1970 in film

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The year 1970 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1970 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1970
Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic rentals
1	Love Story	Paramount	$50,000,000[1]
2	Airport	Universal	$44,500,000[1]
3	MASH*	Fox	$30,000,000[1]
4	Patton	Fox	$27,000,000[1]
5	Woodstock	Warner Bros.	$16,400,000[2]
6	Little Big Man	National General Pictures	$15,000,000[1]
7	Tora! Tora! Tora!	Fox	$13,700,000[1]
8	Ryan's Daughter	MGM	$13,400,000[1]
9	Catch-22	Paramount	$12,300,000[1]
10	The Owl and the Pussycat	Columbia	$11,500,000[1]

Events

January 9 – Larry Fine, the second member of The Three Stooges, suffers a massive stroke, effectively ending his career.
February 11 – The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, premieres in New York City. The film's soundtrack album, including Badfinger's "Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney), is released on Apple Records.
March 12 – Film debut of Ornella Muti in La moglie più bella (The Most Beautiful Wife) 3 days after her 15th birthday.[3]
March 17 – The controversial film The Boys in the Band, directed by William Friedkin and based on Mart Crowley's hit off-Broadway play, opens in theaters.
October 24 – Joan Crawford's final film, the low-budget horror picture Trog, opens in theaters.
December 1 – Yousuf Khan Sher Bano is the first Pashto film released.
December 14 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono film Up Your Legs Forever with 367 participants in New York City.[4]
The IMAX motion picture projection system premieres at the Fuji Pavilion, at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan.
In Culver City, California, MGM begins selling off its studio back lot property and movie props.

Awards

Category/Organization	28th Golden Globe Awards February 5, 1971		24th BAFTA Awards March 4, 1971	43rd Academy Awards April 15, 1971
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	24th BAFTA Awards March 4, 1971	43rd Academy Awards April 15, 1971
Best Film	Love Story	MASH*	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Patton
Best Director	Arthur Hiller Love Story		George Roy Hill Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Franklin J. Schaffner Patton
Best Actor	George C. Scott Patton	Albert Finney Scrooge	Robert Redford Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Downhill Racer Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here	George C. Scott Patton
Best Actress	Ali MacGraw Love Story	Carrie Snodgress Diary of a Mad Housewife	Katharine Ross Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here	Glenda Jackson Women in Love
Best Supporting Actor	John Mills Ryan's Daughter		Colin Welland Kes	John Mills Ryan's Daughter
Best Supporting Actress	Karen Black Five Easy Pieces Maureen Stapleton Airport		Susannah York They Shoot Horses, Don't They?	Helen Hayes Airport
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Erich Segal Love Story		William Goldman Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Ring Lardner Jr. MASH*
Best Screenplay, Original	Erich Segal Love Story		William Goldman Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North Patton
Best Original Score	Francis Lai Love Story		N/A	Francis Lai Love Story The Beatles Let It Be
Best Original Song	"Whistling Away The Dark" Darling Lili		N/A	"For All We Know" Lovers and Other Strangers
Best Foreign Language Film	Rider on the Rain		N/A	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Cannes Film Festival (Palme d'Or):

M*A*S*H, directed by Robert Altman, United States

Notable films released in 1970

United States unless stated

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7 Plus Seven, a TV documentary directed by Michael Apted - (U.K.)

U

Ucho (The Ear) - (Czechoslovakia)
La última aventura del Zorro
Up in the Cellar, starring Joan Collins and Larry Hagman

V

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Valerie a týden divů) - (Czechoslovakia)
The Vampire Lovers, starring Peter Cushing - (U.K.)
Virgo, directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar, starring Salah Zulfikar, Nahed Sherif, Adel Emam - (Egypt)
Vengeance (Bao chou) - (Hong Kong)

W

A Walk in the Spring Rain, starring Anthony Quinn and Ingrid Bergman
The Wandering Swordsman (You xia er), directed by Chang Cheh - (Hong Kong)
Waterloo, directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, starring Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles - (U.S.S.R./Italy)
Weekend With the Babysitter starring George E Carey and Susan Romen
Where's Poppa?, directed by Carl Reiner, starring George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman
Which Way to the Front?, directed by and starring Jerry Lewis
White Sun of the Desert (Beloye solntse pustyni) - (USSR)
Whale (Kit), directed by Petar B. Vasilev, starring Georgi Kaloyanchev, Dimitar Panov, Georgi Partsalev - (Bulgaria)
The Window - starring Behrouz Vossoughi and Googoosh - Iran
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (Warum läuft Herr R. Amok?), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (West Germany)
The Wild Child (L'Enfant sauvage), directed by François Truffaut - (France)
Wood Pigeon (Toghi) - directed by Ali Hatami (Iran)
Woodstock, a musical documentary featuring Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Santana and others
WUSA, starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

Z

Zabriskie Point, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
Zig Zag, starring George Kennedy, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson

1970 Wide-release movies

January–March


Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J A N U A R Y	1	Scream and Scream Again	American International Pictures / Amicus Productions	Gordon Hessler (director); Christopher Wicking (screenplay); Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alfred Marks, Judy Huxtable, Michael Gothard, Anthony Newlands, Kenneth Benda, Uta Levka, Yutte Stensgaard, Julian Holloway, Peter Sallis, Clifford Earl, Nigel Lambert, Amen Corner, David Lodge, Gertan Klauber, Christopher Matthews, Marshall Jones, Judi Bloom, Edgar D. Davies, Rosalind Elliot, Olga Linden, Joe Wadham	Horror	Live Action
	2	Jenny	Cinerama Releasing Corporation / ABC Pictures / Palomar Pictures	George Bloomfield (director/screenplay); Martin Lavut (screenplay); Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Marian Hailey, Phil Bruns, Charlotte Rae, Vincent Gardenia, Elizabeth Wilson, Stephen Strimpell, Fred Willard, Michael Mislove	Drama	Live Action
	6	The Adventures of Gerard	United Artists	Jerzy Skolimowski (director/screenplay); Arthur Conan Doyle, H.A.L. Craig, Gene Gutowski, Charles Wood (screenplay); Peter McEnery, Claudia Cardinale, Eli Wallach, Jack Hawkins, Mark Burns, Norman Rossington, John Neville, Paolo Stoppa, Ivan Desny, Leopoldo Trieste, Solvi Stubing	Adventure, Comedy	Live Action
	9	...tick...tick...tick...	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Ralph Nelson (director); James Lee Barrett (screenplay); Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredric March, Lynn Carlin, Don Stroud, Janet MacLachlan, Richard Elkins, Clifton James, Bob Random, Mills Watson, Bernie Casey, Anthony James, Dub Taylor, Ernest Anderson, Karl Swenson	Crime, Drama	Live Action
	14	Last of the Mobile Hot Shots	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts	Sidney Lumet (director); Gore Vidal (screenplay); James Coburn, Lynn Redgrave, Robert Hooks, Perry Hayes, Reggie King	Drama	Live Action
	14	The Dunwich Horror	American International Pictures / Alta Vista Productions	Daniel Haller (director); Curtis Hanson, Henry Rosenbaum, Ronald Silkosky (screenplay); Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley, Lloyd Bochner, Sam Jaffe, Talia Shire, Michael Fox, Jason Wingreen, Barboura Morris, Beach Dickerson, Donna Baccala, Joanna Moore Jordan, Jack Pierce	Horror	Live Action
	16	Days and Nights in the Forest (India)		Satyajit Ray (director/screenplay); Soumitra Chatterjee, Subhendu Chatterjee, Samit Bhanja, Rabi Ghosh, Pahari Sanyal, Sharmila Tagore, Kaberi Bose, Simi Garewal, Aparna Sen	Adventure, Drama	Live Action
	21	The Only Game in Town	20th Century Fox	George Stevens (director); Frank D. Gilroy (screenplay); Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Beatty, Hank Henry, Charles Braswell	Romance, Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	21	Rider on the Rain (France)	Avco-Embassy	René Clément (director); Sébastien Japrisot (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Marlène Jobert, Gabriele Tinti, Annie Cordy, Corinne Marchand, Jill Ireland, Jean Piat, Jean Gaven, Marika Green, Marcel Pérès, Ellen Bahl, Marc Mazza	Mystery, Thriller	Live Action
	25	MASH*	20th Century Fox / Aspen Productions / Ingo Preminger Productions	Robert Altman (director); Ring Lardner Jr. (screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, Roger Bowen, René Auberjonois, David Arkin, Jo Ann Pflug, John Schuck, Carl Gottlieb, Danny Goldman, Corey Fischer, Indus Arthur, Dawne Damon, Tamara Horrocks, Gary Burghoff, Ken Prymus, Fred Williamson, Michael Murphy, Timothy Brown, Bud Cort, G. Wood, Kim Atwood, Dale Ishimoto, Bobby Troup, Marvin Miller, Ben Davidson	Black Comedy, War	Live Action
	28	The Molly Maguires	Paramount Pictures	Martin Ritt (director); Walter Bernstein (screenplay); Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar, Frank Finlay, Anthony Zerbe, Bethel Leslie, Art Lund, Philip Bourneuf, John Alderson, Frances Heflin, Malachy McCourt, Anthony Costello, Brendan Dillon	Historical, Drama	Live Action
F E B R U A R Y	1	The Kremlin Letter	20th Century Fox	John Huston (director/screenplay); Gladys Hill (screenplay); Bibi Andersson, Richard Boone, Nigel Green, Dean Jagger, Patrick O'Neal, George Sanders, Max von Sydow, Orson Welles, Barbara Parkins, Micheál MacLíammóir, Ronald Radd, Lila Kedrova, Raf Vallone, Sandor Elès, Vonetta McGee, Anthony Chinn, Niall MacGinnis, Cyril Shaps, John Huston	Crime, Drama, Thriller	Live Action
	4	The Honeymoon Killers	American International Pictures / Cinerama Releasing Corporation	Leonard Kastle (director/screenplay); Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Marilyn Chris, Doris Roberts, Barbara Cason, Mary Jane Higby, Elsa Raven, Dortha Duckworth, Kip McArdle, Mary Breen, Ann Harris, Mary Engel, Guy Sorel	Crime, Drama, Romance	Live Action
	4	Start the Revolution Without Me	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts / Norbud Productions	Bud Yorkin (director); Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman (screenplay); Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Victor Spinetti, Ewa Aulin, Helen Fraser, Rosalind Knight, Harry Fowler, Murray Melvin, Ken Parry, Maxwell Shaw, Jacques Maury, Graham Stark, Barry Lowe, George A. Cooper, Michael Rothwell, Denise Coffey, Orson Welles, Walker Edmiston	Comedy, History	Live Action
	5	Patton	20th Century Fox	Franklin J. Schaffner (director); Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North (screenplay); George C. Scott, Karl Malden, David Bauer, Edward Binns, John Doucette, Michael Strong, Peter Barkworth, Lawrence Dobkin, Paul Stevens, Morgan Paull, Stephen Young, James Edwards, Tim Considine, Michael Bates, Jack Gwillim, Gerald Flood, John Barrie, Frank Latimore, Karl Michael Vogler, Richard Münch, Siegfried Rauch	Epic, Biography, War	Live Action
	9	Zabriskie Point	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Michelangelo Antonioni (director/screenplay); Fred Gardner, Sam Shepard, Tonino Guerra, Clare Peploe (screenplay); Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Rod Taylor, Paul Fix, G.D. Spradlin, Bill Garaway, Kathleen Cleaver, The Open Theatre, Austin Willis, Harrison Ford	Drama	Live Action
	10	End of the Road	Allied Artists / Max L. Raab Productions	Aram Avakian (director/screenplay); Terry Southern, Dennis McGuire (screenplay); James Earl Jones, Stacy Keach, Dorothy Tristan, Harris Yulin, Grayson Hall, Ray Brock, John Pleshette, James Coco	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	10	The Party at Kitty and Stud's	Cinema Epoch / Italian Stallion Productions	Morton Lewis (director/screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Henrietta Holm, Jodi Van Prang, Nicholas Warren, Frank Micelli, Barbara Storm, Janet Banzet	Adult, Comedy, Drama, Romance	Live Action
	11	King of the Grizzlies	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution / Robert Lawrence Productions	Ron Kelly (director); Jack Speirs, Rod Peterson, Norman Wright (screenplay); John Yesno, Chris Wiggins, Hugh Webster, Jack Van Evera, Big Ted, Winston Hibler	Adventure	Live Action
	12	Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly	Cinerama Releasing Corporation	Freddie Francis (director); Brian Comport (screenplay); Michael Bryant, Ursula Howells, Vanessa Howard, Howard Trevor, Pat Heywood, Hugh Armstrong, Imogen Hassall	Horror, Comedy	Live Action
	19	The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Italy)	Seda Spettacoli S.p.A. / CCC Filmkunst GmbH	Dario Argento (director/screenplay); Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho, Mario Adorf, Gildo Di Marco, Fulvio Mingozzi, Werner Peters, Carla Mancini, Reggie Nalder, Renato Romano, Giuseppe Castellano, Pino Patti, Rosita Torosh, Omar Bonaro, Karen Valenti	Horror, Mystery, Thriller	Live Action
	25	Hercules in New York	RAF Industries	Arthur Allan Seidelman (director); Aubrey Wisberg (screenplay); Arnold Stang, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Deborah Loomis, James Karen, Ernest Graves, Tanny McDonald, Taina Elg, Michael Lipton, Harold Burstein, George Bartenieff, Rudy Bond, Dan Hamilton, Mark Tendler, Dennis Tinerino, Richard Herd, Tony Carroll, Aubrey Wisberg	Fantasy, Comedy	Live Action
