The year 1965 in film involved several significant events, with ''

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''. ...

'' topping the U.S. box office and winning 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 ...

Fox Film The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American independent company that produced motion pictures and was formed in 1914 by the theater "chain" pioneer William Fox. It was the corporate successor to his earlier Greater Ne ...

(now

20th Century-Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film production and distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios, the film studios division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Com ...

Universal City, California Universal City is an unincorporated area within the San Fernando Valley. Approximately within and immediately outside the area is the property of Universal Pictures NBCUniversal's film studio, one of the five major film studios in the United ...

and

Universal Studios Lot Universal Studios Lot is a television and Film studio#Typical components, film studio complex located at 100 Universal City Plaza in Universal City, California, and is part of the entire Universal Studios complex, which also includes the adjacen ...

celebrated their 50th anniversaries.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1965 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

* February 15 –

George Stevens George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for ''A Place in the Sun (1951 film), A Place in the Sun'' (1951) ...

' production of ''

The Greatest Story Ever Told ''The Greatest Story Ever Told'' is a 1965 American epic film, epic List of religious films, religious film that retells the Biblical account of Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, from the Nativity of Jesus, Nativity through to the Ascension of J ...

'', a retelling of the account of

Jesus Christ Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...

, premieres in

New York City, New York New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harb ...

. It was such a flop with critics and audiences that its failure discouraged production of religious epics for many years. It is considered notable in the 21st century for its astonishing landscapes, powerful and provocative cinematography,

Max von Sydow Max von Sydow (; born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish and French actor. He had a 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films and several television ...

's debut acting performance in an American film, and the final film performance of

Claude Rains William Claude Rains (10 November 188930 May 1967) was a British and American actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. He was the recipient of numerous accolades, including four Academy Award nominations for Academy Award for Best Supp ...

. * March 2 – The

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 ...

film adaptation of ''

'', directed by

Robert Wise Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American filmmaker. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films ''West Side Story'' (1961) and ''The Sound of Music'' (1965). He was als ...

and starring

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 ...

and

Christopher Plummer Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition for his performances in film, stage and television. His accolades included an Academy Aw ...

, premieres. It quickly became a worldwide phenomenon and an instant classic. It successfully displaced ''

Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind most often refers to: * Gone with the Wind (novel), ''Gone with the Wind'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell * Gone with the Wind (film), ''Gone with the Wind'' (film), the 1939 adaptation of the novel Gone with the Wind ...

'' to become, at the time, the highest-grossing film of all-time. ''The Sound of Music'' is credited as the film that saved and restored Twentieth Century-Fox from bankruptcy after it suffered from extremely high production costs of ''

Cleopatra 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 ...

'' two years prior. * July 1 –

Blake Edwards Blake Edwards (born William Blake Crump; July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Edwards began his career in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon began writing screenplays and radio scripts ...

's epic comedy ''

The Great Race ''The Great Race'' is a 1965 American Technicolor epic slapstick comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood, written by Arthur A. Ross (from a story by Edwards and Ross) and with music by Henr ...

,'' starring

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 ...

Jack Lemmon John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor. Considered proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, he was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in comedy-drama films. He received num ...

Natalie Wood Natalie Wood (née Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress. She began acting at age four and co-starred at age eight in ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947). As a teenager, she was nominated for an Academy Award f ...

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 Keenan Wynn, premieres. Initially a flop with critics and audiences, some do admire Edwards' direction, the acting by its ensemble cast, Henry Mancini's music and its climactic pie fight. *August 10 - A massive vault fire at MGM studios in

Culver City Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,779. It is mostly surrounded by Los Angeles, but also shares a border with the unincorporated area of Ladera Heights to the ea ...

, California, destroys the only known copies of hundreds of archived silent films, including Lon Chaney's '' London After Midnight'' and Greta Garbo's '' The Divine Woman''. * December 22 –

David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor, widely considered one of the most important figures of Cinema of the United Kingdom, British cinema. He directed the large-scale epi ...

's film adaptation of

Boris Pasternak Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (30 May 1960) was a Russian and Soviet poet, novelist, composer, and literary translator. Composed in 1917, Pasternak's first book of poems, ''My Sister, Life'', was published in Berlin in 1922 and soon became an imp ...

's '' Doctor Zhivago'', starring

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 ...

, Julie Christie,

Rod Steiger Rodney Stephen Steiger ( ; April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Ranked as "one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars", he is closely associ ...

, and

Alec Guinness Sir Alec Guinness (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. In the BFI, British Film Institute listing of 1999 of BFI Top 100 British films, the 100 most important British films of the 20th century ...

, premieres and, like ''The Sound of Music'', quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. Its moral story and message of a love and human spirit that defied the communist Soviet Union have made the film a true classic with critics and audiences. It was included among top films by the

American Film Institute The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the History of cinema in the United States, motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private fu ...

. In a decade of very difficult times for its studio, ''Zhivago'' became the most successful and acclaimed

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 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 ...

film since '' How the West Was Won;'' it was the greatest MGM film since '' Ben-Hur''.

Awards

: : Best Picture: ''

'' – Argyle Enterprises,

20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio, film production and Film distributor, distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, the film studios division of the ...

: Best Director:

– ''

'' : Best Actor: Lee Marvin – '' Cat Ballou'' : Best Actress: Julie Christie – '' Darling'' : Best Supporting Actor:

Martin Balsam Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American actor. He had a prolific career in character roles in film, in theatre, and on television. An early member of the Actors Studio, he began his career on the New ...

– '' A Thousand Clowns'' : Best Supporting Actress:

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 ' ...

– ''

A Patch of Blue ''A Patch of Blue'' is a 1965 American Drama (film and television), drama film directed and written by Guy Green (filmmaker), Guy Green about the friendship between an educated black man (played by Sidney Poitier) and an illiterate, blind, white ...

'' : Best Foreign Language Film: '' The Shop on Main Street'' (''Obchod na korze''), directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos, Czechoslovakia

BAFTA Film Awards The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs or BAFTA Awards, is an annual film award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best Cinema of the United Kingdom, British and Worl ...

: : Best Film from Any Source: ''

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 ...

'' : Best British Film: '' The Ipcress File''

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: '' Doctor Zhivago'' : Best Actor:

– '' Doctor Zhivago'' : Best Actress: Samantha Eggar – '' The Collector'' :Comedy or Musical: : Best Picture: ''

'' : Best Actor: Lee Marvin – '' Cat Ballou'' : Best Actress:

– ''

'' :Other : Best Supporting Actor: Oskar Werner – '' The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' : Best Supporting Actress: Ruth Gordon – '' Inside Daisy Clover'' : Best Director:

– '' Doctor Zhivago''

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 Knack ...and How to Get It'', directed by

Richard Lester Richard Lester Liebman (born January 19, 1932) is an American retired film director, who spent the majority of his professional life in the United Kingdom. He is known for the fast-paced, flamboyant directing he brought to his comedy films, mo ...

, United Kingdom

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): :''

Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa ''Sandra'' () is a 1965 drama film directed and co-written by Luchino Visconti, and starring Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, and Michael Craig (actor), Michael Craig. A modern-day retelling of the Electra, Electra story, the film centers on the inc ...

'' (''Sandra of a Thousand Delights''), 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 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): :'' Alphaville'', 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 ...

, France / Italy

1965 film releases

United States 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 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

unless stated

January–March

*January 1965 **January 8 ***'' Dear Brigitte'' **January 15 ***'' Baby the Rain Must Fall'' **January 28 ***'' 36 Hours'' *February 1965 **February 10 ***'' Strange Bedfellows'' ***'' Sylvia'' **February 15 ***'' Lord Jim'' UK) **February 23 ***'' Dr. Terror's House of Horrors'' UK) **February 24 ***'' Love Has Many Faces'' ***'' Crack in the World'' *March 1965 **March 2 ***''

'' **March 5 ***'' Face of the Screaming Werewolf'' ***'' The Rounders'' **March 6 ***''

Empire An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outpost (military), outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a hegemony, dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the ...

