# 1991 in film

The year 1991 in film involved numerous significant events. Important films released this year included The Silence of the Lambs, Beauty and the Beast, Thelma & Louise, JFK and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

## Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1991 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1991 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Tri-Star / Carolco | $520,881,154 |
| 2 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Warner Bros. | $390,493,908 |
| 3 | Beauty and the Beast | Buena Vista | $346,317,207 |
| 4 | Hook | TriStar | $300,854,984 |
| 5 | The Silence of the Lambs | Orion | $272,742,922 |
| 6 | JFK | Warner Bros. | $205,405,498 |
| 7 | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | Paramount | $192,230,411 |
| 8 | The Addams Family | Paramount / Orion | $191,502,426 |
| 9 | Cape Fear | Universal | $182,291,969 |
| 10 | Hot Shots! | 20th Century Fox | $181,096,164 |

## Events

* February 14 – The Silence of the Lambs is released and becomes only the third film after It Happened One Night (1934) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) to win the top five categories at the Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Director (Jonathan Demme); Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins); Best Actress (Jodie Foster); and Best Adapted Screenplay (Ted Tally). It is also the first, and to date only, Best Picture winner widely considered to be a horror film.
* March 20 - Frank Mancuso Sr. leaves as the head of Paramount Pictures.
* July 1 - Brandon Tartikoff is appointed as chairman of Paramount Pictures.
* July 3 – Terminator 2: Judgment Day became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.
* August 7 - Sony Pictures Entertainment is formed, acquiring Columbia Pictures Industries. As a result of this new formation, Tri-Star Pictures drops the hyphen from its name and becomes TriStar Pictures, while RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video becomes Columbia-TriStar Home Video.
* October – Mark Canton replaces Frank Price as chairman of Columbia Pictures.
* November 22 – Walt Disney Pictures releases Beauty and the Beast, based on the original fairy tale and Jean Cocteau's 1946 film. The film became one of the most prestigious and greatest animated and romantic films in cinema history. It went on to become the first animated film ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

## Awards

Academy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
    Barton Fink, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, United States
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
    Close to Eden (Urga), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, France / USSR
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
    La Casa del sorriso (The House of Smiles), directed by Marco Ferreri, Italy
| Category/Organization | 49th Golden Globe Awards January 18, 1992 | 49th Golden Globe Awards January 18, 1992 | 45th BAFTA Awards February 21, 1992 | 64th Academy Awards March 30, 1992 |
| Category/Organization | Drama | Musical or Comedy | 45th BAFTA Awards February 21, 1992 | 64th Academy Awards March 30, 1992 |
| Best Film | Bugsy | Beauty and the Beast | The Commitments | The Silence of the Lambs |
| Best Director | Oliver Stone JFK | Oliver Stone JFK | Alan Parker The Commitments | Jonathan Demme The Silence of the Lambs |
| Best Actor | Nick Nolte The Prince of Tides | Robin Williams The Fisher King | Anthony Hopkins The Silence of the Lambs | Anthony Hopkins The Silence of the Lambs |
| Best Actress | Jodie Foster The Silence of the Lambs | Bette Midler For the Boys | Jodie Foster The Silence of the Lambs | Jodie Foster The Silence of the Lambs |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jack Palance City Slickers | Jack Palance City Slickers | Alan Rickman Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Jack Palance City Slickers |
| Best Supporting Actress | Mercedes Ruehl The Fisher King | Mercedes Ruehl The Fisher King | Kate Nelligan Frankie and Johnny | Mercedes Ruehl The Fisher King |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Thelma & Louise Callie Khouri | Thelma & Louise Callie Khouri | The Commitments Dick Clement | The Silence of the Lambs Ted Tally |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Thelma & Louise Callie Khouri | Thelma & Louise Callie Khouri | Truly, Madly, Deeply Anthony Minghella | Thelma & Louise Callie Khouri |
| Best Original Score | Beauty and the Beast Alan Menken | Beauty and the Beast Alan Menken | Cyrano de Bergerac Jean-Claude Petit | Beauty and the Beast Alan Menken |
| Best Original Song | "Beauty and the Beast" Beauty and the Beast | "Beauty and the Beast" Beauty and the Beast | | "Beauty and the Beast" Beauty and the Beast |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Europa Europa (Hitlerjunge Salomon) | Europa Europa (Hitlerjunge Salomon) | Nasty Girls | Mediterraneo |

