1969 in film

The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and Midnight Cowboy, a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1969 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1969
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 20th Century $29,200,000[1]
2 The Love Bug Buena Vista $21,000,000[1]
3 Midnight Cowboy United Artists $20,500,000[2]
4 Easy Rider Columbia $16,900,000[1]
5 Hello, Dolly! 20th Century $15,000,000[1]
6 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Columbia $14,600,000[1]
7 Paint Your Wagon Paramount $14,500,000[1]
8 True Grit $14,300,000[1]
9 Cactus Flower Columbia $11,900,000[1]
10 Goodbye, Columbus Paramount $10,500,000[1]

Events

Awards

Category/Organization27th Golden Globe Awards
February 2, 1970
23rd BAFTA Awards
March 8, 1970
42nd Academy Awards
April 7, 1970
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmAnne of the Thousand DaysThe Secret of Santa VittoriaMidnight Cowboy
Best DirectorCharles Jarrott
Anne of the Thousand Days
John Schlesinger
Midnight Cowboy
Best ActorJohn Wayne
True Grit
Peter O'Toole
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Dustin Hoffman
John and Mary / Midnight Cowboy
John Wayne
True Grit
Best ActressGenevieve Bujold
Anne of the Thousand Days
Patty Duke
Me, Natalie
Maggie Smith
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Best Supporting ActorGig Young
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Laurence Olivier
Oh! What a Lovely War
Gig Young
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Best Supporting ActressGoldie Hawn
Cactus Flower
Celia Johnson
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Goldie Hawn
Cactus Flower
Best Screenplay, AdaptedBridget Boland, John Hale and Richard Sokolove
Anne of the Thousand Days
Waldo Salt
Midnight Cowboy
Waldo Salt
Midnight Cowboy
Best Screenplay, OriginalWilliam Goldman
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Best Original ScoreBurt Bacharach
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
N/ABurt Bacharach
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman
Hello, Dolly!
Best Original Song"Jean"
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
N/A"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Best Foreign Language FilmZN/AZ

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

If...., directed by Lindsay Anderson, United Kingdom

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Rani Radovi (Early Works), directed by Želimir Žilnik, Yugoslavia

Films released in 1969

Note: U.S. releases unless stated.

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Notable films released in 1969

Note: U.S. releases unless stated.

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References

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  2. Top 20 Films of 1969 by Domestic Revenue
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