# 1999 in film

The year 1999 in film included Stanley Kubrick's posthumous final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, the science-fiction film The Matrix, the animated works The Iron Giant, Toy Story 2, Tarzan, and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, the Best Picture-winner American Beauty, and the well-received The Green Mile. Other noteworthy releases include M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, David Fincher's Fight Club, Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides, Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia and Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman's Being John Malkovich. The year also featured George Lucas' top-grossing Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 75th anniversaries in 1999.

## Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1999 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1999 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | 20th Century Fox | $924,305,084 |
| 2 | The Sixth Sense | Buena Vista | $672,806,292 |
| 3 | Toy Story 2 | Buena Vista | $511,358,276 |
| 4 | The Matrix | Warner Bros. | $465,974,198 |
| 5 | Tarzan | Buena Vista | $448,191,819 |
| 6 | The Mummy | Universal | $418,138,535 |
| 7 | Notting Hill | Universal | $363,889,678 |
| 8 | The World Is Not Enough | MGM / UIP | $361,832,400 |
| 9 | American Beauty | DreamWorks | $356,296,601 |
| 10 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | New Line | $312,383,487 |

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 57th Golden Globe Awards January 23, 2000 | 57th Golden Globe Awards January 23, 2000 | 5th Critics' Choice Awards January 2000 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 72nd Academy Awards March 26, 2000 | 53rd BAFTA Awards April 9, 2000 |
| Category/Organization | Drama | Musical or Comedy | 5th Critics' Choice Awards January 2000 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 72nd Academy Awards March 26, 2000 | 53rd BAFTA Awards April 9, 2000 |
| Best Film | American Beauty | Toy Story 2 | American Beauty | American Beauty | American Beauty | American Beauty |
| Best Director | Sam Mendes American Beauty | Sam Mendes American Beauty | Sam Mendes American Beauty | Sam Mendes American Beauty | Sam Mendes American Beauty | Pedro Almodóvar All About My Mother |
| Best Actor | Denzel Washington The Hurricane | Jim Carrey Man on the Moon | Russell Crowe The Insider | Kevin Spacey American Beauty | Kevin Spacey American Beauty | Kevin Spacey American Beauty |
| Best Actress | Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry | Janet McTeer Tumbleweeds | Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry | Annette Bening American Beauty | Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry | Annette Bening American Beauty |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tom Cruise Magnolia | Tom Cruise Magnolia | Michael Clarke Duncan The Green Mile | Michael Caine The Cider House Rules | Michael Caine The Cider House Rules | Jude Law The Talented Mr. Ripley |
| Best Supporting Actress | Angelina Jolie Girl, Interrupted | Angelina Jolie Girl, Interrupted | Angelina Jolie Girl, Interrupted | Angelina Jolie Girl, Interrupted | Angelina Jolie Girl, Interrupted | Maggie Smith Tea with Mussolini |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Alan Ball American Beauty | Alan Ball American Beauty | Frank Darabont The Green Mile | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Election | John Irving The Cider House Rules | Neil Jordan The End of the Affair |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Alan Ball American Beauty | Alan Ball American Beauty | Alan Ball American Beauty | Alan Ball American Beauty | Alan Ball American Beauty | Charlie Kaufman Being John Malkovich |
| Best Animated Film | — | — | Toy Story 2 | — | — | — |
| Best Original Score | The Legend of 1900 Ennio Morricone | The Legend of 1900 Ennio Morricone | The Talented Mr. Ripley Gabriel Yared | N/A | The Red Violin John Corigliano | American Beauty Thomas Newman |
| Best Original Song | "You'll Be in My Heart" Tarzan | "You'll Be in My Heart" Tarzan | "Music of My Heart" Music of the Heart | N/A | "You'll Be in My Heart" Tarzan | N/A |
| Best Foreign Language Film | All About My Mother | All About My Mother | All About My Mother | N/A | All About My Mother | All About My Mother |

## 1999 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 1999
* List of Argentine films of 1999
* List of Australian films of 1999
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1999
* List of British films of 1999
* List of Canadian films of 1999
* List of French films of 1999
* List of Hong Kong films of 1999
* List of Indian films of 1999
** List of Hindi films of 1999
** List of Kannada films of 1999
** List of Malayalam films of 1999
** List of Marathi films of 1999
** List of Tamil films of 1999
** List of Telugu films of 1999
* List of Japanese films of 1999
* List of Mexican films of 1999
* List of Pakistani films of 1999
* List of Russian films of 1999
* List of South Korean films of 1999
* List of Spanish films of 1999

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 1999
* List of animated feature films of 1999
* List of avant-garde films of 1999
* List of crime films of 1999
* List of comedy films of 1999
* List of drama films of 1999
* List of horror films of 1999
* List of science fiction films of 1999
* List of thriller films of 1999
* List of western films of 1999

## Births

* January 1 - Diamond White, American actress
* January 4 - Gage Munroe, Canadian actor
* January 6 - Eliza Scanlen, Australian actress
* January 15 - Miray Daner, Turkish actress
* January 18 - Karan Brar, American actor
* January 29 - Madison Bailey, American actress
* February 3 - Kanna Hashimoto, Japanese actress
* February 7 - Bea Miller, American singer, songwriter and actress
* February 10 - Tiffany Espensen, American actress
* February 19 - Sonia Ben Ammar, French model, singer and actress
* March 5 - Yeri, South Korean singer and actress
* March 10 - Bruna Griphao, Brazilian actress
* March 25
** Jin Ji-hee, South Korean actress
** Mikey Madison, American actress
* April 29 - Morgan Turner, American actress
* May 10 - Michael Gandolfini, American actor
* May 11 - Sabrina Carpenter, American actress
* May 25 - Brec Bassinger, American actress
* May 27 - Lily-Rose Depp, French-American actress
* May 28 - Cameron Boyce, American actor (d. 2019)
* May 30 - Sean Giambrone, American actor
* June 20 - Kayla Maisonet, American actress
* June 26 - Harley Quinn Smith, American actress
* June 27 - Chandler Riggs, American actor
* July 9 - Claire Corlett, Canadian actress
* July 18 - Onni Tommila, Finnish actor
* July 30 - Joey King, American actress
* August 19 - Tristan Lake Leabu, American actor and musician
* August 22
** Dakota Goyo, Canadian actor
** Ricardo Hurtado, American actor and singer
* September 1 - Jadagrace, American actress, dancer, singer and rapper
* September 2 - Gavin Casalegno, American actor and model
