# 1998 in film

Many significant films were released in 1998, including Shakespeare in Love, Saving Private Ryan, Armageddon, American History X, The Truman Show, Primary Colors, Rushmore, Rush Hour, There's Something About Mary, The Big Lebowski, and Terrence Malick's directorial return in The Thin Red Line.

## Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1998 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1998 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Armageddon | Buena Vista | $553,709,788 |
| 2 | Saving Private Ryan | DreamWorks / Paramount | $481,840,909 |
| 3 | Godzilla | Sony Pictures / TriStar | $379,014,294 |
| 4 | There's Something About Mary | 20th Century Fox | $369,884,651 |
| 5 | A Bug's Life | Buena Vista | $363,398,565 |
| 6 | Deep Impact | Paramount / DreamWorks | $349,464,664 |
| 7 | Mulan | Buena Vista | $304,320,254 |
| 8 | Dr. Dolittle | 20th Century Fox | $294,456,605 |
| 9 | Shakespeare in Love | Miramax / Universal | $289,317,794 |
| 10 | Lethal Weapon 4 | Warner Bros. | $285,444,603 |

### Box office records

* Saving Private Ryan grossed $482 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing World War II film until it was surpassed by Dunkirk (2017). However, adjusting for 2017 monetary inflation, Saving Private Ryan grossed $718 million.
* Blade became the top-grossing film based on a Marvel Comics character, grossing $131.2 million worldwide at the time of its release.
* The Star Trek franchise became the seventh film franchise to gross $1 billion with the release of Star Trek: Insurrection.

## Events

* March 1 – Titanic becomes the first film to gross over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Twenty days later, the film won 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
* May 8 and July 1 – 1998 saw the release of two dueling science-fiction disaster films about asteroids: Armageddon and Deep Impact, both of which became box office successes. Armageddon became the most popular of the two and was also the highest-grossing film of 1998 worldwide.
* July 24 – Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released and received critical acclaim, leading it to be the top- grossing domestic film of 1998. Saving Private Ryan won five Academy Awards, including Best Director. The film was lauded as an influential landmark in the war and action film genres, primarily due to its use of desaturated colors, hand-held cameras, and tight angles.
* August 21 – Blade, based on the character of the same name, grossed over $131.2 million worldwide. Its success would help stage future film adaptations of Marvel Comics.
* September 19 – Antz, DreamWorks' first animated feature film, premiered at the 23rd Toronto International Film Festival.
* December 25 - Filmmaker Terrence Malick returned after a 20-year hiatus, with The Thin Red Line.

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 56th Golden Globe Awards January 24, 1999 | 56th Golden Globe Awards January 24, 1999 | 4th Critics Choice Awards January 1999 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 71st Academy Awards March 21, 1999 | 52nd BAFTA Awards April 11, 1999 |
| Category/Organization | Drama | Musical or Comedy | 4th Critics Choice Awards January 1999 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 71st Academy Awards March 21, 1999 | 52nd BAFTA Awards April 11, 1999 |
| Best Film | Saving Private Ryan | Shakespeare in Love | Saving Private Ryan | Saving Private Ryan | Shakespeare in Love | Shakespeare in Love |
| Best Director | Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan | Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan | Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan | Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan | Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan | Peter Weir The Truman Show |
| Best Actor | Jim Carrey The Truman Show | Michael Caine Little Voice | Ian McKellen Gods and Monsters Apt Pupil | Roberto Benigni Life Is Beautiful | Roberto Benigni Life Is Beautiful | Roberto Benigni Life Is Beautiful |
| Best Actress | Cate Blanchett Elizabeth | Gwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare in Love | Cate Blanchett Elizabeth | Gwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare in Love | Gwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare in Love | Cate Blanchett Elizabeth |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ed Harris The Truman Show | Ed Harris The Truman Show | Billy Bob Thornton A Simple Plan | Robert Duvall A Civil Action | James Coburn Affliction | Geoffrey Rush Shakespeare in Love |
| Best Supporting Actress | Lynn Redgrave Gods and Monsters | Lynn Redgrave Gods and Monsters | Kathy Bates Primary Colors Joan Allen Pleasantville | Kathy Bates Primary Colors | Judi Dench Shakespeare in Love | Judi Dench Shakespeare in Love |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love | Scott B. Smith A Simple Plan | Scott Frank Out of Sight | Bill Condon Gods and Monsters | Elaine May Primary Colors |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love | Andrew Niccol The Truman Show |
| Best Animated Film | — | — | A Bug's Life / The Prince of Egypt (TIE) | — | — | — |
| Best Original Score | The Truman Show Burkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass | The Truman Show Burkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass | Saving Private Ryan John Williams | N/A | Life Is Beautiful Nicola Piovani | Elizabeth David Hirschfelder |
| Best Original Song | "The Prayer" Quest for Camelot | "The Prayer" Quest for Camelot | "When You Believe" The Prince of Egypt | N/A | "When You Believe" The Prince of Egypt | N/A |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Central Station | Central Station | Life Is Beautiful | N/A | Life Is Beautiful | Central Station |

