)
 * This Sporting Life, directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts – (U.K.)
 * The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze, starring the Three Stooges
 * The Thrill of It All, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Doris Day and James Garner
 * A Ticklish Affair, directed by George Sidney, starring Shirley Jones and Gig Young
 * To Beep or Not to Beep, written and directed by Chuck Jones, starring Wile E. Coyote and The Road runner
 * To Die in Madrid (Mourir à Madrid), a documentary film directed by Frédéric Rossif – (France)
 * Tom Jones, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Albert Finney and Susannah York (U.K.)
 * Torpedo Bay, starring James Mason and Lilli Palmer – (Italy/France)
 * Toys in the Attic, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Dean Martin, Geraldine Page and Yvette Mimieux
 * Twice-Told Tales, starring Vincent Price
 * Twilight of Honor, starring Richard Chamberlain

U

 * The Ugly American, starring Marlon Brando
 * Uncle Vanya, starring Michael Redgrave, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright – (U.K.)
 * Under the Yum Yum Tree, starring Jack Lemmon, Dean Jones, Carol Lynley, Edie Adams

V

 * Vice and Virtue (Le vice et la vertu), starring Annie Girardot, Robert Hossein and Catherine Deneuve – (France)
 * The Victors, starring George Peppard, George Hamilton, Vince Edwards, Romy Schneider, Jeanne Moreau – (U.K.)
 * La visita (The Visitor), starring Sandra Milo – (Italy)
 * The V.I.P.s, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rod Taylor, Maggie Smith, Louis Jourdan, Margaret Rutherford, Orson Welles – (U.K.)
 * Voyage to the End of the Universe (Ikarie XB-1), directed by Jindřich Polák – (Czechoslovakia)

W

 * Walking the Streets of Moscow (Ya shagayu po Moskve) – (U.S.S.R.)
 * Wall of Noise, directed by Richard Wilson and starring Suzanne Pleshette and Ty Hardin
 * What a Crazy World, directed by Michael Carreras – (U.K.)
 * What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, a short film directed by Martin Scorsese
 * The Wheeler Dealers, starring James Garner and Lee Remick
 * The Whip and the Body (La frusta e il corpo), directed by Mario Bava under the alias "John M. Old"
 * Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?, starring Dean Martin, Carol Burnett, Elizabeth Montgomery, Jill St. John
 * Who's Minding the Store?, starring Jerry Lewis, Agnes Moorehead, Jill St. John
 * Winter Light (Nattvardsgästerna), directed by Ingmar Bergman – (Sweden)
 * Wives and Lovers, starring Janet Leigh, Shelley Winters, Martha Hyer
 * Women of the World (La donna nel mondo), directed by Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi – (Italy)
 * The Wrong Arm of the Law, starring Peter Sellers – (U.K.)

X

 * X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes, directed by Roger Corman, starring Ray Milland

Y

 * The Yellow Canary, starring Pat Boone
 * Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani), directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni – Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film – (Italy)
 * Yoso, directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa – (Japan)
 * Young Aphrodites (Mikres Afrodites) – (Greece)
 * Youth of the Beast (Yajū no seishun), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (Japan)

Z

 * Zatoichi on the Road (座頭市喧嘩旅, Zatōichi kenka-tabi), directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda – (Japan)
 * Zatoichi the Fugitive (座頭市兇状旅, Zatōichi Kyōjō tabi), directed by Tokuzō Tanaka – (Japan)

Short film series

 * Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
 * Terrytoons (1930–1964)
 * Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
 * Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)
 * Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)