* September 4 - Ellie Darcey-Alden, English actress
* September 7 - Michelle Creber, Canadian actress
* September 14 - Emma Kenney, American actress
* September 17 - Daniel Huttlestone, English actor
* October 12 - Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Irish actor and musician
* October 13 - Nell Tiger Free, English actress and singer
* October 15 - Bailee Madison, American actress
* October 22 - Charlie Wright, American actor
* October 31 - Danielle Rose Russell, American actress
* November 10
** Kiernan Shipka, American actress
** Michael Cimino, American actor
* November 14 - Jude Wright, English actor
* November 16 - Francesca Scorsese, American actress and filmmaker
* December 2 - Fred Hechinger, American actor
* December 7 - Bethany Whitmore, Australian actress

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 4 | Iron Eyes Cody | 91 | US | Actor | Ernest Goes to CampA Man Called Horse |
| January | 9 | Harvey Miller | 63 | US | Screenwriter, Director, Actor | Private BenjaminBad Medicine |
| January | 11 | Robert Douglas | 89 | UK | Actor, Director | The FountainheadIvanhoe |
| January | 12 | Betty Lou Gerson | 84 | US | Actress | One Hundred and One DalmatiansThe Fly |
| January | 13 | Buzz Kulik | 79 | US | Director | RiotTo Find a Man |
| January | 14 | Fred Myrow | 59 | US | Composer | Soylent GreenPhantasm |
| January | 15 | John Bloom | 54 | US | Actor | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryThe Great Outdoors |
| January | 15 | Betty Box | 83 | UK | Producer | Doctor in the HouseDeadlier Than the Male |
| January | 19 | Michael White | 36 | UK | Production Designer | ArmageddonThe Rock |
| January | 21 | Leslie French | 94 | UK | Actor | The Living DaylightsOrders to Kill |
| January | 21 | Susan Strasberg | 60 | US | Actress | PicnicThe Manitou |
| January | 23 | Joe D'Amato | 62 | Italy | Director, Producer | Troll 2Ator l'invincibile |
| January | 30 | Huntz Hall | 78 | US | Actor | Angels with Dirty FacesGhost Chasers |
| January | 30 | Ed Herlihy | 89 | US | Actor | Pee-wee's Big AdventureThe King of Comedy |
| February | 6 | Danny Dayton | 75 | US | Actor | Guys and DollsEd Wood |
| February | 7 | William Ludwig | 86 | US | Screenwriter | Oklahoma!Interrupted Melody |
| February | 7 | Bobby Troup | 80 | US | Actor, Singer | M*A*S*HThe Five Pennies |
| February | 9 | Mary LaRoche | 78 | US | Actress | Run Silent, Run DeepBye Bye Birdie |
| February | 9 | Bryan Mosley | 67 | UK | Actor | Get CarterRattle of a Simple Man |
| February | 10 | Yuri Borienko | 66 | Russia | Actor | On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace |
| February | 17 | Sunshine Parker | 71 | US | Actor | TremorsRoad House |
| February | 17 | Shirley Stoler | 69 | US | Actress | The Deer HunterMalcolm X |
| February | 20 | Gene Siskel | 53 | US | Film Critic | None; critiqued films for the Chicago Tribune |
| February | 24 | Derek Nimmo | 68 | UK | Actor | A Hard's Day NightCasino Royale |
| February | 26 | Madelon Baker | 88 | US | Actress | Girls of the RoadGasoline Alley |
| March | 3 | Lee Philips | 72 | US | Actor, Director | Peyton PlaceMiddle of the Night |
| March | 4 | Del Close | 64 | US | Actor | Ferris Bueller's Day OffThe Untouchables |
| March | 4 | Eddie Dean | 91 | US | Singer, Actor | Song of Old WyomingStars Over Texas |
| March | 5 | Richard Kiley | 76 | US | Actor | Blackboard JungleThe Little Prince |
| March | 6 | Graham Armitage | 62 | UK | Actor | The DevilsThe Boy Friend |
| March | 7 | Stanley Kubrick | 70 | US | Director, Screenwriter | 2001: A Space OdysseyBarry Lyndon |
