1994 in film
This is a list of films released in 1994. The top worldwide grosser was The Lion King, becoming the highest-grossing Walt Disney Feature Animation film of all-time, although it was slightly overtaken at the North American domestic box office by Forrest Gump, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its 70th Anniversary in 1994.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1994 by worldwide gross are as follows:Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
1 | The Lion King | Disney | |
2 | Forrest Gump | Paramount | $677,945,399 |
3 | True Lies | 20th Century Fox / Universal | $378,882,411 |
4 | The Mask | Warner Bros. | $351,583,407 |
5 | Speed | 20th Century Fox | $350,448,145 |
6 | The Flintstones | Universal | $341,631,208 |
7 | Dumb and Dumber | Warner Bros. | $247,275,374 |
8 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Gramercy | $245,700,832 |
9 | Interview with the Vampire | Warner Bros. | $223,664,608 |
10 | Clear and Present Danger | Paramount | $215,887,717 |
Awards
1994 wide-release films
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Notable films released in 1994
unless stated#
- , starring Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff –
- 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance, directed by Michael Haneke –
- 8 Seconds, starring Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin, Cynthia Gibb
A
- Above the Rim, starring Duane Martin and Tupac Shakur
- Accumulator 1 –
- The Accused Uncle Shangang –
- ', directed by Tom Shadyac, starring Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young
- The Act in Question –
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, starring Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce –
- '
- The Air Up There, starring Kevin Bacon
- Airheads, starring Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Brendan Fraser
- Amaidhi Padai, starring Satyaraj – 1994 aMSM
- Amateur, starring Isabelle Huppert –
- Andaz Apna Apna, directed by Rajkumar Santoshi – starring Aamir Khan, Salman Khan-
- Andre, starring Keith Carradine
- Angel Dust, directed by Sogo Ishii –
- Angels in the Outfield, directed by William Dear, starring Danny Glover, Tony Danza, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Christopher Lloyd
- A.P.E.X.
- Ashes of Time, directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung –
- Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky –
B
- Bab El-Oued City –
- Baby's Day Out, starring Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe Pantoliano
- Backbeat, a Beatles biopic starring Stephen Dorff –
- Bad Girls, starring Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, Drew Barrymore
- Bandit Queen, directed by Shekhar Kapur –
- Barcelona, starring Taylor Nichols and Mira Sorvino
- Barnabo of the Mountains –
- Before the Rain – – Golden Lion Award
- Beverly Hills Cop III, directed by John Landis, starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Héctor Elizondo, Alan Young
- Der bewegte Mann –
- Black Beauty, starring Alan Cumming and Sean Bean –
- Blank Check, directed by Rupert Wainwright, starring Brian Bonsall, Karen Duffy, and Miguel Ferrer
- Blankman, starring Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier
- Blink, directed by Michael Apted, starring Madeleine Stowe and Aidan Quinn
- Blown Away, directed by Stephen Hopkins, starring Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Forest Whitaker, Suzy Amis, Lloyd Bridges
- Blue Chips, directed by William Friedkin, starring Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J. T. Walsh, Ed O'Neill, Shaquille O'Neal
- Blue Sky, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe
- Body Without Soul –
- Brainscan, starring Edward Furlong
- The Broken Journey, directed by Sandip Ray –
- The Browning Version, directed by Mike Figgis, starring Albert Finney and Greta Scacchi –
- Bullets over Broadway, directed by Woody Allen, starring John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly, Chazz Palminteri
- Burnt by the Sun – – Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
C
- A Caixa –
- Camilla, starring Jessica Tandy and Bridget Fonda
- Camp Nowhere, starring Christopher Lloyd and Jonathan Jackson
- Captives, starring Tim Roth –
- C'est la vie, mon chéri –
- The Chase, starring Charlie Sheen and Kristy Swanson
- Chasers, starring Tom Berenger, William McNamara, Erika Eleniak
- China Moon, starring Ed Harris and Madeleine Stowe
- A Chinese Odyssey –
- Chungking Express, directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Tony Leung –
- , starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jon Lovitz, Jack Palance
- Clean, Shaven
- Clean Slate, starring Dana Carvey and Valeria Golino
- Clear and Present Danger, starring Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Harris Yulin, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones, Joaquim de Almeida
