The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including three highly successful musical films, ''

Mary Poppins Mary Poppins may refer to: * Mary Poppins (character), a nanny with magical powers * Mary Poppins (franchise), based on the fictional nanny ** Mary Poppins (book series), ''Mary Poppins'' (book series), the original 1934–1988 children's fanta ...

,'' ''

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical theatre, musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story, based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion'' and on the Pygmalion (1938 film), 1938 film ...

,'' and '' The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.''

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1964 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

* January 29 – 50-year-old actor

Alan Ladd Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American actor and film producer. Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in films noir and Westerns. He was often paired with Veronica Lake in ...

is found dead in bed at his home in

Palm Springs, California Palm Springs (Cahuilla language, Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Rivers ...

. An autopsy confirms the cause of death as cerebral edema caused by an acute overdose of "alcohol and three other drugs" His death is ruled accidental. Ladd's final film, '' The Carpetbaggers'', is released in April and, despite mostly negative reviews from critics, becomes a major commercial success. * March 6 –

Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the ...

's 14th motion picture, '' Kissin' Cousins'', is released to theaters. * March 15 -

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 ...

marries

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 ...

. * June 3 – The animated film '' Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!'' is released. Not only it is the first theatrical feature produced by

Hanna-Barbera Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ; formerly known as H-B Enterprises, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. and H-B Production Co.), simply and commonly known as Hanna-Barbera, was an American animation studio and production company, which was acti ...

but also the first full-length theatrical animated film based on the animated television program. * July 6 – '' A Hard Day's Night'', the first

Beatles The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatle ...

film, premieres. * August 27 – The film ''

'' is released. Not only is it a massive hit with both critics and audiences, but it also becomes

Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Di ...

's highest-grossing film of all time. It goes on to win five

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 ...

, including Best Actress for

Julie Andrews Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over eight decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Fi ...

. * October – In ''

Photoplay ''Photoplay'' was one of the first American film fan magazines, its title another word for screenplay. It was founded in Chicago in 1911. Under early editors Julian Johnson and James R. Quirk, in style and reach it became a pacesetter for fan m ...

'' magazine,

Hedda Hopper Elda Furry (May 2, 1885February 1, 1966), known professionally as Hedda Hopper, was an American gossip columnist and actress. At the height of her influence in the 1940s, more than 35 million people read her columns. A strong supporter of the Hous ...

announces that

Sophia Loren Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone (; born 20 September 1934), known professionally as Sophia Loren ( , ), is an Italian actress, active in her native country and the United States. With a career spanning over 70 years, she is one of the ...

and

Paul Newman Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, race car driver, philanthropist, and activist. He was the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Paul Newman, numerous awards ...

will star in the film version of

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...

's play ''After the Fall'', with Loren in the role that was written about

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe ( ; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "Blonde stereotype#Blonde bombshell, blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex ...

. The film is never made.

Awards

: : Best Picture: ''

'' –

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: Best Director:

George Cukor George Dewey Cukor ( ; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and film producer, producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO Pictures, RKO when David O. Selzn ...

– ''

'' : Best Actor:

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 ...

– ''

'' : Best Actress:

– ''

'' : Best Supporting Actor:

Peter Ustinov Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (16 April 192128 March 2004) was a British actor, director and writer. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career. Ustinov received #Awa ...

– '' Topkapi'' : Best Supporting Actress:

Lila Kedrova Yelizaveta Nikolaevna Kedrova (Russian: Елизавета Николаевна Кедрова; 9 October 1909 – 16 February 2000), known as Lila Kedrova, was a Russian actress of the screen and stage. She won the Academy Award for Best Suppo ...

– '' Zorba the Greek'' : Best Foreign Language Film: '' 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 ...

, 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: '' Becket'' : Best Actor: Peter O'Toole – '' Becket'' : Best Actress: Anne Bancroft – '' The Pumpkin Eater'' :Comedy or Musical: : Best Picture: ''

'' : Best Actor:

– ''

'' : Best Actress:

– ''

'' :Other : Best Supporting Actor: Edmond O'Brien – '' Seven Days in May'' : Best Supporting Actress:

Agnes Moorehead Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900April 30, 1974) was an American actress. In a career spanning five decades, her credits included work in radio, stage, film, and television.Obituary '' Variety'', May 8, 1974, page 286. Moorehead was th ...

– '' Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'' : Best Director:

– ''

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): :''

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'' () is a 1964 musical romantic drama film written and directed by Jacques Demy, with music by Michel Legrand. Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo star as two young lovers in the French city of Cherbourg, separa ...

'' (''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg''), 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 ...

, France

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): :'' Il deserto rosso'' (''The Red Desert''), directed by

Michelangelo Antonioni Michelangelo Antonioni ( ; ; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents", ''L'Avventura'' (1960), ''La Notte'' (1961), and '' ...

, 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): :'' Susuz Yaz'' (''Dry Summer''), directed by Ismail Metin, Turkey

1964 film releases

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unless stated

January–March

*January 1964 **19 January ***'' Strait-Jacket'' **22 January ***''

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'' ***'' Pyro... The Thing Without a Face'' ***'' Zulu'' **29 January ***'' Dr. Strangelove'' ***'' Man's Favorite Sport?'' **30 January ***'' A Global Affair'' ***''

Surf Party ''Surf Party'' is a 1964 beach party film directed by Maury Dexter and starring Bobby Vinton, Patricia Morrow, Jackie DeShannon, and Ken Miller. It was the first direct imitation of American International Pictures, AIP's hit '' Beach Party,'' wh ...

'' *February 1964 **5 February ***'' Man in the Middle'' **10 February ***'' The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies'' **12 February ***'' Seven Days in May'' **19 February ***'' Dead Ringer'' ***''

'' **26 February ***'' He Rides Tall'' *March 1964 **6 March ***'' Kissin' Cousins'' **8 March ***'' The Last Man on Earth'' (

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 ...

) **11 March ***'' Becket'' ***'' Mail Order Bride'' **12 March ***'' A Tiger Walks'' **18 March ***'' 7 Faces of Dr. Lao'' ***'' The Flesh Eaters'' ***'' Law of the Lawless'' *** ''The Pink Panther'' **19 March ***'' Two Thousand Maniacs!'' ***'' The World of Henry Orient'' **25 March ***'' Flight from Ashiya'' ***'' The Misadventures of Merlin Jones'' ***'' Muscle Beach Party'' **26 March ***'' The Fall of the Roman Empire'' **28 March ***'' The Incredible Mr. Limpet''

April–June

*April 1964 **1 April ***'' The Curse of the Living Corpse'' ***'' Gunfighters of Casa Grande'' **3 April ***'' Dark Purpose'' **5 April ***'' The Best Man'' **8 April ***'' Paris When It Sizzles'' ***'' The Strangler'' **9 April ***'' The Carpetbaggers'' **14 April ***'' The Quick Gun'' **21 April ***'' The Chalk Garden'' ***'' French Dressing'' **28 April ***'' The Third Secret'' ***''

Woman of Straw ''Woman of Straw'' is a 1964 British crime thriller directed by Basil Dearden and starring Gina Lollobrigida and Sean Connery. It was written by Robert Muller (screenwriter), Robert Muller and Stanley Mann, adapted from the 1954 novel ''La Femme ...

'' **29 April ***'' Mothra vs. Godzilla'' (

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 ...

) *May 1964 **2 May ***'' The Bargee'' ***'' The Thin Red Line'' **6 May ***'' The Visit'' **11 May ***'' What a Way to Go!'' **13 May ***'' The Eyes of Annie Jones'' **14 May ***'' Girl with Green Eyes'' **19 May ***'' Signpost to Murder'' **20 May ***'' Black Like Me'' ***'' The Brass Bottle'' ***'' Rhino!'' ***'' Viva Las Vegas'' **27 May ***'' A Distant Trumpet'' ***'' From Russia with Love'' **29 May ***'' 3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt'' *June 1964 **1 June ***'' The Horror of Party Beach'' ***'' The New Interns'' **3 June ***'' For Those Who Think Young'' ***'' Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!'' ***'' Honeymoon Hotel'' **4 June ***'' 633 Squadron'' ***'' The Three Lives of Thomasina'' **10 June ***'' Advance to the Rear'' ***'' Bedtime Story'' ***''

McHale's Navy ''McHale's Navy'' is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network. The series was filmed i ...

