1960 in film

The top ten 1960 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

The highest-grossing 1960 films in countries outside of North America.

• March 5 – For the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood to film G.I. Blues
• June 16 – Premiere of Alfred Hitchcock's landmark film, Psycho in the United States. Controversial since release, it sets new standards in violence and sexuality on screen, and is a critical influence on the emerging slasher genre.
• August 5 - Mughal-e-Azam, produced and directed by K. Asif and starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, and Durga Khote, premieres at the Maratha Mandir in Mumbai. Production has been plagued by delays and financial uncertainty. Before its principal photography began in the early 1950s, the project had lost a financier and undergone a complete change of cast. Mughal-e-Azam cost more to produce than any previous Indian motion picture but it breaks box office records in India and becomes the highest-grossing Indian film, a distinction it holds for 15 years. The film is widely considered to be a milestone for its genre, earning praise from critics for its grandeur and attention to detail, and the performances of its cast (especially that of Madhubala, who earns a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress).
• August 10 – Filming of West Side Story begins.
• October 6 & December 16 – Dalton Trumbo, one of the Hollywood Ten, receives full screenwriting credit for his work on the films Spartacus and Exodus, released in the United States on these dates.
• October 27 – Film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning released, first of the British social-realist wave.
• November 4 – Filming wraps on The Misfits, starring Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable, the last film for both (though Monroe will be working on another at the time of her death).

United States unless stated

United States unless stated

• Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
• Terrytoons (1930–1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
• Bugs Bunny (1940–1964)
• Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)
• Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)

