1969 in Film - Notable Films Released in 1969

Notable Films Released in 1969

U.S.A. unless stated

A
  • Ådalen 31, directed by Bo Widerberg - (Sweden)
  • Adelheid, directed by František Vláčil - (Czechoslovakia)
  • The Adjutant of His Excellency (Adyutant ego prevoskhoditelstva) - (U.S.S.R.)
  • Age of Consent, starring James Mason and Helen Mirren - (Australia)
  • Alfred the Great, starring David Hemmings - (U.K.)
  • Alice's Restaurant, directed by Arthur Penn, starring Arlo Guthrie
  • All Monsters Attack (Gojira Minira Gabara Ōru Kaijū Daishingeki), directed by Ishirō Honda - (Japan)
  • All My Compatriots (Všichni dobří rodáci) - (Czechoslovakia)
  • Andrei Rublev - by Andrei Tarkovsky - (screening in Moscow and at the Cannes Film Festival 1969 / Official USSR release, 20 min. shorter, in 1971) - (U.S.S.R.)
  • Angel in My Pocket, starring Andy Griffith
  • Anne of the Thousand Days, starring Richard Burton and Geneviève Bujold - winner of 4 Golden Globes - (U.K.)
  • The April Fools, starring Jack Lemmon and Catherine Deneuve
  • Aradhana (Worship) - (India)
  • Army of Shadows (L'armée des ombres), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, starring Lino Ventura and Simone Signoret - (France)
  • The Arrangement, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Kirk Douglas
  • Arthur! Arthur!, starring Shelley Winters, Terry-Thomas, Tammy Grimes
  • The Assassination Bureau, directed by Basil Dearden, starring Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas - (U.K.)
B
  • Ballad of Carl-Henning (Balladen om Carl-Henning) - (Denmark)
  • Bambi Meets Godzilla (very short cult film)
  • Battle of Britain, starring Laurence Olivier, Trevor Howard, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer - (U.K.)
  • Battle of Neretva (Bitka na Neretvi), starring Sergei Bondarchuk and Yul Brynner - (Yugoslavia)
  • The Bed-Sitting Room, directed by Richard Lester, starring Rita Tushingham - (U.K.)
  • Before Winter Comes, starring David Niven - (U.K.)
  • The Big Bounce, starring Ryan O'Neal and Leigh Taylor-Young
  • Blue Movie, directed by Andy Warhol
  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Natalie Wood, Robert Culp, Elliott Gould, Dyan Cannon
  • Boy (Shonen), directed by Nagisa Oshima - (Japan)
  • A Boy Named Charlie Brown
  • The Brain (Le Cerveau), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bourvil, David Niven - (France/Italy)
  • The Bridge at Remagen, starring George Segal and Ben Gazzara
  • The Brothers Karamazov (Bratya Karamazovy) - (U.S.S.R.)
  • Burn! (Queimada), directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, starring Marlon Brando - (Italy)
  • The Bushbaby, directed by John Trent and starring Margaret Brooks and Lou Gossett
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
C
  • Cactus Flower, starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn
  • Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?, starring Anthony Newley and Joan Collins
  • Captain Nemo and the Underwater City, starring Robert Ryan
  • Carry On Camping, starring Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor - (U.K.)
  • Castle Keep, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Peter Falk
  • The Chairman, starring Gregory Peck
  • Change of Habit, starring Elvis Presley and Mary Tyler Moore
  • Che!, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Omar Sharif
  • Il Commissario Pepe (Police Chief pepe), starring Ugo Tognazzi - (Italy)
  • The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, starring Kurt Russell
  • The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol) - (Czechoslovakia)
D
  • The Damned (La caduta degli dei), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Dirk Bogarde and Ingrid Thulin - (Italy/West Germany)
  • De Sade, starring Keir Dullea, Senta Berger, John Huston - (U.S./West Germany)
  • Dillinger Is Dead (Dillinger è morto), starring Michel Piccoli and Anita Pallenberg - (Italy)
  • Don't Drink the Water, directed by Howard Morris, starring Jackie Gleason, Estelle Parsons, Ted Bessell
  • Do Raaste (Two Roads) - (India)
  • Doppelganger, starring Roy Thinnes, Lynn Loring, Herbert Lom
  • Double Suicide (Shinjū: Ten no amijima) - (Japan)
  • Downhill Racer, starring Robert Redford and Gene Hackman
  • The Dragon of Evil Against the Warrior Saint (O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro), directed by Glauber Rocha - (Brazil)
E
  • Easy Rider, directed by and starring Dennis Hopper, with Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson
  • End of a Priest (Farářův konec) - (Czechoslovakia)
  • Eros Plus Massacre (Erosu purasu gyakusatsu) - (Japan)
  • The Exquisite Cadaver (Las crueles), starring Capucine - (Spain)
  • The Extraordinary Seaman, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring David Niven, Faye Dunaway, Alan Alda
  • Eye of the Cat, starring Michael Sarrazin, Gayle Hunnicutt, Eleanor Parker
F
  • Fellini Satyricon, directed by Federico Fellini - (Italy)
  • Flashback, directed by Raffaele Andreassi - (Italy)
  • Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, directed by Terence Fisher, starring Peter Cushing - (U.K.)
