1964 in film


The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including three highly successful musical films, Mary Poppins, ''My Fair Lady, and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.''

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1964 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1Mary PoppinsDisney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista]$31,000,000
2My Fair LadyWarner Bros.$30,000,000
3GoldfingerUnited Artists$22,500,000
4The CarpetbaggersParamount$15,500,000
5From Russia With LoveUnited Artists$9,200,000
6A [Shot in the Dark (1964 film)|A Shot in the Dark]United Artists$6,748,000
7What a Way to Go!20th Century Fox$6,100,000
8The Unsinkable Molly BrownMGM$6,040,000
9Pink Panther (1963 film)|The Pink Panther]United Artists$5,935,000
10A Hard Day's NightUnited Artists$5,800,000

Events

Awards

Academy Awards:
Golden Globe Awards:
Palme d'Or :
Golden Lion :
'''Golden Bear :'''

1964 film releases

unless stated

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1964

unless stated

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3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt, starring Mamie Van Doren and Tommy Noonan7 Faces of Dr. Lao, starring Tony Randall, Barbara Eden and Arthur O'Connell, with special effects by George PalThe 7th Dawn, starring William Holden and Susannah York633 Squadron, starring Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris and Maria Perschy –

A

Adobe and Mirror, directed by Ebrahim Golestan, starring Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, Jamshid Mashayekhi and Pari Saberi Advance to the Rear, directed by George Marshall, starring Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens and Melvyn DouglasAdventures of Zatoichi, directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda –

B

Back Door to Hell, starring Jimmie Rodgers and Jack Nicholson

C

A Carol for Another Christmas, starring Peter Sellers and Britt EklandThe Carpetbaggers, starring George Peppard, Carroll Baker and Elizabeth AshleyCarry On Cleo, starring Sid James and Amanda Barrie – Carry On Jack, starring Kenneth Williams and Bernard Cribbins – Carry On Spying, starring Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor – Castle of Blood, directed by Antonio Margheriti and Sergio Corbucci – Castle of the Living Dead, directed by Warren Kiefer – The Chairman – The Chalk Garden, starring Deborah Kerr and Hayley Mills – Charulata, directed by Satyajit Ray – Cheyenne Autumn, directed by John Ford, starring Carroll Baker, Richard Widmark, Edward G. Robinson and Karl MaldenCircle of Love, directed by Roger Vadim and starring Jane Fonda – Circus World, starring John Wayne, Claudia Cardinale and Rita HayworthThe Comedy Man, starring Kenneth More and Cecil Parker – The Comedy of Terrors, starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone

D

Dark Purpose, starring Shirley JonesDead Ringer, starring Bette Davis, Peter LawfordDear Heart, directed by Delbert Mann, starring Geraldine Page, Glenn Ford and Angela LansburyDear John, directed by Lars-Magnus Lindgren – Devil Doll, directed by Lindsay Shonteff – The Devil-Ship Pirates, starring Christopher Lee and Andrew KeirDiamonds of the Night, directed by Jan Němec – Diary of a Bachelor, directed by Sandy Howard, starring William Traylor, Joe Silver and Dagne CraneDiary of a Chambermaid, directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Jeanne Moreau and Michel Piccoli – The Disorderly Orderly, directed by Frank Tashlin, starring Jerry Lewis and Susan OliverA Distant Trumpet, starring Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette and Diane McBainDog Eat Dog, starring Jayne Mansfield – Dogora, directed by Ishirō Honda – Dosti, directed by Satyen Bose –

E

The Earth Dies Screaming, starring Willard Parker, Virginia Field and Dennis Price –

