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This article is about the films released in 1965. For the 2015 Singaporean film, see
1965 (film).
Overview of the events of 1965 in film
The year 1965 in film involved several significant events, with
The Sound of Music topping the U.S. box office and winning five
Academy Awards .
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1965 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1965
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
The Sound of Music
20th Century Fox
$72,000,000
[1]
2
Doctor Zhivago
MGM
$43,000,000
[1]
3
Thunderball
United Artists /
Eon
$27,000,000
[1]
4
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
20th Century Fox
$14,000,000
[2]
5
The Great Race
Warner Bros.
$11,400,000
[3]
6
That Darn Cat!
Buena Vista
$9,500,000
[1]
7
Cat Ballou
Columbia
$9,300,000
[1]
8
What's New Pussycat?
United Artists
$8,469,000
[3]
9
Shenandoah
Universal
$7,771,000
[3]
10
Von Ryan's Express
20th Century Fox
$7,700,000
[3]
February 15 –
George Stevens ' production of
The Greatest Story Ever Told , a retelling of the account of
Jesus Christ , premieres in
New York City, New York . It was such a flop with critics and audiences that its failure discouraged production of religious epics for many years. It is considered notable in the 21st century for its astonishing landscapes, powerful and provocative cinematography,
Max von Sydow 's debut acting performance in an American film, and the final film performance of
Claude Rains .
March 2 – The
Rodgers and Hammerstein film adaptation of
The Sound of Music , directed by
Robert Wise and starring
Julie Andrews and
Christopher Plummer , premieres. It quickly became a worldwide phenomenon and an instant classic. It successfully displaced
Gone with the Wind to become, at the time,
the highest-grossing film of all-time . The Sound of Music is credited as the film that saved and restored
Twentieth Century-Fox from bankruptcy after it suffered from extremely high production costs of
Cleopatra two years prior.
July 1 –
Blake Edwards 's epic comedy
The Great Race , starring
Tony Curtis ,
Jack Lemmon ,
Natalie Wood ,
Peter Falk , and
Keenan Wynn , premieres. Initially a flop with critics and audiences, some do admire Edwards' direction, the acting by its ensemble cast,
Henry Mancini 's music and its climactic pie fight.
August 10 - A
massive vault fire at MGM studios in
Culver City , California, destroys the only known copies of hundreds of archived silent films, including
Lon Chaney 's
London After Midnight and Greta Garbo's
The Divine Woman .
December 22 –
David Lean 's film adaptation of
Boris Pasternak 's
Doctor Zhivago , starring
Omar Sharif ,
Julie Christie ,
Rod Steiger , and
Alec Guinness , premieres and, like The Sound of Music , quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. Its moral story and message of a love and human spirit that defied the communist Soviet Union have made the film a true classic with critics and audiences. It was included among top films by the
American Film Institute . In a decade of very difficult times for its studio, Zhivago became the most successful and acclaimed
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film since
How the West Was Won ; it was the greatest MGM film since
Ben-Hur .
Academy Awards :
Best Picture :
The Sound of Music – Argyle Enterprises,
20th Century Fox
Best Director :
Robert Wise –
The Sound of Music
Best Actor :
Lee Marvin –
Cat Ballou
Best Actress :
Julie Christie –
Darling
Best Supporting Actor :
Martin Balsam –
A Thousand Clowns
Best Supporting Actress :
Shelley Winters –
A Patch of Blue
Best Foreign Language Film :
The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze ), directed by
Ján Kadár and
Elmar Klos , Czechoslovakia
BAFTA Film Awards :
Best Film from Any Source :
My Fair Lady
Best British Film :
The Ipcress File
Golden Globe Awards :
Drama:
Best Picture :
Doctor Zhivago
Best Actor :
Omar Sharif –
Doctor Zhivago
Best Actress :
Samantha Eggar –
The Collector
Comedy or Musical:
Best Picture :
The Sound of Music
Best Actor :
Lee Marvin –
Cat Ballou
Best Actress :
Julie Andrews –
The Sound of Music
Other
Best Supporting Actor :
Oskar Werner –
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Best Supporting Actress :
Ruth Gordon –
Inside Daisy Clover
Best Director :
David Lean –
Doctor Zhivago
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
The Knack ...and How to Get It , directed by
Richard Lester , United Kingdom
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa (Sandra of a Thousand Delights ), directed by
Luchino Visconti , Italy
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Alphaville , directed by
Jean-Luc Godard , France / Italy
United States unless stated
January 1965
January 8
January 15
January 28
February 1965
February 10
February 15
February 23
February 24
March 1965
March 2
March 5
March 6
March 15
March 21
March 24
March 31
April 1965
April 3
April 6
April 7
April 8
