1963 in film

Years in film:	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966

Events

• January 28 - Filming begins on Dr. Strangelove.
• May 26 - Filming on Dr. Strangelove ends.
• June 12 - Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.
• November 7 - The comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World premieres.

Top grossing films

North America

1. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
2. The Great Escape
3. The Longest Day
4. Lawrence of Arabia
5. Charade
6. Mutiny on the Bounty
7. Hud
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
9. Son of Flubber
10. The Birds

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Tom Jones — Woodfall, United Artists-Lopert (British)

Award for Directing: Tony Richardson - Tom Jones

Best Actor: Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field

Best Actress: Patricia Neal - Hud

Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas - Hud

Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Rutherford - The V.I.P.s

Best Foreign Language Film: 8½ (Otto e mezzo), directed by Federico Fellini, Italy

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: The Cardinal

Best Actor: Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field

Best Actress: Leslie Caron - The L-Shaped Room

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Tom Jones

Best Actor: Alberto Sordi - To Bed... or Not to Bed

Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine - Irma la Douce

Other

Best Director: Elia Kazan - America, America

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Leopard (Il Gattopardo), directed by Luchino Visconti, Italy

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Hands Over the City (Le mani sulla città), directed by Francesco Rosi, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Il Diavolo (To Bed... or Not to Bed), directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro, Italy

Films released in 1963

• 8½
• America, America by Elia Kazan
• An Actor's Revenge
• Atragon
• La Baie des anges
• The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock), starring Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor
• Blood Feast
• Bushido:Samurai Saga (Bushidô zankoku monogatari) Golden Bear winner
• Bye Bye Birdie
• Charade, starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn
• Cleopatra
• Contempt (Le Mépris)
• Critic's Choice, starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball
• Dementia 13
• Il Diavolo Golden Bear winner
• From Russia with Love
• Fun in Acapulco
• A Gathering of Eagles
• The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen
• Hands Over the City Golden Lion winner
• Hud
• Irma la Douce -(film mentioned in article)
• It Happened at the World's Fair
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
• Ladybug Ladybug
• The Leopard Palme d'Or winner
• The L-Shaped Room
• Lilies of the Field
• The Mask -(?? only in 1961 such a film is mentioned)
• Matango
• The Nutty Professor, starring Jerry Lewis
• One Got Fat
• The Pink Panther, starring Peter Sellers
• 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
• Sleep, by Andy Warhol
• Son of Flubber
• The Sword in the Stone
• To Bed or Not to Bed
• Tom Jones
• The V.I.P.s
• The Wheeler Dealers
• Who's Minding the Store?, starring Jerry Lewis
• The Wrong Arm of the Law
• Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke starring Sunil Dutt
• Zuo ye meng hun zhong

Births

• January 14 — Steven Soderbergh, director
• March 27 — Quentin Tarantino, director
• June 9 — Johnny Depp, US actor
• June 10 — Jeanne Tripplehorn, US actress
• June 15 — Helen Hunt, US actress
• October 6 — Elisabeth Shue, US actress
• December 15 — Helen Slater, US actress
• December 18 — Brad Pitt, actor

Deaths

• February 18 - Monte Blue, actor
• June 7 - Zazu Pitts, actress
• December 5 - Tom London, actor
• Oscar A.C. Lund, Swedish film actor/director/writer