1968 in film

Table of contents

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

Events

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

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey, 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

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

• 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