Editing 1966 in film

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The year '''1966 in film''' involved some significant events. ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' won six [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].

==Top-grossing films==
===North America===
{{see also|List of 1966 box office number-one films in the United States}}
The top ten 1966 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1966
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''[[Hawaii (1966 film)|Hawaii]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $15,600,000<ref name=Finler>{{cite book |last=Finler |first=Joel Waldo |year=2003 |title=The Hollywood Story |publisher=Wallflower Press |isbn=978-1-903364-66-6 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA358#v=twopage 358–359]}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
| ''[[The Bible: In the Beginning...]]''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $15,000,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
| ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
| [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros]].
| $14,500,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
| ''[[The Sand Pebbles (film)|The Sand Pebbles]]''
| 20th Century Fox
| $13,500,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
| ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| $12,800,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
| ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]''
| United Artists
| $9,800,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[Grand Prix (1966 film)|Grand Prix]]''
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]
| $9,300,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[The Professionals (1966 film)|The Professionals]]''
| Columbia
| $8,800,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $8,500,000<ref name="1966DomesticRevenue">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080615024122/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1966.shtml Top 20 Films of 1966 by Domestic Revenue]</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Georgy Girl]]''
| Columbia
| $7,600,000<ref name="1966DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
|}

===Outside North America===
The highest-grossing 1966 films in countries outside North America.

{| class="wikitable"
! Country || Title || Studio || Gross
|-
| [[Cinema of India|India]]
| ''[[Phool Aur Patthar]]''
| [[O. P. Ralhan|Ralhan Productions]]
| '''$11,790,000'''{{#tag:ref|[[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]7.5 [[crore]];<ref name="boi66">{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=172&catName=MTk2Ng== |title=Box Office 1966 |access-date=2013-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014102652/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=172&catName=MTk2Ng== |archive-date=2013-10-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  6.3591 [[Indian rupee]]s per US dollar in 1966<ref name="sauder">{{Cite web |url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-07-10 |archive-date=2015-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512095429/http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|-
| [[Cinema of the Soviet Union|Soviet Union]]
| ''[[War and Peace (film series)|War and Peace]]''
| [[Mosfilm]]
| '''$64,000,000'''{{#tag:ref|58&nbsp;million&nbsp;[[Soviet rouble|Rbls]],<ref name = "K">{{cite book|author=Kudryavtsev, Sergei|title=3500 avtorskuiu knigu kinoretsenzii|year=2008|publisher=Pechatny Dvor|isbn=978-5990131835|page=185}}</ref> 0.9 Rbl per US dollar from 1961 to 1971<ref name="russia">{{Cite web |url=http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls |title=Archive of Bank of Russia |access-date=2017-07-10 |archive-date=2017-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717030948/http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls |url-status=live }}</ref>|group=n}}
|}

==Events==
* October 19 – [[Gulf and Western Industries]] acquire [[Paramount Pictures]].
* November – [[Seven Arts Productions]] reach agreement to acquire [[Warner Bros.]] for $32 million, later forming a new company [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]].
* December 15 – Entertainment pioneer [[Walt Disney]], best known for his creation of [[Mickey Mouse]], breakthroughs in the field of [[animation]], [[filmmaking]], [[theme park]] design and other achievements, dies at the age of 65. He died while he was producing ''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]]'', ''[[The Happiest Millionaire]]'', and ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day]]''; the last three films under his personal supervision.

==Awards==
'''[[39th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]:'''

: [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]: '''''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]''''' – Highland, [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
: [[Academy Award for Directing|Best Director]]: '''[[Fred Zinnemann]]''' – ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]''
: [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: '''[[Paul Scofield]]''' – ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]''
: [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]: '''[[Elizabeth Taylor]]''' – ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
: [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]: '''[[Walter Matthau]]''' – ''[[The Fortune Cookie]]''
: [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]: '''[[Sandy Dennis]]''' – ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
: [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]: '''''[[A Man and a Woman]]''''' (''Un homme et une femme''), directed by [[Claude Lelouch]], France
	

'''[[20th British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Film Awards]]:'''

: [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film from any Source]]: '''''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'''''
: [[BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film|Best British film]]: '''''[[The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (film)|The Spy Who Came In from the Cold]]'''''

'''[[24th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]:'''

: <u>'''Drama:'''</u>
: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Picture]]: '''''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]'''''
: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor]]: '''[[Paul Scofield]]''' – ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]''
: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress]]: '''[[Anouk Aimée]]''' – ''[[A Man and a Woman]]''

: <u>'''Comedy or Musical:'''</u>
: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Picture]]: '''''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]'''''
: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor]]: '''[[Alan Arkin]]''' – ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]''
: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Best Actress]]: '''[[Lynn Redgrave]]''' – ''[[Georgy Girl]]''

: <u>'''Other'''</u>
: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor]]: '''[[Richard Attenborough]]''' – ''[[The Sand Pebbles (film)|The Sand Pebbles]]''
: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress]]: '''[[Jocelyne LaGarde]]''' – ''[[Hawaii (1966 film)|Hawaii]]''
: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director]]: '''[[Fred Zinnemann]]''' – ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]''

'''[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival):'''
: '''''[[A Man and a Woman]]''''' (''Un homme et une femme''), directed by [[Claude Lelouch]], France
: '''''[[Signore & Signori]]''''' (''The Birds, the Bees and the Italians''), directed by [[Pietro Germi]], Italy

'''Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists''', Location: Italy

'''[[Silver Ribbon]]'''
* Best Actor winner in ''[[Questa volta parliamo di uomini]]'' (This Time Let's Talk about Men): [[Nino Manfredi]]
** Nominee in ''[[The 10th Victim]]'': [[Marcello Mastroianni]]
** A third nominee was not determined.
* Best Actress winner in ''[[La fuga (1964 film)|La fuga]]'': [[Giovanna Ralli]]
** Nominees in ''Juliet of the Spirits'': [[Giulietta Masina]] and in ''[[The Mandrake]]'': [[Rosanna Schiaffino]]
* Best Supporting Actor winner in ''[[I Knew Her Well]]'': [[Ugo Tognazzi]]
** Nominees in ''The Mandrake'': [[Totò]] and [[Romolo Valli]]
* Best Supporting Actress winner in ''Juliet of the Spirits'': [[Sandra Milo]]
** Nominee in ''[[Made in Italy (1965 film)|Made in Italy]]'' [[Anna Magnani]]
** A third nominee was not determined.
* Best Director winner in ''I Knew Her Well'': [[Antonio Pietrangeli]]
** Nominees in ''[[Fists in the Pocket]]'': [[Marco Bellocchio]] and in ''Juliet of the Spirits'': [[Federico Fellini]]
* Best Foreign Director winner in ''[[The Servant (1963 film)|The Servant]]'': [[Joseph Losey]]
** Nominees in ''[[Hamlet (1964 film)]]'': [[Grigori Kozintsev]] and in ''[[King and Country]]'': Joseph Losey
* Best Screenplay winner in ''I Knew Her Well'': [[Ettore Scola]], [[Antonio Pietrangeli]] and [[Ruggero Maccari]]
** Nominees in ''Fists in the Pocket'': [[Marco Bellocchio]] and in ''[[Sandra (1965 film)|Sandra]]'': [[Suso Cecchi d'Amico]], [[Enrico Medioli]], [[Luchino Visconti]]
* Best Cinematography, B/W winner in ''Sandra'': [[Armando Nannuzzi]]
* Best Cinematography, Color winner in ''[[Juliet of the Spirits]]'': [[Gianni Di Venanzo]]. In memory of.
* Best Costume Design winner in ''Juliet of the Spirits'': [[Piero Gherardi]]
* Best Score winner in ''[[Seven Golden Men]]'': [[Armando Trovajoli]]
* Best Producer – Short Film winner in ''[[Con il cuore fermo Sicilia]]'': [[Clodio Cinematografica]]
* Best Short Film winner in ''[[Antonio Ligabue, pittore]]'': [[Raffaele Andreassi]]
* Best Original Story winner in ''Fists in the Pocket'': [[Marco Bellocchio]]
** Nominees in ''I Knew Her Well'': [[Ruggero Maccari]], Ettore Scola, [[Antonio Pietrangeli]] and in ''Seven Golden Men'': [[Marco Vicario]]
* Best Producer winner in ''Seven Golden Men'': Marco Vicario
** Nominee in ''Fists in the Pocket'': [[Enzo Doria]]
** A third nominee was not determined.
* Best Production Design winner in ''Juliet of the Spirits'': [[Piero Gherardi]].