'' ***'' Nightmare in the Sun'' **March 15 ***'' Major Dundee'' **March 21 ***'' Die! Die! My Darling!'' (U.K.) **March 24 ***'' John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!'' ***'' Bus Riley's Back in Town'' **March 31 ***'' The Truth About Spring''

April–June

*April 1965 **April 3 ***'' The Man from Button Willow'' **April 6 ***'' In Harm's Way'' **April 8 ***'' The World of Abbott and Costello'' **April 9 ***''

'' **April 14 ***'' Beach Blanket Bingo'' ***'' The Satan Bug'' ***'' Girl Happy'' *May 1965 **5 May ***'' Alphaville'' (France) ***'' Brainstorm'' **7 May ***'' Joy in the Morning'' **13 May ***'' The Yellow Rolls-Royce'' **14 May ***''

Harlow Harlow is a town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Founded as a Planned community, new town in 1947, it is situated on the border with Hertfordshire, and occupies a large area of land on the south bank of the ...

'' **26 May ***''

Mirage A mirage is a naturally-occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. The word comes to English via the French ''(se) mirer'', from the Latin ''mirari'', mean ...

'' *June 1965 **June 2 ***'' What's New Pussycat?'' **June 3 ***'' Shenandoah'' **June 9 ***'' Up from the Beach'' French

international co-production A co-production is a joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint vent ...

**June 16 ***'' Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines'' **June 18 ***'' I'll Take Sweden'' **June 23 ***'' ''Genghis Khan'' (1965 film)'' ***'' The Hallelujah Trail'' ***''

'' ***'' Von Ryan's Express'' ***'' Willy McBean and his Magic Machine'' **June 24 ***'' Cat Ballou'' **June 30 ***'' Ski Party'' ***'' Tickle Me''

July–September

*July 1965 **July 1 ***'' The Family Jewels'' ***''

'' ***''

The Sons of Katie Elder ''The Sons of Katie Elder'' is a 1965 American Western film in Panavision, directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. It was filmed principally in Mexico. Plot The four adult sons of Katie Elder – John, who is a fam ...

'' **July 3 ***'' The Hill'' ( UK) **July 12 ***'' The Art of Love'' **July 14 ***'' How to Stuff a Wild Bikini'' **July 21 ***'' I Saw What You Did'' **July 22 ***'' The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders'' **July 29 ***'' Ship of Fools'' *August 1965 **August 1 ***'' Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet'' **August 3 ***'' Darling'' ( UK) ***'' You Must Be Joking!'' ( UK) **August 8 ***'' Frankenstein Conquers the World'' (

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 ...

) **August 9 ***'' The Brigand of Kandahar'' **August 14 ***'' A Very Special Favor'' **August 18 ***'' Catch Us If You Can'' ( UK) ***'' The Monkey's Uncle'' ***'' Sergeant Deadhead'' **August 23 ***'' Dr. Who and the Daleks'' ( U.K.) **August 25 ***'' Morituri'' ***'' That Funny Feeling'' ***'' Wild on the Beach'' *September 1965 **September 1 ***'' Billie'' **September 3 ***'' The Battle of the Villa Fiorita'' ( UK) **September 8 ***'' Operation C.I.A.'' **September 15 ***'' The Reward'' **September 20 ***'' How to Murder Your Wife'' **September 24 ***'' Marriage on the Rocks'' **September 27 ***'' Mickey One''

October–December

*October 1965 **October 6 ***'' Who Killed Teddy Bear'' **October 7 ***'' The Agony and the Ecstasy'' **October 11 ***'' The Bedford Incident'' ( US/ UK) **October 13 ***'' Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious'' **October 15 ***''

The Cincinnati Kid ''The Cincinnati Kid'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Norman Jewison. It tells the story of Eric "The Kid" Stoner, a young Depression-era poker player, as he seeks to establish his reputation as the best. This quest leads him to chal ...

'' **October 17 ***''

Sting of Death Sting of Death is a 1966 American science fiction horror film directed by William Grefe, William Grefé, written by Al Dempsey, and starring Joe Morrison, Valerie Hawkins, Deanna Lund, John Vella, and Jack Nagle. Its plot concerns five female co ...

'' **October 27 ***'' King Rat'' *November 1965 **November 4 ***'' Never Too Late'' **November 6 ***'' Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine'' **November 10 ***''

The War Lord ''The War Lord'' is a 1965 American drama historical film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston. The film, which concerns medieval warfare and culture in 11th-century Normandy, is an adaptation of the play ''The Lovers ...

'' **November 15 ***'' Bunny Lake Is Missing'' ( UK) **November 18 ***''

For a Few Dollars More ''For a Few Dollars More'' () is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty hunters and Gian Maria Volonté as the primary villain. Klaus Kinski plays a supporting role as a se ...

'' (

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 ...

) **November 19 ***'' Return from the Ashes'' **November 24 ***'' Harum Scarum'' **November 25 ***'' Lady L'' **November 26 ***'' Carry On Cowboy'' UK) **November 27 ***'' Gamera, the Giant Monster'' (

) *December 1965 **December 2 ***''

That Darn Cat! ''That Darn Cat!'' is a 1965 American thriller (genre), thriller comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson (director), Robert Stevenson and starring Hayley Mills and Dean Jones (actor), Dean Jones in a story about bank robbers, a kidnapping and ...

'' **December 8 ***'' The Return of Ringo'' (

) **December 10 ***''

'' **December 13 ***'' A Thousand Clowns'' **December 15 ***'' The Flight of the Phoenix'' **December 16 ***''

Battle of the Bulge The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive or Unternehmen Die Wacht am Rhein, Wacht am Rhein, was the last major German Offensive (military), offensive Military campaign, campaign on the Western Front (World War II), Western ...

'' ***'' The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' ( UK) **December 19 ***'' Invasion of Astro-Monster'' **December 22 ***'' Doctor Zhivago'' ( UK/

/ US) **December 23 ***'' The Slender Thread'' **December 24 ***'' Bad Girls Go to Hell'' **December 29 ***'' Thunderball'' ( UK/ US)

Notable films released in 1965

unless stated

#

*'' The 10th Victim'' (La decima vittima), 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 ...

and Ursula Andress – (

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 ...

) *'' 36 Hours'', starring James Garner, Rod Taylor and Eva Marie Saint *'' The 317th Platoon'' (La 317ème section), written and directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer – (

)

A

*'' Abashiri Prison'' (Abashiri Bangaichi), starring Ken Takakura – (

) *'' Adventures of a Dentist'' (Pokhozhdyeniya zubnovo vracha), directed by Elem Klimov – ( U.S.S.R.) *'' The Adventures of the Smurfs'' (Les aventures des Schtroumpfs) – (

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

) *'' The Agony and the Ecstasy'', directed by Carol Reed, 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 ...

and

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 ...

*'' The Alphabet Murders'', 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 Tony Randall and Anita Ekberg *'' Alphaville'' (Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution), directed by

– (

) *'' Always Further On'' (Tarahumara (Cada vez más lejos)), directed by

Luis Alcoriza Luis Alcoriza de la Vega (September 5, 1918 – December 3, 1992) was a Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor. Alcoriza was born in Spain and, exiled because of the Spanish Civil War, established himself in Mexico from 1940. His 196 ...

