Editing 1968 in film

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The year '''1968 in film''' involved some significant events, most notably with the release of [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', as well as two highly successful musical films, ''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]'' and ''[[Oliver! (film)|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 (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]'') and the latter winning both the [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] awards.

==Top-grossing films (U.S.)==
{{see also|List of 1968 box office number-one films in the United States}}
The top ten 1968 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1968
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| $24,900,000<ref name=Finler>{{cite book |last=Finler |first=Joel Waldo |year=2003 |title=The Hollywood Story |publisher=Wallflower Press |isbn=978-1-903364-66-6 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA358#v=twopage 358–359]}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
| ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]
| $21,500,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
| ''[[The Odd Couple (film)|The Odd Couple]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $20,000,000<ref name="Finler" />
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
| ''[[Bullitt]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $19,000,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
| ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]''
| Columbia
| $16,800,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
| ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $15,000,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]''
| Paramount
| $15,000,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
|''[[Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)|Romeo and Juliet]]''
| Paramount
| $14,500,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''[[Yours, Mine and Ours (1968 film)|Yours, Mine and Ours]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $11,500,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]''
| [[AVCO Embassy Pictures|AVCO Embassy]]
| $10,006,000<ref name="1968DomesticRevenue">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080506090437/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1968.shtml Top 20 Films of 1968 by Domestic Revenue]</ref>
|}

==Events==
* November 1 – The [[MPAA]]'s [[MPAA film rating system|film rating system]] is introduced.

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:200px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[26th Golden Globe Awards]]<br />January 22, 1969 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[41st Academy Awards]]<br />March 21, 1969 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[22nd British Academy Film Awards|22nd BAFTA Awards]]<br />April 14, 1969
|-
! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Comedy or Musical
|-
| Best Film || '''''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]''''' || colspan="2"| '''''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]''''' || '''''[[The Graduate]]'''''
|-
| Best Director || colspan="2"| [[Paul Newman]]<br/>'''''[[Rachel, Rachel]]''''' || [[Carol Reed]]<br/>'''''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]''''' || [[Mike Nichols]]<br/>'''''[[The Graduate]]'''''
|-
| Best Actor || [[Peter O'Toole]]<br/>'''''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]''''' || [[Ron Moody]]<br/>'''''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]''''' || [[Cliff Robertson]]<br/>'''''[[Charly (1968 film)|Charly]]''''' || [[Spencer Tracy]]<br/>'''''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'''''
|-
| Best Actress || [[Joanne Woodward]]<br/>'''''[[Rachel, Rachel]]''''' || [[Barbra Streisand]]<br/>'''''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]''''' || [[Katharine Hepburn]]<br/>'''''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]'''''<br/>[[Barbra Streisand]]<br/>'''''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]''''' || [[Katharine Hepburn]]<br/>'''''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'''''<br/>'''''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]'''''
