1968 in film

The top ten 1968 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

• November 1 – The MPAA's film rating system is introduced.

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): canceled due to events of May 1968

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos (Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed), directed by Alexander Kluge, West Germany

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Ole dole doff (Who Saw Him Die?), directed by Jan Troell, Sweden

US unless stated

Note: U.S. releases unless stated.

• Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
• Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
• Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)
• Daffy Duck (1937–1968)
• Cool Cat (1967–1969)
• Merlin the Magic Mouse (1967–1969)

• January 1 - Tom DeSanto, American producer and screenwriter
• January 2
  • Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor
  • Evan Parke, Jamaican-born American actor
• January 5 - Carrie Ann Inaba, American actress and singer
• January 6 – John Singleton, American director and writer (d. 2019)
• January 9 – Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
• January 12
  • Farrah Forke, American actress (d. 2022)
  • Rachael Harris, American actor and comedian
• January 14 – LL Cool J, American rapper, actor
• January 15
  • Rosanne Sorrentino, American former child actress
  • Chad Lowe, American actor
• January 18 - David Ayer, American filmmaker
• January 19 – Matt Hill, Canadian actor, voice actor, comedian
• January 20 - Chris Miller, American voice actor, animator, director, screenwriter and storyboard artist
• January 29 – Edward Burns, American actor and producer
• January 31 - Matt King, English actor, DJ and comedian
• February 1 – Pauly Shore, American actor
• February 8 - Gary Coleman, American actor and comedian (d. 2010)
• February 12
  • Josh Brolin, American actor
  • Chynna Phillips, American singer and actress
• February 13 - Kelly Hu, American actress, voice artist, former fashion model and beauty queen
• February 14
  • Alicia Borrachero, Spanish actress
  • Phil Lewis, American actor, comedian and director
• February 18 – Molly Ringwald, American actress
• February 21 - Patrick Gallagher, Canadian actor
• March 2 – Daniel Craig, British actor
• March 4 – Patsy Kensit, English actress
• March 6 - Moira Kelly, American actress
• March 12
  • Aaron Eckhart, American actor
  • Jason Lively, American actor
• March 18 - Juan Carlos Vellido, Spanish actor
• March 20
  • Jaime Cardriche, American actor (d. 2000)
  • Lawrence Makoare, New Zealand actor of Māori descent
• March 21 - Greg Ellis, English actor
• March 26 - Max Perlich, American actor
• March 29
  • Sabrina Impacciatore, Italian actress
  • Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer
• March 30
  • Donna D'Errico, American actress
  • Celine Dion, Canadian singer
  • Roland Kickinger, Austrian actor and bodybuilder
• April 3 - Charlotte Coleman, English actress (d. 2001)
• April 8
  • Patricia Arquette, American actress
  • Shawn Fonteno, American actor and rapper
• April 12 - Alicia Coppola, American actress
• April 13 - Andrew Pleavin, English actor
• April 14 – Anthony Michael Hall, American actor
• April 17 - Adam McKay, American director, producer, screenwriter and comedian
• April 18
  • Mary Birdsong, American actress, comedian, writer and singer
  • David Hewlett, British-born Canadian actor, writer and director
• April 19 – Ashley Judd, American actress
• April 22 - Piera Coppola, American voice actress
• April 24
  • Aidan Gillen, Irish actor
  • Stacy Haiduk, American actress
• May 3 – Amy Ryan, American actress
• May 7 - Traci Lords, American actress and singer
• May 10 - Adrian Scarborough, English actor
• May 11 - Jeffrey Donovan, American actor
• May 12 - Tony Hawk, American actor and professional skateboarder
• May 16 - Stephen Mangan, English actor, comedian and presenter
• May 20 – Timothy Olyphant, American actor
• May 25 - Kevin Heffernan, American actor, writer, producer and director
• May 27 - Spencer Kayden, American actress, comedian and writer
• May 28 - Kylie Minogue, Australian actress and singer
• June 2
  • Navid Negahban, Iranian-American actor
  • Nickolai Stoilov, Bulgarian-American actor and writer
• June 4
  • Joey Mazzarino, American actor, puppeteer, writer and director
  • Scott Wolf, American actor
• June 9 - Eddie Marsan, English actor
• June 10 - Bill Burr, American stand-up comedian, actor and writer
• June 12 - Sarah Trigger, retired British actress
• June 14 - Faizon Love, Cuban-born American actor and comedian
• June 16 - James Patrick Stuart, American actor
• June 19 - Kim Walker, American actress (d. 2001)
• June 20 - Robert Rodriguez, American filmmaker and visual effects supervisor
• June 26 - Travis Fine, American actor, writer, director and producer
• June 29 - Brian d'Arcy James, American actor and musician
• July 1 - Jordi Mollà, Spanish actor, writer and filmmaker
• July 5 - Michael Stuhlbarg, American actor
• July 7
  • Danny Jacobs, American actor and comedian
  • Allen Payne, American actor
• July 8 – Billy Crudup, American actor
• July 11 - Conrad Vernon, American voice actor, director, writer and storyboard artist
• July 15
  • Eddie Griffin, American comedian and actor
  • Stan Kirsch, American actor (d. 2020)
• July 17 - Beth Littleford, American actress and comedian
• July 18
  • Grant Bowler, New-Zealand-Australian actor