## 1991 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 1991
* List of Argentine films of 1991
* List of Australian films of 1991
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1991
* List of British films of 1991
* List of Canadian films of 1991
* List of French films of 1991
* List of Hong Kong films of 1991
* List of Indian films of 1991
** List of Hindi films of 1991
** List of Kannada films of 1991
** List of Malayalam films of 1991
** List of Marathi films of 1991
** List of Tamil films of 1991
** List of Telugu films of 1991
* List of Japanese films of 1991
* List of Mexican films of 1991
* List of Pakistani films of 1991
* List of South Korean films of 1991
* List of Soviet films of 1991
* List of Spanish films of 1991

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 1991
* List of animated feature films of 1991
* List of avant-garde films of 1991
* List of crime films of 1991
* List of comedy films of 1991
* List of drama films of 1991
* List of horror films of 1991
* List of science fiction films of 1991
* List of thriller films of 1991
* List of western films of 1991

## Births

* January 1 - Mark L. Young, American actor
* January 2 – Ben Hardy, English actor
* January 4 – Charles Melton, American actor and model
* January 7 - Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, American actress and singer
* January 9 - Laura-Leigh, American actress
* January 13
** Genevieve Gaunt, English actress
** Jennifer Paredes, American Actress
* January 15
** Ayeza Khan, Pakistani actress and model
** Lulu Popplewell, English comedian and actress
* January 17 – Willa Fitzgerald, American actress
* January 18 – Britt McKillip, Canadian actress, singer
* January 19 – Erin Sanders, American actress
* January 21
** Craig Roberts, Welsh actor and director
** Brittany Tiplady, Canadian actress
* January 25
** Ariana DeBose, American actress, dancer and singer
** Rupert Simonian, British actor
* January 27 – Cristo Fernández, Mexican actor
* January 28 – Calum Worthy, Canadian actor, musician
* February 10 – Emma Roberts, American actress
* February 12 – Tanaya Beatty, Canadian actress
* February 17
** Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter
** Bonnie Wright, English actress
** Jeremy Allen White, American actor
* February 18 – Malese Jow, American actress
* February 21
** Joe Alwyn, English actor
** Rose Reynolds, British actress and singer
* February 24 - O'Shea Jackson Jr., American actor and rapper
* February 25 – Tony Oller, American singer, songwriter and actor
* February 26 - Lex Scott Davis, American actress
* February 28
** Sarah Bolger, Irish actress
** Rudy Mancuso, American internet personality, musician and actor
* March 2 – Jake Picking, German-born American actor
* March 5 – Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, English-Australian actress
* March 6 – Tyler, The Creator, American rapper
* March 7 – Daisy Head, English actress
* March 8 – Devon Werkheiser, American actor
* March 9 – Domo Genesis, American rapper
* March 12 - Lauren Holt, American actress, comedian and singer
* March 17 – Kristjan Lüüs, Estonian actor
* March 19 – Garrett Clayton, American actor
* March 22 - Dominique Fishback, American actress
* March 23 – Madelyn Deutch, American actress, director, musician and writer
* March 25 – Seychelle Gabriel, American actress
* March 28 – Amy Bruckner, American actress
* March 29
** Irene, South Korean singer, rapper and actress
** Samantha Win, Canadian actress
* March 31 – Elliot Barnes-Worrell, English actor
* April 4 – Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress
* April 7 - Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter and actress
* April 9 – Amber Lee Connors, American voice actress
* April 10
** AJ Michalka, American singer and actress
** Sergiusz Żymełka, Polish actor
* April 13 – Dylan Penn, American actress and model
* April 19 – Mehazabien Chowdhury, Bangladeshi actress and model
* April 21 – Frank Dillane, English actor
* April 22 – Leonie Benesch, German actor
* May 6 – Shamier Anderson, Canadian actor
* May 17 – Daniel Curtis Lee, American actor, comedian and rapper
* May 21 – Sarah Ramos, American actress
* June 1 – Zazie Beetz, American actress
* June 7 – Emily Ratajkowski, English-born American actress and model
* June 11 – Kärt Tammjärv, Estonian actress
* June 15 – Lindsay Seidel, American voice actress
* June 18 – Willa Holland, American actress
* June 24 – Dexter Darden, American actor
* June 26 – Will Attenborough, British actor
* June 28 - Daniel Zovatto, Costa Rican-American actor
* June 29
** Tajja Isen, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
** Addison Timlin, American actress
* July 5 – Jason Dolley, American actor
* July 6 – Victoire Thivisol, French actress
* July 7 – Eve Hewson, Irish actress
* July 8 – Thuso Mbedu, South African actress
* July 9 – Mitchel Musso, American actor
* July 11 – Kentaro Sakaguchi, actor and model
* July 12 – Erik Per Sullivan, American actor
* July 16 – Alexandra Shipp, American actress
* July 29 – Jahmil French, Canadian actor (died 2021)
* August 4 - Lucinda Dryzek, English actress
* August 12 – Lakeith Stanfield, American actor
* August 13 - Nikita Hopkins, American screenwriter, visual artist and former child voice actor
* August 16 – Evanna Lynch, Irish actress
* August 17 – Austin Butler, American actor
* August 22 – Naomi Ackie, English actress
* August 23 - Jake Manley, Canadian actor
* August 26 – Dylan O'Brien, American actor
* August 27 – Young Mazino, American actor
* August 28 – Kyle Massey, American actor
* September 4 - Carter Jenkins, American actor
* September 5 – Skandar Keynes, English actor
* September 9
** Yang Yang, Chinese actor
** Kelsey Chow, American actress
* September 17 – Mena Massoud, Egyptian-born Canadian actor and singer
* September 19 – Tyler Neitzel, American actor
* September 20 – Spencer Locke, American actress
* September 25 – Alix Bénézech, French actress
* September 27 – Thomas Mann, American actress
* October 3 - Derek Klena, American actor and singer
* October 5 – Xiao Zhan, Chinese actor
* October 6 – Roshon Fegan, American actor, dancer, and rapper
* October 15 - Charlotte Hope, English actress
* October 18
** Tyler Posey, American actor and musician
** Toby Regbo, English actor
* October 19 – Samantha Robinson, American actress
* October 23 – Sophie Oda, American actress
* October 25 – Lorina Kamburova, Bulgarian actress (d. 2021)
* October 27 – Bryan Craig, American actor
* October 28 – Mart Müürisepp, Estonian actor
* October 31 – Jordan-Claire Green, American actress
* November 1 – Anthony Ramos, American actor and singer-songwriter
* November 4 – Tanya Reynolds, English actress
* November 8 – Riker Lynch, American actor, singer, musician
* November 10 - Genevieve Buechner, Canadian actress
* November 11
** Christa B. Allen, American actress
** Travis Tope, American actor
* November 13
** Matt Bennett, American actor
** Devon Bostick, Canadian actor
* November 15 – Shailene Woodley, American actress
* December 10 - KiKi Layne, American actress
* December 12 – Jaime Lorente, Spanish actor
* December 15 – Eunice Cho, American actress
* December 17 - Daniel Tay, American former actor
* December 19 – Keiynan Lonsdale, Australian actor, dancer and singer-songwriter
* December 20
** Jillian Rose Reed, American actress
** Colin Woodell, American actor
* December 24 – Sofia Black-D'Elia, American actress
* December 27 - Chloe Bridges, American actress

