# 2021 in film

2021 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and movie programming.

## Evaluation of the year

In his article highlighting the best movies of 2021, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, "From an artistic perspective, 2021 has been an excellent cinematic vintage, yet the bounty is shadowed by an air of doom. The reopening of theatres has brought many great movies—some of which were postponed from last year—to the big screen, but fewer people to see them. The biggest successes, as usual, have been superhero and franchise films. The French Dispatch has done respectably in wide release, and Licorice Pizza is doing superbly on four screens in New York and Los Angeles, but few, if any, of the year’s best films are likely to reach high on the box-office charts. The shift toward streaming was already under way when the pandemic struck, and as the trend has accelerated it’s had a paradoxical effect on movies. On the one hand, a streaming release is a wide release, happily accessible to all (or to all subscribers). On the other, an online release usually registers as a nonevent, and many of the great movies hardly make a blip on the mediascape despite being more accessible than ever."

## Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2021 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Sony Pictures | $1,912,233,593 |
| 2 | The Battle at Lake Changjin | Bona | $909,596,236 |
| 3 | Hi, Mom | Lian Ray | $841,674,419 |
| 4 | No Time to Die | MGM / Universal | $774,253,007 |
| 5 | F9 | Universal | $726,229,501 |
| 6 | Detective Chinatown 3 | Wanda | $686,257,563 |
| 7 | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Sony Pictures | $506,863,592 |
| 8 | Godzilla vs. Kong | Warner Bros. / Toho | $470,116,094 |
| 9 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Disney | $432,243,292 |
| 10 | Sing 2 | Universal | $408,402,685 |
* ↑ Excludes grosses from subsequent re-releases.

### 2021 box office records

* Worldwide, the global box office ended the year at $21.4 billion, a figure 78% higher than 2020.
* China was the highest-grossing country of 2021 with $7.3 billion.
* In the United States and Canada, theaters earned an estimated $4.55 billion throughout 2021, a statistic 100% higher than 2020's $2.28 billion and 60% lower than 2019's $11.4 billion.

#### Film records

* The Marvel Cinematic Universe became the first film franchise to gross $23 billion, $24 billion, and $25 billion with the releases of Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Eternals, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. Additionally, the MCU became the first film franchise to have ten films gross over $1 billion with the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home.
* Spider-Man: No Way Home became the 48th film to gross $1 billion worldwide (the first film to do so since 2019's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker prior to the COVID-19 pandemic), surpassed Spider-Man: Far From Home as Sony's highest-grossing film of all time, and attained the distinction of being the highest-grossing film not to be released in China (one of the world's biggest box office markets).
** Also, is the third film to surpass the $800 million mark in North America.
** In Latin America, No Way Home became the all-time highest-grossing film in Mexico ($75 million), and the second all-time highest in Brazil ($55 million), Central America ($12.6 million) and Ecuador ($7.9 million).
* The Battle at Lake Changjin became the highest-grossing non-English film of all time as well as highest-grossing Chinese film of all time.
** The Battle at Lake Changjin also became the second highest-grossing film in a single market, after Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) in the United States.
* Hi, Mom became the highest-grossing film by a solo female director, surpassing the record set by Wonder Woman (2017).
* Detective Chinatown 3 set the record for the biggest opening weekend in a single territory, surpassing the record set by Avengers: Endgame in 2019, and had the tenth highest-grossing opening weekend on release.
* Avatar became the highest-grossing film of all time again after a re-release in China increased its gross past $2.8 billion.
* The anime film Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (2020) released in North America in April 2021, with its opening weekend gross of $19.5 million setting the record as the biggest opening for any foreign-language film released in North America.

## Events
### Award ceremonies

2021 film award ceremonies :
| Date | Event | Host | Location(s) |
| January 16 | 26th Forqué Awards | Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales | Madrid, Spain |
| February 28 | 78th Golden Globe Awards | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| March 2 | 8th Feroz Awards | Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España | Madrid, Spain |
| March 6 | 35th Goya Awards | Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences | Málaga, Spain |
| March 7 | 26th Critics' Choice Awards | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| March 12 | 46th César Awards | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma | Paris, France |
| March 21 | 13th Gaudí Awards | Catalan Film Academy | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| March 21 | 73rd Writers Guild of America Awards | Writers Guild of America, East Writers Guild of America West | Ceremony held virtually |
| March 24 | 32nd Producers Guild of America Awards | Producers Guild of America | Ceremony held virtually |
| April 4 | 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards | SAG-AFTRA | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| April 10 | 73rd Directors Guild of America Awards | Directors Guild of America | Ceremony held virtually |
| April 11 | 74th British Academy Film Awards | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | London, England, UK |
| April 16 | 48th Annie Awards | ASIFA-Hollywood | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| April 22 | 36th Independent Spirit Awards | Independent Spirit Awards | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| April 24 | 41st Golden Raspberry Awards | Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| April 25 | 93rd Academy Awards | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| May 3 | 67th National Film Awards | Directorate of Film Festivals | New Delhi, India |
| May 11 | 66th David di Donatello | Accademia del Cinema Italiano | Rome, Italy |
| May 13 | 57th Baeksang Arts Awards | Ilgan Sports | Gyeonggi Province, South Korea |
| September 18–19 | 9th South Indian International Movie Awards | Vibri Media Group | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| October 3 | 8th Platino Awards | Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales | Madrid, Spain |
| October 7 | 30th Buil Film Awards | Busan Ilbo | Busan, South Korea |
| October 8 | 15th Asian Film Awards | The Asian Film Awards Academy | Busan, South Korea |
| October 26 | 46th Saturn Awards | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| November 14 | 20th Santosham Film Awards | Santosham Magazine | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| November 26 | 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Sports Chosun | Seoul |
| November 27 | 58th Golden Horse Awards | Motion Picture Development Foundation R.O.C. | Taipei, Taiwan |
| December 11 | 34th European Film Awards | European Film Academy | Berlin, Germany |
| December 11 | 27th Forqué Awards | Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales | Madrid, Spain |