  • Alex Désert, American actor and musician
• July 23 - Shawn Levy, Canadian director, producer and actor
• July 24
  • Kristin Chenoweth, American actress and singer
  • Troy Kotsur, American actor
• July 26 – Olivia Williams, British actress
• July 27
  • Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor
  • Julian McMahon, Australian-American actor
• July 30 - Terry Crews, American actor, comedian, activist, artist, bodybuilder and former professional football player
• August 4 - Daniel Dae Kim, South Korean-American actor and producer
• August 7 - Sophie Lee, Australian actress
• August 9
  • Gillian Anderson, American-British actress
  • Eric Bana, Australian actor
  • McG, American director and producer
• August 10 - Cate Shortland, Australian screenwriter, director and writer
• August 11
  • Anna Gunn, American actress
  • Sophie Okonedo, British actress
• August 14
  • Catherine Bell, British actress and model
  • Terry Notary, American actor and stunt co-ordinator/double
• August 15 - Debra Messing, American actress
• August 17
  • Andrew Koenig, American character actor, director, editor and writer (d. 2010)
  • Helen McCrory, English actress (d. 2021)
• August 21 - Julian Lewis Jones, Welsh actor
• August 25 - David Alan Basche, American actor
• August 27 - Lisa Marie Newmyer, American actress
• August 28 – Billy Boyd, Scottish actor
• September 2
  • Kristen Cloke, American actress
  • Jonathan Goldstein, American filmmaker
• September 4 – John DiMaggio, American actor and voice actor
• September 5 - Glenn Fleshler, American actor
• September 6 - Mark Ivanir, Israeli actor
• September 7 - Camille Japy, Belgian-French actor
• September 8
  • Brian Huskey, American character actor, comedian and writer
  • Simon J. Smith, British animator, director, visual effects artist and voice actor
• September 9
  • Nathan Lee Graham, American actor and singer
  • Julia Sawalha, English actress
• September 10 – Guy Ritchie, English director, screenwriter
• September 12 - Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian, actor and writer
• September 15 – Danny Nucci, American actor
• September 16 - Marc Anthony, American singer-songwriter and actor
• September 19 – Shawn Doyle, Canadian actor
• September 20 - Chad Stahelski, American stuntman and director
• September 22 – Megan Hollingshead, American voice actress
• September 25 – Will Smith, American actor
• September 26 – Jim Caviezel, American actor
• September 28 – Naomi Watts, British actress
• September 29
  • Massi Furlan, Italian-American actor and producer
  • Luke Goss, English actor
• October – Musola Cathrine Kaseketi, Zambian director
• October 2
  • Lucy Cohu, English actress
  • Curtiss Cook, American character actor
  • Joey Slotnick, American actor
• October 9
  • Pete Docter, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor and chief creative officer of Pixar
  • James Dreyfus, English actor
• October 11
  • Tiffany Grant, American voice actress
  • Jane Krakowski, American actress and singer
• October 12
  • Hugh Jackman, Australian actor
  • Adam Rich, American actor (d. 2023)
• October 13
  • Tisha Campbell, American actress
  • Alex Ferns, Scottish actor and television personality
• October 17 - Ziggy Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter, musician and actor
• October 19 - Yayan Ruhian, Indonesian martial artist and actor
• October 23 - Maria Darling, British voice actress
• October 24 - Mark Walton, American story artist and voice actor
• October 25 - Melinda McGraw, American actress
• October 27 – Dileep, Indian actor
• October 28 - Stephen Hunter, New Zealand actor
• October 29 - Grayson McCouch, American actor
• November 5 – Sam Rockwell, American actor
• November 6 – Kelly Rutherford, American actress
• November 8
  • Bruno Gunn, American actor
  • Parker Posey, American actress
• November 10
  • Tracy Morgan, American actor, voice actor and comedian
  • Tom Papa, American actor and comedian
• November 16 - James Parks, American actor
• November 18
  • Romany Malco, American actor and rapper
  • Owen Wilson, American actor
• November 19 - Mark Bonnar, Scottish actor
• November 21
  • Todd Farmer, American screenwriter and actor
  • Sean Schemmel, American voice actor
• November 23 - Brennan Brown, American actor
• November 26 - Chris Coppola, American actor and comedian
• November 27 - Michael Vartan, French-American actor
• December 2
  • Lucy Liu, American actress
  • Suzy Nakamura, American actress
• December 3 – Brendan Fraser, American-Canadian actor
• December 5 - Margaret Cho, American stand-up comedian, actress and musician
• December 6
  • Oliver Masucci, German actor
  • Donnell Rawlings, American comedian, actor and radio host
• December 7 – Greg Ayres, American voice actor
• December 13 - Scott Stuber, American film producer
• December 18
  • Craig Grant, American poet and actor (d. 2021)
  • Daniel Oreskes, American actor
  • Nina Wadia, British actress and comedian
• December 19
  • Ken Marino, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
  • Chris Williams, Canadian-American animator, director, screenwriter and voice actor
• December 20 - Joe Cornish, English comedian and filmmaker
• December 22 - Dina Meyer, American actress
• December 23 - Angela Jones, American actress
• December 25 - Klea Scott, Panamanian-born Canadian actress
• December 26 - Byron Howard, American animator, director, producer and screenwriter