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 2 | Pato Guzman | 57 | US | Production Designer | The In-LawsDown and Out in Beverly Hills |
| January | 4 | Richard Maibaum | 81 | US | Screenwriter | James BondRansom! |
| January | 12 | Keye Luke | 86 | China | Actor | GremlinsThe Green Hornet |
| January | 14 | David Arkin | 49 | US | Actor | All the President's MenMASH |
| January | 19 | Don Beddoe | 87 | US | Actor | The Best Years of Our LivesThe Night of the Hunter |
| January | 19 | Jo Eisinger | 81 | US | Screenwriter | GildaNight and the City |
| January | 19 | John Russell | 70 | US | Actor | Pale RiderRio Bravo |
| January | 25 | Lilian Bond | 83 | UK | Actress | The Old Dark HouseThe Westerner |
| January | 30 | John McIntire | 83 | US | Actor | PsychoThe Asphalt Jungle |
| February | 1 | Carol Dempster | 89 | US | Actress | Sally of the SawdustDream Street |
| February | 1 | James MacDonald | 84 | UK | Sound Engineer, Voice Actor | Alice in WonderlandCinderella |
| February | 2 | Natalie Kingston | 85 | US | Actress | Tarzan the TigerRiver of Romance |
| February | 3 | Nancy Kulp | 69 | US | Actress | ShaneSabrina |
| February | 5 | Dean Jagger | 87 | US | Actor | White ChristmasElmer Gantry |
| February | 6 | Danny Thomas | 77 | US | Actor | The Jazz SingerI'll See You in My Dreams |
| February | 12 | Ruth Morley | 65 | Austria | Costume Designer | Annie HallTaxi Driver |
| February | 24 | George Gobel | 71 | US | Actor | I Married a WomanThe Birds and the Bees |
| February | 24 | Jean Rogers | 74 | US | Actress | Flash GordonBacklash |
| February | 25 | John Dunning | 74 | US | Film Editor | Ben-HurJulius Caesar |
| February | 26 | Bernard W. Burton | 92 | US | Film Editor | The Beast from 20,000 FathomsOne Hundred Men and a Girl |
| February | 26 | Slim Gaillard | 75 | US | Singer, Actor | Sweetheart of Sigma ChiSky Bandits |
| March | 3 | Vance Colvig | 72 | US | Actor | UHFBarfly |
| March | 5 | Ian McLellan Hunter | 71 | UK | Screenwriter | Roman HolidaySecond Chorus |
| March | 6 | Salvo Randone | 84 | Italy | Actor | Fellini SatyriconHands Over the City |
| March | 7 | Morton S. Fine | 74 | US | Screenwriter | The PawnbrokerThe Greek Tycoon |
| March | 14 | Howard Ashman | 40 | US | Lyricist | The Little MermaidBeauty and the Beast |
| March | 15 | George Sherman | 78 | US | Director | Big JakeLarceny |
| March | 18 | Vilma Bánky | 90 | Hungary | Actress | The Winning of Barbara WorthTwo Lovers |
| March | 18 | Narda Onyx | 59 | Estonia | Actress | Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's DaughterHitler |
| March | 22 | Gloria Holden | 82 | UK | Actress | The Life of Emile ZolaDracula's Daughter |
| March | 22 | R. L. Ryan | 44 | US | Actor | MannequinThe Toxic Avenger |
| March | 23 | Mona Maris | 87 | Argentina | Actress | Romance of the Rio GrandeThe Falcon in Mexico |
| March | 27 | Aldo Ray | 64 | US | Actor | We're No AngelsBattle Cry |
| March | 28 | Carlos Montalbán | 87 | Mexico | Actor | BananasThe Out-of-Towners |
| April | 3 | Graham Greene | 86 | UK | Screenwriter | The Third ManOur Man in Havana |
| April | 9 | Maurice Binder | 72 | UK | Title Designer | James BondThe Last Emperor |
| April | 10 | Kevin Peter Hall | 35 | US | Actor | PredatorHarry and the Hendersons |
| April | 10 | Natalie Schafer | 90 | US | Actress | AnastasiaThe Snake Pit |
| April | 12 | Tom Rosqui | 62 | US | Actor | The Godfather Part IIThe Thomas Crown Affair |
| April | 16 | David Lean | 83 | UK | Director | Lawrence of ArabiaDoctor Zhivago |
| April | 20 | Don Siegel | 78 | US | Director | Dirty HarryThe Shootist |
| April | 23 | William Dozier | 83 | US | Producer | BatmanAmerican Gigolo |
| April | 26 | Carmine Coppola | 80 | US | Composer | Apocalypse NowThe Godfather Part III |
| April | 26 | A. B. Guthrie Jr. | 90 | US | Screenwriter | ShaneThe Kentuckian |
| April | 28 | Ken Curtis | 74 | US | Actor | The SearchersThe Alamo |
| May | 1 | Richard Thorpe | 95 | US | Director | Jailhouse RockIvanhoe |
| May | 2 | Jerzy Kosiński | 57 | Poland | Screenwriter, Actor | Being ThereReds |
| May | 6 | Wilfrid Hyde-White | 87 | UK | Actor | My Fair LadyThe Third Man |
| May | 8 | Ronnie Brody | 72 | UK | Actor | Superman IIIA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| May | 11 | Dino Diluca | 88 | Italy | Actor | The CardinalLa Cieca di Sorrento |
| May | 15 | Ronald Lacey | 55 | UK | Actor | Raiders of the Lost ArkFlesh & Blood |
| May | 18 | Edwina Booth | 86 | US | Actress | The Midnight PatrolThe Vanishing Legion |
| May | 18 | Muriel Box | 85 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | The Truth About WomenThe Seventh Veil |
| May | 23 | Fletcher Markle | 70 | Canada | Director | The Man with a CloakJigsaw |
| May | 26 | Eugène Lourié | 88 | Ukraine | Art Director, Production Designer | LimelightBronco Billy |
| May | 29 | Coral Browne | 77 | Australia | Actress | Auntie MameThe Killing of Sister George |
| May | 31 | Manolo Gómez Bur | 74 | Spain | Actor | Amor a la españolaUna chica casi decente |
| June | 3 | Eva Le Gallienne | 92 | UK | Actress | ResurrectionThe Devil's Disciple |
| June | 8 | Heidi Bruhl | 49 | Germany | Actress | Captain SindbadThe Eiger Sanction |
| June | 12 | Peggy Ashcroft | 83 | UK | Actress | A Passage to IndiaWhen the Wind Blows |
| June | 12 | Bernard Miles | 83 | UK | Actor | The Man Who Knew Too MuchGreat Expectations |
| June | 15 | Barry Kelley | 82 | US | Actor | The Asphalt JungleThe Manchurian Candidate |
| June | 16 | Joan Caulfield | 69 | US | Actress | The UnsuspectedBlue Skies |
| June | 18 | Ronald Allen | 60 | UK | Actor | A Night to RememberCircle of Deception |
| June | 19 | Jean Arthur | 90 | US | Actress | Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonShane |
| June | 23 | Lea Padovani | 70 | Italy | Actress | Three Steps NorthThe Intruder |
| June | 26 | Jack Marta | 88 | US | Cinematographer | Cat BallouWalking Tall |
| June | 27 | Milton Subotsky | 69 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | The Lawnmower ManMaximum Overdrive |
| June | 30 | John B. Goodman | 89 | US | Art Director | Hang 'Em HighShadow of a Doubt |
| July | 1 | Michael Landon | 54 | US | Actor | I Was a Teenage WerewolfThe Legend of Tom Dooley |
| July | 2 | Don Houghton | 61 | France | Screenwriter | Dracula A.D. 1972The Satanic Rites of Dracula |
| July | 2 | Lee Remick | 55 | US | Actress | Days of Wine and RosesAnatomy of a Murder |
| July | 5 | Mildred Dunnock | 90 | US | Actress | The Story on Page OneBUtterfield 8 |
| July | 8 | James Franciscus | 57 | US | Actor | Beneath the Planet of the ApesMarooned |
| July | 11 | Atang de la Rama | 89 | Philippines | Actress, Singer | Dalagang BukidWalang Sugat |
