Best Movies of 1968
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Best Movies of 1968
TOP Movies: Bullitt (1968), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Planet of the Apes (1968), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), The Odd Couple (1968), Rosemary's Baby (1968), Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), Oliver! (1968), The Lion in Winter (1968), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Coogan's Bluff (1968), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Blackbeard's Ghost (1968), The Devil's Brigade (1968), Romeo and Juliet (1968), Funny Girl (1968), Shame (1968), Krakatoa: East of Java (1968).
List of Best Movies
81K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
suspenseful, detective, suspense, intense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
car chase, police, ford mustang, organized crime, murder, chase, police detective, hitman, police procedural, street racing, tough cop, hospital ...
Time:
year 1968, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, chicago, illinois ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
sexy, detective, visual, romantic, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, millionaire, boredom, caper, investigation, betrayal, police detective, cemetery, flirting, robbery, beach ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
boston, geneva switzerland, connecticut, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, mind bending, cerebral, psychedelic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, adult
Plot:
space travel, artificial intelligence, astronaut, outer space, space, moon, computer, scientist, human versus computer, extraterrestrial, deception, spacewalk ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, stone age ...
Place:
persia
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, twist ending, surprise ending, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
kids, date night, adult
Plot:
ape, astronaut, post apocalypse, planet of the apes, dystopia, gorilla, space and aliens, space exploration, trial, time travel, plot twist, desert ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1968, near future, 20th century ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A group of people try to survive an attack of bloodthirsty zombies while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse. Although not the first zombie film, Night of the Living Dead is the progenitor of the contemporary "zombie apocalypse" ...
Style:
suspense, classic horror, grindhouse, scary, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, cemetery, infection, zombie apocalypse, survival, cannibalism, zombie attack, basement, gory, monster, supernatural, post apocalypse ...
Time:
20th century, year 1968, year 1967, 60s
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
This classic western masterpiece is an epic film about a widow whose land and life are in danger as the railroad is getting closer and closer to taking them over. A mysterious harmonica player joins forces with a desperado to protect the woman and ...
Style:
spaghetti western, clever, tense, suspenseful, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
old west, wild west, vengeance, gunfight, revenge, cowboy, harmonica, duel, villain, murder, hitman, death ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, year 1968
Place:
yuma arizona, arizona, usa, north america
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Felix Ungar has just broken up with his wife. Despondent, he goes to kill himself but is saved by his friend Oscar Madison. With nowhere else to go, Felix is urged by Oscar to move in with him, at least for a while. The only problem is that Felix is ...
Style:
funny, atmospheric, hilarious, feel good, clever ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
friendship between men, friendship, buddies, roommate, argument, group of friends, depression, roommate roommate relationship, friends who live together, bromance, divorce, breakup ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, tokyo, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn't safe around their strange neighbors.
Style:
psychological, classic horror, surreal, psychological horror, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
satanic cult, devil, pregnancy, paranoia, satanism, satanic ritual, witchcraft, secret society, supernatural horror, coven, occult, antichrist ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1965, year 1966, year 1968 ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, persia, eastern europe, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When a widower with 10 children marries a widow with 8, can the 20 of them ever come together as one big happy family?
Style:
light, sentimental, touching, feel good, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, date night, teens
Plot:
children, childhood, adoption, sisters, fall in love, family life, marriage, doctor, parenthood, unlikely friendships, stereotypes, kids and family ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, victorian era
Place:
bay area, san francisco
Is relevant?
44K
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
visually appealing, sentimental, social, dark, terrifying ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
orphan, broadway, charles dickens, child, children, dance, street kid, runaway, happy ending, dancing, dog, shipwreck ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, year 1968, 1900s, victorian era ...
Place:
london, england, europe, britain
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
1183 AD: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. They and his wife variously plot to force him.
Style:
costume drama, suspense, political, factual, atmospheric ...
Plot:
power struggle, political intrigue, king, christmas, british history, dysfunctional family, royalty, medieval, infidelity, monarch, british royal family, monarchy ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 12th century, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
england, france, britain
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An eccentric professor invents wacky machinery, but can't seem to make ends meet. When he invents a revolutionary car, a foreign government becomes interested in it, and resorts to skulduggery to get their hands on it.
Style:
sweet, cute, light, sentimental, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, toddlers, pre-teens ...
Plot:
flying car, inventor, car, fictional country, kids and family, childhood, racing, fantasy world, heartwarming, youth, children, dancing ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, 1900s, 1910s
Place:
england, britain, europe, united kingdom, london
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Coogan (Clint Eastwood) 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.
Style:
black comedy, light, exciting, cult classic, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
fish out of water, tough cop, investigation, one against many, love interest, desert, motorcycle chase, maverick cop, chase, lovers on the run, police, gunfight ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
arizona, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california ...
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Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out ...
Style:
exciting, retro, suspenseful, suspense, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, spy, cold war, satellite, espionage, military, underwater, torpedo, winter, snow, double agent, political intrigue ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
scotland
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Peter Ustinov stars as the eponymous wraith, who returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Elsa Lanchester (Stowecroft). The villains want to kick Lanchester and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good ...