– (

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

) *'' The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders'', starring

Kim Novak Marilyn Pauline "Kim" Novak (born February 13, 1933) is an American retired actress and painter. Her contributions to cinema have been honored with two Golden Globe Awards, an Honorary Golden Bear, a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, and a s ...

, Richard Johnson and Angela Lansbury *'' The Art of Love'', directed by

Norman Jewison Norman Frederick Jewison (July 21, 1926 – January 20, 2024) was a Canadian filmmaker. He was known for directing films which addressed topical Social issue, social and political issues, often making controversial or complicated subjects acces ...

, starring James Garner,

Angie Dickinson Angie Dickinson (born Angeline Brown; September 30, 1931) is an American retired actress. She began her career on television, appearing in many Anthology series#Television, anthology series during the 1950s, before gaining her breakthrough rol ...

, Elke Sommer and

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 ...

*'' Arzoo'' (Wish), starring Sadhana – (

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 ...

) *''

The Ashes The Ashes is a Test cricket series played biennially between England and Australia. The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, '' The Sporting Times'', immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, ...

'' (Popioły), directed by

Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "P ...

– (

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

)

B

*'' Baby the Rain Must Fall'', starring

Steve McQueen Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930November 7, 1980) was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of counterculture of the 1960s, 1960s counterculture, made him a top box office draw for his films of the late ...

and

Lee Remick Lee Ann Remick (; December 14, 1935 – July 2, 1991) was an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the film ''Days of Wine and Roses (film), Days of Wine and Roses'' (1962) and was nominated fo ...

*'' Bad Girls Go to Hell'', directed by Doris Wishman *''

'', starring Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw and Robert Ryan *'' The Battle of the Villa Fiorita'', directed by

Delmer Daves Delmer Lawrence Daves (July 24, 1904 – August 17, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He worked in many Film genre, genres, including film noir and war film, warfare, but he is best known for his Western (genre ...

, starring Maureen O'Hara, Rossano Brazzi, Olivia Hussey *'' Beach Blanket Bingo'', directed by William Asher, starring Annette Funicello,

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 ...

, Deborah Walley,

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 ...

*'' The Bedford Incident'', starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier – ( US/ UK) *'' Behind the Mask of Zorro'', directed by Ricardo Blasco and starring Tony Russel – (

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 ...

) *'' Billie'', directed by

Don Weis Don Weis (May 13, 1922 – July 26, 2000) was an American film and television director. Biography Weis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Emma (née Wiener; 1889–1971) and Meyer Weis (1886-1942). He graduated from the University of Southern ...

and starring

Patty Duke Anna Marie Duke (December 14, 1946 – March 29, 2016), known professionally as Patty Duke, was an American actress. Over the course of her acting career, she was the recipient of an Academy Awards, Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three ...

*'' Black Humor'', anthology film directed by

Claude Autant-Lara Claude Autant-Lara (; 5 August 1901 – 5 February 2000) was a French film director, screenwriter, set designer and costume designer who worked in films for over 50 years. He made films characterised by bourgeois Realism (arts), realism, anti- ...

, Giancarlo Zagni and José María Forqué – (

) *'' Black Wind'' (Viento negro), directed by Servando González – (

) *'' Boeing Boeing'', 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

*''

La Bohème ''La bohème'' ( , ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '':wikt:quadro, quadri'', ''wikt:tableau, tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto b ...

'', directed by Franco Zeffirelli – (

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 ...

) *'' Le Bonheur'', directed by Agnès Varda – (

) *'' Brainstorm'', directed by William Conrad, starring Anne Francis and

Jeffrey Hunter Jeffrey Hunter (born Henry Herman McKinnies Jr.; November 25, 1926 – May 27, 1969) was an American film and television actor and producer known for his roles in films such as ''The Searchers'' and ''King of Kings (1961 film), King of Ki ...

*'' The Brigand of Kandahar'', starring Oliver Reed and

Yvonne Romain Yvonne Adelaide "Evie" Romain (''née'' Warren; 17 February 1938) is a British former film and television actress of the late 1950s and 1960s. Early career Romain was born in London of Maltese descent and is a graduate of the Italia Conti Acad ...

*'' Bunny Lake Is Missing'', directed by

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 ...

, starring

Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier ( ; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud made up a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the m ...

and Carol Lynley – ( U.K.) *'' Bus Riley's Back in Town'', starring Ann-Margret and Michael Parks

C

*'' The Camp Followers'' (Le soldatesse), starring Anna Karina – (

) *'' Carry On Cowboy'', starring Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale – ( U.K.) *'' Casanova 70'', starring

and Virna Lisi – (

) *'' Cat Ballou'', 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 ...

and Lee Marvin *'' Catch Us If You Can'' (a.k.a. ''Having a Wild Weekend''), starring

the Dave Clark Five The Dave Clark Five, also known as the DC5, were an English rock and roll band formed in 1958 in Tottenham, London. Drummer Dave Clark was the group's leader, producer and co-songwriter. In January 1964, they had their first UK top-ten single, ...

– ( U.K.) *''China!'', a documentary written by Felix Greene *'' Chronicle of a Boy Alone'' (Crónica de un niño solo) – (

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

) *''

'', directed by

, starring

, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Tuesday Weld,

Joan Blondell Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress who performed in film and television for 50 years. Blondell began her career in vaudeville. After winning a beauty pageant, she embarked on a film career, estab ...

*'' City Under the Sea'' (a.k.a. War-Gods of the Deep), starring Vincent Price and

Tab Hunter Tab Hunter (born Arthur Andrew Kelm; July 11, 1931 – July 8, 2018) was an American actor, singer, film producer, and author. Known for his blond hair and clean-cut good looks, Hunter starred in more than forty films. During the 1950s and 1960s ...

*'' Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion'', starring Marshall Thompson and Betsy Drake *'' Cloportes'' (La aétamorphose des cloportes), directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre – (

) *''

Coast of Skeletons ''Coast of Skeletons'' is a 1965 adventure film, directed by Robert Lynn and starring Richard Todd and Dale Robertson. It is a sequel to the 1963 film '' Death Drums Along the River'', and just as that film, it uses the characters from Edga ...

'', directed by Robert Lynn and starring Richard Todd and Dale Robertson – ( U.K./

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

) *'' The Collector'', directed by

William Wyler William Wyler (; born Willi Wyler (); July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a German-born American film director and producer. Known for his work in numerous genres over five decades, he received numerous awards and accolades, including three Aca ...

, starring

Terence Stamp Terence Henry Stamp (born 22 July 1938) is an English actor. Known for his sophisticated villain roles, he was named by ''Empire (magazine), Empire'' as one of the 100 Sexiest Film Stars of All Time in 1995. He has received various accolades in ...

and Samantha Eggar – ( U.K./U.S.) *'' Crack in the World'', starring Dana Andrews, Kieron Moore,

Janette Scott Thora Janette Scott (born 14 December 1938) is a British retired actress. Life and career Scott was born on 14 December 1938 in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. She is the daughter of actors Jimmy Scott and Thora Hird and began her career as ...

*''Cup Fever'', starring Bernard Cribbins – (U.K.) *''Curse of the Fly'', starring Brian Donlevy, George Baker (British actor), George Baker, Carole Gray *''Curse of Simba, Curse of the Voodoo'' (a.k.a. Curse of Simba / Voodoo Blood Death), directed by Lindsay Shonteff – ( U.K.)

