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Movies: Popular Movies of 1968

Movies in chronological context: 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1968th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 968th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1960s decade. ()

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2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)

4.0/5 (with 5,105 votes)

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

Once Upon a Time in the West(1968)

15
| 2h 46min | Drama, Western
4.1/5 (with 1,988 votes)

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

Rosemary's Baby(1968)

K-16
| 2h 18min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
3.9/5 (with 1,689 votes)

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

Planet of the Apes(1968)

3.8/5 (with 1,451 votes)

Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.

Night of the Living Dead(1968)

1h 36min | Horror, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 1,033 votes)

A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben does his best to control the situation, but when the murderous zombies surround the house, the other survivors begin to panic.

Bullitt(1968)

1h 53min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 478 votes)

Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.

Where Eagles Dare(1968)

PG
| 2h 35min | Action, Adventure, War
3.8/5 (with 400 votes)

World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.

Asterix and Cleopatra(1968)

3.5/5 (with 399 votes)

Popular animated hero Asterix and his faithful sidekick Obelix travel to ancient Egypt to help Cleopatra build a new summer home. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar have made a bet, with Caesar wagering the project cannot be completed in a few weeks time. With the help of a magic potion, Asterix comes to the rescue of the Queen of the Nile as Caesar and an angry architect plot against them.

The Producers(1968)

K
| 1h 28min | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 340 votes)

Broadway producer, Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming little old ladies to invest in a production many times over what it will actually cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.

The Party(1968)

1h 39min | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 314 votes)

Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with compounding effect.

Hang 'em High(1968)

1h 54min | Western
3.5/5 (with 310 votes)

Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.

Barbarella(1968)

3.0/5 (with 293 votes)

In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.

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Romeo and Juliet(1968)

2h 18min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 289 votes)

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(1968)

3.4/5 (with 268 votes)

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.

The Love Bug(1968)

3.3/5 (with 243 votes)

Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.

The Gendarme Gets Married(1968)

1h 30min | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 243 votes)

The Saint-Tropez police launch a major offensive against dangerous drivers. Marechal Cruchot (Louis de Funès) relishes the assignment, which he pursues with a manic zeal. Cruchot is after an offending driver, who turns out to be Josépha (Claude Gensac), the widow of a highly regarded police colonel. When they meet, Cruchot falls instantly in love....

The Odd Couple(1968)

1h 46min | Comedy
3.8/5 (with 239 votes)

In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so Felix's ideas about housekeeping soon begin to irritate Oscar.

Yellow Submarine(1968)

3.6/5 (with 210 votes)

The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.

Directed by George Dunning

Hour of the Wolf(1968)

1h 30min | Drama, Horror
3.7/5 (with 201 votes)

While vacationing on a remote German island with his pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

The Thomas Crown Affair(1968)

3.5/5 (with 190 votes)

Young businessman, Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover because he’s in love.

Stolen Kisses(1968)

3.7/5 (with 182 votes)

The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, which he promptly loses. Stumbling into a position assisting a private detective, Antoine falls for his employers' seductive wife, Fabienne, and finds that he must choose between the older woman and Christine.

Oliver!(1968)

3.5/5 (with 170 votes)

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.

Funny Girl(1968)

3.6/5 (with 170 votes)

The story of the life of comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of the Lower East Side, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, including her marriage to and eventual divorce from her second husband, Nick Arnstein.

The Great Silence(1968)

1h 46min | Western, Action
3.7/5 (with 169 votes)

A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.

Theorem(1968)

1h 35min | Mystery, Drama
3.5/5 (with 163 votes)

A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.

if....(1968)

1h 52min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 152 votes)

In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. But three Lower Sixth students, leader Mick Travis, Wallace and Johnny decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.

Carne(1968)

1h 30min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 151 votes)

The misadventures of an attractive woman who works in a cold store.

The Little Bather(1968)

1h 36min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 148 votes)

Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti. So he has to find him at his extremely rural birthplace in 'la France profonde', which proves a torturous odyssey for the spoiled rich man; when he does get there his torment is far from over: the country bumpkin refuses to resume his slavish position now the shoe is on the other foot, so Fourchaume is dragged along in the boorish family life, and at times unable to control his temper, which may cost him more credit then he painstakingly builds up...

The Lion in Winter(1968)

PG
| 2h 14min | Drama, History
3.7/5 (with 135 votes)

Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir.

Coogan's Bluff(1968)

16
| 1h 33min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 131 votes)

Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads into the city to recapture him.

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