1968 in film

• June 12 – Roman Polanski's controversial horror film ''Rosemary's Baby'' is released in the United States. • October – Popular manga series Golgo 13 is launched in Japan, eventually resulting in two live-action feature films, an anime film, an original video animation, an anime television series and six video games. • November 1 – The MPAA's film rating system is introduced. == Awards ==

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): canceled due to events of 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 Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): :Ole dole doff (Who Saw Him Die?), directed by Jan Troell, Sweden ==Top-grossing films (U.S.)==

The top ten 1968 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: ==1968 films==

By country/region • List of American films of 1968 • List of Argentine films of 1968 • List of Australian films of 1968 • List of Bangladeshi films of 1968 • List of British films of 1968 • 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 1968 • List of animated feature films of 1968 • List of avant-garde films of 1968 • List of comedy films of 1968 • List of drama films of 1968 • List of horror films of 1968 • List of science fiction films of 1968 • List of thriller films of 1968 • List of western films of 1968 ==Short film series==

• Looney Tunes (1930–1969) • Merrie Melodies (1931–1969) • Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968) • Daffy Duck (1937–1968) • Cool Cat (1967–1969) • Merlin the Magic Mouse (1967–1969) ==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, American voice actor, animator, director, screenwriter and storyboard artist • January 29 – Edward Burns, American actor and producer • January 31 - Matt King, English actor, DJ and comedian • February 1 – Pauly Shore, American actor • 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 • Phil Lewis, American actor, comedian and director • February 15 - Robert Schwentke, German director and screenwriter • February 18 – Molly Ringwald, American actress • February 21 - 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 14 - James Frain, English 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, 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 9 - Jay Chandrasekhar, American comedian, director, screenwriter, actor and editor • 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 23 – Chris Williams, Canadian-American animator, director, screenwriter and voice actor • April 24 • Aidan Gillen, Irish actor • Stacy Haiduk, American actress • 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 19 - Kyle Eastwood, American film composer • May 20 – Timothy Olyphant, American actor • May 21 - Tom Goodman-Hill, English actor • May 25 • Kevin Heffernan, American actor, writer, producer and director • Joseph D. Reitman, American actor, producer, director and writer • 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, American actress (d. 2001) • June 20 • Robert Rodriguez, American filmmaker and visual effects supervisor • Samantha Spiro, English actress and singer • 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, 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, 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 (d. 2025) • 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, 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 22 - Casper Christensen, Danish comedian and actor • August 25 • David Alan Basche, American actor • Raz Degan, Israeli actor, director and cinematographer • August 27 - Lisa Marie Newmyer, American actress • August 28 – Billy Boyd, Scottish actor • September 2 • Kristen Cloke, American actress • 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 • Eddie Baroo, Australian actor, screenwriter and singer • Will Smith, American actor • September 26 • Jim Caviezel, American actor • Ben Shenkman, American actor • September 27 • Patrick Muldoon, American actor, film producer, and musician (d. 2026) • Charlie Spradling, retired American actress • 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 1 - Jay Underwood, American actor • October 2 • Lucy Cohu, English actress • Joey Slotnick, American actor • Curtiss Cook, American character 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 16 • Randall Batinkoff, American actor • Todd Stashwick, American actor • 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, American story artist and voice actor • October 25 • Melinda McGraw, American actress • Christopher McQuarrie, American screenwriter, director and producer • October 27 – Dileep, Indian actor • October 28 - Stephen Hunter, New Zealand actor • October 29 • John Farley, American actor and comedian • Grayson McCouch, American actor • November 4 - Gary Stretch, British boxer, actor, producer and screenwriter • 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 9 - Erol Sander, Turkish-German actor • November 10 • Tracy Morgan, American actor, voice actor and comedian • Tom Papa, American actor and comedian • November 16 - 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 • Jake La Botz, American singer-songwriter and 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) • Casper Van Dien, American actor • Daniel Oreskes, American actor • Nina Wadia, British actress and comedian • December 19 • Marcial Di Fonzo Bo, Argentine actor • Ken Marino, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter • 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, God Is My Co-Pilot • January 25 - Virginia Maskell, 31, British actress, Only Two Can Play, Virgin Island • February 4 – Eddie Baker, 70, American actor, Oranges and Lemons, Giant • February 7 – Nick Adams, 36, American actor, 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, The Winslow Boy • March 10 – Helen Walker, 47, American actress, 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, How to Steal a Million • March 20 – Carl Theodor Dreyer, 79, Danish director, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Gertrud • March 24 – Alice Guy-Blaché, 94, pioneer French/American filmmaker, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Great Adventure • March 30 – Bobby Driscoll, 31, American actor, Peter Pan, Treasure Island • April 5 – Lois Andrews, 44, American actress, Dixie Dugan, The Desert Hawk • April 6 – Keith Pyott, 66, English actor, Village of the Damned • April 16 – Fay Bainter, 74, American actress, Woman of the Year, ''The Children's Hour'' • April 24 – Tommy Noonan, 46, American actor, A Star is Born, 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 • Marion Lorne, 84, American actress, The Graduate, 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, Kind Lady • May 23 – James Burke, 81, American actor, Little Orphan Annie, The Timber Trail • May 25 – Charles K. Feldman, 64, American producer, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Seven Year Itch • May 26 - Joseph MacDonald, 62, Mexico-born American cinematographer, My Darling Clementine, 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, 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, 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 • July 1 – Virginia Weidler, 41, American actress, The Philadelphia Story, 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 • August 23 – Hunt Stromberg, 74, American producer, The Thin Man, The Great Ziegfeld • August 25 – John George, 70, Ottoman-born American actor, ''Charley's Aunt, Don Juan'' • August 26 – Kay Francis, 63, American actress, Black Orchids, Little Men • August 30 – William Talman, 53, American actor, The Hitch-Hiker, Crashout • August 31 – Dennis O'Keefe, 60, American actor, T-Men, Raw Deal • September 3 – Isabel Withers, 72, American actress, Possessed, Lady of Burlesque • September 16 - Nedrick Young, 54, American screenwriter, Inherit the Wind, The Defiant Ones • September 18 – Franchot Tone, 63, American actor, The Mutiny on the Bounty, Advise & Consent • September 24 - Virginia Valli, 70, American actress, The Pleasure Garden, Evening Clothes • October 18 – Lee Tracy, 70, American actor, Dinner at Eight, The Best Man • October 29 – Pert Kelton, 61, American actress, The Music Man, Sing and Like It • October 30 – Ramon Novarro, 69, Mexican actor, Ben-Hur, Mata Hari • November 8 – Wendell Corey, 54, American actor, Rear Window, Harriet Craig • November 9 – Gerald Mohr, 54, American actor, Gilda, The Angry Red Planet • November 13 – Berthold Bartosch, 74, Bohemian filmmaker, The Idea • November 18 – Walter Wanger, 74, American producer, Cleopatra, I Want to Live! • November 20 – Helen Gardner, 84 American actress, Cleopatra • November 25 – Upton Sinclair, 90, American author and producer, There Will Be Blood, The Gnome-Mobile • December 2 – Colin Kenny, 79, Irish actor, The Adventures of Robin Hood, 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 • December 12 – Tallulah Bankhead, 66, American actress, Lifeboat, Stage Door Canteen, 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, Red, Hot and Blue • December 20 - John Steinbeck, 66, American author and screenwriter, Viva Zapata!, The Red Pony • December 28 - Harry Woods, 79, American actress, Days of Jesse James, The Ghost Rider ==Film debuts==