April 9
April 14
May 1965
5 May
7 May
13 May
14 May
26 May
June 1965
June 2
June 3
June 9
June 16
June 18
June 23
June 24
June 30
July 1965
July 1
July 3
July 12
July 14
July 21
July 22
July 29
August 1965
August 1
August 3
August 8
August 9
August 14
August 18
August 23
August 25
September 1965
September 1
September 3
September 8
September 15
September 20
September 24
September 27
October 1965
October 6
October 7
October 11
October 13
October 15
October 17
October 27
November 1965
November 4
November 6
November 10
November 15
November 18
November 19
November 24
November 25
November 26
November 27
December 1965
December 2
December 8
December 10
December 13
December 15
December 16
December 19
December 22
December 23
December 24
December 29
Notable films released in 1965
United States unless stated
Abashiri Prison (Abashiri Bangaichi), starring
Ken Takakura – (
Japan )
Adventures of a Dentist (Pokhozhdyeniya zubnovo vracha), directed by
Elem Klimov – (
U.S.S.R. )
The Adventures of the Smurfs (Les aventures des Schtroumpfs) – (
Belgium )
The Agony and the Ecstasy , directed by
Carol Reed , starring
Charlton Heston and
Rex Harrison
The Alphabet Murders , directed by
Frank Tashlin , starring
Tony Randall and
Anita Ekberg
Alphaville (Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution), directed by
Jean-Luc Godard – (
France )
Always Further On (Tarahumara (Cada vez más lejos)), directed by
Luis Alcoriza – (
Mexico )
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders , starring
Kim Novak ,
Richard Johnson and
Angela Lansbury
The Art of Love , directed by
Norman Jewison , starring
James Garner ,
Angie Dickinson ,
Elke Sommer and
Dick Van Dyke
Arzoo (Wish), starring
Sadhana – (
India )
The Ashes (Popioły), directed by
Andrzej Wajda – (
Poland )
Baby the Rain Must Fall , starring
Steve McQueen and
Lee Remick
Bad Girls Go to Hell , directed by
Doris Wishman
Battle of the Bulge , starring
Henry Fonda ,
Robert Shaw and
Robert Ryan
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita , directed by
Delmer Daves , starring
Maureen O'Hara ,
Rossano Brazzi ,
Olivia Hussey
Beach Blanket Bingo , directed by
William Asher , starring
Annette Funicello ,
Frankie Avalon ,
Deborah Walley ,
Don Rickles
The Bedford Incident , starring
Richard Widmark and
Sidney Poitier – (
US /
UK )
Behind the Mask of Zorro , directed by Ricardo Blasco and starring
Tony Russel – (
Italy /
Spain )
Billie , directed by
Don Weis and starring
Patty Duke
Black Humor , anthology film directed by
Claude Autant-Lara ,
Giancarlo Zagni and
José María Forqué – (
France /
Italy /
Spain )
Black Wind (Viento negro), directed by
Servando González – (
Mexico )
Boeing Boeing , starring
Jerry Lewis and
Tony Curtis
La Bohème , directed by
Franco Zeffirelli – (
West Germany )
Le Bonheur , directed by
Agnès Varda – (
France )
Brainstorm , directed by
William Conrad , starring
Anne Francis and
Jeffrey Hunter
The Brigand of Kandahar , starring
Oliver Reed and
Yvonne Romain
Bunny Lake Is Missing , directed by
Otto Preminger , starring
Laurence Olivier and
Carol Lynley – (
U.K. )
Bus Riley's Back in Town , starring
Ann-Margret and
Michael Parks
The Camp Followers (Le soldatesse), starring
Anna Karina – (
Italy )
Carry On Cowboy , starring
Sid James ,
Kenneth Williams ,
Jim Dale – (
U.K. )
Casanova 70 , starring
Marcello Mastroianni and
Virna Lisi – (
Italy )
Cat Ballou , starring
Jane Fonda and
Lee Marvin
Catch Us If You Can (a.k.a. Having a Wild Weekend ), starring
the Dave Clark Five – (
U.K. )
China! , a documentary written by
Felix Greene
Chronicle of a Boy Alone (Crónica de un niño solo) – (
Argentina )
The Cincinnati Kid , directed by
Norman Jewison , starring
Steve McQueen ,
Edward G. Robinson ,
Ann-Margret ,
Karl Malden ,
Tuesday Weld ,
Joan Blondell
City Under the Sea (a.k.a. War-Gods of the Deep), starring
Vincent Price and
Tab Hunter
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion , starring
Marshall Thompson and
Betsy Drake
Cloportes (La aétamorphose des cloportes), directed by
Pierre Granier-Deferre – (
France /
Italy )
Coast of Skeletons , directed by
Robert Lynn and starring
Richard Todd and
Dale Robertson – (
U.K. /
South Africa )
The Collector , directed by
William Wyler , starring
Terence Stamp and
Samantha Eggar – (
U.K. /U.S.)
Crack in the World , starring
Dana Andrews ,
Kieron Moore ,
Janette Scott
Cup Fever , starring
Bernard Cribbins – (U.K.)
Curse of the Fly , starring
Brian Donlevy ,
George Baker ,
Carole Gray
Curse of the Voodoo (a.k.a. Curse of Simba / Voodoo Blood Death), directed by
Lindsay Shonteff – (
U.K. )
Darling , directed by
John Schlesinger , starring
Laurence Harvey ,
Dirk Bogarde ,
Julie Christie – (
U.K. )
Dear Brigitte , starring
James Stewart ,
Bill Mumy ,
Glynis Johns ,
Ed Wynn ,
Brigitte Bardot
The Decadent Influence (Une fille et des fusils, a.k.a. To Be a Crook), directed by
Claude Lelouch – (
France )
A Devilish Homicide (Salinma) – (
South Korea )
Die! Die! My Darling! (a.k.a.
