Films in 1968 ranged from the ridiculous to the sublime, with some forgotten and some still excellent forty years later.
| Movie Title |
Star |
Concept |
| 2001, A Space Odessey |
Kier Dullea |
Science fiction epic |
| Anzio |
Robert Mitchum |
WWII Allied invasion of Italian beachhead |
| Barbarella |
Jane Fonda |
Science fiction spoof |
| 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia |
Dudley Moore |
Man is anxious about his 30th birthday |
| Bandolero |
James Stewart |
Two fugitaves take hostage to Mexico |
| Bedazzled |
Dudley Moore, Peter Cook |
Comedy--man bargains with devil to find love (1967) |
| Beyond the Law |
Lee van Cleef |
Outlaw goes straight to claim silver mine |
| Blackbeard's Ghost |
Dean Jones |
Comedy/adventure |
| Bonnie and Clyde |
Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty |
Crime drama (1967) |
| The Boston Strangler |
Tony Curtis |
Intense drama |
| The Bride Wore Black |
Jeanne Moreau |
Woman tracks down killer of her groom |
| The Brotherhood |
Kirk Douglas |
Clashing brothers in organized crime |
| Bullitt |
Steve McQueen |
Modern cop drama |
| Camelot |
Richard Harris |
King Arthur (1967 musical) |
| Carry on Doctor |
Frankie Howerd |
British comedy |
| Castle of Fu Manchu |
Christopher Lee |
Fu Manchu is villian |
| Chamber of Fear |
Boris Karloff |
Madman tortures visitors to castle |
| Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar |
Ron Brown |
Animal adventure/comedy (1967) |
| Charly |
Cliff Robertson |
IQ raised through medical treatement |
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
Dick van Dyke |
Family musical fun |
| Commandos |
Lee van Cleef |
WWII drama with Allies in North Africa |
| The Conqueror Worm |
Vincent Price |
Cult horror film |
| Coogan's Bluff |
Clint Eastwood |
Sheriff chases prey from west to east |
| Countdown |
Robert Duvall |
Drama about launch of manned satellite |
| A Dandy in Aspic |
Laurence Harvey |
Russian double agent wants out |
| The Detective |
Frank Sinatra |
Overzealous detective sends wrong man to electric chair |
| The Devil's Brigade |
William Holden |
Misfit soldiers in WWII |
| Django |
|
Speghetti western--Americans vs. Mexican bandits |
| Doctor Doolittle |
Rex Harrison |
Doctor talks to animals (1967) |
| Doctor Faustus |
Richard Burton |
Drama based on Marlowe's play about embittered scholar's soul-searching |
| Don't Look Back |
Bob Dylan |
Dylan's 1965 tour of England (1967) |
| Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the Water |
Jerry Lewis |
Free-spending ways in England financed by get-rich-quick schemes |
| Elvira Madigan |
Pia Degermark |
Lush, tragic romance from Sweden (1967) |
| Elvis--1968 Comeback Special |
Elvis Presley |
TV Special |
| Fade-in |
Burt Reynolds |
Love story set against filmmaking backdrop |
| Farewell, Friend |
Charles Bronson |
Action drama of French mercenaries planning theft |
| The Fastest Guitar Alive |
Roy Orbison |
Civil War western, singing |
| Finian's Rainbow |
Fred Astaire |
Musical fantasy. Irishman in American south |
| Fireman's Ball |
|
Czech comedy. Dance turns to disaster |
| Five Card Stud |
Dean Martin |
Western action: gambler and preacher |
| Flesh |
Dallesandro |
Andy Warhol-produced cult comedy about male hustler |
| For Love of Ivy |
Sidney Poitier |
Romantic comedy. Maid and trucking company owner |
| Funny Girl |
Barbra Streisand |
Oscar winner as Fanny Brice of Ziegfield Follies |
| The Graduate |
Duston Hoffman, Anne Bancroft |
Youth comedy; oscar winner (1967) |
| The Green Berets |
John Wayne |
Vietnam war drama |
| Greetings |
Jonathan Warden |
Comedy--three New Yorkers and women, draft, and the Kennedy assassination |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
Sydney Poitier, Spencer Tracy |
Daughter marrying a black doctor (1967) |
| Hang 'em High |
Clint Eastwood |
Cowboy vows revenge on men who tried to kill him |
| Head |
The Monkees |
Written by Jack Nicholson. Wild collection of skits |
| The Heart is a Lonely Hunter |
Sondra Locke |
Coming of age in small southern town (Carson McCullers) |
| Hell in the Pacific |
Lee Marvin |
US marine and Japanese officer match wits in survival drama |
| The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit |
Dean Jones |
Comedy--exec and horse-loving daughter |
| Hour of the Wolf |
Max Von Sydow |
Painter with visions on island with wife |
| How Sweet It Is! |
James Garner |
Comedy--couple on second honeymoon; lusty Frenchman after wife |
| I Love You, Alice B. Toklas |
Peter Sellers |
Comedy--lawyer and flower child |
| Ice Station Zebra |
Rock Hudson |
Cold war drama at north pole |
| The Killing of Sister George |
Beryl Reid |