'' ***'' Wild and Wonderful'' **11 June ***'' The Unsinkable Molly Brown'' **17 June ***'' Robinson Crusoe on Mars'' **23 June ***'' A Shot in the Dark'' ***'' The Young Lovers'' **24 June ***'' Flipper's New Adventure'' ***'' The Masque of the Red Death'' ***'' Robin and the 7 Hoods'' **25 June ***'' Circus World'' **26 June ***'' The Cavern''

July–September

*July 1964 **2 July ***'' The Moon-Spinners'' ***'' The Pawnbroker'' **3 July ***'' Island of the Blue Dolphins'' **6 July ***'' A Hard Day's Night'' **7 July ***''

The Killers The Killers are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2001 by Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards, bass) and Dave Keuning (lead guitar, backing vocals). After the band went through a number of short-term bas ...

'' **8 July ***'' Lady in a Cage'' **22 July ***'' Bikini Beach'' ***'' Good Neighbor Sam'' ***'' Marnie'' ***'' Shock Treatment'' **29 July ***'' Carry On Spying'' ***'' One Potato, Two Potato'' *August 1964 **5 August ***'' Ride the Wild Surf'' **6 August ***'' The Night of the Iguana'' **11 August ***'' Crooks in Cloisters'' ***''

Dogora is a 1964 Japanese Kaiju, ''kaiju'' film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho, Toho Studios, the film stars Yosuke Natsuki, Nobuo Nakamura, Hiroshi Koizumi, and Akiko Wakabayashi, a ...

'' (

) **12 August ***'' A House Is Not a Home'' ***'' The Patsy'' **14 August ***'' Behold a Pale Horse'' **16 August ***'' Diary of a Bachelor'' **26 August ***'' The Beauty Jungle'' ***'' I'd Rather Be Rich'' **27 August ***''

'' *September 1964 **2 September ***'' The 7th Dawn'' ***'' Bullet for a Badman'' ***'' The Comedy Man'' ***'' Topkapi'' **4 September ***'' The Gospel According to St. Matthew'' (

) **11 September ***'' Lorna'' **12 September ***''

A Fistful of Dollars ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (, (''For a Fistful of Dollars'')) is a 1964 spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Si ...

'' (

) **16 September ***'' The Secret Invasion'' **18 September ***'' Goldfinger'' **19 September ***'' Nothing but a Man'' **25 September ***''

Fanny Hill ''Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'' – popularly known as ''Fanny Hill'' – is an erotic novel by the English novelist John Cleland first published in London in 1748 and 1749. Written while the author was in debtors' prison in London,Wagne ...

'' **27 September ***''

Lilith Lilith (; ), also spelled Lilit, Lilitu, or Lilis, is a feminine figure in Mesopotamian and Jewish mythology, theorized to be the first wife of Adam and a primordial she-demon. Lilith is cited as having been "banished" from the Garden of Eden ...

October–December

*October 1964 **3 October ***'' Cheyenne Autumn'' **7 October ***''

Fail-Safe In engineering, a fail-safe is a design feature or practice that, in the event of a failure causes, failure of the design feature, inherently responds in a way that will cause minimal or no harm to other equipment, to the environment or to people. ...

'' **8 October ***'' The Outrage'' **11 October ***'' Blood on the Arrow'' ***'' The System'' **14 October ***''

Invitation to a Gunfighter ''Invitation to a Gunfighter'' is a 1964 DeLuxe Color Western (genre), Western film directed by Richard Wilson (director), Richard Wilson, starring Yul Brynner and George Segal. It was based on a 1957 teleplay by Larry Klein that appeared on '' ...

'' ***'' Send Me No Flowers'' **20 October ***'' The Black Torment'' **24 October ***'' The Lively Set'' **27 October ***'' The Americanization of Emily'' **28 October ***'' Rio Conchos'' **29 October ***'' The Naked Kiss'' ***'' The Time Travelers'' ***'' The Train'' *November 1964 **2 November ***'' Where Love Has Gone'' **4 November ***'' Kitten with a Whip'' ***'' Youngblood Hawke'' ***'' Your Cheatin' Heart'' **5 November ***'' Flight to Fury'' **8 November ***'' Fate Is the Hunter'' **9 November ***''

'' **10 November ***''

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'' ***'' Stage to Thunder Rock'' **11 November ***'' Pajama Party'' **15 November ***'' Back Door to Hell'' **18 November ***'' Goodbye Charlie'' **21 November ***'' Four Days in November'' **25 November ***'' Ensign Pulver'' **26 November ***'' Apache Rifles'' **27 November ***'' Looking for Love'' *December 1964 **3 December ***'' Dear Heart'' **4 December ***'' Kisses for My President'' **10 December ***'' Carry On Cleo'' ***'' Father Goose'' ***'' The Golden Head'' **12 December ***'' Raiders from Beneath the Sea'' **16 December ***'' The Disorderly Orderly'' ***'' Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'' ***'' Zorba the Greek'' **18 December ***''

Emil and the Detectives ''Emil and the Detectives'' () is a 1929 novel set mainly in Berlin, by the German writer Erich Kästner and illustrated by Walter Trier. It was Kästner's first major success and the only one of his pre-1945 works to escape Nazi censorship. The ...

'' ***'' Get Yourself a College Girl'' **20 December ***'' Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster'' (

) **22 December ***'' Kiss Me, Stupid'' **25 December ***'' The Pleasure Seekers'' ***'' Sex and the Single Girl'' **28 December ***'' Carol for Another Christmas'' **30 December ***'' The Night Walker''

Notable films released in 1964

unless stated

#

* '' 3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt'', starring Mamie Van Doren and Tommy Noonan * '' 7 Faces of Dr. Lao'', starring Tony Randall,

Barbara Eden Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead; August 23, 1931) is an American actress and singer, who starred as the title character in the sitcom ''I Dream of Jeannie'' (1965–1970). Her other roles included Roslyn Pierce opposite Elvis Presley in ...

and Arthur O'Connell, with special effects by

George Pal George Pal (born György Pál Marczincsak; ; February 1, 1908 – May 2, 1980) was a Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer, principally associated with the fantasy and science-fiction genres. He became an American citizen after ...

* '' The 7th Dawn'', starring

William Holden William Franklin Holden (né Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film '' Stalag 17'' (1953) and the Pri ...

and Susannah York * '' 633 Squadron'', starring

Cliff Robertson Clifford Parker Robertson III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor whose career in film and television spanned over six decades. Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film ''PT 109 (film), PT 109'', a ...

, George Chakiris and Maria Perschy – ( U.K.)

A

* '' Adobe and Mirror'', directed by Ebrahim Golestan, starring Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, Jamshid Mashayekhi and

Pari Saberi Pari Saberi (; 21 March 1932 – 10 September 2024) was an Iranian theatre director and Knight of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, awarded by French President Jacques Chirac. Biography Saberi was born on 21 March 1932, to a cultured fa ...

(Iran) * '' Advance to the Rear'', directed by

George Marshall George Catlett Marshall Jr. (31 December 1880 – 16 October 1959) was an American army officer and statesman. He rose through the United States Army to become Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army under pres ...

, 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 ...

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 ...

and

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'' ( ...

* '' Adventures of Zatoichi'' (Zatōichi sekisho-yaburi), directed by

Kimiyoshi Yasuda (born February 15, 1911 Tokyo, Japan, died July 26, 1983) was a Japanese film director from the 1930s to 1970s. He directed six films about Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman. He signed with Nikkatsu Kyoto studio as an assistant director and started w ...

– (

) *'' Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens'' * '' The Alive and the Dead'' (Zhivye i myortvye) – ( U.S.S.R.) * '' All These Women'' (För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor), directed by

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...

– (

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

) *'' The Americanization of Emily'', directed by

Arthur Hiller Arthur Hiller, (November 22, 1923 – August 17, 2016) was a Canadian television and film director with over 33 films to his credit during a 50-year career. He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S. By the late ...

, starring James Garner and

*'' Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise'', directed by André Cayatte – (

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 ...

) *'' Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc'', directed by André Cayatte – (

) * '' The Ape Woman'' (La donna scimmia), starring

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 ...

and Annie Girardot – (

) * ''

Assassination Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. Assassinations are orde ...

'' (Ansatu) – (

) * '' At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul'' (À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma) – (

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 ...

) * '' Atentát'' – (

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 ...