Fanatic ), starring
Tallulah Bankhead and
Stefanie Powers
Dingaka , starring
Stanley Baker – (
South Africa )
Do Not Disturb , starring
Doris Day and
Rod Taylor
Doctor Zhivago , directed by
David Lean , starring
Omar Sharif ,
Julie Christie ,
Geraldine Chaplin ,
Rod Steiger ,
Alec Guinness —winner of 5
Academy Awards – (
U.K. )
The Dolls (Le bambole), starring
Nino Manfredi ,
Monica Vitti ,
Elke Sommer and
Gina Lollobrigida – (
Italy )
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine , starring
Vincent Price and
Frankie Avalon
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors , starring
Peter Cushing and
Christopher Lee – (U.K.)
Dr. Who and the Daleks , starring
Peter Cushing – (
U.K. )
The Face of Fu Manchu , directed by
Don Sharp and starring
Christopher Lee – (
U.K. /
West Germany )
The Family Jewels , starring
Jerry Lewis
Fantômas se déchaîne (Fantômas Unleashed), starring
Jean Marais – (
France )
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! , directed by
Russ Meyer
Ferry Cross the Mersey , starring
Gerry and the Pacemakers – (
U.K. )
Film , written by
Samuel Beckett and directed by
Alan Schneider
Fists in the Pocket (I pugni in tasca) – (
Italy )
The Flight of the Phoenix , directed by
Robert Aldrich , starring
James Stewart ,
Richard Attenborough ,
Hardy Krüger ,
Ernest Borgnine ,
Peter Finch
For a Few Dollars More , directed by
Sergio Leone , starring
Clint Eastwood – (
Italy )
Frankenstein Conquers the World (Furankenshutain tai Baragon), directed by
Ishirō Honda – (
Japan )
Funny Things Happen Down Under , starring
Olivia Newton-John – (
Australia )
Il Gaucho , starring
Vittorio Gassman and
Nino Manfredi – (
Italy /
Argentina )
Gendarme in New York (Le gendarme à New York), starring
Louis de Funès – (
France /
Italy /U.S.)
Genghis Khan , starring
Omar Sharif ,
Stephen Boyd and
James Mason
Girl Happy , starring
Elvis Presley
The Girls on the Beach , directed by
William N. Witney , starring
Noreen Corcoran and
Martin West
The Glory Guys , directed by
Arnold Laven , starring
Tom Tryon and
Harve Presnell
Goldstein , comedy ensemble film, with actors from
The Second City , including
Severn Darden
The Great Race , directed by
Blake Edwards , starring
Tony Curtis ,
Jack Lemmon ,
Natalie Wood ,
Peter Falk ,
Ross Martin
The Great Sioux Massacre , directed by
Sidney Salkow and starring
Joseph Cotten ,
Darren McGavin and
Philip Carey
The Greatest Story Ever Told , directed by
George Stevens , starring
Max von Sydow ,
Charlton Heston ,
Dorothy McGuire ,
David McCallum ,
Martin Landau ,
Telly Savalas
Guide , directed by
Vijay Anand , starring
Dev Anand – (
India )
Gumnaam (Unknown), starring
Manoj Kumar – (India)
The Hallelujah Trail , directed by
John Sturges , starring
Burt Lancaster ,
Lee Remick ,
Jim Hutton ,
Pamela Tiffin
Hands of a Gunfighter (Ocaso de un pistolero / Il destino di un pistolero), directed by
Rafael Romero Marchent – (
Italy /
Spain )
Happiness (Le bonheur), directed by
Agnès Varda – (
France )
Harlow , starring
Carroll Baker ,
Peter Lawford ,
Red Buttons ,
Mike Connors ,
Leslie Nielsen ,
Angela Lansbury
Harlow , starring
Carol Lynley ,
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. ,
Barry Sullivan ,
Hurd Hatfield ,
Ginger Rogers
Harum Scarum , aka Harem Holiday , starring
Elvis Presley ,
Mary Ann Mobley ,
Fran Jeffries
Harvey Middleman, Fireman , written and directed by Ernest Pintoff
Help! , directed by
Richard Lester , starring
the Beatles – (U.K.)
The Heroes of Telemark , starring
Kirk Douglas and
Richard Harris
A High Wind in Jamaica , starring
Anthony Quinn and
James Coburn – (
U.K. )
The Hill , directed by
Sidney Lumet , starring
Sean Connery ,
Ian Bannen ,
Ossie Davis – (U.K.)
