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This is a list of American films released in 1969 .
Midnight Cowboy won the Academy Award for Best Picture .
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
80 Steps to Jonah
Gerd Oswald
Wayne Newton , Jo Van Fleet , Keenan Wynn
Drama
Warner Bros.
100 Rifles
Tom Gries
Burt Reynolds , Raquel Welch , Jim Brown
Western
20th Century Fox
2000 Years Later
Bert Tenzer
Terry-Thomas , Edward Everett Horton , Lisa Seagram
Comedy
Warner Bros.
Alice's Restaurant
Arthur Penn
Arlo Guthrie , Pat Quinn , William Obanhein
Comedy
United Artists ; based on Guthrie's song
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
Robert Thom
Jennifer Jones , Roddy McDowall , Holly Near
Drama
AIP
Angel in My Pocket
Alan Rafkin
Andy Griffith , Lee Meriwether , Jerry Van Dyke
Comedy
Universal
The Appointment
Sidney Lumet
Omar Sharif , Anouk Aimée , Didi Perego
Drama
MGM
The April Fools
Stuart Rosenberg
Jack Lemmon , Catherine Deneuve , Peter Lawford , Myrna Loy
Romantic comedy
National General
The Arrangement
Elia Kazan
Kirk Douglas , Faye Dunaway , Deborah Kerr
Drama
Warner Bros. ; based on Kazan's novel
The Big Bounce
Alex March
Ryan O'Neal , Leigh Taylor-Young , Van Heflin
Drama
Warner Bros. ; based on Elmore Leonard novel
The Big Cube
Tito Davison
Lana Turner , Richard Egan , Dan O'Herlihy
Thriller
Warner Bros.
Blood of Dracula's Castle
Al Adamson
John Carradine , Paula Raymond , Alexander D'Arcy
Horror
Crown International
Blue Movie
Andy Warhol
Viva , Louis Waldon
Adult film
Seminal film of Golden Age of Porn
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Paul Mazursky
Elliott Gould , Dyan Cannon , Natalie Wood , Robert Culp
Comedy
Columbia ; 4 Oscar nominations
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Bill Melendez
Peter Robbins , Pamelyn Ferdin , Glenn Gilger, Erin Sullivan
Animated film
National General
The Bridge at Remagen
John Guillermin
George Segal , Ben Gazzara , E. G. Marshall
War
United Artists
The Bushbaby
John Trent
Lou Gossett , Donald Houston , Laurence Naismith
Family
MGM
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
George Roy Hill
Paul Newman , Robert Redford , Katharine Ross
Western
Fox ; Winner of 4 Academy Awards
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Note
Cactus Flower
Gene Saks
Walter Matthau , Goldie Hawn , Ingrid Bergman
Comedy
Columbia ; Supporting Actress Oscar for Hawn; Based on play by Abe Burrows
The Candy Man
Herbert J. Leder
George Sanders , Leslie Parrish , Manolo Fábregas
Crime
Allied Artists
Castle Keep
Sydney Pollack
Burt Lancaster , Patrick O'Neal , Jean-Pierre Aumont , Bruce Dern , Peter Falk
War
Columbia
The Chairman
J. Lee Thompson
Gregory Peck , Anne Heywood , Arthur Hill
Drama
MGM ; Based on Jay Richard Kennedy novel
Change of Habit
William A. Graham
Elvis Presley , Mary Tyler Moore , Barbara McNair
Drama
Universal ; Presley's last acting role
Change of Mind
Robert Stevens
Raymond St. Jacques , Susan Oliver , Janet MacLachlan
Science Fiction, Drama
Cinerama . Music by Duke Ellington
Changes
Hall Bartlett
Michele Carey , Jack Albertson , Marcia Strassman
Drama
Cinerama
Charro!
Charles Marquis Warren
Elvis Presley , Ina Balin , Victor French
Western
National General
Chastity
Alessio de Paola
Cher , Stephen Whittaker , Tom Nolan
Drama
AIP ; Written by Sonny Bono
Che!
Richard Fleischer
Omar Sharif , Jack Palance , Cesare Danova
Biography
20th Century Fox ; Story of Che Guevara
Cherry, Harry & Raquel!