## 1998 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 1998
* List of Argentine films of 1998
* List of Australian films of 1998
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1998
* List of British films of 1998
* List of Canadian films of 1998
* List of French films of 1998
* List of Hong Kong films of 1998
* List of Indian films of 1998
** List of Hindi films of 1998
** List of Kannada films of 1998
** List of Malayalam films of 1998
** List of Marathi films of 1998
** List of Tamil films of 1998
** List of Telugu films of 1998
* List of Japanese films of 1998
* List of Mexican films of 1998
* List of Pakistani films of 1998
* List of Russian films of 1998
* List of South Korean films of 1998
* List of Spanish films of 1998

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 1998
* List of animated feature films of 1998
* List of avant-garde films of 1998
* List of crime films of 1998
* List of comedy films of 1998
* List of drama films of 1998
* List of horror films of 1998
* List of science fiction films of 1998
* List of thriller films of 1998
* List of western films of 1998

## Births

* January 1
** Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Dutch-born English-Spanish actress
** Lara Robinson, Australian actress
* January 4
** Coco Jones, American actress/singer
** Liza Soberano, Filipino actress
* January 5 – Marie Iitoyo, Japanese model and actress
* January 9
** Kerris Dorsey, American actress and singer
** Brent Rivera, American actor and YouTuber
* January 12
** Nathan Gamble, American actor
** Ally Ioannides, American actress
* January 15 - Ben Levi Ross, American actor and singer
* January 16 - Curran Walters, American actor
* January 18 – Shin Ye-eun, South Korean actress
* January 22 - Joe Serafini, American actor
* January 23 – Rachel Crow, American actress/singer and comedian
* January 24 – Ada-Nicole Sanger, American actress
* January 26 – Moonbin, South Korean singer and actor (d. 2023)
* January 27 - Devin Druid, American actor
* January 28 – Ariel Winter, American actress
* February 2 - Nina Bloomgarden, American actress
* February 6
** Jay Lycurgo, British actor
** Aviva Mongillo, Canadian actress and singer
* February 9 - Isabella Gomez, American actress
* February 10 - Ayesha Madon, Australian actress
* February 11
** Olivia Scott Welch, American actress
** Lauren Tsai, American actress, visual artist, and model
* February 15 – Zachary Gordon, American actor
* February 16 - Lizze Broadway, American actress
* February 17
** Fernanda Urdapilleta, Mexican actress
** Kayla Cromer, American actress
* February 21 - Ella-Rae Smith, English actress and model
* February 22 - Sophie Wilde, Australian actress
* February 26 - Keyla Monterroso Mejia, American actress and comedian
* March 3 – Jayson Tatum, American Basketball Player
* March 5 - Micah Fowler, American actor
* March 6 - Odessa Young, Australian actress
* March 11
** Valentina Herszage, Brazilian actress
** Emil Wakim, Lebanese-American actor and comedian
* March 13 - Jack Harlow, American rapper, singer, and actor
* March 18
** Abigail Cowen, American actress
** Keana Lyn Bastidas, Canadian actress
* March 19 – Caylee Cowan, American actress
* March 22 – Paola Andino, Puerto Rican-American actress
* March 24 – Christopher Briney, American actor
* March 25
** Ryan Simpkins, American actor
** Rhianne Barreto, British actress
** Jessica Reynolds, Irish actress
* March 26 - Emily Tosta, Dominican actress
* March 29 - Alex Neustaedter, American actor
* April 3 - Paris Jackson, American model, actress, and musician
* April 6
** Peyton List, American actress
** Spencer List, American actor
* April 9
** Elle Fanning, American actress
** Lil Woods, British actress
* April 10 - Ruby Jerins, American actress
* April 12 - Larry Saperstein, American actor
* April 16 - Jordana Beatty, Australian actress
* April 20 - Felix Mallard, Australian actor
* April 24
** Ryan Newman, American actress
** Alli Simpson, Australian actress and singer
* April 27 - Froy Gutierrez, American actor
* April 29 - Ella Hunt, English actress
* April 30 – Olivia DeJonge, Australian actress
* May 1 – Grayson Russell, American actor
* May 3 - Highdee Kuan, American actress
* May 4
** Temara Melek, American actress
** Taylar Hender, American actress
* May 5 - Chelsea Clark, Canadian actress
* May 7 - MrBeast, American YouTuber