| March | 8 | Peggy Cass | 74 | US | Actress | Auntie MameIf It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium |
| March | 13 | Garson Kanin | 86 | US | Screenwriter, Director | Adam's RibPat and Mike |
| March | 14 | Kirk Alyn | 88 | US | Actor | SupermanWhen Worlds Collide |
| March | 17 | Ernest Gold | 77 | Austria | Composer | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldJudgment at Nuremberg |
| March | 20 | Mickey S. Michaels | 67 | US | Set Decorator | The Hunt for Red OctoberClear and Present Danger |
| March | 22 | David Strickland | 29 | US | Actor | Forces of NatureObject of Obsession |
| March | 28 | Gil Perkins | 91 | Australia | Actor | BatmanWalking Tall |
| April | 4 | Faith Domergue | 74 | US | Actress | This Island EarthVendetta |
| April | 4 | Bob Peck | 53 | UK | Actor | Jurassic ParkLord of the Flies |
| April | 9 | Albert Popwell | 72 | US | Actor | Sudden ImpactThe Enforcer |
| April | 13 | Don McGuire | 80 | US | Screenwriter, Director, Actor | TootsieThe Delicate Delinquent |
| April | 14 | Roy Chiao | 72 | China | Actor | Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomBloodsport |
| April | 14 | Ellen Corby | 87 | US | Actress | VertigoShane |
| April | 14 | Anthony Newley | 67 | UK | Actor, Composer | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryDoctor Dolittle |
| April | 15 | Yasmeen Khan | c. 48 | Pakistan | Actress | Yousuf Khan Sher Bano |
| April | 16 | Rudi Fehr | 87 | Germany | Film Editor | Dial M for MurderPrizzi's Honor |
| April | 16 | Zoe Lund | 37 | US | Actress | Bad LieutenantSpecial Effects |
| April | 21 | Doreen Lang | 84 | New Zealand | Actress | The Wrong ManThe Birds |
| April | 21 | Buddy Rogers | 94 | US | Actor | Fascinating YouthWings |
| April | 22 | Bert Remsen | 74 | US | Actor | The BodyguardNashville |
| April | 28 | Rory Calhoun | 76 | US | Actor | How to Marry a MillionaireRiver of No Return |
| April | 28 | John Stears | 64 | UK | Special Effects Artist | Star WarsGoldfinger |
| April | 28 | Donald E. Stewart | 69 | US | Screenwriter | MissingThe Hunt for Red October |
| May | 2 | Augie Blunt | 69 | US | Actor | GhostLife |
| May | 2 | Oliver Reed | 62 | UK | Actor | Oliver!Gladiator |
| May | 8 | Dirk Bogarde | 78 | UK | Actor | DarlingDeath in Venice |
| May | 8 | Ed Gilbert | 67 | US | Voice Actor | The Little MermaidBatman: Mask of the Phantasm |
| May | 8 | Sally Payne | 86 | US | Actress | I Love You AgainCity for Conquest |
| May | 8 | Dana Plato | 34 | US | Actress | California SuiteExorcist II: The Heretic |
| May | 14 | Jerry Wunderlich | 73 | US | Set Decorator | The ExorcistWarGames |
| May | 17 | Henry Jones | 86 | US | Actor | Vertigo3:10 to Yuma |
| May | 19 | Candy Candido | 85 | US | Actor | Sadie McKeeThe Wizard of Oz |
| May | 19 | John McSweeney Jr. | 83 | US | Film Editor | Mutiny on the BountyMillion Dollar Mermaid |
| May | 19 | Alister Williamson | 80 | Australia | Actor | Battle of BritainThe Abominable Dr. Phibes |
| May | 21 | Vanessa Brown | 71 | Austria | Actress | The HeiressThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir |
| May | 21 | Norman Rossington | 70 | UK | Actor | A Hard Day's NightThe Longest Day |
| May | 25 | Hillary Brooke | 84 | US | Actress | The Man Who Knew Too MuchThe Enchanted Cottage |
| June | 5 | Mel Torme | 73 | US | Singer, Actor | Good NewsThe Big Operator |
| June | 9 | Andrew L. Stone | 96 | US | Director, Screenwriter | JulieCry Terror! |