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2"| [[Daniel Massey (actor)|Daniel Massey]]<br/>'''''[[Star! (film)|Star]]''''' || [[Jack Albertson]]<br/>'''''[[The Subject Was Roses (film)|The Subject Was Roses]]''''' || [[Ian Holm]]<br/>'''''[[The Bofors Gun]]'''''
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="3"| [[Ruth Gordon]]<br/>'''''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]''''' || [[Billie Whitelaw]]<br/>'''''[[Twisted Nerve]]'''''<br/>'''''[[Charlie Bubbles]]'''''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Adapted || rowspan="2" colspan="2"| [[Stirling Silliphant]]<br/>'''''[[Charly (1968 film)|Charly]]''''' || [[James Goldman]]<br/>'''''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]''''' || rowspan="2"| [[Buck Henry]] and [[Calder Willingham]]<br/>'''''[[The Graduate]]'''''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Original || [[Mel Brooks]]<br/>'''''[[The Producers (1968 film)|The Producers]]'''''
|-
| Best Original Score || colspan="2"| [[Alex North]]<br>''[[The Shoes of the Fisherman (movie)|The Shoes of the Fisherman]]'' || [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]<br>''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]''<br>[[Johnny Green]]<br>''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]'' || [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]<br>''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]''
|-
| Best Original Song || colspan="3" | "[[The Windmills of Your Mind]]"<br>''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]'' || N/A
|-
| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="3"| '''''[[War and Peace (film series)|War and Peace]]''''' || N/A
|}
[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival): canceled due to events of [[May 1968 in France|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

[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):
:'''''[[Ole dole doff]]''''' (''Who Saw Him Die?''), directed by [[Jan Troell]], Sweden

==1968 films==
=== By country/region ===
* [[List of American films of 1968]]
* [[List of Argentine films of 1968]]
* [[List of Australian films of the 1960s|List of Australian films of 1968]]
* [[List of Bangladeshi films of 1968]]
* [[List of British films of 1968]]
* [[List of Canadian films of the 1960s|List of Canadian films of 1968]]
* [[List of French films of 1968]]
* [[List of Hong Kong films of 1968]]
* List of Indian films of 1968
** [[List of Hindi films of 1968]]
** [[List of Kannada films of 1968]]
** [[List of Malayalam films of 1968]]
** [[List of Marathi films of 1968]]
** [[List of Tamil films of 1968]]
** [[List of Telugu films of 1968]]
* [[List of Japanese films of 1968]]
* [[List of Mexican films of 1968]]
* [[List of Pakistani films of 1968]]
* [[List of South Korean films of 1968]]
* [[List of Soviet films of 1968]]
* [[List of Spanish films of 1968]]

=== By genre/medium ===
* [[List of action films of the 1960s#1968|List of action films of 1968]]
* [[List of animated feature films of the 1960s#1968|List of animated feature films of 1968]]
* [[List of avant-garde films of the 1960s: 1965–1969|List of avant-garde films of 1968]]
* [[List of comedy films of the 1960s#1968|List of comedy films of 1968]]
* [[List of drama films of the 1960s#1968|List of drama films of 1968]]
* [[List of horror films of 1968]]
* [[List of science fiction films of the 1960s#1968|List of science fiction films of 1968]]
* [[List of thriller films of the 1960s#1968|List of thriller films of 1968]]
* [[List of Western films of the 1960s#1968|List of western films of 1968]]

==Short film series==
*''[[Looney Tunes]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]&ndash;[[1969 in film|1969]])
*''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' ([[1931 in film|1931]]&ndash;[[1969 in film|1969]])
*''[[Speedy Gonzales]]'' ([[1953 in film|1953]]&ndash;1968)
*''[[Daffy Duck]]'' (1937–1968)
* ''[[Cool Cat (Looney Tunes)|Cool Cat]]'' ([[1967 in film|1967]]&ndash;[[1969 in film|1969]])
* ''[[Merlin the Magic Mouse]]'' ([[1967 in film|1967]]&ndash;[[1969 in film|1969]])