Births

 * January 3 - Rebecca Broussard, American former actress
 * January 4 - Dave Foley, Canadian actor and comedian
 * January 6 - Tony Halme, Finnish politician, author, actor and singer (d. 2010)
 * January 8 - Geoff Bell, English actor
 * January 14 - Steven Soderbergh, American director
 * January 20 - Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Lithuanian-Russian-British actress
 * January 22 - Nicola Duffett, English actress
 * January 26 - Chin Siu-ho, Hong Kong actor
 * February 3 - Kirk Baily, American actor (d. 2022)
 * February 12 - John Michael Higgins, American actor
 * February 13 - Barry Tubb, American actor and director
 * February 14 - Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor and director
 * February 16 - Faran Tahir, Pakistani-American actor
 * February 17
 * Michael Jordan, US basketball player and occasional actor
 * Larry the Cable Guy, American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, singer and radio personality
 * February 19 - Joey Diaz, Cuban-American stand-up comedian and actor
 * February 21 - William Baldwin, American actor
 * February 22 - Peggy Lu, American actress
 * March 4 - Daniel Roebuck, American actor and writer
 * March 11 - Alex Kingston, English actress
 * March 12 - Jake Weber, English actor
 * March 16 - Rick Holmes, American actor
 * March 18 - Vanessa L. Williams, actress, singer and beauty queen
 * March 19
 * Stuart McQuarrie, Scottish actor
 * Mary Scheer, American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer
 * March 20
 * Kathy Ireland, American model and actress
 * Ofer Samra, American artist and actor
 * David Thewlis, English actor
 * March 22 - Francesco Quinn, Italian-born American actor (d. 2011)
 * March 27 - Quentin Tarantino, director
 * April 2 - Tim Hodge, American voice actor, story artist, writer, animator, comedian and director
 * April 4 - Graham Norton, Irish actor, comedian, commentator and presenter
 * April 8 - Dean Norris, American actor
 * April 15 - Paula Pell, American writer, producer and actress
 * April 17 - Joel Murray, actor
 * April 18
 * Conan O'Brien, television entertainer and talk show host
 * Eric McCormack, Canadian-American actor
 * April 19 - Thomas Mills Wood, American actor
 * April 26 - Jet Li, Singaporean actor
 * April 27 - Yammie Lam, Hong Kong actress (d. 2018)
 * May 9 - Gary Daniels, English actor, producer, martial artist and fight coordinator
 * May 10 - Rich Moore, American director, screenwriter and voice actor
 * May 11 - Natasha Richardson, actress (d. 2009)
 * May 12 - Gavin Hood, South African filmmaker and actor
 * May 15
 * Brenda Bakke, American actress
 * Jamie Harris, British actor
 * Grant Heslov, American actor and filmmaker
 * May 16 - Marina Massironi, Italian actress
 * May 25 - Mike Myers, Canadian actor
 * May 30 - Cynthia Gouw, American actress
 * June 1
 * Brian Goodman, American director, writer and actor
 * David Rudman, American puppeteer, writer, director and producer
 * June 6 - Jason Isaacs, English actor
 * June 9 - Johnny Depp, American actor
 * June 10 - Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress
 * June 12
 * Tim DeKay, actor & producer
 * Patrice Martinez, American actress (d. 2018)
 * June 15 - Helen Hunt, American actress and director
 * June 17 - Greg Kinnear, American actor, producer and television personality
 * June 22
 * Randy Couture, American actor
 * Heidi Kozak, Danish-American actress
 * June 25
 * John Benjamin Hickey, American actor
 * Jackie Swanson, American actress
 * June 29 - Judith Hoag, American actress
 * June 30 - Rupert Graves, English actor
 * July 2 - Mark Kermode, English critic
 * July 4
 * Raman Hui, Hong Kong animator, driector and producer
 * Monty Montgomery, American producer, director, actor and screenwriter
 * July 8 - Rocky Carroll, American actor and director
 * July 13 - Sandy Fox, American voice actress
 * July 15
 * Brigitte Nielsen, Danish actress and singer
 * Joy Smithers, Australian actress
 * July 16 - Phoebe Cates, American former actress
 * July 17 - Stephen Tredre, English actor and writer (d. 1997)
 * July 18 - Jeff Burr, American director, writer and producer (d. 2023)
 * July 19 - Bettina Kupfer, German actress
 * July 20 - Frank Whaley, American actor, director, screenwriter and comedian
 * July 27 - Donnie Yen, Hong Kong actor
 * July 29 - Alexandra Paul, American actress
 * July 30 - Lisa Kudrow, American actress
 * August 1
 * Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor
 * John Carroll Lynch, American character actor and director
 * Coolio, American rapper and actor (d. 2022)
 * August 2 - Igor Khait, American animator (d. 2016)
 * August 3 - Lisa Ann Walter, American actress, comedian and producer
 * August 5 - Mark Strong, English actor
 * August 7
 * Ramon Estevez, American actor and director
 * Harold Perrineau, American actor
 * August 9 - Whitney Houston, American actress, producer and singer (d. 2012)
 * August 13 - Sridevi, Indian actress (d. 2018)
 * August 14 - Emmanuelle Béart, French actress
 * August 15 - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican filmmaker
 * August 16 - Christine Cavanaugh, American actress (d. 2014)
 * August 19
 * Darcy DeMoss, American actress
 * John Stamos, American actor and musician
 * August 23 - Ed Gale, American actor and stunt performer
 * August 24 - Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game designer, director, producer, and writer
 * August 28 - Peter Mygind, Danish actor
 * August 30 - Michael Chiklis, American actor, director and producer
 * September 3
 * Serena Gordon, English actress
 * Holt McCallany, American actor, producer and writer
 * September 5 - Jonny Phillips, English actor
 * September 8
 * David Lee Smith, American actor
 * Betsy Russell, American actress
 * Larry Zerner, American actor
 * September 12 - Michael McElhatton, Irish actor and writer
 * September 17
 * Gian-Carlo Coppola, American producer and actor (d. 1986)
 * James Urbaniak, American character actor
 * September 18 - Christopher Heyerdahl, Canadian actor
 * September 19
 * Spencer Garrett, American actor
 * Dan Povenmire, animator and voice actor
 * September 20 - Ivan Heng, Singaporean actor
 * September 21 - Angus Macfadyen, Scottish actor
 * September 25
 * Tate Donovan, American actor and director
 * Mikael Persbrandt, Swedish actor
 * September 27
 * Marc Maron, American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician
 * Brian Steele, American actor
 * October 1 - Beth Chamberlin, American actress
 * October 6 - Elisabeth Shue, American actress
 * October 8 - David Yates, English director, producer and writer
 * October 9 - Sheila Kelley, American actress
 * October 12
 * Rami Heuberger, Israeli actor and director
 * Dave Legeno, English actor (d. 2014)
 * October 13 - Hiro Kanagawa, Japanese-Canadian actor
 * October 14 - Lori Petty, American actress
 * October 23 - Allison Shearmur, American producer (d. 2018)
 * October 27 - Deborah Moore, English actress
 * October 28 - Lauren Holly, American-Canadian actress
 * October 29 - Jed Brophy, New Zealand actor
 * October 30 - Michael Beach, American actor
 * October 31
 * Sanjeev Bhaskar, British actor, comedian and television presenter
 * Dermot Mulroney, American actor
 * Rob Schneider, actor and comedian
 * November 3 - Brian Henson, American puppeteer, director and director
 * November 5 - Tatum O'Neal, American actress
 * November 10
 * Hugh Bonneville, English actor
 * Tommy Davidson, American actor and comedian
 * November 12 - Sam Lloyd, American actor and singer (d. 2020)
 * November 15 - Kevin J. O'Connor, American actor
 * November 17 - Perry Caravello, American actor and comedian
 * November 20 - Ming-Na Wen, American actress
 * November 22 - Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Icelandic actor
 * November 25 - Kevin Chamberlin, American actor and singer
 * November 27
 * Vladimir Mashkov, Russian actor
 * Fisher Stevens, American actor
 * December 5 - Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (d. 2002)
 * December 6
 * Jens Hultén, Swedish actor
 * Matt Malloy, American actor
 * December 8 - Wendell Pierce, American actor and producer
 * December 15 - Helen Slater, American actress
 * December 16
 * Benjamin Bratt, American actor, producer and activist
 * James Mangold, American filmmaker
 * December 18
 * Olivier Broche, French actor and producer
 * Brad Pitt, American actor
 * December 19
 * Jennifer Beals, actress
 * Til Schweiger, actor
 * December 20
 * Joel Gretsch, American actor
 * Iqbal Theba, Pakistani actor
 * December 23 - Jess Harnell, American voice actor and singer

Deaths

 * January 1 – Filippo Del Giudice, 70, Italian film producer
 * January 2
 * Dick Powell, 58, American actor, director, Murder, My Sweet, The Bad and the Beautiful
 * Jack Carson, 52, Canadian actor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Mildred Pierce
 * January 6 – Frank Tuttle, 70, American director, This Gun for Hire, Waikiki Wedding
 * January 26 – Ole Olsen, 70, American actor and comedian, Hellzapoppin'
 * January 28 – John Farrow, 58, Australian director, Hondo, The Big Clock
 * February 2 – William Gaxton, 69, American actor and singer, Diamond Horseshoe, The Heat's On
 * February 8 – George Dolenz, 55, Hungarian actor, Vendetta, My Cousin Rachel
 * February 18 – Monte Blue, 76, American actor, Key Largo, White Shadows in the South Seas
 * March 18 – Wanda Hawley, 67, American actress, The Young Rajah, The Midnight Message
 * March 25 – Felix Adler, 79, American screenwriter, Saps at Sea, Block-Heads
 * April 4 – Jason Robards Sr., 70, American actor, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Isle of the Dead
 * April 30 – Bryant Washburn, 74, American actor, Sky Patrol, Adventures of Captain Marvel
 * May 2 – Oscar A. C. Lund, 77, Swedish film actor, director, and writer
 * May 6 – Monty Woolley, 74, American actor, The Bishop's Wife, The Man Who Came to Dinner
 * May 17 – Daniel Mendaille, 77, French actor, On Trial, Napoléon
 * May 19 – Luana Walters, 50, American actress, Mexicali Rose, The Corpse Vanishes
 * July 1 - Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, Egyptian director and producer, The Second Man, The River of Love
 * June 7 – ZaSu Pitts, 69, American actress, Greed, Life with Father
 * June 18 – Pedro Armendáriz, 51, Mexican actor, The Fugitive, Fort Apache
 * June 20 – Gordon Jones, 51, American actor, I Take This Oath, The Green Hornet
 * July 10 – John Sutton, 54, Pakistani actor, The Three Musketeers, Captain from Castile
 * July 25 – Leota Lane, 59, American singer, actress, Three Hollywood Girls
 * August 4 – Tom Keene, 66, American actor, Our Daily Bread, Ghost Valley
 * August 14 – Clifford Odets, 57, American playwright and screenwriter, Sweet Smell of Success, None but the Lonely Heart
 * August 17 – Richard Barthelmess, 68, American actor, Broken Blossoms, Only Angels Have Wings
 * August 23 – Mary Gordon, 81, Scottish actress, Smart Guy, Shamrock Hill
 * August 25 – Edward L. Cahn, 64, American director, It! The Terror from Beyond Space, Girls in Prison
 * September 4 – Byron Russell, 79, Irish actor, Mutiny on the Bounty, Parnell
 * September 15 – Oliver Wallace, 76, English composer, Dumbo, Cinderella, Peter Pan
 * October 8 –
 * Frank R. Adams, 80, American composer and screenwriter, Peg o' My Heart, The Cowboy and the Lady
 * Grace Darmond, 68, Canadian actress, What Every Woman Wants, The Hope Diamond Mystery
 * October 11 – Jean Cocteau, 74, French director and screenwriter, Beauty and the Beast, Orpheus
 * October 18 – Constance Worth, 52, Australian actress, China Passage, Meet Boston Blackie
 * October 29 – Adolphe Menjou, 73, American actor, Paths of Glory, A Star is Born
 * October 31
 * Henry Daniell, 69, British actor, Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror, The Great Dictator
 * Hans Jacoby, 59, German screenwriter, Reunion in Reno, Champagne for Caesar
 * November 1 – Elsa Maxwell, 82, American gossip columnist, Rhapsody in Blue, Stage Door Canteen
 * November 15 - Paul Sloane, 70, American director, The Woman Accused, Down to Their Last Yacht
 * November 25
 * Jean Brooks, 47, American actress, The Leopard Man, The Seventh Victim
 * Joseph Sweeney, 79, American actor, 12 Angry Men, The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit
 * November 29 – Charles Schnee, 47, American screenwriter, The Bad and the Beautiful, Red River
 * November 30
 * Phil Baker, 67, American comedian and actor, The Gang's All Here, Take It or Leave It
 * Gina Malo, 54, American actress, The Gang Show, All In
 * December 2
 * Sabu, 39, Indian actor, Jungle Book, The Thief of Bagdad
 * Mario Zampi, 60, Italian director, The Naked Truth, Five Golden Hours
 * December 4 – Robert Hamer, 52, British director, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Dead of Night
 * December 5 – Tom London, 74, American actor, Calamity Jane, High Noon
 * December 12
 * Yasujirō Ozu, 60, Japanese director and screenwriter, Tokyo Story, Late Spring
 * Barbara Read, 45, Canadian actress, Three Smart Girls, The Shadow Returns