	27	Le Boucher (France)	Cinerama Releasing Corporation	Claude Chabrol (director/screenplay); Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Roger Rudel	Thriller	Live Action
M A R C H	4	Loving	Columbia Pictures	Irvin Kershner (director); Don Devlin (screenplay); George Segal, Eva Marie Saint, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, David Doyle, Paul Sparer, Sherry Lansing, Roland Winters, Edgar Stehli, Diana Douglas, David Ford, John Fink, Ed Crowley, Roy Scheider, Sab Shimono, Betsy von Furstenberg, Nancie Phillips, Janis Young, Andrew Duncan, Calvin Holt, Mina Kolb, James Manis, Mart Hulswit, William Duffy, Irving Selbst, Martin Harvey Friedberg, Lorraine Cullen, Cheryl Bucher, Eileen O'Neill, Diane Davies	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	5	Airport	Universal Pictures / Ross Hunter Productions	George Seaton (director/screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Barry Nelson, Lloyd Nolan, Dana Wynter, Barbara Hale, Gary Collins, Jessie Royce Landis, Larry Gates, Peter Turgeon, Whit Bissell, Virginia Grey, Paul Picerni, Robert Patten, Clark Howat, Lew Brown, Lisa Gerritsen, James Nolan, Dick Winslow, Lou Wagner, Mary Jackson, Merry Anders, Michael Bell, Chuck Bowman, William Boyett, Eve Brent, Robert Brubaker, Cathleen Cordell, Nick Cravat, Reginald Fenderson, Sandra Gould, Joe Gray, Marc Hannibal, Thomas Browne Henry, Fred Holliday, William Hudson, Gordon Jump, Walter Woolf King, Robert Knapp, Celia Lovsky, Adrienne Marden, Eve McVeagh, Belle Mitchell, John Nolan, Kathleen O'Malley, Vic Perrin, Joe Ploski, Pat Priest, Quinn Redeker, George R. Robertson, Sondra Rodgers, Marion Ross, Benny Rubin, Frank J. Scannell, Susan Seaforth Hayes, Johnny Silver, Eric Sinclair, Frederick Worlock, John Findlater, Eileen Wesson, Ilana Dowding, Dee Carroll	Disaster, Action, Drama, Thriller	Live Action
	6	Skullduggery	Universal Pictures / Saul David Productions	Gordon Douglas (director); Nelson Gidding (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark, Roger C. Carmel, Paul Hubschmid, Chips Rafferty, Alexander Knox, Pat Suzuki, Edward Fox, Wilfrid Hyde-White, William Marshall, Rhys Williams, Michael St. Clair, Booker Bradshaw, James Bacon, Clarence Harris, Newt Arnold, Mike Preece, Saul David, Eddie Fuchs, Mort Marshall, John Kimberley, Gilbert Senior, Burnal "Custus" Smith, John Woodcock, Wendell Baggett, Charles Washburn	Adventure	Live Action
	17	The Boys in the Band	National General Pictures / Cinema Center Films	William Friedkin (director); Mart Crowley (screenplay); Kenneth Nelson, Leonard Frey, Cliff Gorman, Laurence Luckinbill, Frederick Combs, Keith Prentice, Robert La Tourneaux, Reuben Greene, Peter White, Maud Adams, Elaine Kaufman	Drama	Live Action
	18	The Ballad of Cable Hogue	Warner Bros.	Sam Peckinpah (director); John Crawford, Edmund Penney (screenplay); Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin, Slim Pickens, L.Q. Jones, Peter Whitney, R.G. Armstrong, Gene Evans, William Mims, Kathleen Freeman, Vaughn Taylor, Max Evans, James Anderson, Susan O'Connell, Felix Nelson, Darwin Lamb, Mary Munday, William D. Faralla, Matthew Peckinpah, Easy Pickens	Western, Comedy	Live Action
	18	The Liberation of L.B. Jones	Columbia Pictures / Liberation Company	William Wyler (director); Jesse Hill Ford, Stirling Silliphant (screenplay); Roscoe Lee Browne, Lee J. Cobb, Lee Majors, Anthony Zerbe, Lola Falana, Arch Johnson, Barbara Hershey, Yaphet Kotto, Chill Wills, Zara Cully, Fayard Nicholas, Joe Attles, Lauren Jones, Dub Taylor, Brenda Sykes, Larry D. Mann, Ray Teal, Eve McVeagh, Jack Grinnage	Neo-Noir, Crime, Drama, Romance	Live Action
	20	Carry On Up the Jungle (United Kingdom)	The Rank Organisation	Gerald Thomas (director); Talbot Rothwell (screenplay); Frankie Howerd, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Terry Scott, Kenneth Connor, Bernard Bresslaw, Jacki Piper, Valerie Leon, Nina Baden-Semper, Roy Stewart, Reuben Martin, Edwina Carroll, Danny Daniels, Yemi Ajibadi, Lincoln Webb, Heather Emmanuel, Verna Lucille MacKenzie, Valerie Moore, Cathi March, John Hamilton, Willie Jonah, Chris Konyils	Adventure, Comedy	Live Action
	21	Gamera vs. Jiger (Japan)	Daiei Film	Noriaki Yuasa (director); Niisan Takahashi (screenplay); Tsutomu Takakuwa, Kelly Burris, Katherine Murphy, Kon Ohmura, Junko Yashiro, Sanshiro Honoo, Franz Gruber, Sho Natsuki, Chico Roland	Action, Adventure, Family	Live Action
	24	Bloody Mama	American International Pictures	Roger Corman (director); Robert Thom (screenplay); Shelley Winters, Pat Hingle, Don Stroud, Diane Varsi, Bruce Dern, Clint Kimbrough, Robert De Niro, Robert Walden, Alex Nicol, Pamela Dunlap, Michael Fox, Scatman Crothers, Stacy Harris	Exploitation, Crime, Drama	Live Action
	24	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Martin Luther King Film Project / Commonwealth United Entertainment	Sidney Lumet, Joseph L. Mankiewicz (directors); Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman, Anthony Quinn, Clarence Williams III, Joanne Woodward, Ralph Abernathy, James Baldwin, Tony Bennett, Leonard Bernstein, Marlon Brando, H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, Diahann Carroll, Wilt Chamberlain, Sheriff Jim Clark, Xernona Clayton, Eugene "Bull" Connor, Bill Cosby, Sammy Davis Jr., James Garner, Dick Gregory, Al Hibbler, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jesse Jackson, Mahalia Jackson, Gunnar Jahn, Lyndon B. Johnson, Ethel Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King III, Reverend A.D. King, Bernice King, Coretta Scott King, Dexter King, Martin Luther King, Yolanda King, John Lewis, Elaine May, Eugene McCarthy, Robert Moseley, Mike Nichols, Richard Nixon, Anthony Perkins, Peter Paul & Mary, Sidney Poitier, A. Philip Randolph, Reverend Frederick Reese, Nipsey Russell, Bayard Rustin, Nina Simone, Leslie Uggams, Reverend C.T. Vivian, Paul Winfield, Reverend Andrew Young, C.C. "Jack" Owen, Governor John Patterson, Fred Lee Shuttlesworth	Documentary, Biography, History	Live Action
	25	The Adventurers	Paramount Pictures / Embassy Pictures	Lewis Gilbert (director/screenplay); Michael Hastings (screenplay); Charles Aznavour, Alan Badel, Candice Bergen, Thommy Berggren, Delia Boccardo, Ernest Borgnine, Rossano Brazzi, Olivia de Havilland, Bekim Fehmiu, Anna Moffo, Leigh Taylor-Young, Christian Roberts, Fernando Rey, Yorgo Voyagis, John Ireland, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Sydney Tafler, Yolande Donlan, Angela Scoular, Milena Vukotic, Ferdy Mayne, Katharine Balfour, Allan Cuthbertson, Zienia Merton, Roberta Haynes, Michael Balfour, Lois Maxwell, Anthony Hickox, Jacqueline Smith, Loris Loddi, Carl Eklund, Roberta Donatelli	Adventure, Drama	Live Action
	26	Woodstock	Warner Bros.	Michael Wadleigh (director); Janis Joplin, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, Country Joe & The Fish, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, John Sebastian, Sha-Na-Na, Sly & The Family Stone, Ten Years After, The Who, Jefferson Airplane	Documentary, History, Music	Live Action
	27	Young Flying Hero (Taiwan)
	31	Waterloo	Paramount Pictures	Sergei Bondarchuk (director/screenplay); H.A.L. Craig, Vittorio Bonicelli, Mario Soldati (screenplay); Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins, Virginia McKenna, Dan O'Herlihy, Serghej Zakhariadze, Ian Ogilvy, Philippe Forquet, Gianni Garko, Ivo Garrani, Charles Millot, Yevgeny Samoylov, Vladimir Druzhnikov, Gennadi Yudin, Rostislav Yankovsky, Rupert Davies, Michael Wilding, Terence Alexander, Donal Donnelly, Oleg Vidov, Veronica De Laurentiis, Willoughby Gray, Richard Heffer, John Savident, Jeffry Wickham, Andrea Checchi, Orazio Orlando, Armando Bottin, Rodolfo Lodi, Jean Louis, Boris Molchanov, Lev Polyakov, Giorgio Sciolette, Sergio Testori, Yan Yanakiyev, Charles Borromel, Peter Davies, Roger Green, Susan Wood, Andrea Esterhazy, Karl Lyepinsk	Epic, Historical, War	Live Action