| June | 11 | DeForest Kelley | 79 | US | Actor | Star TrekGunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| June | 13 | Douglas Seale | 85 | UK | Actor | AladdinAmadeus |
| June | 18 | Aimée Delamain | 93 | UK | Actress | One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingSanta Claus: The Movie |
| June | 19 | Mario Soldati | 92 | Italy | Director | The River GirlThe Great Appeal |
| June | 24 | Dorothy Lee | 88 | US | Actress | Too Many CooksLaugh and Get Rich |
| June | 25 | Frank Tarloff | 83 | US | Screenwriter | Father GooseA Guide for the Married Man |
| June | 27 | Bobs Watson | 68 | US | Actor | Boys TownWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| June | 28 | John Woolf | 86 | UK | Producer | Oliver!The Day of the Jackal |
| June | 29 | Allan Carr | 62 | US | Producer | GreaseCan't Stop the Music |
| June | 29 | Declan Mulholland | 66 | Ireland | Actor | Time BanditsTheatre of Blood |
| June | 30 | Dean Fredericks | 75 | US | Actor | The Phantom PlanetSavage Sam |
| July | 1 | Edward Dmytryk | 90 | Canada | Director, Film Editor | The Caine MutinyThe Young Lions |
| July | 1 | Sylvia Sidney | 88 | US | Actress | SabotageMars Attacks! |
| July | 2 | Mario Puzo | 78 | US | Screenwriter | The GodfatherSuperman |
| July | 4 | Ronny Graham | 79 | US | Screenwriter, Actor | SpaceballsTo Be or Not to Be |
| July | 4 | Jack Watson | 84 | UK | Actor | Peeping TomThe Hill |
| July | 12 | Bill Owen | 85 | UK | Actor | Georgy GirlO Lucky Man! |
| July | 17 | Donal McCann | 58 | Ireland | Actor | The DeadStealing Beauty |
| July | 17 | Patricia Zipprodt | 74 | US | Costume Designer | The Graduate1776 |
| July | 19 | Yoko Tani | 70 | France | Actress | The Savage InnocentsMy Geisha |
| July | 19 | Jerold Wells | 90 | UK | Actor | Time BanditsJabberwocky |
| July | 20 | Sandra Gould | 82 | US | Actress | AirportImitation of Life |
| August | 4 | Victor Mature | 86 | US | Actor | Kiss of DeathMy Darling Clementine |
| August | 4 | Carl Toms | 72 | UK | Costume Designer | One Million Years B.C.The Quiller Memorandum |
| August | 7 | Brion James | 54 | US | Actor | Blade RunnerThe Fifth Element |
| August | 7 | Kazuo Miyagawa | 91 | Japan | Cinematographer | YojimboRashomon |
| August | 9 | Georg Marischka | 77 | Austria | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | The Boys from BrazilThe Odessa File |
| August | 12 | Ross Elliott | 82 | US | Actor | TarantulaThe Beast from 20,000 Fathoms |
| August | 16 | David Allen | 54 | US | Visual Effects Artist | Young Sherlock HolmesHoney, I Shrunk the Kids |
| August | 16 | Nancy Guild | 73 | US | Actress | Somewhere in the NightAbbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man |
| August | 23 | Norman Wexler | 73 | US | Screenwriter | Saturday Night FeverSerpico |
| August | 27 | Harold Jack Bloom | 75 | US | Screenwriter | The Naked SpurA Gunfight |
| August | 31 | Marguerite Chapman | 81 | US | Actress | The Seven Year ItchThe Amazing Transparent Man |
| September | 9 | Chili Bouchier | 89 | UK | Actress | To Be a LadyThe King's Cup |
| September | 9 | Ruth Roman | 76 | US | Actress | Strangers on a TrainThe Far Country |
| September | 12 | Harry Crane | 85 | US | Screenwriter | The Harvey GirlsAir Raid Wardens |
| September | 14 | Charles Crichton | 89 | UK | Director, Film Editor | A Fish Called WandaThe Third Secret |
| September | 17 | Riccardo Cucciolla | 75 | Italy | Actor | Sacco e VanzettiAttack and Retreat |
| September | 17 | Joan Gardner | 84 | UK | Actress | Dark JourneyThe Scarlet Pimpernel |
| September | 17 | Frankie Vaughan | 71 | UK | Singer, Actor | Let's Make LoveThe Right Approach |