Film debuts

 * Alan Alda – Gone are the Days!
 * Martine Beswick – From Russia with Love
 * James Brolin – Take Her, She's Mine
 * Genevieve Bujold – Amanita Pestilens
 * Michael Byrne – The Scarlet Blade
 * James Caan – Irma la Douce
 * Robert Culp – PT 109
 * Olympia Dukakis – Twice a Man
 * Héctor Elizondo – The Fat Black Pussycat
 * Antonio Fargas – The Cool World
 * Louise Fletcher – A Gathering of Eagles
 * Peter Fonda – Tammy and the Doctor
 * Teri Garr – Fun in Acapulco
 * George Gaynes – PT 109
 * Henry Gibson – The Nutty Professor
 * Julian Glover – Tom Jones
 * Arlene Golonka – Love with the Proper Stranger
 * Georgina Hale – The World Ten Times Over
 * Clint Howard – The Courtship of Eddie's Father
 * David Huddleston – All the Way Home
 * George Innes – Billy Liar
 * Yaphet Kotto – 4 for Texas
 * Jeroen Krabbé – Fietsen naar de Maan
 * Christopher Lambert – Who's Minding the Store?
 * Geoffrey Lewis – The Fat Black Pussycat
 * Ottavia Piccolo – The Leopard
 * Lynn Redgrave – Tom Jones
 * Andy Romano – Beach Party
 * Kurt Russell – It Happened at the World's Fair
 * Joffre Soares – Vidas secas
 * Philip Stone – Unearthly Stranger
 * Donald Sutherland – The World Ten Times Over
 * Dick Van Patten – Violent Midnight
 * Robert Walker Jr. – The Hook
 * Brook Williams – The V.I.P.s
 * Edy Williams – For Love or Money

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1962 in film

The year 1962 in film involved some very significant events, with Lawrence of Arabia winning seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1962 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

 * February – Warner Bros. buy the film rights for My Fair Lady for the unprecedented sum of $5.5 million plus 47¼% of the gross over $20 million.
 * May – The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards are officially founded by the Taiwanese government.
 * June 18 – MCA Inc. finalize their merger with Decca-Universal.
 * July 25 – Darryl F. Zanuck, one of the founders of 20th Century Fox, becomes president, replacing Spyros Skouras. Skouras becomes chairman of the board.
 * August 5 – Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe is found dead of a drug overdose.
 * September 7 – Filming of Sergei Bondarchuk's War and Peace begins and will continue for another 5 years.
 * October 5 – Dr. No launches the James Bond series, the second longest-running film franchise of all time (next to Godzilla), still running 60 years later (No Time to Die, 2021). It also launches the career of Sean Connery.

Awards
Academy Awards:
 * Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia – Horizon-Spiegel-Lean, Columbia
 * Best Director: David Lean – Lawrence of Arabia
 * Best Actor: Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird
 * Best Actress: Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker
 * Best Supporting Actor: Ed Begley – Sweet Bird of Youth
 * Best Supporting Actress: Patty Duke – The Miracle Worker
 * Best Foreign Language Film: Sundays and Cybele (Les dimanches de ville d'Avray), directed by Serge Bourguignon, France

Golden Globe Awards:

 * Drama:
 * Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia
 * Best Actor: Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird
 * Best Actress: Geraldine Page – Sweet Bird of Youth

 * Comedy or Musical:
 * Best Picture − Comedy: That Touch of Mink
 * Best Picture − Musical: The Music Man
 * Best Actor: Marcello Mastroianni – Divorce Italian Style
 * Best Actress: Rosalind Russell – Gypsy

 * Other
 * Best Director: David Lean – Lawrence of Arabia
 * Best Supporting Actor: Omar Sharif – Lawrence of Arabia
 * Best Supporting Actress: Angela Lansbury – The Manchurian Candidate

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
 * Keeper of Promises (O Pagador de Promessas), directed by Anselmo Duarte, Brazil

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
 * Family Diary (Cronaca familiare, Journal intime), directed by Valerio Zurlini, France / Italy
 * My Name is Ivan (Ivanovo detstvo), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
 * A Kind of Loving, directed by John Schlesinger, United Kingdom

1962 film releases
All of these films are from the United States unless stated.

January–March

 * January 1962
 * 1 January
 * Heaven and Earth Magic
 * Sanjuro (Japan)
 * 9 January
 * The Nun and the Sergeant
 * 11 January
 * Only Two Can Play
 * 12 January
 * Bachelor Flat
 * 14 January
 * I Thank a Fool
 * 17 January
 * The Intruder
 * 18 January
 * My Geisha
 * 19 January
 * Tender Is the Night
 * A View from the Bridge
 * 26 January
 * The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
 * February 1962
 * 7 February
 * Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
 * Light in the Piazza
 * 10 February
 * Sergeants 3
 * 12 February
 * The Bellboy and the Playgirls
 * 15 February
 * Pontius Pilate
 * 21 February
 * The Couch
 * Walk on the Wild Side
 * 28 February
 * Too Late Blues
 * March 1962
 * 1 March
 * Posse from Hell
 * 5 March
 * Rome Adventure
 * 7 March
 * The Premature Burial
 * 9 March
 * State Fair
 * 10 March
 * Journey to the Seventh Planet
 * 14 March
 * The Road to Hong Kong
 * 21 March
 * Hitler
 * Sweet Bird of Youth
 * Gorath (Japan)
 * 23 March
 * Satan in High Heels
 * Satan Never Sleeps
 * 28 March
 * Hand of Death
 * The Manster (U.S./Japan)
 * Six Black Horses

