40th Academy Awards (1967)
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1. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant
Votes: 83,533 | Gross: $24.38M
Winner - Best Picture Nominated - Best Director for Norman Jewison Winner - Best Actor for Rod Steiger Winner - Best Adapted Screenplay for Stirling Silliphant Winner - Best Sound Mixing Nominated - Best Sound Effects for James Richard Winner - Best Film Editing for Hal Ashby
2. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
R | 111 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman
Votes: 120,583
Nominated - Best Picture Nominated - Best Director for Arthur Penn Nominated - Best Actor for Warren Beatty Nominated - Best Actress for Faye Dunaway Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Gene Hackman Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Michael J. Pollard Winner - Best Supporting Actress for Estelle Parsons Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for David Newman and Robert Benton Nominated - Best Costume Design for Theadora Van Runkle Winner - Best Cinematography for Burnett Guffey
3. Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Approved | 152 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
After the animal communicating veterinarian goes too far for his clientele, he and his friends escape their hometown to the sea in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 10,262 | Gross: $13.52M
Nominated - Best Picture Nominated - Best Original Score for Leslie Bricusse Nominated - Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score for Lionel Newman and Alexander Courage Winner - Best Original Song for "Talk to the Animals" Nominated - Best Art Direction Nominated - Best Cinematography for Robert Surtees Nominated - Best Sound Mixing Nominated - Best Film Editing for Samuel E. Beetley and Marjorie Fowler Winner - Best Visual Effects for L B. Abbott
4. The Graduate (1967)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels
Votes: 288,337 | Gross: $104.95M
Nominated - Best Picture Winner - Best Director for Mike Nichols Nominated - Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman Nominated - Best Actress for Anne Bancroft Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Katharine Ross Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Buck Henry and Calder Willingham Nominated - Best Cinematography for Robert Surtees
5. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Approved | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiancé.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton
Votes: 48,899 | Gross: $56.70M
Nominated - Best Picture Nominated - Best Director for Stanley Kramer Nominated - Best Actor for Spencer Tracy Winner - Best Actress for Katharine Hepburn Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for Cecil Kellaway Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Beah Richards Winner - Best Original Screenplay for William Rose Nominated - Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score for Frank De Vol Nominated - Best Art Direction Nominated - Best Film Editing for Robert C. Jones
6. In Cold Blood (1967)
R | 134 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Two ex-cons murder a family in a robbery attempt, before going on the run from the authorities. The police try to piece together the details of the murder in an attempt to track down the killers.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Paul Stewart
Votes: 29,137
Nominated - Best Director for Richard Brooks Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Richard Brooks Nominated - Best Original Score for Quincy Jones Nominated - Best Cinematography for Conrad Hall
7. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
GP | 127 min | Crime, Drama
A laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J.D. Cannon
Votes: 188,491 | Gross: $16.22M
Nominated - Best Actor for Paul Newman Winner - Best Supporting Actor for George Kennedy Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson Nominated - Best Original Score for Lalo Schifrin
8. The Whisperers (1967)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
Elderly Mrs. Ross lives alone in her meager flat, scraping by on government assistance even as she claims to have great wealth. After finding stolen money she is victimized, making it necessary to find her support in her declining years.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Edith Evans, Nanette Newman, Harry Baird, Jack Austin
Votes: 1,463
Nominated - Best Actress for Edith Evans
9. Wait Until Dark (1967)
Approved | 108 min | Thriller
A recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin-stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Votes: 33,716 | Gross: $17.55M
Nominated - Best Actress for Audrey Hepburn
10. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Approved | 150 min | Action, Adventure, War
During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes
Votes: 79,074 | Gross: $45.30M
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for John Cassavetes Nominated - Best Sound Mixing Winner - Best Sound Effects for John Poyner Nominated - Best Film Editing for Michael Luciano
11. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
G | 138 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
In New York City during the Roaring Twenties, would-be flapper Millie Dillmount's self-appointed mission to marry her boss is complicated by white slavers and true love.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing
Votes: 7,028 | Gross: $34.34M
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Carol Channing Winner - Best Original Score for Elmer Bernstein Nominated - Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score for André Previn and Joseph Gershenson Nominated - Best Original Song for "Thoroughly Modern Millie" Nominated - Best Costume Design for Jean Louis Nominated - Best Art Direction Nominated - Best Sound Mixing
12. Barefoot in the Park (1967)
G | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
Paul, a conservative young lawyer, marries the vivacious Corie. Their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discord in a five-flight New York City walk-up apartment.
Director: Gene Saks | Stars: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Charles Boyer, Mildred Natwick
Votes: 20,489 | Gross: $19.99M
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Mildred Natwick
13. Divorce American Style (1967)
Approved | 109 min | Comedy
Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds star as a suburban couple who learn that not even divorce can solve all their problems.