==Births==
*January 1 - [[Tom DeSanto]], American producer and screenwriter
*January 2
**[[Cuba Gooding Jr.]], 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 9 – [[Joey Lauren Adams]], American actress
*January 12
**[[Farrah Forke]], American actress (d. 2022)
**[[Rachael Harris]], American actor and comedian
*January 14 – [[LL Cool J]], American rapper, actor
*January 15
**[[Rosanne Sorrentino]], American former child actress
**[[Chad Lowe]], American actor
*January 17 - [[Louis Lombardi]], American actor
*January 18 - [[David Ayer]], American filmmaker
*January 19 – [[Matt Hill]], Canadian actor, voice actor, comedian
*January 20 - [[Chris Miller (animator)|Chris Miller]], American voice actor, animator, director, screenwriter and storyboard artist
*January 22 - [[Frank Leboeuf]], French actor
*January 29 – [[Edward Burns]], American actor and producer
*January 31 - [[Matt King (comedian)|Matt King]], English actor, DJ and comedian
*February 1 – [[Pauly Shore]], American actor
*February 6 - [[The Lady of Rage]], American rapper, singer and actress
*February 8 - [[Gary Coleman]], American actor and comedian (d. 2010)
*February 12
**[[Josh Brolin]], American actor
**[[Chynna Phillips]], American singer and actress
*February 13 - [[Kelly Hu]], American actress, voice artist, former fashion model and beauty queen
*February 14
**[[Alicia Borrachero]], Spanish actress
**[[Phill Lewis|Phil Lewis]], American actor, comedian and director
*February 18 – [[Molly Ringwald]], American actress
*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 4 – [[Patsy Kensit]], English actress
*March 6 - [[Moira Kelly]], American actress
*March 12
**[[Aaron Eckhart]], American actor
**[[Jason Lively]], American actor
*March 15 - [[Sean Bridgers]], American actor, screenwriter and producer
*March 18 - [[Juan Carlos Vellido]], Spanish actor
*March 20
**[[Jaime Cardriche]], American actor (d. 2000)
**[[Lawrence Makoare]], New Zealand actor of Māori descent
*March 21 - [[Greg Ellis (actor)|Greg Ellis]], English actor
*March 23 - [[Abigail Cruttenden]], English actress
*March 26 - [[Max Perlich]], American actor
*March 29 
** [[Sabrina Impacciatore]], Italian actress
** [[Lucy Lawless]], New Zealand actress and singer
*March 30
**[[Donna D'Errico]], American actress
**[[Celine Dion]], Canadian singer
**[[Roland Kickinger]], Austrian actor and bodybuilder
*April 3 - [[Charlotte Coleman]], English actress (d. 2001)
*April 8
**[[Patricia Arquette]], American actress
**[[Shawn Fonteno]], American actor and rapper
*April 10 - [[Orlando Jones]], American stand-up comedian and actor
*April 11 - [[Dimitri Diatchenko]], American actor (d. 2020)
*April 12 - [[Alicia Coppola]], American actress
*April 13 - [[Andrew Pleavin]], English actor
*April 14 – [[Anthony Michael Hall]], American actor
*April 16 - [[John Gatins]], American screenwriter, director and actor
*April 17 - [[Adam McKay]], American director, producer, screenwriter and comedian
*April 18
**[[Mary Birdsong]], American actress, comedian, writer and singer
**[[David Hewlett]], British-born Canadian actor, writer and director
*April 19 – [[Ashley Judd]], American actress
*April 22 - [[Piera Coppola]], American voice actress
*April 24
**[[Aidan Gillen]], Irish actor
**[[Stacy Haiduk]], American actress
*April 29 - [[Jürgen Vogel]], German actor and producer
*May 3 – [[Amy Ryan]], American actress
*May 6 - [[Paul Bazely]], English actor
*May 7 - [[Traci Lords]], American actress and singer
*May 10 - [[Adrian Scarborough]], English actor
*May 11 - [[Jeffrey Donovan]], American actor
*May 12 - [[Tony Hawk]], American actor and professional skateboarder
*May 16 - [[Stephen Mangan]], English actor, comedian and presenter
*May 20 – [[Timothy Olyphant]], American actor
*May 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
*June 2
**[[Navid Negahban]], Iranian-American actor
**[[Nickolai Stoilov]], Bulgarian-American actor and writer
*June 4
**[[Joey Mazzarino]], American actor, puppeteer, writer and director
**[[Scott Wolf]], American actor
*June 9 - [[Eddie Marsan]], English actor
*June 10 - [[Bill Burr]], American stand-up comedian, actor and writer
