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The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the big-budget epic ''
Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (; The name Cleopatra is pronounced , or sometimes in both British and American English, see and respectively. Her name was pronounced in the Greek dialect of Egypt (see Koine Greek phonology). She was ...
'' and two films with all-star casts, '' How the West Was Won'' and ''
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' is a 1963 American Technicolor epic comedy film in Ultra Panavision 70 produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, from a screenplay by William and Tania Rose. The film, starring Spencer Tracy with an all ...
''.


Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1963 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:


Events

* January 9 – Joseph Vogel resigns as president of
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and is replaced by Robert O'Brien. * February 20 – The classic epic western '' How the West Was Won'' premieres in the United States. It is an instant success with both audiences and critics and becomes the biggest moneymaker for
MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM or MGM Studios) is an American Film production, film and television production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered ...
since ''
Ben-Hur Ben-Hur or Ben Hur may refer to: Fiction *'' Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'', an 1880 novel by American general and author Lew Wallace ** ''Ben-Hur'' (play), a play that debuted on Broadway in 1899 ** ''Ben Hur'' (1907 film), a one-reel silent ...
''. * June 12 – ''
Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (; The name Cleopatra is pronounced , or sometimes in both British and American English, see and respectively. Her name was pronounced in the Greek dialect of Egypt (see Koine Greek phonology). She was ...
'', starring
Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was an English and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 19 ...
,
Rex Harrison Sir Reginald Carey Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play '' French W ...
and
Richard Burton Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s and gave a memor ...
, premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. Its staggering production costs nearly bankrupted
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and the adulterous affair between Taylor and Burton made the publicity even worse. ''Cleopatra'' marked the only instance that a film would be the highest-grossing film of a year while still losing money, thus establishing it as, at the time, the biggest box office disaster in cinema history. The film's terrible reception harmed the reputation of director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (; February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. A four-time Academy Award winner, he is best known for his witty and literate dialogue and his preference for voice-over ...
, who had an esteemed career for directing classics like ''
A Letter to Three Wives ''A Letter to Three Wives'' is a 1949 American romantic drama directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern. The film was adapted by Vera Caspary and written for the screen by Mankiewicz from ''A Le ...
'', ''
All About Eve ''All About Eve'' is a 1950 American Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short story (and subsequent 1949 radio drama) "The Wisdom of E ...
'', ''
Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...
'', '' The Barefoot Contessa'', ''
Guys and Dolls ''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical theater, musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Run ...
'', and '' Suddenly Last Summer''. It effectively destroyed the career of its well-known producer
Walter Wanger Walter Wanger (born Walter Feuchtwanger; July 11, 1894 – November 18, 1968) was an American film producer active from the 1910s, his career concluding with the turbulent production of ''Cleopatra,'' his last film, in 1963. He began at Paramo ...
, who never worked in Hollywood or on another film again; he died five years later at the age of 74 of a heart attack. Much of the blame for the film's failures could be pointed at Taylor's super-diva personality, her health issues, her and Burton's adulterous affair, and the studio's inadequate management. It wouldn't be until two years later that
Rodgers and Hammerstein Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals. Their musical ...
's adaptation of ''
The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. ...
'' would help rescue Fox from bankruptcy by becoming one of the highest-grossing motion pictures of all time. * November 7 – The comedy ''
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' is a 1963 American Technicolor epic comedy film in Ultra Panavision 70 produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, from a screenplay by William and Tania Rose. The film, starring Spencer Tracy with an all ...
'' premieres, with one of the finest
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ensemble casts ever. It is also the first comedy film ever directed by
Stanley Kramer Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous " message films" (he called his movies ''heavy dramas'') and a liberal movie icon.
, best known for directing serious human drama films on controversial subjects like ''
The Defiant Ones ''The Defiant Ones'' is a 1958 American drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer. The film was adapted by Harold Jacob Smith from the story by Nedrick Young, originally credited as Nathan E. Douglas. It stars Tony Curtis and Sidney ...
'', '' Inherit the Wind'', ''
Judgment at Nuremberg ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' is a 1961 American epic legal drama film directed and produced by Stanley Kramer, and written by Abby Mann. It features Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Werner Klemperer, Marlene Dietr ...
'', and ''
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'' is a 1967 American romantic comedy drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, and written by William Rose. It stars Spencer Tracy (in his final role), Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn, and feat ...
''. * December 25 –
Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney ( ; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the Golden age of American animation, American animation industry, he introduced several develop ...
's production of '' The Sword in the Stone'' premieres. It is the second adaptation of T. H. White's ''
The Once and Future King ''The Once and Future King'' is a collection of fantasy novels by T. H. White about the legend of King Arthur. It is loosely based upon the 1485 work ''Le Morte d'Arthur'' by Sir Thomas Malory. It was first published in 1958 as a collection o ...
'' after the
Alan Jay Lerner Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre bot ...
and
Frederick Loewe Frederick Loewe ( ; born Friedrich "Fritz" Löwe, ; June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988
musical ''
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'', the first cinematic adaptation of the novel, and the 13th film adaptation of the legend of
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.


Awards

Academy Awards The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in ...
: :
Best Picture The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Bes ...
: ''
Tom Jones Tom Jones may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Tom Jones (singer) (born 1940), Welsh singer *Tom Jones (writer) (1928–2023), American librettist and lyricist *''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'', a novel by Henry Fielding published in 1 ...
'' — Woodfall,
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-Lopert (British) : Best Director:
Tony Richardson Cecil Antonio Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and film director, producer and screenwriter, whose career spanned five decades. He was identified with the "angry young men" group of British directors and play ...
– ''
Tom Jones Tom Jones may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Tom Jones (singer) (born 1940), Welsh singer *Tom Jones (writer) (1928–2023), American librettist and lyricist *''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'', a novel by Henry Fielding published in 1 ...
'' : Best Actor:
Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier ( ; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Among his ot ...
– '' Lilies of the Field'' : Best Actress:
Patricia Neal Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal; January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She is well known for, among other roles, playing World WarII widow Helen Benson in ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (195 ...
– '' Hud'' : Best Supporting Actor:
Melvyn Douglas Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Douglas came to prominence in 1929 as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the romantic comedy '' Ninotchka'' ( ...
– '' Hud'' : Best Supporting Actress:
Margaret Rutherford Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford (11 May 1892 – 22 May 1972) was an English actress of stage, film and television. Rutherford came to national attention following World War II in the film adaptations of Noël Coward's ''Blithe Spirit (1945 f ...
– '' The V.I.P.s'' : Best Foreign Language Film:
''8½'' ( ) is a 1963 Italian avant-garde arthouse comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. The metafictional narrative centers on famous Italian film director Guido Anselmi ( Marcello Mastroianni) who suffers from writer ...
(''Otto e mezzo''), directed by
Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and ...
, Italy
Golden Globe Awards The Golden Globe Awards are awards presented for excellence in both international film and television. It is an annual Awards ceremony, award ceremony held since 1944 to honor artists and professionals and their work. The ceremony is normally ...
: :Drama: :
Best Picture The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Bes ...
: ''
The Cardinal ''The Cardinal'' is a 1963 American drama film produced independently, directed by Otto Preminger and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was written by Robert Dozier, based on the novel by the same by Henry Morton Robinson. The ...
'' : Best Actor:
Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier ( ; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Among his ot ...
- '' Lilies of the Field'' : Best Actress:
Leslie Caron Leslie Claire Margaret Caron (; born 1 July 1931) is a French and American actress and dancer. She is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. Caron b ...
- ''
The L-Shaped Room ''The L-Shaped Room'' is a 1962 British drama romance film written and directed by Bryan Forbes, based on the 1960 novel by Lynne Reid Banks. It tells the story of Jane Fosset, a young French woman, unmarried and pregnant, who moves into a che ...
'' :Comedy or Musical: :
Best Picture The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Bes ...
: ''
Tom Jones Tom Jones may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Tom Jones (singer) (born 1940), Welsh singer *Tom Jones (writer) (1928–2023), American librettist and lyricist *''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'', a novel by Henry Fielding published in 1 ...
'' : Best Actor:
Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi (15 June 1920 – 24 February 2003) was an Italian actor, comedian, voice dubber, director, singer, composer and screenwriter. Sordi is considered one of the most important actors in the history of Italian cinema and one of the b ...
- '' To Bed or Not to Bed'' : Best Actress:
Shirley MacLaine Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) is an American actress and author. With a career spanning over 70 years, she has received List of awards and nominations received by Shirley MacLaine, numerous accolades, including a ...
- ''
Irma la Douce ''Irma la Douce'' (, "Irma the Sweet") is a 1963 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond, based on the 1956 French stage musical of the same name by Marguerite Monnot and Al ...
'' :Other : Best Supporting Actor:
John Huston John Marcellus Huston ( ; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics. He rec ...
- ''
The Cardinal ''The Cardinal'' is a 1963 American drama film produced independently, directed by Otto Preminger and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was written by Robert Dozier, based on the novel by the same by Henry Morton Robinson. The ...
'' : Best Supporting Actress:
Margaret Rutherford Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford (11 May 1892 – 22 May 1972) was an English actress of stage, film and television. Rutherford came to national attention following World War II in the film adaptations of Noël Coward's ''Blithe Spirit (1945 f ...
– '' The V.I.P.s'' : Best Director:
Elia Kazan Elias Kazantzoglou (, ; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003), known as Elia Kazan ( ), was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one of the most honored and inf ...
- '' America America''
Palme d'Or The (; ) is the highest prize awarded to the director of the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festiv ...
(Cannes Film Festival): :''
The Leopard ''The Leopard'' ( ) is a novel by Italian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, which chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the ''Risorgimento''. Published posthumously in 1958 by Feltrinelli, after two rejections by the ...
'' (''Il Gattopardo''), directed by
Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter. He was one of the fathers of Italian neorealism, cinematic neorealism, but later ...
, Italy
Golden Lion The Golden Lion () is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguished prizes. In 1970, a ...
(Venice Film Festival): :'' Hands Over the City'' (''Le mani sulla città''), directed by
Francesco Rosi Francesco Rosi (; 15 November 1922 – 10 January 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. His film '' The Mattei Affair'' won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, of ...
, Italy
Golden Bear The Golden Bear () is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival and is, along with the Palme d'Or and the Golden Lion, the most important international film festival award. The bear is the heraldic an ...
(Berlin Film Festival): :'' Il diavolo'' (''To Bed... or Not to Bed''), directed by
Gian Luigi Polidoro Gian Luigi Polidoro (4 February 1927 – 7 September 2000) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 16 films between 1956 and 1998. His 1963 film ''To Bed or Not to Bed, Il diavolo'' won the Golden Bear at the 13th Berlin I ...
, Italy


1963 film releases

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January–March

*January 1963 **16 January ***''
The Hook The Hook, or the Hookman, is an urban legend about a killer with a pirate-like hook for a hand attacking a couple in a parked car. In many versions of the story, the killer is typically portrayed as a faceless, silhouetted old man wearing a r ...
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Son of Flubber ''Son of Flubber'' is a 1963 American science fiction comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney Productions. It is the sequel to ''The Absent-Minded Professor'' (1961) and the first sequel to a Disney film. Fred MacMu ...
'' **22 January ***''
The Young Racers ''The Young Racers'' is a 1963 sports drama film directed by Roger Corman and starring Mark Damon, William Campbell, Luana Anders and Patrick Magee. It is based on the Formula One races in Europe. Plot Joe Machin ( William Campbell), an Ame ...
'' **25 January ***''
The Raven "The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a distraught lover who is paid a visit ...
'' **30 January ***'' Diamond Head'' *February 1963 **13 February ***''
''8½'' ( ) is a 1963 Italian avant-garde arthouse comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. The metafictional narrative centers on famous Italian film director Guido Anselmi ( Marcello Mastroianni) who suffers from writer ...
'' (
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) ***'' A Child Is Waiting'' **14 February ***'' The Day Mars Invaded Earth'' **27 February ***'' Follow the Boys'' *March 1963 **1 March ***'' High and Low'' (
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
) **3 March ***''
California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
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The Long Ships ''The Long Ships'' or ''Red Orm'' (original Swedish: ''Röde Orm'' meaning ''Red Orm'', lit. ''Red Serpent'' or ''Red Snake'') is an adventure novel by the Swedish writer Frans G. Bengtsson. The narrative is set in the late 10th century and ...
'' **4 March ***'' In the Cool of the Day'' **6 March ***'' Diary of a Madman'' ***'' Papa's Delicate Condition'' **7 March ***'' I Could Go On Singing'' **15 March ***'' House of the Damned'' **21 March ***''
The Balcony ''The Balcony'' () is a Play (theatre), play by the French people, French dramatist Jean Genet. It is set in an unnamed city that is experiencing a revolutionary uprising in the streets; most of the action takes place in an upmarket brothel that ...
'' **26 March ***'' Operation Bikini'' **27 March ***'' Come Fly with Me'' ***'' The Courtship of Eddie's Father'' **28 March ***'' The Birds'' ***'' Love Is a Ball'' **29 March ***''
Miracle of the White Stallions ''Miracle of the White Stallions'' is a 1963 American adventure film, adventure war film released by Walt Disney starring Robert Taylor (American actor), Robert Taylor (playing Alois Podhajsky), Lilli Palmer, and Eddie Albert. It is based on ...
''