• January 7 - Hugo Butler, 53, Canadian screenwriter, Edison, the Man, Lassie Come Home
• January 18 – John Ridgely, 58, American actor, The Big Sleep, God Is My Co-Pilot
• January 25 - Virginia Maskell, 31, British actress, Only Two Can Play, Virgin Island
• February 4 – Eddie Baker, 70, American actor, Oranges and Lemons, Giant
• February 7 – Nick Adams, 36, American actor, Pillow Talk, Rebel Without a Cause
• February 13 – Mae Marsh, 73, American actress, The Birth of a Nation, 3 Godfathers
• February 20 – Anthony Asquith, 65, British director, The V.I.P.s, The Winslow Boy
• March 10 – Helen Walker, 47, American actress, Impact, Call Northside 777
• March 11 – Pearl Doles Bell, 84, American film scenarist, novelist and editor, Her Elephant Man
• March 16 – June Collyer, 63, American actress, Hangman's House, A Face in the Fog
• March 18 - Harry Kurnitz, 60, American screenwriter, Witness for the Prosecution, How to Steal a Million
• March 20 – Carl Theodor Dreyer, 79, Danish director, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Gertrud
• March 24 – Alice Guy-Blaché, 94, pioneer French/American filmmaker, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Great Adventure
• March 30 – Bobby Driscoll, 31, American actor, Peter Pan, Treasure Island
• April 5 – Lois Andrews, 44, American actress, Dixie Dugan, The Desert Hawk
• April 6 – Keith Pyott, 66, English actor, Village of the Damned
• April 16 – Fay Bainter, 74, American actress, Woman of the Year, The Children's Hour
• April 24 – Tommy Noonan, 46, American actor, A Star is Born, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• May 5 – Albert Dekker, 62, American actor, The Wild Bunch, Kiss Me Deadly
• May 9
  • Albert Lewin, 73, American director, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Marion Lorne, 84, American actress, The Graduate, Strangers on a Train
• May 10 – Scotty Beckett, 38, American actor, My Favorite Wife, The Jolson Story
• May 21 – Doris Lloyd, 71, British actress, Disraeli, Kind Lady
• May 23 – James Burke, 81, American actor, Little Orphan Annie, The Timber Trail
• May 25 – Charles K. Feldman, 64, American producer, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Seven Year Itch
• May 26 - Joseph MacDonald, 62, Mexico-born American cinematographer, My Darling Clementine, The Young Lions
• May 27 – Denise Legeay, 70, French actress, Happy Couple, Zigano
• May 31 – Preben Uglebjerg, 37, Danish actor, Pigen og vandpytten
• June 4 – Dorothy Gish, 70, American actress, The Cardinal, Orphans of the Storm
• June 7 – Dan Duryea, 61, American actor, Winchester '73, Scarlet Street
• June 8 - Patricia Jessel, 47, British actress, The City of the Dead, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• June 21 – Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, 72, Danish actress
• June 24 – Tony Hancock, 44, British comedian, Call Me Genius, The Punch and Judy Man
• June 29 – Hans Egede Budtz, 78, Danish actor, Nøddebo Præstegård
• July 1 – Virginia Weidler, 41, American actress, The Philadelphia Story, The Women
• July 12 – Antonio Pietrangeli, 49, Italian director, It Happened in Rome, The Magnificent Cuckold
• July 27 – Lilian Harvey, 62, British actress and singer, Waltz of Love, Let's Live Tonight
• July 30 – Alexander Hall, 74, American director, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Little Miss Marker
• August 23 – Hunt Stromberg, 74, American producer, The Thin Man, The Great Ziegfeld
• August 26 – Kay Francis, 63, American actress, Charley's Aunt, Little Men
• August 30 – William Talman, 53, American actor, The Hitch-Hiker, Crashout
• August 31 – Dennis O'Keefe, 60, American actor, T-Men, Raw Deal
• September 3 – Isabel Withers, 72, American actress, Possessed, Lady of Burlesque
• September 16 - Nedrick Young, 54, American screenwriter, Inherit the Wind, The Defiant Ones
• September 18 – Franchot Tone, 63, American actor, The Mutiny on the Bounty, Advise & Consent
• September 24 - Virginia Valli, 70, American actress, The Pleasure Garden, Evening Clothes
• October 18 – Lee Tracy, 70, American actor, Dinner at Eight, The Best Man
• October 29 – Pert Kelton, 61, American actress, The Music Man, Sing and Like It
• October 30 – Ramon Novarro, 69, Mexican actor, Ben-Hur, Mata Hari
• November 8 – Wendell Corey, 54, American actor, Rear Window, Harriet Craig
• November 9 – Gerald Mohr, 54, American actor, Gilda, The Angry Red Planet
• November 13 – Berthold Bartosch, 74, Bohemian filmmaker, The Idea
• November 18 – Walter Wanger, 74, American producer, Cleopatra, I Want to Live!
• November 20 – Helen Gardner, 84 American actress, Cleopatra
• November 25 – Upton Sinclair, 90, American author and producer, There Will Be Blood, The Gnome-Mobile
• December 2 – Colin Kenny, 79, Irish actor, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Captain Blood
• December 4 - Archie Mayo, 77, American director, The Petrified Forest, A Night in Casablanca
• December 5 – Fred Clark, 54, American actor, White Heat, Auntie Mame
• December 12 – Tallulah Bankhead, 66, American actress, Lifeboat, Stage Door Canteen, Die! Die! My Darling
• December 14 – Jack Rice, 75, American actor, Lady, Let's Dance, Beware of Blondie
• December 15 – Dorothy Abbott, 47, American actress, South Pacific, Red, Hot and Blue
• December 20 - John Steinbeck, 66, American author and screenwriter, Viva Zapata!, The Red Pony
• December 28 - Harry Woods, 79, American actress, Days of Jesse James, The Ghost Rider