### Film festivals

List of some of the film festivals for 2021 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).
2021 film festivals :
| Date | Event | Host | Location |
| January 28 – February 3 | 2021 Sundance Film Festival | Sundance Film Festival | Park City, Utah, United States |
| March 1–5 | 71st Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin, Germany |
| July 6–17 | 2021 Cannes Film Festival | Cannes Film Festival | Cannes, France |
| August 4–14 | 74th Locarno Film Festival | Locarno Film Festival | Locarno, Switzerland |
| September 1–11 | 78th Venice International Film Festival | Venice Film Festival | Venice, Italy |
| September 9–18 | 2021 Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| September 17–25 | 69th San Sebastián International Film Festival | San Sebastián International Film Festival | San Sebastián, Spain |
| October 6–15 | 26th Busan International Film Festival | Busan International Film Festival | Busan, South Korea |
| November 20–28 | 52nd International Film Festival of India | Directorate of Film Festivals | Goa, India |

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 79th Golden Globe Awards January 9, 2022 | 79th Golden Globe Awards January 9, 2022 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards February 27 – March 20, 2022 | 75th BAFTA Awards March 13, 2022 | 27th Critics' Choice Awards March 13, 2022 | 94th Academy Awards March 27, 2022 |
| Category/Organization | Drama | Musical or Comedy | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards February 27 – March 20, 2022 | 75th BAFTA Awards March 13, 2022 | 27th Critics' Choice Awards March 13, 2022 | 94th Academy Awards March 27, 2022 |
| Best Picture | The Power of the Dog | West Side Story | CODA | The Power of the Dog | The Power of the Dog | CODA |
| Best Director | Jane Campion The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion The Power of the Dog |
| Best Actor | Will Smith King Richard | Andrew Garfield Tick, Tick... Boom! | Will Smith King Richard | Will Smith King Richard | Will Smith King Richard | Will Smith King Richard |
| Best Actress | Nicole Kidman Being the Ricardos | Rachel Zegler West Side Story | Jessica Chastain The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Joanna Scanlan After Love | Jessica Chastain The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Jessica Chastain The Eyes of Tammy Faye |
| Best Supporting Actor | Kodi Smit-McPhee The Power of the Dog | Kodi Smit-McPhee The Power of the Dog | Troy Kotsur CODA | Troy Kotsur CODA | Troy Kotsur CODA | Troy Kotsur CODA |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ariana DeBose West Side Story | Ariana DeBose West Side Story | Ariana DeBose West Side Story | Ariana DeBose West Side Story | Ariana DeBose West Side Story | Ariana DeBose West Side Story |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Kenneth Branagh Belfast | Kenneth Branagh Belfast | Sian Heder CODA | Sian Heder CODA | Jane Campion The Power of the Dog | Sian Heder CODA |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Kenneth Branagh Belfast | Kenneth Branagh Belfast | Adam McKay & David Sirota Don't Look Up | Paul Thomas Anderson Licorice Pizza | Kenneth Branagh Belfast | Kenneth Branagh Belfast |
| Best Animated Film | Encanto | Encanto | Encanto | Encanto | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Encanto |
| Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer Dune | Hans Zimmer Dune | — | Hans Zimmer Dune | Hans Zimmer Dune | Hans Zimmer Dune |
| Best Original Song | "No Time to Die" No Time to Die | "No Time to Die" No Time to Die | — | — | "No Time to Die" No Time to Die | "No Time to Die" No Time to Die |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Drive My Car | Drive My Car | — | Drive My Car | Drive My Car | Drive My Car |
| Best Documentary | — | — | Summer of Soul | Summer of Soul | Summer of Soul | Summer of Soul |
Palme d'Or (74th Cannes Film Festival):
    Titane, directed by Julia Ducournau, France
Golden Lion (78th Venice International Film Festival):
    Happening, directed by Audrey Diwan, France
Golden Bear (71st Berlin International Film Festival):
    Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc), directed by Radu Jude, Romania

## 2021 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 2021
* List of Australian films of 2021
* List of Bangladeshi films of 2021
* List of British films of 2021
* List of Canadian films of 2021
* List of Chinese films of 2021
* List of French films of 2021
* List of Hong Kong films of 2021
* List of Indian films of 2021
** List of Bhojpuri films of 2021
** List of Hindi films of 2021
** List of Punjabi films of 2021
** List of Indian Bengali films of 2021
** List of Gujarati films of 2021
** List of Kannada films of 2021
** List of Malayalam films of 2021
** List of Marathi films of 2021
** List of Tamil films of 2021
** List of Telugu films of 2021
* List of Japanese films of 2021
* List of Nigerian films of 2021
* List of Philippine films of 2021
* List of Russian films of 2021
* List of South Korean films of 2021
* List of Spanish films of 2021
* List of Sri Lankan films of 2021

### By genre/medium

* List of animated feature films of 2021
* List of horror films of 2021
* List of science fiction films of 2021

