# 1993 in film

The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive, and The Firm. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)

## Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1993 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1993 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Jurassic Park | Universal | $914,691,120 |
| 2 | Mrs. Doubtfire | 20th Century Fox | $441,286,195 |
| 3 | The Fugitive | Warner Bros. | $368,875,760 |
| 4 | Schindler's List | Universal | $321,306,305 |
| 5 | The Firm | Paramount | $270,248,367 |
| 6 | Indecent Proposal | Paramount | $266,614,059 |
| 7 | Cliffhanger | TriStar/Carolco | $255,000,211 |
| 8 | Sleepless in Seattle | TriStar | $227,799,884 |
| 9 | Philadelphia | TriStar | $206,678,440 |
| 10 | The Pelican Brief | Warner Bros. | $195,268,056 |

## Events

* January 1 – China Film Import & Export Corporation ends its 40-year monopoly distributing all films in China, with 16 other Chinese film studios now responsible for distributing their own films.
* January 29 – Bram Stoker's Dracula opens in the United Kingdom setting an opening weekend record of £2,633,635 million.
* March 31 – actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow.
* May 27 – actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge initially orders her to pay $8.9 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film Boxing Helena. As a result, Basinger loses the town that she purchased in 1989, Braselton, Georgia, to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech.
* May 28 – Produced by Hollywood Pictures, Super Mario Bros. opens, marking the first video game film released, starring Bob Hoskins as Mario and John Leguizamo as Luigi. The film would unfortunately end up grossing only $20.9 million domestically and receive negative reviews from critics.
* June 11 – The filmed version of Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park, a dinosaur epic with groundbreaking special effects directed by Steven Spielberg, breaks box-office records with a record $50 million opening weekend and goes on to become the highest-grossing film ever made with a worldwide gross of over $900 million.
* June 18 – Arnold Schwarzenegger's film career falters with the commercial disappointment of Last Action Hero, despite Columbia Pictures new logo making its debut in that film.
* July 16 – Jurassic Park opens in Mexico and the United Kingdom and on July 17 in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, setting opening records in each market.
** Hocus Pocus is released by Walt Disney Pictures. While the film upon its original release, received mixed reviews from critics and is initially a box-office bomb, the film would eventually be rediscovered by audiences through frequent television airings on Disney Channel and Freeform and home video sales during the Halloween season and is now considered a cult classic.
* October 31 – actor River Phoenix accidentally dies of an overdose during the filming of Dark Blood. The film was later completed and released in 2012.
* December 15 – Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg, is released and goes on to win seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Spielberg's first for Best Director.
* December 22 – Turner Broadcasting System acquired Castle Rock Entertainment.

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 51st Golden Globe Awards January 22, 1994 | 51st Golden Globe Awards January 22, 1994 | 66th Academy Awards March 21, 1994 | 47th BAFTA Awards April 14, 1994 |
| Category/Organization | Drama | Musical or Comedy | 66th Academy Awards March 21, 1994 | 47th BAFTA Awards April 14, 1994 |
| Best Film | Schindler's List | Mrs. Doubtfire | Schindler's List | Schindler's List |
| Best Director | Steven Spielberg Schindler's List | Steven Spielberg Schindler's List | Steven Spielberg Schindler's List | Steven Spielberg Schindler's List |
| Best Actor | Tom Hanks Philadelphia | Robin Williams Mrs. Doubtfire | Tom Hanks Philadelphia | Anthony Hopkins The Remains of the Day |
