1967 in film


The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered one of the most ground-breaking years in American cinema, with "revolutionary" films highlighting the shift towards forward thinking European standards at the time, including: Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Cool Hand Luke, The Dirty Dozen, In Cold Blood, In the [Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night], The Jungle Book and You Only Live Twice.

Highest-grossing films

North America

The top ten 1967 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1The GraduateUnited Artists / Embassy$43,100,000
2Guess Who's Coming to DinnerColumbia$25,500,000
3Bonnie and ClydeWarner Bros.$22,000,000
4The Dirty DozenMGM$20,100,000
5Valley of the Dolls20th Century Fox$20,000,000
6To Sir, with LoveColumbia$19,100,000
7You Only Live TwiceUnited Artists / Eon$18,000,000
8Thoroughly Modern MillieUniversal$14,700,000
9The Jungle BookBuena Vista$13,000,000
10CamelotWarner Bros.$12,300,000

Events

Awards

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1967 film releases

unless stated

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1967

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A

Accident, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Dirk Bogarde and Stanley Baker – The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, starring Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette, and Karl MaldenThe Ambushers, starring Dean Martin The Andromeda Nebula – Anna Karenina –

B

The Ballad of Josie, starring Doris DayBanning, starring Robert Wagner, Jill St. John, Susan Clark, Gene HackmanBarefoot in the Park, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda

C

Camelot, a musical directed by Joshua Logan, starring Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, with songs by Lerner and Loewe

D

Day of Anger, starring Lee Van Cleef – A Degree of Murder, directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring Anita Pallenberg – The Departure, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud – Deadlier Than the Male, starring Richard Johnson and Elke Sommer – The Deadly Affair, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring James Mason and Simone Signoret – Death Rides a Horse, starring Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law – Diabolically Yours, starring Alain Delon and Senta Berger – The Dirty Dozen, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Lee Marvin and an ensemble castDivorce American Style, starring Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean SimmonsDoctor Dolittle, a musical directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony NewleyDoctor Faustus, directed by Richard Burton and Nevill Coghill – Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!, starring Sandra Dee and George HamiltonDont Look Back, a documentary by D. A. Pennebaker, featuring Bob DylanDon't Make Waves, starring Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Sharon TateDouble Trouble, starring Elvis PresleyDragon Gate Inn , directed by King Hu –

E

Easy Come, Easy Go, starring Elvis PresleyEight on the Lam, starring Bob Hope, Jonathan Winters, Shirley Eaton, Jill St. JohnElvira Madigan, directed by Bo Widerberg – Entranced Earth, directed by Glauber Rocha – An Evening in Paris, starring Shammi Kapoor – The Exchange Student, directed by Jean Girault –

F

Faccia a faccia, starring Gian Maria Volonté – Far from the Madding Crowd, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates – The Fastest Guitar Alive, starring Roy OrbisonFathom, starring Raquel Welch – The Fearless Vampire Killers, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Sharon Tate – Festival, a documentary about Newport Folk FestivalThe Firemen's Ball, directed by Miloš Forman – Fitzwilly, starring Dick Van Dyke and Barbara FeldonThe Flim-Flam Man, starring George C. Scott, Michael SarrazinFollow That Camel, starring Phil Silvers and Kenneth Williams – Fort Utah, starring John Ireland and Virginia MayoThe Fox, starring Sandy Dennis, Anne Heywood, Keir DulleaFrankenstein Created Woman, starring Peter Cushing – The Frozen Dead, starring Dana Andrews, Anna Palk

G

Games, starring Simone Signoret, Katharine Ross and James CaanThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly, directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach – Good Times, starring Sonny & CherThe Graduate, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and Katharine RossGrand Slam, starring Janet Leigh and Edward G. Robinson – Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn and Sidney PoitierA Guide for the Married Man, directed by Gene Kelly, starring Walter Matthau, Inger Stevens and Robert MorseGunfight in Abilene, starring Bobby DarinGunn, starring Craig Stevens

H

Half a Sixpence, starring Tommy Steele – Hatey Bazarey, starring Ashok Kumar and Vyjayanthimala – Hamraaz, starring Sunil Dutt and Raaj Kumar – The Happening, starring Anthony Quinn, Michael Parks, Faye DunawayThe Happiest Millionaire, starring Fred MacMurray, Greer Garson, Tommy Steele, Lesley Ann Warren, John DavidsonThe Heathens of Kummerow, the first co-production between East Germany and West GermanyHell on Wheels, starring Marty RobbinsHells Angels on Wheels, starring Jack NicholsonHerostratus, directed by Don Levy – Hombre, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman, Fredric March, Diane Cilento, Richard Boone, Martin Balsam, Barbara RushThe Honey Pot, starring Rex Harrison, Cliff Robertson, Susan Hayward, Edie AdamsHotel, directed by Richard Quine, starring Rod Taylor, Melvyn Douglas, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Merle OberonHour of the Gun, directed by John Sturges, starring James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert RyanThe House of 1,000 Dolls, starring Vincent Price – How I Won The War, directed by Richard Lester, starring Michael Crawford, John Lennon Michael Hordern – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, starring Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallée, Maureen ArthurHurry Sundown, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Jane Fonda, Michael Caine, Diahann Carroll, Beah Richards, Faye Dunaway

