List of American films of 1966

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This is a list of American films released in 1966.

A Man for All Seasons won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
7 Women	John Ford	Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton, Betty Field, Flora Robson, Mildred Dunnock, Eddie Albert	Drama	MGM
Agent for H.A.R.M.	Gerd Oswald	Peter Mark Richman, Barbara Bouchet, Wendell Corey	Spy film
Alvarez Kelly	Edward Dmytryk	William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule	Western	Columbia
Ambush Bay	Ron Winston	Hugh O'Brian, Mickey Rooney	War	United Artists
Any Wednesday	Robert Ellis Miller	Jane Fonda, Jason Robards	Comedy	Warner Bros.
The Appaloosa	Sidney J. Furie	Marlon Brando, John Saxon, Anjanette Comer	Western
Arabesque	Stanley Donen	Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren	Spy film	Universal
Around the World Under the Sea	Andrew Marton	Lloyd Bridges, Keenan Wynn, Gary Merrill, Shirley Eaton, David McCallum	Sci-fi	MGM
Assault on a Queen	Jack Donohue	Frank Sinatra, Virna Lisi, Tony Franciosa, Richard Conte	Crime drama	Paramount
Batman	Leslie H. Martinson	Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin	Comedy, action	based on the TV series
The Bible: In the Beginning	John Huston	George C. Scott, Ava Gardner, Peter O'Toole, John Huston, Richard Harris, Stephen Boyd, Franco Nero	Biblical drama	20th Century Fox
A Big Hand for the Little Lady	Fielder Cook	Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Kevin McCarthy, Burgess Meredith, Paul Ford	Western, comedy	Warner Bros.
Billy the Kid vs. Dracula	William Beaudine	John Carradine, Chuck Courtney	Western, horror	Embassy
Birds Do It	Andrew Marton	Soupy Sales, Tab Hunter, Doris Dowling	Comedy	Columbia
Blood Bath	Stephanie Rothman, Jack Hill	Lori Saunders, Karl Schanzer, Sid Haig	Horror
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!	George Marshall	Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, Phyllis Diller	Comedy	United Artists

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
Cast a Giant Shadow	Melville Shavelson	Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Yul Brynner, Frank Sinatra, Angie Dickinson, John Wayne	Action	Warner Bros.
Chamber of Horrors	Hy Averback	Patrick O'Neal, Wilfrid Hyde-White	Horror	Warner Bros.
Chappaqua	Conrad Rooks	Jean-Louis Barrault, William S. Burroughs	Drama
The Chase	Arthur Penn	Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Angie Dickinson, E.G. Marshall, Janice Rule, James Fox, Robert Duvall	Drama	based on Horton Foote play; screenplay by Lillian Hellman
Chelsea Girls	Andy Warhol, Paul Morrissey	Nico, Gerard Melanga, Ondine	Drama
Curse of the Swamp Creature	Larry Buchanan	John Agar, Francine York	Horror
Cyborg 2087	Franklin Adreon	Michael Rennie, Karen Steele	Sci-fi	United Pictures
The Daydreamer	Jules Bass	Paul O'Keefe, Ray Bolger	Stop-motion animation	Embassy Pictures
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round	Bernard Girard	James Coburn, Aldo Ray, Rose Marie	Crime drama	Columbia
Destination Inner Space	Francis D. Lyon	Scott Brady, Gary Merrill, Sheree North	Sci-fi
Dimension 5	Franklin Adreon	Jeffrey Hunter, France Nuyen	Sci-fi
Drop Dead Darling	Ken Hughes	Tony Curtis, Zsa Zsa Gabor	Comedy
Duel at Diablo	Ralph Nelson	Sidney Poitier, James Garner	Western	United Artists
El Dorado	Howard Hawks	John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Ed Asner, Michele Carey, Arthur Hunnicutt	Western	Paramount; released in Japan in December 1966
The Endless Summer	Bruce Brown	Robert August, Mike Hynson	Documentary
Fantastic Voyage	Richard Fleischer	Raquel Welch, Stephen Boyd, Edmond O'Brien, Arthur Kennedy	Sci-fi	20th Century Fox; won 2 Oscars
The Fat Spy	Joseph Cates	Phyllis Diller, Jack E. Leonard, Jayne Mansfield	Comedy
A Fine Madness	Irvin Kershner	Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward, Jean Seberg	Comedy, drama	based on Elliott Baker novel
Fireball 500	Leo Townsend	Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Fabian	Comedy	AIP
Follow Me, Boys!	Norman Tokar	Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Lillian Gish, Kurt Russell	Comedy, drama	Disney
The Fortune Cookie	Billy Wilder	Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon	Comedy	Oscar for Matthau
Frankie and Johnny	Fred De Cordova	Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan, Sue Ane Langdon	Musical	based on the song
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Richard Lester	Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Michael Crawford, Jack Gilford, Michael Hordern, Roy Kinnear, Buster Keaton	Musical comedy	based on the Broadway show; music by Stephen Sondheim
Gambit	Ronald Neame	Michael Caine, Shirley MacLaine	Crime, comedy	3 Oscar nominations
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken	Alan Rafkin	Don Knotts, Dick Sargent	Comedy	Universal
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini	Don Weis	Tommy Kirk, Nancy Sinatra	Comedy	AIP
The Glass Bottom Boat	Frank Tashlin	Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Paul Lynde	Comedy	MGM
Grand Prix	John Frankenheimer	James Garner, Toshirō Mifune, Yves Montand, Eva Marie Saint, Brian Bedford, Jessica Walter	Drama	MGM; won 3 Oscars
The Group	Sidney Lumet	Candice Bergen, Joanna Pettet, Shirley Knight, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Jessica Walter	Drama	based on a novel by Mary McCarthy
Gunpoint	Earl Bellamy	Audie Murphy, Joan Staley, Warren Stevens	Western	Universal
Hallucination Generation	Edward Mann	George Montgomery, Marianne Kanter	Drama
Harper	Jack Smight	Paul Newman, Robert Wagner, Lauren Bacall, Janet Leigh, Julie Harris, Pamela Tiffin, Arthur Hill, Shelley Winters	Crime drama	based on Ross Macdonald novel
Hawaii	George Roy Hill	Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris, Gene Hackman	Drama	based on James Michener novel
Hold Me While I'm Naked	George Kuchar	Donna Kerness, Stella Kuchar	Experimental short
Hold On!	Arthur Lubin	Peter Noone, Shelley Fabares	Musical
How to Steal a Million	William Wyler	Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole	Crime, comedy	20th Century Fox

