1968 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1968






30.              SPIDER BABY
      OR, THE MADDEST STORY EVER TOLD

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29.             PAS DE DEUX

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28.          THE MOVIE ORGY

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27.              WINDY DAY

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26.          MONTEREY POP

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       SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM:
25.                TAKE ONE

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24.                  SHAME

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23.                   FACES

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22.        HOUR OF THE WOLF

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21. 

 WAR AND PEACE  Война и мир

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20.       THE FIREMEN'S BALL

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19.    THE RED AND THE WHITE

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18.           YOUNG TÖRLESS

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17.            L’ENFANCE NUE

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16.        THE GREAT SILENCE

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                    THE YOUNG
15.      GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT

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14.      FISTS IN THE POCKET

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13.            THE TWO OF US

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12.
THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES

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11.        ROSEMARY'S BABY

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10.        DANGER: DIABOLIK

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9.              HIGH SCHOOL

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8.              THE SWIMMER

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7.         YELLOW SUBMARINE

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6.        PLANET OF THE APES

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5.     THE VALLEY OF THE BEES

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4.          KILL, BABY... KILL!

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3.                 WEEKEND

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2.   NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

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1.      2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

(other titles of '68 I loved that could've placed)

 

BELLE DE JOUR

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LA CHINOISE

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SECRET CEREMONY

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 THE ALPHABET

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 GOLDEN SWALLOW

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 WITCHFINDER GENERAL 
[THE CONQUEROR WORM]

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BULLITT

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WINNIE THE POOH

AND THE BLUSTERY DAY

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 HEAD

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HELL IN THE PACIFIC

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 PETULIA

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 BLACK PANTHERS

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 BARBARELLA

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WAVELENGTH

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 THE BIG GUNDOWN

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 THE PARTY

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 BLOW UP MY TOWN

[SAUTE MA VILLE]

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 LE RÉVÉLATEUR

COMMON FASCISM 
Обыкновенный фашизм
[TRIUMPH OVER VIOLENCE]

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WHISTLE
AND I'LL COME TO YOU

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 PRETTY POISON

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 GOKE,
 BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL

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THE BRUTE AND THE BEAST

[MASSACRE TIME]

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 EVEN THE WIND IS AFRAID
[HASTA EL VIENTO TIENE MIEDO]

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 TARGETS

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THE BRIDE WORE BLACK

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 OLIVER!

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 THE PRODUCERS

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 UPTIGHT

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LES BICHES

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 ICE STATION ZEBRA

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 FUNNY GIRL

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 CULLODEN

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 FLESH

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 ROMEO AND JULIET

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 SIGNS OF LIFE 

[LEBENSZEICHEN]

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DAIMAJIN

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THE X FROM OUTER SPACE

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 THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR

SURFACE TENSION

THE HEART

IS A LONELY HUNTER

THE ODD COUPLE

COOGAN'S BLUFF

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 CARRY ON UP THE KHYBER

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1968

TOP 30

1. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Kubrick)
2. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (Romero)
3. WEEKEND (Godard)
4. KILL BABY KILL! (Bava)
5. VALLEY OF THE BEES (Vlácil)
6. PLANET OF THE APES (Schaffner)
7. YELLOW SUBMARINE (Dunning)
8. THE SWIMMER (Perry/Pollack)
9. HIGH SCHOOL (Wiseman)
10. DANGER: DIABOLIK (Bava)
11. ROSEMARY'S BABY (Polanski)
12. COLOR OF POMEGRANATES (Parajanov)
13. THE TWO OF US (Berri)
14. FISTS IN THE POCKET (Bellocchio)
15. YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (Demy)
16. THE GREAT SILENCE (Corbucci)
17. L’ENFANCE NUE (Pialat)
18. YOUNG TORLESS (Schlondorff)
19. THE RED & THE WHITE (Jancsó)
20. FIREMEN'S BALL (Foreman)
21. WAR AND PEACE (Bondarchuk)
22. HOUR OF THE WOLF (Bergman)
23. FACES (Cassavetes)
24. SHAME (Bergman)
25. SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM (Greaves)
26. MONTEREY POP (Pennebaker)
27. WIND DAY (the Hubleys)
28. THE MOVIE ORGY (Dante)
29. PAS DE DEUX (McLaren)
30. SPIDER BABY (J.Hill)

RUNNER UP

BELLE DE JOUR (Bunuel), LA CHINOISE (Godard), HUNGER (Carlsen), SECRET CEREMONY (Losey), THE ALPHABET (Lynch), GOLDEN SWALLOW (Chang Cheh), WITCHFINDER GENERAL (Reeves), BULLITT (Yates), WINNIE THE POOH BLUSTERY DAY (Reitherman), HEAD (Rafelson), HELL IN THE PACIFIC (Boorman), PETULIA (Lester), BLACK PANTHERS (Varda), BARBARELLA (Vadim), WAVELENGTH (Snow), BIG GUNDOWN (Sollima), THE PARTY (Edwards), BLOW UP MY TOWN (Akerman), LE RÉVÉLATEUR (P.Garrel), ECHO OF THE JACKBOOT (Romm), WHISTLE & I'LL COME TO YOU (J.Miller), PRETTY POISON (Black), GOKE BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL (Hajime Satô), MASSACRE TIME (Fulci), HASTA EL VIENTO TIENE MIEDO (Taboada), TARGETS (Bogdanovich), BRIDE WORE BLACK (Truffaut), OLIVER! (Reed), THE PRODUCERS (M.Brooks), UPTIGHT (Dassin), LES BICHES (Chabrol), ICE STATION ZEBRA (J.Sturges), FUNNY GIRL (Wyler), CULLODEN (Watkins), FLESH (Morrissey), ROMEO & JULIET (Zefirelli), SIGNS OF LIFE (Herzog), DAIMAJIN (Kimiyoshi Yasuda), X FROM OUTER SPACE (Kazoo Nihonmatsu), THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (Jewison), SURFACE TENSION (Frampton), HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER (R.Ellis Miller), ODD COUPLE (Saks), COOGAN'S BLUFF (Siegel), CARRY ON KHYBER (Gerald Thomas)