April–June

 * April 1962
 * 2 April
 * The Broken Land
 * 5 April
 * Moon Pilot
 * 6 April
 * Ivan's Childhood (U.S.S.R)
 * 11 April
 * All Fall Down
 * Follow That Dream
 * House of Women
 * The Magic Sword
 * 12 April
 * Cape Fear
 * 13 April
 * Experiment in Terror
 * 17 April
 * The Counterfeit Traitor
 * 18 April
 * The Horizontal Lieutenant
 * 19 April
 * Five Finger Exercise
 * 22 April
 * Hands of a Stranger
 * The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
 * 23 April
 * Escape from Zahrain
 * 25 April
 * Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules (Italy)
 * May 1962
 * 3 May
 * The Brain That Wouldn't Die
 * Invasion of the Star Creatures
 * 9 May
 * Jessica
 * War Hunt
 * 17 May
 * Bon Voyage!
 * 24 May
 * The Inspector
 * Lonely Are the Brave
 * 25 May
 * The Cabinet of Caligari
 * When the Girls Take Over
 * 29 May
 * Hatari!
 * June 1962
 * 6 June
 * 13 West Street
 * Big Red
 * Lad, A Dog
 * 9 June
 * Eegah
 * 13 June
 * It Happened in Athens
 * Lolita
 * Merrill's Marauders
 * 14 June
 * That Touch of Mink
 * 15 June
 * Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
 * 19 June
 * The Music Man
 * 20 June
 * Confessions of an Opium Eater
 * The Pigeon That Took Rome
 * Ride the High Country
 * 21 June
 * Boys' Night Out
 * 26 June
 * Hell Is for Heroes
 * 27 June
 * Safe at Home!
 * 29 June
 * Beauty and the Beast

July–September

 * July 1962
 * 3 July
 * Birdman of Alcatraz
 * The Creation of the Humanoids
 * Tarzan Goes to India
 * 4 July
 * Tales of Terror
 * The Three Stooges in Orbit
 * 5 July
 * Panic in Year Zero!
 * 7 July
 * Advise & Consent
 * 15 July
 * Kujira Gami aka The Whale God (Japan)
 * 16 July
 * Jack the Giant Killer
 * 17 July
 * Air Patrol
 * 21 July
 * Black Gold
 * 25 July
 * Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
 * 26 July
 * The Lion
 * The Notorious Landlady
 * 28 July
 * The Miracle Worker
 * August 1962
 * 1 August
 * Kid Galahad
 * 2 August
 * The Underwater City
 * 3 August
 * The Spiral Road
 * 7 August
 * The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
 * 8 August
 * The Interns
 * 11 August
 * King Kong vs. Godzilla (Japan)
 * 17 August
 * Two Weeks in Another Town
 * Guns of Darkness
 * 22 August
 * Five Weeks in a Balloon
 * 29 August
 * The 300 Spartans
 * September 1962
 * 15 September
 * Convicts 4
 * 16 September
 * Harakiri (Japan)
 * Billy Budd
 * 25 September
 * The Longest Day
 * 26 September
 * Carnival of Souls
 * 27 September
 * Gigot

October–December

 * October 1962
 * 1 October
 * A Kind of Loving
 * 3 October
 * Zotz!
 * 4 October
 * Sodom and Gomorrah
 * 5 October
 * The Chapman Report
 * Dr. No – (U.K.)
 * 10 October
 * If a Man Answers
 * Long Day's Journey into Night
 * 16 October
 * Requiem for a Heavyweight
 * 18 October
 * Phaedra
 * 22 October
 * Escape from East Berlin
 * 24 October
 * The Manchurian Candidate
 * Tower of London
 * 25 October
 * Tonight for Sure
 * The War Lover
 * 31 October
 * Period of Adjustment
 * What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
 * November 1962
 * 1 November
 * How the West Was Won
 * Gypsy
 * 2 November
 * The Reluctant Saint
 * 8 November
 * Mutiny on the Bounty
 * 14 November
 * In Search of the Castaways
 * 21 November
 * It's Only Money
 * Two for the Seesaw
 * Girls! Girls! Girls!
 * 27 November
 * The Main Attraction
 * December 1962
 * 2 December
 * Pressure Point
 * 6 December
 * Billy Rose's Jumbo
 * 10 December
 * Lawrence of Arabia
 * 12 December
 * Five Miles to Midnight
 * Freud: The Secret Passion
 * 17 December
 * Gay Purr-ee
 * 19 December
 * Taras Bulba
 * 22 December
 * The Trial
 * 25 December
 * To Kill a Mockingbird
 * Who's Got the Action?
 * 26 December
 * David and Lisa
 * Days of Wine and Roses
 * 31 December
 * 40 Pounds of Trouble

Notable films released in 1962
United States unless stated

#

 * The 300 Spartans, starring Ralph Richardson, Richard Egan, Diane Baker
 * 40 Pounds of Trouble, starring Tony Curtis, Suzanne Pleshette, and Larry Storch

A

 * Abhijan (The Expedition), directed by Satyajit Ray – (India)
 * Advise & Consent, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Walter Pidgeon, Don Murray, Peter Lawford
 * Alaverdoba, directed by Giorgi Shengelaia – (Georgia)
 * All Fall Down, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Eva Marie Saint and Warren Beatty
 * All Night Long, starring Patrick McGoohan and Richard Attenborough – (U.K.)
 * All Souls' Day (Zaduszki) – (Poland)
 * The American Beauty (La belle américaine), directed by Robert Dhéry – (France)
 * The Amphibian Man (Chelovek-amfibiya) – (U.S.S.R.)
 * Appointment at the Tower, directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, starring Salah Zulfikar and Soad Hosny – (Egypt)
 * Asli-Naqli (Real and Fake), starring Dev Anand – (India)
 * Atraco a las tres (Robbery at 3 O'Clock) – (Spain)
 * Attack of the Normans (I normanni), directed by Giuseppe Vari – (Italy)
 * An Autumn Afternoon (Sanma no aji), directed by Yasujirō Ozu – (Japan)
 * The Awful Dr. Orloff (Gritos en la noche), directed by Jesús Franco – (Spain)

B

 * Baat Ek Raat Ki (A Tale of One Night), starring Dev Anand – (India)
 * Bachelor Flat, starring Terry-Thomas, Tuesday Weld, Celeste Holm
 * Bees Saal Baad – (India)
 * The Bellboy and the Playgirls, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Fritz Umgelter
 * Big and Little Wong Tin Bar, starring Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung – (Hong Kong)
 * Billy Budd, directed by and starring Peter Ustinov, with Robert Ryan and Terence Stamp – (U.K.)
 * Billy Rose's Jumbo, starring Doris Day and Jimmy Durante
 * Birdman of Alcatraz, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Telly Savalas
 * Boccaccio '70, directed by Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Vittorio De Sica and Luchino Visconti, starring Anita Ekberg and Sophia Loren – (Italy)
 * Bon Voyage!, starring Fred MacMurray and Jane Wyman
 * The Boys, directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Richard Todd – (U.K.)
 * Boys' Night Out, starring Kim Novak and James Garner
 * The Brain That Wouldn't Die, starring Virginia Leith
 * The Brainiac (El baron del terror), directed by Chano Urueta – (Mexico)
 * The Bread of Those Early Years (Das Brot der frühen Jahre) – (West Germany)
 * The Broken Land, starring Kent Taylor, Diana Darrin and Jack Nicholson

