# List of American films of 1966

This is a list of American films released in 1966.
A Man for All Seasons won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

## A–B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
| 10:30 P.M. Summer | Jules Dassin | Melina Mercouri, Romy Schneider, Peter Finch | Drama | Independent |
| 7 Women | John Ford | Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton, Betty Field, Flora Robson, Mildred Dunnock, Eddie Albert | Drama | MGM |
| After the Fox | Vittorio De Sica | Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Victor Mature | Comedy | United Artists |
| Agent for H.A.R.M. | Gerd Oswald | Peter Mark Richman, Barbara Bouchet, Wendell Corey | Spy | Universal |
| Alfie | Lewis Gilbert | Michael Caine, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster, Jane Asher | Comedy/drama | Paramount |
| Alvarez Kelly | Edward Dmytryk | William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule | Western | Columbia |
| Ambush Bay | Ron Winston | Hugh O'Brian, Mickey Rooney, James Mitchum | War | United Artists |
| An American Dream | Robert Gist | Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Eleanor Parker | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| And Now Miguel | James B. Clark | Michael Ansara, Guy Stockwell, Joe De Santis | Drama | Universal |
| Any Wednesday | Robert Ellis Miller | Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Dean Jones | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Appaloosa | Sidney J. Furie | Marlon Brando, John Saxon, Anjanette Comer | Western | Universal |
| Arabesque | Stanley Donen | Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Kieron Moore | Spy film | Universal |
| Around the World Under the Sea | Andrew Marton | Lloyd Bridges, Keenan Wynn, Gary Merrill, Shirley Eaton, David McCallum | Science fiction | 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 | 20th Century Fox. Based on the TV series |
| Beau Geste | Douglas Heyes | Guy Stockwell, Doug McClure, Leslie Nielsen | Adventure | Universal |
| 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, Virginia Christine | Western, horror | Embassy |
| Birds Do It | Andrew Marton | Soupy Sales, Tab Hunter, Doris Dowling | Comedy | Columbia |
| Blindfold | Philip Dunne | Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Warden | Drama | Universal |
| Blood Bath | Stephanie Rothman, Jack Hill | Lori Saunders, Marissa Mathes, Sid Haig | Horror | AIP |
| Blowup | Michelangelo Antonioni | David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles | Thriller | MGM |
| The Blue Max | John Guillermin | George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Karl Michael Vogler, Jeremy Kemp | War | 20th Century Fox |
| Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! | George Marshall | Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, Phyllis Diller | Comedy | United Artists |