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
The Idol	Daniel Petrie	Jennifer Jones, Michael Parks	Drama
Is Paris Burning?	René Clément	Kirk Douglas, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, Glenn Ford, Yves Montand, Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Simone Signoret, Robert Stack, Orson Welles	Drama, war	Paramount; screenplay by Gore Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter	William Beaudine	John Lupton, Narda Onyx	Western, horror	Embassy Pictures
Johnny Reno	R. G. Springsteen	Dana Andrews, Jane Russell	Western	Paramount
Judith	Daniel Mann	Sophia Loren, Peter Finch	Drama	Paramount
Khartoum	Basil Dearden	Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier	Adventure	United Artists
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die	Henry Levin	Mike Connors, Dorothy Provine	Spy	Columbia
The Last of the Secret Agents?	Norman Abbott	Marty Allen, Steve Rossi, Nancy Sinatra	Comedy	Paramount
Let's Kill Uncle	William Castle	Nigel Green, Mary Badham	Horror
Lord Love a Duck	George Axelrod	Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld, Lola Albright	Comedy	United Artists
Lost Command	Mark Robson	Anthony Quinn, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon	War	Columbia; based on Jean Larteguy book
Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.	Byron Paul	Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan, Akim Tamiroff	Comedy	Disney
Madame X	David Lowell Rich	Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalbán	Drama
Made in Paris	Boris Sagal	Louis Jourdan, Ann-Margret, Richard Crenna	Comedy	MGM
The Man Called Flintstone	Hanna-Barbera	Alan Reed, Mel Blanc	Animation
A Man Could Get Killed	Ronald Neame	James Garner, Sandra Dee	Spy film	Universal
Manos: The Hands of Fate	Harold P. Warren	John Reynolds, Harold P. Warren	Horror	MST3K
Maya	John Berry	Clint Walker, Jay North	Drama	MGM
Mister Buddwing	Delbert Mann	James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Angela Lansbury	Drama	MGM
Munster, Go Home!	Earl Bellamy	Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis	Comedy	based on TV series
Murderers' Row	Henry Levin	Dean Martin, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Camilla Sparv, Beverly Adams, James Gregory	Spy film, comedy	sequel to The Silencers
Nashville Rebel	Jay J. Sheridan	Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn	Drama, musical
Nevada Smith	Henry Hathaway	Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau, Arthur Kennedy, Janet Margolin, Suzanne Pleshette	Western	based on characters created by Harold Robbins
The Night of the Grizzly	Joseph Pevney	Clint Walker, Martha Hyer	Adventure	Paramount
Not with My Wife, You Don't!	Norman Panama	Tony Curtis, Verna Lisi, George C. Scott	Comedy	Warner Bros.
Once Before I Die	John Derek	Ursula Andress, John Derek	Drama
The Oscar	Russell Rouse	Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Jill St. John, Tony Bennett, Ernest Borgnine, Milton Berle, Edie Adams	Drama	2 Oscar nominations
Our Man Flint	Daniel Mann	James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan	Spy film, comedy	20th Century Fox
Our Man in Marrakesh	Don Sharp	Tony Randall, Herbert Lom, Klaus Kinski	Comedy
Paradise, Hawaiian Style	Michael D. Moore	Elvis Presley, James Shigeta, Irene Tsu	Musical	Paramount
Penelope	Arthur Hiller	Natalie Wood, Ian Bannen, Carl Ballantine	Comedy	MGM
Picture Mommy Dead	Bert I. Gordon	Don Ameche, Martha Hyer, Zsa Zsa Gabor	Horror	Embassy
The Plainsman	David Lowell Rich	Don Murray, Guy Stockwell, Abby Dalton	Western	remake of 1936 film
The Poppy Is Also a Flower	Terence Young	Senta Berger, Stephen Boyd, Yul Brynner	Drama	made for TV
The Professionals	Richard Brooks	Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode, Jack Palance, Claudia Cardinale, Ralph Bellamy	Western	based on novel by Frank O'Rourke; 3 Oscar nominations
Queen of Blood	Curtis Harrington	John Saxon, Dennis Hopper	Sci-fi
Rage	Gilberto Gazcón	Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, David Reynoso	Drama	Columbia
The Rare Breed	Andrew V. McLaglen	James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Jack Elam	Western	Universal
Red Zone Cuba	Coleman Francis	John Carradine, Anthony Cardoza	Drama
Return of the Seven	Burt Kennedy	Yul Brynner, Warren Oates, Elisa Montes, Robert Fuller, Claude Akins	Western	The Magnificent Seven sequel
Ride Beyond Vengeance	Bernard McEveety	Chuck Connors, Michael Rennie, Bill Bixby	Western	Columbia
Roman Candles	John Waters	Divine, Maelcum Soul	Short film
Rush to Judgment	Emile de Antonio	Archive footage of Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby, Earl Warren	Documentary
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming	Norman Jewison	Alan Arkin, Eva Marie Saint, Jonathan Winters, Carl Reiner, John Phillip Law, Brian Keith, Paul Ford	Comedy	Golden Globe Best Musical or Comedy; 4 Oscar nominations