April–June

*April 1963 **3 April ***''
It Happened at the World's Fair ''It Happened at the World's Fair'' is a 1963 American musical film, musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a Aerial application, crop-dusting pilot. It was filmed in Seattle, Washington, site of the Century 21 Exposition. The governor of ...
'' ***'' My Six Loves'' ***''
Nine Hours to Rama ''Nine Hours to Rama'' is a1963 British-American neo noir crime film directed by Mark Robson (film director), Mark Robson that follows a fictionalised Nathuram Godse in the hours before he Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, assassinated the India ...
'' ***'' The Ugly American'' **4 April ***''
Bye Bye Birdie ''Bye Bye Birdie'' is a stage musical with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, based upon a book by Michael Stewart. Originally titled ''Let's Go Steady'', ''Bye Bye Birdie'' is set in 1958. The play's book was influenced by El ...
'' ***'' Call Me Bwana'' **8 April ***'' The Sadist'' **13 April ***'' Critic's Choice'' **17 April ***'' The Man from the Diners' Club'' **21 April ***''
Youth of the Beast is a 1963 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki. Much of the film is set in Tokyo, Japan. Synopsis Joji Mizuno ( Joe Shishido), a former Kobe Metropolitan Police Department detective fired after being convicted of embezzlement, is rele ...
'' (
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) **24 April ***'' Free, White and 21'' **29 April ***'' Flaming Creatures'' *May 1963 **May 12 ***''
Lord of the Flies ''Lord of the Flies'' is the 1954 debut novel of British author William Golding. The plot concerns a group of prepubescent British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves that led to ...
'' (
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) **15 May ***'' Black Zoo'' ***'' Drums of Africa'' **16 May ***'' Spencer's Mountain'' **20 May ***'' Maniac'' **22 May ***'' Dime with a Halo'' **29 May ***''
55 Days at Peking ''55 Days at Peking'' is a 1963 American epic historical war film dramatizing the siege of the foreign legations' compounds in Beijing (then still Peking, in English) during the Boxer Uprising, which took place in China in the summer of 1 ...
'' ***'' Hud'' ***'' The List of Adrian Messenger'' ***'' Tammy and the Doctor'' *June 1963 **2 June ***'' Savage Sam'' **4 June ***'' The Nutty Professor'' **5 June ***''
Come Blow Your Horn ''Come Blow Your Horn'' is Neil Simon's first play, which premiered on Broadway in 1961 and had a London production in 1962 at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Simon rewrote the script more than two dozen times over several years, resulting in a hit ...
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Irma la Douce ''Irma la Douce'' (, "Irma the Sweet") is a 1963 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond, based on the 1956 French stage musical of the same name by Marguerite Monnot and Al ...
'' ***'' Lancelot and Guinevere'' **12 June ***''
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'' ***'' Donovan's Reef'' ***'' The Girl Hunters'' ***'' Island of Love'' **15 June ***''
The Yellow Canary ''The Yellow Canary'' is a 1963 American thriller film directed by Buzz Kulik and starring Pat Boone and Barbara Eden. It was adapted by Rod Serling from a novel by Whit Masterson, who also wrote the novel that was the basis for Orson Welles' '' ...
'' **17 June ***''
The Terror The Reign of Terror (French: ''La Terreur'', literally "The Terror") was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to ...
'' **19 June ***''
Captain Sindbad ''Captain Sindbad'' is a 1963 independently made fantasy and adventure film, produced by Frank King and Herman King, directed by Byron Haskin, that stars Guy Williams and Heidi Brühl. The film was shot at the Bavaria Film studios in Germany a ...
'' ***'' Jason and the Argonauts'' ***'' PT 109'' released five months before
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***'' The Stripper'' **21 June ***'' A Gathering of Eagles''


July–September

*July 1963 **4 July ***'' The Great Escape'' **6 July ***'' Blood Feast'' **7 July ***'' Summer Magic'' **17 July ***'' Tarzan's Three Challenges'' ***'' The Thrill of It All'' **31 July ***''
Cattle King ''Cattle King'' is a 1963 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Tay Garnett. It stars Robert Taylor (American actor), Robert Taylor and Robert Loggia. It was also known by the alternative title of ''Guns of Wyoming'' in some countr ...
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Gidget Goes to Rome ''Gidget Goes to Rome'' is a 1963 Columbia Pictures Eastmancolor romantic comedy film starring Cindy Carol as the archetypal high school teen surfer girl originally portrayed by Sandra Dee in the 1959 film '' Gidget''. The film is the third of ...
'' ***'' Toys in the Attic'' *August 1963 **7 August ***'' Beach Party'' ***'' For Love or Money'' **10 August ***'' The Young and The Brave'' **11 August ***'' Matango'' (
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
) **14 August ***'' Flipper'' **15 August ***''
Billy Liar ''Billy Liar'' is a 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse that was later adapted into a play, a Billy Liar (film), film, a Billy (musical), musical and a Billy Liar (TV series), TV series. The work has inspired and been featured in a number of popul ...
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) ***'' Promises! Promises!'' **17 August ***''
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabbath name in 1969 (the band ...
'' **18 August ***'' A Ticklish Affair'' **21 August ***''
Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...
'' ***'' The Caretakers'' ***'' The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze'' **28 August ***'' The Gun Hawk'' ***'' The Haunted Palace'' *September 1963 **2 September ***'' The Cool World'' **4 September ***''
The Crawling Hand ''The Crawling Hand'' is a 1963 American science fiction horror film directed by Herbert L. Strock, and starring Peter Breck, Kent Taylor, Rod Lauren, Alan Hale and Allison Hayes. It was later featured on the television shows ''Mystery Scie ...
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Wall of Noise ''Wall of Noise'' is a 1963 American drama film directed by Richard Wilson, written by Joseph Landon, and starring Suzanne Pleshette, Ty Hardin, Dorothy Provine, Ralph Meeker, Simon Oakland and Jimmy Murphy. It was released by Warner Bros. o ...
'' **6 September ***'' Goldilocks and the Three Bares'' **11 September ***'' Of Love and Desire'' ***''
Shock Corridor ''Shock Corridor'' is a 1963 American psychological thriller film starring Peter Breck, Constance Towers, and Gene Evans. Written, directed and produced by Samuel Fuller, it tells the story of a journalist who gets himself intentionally commit ...
'' ***'' Twice-Told Tales'' **13 September ***'' The V.I.P.s'' **18 September ***'' The Haunting'' ***'' In the French Style'' ***'' X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes'' ***'' The Young Swingers'' **25 September ***''
Dementia 13 ''Dementia 13'' (released in the United Kingdom as ''The Haunted and the Hunted'') is a 1963 Horror film, horror Thriller (genre), thriller film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Wi ...
'' ***'' Thunder Island'' **29 September ***''
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*October 1963 **1 October ***'' Lilies of the Field'' **10 October ***'' From Russia with Love'' (
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) **16 October ***'' Twilight of Honor'' **17 October ***'' All the Way Home'' **19 October ***'' Johnny Cool'' **23 October ***''
Under the Yum Yum Tree ''Under the Yum Yum Tree'' is a 1963 American sex comedy film directed by David Swift and starring Jack Lemmon, Carol Lynley, Dean Jones, and Edie Adams, with Imogene Coca, Paul Lynde, and Robert Lansing. The film received two Golden Globe ...
'' **24 October ***'' Mary, Mary'' **26 October ***''
The Lost World of Sinbad is a 1963 Japanese drama action film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film stars Toshiro Mifune and Mie Hama.
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) **29 October ***'' Cry of Battle'' **30 October ***''
A New Kind of Love ''A New Kind of Love'' is a 1963 American romantic comedy film written, directed, and produced by Melville Shavelson and starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Frank Sinatra sings "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" over the opening credi ...
'' ***'' The Old Dark House'' **31 October ***'' The World Ten Times Over'' (
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) *November 1963 **5 November ***''
Palm Springs Weekend ''Palm Springs Weekend'' is a 1963 Warner Bros. bedroom comedy film directed by Norman Taurog. It has elements of the beach party genre ( AIP's '' Beach Party'' became a smash hit in July, while Warner Bros. was still putting this film together) ...
'' **6 November ***'' Gunfight at Comanche Creek'' **7 November ***''
Carry On Cabby ''Carry On Cabby'' is a 1963 British comedy film, the seventh in the series of thirty-one ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). Released on 7 November 1963, it was the first to have a screenplay written by Talbot Rothwell (although the first scre ...
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' is a 1963 American Technicolor epic comedy film in Ultra Panavision 70 produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, from a screenplay by William and Tania Rose. The film, starring Spencer Tracy with an all ...
'' **13 November ***'' The Skydivers'' ***''
Sunday in New York ''Sunday in New York'' is a 1963 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Tewksbury from a screenplay by Norman Krasna, based on Krasna's 1961 play of the same name. Filmed in Metrocolor, the film stars Cliff Robertson, Jane Fonda, a ...
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Take Her, She's Mine ''Take Her, She's Mine'' is a 1963 American comedy film starring James Stewart and Sandra Dee and based on a 1961 Broadway comedy written by the husband-and-wife team of Henry and Phoebe Ephron. The film was directed by Henry Koster with a scre ...
'' **14 November ***'' The Wheeler Dealers'' **18 November ***''
The Victors "The Victors" is the fight song of the University of Michigan. Michigan student Louis Elbel wrote the song in 1898 after the football team's victory over the University of Chicago, which clinched an undefeated season and the Western Conferen ...
'' **20 November ***'' The Incredible Journey'' **23 November ***''
McLintock! :''See also McClintock (disambiguation)'' ''McLintock!'' is a 1963 American Western comedy film, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. The film co-stars Wayne's son Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Jack Kr ...
'' **27 November ***''
Fun in Acapulco ''Fun in Acapulco'' is a 1963 American musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley and Ursula Andress. The film featured the Top 10 ''Billboard'' hit " Bossa Nova Baby" and reached No. 1 on the national weekly box office charts a week after the ...
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Soldier in the Rain ''Soldier in the Rain'' is a 1963 American comedy buddy film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Jackie Gleason and Steve McQueen. Tuesday Weld portrays Gleason's character's romantic partner. Produced by Martin Jurow and co-written by ...
'' **28 November ***'' Who's Minding the Store?'' *December 1963 **5 December ***'' Charade'' **13 December ***''
The Cardinal ''The Cardinal'' is a 1963 American drama film produced independently, directed by Otto Preminger and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was written by Robert Dozier, based on the novel by the same by Henry Morton Robinson. The ...
'' **15 December ***'' America America'' **18 December ***'' The Ceremony'' ***''
Kings of the Sun ''Kings of the Sun'' is a 1963 DeLuxe Color film directed by J. Lee Thompson for Mirisch Productions set in Mesoamerica at the time of the conquest of Chichen Itza by Hunac Ceel. Location scenes were filmed in Mazatlán and Chichen Itza. The ...
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The Pink Panther ''The Pink Panther'' is an American media franchise primarily focusing on a series of comedy-mystery films featuring an inept French police detective, Inspector Clouseau, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. The franchise began with the release of the fil ...
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Samson and the Slave Queen ''Samson and the Slave Queen'' () is a 1963 Italian '' peplum'' directed by Umberto Lenzi. It was originally made as a Maciste film in Italy, in which the fabled strongman meets Zorro. It was redubbed into a "Samson" movie for distribution in the ...
'' **22 December ***''
Atragon is a 1963 Japanese ''tokusatsu'' science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho, it is based on ''The Undersea Warship: A Fantastic Tale of Island Adventure'' by Shunrō ...
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) **23 December ***'' Captain Newman, M.D.'' ***'' Ladybug Ladybug'' ***''
One Man's Way ''One Man's Way'' is a 1963 American drama film directed by Denis Sanders and written by John W. Bloch and Eleanore Griffin. The film stars Don Murray as the preacher and author Norman Vincent Peale. The cast also includes Diana Hyland, Willi ...
'' **25 December ***'' 4 for Texas'' ***''
The Comedy of Terrors ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...
'' ***'' Love with the Proper Stranger'' ***''
Move Over, Darling ''Move Over, Darling'' is a 1963 American comedy film starring Doris Day, James Garner, and Polly Bergen and directed by Michael Gordon filmed in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope released by 20th Century Fox. The film is a remake of a 1940 sc ...
'' ***'' The Prize'' ***'' The Sword in the Stone'' ***'' Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?'' **26 December ***'' Act One''