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 3 | Barbara Shelley | 88 | UK | Actress | Village of the DamnedQuatermass and the Pit |
| January | 4 | Tanya Roberts | 71 | US | Actress | SheenaA View to a Kill |
| January | 4 | Gregory Sierra | 83 | US | Actor | PapillonThe Towering Inferno |
| January | 5 | James Greene | 89 | Ireland | Actor | Brothers of the HeadEmpire of the Sun |
| January | 5 | John Richardson | 86 | UK | Actor | SheOne Million Years B.C. |
| January | 6 | Antonio Sabàto Sr. | 77 | Italy | Actor | One Dollar Too ManyShoot Twice |
| January | 7 | Michael Apted | 79 | UK | Director | Coal Miner's DaughterNell |
| January | 7 | Val Bettin | 97 | US | Voice Actor | The Great Mouse DetectiveShrek |
| January | 7 | Marion Ramsey | 73 | US | Actress, Singer | Police AcademyReturn to Babylon |
| January | 8 | Steve Carver | 75 | US | Director | An Eye for an EyeLone Wolf McQuade |
| January | 8 | Mike Henry | 84 | US | Actor | Smokey and the BanditThe Green Berets |
| January | 9 | John Reilly | 86 | US | Actor | Deal of the CenturyTouch and Go |
| January | 11 | Tord Peterson | 94 | Sweden | Actor | GrisjaktenEchoes from the Dead |
| January | 11 | Stacy Title | 56 | US | Director | The Last SupperThe Bye Bye Man |
| January | 12 | Mona Malm | 85 | Sweden | Actress | Fanny and AlexanderAfter the Wedding |
| January | 14 | Peter Mark Richman | 93 | US | Actor | The Black OrchidFriendly Persuasion |
| January | 15 | Dale Baer | 70 | US | Animator | The Lion KingWho Framed Roger Rabbit |
| January | 16 | Charlotte Cornwell | 71 | UK | Actress | The SaintWhite Hunter Black Heart |
| January | 18 | Jean-Pierre Bacri | 69 | France | Actor, Screenwriter | SubwaySmoking/No Smoking |
| January | 18 | Perry Botkin Jr. | 87 | US | Composer | SkyjackedTarzan, the Ape Man |
| January | 18 | Juan Carlos Tabío | 77 | Cuba | Director, Screenwriter | Strawberry and Chocolate7 Days in Havana |
| January | 20 | Ian Wilson | 81 | UK | Cinematographer | The Crying GameEmma |
| January | 21 | Nathalie Delon | 79 | France | Actress | Le SamouraïBluebeard |
| January | 21 | Rémy Julienne | 90 | France | Stuntman | The Italian JobViolent City |
| January | 23 | Walter Bernstein | 101 | US | Screenwriter, Director | The FrontParis Blues |
| January | 23 | Tony Ferrer | 86 | Philippines | Actor | Blind RageThe Vengeance of Fu Manchu |
| January | 23 | Alberto Grimaldi | 95 | Italy | Producer | The Good, the Bad and the UglyGangs of New York |
| January | 23 | Hal Holbrook | 95 | US | Actor | All the President's MenInto the Wild |
| January | 23 | Trisha Noble | 76 | Australia | Actress, Singer | Carry On CampingThe Private Eyes |
| January | 24 | Bruce Kirby | 95 | US | Actor | CrashStand by Me |
| January | 24 | Gunnel Lindblom | 89 | Sweden | Actress | The Virgin SpringThe Seventh Seal |
| January | 27 | Cloris Leachman | 94 | US | Actress | Young FrankensteinThe Last Picture Show |
| January | 28 | Vasily Lanovoy | 87 | Russia | Actor | Soldiers of FreedomThe Three Musketeers |
| January | 28 | Cicely Tyson | 96 | US | Actress | SounderThe Help |
| January | 30 | Allan Burns | 85 | US | Screenwriter | A Little RomanceJust the Way You Are |
| February | 1 | Jonas Gricius | 92 | Lithuania | Cinematographer | HamletThe Blue Bird |
| February | 1 | Robert C. Jones | 84 | US | Film Editor, Screenwriter | Coming HomeBound for Glory |
| February | 3 | Haya Harareet | 89 | Israel | Actress | Ben-HurThe Interns |
| February | 5 | Christopher Plummer | 91 | Canada | Actor | The Sound of MusicBeginners |
| February | 7 | Giuseppe Rotunno | 97 | Italy | Cinematographer | All That JazzThe Leopard |
| February | 7 | Moufida Tlatli | 73 | Tunisia | Director, Film Editor | The Season of MenSama |
| February | 8 | Jean-Claude Carrière | 89 | France | Screenwriter, Actor | The Unbearable Lightness of BeingTaking Off |
| February | 9 | John Hora | 80 | US | Cinematographer | GremlinsThe Howling |
| February | 11 | Joan Weldon | 90 | US | Actress | Them!Day of the Badman |
| February | 12 | Antonio Giménez-Rico | 82 | Spain | Director, Screenwriter | Family PortraitThe Disputed Vote of Mr. Cayo |
| February | 12 | Christopher Pennock | 76 | US | Actor | Night of Dark ShadowsFrances |
| February | 12 | Lynn Stalmaster | 93 | US | Casting Director | Judgment at NurembergSuperman |
| February | 15 | Lucía Guilmáin | 83 | Mexico | Actress | Length of WarDarker Than Night |
| February | 17 | Martha Stewart | 98 | US | Actress | In a Lonely PlaceAre You with It? |