  • Funeral Parade of Roses (Bara no Sōretsu), by Toshio Matsumoto - (Japan)
G
  • Gaily, Gaily, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Beau Bridges, Melina Mercouri, George Kennedy, Margot Kidder
  • A Gentle Woman (Une femme douce), directed by Robert Bresson, starring Dominique Sanda - (France)
  • Goodbye, Columbus, starring Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark
  • Goyokin, directed by Hideo Gosha - (Japan)
  • The Grasshopper, directed by Jerry Paris, starring Jacqueline Bisset and Jim Brown
  • The Great Love (Le grand amour) - (France)
  • The Gypsy Moths, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Gene Hackman, Bonnie Bedelia
H
  • Hamlet, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Nicol Williamson, Marianne Faithfull, Anthony Hopkins - (U.K.)
  • Handcuffs (Lisice) - (Yugoslavia)
  • Hannibal Brooks, starring Oliver Reed
  • Hello, Dolly!, directed by Gene Kelly, starring Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford
  • Hello Down There, starring Tony Randall, Janet Leigh, Jim Backus, Charlotte Rae, Ken Berry
  • Honeycomb (La madriguera), directed by Carlos Saura, starring Geraldine Chaplin - (Spain)
  • Hook, Line & Sinker, starring Jerry Lewis and Peter Lawford
  • How to Commit Marriage, starring Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, Jane Wyman, Tina Louise, Maureen Arthur
I
  • If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, starring Suzanne Pleshette and Ian McShane
  • I'm an Elephant, Madame (Ich bin ein Elefant, Madame) - (West Germany)
  • The Italian Job, directed by Peter Collinson, starring Michael Caine and Noël Coward - (U.K.)
  • It's Tough Being a Man (Otoko wa tsurai yo) - (Japan)
  • Ittefaq, starring Rajesh Khanna - (India)
J
  • Jackal of Nahueltoro (El Chacal de Nahueltoro) - (Chile)
  • John and Mary, starring Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow
K
  • Katrina - (South Africa)
  • Katzelmacher, directed by and starring Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Hanna Schygulla - (West Germany)
  • Kes, directed by Ken Loach - (U.K.)
  • Khamoshi (Silence) - (India)
L
  • The Land (Al-ard), directed by Youssef Chahine - (Egypt)
  • La Piscine, aka The Swimming Pool, starring Alain Delon and Romy Schneider - (France)
  • Larks on a String (Skřivánci na niti), directed by Jiří Menzel - (Czechoslovakia) - banned until 1990
  • Last Summer, starring Barbara Hershey, Richard Thomas, Bruce Davison, Catherine Burns
  • Laughter in the Dark (La Chambre obscure), directed by Tony Richardson, starring Nicol Williamson and Anna Karina - (France/U.K.)
  • The Learning Tree, directed by Gordon Parks
  • Lock Up Your Daughters, starring Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Glynis Johns
  • Lost Flight, starring Anne Francis, Lloyd Bridges, Billy Dee Williams
  • The Love God?, directed by Nat Hiken, starring Don Knotts, Anne Francis, Maureen Arthur
  • Love Is Colder Than Death (Liebe — kälter als der Tod), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (West Germany)
M
  • Machine Gun McCain, starring John Cassavetes and Peter Falk
  • Macunaíma - (Brazil)
  • The Madwoman of Chaillot, starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, Yul Brynner, Charles Boyer, John Gavin, Danny Kaye
  • The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Raquel Welch - (U.K.)
  • Marlowe, directed by Paul Bogart, starring James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Rita Moreno, Carroll O'Connor, Bruce Lee
  • Marooned, directed by John Sturges, starring Gregory Peck, David Janssen, Richard Crenna, James Franciscus, Gene Hackman
  • Medea, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, starring Maria Callas - (Italy/France/West Germany)
  • Medium Cool, directed by Haskell Wexler, starring Robert Forster
  • Midas Run, starring Richard Crenna, Anne Heywood, Fred Astaire
  • Midnight Cowboy, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman
  • The Milky Way (La Voie Lactée), directed by Luis Buñuel - (France/Italy/West Germany)
  • Mississippi Mermaid (La sirène du Mississipi), directed by François Truffaut, starring Catherine Deneuve and Jean-Paul Belmondo - (France)
  • Mon oncle Benjamin (My Uncle Benjamin) - (France)
  • Monsieur Hawarden - (Belgium/Netherlands)
  • Monte Carlo or Bust, aka Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies, starring Tony Curtis, Peter Sellers and Dudley Moore - (U.K./France/Italy)
  • Mosquito Squadron, starring David McCallum - (U.K.)
  • My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud), directed by Éric Rohmer - (France)
N
  • Number One, starring Charlton Heston, Jessica Walter, Bruce Dern
O
  • Oh! What a Lovely War, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Mills - (U.K.)