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga) – (
Brazil )
How to Murder Your Wife , starring
Jack Lemmon and
Virna Lisi
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini , starring
Annette Funicello ,
Dwayne Hickman ,
Buster Keaton ,
Beverly Adams ,
Mickey Rooney
I, a Woman (Jeg - en kvinde), directed by
Mac Ahlberg – (
Denmark /
Sweden )
I Knew Her Well (Io la conoscevo bene), starring
Stefania Sandrelli ,
Nino Manfredi ,
Franco Nero – (
Italy )
I'll Take Sweden , starring
Bob Hope ,
Dina Merrill ,
Frankie Avalon ,
Tuesday Weld
Impossible on Saturday (Pas question le samedi) – (
Italy /
France /
Israel )
In Harm's Way , directed by
Otto Preminger , starring
John Wayne ,
Kirk Douglas ,
Patricia Neal ,
Brandon deWilde ,
Paula Prentiss ,
Henry Fonda
Inside Daisy Clover , starring
Natalie Wood ,
Robert Redford ,
Christopher Plummer
Inside the Forbidden City (Song gong mi shi) – (
Hong Kong )
Intimate Lighting (Intimní osvětlení), directed by
Ivan Passer – (
Czechoslovakia )
Invasion of Astro-Monster (Kaijû daisensô), directed by
Ishirō Honda – (
Japan )
The Ipcress File , directed by
Sidney J. Furie , starring
Michael Caine –
BAFTA Award for Best British Film – (
U.K. )
I Saw What You Did , starring
Joan Crawford
The Lace Wars (Les fêtes galantes), directed by
René Clair – (
France /
Romania )
Lady L , directed by
Peter Ustinov , starring
Sophia Loren ,
Paul Newman and
David Niven
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's , a retrospective film directed by
Robert Youngson
Licensed to Kill , starring
Tom Adams – (
U.K. )
Life at the Top , starring
Laurence Harvey and
Jean Simmons – (
U.K. )
The Liquidator , directed by
Jack Cardiff , starring
Rod Taylor and
Trevor Howard (U.K.)
La Loba (The She-Wolf) – (
Mexico )
Lord Jim , starring
Peter O'Toole – (
UK /
US )
Love and Kisses , starring
Rick Nelson
The Love Goddesses , a documentary directed by
Saul J. Turell
Love Has Many Faces , starring
Lana Turner ,
Hugh O'Brian and
Cliff Robertson
Love Meetings , a documentary by
Pier Paolo Pasolini – (
Italy )
The Loved One , directed by
Tony Richardson , starring
Robert Morse and
Jonathan Winters
Loves of a Blonde (Lásky jedné plavovlásky), directed by
Miloš Forman – (
Czechoslovakia )
A Maiden for a Prince (Una vergine per il principe), starring
Virna Lisi and
Vittorio Gassman – (
Italy )
Major Dundee , directed by
Sam Peckinpah , starring
Charlton Heston ,
Richard Harris ,
James Coburn ,
Jim Hutton
The Man from Button Willow
Man Is Not a Bird (Čovek nije tica) – (
Yugoslavia )
Marco the Magnificent (La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo), directed by
Denys de La Patellière and Noël Howard – (Multiple countries)
Marriage on the Rocks , starring
Frank Sinatra ,
Dean Martin and
Deborah Kerr
Marvelous Angelique (Merveilleuse Angélique), directed by
Bernard Borderie – (
France /
Italy /
West Germany )
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force
Mickey One , directed by
Arthur Penn , starring
Warren Beatty
Mirage , directed by
Edward Dmytryk , starring
Gregory Peck ,
Diane Baker and
Walter Matthau
Mister Moses , directed by
Ronald Neame and starring
Robert Mitchum and
Carroll Baker
The Moment of Truth (Il momento della verità), directed by
Francesco Rosi – (
Italy )
The Money Trap , starring
Glenn Ford ,
Rita Hayworth ,
Ricardo Montalbán ,
Joseph Cotten ,
Elke Sommer
The Monkey's Uncle , starring
Annette Funicello and
Tommy Kirk
Morituri , starring
Marlon Brando and
Yul Brynner
Mozambique , directed by
Robert Lynn – (
U.K. /
West Germany )
My Baby Is Black! (Les lâches vivent d'espoir), 1961 French film released in the U.S. in 1965 – (
France )
The Nanny , starring
Bette Davis – (
U.K. )
The Naked Prey , directed by and starring
Cornel Wilde – (
U.S. /
South Africa )
Never Too Late , starring
Paul Ford ,
Maureen O'Sullivan ,
Connie Stevens ,
Jim Hutton
Nightmare Castle , starring
Barbara Steele – (
Italy )
Nightmare in the Sun , starring
Ursula Andress ,
John Derek ,
Aldo Ray and
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Ninety Degrees in the Shade (Třicet jedna ve stínu ), directed by
Jiří Weiss – (
U.K. /
Czechoslovakia )
None but the Brave , directed by and starring
Frank Sinatra , with
Clint Walker and
Tommy Sands
Once a Thief , starring
Alain Delon and
Ann-Margret – (
United States /
France )
One Way Pendulum , directed by
Peter Yates – (
U.K. )
Operation C.I.A. , starring
Burt Reynolds and Danielle Aubry
Operation Crossbow , starring
Sophia Loren – (
U.K. )
Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (Operatsiya „Y“ i drugie priklyucheniya Shurika), starring