April–June


Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
A P R I L	3	Count Dracula (Italy)	Warner Bros. / Variety Distribution / Filmar Compagnia Cinematografica / Fénix Cooperativa Cinematográfica / Corona Filmproduktion / Towers of London	Jesús Franco (director); Peter Welbeck (screenplay); Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom, Klaus Kinski, Frederick Williams, Maria Rohm, Soledad Miranda, Jack Taylor, Paul Müller, Jesús Puente, Franco Castellani	Horror	Live Action
	4	Gods of the Plague (West Germany)	Basis-Film-Verleih GmbH / Antiteater-X-Film GmbH	Rainer Werner Fassbinder (director/screenplay); Hanna Schygulla, Margarethe von Trotta, Harry Baer, Günther Kaufmann, Ingrid Caven, Yaak Karsunke, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Kurt Raab, Irm Hermann, Carla Egerer, Marian Seidowsky, Micha Cochina, Thomas Schieder, Peter Moland, Doris Mattes	Drama	Live Action
	8	Colossus: The Forbin Project	Universal Pictures	Joseph Sargent (director); James Bridges (screenplay); Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert, Marion Ross, Georg Stanford Brown, Willard Sage, Martin E. Brooks, Dolph Sweet, Byron Morrow, Paul Frees, James Hong, Leonid Rostoff, Alex Rodine, Sid McCoy	Sci-Fi, Thriller	Live Action
	8	The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County	Universal Pictures	Anton Leader (director); Ranald MacDougall (director/screenplay); Dan Blocker, Nanette Fabray, Jack Elam, Jim Backus, Wally Cox, Mickey Rooney, Don "Red" Barry, Hamilton Camp, Noah Beery Jr., Henry Jones, Marge Champion, Jack Cassidy, Stubby Kaye, Byron Foulger, Iron Eyes Cody, Susan Saint James, James McCallion, Ray Ballard, Raven Grey	Comedy, Western	Live Action
	9	Halls of Anger	United Artists / The Mirisch Corporation	Paul Bogart (director); John Herman Shaner, Al Ramrus (screenplay); Calvin Lockhart, Janet MacLachlan, Jeff Bridges, DeWayne Jessie, Ed Asner, John McLiam, Rob Reiner, Patricia Stich, Ta-Tanisha, Helen Kleeb, Barry Brown, James A. Watson Jr., Gary Tigerman, Paris Earle	Drama	Live Action
	22	Country Dance	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	J. Lee Thompson (director); James Kennaway (screenplay); Peter O'Toole, Susannah York, Michael Craig, Harry Andrews, Cyril Cusack, Judy Cornwell, Brian Blessed, Robert Urquhart, Jean Anderson, Helena Gloag, Mark Malicz, Lennox Milne	Drama	Live Action
	26	Chariots of the Gods (West Germany)	Terra Film	Harald Reinl (director/screenplay); Wilheim Roggersdorf (screenplay); Heinz-Detlev Bock, Klaus Kindler, Christian Marschall	Documentary	Live Action
	26	A Swedish Love Story (Sweden)	Europa Film / Coproduction Office	Roy Andersson (director/screenplay); Ann-Sofie Kylin, Rolf Sohlman, Anita Lindblom, Bertil Norström, Björn Andrésen, Lennart Tellfelt, Margreth Weivers, Arne Andersson, Maud Backéus, Verner Edberg, Tommy Nilsson, Gunnar Ossiander, Lennart Tollén	Romance, Drama	Live Action
	27	Hi, Mom!	Sigma III / West End Films	Brian De Palma (director/screenplay); Robert De Niro, Charles Durning, Jennifer Salt, Gerrit Graham, Lara Parker, Allen Garfield, Paul Bartel, Bruce D. Price, Ricky Parker, Andy Parker, Floyd L. Peterson, Paul Hirsch	Black Comedy	Live Action
	27	Zig Zag	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Richard A. Colla (director); John T. Kelley (screenplay); George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach, Steve Ihnat, William Marshall, Joe Maross, Dana Elcar, Walter Brooke, Anita O'Day, Robert Patten	Thriller, Drama	Live Action
	28	A Man Called Horse	National General Pictures / Cinema Center Films / Sandy Howard Productions	Elliot Silverstein (director); Jack DeWitt (screenplay); Richard Harris, Dame Judith Anderson, Jean Gascon, Manu Tupou, Corinna Tsopei, Dub Taylor, James Gammon, William Jordan, Eddie Little Sky, Lina Marín, Manuel Padilla Jr., Iron Eyes Cody, Tamara Garina, Sonny Skyhawk	Western	Live Action
	29	The Confession (France) / (Italy)	Paramount Pictures	Costa-Gavras (director); Jorge Semprún, Artur London (screenplay); Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Michel Vitold, Gabriele Ferzetti, Jean Bouise, Gérard Darrieu, Gilles Segal, Henri Marteau, Michel Beaune, Jacques Rispal, Michel Robin, Monique Chaumette, Marc Eyraud, William Jacques, Guy Mairesse, François Marthouret, Umberto Raho, Laszlo Szabo, Antoine Vitez, Marcel Cuvelier, Jean Lescot, Georges Aubert, Marc Bonseignour, Thierry Bosc, André Cellier, Jean-François Gobbi, Maurice Jacquemont	Drama, Thriller	Live Action
M A Y	4	The Grasshopper	National General Pictures	Jerry Paris (director); Jerry Belson, Garry Marshall (screenplay); Jacqueline Bisset, Jim Brown, Joseph Cotten, Corbett Monica, Christopher Stone, Ramon Bieri, Ed Flanders, William Callaway, Roger Garrett, William Bassett, Marc Hannibal, Penny Marshall	Drama	Live Action
	6	Equinox	Tonylyn Productions	Jack Woods (director/screenplay); Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt, Frank Boers Jr., Robin Christopher, Jack Woods, Fritz Leiber, Jim Phillips, Patrick Burke, Jim Duron, Norvelle Brooks, Irving L. Lichtenstein, Jim Danforth, Forrest J. Ackerman, Sharon Gray, Louis Clayton	Horror	Live Action
	7	Taste the Blood of Dracula	Warner Bros. / Hammer Films	Peter Sasdy (director); John Elder (screenplay); Christopher Lee, Linda Hayden, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford, Anthony Corlan, Ralph Bates, Peter Sallis, John Carson, Isla Blair, Martin Jarvis, Roy Kinnear, Michael Ripper, Russell Hunter, Shirley Jaffe, Keith Marsh, Madeline Smith, Peter May, Reginald Barratt	Horror	Live Action
	11	Leo the Last	United Artists	John Boorman (director/screenplay); Bill Stair, George Tabori (screenplay); Marcello Mastroianni, Billie Whitelaw, Keefe West, Calvin Lockhart, Glenna Forster-Jones, Graham Crowden, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Vladek Sheybal, Kenneth Warren, David de Keyser, Brinsley Forde	Drama	Live Action
	11	Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon	Paramount Pictures / Sigma Productions	Otto Preminger (director); Marjorie Kellogg (screenplay); Liza Minnelli, Ken Howard, Robert Moore, James Coco, Kay Thompson, Fred Williamson, Pete Seeger, Ben Piazza, Leonard Frey, Anne Revere, Julie Bovasso, Clarice Taylor, Angelique Pettyjohn, Wayne Tippit, Nancy Marchand, Ric O'Feldman, Lynn Milgrim, Pacific Gas & Electric	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	13	Connecting Rooms (United Kingdom)	Paramount Pictures / Hemdale	Franklin Gollings (director/screenplay); Bette Davis, Michael Redgrave, Alexis Kanner, Kay Walsh, Leo Genn, Olga Georges-Picot, Richard Wyler, Mark Jones, Gabrielle Drake, Brian Wilde, John Woodnutt	Drama	Live Action
		Getting Straight	Columbia Pictures	Richard Rush (director); Robert Kaufman (screenplay); Elliott Gould, Candice Bergen, Jeff Corey, Max Julien, Cecil Kellaway, Jon Lormer, Leonard Stone, William Bramley, Jeannie Berlin, John Rubinstein, Richard Anders, Brenda Sykes, Jenny Sullivan, Gregory Sierra, Billie Bird, Harrison Ford, Robert F. Lyons, Elizabeth Lane, Hilary Thompson, Irene Tedrow	Comedy	Live Action
		Let It Be	United Artists / Apple Films / ABKCO Industries	Michael Lindsay-Hogg (director); The Beatles	Documentary	Live Action
		My Lover, My Son	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	John Newland (director); Jenni Hall, William Marchant, Wilbur Stark (screenplay); Romy Schneider, Dennis Waterman, Donald Houston, Patricia Brake, Peter Sallis, William Dexter, Alexandra Bastedo, Janet Brown, Peter Gilmore	Drama	Live Action
	15	The Delta Factor	Continental Distributing / Medallion Television / Spillane-Fellows Productions Inc.	Tay Garnett (director/screenplay); Raoul Walsh (screenplay); Yvette Mimieux, Christopher George, Diane McBain, Ralph Taeger, Yvonne De Carlo	Adventure	Live Action
	20	Borsalino (France)	Paramount Pictures / Adel Productions / Marianne Productions / Mars Film Produzione	Jacques Deray (director/screenplay); Jean-Claude Carrière, Jean Cau, Claude Sautet (screenplay); Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Arnoldo Foà, Catherine Rouvel, Françoise Christophe, Corinne Marchand, Laura Adani, Nicole Calfan, Hélène Rémy, Mario David, Dennis Berry, Odette Piquet, Lionel Vitrant, Jean Aron, André Bollet, Pierre Koulak	Gangster, Crime, Drama	Live Action
		The Landlord	United Artists / Mirisch Company / Cartier Productions	Hal Ashby (director); Bill Gunn (screenplay); Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey, Walter Brooke, Lou Gossett, Marki Bey, Melvin Stewart, Susan Anspach, Robert Klein, Will Mackenzie, Charlie Murphy	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		One More Time	United Artists	Jerry Lewis (director); Michael Pertwee (screenplay); Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Maggie Wright, Ester Anderson, John Wood, Dudley Sutton, Percy Herbert, Anthony Nicholls, Allan Cuthbertson, Edward Evans, Leslie Sands, Glyn Owen, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Jerry Lewis	Comedy	Live Action
		Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came	Cinerama Releasing Corporation / ABC Pictures	Hy Averback (director); Hal Captain, Don McGuire (screenplay); Brian Keith, Ernest Borgnine, Suzanne Pleshette, Tony Curtis, Ivan Dixon, Tom Ewell, Bradford Dillman, Arthur O'Connell, Maxine Stuart, Pamela Britton, Don Ameche, Robert Emhardt, Christopher Mitchum, Grady Sutton	Drama, Comedy	Live Action
		Too Late the Hero	Cinerama Releasing Corporation / ABC Pictures / Associates & Aldrich Company / Palomar Pictures International	Robert Aldrich (director/screenplay); Lukas Heller (screenplay); Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ian Bannen, Harry Andrews, Ronald Fraser, Denholm Elliott, Lance Percival, Percy Herbert, Patrick Jordan, Sam Kydd, William Beckley, Harvey Jason, Don Knight, Roger Newman, Henry Fonda, Ken Takakura, Martin Horsey, Michael J. Parson, Sean MacDuff, Frank Webb	Action, Drama, War	Live Action
	21	Norwood	Paramount Pictures	Jack Haley Jr. (director); Marguerite Roberts (screenplay); Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Joe Namath, Carol Lynley, Pat Hingle, Tisha Sterling, Dom DeLuise, Jack Haley, Cass Daley, Leigh French, Meredith MacRae, Sammy Jackson, Billy Curtis, Edith Atwater, Jimmy Boyd, Virginia Capers, Merie Earle, David Huddleston, Gil Lamb	Comedy	Live Action
	26	Beneath the Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox / APJAC Productions	Ted Post (director); Paul Dehn (screenplay); James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison, Paul Richards, Victor Buono, James Gregory, Jeff Corey, Natalie Trundy, Thomas Gomez, Don Pedro Colley, David Watson, Tod Andrews, Gregory Sierra, Charlton Heston, Paul Frees, Lou Wagner, Army Archerd	Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi	Live Action