*June 12 - [[Sarah Trigger]], retired British actress
*June 13 – [[Fred Tatasciore]], American voice actor
*June 14 - [[Faizon Love]], Cuban-born American actor and comedian
*June 16 - [[James Patrick Stuart]], American actor
*June 17 - [[Mary Stein]], American actress
*June 19 - [[Kim Walker (actress)|Kim Walker]], American actress (d. 2001)
*June 20 - [[Robert Rodriguez]], American filmmaker and visual effects supervisor
*June 26 - [[Travis Fine]], American actor, writer, director and producer
*June 27 - [[Paul Rae]], American actor
*June 29 - [[Brian d'Arcy James]], American actor and musician
*July 1 - [[Jordi Mollà]], Spanish actor, writer and filmmaker
*July 5 - [[Michael Stuhlbarg]], American actor
*July 7
**[[Danny Jacobs (actor)|Danny Jacobs]], American actor and comedian
**[[Allen Payne]], American actor
*July 8 – [[Billy Crudup]], American actor
*July 11 - [[Conrad Vernon]], American voice actor, director, writer and storyboard artist
*July 15
**[[Eddie Griffin]], American comedian and actor
**[[Stan Kirsch]], American actor (d. 2020)
*July 17 - [[Beth Littleford]], American actress and comedian
*July 18
**[[Grant Bowler]], New-Zealand-Australian actor
**[[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 24
**[[Kristin Chenoweth]], American actress and singer
**[[Troy Kotsur]], American actor
**[[Laura Leighton]], American actress
*July 26 – [[Olivia Williams]], British actress
*July 27
**[[Cliff Curtis]], New Zealand actor
**[[Julian McMahon]], Australian-American actor
*July 30 - [[Terry Crews]], American actor, comedian, activist, artist, bodybuilder and former professional football player
*August 4 - [[Daniel Dae Kim]], South Korean-American actor and producer
*August 6 - [[Lisa Boyle]], American actress
*August 7 - [[Sophie Lee]], Australian actress
*August 9 
**[[Gillian Anderson]], American-British actress
**[[Eric Bana]], Australian actor
**[[McG]], American director and producer
*August 10
**[[Cate Shortland]], Australian screenwriter, director and writer
**[[Rickey Smiley]], American stand-up comedian, television host and actor
*August 11
**[[Anna Gunn]], American actress
**[[Sophie Okonedo]], British actress
*August 14
**[[Catherine Bell (actress)|Catherine Bell]], British actress and model
**[[Terry Notary]], American actor and stunt co-ordinator/double
*August 15 - [[Debra Messing]], American actress
*August 17
**[[Andrew Koenig]], American character actor, director, editor and writer (d. 2010)
**[[Helen McCrory]], English actress (d. 2021)
*August 21 - [[Julian Lewis Jones]], Welsh actor
*August 25 - [[David Alan Basche]], American actor
*August 27 - [[Lisa Marie Newmyer]], American actress
*August 28 – [[Billy Boyd (actor)|Billy Boyd]], Scottish actor
*September 2
**[[Kristen Cloke]], American actress
**[[Jonathan Goldstein (filmmaker)|Jonathan Goldstein]], American filmmaker
*September 4 – [[John DiMaggio]], American actor and voice actor
*September 5 - [[Glenn Fleshler]], American actor
*September 6 - [[Mark Ivanir]], Israeli actor
*September 7 - [[Camille Japy]], Belgian-French actor
*September 8
**[[Brian Huskey]], American character actor, comedian and writer
**[[Simon J. Smith]], British animator, director, visual effects artist and voice actor
*September 9
**[[Nathan Lee Graham]], American actor and singer
**[[Julia Sawalha]], English actress
*September 10 – [[Guy Ritchie]], English director, screenwriter
*September 12 - [[Paul F. Tompkins]], American comedian, actor and writer
*September 15 – [[Danny Nucci]], American actor
*September 16
**[[Marc Anthony]], American singer-songwriter and actor
**[[Walt Becker]], American filmmaker
*September 19 – [[Shawn Doyle]], Canadian actor
*September 20 - [[Chad Stahelski]], American stuntman and director
*September 22 –  [[Megan Hollingshead]], American voice actress
*September 23 - [[Michelle Thomas]], American actress (d. 1998)
*September 25 – [[Will Smith]], American actor
*September 26 – [[Jim Caviezel]], American actor
*September 28 – [[Naomi Watts]], British actress
*September 29
**[[Massi Furlan]], Italian-American actor and producer
**[[Luke Goss]], English actor
*October – [[Musola Cathrine Kaseketi]], Zambian director
*October 2