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Note
The Sand Pebbles	Robert Wise	Steve McQueen, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Mako, Richard Attenborough, Simon Oakland	Drama, war	based on novel by Richard McKenna; 8 Oscar nominations
Seconds	John Frankenheimer	Rock Hudson, Murray Hamilton, John Randolph, Salome Jens, Jeff Corey	Thriller	Paramount
The Shooting	Monte Hellman	Warren Oates, Millie Perkins, Will Hutchins	Western
The Silencers	Phil Karlson	Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, Victor Buono, Nancy Kovack, Cyd Charisse	Spy film, comedy	Columbia Pictures; first Matt Helm film
The Singing Nun	Henry Koster	Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalbán, Greer Garson	Musical biography	based on life of Jeanine Deckers
Spinout	Norman Taurog	Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares	Musical	MGM
Stagecoach	Gordon Douglas	Ann-Margret, Red Buttons, Alex Cord, Bing Crosby, Bob Cummings, Slim Pickens, Stefanie Powers	Western	remake of 1939 film
The Swinger	George Sidney	Ann-Margret, Anthony Franciosa, Robert Coote	Comedy	Paramount
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold	Robert Day	Mike Henry, David Opatoshu, Nancy Kovack	Adventure
Texas Across the River	Michael Gordon	Dean Martin, Alain Delon, Joey Bishop	Western, comedy	Universal
This Property Is Condemned	Sydney Pollack	Robert Redford, Natalie Wood, Charles Bronson	Drama	Paramount
Three on a Couch	Jerry Lewis	Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Mary Ann Mobley	Comedy	Columbia
Torn Curtain	Alfred Hitchcock	Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova	Spy film, mystery	Universal
The Trouble with Angels	Ida Lupino	Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, June Harding	Comedy	Columbia
The Ugly Dachshund	Norman Tokar	Suzanne Pleshette, Dean Jones	Comedy	Disney
Waco	R. G. Springsteen	Jane Russell, Howard Keel, Wendell Corey	Western	Paramount
Walk Don't Run	Charles Walters	Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton	Comedy	Grant's final film
Way...Way Out	Gordon Douglas	Jerry Lewis, Connie Stevens, Anita Ekberg, Robert Morley, Dennis Weaver, Dick Shawn	Comedy	20th Century Fox
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?	Blake Edwards	Dick Shawn, James Coburn, Carroll O'Connor	Comedy	United Artists
What's Up, Tiger Lily?	Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi	Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Tatsuya Mihashi	Comedy, parody	Allen's first film
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Mike Nichols	Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Sandy Dennis, George Segal	Drama	based on Edward Albee play; Oscars for Taylor, Dennis
The Wild Angels	Roger Corman	Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra	Outlaw biker film	AIP
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree	Wolfgang Reitherman	Sterling Holloway, Junius Matthews	Animation	based on book by A. A. Milne
Women of the Prehistoric Planet	Arthur C. Pierce	Wendell Corey, Merry Anders	Sci-fi	MST3K

External links

• 1966 films at the Internet Movie Database