100 English films of 1968 ranked by box office. #1: 2001: A Space Odyssey ($148.5 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Stanley Kubrick | $10.5 million | $148.5 million | 14.14x | |
| 2 | Funny Girl | William Wyler | $14.1 million | $58.7 million | 4.16x | |
| 3 | The Love Bug | Robert Stevenson | $5 million | $51.2 million | 10.24x | |
| 4 | The Odd Couple | Gene Saks | $1.2 million | $44.5 million | 37.08x | |
| 5 | Bullitt | Peter Yates | $4 million | $42.3 million | 10.58x | |
| 6 | Oliver! | Carol Reed | $10 million | $40 million | 4.00x | |
| 7 | Romeo and Juliet | Franco Zeffirelli | $850,000 | $38.9 million | 45.76x | |
| 8 | Rosemary's Baby | Roman Polanski | $2.3 million | $33.4 million | 14.52x | |
| 9 | Planet of the Apes | Franklin J. Schaffner | $5.8 million | $33.3 million | 5.74x | |
| 10 | The Green Berets | John Wayne | $7 million | $32 million | 4.57x | |
| 11 | Night of the Living Dead | George A. Romero | $114,000 | $30.2 million | 265.23x | |
| 11 | Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition | John A. Russo | $114,000 | $30.2 million | 265.23x | |
| 13 | Yours, Mine and Ours | Melville Shavelson | $2.5 million | $25.9 million | 10.36x | |
| 14 | The Lion in Winter | Anthony Harvey | $4 million | $22.3 million | 5.58x | |
| 15 | Blackbeard's Ghost | Robert Stevenson | $21.5 million | |||
| 16 | Where Eagles Dare | Brian G. Hutton | $7.7 million | $21 million | 2.73x | |
| 17 | The Boston Strangler | Richard Fleischer | $4.1 million | $17.8 million | 4.34x | |
| 18 | Candy | Christian Marquand | $3 million | $16.4 million | 5.47x | |
| 19 | Mayerling | Terence Young | $5 million | $14.7 million | 2.94x | |
| 20 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Norman Jewison | $4.3 million | $14 million | 3.26x | |
| 21 | Bandolero! | Andrew V. McLaglen | $4.5 million | $12 million | 2.70x | |
| 22 | Finian's Rainbow | Francis Ford Coppola | $3.5 million | $11.6 million | 3.31x | |
| 23 | Hang 'Em High | Ted Post | $1.6 million | $10.8 million | 6.75x | |
| 24 | With Six You Get Eggroll | Howard Morris | $2.4 million | $10.1 million | 4.13x | |
| 25 | Star! | Robert Wise | $14.3 million | $10 million | 0.70x | |
| 26 | Charly | Ralph Nelson | $2.2 million | $8.5 million | 3.82x | |
| 27 | Live a Little, Love a Little | Norman Taurog | $3.6 million | $8.1 million | 2.25x | |
| 28 | The Devil's Brigade | Andrew V. McLaglen | $8 million | |||
| 29 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Hy Averback | $8 million | |||
| 30 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Ken Hughes | $10 million | $7.5 million | 0.75x | |
| 31 | For Love of Ivy | Daniel Mann | $2.6 million | $7.3 million | 2.81x | |
| 32 | The Detective | Gordon Douglas | $4.5 million | $6.5 million | 1.44x | |
| 33 | Three in the Attic | Richard Wilson | $6 million | |||
| 34 | The Impossible Years | Michael Gordon | $5.8 million | |||
| 35 | Barbarella | Roger Vadim | $4 million | $5.5 million | 1.38x | |
| 36 | The Killing of Sister George | Robert Aldrich | $2.5 million | $5.3 million | 2.09x | |
| 37 | Once Upon a Time in the West | Sergio Leone | $5 million | $5.3 million | 1.06x | |
| 38 | Secret Ceremony | Joseph Losey | $2.5 million | $5.2 million | 2.08x | |
| 39 | Ice Station Zebra | John Sturges | $9 million | $4.6 million | 0.51x | |
| 40 | Prudence and the Pill | Ronald Neame | $3.6 million | $4.5 million | 1.26x | |
| 41 | Never a Dull Moment | Jerry Paris | $4.2 million | |||
| 42 | Wild in the Streets | Barry Shear | $700,000 | $4 million | 5.71x | |
| 43 | Hellfighters | Andrew V. McLaglen | $3.8 million | |||
| 44 | Krakatoa, East of Java | Bernard L. Kowalski | $3.7 million | |||
| 45 | 5 Card Stud | Henry Hathaway | $3.5 million | |||
| 46 | The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit | Norman Tokar | $3.3 million | |||
| 47 | Hell in the Pacific | John Boorman | $4.2 million | $3.2 million | 0.78x | |
| 48 | Coogan's Bluff | Don Siegel | $1.5 million | $3.1 million | 2.07x | |
| 48 | No Way to Treat a Lady | Jack Smight | $3.1 million | |||
| 50 | The Astro-Zombies | Ted V. Mikels | $37,000 | $3 million | 81.08x | |
| 50 | Rachel, Rachel | Paul Newman | $780,000 | $3 million | 3.85x | |
| 50 | The Secret Life of an American Wife | George Axelrod | $3 million | |||
| 50 | The Night They Raided Minsky's | William Friedkin | $3 million | |||
| 54 | The Party | Blake Edwards | $1.5 million | $2.9 million | 1.93x | |
| 55 | Boom! | Joseph Losey | $10 million | $2.9 million | 0.29x | |
| 56 | The Scalphunters | Sydney Pollack | $2.8 million | |||
| 57 | How Sweet It Is! | Jerry Paris | $2.7 million | |||
| 58 | The Stalking Moon | Robert Mulligan | $5 million | $2.6 million | 0.52x | |
| 59 | How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life | Fielder Cook | $2.5 million | |||
| 59 | Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell | Melvin Frank | $2.5 million | |||
| 61 | The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell | Frank Tashlin | $2.4 million | |||
| 61 | The Wrecking Crew | Phil Karlson | $2.4 million | |||
| 63 | If.... | Lindsay Anderson | $500,000 | $2.3 million | 4.60x | |
| 64 | The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band | Michael O'Herlihy | $2.2 million | |||
| 65 | The Savage Seven | Richard Rush | $2.1 million | |||
| 66 | Pretty Poison | Noel Black | $1.3 million | $2.1 million | 1.60x | |
| 67 | Speedway | Norman Taurog | $3 million | $2 million | 0.67x | |
| 67 | Dark of the Sun | Jack Cardiff | $2 million | $2 million | 1.00x | |
| 69 | Inspector Clouseau | Bud Yorkin | $1.9 million | |||
| 70 | Will Penny | Tom Gries | $1.4 million | $1.8 million | 1.29x | |
| 71 | Salt and Pepper | Richard Donner | $1.8 million | |||
| 72 | Paper Lion | Alex March | $1.7 million | |||
| 73 | The Shakiest Gun in the West | Alan Rafkin | $1.6 million | |||
| 74 | Petulia | Richard Lester | $1.6 million | |||
| 74 | Interlude | Kevin Billington | $1.6 million | |||
| 76 | Stay Away, Joe | Peter Tewksbury | $1.5 million | |||
| 76 | Witchfinder General | Michael Reeves | £83,000 | $1.5 million | ||
| 76 | The Mini-Skirt Mob | Maury Dexter | $1.5 million | |||
| 76 | The Sweet Ride | Harvey Hart | $1.9 million | $1.5 million | 0.78x | |
| 80 | Anzio | Edward Dmytryk | $1.4 million | |||
| 80 | Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows | James Neilson | $1.4 million | |||
| 82 | The Subject Was Roses | Ulu Grosbard | $1.4 million | |||
| 83 | The Anniversary | Roy Ward Baker | $1.4 million | $1.4 million | 0.93x | |
| 84 | Baby Love | Alastair Reid | £87,084 | $1.3 million | ||
| 84 | Joanna | Michael Sarne | $1.2 million | $1.3 million | 1.08x | |
| 86 | Isadora | Karel Reisz | £1.7 million | $1.2 million | ||
| 87 | Villa Rides | Buzz Kulik | $1.2 million | |||
| 87 | The Sergeant | John Flynn | $1.2 million | |||
| 89 | Madigan | Don Siegel | $1.1 million | |||
| 89 | I Love You, Alice B. Toklas | Hy Averback | $1.1 million | |||
| 89 | Firecreek | Vincent McEveety | $1.1 million | |||
| 89 | The Heart is a Lonely Hunter | Robert Ellis Miller | $1 million | $1.1 million | 1.10x | |
| 89 | Shalako | Edward Dmytryk | $5 million | $1.1 million | 0.22x | |
| 89 | Sweet November | Robert Ellis Miller | $1.1 million | |||
| 89 | Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River | Jerry Paris | $1.1 million | |||
| 96 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Tony Richardson | $6.5 million | $1 million | 0.15x | |
| 96 | Sergeant Ryker | Buzz Kulik | $1 million | |||
| 96 | The Magus | Guy Green | $3.8 million | $1 million | 0.26x | |
| 96 | P.J. | John Guillermin | $1 million | |||
| 96 | Maryjane | Maury Dexter | $1 million |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.