		Cotton Comes to Harlem	United Artists / Formosa Productions	Ossie Davis (director/screenplay); Arnold Perl (screenplay); Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, Redd Foxx, Emily Yancy, John Anderson, Lou Jacobi, Eugene Roche, J.D. Cannon, Helen Martin, Cleavon Little, Theodore Wilson, Leonardo Cimino, Frederick O'Neal, Don Bexley, Mabel Robinson, Dick Sabol	Neo-Noir, Action, Comedy	Live Action
		The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Leonard Horn (director); Robert T. Westbrook (screenplay); Don Johnson, Dianne Hull, Michael Greer, Holly Near, Karen Lynn Gorney, Brandon Maggart, Linda Gillin, Victoria Racimo	Drama	Live Action
		Pufnstuf	Universal Pictures / Sid and Marty Krofft Enterprises	Hollingsworth Morse (director); John Fenton Murray, Si Rose (screenplay); Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Martha Raye, Cass Elliot, Billy Barty, Jane Dulo, Jan Davis, Sharon Baird, Angelo Rossitto, Felix Silla, Johnny Silver, Van Snowden, Lou Wagner, Walker Edmiston, Joan Gerber, Al Melvin, Don Messick, Allison McKay, Princess Livingston, Joy Campbell, Roberto Gamonet, Andy Ratoucheff, Hommy Stewart, Pat Lytell, Buddy Douglas, Jon Linton, Bob Howland, Scutter McKay	Comedy, Fantasy, Musical	Live Action
	27	The Out-of-Towners	Paramount Pictures / Jalem Productions	Arthur Hiller (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Sandy Baron, Anne Meara, Robert Nichols, Ann Prentiss, Ron Carey, Philip Bruns, Graham Jarvis, Carlos Montalbán, Pepe Hern, Johnny Brown, Dolph Sweet, Jack Crowder, Jon Korkes, Robert Walden, Richard Libertini, Paul Dooley, Anthony Holland, Billy Dee Williams, A.P. Westcott, Robert King, Bob Bennett	Comedy	Live Action
	27	Watermelon Man	Columbia Pictures	Melvin Van Peebles (director); Herman Raucher (screenplay); Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, D'Urville Martin, Mantan Moreland, Kay E. Kuter, Erin Moran, Emil Sitka, Karl Lukas, Paul H. Williams, Melvin Van Peebles, Kay Kimberley, Scott Garrett, Irving Selbst	Comedy	Live Action
	28	Two Mules for Sister Sara	Universal Pictures / The Malpaso Company / Sanen Productions	Don Siegel (director); Albert Maltz (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine, Manolo Fábregas, Armando Silvestre, Enrique Lucero, David Estuardo, Ada Carrasco, Pancho Córdova, José Ángel Espinosa, Rosa Furman, Alberto Morin, John Kelly, José Chávez	Western	Live Action
J U N E	3	The Executioner	Columbia Pictures / Ameran Films	Sam Wanamaker (director); Jack Pulman (screenplay); George Peppard, Joan Collins, Judy Geeson, Oskar Homolka, Charles Gray, Nigel Patrick, Keith Michell, George Baker, Alexander Scourby, Peter Bull, Ernest Clark, Peter Dyneley, Gizela Dali, Lewis Alexander, Peter Evans, Stefan Gryff, Steve Plytas	War, Neo-Noir, Spy, Drama, Thriller	Live Action
	4	Julius Caesar	American International Pictures / Commonwealth United	Stuart Burge (director); Robert Furnival (screenplay); Charlton Heston, Jason Robards, John Gielgud, Richard Johnson, Robert Vaughn, Richard Chamberlain, Diana Rigg, Christopher Lee, Jill Bennett, André Morell, Derek Godfrey, Michael Gough, David Neal, Preston Lockwood, John Moffatt, Steven Pacey, Norman Bowler, Paul Hardwick, John Tate, Damien Thomas, Bob Keegan, Ewan Hooper, Andrew Crawford, Thomas Heathcote, Alan Browning, Christopher Cazenove, Liz Gebhardt, Laurence Harrington, Ron Pember, Roy Stewart, Michael Keating, David Leland, Yvette Rees, Michael Wynne, Ken Hutchison	Drama, History, War	Live Action
	4	The Vampire Doll (Japan)	Toho	Michio Yamamoto (director); Ei Ogawa, Hiroshi Nagano (screenplay); Kayo Matsuo, Yukiko Kobayashi, Atsuo Nakamura, Akira Nakao, Sachio Sakai, Kaku Takashina, Yoko Minazake, Jun Usami	Horror	Live Action
	10	Crimes of the Future	New Cinema Enterprises	David Cronenberg (director/screenplay); Ronald Mlodzik, Jon Lidolt, Tania Zolty, Jack Messinger, Paul Mulholland, William Haslam, William Poolman, Iain Ewing, Brian Linehan, Ray Woodley	Sci-Fi, Comedy	Live Action
		The Invincible Six	Continental Distributing / Moulin Rouge Productions	Jean Negulesco (director); Guy Elmes, Chester Erskine (screenplay); Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Curd Jürgens, James Mitchum, Ian Ogilvy, Behrouz Vossoughi, Lon Satton, Isarco Ravaioli, Pouri Banayi	Action, Adventure, Crime	Live Action
		Sleeping Beauty (re-issue)	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman, Eric Larson, Les Clark (directors); Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Ted Sears, Ralph Wright, Milt Banta (screenplay); Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Taylor Holmes, Bill Thompson, Bobby Amsberry, Candy Candido, Pinto Colvig, Hans Conried, Dallas McKennon, Marvin Miller, Helene Stanley, Ed Kemmer, Frances Bavier, Madge Blake, Spring Byington, Don Barclay, June Fowler	Fantasy, Adventure, Family	Animation
	12	The Cheyenne Social Club	National General Pictures / Cinema Center Films	Gene Kelly (director); James Lee Barrett (screenplay); James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones, Sue Ane Langdon, Elaine Devry, Jason Wingreen, Jackie Joseph, Robert Middleton, Robert J. Wilke, Dabbs Greer, Charles Tyner, Arch Johnson, Jean Willes, Carl Reindel, J. Pat O'Malley, Hal Baylor, Charlotte Stewart, Myron Healey, Red Morgan, Richard Alexander, Frank Baker, Noble "Kid" Chissell, John Dehner, Max Wagner, Dan White, Richard Collier, Jackie Russell, Sharon DeBord, Warren Kemmerling, Dick Johnstone	Western, Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	15	The Strawberry Statement	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Stuart Hagmann (director); Israel Horovitz (screenplay); Bruce Davison, Kim Darby, Bud Cort, Andrew Parks, Kristina Holland, Bob Balaban, Greta Pope, Danny Goldman, Booker Bradshaw, James Coco, James Simon Kunen, Kristin Van Buren, Murray MacLeod	Drama	Live Action
	17	Beyond the Valley of the Dolls	20th Century Fox	Russ Meyer (director); Roger Ebert (screenplay); Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, Phyllis Davis, Erica Gavin, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett, David Gurian, Edy Williams, Harrison Page, Duncan McLeod, James Iglehart, Charles Napier, Henry Rowland, Marshall Kent, The Strawberry Alarm Clock, Pam Grier, Trina Parks, Coleman Francis, Russ Meyer, Dan White	Comedy, Drama, Musical	Live Action
		The Hawaiians	United Artists / The Mirisch Company	Tom Gries (director); James R. Webb (screenplay); Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin, John Phillip Law, Alec McCowen, Mako, Miko Mayama, Naomi Stevens, Harry Townes, Khigh Dhiegh, Keye Luke, James Gregory, Lyle Bettger, Mark Le Buse, Harry Holcombe, Daniel Kaleikini Jr., James Hong, Don Knight Milton, Virginia Lee, Mary Munday, Matthew Fitzgerald, Bruce Wilson, Mailie Mccauley, Alan Naluai, Forrest Wood, Murray Staff, Galen Kam, Victor Sen Yung, Soo Young, Elizabeth Smith, Tanya Chang, George Paulsin, Jules Martin, Winston Char, Michael Leong, Randy Kim, Victor Young, Bill Fong, Chris Robinson	Historical, Adventure, Drama	Live Action
		On a Clear Day You Can See Forever	Paramount Pictures	Vincente Minnelli (director); Alan Jay Lerner (screenplay); Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart, Larry Blyden, Simon Oakland, Jack Nicholson, John Richardson, Mabel Albertson, Roy Kinnear, Pamela Brown, Irene Handl, Laurie Main, Kermit Murdock, Elaine Giftos, John Le Mesurier, Leon Ames, George Neise, Jeannie Berlin, Richard Kiel, Howard W. Koch, Judith Lowry, Paula Trueman	Musical, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy	Live Action
		A Walk in the Spring Rain	Columbia Pictures	Guy Green (director); Stirling Silliphant (screenplay); Anthony Quinn, Ingrid Bergman, Fritz Weaver, Katherine Crawford, Tom Fielding, Virginia Gregg, Mitchell Silberman	Romance, Drama	Live Action
	19	A Bullet for Pretty Boy	American International Pictures	Larry Buchanan (director); Henry Rosenbaum (screenplay); Fabian Forte, Jocelyn Lane, Adam Roarke, Astrid Warner, Michael Haynes, Robert Glenn, Anne McAdams, Jeff Alexander, Camilla Carr	Action	Live Action
	21	Catch-22	Paramount Pictures / Filmways	Mike Nichols (director); Buck Henry (screenplay); Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Jack Gilford, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, Orson Welles, Bob Balaban, Susanne Benton, Norman Fell, Charles Grodin, Austin Pendleton, Peter Bonerz, Jon Korkes, John Brent, Collin Wilcox-Horne, Phil Roth, Bruce Kirby, Jack Riley, Felice Orlandi, Marcel Dalio, Evi Maltagliati, Elizabeth Wilson, Richard Libertini, Liam Dunn, Olimpia Carlisi	Black Comedy, Drama, War	Live Action
	23	Kelly's Heroes	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Katzka-Loeb Productions / Avala Film / The Warriors Company	Brian G. Hutton (director); Troy Kennedy Martin (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland, Gavin MacLeod, Stuart Margolin, Jeff Morris, Richard Davalos, Perry Lopez, Tom Troupe, Dean Stanton, Len Lesser, David Hurst, Dee Pollock, George Savalas, Karl-Otto Alberty, Ross Elliott, Sandy Kevin, Paul Picerni, Rayford Barnes, John Landis, Joe Mantell, Yves Montand, Hal Buckley, Dick Balduzzi, Gene Collins, Fred Pearlman, Michael Clark, George Fargo, John Heller, Shepherd Sanders	War, Comedy, Drama, Adventure	Live Action
	24	Myra Breckinridge	20th Century Fox	Michael Sarne (director/screenplay); David Giler (screenplay); Raquel Welch, Rex Reed, John Huston, Mae West, Farrah Fawcett, Roger C. Carmel, George Furth, Calvin Lockhart, Jim Backus, John Carradine, Andy Devine, Grady Sutton, Kathleen Freeman, B.S. Pully, Buck Kartalian, Monte Landis, Tom Selleck, Toni Basil, Dan Hedaya, William Hopper, Roger Herren, Robert Lieb, Skip Ward	Comedy	Live Action
	24	Darling Lili	Paramount Pictures / Geoffrey Productions	Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); William Peter Blatty (screenplay); Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp, Lance Percival, Michael Witney, Jacques Marin, André Maranne, Gloria Paul, Bernard Kay, Doreen Keogh, Carl Duering, Vernon Dobtcheff, Laurie Main, Arthur Gould-Porter, Ingo Mogendorf, Yves Barsacq, Patrick Bricard, Albert Carrier, Jean Del Val, George DeNormand, Bernard La Jarrige, James Lanphier, Niall MacGinnis, Rolfe Sedan	Romance, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Spy	Live Action