D

*'' Darling'', directed by John Schlesinger, starring Laurence Harvey, Dirk Bogarde, Julie Christie – ( U.K.) *'' Dear Brigitte'', starring James Stewart, Bill Mumy, Glynis Johns, Ed Wynn, Brigitte Bardot *Une fille et des fusils, ''The Decadent Influence'' (Une fille et des fusils, a.k.a. To Be a Crook), directed by Claude Lelouch – (

) *''A Devilish Homicide'' (Salinma) – (South Korean films of 1965, South Korea) *'' Die! Die! My Darling!'' (a.k.a. ''Fanatic (1965 film), Fanatic''), starring Tallulah Bankhead and Stefanie Powers * ''Dingaka'', starring Stanley Baker – (List of South African films, South Africa) * ''Do Not Disturb (1965 film), Do Not Disturb'', starring Doris Day and Rod Taylor *'' Doctor Zhivago'', directed by

, starring

, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin,

—winner of 5

– ( U.K.) *Le bambole, ''The Dolls'' (Le bambole), starring Nino Manfredi, Monica Vitti, Elke Sommer and Gina Lollobrigida – (

) *'' Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine'', starring Vincent Price and

*'' Dr. Terror's House of Horrors'', starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee – (U.K.) *'' Dr. Who and the Daleks'', starring Peter Cushing – ( U.K.)

E

*''The Early Bird'', starring Norman Wisdom – (U.K.) *''The Eleanor Roosevelt Story'', a documentary directed by Richard Kaplan (film producer), Richard Kaplan *''Sytten, Eric Soya's "17"'' (Sytten), starring Ole Søltoft and Ghita Nørby – (List of Danish films of the 1960s, Denmark) *''Eternity in Flames'' – (China)

F

*''The Face of Fu Manchu'', directed by Don Sharp and starring Christopher Lee – ( U.K./

) *'' The Family Jewels'', starring

*''Fantômas se déchaîne'' (Fantômas Unleashed), starring Jean Marais – (

) *''Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'', directed by Russ Meyer *''Ferry Cross the Mersey (film), Ferry Cross the Mersey'', starring Gerry and the Pacemakers – ( U.K.) *''Film (film), Film'', written by Samuel Beckett and directed by Alan Schneider *''Fists in the Pocket'' (I pugni in tasca) – (

) *'' The Flight of the Phoenix'', directed by Robert Aldrich, starring James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, Peter Finch *''

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

) *'' Frankenstein Conquers the World'' (Furankenshutain tai Baragon), directed by Ishirō Honda – (

) *''Funny Things Happen Down Under'', starring Olivia Newton-John – (Australian films of the 1960s, Australia)

G

*''Il Gaucho'', starring Vittorio Gassman and Nino Manfredi – (

/List of Argentine films of 1965, Argentina) *''Gendarme in New York'' (Le gendarme à New York), starring Louis de Funès – (

/U.S.) *''Genghis Khan (1965 film), ''Genghis Khan'''', starring

, Stephen Boyd and James Mason *'' Girl Happy'', starring Elvis Presley *''The Girls on the Beach'', directed by William N. Witney, starring Noreen Corcoran and Martin West (actor), Martin West *''The Glory Guys'', directed by Arnold Laven, starring Tom Tryon and Harve Presnell *''Goldstein (film), Goldstein'', comedy ensemble film, with actors from The Second City, including Severn Darden *''

'', directed by

, starring

, Ross Martin *''The Great Sioux Massacre'', directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin and Philip Carey *''

'', directed by

, starring

, Dorothy McGuire, David McCallum, Martin Landau, Telly Savalas *''Guide (film), Guide'', directed by Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker), Vijay Anand, starring Dev Anand – (

) *''Gumnaam'' (Unknown), starring Manoj Kumar – (India)

H

*'' The Hallelujah Trail'', directed by John Sturges, starring Burt Lancaster,

, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin *''Hands of a Gunfighter'' (Ocaso de un pistolero / Il destino di un pistolero), directed by Rafael Romero Marchent – (

) *''Happiness (1965 film), Happiness'' (Le bonheur), directed by Agnès Varda – (

) *''

'', starring Carroll Baker, Peter Lawford, Red Buttons, Mike Connors, Leslie Nielsen, Angela Lansbury *''

'', starring Carol Lynley, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Barry Sullivan (actor), Barry Sullivan, Hurd Hatfield, Ginger Rogers *'' Harum Scarum'', aka ''Harem Holiday'', starring Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries *''Harvey Middleman, Fireman'', written and directed by Ernest Pintoff *''Help! (film), Help!'', directed by

, starring the Beatles – (U.K.) *''The Heroes of Telemark'', starring Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris *''A High Wind in Jamaica (film), A High Wind in Jamaica'', starring Anthony Quinn and James Coburn – ( U.K.) *'' The Hill'', directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Sean Connery, Ian Bannen, Ossie Davis – (U.K.) *''The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga'' (A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga) – (Brazilian films of the 1960s, Brazil) *'' How to Murder Your Wife'', starring

and Virna Lisi *'' How to Stuff a Wild Bikini'', starring Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Buster Keaton, Beverly Adams, Mickey Rooney

I

*''I, a Woman'' (Jeg - en kvinde), directed by Mac Ahlberg – (List of Danish films of the 1960s, Denmark/List of Swedish films of the 1960s, Sweden) *''Io la conoscevo bene, I Knew Her Well'' (Io la conoscevo bene), starring Stefania Sandrelli, Nino Manfredi, Franco Nero – (

) *'' I'll Take Sweden'', starring Bob Hope, Dina Merrill,

, Tuesday Weld *''Impossible on Saturday'' (Pas question le samedi) – (

/1965 in Israeli film, Israel) *'' In Harm's Way'', directed by

, starring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon deWilde, Paula Prentiss, Henry Fonda *'' Inside Daisy Clover'', starring

, Robert Redford,

*''Inside the Forbidden City'' (Song gong mi shi) – (Hong Kong films of 1965, Hong Kong) *''Intimate Lighting'' (Intimní osvětlení), directed by Ivan Passer – (Czech films of the 1960s, Czechoslovakia) *'' Invasion of Astro-Monster'' (Kaijû daisensô), directed by Ishirō Honda – (

) *'' The Ipcress File'', directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Michael Caine – BAFTA Award for Best British Film – ( U.K.) *'' I Saw What You Did'', starring Joan Crawford

J

*'' John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!'', starring Shirley MacLaine, Richard Crenna, Peter Ustinov *'' Joy in the Morning'', starring Richard Chamberlain and Yvette Mimieux *''Juliet of the Spirits'' (Giulietta degli spiriti), directed by Federico Fellini – (

)

K

*'' King Rat'', starring George Segal, Tom Courtenay and James Fox *'' The Knack ...and How to Get It'', directed by

and starring Rita Tushingham – ( U.K.)

L

*''The Lace Wars'' (Les fêtes galantes), directed by René Clair – (

/List of Romanian films#1960s, Romania) *'' Lady L'', directed by Peter Ustinov, starring Sophia Loren, Paul Newman and David Niven *''Laurel and Hardy#Posthumous revivals and popular culture, Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's'', a retrospective film directed by Robert Youngson *''Licensed to Kill (1965 film), Licensed to Kill'', starring Tom Adams (actor), Tom Adams – ( U.K.) *''Life at the Top (film), Life at the Top'', starring Laurence Harvey and Jean Simmons – ( U.K.) *''The Liquidator (1965 film), The Liquidator'', directed by Jack Cardiff, starring Rod Taylor and Trevor Howard (U.K.) *''The She-Wolf (Mexican horror film), La Loba'' (The She-Wolf) – (

) *'' Lord Jim'', starring Peter O'Toole – ( UK/ US) *''Love and Kisses (film), Love and Kisses'', starring Ricky Nelson, Rick Nelson *''The Love Goddesses'', a documentary directed by Saul J. Turell *'' Love Has Many Faces'', starring Lana Turner, Hugh O'Brian and Cliff Robertson *''Love Meetings'', a documentary by Pier Paolo Pasolini – (