Aleksandr Demyanenko – (
U.S.S.R. )
OSS 117– Mission for a Killer (Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117), directed by
André Hunebelle and starring
Frederick Stafford – (
France )
Othello , directed by
Stuart Burge , starring
Laurence Olivier ,
Maggie Smith ,
Frank Finlay – (
U.K. )
Pandora and the Magic Box , directed by
Joseph W. Sarno
Paris Secret , a documentary directed by Edouard Logereau
A Patch of Blue , starring
Sidney Poitier ,
Elizabeth Hartman ,
Shelley Winters
Pierrot le Fou , directed by
Jean-Luc Godard , starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo and
Anna Karina – (
France )
Pinocchio in Outer Space , produced and directed by
Ray Goossens – (U.S./
Belgium )
A Pistol for Ringo (Una pistola per Ringo), directed by
Duccio Tessari
Planet of the Vampires (Terrore nello spazio), directed by
Mario Bava – (
Italy /
Spain )
The Possessed (La donna del lago), directed by
Luigi Bazzoni and Franco Rossellini – (
Italy )
Promise Her Anything , directed by
Arthur Hiller , starring
Warren Beatty and
Leslie Caron
The Rabbit Is Me (Das Kaninchen bin ich) – (
East Germany )
A Rage to Live , directed by
Walter Grauman and starring
Suzanne Pleshette
The Railroad Man (Il ferroviere), directed by
Pietro Germi – (
Italy )
The Railrodder , a comedy short starring
Buster Keaton in his last film – (
Canada )
Rapture (La fleur de l'âge), directed by
John Guillermin , starring
Melvyn Douglas ,
Patricia Gozzi and
Dean Stockwell – (
France /U.S.)
Răscoala , directed by
Mircea Mureșan – (
Romania )
Red Beard (Akahige), directed by
Akira Kurosawa , starring
Toshiro Mifune – (
Japan )
Red Line 7000 , directed by
Howard Hawks and starring
James Caan
Repulsion , directed by
Roman Polanski , starring
Catherine Deneuve – (
U.K. )
Return from the Ashes , starring
Maximilian Schell and
Samantha Eggar
The Return of Mr. Moto , starring
Henry Silva – (
U.K. )
The Return of Ringo (Il ritorno di Ringo), directed by
Duccio Tessari
Rotten to the Core , directed by
John Boulting – (
U.K. )
The Rounders , directed by
Burt Kennedy , starring
Glenn Ford and
Henry Fonda
Samurai Spy (Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke) – (
Japan )
Sandra (Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa), directed by
Luchino Visconti , starring
Claudia Cardinale – (
Italy )
São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima (São Paulo, the Anonymous Town) – (
Brazil )
The Saragossa Manuscript (Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie), starring
Zbigniew Cybulski – (
Poland )
The Sandpiper , directed by
Vincente Minnelli , starring
Elizabeth Taylor ,
Richard Burton and
Eva Marie Saint
Sands of the Kalahari , starring
Stuart Whitman ,
Stanley Baker ,
Susannah York – (
U.K. )
The Satan Bug , starring
George Maharis and
Anne Francis
Secrets Behind the Wall (Kabe no naka no himegoto) – (
Japan )
Sergeant Deadhead , starring
Frankie Avalon and
Deborah Walley
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Tini zabutykh predkiv) – (
U.S.S.R. )
Shakespeare Wallah , directed by
James Ivory , starring
Shashi Kapoor ,
Felicity Kendal ,
Madhur Jaffrey
The Shameless Old Lady (La vieille dame indigne), directed by
René Allio – (
France )
She , starring
Ursula Andress and
Peter Cushing – (
U.K. )
Shenandoah , starring
James Stewart ,
Doug McClure ,
Rosemary Forsyth ,
Katharine Ross
Ship of Fools , directed by
Stanley Kramer , starring
Vivien Leigh ,
Simone Signoret ,
Lee Marvin ,
Michael Dunn ,
José Ferrer
The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze), directed by
Ján Kadár and
Elmar Klos (
Czechoslovakia )
Simon of the Desert (Simón del desierto), directed by
Luis Buñuel – (
Mexico )
The Sin (Al Haram) – (
Egypt )
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious , starring
Alec Guinness ,
Mike Connors ,
Robert Redford
Ski Party , starring
Frankie Avalon and
Yvonne Craig
The Skull , starring
Peter Cushing ,
Christopher Lee ,
Patrick Wymark – (
U.K. )
Slalom , starring
Vittorio Gassman ,
Adolfo Celi ,
Beba Lončar ,
Daniela Bianchi – (
Italy )
The Sleeping Car Murders (Compartiment tueurs), directed by
Costa-Gavras , starring
Yves Montand and
Simone Signoret – (
France )
The Slender Thread , directed by
Sydney Pollack , starring
Sidney Poitier ,
Anne Bancroft ,
Telly Savalas and
Ed Asner
The Sons of Katie Elder , directed by
Henry Hathaway , starring
John Wayne and
Dean Martin
The Sound of Music , directed by
Robert Wise , starring
Julie Andrews and
Christopher Plummer