* May 8 - Corey Mylchreest, English actor
* May 15 - Anjelika Washington, American actress
* May 23 – Ramona Young, American actress
* May 24 – Daisy Edgar-Jones, British actress
* May 29 – Shealeigh, American singer
* June 13 - Zayne Emory, American actor
* June 10 - Ana Yi Puig, American actress
* June 11 – Charlie Tahan, American actor
* June 14 - Brianne Tju, American actress
* June 15 – Rachel Covey, American actress
* June 16 - Lauren Taylor, American actress
* June 19
** Suzu Hirose, Japanese actress
** Atticus Shaffer, American actor
* June 24
** Coy Stewart, American actor and rapper
** Matt Friend, American actor and comedian
* June 27 – Sistine Stallone, American actress and model
* July 1 - Chloe Bailey, American singer and actress
* July 3 - Sara Waisglass, Canadian actress
* July 7 – Dylan Sprayberry, American actor
* July 8
** Maya Hawke, American actress
** Jaden Smith, American actor
* July 9 – Robert Capron, American actor
* July 10
** Angus Cloud, American actor (d. 2023)
** Haley Pullos, American actress
* July 13 - Cynthy Wu, American actress
* July 17 - Lilli Schweiger, German actress
* July 22 – Madison Pettis, American actress
* July 23 - Helena Howard, American actress
* July 24
** Bindi Irwin, Australian actress
** Cailee Spaeny, American actress
* July 27 – Myles Erlick, Canadian actor and singer
* July 28 – Sasha Meneghel, Brazilian actress
* July 29 - Jessica Lord, English actress
* July 31 – Rico Rodriguez, American actor
* August 1 – Khamani Griffin, American actor
* August 3 – Cozi Zuehlsdorff, American actress and singer
* August 5 – Mimi Keene, English actress
* August 6 – Forrest Goodluck, American actor
* August 12 – Rudy Pankow, American actor
* August 18 - Mallori Johnson, American actress
* August 21 – Jade Chynoweth, American actress
* August 25 – China Anne McClain, American actress and singer
* August 28 - Mia Healey, Australian actress
* September 1
** Fin Argus, American actor and musician
** Fern Deacon, English actress
* September 2 – Choi Ye-bin, South Korean actress
* September 4 - Ainsley Seiger, American actress
* September 5 – Helena Barlow, English actress
* September 8
** Emma Laird, Scottish actress
** Sierra Capri, American actress
* September 13 - Nell Williams, English actress
* September 16 – Belissa Escobedo, American actress
* September 17 - Miles Gutierrez-Riley, American actor
* September 19 - Phia Saban, English actress
* September 22 - Isis Hainsworth, English actress
* October 1
** Isabella Amara, American actress and singer
** Danika Yarosh, American actress
* October 6 - Matt Cornett, American actor
* October 7 – Josh Levi, American actor and singer
* October 10 - Cameron Gellman, American actor
* October 11 - Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, English actress
* October 14 - Ariela Barer, American actress
* October 17 – Erin Kellyman, English actress
* October 18 - Emily Robinson, American actress
* October 19
** Katie Douglas, Canadian actress
** Sidney Flanigan, American actress
* October 23
** Amandla Stenberg, American actress
** Jake Siciliano, American actor
* October 26 - Samantha Isler, American actress
* October 28 – Nolan Gould, American actor
* November 2 - Josh Wiggins, American actor
* November 4
** Meadow Walker, American actress
** Darcy Rose Byrnes, American and Irish actress
* November 7 – Octavio Ocaña, Mexican actor (died 2021)
* November 13
** Gattlin Griffith, American actor
** Jaquel Spivey, American actor
* November 17 - Kara Hayward, American actress
* November 23 – Bradley Steven Perry, American actor
* November 24 - Peyton Meyer, American actor
* November 29 - Lovie Simone, American actress
* December 2
** Amber Montana, American actress
** Celeste O'Connor, Kenyan-born American actor
** Annalise Basso, American actress
* December 8
** Owen Teague, American actor
** Tanner Buchanan, American actor
* December 15 – Chandler Canterbury, American former child actor
* December 16 - Kiara Muhammad, American actress
* December 17 - Jasmine Armfield, English actress
* December 23 – G Hannelius, American actress and singer
* December 27 - Briar Nolet, Canadian actress
* December 28 - Jared Gilman, American actor
* December 29
** Paris Berelc, American actress
** Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor
* December 31 - Hunter Schafer, American actress