Notable films released in 1963

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*'' 13 Assassins'' (十三人の刺客, ''Jūsan-nin no shikaku''), directed by
Eiichi Kudo was a Japanese film director. Kudo directed 30 films between 1956 and 1998, the most notable being '' 13 Assassins'' (1963) and '' The Great Killing'' (1964). He joined the Toei film company in 1952 and made his film director debut with ''Fuka ...
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) *'' 13 Frightened Girls,'' directed and produced by
William Castle William Castle (born William Schloss Jr.; April 24, 1914 – May 31, 1977) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is known for the horror film, horror and thriller film, thriller B movie, B-movies he directed durin ...
*'' 4 for Texas'', starring
Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ...
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Dean Martin Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor, and comedian. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Cool", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of ...
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Ursula Andress Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss actress and former model who has appeared in American, British, and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, '' Dr. No'' (1962). She later star ...
, Anita Ekberg *''
''8½'' ( ) is a 1963 Italian avant-garde arthouse comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. The metafictional narrative centers on famous Italian film director Guido Anselmi ( Marcello Mastroianni) who suffers from writer ...
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Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and ...
, starring
Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (26 September 1924Come da lui stesso dichiarato a 1'10" dquesta intervista/ref> – 19 December 1996) was an Italian actor. He is generally regarded as one of Italy's most iconic male performers of the 20t ...
,
Claudia Cardinale Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale (; born 15 April 1938), known as Claudia Cardinale (), is an Italian actress. Born and raised in La Goulette, a neighbourhood of Tunis, Cardinale won the "Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia" competition ...
,
Anouk Aimée Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus (; 27 April 1932 2024), known professionally as Anouk Aimée () or Anouk, was a French film actress who appeared in 70 films from 1947 until 2019. Having begun her film career at age 14, she studied acting and ...
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55 Days at Peking ''55 Days at Peking'' is a 1963 American epic historical war film dramatizing the siege of the foreign legations' compounds in Beijing (then still Peking, in English) during the Boxer Uprising, which took place in China in the summer of 1 ...
'', starring
Charlton Heston Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor. He gained stardom for his leading man roles in numerous Cinema of the United States, Hollywood films including biblical epics, science-fiction f ...
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Ava Gardner Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' att ...
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David Niven James David Graham Niven (; 1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was an English actor, soldier, raconteur, memoirist and novelist. Niven was known as a handsome and debonair leading man in Classic Hollywood films. His accolades include an Academ ...


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*'' Les abysses'', directed by Nikos Papatakis – (
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) *'' Act One'', directed by
Dore Schary Isadore "Dore" Schary (August 31, 1905 – July 7, 1980) was an American playwright, director, and producer for the stage and a prolific screenwriter and producer of motion pictures. He directed one feature film, ''Act One (film), Act One'', th ...
and starring George Hamilton *'' An Actor's Revenge'' (Yukinojō Henge), directed by
Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956) and '' Fires on the Plain'' (1959), to the documentary '' Tokyo Olympiad'' (1965), which won t ...
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Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
) *'' Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din'' (Saladin), directed by
Youssef Chahine Youssef Chahine ( ; 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptian film director. He was active in the Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death. He directed twelve films included in a list of Top 100 Egyptian films published by ...
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Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
) *'' All the Way Home'', starring
Jean Simmons Jean Merilyn Simmons (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was a British actress and singer. One of J. Arthur Rank's "well-spoken young starlets", she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Britain during and after the ...
, Robert Preston, Ronnie Claire Edwards *'' Alone on the Pacific'' (Taiheiyo hitori-botchi), directed by
Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956) and '' Fires on the Plain'' (1959), to the documentary '' Tokyo Olympiad'' (1965), which won t ...
– (
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America, America ''America America'' (British title ''The Anatolian Smile'') is a 1963 American drama film directed, produced and written by Elia Kazan. It was inspired by the struggle of his uncle, Avraam Elia Kazantzoglou, to work his way to America, a land o ...
'' (a.k.a. The Anatolian Smile) by
Elia Kazan Elias Kazantzoglou (, ; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003), known as Elia Kazan ( ), was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one of the most honored and inf ...
*'' Any Number Can Win'' (Mélodie en sous-sol), starring
Jean Gabin Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including '' Pépé le ...
and
Alain Delon Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of ...
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) *'' Apache Gold'' (Winnetou – 1. Teil), directed by
Harald Reinl Harald Reinl (8 July 1908 in Bad Ischl, Austria – 9 October 1986 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) was an Austrian film director. He is known for the films he made based on Edgar Wallace and Karl May books (see Karl May movies and Edgar Wallace ...
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Atragon is a 1963 Japanese ''tokusatsu'' science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho, it is based on ''The Undersea Warship: A Fantastic Tale of Island Adventure'' by Shunrō ...
'' (Kaitei gunkan), directed by
Ishirō Honda was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 46 feature films in a career spanning five decades. He is acknowledged as the most internationally successful Japanese filmmaker prior to Hayao Miyazaki and one of the founders of modern disaster film, wit ...
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Attack Squadron! is a 1963 Japanese film directed by Shue Matsubayashi, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film is about Lt. Colonel Senda (Toshiro Mifune) who commands three fighter squadrons, eventually being dominated by Allied forces in June 1944. R ...
'' (太平洋の翼, Taiheiyō no Tsubasa), directed by
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*'' The Bakery Girl of Monceau'' (La boulangère de Monceau), directed by
Éric Rohmer Jean Marie Maurice Schérer or Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer (; 21 March 192011 January 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher. Rohmer was the last of the Post-war, p ...
, starring
Barbet Schroeder Barbet Schroeder (born 26 August 1941) is an Iranian-born Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working with directors of the French New Wave such as Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette and Eric Rohm ...
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The Balcony ''The Balcony'' () is a Play (theatre), play by the French people, French dramatist Jean Genet. It is set in an unnamed city that is experiencing a revolutionary uprising in the streets; most of the action takes place in an upmarket brothel that ...
'', starring
Shelley Winters Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American film actress whose career spanned seven decades. She won Academy Awards for ''The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film), The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1959) and ' ...
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Peter Falk Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Columbo (character), Lieutenant Columbo on the NBC/American Broadcasting Company, ABC series ''Columbo'' (196 ...
and
Leonard Nimoy Leonard Simon Nimoy ( ; March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor and director, famous for playing Spock in the ''Star Trek'' franchise for almost 50 years. This includes Development of Spock, originating Spock in Star Trek: T ...
*'' Banana Peel'' (Peau de banane), starring
Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau (; 23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, director, and socialite. She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. Mo ...
and
Jean Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (; 9 April 19336 September 2021) was a French actor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward, frequently portraying police officer ...
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West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...
) *'' Bandini'' (Imprisoned), directed by
Bimal Roy Bimal Roy (12 July 1909 – 7 January 1966) was an Indian film director. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films such as , '' Parineeta'', ''Biraj Bahu'', '' Devdas'', '' Madhumati'', '' Sujata'', '' Parakh'' and '' Ba ...
, starring
Ashok Kumar Ashok Kumar (born Kumudlal Ganguly; 13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. He is considered to be the first Super-st ...
– (
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
) *'' Barren Lives'' (Vidas Secas), directed by
Nelson Pereira dos Santos Nelson Pereira dos Santos (22 October 1928 21 April 2018) was a Brazilian film director. He directed films such as ''Vidas secas (film), Vidas Secas'' (Barren Lives, 1963), based on the Vidas Secas, book with the same name by Brazilian writer G ...
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Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
) *'' The Bastard'' (悪太郎, Akutarō), directed by
Seijun Suzuki , born (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017), was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their florid visual style, absurd humour, and a playful rejection of traditional film grammar. He made 40 predominately ...
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Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
) *'' Bay of Angels'' (La Baie des Anges), directed by
Jacques Demy Jacques Demy (; 5 June 1931 – 27 October 1990) was a French director, screenwriter and lyricist. He appeared at the height of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Demy's films are celebrated ...
, starring
Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau (; 23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, director, and socialite. She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. Mo ...
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France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) *'' Beach Party'', directed by William Asher, starring
Frankie Avalon Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1940), better known as Frankie Avalon, is an American singer, actor and former teen idol. He had 31 charting U.S. ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' singles from 1958 to late 1962, including Record ...
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Annette Funicello Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013) was an American actress and singer. She began her professional career at age 12, becoming one of the most popular Mouseketeers on the original ''The Mickey Mouse Club, Mickey Mouse Cl ...
,
Bob Cummings Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings (June 9, 1910 – December 2, 1990) was an American film and television actor who appeared in roles in comedy films such as '' The Devil and Miss Jones'' (1941) and '' Princess O'Rourke'' (1943), and in ...
,
Dorothy Malone Dorothy Malone (born Mary Dorothy Maloney; January 29, 1924 – January 19, 2018) was an American actress. Her film career began in 1943, and in her early years, she played small roles, mainly in B-movies, with the exception of a supporting rol ...
*'' Bébo's Girl'' (La ragazza di Bube), starring
Claudia Cardinale Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale (; born 15 April 1938), known as Claudia Cardinale (), is an Italian actress. Born and raised in La Goulette, a neighbourhood of Tunis, Cardinale won the "Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia" competition ...
and
George Chakiris George Chakiris (born September 16, 1932) is an American actor and dancer. He is best known for his appearance in the 1961 film version of ''West Side Story'' as Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks gang, for which he won both the Academy Award fo ...
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) *'' The Big City'' (Mahanagar), directed by
Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligraphy, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influ ...
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Billy Liar ''Billy Liar'' is a 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse that was later adapted into a play, a Billy Liar (film), film, a Billy (musical), musical and a Billy Liar (TV series), TV series. The work has inspired and been featured in a number of popul ...
'', directed by
John Schlesinger John Richard Schlesinger ( ; 16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was an English film and stage director, and actor. He emerged in the early 1960s as a leading light of the British New Wave, before embarking on a successful career in Hollywood ...
, starring
Tom Courtenay Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay (; born 25 February 1937) is an English actor. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he achieved prominence in the 1960s as part of actors of the British New Wave. Courtenay has received numerous acco ...
and
Julie Christie Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress. Christie's accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has appeared in six films ranked in the British Film Institu ...
– ( U.K.) *'' The Birds'', directed by
Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featu ...
, starring Tippi Hedren,
Rod Taylor Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 feature films, including '' Young Cassidy'' (1965), '' Nobody Runs Forever'' (1968), '' The Train Robbers'' (1973), and '' A Matt ...
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Suzanne Pleshette Suzanne Pleshette (January 31, 1937 – January 19, 2008) was an American actress. Pleshette was known for her roles in theatre, film, and television. She was nominated for three Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. For her role as Emily Hart ...
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Jessica Tandy Jessie Alice Tandy (7 June 1909 – 11 September 1994) was a British actress. An icon in the film industry, she appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV, receiving an Academy Award, four Tony Awards, a BAF ...
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Boris Karloff William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), known professionally as Boris Karloff () and occasionally billed as Karloff the Uncanny, was a British actor. His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film ''Frankenstei ...
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Claude Chabrol Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues an ...
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Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, four of the fil ...
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Bushido, Samurai Saga , also titled ''Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai'' and ''Cruel Tale of Bushido'', is a 1963 Japanese drama and jidaigeki film directed by Tadashi Imai. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Gold ...
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Tadashi Imai was a Japanese film director known for social realist filmmaking informed by a left-wing perspective. His most noted films include '' An Inlet of Muddy Water'' (1953) and '' Bushido, Samurai Saga'' (1963). Life Although leaning towards left-win ...
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Janet Leigh Jeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress. Raised in Stockton, California, by working-class parents, Leigh was discovered at 18 by actress Norma Shearer, who helped he ...
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Dick Van Dyke Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, entertainer and comedian. Dick Van Dyke on screen and stage, His work spans screen and stage, and List of awards and nominations received by Dick Van Dyke, his awards includ ...
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Ann-Margret Ann-Margret Olsson (born 28 April 1941), credited as Ann-Margret, is a Swedish-American actress and singer with a career spanning seven decades. Her many screen roles include '' Pocketful of Miracles'' (1961), ''State Fair'' (1962), '' Bye Bye B ...