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold , directed by
Martin Ritt , starring
Richard Burton and
Claire Bloom – (
U.K. )
Sting of Death , directed by
William Grefe
Story of a Prostitute (Shunpuden), directed by
Seijun Suzuki – (Japan)
Strange Bedfellows , starring
Rock Hudson and
Gina Lollobrigida
A Study in Terror (British), a
Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by James Hill, starring
John Neville as Holmes,
Donald Houston as Watson, and
Anthony Quayle - (
U.K. )
A Swingin' Summer , starring
James Stacy and
Raquel Welch
Sword of the Beast (Kedamono no ken), directed by
Hideo Gosha – (
Japan )
Sylvia , starring
Carroll Baker and
George Maharis
Synanon , directed by
Richard Quine , starring
Edmond O'Brien ,
Chuck Connors ,
Stella Stevens
Tattooed Life (Irezumi ichidai), directed by
Seijun Suzuki – (
Japan )
Ten Little Indians , starring
Shirley Eaton ,
Hugh O'Brian ,
Daliah Lavi ,
Stanley Holloway ,
Wilfred Hyde-White ,
Fabian Forte – (
U.K. )
That Darn Cat! starring
Dean Jones
That Funny Feeling , starring
Bobby Darin and
Sandra Dee
That Man in Istanbul , directed by
Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring
Horst Buchholz – (
France /
Italy /
Spain )
The Third Day , starring
George Peppard and
Elizabeth Ashley
Thirty Three (Tridtsat tri) – (
U.S.S.R. )
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines , directed by
Ken Annakin , starring
Stuart Whitman ,
Sarah Miles ,
Robert Morley ,
Gert Fröbe – (
U.K. )
A Thousand Clowns , starring
Jason Robards ,
Barry Gordon ,
Martin Balsam ,
Barbara Harris
Thunderball , starring
Sean Connery (as
James Bond ), with
Claudine Auger ,
Luciana Paluzzi ,
Adolfo Celi – (
U.K. )
Tickle Me , starring
Elvis Presley
Tokyo Olympiad , a documentary directed by
Kon Ichikawa – (
Japan )
Town Tamer , directed by
Lesley Selander and starring
Dana Andrews
The Truth About Spring , directed by
Richard Thorpe , starring
Hayley Mills and
John Mills
Two on a Guillotine , directed by
William Conrad and starring
Connie Stevens
A Very Special Favor , starring
Rock Hudson and
Leslie Caron
Victim Five , directed by
Robert Lynn – (
U.K. )
Viva Maria! , directed by
Louis Malle , starring
Brigitte Bardot and
Jeanne Moreau – (
France )
Von Ryan's Express , directed by
Mark Robson , starring
Frank Sinatra ,
Trevor Howard ,
Edward Mulhare ,
Adolfo Celi
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet , starring
Basil Rathbone
Waqt , starring
Sunil Dutt and
Sadhana – (
India )
The War Game , a TV
docudrama directed by
Peter Watkins – (
U.K. )
The War Lord , starring
Charlton Heston ,
Richard Boone ,
Rosemary Forsyth
What's New Pussycat? , directed by
Clive Donner , starring
Peter Sellers ,
Peter O'Toole ,
Woody Allen ,
Romy Schneider ,
Paula Prentiss ,
Capucine
Who Killed Teddy Bear , starring
Sal Mineo ,
Juliet Prowse and
Elaine Stritch
Wild on the Beach , starring
Sherry Jackson ,
Frankie Randall ,
Sonny & Cher
Willy McBean and His Magic Machine , stop-motion film produced by
Arthur Rankin, Jr. and
Videocraft International
Winter Kept Us Warm , directed by
David Secter – (
Canada )
The World of Abbott and Costello , starring
Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello
January 1 -
Dan Yeager , American actor, writer, producer and director
January 3 –
Jens Albinus , Danish actor
January 4
January 5 -
Vinnie Jones , British actor, producer and singer
January 8 -
Michelle Forbes , American actress
January 9 –
Joely Richardson , English actress
January 10 –
Butch Hartman , American animator, writer, producer and director
January 12 -
Rob Zombie , American singer-songwriter, filmmaker and actor
January 15 –
James Nesbitt , Northern Irish actor
January 22
January 24 -
Carlos Saldanha , Brazilian animator, director, producer and voice actor
January 27 –
Alan Cumming , Scottish actor
January 28 -
Lynda Boyd , Canadian actress, singer, musician and writer
January 31 -
Matt McColm , American actor and stuntman
February 1 –
Brandon Lee , American actor (d. 1993)
February 3 –
Maura Tierney , American actress
February 5 -
Jordi Caballero , Spanish actor, writer and producer
February 7
February 9
February 12 -
Christine Elise , American actress
February 13
February 17 -
Michael Bay , American director and producer
February 18 –
Dr. Dre , American music producer
February 20
February 23 –
Kristin Davis , American actress
February 27 -
Noah Emmerich , American actor and director
March 4 -
Stacy Edwards , American actress
March 9
March 11 -
Wallace Langham , American actor
March 13 -
Steve Bacic , Canadian actor
March 14
March 18 -