| Best Actress | Holly Hunter The Piano | Angela Bassett What's Love Got to Do with It | Holly Hunter The Piano | Holly Hunter The Piano |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tommy Lee Jones The Fugitive | Tommy Lee Jones The Fugitive | Tommy Lee Jones The Fugitive | Ralph Fiennes Schindler's List |
| Best Supporting Actress | Winona Ryder The Age of Innocence | Winona Ryder The Age of Innocence | Anna Paquin The Piano | Miriam Margolyes The Age of Innocence |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Steven Zaillian Schindler's List | Steven Zaillian Schindler's List | Steven Zaillian Schindler's List | Steven Zaillian Schindler's List |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Steven Zaillian Schindler's List | Steven Zaillian Schindler's List | Jane Campion The Piano | Danny Rubin Groundhog Day |
| Best Original Score | Heaven & Earth Kitarō | Heaven & Earth Kitarō | Schindler's List John Williams | Schindler's List John Williams |
| Best Original Song | "Streets of Philadelphia" Philadelphia | "Streets of Philadelphia" Philadelphia | "Streets of Philadelphia" Philadelphia | N/A |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Farewell My Concubine | Farewell My Concubine | Belle Epoque | Farewell My Concubine |

## 1993 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 1993
* List of Argentine films of 1993
* List of Australian films of 1993
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1993
* List of British films of 1993
* List of Canadian films of 1993
* List of French films of 1993
* List of Hong Kong films of 1993
* List of Indian films of 1993
** List of Hindi films of 1993
** List of Kannada films of 1993
** List of Malayalam films of 1993
** List of Marathi films of 1993
** List of Tamil films of 1993
** List of Telugu films of 1993
* List of Japanese films of 1993
* List of Mexican films of 1993
* List of Pakistani films of 1993
* List of Russian films of 1993
* List of South Korean films of 1993
* List of Spanish films of 1993

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 1993
* List of animated feature films of 1993
* List of avant-garde films of 1993
* List of crime films of 1993
* List of comedy films of 1993
* List of drama films of 1993
* List of horror films of 1993
* List of science fiction films of 1993
* List of thriller films of 1993
* List of western films of 1993

## Births

* January 5 – Franz Drameh, English actor
* January 7 – Yuta Nakatsuka, Japanese actor and dancer
* January 9 – Ashley Argota, American actress
* January 10 - Jacob Scipio, English actor and writer
* January 11 – Flora Cross, French-American actress
* January 18 – Morgan York, American actress
* January 19 – Gus Lewis, American-English actor
* January 26 – Cameron Bright, Canadian actor
* January 28 – Will Poulter, English actor
* January 29 - Lewis Pullman, American actor
* February 3 - Brandon Micheal Hall, American actor
* February 7
** David Dorfman, American actor
** Philip Wiegratz, German former actor
* February 10 - Lexi Atkins, American actress
* February 12 – Jennifer Stone, American actress
* February 13 - Sophie Evans, Welsh actress and singer
* February 14 – Shane Harper, American actor
* February 19 – Victoria Justice, American actress and singer
* February 21 – Masaki Suda, Japanese actor
* February 24 – Emily Rudd, American actress
* March 4
** Jenna Boyd, American actress
** Abigail Mavity, American actress
* March 11 – Jodie Comer, English actress
* March 15 – Alia Bhatt, British actress
* March 22 - Enzo Vogrincic, Uruguayan actor
* March 29 - Joe Adler, American actor
* April 7 – Yell Htwe Aung, Burmese comedian, actor, and model (died 2018)
* April 10 – Sofia Carson, actress, singer and musician
* April 14
** Vivien Cardone, American actress
** Graham Phillips, American actor, filmmaker and singer
* April 26 - Ryoma Takeuchi, Japanese actor
* April 30 - Henry Zaga, Brazilian actor
* May 6 – Naomi Scott, English actress and singer