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Edie Adams Edie Adams (born Edith Elizabeth Enke; April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008) was an American comedian, actress, singer and businesswoman who was prominent in the second half of the 1900s. She earned a Tony Award and was nominated for an Emmy Awa ...
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Gregory Peck Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, 12th-greatest male ...
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Tony Curtis Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925September 29, 2010) was an American actor with a career that spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films, in roles co ...
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Bobby Darin Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor who performed Pop music, pop, Swing music, swing, Folk music, folk, rock and roll, and country music. Darin started ...
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Eddie Albert Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005) was an American actor. He is known for his roles on stage and screen and received nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Albert made his actin ...
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Otto Preminger Otto Ludwig Preminger ( ; ; 5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian Americans, Austrian-American film and theatre director, film producer, and actor. He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the the ...
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Romy Schneider Rosemarie Magdalena Albach (23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982), known professionally as Romy Schneider (), was a German and French actress. She is regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time and became a cult figure due to ...
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John Huston John Marcellus Huston ( ; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics. He rec ...
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Joan Crawford Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway theatre, Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion-picture cont ...
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Robert Stack Robert Stack (born Charles Langford Modini Stack; January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) was an American actor and television host. Known for his deep voice and commanding presence, he appeared in over forty feature films. He starred in the America ...
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Polly Bergen Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin; July 14, 1930 – September 20, 2014) was an American actress, singer, television host, writer, and entrepreneur. She won an Emmy Award in 1958 for her performance as Helen Morgan (singer), Helen ...
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Sid James Sidney James (born Solomon Joel Cohen; 8 May 1913 – 26 April 1976) was a South African–British actor and comedian whose career encompassed radio, television, stage and screen. Noted for his distinctive laugh, he was best known for numerou ...
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Kenneth Williams Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was a British actor and comedian. He was best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and diarist. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the 31 ''Carry ...
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Bernard Cribbins Bernard Joseph Cribbins (29 December 1928 – 27 July 2022) was an English actor and singer whose career spanned over eight decades. During the 1960s, Cribbins became known in the UK for his successful novelty records " The Hole in the Ground" ...
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The Cassandra Cat ''The Cassandra Cat'' (; also released under the titles ''When the Cat Comes''; ''The Cat Who Wore Sunglasses''; ''One Day, a Cat''; and ''That Cat'') is a 1963 Czechoslovak comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Vojtěch Jasný. It is asso ...
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Laurence Harvey Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne; 1 October 192825 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born British actor and film director. He was born to Lithuanian Jewish parents and emigrated to Union of South Africa, South Africa at an early age, before ...
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Julien Duvivier Julien Duvivier (; 8 October 1896 – 29 October 1967) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are ''La Bandera (film), La Bandera'', ...
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Stanley Donen Stanley Donen ( ; April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019) was an American film director and choreographer. He received the Honorary Academy Award in 70th Academy Awards, 1998, and the Golden Lion#Golden Lion – Honorary Award, Career Golden Lion ...
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Cary Grant Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English and American actor. Known for his blended British and American accent, debonair demeanor, lighthearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing, he ...
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Audrey Hepburn Audrey Kathleen Hepburn ( Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Classical Holly ...
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Walter Matthau Walter John Matthau ( Matthow; ; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor, known for his "hangdog face" and for playing world-weary characters. He starred in 10 films alongside his real-life friend Jack Lemmon, including '' The Od ...
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George Kennedy George Harris Kennedy Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" in ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), winning the Academy Award for Best Supp ...
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James Coburn James Harrison Coburn III (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American film and television actor who was featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career.AllmoviBi ...
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Judy Garland Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. Possessing a strong contralto voice, she was celebrated for her emotional depth and versatility across film, stage, and concert performance. ...
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Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was an English and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 19 ...
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Rex Harrison Sir Reginald Carey Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play '' French W ...
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Richard Burton Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s and gave a memor ...
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Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
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Come Blow Your Horn ''Come Blow Your Horn'' is Neil Simon's first play, which premiered on Broadway in 1961 and had a London production in 1962 at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Simon rewrote the script more than two dozen times over several years, resulting in a hit ...
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Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ...
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Barbara Rush Barbara Rush (January 4, 1927 – March 31, 2024) was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. In 1954, she won the Golden Globe Award for most promising female newcomer for her role in the 1953 American science-fiction film ''It ...
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Lois Nettleton Lois June Nettleton (August 16, 1927 – January 18, 2008) was an American film, stage, radio and television actress. She received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won two Daytime Emmy Awards. Early life Lois Nettleton was born on Aug ...
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Dolores Hart Dolores Hart, O.S.B. (born Dolores Hicks; October 20, 1938) is an American Roman Catholic Benedictine nun and former actress. Following her movie debut with Elvis Presley in '' Loving You'' (1957), she made 10 films in five years, including '' ...
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Ugo Tognazzi Ottavio "Ugo" Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the most important faces of Italian comedy together with Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Marcello Mastr ...
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Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French and Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as ...
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Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot ( ; ; born 28 September 1934), often referred to by her initials B.B., is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal rights activist. Famous for portraying characters with Hedonism, hedonistic life ...
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Michel Piccoli Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide vari ...
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Jacques Deray Jacques Deray (born Jacques Desrayaud, 19 February 1929 – 9 August 2003) was a French film director and screenwriter. Deray is prominently known for directing many crime films, crime and thriller films. Biography Born Jacques Desrayaud in Lyon, ...
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Vincente Minnelli Vincente Minnelli (; born Lester Anthony Minnelli; February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American Theatre director, stage director and film director. From a career spanning over half a century, he is best known for his sophisticated innovat ...
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Glenn Ford Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006), known as Glenn Ford, was a Canadian-born American actor. He was most prominent during Classical Hollywood cinema, Hollywood's Golden Age as one of the biggest box-office draws of th ...
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Shirley Jones Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an American actress and singer. In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of musical films, such as ''Oklahoma! (film), Oklahoma!'' (1955), ''Carousel (fi ...
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Stella Stevens Stella Stevens (born Estelle Caro Eggleston; October 1, 1938 – February 17, 2023) was an American actress. She was the mother of actor Andrew Stevens. Stevens began her acting career in 1959 in the film ''Say One for Me'', winning the Golden ...
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Ron Howard Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American filmmaker and actor. Howard started his career as a child actor before transitioning to directing films. Over his six-decade career, Howard has received List of awards and nominations r ...
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Robert Drew Robert Lincoln Drew (February 15, 1924 – July 30, 2014) was an American documentary filmmaker known as one of the pioneers—and sometimes called father—of cinéma vérité, or direct cinema, in the United States. Two of his films, ''Primar ...
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Bob Hope Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was an American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours. He appeared ...
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Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by ''Time (magazine), Time'' in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the 20th century for h ...
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Lino Ventura Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men ...
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Macdonald Carey Edward Macdonald Carey (March 15, 1913 – March 21, 1994) was an American actor, best known for his role as the patriarch Dr. Tom Horton on NBC's soap opera '' Days of Our Lives''. For almost three decades, he was the show's central cast membe ...
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René Clément René Clément (; 18 March 1913 – 17 March 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the films ''The Battle of the Rails'' (1946), ''Forbidden Games'' (1952), ''Gervaise (film), Gervaise'' (1956), ''Purple No ...
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Simone Signoret Simone Signoret (; born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French actress. She received various accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, a César Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and ...
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'', directed by
Menahem Golan Menahem Golan (; May 31, 1929 – August 8, 2014, originally Menachem Globus) was an Israelis, Israeli film producer, screenwriter, and director. He co-owned The Cannon Group with his cousin Yoram Globus. Cannon specialized in producing low-to-mid ...
, starring Topol – (
Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...
) *'' Empress Wu Tse-Tien'' – (
Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
) *'' The Empty Canvas'' (La noia), starring
Bette Davis Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympatheti ...
and Horst Buchholz – (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
) *'' The Engagement'' (I fidanzati), directed by
Ermanno Olmi Ermanno Olmi (24 July 1931 – 7 May 2018)Lane, John Francis (May 7, 2018).Ermanno Olmi obituary. ''The Guardian''. theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018. was an Italian film director and screenwriter best known for directing '' Il Posto'' ( ...
– (Italy) *'' The Executioner'' (El Verdugo), directed by
Luis García Berlanga Luis García-Berlanga Martí Medal of Merit in Labour, MMT (12 June 1921 – 13 November 2010) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic criti ...
, starring
Nino Manfredi Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi (22 March 1921 – 4 June 2004) was an Italian actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, singer, author, radio personality and television presenter. He was one of the most prominent Italian ac ...
– (
Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
)


F

*''Father Came Too!'', starring James Robertson Justice and Leslie Phillips – ( U.K.) *''The Fiances, The Fiancés'' (I fidanzati), directed by
Ermanno Olmi Ermanno Olmi (24 July 1931 – 7 May 2018)Lane, John Francis (May 7, 2018).Ermanno Olmi obituary. ''The Guardian''. theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018. was an Italian film director and screenwriter best known for directing '' Il Posto'' ( ...
– (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
) *''The Fire Within'' (Le feu follet), directed by Louis Malle – (
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) *'' Flaming Creatures'', directed by Jack Smith (film director), Jack Smith *'' Flipper'', starring Chuck Connors and Luke Halpin *'' Follow the Boys'', starring Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, Dany Robin, Janis Paige *'' For Love or Money'', starring Kirk Douglas and Mitzi Gaynor *'' From Russia with Love'', the second James Bond film, starring Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendáriz, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya – ( U.K./
U.S. The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous ...
) *''
Fun in Acapulco ''Fun in Acapulco'' is a 1963 American musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley and Ursula Andress. The film featured the Top 10 ''Billboard'' hit " Bossa Nova Baby" and reached No. 1 on the national weekly box office charts a week after the ...
'', starring Elvis Presley and
Ursula Andress Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss actress and former model who has appeared in American, British, and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, '' Dr. No'' (1962). She later star ...