| February | 18 | Andrey Myagkov | 82 | Russia | Actor | The Brothers KaramazovVertical Race |
| February | 20 | David de Keyser | 93 | UK | Actor | YentlSunshine |
| February | 22 | Giancarlo Santi | 81 | Italy | Director | The Grand DuelQuando c'era lui... caro lei! |
| February | 24 | Alan Robert Murray | 66 | US | Sound Engineer | Letters from Iwo JimaAmerican Sniper |
| February | 24 | Ronald Pickup | 80 | UK | Actor | The MissionDarkest Hour |
| February | 27 | Ng Man-tat | 70 | Hong Kong | Actor | Shaolin SoccerA Moment of Romance |
| March | 1 | Enrique San Francisco | 65 | Spain | Actor | NavajerosColegas |
| March | 2 | Gil Rogers | 87 | US | Actor | The ChildrenEddie Macon's Run |
| March | 3 | Nicola Pagett | 75 | Egypt | Actress | Anne of the Thousand DaysAn Awfully Big Adventure |
| March | 4 | Tony Hendra | 79 | UK | Screenwriter | The Missing LinkThe Great White Hype |
| March | 6 | David Bailie | 83 | South Africa | Actor | Pirates of the CaribbeanThe Timber |
| March | 8 | Leon Gast | 85 | US | Documentarian | When We Were KingsSmash His Camera |
| March | 8 | Trevor Peacock | 89 | UK | Actor | HamletQuartet |
| March | 9 | Biff McGuire | 94 | US | Actor | SerpicoThe Thomas Crown Affair |
| March | 9 | Isela Vega | 81 | Mexico | Actress | Bring Me the Head of Alfredo GarciaBarbarosa |
| March | 11 | Isidore Mankofsky | 89 | US | Cinematographer | The Muppet MovieSomewhere in Time |
| March | 11 | Peter Patzak | 76 | Austria | Director, Screenwriter | The UnicornTramps |
| March | 11 | Norman J. Warren | 78 | UK | Director | Satan's SlaveTerror |
| March | 14 | Henry Darrow | 87 | US | Actor | The HitcherRunaway Jury |
| March | 15 | Yaphet Kotto | 81 | US | Actor | Live and Let DieAlien |
| March | 17 | Antón García Abril | 87 | Spain | Composer | Texas, AdiosPancho Villa |
| March | 18 | Richard Gilliland | 71 | US | Actor | BugStar Kid |
| March | 22 | Susana Canales | 87 | Spain | Actress | Black SkyJohn Paul Jones |
| March | 22 | Tatyana Lolova | 87 | Bulgaria | Actress | Indian SummerToplo |
| March | 22 | May Wynn | 93 | US | Actress | The Caine MutinyThe White Squaw |
| March | 23 | George Segal | 87 | US | Actor | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?A Touch of Class |
| March | 24 | Craig Grant | 52 | US | Actor | No Sudden MoveBamboozled |
| March | 24 | Kunie Tanaka | 88 | Japan | Actor | KwaidanSanjuro |
| March | 24 | Jessica Walter | 80 | US | Actress | Play Misty for MeGrand Prix |
| March | 25 | Larry McMurtry | 84 | US | Screenwriter | The Last Picture ShowBrokeback Mountain |
| March | 25 | Bertrand Tavernier | 79 | France | Director, Screenwriter | Round MidnightDeath Watch |
| March | 28 | Liu Kai-chi | 67 | Hong Kong | Actor | CagemanBeast Stalker |
| April | 1 | Lee Aaker | 77 | US | Actor | JeopardyHondo |
| April | 3 | Lois de Banzie | 90 | US | Actress | AnnieSister Act |
| April | 3 | Gloria Henry | 98 | US | Actress | Miss Grant Takes RichmondRancho Notorious |
| April | 3 | John Paragon | 66 | US | Actor, Director | Pee-wee's Big AdventureUHF |
| April | 4 | Zygmunt Malanowicz | 83 | Poland | Actor | Knife in the WaterLandscape After the Battle |
| April | 5 | Robert Fletcher | 98 | US | Costume Designer | Star Trek: The Motion PictureFright Night |
| April | 5 | Paul Ritter | 54 | UK | Actor | Quantum of SolaceThe Eagle |
| April | 6 | Walter Olkewicz | 72 | US | Actor | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me1941 |
| April | 7 | James Hampton | 84 | US | Actor | The Longest YardTeen Wolf |
| April | 8 | Richard Rush | 91 | US | Director, Screenwriter | The Stunt ManColor of Night |
| April | 9 | Earl "DMX" Simmons | 50 | US | Actor, Rapper | Romeo Must DieExit Wounds |
| April | 11 | Giannetto De Rossi | 78 | Italy | Makeup Artist | High TensionDune |
| April | 11 | Joseph Siravo | 66 | US | Actor | Carlito's WayThe Report |
| April | 12 | André Maranne | 94 | France | Actor | The Pink PantherBattle of Britain |
| April | 16 | Helen McCrory | 52 | UK | Actress | Harry PotterHugo |
| April | 16 | Anthony Powell | 85 | UK | Costume Designer | Travels with My AuntDeath on the Nile |
| April | 16 | Felix Silla | 84 | Italy | Stuntman, Actor | Return of the JediLittle Cigars |
| April | 16 | Mari Törőcsik | 85 | Hungary | Actress | Music BoxSunshine |
| April | 19 | Emília Došeková | 83 | Slovakia | Acrtress, Screenwritter, Singer | Surviving LifeCruel Joys |
| April | 20 | Monte Hellman | 91 | US | Director, Film Editor | The ShootingRide in the Whirlwind |