July–September

July 1970
- 1 July
  - The Boatniks
  - Lost Flight
  - Ned Kelly (United Kingdom / Australia)
- 2 July
  - Goin' Down the Road
  - The Moonshine War
- 4 July
  - And Soon the Darkness (United Kingdom)
- 9 July
  - The Games
  - Which Way to the Front?
- 12 July
  - Hello-Goodbye
- 13 July
  - Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
- 15 July
  - Joe
  - The Revolutionary
- 16 July
  - Cromwell (United Kingdom)
- 18 July
  - The Man Who Haunted Himself
- 22 July
  - Something for Everyone
- 29 July
  - Chisum
- 31 July
  - Move
August 1970
- 1 August
  - The Rebel Rousers
  - Space Amoeba (Japan)
- 3 August
  - Ann and Eve (Sweden)
  - Case for a Rookie Hangman (Czechoslovakia)
  - Performance
- 6 August
  - Goodbye Gemini
- 10 August
  - Diary of a Mad Housewife
- 12 August
  - Lovers and Other Strangers
  - Soldier Blue
- 12 August
  - WUSA
- 24 August
  - House of Dark Shadows
- 26 August
  - The Breach (France) / (Italy)
  - The People Next Door
September 1970
- 1 September
  - Deep End (United Kingdom) / (West Germany)
- 2 September
  - Angel Unchained
- 3 September
  - Fragment of Fear
- 9 September
  - Bed and Board (France)
- 12 September
  - Five Easy Pieces
- 16 September
  - R. P. M.
- 17 September
  - The Brotherhood of the Bell
- 21 September
  - Crime and Punishment (U.S.S.R)
- 22 September
  - Adam at 6 A.M.
- 23 September
  - Tora! Tora! Tora!

October–December

October 1970
- 1 October
  - The Baby Maker
  - Cover Me Babe
  - How Do I Love Thee?
  - The Traveling Executioner
- 4 October
  - Trash
  - The Vampire Lovers
- 7 October
  - Monte Walsh
- 9 October
  - The American Soldier (West Germany)
- 11 October
  - The Great White Hope
- 12 October
  - The Mind of Mr. Soames
  - Girls for Mercenaries (Spain)
- 14 October
  - C.C. and Company
- 18 October
  - I Never Sang for My Father
- 20 October
  - Le Cercle Rouge (France)
  - Rabbit, Run
- 21 October
  - Little Fauss and Big Halsy
- 22 October
  - The Conformist (Italy) / (France) / (West Germany)
- 23 October
  - No Blade of Grass
- 24 October
  - Trog
- 25 October
  - When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (U.K.)
- 28 October
- 31 October
  - Dodes'ka-den (Japan)
November 1970
- 2 November
  - Three Sisters
- 3 November
  - The Owl and the Pussycat
- 5 November
  - Scrooge
- 7 November
  - The Phantom Tollbooth
- 8 November
  - Scars of Dracula
  - The Horror of Frankenstein
- 9 November
  - Ryan's Daughter
- 10 November
  - Perfect Friday
  - Where's Poppa?
- 17 November
  - The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
- 18 November
  - Bartleby (United Kingdom)
  - Dirty Dingus Magee
  - I Walk the Line
- 24 November
  - The Act of the Heart
December 1970
- 1 December
  - Yousuf Khan Sher Bano (Pakistan)
- 4 December
  - The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Italy)
- 5 December
  - Brewster McCloud
- 6 December
  - Gimme Shelter
- 8 December
  - Husbands
- 11 December
  - The Aristocats
  - Claire's Knee (France)
- 15 December
  - Compañeros (Italy)
  - There's a Girl in My Soup
  - The Wild Country
- 16 December
  - Puzzle of a Downfall Child
  - Love Story
- 17 December
  - Alex in Wonderland
  - Rio Lobo
- 20 December
  - Donkey Skin (France)
- 21 December
  - I Love My Wife
- 23 December
  - Little Big Man
- 25 December
  - There Was a Crooked Man...
- 31 December
  - Loot