Russ Meyer
Charles Napier , Uschi Digard
Action, Exploitation
Independent
Childish Things
John Derek
Don Murray , Linda Evans , Angelique Pettyjohn
Drama
Independent
The Comic
Carl Reiner
Dick Van Dyke , Mickey Rooney , Michele Lee
Comedy
Columbia
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Robert Butler
Kurt Russell , Cesar Romero , Michael McGreevey , Joe Flynn , William Schallert , Richard Bakalyan
Science Fiction, Comedy
Disney ; remade in 1995
The Cycle Savages
Bill Brame
Bruce Dern , Melody Patterson , Maray Ayres
Biker
AIP
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Mark Robson
Carol White , Paul Burke , Scott Hylands
Thriller
National General
Death of a Gunfighter
Alan Smithee
Richard Widmark , Lena Horne
Western
Universal . First film "Alan Smithee " directed
De Sade
Cy Endfield
Keir Dullea , Senta Berger , Lilli Palmer
Drama
AIP . Story of Marquis de Sade
The Desperados
Henry Levin
Vince Edwards , Sylvia Syms , Jack Palance
Western
Columbia
The Devil's 8
Burt Topper
Christopher George , Fabian , Leslie Parrish
Crime
AIP
Don't Drink the Water
Howard Morris
Jackie Gleason , Estelle Parsons , Ted Bessell
Comedy
Embassy ; From Woody Allen play
Downhill Racer
Michael Ritchie
Robert Redford , Gene Hackman , Camilla Sparv
Sports , Drama
Paramount ; Ritchie's first film
A Dream of Kings
Daniel Mann
Anthony Quinn , Irene Papas , Inger Stevens
Drama
National General
Easy Rider
Dennis Hopper
Peter Fonda , Dennis Hopper , Jack Nicholson
Drama
Columbia ; Nicholson's first Academy Award nomination
The Extraordinary Seaman
John Frankenheimer
David Niven , Faye Dunaway , Mickey Rooney , Alan Alda , Jack Carter
War, Comedy
MGM
Eye of the Cat
David Lowell Rich
Michael Sarrazin , Gayle Hunnicutt , Eleanor Parker
Horror
Universal
Fear No Evil
Paul Wendkos
Louis Jourdan
Horror
Made-for-TV; Remake of 1981 film
The Female Bunch
Al Adamson
Russ Tamblyn , Lon Chaney Jr. , Regina Carrol
Action
Independent
The First Time
James Neilson
Jacqueline Bisset , Ricky Kelman , Gerard Parkes
Drama
United Artists
Flareup
James Neilson
Raquel Welch , James Stacy , Luke Askew
Thriller
MGM
Gaily, Gaily
Norman Jewison
Beau Bridges , Brian Keith , Margot Kidder
Comedy
United Artists ; Based on book by Ben Hecht
Generation
George Schaefer
David Janssen , Kim Darby , Pete Duel
Comedy
Embassy
Gidget Grows Up
James Sheldon
Karen Valentine , Robert Cummings , Nina Foch
Comedy
Screen Gems /ABC ; Made-for-TV
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Francis D. Lyon
Adam West , Nancy Kwan , Robert Alda
Drama
Independent
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Burt Kennedy
Robert Mitchum , George Kennedy , Tina Louise
Western
Warner Bros.
Goodbye, Columbus
Larry Peerce
Richard Benjamin , Ali MacGraw , Jack Klugman
Romance
Paramount ; Based on Philip Roth novel
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Herbert Ross
Peter O'Toole , Petula Clark , Michael Redgrave
Musical, Drama
MGM ; Remake of 1939 film ; Based on the novel
The Grasshopper
Jerry Paris
Jacqueline Bisset , Jim Brown , Joseph Cotten
Drama
National General
The Great Bank Robbery
Hy Averback
Zero Mostel , Kim Novak , Clint Walker
Western, Comedy
Warner Bros.
Guns in the Heather
Robert Butler
Kurt Russell , Glenn Corbett , Alfred Burke
Drama
Disney
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Paul Wendkos
George Kennedy , James Whitmore , Reni Santoni , Monte Markham , Bernie Casey
Western
United Artists ; Sequel to The Magnificent Seven
The Guru
James Ivory
Rita Tushingham , Michael York , Utpal Dutt
Comedy
20th Century Fox
The Gypsy Moths
John Frankenheimer
Burt Lancaster , Deborah Kerr , Gene Hackman
Drama
MGM ; Based on James Drought novel
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Note
Hail, Hero!