| April | 22 | Charles Fries | 92 | US | Producer, Executive | Cat PeopleOut of Bounds |
| April | 29 | Johnny Crawford | 75 | US | Actor, Singer | Indian PaintVillage of the Giants |
| April | 29 | Billie Hayes | 96 | US | Actress | Li'l AbnerPufnstuf |
| April | 29 | Frank McRae | 80 | US | Actor | 48 Hrs.Last Action Hero |
| May | 1 | Olympia Dukakis | 89 | US | Actress | MoonstruckSteel Magnolias |
| May | 1 | Willy Kurant | 87 | Belgium | Cinematographer | China MoonUnder the Sun of Satan |
| May | 2 | Jacques d'Amboise | 86 | US | Choreographer, Actor | Seven Brides for Seven BrothersCarousel |
| May | 4 | Chuck Hicks | 93 | US | Stuntman, Actor | Star Trek II: The Wrath of KhanThe Ring |
| May | 7 | Tawny Kitaen | 59 | US | Actress | Bachelor PartyWitchboard |
| May | 8 | Graeme Ferguson | 91 | Canada | Producer, Cinematographer | Hubble 3DA Beautiful Planet |
| May | 9 | Neil Connery | 83 | UK | Actor | O.K. ConneryThe Body Stealers |
| May | 11 | Norman Lloyd | 106 | US | Actor | Dead Poets SocietySaboteur |
| May | 11 | Buddy Van Horn | 92 | US | Stuntman, Director | The Dead PoolPink Cadillac |
| May | 15 | Roy Scammell | 88 | UK | Stuntman | AlienWillow |
| May | 18 | Charles Grodin | 86 | US | Actor | Midnight RunBeethoven |
| May | 19 | Paul Mooney | 79 | US | Actor | BamboozledThe Buddy Holly Story |
| May | 24 | Desiree Gould | 76 | US | Actress | Sleepaway CampTales of Poe |
| May | 24 | Robert Green Hall | 47 | US | Makeup Artist | Body SnatchersSecretary |
| May | 24 | Samuel E. Wright | 74 | US | Actor, Singer | The Little MermaidBird |
| May | 26 | Jerome Hellman | 92 | US | Producer | Midnight CowboyComing Home |
| May | 26 | Paul Soles | 90 | Canada | Actor | The ScoreThe Incredible Hulk |
| May | 27 | Lorina Kamburova | 29 | Bulgaria | Actress | NightworldLeatherface |
| May | 27 | Shane Briant | 74 | UK | Actor | Lady Chatterley's LoverThe Mackintosh Man |
| May | 29 | Gavin MacLeod | 90 | US | Actor | Operation PetticoatThe Sand Pebbles |
| May | 31 | Peter Del Monte | 77 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | Traveling CompanionEtoile |
| May | 31 | Arlene Golonka | 85 | US | Actress | Hang 'Em HighThe In-Laws |
| June | 3 | Ernie Lively | 74 | US | Actor | Turner & HoochPassenger 57 |
| June | 4 | Clarence Williams III | 81 | US | Actor | Purple RainThe Legend of 1900 |
| June | 5 | Paulo Thiago | 75 | Brazil | Director, Screenwriter | Sagarana: The DuelThe Long Haul |
| June | 9 | Cynthia Hargrave | 64 | US | Producer | Bottle RocketPerfume |
| June | 9 | Libuše Šafránková | 68 | Czech Republic | Actress | My Sweet Little VillageKolya |
| June | 10 | Joyce MacKenzie | 95 | US | Actress | Tarzan and the She-DevilBroken Arrow |
| June | 11 | John Gabriel | 90 | US | Actor | El DoradoThe Story of Ruth |
| June | 12 | Dennis Berry | 76 | US | Actor, Director | La CollectionneuseBorsalino |
| June | 13 | Ned Beatty | 83 | US | Actor | NetworkDeliverance |
| June | 13 | David Lightfoot | 61 | Australia | Producer | Wolf CreekRogue |
| June | 14 | Lisa Banes | 65 | US | Actress | CocktailGone Girl |
| June | 16 | Frank Bonner | 79 | US | Actor | You Can't Hurry LoveEquinox |
| June | 16 | Allen Midgette | 82 | US | Actor | La commare seccaBefore the Revolution |
| June | 19 | Leon Greene | 89 | UK | Actor | The Devil Rides OutA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| June | 20 | Joanne Linville | 93 | US | Actress | ScorpioA Star Is Born |
| June | 21 | Nina Divíšková | 84 | Czech Republic | Actress | MorgianaWild Flowers |
| June | 22 | Antonio Salines | 84 | Italy | Actor | Senso '45Happy as Lazzaro |
| June | 23 | Clare Peploe | 79 | Tanzania | Screenwriter, Director | Zabriskie PointBesieged |
| June | 23 | Robert Sacchi | 89 | US | Actor | The Man with Bogart's FaceDie Hard 2 |
| June | 25 | Olga Barnet | 69 | Russia | Actress | SolarisThe Flight of Mr. McKinley |
| June | 25 | John Erman | 85 | US | Actor, Director | The Benny Goodman StoryStella |
| June | 25 | June Kenney | 87 | US | Actress | Earth vs. the SpiderBloodlust! |
| June | 27 | Alison Greenspan | 48 | US | Producer | The Lucky OneIf I Stay |
| July | 4 | Luminița Gheorghiu | 71 | Romania | Actress | Child's PoseThe Death of Mr. Lazarescu |
| July | 5 | Raffaella Carrà | 78 | Italy | Actress, Singer | The OrganizerVon Ryan's Express |
| July | 5 | Richard Donner | 91 | US | Director, Producer | SupermanLethal Weapon |
| July | 5 | Vladimir Menshov | 81 | Russia | Director, Actor | Moscow Does Not Believe in TearsMöbius |