**[[Lucy Cohu]], English actress
**[[Curtiss Cook]], American character actor
**[[Joey Slotnick]], American actor
*October 8 - [[Emily Procter]], American actress
*October 9
**[[Pete Docter]], American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor and chief creative officer of [[Pixar]]
**[[James Dreyfus]], English actor
*October 11
**[[Tiffany Grant]], American voice actress
**[[Jane Krakowski]], American actress and singer
*October 12
**[[Hugh Jackman]], Australian actor
**[[Adam Rich]], American actor (d. 2023)
*October 13
**[[Tisha Campbell]], American actress
**[[Alex Ferns]], Scottish actor and television personality
*October 17 - [[Ziggy Marley]], Jamaican singer-songwriter, musician and actor
*October 19 - [[Yayan Ruhian]], Indonesian martial artist and actor
*October 22 - [[Jay Johnston]], American actor and comedian
*October 23 - [[Maria Darling]], British voice actress
*October 24 - [[Mark Walton (story artist)|Mark Walton]], American story artist and voice actor
*October 25
**[[Melinda McGraw]], American actress
**[[Christopher McQuarrie]], American screenwriter, director and producer
*October 27 – [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], Indian actor
*October 28 - [[Stephen Hunter (actor)|Stephen Hunter]], New Zealand actor
*October 29 - [[Grayson McCouch]], American actor
*November 5
**[[Sam Rockwell]], American actor
**[[Aitana Sánchez-Gijón]], Spanish-Italian actress
*November 6 – [[Kelly Rutherford]], American actress
*November 8
**[[Bruno Gunn]], American actor
**[[Parker Posey]], American actress
*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 18
**[[Romany Malco]], American actor and rapper
**[[Owen Wilson]], American actor
*November 19
**[[Mark Bonnar]], Scottish actor
**[[Derek Drymon]], American animator, writer, storyboard artist, director, comedian and producer
*November 21
**[[Todd Farmer]], American screenwriter and actor
**[[Sean Schemmel]], American voice actor
*November 23 - [[Brennan Brown]], American actor
*November 25 - [[Jill Hennessy]], Canadian actress and singer
*November 26 - [[Chris Coppola]], American actor and comedian
*November 27 - [[Michael Vartan]], French-American actor
*December 2
**[[Lucy Liu]], American actress
**[[Suzy Nakamura]], American actress
*December 3 – [[Brendan Fraser]], American-Canadian actor
*December 5 - [[Margaret Cho]], American stand-up comedian, actress and musician
*December 6
**[[Oliver Masucci]], German actor
**[[Donnell Rawlings]], American comedian, actor and radio host
*December 7 – [[Greg Ayres]], American voice actor
*December 13 - [[Scott Stuber]], American film producer
*December 16 - [[Peter Dante]], American character actor, comedian and singer
*December 18
**[[Craig Grant]], American poet and actor (d. 2021)
**[[Daniel Oreskes]], American actor
**[[Casper Van Dien]], American actor
**[[Nina Wadia]], British actress and comedian
*December 19
**[[Marcial Di Fonzo Bo]], Argentine actor
**[[Ken Marino]], American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
**[[Chris Williams (director)|Chris Williams]], Canadian-American animator, director, screenwriter and voice actor
*December 20 - [[Joe Cornish]], English comedian and filmmaker
*December 22 - [[Dina Meyer]], American actress
*December 23 - [[Angela Jones]], American actress
*December 25 - [[Klea Scott]], Panamanian-born Canadian actress
*December 26 - [[Byron Howard]], American animator, director, producer and screenwriter

==Deaths==
*January 7 - [[Hugo Butler]], 53, Canadian screenwriter, ''[[Edison, the Man]]'', ''[[Lassie Come Home]]''
*January 18 – [[John Ridgely]], 58, American actor, ''[[The Big Sleep (1946 film)|The Big Sleep]]'', ''[[God Is My Co-Pilot (film)|God Is My Co-Pilot]]''
*January 25 - [[Virginia Maskell]], 31, British actress, ''[[Only Two Can Play]]'', ''[[Virgin Island (film)|Virgin Island]]''
*February 4 – [[Eddie Baker (actor)|Eddie Baker]], 70, American actor, ''[[Oranges and Lemons (film)|Oranges and Lemons]]'', ''[[Giant (1956 film)|Giant]]''
*February 7 – [[Nick Adams (actor, born 1931)|Nick Adams]], 36, American actor, ''[[Pillow Talk (film)|Pillow Talk]]'', ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]''