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 4 | Mae Questel | 89 | US | Actress | Funny GirlNational Lampoon's Christmas Vacation |
| January | 5 | Sonny Bono | 62 | US | Singer, Actor | Good TimesHairspray |
| January | 6 | Walt Barnes | 79 | US | Actor | The Big GundownEscape to Witch Mountain |
| January | 6 | Murray Salem | 47 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | Kindergarten CopThe Spy Who Loved Me |
| January | 7 | Jacqueline DeWit | 85 | US | Actress | All That Heaven AllowsLittle Giant |
| January | 7 | Dorothy Wilson | 88 | US | Actress | One in a MillionScarlet River |
| January | 16 | Lorenzo Mongiardino | 81 | Italy | Production Designer | Romeo and JulietThe Taming of the Shrew |
| January | 24 | Jack Lord | 77 | US | Actor | Dr. NoGod's Little Acre |
| January | 26 | Ethelreda Leopold | 83 | US | Actress | In the Sweet Pie and PieG.I. Wanna Home |
| January | 28 | Jim Bohan | 52 | US | Actor | American GraffitiPunishment Park |
| January | 30 | Ferdy Mayne | 81 | Germany | Actor | Barry LyndonConan the Destroyer |
| February | 1 | Jack T. Collis | 75 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | Magnum ForceThe Last Tycoon |
| February | 2 | Duilio Del Prete | 59 | Italy | Actor | At Long Last LoveAlfredo, Alfredo |
| February | 3 | Davy Kaye | 81 | UK | Actor | Chitty Chitty Bang BangThose Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines |
| February | 5 | Douglas Gamley | 73 | Australia | Composer, Conductor | TronEnigma |
| February | 15 | George White | 86 | US | Film Editor | Green Dolphin StreetThe Postman Always Rings Twice |
| February | 17 | Felix Nelson | 84 | US | Actor | The Learning TreeThe Ballad of Cable Hogue |
| February | 17 | Sheila Raynor | 91 | UK | Actor | A Clockwork OrangeThe Omen |
| February | 18 | James Villiers | 67 | UK | Actor | For Your Eyes OnlyRepulsion |
| February | 21 | John Nicolella | 52 | US | Director, Producer | Kull the ConquerorEasy Money |
| February | 23 | Chuck Hayward | 89 | US | Actor, Stuntman | The Blues BrothersThe Longest Yard |
| February | 24 | Henny Youngman | 91 | UK | Comedian, Actor | History of the World, Part IGoodfellas |
| February | 26 | James Algar | 75 | US | Director, Producer, Animator | FantasiaThe African Lion |
| February | 27 | J. T. Walsh | 54 | US | Actor | Good Morning, VietnamA Few Good Men |
| March | 5 | Donald Woods | 91 | Canada | Actor | Anthony AdverseThe Case of the Stuttering Bishop |
| March | 10 | Lloyd Bridges | 85 | US | Actor | High NoonAirplane! |
| March | 17 | Helen Westcott | 70 | US | Actress | The GunfighterGod's Little Acre |
| March | 20 | Beverley Cross | 66 | UK | Screenwriter | Clash of the TitansJason and the Argonauts |
| March | 25 | Daniel Massey | 64 | UK | Actor | Star!In Which We Serve |
| March | 30 | Ramsay Ames | 79 | US | Actress | The Mummy's GhostThe Gay Cavalier |
| April | 1 | Gene Evans | 75 | US | Actor | The Steel HelmetShock Corridor |
| April | 1 | Lucille Norman | 76 | US | Singer, Actress | Carson CityPainting the Clouds with Sunshine |
| April | 3 | Charles Lang | 96 | US | Cinematographer | Some Like It HotThe Magnificent Seven |
| April | 4 | Kay Hughes | 84 | US | Actress | The Big ShowDick Tracy |
| April | 11 | Rodney Harvey | 30 | US | Actor | My Own Private IdahoGuncrazy |
| April | 21 | Peter Lind Hayes | 82 | US | Actor | The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.The Senator Was Indiscreet |
| April | 22 | Marvin Worth | 72 | US | Producer | Malcolm XThe Rose |
| April | 24 | Leslie Stevens | 74 | US | Screenwriter, Director | The Marriage-Go-RoundIncubus |
| April | 28 | Jerome Bixby | 75 | US | Screenwriter | It! The Terror from Beyond SpaceFantastic Voyage |
| April | 28 | Dorothy Lovett | 83 | US | Actress | Meet Dr. ChristianThe Mantrap |
| April | 29 | Mary Castle | 67 | US | Actress | GunsmokeThe Jailbreakers |
| May | 2 | Maidie Norman | 85 | US | Actress | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?Halloween III: Season of the Witch |
| May | 3 | Gene Raymond | 89 | US | Actor | Flying Down to RioMr. & Mrs. Smith |
| May | 9 | Alice Faye | 83 | US | Actress, Singer | In Old ChicagoAlexander's Ragtime Band |