* May 10
** Spencer Fox, American actor, singer and musician
** Halston Sage, American actress
* May 11
** Olivia Liang, American actress
** James Reid, Filipino actor
* May 13 – Debby Ryan, American actress and singer
* May 14 – Miranda Cosgrove, American actress, singer
* May 29 – Maika Monroe, American actress
* June 6 - Aisling Franciosi, Irish actress
* June 7 - Amanda Leighton, American actress
* June 9 – Danielle Chuchran, American actress
* June 11 - Sidhu Moose Wala, Indian singer, rapper and actor (died 2022)
* June 19 – Olajide Olatunji, British YouTuber, rapper and actor
* June 24 – Beanie Feldstein, American actress
* June 25 – Barney Clark, English actor
* June 26 – Ariana Grande, American actress, singer
* June 27 – Camila Queiroz, Brazilian actress
* June 29 - Harrison Gilbertson, Australian actor
* July 1 – Raini Rodriguez, American actress, singer
* July 3 – Sarah Wiedenheft, Dutch-American voice actress
* July 8 - David Corenswet, American actor
* July 9 – Emily Hirst, Canadian actress
* July 21 - Gabriel Leone, Brazilian actor and musician
* July 23 – Lili Simmons, American actress
* July 26
** Elizabeth Gillies, American actress
** Taylor Momsen, American actress
* July 31 – Christian Byers, Australian actor
* August 1 – Leon Thomas III, American actor, singer/songwriter, musician and dancer
* August 2 – Ryan and Kyle Pepi, American actors
* August 4 – Alan Shirahama, Japanese actor and DJ
* August 5 – Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress
* August 7 - Francesca Eastwood, American actress and television personality
* August 8 – Devery Jacobs, Canadian actress
* August 11 – Alyson Stoner, American actress
* August 12
** Imani Hakim, American actress
** Hannah Quinlivan, Taiwanese-Australian actress and model
* August 16 – Cameron Monaghan, American actor
* August 18 – Maia Mitchell, Australian actress, singer
* August 26 – Keke Palmer, American actress
* August 29 – Liam Payne, English singer (died 2024)
* September 1 - Alexander Conti, Canadian actor
* September 5 - Clark Backo, Canadian actress
* September 8 - Pepi Sonuga, Nigerian-American actress and singer
* September 18 – Patrick Schwarzenegger, American actor
* September 22 – Chase Ellison, American actor
* September 24 – Ben Platt, American actor
* September 25
** Greg Davis, American actor
** Zach Tyler Eisen, American former voice actor
* October 8
** Angus T. Jones, American actor
** Molly C. Quinn, American actress
* October 9 - Autumn Chiklis, American actress and writer
* October 19 - Hunter King, American actress
* October 23 - Taylor Spreitler, American actress
* October 25
** Mia Goth, English actress
** Bessie Carter, English actress
** Rachel Matthews, American actress
* October 29 - India Eisley, American actress
* October 30 – Brett Kelly, Canadian actor
* October 31 – Letitia Wright, Guyanese-British actress
* November 8 - Jak Knight, American actor, comedian and writer (died 2022)
* November 16 – Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor
* November 22 – Adèle Exarchopoulos, French actress
* November 24
** Anthony De La Torre, American actor
** Zoe Levin, American actress
* December 8 – AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
* December 10 - Alicia von Rittberg, German actress
* December 11 - Nesta Cooper, Canadian actress
* December 16 – Stephan James, Canadian actor
* December 17 – Kiersey Clemons, American actress
* December 19
** Hermione Corfield, English actress
** Nik Dodani, American actor, writer and comedian
* December 21 - Vanessa Angel, Indonesian actress, model and singer (died 2021)
* December 22 – Aliana Lohan, American actress
* December 24 - Millie Brady, English actress and model
* December 27 – Olivia Cooke, English actress

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 1 | June Clayworth | 70 | US | Actress | Strange WivesDick Tracy Meets Gruesome |
| January | 4 | Leonard Kibrick | 68 | US | Actor | It's a Wonderful WorldDimples |