'''[[Golden Lion]] (Venice Film Festival):'''
: '''''[[The Battle of Algiers]]''''' (''La Battaglia di Algeri''), directed by [[Gillo Pontecorvo]], Algeria / Italy

'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):'''
: '''''[[Cul-de-sac (1966 film)|Cul-de-sac]]''''', directed by [[Roman Polanski]], United Kingdom

==1966  film releases==
[[List of American films of 1966|United States]] unless stated

===January–March===
* January 1966
** 5 January
*** ''[[7 Women]]''
*** ''[[Agent for H.A.R.M.]]''
** 9 January
*** ''[[Dracula: Prince of Darkness]]'' ([[List of British films of 1966|U.K.]])
** 16 January
*** ''[[Our Man Flint]]''
** 20 January
*** ''[[The Ghost and Mr. Chicken]]''
*** ''[[Judith (1966 film)|Judith]]''
** 27 January
*** ''[[Moment to Moment]]''
* February 1966
** 2 February
*** ''[[The Rare Breed]]''
** 9 February
*** ''[[Made in Paris]]''
** 12 February
*** ''[[Drop Dead Darling]]''
** 18 February
*** ''[[The Silencers (film)|The Silencers]]''
** 19 February
*** ''[[The Chase (1966 film)|The Chase]]''
** 21 February
*** ''[[Lord Love a Duck]]''
** 23 February
*** ''[[Harper (film)|Harper]]''
** 25 February
*** ''[[The Sword of Doom]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
* March 1966
** 2 March
*** ''[[Blood Bath]]''
** 4 March
*** ''[[The Group (film)|The Group]]''
*** ''[[The Oscar (film)|The Oscar]]''
** 5 March
*** ''[[The Magic Serpent]]'' ([[List of Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
** 9 March
*** ''[[Johnny Reno]]''
** 14 March
*** ''[[Born Free]]'' ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
*** ''[[War and Peace (film series)|War and Peace Part I]]'' ([[List of Soviet films of 1966|USSR]])
** 25 March
*** ''[[A Man Could Get Killed]]'' ([[List of British films of 1966|U.K.]])
** 30 March
*** ''[[Cast a Giant Shadow]]''
*** ''[[Hold On! (film)|Hold On!]]''
*** ''[[The Trouble with Angels (film)|The Trouble with Angels]]''
** 31 March
*** ''[[Frankie and Johnny (1966 film)|Frankie and Johnny]]''

===April–June===
* April 1966
** 1 April
*** ''[[Hold On! (film)|Hold On!]]''
** 4 April
*** ''[[The Singing Nun (film)|The Singing Nun]]''
** 6 April
*** ''[[Django (1966 film)|Django]]''
** 7 April
*** ''[[Hold Me While I'm Naked]]''
** 10 April
*** ''[[Tokyo Drifter]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
** 13 April
*** ''[[The Dirty Game]]''
** 17 April
*** ''[[Daimajin (1966 film)|Daimajin]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
*** ''[[Gamera vs. Barugon]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
* May 1966
** 5 May
*** ''[[Arabesque (1966 film)|Arabesque]]'' ([[List of British films of 1966|U.K.]])
*** ''[[Our Man in Marrakesh]]'' ([[List of British films of 1966|U.K.]])
*** ''[[Modesty Blaise (1966 film)|Modesty Blaise]]'' ([[List of British films of 1966|U.K.]])
** 11 May
*** ''[[The Fat Spy]]''
** 14 May
*** ''[[Destination Inner Space]]''
** 19 May
*** ''[[The Deadly Bees]]'' ([[List of British films of 1966|U.K.]])
** 25 May
*** ''[[Au hasard Balthazar]]'' ([[List of French films of 1966|France]])
*** ''[[Blindfold (1966 film)|Blindfold]]''
*** ''[[The Last of the Secret Agents?]]''
*** ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]''
** 27 May
*** ''[[The Wrong Box]]'' ([[List of British films of 1966|U.K.]])
** 31 May
*** ''[[A Big Hand for the Little Lady]]''
* June 1966
** 1 June
*** ''[[The Daydreamer (film)|The Daydreamer]]''
** 7 June
*** ''[[Fireball 500]]''
** 8 June
*** ''[[Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!]]''
** 9 June
*** ''[[The Glass Bottom Boat]]''
*** ''[[Paradise, Hawaiian Style]]''
** 10 June
*** ''[[Nevada Smith]]''
** 15 June
*** ''[[Assault on a Queen]]''
*** ''[[Duel at Diablo]]''
*** ''[[Munster, Go Home!]]''
*** ''[[Stagecoach (1966 film)|Stagecoach]]''
*** ''[[The Endless Summer]]''
** 21 June
*** ''[[The Blue Max]]''
** 22 June
*** ''[[Around the World Under the Sea]]''
*** ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
** 29 June
*** ''[[A Fine Madness]]''
*** ''[[Walk, Don't Run (film)|Walk, Don't Run]]''

===July–September===
* July 1966
** 1 July
*** ''[[Incident at Phantom Hill]]''
** 7 July
*** ''[[Three on a Couch]]''
** 12 July
*** ''[[A Man and a Woman]]'' ([[List of French films of 1966|France]])
** 13 July
*** ''[[How to Steal a Million]]''
** 14 July
*** ''[[Torn Curtain]]''
** 20 July
*** ''[[War and Peace (film series)|War and Peace Part II]]'' ([[List of Soviet films of 1966|USSR]])
*** ''[[The Wild Angels]]''
** 29 July
*** ''[[Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.]]''
** 30 July
*** ''[[Batman (1966 film)|Batman]]''
** 31 July
*** ''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
* August 1966
** 3 August
*** ''[[The Man Called Flintstone]]''
*** ''[[This Property Is Condemned]]''
** 5 August
*** ''[[Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.]]'' ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
** 10 August
*** ''[[The Idol (1966 film)|The Idol]]''
** 13 August
*** ''[[Daimajin|Return of Daimajin]]'' ([[List of Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
** 16 August
*** ''[[The Plainsman (1966 film)|The Plainsman]]''
** 24 August
*** ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]''
*** ''[[Fantastic Voyage]]''
** 31 August
*** ''[[Persona (1966 film)|Persona]]'' ([[List of Swedish films of the 1960s|Sweden]])
*** ''[[What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?]]''
* September 1966
** 1 September
*** ''[[Waco (1966 film)|Waco]]''
** 2 September
*** ''[[The Brides of Fu Manchu]]''
** 7 September
*** ''[[Beau Geste (1966 film)|Beau Geste]]''
** 8 September
*** ''[[After the Fox]]''
*** ''[[Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die]]''
** 14 September
*** ''[[Ambush Bay]]''
*** ''[[Lost Command]]''
** 15 September
*** ''[[The Appaloosa]]''
*** ''[[Chelsea Girls]]''
** 16 September
*** ''[[Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film)|Fahrenheit 451]]'' ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
** 28 September
*** ''[[The Bible: In the Beginning...]]''

===October–December===
* October 1966
** 5 October
*** ''[[Seconds (1966 film)|Seconds]]''
** 9 October
*** ''[[Alvarez Kelly]]''
** 10 October
*** ''[[Hawaii (1966 film)|Hawaii]]''
** 11 October
*** ''[[Mister Buddwing]]''
** 12 October
*** ''[[Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round]]''
** 13 October
*** ''[[Any Wednesday (film)|Any Wednesday]]''
** 16 October
*** ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film)|A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' (U.S./U.K.)
*** ''[[The Poppy Is Also a Flower]]''
** 17 October
*** ''[[Georgy Girl]]''
*** ''[[Spinout (film)|Spinout]]''
** 19 October
*** ''[[The Fortune Cookie]]''
*** ''[[Return of the Seven]]''
** 23 October
*** ''[[Ride in the Whirlwind]]''
*** ''[[The Shooting]]''
** 24 October
*** ''[[10:30 P.M. Summer]]''
** 26 October
*** ''[[Way...Way Out]]''
** 27 October
*** ''[[Texas Across the River]]''
** 28 October
*** ''[[An American Dream (film)|An American Dream]]''
*** ''[[Chamber of Horrors (1966 film)|Chamber of Horrors]]''
*** ''[[Nashville Rebel (film)|Nashville Rebel]]''
* November 1966
** 2 November
*** ''[[Not with My Wife, You Don't!]]''
*** ''[[The Professionals (1966 film)|The Professionals]]''
*** ''[[What's Up, Tiger Lily?]]''
** 5 November
*** ''[[Chappaqua (film)|Chappaqua]]''
** 7 November
*** ''[[Cul-de-sac (1966 film)|Cul-de-sac]]''
** 8 November
*** ''[[Madame X (1966 film)|Madame X]]''
** 10 November
*** ''[[Is Paris Burning? (film)|Is Paris Burning?]]'' ([[List of French films of 1966|France]])
*** ''[[Penelope (1966 film)|Penelope]]''
*** ''[[Wings (1966 film)|Wings]]'' ([[List of Soviet films of 1966|USSR]])
** 18 November
*** ''[[Let's Kill Uncle]]''
** 19 November
*** ''[[Castle of Evil]]''
* December 1966
** 1 December
*** ''[[Follow Me, Boys!]]''
** 8 December
*** ''[[La Grande Vadrouille]]'' ([[List of French films of 1966|France]])/([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
** 9 December
*** ''[[Once Before I Die]]''
*** ''[[Triple Cross (1966 film)|Triple Cross]]''
*** ''[[You're a Big Boy Now]]''
** 10 December
*** ''[[Daimajin|Daimajin Strikes Again]]'' ([[List of Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
** 12 December
*** ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]''
*** ''[[Thunderbirds Are Go]]''
** 15 December
*** ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]''
*** ''[[The Quiller Memorandum]]''
** 16 December
*** ''[[Andrei Rublev (film)|Andrei Rublev]]'' ([[List of Soviet films of 1966|USSR]])
** 17 December
*** ''[[El Dorado (1966 film)|El Dorado]]''
*** ''[[Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster]]'' ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
*** ''[[Rage (1966 film)|Rage]]''
** 18 December
*** ''[[Blowup]]''
** 20 December
*** ''[[Murderers' Row (film)|Murderers' Row]]''
*** ''[[The Sand Pebbles (film)|The Sand Pebbles]]''
** 21 December
*** ''[[Gambit (1966 film)|Gambit]]''
*** ''[[Grand Prix (1966 film)|Grand Prix]]''
** 21 December
*** ''[[King of Hearts (1966 film)|King of Hearts]]'' ([[List of French films of 1966|France]])
** 22 December
*** ''[[Funeral in Berlin (film)|Funeral in Berlin]]'' ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]]/U.S.)
** 30 December
*** ''[[One Million Years B.C.]]'' ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])

==Notable films released in 1966==
[[List of American films of 1966|United States]] unless stated

===#===
* ''[[10:30 P.M. Summer]]'', directed by [[Jules Dassin]] and starring [[Melina Mercouri]] and [[Romy Schneider]]
* ''[[7 Women]]'', the last film of [[John Ford]], starring [[Anne Bancroft]], [[Flora Robson]], [[Margaret Leighton]], [[Mildred Dunnock]], [[Anna Lee]]