G

*'' A Gathering of Eagles'', starring Rock Hudson *''
Gidget Goes to Rome ''Gidget Goes to Rome'' is a 1963 Columbia Pictures Eastmancolor romantic comedy film starring Cindy Carol as the archetypal high school teen surfer girl originally portrayed by Sandra Dee in the 1959 film '' Gidget''. The film is the third of ...
'', starring Cindy Carol *'' The Girl Hunters'', starring Mickey Spillane (as Mike Hammer (character), Mike Hammer), with Lloyd Nolan, Shirley Eaton *''The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963 film), The Girl Who Knew Too Much'' (La ragazza che sapeva troppo), directed by Mario Bava – (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
) *''Le glaive et la balance'' (a.k.a. Two are Guilty), starring Anthony Perkins – (
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
/
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
) *''Gone Are the Days!'', starring Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee and Godfrey Cambridge *''Goryeojang'' (고려장), written, produced and directed by Kim Ki-young – (List of South Korean films of 1963, South Korea) *'' The Great Escape'', directed by John Sturges, starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson, Richard Attenborough, David McCallum, Donald Pleasence *''Os Verdes Anos, The Green Years'' (Os Verdes Anos) – (Portuguese films of the 1960s, Portugal)


H

*''Hallelujah the Hills (film), Hallelujah the Hills'', directed by Adolfas Mekas *''Hands Over the City, Hands over the City'' (Le mani sulla città), directed by
Francesco Rosi Francesco Rosi (; 15 November 1922 – 10 January 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. His film '' The Mattei Affair'' won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, of ...
, starring Rod Steiger – (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
) *'' The Haunted Palace'', directed by Roger Corman, starring
Vincent Price Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor. He was known for his work in the horror film genre, mostly portraying villains. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price ...
*'' The Haunting'', directed by Robert Wise, starring Julie Harris – ( U.K.) *''Un drôle de paroissien, Heaven Sent'' (Un drôle de paroissien), starring Bourvil – (
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) *''Heavens Above!'', directed by the Boulting brothers, starring Peter Sellers – ( U.K.) *'' High and Low'' (天国と地獄), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune – (
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
) *''
The Hook The Hook, or the Hookman, is an urban legend about a killer with a pirate-like hook for a hand attacking a couple in a parked car. In many versions of the story, the killer is typically portrayed as a faceless, silhouetted old man wearing a r ...
'', starring Kirk Douglas *''The Hours of Love'' (Le ore dell'amore), directed by Luciano Salce – (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
) *''The Householder'' (Gharbar), directed by James Ivory, starring Shashi Kapoor and Leela Naidu – (
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
) *''How to Be Loved'' (Jak być kochaną), starring Zbigniew Cybulski – (List of Polish films of the 1960s, Poland) *'' Hud'', directed by Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman,
Patricia Neal Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal; January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She is well known for, among other roles, playing World WarII widow Helen Benson in ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (195 ...
, Brandon deWilde,
Melvyn Douglas Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Douglas came to prominence in 1929 as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the romantic comedy '' Ninotchka'' ( ...


I

*'' I Could Go On Singing'', starring
Judy Garland Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. Possessing a strong contralto voice, she was celebrated for her emotional depth and versatility across film, stage, and concert performance. ...
and Dirk Bogarde – ( U.K./
U.S. The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous ...
) *''Ikarie XB-1'' (Icarus XB-1) – (
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
) *''L'Immortelle, L'immortelle'' (The Immortal) – (
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
/Turkish films of the 1960s, Turkey) *'' In the Cool of the Day'', starring Peter Finch, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury *''The Indian Scarf'' (Das indische Tuch), directed by Alfred Vohrer – (
West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...
) *'' The Incredible Journey'' *''The Insect Woman'' (Nippon konchūki), directed by Shohei Imamura - (
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
) *''
Irma la Douce ''Irma la Douce'' (, "Irma the Sweet") is a 1963 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond, based on the 1956 French stage musical of the same name by Marguerite Monnot and Al ...
'', directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon and
Shirley MacLaine Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) is an American actress and author. With a career spanning over 70 years, she has received List of awards and nominations received by Shirley MacLaine, numerous accolades, including a ...
*''The Iron Maiden'' (a.k.a. Swinging Maiden), directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Michael Craig (actor), Michael Craig – ( U.K.) *'' Island of Love'', starring Robert Preston and
Walter Matthau Walter John Matthau ( Matthow; ; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor, known for his "hangdog face" and for playing world-weary characters. He starred in 10 films alongside his real-life friend Jack Lemmon, including '' The Od ...
*''
It Happened at the World's Fair ''It Happened at the World's Fair'' is a 1963 American musical film, musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a Aerial application, crop-dusting pilot. It was filmed in Seattle, Washington, site of the Century 21 Exposition. The governor of ...
'', starring Elvis Presley *''
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' is a 1963 American Technicolor epic comedy film in Ultra Panavision 70 produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, from a screenplay by William and Tania Rose. The film, starring Spencer Tracy with an all ...
'', directed by
Stanley Kramer Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous " message films" (he called his movies ''heavy dramas'') and a liberal movie icon.
, starring Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Phil Silvers, Sid Caesar, Jonathan Winters, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine,
Edie Adams Edie Adams (born Edith Elizabeth Enke; April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008) was an American comedian, actress, singer and businesswoman who was prominent in the second half of the 1900s. She earned a Tony Award and was nominated for an Emmy Awa ...
, Dick Shawn and many more *''It's All Happening (film), It's All Happening'' (a.k.a. The Dream Maker), directed by Don Sharp – ( U.K.) *''Ivan's Childhood'' (originally ''Ivanovo detstvo''), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, starring Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, and Evgeniy Zharikov – (Soviet films of the 1960s, U.S.S.R.)


J

*'' Jason and the Argonauts'', starring Todd Armstrong – ( U.K./
U.S. The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous ...
) *'' Johnny Cool'', starring Henry Silva and Elizabeth Montgomery *''Judex (1963 film), Judex'', directed by Georges Franju – (
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
)


K

*''Kanto Wanderer'' (Kantō mushuku) – (
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
) *''
Kings of the Sun ''Kings of the Sun'' is a 1963 DeLuxe Color film directed by J. Lee Thompson for Mirisch Productions set in Mesoamerica at the time of the conquest of Chichen Itza by Hunac Ceel. Location scenes were filmed in Mazatlán and Chichen Itza. The ...
'', directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Yul Brynner and
George Chakiris George Chakiris (born September 16, 1932) is an American actor and dancer. He is best known for his appearance in the 1961 film version of ''West Side Story'' as Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks gang, for which he won both the Academy Award fo ...
*''Kiss of the Vampire (film), Kiss of the Vampire'', directed by Don Sharp


L

*''Ladies Who Do'', starring Harry H. Corbett, Robert Morley and Peggy Mount – ( U.K.) *'' Ladybug Ladybug'', directed by Frank Perry *''
The Leopard ''The Leopard'' ( ) is a novel by Italian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, which chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the ''Risorgimento''. Published posthumously in 1958 by Feltrinelli, after two rejections by the ...
'' (Il Gattopardo), directed by
Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter. He was one of the fathers of Italian neorealism, cinematic neorealism, but later ...
, starring
Burt Lancaster Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor. Initially known for playing tough characters with tender hearts, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-year caree ...
,
Claudia Cardinale Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale (; born 15 April 1938), known as Claudia Cardinale (), is an Italian actress. Born and raised in La Goulette, a neighbourhood of Tunis, Cardinale won the "Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia" competition ...
,
Alain Delon Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of ...
– Palme d'Or winner – (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
) *''Like Two Drops of Water'' (Als twee druppels water), directed by Fons Rademakers – (Dutch films of the 1960s, Netherlands) *'' Lilies of the Field'', directed by Ralph Nelson, starring
Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier ( ; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Among his ot ...
*'' The List of Adrian Messenger'', directed by
John Huston John Marcellus Huston ( ; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics. He rec ...
, starring George C. Scott *''The Little Soldier'' (Le petit soldat), directed by
Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French and Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as ...
, starring Anna Karina – (French films of 1960, France) *''
Lord of the Flies ''Lord of the Flies'' is the 1954 debut novel of British author William Golding. The plot concerns a group of prepubescent British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves that led to ...
'', directed by Peter Brook – ( U.K.) *''The Love Eterne'' (Liang Shan Bo yu Zhu Ying Tai) – (
Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
) *'' Love Is a Ball'', starring
Glenn Ford Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006), known as Glenn Ford, was a Canadian-born American actor. He was most prominent during Classical Hollywood cinema, Hollywood's Golden Age as one of the biggest box-office draws of th ...
, Hope Lange, Charles Boyer, Ricardo Montalbán *'' Love with the Proper Stranger'', starring Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen


M

*''Edwin Zbonek, The Mad Executioners'' (Der Henker von London), directed by Edwin Zbonek – (
West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...
) * ''Maigret Sees Red'' (Maigret voit rouge), starring
Jean Gabin Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including '' Pépé le ...
– (
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
/
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
) *''The Man from the Diner's Club'', directed by Frank Tashlin, starring Danny Kaye *'' Maniac'', directed by Michael Carreras *''Mary, Mary (play)#Film, Mary, Mary'', starring Debbie Reynolds, Diane McBain and Barry Nelson (actor), Barry Nelson *'' Matango'' (a.k.a. Attack of the Mushroom People), directed by
Ishirō Honda was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 46 feature films in a career spanning five decades. He is acknowledged as the most internationally successful Japanese filmmaker prior to Hayao Miyazaki and one of the founders of modern disaster film, wit ...
– (
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
) *Mathias Sandorf (1963 film), Mathias Sandorf, directed by Georges Lampin – (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
/French films of 1963, France/
Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
) *''A Matter of Choice'', directed by Vernon Sewell, starring Anthony Steel (actor), Anthony Steel – ( U.K.) *''
McLintock! :''See also McClintock (disambiguation)'' ''McLintock!'' is a 1963 American Western comedy film, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. The film co-stars Wayne's son Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Jack Kr ...
'', starring
John Wayne Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne, was an American actor. Nicknamed "Duke", he became a Pop icon, popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood' ...
and Maureen O'Hara *''The Mind Benders (1963 film), The Mind Benders'', starring Dirk Bogarde and Mary Ure – ( U.K.) *''
Miracle of the White Stallions ''Miracle of the White Stallions'' is a 1963 American adventure film, adventure war film released by Walt Disney starring Robert Taylor (American actor), Robert Taylor (playing Alois Podhajsky), Lilli Palmer, and Eddie Albert. It is based on ...
'', starring Robert Taylor (American actor), Robert Taylor, Lilli Palmer,
Eddie Albert Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005) was an American actor. He is known for his roles on stage and screen and received nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Albert made his actin ...
*''Monstrosity (film), Monstrosity'' (a.k.a. The Atomic Brain''),'' directed by Joseph V. Mascelli *''Mother of the Bride (1963 film), Mother of the Bride'' (Omm el aroussa) – (Egyptian films of the 1960s, Egypt) *''The Mouse on the Moon'', directed by Richard Lester – ( U.K.) *''
Move Over, Darling ''Move Over, Darling'' is a 1963 American comedy film starring Doris Day, James Garner, and Polly Bergen and directed by Michael Gordon filmed in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope released by 20th Century Fox. The film is a remake of a 1940 sc ...
'', starring Doris Day, James Garner,
Polly Bergen Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin; July 14, 1930 – September 20, 2014) was an American actress, singer, television host, writer, and entrepreneur. She won an Emmy Award in 1958 for her performance as Helen Morgan (singer), Helen ...
, Chuck Connors *''Mujhe Jeene Do'' (Let Me Live), starring Sunil Dutt – (
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
) *''Murder at the Gallop'' (1963), a Miss Marple film directed by George Pollock (director), George Pollock – ( U.K./
U.S. The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous ...
) *''Muriel (film), Muriel'' (a.k.a. Muriel ou le Temps d'un retour), directed by Alain Resnais, starring Delphine Seyrig – (
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) *'' My Six Loves'', starring Debbie Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, David Janssen


N

*''Naked Among Wolves (1963 film), Naked Among Wolves'' (Nackt unter Wölfen) – (List of German films of the 1960s, East Germany) *''Nartanasala (1963 film), Nartanasala'', starring N. T. Rama Rao and Savitri (actress), Savitri – (Telugu films of 1963, India) *''
A New Kind of Love ''A New Kind of Love'' is a 1963 American romantic comedy film written, directed, and produced by Melville Shavelson and starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Frank Sinatra sings "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" over the opening credi ...
'', starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward *''New Tale of Zatoichi'' (新・座頭市物語, ''Shin Zatoichi monogatari''), third film of the Zatoichi trilogy – (
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
) *''
Nine Hours to Rama ''Nine Hours to Rama'' is a1963 British-American neo noir crime film directed by Mark Robson (film director), Mark Robson that follows a fictionalised Nathuram Godse in the hours before he Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, assassinated the India ...
'', directed by Mark Robson (film director), Mark Robson, starring Horst Buchholz, Diane Baker, José Ferrer – ( U.K./
U.S. The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous ...
) *''Not on Your Life'' (El Verdugo), directed by
Luis García Berlanga Luis García-Berlanga Martí Medal of Merit in Labour, MMT (12 June 1921 – 13 November 2010) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic criti ...
, starring
Nino Manfredi Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi (22 March 1921 – 4 June 2004) was an Italian actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, singer, author, radio personality and television presenter. He was one of the most prominent Italian ac ...
– (Spain) *''Nunca pasa nada'' (Nothing Ever Happens), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem – (
Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
) *''Nurse on Wheels'', directed by Gerald Thomas – ( U.K.) *''Nutty, Naughty Chateau'' (Château en suède), directed by Roger Vadim – (
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
/
Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
) *'' The Nutty Professor'', directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, with
Stella Stevens Stella Stevens (born Estelle Caro Eggleston; October 1, 1938 – February 17, 2023) was an American actress. She was the mother of actor Andrew Stevens. Stevens began her acting career in 1959 in the film ''Say One for Me'', winning the Golden ...