| January | 6 | Rudolf Nureyev | 54 | Russia | Dancer, Actor | ValentinoExposed |
| January | 14 | Robert A. Mattey | 82 | US | Special Effects Artist | JawsThe Absent-Minded Professor |
| January | 15 | Sammy Cahn | 79 | US | Songwriter | Three Coins in the FountainThe Joker Is Wild |
| January | 16 | Glenn Corbett | 59 | US | Actor | The Crimson KimonoChisum |
| January | 16 | Florence Desmond | 87 | UK | Actress | Three Came HomeGay Love |
| January | 20 | Joseph Anthony | 80 | US | Director | CareerAll in a Night's Work |
| January | 20 | Audrey Hepburn | 63 | UK | Actress | Breakfast at Tiffany'sRoman Holiday |
| January | 24 | Don Bassman | 64 | US | Sound Engineer | PattonDie Hard |
| January | 27 | André "the Giant" Roussimoff | 46 | France | Wrestler, Actor | The Princess BrideMicki & Maude |
| January | 28 | John Steadman | 83 | US | Actor | The Longest YardThe Hills Have Eyes |
| January | 29 | Gustav Hasford | 45 | US | Screenwriter | Full Metal Jacket |
| February | 5 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 83 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | All About EveCleopatra |
| February | 5 | Tip Tipping | 34 | UK | Stuntman, Actor | Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeAliens |
| February | 8 | Douglas Heyes | 73 | US | Screenwriter, Director | Ice Station ZebraKitten with a Whip |
| February | 13 | Willoughby Gray | 76 | UK | Actor | A View to a KillThe Princess Bride |
| February | 14 | Lester Wilson | 50 | US | Choreographer | Saturday Night FeverThe Last Dragon |
| February | 18 | Ted Haworth | 75 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | Some Like It HotThe Longest Day |
| February | 18 | Rita La Roy | 91 | US | Actress | Hold That Woman!A Holy Terror |
| February | 18 | Leslie Norman | 81 | UK | Director | DunkirkX the Unknown |
| February | 25 | Mary Walter | 80 | Philippines | Actress | Oro, Plata, MataShake, Rattle & Roll |
| February | 26 | Constance Ford | 69 | US | Actress | A Summer PlaceHouse of Women |
| February | 27 | Lillian Gish | 99 | US | Actress | The Birth of a NationDuel in the Sun |
| February | 28 | Franco Brusati | 70 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | To Forget VeniceBread and Chocolate |
| February | 28 | Joyce Carey | 94 | UK | Actress | Blithe SpiritBrief Encounter |
| February | 28 | Ishirō Honda | 81 | Japan | Director | GojiraKing Kong vs. Godzilla |
| February | 28 | Ruby Keeler | 82 | US | Actress, Dancer | 42nd StreetGold Diggers of 1933 |
| March | 4 | Harper Goff | 81 | US | Art Director, Set Designer | CasablancaWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory |
| March | 4 | Richard Sale | 81 | US | Screenwriter, Director | Torpedo RunThe White Buffalo |
| March | 5 | Asta Vihandi | 63 | Estonia | Actress, Singer | Mikhaylo LomonosovA Young Retiree |
| March | 7 | Patricia Lawrence | 67 | UK | Actress | A Room with a ViewHowards End |
| March | 9 | Bob Crosby | 79 | US | Singer, Actor | The Five PenniesKansas City Kitty |
| March | 11 | Irene Ware | 82 | US | Actress | Chandu the MagicianThe Raven |
| March | 12 | Michael Kanin | 83 | US | Screenwriter | Woman of the YearTeacher's Pet |
| March | 16 | Donald Randolph | 87 | South Africa | Actor | TopazThe Deadly Mantis |
| March | 16 | Chishū Ryū | 88 | Japan | Actor | Tokyo StoryDreams |
| March | 17 | Helen Hayes | 92 | US | Actress | AirportThe Sin of Madelon Claudet |
| March | 21 | Buddy Swan | 63 | US | Actor | Citizen KaneScared Stiff |
| March | 27 | Kate Reid | 62 | UK | Actress | Atlantic CityThe Andromeda Strain |
| March | 31 | Brandon Lee | 28 | US | Actor | The CrowShowdown in Little Tokyo |
| April | 3 | Eugenie Leontovich | 83 | Russia | Actress | Four SonsHomicidal |
| April | 3 | Alexandre Mnouchkine | 85 | Russia | Producer | The Name of the RoseA Pure Formality |
| April | 7 | Gladys Lehman | 101 | US | Screenwriter | Two Girls and a SailorDeath Takes a Holiday |
| April | 7 | Arleen Whelan | 78 | US | Actress | KidnappedThat Wonderful Urge |