• January 1 - Shinya Tsukamoto, Japanese filmmaker and actor
• January 4 – April Winchell, American actress, voice actress, writer, talk radio host and commentator
• January 9
  • Peter Hastings, American writer, director and producer
  • Terje Pennie, Estonian actress
• January 10 – Gurinder Chadha, British director
• January 11 - Annie Corley, American actress
• January 12
  • Wanda Cannon, Canadian actress
  • Oliver Platt, Canadian actor
• January 13 – Kevin Anderson, American actor
• January 15 – Kelly Asbury, American director, writer and voice actor (died 2020)
• January 18 – Mark Rylance, English actor
• January 25
  • Kerry Noonan, American actress
  • Audrey Wells, American screenwriter, director and producer (died 2018)
• February 4 – Jenette Goldstein, American actress
• February 7
  • Robert Smigel, American actor, comedian, writer, director, producer and puppeteer
  • James Spader, American actor
• February 8 - Suzanna Hamilton, English actress
• February 9 – David Bateson, British actor and comedian
• February 13 – Matt Salinger, American actor and producer
• February 14 – Meg Tilly, Canadian-American actress
• February 18
  • Tony Anselmo, American animator and cartoon voice actor
  • Greta Scacchi, Italian-Australian actress
• February 20 – Wendee Lee, American voice actress
• February 21 – Joel McKinnon Miller, American actor
• February 22 - Brian Anthony Wilson, American actor
• February 25 – Douglas Hodge, English actor, director and musician
• February 26 - Michael Cumpsty, English actor
• February 28 – Dorothy Stratten, Canadian model and actress (died 1980)
• March 11 - Simon Curtis, English director and producer
• March 12
  • Jason Beghe, American actor
  • Courtney B. Vance, American actor
• March 13 – Joe Ranft, American screenwriter, animator and voice actor (died 2005)
• March 17
  • Arye Gross, American actor
  • Vicki Lewis, American singer and actress
  • Cameron Thor, American actor, filmmaker and acting coach
• March 18 - Steve Kloves, American screenwriter, director and producer
• March 22 – Nicole Holofcener, American film director and screenwriter
• March 25 – Brenda Strong, American actress and director
• March 26 – Jennifer Grey, American actress
• March 29
  • Annabella Sciorra, American actress and producer
  • Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator (died 2017)
• March 31 – Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer (died 2010)
• April 1 – Jennifer Runyon, American actress (died 2026)
• April 4
  • Hugo Weaving, English actor
  • Lorraine Toussaint, Trinidadian-American actress
• April 5 - Timothy V. Murphy, Irish actor
• April 7
  • Pete Lee-Wilson, British actor
  • Elaine Miles, American actress
• April 10 - Olivia Brown, American actress
• April 14 – Brad Garrett, American actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian and professional poker-player
• April 23
  • Craig Sheffer, American actor
  • Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
• April 27 - John Philbin, American actor
• April 29 - Steve Blum, American voice actor
• April 30 - Beata Poźniak, Polish-American actress and director
• May 1 - Matilda Thorpe, British actress
• May 2
  • Robert Bockstael, Canadian actor, director and writer
  • Stephen Daldry, English director and producer
• May 3 - Amy Steel, American actress
• May 4 - Paul Bhattacharjee, British actor (died 2013)
• May 6 - Frank Wood, American actor
• May 9 - Lisa Henson, American actress and producer actress
• May 10 - Richard Graham, English actor
• May 15 - Rob Bowman, American director
• May 16 - Rosario Fiorello, Italian actor, comedian and singer
• May 20
  • John Billingsley, American actor
  • Tony Goldwyn, American actor, singer, producer and director
• May 21 – Mohanlal, Indian actor
• May 22 - Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, filmmaker, and actor
• May 24
  • Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress
  • Doug Jones, American actor
• May 26 - Doug Hutchison, American character actor
• May 31
  • Chris Elliott, American actor and comedian
  • Don Harvey, American actor and voice actor
• June 2 - Pip Torrens, English actor
• June 5 - James Isaac, American director and visual effects supervisor (died 2012)
• June 8 - Gary Trousdale, American animator, director, screenwriter and storyboard artist
• June 9 – Winston Chao, Taiwanese actor, film director, and voice artist
• June 16 - James M. Connor, American actor
• June 17 – Thomas Haden Church, American actor
• June 18 - Barbara Broccoli, American-British producer
• June 25 - Eve Gordon, American actress
• June 27 - Jeremy Swift, English actor
• July 5
  • Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stuntman
  • Pruitt Taylor Vince, American character actor
• July 10 – Jeff Bergman, American voice actor, comedian and impressionist
• July 11 – Jafar Panahi, Iranian director
• July 14
  • Kyle Gass, American actor and musician
  • Jane Lynch, American actress
• July 15 - Dennis Storhøi, Norwegian actor
• July 17
  • Robin Shou, Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist and stuntman
  • Nancy Giles, American actress
• July 19 – Elizabeth Kaitan, Hungarian-American actress and model
• July 21 – Adrienne King, American actress and voice actress
• July 22 – John Leguizamo, American actor, comedian and producer
• July 23
  • Jon Landau, American film producer (died 2024)
  • Gabrielle Reidy, Irish actress (died 2014)
• July 29 - Delia Sheppard, Danish actress
• July 30
  • Richard Linklater, American director, producer and screenwriter
  • Daniel McDonald, American actor (died 2007)
• August 5
  • Steve Bannos, American actor
  • Vivian Kubrick, American former composer and director
  • John Mariano, American actor
• August 6 – Leland Orser, American actor
• August 7
  • David Duchovny, American actor
  • Rosana Pastor, Spanish actress
• August 10 – Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
• August 16 – Timothy Hutton, American actor
• August 17 – Sean Penn, American actor
• August 18 – Richard McCabe, Scottish actor
• August 19 - Paul Satterfield, American actor
• August 22 - Regina Taylor, American actress
• August 24 - Takashi Miike, Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter
• August 25 - Ashley Crow, American actress
• August 26 - Ola Ray, American actress
• August 28 – Emma Samms, English actress
• August 29 – Viire Valdma, Estonian actress
• September 1 – Tahmineh Milani, Iranian filmmaker
• September 4 - Damon Wayans, American actor, comedian, producer and writer
• September 5 - Denis Forest, Canadian character actor (died 2002)
• September 9
  • Bonnie Aarons, American actress
  • Hugh Grant, English actor
• September 10
  • Nancy Bernstein, American producer (died 2015)
  • Colin Firth, English actor
• September 11 - Anne Ramsay, American actress
• September 12
  • Robert John Burke, American actor
  • Felicity Montagu, English actress
  • Sharon Washington, American actress and playwright
• September 13 - Greg Baldwin, American actor and voice actor
• September 14
  • Melissa Leo, American actress
  • Callum Keith Rennie, British-born Canadian actor
• September 16 - Danny John-Jules, British actor and singer
• September 17
  • Kevin Clash, American puppeteer, director and producer
  • Frédéric Pierrot, French actor
• September 21
  • Denis Conway, Irish actor
  • Mary Mara, American actress (died 2022)
• September 25 - Sam Whipple, American actor (died 2002)
• September 27
  • Jean-Marc Barr, French-American actor and director
  • Christopher Cousins, American actor
  • Debi Derryberry, American voice actress
• October 1 - Elizabeth Dennehy, American actress
• October 5 - Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director and producer
• October 9
  • Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (died 2008)
  • Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, American actress and singer
• October 12 - Hiroyuki Sanada, Japanese actor
• October 13 - Richard Sammel, German actor
• October 15 - Lobo Chan, British actor
• October 17
  • Guy Henry, English actor
  • Rob Marshall, American director and producer
  • Grant Shaud, American actor
• October 18 – Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian actor
• October 24 - BD Wong, American actor
• October 25 – Hong Sang-soo, South Korean director
• October 26 - Patrick Breen, American actor, screenwriter and director
• November 4 - Kathy Griffin, American comedian and actress
• November 5
  • Tilda Swinton, English actress
  • Yolanda Vázquez, Spanish actress
• November 6
  • Lance Kerwin, American actor (died 2023)
  • Denzil Smith, Indian actor and producer
• November 8
  • Elizabeth Avellán, Venezuelan-born American producer
  • Megan Cavanagh, American actress
  • Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor (died 2017)
• November 9 - Toni Hudson, American actress
• November 11 – Stanley Tucci, American actor and film director
• November 13 – Neil Flynn, American actor and comedian
• November 15 - Susanne Lothar, German actress (died 2012)
• November 17 - RuPaul, American drag queen, television personality, actor, singer, producer and writer
• November 18
  • Elizabeth Perkins, American actress
  • John Shepherd, American actor and producer
• November 20 - Amanda Wyss, American actress
• November 22 - Stéphane Freiss, French actor
• November 26 – Greg Berg, American voice actor
• November 27 - Michael Rispoli, American character actor
• November 29 – Cathy Moriarty, American actress and singer
• November 30
  • Hiam Abbass, Palestinian actress and director
  • Ron Simons, American actor and producer (died 2024)
• December 2 – Justus von Dohnányi, German actor
• December 3
  • Daryl Hannah, American actress
  • Julianne Moore, American actress
• December 9 – Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, American animator, writer, director, producer and voice actor
• December 10
  • Kenneth Branagh, British actor and film director
  • Michael Schoeffling, American actor and model
• December 12 - Stella Gonet, Scottish actress
• December 16 - Koh Chieng Mun, Singaporean actress and comedian
• December 22 - David Pasquesi, American actor and comedian
• December 24 - Eva Tamargo, American actress
• December 26 – Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor
• December 27
  • Maryam d'Abo, British actress
  • Traci Wolfe, American actress and model
• December 28 - Chad McQueen, American actor, film producer, martial artist and race car driver (died 2024)

• January 1 – Margaret Sullavan, 50, American actress, The Shop Around the Corner, The Mortal Storm^[17]
• January 3 – Victor Sjöström, 80, Swedish film actor and director, The Phantom Carriage, Wild Strawberries^[18]
• January 4 – Dudley Nichols, 64, American screenwriter, Bringing Up Baby, Stagecoach^[19]
• January 21 – Matt Moore, 72, Irish-American actor, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Coquette^[20]
• January 24 – John Miljan, 67, American actor, The Plainsman, Mississippi
• February 3
  • Fred Buscaglione, 38, Italian actor and singer
  • Pierre Watkin, 70, American actor, Pride of the Yankees, The Hunted
• March 19 – Sonya Levien, 71, Russian screenwriter, Oklahoma!, Quo Vadis, Interrupted Melody
• April 5 – Alma Kruger, 88, American actress, His Girl Friday, Saboteur
• April 25 – Hope Emerson, 62, American actress, Caged, Adam's Rib
• May 27 – George Zucco, 74, British actor, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, My Favorite Blonde
• June 4 – Lucien Littlefield, 64, American actor, The Cat and the Canary, Dirty Work
• June 29 – Dimples Cooper, 46, Filipina actress, Ang Tatlong Hambog, Miracles of Love
• July 2 – Gene Fowler, 70, American screenwriter, What Price Hollywood?, The Call of the Wild
• July 15 – Lawrence Tibbett, 63, American singer and actor, The Rogue Song, Under Your Spell
• July 26 – Cedric Gibbons, 70, Irish production designer and art director, An American in Paris, The Bad and the Beautiful
• July 29 – Leonora Corbett, 52, British actress, Love on Wheels, Living Dangerously
• August 10 – Frank Lloyd, 74, Scottish director, Mutiny on the Bounty, Cavalcade
• September 4 – Alfred E. Green, 71, American director, Baby Face, Top Banana
• September 5 – Aku Korhonen, 57, Finnish actor
• September 11 – Edwin Justus Mayer, 63, American screenwriter, To Be or Not to Be, A Royal Scandal
• October 11 – Richard Cromwell, 50, American actor, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Jezebel
• October 15
  • Maude Eburne, 84, Canadian actress, The Border Legion, Almost Married^[21]
  • Clara Kimball Young, 70, American actress, My Official Wife, Kept Husbands^[22]
• November 3 – Paul Willis, 60, American silent-film actor, The Fall of a Nation
• November 5
  • Mack Sennett, 80, Canadian-American producer and director, Tillie's Punctured Romance, Tango Tangles^[23]
  • Ward Bond, 57, American actor, It's a Wonderful Life, The Searchers, Rio Bravo
• November 14 – Walter Catlett, 71, American actor, comedian, Slightly Scandalous, Henry, the Rainmaker, Here Comes the Groom
• November 16 – Clark Gable, 59, American actor, It Happened One Night, Mutiny on the Bounty, Gone with the Wind^[24]
• November 19 – Phyllis Haver, 61, American actress, Chicago, Sal of Singapore
• November 20 – Betty Lawford, 48, British actress, Criminal Lawyer, The Devil Thumbs a Ride
• December 14 – Gregory Ratoff, 67, Russian actor and director, All About Eve, Intermezzo

• Gila Almagor – Burning Sands
• John Astin – The Pusher
• John Barry (film composer) – Never Let Go
• Tom Bell – The Criminal
• Karen Black – The Prime Time
• Bruce Boa – Man in the Moon
• Victor Buono – The Story of Ruth
• Mark Burns – Tunes of Glory
• Dyan Cannon – The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
• Queta Carrasco – Macario
• Peter Cellier – Sink the Bismarck!
• Richard Chamberlain – The Secret of the Purple Reef
• Patrick Cranshaw – The Amazing Transparent Man
• Bruce Dern – Wild River
• Roy Dotrice – The Criminal
• Britt Ekland – G.I. Blues
• Albert Finney – The Entertainer
• Jane Fonda – Tall Story
• Derek Francis – The Criminal
• Herbert Fux – Meine Nichte tut das nicht
• Bruno Ganz – Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone
• Sheila Hancock – Light Up the Sky!
• Diane Ladd – Murder, Inc.
• Murray Melvin – The Criminal
• Sylvia Miles – Murder, Inc.
• Peter O'Toole – Kidnapped
• Marisa Paredes – Police Calling 091
• Bryan Pringle – The Challenge
• Robert Redford – Tall Story
• Isela Vega – Verano violento
• Gian Maria Volonté – Under Ten Flags
• Susannah York – Tunes of Glory