• Rutanya Alda – Greetings
• John Aprea – Bullitt
• Eileen Atkins – Inadmissible Evidence
• Tom Atkins – The Detective
• Florinda Bolkan – Candy
• Philip Bosco – A Lovely Way to Die
• Sônia Braga – The Red Light Bandit
• Joanna Cassidy – Bullitt
• John Cleese – Interlude
• Timothy Dalton – The Lion in Winter
• Don Fellows – The Detective
• Frederic Forrest – The Filthy Five
• Marla Gibbs – Yours, Mine and Ours
• Gerrit Graham – Greetings
• Jon Gries – Will Penny
• John Hallam – The Charge of the Light Brigade
• Goldie Hawn – The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
• Don Henderson – A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Barbara Hershey – With Six You Get Eggroll
• Howard Hesseman – Petulia
• Bo Hopkins – Dayton's Devils
• Tony Jay – Majuba: Heuwel van Duiwe
• Madeline Kahn – The Dove
• Lainie Kazan – Dayton's Devils
• Stacy Keach – The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
• Margot Kidder – The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
• Udo Kier – Shameless
• Sally Kirkland – Blue
• Terry Kiser – Rachel, Rachel
• Peter Maloney – Greetings
• Chuck McCann – The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
• Malcolm McDowell – if...
• Chuck Norris – The Wrecking Crew
• Jennifer O'Neill – For Love of Ivy
• Austin Pendleton – Petulia
• Barry Primus – The Brotherhood
• David Proval – The Boston Strangler
• Paul Reubens – The Brotherhood
• Joely Richardson – The Charge of the Light Brigade
• Hanna Schygulla – The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp
• Talia Shire – The Wild Racers
• Leigh Taylor-Young – I Love You, Alice B. Toklas

• "Filmmaking in West Germany, 1968" (Goethe-Institut)
• List of 1968 films at IMDb
• List of 1968 deaths at IMDb
• List of 1968 births at IMDb