| July | 5 | William Smith | 88 | US | Actor | Conan the BarbarianRed Dawn |
| July | 6 | Suzzanne Douglas | 64 | US | Actress | School of RockJason's Lyric |
| July | 7 | Dilip Kumar | 98 | India | Actor | Mughal-e-AzamShakti |
| July | 7 | Robert Downey Sr. | 85 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | Putney SwopeTo Live and Die in L.A. |
| July | 7 | Chick Vennera | 74 | US | Actor | YanksThe Milagro Beanfield War |
| July | 11 | Charlie Robinson | 75 | US | Actor | The Black GestapoSet It Off |
| July | 15 | Libero De Rienzo | 44 | Italy | Actor | I Can Quit Whenever I WantFort Apache Napoli |
| July | 17 | Pilar Bardem | 82 | Spain | Actress | Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're DeadVariety |
| July | 17 | Jacqueline Sassard | 81 | France | Actress | Estate ViolentaAccident |
| July | 20 | Françoise Arnoul | 90 | France | Actress | Forbidden FruitFrench Cancan |
| July | 23 | John Cornell | 80 | Australia | Screenwriter, Producer, Director | Crocodile DundeeAlmost an Angel |
| July | 24 | Jackie Mason | 93 | US | Actor, Comedian | The JerkCaddyshack II |
| July | 25 | Doug Falconer | 69 | Canada | Producer | The Warrior's WayForsaken |
| July | 26 | Rick Aiello | 65 | US | Actor | Do the Right ThingJungle Fever |
| July | 27 | Saginaw Grant | 85 | US | Actor | The Lone RangerThe Ridiculous 6 |
| July | 27 | Jean-François Stévenin | 77 | France | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | Brotherhood of the WolfCold Moon |
| July | 30 | Jack Couffer | 96 | US | Cinematographer | Jonathan Livingston SeagullThe Savage Eye |
| July | 31 | Alvin Ing | 89 | US | Actor | The GamblerStir Crazy |
| July | 31 | Mark Tarlov | 69 | US | Producer, Director | ChristineCopycat |
| August | 3 | Jean Hale | 82 | US | Actress | In Like FlintThe St. Valentine's Day Massacre |
| August | 3 | Jørgen Langhelle | 55 | Norway | Actor | Hold My HeartThe Thing |
| August | 3 | Marcia Nasatir | 95 | US | Producer, Executive | The Big ChillIronweed |
| August | 7 | Brad Allan | 48 | Australia | Stuntman | Rush Hour 2Hellboy II: The Golden Army |
| August | 7 | Markie Post | 70 | US | Actress | There's Something About MaryCook Off! |
| August | 7 | Jane Withers | 95 | US | Actress | GiantCaptain Newman, M.D. |
| August | 9 | Alex Cord | 88 | US | Actor | StagecoachThe Brotherhood |
| August | 9 | Pat Hitchcock | 93 | UK | Actress | Strangers on a TrainPsycho |
| August | 9 | Ken Hutchison | 72 | UK | Actor | LadyhawkeStraw Dogs |
| August | 12 | Una Stubbs | 84 | UK | Actress | Summer HolidayGolden Years |
| August | 14 | Piera Degli Esposti | 83 | Italy | Actress | Il DivoMy Mother's Smile |
| August | 15 | Gianfranco D'Angelo | 84 | Italy | Actor | La licealeTaxi Girl |
| August | 17 | Rock Demers | 87 | Canada | Producer | The Peanut Butter SolutionVincent and Me |
| August | 19 | Sonny Chiba | 82 | Japan | Actor | The Street FighterKill Bill: Volume 1 |
| August | 19 | Li Hsing | 91 | Taiwan | Director | Execution in AutumnThe Personals |
| August | 23 | Brick Bronsky | 57 | US | Actor | Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.The Quest |
| August | 23 | Michael Nader | 76 | US | Actor | Beach Blanket BingoFled |
| August | 23 | Rosita Quintana | 96 | Argentina | Actress, Singer | SusanaWomen Who Work |
| August | 25 | Zdenka Procházková | 95 | Czech Republic | Actress | The Fifth Horseman Is FearThe Devil's Mistress |
| August | 29 | Ed Asner | 91 | US | Actor | UpElf |
| August | 29 | Peggy Farrell | 89 | US | Costume Designer | The SentinelGloria |
| August | 31 | Michael Constantine | 94 | US | Actor | My Big Fat Greek WeddingThe Hustler |
| August | 31 | Ferhan Şensoy | 70 | Turkey | Actor | When Luck Breaks the DoorPardon |
| September | 1 | George Martin | 83 | Spain | Actor | Clint the StrangerRed Blood, Yellow Gold |
| September | 2 | Mikis Theodorakis | 96 | Greece | Composer | Zorba the GreekSerpico |
| September | 4 | Mort Ransen | 88 | Canada | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | Margaret's MuseumBayo |
| September | 5 | Ion Caramitru | 79 | Romania | Actor | Amen.Charlie Countryman |
| September | 6 | Jean-Paul Belmondo | 88 | France | Actor | BreathlessBorsalino |
| September | 6 | Nino Castelnuovo | 84 | Italy | Actor | Rocco and His BrothersThe Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
| September | 6 | Anthony Johnson | 56 | US | Actor | FridayHouse Party |
| September | 6 | Michael K. Williams | 54 | US | Actor | 12 Years a SlaveGone Baby Gone |