O

*'' The Old Dark House'', directed by
William Castle William Castle (born William Schloss Jr.; April 24, 1914 – May 31, 1977) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is known for the horror film, horror and thriller film, thriller B movie, B-movies he directed durin ...
– ( U.K./
U.S. The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous ...
) *''
One Man's Way ''One Man's Way'' is a 1963 American drama film directed by Denis Sanders and written by John W. Bloch and Eleanore Griffin. The film stars Don Murray as the preacher and author Norman Vincent Peale. The cast also includes Diana Hyland, Willi ...
'', directed by Denis Sanders and starring Don Murray (actor), Don Murray *'' Operation Bikini'', starring Tab Hunter,
Frankie Avalon Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1940), better known as Frankie Avalon, is an American singer, actor and former teen idol. He had 31 charting U.S. ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' singles from 1958 to late 1962, including Record ...
, Gary Crosby (actor), Gary Crosby *''Ophélia (1963 film), Ophélia'', directed by
Claude Chabrol Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues an ...
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France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) *''I mostri, Opiate '67'' (I mostri), directed by Dino Risi – (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
) *''Optimistic Tragedy (film), Optimistic Tragedy'' (Оптимистическая трагедия), directed by Samson Samsonov – (Soviet films of the 1960s, U.S.S.R.) *''The Organizer'' (I compagni), directed by Mario Monicelli, starring
Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (26 September 1924Come da lui stesso dichiarato a 1'10" dquesta intervista/ref> – 19 December 1996) was an Italian actor. He is generally regarded as one of Italy's most iconic male performers of the 20t ...
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Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
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P

*'' PT 109'', starring Cliff Robertson as
John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the first Roman Catholic and youngest person elected p ...
*'' Papa's Delicate Condition'', starring Jackie Gleason *''The Paper Man (1963 film), The Paper Man'' (El hombre de papel) – (Mexican films of 1963, Mexico) *''Paranoiac (film), Paranoiac'', starring Janette Scott and Oliver Reed – ( U.K.) *''Passenger (1963 film), Passenger'' (Pasażerka) – (List of Polish films of the 1960s, Poland) *''
The Pink Panther ''The Pink Panther'' is an American media franchise primarily focusing on a series of comedy-mystery films featuring an inept French police detective, Inspector Clouseau, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. The franchise began with the release of the fil ...
'', directed by Blake Edwards, starring
David Niven James David Graham Niven (; 1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was an English actor, soldier, raconteur, memoirist and novelist. Niven was known as a handsome and debonair leading man in Classic Hollywood films. His accolades include an Academ ...
, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine *''Pour la suite du monde'' (For Those Who Will Follow) – (List of Canadian films#1960s, Canada) *'' The Prize'', starring Paul Newman and Elke Sommer *'' Promises! Promises!'', starring Jayne Mansfield *''The Punch and Judy Man'', starring Tony Hancock – ( U.K.)


R

*''Rampage (1963 film), Rampage'', starring Robert Mitchum and Elsa Martinelli *''
The Raven "The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a distraught lover who is paid a visit ...
'', directed by Roger Corman, starring
Vincent Price Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor. He was known for his work in the horror film genre, mostly portraying villains. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price ...
, Peter Lorre,
Boris Karloff William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), known professionally as Boris Karloff () and occasionally billed as Karloff the Uncanny, was a British actor. His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film ''Frankenstei ...
*''Raven's End'' (Kvarteret Korpen), directed by Bo Widerberg – (Swedish films of the 1960s, Sweden) *''The Red Lanterns'' (Ta Kokkina fanaria) – (Greek films of the 1960s, Greece) *''The Running Man (1963 film), The Running Man'', directed by Carol Reed, starring
Laurence Harvey Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne; 1 October 192825 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born British actor and film director. He was born to Lithuanian Jewish parents and emigrated to Union of South Africa, South Africa at an early age, before ...
,
Alan Bates Sir Alan Arthur Bates (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was an English actor who came to prominence in the Cinema of the United Kingdom#The 1960s, 1960s, when he appeared in films ranging from ''Whistle Down the Wind (film), Whistle Down ...
, Lee Remick – ( U.K.)


S

*'' The Sadist'' (a.k.a. Profile of Terror or Sweet Baby Charlie), directed by James Landis *''Sammy Going South'' (released in the U.S. as ''A Boy Ten Feet Tall''), directed by Alexander Mackendrick – ( U.K.) *'' Savage Sam'', a sequel to ''Old Yeller (film), Old Yeller'' directed by Norman Tokar *''The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh'', directed by James Neilson (director), James Neilson *''The Scarlet Blade'' (released in the U.S. as ''The Crimson Blade''), directed by John Gilling – ( U.K.) *''Scum of the Earth!,'' directed by
Herschell Gordon Lewis Herschell Gordon Lewis (June 15, 1926 – September 26, 2016) was an American filmmaker, best known for creating the " splatter" subgenre of horror films. He is often called the "Godfather of Gore" (a title also given to Lucio Fulci), though h ...
*''The Servant (1963 film), The Servant'', directed by
Joseph Losey Joseph Walton Losey III (; January 14, 1909 – June 22, 1984) was an American film and theatre director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States. Hollywood ...
, starring Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, James Fox – ( U.K.) *''
Shock Corridor ''Shock Corridor'' is a 1963 American psychological thriller film starring Peter Breck, Constance Towers, and Gene Evans. Written, directed and produced by Samuel Fuller, it tells the story of a journalist who gets himself intentionally commit ...
'', directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Peter Breck and Constance Towers *''Showdown (1963 film), Showdown'', starring Audie Murphy *''The Silence (1963 film), The Silence'' (Tystnaden), written and directed by Ingmar Bergman – (Swedish films of the 1960s, Sweden) * ''The Small World of Sammy Lee'', written and directed by Ken Hughes – ( U.K.) * ''Soft Hands (film), Soft Hands'', directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar – (
Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
) *''Sodom and Gomorrah (1963 film), Sodom and Gomorrah'', starring Stewart Granger,
Anouk Aimée Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus (; 27 April 1932 2024), known professionally as Anouk Aimée () or Anouk, was a French film actress who appeared in 70 films from 1947 until 2019. Having begun her film career at age 14, she studied acting and ...
, Pier Angeli *''
Soldier in the Rain ''Soldier in the Rain'' is a 1963 American comedy buddy film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Jackie Gleason and Steve McQueen. Tuesday Weld portrays Gleason's character's romantic partner. Produced by Martin Jurow and co-written by ...
'', starring Steve McQueen and Jackie Gleason *''
Son of Flubber ''Son of Flubber'' is a 1963 American science fiction comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney Productions. It is the sequel to ''The Absent-Minded Professor'' (1961) and the first sequel to a Disney film. Fred MacMu ...
'', starring Fred MacMurray *''Sparrows Can't Sing'', starring Barbara Windsor and Roy Kinnear – ( U.K.) *'' Spencer's Mountain'', starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara *''The Squeaker (1963 film), The Squeaker'' (Der Zinker), directed by Alfred Vohrer – (
West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...
/
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) *''Station Six-Sahara'', directed by Seth Holt – ( U.K./
West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...
) *'' The Stripper'', starring Joanne Woodward, Richard Beymer, Claire Trevor, Gypsy Rose Lee *''Stolen Hours'', starring Susan Hayward and Diane Baker *Il Successo, ''The Success'' (Il successo), starring Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant – (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
) *''Summer Holiday (1963 film), Summer Holiday'', starring Cliff Richard, Lauri Peters and The Shadows – ( U.K.) *'' Summer Magic'', starring Dorothy McGuire, Hayley Mills, Deborah Walley *''Sunday in New York'', starring Jane Fonda,
Rod Taylor Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 feature films, including '' Young Cassidy'' (1965), '' Nobody Runs Forever'' (1968), '' The Train Robbers'' (1973), and '' A Matt ...
, Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp *''Sunshine in a Net'' (Slnko v sieti) – (
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
) *''Suzanne's Career'' (La carrière de Suzanne), directed by
Éric Rohmer Jean Marie Maurice Schérer or Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer (; 21 March 192011 January 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher. Rohmer was the last of the Post-war, p ...
– (
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) *''Sweet and Sour (1963 film), Sweet and Sour'' (Dragées au poivre), directed by Jacques Baratier – (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
/
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) *''Sweet Skin'' (Strip-tease), directed by Jacques Poitrenaud – (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
/
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) *'' The Sword in the Stone,'' an animated Disney film


T

*''Taj Mahal (1963 film), Taj Mahal'' – (
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
) *''
Take Her, She's Mine ''Take Her, She's Mine'' is a 1963 American comedy film starring James Stewart and Sandra Dee and based on a 1961 Broadway comedy written by the husband-and-wife team of Henry and Phoebe Ephron. The film was directed by Henry Koster with a scre ...
'', starring James Stewart, Sandra Dee and Audrey Meadows *''À tout prendre, Take It All'' (À tout prendre, a.k.a. All Things Considered) directed by Claude Jutra – (List of Canadian films#1960s, Canada) *'' Tammy and the Doctor'', starring Sandra Dee and Peter Fonda *''Los Tarantos'', directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta – (
Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
) *'' Tarzan's Three Challenges'', starring Jock Mahoney – ( U.K./
U.S. The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous ...
) *''
The Terror The Reign of Terror (French: ''La Terreur'', literally "The Terror") was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to ...
'', produced and directed by Roger Corman *''That Kind of Girl'', directed by Gerry O'Hara – ( U.K.) *''This Sporting Life'', directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts (actress), Rachel Roberts – ( U.K.) *'' The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze'', starring the Three Stooges *'' The Thrill of It All'', directed by Norman Jewison, starring Doris Day and James Garner *'' A Ticklish Affair'', directed by George Sidney, starring
Shirley Jones Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an American actress and singer. In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of musical films, such as ''Oklahoma! (film), Oklahoma!'' (1955), ''Carousel (fi ...
and Gig Young *''To Beep or Not to Beep'', written and directed by Chuck Jones, starring Wile E. Coyote and The Road runner *''To Die in Madrid'' (''Mourir à Madrid''), a documentary film directed by Frédéric Rossif – (
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) *''
Tom Jones Tom Jones may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Tom Jones (singer) (born 1940), Welsh singer *Tom Jones (writer) (1928–2023), American librettist and lyricist *''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'', a novel by Henry Fielding published in 1 ...
'', directed by
Tony Richardson Cecil Antonio Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and film director, producer and screenwriter, whose career spanned five decades. He was identified with the "angry young men" group of British directors and play ...
, starring Albert Finney and Susannah York ( U.K.) *''Torpedo Bay (film), Torpedo Bay'', starring James Mason and Lilli Palmer – (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
/
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) *'' Toys in the Attic'', directed by George Roy Hill, starring
Dean Martin Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor, and comedian. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Cool", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of ...
, Geraldine Page and Yvette Mimieux *'' Twice-Told Tales'', starring
Vincent Price Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor. He was known for his work in the horror film genre, mostly portraying villains. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price ...
*'' Twilight of Honor'', starring Richard Chamberlain


U

*'' The Ugly American'', starring Marlon Brando *''Uncle Vanya (1963 film), Uncle Vanya'', starring Michael Redgrave, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright – ( U.K.) *''
Under the Yum Yum Tree ''Under the Yum Yum Tree'' is a 1963 American sex comedy film directed by David Swift and starring Jack Lemmon, Carol Lynley, Dean Jones, and Edie Adams, with Imogene Coca, Paul Lynde, and Robert Lansing. The film received two Golden Globe ...
'', starring Jack Lemmon, Dean Jones (actor), Dean Jones, Carol Lynley,
Edie Adams Edie Adams (born Edith Elizabeth Enke; April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008) was an American comedian, actress, singer and businesswoman who was prominent in the second half of the 1900s. She earned a Tony Award and was nominated for an Emmy Awa ...