F

Face of the Screaming Werewolf, starring Lon Chaney – Fail-Safe, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy and Walter MatthauEmpire (film)|The Fall of the Roman Empire], starring Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd and Alec GuinnessFanny Hill, directed by Russ Meyer – Fantômas, starring Jean Marais – Fate Is the Hunter, starring Glenn Ford, Rod Taylor and Suzanne PleshetteFather Came Too!, starring James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips and Stanley Baxter – Father Goose, starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor HowardFather of a Soldier, directed by Revaz Chkheidze – The Fifth Horseman Is Fear, directed by Zbyněk Brynych – Fight, Zatoichi, Fight, directed by Kenji Misumi – First Men in the Moon, starring Edward Judd and Lionel Jeffries, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen – A Fistful of Dollars, directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood – The Flesh Eaters, starring Martin KosleckFlight from Ashiya, starring Yul Brynner and Richard Widmark Flipper's New Adventure, starring Luke Halpin and Pamela FranklinThe Flower and the Angry Waves, directed by Seijun Suzuki – For Men Only, directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar, starring Soad Hosny and Nadia Lutfi – For Those Who Think Young, starring Pamela Tiffin and James DarrenForest of the Hanged, directed by Liviu Ciulei – Four Days in November, a documentary directed by Mel Stuart

G

Gate of Flesh, directed by Seijun Suzuki –

H

Hamlet, starring Richard BurtonHamlet – Haqeeqat – A Hard Day's Night, directed by Richard Lester, starring the Beatles – Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!, a Hanna-Barbera feature productionHide and Seek, starring Ian Carmichael and Curd Jürgens – High Infidelity, starring Nino Manfredi – Honeymoon Hotel, starring Robert Morse and Robert GouletThe Horror of Party Beach, directed by Del TenneyHot Enough for June, starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylva Koscina – A House Is Not a Home, starring Shelley Winters and Robert TaylorHush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland

I

I Am Cuba, directed by Mikhail Kalatozov – The Incredible Mr. Limpet, starring Don Knotts, Jack Weston and Andrew DugganIntentions of Murder, directed by Shōhei Imamura – Invitation to a Gunfighter, starring Yul Brynner, George Segal, Janice RuleIt's Not Just You, Murray!, a short film directed by Martin ScorseseItaliani brava gente, directed by Giuseppe De Santis –

J

Joseph Kilian, directed by Pavel Juráček and Jan Schmidt – Joy House, directed by René Clément, starring Alain Delon and Jane Fonda –

K

The Killers, directed by Don Siegel, starring Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes and, in his final film, Ronald ReaganKing & Country, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtenay –

L

Lady General Hua Mu-lan – Lady in a Cage, directed by Walter Grauman, starring Olivia de Havilland and James CaanLana, Queen of the Amazons, starring Catherine Schell – The Last Gun, directed by Sergio Bergonzelli –

M

Madu Tiga, starring P. Ramlee – The Magnificent Cuckold, directed by Antonio Pietrangeli – Mail Order Bride, directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Buddy Ebsen and Lois NettletonMale Companion, directed by Philippe de Broca – Male Hunt, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo – Man in the Middle, starring Robert MitchumMan's Favorite Sport?, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Rock Hudson and Paula PrentissMarnie, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Tippi Hedren and Sean ConneryMarriage Italian Style, directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni – A Married Woman, directed by Jean-Luc Godard – Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van DykeThe Masque of the Red Death, starring Vincent Price, Hazel Court and Jane Asher – McHale's Navy, based on the television sitcom of the same name, starring Ernest BorgnineMen and Women, directed by Walter Hugo Khouri – The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, starring Annette Funicello and Tommy KirkThe Moon-Spinners, starring Hayley MillsMothra vs. Godzilla, directed by Ishirō Honda – Murder Ahoy!, starring Margaret Rutherford and Lionel JeffriesMurder Most Foul, starring Margaret Rutherford and Ron MoodyMy Fair Lady, directed by George Cukor, starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex HarrisonMy Friend Lefterakis –

N

The Naked Kiss, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Constance TowersThe New Interns, starring Dean Jones and Michael CallanNight Must Fall, starring Albert Finney, Mona Washbourne and Susan Hampshire – The Night of the Iguana, directed by John Huston, starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr and Sue LyonNight Train to Paris, starring Leslie Nielsen, Aliza Gur and Dorinda Stevens –

O

Of Human Bondage, starring Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey and Siobhán McKenna – One Potato, Two Potato, starring Barbara Barrie, Bernie Hamilton and Richard MulliganOnibaba, directed by Kaneto Shindo – The Outrage, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom and Edward G. Robinson