| September | 7 | Eiichi Yamamoto | 80 | Japan | Director, Screenwriter | Belladonna of SadnessSpace Battleship Yamato |
| September | 8 | Art Metrano | 84 | US | Actor | TeachersGoing Ape! |
| September | 9 | Jon Gregory | 77 | UK | Film Editor | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriIn Bruges |
| September | 11 | Fran Bennett | 84 | US | Actress | Wes Craven's New NightmareFoxfire |
| September | 11 | Gloria Warren | 95 | US | Actress, Singer | Cinderella Swings ItBells of San Fernando |
| September | 12 | Ben Best | 46 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | The Foot Fist WaySuperbad |
| September | 12 | Sondra James | 82 | US | Actress, Casting Director | The Sixth SenseJoker |
| September | 13 | Don Collier | 92 | US | Actor | The War WagonThe Undefeated |
| September | 14 | Norm Macdonald | 61 | Canada | Actor | Billy MadisonDirty Work |
| September | 15 | Gavan O'Herlihy | 70 | US | Actor | WillowNever Say Never Again |
| September | 16 | Jane Powell | 92 | US | Actress, Singer | Seven Brides for Seven BrothersRoyal Wedding |
| September | 17 | Basil Hoffman | 83 | US | Actor | Ordinary PeopleMy Favorite Year |
| September | 18 | Mario Camus | 86 | Spain | Director, Screenwriter | The Wind's FierceWerther |
| September | 21 | Willie Garson | 57 | US | Actor | Sex and the CityThere's Something About Mary |
| September | 21 | Melvin Van Peebles | 89 | US | Director, Actor, Screenwriter | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss SongWatermelon Man |
| September | 22 | Roger Michell | 65 | UK | Director | Notting HillVenus |
| September | 23 | David H. DePatie | 91 | US | Producer | The Pink PantherThe Ant and the Aardvark |
| September | 26 | Kjersti Holmen | 65 | Norway | Actress | Orion's BeltMax Manus: Man of War |
| September | 27 | Heinz Lieven | 93 | Germany | Actor | This Must Be the PlaceRemember |
| September | 28 | Tommy Kirk | 79 | US | Actor | Old YellerThe Shaggy Dog |
| September | 29 | Ravil Isyanov | 59 | Russia | Actor | K-19: The WidowmakerDefiance |
| October | 3 | Cynthia Harris | 87 | US | Actress | IsadoraThree Men and a Baby |
| October | 3 | Tomas Norström | 65 | Sweden | Actor | A Cure for WellnessThe White Viking |
| October | 3 | Marc Pilcher | 53 | UK | Makeup Artist | Mary Queen of ScotsSolo: A Star Wars Story |
| October | 8 | Chang Yung-hsiang | 91 | Taiwan | Screenwriter | Execution in AutumnIf I Were for Real |
| October | 10 | Bob Herron | 97 | US | Stuntman | The UntouchablesL.A. Confidential |
| October | 10 | Luis de Pablo | 91 | Spain | Composer | The HuntThe Spirit of the Beehive |
| October | 10 | Ruthie Tompson | 111 | US | Animator | FantasiaThe Rescuers |
| October | 12 | Brian Goldner | 58 | US | Producer | TransformersBattleship |
| October | 14 | Diane Weyermann | 66 | US | Producer | An Inconvenient TruthCitizenfour |
| October | 15 | Dorothy Steel | 95 | US | Actress | Black PantherJumanji: The Next Level |
| October | 16 | Felipe Cazals | 84 | Mexico | Director, Screenwriter | Canoa: A Shameful MemoryThe Heist |
| October | 16 | Geoffrey Chater | 100 | UK | Actor | GandhiBarry Lyndon |
| October | 16 | Betty Lynn | 95 | US | Actress | June BrideCheaper by the Dozen |
| October | 18 | Val Bisoglio | 95 | US | Actor | Saturday Night FeverThe Frisco Kid |
| October | 18 | Ralph Carmichael | 94 | US | Composer | The BlobThe Cross and the Switchblade |
| October | 18 | Jo-Carroll Dennison | 97 | US | Actress | Winged VictoryThe Jolson Story |
| October | 18 | William Lucking | 80 | US | Actor | Red DragonThe Rundown |
| October | 19 | Leslie Bricusse | 90 | UK | Composer | Victor/VictoriaWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory |
| October | 19 | Jack Angel | 90 | US | Voice Actor | Toy StoryA.I. Artificial Intelligence |
| October | 20 | Michael Laughlin | 82 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | Two-Lane BlacktopStrange Invaders |
| October | 21 | George Butler | 78 | UK | Documentarian | Pumping IronGoing Upriver |
| October | 21 | Halyna Hutchins | 42 | Ukraine | Cinematographer | Darlin'Archenemy |
| October | 22 | Peter Scolari | 66 | US | Actor | That Thing You Do!The Polar Express |
| October | 26 | Mort Sahl | 94 | US | Actor | Don't Make WavesJohnny Cool |
| October | 28 | Camille Saviola | 71 | US | Actress | The Purple Rose of CairoAddams Family Values |
| October | 29 | Puneeth Rajkumar | 46 | India | Actor | AppuRaajakumara |
| October | 31 | Dean Shek | 72 | Hong Kong | Actor, Producer | Drunken MasterA Better Tomorrow II |