Style:
entertaining, light, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
pirate, gambling, ghost, afterlife, spell, witch, curse, pirate ship, male female relationship, betrayal, magic, superhero ...
Place:
new england
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
1968 American war film about the formation and first mission of the joint Canadian-American WWII special forces winter and mountain unit formally called 1st Special Service Force, but commonly known as “The Devil’s Brigade”. The film ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, tense, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, commando, visceral, espionage, battles, betrayal, heroes, escapades, military life, wartime life, basic training ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy, canada, europe, germany, california ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Director Franco Zeffirelli's beloved version of one of the most well-known love stories in the English language. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young ...
Style:
romantic, period piece, costume drama, sweet, colorful ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
forbidden love, shakespeare, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragic love, fall in love, family feud, love story, unfulfillment, parents and children, true love, love, medieval ...
Time:
1900s, year 1968, medieval times, 1930s
Place:
italy, europe, paris france, new york, england
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
The life of comedienne Fannie 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 first husband, Nick Arnstein.
Style:
touching, witty, light, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot:
divorce, marriage, broadway, dancing, biopic, women, showgirl, gambling debt, mother daughter relationship, gambler, theatrical producer, showbiz ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, 20th century, 1900s, 1930s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, baltimore, chicago ...
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Ingmar Bergman's psychological study of how humans react in a situation of war. The film takes place on Gotland, where invasion forces arrives.
Style:
psychological, art house, political, cerebral, biting ...
Plot:
existentialism, dialogue, island, nordic, civil war, betrayal, politics, war, world war two, european, female nudity, political prisoner ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia, tokyo, israel
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A team of maritime salvage workers are about to embark on a recovery dive. However the 1883 Krakatoa Volcano eruption provides more pressing problems.
Style:
epic, independent film, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ocean, volcano, natural disaster, tsunami, volcanic eruption, diver, female sexual predator, boat, exotic locale, climate, sunken treasure, rescue ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
southeast asia, pacific ocean, indonesia, oceania, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
retro, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, mind blowing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, mountain, nazi, two man army, winter, military, espionage, machine gun, fortress, castle, secret mission, army ranger ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, alps, bavaria, europe, austria
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, draining it of all its color and music, firing anti-music missiles, bonking people with green apples, and turning the inhabitants to stone by way of the pointed finger of a giant blue glove. As the only ...
Style:
psychedelic, colorful, humorous, cult classic, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, horror for children ...
Plot:
the beatles, submarine, surrealism, music, rock and roll, fighting the system, rock, trippy, musician, anti war, mature, hippie ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 20th century, 70s
Place:
england, europe, liverpool, seattle, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
spaghetti western, stylized, suspenseful, realistic, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
judge, revenge, u.s. marshal, court, vigilante, guilt, justice, hanging, wild west, false accusation, cowboy, death sentence ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
oklahoma, usa, california
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47K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put the name on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film director. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with a ...
Style:
funny, hilarious, slapstick, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, culture clash, showbiz, farce, stoner, immigration, boss and employee, swimming pool, chase, fort, elephant ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
america, california, los angeles, usa, india
Is relevant?
26K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The film is a caustic portrait of a traditional English boys’ boarding school, where 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 ...
Style:
controversial, surreal, disturbing, dark comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
revolution, boarding school life, boarding school, sex, private school, social satire, homosexuality, school shooting, boys' school, violence, coming of age, corporal punishment ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
england, california, britain, europe
Is relevant?
13K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An old married man leaves his wife for a younger woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner.
Style:
independent film, intense, art house, black and white, biting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sex, divorce, prostitute, feminism, feminist, drinking, male nudity, depression, marriage, extramarital affair, cheating ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Neddy Merrill has been away for most of the summer. He reappears at a friend's pool. As they talk, someone notices that there are pools spanning the entire valley. He decided to jog from pool to pool to swim the whole valley. As he stops in ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, serious, surreal, depressing ...
Plot:
swimming pool, midlife crisis, swimmer, swimming, nudist, surrealism, neighbor, existentialism, neighborhood, character study, life philosophy, social relations ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 20th century, 70s
Place:
connecticut, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off ...
Style:
spaghetti western, euro western, funny, epic, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, cowboy, medieval, mercenary, machine gun, cavalry charge, exploitation, woman with a gun, native american, combat, villain, circus ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
mexico, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to his was right.
Style:
intelligent, psychological, clever, touching, depressing ...
Plot:
experiment, mental retardation, bakery, intelligence, tragedy, janitor, laboratory, pumpkin, doomed love, disability, teacher, mental disorder ...
Time:
60s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
usa, boston
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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. ...
Style:
exciting, feel good, humorous, not serious, weird
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
siege, dog, ancient egypt, architect, pharaoh, ancient rome, peplum, magical potion, julius caesar, potion, ancient world, superhero ...
Time:
1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place:
africa, cairo egypt, egypt
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