## C–H

| 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. |
| Castle of Evil | Francis D. Lyon | Virginia Mayo, Scott Brady, Lisa Gaye | Horror | United Pictures |
| The Cat | Ellis Kadison | Roger Perry, Peggy Ann Garner, Barry Coe | Adventure | Embassy |
| Chamber of Horrors | Hy Averback | Patrick O'Neal, Cesare Danova, Laura Devon, Wilfrid Hyde-White | Horror | Warner Bros. |
| The Chase | Arthur Penn | Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Angie Dickinson, E. G. Marshall, Janice Rule, James Fox, Robert Duvall | Drama | Columbia based on Horton Foote play; screenplay by Lillian Hellman; Remade as a 1991 film |
| Chelsea Girls | Andy Warhol, Paul Morrissey | Nico, Gerard Melanga, Ondine | Drama | |
| Country Boy | Joseph Kane | Randy Boone, Sheb Wooley, Majel Barrett | Musical | Howco |
| Curse of the Swamp Creature | Larry Buchanan | John Agar, Francine York, William McGhee | Horror | AIP |
| Cyborg 2087 | Franklin Adreon | Michael Rennie, Karen Steele, Wendell Corey | Science fiction | United Pictures |
| The Daydreamer | Jules Bass | Paul O'Keefe, Ray Bolger, Hayley Mills, Patty Duke | Stop-motion animation | Embassy |
| Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round | Bernard Girard | James Coburn, Aldo Ray, Rose Marie | Crime | Columbia |
| Destination Inner Space | Francis D. Lyon | Scott Brady, Gary Merrill, Sheree North | Science fiction | United Pictures |
| Dimension 5 | Franklin Adreon | Jeffrey Hunter, France Nuyen, Donald Woods | Spy/science fiction | United Pictures |
| Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title | Harmon Jones | Rose Marie, Richard Deacon, Joey Adams | Comedy | United Artists |
| Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs | Mario Bava | Vincent Price, Fabian, Laura Antonelli | Comedy | AIP |
| Drop Dead Darling | Ken Hughes | Tony Curtis, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lionel Jeffries | Comedy | Paramount |
| Duel at Diablo | Ralph Nelson | Sidney Poitier, James Garner, Bibi Andersson | Western | United Artists |
| El Dorado | Howard Hawks | John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Ed Asner, Michele Carey, Christopher George, Arthur Hunnicutt | Western | Paramount |
| The Endless Summer | Bruce Brown | Robert August, Mike Hynson | Documentary | |
| An Eye for an Eye | Michael D. Moore (as Michael Moore) | Robert Lansing, Patrick Wayne, Slim Pickens, Gloria Talbott | Western | Embassy |
| Fantastic Voyage | Richard Fleischer | Raquel Welch, Donald Pleasence, Stephen Boyd, Edmond O'Brien, Arthur Kennedy | Science fiction | 20th Century Fox; won 2 Oscars |
| The Fat Spy | Joseph Cates | Phyllis Diller, Jack E. Leonard, Brian Donlevy, Jayne Mansfield | Comedy | Independent |
| The Fighting Prince of Donegal | Michael O'Herlihy | Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire, Tom Adams | Adventure | Walt Disney |
| A Fine Madness | Irvin Kershner | Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward, Jean Seberg | Comedy, drama | Warner Bros. 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, Judi West | Comedy | United Artists. Oscar for Matthau, plus 3 more nominations |
| Frankie and Johnny | Fred de Cordova | Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas, Nancy Kovack, Harry Morgan, Sue Ane Langdon | Musical | United Artists. Based on the song |
| Funeral in Berlin | Guy Hamilton | Michael Caine, Paul Hubschmid, Oscar Homolka, Eva Renzi | Spy, thriller | Paramount. 2nd Harry Palmer series |
| 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 | United Artists. Based on Broadway show; music by Stephen Sondheim; Oscar for music |
| Gambit | Ronald Neame | Michael Caine, Shirley MacLaine, Herbert Lom | Crime, comedy | Universal. 3 Oscar nominations; inspired 2012 remake |
| The Gentle Rain | Burt Balaban | Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Fay Spain | Drama | Allied Artists |
| The Ghost and Mr. Chicken | Alan Rafkin | Don Knotts, Dick Sargent, Liam Redmond | Comedy horror | Universal |
| The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini | Don Weis | Tommy Kirk, Nancy Sinatra, Basil Rathbone | 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 | Sports, Drama | MGM; won 3 Oscars |
| The Group | Sidney Lumet | Candice Bergen, Joanna Pettet, Shirley Knight, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Jessica Walter | Drama | United Artists. Based on a novel by Mary McCarthy |
| Gunpoint | Earl Bellamy | Audie Murphy, Joan Staley, Warren Stevens | Western | Universal |
| Harper | Jack Smight | Paul Newman, Robert Wagner, Lauren Bacall, Janet Leigh, Julie Harris, Pamela Tiffin, Arthur Hill, Shelley Winters | Crime drama | Warner Bros. Based on Ross Macdonald novel |
| Hawaii | George Roy Hill | Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris, Gene Hackman | Drama | United Artists. Based on James Michener novel, 7 Oscar nominations |
| Hold On! | Arthur Lubin | Peter Noone, Shelley Fabares, Sue Ane Langdon | Musical | MGM |
| Hot Rod Hullabaloo | William T. Naud | Marsha Mason, Val Bisoglio | Action | Allied Artists |
| How to Steal a Million | William Wyler | Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Hugh Griffith, Charles Boyer | Crime, comedy | 20th Century Fox |