) * ''

A Trip to the Moon ''A Trip to the Moon'' ( , ) is a 1902 French science-fiction adventure trick film written, directed, and produced by Georges Méliès. Inspired by the Jules Verne novel ''From the Earth to the Moon'' (1865) and its sequel '' Around the Moon ...

'' * '' Ayee Milan Ki Bela'' – (

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 ...

)

B

* '' Back Door to Hell'', starring

Jimmie Rodgers James Charles Rodgers ( – ) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Father of Country Music", he is best known for his di ...

and

Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor and filmmaker. Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century, often playing rebels fighting against the social structure. Over his five-de ...

* ''Backfire'' (Échappement libre), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg – (

) * '' Ballad in Blue'', directed by Paul Henreid and starring

Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Gen ...

* '' Band of Outsiders'' (Bande à part), 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 ...

– (

) * '' The Bargee'', starring Harry H. Corbett and Eric Sykes – ( U.K.) * '' The Beauty Jungle'', starring Ian Hendry – (U.K.) * '' Becket'', directed by Peter Glenville, starring Peter O'Toole and

– (U.K./U.S.) * '' Bedtime Story'', starring

Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest cinema actors of the 20th century,''Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia''

, David Niven and

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 ...

* '' Before the Revolution'' (Prima della rivoluzione), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci – (

) * '' Behold a Pale Horse'', directed by

Fred Zinnemann Alfred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997) was an American film director and producer. He won four Academy Awards for directing and producing films in various genres, including thriller film, thrillers, western (genre), westerns, film ...

, starring

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 ...

Anthony Quinn Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001), known as Anthony Quinn, was an American actor. He was known for his portrayal of earthy, passionate characters "marked by a brutal and elemental virility" in over 100 ...

Omar Sharif Omar Sharif (, ; born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub ; 10 April 1932 – 10 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He began his career in his native country in the 1950s. He is bes ...

* '' Belarmino'', a Cinema Novo

docufiction Docufiction (or docu-fiction) is the cinematographic combination of documentary film, documentary and fiction, this term often meaning narrative film. It is a film genre which attempts to capture reality such as it is (as direct cinema or ciné ...

– (

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

) * '' The Best Man'', directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, written by

Gore Vidal Eugene Luther Gore Vidal ( ; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his acerbic epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the Social norm, social and sexual ...

, starring Henry Fonda and

* '' Bikini Beach'', 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 ...

, Annette Funicello, Martha Hyer and

Don Rickles Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was known primarily for his insult comedy. His film roles include ''Run Silent, Run Deep (film), Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958), ''Enter Laughing ...

* '' Black God, White Devil'' (Deus e o Diabo na terra do sol) – (

) * '' Black Like Me'', starring James Whitmore and Roscoe Lee Browne * '' Black Peter'' (Cerný Petr), directed by

Miloš Forman Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (; ; 18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a Czech Americans, Czech-American film film director, director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the Uni ...

– (

) * '' The Black Torment'', directed by Robert Hartford-Davis – ( U.K.) * '' Blood and Black Lace'' (6 donne per l'assassino), directed by

Mario Bava Mario Bava (; 31 July 1914 – 27 April 1980) was an Italian filmmaker who worked variously as a director, cinematographer, special effects artist and screenwriter. His low-budget genre films, known for their distinctive visual flair and stylish ...

– (

) * '' Blood on the Arrow'', directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Dale Robertson and Martha Hyer * '' La bonne soupe'' (a.k.a. Careless Love), directed by Robert Thomas – (

) * '' The Brass Bottle'', starring Tony Randall,

Burl Ives Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American Folk music, folk singer and actor with a career that spanned more than six decades. Ives began his career as an itinerant singer and guitarist, eventually launching his o ...

and

* '' Bullet for a Badman'', starring

Audie Murphy Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, and has been described as the most highly decorated enli ...

, Darren McGavin and Ruta Lee

C

* ''

A Carol for Another Christmas ''Carol for Another Christmas'' is a 1964 American TV movie, written by Rod Serling as a modernization of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol'' and a plea for global cooperation. It was the first in a United Nations television fil ...

'', starring

Peter Sellers Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence performing in the BBC Radio comedy series ''The Goon Show''. Sellers featured on a number of hit comi ...

and

Britt Ekland Britt Ekland (born Britt-Marie Eklund; 6 October 1942) is a Swedish actress. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in ''The Double Man (1967 film), The Double Man'' (1967), ''The Night They ...

* '' The Carpetbaggers'', starring George Peppard, Carroll Baker and Elizabeth Ashley * '' Carry On Cleo'', starring Sid James and Amanda Barrie – ( U.K.) * '' Carry On Spying'', starring Kenneth Williams and

Barbara Windsor Dame Barbara Windsor (born Barbara Ann Deeks; 6 August 193710 December 2020) was an English actress, known for her roles in the Carry On (franchise), ''Carry On'' films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders''.

– (U.K.) * '' Castle of Blood'' (Danza macabra), directed by Antonio Margheriti and

Sergio Corbucci Sergio Corbucci (; 6 December 1926 – 1 December 1990) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and Film producer, producer. He was one of the main exponents of the Spaghetti Western genre during the 1960s and 1970s, with his most notable work ...

– (

) * '' Castle of the Living Dead'' (Il castello dei morti vivi), directed by Warren Kiefer – (

) * '' The Chairman'' (Predsedatel) – ( U.S.S.R.) * '' The Chalk Garden'', starring

Deborah Kerr Deborah Jane Trimmer CBE (30 September 192116 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr (), was a Scottish actress. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first person from Scotland to be no ...

and Hayley Mills – (U.K.) * '' Charulata'', 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 ...

– (

) * '' Cheyenne Autumn'', directed by

John Ford John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and w ...

, starring Carroll Baker, Richard Widmark, Edward G. Robinson and Karl Malden * '' Circle of Love'' (La ronde), directed by

Roger Vadim Roger Vadim Plemiannikov (; 26 January 1928 – 11 February 2000) was a French screenwriter, film director, and producer, as well as an author, artist, and occasional actor. His best-known works are visually lavish films with erotic qualities, s ...

and starring

Jane Fonda Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress and activist. Recognized as a film icon, Jane Fonda filmography, Fonda's work spans several genres and over six decades of film and television. She is the recipient of List of a ...

– (

) * '' Circus World'', 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' ...

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

Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer, and Pin-up model, pin-up girl. She achieved fame in the 1940s as one of the top stars of the Classical Hollywood cinema, Golden Age of ...

* '' The Comedy Man'', starring

Kenneth More Kenneth Gilbert More (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English actor. Initially achieving fame in the comedy ''Genevieve (film), Genevieve'' (1953), he appeared in many roles as a carefree, happy-go-lucky gent. Films from this period ...

and

Cecil Parker Cecil Parker (born Cecil Schwabe; 3 September 1897 – 20 April 1971) was an English actor with a distinctively husky voice, who usually played supporting roles, often characters with a supercilious demeanour, in his 91 films made between 1 ...

– (U.K.) * ''

'', starring Vincent 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 ...

, Basil Rathbone *'' Crooks in Cloisters'', starring Ronald Fraser and

– ( U.K.) * '' The Curse of the Hidden Vault'' (Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloß), directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb – (

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 Curse of the Living Corpse'', produced, written and directed by Del Tenney * '' The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb'', directed by Michael Carreras – ( U.K.)

D

* '' Dark Purpose'', starring

* '' Dead Ringer'', 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 ...

Peter Lawford Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford (né Aylen; 7 September 1923 – 24 December 1984) was an English-American actor.Obituary ''Variety Obituaries, Variety'', 26 December 1984. He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and the brother-in-law of US president Jo ...

* '' Dear Heart'', directed by

Delbert Mann Delbert Martin Mann Jr. (January 30, 1920 – November 11, 2007) was an American television and film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film '' Marty'' (1955), adapted from a 1953 teleplay which he had also directed. ...

, starring

Geraldine Page Geraldine Sue Page (November 22, 1924June 13, 1987) was an American actress. With a career which spanned four decades across film, stage, and television, Page was the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Geraldine Page, numer ...

and Angela Lansbury * '' Dear John'' (Käre John), directed by Lars-Magnus Lindgren – (

) * '' Devil Doll'', directed by Lindsay Shonteff – ( U.K.) * '' The Devil-Ship Pirates'', starring Christopher Lee and Andrew Keir * '' Diamonds of the Night'' (Démanty noci), directed by Jan Němec – (

) * '' Diary of a Bachelor'', directed by Sandy Howard, starring William Traylor, Joe Silver and Dagne Crane * '' Diary of a Chambermaid'' (Le journal d'une femme de chambre), directed by

Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Portolés (; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish and Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians and directors to be one of the greatest and ...