| April | 15 | William Bakewell | 84 | US | Actor | Gone with the WindAll Quiet on the Western Front |
| April | 20 | Cantinflas | 81 | Mexico | Actor | Around the World in 80 DaysPepe |
| April | 29 | Michael Gordon | 83 | US | Director | Pillow TalkMove Over, Darling |
| May | 6 | Ann Todd | 82 | UK | Actress | The Paradine CaseThe Seventh Veil |
| May | 7 | Mary Philbin | 90 | US | Actress | The Phantom of the OperaThe Man Who Laughs |
| May | 9 | Mary Duncan | 98 | US | Actress | City GirlMorning Glory |
| May | 9 | Daniel Paredes | 46 | US | Costume Designer | SparkleCat People |
| May | 19 | Richard Murphy | 81 | US | Screenwriter, Director | Panic in the StreetsBroken Lance |
| May | 25 | Dan Seymour | 78 | US | Actor | Key LargoJohnny Belinda |
| May | 26 | Jan Wiley | 77 | US | Actress | The Brute ManBelow the Deadline |
| May | 27 | Roger MacDougall | 82 | UK | Screenwriter | The Man in the White SuitA Touch of Larceny |
| May | 29 | Richard Macdonald | 73 | UK | Production Designer | The Addams FamilyMarathon Man |
| June | 5 | Conway Twitty | 59 | US | Singer, Actor | College ConfidentialSex Kittens Go to College |
| June | 6 | James Bridges | 57 | US | Director, Screenwriter | Urban CowboyThe China Syndrome |
| June | 6 | Mort Mills | 74 | US | Actor | PsychoTouch of Evil |
| June | 9 | Alexis Smith | 72 | Canada | Actress | San AntonioNight and Day |
| June | 10 | Richard Webb | 77 | US | Actor | Out of the PastCarson City |
| June | 11 | Bernard Bresslaw | 59 | UK | Actor | KrullJabberwocky |
| June | 11 | Ray Sharkey | 40 | US | Actor | The IdolmakerHeart Beat |
| June | 22 | Victor Maddern | 67 | UK | Actor | Chitty Chitty Bang BangExodus |
| June | 25 | Wes Bishop | 60 | US | Screenwriter, Producer, Actor | Race with the DevilThe Thing with Two Heads |
| June | 25 | Eileen Stevens | 77 | US | Actress | Invasion of the Body SnatchersAttack of the 50 Foot Woman |
| July | 2 | Fred Gwynne | 66 | US | Actor | My Cousin VinnyMunster, Go Home! |
| July | 3 | Joe DeRita | 83 | US | Actor | The Three Stooges Meet HerculesHave Rocket, Will Travel |
| July | 4 | Anne Shirley | 75 | US | Actress | Stella DallasMurder, My Sweet |
| July | 9 | John Beaird | 40 | US | Screenwriter | My Bloody ValentineTrapped |
| July | 15 | David Brian | 78 | US | Actor | The Damned Don't Cry!The High and the Mighty |
| July | 18 | John Beck | 83 | US | Producer | King Kong vs. GodzillaHarvey |
| July | 18 | Jean Negulesco | 93 | Romania | Director | How to Marry a MillionaireJohnny Belinda |
| July | 21 | Robert Glass | 53 | US | Sound Engineer | E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialClose Encounters of the Third Kind |
| July | 21 | Valda Hansen | 60 | US | Actress | Night of the GhoulsThe Great Northfield Minnesota Raid |
| July | 25 | Nan Grey | 75 | US | Actress | Three Smart GirlsThe Invisible Man Returns |
| July | 25 | Cecilia Parker | 79 | Canada | Actress | Andy Hardy's Double LifeA Family Affair |
| July | 26 | Daniel Fuchs | 84 | US | Screenwriter | Criss CrossLove Me or Leave Me |
| July | 31 | Lenore Aubert | 75 | Slovenia | Actress | I Wonder Who's Kissing Her NowThey Got Me Covered |
| August | 1 | Claire Du Brey | 100 | US | Actress | Anything OnceJesse James |
| August | 3 | James Donald | 76 | UK | Actor | The Great EscapeThe Bridge on the River Kwai |
| August | 7 | Roy Budd | 46 | UK | Composer | Get CarterThe Wild Geese |
| August | 8 | Harry Bellaver | 88 | US | Actor | From Here to EternityLove Me or Leave Me |
| August | 10 | Irene Sharaff | 83 | US | Costume Designer | West Side StoryWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| August | 16 | Ellsworth Fredricks | 89 | US | Cinematographer | SayonaraInvasion of the Body Snatchers |
| August | 16 | Stewart Granger | 80 | UK | Actor | King Solomon's MinesScaramouche |
| August | 23 | Gregory Gaye | 92 | Russia | Actor | NinotchkaCasablanca |
| August | 28 | Rene Ray | 81 | UK | Actress | They Made Me a FugitiveThe Good Die Young |