| May | 9 | Nat Perrin | 93 | US | Screenwriter, Director | The Great MorganHellzapoppin' |
| May | 11 | Gene Fowler Jr. | 80 | US | Film Editor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldHang 'Em High |
| May | 14 | Frank Sinatra | 82 | US | Singer, Actor | From Here to EternityThe Manchurian Candidate |
| May | 15 | Linwood G. Dunn | 93 | US | Visual Effects Artist | West Side Story2001: A Space Odyssey |
| May | 20 | Wolf Mankowitz | 73 | UK | Screenwriter | Casino RoyaleA Kid for Two Farthings |
| May | 21 | Douglas Fowley | 86 | US | Actor | Singin' in the RainMighty Joe Young |
| May | 22 | John Derek | 71 | US | Actor, Director | Knock on Any DoorSaturday's Hero |
| May | 28 | Phil Hartman | 49 | US | Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter | Pee-wee's Big AdventureJingle All the Way |
| June | 1 | Darwin Joston | 60 | US | Actor | Assault on Precinct 13Eraserhead |
| June | 2 | Dorothy Stickney | 101 | US | Actress | The Catered AffairI Never Sang for My Father |
| June | 4 | Josephine Hutchinson | 94 | US | Actress | North by NorthwestThe Story of Louis Pasteur |
| June | 5 | Jeanette Nolan | 85 | US | Actress | The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceThe Big Heat |
| June | 12 | Theresa Merritt | 73 | US | Actress | Billy MadisonThe Wiz |
| June | 18 | Charles Korvin | 90 | Slovakia | Actor | Berlin ExpressShip of Fools |
| June | 23 | Kurt Kren | 69 | Austria | Director | 8/64: Ana – Aktion Brus10/65: Selbstverstümmelung |
| June | 23 | Maureen O'Sullivan | 87 | Ireland | Actress | Tarzan the Ape ManThe Thin Man |
| June | 24 | Henry G. Saperstein | 80 | US | Producer | What's Up, Tiger Lily?Mr. Magoo |
| July | 1 | Claire Kelly | 64 | US | Actress | The BadlandersParty Girl |
| July | 4 | Gregg Burge | 40 | US | Actor | A Chorus LineSchool Daze |
| July | 6 | Roy Rogers | 86 | US | Actor, Singer | Son of PalefaceKing of the Cowboys |
| July | 10 | William Preston | 76 | US | Actor | The Fisher KingWaterworld |
| July | 16 | Leigh Brown | 59 | US | Screenwriter | A Christmas StoryIt Runs in the Family |
| July | 17 | Joseph Maher | 64 | Ireland | Actor | Mars Attacks!In & Out |
| July | 19 | Betty Marsden | 79 | UK | Actress | Night and the CityThe Dresser |
| July | 21 | Robert Young | 91 | US | Actor | CrossfireThat Forsyte Woman |
| July | 27 | Binnie Barnes | 95 | UK | Actress | The Private Life of Henry VIIIThe Spanish Main |
| July | 28 | Lenny McLean | 49 | UK | Actor | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking BarrelsThe Fifth Element |
| July | 29 | Jerome Robbins | 79 | US | Director, Choreographer | West Side Story |
| July | 29 | O. Z. Whitehead | 87 | US | Actor | The Lion in WinterThe Grapes of Wrath |
| August | 1 | Eva Bartok | 71 | Hungary | Actress | The Crimson PirateTen Thousand Bedrooms |
| August | 7 | Bob Wyman | 66 | US | Film Editor | Greased LightningLogan's Run |
| August | 11 | Derek Newark | 65 | UK | Actor | City Under the SeaDad's Army |
| August | 15 | Marc Akerstream | 44 | Canada | Stuntman, Actor | Needful ThingsRumble in the Bronx |
| August | 16 | Phil Leeds | 82 | US | Actor | GhostRosemary's Baby |
| August | 18 | Persis Khambatta | 49 | India | Actress | Star Trek: The Motion PictureNighthawks |
| August | 24 | E. G. Marshall | 84 | US | Actor | 12 Angry MenThe Caine Mutiny |
| August | 24 | Gene Page | 58 | US | Composer | BlaculaBrewster McCloud |
| August | 26 | Wade Dominguez | 32 | US | Actor | Dangerous MindsCity of Industry |
| August | 26 | Penny Edwards | 70 | US | Actress | Street BanditsMissing Women |
| September | 2 | Fernando Carrere | 87 | Mexico | Art Director | The Great EscapeThe Pink Panther |
| September | 6 | Akira Kurosawa | 88 | Japan | Director, Screenwriter | Seven SamuraiRashomon |
| September | 6 | Elaine Shepard | 85 | US | Actress | Seven Days AshoreYou Can't Fool Your Wife |
| September | 8 | Leonid Kinskey | 95 | Russia | Actor | CasablancaDuck Soup |
| September | 11 | Dane Clark | 86 | US | Actor | WhiplashDestination Tokyo |
| September | 19 | Patricia Hayes | 88 | UK | Actress | A Fish Called WandaWillow |