, 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

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 ...

– (

) * '' The Disorderly Orderly'', directed by

Frank Tashlin Frank Tashlin (born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein, February 19, 1913 – May 5, 1972), also known as Tish Tash and Frank Tash, was an American animator and filmmaker. He was best known for his work on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' ...

, starring

Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian, with a career spanning seven decades in film, stage, television and radio. Famously nicknamed as "Th ...

and Susan Oliver * '' A Distant Trumpet'', starring Troy Donahue,

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 Diane McBain * '' Dog Eat Dog'' (Einer frisst den anderen), starring Jayne Mansfield – (

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) * ''

'' (a.k.a. Uchū Daikaijū Dogora), 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 ...

– (

) * '' Dosti'' (Friendship), directed by Satyen Bose – (

) *'' Dr. Crippen'', starring Donald Pleasence – (U.K.) *'' Dr. Sex'', directed by Ted V. Mikels * '' Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'', directed by

Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American filmmaker and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Stanley Kubrick filmography, his films were nearly all adaptations of novels or sho ...

, starring

(in three roles) and George C. Scott – ( U.K.) *''Dry Summer'' (Susuz Yaz), directed by Metin Erksan – (Turkish films of the 1960s, Turkey)

E

* ''The Earth Dies Screaming'', starring Willard Parker, Virginia Field and Dennis Price – ( U.K.) *'' East of Sudan'', starring Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms and Jenny Agutter – (U.K.) * ''Empire (1964 film), Empire'', directed by Andy Warhol * '' Ensign Pulver'', a sequel to ''Mister Roberts (1955 film), Mister Roberts'', starring Robert Walker (actor, born 1940), Robert Walker Jr. and

* ''El extraño viaje'' (The Strange Voyage), directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez – (Spanish films of 1964, Spain) * ''The Evil of Frankenstein'', directed by Freddie Francis – ( U.K.) * ''The Evil Stairs'' (마의 계단, Ma-ui gyedan), directed by Lee Man-hee (film director), Lee Man-hee – (Lists of South Korean films, South Korea) * '' The Eyes of Annie Jones'', starring Richard Conte and Francesca Annis – (U.K.)

F

* ''Face of the Screaming Werewolf'', starring Lon Chaney (actor, born 1906), Lon Chaney – (Mexican films of 1964, Mexico/U.S.) * ''

'', directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy and Walter Matthau * '' The Fall of the Roman Empire'', starring

, Stephen Boyd and Alec Guinness * ''

'', directed by Russ Meyer – (

/U.S.) * ''Fantômas (1964 film), Fantômas'', starring Jean Marais – (

) * '' Fate Is the Hunter'', starring

, Rod Taylor and

* ''Father Came Too!'', starring James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips and Stanley Baxter – ( U.K.) * '' Father Goose'', starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard * ''Father of a Soldier'' (Jariskats'is mama), directed by Revaz Chkheidze – (List of Georgian films of the 1960s, Georgia) * ''The Fifth Horseman Is Fear'' (A Paty Jezdec je Strach), directed by Zbyněk Brynych – (

) * ''Fight, Zatoichi, Fight'' (Zatōichi kesshō-tabi), directed by Kenji Misumi – (

) * ''First Men in the Moon (1964 film), First Men in the Moon'', starring Edward Judd and Lionel Jeffries, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen – ( U.K.) * ''

'', directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood – (

) * '' The Flesh Eaters'', starring Martin Kosleck * '' Flight from Ashiya'', starring Yul Brynner and Richard Widmark * '' Flipper's New Adventure'', starring Luke Halpin and Pamela Franklin * ''The Flower and the Angry Waves'' (Hana to dotō), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (

) * ''For Men Only (1964 film), For Men Only'', directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar, starring Soad Hosny and Nadia Lutfi – (List of Egyptian films of 1964, Egypt) * '' For Those Who Think Young'', starring Pamela Tiffin and James Darren * ''Forest of the Hanged'' (Pădurea spânzuraţilor), directed by Liviu Ciulei – (List of Romanian films#1960s, Romania) * '' Four Days in November'', a documentary directed by Mel Stuart

G

* ''Gate of Flesh'' (Nikutai no mon), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (

) *''Gertrud (film), Gertrud'', directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer – (Danish films of the 1960s, Denmark) * '' Get Yourself a College Girl'', starring Mary Ann Mobley and Nancy Sinatra * '' Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster'' (San Daikaijū: Chikyū Saidai no Kessen) – (

) * ''The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre'', starring Martin Landau, Judith Anderson and Diane Baker * '' Girl with Green Eyes'', starring Peter Finch and Rita Tushingham – (U.K.) * '' A Global Affair'', starring Bob Hope * '' Goldfinger'', starring Sean Connery as James Bond), with Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton and Gert Fröbe – ( U.K.) * '' Goodbye Charlie'', starring Debbie Reynolds, Tony Curtis and Pat Boone * '' Good Neighbor Sam'', starring Jack Lemmon and Romy Schneider * ''The Gorgon'', starring Peter Cushing, Barbara Shelley and Christopher Lee – ( U.K.) * '' The Gospel According to St. Matthew'' (Il vangelo secondo Matteo), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – (

) * ''Greed in the Sun'' (Cent mille dollars au soleil), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo – (

) * ''Os Fuzis, The Guns'' (Os Fuzis), directed by Ruy Guerra – (

/List of Argentine films of 1964, Argentina) * ''Guns at Batasi'', starring Richard Attenborough and Jack Hawkins – (U.K.) * ''The Guns of August#Film adaptation, The Guns of August'', a documentary directed by Nathan Kroll and narrated by Fritz Weaver

H

* ''Richard Burton's Hamlet, Hamlet'' (a.k.a. Richard Burton's Hamlet), starring

* ''Hamlet (1964 film), Hamlet'' – ( U.S.S.R.) * ''Haqeeqat (1964 film), Haqeeqat'' (Reality) – (

) * '' A Hard Day's Night'', directed by Richard Lester, starring the Beatles – ( U.K.) * '' Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!'', a

feature production * ''Hide and Seek (1964 film), Hide and Seek'', starring Ian Carmichael and Curd Jürgens – (U.K.) * ''High Infidelity'' (Alta infedeltà), starring Nino Manfredi – (

) * '' Honeymoon Hotel'', starring Robert Morse and Robert Goulet * '' The Horror of Party Beach'', directed by Del Tenney * ''Hot Enough for June'', starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylva Koscina – ( U.K.) * '' A House Is Not a Home'', starring Shelley Winters and Robert Taylor (American actor), Robert Taylor * ''Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte'', directed by Robert Aldrich, starring

and Olivia de Havilland

I

* ''I Am Cuba'' (Soy Cuba), directed by Mikhail Kalatozov – (List of Cuban films, Cuba/U.S.S.R.)Andy Williams, iams * '' The Incredible Mr. Limpet'', starring Don Knotts, Jack Weston and Andrew Duggan * ''Unholy Desire, Intentions of Murder'' (Akai satsui), directed by Shōhei Imamura – (

) * ''

'', starring Yul Brynner, George Segal, Janice Rule * ''It's Not Just You, Murray!'', a short film directed by Martin Scorsese * ''Italiani brava gente'', directed by Giuseppe De Santis – (

)

J

* ''Joseph Kilian'' (Postava k podpírání), directed by Pavel Juráček and Jan Schmidt (director), Jan Schmidt – (

) * ''Joy House (film), Joy House'' (Les felins), directed by René Clément, starring Alain Delon and

– (

)

K

* ''

'', directed by Don Siegel, starring Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes and, in his final film, Ronald Reagan * ''King & Country'', directed by Joseph Losey, starring Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtenay – ( U.K.) *''Kiss Me Quick!'', starring Althea Currier * '' Kiss Me, Stupid'', directed by Billy Wilder, starring Dean Martin and Kim Novak * '' Kisses for My President'', starring Polly Bergen and Fred MacMurray * '' Kissin' Cousins'', starring

and Yvonne Craig * '' Kitten with a Whip'', starring Ann-Margret and John Forsythe * ''Kwaidan (film), Kwaidan'', directed by Masaki Kobayashi – (