*February 13 – [[Mae Marsh]], 73, American actress, ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'', ''[[3 Godfathers]]''
*February 20 – [[Anthony Asquith]], 65, British director, ''[[The V.I.P.s (film)|The V.I.P.s]]'', ''[[The Winslow Boy (1948 film)|The Winslow Boy]]''
*March 10 – [[Helen Walker]], 47, American actress, ''[[Impact (1949 film)|Impact]]'', ''[[Call Northside 777]]''
*March 11 – [[Pearl Doles Bell]], 84, American film scenarist, novelist and editor, ''[[Her Elephant Man]]''
*March 16 – [[June Collyer]], 63, American actress, ''[[Hangman's House]]'', ''[[A Face in the Fog]]''
*March 18 - [[Harry Kurnitz]], 60, American screenwriter, ''[[Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film)|Witness for the Prosecution]]'', ''[[How to Steal a Million]]''
*March 20 – [[Carl Theodor Dreyer]], 79, Danish director, ''[[The Passion of Joan of Arc]]'', ''[[Gertrud (film)|Gertrud]]''
*March 24 – [[Alice Guy-Blaché]], 94, pioneer French/American filmmaker, ''[[The Pit and the Pendulum (1913 film)|The Pit and the Pendulum]]'', ''[[The Great Adventure (1918 film)|The Great Adventure]]''
*March 30 – [[Bobby Driscoll]], 31, American actor, ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]'', ''[[Treasure Island (1950 film)|Treasure Island]]''
*April 5 – [[Lois Andrews]], 44, American actress, ''[[Dixie Dugan (1943 film)|Dixie Dugan]]'', ''[[The Desert Hawk (1950 film)|The Desert Hawk]]''
*April 6 – [[Keith Pyott]], 66, English actor, ''[[Village of the Damned (1960 film)|Village of the Damned]]''
*April 16 – [[Fay Bainter]], 74, American actress, ''[[Woman of the Year]]'', ''[[The Children's Hour (film)|The Children's Hour]]''
*April 24 – [[Tommy Noonan]], 46, American actor, ''[[A Star is Born (1954 film)|A Star is Born]]'', ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]''
*May 5 – [[Albert Dekker]], 62, American actor, ''[[The Wild Bunch]]'', ''[[Kiss Me Deadly]]''
*May 9 
**[[Albert Lewin]], 73, American director, ''[[Pandora and the Flying Dutchman]]'', ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]''
**[[Marion Lorne]], 84, American actress, ''[[The Graduate (film)|The Graduate]]'', ''[[Strangers on a Train (film)|Strangers on a Train]]''
*May 10 – [[Scotty Beckett]], 38, American actor, ''[[My Favorite Wife]]'', ''[[The Jolson Story]]''
*May 21 – [[Doris Lloyd]], 71, British actress, ''[[Disraeli (1929 film)|Disraeli]]'', ''[[Kind Lady (1951 film)|Kind Lady]]''
*May 23 – [[James Burke (actor)|James Burke]], 81, American actor, ''[[Little Orphan Annie (1938 film)|Little Orphan Annie]]'', ''[[The Timber Trail]]''
*May 25 – [[Charles K. Feldman]], 64, American producer, ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'', ''[[The Seven Year Itch]]''
*May 26 - [[Joseph MacDonald]], 62, Mexico-born American cinematographer, ''[[My Darling Clementine]]'', ''[[The Young Lions (film)|The Young Lions]]''
*May 27 – [[Denise Legeay]], 70, French actress, ''[[Happy Couple]]'', ''[[Zigano]]''
*May 31 – [[Preben Uglebjerg]], 37, Danish actor, ''[[Pigen og vandpytten]]''
*June 4 – [[Dorothy Gish]], 70, American actress, ''[[The Cardinal (film)|The Cardinal]]'', ''[[Orphans of the Storm]]''
*June 7 – [[Dan Duryea]], 61, American actor, ''[[Winchester '73]]'', ''[[Scarlet Street]]''
*June 8 - [[Patricia Jessel]], 47, British actress, ''[[The City of the Dead (film)|The City of the Dead]]'', ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film)|A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]''
*June 21 – [[Ingeborg Spangsfeldt]], 72, Danish actress
*June 24 – [[Tony Hancock]], 44, British comedian, ''[[Call Me Genius]]'', ''[[The Punch and Judy Man]]''
*June 29 – [[Hans Egede Budtz]], 78, Danish actor, ''[[Nøddebo Præstegård (1934 film)|Nøddebo Præstegård]]''
*July 1 – [[Virginia Weidler]], 41, American actress, ''[[The Philadelphia Story (film)|The Philadelphia Story]]'', ''[[The Women (1939 film)|The Women]]''
*July 12 – [[Antonio Pietrangeli]], 49, Italian director, ''[[It Happened in Rome]]'', ''[[The Magnificent Cuckold]]''
*July 27 – [[Lilian Harvey]], 62, British actress and singer, ''[[Waltz of Love]]'', ''[[Let's Live Tonight]]''
