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Reflections in a Golden Eye (film)
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) is John Huston's film of Carson McCullers's 1941 novel, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, and Julie Harris as officers and spouses on a Georgia army post; shot in a distinctive sepia-golden Technicolor, it flopped on release and was later reappraised as Southern Gothic.
Samurai Rebellion (上意討ち 拝領妻始末)
Samurai Rebellion (上意討ち 拝領妻始末, Joi-uchi: Hairyo tsuma shimatsu) is Masaki Kobayashi's 1967 black-and-white Toho jidaigeki starring Toshiro Mifune as samurai Isaburo Sasahara, who defies his clan lord to protect his son's marriage to Lady Ichi; FIPRESCI Prize winner at Venice 1967.
Secret Ceremony
Secret Ceremony (1968) is a Joseph Losey psychological drama, scripted by George Tabori from Marco Denevi's novella Ceremonia secreta, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow, and Robert Mitchum in a surrogate mother-daughter story set in a Kensington art nouveau mansion.
Terra em Transe
Terra em Transe (Land in Anguish) is a 1967 Brazilian Cinema Novo drama written and directed by Glauber Rocha, set in fictional Eldorado, starring Jardel Filho, Paulo Autran, and José Lewgoy, winner of the Cannes critics' prize and censored by the military dictatorship.
The Arrangement (1969 film)
The Arrangement (1969) is Elia Kazan's drama, adapted from his own novel, starring Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway, and Deborah Kerr; a Los Angeles adman's breakdown and suicide attempt, a critical and box-office failure.
The Assassin (大刺客) (1967 film)
The Assassin (大刺客, Da Ci Ke) is Chang Cheh's 1967 Shaw Brothers wuxia film starring Jimmy Wang Yu as the assassin Nie Zheng, adapted from Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian and shot during the 1967 Hong Kong riots.
The Chase (1966 film)
The Chase (1966) is an Arthur Penn drama, scripted by Lillian Hellman from Horton Foote's play and novel, produced by Sam Spiegel, starring Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, and Robert Redford in a Texas mob-justice story.
The Comedians
The Comedians is a 1967 MGM political drama directed by Peter Glenville from Graham Greene's novel, starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, and Alec Guinness in Duvalier's Haiti, filmed in Dahomey and released 31 October 1967.
The Cow (گاو)
The Cow (گاو, Gāv) is Dariush Mehrjui's 1969 Iranian New Wave drama, adapted from Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi, in which farmer Mash Hassan (Ezzatollah Entezami) goes mad when his cow dies; banned at home, it won the FIPRESCI Prize at Venice 1971.
The Fixer
The Fixer (1968) is John Frankenheimer's drama adapted by Dalton Trumbo from Bernard Malamud's Pulitzer Prize novel, starring Alan Bates as Yakov Bok, a Jewish handyman wrongly imprisoned in Czarist Russia on ritual-murder charges based on the Mendel Beilis case.
The Fox (1967 film)
The Fox (1967) is a Canadian drama directed by Mark Rydell, adapted from D.H. Lawrence's 1922 novella, starring Sandy Dennis, Anne Heywood, and Keir Dullea. Released February 1968, it won a Golden Globe and earned an Oscar nomination for Lalo Schifrin's score.
The Group
The Group is Sidney Lumet's 1966 American ensemble drama, adapted by Sidney Buchman from Mary McCarthy's 1963 novel, following eight Vassar class of 1933 graduates from 1933 to 1940; 150 minutes, starring Candice Bergen, Shirley Knight, and Joan Hackett.
The Hunt (1966 film)
The Hunt (La caza) is Carlos Saura's 1966 Spanish black-and-white drama in which three Civil War veterans and a young companion on a rabbit hunt turn on each other; it won the 1966 Berlin Silver Bear for Best Director.
The Lost Man
The Lost Man (1969) is an American crime drama, Robert Alan Aurthur's only film as director, loosely adapted from F.L. Green's novel Odd Man Out, starring Sidney Poitier as militant Jason Higgs and Joanna Shimkus, with a Quincy Jones score.
The Passion of Anna
The Passion of Anna (En passion) is Ingmar Bergman's 1969 Swedish color drama, third of his Fårö island trilogy with Hour of the Wolf and Shame, starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann, with documentary-style actor interviews and an animal-killer subplot.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a 1969 British drama directed by Ronald Neame, adapted by Jay Presson Allen from her play based on Muriel Spark's 1961 novel. Maggie Smith won the Best Actress Oscar as an unconventional 1930s Edinburgh schoolteacher; the film also won BAFTAs and a Golden Globe for the song "Jean."
The Shoes of the Fisherman (film)
The Shoes of the Fisherman is a 1968 MGM drama directed by Michael Anderson, adapted from Morris West's novel, starring Anthony Quinn as Kiril Lakota, a Siberia-released archbishop who becomes the first non-Italian pope in 400 years.
The Swimmer (1968 film)
The Swimmer (1968) is Frank Perry's drama adapting John Cheever's New Yorker story, starring Burt Lancaster as Ned Merrill, who swims home pool by pool through suburban Connecticut; a troubled production and box-office flop later reappraised.
The Sword of Doom (大菩薩峠)
The Sword of Doom (大菩薩峠, Daibosatsu Toge) is Kihachi Okamoto's 1966 Toho samurai film, the fifth adaptation of Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished novel, starring Tatsuya Nakadai as the nihilistic swordsman Ryunosuke Tsukue, released 25 February 1966.
The Trace of Stones
Trace of Stones (Spur der Steine) is Frank Beyer's 1966 DEFA film after Erik Neutsch's novel, starring Manfred Krug as foreman Hannes Balla; banned days after its June 1966 premiere after the SED's 11th Plenum, it was re-released in November 1989.
The Trip (1967 film)
The Trip is a 1967 Roger Corman psychedelic drama, written by Jack Nicholson, starring Peter Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Bruce Dern, and Dennis Hopper, about a TV commercial director's first LSD trip; a box-office hit refused a BBFC certificate and a precursor to Easy Rider.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a 1969 Sydney Pollack drama adapted from Horace McCoy's 1935 novel, starring Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, and Oscar winner Gig Young in a Depression-era dance marathon story.
To Sir, with Love
To Sir, with Love: 1967 James Clavell drama starring Sidney Poitier as engineer-turned-teacher Mark Thackeray in London's East End, based on E. R. Braithwaite's 1959 novel; Lulu's title song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks.
Two or Three Things I Know About Her
Two or Three Things I Know About Her (Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle) is Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 French essay film starring Marina Vlady as Juliette Janson, a Paris housewife doing occasional prostitution; 'her' also means Paris, and it was shot mornings alongside Made in U.S.A.
Uptight
Uptight (Up Tight!), 1968 American drama by blacklisted director Jules Dassin; all-Black remake of Ford's The Informer set in Cleveland after MLK's assassination; Paramount; box-office failure; Booker T. Jones score.
Valley of the Dolls (film)
Valley of the Dolls (1967 film), Mark Robson's 20th Century-Fox adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's novel, starring Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, and Sharon Tate; a critical flop that grossed $20 million and became a cult classic.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Mike Nichols's directorial debut, adapts Edward Albee's play with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton; 13 Oscar nominations, 5 wins, and the first adults-only label that helped end the Hays Code.
Who's That Knocking at My Door
Who's That Knocking at My Door (originally I Call First) is Martin Scorsese's 1960s independent feature debut, starring Harvey Keitel as J.R., an Italian-American New Yorker unable to accept his girlfriend's past; released 1969 after a four-year, stop-start production.
Wings (Крылья) (1966 film)
Wings (Крылья, Krylya) is a 1966 Mosfilm drama directed by Larisa Shepitko, starring Maya Bulgakova as a former WWII fighter pilot unable to adjust to peacetime; screenplay by Ezhov and Ryazantseva, 85 minutes, restored in 2024.
Woman in the Lake
Woman in the Lake (女のみづうみ, Onna no mizumi, also Woman of the Lake) is Yoshishige Yoshida's 1966 Japanese psychological drama starring Mariko Okada, freely adapted from Kawabata's novel The Lake and the first Gendai Eigasha production.