  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service, starring George Lazenby (as James Bond), with Diana Rigg and Telly Savalas - (U.K.)
P
  • Paint Your Wagon, directed by Joshua Logan, starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, with songs by Lerner and Loewe
  • The Passion of Anna, directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson - (Sweden)
  • Pigsty (Porcile), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini - (Italy)
  • La Piscine (The Swimming Pool), starring Alain Delon and Romy Schneider - (France)
  • Play Dirty, starring Michael Caine - (U.K.)
  • Popi, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Alan Arkin and Rita Moreno
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, directed by Ronald Neame, starring Maggie Smith (Academy Award winner) - (U.K.)
  • The Promise, starring John Castle and Ian McKellen - (U.K.)
  • Putney Swope, directed by Robert Downey Sr.
Q
  • A Quiet Place in the Country (Un tranquillo posto di campagna), starring Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave - (Italy/France)
R
  • The Rain People, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring James Caan, Robert Duvall, Shirley Knight
  • Rani Radovi (Early Years) - Golden Bear winner - (Yugoslavia)
  • Rascal, starring Bill Mumy and Steve Forrest
  • The Red Tent (Krasnaya palatka) - (U.S.S.R./Italy/U.K.)
  • The Reivers, starring Steve McQueen
  • La residencia (The Boarding School), starring Lilli Palmer - (Spain)
  • Rider on the Rain (Le Passager de la pluie), directed by René Clément, starring Charles Bronson and Marlène Jobert - (France)
  • Ring of Bright Water, starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna - (U.K.)
  • Riot, starring Jim Brown and Gene Hackman
  • The Royal Hunt of the Sun, starring Robert Shaw and Christopher Plummer - (U.K./U.S.)
S
  • Sabata, starring Lee Van Cleef - (Italy)
  • Sam Whiskey, starring Burt Reynolds and Angie Dickinson
  • Satyakam, starring Dharmendra and Ashok Kumar - (India)
  • The Secret of Santa Vittoria, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Anthony Quinn and Anna Magnani - Golden Globe for best comedy film
  • The Sicilian Clan (Le Clan des Siciliens), starring Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura - (France)
  • Sinful Davey, directed by John Huston, starring John Hurt
  • Some Girls Do, starring Richard Johnson and Daliah Lavi
  • Some Kind of a Nut, starring Dick Van Dyke, Rosemary Forsyth, Angie Dickinson
  • The Southern Star, starring George Segal, Orson Welles, Ursula Andress
  • Staircase, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Rex Harrison and Richard Burton
  • The Sterile Cuckoo, starring Liza Minnelli
  • Stiletto, starring Alex Cord, Britt Ekland, Joseph Wiseman, Patrick O'Neal
  • Support Your Local Sheriff!, starring James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, Harry Morgan
  • Sweet Charity, directed by Bob Fosse, starring Shirley MacLaine
T
  • Take the Money and Run, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Janet Margolin
  • A Talent for Loving, directed by Richard Quine, starring Richard Widmark, Cesar Romero, Topol, Fran Jeffries
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Jane Fonda, Gig Young, Michael Sarrazin, Red Buttons
  • Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, starring Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Robert Blake
  • This Man Must Die (Que la bête meure), directed by Claude Chabrol - (France/Italy)
  • Three Into Two Won't Go, starring Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Peggy Ashcroft
  • Till Death Us Do Part, starring Warren Mitchell and Dandy Nichols - (U.K.)
  • A Time for Dying, starring Audie Murphy and Anne Randall
  • Topaz, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Frederick Stafford, John Forsythe, John Vernon, Roscoe Lee Browne
  • The Trouble with Girls, directed by Peter Tewksbury, starring Elvis Presley, Vincent Price, Dabney Coleman, Sheree North
  • True Grit, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell, Jeff Corey, Robert Duvall
U
  • Ultraman, Ultraseven: Great Violent Monster Fight - (Japan)
  • The Undefeated, starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson
  • The Unfaithful Wife (La Femme infidèle), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Stéphane Audran - (France)
V
  • The Valley of Gwangi, starring James Franciscus and Gila Golan
  • Viva Max!, directed by Jerry Paris, starring Peter Ustinov, Pamela Tiffin, John Astin, Jonathan Winters
W
  • What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?, starring Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth
  • Where's Jack?, starring Stanley Baker and Tommy Steele - (U.K.)
  • White Sun of the Desert (Beloye solntse pustyni) - (U.S.S.R.)
  • The Wild Bunch, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Jaime Sánchez
  • Winning, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Richard Thomas, Robert Wagner
  • The Witness (A tanu) - (Hungary)
  • Women in Love, directed by Ken Russell, starring Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson - (U.K.)
  • The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots (Nagagutsu o Haita Neko) - (Japan)
  • The Wrecking Crew, starring Dean Martin (as Matt Helm), Elke Sommer, Nancy Kwan, Tina Louise, Sharon Tate
Y
  • Young Billy Young, starring Robert Mitchum and Angie Dickinson
Z
  • Z, directed by Costa Gavras, starring Yves Montand and Irene Pappas - (France/Algeria)

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