*July 30 – [[Alexander Hall]], 74, American director, ''[[Here Comes Mr. Jordan]]'', ''[[Little Miss Marker (1934 film)|Little Miss Marker]]''
*August 23 – [[Hunt Stromberg]], 74, American producer, ''[[The Thin Man (film)|The Thin Man]]'', ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]''
*August 25 – [[John George (actor)|John George]], 70, Ottoman-born American actor, ''[[Charley's Aunt (1941 film)|Charley's Aunt]]'', ''[[Don Juan (1926 film)|Don Juan]]''
*August 26 – [[Kay Francis]], 63, American actress, ''[[Black Orchids (film)|Black Orchids]]'', ''[[Little Men (1940 film)|Little Men]]''
*August 30 – [[William Talman (actor)|William Talman]], 53, American actor, ''[[The Hitch-Hiker]]'', ''[[Crashout]]''
*August 31 – [[Dennis O'Keefe]], 60, American actor, ''[[T-Men]]'', ''[[Raw Deal (1948 film)|Raw Deal]]''
*September 3 – [[Isabel Withers]], 72, American actress, ''[[Possessed (1947 film)|Possessed]]'', ''[[Lady of Burlesque]]''
*September 16 - [[Nedrick Young]], 54, American screenwriter, ''[[Inherit the Wind (1960 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'', ''[[The Defiant Ones (film)|The Defiant Ones]]''
*September 18 – [[Franchot Tone]], 63, American actor, ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)|The Mutiny on the Bounty]]'', ''[[Advise & Consent (film)|Advise & Consent]]''
*September 24 - [[Virginia Valli]], 70, American actress, ''[[The Pleasure Garden (1925 film)|The Pleasure Garden]]'', ''[[Evening Clothes]]''
*October 18 – [[Lee Tracy]], 70, American actor, ''[[Dinner at Eight (1933 film)|Dinner at Eight]]'', ''[[The Best Man (1964 film)|The Best Man]]''
*October 29 – [[Pert Kelton]], 61, American actress, ''[[The Music Man (1962 film)|The Music Man]]'', ''[[Sing and Like It]]''
*October 30 – [[Ramon Novarro]], 69, Mexican actor, ''[[Ben-Hur (1925 film)|Ben-Hur]]'', ''[[Mata Hari (1931 film)|Mata Hari]]''
*November 8 – [[Wendell Corey]], 54, American actor, ''[[Rear Window]]'', ''[[Harriet Craig]]''
*November 9 – [[Gerald Mohr]], 54, American actor, ''[[Gilda (film)|Gilda]]'', ''[[The Angry Red Planet]]''
*November 13 – [[Berthold Bartosch]], 74, Bohemian filmmaker, ''[[The Idea (1932 film)|The Idea]]''
*November 18 – [[Walter Wanger]], 74, American producer, ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]'', ''[[I Want to Live!]]''
*November 20 – [[Helen Gardner (actress)|Helen Gardner]], 84 American actress, ''[[Cleopatra (1912 film)|Cleopatra]]''
*November 25 – [[Upton Sinclair]], 90, American author and producer, ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'', ''[[The Gnome-Mobile]]''
*December 2 – [[Colin Kenny (actor)|Colin Kenny]], 79, Irish actor, ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'', ''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]''
*December 4 - [[Archie Mayo]], 77, American director, ''[[The Petrified Forest]]'', ''[[A Night in Casablanca]]''
*December 5 – [[Fred Clark]], 54, American actor, ''[[White Heat]]'', ''[[Auntie Mame (film)|Auntie Mame]]''
*December 12 – [[Tallulah Bankhead]], 66, American actress, ''[[Lifeboat (1944 film)|Lifeboat]]'', ''[[Stage Door Canteen (film)|Stage Door Canteen]]'', ''[[Fanatic (film)|Die! Die! My Darling]]''
*December 14 – [[Jack Rice]], 75, American actor, ''[[Lady, Let's Dance]]'', ''[[Beware of Blondie]]''
*December 15 – [[Dorothy Abbott]], 47, American actress, ''[[South Pacific (1958 film)|South Pacific]]'', ''[[Red, Hot and Blue (film)|Red, Hot and Blue]]''
*December 20 - [[John Steinbeck]], 66, American author and screenwriter, ''[[Viva Zapata!]]'', ''[[The Red Pony (1949 film)|The Red Pony]]''
*December 28 - [[Harry Woods (actor)|Harry Woods]], 79, American actress, ''[[Days of Jesse James]]'', ''[[The Ghost Rider (1943 film)|The Ghost Rider]]''

==Film debuts==
{{Column list|
*[[Rutanya Alda]] – ''[[Greetings (1968 film)|Greetings]]''
*[[John Aprea]] – ''[[Bullitt]]''
*[[Eileen Atkins]] – ''[[Inadmissible Evidence (film)|Inadmissible Evidence]]''
*[[Tom Atkins (actor)|Tom Atkins]] – ''[[The Detective (1968 film)|The Detective]]''
*[[Florinda Bolkan]] – ''[[Candy (1968 film)|Candy]]''
*[[Philip Bosco]] – ''[[A Lovely Way to Die]]''
*[[Sônia Braga]] – ''[[The Red Light Bandit]]''
*[[Wilford Brimley]] – ''[[Bandolero!]]''
