8.4

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

1966, USA

• Actors: Boris Karloff, June Foray, Thurl Ravenscroft
• Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
• Director(s): Chuck Jones
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of the nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. So disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he raids the village to steal all the Christmas things. The village is sure to have a sad Christmas this year.

  8.3

La battaglia di Algeri

1966, Italy, Algeria

• Actors: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader, Omar, Mohamed Ben Kassen, Michele Kerbash, Franco Morici, Tommaso Neri, Gene Wesson
• Genre: Drama, History, War
• Director(s): Gillo Pontecorvo
• Available languages:
  • French French.

A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it.

  8.2

The Graduate

1966, USA

• Actors: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton, Elizabeth Wilson, Buck Henry, Brian Avery, Walter Brooke, Norman Fell, Alice Ghostley, Marion Lorne, Eddra Gale, Buddy Douglas, Richard Dreyfuss, Mike Farrell, Elisabeth Fraser, Donald F. Glut, Harry Holcombe, Jonathan Hole, Elaine May, Lainie Miller, Ben Murphy, Noam Pitlik, Kevin Tighe, David Westberg
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Director(s): Mike Nichols
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Ben has recently graduated college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his "Homecoming" party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt him when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter.

  8.2

Persona

1966, Sweden

• Actors: Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jörgen Lindström
• Genre: Drama, Fantasy
• Director(s): Ingmar Bergman
• Available languages:
  • Swedish Swedish.

A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually confesses her secrets to a seemingly sympathetic Elisabeth and finds that her own personality is being submerged into Elisabeth's persona.

  8.2

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966, USA

• Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis, Agnes Flanagan, Frank Flanagan
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Director(s): Mike Nichols
• Available languages:
  • English English.

George and Martha are a middle aged married couple, whose charged relationship is defined by vitriolic verbal battles, which underlies what seems like an emotional dependence upon each other. This verbal abuse is fueled by an excessive consumption of alcohol. George being an associate History professor in a New Carthage university where Martha's father is the President adds an extra dimension to their relationship. Late one Saturday evening after a faculty mixer, Martha invites Nick and Honey, an ambitious young Biology professor new to the university and his mousy wife, over for a nightcap. As the evening progresses, Nick and Honey, plied with more alcohol, get caught up in George and Martha's games of needing to hurt each other and everyone around them. The ultimate abuse comes in the form of talk of George and Martha's unseen sixteen year old son, whose birthday is tomorrow.

  8.0

Bonnie and Clyde

1966, USA

• Actors: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor, Evans Evans, Gene Wilder, Martha Adcock, Harry Appling, Owen Bush, Mabel Cavitt, Patrick Cranshaw, Frances Fisher, Sadie French, Garry Goodgion, Clyde Howdy, Russ Marker, Ken Mayer, Ken Miller, Ann Palmer, George Sawaya, Stuart Spates, James Stiver, Ada Waugh
• Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
• Director(s): Arthur Penn
• Available languages:
  • English English.

A bored small-town girl and a small-time bank robber leave in their wake a string of violent robberies and newspaper headlines that catch the imagination of the Depression-struck Mid-West in this take on the legendary crime spree of these archetypal lovers on the run.

  8.0

In the Heat of the Night

1966, USA

• Actors: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson, William Schallert, Beah Richards, Peter Whitney, Kermit Murdock, Larry D. Mann, Matt Clark, Arthur Malet, Fred Stewart, Quentin Dean, Scott Wilson, Timothy Scott, William Watson, Eldon Quick, Stuart Nisbet, Khalil Bezaleel, Peter Masterson, Jester Hairston, Phil Adams, Nikita Knatz, Sammy Reese, Anthony James, Buzz Barton, Philip Garris, Clegg Hoyt
• Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime
• Director(s): Norman Jewison
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Detective Virgil Tibbs is caught up in the racial tension of the US South when he is arrested after the murder of a prominent businessman. Tibbs was simply waiting for his next train at the station in Sparta, Mississippi and the confusion is soon resolved but when local police chief Gillespie learns that Tibbs is the Philadelphia PD's number one homicide expert, he reluctantly asks for his assistance. The murdered man, Mr. Colbert, had come to Sparta from the North to build a new factory and his wife and business associates immediately point the finger at Endicott, the most powerful man in the county and the one who had the most to lose if a major new employer comes to the area. Tibbs' life is clearly in danger but he perseveres in a highly charged and racially explosive environment until the killer is found.