Yul Vazquez , Cuban-American actor and musician
March 19 -
Fred Stoller , American actor and stand-up comedian
March 23
March 25 –
Sarah Jessica Parker , American actress
March 31 –
Steve Bing , American businessman, philanthropist and film producer (d. 2020)
April 1 -
José Zúñiga , Honduran-American actor
April 3 -
Angela Featherstone , actress and writer
April 4 –
Robert Downey Jr. , American actor
April 9 -
Mark Pellegrino , American actor
April 11 -
Lynn Ferguson , Scottish writer and actress
April 16
April 17
April 22 -
Roman Coppola , American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer
April 25 -
John Henson , American puppeteer (d. 2014)
April 26 –
Kevin James , American actor and comedian
April 27 -
Anna Chancellor , English actress
April 30 -
Adrian Pasdar , American actor and voice artist
May 2 -
Ari Lehman , American actor
May 3 -
Rob Brydon , Welsh actor, comedian, presenter, singer and writer
May 10 -
Kiyoyuki Yanada , Japanese voice actor (d. 2022)
May 12 -
Anthony Brandon Wong , Australian actor
May 13 -
Lari White , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2018)
May 16 -
Vincent Regan , British actor
May 19 -
Mikhail Gorevoy , Russian actor
May 23 –
Liina Tennosaar , Estonian actress
May 24
May 27 –
Zenobia Shroff , Indian-American actress and comedienne
May 28 -
Alon Abutbul , Israeli actor
May 31
June 1 -
Andrew Havill , English actor
June 8 -
Frank Grillo , American actor
June 10 –
Elizabeth Hurley , English model and actress
June 18 –
Kim Dickens , American actress
June 19 –
Sean Marshall , American child actor and singer
June 22 -
J. J. Cohen , American actor
June 24 -
Richard Lumsden , English actor, writer, composer and musician
June 28 –
Sonny Strait , American voice actor
July 1 -
Tom Hodges , American actor and producer
July 3
July 4
Gérard Watkins , English-French actor, playwright, director and screenwriter
Tracy Letts , American actor, playwright and screenwriter
July 8
July 9
July 11
July 14 -
Bibo Bergeron , French animator and director
July 16 -
Daryl Mitchell , American actor and rapper
July 17
July 23 -
Allison Abbate , American producer and animator
July 24
July 25 –
Illeana Douglas , American actress
July 26 –
Jeremy Piven , American actor
July 28 -
James Biberi , Albanian-American actor
August 1 -
Sam Mendes , British director, producer and screenwriter
August 4 -
James Tupper , Canadian actor
August 5 -
Scott William Winters , American actor
August 6
August 10 -
Claudia Christian , American actress and singer
August 11
August 12 -
Peter Krause , American actor, director and producer
August 16 -
Brian McCann , American actor, comedian and writer
August 18 -
Ikue Ōtani , Japanese actress, singer, voice actress and narrator
August 19
August 22
August 24 –
Marlee Matlin , American actress
August 25 -
Kim Kold , Danish actor
August 31
September 3 –
Charlie Sheen , American actor
September 4 -
Michael Bentt , British-born American actor
September 6 -
John Polson , Australian actor and director
September 9 -
Constance Marie , American actress
September 13 -
Jeff Ross , American stand-up comedian and actor
September 15 -
Joe Chrest , American academic and actor
September 17
September 19 -
Cheri Oteri , American actress and comedian
September 21
September 25 -
Gordon Currie , Canadian-American actor
September 30 -
Omid Djalili , British stand-up comedian, actor and writer of Iranian descent
October 1 -
Cindy Margolis , American actress and model
October 8
October 10
October 11
October 14 –
Steve Coogan , English actor
October 18 -
Ralph Eggleston , American animator, art director, storyboard artist, writer, director and production designer (d. 2022)
October 19 –
Merle Jääger , Estonian actress and poet
October 20 –
William Zabka , American actor
October 22 -
Valeria Golino , Italian actress and film director
October 25 –
Mathieu Amalric , French actor and filmmaker
October 27 -
Mohan Kapur , Indian actor and television host
October 28 -
Jami Gertz , American actress
October 31 -
Rob Rackstraw , British voice actor
November 2 –
Shah Rukh Khan , Indian actor
November 7 -
Mike Henry , American actor, comedian, writer and producer
November 19 -
Paul Weitz , American filmmaker and actor
November 21 –
Alexander Siddig , Sudanese-English actor
November 22 -
Mads Mikkelsen , Danish actor
November 23 -
Don Frye , American actor
November 24 –
Shirley Henderson , Scottish actress
November 25 -
Dougray Scott , Scottish actor
November 26 -
Scott Adsit , American actor, comedian and writer
November 30
December 2 -
Beatrice Macola , Italian actress (d. 2001)