| August | 30 | Richard Jordan | 56 | US | Actor | The Hunt for Red OctoberDune |
| September | 4 | Hervé Villechaize | 50 | France | Actor | The Man with the Golden GunForbidden Zone |
| September | 5 | Claude Renoir | 79 | France | Cinematographer | The Spy Who Loved MeFrench Connection II |
| September | 5 | John Truscott | 57 | US | Production Designer, Costume Designer | CamelotPaint Your Wagon |
| September | 7 | Hall Bartlett | 70 | US | Director | The CaretakersZero Hour! |
| September | 12 | Raymond Burr | 76 | Canada | Actor | Rear WindowA Place in the Sun |
| September | 12 | Harold Innocent | 58 | UK | Actor | Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesBrazil |
| September | 12 | Charles Lamont | 98 | US | Director | BagdadAbbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion |
| September | 17 | James Griffith | 77 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | BullwhipThe Amazing Transparent Man |
| September | 17 | Zita Johann | 89 | Germany | Actress | The MummyGrand Canary |
| September | 17 | Christian Nyby | 80 | US | Film Editor, Director | Red RiverThe Big Sleep |
| September | 29 | Gordon Douglas | 85 | US | Director | Robin and the 7 HoodsThey Call Me Mister Tibbs! |
| October | 2 | William Berger | 65 | Austria | Actor | SabataFace to Face |
| October | 5 | Jane Nigh | 68 | US | Actress | Blue Grass of KentuckyRodeo |
| October | 7 | Cyril Cusack | 82 | South Africa | Actor | Harold and MaudeMy Left Foot |
| October | 7 | Kenneth Nelson | 63 | US | Actor | HellraiserThe Boys in the Band |
| October | 12 | Patrick Holt | 81 | UK | Actor | The Wild GeeseThe Sea Wolves |
| October | 13 | Gwen Welles | 42 | US | Actress | NashvilleCalifornia Split |
| October | 14 | Leon Ames | 91 | US | Actor | Meet Me in St. LouisLittle Women |
| October | 15 | Walter Newman | 77 | US | Screenwriter | Cat BallouAce in the Hole |
| October | 25 | Vincent Price | 82 | US | Actor | LauraHouse of Wax |
| October | 26 | Albert Zugsmith | 83 | US | Producer, Director | The Incredible Shrinking ManTouch of Evil |
| October | 29 | Elliot Scott | 78 | UK | Production Designer | Who Framed Roger RabbitIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
| October | 30 | Margaret Vyner | 78 | Australia | Screenwriter, Actress | The Grass Is GreenerEncore |
| October | 31 | Federico Fellini | 73 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | 8½Amarcord |
| October | 31 | River Phoenix | 23 | US | Actor | Stand by MeRunning on Empty |
| November | 3 | Duncan Gibbins | 41 | UK | Director | Fire with FireEve of Destruction |
| November | 3 | John Lupton | 65 | US | Actor | Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's DaughterThe Great Locomotive Chase |
| November | 4 | Ely Landau | 73 | US | Producer | The Iceman ComethThe Pawnbroker |
| November | 5 | Michael Bilton | 73 | UK | Actor | A Taste of HoneyThe Early Bird |
| November | 5 | Mario Cecchi Gori | 73 | Italy | Producer | Il PostinoThe Easy Life |
| November | 7 | Charles Aidman | 68 | US | Actor | War HuntKotch |
| November | 7 | Jack Martin Smith | 82 | US | Art Director | Planet of the ApesButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
| November | 9 | Stanley Myers | 60 | UK | Composer | The Deer HunterThe Greek Tycoon |
| November | 9 | Gerald Thomas | 72 | UK | Director, Film Editor | Carry OnThe Vicious Circle |
| November | 10 | Wensley Pithey | 79 | South Africa | Actor | Oliver!The Saint and the Brave Goose |
| November | 12 | Anna Sten | 84 | Russia | Actress | NanaThe Wedding Night |
| November | 15 | Evelyn Venable | 80 | US | Actress | Death Takes a HolidayHollywood Stadium Mystery |
| November | 15 | Gladys Walton | 90 | US | Actress | Playing with FireA Little Girl in a Big City |
| November | 18 | Fritz Feld | 93 | Germany | Actor | Bringing Up BabyHello, Dolly! |
| November | 19 | Dorothy Revier | 89 | US | Actress | The Way of All MenThe Iron Mask |
| November | 20 | Emile Ardolino | 50 | US | Director | Dirty DancingSister Act |