) *''The Loved One (film), The Loved One'', directed by Tony Richardson, starring Robert Morse and Jonathan Winters *''Loves of a Blonde'' (Lásky jedné plavovlásky), directed by Miloš Forman – (Czech films of the 1960s, Czechoslovakia)

M

*''A Maiden for a Prince'' (Una vergine per il principe), starring Virna Lisi and Vittorio Gassman – (Italy) *'' Major Dundee'', directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring

, Richard Harris, James Coburn, Jim Hutton *'' The Man from Button Willow'' *''Man Is Not a Bird'' (Čovek nije tica) – (List of Yugoslav films of the 1960s, Yugoslavia) *''Marco the Magnificent'' (La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo), directed by Denys de La Patellière and Noël Howard – (Multiple countries) *'' Marriage on the Rocks'', starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Deborah Kerr *''Marvelous Angelique'' (Merveilleuse Angélique), directed by Bernard Borderie – (

) *''McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force'' *'' Mickey One'', directed by Arthur Penn, starring Warren Beatty *''

'', directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Gregory Peck, Diane Baker and Walter Matthau *''Mister Moses'', directed by Ronald Neame and starring Robert Mitchum and Carroll Baker *The Moment of Truth (1965 film), ''The Moment of Truth'' (Il momento della verità), directed by Francesco Rosi – (Italy) *''The Money Trap'', starring Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth, Ricardo Montalbán, Joseph Cotten, Elke Sommer *'' The Monkey's Uncle'', starring Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk *'' Morituri'', starring Marlon Brando and Yul Brynner *''Mozambique (film), Mozambique'', directed by Robert Lynn – ( U.K./

) *My Baby is Black, ''My Baby Is Black!'' (Les lâches vivent d'espoir), 1961 French film released in the U.S. in 1965 – (

)

N

*''The Nanny (1965 film), The Nanny'', starring Bette Davis – ( U.K.) * ''The Naked Prey'', directed by and starring Cornel Wilde – (American films of 1965, U.S./List of South African films, South Africa) *'' Never Too Late'', starring Paul Ford, Maureen O'Sullivan, Connie Stevens, Jim Hutton *''Nightmare Castle'', starring Barbara Steele – (

) *'' Nightmare in the Sun'', starring Ursula Andress, John Derek, Aldo Ray and Sammy Davis Jr. *''Ninety Degrees in the Shade'' (''Třicet jedna ve stínu''), directed by Jiří Weiss – ( U.K./Czech films of the 1960s, Czechoslovakia) *''None but the Brave'', directed by and starring Frank Sinatra, with Clint Walker and Tommy Sands (entertainer), Tommy Sands

O

*''Once a Thief (1965 film), Once a Thief'', starring Alain Delon and Ann-Margret – (American films of 1965, United States/

) *''One Way Pendulum (film), One Way Pendulum'', directed by Peter Yates – ( U.K.) *'' Operation C.I.A.'', starring Burt Reynolds and Danielle Aubry *''Operation Crossbow (film), Operation Crossbow'', starring Sophia Loren – ( U.K.) *''Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures'' (Operatsiya „Y“ i drugie priklyucheniya Shurika), starring Aleksandr Demyanenko – ( U.S.S.R.) *''OSS 117 Mission for a Killer, OSS 117–Mission for a Killer'' (Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117), directed by André Hunebelle and starring Frederick Stafford – (

) *''Othello (1965 British film), Othello'', directed by Stuart Burge, starring

, Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay – ( U.K.)

P

*''Pandora and the Magic Box'', directed by Joseph W. Sarno *''Paris Secret'', a documentary directed by Edouard Logereau *''

'', starring Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Hartman,

*''Pierrot le Fou'', directed by

, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina – (

) *''Pinocchio in Outer Space'', produced and directed by Ray Goossens – (U.S./

) *''A Pistol for Ringo'' (Una pistola per Ringo), directed by Duccio Tessari *''Planet of the Vampires'' (Terrore nello spazio), directed by Mario Bava – (

) *''The Possessed (1965 film), The Possessed'' (La donna del lago), directed by Luigi Bazzoni and Franco Rossellini – (

) *''Promise Her Anything'', directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Warren Beatty and Leslie Caron

R

*''The Rabbit Is Me'' (Das Kaninchen bin ich) – (List of East German films#1960s, East Germany) *''A Rage to Live,'' directed by Walter Grauman and starring Suzanne Pleshette *''The Railroad Man'' (Il ferroviere), directed by Pietro Germi – (

) *''The Railrodder'', a comedy short starring Buster Keaton in his last film – (List of Canadian films#1960s, Canada) *''Rapture (1965 film), Rapture'' (La fleur de l'âge), directed by John Guillermin, starring Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Gozzi and Dean Stockwell – (

/U.S.) *''Răscoala'', directed by Mircea Mureșan – (List of Romanian films#1960s, Romania) *''Red Beard'' (Akahige), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune – (

) *''Red Line 7000'', directed by Howard Hawks and starring James Caan *''Repulsion (film), Repulsion'', directed by Roman Polanski, starring Catherine Deneuve – ( U.K.) *'' Return from the Ashes'', starring Maximilian Schell and Samantha Eggar *''The Return of Mr. Moto'', starring Henry Silva – ( U.K.) *'' The Return of Ringo'' (Il ritorno di Ringo), directed by Duccio Tessari *Rotten to the Core (film), ''Rotten to the Core'', directed by Boulting brothers, John Boulting – ( U.K.) *'' The Rounders'', directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda

S

*''Samurai Spy'' (Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke) – (

) *''Sandra (1965 film), Sandra'' (Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa), directed by

, starring Claudia Cardinale – (

) *''São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima'' (São Paulo, the Anonymous Town) – (Brazilian films of the 1960s, Brazil) *''The Saragossa Manuscript (film), The Saragossa Manuscript'' (Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie), starring Zbigniew Cybulski – (

) *''The Sandpiper'', directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Eva Marie Saint *''Sands of the Kalahari'', starring Stuart Whitman, Stanley Baker, Susannah York – ( U.K.) *'' The Satan Bug'', starring George Maharis and Anne Francis *''Secrets Behind the Wall'' (Kabe no naka no himegoto) – (

) *'' Sergeant Deadhead'', starring

and Deborah Walley * ''Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors'' (Tini zabutykh predkiv) – (List of Ukrainian films, U.S.S.R.) *''Shakespeare Wallah'', directed by James Ivory, starring Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Madhur Jaffrey *''The Shameless Old Lady'' (La vieille dame indigne), directed by René Allio – (

) *''She (1965 film), She'', starring Ursula Andress and Peter Cushing – ( U.K.) *'' Shenandoah'', starring James Stewart, Doug McClure, Rosemary Forsyth, Katharine Ross *'' Ship of Fools'', directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Lee Marvin, Michael Dunn (actor), Michael Dunn, José Ferrer *'' The Shop on Main Street'' (Obchod na korze), directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos (Czech films of the 1960s, Czechoslovakia) *''Simon of the Desert'' (Simón del desierto), directed by Luis Buñuel – (

) *''The Sin (1965 film), The Sin'' (Al Haram) – (Egyptian films of the 1960s, Egypt) *'' Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious'', starring

, Mike Connors, Robert Redford *'' Ski Party'', starring

and Yvonne Craig *''The Skull (film), The Skull'', starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Patrick Wymark – ( U.K.) *''Slalom (1965 film), Slalom'', starring Vittorio Gassman, Adolfo Celi, Beba Lončar, Daniela Bianchi – (

) *''The Sleeping Car Murders'' (Compartiment tueurs), directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Yves Montand and Simone Signoret – (

