1968 in film

See also: 1967 in film, other events of 1968, 1969 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Academy Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Other Movies Released

Events

• October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts.

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. , directed by Stanley Kubrick
2. Planet of the Apes
3. Oliver, starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, and Harry Secombe
4. Star
5. Speedway
6. Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand, and Omar Sharif
7. The Producers, written and directed by Mel Brooks, starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder and Kenneth Mars
8. Monterey Pop

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Oliver - Romulus, Columbia
• Best Actor: Cliff Robertson - Charly
• Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn - The Lion in Winter and Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl

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
• April 14 - Anthony Michael Hall, actor
• April 19 - Ashley Judd, actress
• September 10 - Guy Ritchie, director, writer, married to Madonna
• September 30 - Monica Bellucci, actress
• December 2 - Lucy Liu, actress
• December 3 - Brendan Fraser, actor

Deaths

• August 26 - Kay Francis, actress
• October 30 - Ramon Novarro, actor
• November 25 - Upton Sinclair, writer and producer
• December 12 - Tallulah Bankhead, actress
• December 20 - John Steinbeck, writer

Other Movies Released

• The Fastest Guitar Alive - starring Roy Orbison, Maggie Pierce, Sammy Jackson
• The Devil's Brigade - starring William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards