The year 1964 in film involved some significant events.
Events[edit][]
Top grossing films (U.S.)[edit][]
Rank
|
Title
|
Studio
|
Actors
|
Gross
|
1.
|
Goldfinger*
|
United Artists
|
Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman, and Harold Sakata
|
$124,900,000[1]
|
Mary Poppins*
|
2.
|
Mary Poppins*
|
Disney
|
Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke
|
$102,272,727[2]
|
3.
|
My Fair Lady*
|
Warner Bros.
|
Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison
|
$72,000,000[3]
|
4.
|
The Carpetbaggers
|
Paramount
|
George Peppard, Carroll Baker, and Alan Ladd
|
$28,409,547[4]
|
5.
|
From Russia with Love
|
United Artists
|
Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Robert Shaw
|
$24,796,765[5]
|
6.
|
A Fistful of Dollars
|
United Artists
|
Clint Eastwood and Marianne Koch
|
$14,500,000[6]
|
7.
|
Father Goose
|
Universal International
|
Cary Grant and Leslie Caron
|
$12,500,000[7]
|
8.
|
A Shot in the Dark
|
United Artists
|
Peter Sellers and Elke Sommer
|
$12,368,234[8]
|
9.
|
A Hard Day's Night
|
United Artists
|
The Beatles
|
$12,299,668[9]
|
10.
|
The Night of the Iguana
|
MGM
|
Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, and Deborah Kerr
|
$12,000,000[10]
|
11.
|
What a Way to Go!
|
Fox
|
Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, and Dean Martin
|
$11,180,531[11]
|
12.
|
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
|
MGM
|
Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, and Ed Begley
|
$11,070,559[12]
|
13.
|
The Pink Panther
|
United Artists
|
Peter Sellers, David Niven, and Robert Wagner
|
$10,878,107[13]
|
14.
|
Viva Las Vegas
|
MGM
|
Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret
|
$9,442,967[14]
|
15.
|
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
|
Columbia
|
Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, and Tracy Reed
|
$9,440,272[15]
|
16.
|
Becket
|
Paramount
|
Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole
|
$9,164,370[16]
|
17.
|
Send Me No Flowers
|
Universal International
|
Rock Hudson and Doris Day
|
$9,129,247[17]
|
18.
|
Good Neighbor Sam
|
Columbia
|
Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, and Edward G. Robinson
|
$9,072,726[18]
|
19.
|
Zorba the Greek
|
Fox
|
Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, and Irene Papas
|
$9,000,000[19]
|
20.
|
Sex and the Single Girl
|
Warner Bros.
|
Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, and Henry Fonda
|
$8,000,000[20]
|
21.
|
Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
|
Fox
|
Joseph Cotten, Bette Davis, and Olivia de Havilland
|
$8,000,000[21]
|
22.
|
Marnie
|
Universal International
|
Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery
|
$7,000,000[22]
|
23.
|
Topkapi
|
United Artists
|
Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, and Maximilian Schell
|
$7,000,000[23]
|
24.
|
Man's Favorite Sport?
|
Universal International
|
Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss, and Maria Perschy
|
$6,000,000[24]
|
25.
|
Kiss Me, Stupid
|
Lopert
|
Dean Martin and Kim Novak
|
$5,000,000
|
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
Awards[edit][]
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: My Fair Lady - Warner Bros.
- Best Director: George Cukor - My Fair Lady
- Best Actor: Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
- Best Actress: Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins
- Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov - Topkapi
- Best Supporting Actress: Lila Kedrova - Zorba the Greek
- Best Foreign Language Film: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Becket
- Best Actor: Peter O'Toole - Becket
- Best Actress: Anne Bancroft - The Pumpkin Eater
- Best Supporting Actress: Agnes Moorehead - Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: My Fair Lady
- Best Actor: Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
- Best Actress: Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins
- Other
- Best Director: George Cukor - My Fair Lady
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), directed by Jacques Demy, France
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Il deserto rosso (The Red Desert), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Susuz Yaz (Dry Summer), directed by Ismail Metin, Turkey
Notable films released in 1964[]
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Woman in the Dunes
Onibaba (film)
Welcome, or No Trespassing
A Fistful of Dollars
Kwaidan
Dog Star Man
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (film)
Fail-Safe (1964 film)
The Pawnbroker (film)
Bande à part (film)
The Night of the Iguana (film)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The Train
Goldfinger (film)
A Hard Day's Night
Blood and Black Lace
Gertrud
A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)
Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
The Masque of the Red Death (film)
A Married Woman
Diary of a Chambermaid
La Danza Macabra
Three Outlaw Samurai
The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)
Marnie (film)
The Killers (1964 film)
Kiss Me, Stupid
Lemonade Joe
Scorpio Rising
The Tomb of Ligeia
My Fair Lady (film)
Strait-Jacket
Mary Poppins (film)
The Gorgon
Topkapi (film)
Black Sun (1964 film)
Before the Revolution
The Ape Woman
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Dog Star Man: Part 4
Les temps morts
Dog Star Man: Part 3
The Last Trick
The Fall of the Roman Empire (film)
The Long Hair of Death
The Flesh Eaters (film)
Sex and the Single Girl (film)
All These Women
Loving Couples (1964 film)
Aos
Carry On Cleo
The Thrill Killers
The Cool World (film)
Angélique, Marquise des Anges
Of Human Bondage (1964 film)
Sin in the Suburbs
Pehlivan
Meat Joy
The Strangler
Empire (1964 film)
Devil Doll (film)
Byzance
All About Loving
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies
Old Shatterhand (film)
La Ronde (1964 film)