V

*''Vice and Virtue'' (Le vice et la vertu), starring Annie Girardot, Robert Hossein and Catherine Deneuve – (
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) *''
The Victors "The Victors" is the fight song of the University of Michigan. Michigan student Louis Elbel wrote the song in 1898 after the football team's victory over the University of Chicago, which clinched an undefeated season and the Western Conferen ...
'', starring George Peppard, George Hamilton, Vince Edwards,
Romy Schneider Rosemarie Magdalena Albach (23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982), known professionally as Romy Schneider (), was a German and French actress. She is regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time and became a cult figure due to ...
,
Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau (; 23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, director, and socialite. She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. Mo ...
– ( U.K.) *''La visita'' (The Visitor), starring Sandra Milo – (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
) *'' The V.I.P.s'', starring
Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was an English and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 19 ...
,
Richard Burton Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s and gave a memor ...
,
Rod Taylor Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 feature films, including '' Young Cassidy'' (1965), '' Nobody Runs Forever'' (1968), '' The Train Robbers'' (1973), and '' A Matt ...
, Maggie Smith, Louis Jourdan,
Margaret Rutherford Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford (11 May 1892 – 22 May 1972) was an English actress of stage, film and television. Rutherford came to national attention following World War II in the film adaptations of Noël Coward's ''Blithe Spirit (1945 f ...
, Orson Welles – ( U.K.) *''Voyage to the End of the Universe'' (Ikarie XB-1), directed by Jindřich Polák – (
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
)


W

*''Walking the Streets of Moscow'' (Ya shagayu po Moskve) – (Soviet films of the 1960s, U.S.S.R.) *''
Wall of Noise ''Wall of Noise'' is a 1963 American drama film directed by Richard Wilson, written by Joseph Landon, and starring Suzanne Pleshette, Ty Hardin, Dorothy Provine, Ralph Meeker, Simon Oakland and Jimmy Murphy. It was released by Warner Bros. o ...
'', directed by Richard Wilson (director), Richard Wilson and starring
Suzanne Pleshette Suzanne Pleshette (January 31, 1937 – January 19, 2008) was an American actress. Pleshette was known for her roles in theatre, film, and television. She was nominated for three Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. For her role as Emily Hart ...
and Ty Hardin *''What a Crazy World'', directed by Michael Carreras – ( U.K.) *''What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?'', a short film directed by Martin Scorsese *'' The Wheeler Dealers'', starring James Garner and Lee Remick *''The Whip and the Body'' (La frusta e il corpo), directed by Mario Bava under the alias "John M. Old" *'' Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?'', starring
Dean Martin Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor, and comedian. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Cool", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of ...
, Carol Burnett, Elizabeth Montgomery, Jill St. John *'' Who's Minding the Store?'', starring Jerry Lewis, Agnes Moorehead, Jill St. John *''Winter Light'' (Nattvardsgästerna), directed by Ingmar Bergman – (Swedish films of the 1960s, Sweden) *''Wives and Lovers (film), Wives and Lovers'', starring
Janet Leigh Jeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress. Raised in Stockton, California, by working-class parents, Leigh was discovered at 18 by actress Norma Shearer, who helped he ...
,
Shelley Winters Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American film actress whose career spanned seven decades. She won Academy Awards for ''The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film), The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1959) and ' ...
, Martha Hyer *''Women of the World'' (La donna nel mondo), directed by Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi – (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
) *''The Wrong Arm of the Law'', starring Peter Sellers – ( U.K.)


X

*'' X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes'', directed by Roger Corman, starring Ray Milland


Y

*''
The Yellow Canary ''The Yellow Canary'' is a 1963 American thriller film directed by Buzz Kulik and starring Pat Boone and Barbara Eden. It was adapted by Rod Serling from a novel by Whit Masterson, who also wrote the novel that was the basis for Orson Welles' '' ...
'', starring Pat Boone *''Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow'' (Ieri, oggi, domani), directed by
Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, four of the fil ...
, starring Sophia Loren and
Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (26 September 1924Come da lui stesso dichiarato a 1'10" dquesta intervista/ref> – 19 December 1996) was an Italian actor. He is generally regarded as one of Italy's most iconic male performers of the 20t ...
– Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film – (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
) *''Yoso (film), Yoso'', directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa – (
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
) *''Young Aphrodites'' (Mikres Afrodites) – (Greek films of the 1960s, Greece) *''
Youth of the Beast is a 1963 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki. Much of the film is set in Tokyo, Japan. Synopsis Joji Mizuno ( Joe Shishido), a former Kobe Metropolitan Police Department detective fired after being convicted of embezzlement, is rele ...
'' (Yajū no seishun), directed by
Seijun Suzuki , born (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017), was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their florid visual style, absurd humour, and a playful rejection of traditional film grammar. He made 40 predominately ...
– (
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
)


Z

* ''Zatoichi on the Road'' (座頭市喧嘩旅, ''Zatōichi kenka-tabi''), directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda – (
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
) * ''Zatoichi the Fugitive'' (座頭市兇状旅, ''Zatōichi Kyōjō tabi''), directed by Tokuzō Tanaka – (
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
)


Short film series

*''Looney Tunes'' (1930 in film, 1930–1969 in film, 1969) *''Terrytoons'' (1930 in film, 1930–1964 in film, 1964) *''Merrie Melodies'' (1931 in film, 1931–1969 in film, 1969) *''Yosemite Sam'' (1945 in film, 1945-1963) *''Speedy Gonzales'' (1953 in film, 1953–1968 in film, 1968)


Births

*January 3 - Rebecca Broussard, American former actress *January 4 - Dave Foley, Canadian actor and comedian *January 5 - Jiang Wen, Chinese actor, screenwriter and director *January 6 - Tony Halme, Finnish actor and singer (d. 2010) *January 14 - Steven Soderbergh, American director *January 19 - Veanne Cox, American actress *January 20 **Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Lithuanian-Russian-British actress **James Denton, American actor *January 22 - Nicola Duffett, English actress *January 26 - Chin Siu-ho, Hong Kong actor *January 31 - Tonio Arango, German actor *February 3 - Kirk Baily, American actor (d. 2022) *February 10 - Philip Glenister, English actor *February 12 - John Michael Higgins, American actor *February 13 - Barry Tubb, American actor and director *February 14 - Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor and director *February 15 - Wallace Wolodarsky, American screenwriter, producer, director and actor *February 16 - Faran Tahir, Pakistani-American actor *February 17 **Michael Jordan, US basketball player and occasional actor **Larry the Cable Guy, American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, singer and radio personality *February 19 **Joey Diaz, Cuban-American stand-up comedian and actor **Jessica Tuck, American actress *February 21 - William Baldwin, American actor *February 22 - Peggy Lu, American actress *February 24 - Geoff Bell (actor), Geoff Bell, English actor *February 26 - Chase Masterson, American actress and singer *March 1 - Russell Wong, American actor *March 4 - Daniel Roebuck, American actor and writer *March 7 - Bill Brochtrup, American actor *March 11 - Alex Kingston, English actress *March 12 - Jake Weber, English actor *March 16 - Rick Holmes, American actor *March 17 - James Larkin (actor), James Larkin, British actor *March 18 - Vanessa L. Williams, actress, singer and beauty queen *March 19 **Geoffrey Lower, American actor **Stuart McQuarrie, Scottish actor **Mary Scheer, American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer *March 20 **Kathy Ireland, American model and actress **Ofer Samra, American artist and actor **David Thewlis, English actor *March 22 - Francesco Quinn, Italian-born American actor (d. 2011 in film, 2011) *March 27 - Quentin Tarantino, director *April 2 - Tim Hodge, American voice actor, story artist, writer, animator, comedian and director *April 4 - Graham Norton, Irish actor, comedian, commentator and presenter *April 8 - Dean Norris, American actor *April 15 - Paula Pell, American writer, producer and actress *April 17 - Joel Murray, actor *April 18 **Conan O'Brien, television entertainer and talk show host **Eric McCormack, Canadian-American actor *April 19 - Thomas Mills Wood, American actor *April 20 - Tim Maculan, American actor *April 21 - Erik King, American actor *April 26 - Jet Li, Singaporean actor *April 27 - Yammie Lam, Hong Kong actress (d. 2018 in film, 2018) *April 30 - James Marsh (director), James Marsh, British director *May 9 - Gary Daniels, English actor, producer, martial artist and fight coordinator *May 10 - Rich Moore, American director, screenwriter and voice actor *May 11 - Natasha Richardson, actress (d. 2009) *May 12 **Gavin Hood, South African filmmaker and actor **Rob Moran, American actor and producer **John Schultz (director), John Schultz, American director, screenwriter and producer *May 15 **Brenda Bakke, American actress **Jamie Harris (actor), Jamie Harris, British actor **Grant Heslov, American actor and filmmaker *May 16 - Marina Massironi, Italian actress *May 22 **Chris Pedersen (actor), Chris Pedersen, American actor **Cle Shaheed Sloan, American actor and documentary director *May 25 - Mike Myers, Canadian actor *May 30 - Cynthia Gouw, American actress *June 1 **Brian Goodman, American director, writer and actor **David Rudman, American puppeteer, writer, director and producer *June 6 - Jason Isaacs, English actor *June 9 - Johnny Depp, American actor *June 10 **Teresa Cheung Siu-wai, Canadian actress and producer **Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress *June 12 **Isabelle Candelier, French actress **Tim DeKay, actor & producer **Patrice Martinez, American actress (d. 2018) *June 15 - Helen Hunt, American actress and director *June 17 - Greg Kinnear, American actor, producer and television personality *June 22 **Randy Couture, American actor **Heidi Kozak, Danish-American actress *June 25 **John Benjamin Hickey, American actor **Jackie Swanson, American actress *June 27 - David Drake (actor), David Drake, American actor *June 29 - Judith Hoag, American actress *June 30 - Rupert Graves, English actor *July 2 - Mark Kermode, English critic *July 4 **Raman Hui, Hong Kong animator, director and producer **Monty Montgomery (producer), Monty Montgomery, American producer, director, actor and screenwriter *July 5 - Edie Falco, American actress *July 8 - Rocky Carroll, American actor and director *July 13 - Sandy Fox, American voice actress *July 15 **Brigitte Nielsen, Danish actress and singer **Joy Smithers, Australian actress *July 16 **Phoebe Cates, American former actress **Paul Hipp, American actor, singer-songwriter and filmmaker *July 17 - Stephen Tredre, English actor and writer (d. 1997) *July 18 - Jeff Burr, American director, writer and producer (d. 2023) *July 19 - Bettina Kupfer, German actress *July 20 - Frank Whaley, American actor, director, screenwriter and comedian *July 27 - Donnie Yen, Hong Kong actor *July 29 - Alexandra Paul, American actress *July 30 - Lisa Kudrow, American actress *July 31 - Larry Romano, American actor *August 1 **Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor **John Carroll Lynch, American character actor and director **Coolio, American rapper and actor (d. 2022) *August 2 - Igor Khait, American animator (d. 2016) *August 3 - Lisa Ann Walter, American actress, comedian and producer *August 5 - Mark Strong, English actor *August 7 **Ramon Estevez, American actor and director **Harold Perrineau, American actor *August 9 - Whitney Houston, American actress, producer and singer (d. 2012) *August 13 - Sridevi, Indian actress (d. 2018) *August 14 - Emmanuelle Béart, French actress *August 15 - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican filmmaker *August 16 - Christine Cavanaugh, American actress (d. 2014) *August 19 **Darcy DeMoss, American actress **John Stamos, American actor and musician *August 20 - Justina Vail Evans, British actress *August 23 - Ed Gale, American actor and stunt performer (d. 2025) *August 24 - Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game designer, director, producer, and writer *August 28 - Peter Mygind, Danish actor *August 29 - Karl Markovics, Austrian actor and director *August 30 - Michael Chiklis, American actor, director and producer *September 3 **Serena Gordon, English actress **Holt McCallany, American actor, producer and writer *September 5 - Jonny Phillips (actor), Jonny Phillips, English actor *September 7 - W. Earl Brown, American actor, screenwriter, producer and musician *September 8 **David Lee Smith, American actor **Betsy Russell, American actress **Larry Zerner, American actor *September 12 - Michael McElhatton, Irish actor and writer *September 16 - Leslie Wing, American former actress *September 17 **Gian-Carlo Coppola, American producer and actor (d. 1986) **James Urbaniak, American character actor *September 18 - Christopher Heyerdahl, Canadian actor *September 19 **Spencer Garrett, American actor **Dan Povenmire, animator and voice actor *September 20 - Ivan Heng, Singaporean actor *September 21 - Angus Macfadyen, Scottish actor *September 25 **Tate Donovan, American actor and director **Mikael Persbrandt, Swedish actor *September 27 **Marc Maron, American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician **Brian Steele, American actor **Scott Lawrence, American actor *October 1 - Beth Chamberlin, American actress *October 6 **Jsu Garcia, American actor and producer **Elisabeth Shue, American actress *October 8 - David Yates, English director, producer and writer *October 9 - Sheila Kelley (American actress), Sheila Kelley, American actress *October 12 **Rami Heuberger, Israeli actor and director **Dave Legeno, English actor (d. 2014) *October 13 - Hiro Kanagawa, Japanese-Canadian actor *October 14 - Lori Petty, American actress *October 16 - Pamela Bach, American actress (d. 2025) *October 23 - Allison Shearmur, American producer (d. 2018) *October 27 - Deborah Moore, English actress *October 28 - Lauren Holly, American-Canadian actress *October 29 - Jed Brophy, New Zealand actor *October 30 - Michael Beach, American actor *October 31 **Sanjeev Bhaskar, British actor, comedian and television presenter **Dermot Mulroney, American actor **Rob Schneider, actor and comedian *November 3 - Brian Henson, American puppeteer, director and director *November 5 - Tatum O'Neal, American actress *November 10 **Hugh Bonneville, English actor **Tommy Davidson, American actor and comedian *November 12 - Sam Lloyd, American actor and singer (d. 2020) *November 15 ** Doreen Montalvo, American actress, singer and playwright (d. 2020) ** Kevin J. O'Connor (actor), Kevin J. O'Connor, American actor *November 17 **Perry Caravello, American actor and comedian **Dylan Walsh, American actor *November 19 - Angela Means, American comedian and actress *November 20 - Ming-Na Wen, American actress *November 22 - Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Icelandic actor *November 25 **Kevin Chamberlin, American actor and singer **Eddie Jemison, American actor *November 27 **Vladimir Mashkov, Russian actor **Fisher Stevens, American actor *December 5 - Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (d. 2002) *December 6 **Jens Hultén, Swedish actor **Matt Malloy, American actor **Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor and filmmaker *December 14 - Cynthia Gibb, American actress *December 15 - Helen Slater, American actress *December 16 **Benjamin Bratt, American actor, producer and activist **James Mangold, American filmmaker *December 18 **Olivier Broche, French actor and producer **Brad Pitt, American actor *December 19 **Jennifer Beals, actress **Paul Rhys, Welsh actor **Til Schweiger, actor *December 20 **Joel Gretsch, American actor **Iqbal Theba, Pakistani actor *December 23 - Jess Harnell, American voice actor and singer *December 29 - Julian Bleach, English actor and singer