)

L

* ''Lady General Hua Mu-lan'' (a.k.a. Hua Mu Lan) – (Hong Kong films of 1964, Hong Kong) * '' Lady in a Cage'', directed by Walter Grauman, starring Olivia de Havilland and James Caan * ''Lana, Queen of the Amazons'' (Lana - Königin der Amazonen), starring Catherine Schell – (

) * ''The Last Gun'' (Jim il primo), directed by Sergio Bergonzelli – (

) *'' The Last Man on Earth'' (L'ultimo uomo della terra), starring Vincent Price – (

) * ''Les Pas perdus, The Last Steps'' (Les pas perdus), starring Michèle Morgan and Jean-Louis Trintignant – (

) * ''Leader (1964 film), Leader'', starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala – (

) * ''The Leather Boys'', directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Rita Tushingham – ( U.K.) * ''Lemonade Joe'' (Limonádový Joe aneb Koňská opera), directed by Oldřich Lipský – (

) * ''Let's Talk About Women'' (Se permettete parliamo di donne), directed by Ettore Scola – (

) * ''

'', directed by Robert Rossen, starring Warren Beatty and Jean Seberg *'' The Lively Set'', starring James Darren, Pamela Tiffin and Doug McClure *''London in the Raw'', a documentary about London nightlife – ( U.K.) * ''The Lonely Wife'' (Charulata), directed by

– (Bengali films of the 1960s, India) * ''The Long Hair of Death'' (I lunghi capelli della morte), directed by Antonio Margheriti – (

) * ''The Long Ships (film), The Long Ships'', starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier – ( U.K./List of Yugoslav films of the 1960s, Yugoslavia) * '' Looking for Love'', starring Connie Francis * '' Lorna'', directed by Russ Meyer * ''Love in 4 Dimensions'' (Amore in 4 dimensioni), directed by Mino Guerrini – (

) * ''Loving Couples (1964 film), Loving Couples'' (Älskande par), directed by Mai Zetterling – (

) * ''The Luck of Ginger Coffey (film), The Luck of Ginger Coffey'', directed by Irvin Kershner, starring Robert Shaw (actor), Robert Shaw

M

* ''Madu Tiga'' (Three Wives), starring P. Ramlee – (List of Malaysian films#1960s, Malaysia) * ''The Magnificent Cuckold'' (Il magnifico cornuto), directed by Antonio Pietrangeli – (

) * '' Mail Order Bride'', directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Buddy Ebsen and Lois Nettleton * ''Male Companion'' (Un monsieur de compagnie), directed by Philippe de Broca – (

) * ''Male Hunt'' (La chasse à l'homme), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo – (

) * '' Man in the Middle'', starring Robert Mitchum * '' Man's Favorite Sport?'', directed by Howard Hawks, starring Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss * '' Marnie'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery * ''Marriage Italian Style'' (Matrimonio all'italiana), directed by

, starring

and Marcello Mastroianni – (

) * ''A Married Woman'' (Une femme mariée), directed by

– (

) * ''

'', starring

and Dick Van Dyke * '' The Masque of the Red Death'', starring Vincent Price, Hazel Court and Jane Asher – ( U.K.) * ''

'', based on the television sitcom of the same name, starring Ernest Borgnine * ''Men and Women (1964 film), Men and Women'' (Noite Vazia), directed by Walter Hugo Khouri – (

) * '' The Misadventures of Merlin Jones'', starring Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk * '' The Moon-Spinners'', starring Hayley Mills * '' Mothra vs. Godzilla'' (Godzilla vs. The Thing), directed by

– (

) * ''Murder Ahoy!'', starring Margaret Rutherford and Lionel Jeffries * ''Murder Most Foul (film), Murder Most Foul'', starring Margaret Rutherford and Ron Moody * ''

'', directed by

, starring Audrey Hepburn and

* ''O filos mou o Lefterakis, My Friend Lefterakis'' (O filos mou o Lefterakis) – (Greek films of the 1960s, Greece)

N

* '' The Naked Kiss'', directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Constance Towers * '' The New Interns'', starring Dean Jones (actor), Dean Jones and Michael Callan * ''Night Must Fall (1964 film), Night Must Fall'', starring Albert Finney, Mona Washbourne and Susan Hampshire – ( U.K.) * '' The Night of the Iguana'', directed by John Huston, starring

, Ava Gardner,

and Sue Lyon * ''Night Train to Paris'', starring Leslie Nielsen, Aliza Gur and Dorinda Stevens – (U.S./ U.K.) *''The Night Walker'', starring Barbara Stanwyck (her last film) and Robert Taylor (American actor), Robert Taylor *''Nightmare (1964 film), Nightmare'', directed by Freddie Francis – ( U.K.) * ''Nobody Waved Good-bye'', directed by Don Owen (filmmaker), Don Owen – (List of Canadian films#1960s, Canada) *''Nothing But a Man'', starring Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln and Yaphet Kotto * ''Nothing But the Best (film), Nothing But the Best'', starring Alan Bates and Millicent Martin – ( U.K.)

O

* ''Of Human Bondage (1964 film), Of Human Bondage'', starring Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey and Siobhán McKenna – (U.K.) * '' One Potato, Two Potato'', starring Barbara Barrie, Bernie Hamilton and Richard Mulligan * ''Onibaba (film), Onibaba'' (Demon Woman), directed by Kaneto Shindo – (

) * '' The Outrage'', directed by Martin Ritt, starring

, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom and Edward G. Robinson

P

* '' Pajama Party'', starring Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk * ''Pale Flower'' (Kawaita hana) – (

) * ''Panic Button (1964 film), Panic Button'', starring Jayne Mansfield and Maurice Chevalier * '' Paris When It Sizzles'', starring

and Audrey Hepburn * '' The Patsy'', directed by and starring

* '' The Pawnbroker'', directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Brock Peters * '' The Pleasure Seekers'', starring Pamela Tiffin, Carol Lynley, Brian Keith, Tony Franciosa and Ann-Margret * ''Point of Order (film), Point of Order!'', a documentary directed by Emile de Antonio * ''Psyche 59'', directed by Alexander Singer – ( U.K.) * '' The Pumpkin Eater'', starring Anne Bancroft and Peter Finch – ( U.K.)

Q

*''Quick, Before It Melts'', starring George Maharis, Robert Morse, Anjanette Comer and Yvonne Craig *'' The Quick Gun'', starring

R

* '' Raiders from Beneath the Sea'', starring Ken Scott (actor), Ken Scott and Merry Anders * ''Rattle of a Simple Man'' directed by Muriel Box, starring Diane Cilento and Harry H. Corbett – ( U.K.) * ''The Ravishing Idiot'' (Une ravissante idiote), starring Brigitte Bardot and Anthony Perkins – (

) * ''Red Desert (film), Red Desert'' (Il deserto rosso), directed by

, starring Monica Vitti and Richard Harris – (

) * '' Rhino!'', starring Robert Culp * '' Ride the Wild Surf'', starring Tab Hunter, Fabian Forte, Shelley Fabares and

* ''Ring of Spies'', starring Bernard Lee – ( U.K.) * '' Rio Conchos'', starring Stuart Whitman, Tony Franciosa, Richard Boone and Wende Wagner * '' Robin and the 7 Hoods'', starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Bing Crosby * '' Robinson Crusoe on Mars'', directed by Byron Haskin, starring Paul Mantee, Vic Lundin and Adam West * ''Room 13 (1964 film), Room 13'' (Zimmer 13), directed by Harald Reinl – (Danish films of the 1960s, Denmark/

) * ''

'', starring

and Barbara Stanwyck * ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' – TV film by Rankin/Bass Productions

S

* ''Sallah Shabati'', starring Chaim Topol – (1964 in Israeli film, Israel) * ''Sangam (1964 Hindi film), Sangam'', starring Vyjayanthimala, Raj Kapoor and Rajendra Kumar – (

) * ''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians'', directed by Nicholas Webster * ''Séance on a Wet Afternoon'', starring Kim Stanley and Richard Attenborough – ( U.K.) * '' The Secret Invasion'', starring Stewart Granger and Mickey Rooney * ''Seduced and Abandoned (1964 film), Seduced and Abandoned'' (Sedotta e abbandonata), starring Stefania Sandrelli – (