- Clerks, directed by Kevin Smith
- The Client, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro
- Clifford, starring Martin Short, Charles Grodin, Mary Steenburgen, Dabney Coleman
- Cobb, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Wuhl
- Color of Night, directed by Richard Rush, starring Bruce Willis, Jane March, Rubén Blades, Lesley Ann Warren, Scott Bakula, Brad Dourif
- Colonel Chabert, starring Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant –
- The Confessional –
- A Confucian Confusion –
- Cops & Robbersons, starring Chevy Chase and Jack Palance
- Corrina, Corrina, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta, Tina Majorino
- Country Life, starring Sam Neill and Greta Scacchi –
- The Cowboy Way, starring Woody Harrelson, Kiefer Sutherland, Dylan McDermott, Marg Helgenberger
- Crackerjack, starring Nastassja Kinski, Thomas Ian Griffith, Christopher Plummer
- Criminal, directed by Mahesh Bhatt –
- Crooklyn, directed by Spike Lee, starring Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, Isaiah Washington
- The Crow, starring Brandon Lee
- Crumb, a documentary directed by Terry Zwigoff
D
- ', directed by Sam Weisman, starring Emilio Estevez, Joshua Jackson, Kathryn Erbe
- Dance Me Outside –
- Deadly Advice, starring Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce –
- Deadly Target
- Dear Goddamned Friends, directed by Mario Monicelli –
- Death and the Maiden, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley –
- ', starring Charles Bronson, Lesley-Anne Down, Michael Parks
- Dias contados, directed by Imanol Uribe –
- Disclosure, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Rosemary Forsyth, Dennis Miller
- Double Happiness, starring Sandra Oh –
- Dream Lover, starring James Spader and Mädchen Amick
- Drohkaal, starring Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah –
- Drop Zone, starring Wesley Snipes and Gary Busey
- Drunken Master II, starring Jackie Chan –
- Du Pappa –
- Dumb and Dumber, directed by the Farrelly brothers, starring Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly
E
- Eat Drink Man Woman, directed by Ang Lee –
- Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Lisa Marie, Bill Murray
- Eden Valley –
- L'Enfer, directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Emmanuelle Béart and François Cluzet –
- Ermo, directed by Zhou Xiaowen –
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Angie Dickinson
- Everynight... Everynight –
- Exit to Eden, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Dana Delany, Paul Mercurio, Rosie O'Donnell, Dan Aykroyd
- Exotica, directed by Atom Egoyan, starring Mia Kirshner, Elias Koteas, Bruce Greenwood –
F
- Farinelli Il Castrato – – Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Faust –
- Fast Getaway II
- The Favor, starring Harley Jane Kozak, Elizabeth McGovern, Bill Pullman, Ken Wahl, Brad Pitt
- Felidae –
- Fist of Legend, starring Jet Li –
- The Flintstones, directed by Brian Levant, starring John Goodman, Elizabeth Perkins, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Taylor
- Forrest Gump, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field – Academy Award for Best Picture and Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture
- Four Weddings and a Funeral, directed by Mike Newell, starring Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell –
- The Fox with Nine Tails –
- Fresh, starring Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito
- From Beijing With Love –
- F.T.W., starring Mickey Rourke and Lori Singer
G
- Gary Larson's Tales From the Far Side
- The Getaway, starring Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, Jennifer Tilly, Philip Seymour Hoffman, James Woods
- Getting Even with Dad, starring Macaulay Culkin, Ted Danson, Glenne Headly
- God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla –
- Golden Gate, directed by John Madden, starring Matt Dillon, Joan Chen, Bruno Kirby, Teri Polo
- A Good Man in Africa, starring Sean Connery –
- The Good Old Daze, directed by Cédric Klapisch –
- The Great Conqueror's Concubine –
- Greedy, starring Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis, Ed Begley Jr., Bob Balaban, Olivia d'Abo
- Guarding Tess, starring Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Richard Griffiths, Austin Pendleton, Edward Albert
- , starring James Arness, Bruce Boxleitner, Amy Stoch, Alan Scarfe, Christopher Bradley, Hallie Foote, Don Collier
H
- '
- He's a Woman, She's a Man, starring Leslie Cheung and Anita Yuen –
- The Heart's Cry –
- Heavenly Creatures, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet –
- Hello Cinema –
- ' –
- Hoop Dreams, documentary on high school basketball
- The Hudsucker Proxy, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman
- Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! –
I
- I Can't Sleep –
- I Have a Date with Spring –