Deaths

*January 1 – Filippo Del Giudice, 70, Italian film producer *January 2 **Dick Powell, 58, American actor, director, ''Murder, My Sweet'', ''The Bad and the Beautiful'' **Jack Carson, 52, Canadian actor, ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (film), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'', ''Mildred Pierce (film), Mildred Pierce'' *January 6 – Frank Tuttle, 70, American director, ''This Gun for Hire'', ''Waikiki Wedding'' *January 26 – Ole Olsen (comedian), Ole Olsen, 70, American actor and comedian, ''Hellzapoppin' (film), Hellzapoppin''' *January 28 – John Farrow, 58, Australian director, ''Hondo (film), Hondo'', ''The Big Clock (film), The Big Clock'' *February 2 – William Gaxton, 69, American actor and singer, ''Diamond Horseshoe'', ''The Heat's On'' *February 8 – George Dolenz, 55, Hungarian actor, ''Vendetta (1950 film), Vendetta'', ''My Cousin Rachel (1952 film), My Cousin Rachel'' *February 18 – Monte Blue, 76, American actor, ''Key Largo (film), Key Largo'', ''White Shadows in the South Seas'' *March 18 – Wanda Hawley, 67, American actress, ''The Young Rajah'', ''The Midnight Message'' *March 25 – Felix Adler (screenwriter), Felix Adler, 79, American screenwriter, ''Saps at Sea'', ''Block-Heads'' *April 4 – Jason Robards Sr., 70, American actor, ''Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House'', ''Isle of the Dead (film), Isle of the Dead'' *April 30 – Bryant Washburn, 74, American actor, ''Sky Patrol'', ''Adventures of Captain Marvel'' *May 2 – Oscar A. C. Lund, 77, Swedish film actor, director, and writer *May 6 – Monty Woolley, 74, American actor, ''The Bishop's Wife'', ''The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942 film), The Man Who Came to Dinner'' *May 17 – Daniel Mendaille, 77, French actor, ''On Trial (1954 film), On Trial'', ''Napoléon (1927 film), Napoléon'' *May 19 – Luana Walters, 50, American actress, ''Mexicali Rose (1939 film), Mexicali Rose'', ''The Corpse Vanishes'' *July 1 - Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, Egyptian director and producer, ''The Second Man (1959 film), The Second Man'', ''The River of Love (1960 film), The River of Love'' *June 7 – ZaSu Pitts, 69, American actress, ''Greed (1924 film), Greed'', ''Life with Father (film), Life with Father'' *June 18 – Pedro Armendáriz, 51, Mexican actor, ''The Fugitive (1947 film), The Fugitive'', ''Fort Apache (film), Fort Apache'' *June 20 – Gordon Jones (actor), Gordon Jones, 51, American actor, ''I Take This Oath'', ''The Green Hornet (serial), The Green Hornet'' *July 10 – John Sutton (actor), John Sutton, 54, Pakistani actor, ''The Three Musketeers (1948 film), The Three Musketeers'', ''Captain from Castile'' *July 25 – Lane Sisters, Leota Lane, 59, American singer, actress, ''Three Hollywood Girls'' *August 4 – Tom Keene (actor), Tom Keene, 66, American actor, ''Our Daily Bread (1934 film), Our Daily Bread'', ''Ghost Valley'' *August 14 – Clifford Odets, 57, American playwright and screenwriter, ''Sweet Smell of Success'', ''None but the Lonely Heart (film), None but the Lonely Heart'' *August 17 – Richard Barthelmess, 68, American actor, ''Broken Blossoms'', ''Only Angels Have Wings'' *August 23 – Mary Gordon (actress), Mary Gordon, 81, Scottish actress, ''Smart Guy (film), Smart Guy'', ''Shamrock Hill (film), Shamrock Hill'' *August 25 – Edward L. Cahn, 64, American director, ''It! The Terror from Beyond Space'', ''Girls in Prison (1956 film), Girls in Prison'' *September 4 – Byron Russell, 79, Irish actor, ''Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film), Mutiny on the Bounty'', ''Parnell (film), Parnell'' *September 15 – Oliver Wallace, 76, English composer, ''Dumbo'', ''Cinderella (1950 film), Cinderella'', ''Peter Pan (1953 film), Peter Pan'' *October 8 – ** Frank R. Adams, 80, American composer and screenwriter, ''Peg o' My Heart (1933 film), Peg o' My Heart'', ''The Cowboy and the Lady (1938 film), The Cowboy and the Lady'' ** Grace Darmond, 68, Canadian actress, ''What Every Woman Wants (1919 film), What Every Woman Wants'', ''The Hope Diamond Mystery'' *October 11 – Jean Cocteau, 74, French director and screenwriter, ''Beauty and the Beast (1946 film), Beauty and the Beast'', ''Orpheus (film), Orpheus'' *October 18 – Constance Worth, 52, Australian actress, ''China Passage'', ''Meet Boston Blackie'' *October 29 – Adolphe Menjou, 73, American actor, ''Paths of Glory'', ''A Star is Born (1937 film), A Star is Born'' *October 31 ** Henry Daniell, 69, British actor, ''Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror'', ''The Great Dictator'' ** Hans Jacoby, 59, German screenwriter, ''Reunion in Reno'', ''Champagne for Caesar'' *November 1 – Elsa Maxwell, 82, American gossip columnist, ''Rhapsody in Blue (film), Rhapsody in Blue'', ''Stage Door Canteen (film), Stage Door Canteen'' *November 15 - Paul Sloane (director), Paul Sloane, 70, American director, ''The Woman Accused'', ''Down to Their Last Yacht'' *November 25 ** Jean Brooks, 47, American actress, ''The Leopard Man'', ''The Seventh Victim'' ** Joseph Sweeney (actor), Joseph Sweeney, 79, American actor, ''12 Angry Men (1957 film), 12 Angry Men'', ''The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit'' *November 29 – Charles Schnee, 47, American screenwriter, ''The Bad and the Beautiful'', ''Red River (1948 film), Red River'' *November 30 **Phil Baker (comedian), Phil Baker, 67, American comedian and actor, ''The Gang's All Here (1943 film), The Gang's All Here'', ''Take It or Leave It (1944 film), Take It or Leave It'' **Gina Malo, 54, American actress, ''The Gang Show'', ''All In (film), All In'' *December 2 **Sabu Dastagir, Sabu, 39, Indian actor, ''Jungle Book (1942 film), Jungle Book'', ''The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film), The Thief of Bagdad'' ** Mario Zampi, 60, Italian director, ''The Naked Truth (1957 film), The Naked Truth'', ''Five Golden Hours'' *December 4 – Robert Hamer, 52, British director, ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'', ''Dead of Night'' *December 5 – Tom London, 74, American actor, ''Calamity Jane (film), Calamity Jane'', ''High Noon'' *December 12 **Yasujirō Ozu, 60, Japanese director and screenwriter, ''Tokyo Story'', ''Late Spring'' **Barbara Read, 45, Canadian actress, ''Three Smart Girls'', ''The Shadow Returns''


Film debuts


References


External links


List of 1963 films
at IMDb
List of 1963 deaths
at IMDb
List of 1963 births
at IMDb {{1963 films 1963 in film, Film by year