*[[Don Calfa]] – ''No More Excuses''
*[[Joanna Cassidy]] – ''Bullitt''
*[[John Cleese]] – ''[[Interlude (1968 film)|Interlude]]''
*[[Timothy Dalton]] – ''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]''
*[[Don Fellows]] – ''The Detective''
*[[Frederic Forrest]] – ''The Filthy Five''
*[[Allen Garfield]] – ''Greetings''
*[[Marla Gibbs]] – ''[[Yours, Mine and Ours (1968 film)|Yours, Mine and Ours]]''
*[[Gerrit Graham]] – ''Greetings''
*[[Jon Gries]] – ''[[Will Penny]]''
*[[John Hallam]] – ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]''
*[[Goldie Hawn]] – ''[[The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band]]''
*[[Don Henderson]] – ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' 
*[[Barbara Hershey]] – ''[[With Six You Get Eggroll]]''
*[[Howard Hesseman]] – ''[[Petulia]]''
*[[Bo Hopkins]] – ''[[Dayton's Devils]]''
*[[Tony Jay]] – ''Majuba: Heuwel van Duiwe''
*[[Lainie Kazan]] – ''Dayton's Devils''
*[[Stacy Keach]] – ''[[The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (film)|The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter]]''
*[[Margot Kidder]] – ''[[The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar]]''
*[[Udo Kier]] – ''Shameless''
*[[Sally Kirkland]] – ''[[Blue (1968 film)|Blue]]''
*[[Terry Kiser]] – ''[[Rachel, Rachel]]''
*[[Ittoku Kishibe]] – ''Za taigâsu: Sekai wa bokura o matteiru''
*[[Peter Maloney (actor)|Peter Maloney]] – ''Greetings''
*[[Chuck McCann]] – ''The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter''
*[[Malcolm McDowell]] – ''[[If....|if...]]''
*[[Chuck Norris]] – ''[[The Wrecking Crew (1968 film)|The Wrecking Crew]]''
*[[Jennifer O'Neill]] – ''[[For Love of Ivy]]''
*[[Austin Pendleton]] – ''Petulia''
*[[Barry Primus]] – ''[[The Brotherhood (1968 film)|The Brotherhood]]''
*[[David Proval]] – ''[[The Boston Strangler (film)|The Boston Strangler]]''
*[[Paul Reubens]] – ''The Brotherhood''
*[[Joely Richardson]] – ''The Charge of the Light Brigade''
*[[Hanna Schygulla]] – ''The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp''
*[[Talia Shire]] – ''[[The Wild Racers]]''
*[[Leigh Taylor-Young]] – ''[[I Love You, Alice B. Toklas]]''
}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.goethe.de/ges/pok/dos/dos/wdp/kuk/en3010681.htm "Filmmaking in West Germany, 1968"] ([[Goethe-Institut]])
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1968-01-01,1968-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1968 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1968-01-01,1968-12-31&adult=include List of 1968 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1968-01-01,1968-12-31&adult=include List of 1968 births] at [[IMDb]]

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