) *'' The Slender Thread'', directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas and Ed Asner *''

'', directed by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne and Dean Martin *''

'', directed by

, starring

and

*'' The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'', directed by Martin Ritt, starring Richard Burton and Claire Bloom – ( U.K.) *''

'', directed by William Grefe *''Story of a Prostitute'' (Shunpuden), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (Japan) *'' Strange Bedfellows'', starring Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida *''A Study in Terror'' (British), a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by James Hill, starring John Neville (actor), John Neville as Holmes, Donald Houston as Watson, and Anthony Quayle- ( U.K.) *''A Swingin' Summer'', starring James Stacy and Raquel Welch *''Sword of the Beast'' (Kedamono no ken), directed by Hideo Gosha – (

) *'' Sylvia'', starring Carroll Baker and George Maharis *''Synanon (film), Synanon'', directed by Richard Quine, starring Edmond O'Brien, Chuck Connors, Stella Stevens

T

*''Tattooed Life'' (Irezumi ichidai), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (

) *''Ten Little Indians (1965 film), Ten Little Indians'', starring Shirley Eaton, Hugh O'Brian, Daliah Lavi, Stanley Holloway, Wilfred Hyde-White, Fabian Forte – ( U.K.) *''

'' starring Dean Jones (actor), Dean Jones *'' That Funny Feeling'', starring Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee *''That Man in Istanbul'', directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring Horst Buchholz – (

) *''The Third Day (1965 film), The Third Day'', starring George Peppard and Elizabeth Ashley *''Thirty Three (film), Thirty Three'' (Tridtsat tri) – ( U.S.S.R.) *'' Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines'', directed by Ken Annakin, starring Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, Robert Morley, Gert Fröbe – ( U.K.) *'' A Thousand Clowns'', starring Jason Robards, Barry Gordon,

, Barbara Harris (actress), Barbara Harris *'' Thunderball'', starring Sean Connery (as James Bond), with Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi, Adolfo Celi – ( U.K.) *'' Tickle Me'', starring Elvis Presley *''Tokyo Olympiad'', a documentary directed by Kon Ichikawa – (

) *''Town Tamer'', directed by Lesley Selander and starring Dana Andrews *'' The Truth About Spring'', directed by Richard Thorpe, starring Hayley Mills and John Mills *''Two on a Guillotine'', directed by William Conrad and starring Connie Stevens

U

*''The Uninhibited'' (Los pianos mecánicos), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem, starring Melina Mercouri and James Mason – (

) *'' Up from the Beach'', starring Cliff Robertson *''Up to His Ears'' (Les tribulations d'un chinois en chine), starring Jean Paul Belmondo and Ursula Andress – (

)

V

*'' A Very Special Favor'', starring Rock Hudson and Leslie Caron *''Victim Five'', directed by Robert Lynn – ( U.K.) *''Viva Maria!'', directed by Louis Malle, starring Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau – (

) *'' Von Ryan's Express'', directed by Mark Robson (film director), Mark Robson, starring Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Edward Mulhare, Adolfo Celi *'' Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet'', starring Basil Rathbone

W

*''Waqt (1965 film), Waqt'', starring Sunil Dutt and Sadhana – (

) *''The War Game'', a TV docudrama directed by Peter Watkins – ( U.K.) *''

'', starring

, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth *'' What's New Pussycat?'', directed by Clive Donner, starring Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Woody Allen, Romy Schneider, Paula Prentiss, Capucine *'' Who Killed Teddy Bear'', starring Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse and Elaine Stritch *'' Wild on the Beach'', starring Sherry Jackson, Frankie Randall (singer), Frankie Randall, Sonny & Cher *''Willy McBean and his Magic Machine, Willy McBean and His Magic Machine,'' stop-motion film produced by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment, Videocraft International *''Winter Kept Us Warm'', directed by David Secter – (List of Canadian films#1960s, Canada) *'' The World of Abbott and Costello'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

Y

*''Yo Yo'', directed by and starring Pierre Étaix – (

) *'' You Must Be Joking!'', starring Lionel Jeffries, Denholm Elliott, Michael Callan – ( U.K.) *''Young Cassidy'', directed by Jack Cardiff and John Ford – ( U.K.) *''Young Dillinger'', starring Nick Adams (actor, born 1931), Nick Adams and Mary Ann Mobley

Z

* ''Zatoichi and the Chess Expert'' (Zatōichi jigoku-tabi), directed by Kenji Misumi – (

) * ''Zatoichi and the Doomed Man'' (Zatōichi sakate-giri), directed by Kazuo Mori – (

)

Short film series

*''Looney Tunes'' (1930–1969) *''Merrie Melodies'' (1931–1969) *''Speedy Gonzales'' (1953–1968) *''Goofy'' (1965)