| September | 21 | Clara Calamai | 89 | Italy | Actress | Deep RedOssessione |
| September | 22 | John Garrie | 75 | UK | Actor | if....The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes |
| September | 30 | Marius Goring | 86 | UK | Actor | Ill Met by MoonlightThe Moonraker |
| September | 30 | Stephen Pearlman | 63 | US | Actor | PiDie Hard with a Vengeance |
| October | 2 | Gene Autry | 91 | US | Actor, Singer | The Singing CowboyThe Phantom Empire |
| October | 3 | George Davis | 84 | US | Art Director | The RobeAll About Eve |
| October | 3 | Roddy McDowall | 70 | UK | Actor | Planet of the Apes The Poseidon Adventure |
| October | 8 | Gigi Reder | 70 | Italy | Actor | Fantozzi Who Is Afraid Of Dracula? |
| October | 11 | Richard Denning | 84 | US | Actor | An Affair to RememberCreature from the Black Lagoon |
| October | 17 | Joan Hickson | 92 | UK | Actress | ClockwiseTheatre of Blood |
| October | 22 | Eric Ambler | 89 | UK | Screenwriter | A Night to RememberTopkapi |
| October | 23 | Christopher Gable | 58 | UK | Actor | The Boy FriendThe Lair of the White Worm |
| October | 24 | Dennis Ayling | 81 | UK | Visual Effects Artist | Alien |
| October | 26 | Rick Dior | 51 | US | Sound Engineer | Apollo 13Juice |
| October | 27 | Rosamund John | 85 | UK | Actress | When the Bough BreaksGreen for Danger |
| October | 28 | James Goldman | 71 | US | Screenwriter | The Lion in WinterThey Might Be Giants |
| November | 2 | Tommy Duggan | 89 | UK | Actor | The OmenSuperman II |
| November | 3 | Martha O'Driscoll | 76 | US | Actress | House of DraculaWagon Train |
| November | 4 | Vincent Winter | 50 | UK | Actor, Production Manager | The KidnappersSuperman |
| November | 5 | Momoko Kōchi | 66 | Japan | Actress | GodzillaThe Mysterians |
| November | 8 | Jean Marais | 84 | France | Actor, Director | JuliettaWhite Nights |
| November | 9 | Ursula Reit | 84 | Germany | Actress | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryThree Men in the Snow |
| November | 13 | Valerie Hobson | 81 | UK | Actress | Kind Hearts and CoronetsGreat Expectations |
| November | 17 | Dick O'Neill | 70 | US | Actor | The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeThe Jerk |
| November | 17 | Esther Rolle | 78 | US | Actress | Driving Miss DaisyRosewood |
| November | 19 | Alan J. Pakula | 70 | US | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | All the President's MenTo Kill a Mockingbird |
| November | 22 | Nicky Blair | 72 | US | Actor | The Godfather Part IIIRocky V |
| November | 25 | Enrico Sabbatini | 66 | Italy | Costume Designer | Seven Years in TibetThe Mission |
| November | 25 | Flip Wilson | 64 | US | Comedian, Actor | Skatetown, USAThe Fish That Saved Pittsburgh |
| November | 30 | Ruth Clifford | 98 | US | Actress | The Dramatic Life of Abraham LincolnThe Amazing Woman |
| December | 1 | Freddie Young | 96 | UK | Cinematographer | Lawrence of ArabiaDoctor Zhivago |
| December | 7 | John Addison | 78 | UK | Composer | A Bridge Too FarTom Jones |
| December | 8 | John Veitch | 78 | US | Producer, Executive | Bram Stoker's DraculaFly Away Home |
| December | 13 | Lew Grade | 91 | UK | Producer | The Dark CrystalSophie's Choice |
| December | 13 | Ariadna Welter | 68 | Mexico | Actress | The Devil's HandThe Boxer |
| December | 14 | Norman Fell | 74 | US | Actor | BullittIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
| December | 17 | John Robert Lloyd | 78 | US | Production Designer | Midnight CowboyClue |
| December | 20 | Irene Hervey | 89 | US | Actress | Play Misty for MeCactus Flower |
| December | 21 | Roger Avon | 84 | UK | Actor | Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.Curse of the Crimson Altar |
| December | 23 | David Manners | 98 | Canada | Actor | DraculaThe Mummy |
| December | 25 | Richard Paul | 58 | US | Actor | The People vs. Larry FlyntEating Raoul |
| December | 26 | Hurd Hatfield | 81 | US | Actor | The Picture of Dorian GrayThe Boston Strangler |
| December | 28 | William Frankfather | 54 | US | Actor | Death Becomes HerFoul Play |
| December | 29 | Don Taylor | 81 | US | Actor, Director | Stalag 17Father of the Bride |

