1963 in film - Definition and Overview

Events

• 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. How the West Was Won
2. Cleopatra
3. The Longest Day
4. Lawrence of Arabia
5. Irma La Douce
6. Mutiny on the Bounty
7. The V.I.P.s
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
9. Son of Flubber

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Tom Jones — Woodfall, United Artists-Lopert (British)
• Best Actor: Sidney Poitier — Lilies of the Field
• Best Actress: Patricia Neal — Hud

Births

• January 14 — Steven Soderbergh, director
• 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

• June 7 — Zazu Pitts, actress
• Oscar A.C. Lund, Swedish film actor/director/writer

Other movies released

• The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen
• Tom Jones
• Charade, starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn
• From Russia with Love
• The Sword in the Stone
• Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, starring Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor
• Blood Feast
• It Happened at the World's Fair
• Fun in Acapulco
• Zuo ye meng hun zhong
• Mépris, Le
• La Baie des anges
• 8½
• Bye Bye Birdie
• The Nutty Professor
• The Mask
• An Actor's Revenge
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
• Golden Bear winner
• Il Diavolo Golden Bear winner
• Hands over the City Golden Lion winner
• The Leopard Palme d'Or winner
• America, America by Elia Kazan