Middle-aged British actress losing female lover to other woman |
| Lady in Cement |
Frank Sinatra |
Sequel to Tony Rome. Private eye. |
| Les Biches (Bad Girls) |
|
French romantic triangle |
| The Lion in Winter |
Katherine Hepburn |
Hepburn oscar |
| Live a Little, Love a Little |
Elvis Presley |
Moonlighting photographer |
| The Love Bug |
Dean Jones |
Herbie the car |
| Macabre Serenade |
Boris Karloff |
Wicked toymaker horror film |
| Madigan |
Richard Widmark |
Police dep't politics in NY |
| Memories of Underdevelopment |
|
Cuban drama of alienated intellectual |
| Negatives |
Peter McEnery |
Odd British drama about couple who masquerade as historical figures |
| Never a Dull Moment |
Dick Van Dyke |
TV star accidentally becomes involved with gangsters |
| Night of the Bloody Apes |
|
Mexican mishmash of horror and wrestling. Cult favorite of bad movies |
| Night of the Living Dead |
|
Low-budget horror classic--ghouls feed on the living |
| The Night They Raided Minsky's |
Britt Ekland |
Comedy in burlesque era in NY. Quaker girl meets baggy-pants comic |
| No Way to Treat a Lady |
Rod Steiger |
Actor uses disguises to commit crimes against women |
| The Odd Couple |
Walter Matthau |
Mis-matched roommates |
| Oliver! |
Ron Moody |
Won 6 Oscars including picture and director |
| The One and Only Family Band |
Walter Brennan |
Dakota family in 1888 presidential campaign |
| Paper Lion |
Alan Alda |
Writer George Plimpton goes on assignment with Detroit Lions |
| The Party |
Peter Sellers |
Slapstick comedy in Hollywood |
| Petulia |
George C. Scott |
Drama set in late '67--divorced surgeon, affair with newlywed |
| Planet of the Apes |
Charlton Heston |
SF about astronauts landing on planet |
| Poor Cow |
Carol White |
Young woman makes poor choices |
| The Producers |
Zero Mostel |
Unscrupulous Broadway producer. Comedy--rowdy, rude, and funny |
| Psych-Out |
Susan Strasberg |
Deaf runaway tries to find brother in SF, falls in with local band |
| Rachel, Rachel |
Joanne Woodward |
Lonely schoolteacher |
| Romeo and Juliet |
Olivia Hussey |
Shakespearean tragedy |
| Rosemary's Baby |
Mia Farrow |
Young pregnant wife and creepy neighbors |
| Ruthless Four |
Van Heflin |
Western drama--four partnes in gold mine |
| The Scalphunters |
Telly Savalas |
Comic western about rascal and educated slave |
| Sebastian |
Dirk Bogarde |
Spy drama--expert code cracker |
| Secret Ceremony |
Mia Farrow |
Woman with dead daughter; girl with dead mother |
| The Secret Life of an American Wife |
Anne Jackson |
Comedy about neglected wife who poses as prostitute |
| The Secret War of Harry Frigg |
Paul Newman |
WWII comedy--army hustler plots to free five kidnapped generals |
| Sergeant Ryker |
Lee Marvin |
Soldier tried for treason in Korean War |
| Shalako |
Sean Connery |
Western drama--hunting party of Europeans in New Mexico attacked by Apaches |
| The Shoes of the Fisherman |
Anthony Quinn |
First Russian pope and effect on world peace |
| Snake People |
Boris Karloff |
Murders on island with voodoo snake worshippers |
| Speedway |
Elvis Presley |
Singing race car driver romances his tax auditor |
| Stay Away, Joe |
Elvis Presley |
Elvis plays native American in musical drama |
| Stolen Kisses |
Jean-Pierre Leaud |
Third in Antoine Doinel series of films--first taste of real romance |
| The Swimmer |
Burt Lancaster |
Drama--man swims through neighbor's pools, recalls past |
| Targets |
Boris Karloff |
Twin stories--aging horror film star and sniper |
| The Thomas Crown Affair |
Steve McQueen |
Bored millionaire playboy robs bank |
| To Sir, With Love |
Sidney Poitier |
East end London teacher (1967) |
| Torture Garden |
Jack Palance |
Carnival sideshow mystic offers customers a look into their futures |
| Two for the Road |
Audrey Hepburn |
Literate comedy/drama (1967) |
| Vietnam: In the Year of the Pig |
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Bleak picture of war |
| Villa Rides |
Yul Brynner |
Mexican bandit and revolutionary Pancho Villa |
| War and Peace |
Lyudmila Savelyeva |
Oscar for best foreign film |
| Where Eagles Dare |
Richard Burton |
Rescue general from Nazi stronghold |
| Who's That Knocking on My Door? |
Harvey Keitel |
Young NY Italian and his romance with "nice" girl |
| Wild in the Streets |
Christopher Jones |
Sataric look at youth culture with rock star elected president by votors as young as 14 |
| Will Penny |
Charlton Heston |
Western--aging saddlehand befriends settler and her young son |
| Yellow Submarine |
The Beatles, animated |
Surreal animated movie with Beatles songs |
| Yours, Mine, and Ours |
Lucille Ball |
Blended family with 18 kids |