) * '' Send Me No Flowers'', starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson * '' Seven Days in May'', directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Fredric March and Ava Gardner * ''Seven Up!'', a documentary directed by Paul Almond – ( U.K.) * '' Sex and the Single Girl'', starring Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda and Lauren Bacall * ''Shehar Aur Sapna'' (The City and the Dream), directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – (

) * '' A Shot in the Dark'', second The Pink Panther (film series), Pink Panther film, directed by Blake Edwards. starring

and Elke Sommer – ( U.K./U.S.) * ''Sleep (1964 film), Sleep'', by Andy Warhol * ''Smokescreen (film), Smokescreen'', starring Yvonne Romain * ''The Soft Skin'' (La peau douce), directed by François Truffaut, starring Françoise Dorléac – (

) * '' Strait-Jacket'', directed by William Castle, starring Joan Crawford and Diane Baker * ''Swedish Wedding Night'' (Bröllopsbesvär), directed by Åke Falck – (

) * '' The System'', starring Oliver Reed

T

* ''T.A.M.I. Show'', a concert film filmed at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium * ''That Man from Rio'' (L'Homme de Rio), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Françoise Dorléac – (

) * '' The Thin Red Line'', starring Keir Dullea and Jack Warden * ''This Is My Street'', directed by Sidney Hayers – ( U.K.) * '' The Three Lives of Thomasina'', starring Patrick McGoohan and Susan Hampshire – (British films of 1964, UK/American films of 1964, US) *'' The Third Secret'', starring Stephen Boyd and Pamela Franklin – (U.K.) *''Those Calloways'', produced by Walt Disney and directed by Norman Tokar * ''Three Outlaw Samurai'' (Sanbiki no samurai) – (

) * ''La Tía Tula'' (Aunt Tula) – (Spanish films of 1964, Spain) * '' A Tiger Walks'', starring Brian Keith and Vera Miles * ''Gli indifferenti (film), Time of Indifference'' (Gli indifferenti), starring

, Rod Steiger and Shelley Winters – (

) * '' The Time Travelers'', starring Preston Foster and Merry Anders * ''Tintin and the Blue Oranges'' (Tintin et les oranges bleues), starring Jean-Pierre Talbot – (

) * ''To the Moon and Beyond'', a film created for the 1964 New York World's Fair * ''The Tomb of Ligeia'', directed by Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price and Elizabeth Shepherd * '' Topkapi'', starring Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell and

* '' The Train'', directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield and

– (U.S./France/

) * ''Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez, The Troops of Saint-Tropez'' (Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez), directed by Jean Girault – (

) * ''Troubled Waters (1964 film), Troubled Waters'', (a.k.a. Man with Two Faces), starring Tab Hunter – ( U.K.) *''Two Stage Sisters'' (Wŭtái Jiěmèi), directed by Xie Jin – (Chinese films of the 1960s, China) * '' Two Thousand Maniacs!'', directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis

U

* '' The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'' (Les parapluies de Cherbourg), directed by

, starring Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo – (

) * '' The Unsinkable Molly Brown'', starring Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell and Ed Begley * ''The Unvanquished (film), The Unvanquished'' (L'insoumis), starring Alain Delon – (

)

V

* '' The Visit'', directed by Bernhard Wicki – (

/U.S./

) * '' Viva Las Vegas'', starring

and Ann-Margret

W

* ''Weekend at Dunkirk'' (Week-end à Zuydcoote), directed by Henri Verneuil – (

) * ''Welcome, or No Trespassing'' (), starring Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev – ( U.S.S.R.) * '' What a Way to Go!'', starring Shirley MacLaine,

, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Bob Cummings and Dick Van Dyke *'' Where Love Has Gone'', starring

and Susan Hayward * ''Whirlwind (1964 film), Whirlwind'' (Shikonmado – Dai tatsumaki), directed by Hiroshi Inagaki – (

) * ''White Voices'' (Le voci bianche), directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile and Massimo Franciosa – (

) * '' Wild and Wonderful'', starring Tony Curtis and Christine Kaufmann * ''Wild West Story'' starring Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Lena Granhagen and Gerald Mohr * ''Witchcraft (1964 film), Witchcraft'', starring Lon Chaney (actor, born 1906), Lon Chaney and Jack Hedley – ( U.K.) * ''Woh Kaun Thi?'' (Who Was She?) – (

) * ''The Woman in the Dunes (film), Woman in the Dunes'' (Suna no onna), directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara – (

) * ''

'', starring Gina Lollobrigida and Sean Connery – ( U.K.) * ''World Without Sun'' (), directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau – (

) * ''The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers'' (Les plus belles escroqueries du monde), composed of five segments – (

) * ''Wonderful Life (1964 film), Wonderful Life'' (U.S. title: Swingers' ParadiseOverview for ''Swingers' Paradise'' (1965)"
Turner Classic Movies page), starring Cliff Richard and the Shadows – ( U.K.) *'' The World of Henry Orient'', directed by George Roy Hill, starring

, Paula Prentiss and Angela Lansbury

Y

* ''Yearning (1964 film), Yearning'' (Midareru), directed by Mikio Naruse – (

) * ''The Yellow Rolls-Royce'', starring

and

– ( U.K.) * The Young Lovers (1964 film), ''The Young Lovers'', starring Peter Fonda and Sharon Hugueny *'' Youngblood Hawke'', starring James Franciscus,

and Geneviève Page * '' Your Cheatin' Heart'', a biopic of Hank Williams, starring George Hamilton (actor), George Hamilton

Z

* ''Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold'' (Zatōichi senryō-kubi), directed by Kazuo Ikehiro – (

) * ''Zatoichi's Flashing Sword'' (Zatōichi abare dako), directed by Kazuo Ikehiro – (

) * ''Zhavoronok'' (Жаворонок), starring Gennadi Yukhtin – ( U.S.S.R.) *''Zindagi (1964 film), Zindagi'', starring Vyjayanthimala, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar and Prithviraj Kapoor – (

) *''Zogue fe Agaza'', starring Salah Zulfikar and Laila Taher – (List of Egyptian films of 1964, Egypt) * '' Zorba the Greek'', directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring

and Alan Bates – (Greek films of the 1960s, Greece/ U.K.) * '' Zulu'', directed by Cy Endfield, starring Stanley Baker, Michael Caine and Jack Hawkins – (U.K.)

Short film series

* ''Looney Tunes'' (1930 in film, 1930–1969 in film, 1969) * ''Terrytoons'' (1930 in film, 1930–1964) * ''Merrie Melodies'' (1931 in film, 1931–1969 in film, 1969) * ''Speedy Gonzales'' (1953 in film, 1953–1968 in film, 1968) * ''Bugs Bunny'' (1940 in film, 1940–1964) * ''Woody Woodpecker'' (1940–1972 in film, 1972) * ''Chilly Willy'' (1953–1972) * ''Loopy De Loop'' (1959 in film, 1959–1965 in film, 1965)