David Miller
Michael Douglas , Teresa Wright , Arthur Kennedy
Drama
National General
Hannibal Brooks
Michael Winner
Oliver Reed , Wolfgang Preiss , Karin Baal
War comedy
United Artists
The Happy Ending
Richard Brooks
Jean Simmons , Shirley Jones , John Forsythe , Bobby Darin , Teresa Wright , Nanette Fabray
Drama
United Artists ; 2 Oscar nominations
Hard Contract
S. Lee Pogostin
James Coburn , Lee Remick , Lilli Palmer
Mystery
20th Century Fox
Heaven with a Gun
Lee H. Katzin
Glenn Ford , Carolyn Jones , Barbara Hershey
Western
MGM
Hello, Dolly!
Gene Kelly
Barbra Streisand , Walter Matthau , Michael Crawford , Marianne McAndrew , Danny Lockin , Tommy Tune , Louis Armstrong
Musical
20th Century Fox ; Based on the Broadway show; 3 Oscar wins and four nominations.
Hello Down There
Jack Arnold
Tony Randall , Janet Leigh , Jim Backus
Comedy
Paramount
Hell's Angels '69
Lee Madden
Conny Van Dyke , Jeremy Slate , Steve Sandor
Biker
AIP
Hell's Belles
Maury Dexter
Jeremy Slate , Jocelyn Lane , Angelique Pettyjohn
Action
AIP
Hook, Line & Sinker
George Marshall
Jerry Lewis , Peter Lawford , Anne Francis
Comedy
Lewis' last film for Columbia
House of Cards
John Guillermin
George Peppard , Orson Welles , Inger Stevens
Crime
Universal
How to Commit Marriage
Norman Panama
Bob Hope , Jackie Gleason , Jane Wyman
Comedy
Cinerama ; Wyman's final film
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Mel Stuart
Suzanne Pleshette , Ian McShane , Mildred Natwick
Comedy
United Artists
The Illustrated Man
Jack Smight
Rod Steiger , Claire Bloom , Robert Drivas
Science-fiction
Warner Bros. ; Story by Ray Bradbury
Impasse
Richard Benedict
Burt Reynolds , Anne Francis , Lyle Bettger
Adventure
United Artists
In Search of Gregory
Peter Wood
Julie Christie , Michael Sarrazin , John Hurt
Drama
Universal
It Takes All Kinds
Eddie Davis
Vera Miles , Robert Lansing , Barry Sullivan
Crime
Independent
John and Mary
Peter Yates
Mia Farrow , Dustin Hoffman , Olympia Dukakis
Romance
20th Century Fox
Justine
George Cukor
Robert Forster , Anouk Aimée , Dirk Bogarde , Michael York
Drama
20th Century Fox . Based on Lawrence Durrell novel
Kenner
Steve Sekely
Jim Brown , Madlyn Rhue , Robert Coote
Drama
MGM
Krakatoa, East of Java
Bernard L. Kowalski
Brian Keith , Maximilian Schell , Sal Mineo
Disaster film
Cinerama . 1 Academy Award nomination
Last Summer
Frank Perry
Barbara Hershey , Catherine Burns , Bruce Davison
Drama
Allied Artists . Oscar nomination for Burns
The Learning Tree
Gordon Parks
Kyle Johnson , Malcolm Atterbury , Dana Elcar
Drama
Warner Bros.
Lost Flight
Leonard J. Horn
Lloyd Bridges , Bobby Van , Anne Francis
Drama
Universal
The Lost Man
Robert Alan Aurthur
Sidney Poitier , Joanna Shimkus , Richard Dysart
Drama
Universal
The Love God?