Short film series

The Ant and the Aardvark (1969–71)
Roland and Rattfink (1968–71)
Tijuana Toads (1969–72)
Woody Woodpecker (1941–49, 1951–72)
Chilly Willy (1955–72)
The Beary Family (1962–72)

Births

January 4 - Josh Stamberg, American actor
January 7 - Doug E. Doug, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director
January 17 - Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-American animator, director, producer, screenwriter, voice actor and storyboard artist
January 19
- Essie Davis, Australian actress and singer
- Kipp Marcus, American actor, screenwriter and producer
January 20
- Branka Katić, Serbian actress
- Skeet Ulrich, American actor
January 21 - Ken Leung, American actor
January 24 – Matthew Lillard, American actor, voice actor, director and producer
January 29 - Heather Graham, American actress
January 31 - Minnie Driver, English actress
February 3 - Warwick Davis, English actor
February 14 - Simon Pegg, English actor
February 16 - Scott Yaphe, Canadian actor and comedian
February 17 - Dominic Purcell, Australian actor
February 18 - Susan Egan, American actress, voice actress, singer and dancer
February 23 - Niecy Nash, American actress, comedian and television host
February 25 - Heather Simms, American actress
March 2 - Alexander Armstrong, English actor, comedian, television personality, television presenter and singer
March 3 - Julie Bowen, American actress
March 4
- Sergio Basáñez, Mexican actor
- Angela V. Shelton, American actress and comedian
March 5 - Rimantė Valiukaitė, Lithuanian actress
March 6 - Dan Põldroos, Estonian actor (d. 2007)
March 7 - Rachel Weisz, English actress
March 8
- Meredith Scott Lynn, American actress, producer and director
- Jed Rees, Canadian actor
March 13 - Tim Story, American filmmaker
March 18 - Queen Latifah, American actress and rapper
March 20
- Linda Larkin, American actress and voice actress
- Michael Rapaport, American actor and comedian
March 24
- Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress and producer
- Taizo Harada, Japanese actor and comedian
March 28 - Vince Vaughn, American actor, writer and producer
March 31 - Damon Herriman, Australian actor
April 4 - Barry Pepper, Canadian actor
April 12 - Retta, American stand-up comedian and actress
April 13 - Ricky Schroder, American actor
April 20 - Shemar Moore, American actor
April 21
- Rob Riggle, American actor, comedian, and marine
- Nicole Sullivan, American actress, voice artist and comedian
April 22 - Mireille Soria, American producer
April 25
- Jonathan Brugh, New Zealand comedian, actor and musician
- Jason Lee, American actor, comedian, and professional skateboarder
April 29 - Uma Thurman, American actress
May 1 - Dave Willis, American actor, writer, animator, producer, and voice actor
May 2
- Golda Rosheuvel, British actress and singer
- Matt Gerald, American actor and screenwriter
May 3 - Bobby Cannavale, American actor
May 4 - Will Arnett, Canadian actor
May 6 - Tristán Ulloa, Spanish actor, writer and director
May 9 - Helen Hill, American animator (d. 2007)
May 10 - Dallas Roberts, American actor
May 12
- Samantha Mathis, American actress
- Larry Rickles, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)
May 18 - Tina Fey, American actress and comedian
May 19 - Jason Gray-Stanford, Canadian actor
May 20 - Sally Phillips, English actress, television presenter and comedian
May 22
- Naomi Campbell, English model and actress
- Ayberk Pekcan, Turkish actor (d. 2022)
May 23 - Nanette Burstein, American director, producer, and screenwriter
May 25
- Jamie Kennedy, American actor, screenwriter, stand-up comedian and television producer
- Octavia Spencer, American actress
May 26 - John Hamburg, American writer and director
May 27 - Joseph Fiennes, English actor
May 28 - Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002)
June 1 - Paula Malcomson, North Irish actress
June 4 - Izabella Scorupco, Polish-Swedish actress and singer
June 8 - Seu Jorge, Brazilian musical artist, songwriter and actor
June 15 - Justin Fletcher, English comedian, children's television presenter
June 16 - Clifton Collins Jr., American actor
June 17 - Will Forte, American actor and comedian
June 22 - Richard Yearwood, Canadian actor
June 24 - Andres Raag, Estonian actor
June 15 - Leah Remini, American actress, author and activist
June 26
- Sean Hayes, American actor and comedian
- Chris O'Donnell, American actor
- Nick Offerman, American actor, writer, comedian, producer and woodworker
July 3
- Audra McDonald, American actress and singer
- Benedict Wong, British actor
July 4 - Lewis MacLeod, Scottish actor and voice actor
July 12 - Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor
July 14
- Mike McFarland, American voice actor
- Nina Siemaszko, American actress
July 16 - Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai film director
July 17 - Gary Gulman, American stand-up comedian and actor
July 27 - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor and producer
July 30 - Christopher Nolan, English-American film director, producer and writer
August 2 - Kevin Smith, American filmmaker, actor and comedian
August 4 - Ron Lester, American actor (d. 2016)
August 6 - M. Night Shyamalan, American film director, writer, producer and actor
August 9 - Thomas Lennon, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director
August 15
- Anthony Anderson, American actor
- Maddie Corman, American actress
August 16
- Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor
- Kaili Närep, Estonian actress
August 17 - Rupert Degas, British-Australian actor
August 18 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor
August 21 - Marc Evan Jackson, American comedian and actor
August 23
- Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian
- River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993)
August 24 - Jonathan Ward, American actor
August 25 - Claudia Schiffer, German model and actress
August 26 - Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian and film producer
August 29 - Alessandra Negrini, Brazilian actress
August 31 - Zack Ward, Canadian actor
September 3 - Maria Bamford, American stand-up comedian, actress and voice actress
September 4 - Ione Skye, British-born American actress
September 7
- Tom Everett Scott, American actor
- Monique Gabriela Curnen, American actress
- N'Bushe Wright, American actress
September 10 - Tim Plester, British actor and filmmaker
September 11 - Taraji P. Henson, American actress
September 13 - Louise Lombard, English actress
September 22 - Rupert Penry-Jones, British actor
September 28 - David Wills, American voice actor
September 29 - Emily Lloyd, English actress
September 30 - Tony Hale, American actor
October 2
- Catherine Kellner, American character actress
- Kelly Ripa, American actress and television host
- Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress
October 7 - Nicole Ari Parker, American actress and model
October 8
- Matt Damon, American actor
- Anne-Marie Duff, English actress and narrator
October 12
- Cody Cameron, American voice actor and director
- Kirk Cameron, American actor
October 15 - Zak Orth, American actor
October 18 - Mike Mitchell, American director, writer, producer, actor and animator
October 19 - Chris Kattan, American actor and comedian
October 22 - Amy Redford, American actress, director and producer
October 24 - Raul Esparza, American actor
October 25 - Adam Goldberg, American character actor, filmmaker and musician
October 26 - Lisa Ryder, Canadian actress
October 28 - Greg Eagles, American actor, producer and writer
October 30 - Nia Long, American actress
October 31
- Rob Letterman, American director and screenwriter
- Nolan North, American actor and voice actor
November 1 - Merle Palmiste, Estonian actress
November 6 - Ethan Hawke, American actor
November 10 - Vince Vieluf, American actor
November 12
- Aitor Iturrioz, Mexican actor
- Craig Parker, New Zealand actor
November 13 - José María Yazpik, Mexican actor
November 15 - Danny Sapani, British actor
November 16 - Martha Plimpton, American actress
November 18
- Mike Epps, American stand-up comedian, producer and actor
- Peta Wilson, Australian actress and model
November 20 - Melissa Disney, American voice actress and writer
November 23 - Danny Hoch, American actor, writer and director
November 24 - Madis Milling, Estonian actor and presenter (d. 2022)
December 1 - Sarah Silverman, American stand-up comedian, actress, singer and writer
December 2 - Joe Lo Truglio, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
December 4 - Kevin Sussman, American actor and comedian
December 5 - Adam Levy, British actor
December 12
- Jennifer Connelly, American actress
- Regina Hall, American actress
December 13 - Bart Johnson, American actor
December 17 - Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor
December 18
- Gero Camilo, Brazilian actor and singer-songwriter
- Victoria Pratt, Canadian actress and model
December 20
- Nicole de Boer, Canadian actress
- Todd Phillips, American director, producer and screenwriter
December 23 - Anatole Taubman, Swiss actor
December 24 - Amaury Nolasco, Puerto Rican actor and producer
December 28 - Elaine Hendrix, American actress