Births

* January 1 - Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress * January 4 - David Bowe (actor), David Bowe, American character actor * January 6 **Lorne Cardinal, Canadian actor **Cara Seymour, British actress * January 7 – Nicolas Cage, American actor, producer and director * January 11 – Patrícia Pillar, Brazilian actress * January 13 – Penelope Ann Miller, American actress * January 14 - Mark Addy, English actor * January 18 **Jane Horrocks, English actress **Michael Roberds, Canadian actor (d. 2016) * January 19 - Ty Granderson Jones, Creole American actor, screenwriter and producer * January 20 - Francesca Buller, English actress * January 23 - Mariska Hargitay, American actress * January 27 – Bridget Fonda, American actress * February 1 - Linus Roache, British actor * February 5 – Laura Linney, American actress * February 10 - Francesca Neri, Italian actress * February 15 – Chris Farley, American actor (d. 1997) * February 16 – Christopher Eccleston, English actor * February 17 - Angelica Page, American actress, director, producer and screenwriter * February 18 – Matt Dillon, American actor * February 20 **Willie Garson, American actor (d. 2021) **Rodney Rowland, American actor **French Stewart, American actor * February 21 - Adrian Schiller, English actor (d. 2024) * February 22 - James Wlcek, American actor * February 23 - Ronan Vibert, English actor (d. 2022) * February 24 – Todd Field, American director and actor * February 25 - Lee Evans (comedian), Lee Evans, English stand-up comedian and actor * February 26 - Mark Dacascos, American actor and martial artist * March 3 - Laura Harring, Mexican-American actress * March 6 - Yvette Wilson, American actress and comedian (d. 2012) * March 7 **Ellen McElduff, Canadian actress **Wanda Sykes, American actress, comedian and writer * March 8 - Bob Bergen, American voice actor * March 9 – Juliette Binoche, French actress * March 11 **Peter Berg, American director, producer, writer and actor **Emma Chambers, English actress (d. 2018) **Shane Richie, English actor, comedian, television presenter and singer * March 16 - Gore Verbinski, American director, screenwriter, producer and musician * March 17 – Rob Lowe, American actor * March 23 **Hope Davis, American actress **Chris Henchy, American director, producer and screenwriter * March 25 - LisaGay Hamilton, American actress * March 27 - Clive Rowe, British actor * March 29 - Elle Macpherson, Australian actress and model * March 30 - Ian Ziering, American actor * April 4 – David Cross, American actor and comedian * April 6 - Deborah Theaker, Canadian actress * April 7 – Russell Crowe, New Zealand actor * April 8 - Biz Markie, American rapper and actor (d. 2021) * April 12 - Mark Camacho, Canadian actor and voice actor * April 13 - Caroline Rhea, Canadian-American actress, voice artist and stand-up comedian * April 14 - Gina McKee, English actress * April 16 - Boyd Banks, Canadian stand-up comedian and actor * April 20 ** Crispin Glover, American actor ** Andy Serkis, English actor * April 22 - Chris Makepeace, Canadian former actor * April 24 **Djimon Hounsou, American actor **Cedric the Entertainer, American actor and comedian **Gregory Sporleder, American actor and filmmaker * April 25 – Hank Azaria, American actor, voice actor, comedian and producer * May 1 - Scott Coffey, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter * May 5 - Don Payne (writer), Don Payne, American writer and producer (d. 2013) * May 6 **Dana Hill, American actress (d. 1996) **Lars Mikkelsen, Danish actor * May 10 - Sam Pancake, American actor, writer and comedian * May 11 - Tim Blake Nelson, American actor, writer and director * May 12 **Tiffany Helm, American actress **Pierre Morel, French film director * May 13 **Stephen Colbert, American comedian, television host, and writer **Sakichi Sato, Japanese actor, director and screenwriter **Tom Verica, American actor, director and producer * May 16 - Rebecca Front, English actress, writer and comedian * May 19 - Sean Whalen, American actor and writer * May 20 - Paolo Seganti, Italian actor * May 22 - Mark Christopher Lawrence, American character actor, stand-up comedian and voice-over artist * May 25 – Ray Stevenson, Irish actor (d. 2023) * May 26 - Lenny Kravitz, American singer, songwriter and actor * May 27 - Adam Carolla, American radio personality, comedian, actor and podcaster * May 28 - Christa Miller, American actress * June 3 - James Purefoy, English actor * June 7 **Judie Aronson, American actress **Gia Carides, Australian actress * June 9 – Gloria Reuben, Canadian-American actress, producer, and singer * June 10 - Tony Martin (comedian), Tony Martin, New Zealand comedian, writer and actor * June 12 - Paula Marshall, American actress * June 13 **Kathy Burke, English actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director **Laura Kightlinger, American actress, comedian and writer * June 15 – Courteney Cox, American actress * June 21 – David Morrissey, English actor and filmmaker * June 22 **Hiroshi Abe (actor), Hiroshi Abe, Japanese actor and model **Amy Brenneman, American actress and producer * June 23 - Joss Whedon, American filmmaker and composer * June 26 - Ian Tracey, Canadian actor * June 27 - Terry Serpico, American actor * June 30 **Ivan Trojan, Czech actor **Mark Waters, American screenwriter, director and producer * July 1 - Peter Marquardt, American actor and video game producer (d. 2014) * July 2 - Eric Michels, American actor (d. 2018) * July 3 **Peyton Reed, American director **Yeardley Smith, American actress, voice actress, writer, author, comedian and painter * July 5 - Jillian Armenante, American actress * July 7 - Tracy Reiner, American actress * July 8 – Lam Suet, Hong Kong actor * July 9 – Courtney Love, American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actress * July 11 **Laura Cayouette, American actress, writer, producer and director **Greg Mottola, American director and screenwriter * July 15 - Shari Headley, American actress * July 16 – Canti Lau, Hong Kong actor * July 17 - Heather Langenkamp, American actress, writer, director and producer * July 19 - Peter Dobson, American actor * July 20 - Dean Winters, American actor * July 22 **Adam Godley, English actor **David Spade, American actor, comedian, writer * July 26 **Sandra Bullock, American actress **Danny Woodburn, American actor and comedian * July 28 — Lori Loughlin, American actress * July 30 **Vivica A. Fox, American actress **Jim Wise, American actor, singer, writer and composer * August 1 - Melanie Shatner, American actress * August 2 – Mary-Louise Parker, American actress * August 4 - Sebastian Roché, French-American actor * August 6 - Lisa Boyle, American actress and model * August 7 - Tom McGrath (animator), Tom McGrath, American voice actor, animator, screenwriter and director * August 11 - Lawrence Monoson, American retired actor * August 13 - Debi Mazar, American actress and television personality * August 14 - Andrew Kevin Walker, American screenwriter and actor * August 16 – William Salyers, American actor and voice actor * August 18 - Brian Stack (comedian), Brian Stack, American actor, comedian and writer * August 20 – Flaminia Cinque, English actress * August 25 - Saverio Guerra, American actor * August 27 - Robert Bogue, American actor * August 29 - Dina Spybey, American actress * August 30 - Nelson Ascencio, Cuban-American actor and comedian * August 31 - Mark Lewis Jones, Welsh actor * September 1 - Welker White, American actress * September 2 – Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor * September 5 **Thomas Mikal Ford, American actor and comedian (d. 2016) **Amanda Ooms, Dutch-Swedish actress and writer * September 6 - Rosie Perez, American actress * September 8 - Mitchell Whitfield, American actor * September 10 - Raymond Cruz, American actor * September 11 - Gary Lydon, British-Irish actor * September 14 **Stephen Dunham, American actor (d. 2012) **Faith Ford, American actress * September 16 - Molly Shannon, American actress and comedian * September 19 - Jennifer Cooke, American former actress * September 20 - Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong actress * September 24 - Adam Alexi-Malle, Italian actor and singer * September 28 - Janeane Garofalo, American actress, voice artist, stand-up comedian and writer * September 30 - Monica Bellucci, Italian actress and model * October 3 – Clive Owen, English actor * October 8 - Ian Hart, English actor * October 9 - Guillermo del Toro, Mexican filmmaker * October 10 **Quinton Flynn, American film, television and voice actor **Tim Miller (director), Tim Miller, American filmmaker * October 12 - Allen Covert, American comedian, actor, writer and producer * October 13 – Matt Walsh (comedian), Matt Walsh, American comedian and actor * October 14 **Adam Hollander, American actor (d. 1984) **David Kaye (voice actor), David Kaye, Canadian-American voice actor * October 23 - David Sobolov, Canadian voice actor and director * October 25 – Kevin Michael Richardson, American actor and voice actor * October 30 - Mark Steven Johnson, American filmmaker * October 31 - Kirk Jones (director), Kirk Jones, English director and screenwriter * November 2 **Lauren Vélez, American actress **Lorraine Vélez, American singer and actress * November 5 - Famke Janssen, Dutch actress * November 6 - Arkie Whiteley, Australian actress (d. 2001) * November 7 - Garret T. Sato, American actor (d. 2020) * November 11 **Calista Flockhart, American actress **Angus Wright (actor), Angus Wright, American-born British actor * November 14 – Patrick Warburton, American actor and voice artist * November 16 **Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian-French actress, screenwriter and director **Harry Lennix, American actor * November 17 - Ralph Garman, American actor, comedian, musician and radio host * November 18 - Nadia Sawalha, British actress, television personality and YouTuber * November 20 - Ned Vaughn, American actor * November 23 - Boyd Kestner, American actor * November 24 - Garret Dillahunt, American actor * November 27 - Adam Shankman, American director, producer, writer, actor and choreographer * November 29 – Don Cheadle, American actor * November 30 - Richard Brake, Welsh-born American character actor * December 3 - Lisanne Falk, American former actress and producer * December 4 – Marisa Tomei, American actress * December 8 **Teri Hatcher, American actress **John Refoua, American film editor (d. 2023) * December 10 - Edith González, Mexican actress and dancer (d. 2019) * December 18 - Stone Cold Steve Austin, American retired professional wrestler and actor * December 19 **Zhang Hanyu, Chinese actor **Ben Becker, German actor * December 23 **Shelley Malil, American actor **Reg Rogers, American actor * December 24 **Fabiana Udenio, Italian-Argentine actress **Mark Valley, American actor * December 27 **Ian Gomez, American actor **Theresa Randle, American actress * December 29 - Michael Cudlitz, American actor * December 30 **George Newbern, American actor **Sophie Ward, British actress * December 31 - Michael McDonald (comedian), Michael McDonald, American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter and director