Births

*January 1 - Dan Yeager, American actor, writer, producer and director *January 3 – Jens Albinus, Danish actor *January 4 **Yvan Attal, French actor, scriptwriter and director **Julia Ormond, English actress *January 5 - Vinnie Jones, British actor, producer and singer *January 8 - Michelle Forbes, American actress *January 9 – Joely Richardson, English actress *January 10 – Butch Hartman, American animator, writer, producer and director *January 12 **Bill Bailey, English comedian, actor and television presenter **Ali Wentworth, American actress, comedian and producer **Rob Zombie, American singer-songwriter, filmmaker and actor *January 15 – James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor *January 22 **Diane Lane, American actress **Brian McCardie, Scottish actor and writer (d. 2024) *January 24 - Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian animator, director, producer and voice actor *January 27 – Alan Cumming, Scottish actor *January 28 - Lynda Boyd, Canadian actress, singer, musician and writer *January 31 - Matt McColm, American actor and stuntman *February 1 **Brandon Lee, American actor (d. 1993) **Sherilyn Fenn, American actress *February 3 – Maura Tierney, American actress *February 5 - Jordi Caballero, Spanish actor, writer and producer *February 7 **Chris Rock, American actor and comedian **Jason Gedrick, American actor *February 9 **Darren Dalton, American actor, screenwriter and producer **Keith Wickham, British voice actor, comedian and screenwriter *February 12 - Christine Elise, American actress *February 13 - Andy Buckley, American actor *February 15 - Claire Yarlett, English-born American actress *February 17 - Michael Bay, American director and producer *February 18 – Dr. Dre, American music producer *February 20 **Ron Eldard, American actor **Jim Zulevic, American actor, comedian, writer and radio host (d. 2006) *February 23 – Kristin Davis, American actress *February 27 - Noah Emmerich, American actor and director *March 4 - Stacy Edwards, American actress *March 9 **Mike Pollock (voice actor), Mike Pollock, American voice actor and former radio personality **Coolie Ranx, British-Jamaican actor and singer *March 11 - Wallace Langham, American actor *March 13 - Steve Bacic, Canadian actor *March 14 **Aamir Khan, Indian actor **Kevin Williamson (screenwriter), Kevin Williamson, American screenwriter, director and producer *March 18 **David Cubitt, English-born Canadian actor **Yul Vazquez, Cuban-American actor and musician *March 19 **Lisa Stahl, American actress and game show host **Fred Stoller, American actor and stand-up comedian *March 23 **Peter Jacobson, American actor **Wayne Péré, American character actor *March 25 – Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress *March 31 – Steve Bing, American businessman, philanthropist and film producer (d. 2020) *April 1 **Jane Adams (actress, born 1965), Jane Adams, American actress and screenwriter **José Zúñiga (actor), José Zúñiga, Honduran-American actor *April 3 - Angela Featherstone, actress and writer *April 4 – Robert Downey Jr., American actor *April 7 - Steve Carr, American director and producer *April 9 - Mark Pellegrino, American actor *April 11 - Lynn Ferguson, Scottish writer and actress *April 16 **Jon Cryer, American actor **Martin Lawrence, American actor and comedian *April 17 **William Mapother, American actor **Catherine Russell (British actress), Catherine Russell, British actress *April 22 - Roman Coppola, American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer *April 25 **John Henson (puppeteer), John Henson, American puppeteer (d. 2014) **Corrado Invernizzi, Italian actor *April 26 – Kevin James, American actor and comedian *April 27 - Anna Chancellor, English actress *April 30 - Adrian Pasdar, American actor and voice artist *May 2 - Ari Lehman, American actor *May 3 - Rob Brydon, Welsh actor, comedian, presenter, singer and writer *May 10 - Kiyoyuki Yanada, Japanese voice actor (d. 2022) *May 12 - Anthony Brandon Wong, Australian actor *May 13 - Lari White, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2018) *May 16 - Vincent Regan, British actor *May 19 **Maile Flanagan, American actress and comedian **Mikhail Gorevoy, Russian actor *May 23 – Liina Tennosaar, Estonian actress *May 24 **John C. Reilly, American actor and comedian **Peter Tuiasosopo, American actor *May 27 – Zenobia Shroff, Indian-American actress and comedienne *May 28 - Alon Abutbul, Israeli actor *May 29 - Matthew Porretta, American actor *May 30 - Antoine Fuqua, American director *May 31 **Jeremy Hotz, Canadian-American actor and stand-up comedian **Brooke Shields, American actress and model *June 1 - Andrew Havill, English actor *June 8 - Frank Grillo, American actor *June 10 – Elizabeth Hurley, English model and actress *June 18 – Kim Dickens, American actress *June 19 – Sean Marshall (actor), Sean Marshall, American child actor and singer *June 22 - J. J. Cohen, American actor *June 24 - Richard Lumsden, English actor, writer, composer and musician *June 25 - Tricia Cooke, American editor, screenwriter and producer *June 28 – Sonny Strait, American voice actor *July 1 **Tom Hodges (actor), Tom Hodges, American actor and producer **Harald Zwart, Dutch-Norwegian director *July 3 **Tommy Flanagan (actor), Tommy Flanagan, Scottish actor **Connie Nielsen, Danish actress *July 4 **Gérard Watkins, English-French actor, playwright, director and screenwriter **Tracy Letts, American actor, playwright and screenwriter *July 8 **Corey Parker (actor), Corey Parker, American actor and acting coach **Lee Tergesen, American actor *July 9 **K. Todd Freeman, American actor **David O'Hara, Scottish character actor *July 11 **Liane Curtis, American actress and musician **Pamela Gidley, American actress and model (d. 2018) *July 14 - Bibo Bergeron, French animator and director *July 16 - Daryl Mitchell (actor), Daryl Mitchell, American actor and rapper *July 17 **Santiago Segura, Spanish filmmaker and actor **Alex Winter, British-born American director, writer and actor *July 22 - Patrick Labyorteaux, American actor *July 23 - Allison Abbate, American producer and animator *July 24 **Paul Ben-Victor, American character actor **Kadeem Hardison, American actor **Doug Liman, American director and producer *July 25 – Illeana Douglas, American actress *July 26 – Jeremy Piven, American actor *July 28 - James Biberi, Albanian-American actor *July 29 - Ian Roberts (American actor), Ian Roberts, American actor, comedian and writer *August 1 - Sam Mendes, British director, producer and screenwriter *August 4 - James Tupper, Canadian actor *August 5 **Olivier Megaton, French director, writer and editor **Scott William Winters, American actor *August 6 ** Jeremy Ratchford, Canadian actor ** De'voreaux White, American actor *August 10 - Claudia Christian, American actress and singer *August 11 **Embeth Davidtz, American-South African actress **Viola Davis, American actress *August 12 - Peter Krause, American actor, director and producer *August 16 - Brian McCann (actor), Brian McCann, American actor, comedian and writer *August 18 **Jørgen Langhelle, Norwegian actor (d. 2021) **Ikue Ōtani, Japanese actress, singer, voice actress and narrator *August 19 **Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress, director and singer **Kevin Dillon, American actor **Kyra Sedgwick, American actress *August 22 **Courtney Gains, American actor **Valery Nikolaev, Soviet-Russian actor and director *August 24 – Marlee Matlin, American actress *August 25 - Kim Kold, Danish actor *August 29 **Frances Ruffelle, English actress and singer **Dina Spybey, American former actress *August 31 **Daniel Bernhardt, Swiss actor, model and martial artist **Jaime P. Gomez, American actor *September 3 **Charlie Sheen, American actor **Costas Mandylor, Australian actor *September 4 - Michael Bentt, British-born American actor *September 6 - John Polson, Australian actor and director *September 9 **Charles Esten, American actor, musician and comedian **Constance Marie, American actress *September 13 - Jeff Ross, American stand-up comedian and actor *September 15 **Fernanda Torres, Brazilian actress and writer **Joe Chrest, American academic and actor *September 17 **Bryan Singer, American director, producer and screenwriter **Kyle Chandler, American actor *September 19 - Cheri Oteri, American actress and comedian *September 21 **Cheryl Hines, American actress, comedian and director **David Wenham, Australian actor *September 25 - Gordon Currie (actor), Gordon Currie, Canadian-American actor *September 28 - Christopher Evan Welch, American actor (d. 2013) *September 30 - Omid Djalili, British stand-up comedian, actor and writer of Iranian descent *October 1 - Cindy Margolis, American actress and model *October 8 **Peter Greene, American actor **Burr Steers, American actor, screenwriter and director *October 10 **Chris Penn, American actor (d. 2006) **Rebecca Pidgeon, American actress, singer and songwriter *October 11 **Lennie James, English actor **Ivo Uukkivi, Estonian actor, singer and television producer **Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor, author and martial artist *October 14 – Steve Coogan, English actor *October 18 - Ralph Eggleston, American animator, art director, storyboard artist, writer, director and production designer (d. 2022) *October 19 – Merle Jääger, Estonian actress and poet *October 20 – William Zabka, American actor *October 22 - Valeria Golino, Italian actress and film director *October 25 – Mathieu Amalric, French actor and filmmaker *October 26 - Kelly Rowan, retired Canadian actress *October 27 - Mohan Kapur, Indian actor and television host *October 28 - Jami Gertz, American actress *October 31 - Rob Rackstraw, British voice actor *November 1 - Ilia Volok, Ukrainian actor *November 2 – Shah Rukh Khan, Indian actor *November 7 - Mike Henry (voice actor), Mike Henry, American actor, comedian, writer and producer *November 13 - Tommie Earl Jenkins, American actor and musician *November 19 - Paul Weitz (filmmaker), Paul Weitz, American filmmaker and actor *November 21 **Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter and actress **Alexander Siddig, Sudanese-English actor *November 22 **Sam Fell, British animator, director, screenwriter and voice actor **Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor *November 23 - Don Frye, American actor *November 24 – Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress *November 25 - Dougray Scott, Scottish actor *November 26 - Scott Adsit, American actor, comedian and writer *November 28 - Anastasia Hille, English actress *November 29 - Ellen Cleghorne, American actress and comedian *November 30 **Marcus Raboy, American director **Ben Stiller, American actor, comedian and filmmaker **Andrew Tiernan, British actor and director *December 2 - Beatrice Macola, Italian actress (d. 2001) *December 3 **Steve Harris (actor), Steve Harris, American actor **Andrew Stanton, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and voice actor *December 7 – Jeffrey Wright, American actor *December 8 **Ned Dennehy, Irish actor **David Harewood, British actor *December 9 - Margaret Riley, producer (d. 2024) *December 14 - Ted Raimi, American character actor, director, comedian and writer *December 15 - Anjul Nigam, Indian-born American actor, producer and writer *December 16 – J.B. Smoove, American actor and comedian *December 19 - Jessica Steen, Canadian actress *December 21 **Andy Dick, American comedian, actor, musician and television and film producer **Declan O'Brien, American writer and director (d. 2022) *December 22 **David S. Goyer, American filmmaker **Jonathan Joss, American actor (d. 2025) **Sergi López (actor), Sergi López, Spanish actor *December 27 – Salman Khan, Indian actor *December 31 – Gong Li, Chinese actress