| July | 15 | Bert Convy | 57 | US | Actor | Semi-ToughWeekend Warriors |
| August | 4 | Don DaGradi | 80 | US | Screenwriter | Mary PoppinsThe Love Bug |
| August | 16 | Luigi Zampa | 86 | Italy | Director | The Traffic PolicemanDifficult Years |
| August | 17 | Don Dubbins | 65 | US | Actor | Tribute to a Bad ManFrom the Earth to the Moon |
| August | 18 | David Gale | 54 | UK | Actor | Re-AnimatorThe First Power |
| August | 21 | Richard Wilson | 75 | US | Director | Invitation to a GunfighterAl Capone |
| August | 22 | Colleen Dewhurst | 67 | Canada | Actress | The Nun's StoryThe Last Run |
| August | 25 | Niven Busch | 88 | US | Screenwriter | The Postman Always Rings TwiceDistant Drums |
| August | 26 | Alan Barrett | 52-53 | UK | Costume Designer | The Seven-Per-Cent SolutionFar from the Madding Crowd |
| August | 29 | Dallas Adams | 44 | UK | Actor | The Abominable Dr. PhibesKing Ralph |
| August | 29 | Dixie Dunbar | 72 | US | Actress | Educating FatherSing and Be Happy |
| August | 30 | Alan Wheatley | 84 | UK | Actor | Brighton RockThe Rake's Progress |
| September | 3 | Jean Bourgoin | 78 | France | Cinematographer | The Longest DayMon Oncle |
| September | 3 | Frank Capra | 94 | US | Director | It Happened One NightIt's a Wonderful Life |
| September | 4 | Tom Tryon | 65 | US | Actor | The CardinalIn Harm's Way |
| September | 7 | Ben Piazza | 58 | US | Actor | The Bad News BearsThe Hanging Tree |
| September | 8 | Brad Davis | 41 | US | Actor | Midnight ExpressChariots of Fire |
| September | 8 | Alex North | 80 | US | Composer | Viva Zapata!Spartacus |
| September | 13 | Joe Pasternak | 89 | Romania | Producer | The Great CarusoThe Courtship of Eddie's Father |
| September | 14 | Julie Bovasso | 61 | US | Actress | Saturday Night FeverMoonstruck |
| September | 15 | John Hoyt | 85 | US | Actor | Blackboard JungleWhen Worlds Collide |
| September | 16 | Carol White | 48 | UK | Actress | Daddy's Gone A-HuntingSomething Big |
| September | 21 | Angelo Rossitto | 83 | US | Actor | FreaksMad Max Beyond Thunderdome |
| September | 23 | Chuck Vincent | 51 | US | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | PreppiesHollywood Hot Tubs |
| September | 24 | Mary Lawrence | 73 | US | Actress | County FairThe Stratton Story |
| September | 25 | Viviane Romance | 79 | France | Actress | LiliomLa Bandera |
| September | 27 | Floyd Huddleston | 79 | US | Songwriter | The AristocatsRobin Hood |
| October | 6 | Phil Feldman | 69 | US | Producer | The Wild BunchBlue Thunder |
| October | 9 | Thalmus Rasulala | 51 | US | Actor | Cool BreezeMr. Ricco |
| October | 11 | Redd Foxx | 68 | US | Actor, Comedian | Cotton Comes to Harlem Harlem Nights |
| October | 12 | Sheila Florance | 75 | Australia | Actress | Mad MaxA Woman's Tale |
| October | 12 | Diana Gibson | 76 | US | Actress | Adventure's EndBehind the Headlines |
| October | 12 | Aline MacMahon | 92 | US | Actress | The Man from LaramieDiamond Head |
| October | 12 | Regis Toomey | 93 | US | Actor | His Girl FridayMeet John Doe |
| October | 13 | Donald Houston | 67 | UK | Actor | The Blue LagoonWhere Eagles Dare |
| October | 14 | Gene Roddenberry | 70 | US | Producer | Star Trek: The Motion PicturePretty Maids All in a Row |
| October | 16 | Arthur Arling | 85 | US | Cinematographer | Pillow TalkThe Yearling |
