1960 in film
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Events
- April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I. Blues
- August 10 - Filming of West Side Story begins.
- November 4 - Filming wraps on The Misfits, starring Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable (this was the last film either performed in)
- November 13 - Sammy Davis, Jr. and May Britt wed.
Top grossing films
- North America
- Ben Hur
- Can Can
- Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
- Operation Petticoat
- Suddenly, Last Summer
- The Apartment
- Solomon and Sheba
- On the Beach
Academy Awards
- Best Picture: The Apartment - Mirisch, United Artists
- Best Actor: Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
- Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor - Butterfield 8
Births
- January 1 - Dawn Mazzella, American actress
- January 3 - Joan Chen, actress
- January 11 - Stanley Tucci, actor
- January 12 - Oliver Platt, actor
- January 13 - Kevin Anderson, actor
- May 24 - Kristin Scott-Thomas, actress
- May 31 - Chris Elliott, actor
- September 9 - Hugh Grant, actor
- October 10 - Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
- December 3 - Daryl Hannah,actress
- December 3 - Julianne Moore,actress
Deaths
- January 3 Victor Sjöström, Sweedish film actor and director
- January 20 - Matt Moore, actor
- February 3 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian actor and singer
- November 5 - Mack Sennett, pioneer producer/director
- November 16 - Clark Gable, actor
Other movies released
- The Apartment
- Spartacus, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, John Gavin, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, and Tony Curtis.
- Exodus
- The Alamo, starring John Wayne
- G.I. Blues, starring Elvis Presley
- Flaming Star starring Elvis Presley
- Macumba Love
- Devi
- Swiss Family Robinson (Walt Disney)
- Peeping Tom
- Ā bout de souffle
- Butterfield 8
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- The Magnificent Seven
- 13 Ghosts with ghosts that only appeared when viewed through red glasses
- La Dolce Vita Palme d'Or winner
- Pollyanna, produced by Walt Disney, starring Hayley Mills and Jane Wyman
- La Passage du Rhine, Golden Lion winner
- The Virgin Spring by Ingmar Bergman
- The Young One
- L'Avventura
- The White Horse Inn
- The World of Apu
- Elmer Gantry
- Inherit the Wind
- Herod the Great (originally: Erode il grande)
- Noi duri, starring Fred Buscaglione and Totō
- Sunrise at Campobello