  8.0

In Cold Blood

1966, USA

• Actors: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Paul Stewart, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Jeff Corey, John Gallaudet, James Flavin, Charles McGraw, Will Geer, John McLiam, Ruth Storey, Brenda Currin, Paul Hough, Vaughn Taylor, Duke Hobbie, Sheldon Allman, Sammy Thurman, Raymond Hatton, Sadie Truitt, Myrtle Clare, Ted Eccles, Al Christy, Don Sollars, Harriet Levitt, Rhonda Fultz, Mary Linda Rapelye, John Collins, Pamela Crosley, Nick Dimitri
• Genre: Crime, Drama, History
• Director(s): Richard Brooks
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Two young men are ineffectual individually, but when together become violent criminals. They break into a wealthy farmer's home only to find that there is nearly no money at the home and murder the entire family to avoid identification. The first part of the film details the search for them, the second, their trial and execution. Taken from the actual events chronicled by Truman Capote in his book.

  7.6

The Jungle Book

1966, USA

• Actors: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Bruce Reitherman, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, Louis Prima, J. Pat O'Malley, Verna Felton, Clint Howard, Chad Stuart, Lord Tim Hudson, John Abbott, Darleen Carr, Ben Wright, Leo DeLyon, Thurl Ravenscroft, Hal Smith, Digby Wolfe
• Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Musical
• Director(s): Wolfgang Reitherman
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Disney animation inspired by Rudyard Kiplings "Mowgli" story. Mowgli is a boy who has been raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. When the wolves hear that the fierce tiger, Shere Kahn, is nearby, they decide to send Mowgli to a local "man tribe". On his way to the village, Mowgli meets many animal characters in this musical tale. When Shere Kahn learns of Mowgli's presence, he tracks him down.

  7.3

La guerre est finie

1966, France, Sweden

• Actors: Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Geneviève Bujold, Jean Dasté, Dominique Rozan, Jean-François Rémi, Marie Mergey, Jacques Wallet, Michel Piccoli, Anouk Ferjac, Roland Monod, Pierre Decazes, Paul Crauchet, Claire Duhamel, Antoine Bourseiller, Laurence Badie, Françoise Bertin, Yvette Etiévant, Jean Bouise, Annie Fargue, Gérard Séty, Catherine de Seynes, Jacques Rispal, Fylgia Zadig, Pierre Leproux, Roger Pelletier, René-Jean Chauffard, Josep Maria Flotats, Sissi Kaiser, Jean Bolo
• Genre: Drama, War
• Director(s): Alain Resnais
• Available languages:
  • French French.

Diego is one of the chief of the spanish Communist Party. He is travelling back to Paris (where he lives) from a mission in Madrid. He is arrested at the border for an identity check but manages to go free thanks to Nadine, the daughter of the man whose passport is used by him. When he arrives in Paris, he starts searching one of his comrades, Juan, to prevent him from going to Madrid where he could be arrested by Franco's police...

  6.9

The Blue Max

1966, UK

• Actors: George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Jeremy Kemp, Karl Michael Vogler, Anton Diffring, Harry Towb, Peter Woodthorpe, Derek Newark, Derren Nesbitt, Loni von Friedl, Friedrich von Ledebur, Carl Schell, Hugo Schuster, Alex Scott, Roger Ostime, Ray Browne, Timothy Parkes, Ian Kingsley, Warren Crosby
• Genre: Adventure, Drama, War, Action
• Director(s): John Guillermin
• Available languages:
  • English English.

The tactics of a German fighter pilot offend his aristocratic comrades but win him his country's most honored medal, the Blue Max. The General finds him useful as a hero even though his wife also finds him useful as a love object. In the end the General arranges for him to test-fly an untried fighter.

  6.9

Barefoot in the Park

1966, USA

• Actors: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Charles Boyer, Mildred Natwick, Herb Edelman, Mabel Albertson, Fritz Feld, James Stone, Ted Hartley, Billie Bird, Paul E. Burns, John Indrisano, Doris Roberts
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Director(s): Gene Saks
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Paul Bratter, a conservative young lawyer, marries a vivacious young woman, Corrie. Their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discord in a five-flight New York City walk-up apartment.

  6.8

Fantastic Voyage

1966, USA

• Actors: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence, Arthur O'Connell, William Redfield, Arthur Kennedy, Jean Del Val, Barry Coe, Ken Scott, Shelby Grant, James Brolin, Brendan Fitzgerald, Brendon Boone, Kenneth MacDonald, Christopher Riordan
• Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
• Director(s): Richard Fleischer
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Scientist Jan Benes, who knows the secret to keeping soldiers shrunken for an indefinite period, escapes from behind the Iron Curtain with the help of CIA agent Grant. While being transferred, their motorcade is attacked. Benes strikes his head, causing a blood clot to form in his brain. Grant is ordered to accompany a group of scientists as they are miniaturized. The crew has one hour to get in Benes's brain, remove the clot and get out.

  6.5

Don't Lose Your Head

1966, UK

• Actors: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Peter Butterworth, Joan Sims, Dany Robin, Peter Gilmore, Marianne Stone, Michael Ward, Leon Greene, David Davenport, Richard Shaw, Valerie Van Ost, Jennifer Clulow, Jacqueline Pearce, Patrick Allen, Ronnie Brody, June Cooper, Billy Cornelius, Monika Dietrich, Hugh Futcher, Joan Ingram, Penny Keen, Diana MacNamara, Elspeth March, Michael Nightingale, Julian Orchard, Christine Pryor, Nikki Van der Zyl
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
• Director(s): Gerald Thomas
• Available languages:
  • English English.

The time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy take it upon themselves to aid there French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes "the black fingernail", scourge of Camembert and Bidet, leaders of the French secret police...

  6.5

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

1966, USA

• Actors: James Coburn, Dick Shawn, Sergio Fantoni, Giovanna Ralli, Aldo Ray, Harry Morgan, Carroll O'Connor, Leon Askin, Rico Cattani, Jay Novello, Vito Scotti, Johnny Seven, Art Lewis, William Bryant, Kurt Kreuger, Robert Carricart, Ralph Manza, Danny Francis, Herbert Ellis, Ken Wales, Eric Anderson, Ken Del Conte, Thomas Hunter, Kelly Johnson, Jerry Martin, Horst Ebersberg, Herb Andress, Vincent Barbi, Mario Cimino, Giovanna Coppola
• Genre: Comedy, War
• Director(s): Blake Edwards
• Available languages:
  • English English.

A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter.

  6.4

Made in U.S.A

1966, France

• Actors: Anna Karina, László Szabó, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marianne Faithfull, Yves Afonso, Claude Bakka, Daniel Bart, Jean-Pierre Biesse, Jean-Claude Bouillon, Fernand Coquet, Marc Dudicourt, Rémo Forlani, Eliane Giovagnoli, Jean-Luc Godard, Sylvain Godet, Anne Guegan, Kyôko Kosaka, Philippe Labro, Rita Maiden, Ernest Menzer, Miguel, Jean-Philippe Nierman, Danielle Palmero, Marika Perioli, Alexis Poliakoff, Isabelle Pons, Philippe Pouzenc, Roger Scipion
• Genre: Crime, Mystery
• Director(s): Jean-Luc Godard
• Available languages:
  • French French.

Set in the near future, Paula, a leftist writer, goes from Paris to the French town of Atlantic-Cité when she learns of the death of a former colleague and lover, Richard P. Is she there to investigate? On the surface, faces are beautiful, colors bright, clothes trendy. Beneath, little is clear: some talk to Paula as if she's Alice in Wonderland, corpses pile up, and ideological struggles insert themselves. A murder victim's nephew and a political party's hired hands hover around Paula. Is obscuring things her goal or is it life that's obscure?

  6.2

The Rare Breed

1966, USA

• Actors: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Juliet Mills, Don Galloway, David Brian, Jack Elam, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Perry Lopez, Larry Domasin, Silvia Marino, Alan Caillou, Gregg Palmer, Barbara Werle, Joe Ferrante, James O'Hara, R.L. Armstrong, Holly Bane, Larry J. Blake, Joan Connors, Harry Fleer, Bob Gravage, Frank Hagney, Chuck Hayward, Irene Kelly, Charles Lampkin, Ted Mapes, John McKee, James Nusser
• Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
• Director(s): Andrew V. McLaglen
• Available languages:
  • English English.

When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle into the American West. They enlist Sam "Bulldog" Burnett in their efforts to transport their lone bull, a Hereford named Vindicator, to a breeder in Texas, but the trail is fraught with danger and even Burnett doubts the survival potential of this "rare breed" of cattle.

  6.1

Carry on Cowboy

1966, UK

• Actors: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Angela Douglas, Bernard Bresslaw, Peter Butterworth, Percy Herbert, Jon Pertwee, Sydney Bromley, Edina Ronay, Lionel Murton, Peter Gilmore, Davy Kaye, Alan Gifford, Brian Rawlinson, Michael Nightingale, Simon Cain, Sally Douglas, Cal McCord, Gary Colleano, Arthur Lovegrove, Margaret Nolan, Tom Clegg, Larry Cross, Brian Coburn, Ballet Montparnasse, Andrea Allan, Tommy Atkins
• Genre: Comedy, Western
• Director(s): Gerald Thomas
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a "sanitary engineer" (plumber) by the name of Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal! Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids - revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise...

  6.0

Three on a Couch

1966, USA

• Actors: James Best, Janet Leigh, Jerry Lewis, Leslie Parrish, Mary Ann Mobley, Gila Golan, Kathleen Freeman, Buddy Lester, Renzo Cesana, Jesslyn Fax, Fritz Feld, Renie Riano, Pepper Curtis, Danny Costello, Scatman Crothers, David Draper, John Macchia
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Director(s): Jerry Lewis
• Available languages:
  • English English.

An artist has an opportunity to go to Paris and wants to bring his fiancee along. However, she's a psychiatrist who currently has three female patients who don't like men. So, he guises himself as three different men to gauge their trust and hopefully cure them so that his fiancee can go with him.

  6.0

Follow That Camel

1966, UK

• Actors: Phil Silvers, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Angela Douglas, Peter Butterworth, Bernard Bresslaw, Anita Harris, John Bluthal, William Mervyn, Peter Gilmore, Julian Holloway, Larry Taylor, William Hurndell, David Glover, Julian Orchard, Vincent Ball, Peter Jesson, Simon Cain, Dominique Don, Sally Douglas, Harry Fielder, Gina Gianelli, Angela Grant, Helga Jones, Harold Kasket, Gertan Klauber, Margot Maxine, Ricardo Montez
• Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
• Director(s): Gerald Thomas
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Bertram Oliphant West (also known as Bo West) wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation. He joins the Foreign Legion, with Simpson his manservant in tow. But the fort they get posted to is full of eccentric legionnaires, and there is trouble brewing with the locals too. Unbeknown to Bo, his lady love has followed him in disguise...