| October | 17 | J. G. Devlin | 84 | Ireland | Actor | Darby O'Gill and the Little PeopleThe Miracle |
| October | 22 | Judy Kelly | 77 | Australia | Actress | Dead of NightPremiere |
| October | 25 | John Stratton | 65 | UK | Actor | The Cruel SeaFrankenstein and the Monster from Hell |
| October | 28 | Sylvia Fine | 78 | US | Lyricist, Composer, Producer | The Court JesterThe Five Pennies |
| October | 29 | John DeCuir | 73 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | CleopatraGhostbusters |
| November | 2 | Irwin Allen | 75 | US | Producer, Director, Screenwriter | The Poseidon AdventureThe Towering Inferno |
| November | 5 | Fred MacMurray | 83 | US | Actor | Double IndemnityThe Caine Mutiny |
| November | 6 | Gene Tierney | 70 | US | Actress | Leave Her to HeavenLaura |
| November | 10 | Tutte Lemkow | 73 | Norway | Actor, Choreographer | Fiddler on the RoofRaiders of the Lost Ark |
| November | 11 | Morton Stevens | 62 | US | Composer | Wild and WonderfulHardly Working |
| November | 12 | Diane Brewster | 60 | US | Actress | Torpedo RunThe Young Philadelphians |
| November | 12 | Gabriele Tinti | 59 | Italy | Actor | Son of DjangoEmanuelle in America |
| November | 13 | Yves Montand | 70 | France | Actor, Singer | The Wages of FearOn a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
| November | 14 | Tony Richardson | 63 | UK | Director | Tom JonesHamlet |
| November | 19 | Reggie Nalder | 84 | Austria | Actor | The Man Who Knew Too MuchMark of the Devil |
| November | 20 | Daniel Mann | 89 | US | Director | Come Back, Little ShebaThe Rose Tattoo |
| November | 21 | Robert Kaufman | 60 | US | Screenwriter | Divorce American StyleLove at First Bite |
| November | 22 | Tadashi Imai | 79 | Japan | Director | Jun'ai MonogatariBushido, Samurai Saga |
| November | 23 | Klaus Kinski | 65 | Germany | Actor | Aguirre, the Wrath of GodNosferatu the Vampyre |
| November | 24 | Anton Furst | 47 | UK | Production Designer | Full Metal JacketBatman |
| November | 24 | Freddie Mercury | 45 | UK | Singer, Songwriter | Flash GordonHighlander |
| November | 25 | Eleanor Audley | 86 | US | Actress | CinderellaSleeping Beauty |
| November | 27 | Ralph Bellamy | 87 | US | Actor | His Girl FridayTrading Places |
| November | 27 | George Edwards | 67 | US | Producer | Voyage to the Prehistoric PlanetHarper Valley PTA |
| November | 28 | Mel Dinelli | 79 | US | Screenwriter | The Spiral StaircaseBeware, My Lovely |
| December | 7 | Herb Jaffe | 70 | US | Producer | The Wind and the LionFright Night |
| December | 11 | Robert Q. Lewis | 70 | US | Actor | Ski PartyAn Affair to Remember |
| December | 11 | Pat Walshe | 91 | US | Actor | The Wizard of Oz |
| December | 12 | Eleanor Boardman | 93 | US | Actress | Vanity FairSouls for Sale |
| December | 13 | Judy Moorcroft | 58 | UK | Costume Designer | The EuropeansA Passage to India |
| December | 19 | Ernest K. Gann | 81 | US | Screenwriter | The High and the MightySoldier of Fortune |
| December | 19 | Paul Maxwell | 70 | Canada | Actor | Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeAliens |
| December | 23 | Gene Milford | 89 | US | Film Editor | On the WaterfrontLost Horizon |
| December | 18 | Jacques Aubuchon | 67 | US | Actor | Thunder RoadThe Silver Chalice |
| December | 28 | Cassandra Harris | 43 | Australia | Actress | For Your Eyes OnlyRough Cut |