P

Pajama Party, starring Annette Funicello and Tommy KirkPale Flower – Panic Button, starring Jayne Mansfield and Maurice ChevalierParis When It Sizzles, starring William Holden and Audrey HepburnThe Patsy, directed by and starring Jerry LewisThe Pawnbroker, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Brock PetersThe Pleasure Seekers, starring Pamela Tiffin, Carol Lynley, Brian Keith, Tony Franciosa and Ann-MargretPoint of Order!, a documentary directed by Emile de AntonioPsyche 59, directed by Alexander Singer – The Pumpkin Eater, starring Anne Bancroft and Peter Finch –

Q

R

Raiders from Beneath the Sea, starring Ken Scott and Merry AndersRattle of a Simple Man directed by Muriel Box, starring Diane Cilento and Harry H. Corbett – The Ravishing Idiot, starring Brigitte Bardot and Anthony Perkins – Red Desert, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, starring Monica Vitti and Richard Harris – Rhino!, starring Robert CulpRide the Wild Surf, starring Tab Hunter, Fabian Forte, Shelley Fabares and Barbara EdenRing of Spies, starring Bernard Lee – Rio Conchos, starring Stuart Whitman, Tony Franciosa, Richard Boone and Wende WagnerRobin and the 7 Hoods, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Bing CrosbyRobinson Crusoe on Mars, directed by Byron Haskin, starring Paul Mantee, Vic Lundin and Adam WestRoom 13, directed by Harald Reinl – Roustabout, starring Elvis Presley and Barbara StanwyckRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – TV film by Rankin/Bass Productions

S

Sallah Shabati, starring Chaim Topol – Sangam, starring Vyjayanthimala, Raj Kapoor and Rajendra Kumar – Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, directed by Nicholas WebsterSéance on a Wet Afternoon, starring Kim Stanley and Richard Attenborough – The Secret Invasion, starring Stewart Granger and Mickey RooneySeduced and Abandoned, starring Stefania Sandrelli – Send Me No Flowers, starring Doris Day and Rock HudsonSeven Days in May, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Fredric March and Ava GardnerSeven Up!, a documentary directed by Paul Almond – Sex and the Single Girl, starring Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda and Lauren BacallShehar Aur Sapna, directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – A Shot in the Dark, second Pink Panther film, directed by Blake Edwards. starring Peter Sellers and Elke Sommer – Sleep, by Andy WarholSmokescreen, starring Yvonne RomainThe Soft Skin, directed by François Truffaut, starring Françoise Dorléac – Strait-Jacket, directed by William Castle, starring Joan Crawford and Diane BakerSwedish Wedding Night, directed by Åke Falck – The System, starring Oliver Reed

T

T.A.M.I. Show, a concert film filmed at the Santa Monica Civic AuditoriumThat Man from Rio, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Françoise Dorléac – The Thin Red Line, starring Keir Dullea and Jack WardenThis Is My Street, directed by Sidney Hayers – The Three Lives of Thomasina, starring Patrick McGoohan and Susan Hampshire –

U

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, directed by Jacques Demy, starring Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo – The Unsinkable Molly Brown, starring Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell and Ed BegleyThe Unvanquished, starring Alain Delon –

V

The Visit, directed by Bernhard Wicki – Viva Las Vegas, starring Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret

W

Weekend at Dunkirk, directed by Henri Verneuil – Welcome, or No Trespassing, starring Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev – What a Way to Go!, starring Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Bob Cummings and Dick Van Dyke

Y

Yearning, directed by Mikio Naruse – The Yellow Rolls-Royce, starring Rex Harrison and Jeanne Moreau –

Z

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold, directed by Kazuo Ikehiro – Zatoichi's Flashing Sword, directed by Kazuo Ikehiro – Zhavoronok, starring Gennadi Yukhtin –

Short film series

Looney Tunes Terrytoons Merrie Melodies Speedy Gonzales Bugs Bunny Woody Woodpecker Chilly Willy

Births

Deaths

Film debuts