- I Love Trouble, starring Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte
- I.Q., directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau, Stephen Fry
- I'll Do Anything, directed by James L. Brooks, starring Nick Nolte, Albert Brooks, Julie Kavner, Joely Richardson, Tracey Ullman
- Illegal In Blue
- Imaginary Crimes, starring Harvey Keitel and Fairuza Balk
- Immortal Beloved, starring Gary Oldman and Jeroen Krabbé –
- In the Heat of the Sun –
- The Inkwell, starring Larenz Tate and Joe Morton
- Intersection, starring Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita Davidovich
- Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater
- Iron Will, starring Mackenzie Astin and Kevin Spacey
- It Could Happen To You, starring Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez
J-K
- Jason's Lyric, starring Jada Pinkett Smith
- Jimmy Hollywood, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Joe Pesci and Christian Slater
- Johnnie Waterman –
- Junior, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Emma Thompson
- Killing Zoe, directed by Roger Avary, starring Julie Delpy and Eric Stoltz
- Krantiveer, starring Nana Patekar and Dimple Kapadia –
L
- Ladybird, Ladybird, directed by Ken Loach –
- Lamerica –
- '
- Lassie, starring Helen Slater
- The Last Seduction, directed by John Dahl, starring Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman
- The Last Supper, directed by Cynthia Roberts –
- Legends of the Fall, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Julia Ormond, Henry Thomas, Aidan Quinn
- ', directed by Luc Besson, starring Jean Reno, Gary Oldman and Natalie Portman –
- Lightning Jack, starring Paul Hogan –
- The Lion King, directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, voices of Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons – Golden Globe Award for Best Picture
- Lisbon Story, directed by Wim Wenders –
- Little Big League, starring Dennis Farina, Timothy Busfield, Luke Edwards, Jason Robards
- Little Buddha, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Keanu Reeves, Chris Isaak, Bridget Fonda
- Little Giants, starring Rick Moranis and Ed O'Neill
- Little Odessa, starring Tim Roth and Edward Furlong
- The Little Rascals, directed by Penelope Spheeris
- Little Women, starring Winona Ryder, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst
- Love Affair, starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Garry Shandling, Katharine Hepburn
- Love and a.45, starring Gil Bellows and Renée Zellweger
- Love on Delivery, starring Stephen Chow –
- A Low Down Dirty Shame, starring Keenen Ivory Wayans
M
- Madagascar –
- The Madness of King George, directed by Nicholas Hytner, starring Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren –
- Major League II, directed by David S. Ward, starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Corbin Bernsen, Dennis Haysbert, Omar Epps
- A Man of No Importance, starring Albert Finney –
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, with Robert De Niro, Helena Bonham Carter
- The Mask, directed by Chuck Russell, starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz
- The Master and Margarita –
- Maverick, directed by Richard Donner, starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Alfred Molina, James Coburn
- Men of War, starring Dolph Lundgren
- Midnight Man
- Milk Money, starring Melanie Griffith and Ed Harris
- A Million to Juan, starring Polly Draper and Paul Rodriguez
- Miracle on 34th Street, starring Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, Mara Wilson
- Mixed Nuts, directed by Nora Ephron, starring Steve Martin, Rita Wilson, Madeline Kahn, Adam Sandler, Anthony LaPaglia, Juliette Lewis
- The Monster, directed by and starring Roberto Benigni –
- Mother's Boys, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Broderick, Campbell Scott
- Muriel's Wedding, starring Toni Collette –
- My Girl 2, starring Anna Chlumsky, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Austin O'Brien
N
- , starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, Fred Ward, O. J. Simpson, Anna Nicole Smith
- Natural Born Killers, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Sizemore, Tommy Lee Jones, Rodney Dangerfield
- Nell, directed by Michael Apted, starring Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson
- The NeverEnding Story III
- The Next Karate Kid, starring Hilary Swank and Pat Morita
- Nightwatch –
- No Dessert, Dad, till You Mow the Lawn, starring Robert Hays
- No Escape, starring Ray Liotta
- Nobody's Fool, directed by Robert Benton, starring Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Dylan Walsh, Jessica Tandy
- North, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Elijah Wood and Bruce Willis
O
- Oleanna, directed by David Mamet, starring William H. Macy and Debra Eisenstadt
- On Deadly Ground, starring Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen
- Once Were Warriors, directed by Lee Tamahori –
- Only You, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr., Bonnie Hunt
- Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon –
P–Q
- PCU, starring Jeremy Piven, Jon Favreau, David Spade
- The Pagemaster, directed by Joe Johnston, starring Macaulay Culkin and Christopher Lloyd
- The Paper, directed by Ron Howard, starring Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Randy Quaid, Marisa Tomei, Robert Duvall
- The Patriots –
- '
- Pontiac Moon, starring Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen
- '
- The Postman, directed by Michael Radford, starring Philippe Noiret –
- Prêt-à-Porter, directed by Robert Altman, starring Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Tim Robbins, Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker
- Priest, starring Linus Roache and Tom Wilkinson –
- Princess Caraboo, starring Phoebe Cates –
- Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Uma Thurman – Palme d'Or award
- The Puppet Masters, starring Donald Sutherland
- A Pure Formality, starring Gérard Depardieu and Roman Polanski –
- Queen Margot, starring Isabelle Adjani and Daniel Auteuil –
- The Queen of the Night –
- Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford, starring Rob Morrow, John Turturro, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield
R
- Radio Inside, starring William McNamara and Elisabeth Shue
- Radioland Murders, starring Mary Stuart Masterson and Brian Benben
- Rapa-Nui, starring Jason Scott Lee and Esai Morales
- Reality Bites, directed by and starring Ben Stiller, with Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Janeane Garofalo, Steve Zahn
- Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker –
- Red Rose White Rose, starring Joan Chen –
- The Ref, directed by Ted Demme, starring Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey
- Renaissance Man, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Danny DeVito, Gregory Hines, Lillo Brancato, Jr., Mark Wahlberg
- The Return of Jafar
- The Return of Tommy Tricker
- Rice People
- Richie Rich, starring Macaulay Culkin
- The River Wild, directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly
- The Road to Wellville, directed by Alan Parker, starring Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Lara Flynn Boyle, Bridget Fonda, Dana Carvey
- The Jungle Book, directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Jason Scott Lee
S
- S.F.W., starring Stephen Dorff and Reese Witherspoon
- Safe Passage, starring Susan Sarandon and Nick Stahl
- ' –
- Sátántangó, directed by Béla Tarr
- The Santa Clause, directed by John Pasquin, starring Tim Allen
- The Scout, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Albert Brooks, Brendan Fraser, Dianne Wiest
- The Search for One-eye Jimmy, starring Sam Rockwell, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Beals
- Second Best, directed by Chris Menges, starring William Hurt, John Hurt, Jane Horrocks –
- The Secret of Roan Inish, directed by John Sayles –
- La Séparation, starring Isabelle Huppert, Daniel Auteuil –
- Serial Mom, directed by John Waters, starring Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard
- The Shadow, starring Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller
- Shallow Grave, directed by Danny Boyle, starring Christopher Eccleston and Ewan McGregor –
- The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont, starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown, James Whitmore
- Sh'Chur –
- The Silences of the Palace –
- Silent Fall, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Liv Tyler, Linda Hamilton, John Lithgow, J. T. Walsh
- A Simple Twist of Fate, starring Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara
- Sioux City, starring Lou Diamond Phillips
- Sirens, starring Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Elle Macpherson, Portia de Rossi –
- Sleep with Me, starring Meg Tilly, Craig Sheffer, Eric Stoltz
- Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade, a short film starring Billy Bob Thornton
- A Soul Haunted by Painting, starring Gong Li –
- The Specialist, starring Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Eric Roberts, Rod Steiger
- Speechless, starring Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Christopher Reeve
- Speed, directed by Jan de Bont, starring Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Daniels, Sandra Bullock
- '
- Star Trek Generations, starring Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell, Alan Ruck, Whoopi Goldberg
- Stargate, starring Kurt Russell and James Spader
- Street Fighter, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia
- Sugar Hill, starring Wesley Snipes
- The Sum of Us, starring Russell Crowe and Jack Thompson –
- Surviving the Game, starring Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Charles S. Dutton, F. Murray Abraham, Gary Busey
