1968 in film
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Events
- November 1 - The MPAA's film rating system is introduced.
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Canonical
- The Party by Blake Edwards
- Secret Cinema by Paul Bartel
- La Prisonnière by Henri-Georges Clouzot
- If... by Lindsay Anderson
- Candy by Christian Marquand
- Performance by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg
- Death Laid an Egg by Giulio Questi
- I Am Curious (Blue) by Vilgot Sjöman
- They Call Us Misfits - Swedish documentary
- Night of the Living Dead by Romero
- The Producers by Mel Brooks
- Rosemary's Baby by Polanski
- Teorema by Pasolini
- Psych-Out by Richard Rush
- Petulia by Richard Lester
- The Color Of Pomegranates by Sergei Paradjanov
- Conqueror Worm by Michael Reeves
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (film) by Stanley Kubrick
- Targets (1968) by Peter Bogdanovich
- Yellow Submarine by George Dunning
- Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden (1968) - Jesus Franco
- Barbarella by Vadim
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Top grossing films
- North America
- The Graduate
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- Gone with the Wind re-release
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Valley of the Dolls
- The Odd Couple
- Planet of the Apes
- Rosemary's Baby
- The Jungle Book
- Yours, Mine and Ours
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Films released in 1968
- 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick
- Artists Under the Big Top (Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos), Golden Lion winner
- The Astro-Zombies
- Bandolero!
- Barbarella
- Brilliantovaya ruka (Diamond Arm) - a hugely popular Russian comedy
- Bullitt
- Candy
- Charly
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - starring Dick Van Dyke
- Coogan's Bluff
- Danger: Diabolik
- Destroy All Monsters
- The Detective - starring Frank Sinatra
- The Devil's Brigade - starring William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards
- Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River, starring Jerry Lewis
- Faces
- Finian's Rainbow
- Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif
- Gamera and Mothra: Earth Defense War ?? (17e Parallele Le Vietnam En Guerre)
- Head
- The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
- Ice Station Zebra
- If... Palme d'Or winner
- Isadora
- The Lion in Winter
- Live a Little, Love a Little
- La Marca del Hombre Lobo
- Il marchio di Kriminal
- Mayerling
- Monterey Pop
- Night of the Living Dead
- Las Noches del Hombre Lobo
- The Odd Couple
- Ole Dole Doff Golden Bear winner
- Oliver!, starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, and Harry Secombe
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- Performance, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Donald Cammell and Mick Jagger
- Petulia
- The One and Only, Genuine, Original, Family Band
- Planet of the Apes
- The Producers, written and directed by Mel Brooks, starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder and Kenneth Mars
- Rachel, Rachel
- Romeo and Juliet
- Rosemary's Baby
- Satanik
- The Secret Life of an American Wife
- The Shoes of the Fisherman, Anthony Quinn
- Shame (Skammen)
- Speedway
- Star!
- Stay Away, Joe
- The Subject Was Roses
- Twisted Nerve
- War and Peace
- Where Eagles Dare
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (short subject)
- Witchfinder General, directed by Michael Reeves, starring Vincent Price
- Yellow Submarine
- Yours, Mine and Ours
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Short Film Series
- Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
- Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
- Speedy Gonzales (1953-1968)
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Births
- January 2 - Cuba Gooding Jr., actor
- January 6 - John Singleton, director and writer
- January 14 - LL Cool J, rapper, actor
- February 1 - Pauly Shore, actor
- February 18 - Molly Ringwald, actress
- March 2 - Daniel Craig, actor
- March 30- Celine Dion, singer
- April 14 - Anthony Michael Hall, actor
- April 24 - Stacy Haiduk, actress
- April 19 - Ashley Judd, actress
- September 10 - Guy Ritchie, director, writer, married to Madonna
- September 28 - Naomi Watts, actress
- September 30 - Monica Bellucci, actress
- December 2 - Lucy Liu, actress
- December 3 - Brendan Fraser, actor
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Deaths
- July 1 - Alice Guy-Blaché, pioneer French/American filmmaker
- August 26 - Kay Francis, actress
- September 3 - Isabel Withers, actress
- October 30 - Ramon Novarro, actor
- November 25 - Upton Sinclair, writer and producer
- December 12 - Tallulah Bankhead, actress
- December 20 - John Steinbeck, writer
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