===A===
* ''[[Aakhri Khat]]'' (The Last Letter) – ([[Bollywood films of 1966|India]])
* ''[[After the Fox]]'', starring [[Peter Sellers]] and [[Victor Mature]]
* ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]'', directed by [[Lewis Gilbert]], starring [[Michael Caine]], [[Shelley Winters]], [[Millicent Martin]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1966 TV play)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', a TV film starring [[John Gielgud]], [[Peter Cook]], [[Peter Sellers]] – (U.K.)
* ''[[Alvarez Kelly]]'', starring [[William Holden]]
* ''[[Ambush Bay]]'', starring [[Hugh O'Brian]], [[Mickey Rooney]] and [[James Mitchum]]
* ''[[An American Dream (film)|An American Dream]]'', starring [[Stuart Whitman]], [[Janet Leigh]], [[Eleanor Parker]]
* ''[[Amrapali (film)|Amrapali]]'', starring [[Vyjayanthimala]] and [[Sunil Dutt]] – ([[Bollywood films of 1966|India]])
* ''[[Andrei Rublev (film)|Andrei Rublev]]'', directed by [[Andrei Tarkovsky]] – ([[Soviet films of 1966|USSR]])
* ''[[The Appaloosa]]'', starring [[Marlon Brando]]
* ''[[Arabesque (1966 film)|Arabesque]]'', directed by [[Stanley Donen]], starring [[Sophia Loren]] and [[Gregory Peck]]
* ''[[Around the World Under the Sea]]'', starring [[Lloyd Bridges]]
* ''[[As Long as You've Got Your Health]]'' (Tant qu'on a la santé), directed by and starring [[Pierre Étaix]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]])
* ''[[Assault on a Queen]]'', starring [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Virna Lisi]], [[Anthony Franciosa]]
* ''[[Au hasard Balthazar]]'' (Chosen by Lot Balthazar), directed by [[Robert Bresson]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]]/[[Swedish films of the 1960s|Sweden]])
* ''[[Aybolit-66]]'' – ([[Soviet films of 1966|USSR]])

===B===
* ''[[Bariera]]'' (Barrier), directed by [[Jerzy Skolimowski]] – ([[List of Polish films of the 1960s|Poland]])
* ''[[Batman (1966 film)|Batman]]'', starring [[Adam West]], [[Burt Ward]], [[Burgess Meredith]], [[Cesar Romero]], [[Lee Meriwether]], [[Frank Gorshin]]
* ''[[The Battle of Algiers]]'', directed by [[Gillo Pontecorvo]] – [[Golden Lion]] winner – (Italy/[[List of Algerian films|Algeria]])
* ''[[Beau Geste (1966 film)|Beau Geste]]'', directed by [[Douglas Heyes]]
* ''[[Beregis Avtomobilya]]'' (Beware of the Automobile) – ([[Soviet films of 1966|USSR]])
* ''[[The Bible: In the Beginning...]]'', directed by [[John Huston]], starring [[Stephen Boyd]], [[Franco Nero]], [[Ava Gardner]], [[Richard Harris]], [[Peter O'Toole]]
* ''[[The Big Gundown]]'' (La resa dei conti), starring [[Lee Van Cleef]] – (Italy)
* ''[[A Big Hand for the Little Lady]]'', starring [[Henry Fonda]], [[Joanne Woodward]], [[Jason Robards]], [[Burgess Meredith]], [[Kevin McCarthy (actor)|Kevin McCarthy]]
* ''[[The Birds, the Bees and the Italians]]'' (Signore & Signori), directed by [[Pietro Germi]] – ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]])
* ''[[Birds Do It]]'', starring [[Soupy Sales]]
* ''[[Black Girl (1966 film)|Black Girl]]'' (La Noire de...), directed by [[Ousmane Sembène]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]]/[[List of Senegalese films|Senegal]])
* ''[[Blindfold (1966 film)|Blindfold]]'', directed by [[Philip Dunne (writer)|Philip Dunne]], starring [[Rock Hudson]] and [[Claudia Cardinale]]
* ''[[Blowup]]'', directed by [[Michelangelo Antonioni]], starring [[David Hemmings]] and [[Vanessa Redgrave]]—winner of [[Palme d'Or]], [[1967 Cannes Film Festival]] – (Italy/U.K./U.S.)
* ''[[The Blue Max]]'', starring [[George Peppard]], [[James Mason]], [[Ursula Andress]] – (U.K.)
* ''[[Borom Sarret]]'' (The Wagoner) – ([[List of Senegalese films|Senegal]])
* ''[[Born Free]]'', starring [[Virginia McKenna]] and [[Bill Travers]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!]]'', starring [[Bob Hope]], [[Phyllis Diller]], [[Elke Sommer]]
* ''[[A Bullet for the General]]'' (El Chucho, quién sabe?), starring [[Gian Maria Volonté]] and [[Klaus Kinski]] – ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]])

===C===
* ''[[Cairo 30]]'' (Al-Kahira 30), directed by [[Salāḥ Abu Seif]] – ([[Egyptian films of the 1960s|Egypt]])
* ''[[Carry On Screaming!]]'', starring [[Harry H. Corbett]] and [[Kenneth Williams]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Cast a Giant Shadow]]'', starring [[Kirk Douglas]], [[Senta Berger]], [[Yul Brynner]], [[John Wayne]] and [[Frank Sinatra]]
* ''[[Chafed Elbows]]'', directed by [[Robert Downey Sr.]]
* ''[[Chappaqua (film)|Chappaqua]]'', featuring [[William S. Burroughs]]
* ''[[The Chase (1966 film)|The Chase]]'', directed by [[Arthur Penn]], starring [[Marlon Brando]], [[Jane Fonda]], [[Angie Dickinson]] and [[Robert Redford]]
* ''[[Chelsea Girls]]'', directed by [[Andy Warhol]], starring [[Nico]]
* ''[[Chimes at Midnight]]'' (a.k.a. Falstaff), directed by and starring [[Orson Welles]], with [[Jeanne Moreau]] and [[John Gielgud]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]]/[[Spanish films of 1966|Spain]]/[[List of Swiss films#1960s|Switzerland]])
* ''Cinerama's Russian Adventure'', a documentary on the USSR introduced by [[Bing Crosby]]
* ''[[Circus of Fear]]'', starring [[Christopher Lee]], [[Leo Genn]], [[Klaus Kinski]]– ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Closely Watched Trains]]'' (Ostře sledované vlaky), directed by [[Jiří Menzel]] – ([[Czech films of the 1960s|Czechoslovakia]])
* ''[[Come Drink with Me]]'' (Da zui xia), directed by [[King Hu]] – ([[Hong Kong films of 1966|Hong Kong]])
* ''The Crazy-Quilt'', directed by [[John Korty]]
* ''[[Cul-de-sac (1966 film)|Cul-de-sac]]'', directed by [[Roman Polanski]], starring [[Donald Pleasence]] and [[Françoise Dorléac]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Curse of the Swamp Creature]]'', starring  [[John Agar]], [[Francine York]]
* ''Curse of the Vampires'' (Dugo ng vampira, a.k.a. Blood of the Vampires or Creatures of Evil), directed by [[Gerardo de León]] – ([[Philippine films of the 1960s|Philippines]])
* ''[[Cyborg 2087]]'', starring [[Michael Rennie]] and [[Wendell Corey]]

===D===
* ''[[Daimajin (1966 film)|Daimajin]]'', directed by [[Kimiyoshi Yasuda]] – ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
* ''[[Daisies (film)|Daisies]]'' (Sedmikrásky), directed by [[Věra Chytilová]] – ([[Czech films of the 1960s|Czechoslovakia]])
* ''[[Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.]]'', starring [[Peter Cushing]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[The Daydreamer (film)|The Daydreamer]]'', a Rankin-Bass and Embassy Pictures stop-motion/live-action film
* ''[[Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round]]'', starring [[James Coburn]], [[Camilla Sparv]], [[Robert Webber]] and [[Rose Marie]]
* ''[[The Deadly Bees]]'', directed by [[Freddie Francis]] and starring [[Suzanna Leigh]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[La muerte de un burócrata|Death of a Bureaucrat]]'' (La muerte de un burócrata), directed by [[Tomás Gutiérrez Alea]] – ([[List of Cuban films|Cuba]])
* ''[[The Defector (film)|The Defector]]'', directed by [[Raoul Lévy]] and starring [[Montgomery Clift]], [[Hardy Krüger]] and [[Macha Méril]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]]/[[List of German films of the 1960s|West Germany]])
* ''[[Degueyo]]'', directed by [[Giuseppe Vari]] – ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]])
* ''[[Destination Inner Space]]'', starring [[Gary Merrill]] and [[Sheree North]]
* ''[[The Diabolical Dr. Z]]'' (Miss Muerte), directed by [[Jesús Franco]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]]/[[List of Spanish films of 1966|Spain]])
* ''[[Dimension 5 (film)|Dimension 5]]'', starring [[Jeffrey Hunter]]
* ''[[Django (1966 film)|Django]]'', starring [[Franco Nero]] – ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]]/[[Spanish films of 1978|Spain]])
* ''[[Don't Look Now, We're Being Shot At]]'' (La grande vadrouille), starring [[Terry-Thomas]] and [[Bourvil]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]]/[[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Le deuxième souffle (1966 film)|Le deuxieme souffle]]'' (a.k.a. Second Breath), directed by [[Jean-Pierre Melville]], starring [[Lino Ventura]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]])
* ''[[Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs]]'' (Le spie vengono dal semifreddo), directed by [[Mario Bava]] – ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]]/U.S.)
* ''[[Dracula: Prince of Darkness]]'', starring [[Christopher Lee]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Drop Dead Darling]]'', starring [[Tony Curtis]]
* ''[[Duel at Diablo]]'', starring [[James Garner]] and [[Sidney Poitier]]
* ''[[Dutchman (film)|Dutchman]]'', starring [[Al Freeman, Jr.]] and [[Shirley Knight]]

===E===
* ''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (Gojira, Ebira, Mosura Nankai no Daikettō), directed by [[Jun Fukuda]] – ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
* ''[[El Dorado (1966 film)|El Dorado]]'', directed by [[Howard Hawks]], starring [[John Wayne]], [[Robert Mitchum]] and [[James Caan]]
* ''[[The Elusive Avengers]]'' (Neulovimye mstiteli), directed by [[Edmond Keosayan]] – ([[Soviet films of 1966|USSR]])
* ''[[Eye of the Devil]]'', directed by [[J. Lee Thompson]], starring [[Deborah Kerr]], [[David Niven]] and [[Sharon Tate]]

===F===
* ''[[The Face of Another (film)|The Face of Another]]'' (Tanin no kao) – ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
* ''[[Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film)|Fahrenheit 451]]'', directed by [[François Truffaut]], starring [[Julie Christie]] and [[Oskar Werner]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[The Family Way]]'', a [[Boulting brothers]] film, starring [[Hayley Mills]] and [[Hywel Bennett]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Fantastic Voyage]]'', directed by [[Richard Fleischer]], starring [[Stephen Boyd]] and [[Raquel Welch]]
* ''[[The Fat Spy]]'', starring [[Phyllis Diller]], [[Jayne Mansfield]], [[Brian Donlevy]]
* ''[[Fighting Elegy]]'' (Kenka erejii), directed by [[Seijun Suzuki]] – ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
* ''[[A Fine Madness]]'', starring [[Sean Connery]] and [[Joanne Woodward]]
* ''[[Fireball 500]]'', starring [[Frankie Avalon]], [[Annette Funicello]], [[Fabian Forte]]
* ''[[Follow Me, Boys!]]'', directed by [[Norman Tokar]], starring [[Fred MacMurray]], [[Vera Miles]], [[Kurt Russell]]
* ''[[L'armata Brancaleone|For Love and Gold]]'' (L'armata Brancaleone), directed by [[Mario Monicelli]], starring [[Vittorio Gassman]] – ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]])
* ''[[The Fortune Cookie]]'' (a.k.a. Meet Whiplash Willie), directed by [[Billy Wilder]], starring [[Jack Lemmon]] and [[Walter Matthau]]
* ''[[Frankie and Johnny (1966 film)|Frankie and Johnny]]'', starring [[Elvis Presley]] and [[Donna Douglas]]
* ''[[Funeral in Berlin (film)|Funeral in Berlin]]'', starring [[Michael Caine]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film)|A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'', directed by [[Richard Lester]], starring [[Zero Mostel]], [[Jack Gilford]], [[Phil Silvers]], [[Michael Crawford]] – (U.S./[[British films of 1966|U.K.]])

===G===
* ''Galia'', directed by [[Georges Lautner]] and starring [[Mireille Darc]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]]/[[Italian films of 1966|Italy]])
* ''[[Gambit (1966 film)|Gambit]]'', starring [[Michael Caine]] and [[Shirley MacLaine]]
* ''[[The Game Is Over]]'' (La curée), directed by [[Roger Vadim]] and starring [[Jane Fonda]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]]/[[Italian films of 1966|Italy]])
* ''[[Gamera vs. Barugon]]'', directed by Shigeo Tanaka – (Japan)
* ''[[Georgy Girl]]'', directed by [[Silvio Narizzano]], starring [[Lynn Redgrave]], [[James Mason]] and [[Alan Bates]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[The Ghost and Mr. Chicken]]'', starring [[Don Knotts]]
* ''[[The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini]]'', starring [[Deborah Walley]], [[Tommy Kirk]], [[Nancy Sinatra]]
* ''[[The Glass Bottom Boat]]'', starring [[Doris Day]] and [[Rod Taylor]]
* ''[[Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster]]'' (Gojira, Ebira, Mosura Nankai no Daikettō) – ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
* ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'', directed by [[Sergio Leone]], starring [[Clint Eastwood]], [[Eli Wallach]] and [[Lee Van Cleef]]– ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]])
* ''[[Grand Prix (1966 film)|Grand Prix]]'', directed by [[John Frankenheimer]], starring [[James Garner]], [[Yves Montand]], [[Toshiro Mifune]], [[Eva Marie Saint]], [[Jessica Walter]]
* ''[[The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery]]'', starring [[Frankie Howerd]] and [[Dora Bryan]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[The Group (film)|The Group]]'', directed by [[Sidney Lumet]], starring [[Candice Bergen]], [[Shirley Knight]], [[Joan Hackett]], [[Joanna Pettet]] and [[Jessica Walter]]
* '' [[Gunpoint (film)|Gunpoint]]'', starring [[Audie Murphy]], [[Joan Staley]] and [[Warren Stevens]]

===H===
* ''[[Harper (film)|Harper]]'', starring [[Paul Newman]], [[Robert Wagner]], [[Lauren Bacall]], [[Pamela Tiffin]], [[Julie Harris (American actress)|Julie Harris]], [[Arthur Hill (Canadian actor)|Arthur Hill]], [[Janet Leigh]]
* ''[[Hawaii (1966 film)|Hawaii]]'', directed by [[George Roy Hill]], starring [[Julie Andrews]], [[Max von Sydow]], [[Richard Harris]]
* ''[[The Hawks and the Sparrows]]'' (Uccellacci e uccellini), directed by [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], starring [[Totò]] – ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]])
* ''[[The Hellbenders]]'' (I Crudeli), starring [[Joseph Cotten]] – (Italy)
* ''[[Here Is Your Life]]'' (Här har du ditt liv) – ([[Swedish films of the 1960s|Sweden]])
* ''[[The Hills Run Red (1966 film)|The Hills Run Red]]'' (Un Fiume di dollari), directed by [[Carlo Lizzani]] – (Italy)
* ''[[Hold On! (film)|Hold On!]]'', starring [[Peter Noone]] and [[Shelley Fabares]]
* ''[[How to Steal a Million]]'', directed by [[William Wyler]], starring [[Audrey Hepburn]] and [[Peter O'Toole]]
* ''[[Hotel Paradiso (film)|Hotel Paradiso]]'', directed by [[Peter Glenville]] and starring [[Alec Guinness]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[The Hunchback of Soho]]'' (Der Bucklige von Soho), directed by [[Alfred Vohrer]] – ([[List of German films of the 1960s|West Germany]])
* ''[[Hunger (1966 film)|Hunger]]'' (Sult) – ([[Danish films of the 1960s|Denmark]]/[[Norwegian films of the 1960s|Norway]]/[[Swedish films of the 1960s|Sweden]])
* ''[[La caza|The Hunt]]'' (La Caza), directed by [[Carlos Saura]] – ([[Spanish films of 1966|Spain]])

===I===
* ''[[The Idol (1966 film)|The Idol]]'', directed by [[Daniel Petrie]] and starring [[Jennifer Jones]] and [[Michael Parks]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Incident at Phantom Hill]]'', directed by [[Earl Bellamy]]
* ''[[Is Paris Burning? (film)|Is Paris Burning?]]'' (Paris brûle-t-il?), directed by [[René Clément]], starring [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]], [[Charles Boyer]], [[Leslie Caron]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]]/[[American films of 1978|United States]])
* ''[[Island of Terror]]'', starring [[Peter Cushing]], [[Edward Judd]], [[Carole Gray]]
* ''[[It Happened Here]]'', starring [[Sebastian Shaw (actor)|Sebastian Shaw]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])

===J===
* ''[[Jack Frost (1964 film)|Jack Frost]]'' (Морозко), directed by [[Alexander Rou]] – ([[Soviet films of 1966|USSR]])
* ''[[John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums]]'', a documentary narrated by [[Gregory Peck]] and directed by [[Bruce Herschensohn]]
* ''[[Johnny Reno]]'', starring [[Jane Russell]]
* ''[[Johnny Yuma (film)|Johnny Yuma]]'', directed by [[Romolo Girolami]] and starring [[Mark Damon]] – ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]])
* ''[[Judith (1966 film)|Judith]]'', starring [[Sophia Loren]] and [[Peter Finch]] – ([[Israeli films of the 1960s|Israel]]/U.K./U.S.)

===K===
* ''[[Kaleidoscope (1966 film)|Kaleidoscope]]'', directed by [[Jack Smight]], starring [[Warren Beatty]] – (U.K.)
* ''[[Khartoum (film)|Khartoum]]'', directed by [[Basil Dearden]], starring [[Charlton Heston]] and [[Laurence Olivier]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Kill, Baby, Kill]]'', directed by  [[Mario Bava]]– ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]])
* ''[[King of Hearts (1966 film)|King of Hearts]]'' (Le roi de cœur), directed by [[Philippe de Broca]], starring [[Alan Bates]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]])
* ''Kriminal'' – ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]]/[[Spanish films of 1966|Spain]])

===L===
* ''[[Let's Kill Uncle]]'', directed by [[William Castle]]
* ''[[Lightning Bolt (film)|Lightning Bolt]]'' (Operazione Goldman), directed by [[Antonio Margheriti]] – ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]])
* ''[[Lord Love a Duck]]'', starring [[Roddy McDowall]] and [[Tuesday Weld]]
* ''[[Lost Command]]'', directed by [[Mark Robson (film director)|Mark Robson]], starring [[Anthony Quinn]], [[George Segal]], [[Alain Delon]], [[Claudia Cardinale]]
* ''[[Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.]]'', starring [[Dick Van Dyke]] and [[Nancy Kwan]]

===M===
* ''[[Madame X (1966 film)|Madame X]]'', starring [[Lana Turner]]
* ''[[Made in Paris]]'', starring [[Ann-Margret]], [[Louis Jourdan]], [[Chad Everett]], [[Edie Adams]]
* ''[[Made in U.S.A. (1966 film)|Made in U.S.A.]]'', directed by [[Jean-Luc Godard]], starring [[Anna Karina]] and [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]])
* ''[[Mademoiselle (1966 film)|Mademoiselle]]'', directed by [[Tony Richardson]], starring [[Jeanne Moreau]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]]/[[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Mamta (1966 film)|Mamta]]'', starring [[Ashok Kumar]] – ([[Bollywood films of 1966|India]])
* ''[[A Man and a Woman]]'', directed by [[Claude Lelouch]], starring [[Anouk Aimée]] and [[Jean-Louis Trintignant]] -- ''[[Palme d'Or]]'' winner – (France)
* ''[[The Man Called Flintstone]]'', directed by [[Joseph Barbera]] and [[William Hanna]]
* ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]'', directed by [[Fred Zinnemann]], starring [[Paul Scofield]], [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]], [[Orson Welles]] – winner of 6 [[39th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]] and 5 [[BAFTAs]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[A Man Could Get Killed]]'', starring [[James Garner]] and [[Sandra Dee]]
* ''[[Manos: The Hands of Fate]]'', starring and written, directed and produced by Harold P. Warren
* ''[[Masculine-Feminine]]'' by [[Jean-Luc Godard]], starring [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]])
* ''[[Mera Saaya]]'' (My Shadow), starring [[Sunil Dutt]] and [[Sadhana Shivdasani|Sadhana]] – ([[Bollywood films of 1966|India]])
* ''Mission to Death''
* ''[[Mister Buddwing]]'', directed by [[Delbert Mann]], starring [[James Garner]], [[Jean Simmons]], [[Angela Lansbury]], [[Suzanne Pleshette]], [[Katharine Ross]]
* ''[[Misunderstood (1966 film)|Misunderstood]]'' (Incompreso), directed by [[Luigi Comencini]] – ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]])
* ''[[Modesty Blaise (1966 film)|Modesty Blaise]]'', starring [[Monica Vitti]] and [[Terence Stamp]] – ([[U.K.]])
* ''[[Moment to Moment]]'', starring [[Jean Seberg]] and [[Honor Blackman]]
* ''[[Morgan!]]'' (a.k.a. Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment), directed by [[Karel Reisz]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Munster, Go Home!]]'', starring [[Fred Gwynne]], [[Yvonne De Carlo]], [[Al Lewis (actor)|Al Lewis]]
* ''[[Murderers' Row (film)|Murderers' Row]]'', starring [[Dean Martin]] (as [[Matt Helm]]), with [[Karl Malden]], [[Camilla Sparv]], [[Ann-Margret]]
* ''[[My Wife, the Director General]]'', directed by [[Fatin Abdel Wahab]], starring [[Salah Zulfikar]] and [[Shadia]] – ([[List of Egyptian films of 1966|Egypt]])

===N===
* ''[[Namu, the Killer Whale]]'', directed by [[László Benedek]]
* ''[[Navajo Joe]]'', starring [[Burt Reynolds]] – ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]]/[[Spanish films of 1966|Spain]])
* ''[[Nayak (1966 film)|Nayak]]'', directed by [[Satyajit Ray]] – ([[Bengali films of the 1960s|India]])
* ''[[Nevada Smith]]'', starring [[Steve McQueen]], [[Karl Malden]], [[Martin Landau]], [[Suzanne Pleshette]] and [[Arthur Kennedy]]
* ''[[Night Games (1966 film)|Night Games]]'' (Nattlek), directed by [[Mai Zetterling]] and starring [[Ingrid Thulin]] – ([[Swedish films of the 1960s|Sweden]])
* ''[[Nobody Wanted to Die]]'' (Niekas nenorėjo mirti) – ([[Soviet films of 1966|USSR]])
* ''[[Not with My Wife, You Don't!]]'', starring [[Tony Curtis]], [[George C. Scott]] and [[Virna Lisi]]
* ''[[The Nun (1966 film)|The Nun]]'' (La religieuse), directed by [[Jacques Rivette]], starring [[Anna Karina]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]])

===O===
* ''[[Once Before I Die]]'', starring [[Ursula Andress]] and [[John Derek]]
* ''[[One Million Years B.C.]]'', starring [[Raquel Welch]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Operazione San Gennaro]]'' (a.k.a. The Treasure of San Gennaro), starring [[Nino Manfredi]] and [[Senta Berger]] – ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]])
* ''[[The Oscar (film)|The Oscar]]'', starring [[Stephen Boyd]], [[Elke Sommer]], [[Jill St. John]], [[Tony Bennett]]
* ''[[Our Man Flint]]'', starring [[James Coburn]]
* ''[[Our Man in Marrakesh]]'', a.k.a. ''Bang! Bang! You're Dead!'', starring [[Tony Randall]]

===P===
* ''[[The Pad and How to Use It]]'', directed by [[Brian G. Hutton]]
* ''[[Paradise, Hawaiian Style]]'', starring [[Elvis Presley]]
* ''[[Penelope (1966 film)|Penelope]]'', starring [[Natalie Wood]], [[Peter Falk]], [[Dick Shawn]], [[Jonathan Winters]], [[Ian Bannen]] and [[Arlene Golonka]]
* ''[[Le Père Noël a les yeux bleus]]'' (Father Christmas Has Blue Eyes), starring [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]])
* ''[[Persona (1966 film)|Persona]]'', directed by [[Ingmar Bergman]], starring [[Bibi Andersson]] and [[Liv Ullmann]] – ([[Swedish films of the 1960s|Sweden]])
* ''[[Pharaoh (film)|Pharaoh]]'' (Faraon), directed by [[Jerzy Kawalerowicz]] – ([[List of Polish films of the 1960s|Poland]])
* ''[[Phool Aur Patthar]]'', starring [[Dharmendra]] – ([[Bollywood films of 1966|India]])
* ''[[Picture Mommy Dead]]'', starring [[Don Ameche]] and [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]]
* ''[[The Plague of the Zombies]]'', starring [[André Morell]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[The Plainsman (1966 film)|The Plainsman]]'', starring [[Don Murray (actor)|Don Murray]], [[Abby Dalton]] and [[Leslie Nielsen]]
* ''[[The Poppy Is Also a Flower]]'', directed by [[Terence Young (director)|Terence Young]], starring [[Senta Berger]], [[Stephen Boyd]], [[Rita Hayworth]], [[Yul Brynner]] and [[Angie Dickinson]]
* ''[[The Pornographers]]'' (Erogotoshitachi yori Jinruigaku nyumon), directed by [[Shōhei Imamura]] – ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
* ''[[The Priest and the Girl]]'' (O Padre e a Moça) – ([[Brazilian films of the 1960s|Brazil]])
* ''[[The Professionals (1966 film)|The Professionals]]'', directed by [[Richard Brooks]], starring [[Lee Marvin]], [[Burt Lancaster]], [[Robert Ryan]], [[Woody Strode]], [[Jack Palance]] and [[Claudia Cardinale]]
* ''[[The Projected Man]]'', starring [[Mary Peach]], [[Bryant Haliday]] and [[Ronald Allen]]– ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])

===Q===
* ''[[Queen of Blood]]'', starring [[John Saxon]], [[Basil Rathbone]] and [[Dennis Hopper]]
* ''[[The Quiller Memorandum]]'', starring [[George Segal]], [[Alec Guinness]], [[Max von Sydow]] and [[Senta Berger]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]]/U.S.)

===R===
* ''[[Rage (1966 film)|Rage]]'', starring [[Glenn Ford]] and [[Stella Stevens]]
* ''[[The Rare Breed]]'', starring [[James Stewart]], [[Maureen O'Hara]], [[Brian Keith]] and [[Juliet Mills]]
* ''[[A Report on the Party and the Guests]]'' (O slavnosti a hostech), directed by [[Jan Němec]] – ([[Czech films of the 1960s|Czechoslovakia]])
* '' [[The Reptile]]'', starring [[Noel Willman]], [[Ray Barrett]] and [[Jennifer Daniel]]– ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Return of the Seven]]'', starring [[Yul Brynner]], [[Robert Fuller (actor)|Robert Fuller]], [[Claude Akins]] and [[Warren Oates]]
* ''[[Ride in the Whirlwind]]'', directed by [[Monte Hellman]], starring [[Jack Nicholson]] and [[Millie Perkins]]
* ''[[Ringo and His Golden Pistol]]'' (Johnny Oro), directed by [[Sergio Corbucci]] and starring [[Mark Damon]] – ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]])
* ''[[Roman Candles (1966 film)|Roman Candles]]'', directed by [[John Waters]]
* ''[[Rondo (1966 film)|Rondo]]'', directed by [[Zvonimir Berković]]– ([[List of Yugoslav films of the 1960s|Yugoslavia]])
* ''Rosalie'', a short directed by [[Walerian Borowczyk]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]])
* ''[[The Round-Up (1965 film)|The Round-Up]]'' (Szegénylegények), directed by [[Miklós Jancsó]] – ([[List of Hungarian films 1948–1989|Hungary]])
* ''[[Run, Appaloosa, Run]]'', starring [[Rex Allen]]
* ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]'', directed by [[Norman Jewison]], starring [[Alan Arkin]], [[Jonathan Winters]], [[Carl Reiner]] and [[Eva Marie Saint]]

===S===
* ''[[The Sand Pebbles (film)|The Sand Pebbles]]'', directed by [[Robert Wise]], starring [[Steve McQueen]], [[Richard Attenborough]], [[Candice Bergen]] and [[Richard Crenna]]
* ''[[The Sandwich Man (1966 film)|The Sandwich Man]]'', starring [[Michael Bentine]] and [[Dora Bryan]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Savage Pampas (1966 film)|Savage Pampas]]'', starring [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]], [[Ron Randell]] and [[Marc Lawrence]] (U.S./[[List of Spanish films of the 1960s|Spain]]/[[Lists of Argentine films|Argentina]])
* ''[[Seconds (1966 film)|Seconds]]'', directed by [[John Frankenheimer]], starring [[Rock Hudson]]
* ''[[The She Beast]]'', starring  [[Barbara Steele]], [[John Karlsen]], [[Ian Ogilvy]]
* ''[[Shiroi Kyotō]]'' (The White Tower) – ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
* ''[[The Shooting]]'', starring [[Warren Oates]], [[Jack Nicholson]] and [[Millie Perkins]]
* ''[[Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam]]'', directed by and starring [[N. T. Rama Rao]] – ([[Telugu films of the 1960s|India]])
* ''[[The Silencers (film)|The Silencers]]'', starring [[Dean Martin]], [[Stella Stevens]], [[Daliah Lavi]], [[Cyd Charisse]] and [[Nancy Kovack]]
* ''[[The Singing Nun (film)|The Singing Nun]]'', starring [[Debbie Reynolds]] and [[Greer Garson]]
* ''[[Sound of Horror]]'', starring [[James Philbrook]], [[Arturo Fernández (actor)|Arturo Fernandez]] and [[Soledad Miranda]]
* ''[[Spinout (film)|Spinout]]'', starring [[Elvis Presley]]
* ''[[The Spy with a Cold Nose]]'', directed by [[Daniel Petrie]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Stagecoach (1966 film)|Stagecoach]]'', starring [[Ann-Margret]], [[Bing Crosby]], [[Red Buttons]], [[Alex Cord]], [[Mike Connors]] and [[Stefanie Powers]]
* ''[[Stop the World – I Want to Get Off#Film adaptation|Stop the World – I Want to Get Off]]'', directed by [[Philip Saville]]
* ''[[Suraj (1966 film)|Suraj]]'', starring [[Vyjayanthimala]] and [[Rajendra Kumar]] – ([[Bollywood films of 1966|India]])
* ''[[The Swinger]]'', starring [[Ann-Margret]], [[Tony Franciosa]] and [[Yvonne Romain]]
* ''[[The Sword of Doom]]'' (Dai-bosatsu tōge) – ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])

===T===
* ''[[Tarzan and the Valley of Gold]]'', starring [[Mike Henry (American football)|Mike Henry]] and [[Nancy Kovack]]
* ''[[Teesri Kasam]]'' (Third Oath), starring [[Raj Kapoor]] – ([[Bollywood films of 1966|India]])
* ''[[Texas Across the River]]'', starring [[Dean Martin]], [[Alain Delon]], [[Rosemary Forsyth]], [[Peter Graves]], [[Joey Bishop]]
* ''[[They're a Weird Mob (film)|They're a Weird Mob]]'', directed by [[Powell and Pressburger]] – ([[Australian films of the 1960s|Australia]])
* ''[[This Property Is Condemned]]'', directed by [[Sydney Pollack]], starring [[Natalie Wood]], [[Robert Redford]], [[Charles Bronson]], [[Kate Reid]]
* ''[[Three on a Couch]]'', directed by and starring [[Jerry Lewis]], with [[Janet Leigh]], [[Leslie Parrish]], [[Mary Ann Mobley]]
* ''[[Thunderbirds Are Go]]'', produced by [[Gerry Anderson]] and Sylvia Anderson, voices of [[Peter Dyneley]], [[Shane Rimmer]], [[Matt Zimmerman (actor)|Matt Zimmerman]], [[David Graham (actor)|David Graham]], [[Christine Finn]], [[Sylvia Anderson]], [[Jeremy Wilkin]], [[Ray Barrett]]
* ''[[Tiempo de morir|Time to Die]]'' (''Tiempo de morir''), directed by [[Arturo Ripstein]], starring [[Marga López]] and [[Jorge Martínez de Hoyos]] – ([[List of Mexican films of 1966|Mexico]])
* ''[[Tokyo Drifter]]'' (Tōkyō nagaremono), directed by [[Seijun Suzuki]] – ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
* ''[[Torn Curtain]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], starring [[Paul Newman]] and [[Julie Andrews]]
* ''[[Trace of Stones]]'' (Spur der Steine) – ([[List of East German films#1960s|East Germany]])
* ''[[The Trap (1966 film)|The Trap]]'', starring [[Rita Tushingham]] and [[Oliver Reed]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]]/[[List of Canadian films|Canada]])
* ''[[Triple Cross (1966 film)|Triple Cross]]'', starring [[Christopher Plummer]], [[Claudine Auger]], [[Gert Fröbe]] – (U.K./[[French films of 1966|France]])
* ''[[The Trouble with Angels (film)|The Trouble with Angels]]'', directed by [[Ida Lupino]], starring [[Rosalind Russell]] and [[Hayley Mills]]
* ''[[Trunk to Cairo]]'', directed by [[Menahem Golan]], starring [[Audie Murphy]] – ([[Israeli films of the 1960s|Israel]])
* ''[[The Trygon Factor]]'', starring [[Stewart Granger]], [[Susan Hampshire]] and [[Robert Morley]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]]/[[List of Canadian films|West Germany]])

===U===
* ''[[The Ugly Dachshund]]'', directed by [[Norman Tokar]] and starring [[Dean Jones (actor)|Dean Jones]] and [[Suzanne Pleshette]]
* ''[[Ukamau]]'' (And So it Is) – ([[List of Bolivian films#1960s|Bolivia]])
* ''[[The Uncle (1965 film)|The Uncle]]'', directed by [[Desmond Davis]] and starring [[Rupert Davies]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])

===V===

* ''[[Liolà (film)|A Very Handy Man]]'' (Liolà), directed by [[Alessandro Blasetti]] – ([[Italian films of 1966|Italy]])
* ''[[Very Happy Alexander]]'' (''Alexandre le bienheureux''), directed by [[Yves Robert]], starring [[Philippe Noiret]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]])

===W===
* ''[[Waco (1966 film)|Waco]]'', starring [[Jane Russell]] and [[Howard Keel]]
* ''[[Walk, Don't Run (film)|Walk, Don't Run]]'', starring [[Cary Grant]] (in his final film), [[Samantha Eggar]], [[Jim Hutton]]
* ''[[The War Is Over (1966 film)|The War Is Over]]'' (La Guerre est Finie), directed by [[Alain Resnais]], starring [[Yves Montand]] and [[Ingrid Thulin]] – ([[French films of 1966|France]])
* ''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (Furankenshutain no Kaijū: Sanda tai Gaira) – ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
* ''[[Way...Way Out]]'', starring [[Jerry Lewis]] and [[Connie Stevens]]
* ''[[What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?]]'', directed by [[Blake Edwards]], starring [[James Coburn]] and [[Dick Shawn]]
* ''[[Where the Spies Are]]'', directed by [[Val Guest]] and starring [[David Niven]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])
* ''[[Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?]]'' (Qui êtes vous, Polly Maggoo?) – ([[French films of 1966|France]])
* ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'', directed by [[Mike Nichols]], starring [[Elizabeth Taylor]], ([[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] Oscar), [[Richard Burton]], [[George Segal]], [[Sandy Dennis]]
* ''[[The Wild Angels]]'', starring [[Peter Fonda]] and [[Nancy Sinatra]]
* ''[[Wings (1966 film)|Wings]]'' (Крылья), directed by [[Larisa Shepitko]] – ([[Soviet films of 1966|USSR]])
* ''[[Winnetou and the Crossbreed]]'' (Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi), directed by [[Harald Philipp]] – ([[List of German films of the 1960s|West Germany]])
* ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree]]'' (animated short)
* ''[[The Witches (1966 film)|The Witches]]'', starring  [[Joan Fontaine]]
* ''[[The Wrong Box]]'', starring [[John Mills]], [[Michael Caine]], [[Peter Cook]], [[Nanette Newman]] – ([[British films of 1966|U.K.]])

===Y===
* ''[[Yesterday Girl]]'', directed by [[Alexander Kluge]] – ([[List of German films of the 1960s|West Germany]])
* ''[[Young Törless]]'' (Der junge Törless), directed by [[Volker Schlöndorff]] – ([[List of German films of the 1960s|West Germany]])
* ''[[You're a Big Boy Now]]'', directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]], starring [[Peter Kastner]], [[Elizabeth Hartman]], [[Karen Black]], [[Julie Harris (American actress)|Julie Harris]]

===Z===

* ''[[Zatoichi's Pilgrimage]]'' (Zatōichi umi o wataru), directed by [[Kazuo Ikehiro]] – ([[Japanese films of 1966|Japan]])
* ''[[Zatoichi's Vengeance]]'' (Zatōichi no uta ga kikoeru) is a 1966 Japanese ''[[chambara]]'' film directed by [[Tokuzō Tanaka]]

==Short film series==
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]&ndash;[[1969 in film|1969]])
* ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' ([[1931 in film|1931]]&ndash;[[1969 in film|1969]])
* ''[[Sylvester the Cat]]'' ([[1944 in film|1944]]&ndash;1966)
* ''[[Speedy Gonzales]]'' ([[1953 in film|1953]]&ndash;[[1968 in film|1968]])
* ''[[Daffy Duck]]'' (1937&ndash;1968)

==Births==
* January 2 – [[Kate Hodge]], American actress and producer
* January 8 - [[Maria Pitillo]], American former actress
* January 13 – [[Patrick Dempsey]], American actor
* January 17 – [[Joshua Malina]], American actor
* January 20 – [[Rainn Wilson]], American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer
* January 24 – [[Julie Dreyfus]], French actress
* January 31 – [[Dexter Fletcher]], English film director and actor
* February 1 – [[Anthony Johnson (actor)|Anthony Johnson]], American actor and comedian (d. 2021)
* February 4 – [[Piret Kalda]], Estonian actress
* February 12 – [[Lochlyn Munro]], Canadian actor
* February 13 – [[Neal McDonough]], American actor and producer
* February 14 – [[Kristen Dalton (actress)|Kristen Dalton]], American actress
* February 15
**[[Mo Gallini]], American actor
**[[Cynthia Lamontagne]], American former actress
**[[Kim Myers]], American actress 
* February 19 – [[Justine Bateman]], American actress, writer, director and producer
* February 22 – [[Rachel Dratch]], American actress, comedian, writer and producer
* February 24
** [[Ben Miller]], English actor
** [[Billy Zane]], American actor
* February 25
** [[Alexis Denisof]], American actor
** [[Téa Leoni]], American actress
* February 27 – [[Donal Logue]], Canadian-Irish actor, producer and writer
* March 1
** [[Michelle Berube]], American actress
** [[Zack Snyder]], American director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer
* March 3 – [[Tone Loc]], American rapper and actor
* March 4 – [[Steve Bastoni]], Italian-born Australian actor
* March 5 – [[Aasif Mandvi]], British-American actor and comedian
* March 9 – [[Alison Doody]], Irish model and actress
* March 10 – [[Stephen Mailer]], American actor
* March 14
** [[Elise Neal]], American actress
** [[Gary Anthony Williams]], American actor, comedian and filmmaker
* March 22 – [[Sara Crowe]], Scottish actress
* March 23 – [[Marin Hinkle]], American actress
* March 26 – [[Michael Imperioli]], American actor
* April 8 – [[Robin Wright]], American actress
* April 9 – [[Cynthia Nixon]], American actress
* April 13 – [[Andy Nyman]], English actor, director and writer
* April 14 – [[Lloyd Owen]], British actor
* April 22 – [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]], American actor and producer
* April 27 – [[Matt Reeves]], American director, producer and screenwriter
* May 3 – [[Firdous Bamji]], Indian actor and writer
* May 4 - [[Murray McArthur]], English actor
* May 10 – [[Ilian Djevelekov]], Bulgarian film director and producer
* May 12 – [[Stephen Baldwin]], American actor
* May 15
**[[Sommore]], American comedian and actress
**[[Greg Wise]], English actor and producer
* May 16 – [[Scott Reeves]], American actor and country music singer
* May 19 – [[Polly Walker]], English actress
* May 20 – [[Mindy Cohn]], American actress and voice actress
* May 23 – [[H. Jon Benjamin]], American actor and comedian
* May 26 – [[Helena Bonham Carter]], English actress
* June 5 – [[Dwayne Hill]], Canadian voice actor
* June 7 – [[Tom McCarthy (director)|Tom McCarthy]], American director, screenwriter and actor
* June 8 – [[Julianna Margulies]], American actress
* June 10 - [[Laura Silverman]], American actress
* June 16 – [[Phil Vischer]], American filmmaker, animator, musician and voice actor
* June 17 – [[Jason Patric]], American actor
* June 19 – [[Samuel West]], English actor, director and voice actor
* June 22
** [[Carlos Gallardo (actor)|Carlos Gallardo]], Mexican actor, producer, screenwriter and director
** [[Emmanuelle Seigner]], French actress
* June 24 – [[Adrienne Shelly]], American actress, director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
* June 27 – [[J. J. Abrams]], American filmmaker and composer
* June 28
** [[John Cusack]], American actor, brother of actress [[Joan Cusack]]
** [[Şenay Gürler]], Turkish actress
** [[Mary Stuart Masterson]], American actress
** [[Sara Stewart]], Scottish actress
* June 29 – [[DJ Pooh]], American rapper, actor and filmmaker
* June 30
** [[Ian Bliss]], Australian character actor
** [[Marton Csokas]], New Zealand actor
* July 5
**[[Charles Herman-Wurmfeld]], American director
**[[Claudia Wells]], American actress
* July 6
** [[Mark Mitchinson]], English-born New Zealand actor
** [[Brian Posehn]], American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, musician and writer
* July 7
** [[Jim Gaffigan]], American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer
** [[William Haze]], American actor (died 2016)
* July 8 – [[Mike Nawrocki]], American director, animator, writer and voice actor
* July 9
** [[Pamela Adlon]], American actress, voice actress, screenwriter, producer and director
** [[Jamie Bartlett]], British-born South African actor (d. 2022)
* July 10 – [[A. O. Scott]], American film critic of ''[[The New York Times]]''
* July 11
** [[Debbe Dunning]], American actress
** [[Greg Grunberg]], American actor
** [[Elina Löwensohn]], Romanian-American actress
* July 12 – [[Tamsin Greig]], English actress, narrator and comedian
* July 14 – [[Matthew Fox]], American actor
* July 15 – [[Irène Jacob]], French-born Swiss actress
* July 16 – [[Scott Derrickson]], American filmmaker
* July 18 – [[Lori Alan]], American actress and voice actress
* July 19 – [[Nancy Carrell]], American actress, comedian and writer
* July 31 – [[Dean Cain]], American actor, producer and television presenter
* August 1 – [[Dan Gerson]], American screenwriter and voice actor (d. 2016)
* August 5
** [[James Gunn]], American filmmaker and actor
** [[Jonathan Silverman]], American actor
* August 8 – [[Verónica Falcón]], Mexican actress
* August 10 – [[André Sogliuzzo]], American voice actor
* August 14 – [[Halle Berry]], American actress
* August 15
** [[Con O'Neill (actor)|Con O'Neill]], English actor
** [[Tasha de Vasconcelos]], Mozambican-born Portuguese-Canadian actress
* August 17
**[[Tom Gallop]], American actor
**[[Matt Maiellaro]], American actor
* August 18
**[[Sarita Choudhury]], British actress
**[[María Onetto]], Argentine actress (d. 2023)
* August 19 - [[Chris McGarry]], American actor
* August 20
** [[Colin Cunningham]], American actor
** [[David Rees Snell]], American actor
* August 25 – [[Julia Davis]], English actress, comedian, director and writer
* August 28 – [[Enzo Squillino Jr.]], British actor
* August 29 – [[Stacey Travis]], American actress
* August 30 – [[Michael Michele]], American actress
* September 1 – [[James Nguyen]], Vietnamese filmmaker
* September 2 – [[Salma Hayek]], Mexican actress
* September 7 – [[Toby Jones]], English actor
* September 9
**[[David Bennent]], Swiss actor
**[[Adam Sandler]], American actor
* September 12
**[[Darren E. Burrows]], American actor
**[[Khaled El Nabawy]], Egyptian actor
* September 13 – [[Louis Mandylor]], Australian actor
* September 16 – [[Sean Frye]], American former actor
* September 20 – [[Niki Caro]], New Zealand film director and screenwriter
* September 22
** [[Ira Heiden]], American actor
** [[Ruth Jones]], Welsh actress, comedian, writer and producer
* September 25 – [[Jason Flemyng]], English actor
* September 29 – [[Ben Miles]], English actor
* October 6 – [[Jacqueline Obradors]], American actress
* October 9 – [[Tim Herlihy]], American actor, producer and screenwriter
* October 10 - [[Bai Ling]], Chinese-American actress
* October 11 – [[Luke Perry]], American actor (d. 2019)
* October 16 – [[Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]], American  voice actress
* October 17 – [[Mark Gatiss]], English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director and producer
* October 19 – [[Jon Favreau]], American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
* October 24 – [[Zahn McClarnon]], American actor
* October 26 – [[Steve Valentine]], English actor
* October 28
**[[Chris Bauer]], American actor
**[[Andy Richter]], American actor, writer, comedian and talk show announcer
* October 31 - [[Mike O'Malley]], American actor, writer and producer
* November 2 – [[David Schwimmer]], American actor, director and producer
* November 3
** [[Vincent Franklin]], English actor
** [[Jonathan Loughran]], American actor
* November 5 – [[Leni Parker]], Canadian actress
* November 6 – [[Peter DeLuise]], American actor
* November 11 – [[Vince Colosimo]], Australian actor
* November 17 – [[Sophie Marceau]], French actress and director
* November 19
** [[Wolfgang Bodison]], American actor
** [[Jason Scott Lee]], American actor and martial artist
* November 22
** [[Nicholas Rowe (actor)|Nicholas Rowe]], British actor
** [[Michael K. Williams]], American actor (d. 2021)
* November 23 – [[Vincent Cassel]], French actor
* November 25 – [[Billy Burke (actor)|Billy Burke]], American actor
* November 26 – [[Garcelle Beauvais]], Haitian actress and television personality
* December 1 – [[Andrew Adamson]], New Zealand director, producer and screenwriter
* December 2 – [[Katherine LaNasa]], American actress
* December 4
** [[Fred Armisen]], American actor and comedian
** [[Carey Means]], American voice and stage actor
* December 7 – [[C. Thomas Howell]], American actor
* December 8
** [[Tyler Mane]], Canadian character actor
** [[Scott Shepherd (actor)|Scott Shepherd]], American actor
** [[Sinéad O'Connor]], Irish actress and singer (d. 2023)
* December 9 – [[Toby Huss]], American actor
* December 12 – [[Lydia Zimmermann]], Spanish filmmaker
* December 14 – [[Boris Isaković]]. Serbian actor
* December 19 – [[Robert MacNaughton]], American actor
* December 20 – [[Paul Ritter]], English actor (d. 2021)
* December 21
** [[Michelle Hurd]], American actress
** [[Kiefer Sutherland]], Canadian actor
* December 24 – [[Diedrich Bader]], American actor and voice actor
* December 28 - [[David Fane]], New Zealand actor
* December 30 – [[Akosua Busia]], Ghanaian actress and writer
* December 31
**[[Bruce Ramsey]], Canadian actor
**[[Maddie Taylor]], American voice actress and comedian

==Deaths==
* January 3 – [[Rex Lease]], 62, American actor, ''[[Rough Riding Ranger]]'', ''[[Borrowed Wives]]''
* January 17 – [[Vincent J. Donehue]], 50, American director, ''[[Lonelyhearts]]'', ''[[Sunrise at Campobello]]''
* January 22 – [[Herbert Marshall]], 75, British actor, ''[[The Letter (1940 film)|The Letter]]'', ''[[The Little Foxes (film)|The Little Foxes]]''
* January 31 – [[Elizabeth Patterson (actress)|Elizabeth Patterson]], 90, American actress, ''[[The Shocking Miss Pilgrim]], [[Remember the Night]]''
* February 1
** [[Buster Keaton]], 70, American actor and director, ''[[The General (1926 film)|The General]]'', ''[[Sherlock Jr.]]''
** [[Hedda Hopper]], 80, American gossip columnist and actress, ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'', ''[[Topper (film)|Topper]]''
* February 9 – [[Sophie Tucker]], 82, Russian-born American singer and actress, ''[[Thoroughbreds Don't Cry]]'', ''[[Broadway Melody of 1938]]''
* February 18 – [[Robert Rossen]], 57, American writer and director, ''[[The Hustler]]'', ''[[All the King's Men (1949 film)|All the King's Men]]''<ref>{{cite news |title=Robert Rossen Is Dead at 57; Maker of Films for 30 Years; Writer-Director-Producer Won International Fame for Trenchant Realism |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/02/19/79292897.html?pageNumber=27 |access-date=24 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=February 19, 1966 |page=27 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=4 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104202503/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/02/19/79292897.html?pageNumber=27 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* February 19 – [[James Edward Grant]], 60, American writer and director, ''[[Angel and the Badman]]'', ''[[The Alamo (1960 film)|The Alamo]]''
* February 26 – [[Mientje Kling]], 71, Dutch actress, ''[[The Devil in Amsterdam]]''
* March 3
** [[William Frawley]], 79, American actor, ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'', ''[[The Lemon Drop Kid]]''
** [[Alice Pearce]], 48, American actress, ''[[On the Town (film)|On the Town]]'', ''[[The Disorderly Orderly]]''
* March 12 – [[Estelita Rodriguez]], 34, Cuban actress, ''[[Tropical Heat Wave]]'', ''[[Rio Bravo (film)|Rio Bravo]]''
* March 26 – [[Cyril Hume]], 66, American screenwriter, ''[[The Great Gatsby (1949 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'', ''[[Forbidden Planet]]''<ref name="Durward 1938">{{cite book |last1=Howes |first1=Durward |title=America's Young Men |date=1938 |publisher=Richard Blank Publishing Company |page=292 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZQ6AQAAIAAJ&q=%22helen+chandler%22+cyril+hume |access-date=2021-10-18 |archive-date=2021-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104202503/https://books.google.com/books?id=AZQ6AQAAIAAJ&q=%22helen+chandler%22+cyril+hume |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cyril Hume dies; wrote for films; did 'Great Gatsby' script in 1949--also a novelist |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/03/28/283355602.html?pageNumber=33 |access-date=17 October 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 28, 1966 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=4 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104202503/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/03/28/283355602.html?pageNumber=33 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* April 6
** [[Julia Faye]], 73, American actress, ''[[Chicago (1927 film)|Chicago]]'', ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]''
** [[Edna Flugrath]], 73, American silent-film actress, ''[[The Derby Winner]]'', ''[[The Pursuit of Pamela]]''
* April 16 – [[Marjie Millar]], 34, American actress, ''[[Money from Home]]'', ''[[About Mrs. Leslie]]''
* June 5 – [[Natacha Rambova]], 69, American actress, ''[[Salomé (1923 film)|Salomé]]'', ''[[Monsieur Beaucaire (1924 film)|Monsieur Beaucaire]]''
* June 11 – [[Wallace Ford]], 68, British-born American actor, ''[[Another Face]]'', ''[[3 Ring Circus]]''
* June 19 – [[Ed Wynn]], 79, American actor, ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''
* July 5 – [[John P. Fulton]], 63, American special effects supervisor, ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]''
* July 6 – [[Anne Nagel]], 50, American actress, ''[[Under the Big Top]]'', ''[[My Little Chickadee]]''
* July 23
** [[Douglass Montgomery]], 59, American actor, ''[[Little Women (1933 film)|Little Women]]'', ''[[Waterloo Bridge (1931 film)|Waterloo Bridge]]''
** [[Montgomery Clift]], 45, American actor, ''[[From Here to Eternity]]'', ''[[A Place in the Sun (1951 film)|A Place in the Sun]]''
* August 3 – [[Lenny Bruce]], 40, American satirist
* August 15
** [[Jan Kiepura]], 64, Polish tenor and actor, ''[[My Song for You (film)|My Song for You]]''
** [[Seena Owen]], 71, American actress, ''[[Queen Kelly]], [[Victory (1940 film)|Victory]]''
* August 23 – [[Francis X. Bushman]], 83, American actor, ''[[Ben-Hur (1925 film)|Ben-Hur]]'', ''[[The Phantom Planet]]''
* August 25 – [[Lance Comfort]], 58, British director, ''[[Penn of Pennsylvania]]'', ''[[Eight O'Clock Walk]]''
* August 26 – [[Art Baker (actor)|Art Baker]], 68, American actor, ''[[Cover Up (1949 film)|Cover Up]]'', ''[[The Farmer's Daughter (1947 film)|The Farmer's Daughter]]''
* August 29 – [[Joseph Egger]], 77, Austrian actor, ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'', ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]''
* September 14 – [[Nikolai Cherkasov]], 63, Soviet actor, ''[[Alexander Nevsky (film)|Alexander Nevsky]]'', ''[[Ivan The Terrible, Part II]]''
* September 22 – [[Jules Furthman]], 78, American screenwriter, ''[[The Big Sleep (1946 film)|The Big Sleep]]'', ''[[To Have and Have Not (film)|To Have and Have Not]]''
* October 13 – [[Clifton Webb]], 76, American actor, ''[[Laura (1944 film)|Laura]]'', ''[[The Man Who Never Was]]''
* October 16 – [[George O'Hara (actor)|George O'Hara]], 67, American actor and writer, ''[[Side Street (1929 film)|Side Street]]'', ''[[The Grapes of Wrath (film)|The Grapes of Wrath]]''
* October 23
** [[Eugenio Bava]], 80, Italian cinematographer, ''[[Cabiria]]'', ''[[Quo Vadis (1913 film)|Quo Vadis]]''
** [[Claire McDowell]], 88, American actress, ''[[The Mark of Zorro (1920 film)|The Mark of Zorro]]'', ''[[Ben-Hur (1925 film)|Ben-Hur]]''
* October 24 – [[Hans Dreier]], 81, German art director of European and American films, ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'', ''[[Double Indemnity]]''
* November 3 – [[Byron Barr]], 49, American actor, ''[[Double Indemnity]]'', ''[[Pitfall (1948 film)|Pitfall]]''
* November 9 – [[James V. Kern]], 57, American screenwriter and director, ''[[Never Say Goodbye (1946 film)|Never Say Goodbye]]'', ''[[Two Tickets to Broadway]]''
* December 14
** [[Emma Dunn]], 91, British actress, ''[[Mother (1914 film)|Mother]]'', ''[[Life with Father (film)|Life with Father]]''
** [[Verna Felton]], 76, American actress and voice actress, ''[[Picnic (1955 film)|Picnic]]'', ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]''
** [[Richard Whorf]], 60, American actor and director, ''[[Christmas Holiday]]'', ''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]''
* December 15 – [[Walt Disney]], 65, American producer, cartoonist and studio executive, ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'', ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]'', ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]''
* December 19 – [[Betty Kuuskemaa]], 87, Estonian actress, ''{{lang|et|Elu tsitadellis}}'', ''{{lang|et|Pöördel}}''
* December 22
** [[Harry Beaumont]], 78, American director, ''[[The Broadway Melody]]'', ''[[Enchanted April (1935 film)|Enchanted April]]''
** [[Robert Keith (actor)|Robert Keith]], 68, American actor, ''[[The Lineup (film)|The Lineup]]'', ''[[Written on the Wind]]''

==Film debuts==
*[[Héctor Alterio]] – ''Todo sol es amargo''
*[[Candice Bergen]] – ''[[The Group (film)|The Group]]''
*[[Peter Boyle]] – ''The Group''
*[[Richard Bradford (actor)|Richard Bradford]] – ''[[The Chase (1966 film)|The Chase]]''
*[[Roberta Collins]] – ''[[Lord Love a Duck]]''
*[[Michael Douglas]] – ''[[Cast a Giant Shadow]]''
*[[Harrison Ford]] – ''[[Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round]]''
*[[Ted Gehring]] – ''Swamp Country''
*[[Julien Guiomar]] – ''[[King of Hearts (1966 film)|King of Hearts]]''
*[[Hal Holbrook]] – ''The Group''
*[[Paulo José]] – ''[[The Priest and the Girl]]''
*[[Stuart Margolin]] – ''[[Women of the Prehistoric Planet]]''
*[[Bette Midler]] – ''[[Hawaii (1966 film)|Hawaii]]''
*[[Helen Mirren]] – ''[[Press for Time]]''
*[[Ian Ogilvy]] – ''[[The She Beast]]''
*[[Alan Oppenheimer]] – ''[[Gammera the Invincible]]''
*[[Robert Pine]] – ''[[Gunpoint (film)|Gunpoint]]''
*[[Maurice Roëves]] – ''[[The Fighting Prince of Donegal]]''
*[[Hiroyuki Sanada]] – ''Game of Chance''
*[[Anatoly Solonitsyn]] – ''[[Andrei Rublev (film)|Andrei Rublev]]''
*[[Marco St. John]] – ''[[The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean]]''
*[[James Tolkan]] – ''The Three Sisters''
*[[Natalya Varley]] – ''Formula radugi''
*[[Sam Waterston]] – ''The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean''
*[[Mary Woronov]] – ''The Beard''

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1966-01-01,1966-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1966 films] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1966-01-01,1966-12-31&adult=include List of 1966 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1966-01-01,1966-12-31&adult=include List of 1966 births] at [[IMDb]]


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