| September | 18 | Harold F. Kress | 86 | US | Film Editor | The Towering InfernoThe Poseidon Adventure |
| September | 22 | George C. Scott | 71 | US | Actor | PattonDr. Strangelove |
| September | 23 | Ivan Goff | 89 | Australia | Screenwriter | White HeatMidnight Lace |
| September | 26 | Bernadette O'Farrell | 75 | Ireland | Actress | The Bridal PathThe Square Ring |
| October | 1 | Noel Johnson | 82 | UK | Actor | Frightmare For Your Eyes Only |
| October | 2 | Lee Richardson | 73 | US | Actor | Prizzi's HonorPrince of the City |
| October | 5 | Wilt Chamberlain | 63 | US | Actor | Conan the DestroyerAny Given Sunday |
| October | 6 | Maris Wrixon | 82 | US | Actress | The ApeWaterfront |
| October | 7 | Deryck Guyler | 85 | UK | Actor | A Hard Day's NightCarry On Doctor |
| October | 7 | Helen Vinson | 92 | US | Actress | In Name OnlyI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang |
| October | 12 | Jacqueline Malouf | 58 | US | Actress | The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceDonovan's Reef |
| October | 14 | Richard B. Shull | 70 | US | Actor | KluteSplash |
| October | 16 | Jean Shepherd | 78 | US | Actor | A Christmas StoryIt Runs in the Family |
| October | 19 | Paddi Edwards | 67 | UK | Actress | The Little MermaidHercules |
| October | 26 | Hoyt Axton | 61 | US | Singer, Actor | GremlinsThe Black Stallion |
| October | 26 | Abraham Polonsky | 88 | US | Screenwriter, Director | Body and SoulForce of Evil |
| October | 26 | Albert Whitlock | 84 | UK | Visual Effects Artist | The ThingEarthquake |
| October | 27 | Lois Collier | 80 | US | Actress | A Night in CasablancaJungle Woman |
| October | 27 | Frank De Vol | 88 | US | Composer | The Dirty DozenWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| October | 29 | Cavan Kendall | 57 | UK | Actor | Sexy BeastEureka |
| October | 30 | Grace McDonald | 81 | US | Actress | Follow the BoysIt Ain't Hay |
| November | 3 | Ian Bannen | 71 | UK | Actor | BraveheartGandhi |
| November | 4 | David Shaber | 70 | US | Screenwriter | The WarriorsNighthawks |
| November | 5 | James Goldstone | 68 | US | Director | RollercoasterWhen Time Ran Out |
| November | 9 | Mabel King | 66 | US | Actress | The WizScrooged |
| November | 11 | Mary Kay Bergman | 38 | US | Voice Actress | South Park: Bigger, Longer & UncutBeauty and the Beast |
| November | 14 | Lucile Fairbanks | 82 | US | Actress | Passage from Hong KongA Fugitive from Justice |
| November | 20 | Adele Balkan | 92 | US | Costume Designer | The FlyMighty Joe Young |
| November | 21 | Ralph Foody | 71 | US | Actor | Home AloneThe Blues Brothers |
| November | 24 | Hilary Minster | 55 | UK | Actor | A Bridge Too FarCry Freedom |
| November | 25 | William 'Billy' Benedict | 82 | US | Actor | The StingThe Killing |
| November | 27 | Robert F. Shugrue | 62 | US | Film Editor | Two Mules for Sister SaraStar Trek III: The Search for Spock |
| November | 28 | Bethel Leslie | 70 | US | Actress | Message in a BottleIronweed |
| December | 3 | John Archer | 84 | US | Actor | White HeatBlue Hawaii |
| December | 3 | Madeline Kahn | 57 | US | Actress | The Last Picture ShowBlazing Saddles |
| December | 5 | Masaru Sato | 71 | Japan | Composer | YojimboThe Hidden Fortress |
| December | 12 | Joseph Heller | 76 | US | Screenwriter | Sex and the Single GirlDirty Dingus Magee |
| December | 13 | Daniel M. Angel | 88 | UK | Producer | Reach for the SkyCarve Her Name with Pride |