C

 * Cape Fear, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Telly Savalas
 * Captain Clegg (released as Night Creatures in the U.S.), directed by Peter Graham Scott – (U.K.)
 * Carnival of Souls, directed by Herk Harvey
 * Carry On Cruising, starring Sid James and Kenneth Williams – (U.K.)
 * Carry On Jack, starring Kenneth Williams, Bernard Cribbins and Juliet Mills – (U.K.)
 * Cartouche, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Claudia Cardinale – (France/Italy)
 * The Chapman Report, directed by George Cukor, starring Jane Fonda, Shelley Winters, Claire Bloom, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
 * Chased by the Dogs (El less wal kilab) – (Egypt)
 * Cléo from 5 to 7, directed by Agnès Varda – (France)
 * The Condemned of Altona (I sequestrati di Altona), directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring Sophia Loren and Maximilian Schell – (Italy)
 * Convicts 4, starring Ben Gazzara, Stuart Whitman, Vincent Price, Ray Walston, Sammy Davis, Jr.
 * The Counterfeit Traitor, directed by George Seaton, starring William Holden
 * Crazy Paradise (Det tossede paradis), directed by Gabriel Axel and starring Dirch Passer – (Denmark)
 * Crooks Anonymous, starring Leslie Phillips and Julie Christie

D

 * Damon and Pythias (Il tiranno di Siracusa), directed by Curtis Bernhardt – (U.S./Italy)
 * David and Lisa, starring Keir Dullea and Janet Margolin
 * The Day of the Triffids, starring Howard Keel – (U.K.)
 * Days of Wine and Roses, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford, Jack Klugman
 * Dead Man's Evidence, directed by Francis Searle – (U.K.)
 * The Devil's Agent (Im Namen des Teufels), directed by John Paddy Carstairs – (U.K./West Germany/Ireland)
 * Le Doulos (The Finger Man), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo – (France)
 * Dr. No, first James Bond film, directed by Terence Young, starring Sean Connery, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord, Ursula Andress – (U.K.)
 * Dungeon of Harrow, directed by Pat Boyette

E

 * The Easy Life (Il sorpasso), directed by Dino Risi, starring Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant – (Italy)
 * Eclipse (L'Eclisse), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, starring Alain Delon and Monica Vitti – (Italy/France)
 * Eighteen in the Sun (Diciottenni al sole), directed by Camillo Mastrocinque – (Italy)
 * Electra, directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Irene Papas – (Greece)
 * The Elusive Corporal (Le Caporal épinglé), directed by Jean Renoir, starring Jean-Pierre Cassel and Claude Brasseur – (France)
 * Escape from East Berlin, directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Don Murray
 * Escape from Zahrain, starring Yul Brynner, Sal Mineo and Jack Warden
 * Eva (released in the U.K. as Eve), starring Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker and Virna Lisi – (Italy/France)
 * Experiment in Terror, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers, Ross Martin
 * The Exterminating Angel (El ángel exterminador), directed by Luis Buñuel – (Mexico)

F

 * The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (Baron Prášil), directed by Karel Zeman – (Czechoslovakia)
 * Family Diary (Cronaca familiare), starring Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
 * The Female: Seventy Times Seven (Setenta veces siete), starring Isabel Sarli – (Argentina)
 * Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules
 * Five Finger Exercise, starring Rosalind Russell
 * Five Miles to Midnight, starring Sophia Loren
 * Five Weeks in a Balloon
 * Follow That Dream, starring Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Joanna Moore
 * The Four Days of Naples (Le Quattro giornate di Napoli) – (Italy)
 * Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Yvette Mimieux
 * Freud: The Secret Passion, directed by John Huston, starring Montgomery Clift, Susannah York, Larry Parks
 * The Fury of Hercules (La furia di Ercole), written and directed by Gianfranco Parolini – (Italy)

G

 * Gay Purr-ee, an animated musical with the voices of Judy Garland and Mel Blanc
 * Geronimo, starring Chuck Connors
 * Gigot, starring Jackie Gleason
 * Girls! Girls! Girls!, starring Elvis Presley
 * Go to Blazes, directed by Michael Truman – (U.K.)
 * The Golden Arrow (L'arciere delle mille e una notte), directed by Antonio Margheriti – (Italy)
 * Gorath, directed by Ishirō Honda – (Japan)
 * The Grim Reaper (La commare secca), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci – (Italy)
 * Gundamma Katha, starring N. T. Rama Rao – (India)
 * Guns of Darkness, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring David Niven and James Robertson Justice – (U.K.)
 * Gypsy, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Rosalind Russell, Karl Malden, Natalie Wood

H

 * H.M.S. Defiant, starring Alec Guinness and Dirk Bogarde – (U.K.)
 * Half Ticket, starring Kishore Kumar and Madhubala – (India)
 * Hand of Death, starring John Agar
 * Hands of a Stranger, directed by Newt Arnold
 * Harakiri (Seppuku), directed by Masaki Kobayashi – (Japan)
 * Hatari!, directed by Howard Hawks, starring John Wayne, Red Buttons, Hardy Krüger, Elsa Martinelli
 * Hell Is for Heroes, starring Steve McQueen and Bobby Darin
 * Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Richard Beymer, Diane Baker, Corinne Calvet, Paul Newman
 * Hero's Island, starring James Mason and Rip Torn
 * Hombre de la esquina rosada (Man on Pink Corner) – (Argentina)
 * The Horizontal Lieutenant, starring Jim Hutton and Paula Prentiss
 * The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock), directed by Riccardo Freda – (Italy)
 * House of Women, starring Shirley Knight and Constance Ford
 * How the West Was Won, starring James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, Debbie Reynolds, Gregory Peck, Carroll Baker, George Peppard and more
 * Hussar Ballad (Gusarskaya ballada) – (U.S.S.R.)
 * Hussar of the Dead (El Húsar de la Muerte), (Restored, originally released in 1925) – (Chile)

I

 * If a Man Answers, starring Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee
 * In Search of the Castaways, starring Hayley Mills and Maurice Chevalier
 * In the Affirmative (L'Amour avec des si), directed by Claude Lelouch – (France)
 * In the French Style, starring Jean Seberg
 * The Inn on the River (Das Gasthaus an der Themse), directed by Alfred Vohrer – (West Germany)
 * The Inspector, aka Lisa, directed by Mark Robson, starring Dolores Hart
 * The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (Die Unsichtbaren Krallen des Dr. Mabuse), starring Wolfgang Preiss – (West Germany)
 * The Intruder, directed by Roger Corman, starring William Shatner
 * The Iron Maiden, starring Anne Helm and Jeff Donnell
 * It Happened in Athens, starring Jayne Mansfield – (Greece/United States)
 * It's Only Money, directed by Frank Tashlin. starring Jerry Lewis and Joan O'Brien
 * Ivan's Childhood (Ivanovo detstvo), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky – (U.S.S.R.)

J

 * Jack the Giant Killer, starring Kerwin Mathews
 * Jessica, starring Angie Dickinson
 * La Jetée, directed by Chris Marker – (France)
 * Jigsaw, starring Jack Warner – (U.K.)
 * Journey to the Seventh Planet, directed by Sid Pink – (Denmark)
 * Jules and Jim, directed by François Truffaut, starring Jeanne Moreau and Oskar Werner – (France)

K

 * Kanchanjangha, directed by Satyajit Ray – (India)
 * Kid Galahad, starring Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Lola Albright, Charles Bronson
 * A Kind of Loving, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Alan Bates – (U.K.)
 * King Kong vs. Godzilla, directed by Ishirō Honda – (Japan)
 * Knife in the Water (Nóż w wodzie), directed by Roman Polanski – (Poland)

L

 * The L-Shaped Room, directed by Bryan Forbes, starring Leslie Caron and Tom Bell – (U.K.)
 * Lawrence of Arabia, directed by David Lean, starring Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Alec Guinness, José Ferrer – (UK/US)
 * The Legend of Lobo, a Walt Disney production
 * Life for Ruth, starring Patrick McGoohan and Michael Craig – (U.K.)
 * Light in the Piazza, starring Olivia de Havilland, Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton
 * The Lion, starring William Holden and Trevor Howard
 * Lisa (aka The Inspector), starring Stephen Boyd – (U.S./U.K.)
 * Lolita, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring James Mason, Shelley Winters, Peter Sellers, Sue Lyon
 * The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Tom Courtenay – (U.K.)
 * Lonely Are the Brave, starring Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau, Gena Rowlands, George Kennedy, Carroll O'Connor
 * Lonely Boy, a documentary about Paul Anka – (Canada)
 * Long Day's Journey into Night, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Katharine Hepburn
 * The Longest Day, starring John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger and more
 * Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow (Koiya koi nasuna koi), directed by Tomu Uchida – (Japan)
 * Love at Twenty, a film in 5 segments directed by François Truffaut, Shintaro Ishihara, Andrzej Wajda, Renzo Rossellini and Marcel Ophüls – (International)
 * Love on a Pillow, starring Brigitte Bardot – (France)
 * Lulu, directed by Rolf Thiele, starring Nadja Tiller – (Austria)

M

 * Madison Avenue, starring Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain, Eleanor Parker
 * Mafioso, starring Alberto Sordi – (Italy)
 * The Magic Sword, directed by Bert I. Gordon
 * The Magnificent Concubine (Yang Kwei Fei) – (Hong Kong)
 * The Main Attraction, starring Pat Boone
 * Mamma Roma, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, starring Anna Magnani – (Italy)
 * The Man of Gold (Az aranyember) – (Hungary)
 * The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles, Edmond O'Brien, Woody Strode
 * The Manchurian Candidate, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Leslie Parrish, Angela Lansbury
 * March on Rome (La marcia su Roma), starring Ugo Tognazzi and Vittorio Gassman – (Italy)
 * Merrill's Marauders, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Jeff Chandler and Ty Hardin
 * Mediterranean Holiday (Traumreise unter weissen Segeln), a documentary directed by Hermann Leitner and Rudolf Nussgruber – (West Germany)
 * The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women (열녀문 – Yeolnyeomun), directed by Shin Sang-ok – (South Korea)
 * The Miracle Worker, directed by Arthur Penn, starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke
 * Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol, (on NBC-TV)
 * Mix Me a Person, directed by Leslie Norman, starring Anne Baxter, Donald Sinden and Adam Faith – (U.K.)
 * Mondo Cane, directed by Paolo Cavara, Franco Prosperi and Gualtiero Jacopetti – (Italy)
 * A Monkey in Winter (Un singe en hiver), directed by Henri Verneuil – (France)
 * Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, starring James Stewart and Maureen O'Hara
 * Moon Pilot, starring Tom Tryon
 * The Music Man, starring Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Paul Ford, Ron Howard
 * Mutiny on the Bounty, starring Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard
 * My Geisha, starring Shirley MacLaine
 * My Life to Live (Vivre sa vie), directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Anna Karina – (France)

N

 * Night of the Eagle (retitled Burn, Witch, Burn! in the U.S.), starring Janet Blair
 * Nine Days in One Year (9 dney odnogo goda) – (U.S.S.R.)
 * The Notorious Landlady, starring Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon and Fred Astaire

O

 * On the Beat, starring Norman Wisdom – (U.K.)
 * Only Two Can Play, starring Peter Sellers
 * Operation Snatch, directed by Robert Day and starring Terry-Thomas and George Sanders – (U.K.)
 * O Pagador de Promessas (The Keeper of Promises), directed by Anselmo Duarte – (Brazil)

P

 * Panic in Year Zero!, starring Ray Milland and Frankie Avalon
 * Period of Adjustment, starring Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton, Anthony Franciosa, Lois Nettleton
 * Phaedra, directed by Jules Dassin, starring Melina Mercouri and Anthony Perkins – (Greece)
 * The Phantom of the Opera, starring Herbert Lom – (U.K.)
 * The Pigeon That Took Rome, starring Charlton Heston
 * The Pirates of Blood River, directed by John Gilling – (U.K.)
 * Pitfall (Otoshiana) – (Japan)
 * Play It Cool, starring Billy Fury – (U.K.)
 * Pontius Pilate, starring Jean Marais, Jeanne Crain, Basil Rathbone
 * Premature Burial, directed by Roger Corman, starring Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Heather Angel
 * Pressure Point, starring Sidney Poitier and Bobby Darin
 * Pretty Foe by Esmail Koushan (Iran)
 * Professor, starring Shammi Kapoor – (India)
 * The Puzzle of the Red Orchid (Das Rätsel der Roten Orchidee), directed by Helmut Ashley – (West Germany)

R

 * Redhead (Die Rote or La rossa) – (West Germany/Italy)
 * Requiem for a Heavyweight, starring Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris
 * Revenge of the Snakes (Yılanların öcü) – (Turkey)
 * Ride the High Country (a.k.a. Guns in the Afternoon), directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott
 * The Road to Hong Kong, directed by Norman Panama, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Joan Collins
 * Roaring Years (Anni ruggenti), starring Nino Manfredi – (Italy)
 * Rome Adventure, starring Angie Dickinson and Suzanne Pleshette
 * Der rote Rausch (The Red Intoxication), starring Klaus Kinski – (Austria)

S

 * Safe at Home!, starring Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris
 * Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (King, Queen and Slave), starring Meena Kumari and Guru Dutt – (India)
 * Salvatore Giuliano, directed by Francesco Rosi – (Italy)
 * Samar, directed by and starring George Montgomery
 * Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune – (Japan)
 * Satan in High Heels, starring Meg Myles and Grayson Hall
 * Sergeants 3, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop
 * Seven Seas to Calais (Il dominatore dei sette mari), directed by Rudolph Maté – (Italy)
 * Shaheed, starring Musarrat Nazir, Talish, Allauddin, Ejaz, Saqi (Pakistani film on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict)
 * She'll Have to Go (released in the United States as Maid for Murder), directed by Robert Asher – (U.K.)
 * She Knows Y'Know, directed by Montgomery Tully – (U.K.)
 * Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace/ Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes (German) a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Terence Fisher, written by Curt Siodmak, starring Christopher Lee as Holmes and Thorley Walters as Watson
 * Slaughter of the Vampires (La strage dei vampiri), directed by Roberto Mauri – (Italy)
 * Solo for Sparrow, directed by Gordon Flemyng – (U.K.)
 * Some People, starring Kenneth More – (U.K.)
 * Something's Got to Give, starring Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin (unfinished)
 * The Spiral Road, starring Rock Hudson and Gena Rowlands
 * State Fair, starring Pat Boone, Tom Ewell, Ann-Margret, Pamela Tiffin, Bobby Darin
 * The Suitor (Le Soupirant) – (France)
 * Sundays and Cybele (Les dimanches de ville d'Avray), starring Hardy Krüger and Nicole Courcel – (France)
 * Sweet Bird of Youth, starring Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley, Rip Torn
 * Swordsman of Siena (La congiura dei dieci/Le mercenaire), starring Stewart Granger – (Italy/France)
 * A Symposium on Popular Songs, a Disney animation

T

 * The Tale of Zatoichi (Zatōichi monogatari), directed by Kenji Misumi – (Japan)
 * The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (Zoku Zatōichi Monogatari), starring Shintaro Katsu – (Japan)
 * Tales of Terror, starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone
 * Taras Bulba, starring Yul Brynner and Tony Curtis
 * Tarzan Goes to India, Jock Mahoney's first film as Tarzan
 * Tender Is the Night, starring Jennifer Jones
 * Term of Trial, starring Laurence Olivier and Simone Signoret – (U.K.)
 * The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse), starring Wolfgang Preiss – (West Germany)
 * That Touch of Mink, starring Cary Grant and Doris Day
 * Thérèse Desqueyroux, starring Emmanuelle Riva and Philippe Noiret – (France)
 * The Three Stooges In Orbit, starring the Three Stooges
 * Time to Remember, directed by Charles Jarrott – (U.K.)
 * To Kill a Mockingbird, directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Gregory Peck
 * Tobacco (Tyutyun) – (Bulgaria)
 * Tonny, directed by Nils R. Müller and Per Gjersøe – (Norway)
 * Too Late Blues, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Bobby Darin and Stella Stevens
 * Tower of London, starring Vincent Price
 * Treasure of the Silver Lake, directed by Harald Reinl – (West Germany)
 * The Cursed Palace, starring Salah Zulfikar and Mariam Fakhr Eddine – (Egypt)
 * The Trial (Le Procès), directed by and starring Orson Welles with Anthony Perkins and Jeanne Moreau – (France/Italy/West Germany)
 * The Trial of Joan of Arc (Procès de Jeanne d'Arc), directed by Robert Bresson – (France)
 * Tudor – (Romania)
 * The Twelve Chairs (Las doce sillas), directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea – (Cuba)
 * Two for the Seesaw, starring Shirley MacLaine and Robert Mitchum
 * Two Half Times in Hell (Két félidő a pokolban), directed by Zoltán Fábri – (Hungary)
 * Two Weeks in Another Town, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, George Hamilton, Cyd Charisse

U

 * The Unscrupulous Ones (Os Cafajestes), directed by Ruy Guerra – (Brazil)

V

 * A Very Private Affair, starring Brigitte Bardot – (France)
 * A View from the Bridge (Vu du Pont), directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Raf Vallone – (France/Italy)
 * Violent Life (Una vita violenta), directed by Paolo Heusch and Brunello Rondi – (Italy)
 * Vive le Tour, documentary by Louis Malle – (France)

W

 * Walk on the Wild Side, starring Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda
 * Waltz of the Toreadors (a.k.a. The Amorous General), directed by John Guillermin, starring Peter Sellers – (U.K.)
 * War of the Buttons (La Guerre des boutons) – (France)
 * We Joined the Navy, starring Kenneth More – (U.K.)
 * What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford
 * Who's Got the Action? starring Dean Martin and Lana Turner
 * The Witch's Curse (Maciste all'inferno), directed by Riccardo Freda – (Italy)
 * The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, starring Laurence Harvey and Claire Bloom

Z

 * Zorro the Avenger
 * Zotz!, directed by William Castle, starring Tom Poston

Short film series

 * Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
 * Terrytoons (1930–1964)
 * Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
 * Bugs Bunny (1940–1964)
 * Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)
 * Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)

Births

 * January 4 – Michael France, American screenwriter (d. 2013)
 * January 5 – Suzy Amis Cameron, American actress
 * January 7 – Kiiri Tamm, Estonian actress
 * January 9 - Conrad Goode, American actor, screenwriter, screenwriter, producer and musician
 * January 10 – C. Martin Croker, American animator and voice actor (d. 2016)
 * January 11 – Kim Coles, American actress, comedian and game show host
 * January 16 - Peter Lurie, American voice actor, sports anchor and television personality
 * January 17 – Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian
 * January 20 - Sophie Thompson, British actress
 * January 21 - Marie Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003)
 * January 22
 * Robert Mailhouse, American actor and musician
 * Piotr Polk, Polish actor and singer
 * January 23 - Richard Roxburgh, Australian actor, writer, producer and director
 * February 2 - Michael T. Weiss, American actor
 * February 4
 * Jim O'Heir, American actor and comedian
 * Michael Riley, Canadian actor
 * February 5 – Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
 * February 7 - Eddie Izzard, English stand-up comedian, actor and writer
 * February 8 - Martin Wuttke, German actor and director
 * February 12 - Diane Franklin, American actress and producer
 * February 13 – Michele Greene, American actress
 * February 14
 * Sakina Jaffrey, American actress
 * Kirk Thatcher, American writer, producer and director
 * February 16 - Alexa Kenin, American actress (d. 1985)
 * February 17 – Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor
 * February 18 - Julie Strain, American actress and model (d. 2021)
 * February 22
 * Steve Irwin, Australian zookeeper, television personality, conservationist, actor (d. 2006)
 * Ethan Wayne, American actor
 * February 27 – Adam Baldwin, American actor
 * March 2 - Jon Bon Jovi, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor
 * March 8 – Cecilia Yip, Hong Kong actress
 * March 10 – Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, dancer and director
 * March 11 - Jeffrey Nordling, American actor
 * March 12
 * Julia Campbell, American actress
 * Chris Sanders, American actor, animator, director and voice actor
 * Titus Welliver, American actor
 * March 18
 * Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor
 * Etsushi Toyokawa, Japanese actor
 * March 20 – Stephen Sommers, American director, screenwriter and producer
 * March 21
 * Matthew Broderick, American actor
 * Kathy Greenwood, Canadian actress and comedian
 * Rosie O'Donnell, American actress and comedian
 * March 23 - Jenny Wright, American actress
 * March 25 - Thom Bierdz, American actor
 * March 26 - Marita Geraghty, American actress
 * March 29 - Tyra Ferrell, American actress
 * April 2 – Clark Gregg, American actor, director and screenwriter
 * April 3 - Jennifer Rubin, American actress and model
 * April 5 - Lana Clarkson, American actress and model (d. 2003)
 * April 15 – Tom Kane, American actor and voice actor
 * April 18 - Jeff Dunham, American ventriloquist, stand-up comedian and actor
 * April 23 - John Hannah, Scottish actor
 * April 24 - Jason Salkey, English actor
 * April 27 – James LeGros, American actor
 * May 5 - Manoj Sood, Indo-Canadian actor
 * May 9 - Sean McNamara, American director, producer, actor and screenwriter
 * May 12 – Emilio Estevez, American actor
 * May 14 - Danny Huston, American actor, director and writer
 * May 17 - Craig Ferguson, Scottish-American television host, comedian, author and actor
 * May 18
 * Nathaniel Parker, English actor
 * Karel Roden, Czech actor
 * May 26 – Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor, comedian and director
 * May 29 - John D. LeMay, American former actor
 * May 31 - Sebastian Koch, German actor
 * June 5
 * Jeff Garlin, American comedian and actor
 * Ken Hudson Campbell, American actor
 * June 6 - Todd Kimsey, American actor (d. 2016)
 * June 7 - Lance Reddick, American actor and musician (d. 2023)
 * June 10
 * Gina Gershon, American actress
 * Tzi Ma, Hong Kong-American actor
 * June 13 – Ally Sheedy, American actress
 * June 16 - Arnold Vosloo, South African actor
 * June 19 – Paula Abdul, American singer
 * June 22 - Nicholas Lea, Canadian actor
 * June 23 - Billy Wirth, American actor and producer
 * June 27
 * Emel Heinreich, Turkish-Austrian actress, author and film-director
 * Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Hong Kong actor
 * June 30 - Predrag Bjelac, Serbian actor
 * July 1 - Andre Braugher, American actor (d. 2023)
 * July 2 - Doug Benson, American comedian, television host and actor
 * July 3
 * Tom Cruise, American actor
 * Thomas Gibson, American actor
 * July 4 - Neil Morrissey, English actor, voice actor, comedian, singer and businessman
 * July 8 - Oreste Baldini, Italian actor and voice actor
 * July 13
 * Michael Jace, American former character actor
 * Tom Kenny, American actor, voice actor, singer and comedian
 * July 15 – Martin Roach, Canadian actor
 * July 18 - Lee Arenberg, American actor
 * July 19 – Anthony Edwards, American actor
 * July 20 – Carlos Alazraqui, voice actor
 * July 23 - Eriq La Salle, American actor, director, writer and producer
 * July 29
 * Kevin Chapman, American actor
 * Kevin Spirtas, American actor
 * July 31 – Wesley Snipes, American actor
 * August 1 - Jesse Borrego, American actor
 * August 6 – Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian actress
 * August 12 - Miss Cleo, American television personality (d. 2016)
 * August 13 – John Slattery, American actor
 * August 14 - Steve Reevis, Native American actor (d. 2017)
 * August 15 - David Zayas, Puerto Rican actor
 * August 16 – Steve Carell, American actor, comedian, voice artist, producer, writer, director
 * August 20
 * Geoffrey Blake, American actor
 * Ravil Isyanov, Russian actor (d. 2021)
 * August 21 - Cleo King, American actress
 * August 24 – David Koechner, American actor and comedian
 * August 25 - Rusty Schwimmer, American character actress and singer
 * August 27 – Vic Mignogna, American voice actor
 * August 28 - David Fincher, American filmmaker
 * August 29
 * Ian James Corlett, Canadian-American voice actor
 * Lycia Naff, American actress
 * August 31 – Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor
 * September 1 - Michelle Meyrink, Canadian former actress
 * September 8 – Thomas Kretschmann, German actor
 * September 11 – Kristy McNichol, American actress
 * September 12 - Amy Yasbeck, American actress
 * September 15 – Scott McNeil, Australian-Canadian voice actor
 * September 16 - Jonathan Pienaar, South African actor, writer and comedian
 * September 17
 * Paul Feig, American actor, director, comedian and filmmaker
 * Baz Luhrmann, Australian director
 * September 21 - Mark Holden, Canadian actor, writer and producer
 * September 22 - Rob Morrow, American actor and director
 * September 24 – Nia Vardalos, Canadian-American actress and producer
 * September 26 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress
 * September 29 - Roger Bart, American actor and singer
 * October 1
 * Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Nigerian-British actor and producer
 * Esai Morales, American actor
 * October 2 – Jeff Bennett, American actor and voice actor
 * October 5 - Ricky Harris, American producer, actor and comedian (d. 2016)
 * October 6 - Joaquín Cosío, Mexican actor
 * October 9 - Peter Hewitt, English director and writer
 * October 11 – Joan Cusack, American actress
 * October 12 – Deborah Foreman, American actress
 * October 13
 * T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, American actress and singer
 * Kelly Preston, American actress (d. 2020)
 * October 14 - Trevor Goddard, English actor (d. 2003)
 * October 15 - Simon Kunz, English actor
 * October 16 - Christian Stolte, American character actor
 * October 17 - Mike Judge, American actor, animator, filmmaker and musician
 * October 20 - David Mickey Evans, American director and screenwriter
 * October 22 - Bob Odenkirk, American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer
 * October 26 – Cary Elwes, English actor
 * October 27 - Brontis Jodorowsky, Mexican-French actor
 * October 28
 * Jason Watkins, English actor
 * Daphne Zuniga, American actress
 * November 1 - Brenda Chapman, American writer, storyboard artist and director
 * November 7 - Tracie Savage, American actress and journalist
 * November 9 - Rick Batalla, American actor
 * November 11
 * Gerard Horan, English actor
 * Demi Moore, American actress
 * November 14 – Harland Williams, Canadian-American actor and comedian
 * November 18 - Tim Guinee, American actor
 * November 19 – Jodie Foster, American actress and director
 * November 28 – Jon Stewart, American actor and comedian
 * November 29 – Andrew McCarthy, American actor
 * December 6 - Janine Turner, American actress
 * December 9 – Felicity Huffman, American actress
 * December 10 - Scott Capurro, American comedian, writer and actor
 * December 14 - Ginger Lynn, American pornographic actress
 * December 18 - James Sie, American actor
 * December 19 – Jill Talley, American actress
 * December 22 – Ralph Fiennes, English actor
 * December 23 - Peter Ramsey, American storyboard artist, story artist, director, writer and producer

Deaths

 * January 13 – Ernie Kovacs, 42, American comedian, actor, North to Alaska, Bell, Book and Candle
 * January 28 – Hermann Wlach, 77, Austrian actor, The Pearl Maker of Madrid
 * February 1 – Carey Wilson, American screenwriter, Mutiny on the Bounty
 * February 19 – James Barton, American actor, Here Comes the Groom, Yellow Sky
 * February 20 – Halliwell Hobbes, 84, British actor, Gaslight, That Hamilton Woman
 * February 27 – Willie Best, 48, American actor, Nothing but the Truth, The Red Dragon
 * February 28 – Chic Johnson, 70, American comedian, actor, Hellzapoppin'
 * March 17 – Frank Orth, 82, American actor, Nancy Drew... Detective, Here Come the Girls
 * April 10 – Michael Curtiz, 75, Hungarian-born director, Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood
 * April 15 – Clara Blandick, 85, American actress, The Wizard of Oz, Tom Sawyer
 * April 17 – Louise Fazenda, 66, American actress, Tillie's Punctured Romance, Alice in Wonderland
 * April 22
 * Angus MacPhail, 59, British screenwriter, Spellbound, The Wrong Man
 * Vera Reynolds, 62, American actress, The Night Club, Feet of Clay
 * May 14 – Florence Auer, 82, American actress, The Bishop's Wife, State of the Union
 * June 2 – Aeneas MacKenzie, 72, Scottish screenwriter, The Ten Commandments, Ivanhoe
 * June 6 – Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, 63, American actor, Nevada, Southwest Passage
 * June 19
 * Frank Borzage, 69, American director, actor, A Farewell to Arms, 7th Heaven
 * Will Wright, 68, American actor, Quantrill's Raiders, Alias Jesse James
 * June 24 – Lucile Watson, 83, Canadian actress, Waterloo Bridge, Made for Each Other
 * July 2 – Valeska Suratt, 80, American stage and screen actress, The Immigrant
 * July 4 – Rex Bell, 58, American actor, Broadway to Cheyenne, Law and Lead
 * July 13 – Jerry Wald, 50, American screenwriter and producer, Mildred Pierce, Peyton Place
 * July 23 – Victor Moore, 86, American actor, It Happened on Fifth Avenue, Louisiana Purchase
 * July 30 – Myron McCormick, 54, American actor, The Hustler, No Time for Sergeants
 * August 5 – Marilyn Monroe, 36, American actress, Hollywood icon, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Some Like It Hot
 * August 23 – Hoot Gibson, 70, American actor, Action, The Horse Soldiers
 * September 7 – Louis King, 64, American director, Typhoon, Green Grass of Wyoming
 * October 2 – Frank Lovejoy, 50, American actor, The Hitch-Hiker, Goodbye, My Fancy
 * October 6 – Tod Browning, 82, American director, Dracula, Freaks
 * October 26 – Louise Beavers, 60, American actress, Holiday Inn, The Jackie Robinson Story
 * November 15 – Irene, American costume designer, Shall We Dance, Midnight Lace
 * December 15 – Charles Laughton, 63, British actor, Spartacus, Witness for the Prosecution
 * December 17 – Thomas Mitchell, 70, American actor, It's a Wonderful Life, Gone with the Wind
 * December 21 – Syd Saylor, 67, American actor, The Lost Jungle, The Three Mesquiteers
 * December 23 – Luis Alberni, 76, Spanish actor, Svengali, The Count of Monte Cristo
 * December 28 – Kathleen Clifford, 75, American actress, When the Clouds Roll By, Richard the Lion-Hearted
 * December 29 – Hugh Sinclair, 59, British actor, The Saint's Vacation, Judgment Deferred

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