Nat Hiken
Don Knotts , Anne Francis , Edmond O'Brien
Comedy
Universal
Mackenna's Gold
J. Lee Thompson
Gregory Peck , Omar Sharif , Telly Savalas , Camilla Sparv , Julie Newmar
Western
Columbia . Based on Heck Allen novel
The Mad Room
Bernard Girard
Stella Stevens , Shelley Winters , Carole Cole
Horror
Columbia
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Bryan Forbes
Katharine Hepburn , Yul Brynner , Paul Henreid
Comedy
Warner Bros. Based on Jean Giraudoux play
The Maltese Bippy
Norman Panama
Dan Rowan , Dick Martin , Carol Lynley
Comedy
MGM
Marlowe
Paul Bogart
James Garner , Rita Moreno , Gayle Hunnicutt , Carroll O'Connor , Bruce Lee
Mystery
MGM . Based on Raymond Chandler novel
Marooned
John Sturges
Gregory Peck , Gene Hackman , David Janssen , Richard Crenna , James Franciscus , Lee Grant , Mariette Hartley , Nancy Kovack
Science-fiction
Columbia . Oscar for visual effects
Me, Natalie
Fred Coe
Patty Duke , James Farentino , Elsa Lanchester
Comedy drama
National General
Medium Cool
Haskell Wexler
Robert Forster , Verna Bloom , Marianna Hill
Drama
Paramount
Midas Run
Alf Kjellin
Richard Crenna , Anne Heywood , Fred Astaire
Comedy
Cinerama
Midnight Cowboy
John Schlesinger
Jon Voight , Dustin Hoffman , Brenda Vaccaro , Sylvia Miles
Drama
United Artists . Oscar for Best Picture
Model Shop
Jacques Demy
Anouk Aimée , Gary Lockwood , Alexandra Hay
Drama
Columbia
The Monitors
Jack Shea
Guy Stockwell , Susan Oliver , Avery Schreiber , Sherry Jackson
Science-fiction, comedy
Independent . Based on Keith Laumer novel
More Dead Than Alive
Robert Sparr
Clint Walker , Vincent Price , Anne Francis , Paul Hampton
Western
United Artists
My Side of the Mountain
James B. Clark
Theodore Bikel , Teddy Eccles , Tudi Wiggins
Family
Paramount . Based on Jean George novel
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Note
Naked Angels
Bruce D. Clark
Richard Rust , Michael Greene , Jennifer Gan
Biker film
Independent
The Night of the Following Day
Hubert Cornfield
Marlon Brando , Richard Boone , Rita Moreno
Crime
Universal
Nightmare in Wax
Bud Townsend
Cameron Mitchell , Anne Helm , Scott Brady
Horror
Crown International
Number One
Tom Gries
Charlton Heston , Jessica Walter , Bruce Dern
Sports , Drama
United Artists . Features New Orleans Saints
Once Upon a Time in the West
Sergio Leone
Claudia Cardinale , Henry Fonda , Jason Robards , Charles Bronson
Western
Paramount
Once You Kiss a Stranger
Robert Sparr
Paul Burke , Carol Lynley , Martha Hyer , Peter Lind Hayes
Thriller
Warner Bros. Remake of Strangers on a Train
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Peter R. Hunt
George Lazenby , Diana Rigg , Telly Savalas
Spy
United Artists
Out of It
Paul Williams
Barry Gordon , Jon Voight , Gretchen Corbett
Comedy
United Artists
Paint Your Wagon
Joshua Logan
Clint Eastwood , Lee Marvin , Jean Seberg
Western, Musical
Paramount ; Based on Lerner and Loewe show
Pendulum
George Schaefer
George Peppard , Jean Seberg , Richard Kiley
Thriller
Columbia
Popi
Arthur Hiller
Alan Arkin , Rita Moreno , Louis Zorich
Comedy, Drama
United Artists
Putney Swope
Robert Downey Sr.
Arnold Johnson , Antonio Fargas , Allen Garfield
Comedy
Independent
The Rain People
Francis Ford Coppola
Shirley Knight , James Caan , Robert Duvall
Drama
Warner Bros. First American Zoetrope film
Rascal
Norman Tokar
Bill Mumy , Steve Forrest , Elsa Lanchester
Family
Disney
The Reivers
Mark Rydell
Steve McQueen , Sharon Farrell , Mitch Vogel
Comedy
National General . Story by William Faulkner
Riot
Buzz Kulik
Gene Hackman , Jim Brown , Mike Kellin
Action
Paramount
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Irving Lerner
Robert Shaw , Christopher Plummer , Nigel Davenport
Historical
National General . Based on the play by Peter Shaffer
Sam Whiskey
Arnold Laven
Burt Reynolds , Angie Dickinson , Clint Walker
Western
United Artists
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Stanley Kramer
Anna Magnani , Anthony Quinn , Virna Lisi
Comedy, Drama
United Artists . Golden Globe for Best Comedy
Shark!
Samuel Fuller
Burt Reynolds , Arthur Kennedy , Silvia Pinal
Action
Independent
The Sidehackers
Gus Trikonis
Ross Hagen , Diane McBain , Michael Pataki
Drama
Crown International
Slaves
Herbert Biberman
Stephen Boyd , Dionne Warwick , Ossie Davis
Drama
Independent
Smith!
Michael O'Herlihy
Glenn Ford , Nancy Olson , Chief Dan George , Warren Oates , Keenan Wynn , Jay Silverheels , Dean Jagger
Western
Disney
Some Kind of a Nut
Garson Kanin
Dick Van Dyke , Angie Dickinson , Rosemary Forsyth
Comedy
United Artists
The Sterile Cuckoo
Alan J. Pakula
Liza Minnelli , Wendell Burton , Tim McIntire
Drama
Paramount . 2 Oscar nominations
Stiletto
Bernard L. Kowalski
Alex Cord , Britt Ekland , Patrick O'Neal
Crime
Embassy
Support Your Local Sheriff
Burt Kennedy
James Garner , Walter Brennan , Joan Hackett
Western, Comedy
United Artists
Sweet Charity
Bob Fosse
Shirley MacLaine , Chita Rivera , Ricardo Montalbán , John McMartin , Paula Kelly , Sammy Davis Jr.
Musical
Universal . Based on Broadway show ; written by Neil Simon ; 3 Academy Award nominations
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Note
Take the Money and Run
Woody Allen
Woody Allen , Janet Margolin , Louise Lasser
Comedy
Cinerama First film directed by Allen
A Talent for Loving
Richard Quine
Richard Widmark , Cesar Romero , Caroline Munro
Western, Comedy
Paramount
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Abraham Polonsky
Robert Redford , Katharine Ross , Robert Blake
Western, Drama
Universal . Polonsky's first film in 21 years
That Cold Day in the Park
Robert Altman
Sandy Dennis , Michael Burns , Susanne Benton
Drama
Independent . Based on Peter Miles novel
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Sydney Pollack
Jane Fonda , Michael Sarrazin , Gig Young , Susannah York , Red Buttons
Drama
Cinerama . Oscar for Young
The Thousand Plane Raid
Boris Sagal
Christopher George , Laraine Stephens , Michael Evans
War
United Artists
A Time for Dying
Budd Boetticher
Audie Murphy , Richard Lapp, Anne Randall , Bob Random
Western
Corinth Films
Topaz
Alfred Hitchcock
John Forsythe , Roscoe Lee Browne , John Vernon
Thriller
Universal . Based on Leon Uris novel
Trilogy
Frank Perry
Geraldine Page , Maureen Stapleton , Mildred Natwick
Drama
Allied Artists . Based on stories by Truman Capote
The Trouble with Girls
Peter Tewksbury
Elvis Presley , Marlyn Mason , Nicole Jaffe , Sheree North , Edward Andrews , John Carradine , Vincent Price , Dabney Coleman , Duke Snider , Anissa Jones
Drama
MGM
True Grit
Henry Hathaway
John Wayne , Kim Darby , Glen Campbell , Dennis Hopper , Robert Duvall
Western
Paramount ; Oscar for Wayne; Remade in 2010
The Undefeated
Andrew V. McLaglen
John Wayne , Rock Hudson , Marian McCargo
Western
20th Century Fox . NFL 's Roman Gabriel co-stars
The Valley of Gwangi
Jim O'Connolly
James Franciscus , Gila Golan , Richard Carlson
Western, Fantasy
Warner Bros. Special effects by Ray Harryhausen
Viva Max!
Jerry Paris
Peter Ustinov , Jonathan Winters , Pamela Tiffin
Comedy
Commonwealth . Based on Jim Lehrer novel
A Walk with Love and Death
John Huston
Anjelica Huston , Assi Dayan , Anthony Higgins
Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
20th Century Fox
The Wedding Party
Brian De Palma
Jill Clayburgh , Robert De Niro , Jennifer Salt
Comedy
Independent . 1963 college student film
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
Lee H. Katzin
Geraldine Page , Ruth Gordon , Rosemary Forsyth
Horror
Cinerama . Based on Ursula Curtiss novel
Where It's At
Garson Kanin
David Janssen , Don Rickles , Rosemary Forsyth
Drama
United Artists
The Wild Bunch
Sam Peckinpah
William Holden , Ernest Borgnine , Warren Oates , Robert Ryan , Edmond O'Brien , Ben Johnson , Jaime Sánchez , Emilio Fernández
Western
Warner Bros. ; 2 Oscar nominations
Winning
James Goldstone
Paul Newman , Joanne Woodward , Robert Wagner
Sports , Drama
Universal . Features Indy 500 drivers
The Wrecking Crew
Phil Karlson
Dean Martin , Elke Sommer , Nancy Kwan , Sharon Tate
Spy, Comedy
Columbia . One of Matt Helm series
Young Billy Young
Burt Kennedy
Robert Mitchum , Angie Dickinson , Robert Walker
Western
United Artists
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