## I–R

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
| Incident at Phantom Hill | Earl Bellamy | Robert Fuller, Jocelyn Lane, Dan Duryea | Western | Universal |
| 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, Francis Ford Coppola; 2 Oscar nominations |
| Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter | William Beaudine | John Lupton, Narda Onyx, Estelita Rodriguez | Western horror | Embassy |
| Johnny Reno | R. G. Springsteen | Dana Andrews, Jane Russell, John Agar | Western | Paramount |
| Johnny Tiger | Paul Wendkos | Robert Taylor, Chad Everett, Geraldine Brooks | Western | Universal |
| Judith | Daniel Mann | Sophia Loren, Peter Finch, Jack Hawkins | Drama | Paramount |
| Kid Rodelo | Richard Carlson | Don Murray, Janet Leigh, Broderick Crawford | Western | Paramount |
| Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die | Henry Levin | Mike Connors, Dorothy Provine, Raf Vallone, Margaret Lee | Spy | Columbia |
| The Las Vegas Hillbillys | Arthur C. Pierce | Jayne Mansfield, Mamie Van Doren, Ferlin Husky | Comedy | Independent |
| 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, Linda Lawson | Comedy horror | Universal |
| 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; based on the book Robinson Crusoe |
| Madame X | David Lowell Rich | Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalbán | Drama | Universal |
| Made in Paris | Boris Sagal | Louis Jourdan, Ann-Margret, Richard Crenna | Comedy | MGM |
| A Man Called Adam | Leo Penn | Sammy Davis Jr., Ossie Davis, Cicely Tyson | Musical | Embassy |
| The Man Called Flintstone | Hanna-Barbera | Alan Reed, Mel Blanc (voices) | Animation | Columbia. Based on TV series |
| A Man Could Get Killed | Ronald Neame | James Garner, Sandra Dee, Melina Mercouri, Roland Culver | Spy | Universal |
| A Man for All Seasons | Fred Zinnemann | Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Orson Welles | Biography | Columbia; 6 Oscar won |
| Maya | John Berry | Clint Walker, Jay North, Sajid Khan | Drama | MGM |
| Mister Buddwing | Delbert Mann | James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Angela Lansbury | Drama | MGM |
| Moment to Moment | Mervyn LeRoy | Jean Seberg, Honor Blackman, Sean Garrison | Drama | Universal |
| Munster, Go Home! | Earl Bellamy | Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis | Comedy | Universal. Based on TV series |
| Murderers' Row | Henry Levin | Dean Martin, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Camilla Sparv | Spy comedy | Columbia. Sequel to The Silencers |
| Nashville Rebel | Jay J. Sheridan | Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn | Musical | AIP |
| The Navy vs. the Night Monsters | Michael A. Hoey | Mamie van Doren, Anthony Eisley, Edward Faulkner | Science fiction | Realart |
| Nevada Smith | Henry Hathaway | Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau | Western | Embassy; Paramount; based on characters created by Harold Robbins |
| The Night of the Grizzly | Joseph Pevney | Clint Walker, Martha Hyer, Keenan Wynn | Adventure | Paramount |
| Not with My Wife, You Don't! | Norman Panama | Tony Curtis, Virna Lisi, George C. Scott | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Namu, the Killer Whale | László Benedek | Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether, Robin Mattson | Adventure | United Artists |
| Once Before I Die | John Derek | Ursula Andress, John Derek, Richard Jaeckel | War drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Oscar | Russell Rouse | Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Jill St. John, Tony Bennett | Drama | Embassy; Paramount; 2 Oscar nominations |
| Our Man Flint | Daniel Mann | James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan | Spy comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Out of Sight | Lennie Weinrib | Jonathan Daly, Karen Jensen, Robert Pine | Comedy | Universal |
| The Pad and How to Use It | Brian G. Hutton | Julie Sommars, James Farentino, Brian Bedford | Comedy | Universal |
| Paradise, Hawaiian Style | Michael D. Moore | Elvis Presley, James Shigeta, Donna Butterworth, Irene Tsu | Musical, Comedy | 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 | Universal. 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 | Western | Columbia. Based on novel by Frank O'Rourke; 3 Oscar nominations |
| Queen of Blood | Curtis Harrington | John Saxon, Dennis Hopper, Basil Rathbone, Judi Meredith | Science fiction | AIP |
| The Quiller Memorandum | Michael Anderson | George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow | Spy | 20th Century Fox |
| 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, Coleman Francis | Drama | Independent |
| Return of the Seven | Burt Kennedy | Yul Brynner, Warren Oates, Elisa Montes, Robert Fuller, Claude Akins | Western | United Artists. The Magnificent Seven sequel |
| Ride Beyond Vengeance | Bernard McEveety | Chuck Connors, Kathryn Hays, Bill Bixby | Western | Columbia |
| Ride in the Whirlwind | Monte Hellman | Jack Nicholson, Cameron Mitchell, Millie Perkins | Western | Independent |
| 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 | Comedy | United Artists. Golden Globe Best Musical or Comedy; 4 Oscar nominations |

## S–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
| The Sand Pebbles | Robert Wise | Steve McQueen, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Mako, Richard Attenborough, Simon Oakland, James Hong | War | 20th Century Fox. Based on novel by Richard McKenna; 8 Oscar nominations |
| Savage Pampas | Hugo Fregonese | Robert Taylor, Ron Randell, Marc Lawrence | Western | Independent |
| Seconds | John Frankenheimer | Rock Hudson, Murray Hamilton, John Randolph, Salome Jens, Jeff Corey | Horror | Paramount |
| The Shooting | Monte Hellman | Warren Oates, Millie Perkins, Will Hutchins, Jack Nicholson | Western | Independent |
| The Silencers | Phil Karlson | Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, Victor Buono, Nancy Kovack, Cyd Charisse | Spy comedy | Columbia; first Matt Helm film |
| The Singing Nun | Henry Koster | Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalbán, Greer Garson | Musical | MGM. Based on life of Jeanine Deckers |
| Smoky | George Sherman | Fess Parker, Diana Hyland, Katy Jurado | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Spinout | Norman Taurog | Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Carl Betz, Diane McBain, Deborah Walley, Dodie Marshall, Will Hutchins | Musical | MGM |
| Stagecoach | Gordon Douglas | Ann-Margret, Red Buttons, Alex Cord, Bing Crosby, Stefanie Powers, Bob Cummings, Slim Pickens | Western | 20th Century Fox. 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 | AIP |
| Texas Across the River | Michael Gordon | Dean Martin, Alain Delon, Joey Bishop | Western comedy | Universal |
| The Texican | Lesley Selander | Audie Murphy, Broderick Crawford, Diana Lorys | Western | Columbia |
| That Tennessee Beat | Richard Brill | Earl Richards, Lightnin' Chance, Dolores Faith | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| 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 |
| The Three Sisters | Paul Bogart | Sandy Dennis, Geraldine Page, Kim Stanley | Drama | Independent. Based on Anton Chekhov play |
| To the Shores of Hell | Will Zens | Marshall Thompson, Richard Arlen, Robert Dornan | War | Crown International |
| Torn Curtain | Alfred Hitchcock | Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova | Mystery | Universal |
| The Trouble with Angels | Ida Lupino | Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, June Harding | Comedy | Columbia |
| The Undertaker and His Pals | T. L. P. Swicegood | Ray Dannis, Warrene Ott, Rad Fulton | Horror | |
| The Ugly Dachshund | Norman Tokar | Suzanne Pleshette, Dean Jones, Charlie Ruggles | Comedy | Disney |
| The Unkissed Bride | Jack H. Harris | Tommy Kirk, Anne Helm, Jacques Bergerac | Comedy | Independent |
| 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 | Columbia. Grant's final film |
| Way...Way Out | Gordon Douglas | Jerry Lewis, Connie Stevens, Anita Ekberg, Robert Morley | 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 | AIP. Allen's first film |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Mike Nichols | Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Sandy Dennis, George Segal | Drama | Warner Bros. Based on Edward Albee play; Oscars for Taylor, Dennis |
| The Wild Angels | Roger Corman | Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern | Drama | AIP |
| Wild Wild Winter | Lennie Weinrib | Gary Clarke, Chris Noel | Comedy | Universal |
| Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree | Wolfgang Reitherman | Sterling Holloway, Junius Matthews | Animation | Disney. Based on book by A. A. Milne |
| Women of the Prehistoric Planet | Arthur C. Pierce | Wendell Corey, Merry Anders, Irene Tsu | Science fiction | Independent |
| You're a Big Boy Now | Francis Ford Coppola | Peter Kastner, Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page | Comedy | Warner Bros. |