December 3
December 7 –
Jeffrey Wright , American actor
December 8 -
David Harewood , British actor
December 9 -
Margaret Riley , producer (d. 2024)
December 14 -
Ted Raimi , American character actor, director, comedian and writer
December 15 -
Anjul Nigam , Indian-born American actor, producer and writer
December 16 –
J.B. Smoove , American actor and comedian
December 19 -
Jessica Steen , Canadian actress
December 21
Andy Dick , American comedian, actor, musician and television and film producer
Declan O'Brien , American writer and director (d. 2022)
December 22 -
David S. Goyer , American filmmaker
December 27 –
Salman Khan , Indian actor
December 31 –
Gong Li , Chinese actress
January 14 –
Jeanette MacDonald , 61, American actress, singer,
San Francisco ,
One Hour with You
February 5 –
Irving Bacon , 71, American actor,
Meet John Doe ,
Fort Ti
February 10 –
Arnold Manoff , 50, American screenwriter,
No Minor Vices ,
Casbah
February 15 –
Nat King Cole , 45, American singer and actor,
St. Louis Blues ,
Istanbul
February 23 –
Stan Laurel , 74, British actor,
The Flying Deuces ,
Sons of the Desert
March 1 –
Fred Immler , 84, German actor,
Madame Du Barry ,
Zapata's Gang
March 6 –
Margaret Dumont , 82, American actress,
Duck Soup ,
A Night at the Opera
March 8 –
Esther Howard , 72, American actress,
The Big Noise ,
Detour
March 23 –
Mae Murray , 79, American actress,
The Merry Widow ,
The Delicious Little Devil
March 28
April 1 –
Edna Tichenor , 64, American actress,
London After Midnight ,
The Show
April 3 –
Ray Enright , 69, American director,
Alibi Ike ,
The Spoilers
April 8 –
Lars Hanson , 78, Swedish actor,
The Wind ,
Flesh and the Devil
April 10 –
Linda Darnell , 41, American actress,
My Darling Clementine ,
The Mark of Zorro
April 24 –
Louise Dresser , 85, American actress,
A Ship Comes In ,
The Scarlet Empress
April 30 –
Helen Chandler , 59, American actress,
Dracula ,
The Last Flight
5 May –
John Waters , 71, screenwriter and director,
The Big Country ,
The Desperate Hours
June 6 –
Lech Owron , 71, Polish actor,
Vampires of Warsaw ,
The Little Eagle
June 7 –
Judy Holliday , 43, American actress,
Born Yesterday ,
Bells Are Ringing
June 8 –
Florence Ryerson , 72, American screenwriter,
The Wizard of Oz ,
The Ice Follies of 1939
June 15 –
Steve Cochran , 48, American actor,
The Best Years of Our Lives ,
White Heat
June 22 –
David O. Selznick , 63, American producer,
Gone with the Wind ,
Rebecca
June 23 –
Mary Boland , 85, American stage and film actress,
The Women ,
Ruggles of Red Gap
June 27 –
Anthony Veiller , 62, American screenwriter,
The Stranger ,
The Killers
July 11 –
Ray Collins , 78, American actor,
Citizen Kane ,
The Kid from Left Field
July 19 –
Clyde Beatty , 62, American actor and animal trainer,
Africa Screams ,
Ring of Fear
July 24 –
Constance Bennett , 60, American actress,
Topper ,
Merrily We Live
July 28 –
Minor Watson , 75, American actor,
Woman of the Year ,
The Jackie Robinson Story
August 6
August 30 –
Pauline Garon , 64, Canadian actress,
The Heart of Broadway ,
The College Hero
September 2 –
Felix E. Feist , 55, American director,
This Woman Is Dangerous ,
The Big Trees
September 4 –
Isabel Jeans , 93, British actress,
Suspicion ,
Gigi
September 7
September 8 –
Dorothy Dandridge , 42, American actress, singer,
Carmen Jones ,
Porgy and Bess
September 27 –
Clara Bow , 60, American actress,
Wings ,
It
September 29 –
Eddie Gribbon , 75, American film actor, brother of
Harry Gribbon
October 3 –
Zachary Scott , 51, American actor,
Mildred Pierce ,
The Southerner
October 6 –
Tom Kennedy , 80, American actor,
Petticoat Larceny ,
Bringing Up Father
October 18 –
Henry Travers , 91, British actor,
It's a Wonderful Life ,
Shadow of a Doubt
October 21 –
Marie McDonald , 42, American actress,
The Geisha Boy ,
Living in a Big Way
October 23 –
Janice Logan , 50, American actress,
Dr. Cyclops ,
Opened by Mistake
October 31 –
Rita Johnson , 52, American actress,
Here Comes Mr. Jordan ,
The Major and the Minor
November 14 –
Russell Collins , 68, American actor,
Miss Sadie Thompson ,
Bad Day at Black Rock
November 26 –
Wild Bill Elliott , 61, American actor,
The San Antonio Kid ,
Sudden Danger
December 5 –
Joseph I. Breen , 77, chief administrator of the Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 (Hays Code) from 1934 to 1954
December 22 –
Albert Ritz , 64, American entertainer of the
Ritz Brothers ,
Sing, Baby, Sing ,
Life Begins in College
December 29 –
Frank S. Nugent , 57, American screenwriter,
The Searchers ,
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon