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1968 - When Great Movies Topped the Box Office

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Decade: Rating: List Type:

4409

8.1

8.3

2001: A Space Odyssey

Oscar nods: Best Director, Best Original Screenplay

BAFTA nods: Best Film, UN Award

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

National Film Registry

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287

7.1

7.4

Funny Girl (1968)

Oscar nods: Best Picture, Best Actress (Barbara Streisand - win)

Golden Globe nods: Best Motion Picture - Musical, Best Director

Guild nods: Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America (win)

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201

6.5

The Love Bug (1969)

Laurel Awards: Best Comedy (2nd place)

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319

7.5

7.6

The Odd Couple

Oscar nods: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing

Golden Globe nods: Best Motion Picture - Comedy, Best Actor - Comedy (Walter Matthau), Best Actor - Comedy (Jack Lemmon)

Guild nods: Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America (win)

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619

7.1

7.6

Romeo and Juliet

Oscar nods: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography (win)

Golden Globes nods: Best English-Language Foreign Film (win)

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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635

7.5

7.4

Bullitt (1968)

Oscar nods: Best Film Editing (win), Best Sound

BAFTA nods: Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Robert Vaughn)

Edgar Allan Poe Awards: Best Motion Picture Screenplay (win)

National Film Registry

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331

7.5

7.4

Oliver!

Oscar nods: Best Picture (win), Best Director (win)

Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture - Musical (win)

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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2588

7.8

Rosemary's Baby

Oscar nods: Best Supporting Actress (Ruth Gordon - win), Best Adapted Screenplay

Golden Globe nods: Best Supporting Actress (Ruth Gordon - win), Best Actress - Drama (Mia Farrow), Best Screenplay

Guild nods: Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America

Joey Jojo Jr Shabidu's rating:

1769

7.6

Planet of the Apes (1968)

Oscar nods: Best Musical Score, Best Costume Design, Outstanding Make-Up Achievement (honorary win)

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

National Film Registry

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1775

7.9

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

National Film Registry

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6.9

7.1

Yours, Mine and Ours

Golden Globe nods: Best Motion Picture - Comedy, Best Actress - Comedy (Lucille Ball)

Guild nods: Writers Guild of America

293

7.8

7.9

The Lion in Winter

Oscars nods: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Katherine Hepburn - win), Best Adapted Screenplay (win)

Golden Globe nods: Best Motion Picture - Drama (win)

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Joey Jojo Jr Shabidu's rating:

120

5.8

The Green Berets (1968)

Laurel Awards: Action-Drama (4th place), Action Performance (John Wayne - 3rd place)

6.9

Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)

N/A

7.7

6.6

The Fox (1967)

Oscar nods: Best Musical Score

Golden Globe nods: Best English-Language Foreign Film (win), Best Director, Best Actress - Drama (Anne Heywood), Best Screenplay

140

6.9

7.1

The Boston Strangler (1968)

Golden Globe nods: Best Actor - Drama (Tony Curtis)

Edgar Allan Poe Awards: Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Guild nods: American Cinema Editors

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5.8

5.3

Candy (1968)

Golden Globe nods: Most Promising Newcomer - Female (Ewa Aulin)

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6.9

Charly (1968)

Oscar nods: Best Actor (Cliff Robertson - win)

Golden Globe nods: Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Screenplay (win)

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Joey Jojo Jr Shabidu's rating:

270

7.1

6.9

The Thomas Crown Affair

Oscars nods: Best Original Song (win), Best Musical Score

Golden Globe nods: Best Original Song (win), Best Musical Score

Laurel Awards: Action-Drama (5th place), Male Dramatic Performance (Steve McQueen - 5th place)

Joey Jojo Jr Shabidu's rating:

7.1

6.6

Bandolero! (1968)

N/A

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This series of lists detail a time period when the American public actually stood in line to watch quality, critically acclaimed, award-winning feature films. A time period when the Oscar and Golden Globe winners were the top grossing films of the year before the dawn of the special effects laden blockbuster era.