Deaths

* January 21 - Joseph Schildkraut, 67, Austrian actor, ''The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film), The Diary of Anne Frank'', ''The Life of Emile Zola'', ''Viva Villa!'' * January 22 – Lissy Arna, 63, German actress, ''Eva in Silk'', ''The Dance Goes On (1930 film), The Dance Goes On'' * January 27 – Norman Z. McLeod, 65, American director, ''The Paleface (1948 film), The Paleface'', ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' * January 29 –

, 50, American actor, ''Shane (film), Shane'', ''The Blue Dahlia'' * February 19 – Edward Gargan, 62, American actor, ''Little Miss Broadway (1947 film), Little Miss Broadway'', ''Adventures of Gallant Bess'' * February 24 – Frank Conroy (actor), Frank Conroy, 73, British actor, ''The Ox-Bow Incident'', ''The Naked City'' * February 27 – Orry-Kelly, 66, Australian costume designer, ''Casablanca (film), Casablanca'', ''The Maltese Falcon (1941 film), The Maltese Falcon'' * February 29 – Frank Albertson, 55, American actor, ''It's a Wonderful Life'', ''Psycho (1960 film), Psycho'' * March 1 – Dennis Moore (actor), Dennis Moore, 56, American actor, ''The Lone Rider and the Bandit'', ''Overland Stagecoach'' * March 4 – Edwin August, 80, American actor, director and screenwriter * March 10 – Arthur Hohl, 74, American actor, ''Cleopatra (1934 film), Cleopatra'', ''Private Detective 62'' * March 23 – Peter Lorre, 59, Hungarian actor, ''Casablanca (film), Casablanca'', ''The Maltese Falcon (1941 film), The Maltese Falcon'' * March 24 – Kitty McShane, 66, Irish actress, ''Old Mother Riley (film), Old Mother Riley'' * April 18 – Ben Hecht, 70, American playwright and screenwriter, ''Notorious (1946 film), Notorious'', ''His Girl Friday'' * April 29 – J. M. Kerrigan, 79, Irish actor (''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'') * May 10 – Carol Haney, 39, American dancer, actress, ''The Pajama Game (film), The Pajama Game'', ''Invitation to the Dance (film), Invitation to the Dance'' * May 13 – Diana Wynyard, 58, British actress, ''Cavalcade (1933 film), Cavalcade'', ''Gaslight (1940 film), Gaslight'' *June 20 - Edgar Barrier, 57, American actor, ''Phantom of the Opera (1943 film), Phantom on the Opera'', ''Macbeth (1948 film), Macbeth'' * June 27 – Mona Barrie, 54, British actress, ''Mystery Woman (film), Mystery Woman'', ''Ladies Love Danger'' * July 15 – Myles Connolly, 66, American screenwriter, ''State of the Union (film), State of the Union'', ''Hans Christian Andersen (film), Hans Christian Andersen'' * July 26 – William A. Seiter, 73, American film director, ''The Beautiful and Damned (film), The Beautiful and Damned'', ''Sons of the Desert'', ''Roberta (1935 film), Roberta'' * August 5 – Charles Quigley, 58, American actor, ''The Shadow (1937 film), The Shadow'', ''The Game That Kills'' *August 6 **Cedric Hardwicke, 71, British actor, ''Rope (film), Rope'', ''Suspicion (1941 film), Suspicion'' **Reed Howes, 64, American model and actor, ''The Dawn Rider'', ''Paradise Canyon'' * August 12 – Ian Fleming, 56, British author of ''James Bond'' novels, ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' * August 27 – Gracie Allen, 69, American comedy actress, ''A Damsel in Distress (1937 film), A Damsel in Distress'', ''The Big Broadcast of 1936'' * September 23 – Fred M. Wilcox (director), Fred M. Wilcox, 56, American director, ''Forbidden Planet'', ''Lassie Come Home'' * September 28 **Harpo Marx, 75, American comedy actor (Marx Brothers, The Marx Brothers), ''Duck Soup (1933 film), Duck Soup'', ''A Night at the Opera (film), A Night at the Opera'' **Nacio Herb Brown, 68, American songwriter and composer, ''The Broadway Melody'', ''Glorifying the American Girl'' * October 10 – Eddie Cantor, 72, American actor, singer, comedian, ''Whoopee! (film), Whoopee!'', ''Kid Millions'' * October 15 – Cole Porter, 73, American composer and songwriter, ''Night and Day (1946 film), Night and Day'', ''High Society (1956 film), High Society'' * October 19 – Russ Brown (actor), Russ Brown, American actor, ''Damn Yankees (film), Damn Yankees'', ''Anatomy of a Murder'' * October 22 – Whip Wilson, 53, American actor, ''Night Raiders (1952 film), Night Raiders'' * October 23 – Jo Swerling, 71, American screenwriter, ''It's a Wonderful Life'', ''Guys and Dolls (film), Guys and Dolls'' * October 27 – Rudolph Maté, 66, Hungarian cinematographer and director, ''D.O.A. (1950 film), D.O.A.'', ''When Worlds Collide (1951 film), When Worlds Collide'' * November 10 – Sam Newfield, 64, American director, ''The Terror of Tiny Town'', ''I Accuse My Parents'' * November 22 – George Tomasini, 55, American film editor, ''Psycho (1960 film), Psycho'', ''Rear Window'' * December 11 – Percy Kilbride, 76, American actor, ''The Southerner (film), The Southerner'', ''State Fair (1945 film), State Fair'' * December 14 – William Bendix, 58, American actor, ''Lifeboat (1944 film), Lifeboat'', ''Detective Story (1951 film), Detective Story'' * December 31 – Gertrude Michael, 53, American actress, ''Murder at the Vanities'', ''Women in Bondage''

Film debuts

*Jenny Agutter – ''East of Sudan'' *René Auberjonois – ''

'' *Erika Blanc – ''Il disco volante'' *Stanley Brock – '' Black Like Me'' *Jim Brown – '' Rio Conchos'' *Ellen Burstyn – '' For Those Who Think Young'' *David Carradine – ''Taggart (film), Taggart'' *Cheng Pei-pei – ''The Last Woman of Shang'' *Matt Clark (actor), Matt Clark – ''Black Like Me'' *Tim Conway – ''

'' *Kitty Courbois – ''Spuit Elf'' *Maria Cumani Quasimodo – ''Shivers in Summer'' *Dom DeLuise – '' Diary of a Bachelor'' *Judi Dench – '' The Third Secret'' *Paul Dooley – ''The Parisienne and the Prudes'' *Morgan Freeman – '' The Pawnbroker'' *Brenda Fricker – ''Of Human Bondage (1964 film), Of Human Bondage'' *George Furth – '' The Best Man'' *Elliott Gould – ''Quick, Let's Get Married'' *Clu Gulager – ''

'' *Moses Gunn – ''Nothing But a Man'' *Julius Harris – ''Nothing But a Man'' *James Earl Jones – ''Dr. Strangelove'' *Lee Majors – '' Strait-Jacket'' *Charlotte Rampling – '' A Hard Day's Night'' *Roy Scheider – '' The Curse of the Living Corpse'' *Raquel Welch – '' A House Is Not a Home''

References

External links

List of 1964 films
at IMDb
List of 1964 deaths
at IMDb
List of 1964 births
at IMDb {{1964 films 1964 in film, Film by year