- The Swan Princess, directed by Richard Rich
- Swimming with Sharks, starring Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle Forbes
T
- The Taebaek Mountains –
- Terminal Velocity, starring Charlie Sheen and Nastassja Kinski
- Thanks for Every New Morning –
- ' – 2nd of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Julie Delpy –
- ' – 3rd of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Irène Jacob –
- Threesome, starring Lara Flynn Boyle, Stephen Baldwin and Josh Charles
- Through the Olive Trees, directed by Abbas Kiarostami –
- Thumbelina, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
- Time Chasers
- Timecop, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Mia Sara
- To Live, directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li –
- Tom & Viv, starring Willem Dafoe and Miranda Richardson –
- Total Balalaika Show, a concert film directed by Aki Kaurismäki –
- Trial by Jury, starring Joanne Whalley, Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt, Kathleen Quinlan, Armand Assante
- A Troll in Central Park, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
- True Lies, directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold
U–V
- An Unforgettable Summer or, starring Kristin Scott Thomas –
- Vanya on 42nd Street, directed by Louis Malle, starring Julianne Moore, Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory
- Vive L'Amour – – Golden Lion award
W
- The War, starring Elijah Wood and Kevin Costner
- War of the Buttons, directed by David Puttnam –
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare, starring Robert Englund
- Whale Music –
- When a Man Loves a Woman, starring Meg Ryan, Andy García, Philip Seymour Hoffman
- White Mile, starring Alan Alda and Peter Gallagher
- Widows' Peak, starring Mia Farrow, Natasha Richardson, Joan Plowright –
- Wild Reeds –
- Wing Chun, starring Michelle Yeoh –
- With Honors, starring Joe Pesci, Brendan Fraser, Moira Kelly, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Hamilton, Gore Vidal
- Without Compassion –
- Wolf, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader
- The Wooden Man's Bride –
- Wyatt Earp, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Dennis Quaid, Isabella Rossellini, Mark Harmon
Births
- January 19 – Kristi Lauren, actress
- February 10 – Makenzie Vega, actress
- January 21 – Booboo Stewart, actor and singer
- February 14
- * Allie Grant, actress
- * Paul Butcher, actor
- February 21 – Hayley Orrantia, actress
- February 23 – Dakota Fanning, actress
- February 24 – Earl Sweatshirt, rapper
- March 3 – Lee David, South Korean actor
- March 14 – Ansel Elgort, American actor and singer
- April 11 - Dakota Blue Richards, English actress
- April 12 – Saoirse Ronan, Irish actress
- April 18 – Moisés Arias, actor
- May 4 – Alexander Gould, American actor
- May 12 – Ernie Nyguen, actor
- July 6 – Camilla and Rebecca Rosso, English twin actresses
- July 16 – Mark Indelicato, actor
- July 23 – Kelvin Harrison Jr., actor
- August 9 – Forrest Landis, actor
- August 17 – Taissa Farmiga, actress
- August 18 – Jessie Flower, voice actress
- August 25 – Josh Flitter, actor
- September 25 – Jansen Panettiere, actor
- November 1 – Rocky Lynch, singer-songwriter, musician, dancer
- November 10 – Zoey Deutch, actress
- November 11 – Connor Price, actor
- November 17 – Raquel Castro, actress
- November 30 – William Melling, actor
- December 3 – Jake T. Austin, actor
- December 11 – Gabriel Basso, American actor
- December 15 – Emma Lockhart, actress
- December 17 – Nat Wolff, actor and singer
- December 26 – Samantha Boscarino, actress
Notable deaths
Film debuts
- Jessica Alba – Camp Nowhere
- Elizabeth Berkley – Molly & Gina
- Danny Boyle – Shallow Grave
- Rose Byrne – Dallas Doll
- Marion Cotillard – The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed
- Claire Danes – Little Women
- Cameron Diaz – The Mask
- Rachel Griffiths – Muriel's Wedding
- Salma Hayek – Mi Vida Loca
- Scarlett Johansson – North
- Greg Kinnear – Blankman
- Jude Law – Shopping
- Jason Lee – Mi Vida Loca
- Melanie Lynskey – Heavenly Creatures
- James Marsden – No Dessert, Dad, till You Mow the Lawn
- Ewan McGregor – Being Human
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers – A Man of No Importance
- Sandra Oh – Double Happiness
- Shaquille O'Neal – Blue Chips
- Haley Joel Osment – Forrest Gump
- Michael Peña – Running Free
- Natalie Portman – '
- Portia de Rossi – Sirens
- Mark Ruffalo – There Goes My Baby
- Liev Schreiber – Mixed Nuts
- Andy Serkis – Prince of Jutland
- J. K. Simmons – The Ref
- French Stewart – Stargate
- Kenan Thompson – '
- Chris Tucker – House Party 3
- Liv Tyler – Silent Fall
- Mark Wahlberg – Renaissance Man
- Rachel Weisz – Death Machine
- Mae Whitman – When a Man Loves a Woman
- Michelle Williams – Lassie
- Kate Winslet – Heavenly Creatures