Director: Bud Yorkin | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons
Votes: 1,878 | Gross: $12.00M
Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Robert Kaufman and Norman Lear
14. The War Is Over (1966)
121 min | Drama, War
A middle-aged political activist tries to dissuade his young followers from taking radical action.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Geneviève Bujold, Jean Dasté
Votes: 2,440
Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Jorge Semprun
15. Two for the Road (1967)
Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A couple in the south of France non-sequentially spin down the highways of infidelity in their troubled ten-year marriage.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Eleanor Bron, William Daniels
Votes: 14,701 | Gross: $7.63M
Nominated - Best Original Screenplay for Frederic Raphael
16. Ulysses (1967)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama
James Joyce's masterpiece incarnated: The story of two seperated Dublin wanderers, Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, struggling to control their personal lives.
Director: Joseph Strick | Stars: Milo O'Shea, Barbara Jefford, Maurice Roëves, T.P. McKenna
Votes: 979
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay for Joseph Strick and Fred Haines
17. Closely Watched Trains (1966)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter and becomes despondent when he is unable to perform.
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Václav Neckár, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský, Vladimír Valenta
Votes: 13,838 | Gross: $3.27M
Winner - Best Foreign Language Film (Czechoslovakia)
18. Bewitched Love (1967)
103 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A violent man and a passionate man are dueling for the heart of the pretty young country girl.
Director: Francisco Rovira Beleta | Stars: Antonio Gades, La Polaca, Rafael de Córdoba, Morucha
Votes: 197
Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Spain)
19. I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967)
94 min | Drama
Tensions arise in a Gypsy community when a local feather seller falls in love with a much younger girl.
Director: Aleksandar Petrovic | Stars: Bekim Fehmiu, Olivera Katarina, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Mija Aleksic
Votes: 2,605
Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Yugoslavia)
20. Live for Life (1967)
130 min | Drama, Romance
The bitter relationships between a journalist and his women.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Yves Montand, Candice Bergen, Annie Girardot, Irène Tunc
Votes: 665
Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (France)
21. Portrait of Chieko (1967)
125 min | Drama
Takamura, poet and sculptor, is married to Chieko, who also has artistic desires. However, she is becoming increasingly aware that she can not match her husband's work.
Director: Noboru Nakamura | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Shima Iwashita, Takamaru Sasaki, Kinuko Obata
Votes: 72
Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film (Japan)
22. The Anderson Platoon (1967)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary, History, War
The director, a French veteran of the Indochina war (La 317e Section), returned to follow a platoon of American soldiers for six weeks at the height of fighting in Vietnam in 1966. The ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Joseph B. Anderson, Stuart Whitman
Votes: 382
Winner - Best Documentary Feature
23. Festival (1967)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Music
Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival from 1963 to 1966. The headliners are Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and ... See full summary »
Director: Murray Lerner | Stars: Joan Baez, Horton Barker, Fiddler Beers, Theodore Bikel
Votes: 700
Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
24. Harvest (1967)
Not Rated | 41 min | Documentary, Short
The American farm and farmer at harvest time, beginning in Texas with the first cutting of winter wheat, and following the season north to the Canadian border.
Director: Carroll Ballard | Star: John Carter
Votes: 46
Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
25. A King's Story (1965)
102 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Life story of King Edward VIII from his birth until abdication in 1936. Talks of life in Victorian England, life in the Royal Navy, and travels as Prince of Wales. In-depth look into the ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Booth | Stars: Duke of Windsor, Duchess of Windsor, Orson Welles, Carleton Hobbs
Votes: 57
Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
26. A Time for Burning (1967)
58 min | Documentary
During the civil rights movement, a Lutheran minister in Nebraska sets out to integrate his church.
Directors: Barbara Connell, Bill Jersey | Stars: Ernie Chambers, Ray Cristensen, Bill Youngdahl
Votes: 225
Nominated - Best Documentary Feature
27. The Redwoods (1967)
21 min | Documentary, Short
The film was produced for the Sierra Club as part of their campaign for a national park to protect the redwood forest.
Director: Trevor Greenwood | Stars: Kieth Griggs, William Turner
Votes: 56
Winner - Best Documentary Short
28. Monument to the Dream (1967)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Soaring above the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri, the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Arch stands today as the nation's tallest arch and national monument. "... See full summary »
Directors: Charles Guggenheim, L.T. Iglehart | Star: Paul Richards
Votes: 89
Nominated - Best Documentary Short
29. A Place to Stand (1967)
17 min | Documentary, Short
A multi-image large-format film showcasing life in Ontario without narration and dialogue.
Director: Christopher Chapman
Votes: 153
Nominated - Best Documentary Short Winner - Best Live Action Short
30. See You at the Pillar (1967)
17 min | Documentary, Short
A short film about Dublin City using a mixture of contemporary footage, folk music and quotations from past residents, Shaw, Wilde and Behan etc. Narrated in a "conversation" by Anthony Quayle and Norman Rodway.
Director: Peter Baylis | Stars: Anthony Quayle, Norman Rodway
Votes: 47
Nominated - Best Documentary Short
31. While I Run This Race (1967)
29 min | Documentary, Short
Charlton Heston narrates this documentary that follows VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) working in two Arizona migrant community groups.