| November | 21 | Bill Bixby | 59 | US | Actor | The Apple Dumpling GangClambake |
| November | 21 | Richard Wordsworth | 78 | UK | Actor | The Quatermass XperimentThe Man Who Knew Too Much |
| November | 28 | Kenneth Connor | 75 | UK | Actor | Carry OnCaptain Nemo and the Underwater City |
| December | 5 | Alexandre Trauner | 87 | Hungary | Art Director, Production Designer | The ApartmentThe Man Who Would Be King |
| December | 6 | Don Ameche | 85 | US | Actor | CocoonHeaven Can Wait |
| December | 14 | Myrna Loy | 88 | US | Actress | The Thin ManMr. Blandings Builds His Dream House |
| December | 16 | Moses Gunn | 64 | US | Actor | ShaftThe NeverEnding Story |
| December | 17 | Janet Margolin | 50 | US | Actress | David and LisaTake the Money and Run |
| December | 18 | Steve James | 41 | US | Actor, Stuntman | American NinjaI'm Gonna Git You Sucka |
| December | 18 | Sam Wanamaker | 74 | US | Actor | Private BenjaminSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace |
| December | 22 | Don DeFore | 80 | US | Actor | RamrodIt Happened on Fifth Avenue |
| December | 22 | Salah Zulfikar | 67 | Egypt | Actor, Producer | Aghla Min HayatiThe Other Man |
| December | 22 | Alexander Mackendrick | 81 | UK | Director | Sweet Smell of SuccessThe Ladykillers |
| December | 23 | James Ellison | 83 | US | Actor | The PlainsmanVivacious Lady |
| December | 26 | Jeff Morrow | 86 | US | Actor | This Island EarthPardners |
| December | 27 | Michael Callen | 38 | US | Actor | PhiladelphiaZero Patience |
| December | 28 | William Austin | 90 | Canada | Film Editor | Flat TopWhat Price Vengeance |
| December | 28 | Howard Caine | 65 | US | Actor | Judgment at Nuremberg1776 |
| December | 29 | Marie Kean | 75 | Ireland | Actress | Barry LyndonRyan's Daughter |
| December | 30 | Mack David | 81 | US | Songwriter | Walk on the Wild SideCinderella |

## Film debuts

* Joey Lauren Adams – Coneheads
* Jennifer Aniston – Leprechaun
* Diedrich Bader – The Beverly Hillbillies
* Adam Beach – Cadillac Girls
* Kate Beckinsale – Much Ado About Nothing
* Amber Benson – The Crush
* Brent Briscoe – Grey Knight
* Saffron Burrows – In the Name of the Father
* Neve Campbell – The Dark
* Winston Chao – The Wedding Banquet
* Ben Chaplin – The Remains of the Day
* Joe Chrest – King of the Hill
* Thomas Haden Church – Tombstone
* Rory Culkin – The Good Son
* Cliff Curtis – The Piano
* Aaron Eckhart – Slaughter of the Innocents
* Noah Emmerich – Last Action Hero
* Kirk Fox – Treacherous
* Joseph R. Gannascoli – Money for Nothing
* Michael Gaston – The Wedding Banquet
* Ian Gomez – Excessive Force
* Greg Grunberg – Witchcraft V: Dance with the Devil
* Salma Hayek – Mi Vida Loca
* Anne Heche – An Ambush of Ghosts
* Terrence Howard – Who's the Man?
* Albert and Allen Hughes (directors) – Menace II Society
* Corey Johnson – The Innocent
* Richard T. Jones – What's Love Got to Do with It
* Vincent Kartheiser – Untamed Heart
* Chris Kattan – The Making of '...And God Spoke'
* David Krumholtz – Life with Mikey
* Jason Lee – Mi Vida Loca
* Louis Lombardi – Amongst Friends
* Domenick Lombardozzi – A Bronx Tale
* Josh Lucas – Alive
* John Carroll Lynch – Grumpy Old Men
* Danny Masterson – Beethoven's 2nd
* Matthew McConaughey – My Boyfriend's Back
* Brittany Murphy – Family Prayers
* Kathrine Narducci – A Bronx Tale
* Arthur J. Nascarella – Guns of Dragon
* Bob Odenkirk – Wayne's World 2
* Julia Ormond – The Baby of Mâcon
* Leland Orser – Cover Story
* John Ortiz – Carlito's Way
* Anna Paquin – The Piano
* Parker Posey – Joey Breaker
* Ryan Reynolds – Ordinary Magic
* Denise Richards – Loaded Weapon 1
* Kevin Michael Richardson – Fatal Instinct
* Carlo Rota – Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
* Johnathon Schaech – Sparrow
* Michael Shannon – Groundhog Day
* Alicia Silverstone – The Crush
* Jada Pinkett Smith – Menace II Society
* Nick Stahl – The Man Without a Face
* Mark Strong – Century
* Alanna Ubach – Airborne
* Steve Zahn – Rain Without Thunder
* Renée Zellweger – Dazed and Confused