| November | 1 | Yuri Klepikov | 86 | Russia | Screenwriter | The AscentThe Seventh Companion |
| November | 4 | Lionel Blair | 92 | UK | Actor | The Limping ManAbsolute Beginners |
| November | 6 | Peter Aykroyd | 65 | Canada | Actor | Doctor DetroitNothing but Trouble |
| November | 6 | Clifford Rose | 92 | UK | Actor | Marat/SadeThe Iron Lady |
| November | 7 | Dean Stockwell | 85 | US | Actor | Paris, TexasMarried to the Mob |
| November | 9 | Jerry Douglas | 88 | US | Actor | GunnMommie Dearest |
| November | 9 | Roy Holder | 75 | UK | Actor | Romeo and JulietPride & Prejudice |
| November | 11 | Henry Woolf | 91 | UK | Actor | The Ruling ClassGorky Park |
| November | 13 | Emi Wada | 84 | Japan | Costume Designer | RanHouse of Flying Daggers |
| November | 14 | Bobby Clark | 77 | US | Actor | Invasion of the Body SnatchersRansom! |
| November | 17 | Art LaFleur | 78 | US | Actor | Field of DreamsThe Sandlot |
| November | 17 | Igor Savochkin | 58 | Russia | Actor | Night WatchLeviathan |
| November | 19 | Will Ryan | 72 | US | Voice Actor | The Little MermaidThe Land Before Time |
| November | 21 | Lou Cutell | 91 | US | Actor | Pee-wee's Big AdventureHoney, I Shrunk the Kids |
| November | 22 | Marie Versini | 81 | France | Actress | Paris BluesIs Paris Burning? |
| November | 24 | Yvonne Wilder | 84 | US | Actress | West Side StorySeems Like Old Times |
| November | 25 | Don Phillips | 80 | US | Casting Director, Producer | Dazed and ConfusedFast Times at Ridgemont High |
| November | 26 | Stephen Sondheim | 91 | US | Composer, Songwriter | West Side StoryDick Tracy |
| November | 27 | Eddie Mekka | 69 | US | Actor | A League of Their OwnDreamgirls |
| November | 29 | Arlene Dahl | 96 | US | Actress | AmbushJourney to the Center of the Earth |
| November | 29 | David Gulpilil | 68 | Australia | Actor | Crocodile DundeeRabbit-Proof Fence |
| December | 2 | Antony Sher | 72 | UK | Actor | Mrs BrownShakespeare in Love |
| December | 3 | Denis O'Brien | 80 | US | Producer | Monty Python's Life of BrianTime Bandits |
| December | 4 | Martha De Laurentiis | 67 | US | Producer | HannibalRed Dragon |
| December | 5 | Mirelle Hernández | 46 | Mexico | Makeup artist | Miss BalaDesperados |
| December | 9 | Carmen Salinas | 82 | Mexico | Actress | Calzonzin inspectorUnder the Same Moon |
| December | 9 | Larry Sellers | 72 | US | Actor | Wayne's World 2Revolution |
| December | 9 | Lina Wertmüller | 93 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | Seven BeautiesSwept Away |
| December | 9 | Cara Williams | 96 | US | Actress | Boomerang!The Defiant Ones |
| December | 10 | Michael Nesmith | 78 | US | Singer, Actor, Producer | HeadRepo Man |
| December | 11 | Jack Hedley | 92 | UK | Actor | For Your Eyes OnlyOf Human Bondage |
| December | 12 | Vicente Fernández | 81 | Mexico | Singer, Actor | The BricklayerCoyote and Bronca |
| December | 13 | Verónica Forqué | 66 | Spain | Actress | KikaYear of Enlightment |
| December | 13 | Sergei Solovyov | 77 | Russia | Director, Screenwriter | AssaWild Pigeon |
| December | 17 | Chen Sung-young | 80 | Taiwan | Actor | A City of SadnessGorgeous |
| December | 19 | Sally Ann Howes | 91 | UK | Actress, Singer | Chitty Chitty Bang BangDead of Night |
| December | 20 | Pierre Cassignard | 56 | France | Actor | The ConquestSeventh Heaven |
| December | 21 | Jaime Comas | 85 | Spain | Screenwriter, Producer | A Fistful of DollarsOne Man's Hero |
| December | 22 | Richard Conway | 79 | US | Special Effects Artist | BrazilThe Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
| December | 23 | Joan Didion | 87 | US | Screenwriter | The Panic in Needle ParkA Star Is Born |
| December | 24 | Harvey Evans | 83 | US | Actor, Dancer | West Side StoryBank Shot |
| December | 25 | Jean-Marc Vallée | 58 | Canada | Director, Producer, Film Editor | Dallas Buyers ClubWild |
| December | 30 | Stephen J. Lawrence | 82 | US | Composer | Bang the Drum SlowlyAlice, Sweet Alice |
| December | 30 | Denis O'Dell | 98 | UK | Producer | A Hard Day's NightThe Ritz |
| December | 30 | Renato Scarpa | 82 | Italy | Actor | Don't Look NowSuspiria |
| December | 31 | Betty White | 99 | US | Actress | Lake PlacidThe Proposal |

## Film debuts

* Ángela Cervantes − Girlfriends
* Phoebe Dynevor – The Colour Room
* Mark Eydelshteyn – First Snow [ru]
* Leung Chung Hang – Zero to Hero
* Jude Hill – Belfast
* Anson Lo – Showbiz Spy
* Paul Mescal – The Lost Daughter
* María Romanillos – The Consequences
* Louise Wong – Anita
* Rachel Zegler – West Side Story