Director: Edmond Levy | Stars: Charlton Heston, Larry Kelly
Votes: 53
Nominated - Best Documentary Short
32. Paddle to the Sea (1966)
28 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
This film recounts the adventures of a toy Native American canoe as it makes its way from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
Director: Bill Mason | Star: Stanley Jackson
Votes: 547
Nominated - Best Live Action Short
33. Sky Over Holland (1967)
G | 22 min | Documentary, Short
An urban and rural tour of Holland including canals, windmills, art, soaring through clouds, and a glimpse into the multi-seasonal Dutch life in the mid-1960s.
Director: John Fernhout
Votes: 57
Nominated - Best Live Action Short
34. Stop Look and Listen (1967)
10 min | Short, Comedy
A man wearing suit, tie, black-framed glasses, and a hat leaves his house in LA's San Fernando Valley and heads off in his car. Except his car is him, seated on the ground - he moves via ... See full summary »
Directors: Len Janson, Chuck Menville | Stars: Len Janson, Chuck Menville, Don Alleyn, Howard Deitrich
Votes: 382
Nominated - Best Live Action Short
35. The Box (1967)
9 min | Animation, Short, Mystery
An old bearded man wearing a raincoat walks into a bar and sits down, placing a mysterious box next to him. The other patrons try, with varying success, to find out what's inside.
Director: Fred Wolf
Votes: 349
Winner - Best Animated Short
36. Hypothèse Beta (1967)
7 min | Animation, Short
In a mainframe, a series of punch cards are used to process data. One punch hole is bored. It decides to harass some of the other holes hoping that it would be more exciting. Can the other holes keep him in check?
Director: Jean-Charles Meunier
Votes: 86
Nominated - Best Animated Short
37. What on Earth! (1967)
10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Martians speculate on the nature of Earth's apparent dominant lifeform, automobiles.
Directors: Les Drew, Kaj Pindal | Star: Donald Brittain
Votes: 354
Nominated - Best Animated Short
38. Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
GP | 168 min | Drama, History, Romance
Bathsheba Everdene, a willful, flirtatious young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and is romantically pursued by three very different men.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, Terence Stamp
Votes: 6,215
Nominated - Best Original Score for Richard Rodney Bennett
39. Camelot (1967)
G | 179 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guinevere. The plot of illegitimate Mordred to gain the throne and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threaten to topple Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, David Hemmings
Votes: 7,476 | Gross: $31.10M
Winner - Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score for Alfred Newman and Ken Darby Winner - Best Costume Design for John Truscott Winner - Best Art Direction Nominated - Best Cinematography for Richard H. Kline Nominated - Best Sound Mixing
40. Valley of the Dolls (1967)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate
Votes: 9,742 | Gross: $44.43M
Nominated - Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score for John Williams
41. The Jungle Book (1967)
G | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman | Stars: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, Bruce Reitherman
Votes: 198,604 | Gross: $141.84M
Nominated - Best Original Song for "The Bare Necessities"
42. Banning (1967)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama, Romance
A hustling golf pro takes a golf instructor job at an exclusive country club where the owner and his son in law are fleecing the wealthy guests by using various schemes.
Director: Ron Winston | Stars: Robert Wagner, Anjanette Comer, Jill St. John, Guy Stockwell
Votes: 302
Nominated - Best Original Song for "The Eyes of Love"
43. Casino Royale (1967)
Approved | 131 min | Comedy
In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.
Directors: Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, Richard Talmadge | Stars: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles
Votes: 32,481
Nominated - Best Original Score for "The Look of Love"
44. The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
Approved | 141 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Clever yet hapless new butler John Lawless manages a Philadelphia household for quirky and joyful millionaire Anthony Drexel Biddle, his unflappable wife, Cordelia, and their spitfire daughter, Cordy.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, Greer Garson, Gladys Cooper
Votes: 2,428
Nominated - Best Costume Design for Bill Thomas
45. The Taming of The Shrew (1967)
Approved | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern
Votes: 8,679 | Gross: $8.00M
Nominated - Best Costume Design for Danilo Donati and Irene Sharaff Nominated - Best Art Direction
46. Beach Red (1967)
GP | 105 min | Drama, War
As a US marine unit fight against the defenders of a Japanese held island, both sides are haunted by their own thoughts and memories.
Director: Cornel Wilde | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Rip Torn, Burr DeBenning, Patrick Wolfe
Votes: 1,701
Nominated - Best Film Editing for Frank P. Keller
47. Tobruk (1967)
Approved | 107 min | Drama, War
A Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British military unit made up of Germans to help lead an attack on a major German fuel depot in Tobruk, Libya.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Rock Hudson, George Peppard, Nigel Green, Guy Stockwell
Votes: 3,585
Nominated - Best Visual Effects for Howard A. Johnson, Jr. and Albert Whitlock
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