| December | 14 | Ernest Walter | 80 | UK | Film Editor | The HauntingThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes |
| December | 17 | Rex Allen | 78 | US | Actor, Singer | Hills of OklahomaThe Incredible Journey |
| December | 18 | Robert Bresson | 98 | France | Director | A Man EscapedL'Argent |
| December | 19 | Desmond Llewelyn | 85 | UK | Actor | James BondChitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| December | 20 | Irving Rapper | 101 | US | Director | One Foot in HeavenThe Brave One |
| December | 21 | John Arnatt | 82 | UK | Actor | Whistle Down the WindOur Mother's House |
| December | 21 | Bill Edwards | 81 | US | Actor | Our Hearts Were Young and GayHail the Conquering Hero |
| December | 21 | Bernard Smith | 92 | US | Producer | How the West Was WonElmer Gantry |
| December | 21 | Frank Stanley | 77 | US | Cinematographer | Magnum Force10 |
| December | 23 | Lois Hamilton | 56 | US | Actress | StripesThe Cannonball Run |
| December | 25 | Peter Jeffrey | 70 | UK | Actor | Midnight ExpressThe Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
| December | 26 | Pierre Clémenti | 57 | France | Actor | The LeopardPigsty |
| December | 26 | Curtis Mayfield | 57 | US | Singer, Composer | Super FlyClaudine |
| December | 26 | Michael McDowell | 49 | US | Screenwriter | BeetlejuiceThe Nightmare Before Christmas |
| December | 26 | Dick Peabody | 74 | US | Actor | Support Your Local Sheriff!Mackenna's Gold |
| December | 29 | Clayton Moore | 85 | US | Actor | The Lone RangerBlack Dragons |
| December | 29 | Harry Monty | 95 | US | Actor, Stuntman | Planet of the ApesPapillon |

## Film debuts

* Amy Adams − Drop Dead Gorgeous
* Roberto Álamo − The Ugliest Woman in the World
* Anthony Anderson − Life
* Katie Boland − Striking Poses
* Jay Baruchel − Running Home
* Adam Brody − Random Acts of Violence
* Daniel Brühl − Paradise Mall
* Paddy Considine – A Room for Romeo Brass
* Émilie Dequenne − Rosetta
* Zooey Deschanel − Mumford
* Garret Dillahunt − Last Call
* Omid Djalili − The Mummy
* Rachel Dratch − Serious Business
* Kevin Durand – Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
* Idris Elba − Belle maman
* Juan Fernández − Alone
* James Franco − Never Been Kissed
* Elia Galera − The Ugliest Woman in the World
* Zach Galifianakis − Flushed
* Kathryn Hahn – Flushed
* Tony Hale − Raging Hormones
* Regina Hall − The Best Man
* Cory Hardrict – Never Been Kissed
* Andrew Howard – Shades
* Hugh Jackman − Paperback Hero
* Dakota Johnson − Crazy in Alabama
* Michael B. Jordan − Black and White
* Shakib Khan − Ananta Bhalobasha
* Chris Klein − Election
* Ashton Kutcher − Coming Soon
* Brie Larson − Special Delivery
* Ali Larter − Varsity Blues
* Mélanie Laurent − Un pont entre deux rives
* Justin Long − Galaxy Quest
* Carmen Machi − Shacky Carmine
* Taryn Manning − Speedway Junky
* Kate Mara − Random Hearts
* Melissa McCarthy − Go
* Bobby Moynihan − Nine the Hard Way
* Tamar Novas − Butterfly's Tongue
* Joe Nunez – Serious Business
* Rubén Ochandiano − Flowers from Another World
* Kip Pardue − But I'm a Cheerleader
* Simon Pegg − Tube Tales
* Kal Penn − Freshman
* Piper Perabo − Whiteboyz
* Alysia Reiner – The Stand-In
* Seann William Scott − American Pie
* Peter Serafinowicz − Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
* Alia Shawkat − Three Kings
* Audrey Tautou − Venus Beauty Institute
* Gabrielle Union − She's All That
* Karine Vanasse − Set Me Free
* Paz Vega − Zapping
* Michael Weston – Getting to Know You
* Ben Whishaw – The Trench
* Rainn Wilson – Galaxy Quest
* Yu Nan – Lunar Eclipse