Deaths

*January 14 – Jeanette MacDonald, 61, American actress, singer, ''San Francisco (1936 film), San Francisco'', ''One Hour with You'' *February 5 – Irving Bacon, 71, American actor, ''Meet John Doe'', ''Fort Ti'' *February 10 – Arnold Manoff, 50, American screenwriter, ''No Minor Vices'', ''Casbah (film), Casbah'' *February 15 – Nat King Cole, 45, American singer and actor, ''St. Louis Blues (1958 film), St. Louis Blues'', ''Istanbul (film), Istanbul'' *February 23 – Stan Laurel, 74, British actor, ''The Flying Deuces'', ''Sons of the Desert'' * March 1 – Fred Immler, 84, German actor, ''Madame Du Barry (1919 film), Madame Du Barry'', ''Zapata's Gang'' *March 6 – Margaret Dumont, 82, American actress, ''Duck Soup (1933 film), Duck Soup'', ''A Night at the Opera (film), A Night at the Opera'' *March 8 – Esther Howard, 72, American actress, ''The Big Noise (1944 film), The Big Noise'', ''Detour (1945 film), Detour'' *March 23 – Mae Murray, 79, American actress, ''The Merry Widow (1925 film), The Merry Widow'', ''The Delicious Little Devil'' *March 28 **Clemence Dane, 77, British screenwriter, ''Anna Karenina (1935 film), Anna Karenina'', ''Perfect Strangers (1945 film), Perfect Strangers'' **Jack Hoxie, 80, American Western (genre), Western actor, ''The Last Frontier (1926 film), The Last Frontier'', ''Gold (1932 film), Gold'' *April 1 – Edna Tichenor, 64, American actress, '' London After Midnight'', ''The Show (1927 film), The Show'' *April 3 – Ray Enright, 69, American director, ''Alibi Ike'', ''The Spoilers (1942 film), The Spoilers'' *April 8 – Lars Hanson, 78, Swedish actor, ''The Wind (1928 film), The Wind'', ''Flesh and the Devil'' *April 10 – Linda Darnell, 41, American actress, ''My Darling Clementine (film), My Darling Clementine'', ''The Mark of Zorro (1940 film), The Mark of Zorro'' *April 24 – Louise Dresser, 85, American actress, ''A Ship Comes In'', ''The Scarlet Empress'' *April 30 – Helen Chandler, 59, American actress, ''Dracula (1931 English-language film), Dracula'', ''The Last Flight (1931 film), The Last Flight'' *5 May – John Waters (director born 1893), John Waters, 71, screenwriter and director, ''The Big Country'', ''The Desperate Hours (1955 film), The Desperate Hours'' *June 6 – Lech Owron, 71, Polish actor, ''Vampires of Warsaw'', ''The Little Eagle'' *June 7 – Judy Holliday, 43, American actress, ''Born Yesterday (1950 film), Born Yesterday'', ''Bells Are Ringing (film), Bells Are Ringing'' *June 8 – Florence Ryerson, 72, American screenwriter, ''The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), The Wizard of Oz'', ''The Ice Follies of 1939'' *June 15 – Steve Cochran, 48, American actor, ''The Best Years of Our Lives'', ''White Heat'' *June 22 – David O. Selznick, 63, American producer, ''

'', ''Rebecca (1940 film), Rebecca'' *June 23 – Mary Boland, 85, American stage and film actress, ''The Women (1939 film), The Women'', ''Ruggles of Red Gap'' *June 27 – Anthony Veiller, 62, American screenwriter, ''The Stranger (1946 film), The Stranger'', ''The Killers (1946 film), The Killers'' *July 11 – Ray Collins (actor), Ray Collins, 78, American actor, ''Citizen Kane'', ''The Kid from Left Field (1953 film), The Kid from Left Field'' *July 19 – Clyde Beatty, 62, American actor and animal trainer, ''Africa Screams'', ''Ring of Fear (film), Ring of Fear'' *July 24 – Constance Bennett, 60, American actress, ''Topper (film), Topper'', ''Merrily We Live'' *July 28 – Minor Watson, 75, American actor, ''Woman of the Year'', ''The Jackie Robinson Story'' *August 6 **Everett Sloane, 55, American actor, ''Citizen Kane'', ''The Lady from Shanghai'' **Nancy Carroll, 61, American actress, ''The Devil's Holiday'', ''Hot Saturday'' *August 30 – Pauline Garon, 64, Canadian actress, ''The Heart of Broadway'', ''The College Hero'' *September 2 – Felix E. Feist, 55, American director, ''This Woman Is Dangerous'', ''The Big Trees'' *September 4 – Isabel Jeans, 93, British actress, ''Suspicion (1941 film), Suspicion'', ''Gigi (1958 film), Gigi'' *September 7 ** Catherine Dale Owen, 70, American actress, ''Such Men Are Dangerous'', ''Born Reckless (1930 film), Born Reckless'' ** Jean Peyrière, 79, French actor, ''The King of Paris (1923 film), Le roi de Paris'', ''Fanfan la Tulipe (1925 film), Fanfan la Tulipe'' *September 8 – Dorothy Dandridge, 42, American actress, singer, ''Carmen Jones (film), Carmen Jones'', ''Porgy and Bess (film), Porgy and Bess'' *September 27 – Clara Bow, 60, American actress, ''Wings (1927 film), Wings'', ''It (1927 film), It'' *September 29 – Eddie Gribbon, 75, American film actor, brother of Harry Gribbon *October 3 – Zachary Scott, 51, American actor, ''Mildred Pierce (film), Mildred Pierce'', ''The Southerner (film), The Southerner'' *October 6 – Tom Kennedy (actor), Tom Kennedy, 80, American actor, ''Petticoat Larceny'', ''Bringing Up Father (1946 film), Bringing Up Father'' *October 18 – Henry Travers, 91, British actor, ''It's a Wonderful Life'', ''Shadow of a Doubt'' *October 21 – Marie McDonald, 42, American actress, ''The Geisha Boy'', ''Living in a Big Way'' *October 23 – Janice Logan, 50, American actress, ''Dr. Cyclops'', ''Opened by Mistake'' *October 31 – Rita Johnson, 52, American actress, ''Here Comes Mr. Jordan'', ''The Major and the Minor'' *November 14 – Russell Collins, 68, American actor, ''Miss Sadie Thompson'', ''Bad Day at Black Rock'' *November 26 – Wild Bill Elliott, 61, American actor, ''The San Antonio Kid'', ''Sudden Danger'' *December 5 – Joseph I. Breen, 77, chief administrator of the Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 (Hays Code) from 1934 to 1954 *December 22 – Albert Ritz, 64, American entertainer of the Ritz Brothers, ''Sing, Baby, Sing'', ''Life Begins in College'' *December 29 – Frank S. Nugent, 57, American screenwriter, ''The Searchers (film), The Searchers'', ''She Wore a Yellow Ribbon''

Film debuts

References

External links

List of 1965 films
at IMDb
List of 1965 deaths
at IMDb
List of 1965 births
at IMDb {{1965 films 1965 in film, Film by year