## Film debuts

* Juana Acosta – Time Out
* Elizabeth Banks – Surrender Dorothy
* Kristen Bell – Polish Wedding
* Wes Bentley – Three Below Zero
* Kate Bosworth – The Horse Whisperer
* Billy Boyd – Urban Ghost Story
* A. J. Buckley – Disturbing Behavior
* Christian Campbell – Hairshirt
* Lacey Chabert – Lost in Space
* Kevin Chapman – Monument Ave.
* Paz de la Huerta – The Object of My Affection
* Taye Diggs – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
* Snoop Dogg – Half Baked
* Lola Dueñas – Mensaka
* Cedric the Entertainer – Ride
* Golshifteh Farahani – The Pear Tree
* Vera Farmiga – Return to Paradise
* Josh Hartnett – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
* Taraji P. Henson – Streetwise
* Kate Hudson – Desert Blue
* Oscar Isaac – Illtown
* Rashida Jones – Myth America
* Vinnie Jones – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
* Shia LaBeouf – The Christmas Path
* Mía Maestro – Tango
* Eva Mendes – A Night at the Roxbury
* Chris Messina – Rounders
* Cillian Murphy – The Tale of Sweety Barrett
* Julianne Nicholson – Harvest
* Christopher Nolan (director) – Following
* Jesse Plemons – Finding North
* Amy Poehler – Tomorrow Night
* Rebecca Romijn – Dirty Work
* Jason Schwartzman – Rushmore
* Jason Segel – Can't Hardly Wait
* Dax Shepard – Hairshirt
* Jason Statham – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
* Ray Stevenson – The Theory of Flight
* Michael Stuhlbarg – A Price Above Rubies
* Wanda Sykes – Tomorrow Night
* Luis Tosar – Atilano for President
* Carice van Houten – Ivory Guardians
* Natalia Verbeke – Un buen novio
* Denis Villeneuve (director) – August 32nd on Earth
* Matt Walsh – Tomorrow Night
* Mark Webber – Edge City
* Michael Welch – Star Trek: Insurrection
* Shea Whigham – Of Love & Fantasy