I

I, a Man, directed by Andy WarholI Am Curious (Yellow) – I Even Met Happy Gypsies – In Cold Blood, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, Paul Stewart, John ForsytheI'll Never Forget What's 'isname, directed by Michael Winner, starring Oliver Reed and Orson Welles – In Like Flint, starring James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Jean HaleIn the Heat of the Night, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger—winner of 5 Academy Awards including best pictureThe Incident, starring Martin Sheen and Beau BridgesIt's a Bikini World, starring Deborah Walley and Tommy Kirk

J

Jewel Thief, starring Dev Anand, Vyjayanthimala and Ashok Kumar – The Jokers, directed by Michael Winner, starring Oliver Reed and Michael Crawford – Journey to the Center of Time, directed by David L. HewittJules Verne's Rocket to the Moon, directed by Don Sharp – The Jungle Book, directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, an animated musical by Walt Disney Productions

K

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style – King Kong Escapes – The King's Pirate, starring Doug McClure and Jill St. JohnKinoautomat – Kyu-chan no Dekkai Yume –

L

The Last Adventure, directed by Robert Enrico – The Last Killer, starring George Eastman and Anthony GhidraA Long Journey – The Long Duel, starring Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews and Charlotte Rampling – Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator –

M

Mad Monster Party?, animated film featuring Boris KarloffMagical Mystery Tour – TV film with the Beatles – Maneater of Hydra, directed by Mel Welles – A Man Vanishes, directed by Shohei Imamura – Marat/Sade, directed by Peter Brook – Marketa Lazarová, directed by František Vláčil –

N

The Naked Runner, directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Frank Sinatra – The Night of the Generals, starring Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay –

O

Oedipus Rex, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, starring Silvana Mangano – Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, starring Rosalind Russell and Robert MorseOne-Armed Swordsman, directed by Chang Cheh – Oscar, directed by Édouard Molinaro – Our Mother's House, starring Dirk Bogarde –

P

Paranoia – Pedro Páramo, starring John Gavin – Peppermint Frappé, directed by Carlos Saura – The Plank, directed by and starring Eric Sykes with Tommy Cooper – Playing Soldiers – Playtime, directed by and starring Jacques Tati – Point Blank, directed by John Boorman, starring Lee Marvin and Angie DickinsonPoor Cow, directed by Ken Loach, starring Terence Stamp and Carol White – Portrait of Jason, directed by Shirley ClarkeThe President's Analyst, starring James CoburnPrivilege, directed by Peter Watkins, starring Paul Jones and Jean Shrimpton –

Q

Quatermass and the Pit, starring James Donald –

R

Ram Aur Shyam, starring Dilip Kumar – The Rats Woke Up – The Red and the White, directed by Miklós Jancsó – Reflections in a Golden Eye, directed by John Huston, starring Marlon Brando and Elizabeth TaylorThe Reluctant Astronaut, starring Don KnottsThe Ride to Hangman's Tree, directed by Alan RafkinRobbery, directed by Peter Yates, starring Stanley Baker – Rosie!, starring Rosalind RussellRough Night in Jericho, starring Dean Martin and George Peppard

S

T

The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor – Ten Thousand Days – The Thief of Paris, directed by Louis Malle and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Geneviève Bujold – They Came from Beyond Space, directed by Freddie Francis – This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse – Thoroughly Modern Millie, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol ChanningThunder Alley, directed by Richard Rush, starring Annette FunicelloThe Tied Up Balloon, directed by Binka Zhelyazkova and starring Georgi Partsalev, Grigor Vachkov, Georgi Kaloyanchev, Konstantin Kotsev – The Tiger Makes Out, starring Eli Wallach and Anne JacksonThe Tiger and the Pussycat, starring Vittorio Gassman, Ann-Margret, Eleanor Parker – Titicut Follies, a documentary by Frederick WisemanTo Sir, with Love, starring Sidney Poitier – Tobruk, starring Rock Hudson and George PeppardTony Rome, directed by Gordon Douglas, starring Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Gena Rowlands, Richard Conte, Sue Lyon

U

Ultraman – Ulysses, starring Milo O'Shea – Untamable Angelique, directed by Bernard Borderie – Up the Down Staircase, starring Sandy DennisUpkar, directed by and starring Manoj Kumar –

V

Valley of the Dolls, directed by Mark Robson, starring Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, Susan Hayward, Paul Burke, Lee GrantThe Venetian Affair, starring Elke Sommer, Robert Vaughn, Felicia Farr

W

Wait Until Dark, directed by Terence Young, starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Jack Weston and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.War and Peace, directed by Sergei Bondarchuk – The War Wagon, directed by Burt Kennedy, starring John Wayne and Kirk DouglasWarning Shot, starring David Janssen, Stefanie Powers, Joan Collins, Eleanor Parker, Lillian Gish and George SandersWaterhole No. 3, starring James Coburn, Carroll O'Connor and Margaret BlyeThe Way West, starring Kirk Douglas, Richard Widmark, Robert Mitchum, Lola Albright and Sally FieldWe Still Kill the Old Way, starring Gian Maria Volonté and Irene Papas – Weekend, directed by Jean-Luc Godard – Welcome to Hard Times, starring Henry Fonda, Aldo Ray, Janice Rule and Warren OatesThe Whisperers, starring Edith Evans and Nanette Newman – The White Bus, a short film by Lindsay Anderson – Who's Minding the Mint? starring Jim Hutton, Dorothy Provine, Walter Brennan and Milton BerleWho's That Knocking at My Door, directed by Martin ScorseseThe Witches, produced by Dino De Laurentiis –

Y

You Only Live Twice, starring Sean Connery as James Bond – The Young Girls of Rochefort, directed by Jacques Demy, starring Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac –

Short film series

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