Deaths

January 7 - Jack Natteford, 75, American screenwriter, 1,000 Dollars a Minute, Black Bart
January 19 - Hal March, 49, American actor, Hear Me Good, Send Me No Flowers
January 23 - Nell Shipman, 77, Canadian actress, writer, producer, Back to God's Country, The Grub-Stake
January 25 - Eiji Tsuburaya, 68, Japanese film director and special effects designer, Godzilla, Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
January 27 - Rocco D'Assunta, 65, Italian actor, comedian and playwright
February 6 - Roscoe Karns, 76, American actor, It Happened One Night, Alibi Ike
February 19 - Jules Munshin, 54, American actor, On the Town, Take Me Out to the Ball Game
February 24 - Conrad Nagel, 72, American actor, All That Heaven Allows, The Divorcee
March 4 - Peter Godfrey, 70, British director, Christmas in Connecticut, The Two Mrs. Carrolls
March 6 - William Hopper, 55, American actor, Rebel Without a Cause, Track of the Cat
March 23 - Del Lord, 75, Canadian pioneer Hollywood director, A Plumbing We Will Go, All the World's a Stooge
March 25 - Virginia Van Upp, 68, American producer and screenwriter, Gilda, Cover Girl
March 26 - Patricia Ellis, 51, American actress, A Night at the Ritz, Rhythm in the Clouds
April 9 - Cobina Wright, 82, American singer and actress, The Razor's Edge, Footlight Serenade
April 11 - Cathy O'Donnell, 46, American actress, Ben-Hur, The Best Years of Our Lives
April 18
- Gay Seabrook, 69, American actress, Bedtime Worries, Wild Poses
- Glenn Tryon, 71, American actor and director, Lonesome, Miss Mink of 1949
April 19 - George Blair, 64, American director, Duke of Chicago, Streets of San Francisco
April 21 - Jose Corazon de Jesus Jr., 45, Filipino actor, Garrison 13, Higit Sa Lahat
April 25 - Anita Louise, 55, American actress, The Little Princess, The Story of Louis Pasteur
April 26 - Gypsy Rose Lee, 59, American burlesque performer and actress, Screaming Mimi, Belle of the Yukon
April 28 - Ed Begley, 69, American actor, 12 Angry Men, Patterns
April 30 - Inger Stevens, 35, Swedish actress, Hang 'Em High, A Guide for the Married Man
May 10 - Mari Blanchard, 43, American actress, Destry, She-Devil
May 14 - Billie Burke, 85, American actress, The Wizard of Oz, Father's Little Dividend
May 17 - Nigel Balchin, 61, British screenwriter, The Man Who Never Was, 23 Paces to Baker Street
May 21 - Vinton Hayworth, 63, American actor, playwright, screenwriter, Danger on Wheels, Enemy Agent
May 22 - Mahmoud Zulfikar, 56, Egyptian director, screenwriter, Aghla Min Hayati, Soft Hands
May 23 - Nydia Westman, 68, American actress, Ladies Should Listen, Dressed to Thrill
June 4 - Sonny Tufts, 58, American actor, The Virginian, Government Girl
June 11 - Frank Silvera, 55, Jamaican actor, Viva Zapata!, Hombre
June 14 - William Daniels, 68, American cinematographer, Camille, Ninotchka
July 6 - Marjorie Rambeau, 80, American actress, A Man Called Peter, Tobacco Road
July 9 - Sigrid Holmquist, 71, Swedish actress, Just Around the Corner, Meddling Women
July 11 - Andreas Malandrinos, 81, Greek actor
July 14 - Preston Foster, 69, American actor, The Informer, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
July 22 - Fritz Kortner, 78, German director, Pandora's Box, The Razor's Edge
July 26 - Claud Allister, 81, English actor, Lady Luck, The Trial of Mary Dugan
August 1 - Frances Farmer, 56, American actress, Come and Get It, The Toast of New York
September 3 - Vasil Gendov, 78, Bulgarian film director, actor and screenwriter, Bulgaran is Gallant
September 11 - Chester Morris, 69, American actor, Meet Boston Blackie, Five Came Back
September 18 - Jimi Hendrix, 27, American musician, Almost Famous, Wayne's World
September 29 - Edward Everett Horton, 84, American actor, Arsenic and Old Lace, Top Hat
October 4 - Janis Joplin, 27, American singer, Watchmen, Three Kings
October 10 - Grethe Weiser, 67, German actress, My Friend Barbara, Lemke's Widow
October 17 - Vola Vale, 73, American actress, The Phantom of the Opera
October 20 - Patrick Wymark, 44, British actor, Battle of Britain, Where Eagles Dare
October 21 - Ernest Haller, 74, American cinematographer, Gone with the Wind, Mildred Pierce
November 2 - Fernand Gravey, 64, French actor, The King and the Chorus Girl, The Great Waltz
November 17 - Naunton Wayne, 69, British actor, Crook's Tour, Dead of Night
November 25 - Louise Glaum, 82, American actress, Greater Than Love, Sex
December 2 - Pat Flaherty, 73, American actor, Convict's Code, The Cobra Strikes
December 12
- Carolyn Craig, 36, American actress, House on Haunted Hill, Portland Exposé
- George Terwilliger, 88, American director and screenwriter, The Fatal Hour, Bride's Play
December 23 - Charles Ruggles, 84, American actor, Bringing Up Baby, The Parent Trap
December 30 - Lenore Ulric, 78, American actress, Notorious, Camille
December 31 - Suzanne Dalbert, 43, French actress, Mark of the Gorilla, The 49th Man

Film debuts

Isabelle Adjani - Le Petit bougnat
Jane Alexander - The Great White Hope
Carmen Argenziano - Cover Me Babe
Linda Blair - The Way We Live Now
Sean S. Cunningham - The Art of Marriage
Frances de la Tour - Every Home Should Have One
Danny DeVito - Dreams of Glass
George DiCenzo - House of Dark Shadows
Robert Downey, Jr. - Pound
Alice Drummond - Where's Poppa?
Shelley Duvall - Brewster McCloud
Jayne Eastwood - Goin' Down the Road
Erik Estrada - The Cross and the Switchblade
George Buck Flower - Norma
Scott Glenn - The Baby Maker
Pam Grier - Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Philip Baker Hall - Cowards
Dan Hedaya - Myra Breckinridge
Ken Howard - Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
Peter Jason - Rio Lobo
Don Johnson - The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
Jeffrey Jones - The Revolutionary
Tommy Lee Jones - Love Story
Diane Keaton - Lovers and Other Strangers
Frank Langella - Diary of a Mad Housewife
Darrell Larson - The Student Nurses
Michael Lerner - Alex in Wonderland
Stephen McHattie - The People Next Door
Anne Meara - The Out-of-Towners
Garrett Morris - Where's Poppa?
Ornella Muti - The Most Beautiful Wife
Stephen Rea - Cry of the Banshee
Susan Sarandon - Joe
John Schuck - M*A*S*H
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Hercules in New York
Tom Selleck - Myra Breckinridge
Pepe Serna - The Student Nurses
Sam Shepard - Brand X
Paul Sorvino - Where's Poppa?
Sissy Spacek - Trash
Jerry Stiller - Lovers and Other Strangers
Steve Vinovich - Weekend with the Babysitter
Robert Walden - Bloody Mama
Fred Williamson - M*A*S*H
Burt Young - Carnival of Blood
Harris Yulin - End of the Road

References

Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
Top 20 Films of 1970 by Domestic Revenue
IMDB
Keith Badman (28 October 2009). The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001. Omnibus Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-85712-001-4.

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[Finler-1] Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.

[1970DomesticRevenue-2] Top 20 Films of 1970 by Domestic Revenue

[IMDB-3] IMDB

[Badman2009-4] Keith Badman (28 October 2009). The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001. Omnibus Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-85712-001-4.