## Film debuts

* Bruce Altman – Regarding Henry
* Tom Arnold – Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
* Monica Bellucci – La Riffa
* Halle Berry – Jungle Fever
* Jason Biggs – The Boy Who Cried Bitch
* W. Earl Brown – Backdraft
* Steve Carell – Curly Sue
* James Caviezel – My Own Private Idaho
* Morris Chestnut – Boyz n the Hood
* Clifton Collins Jr. – Grand Canyon
* Ice Cube – Boyz n the Hood
* Leonardo DiCaprio – Critters 3
* Wayne Duvall – Final Approach
* Christopher Eccleston – Let Him Have It
* Brendan Fraser – Dogfight
* Edward Furlong – Terminator 2: Judgment Day
* Janeane Garofalo – Late for Dinner
* Paul Giamatti – Past Midnight
* Eddie Griffin – Dice Rules
* Jake Gyllenhaal – City Slickers
* Philip Seymour Hoffman – Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole
* Joshua Jackson – Crooked Hearts
* Keegan-Michael Key – Lunatics: A Love Story
* Daniel Dae Kim – American Shaolin
* Regina King – Boyz n the Hood
* Queen Latifah – Jungle Fever
* Denis Leary – Strictly Business
* Téa Leoni – Switch
* Matthew Lillard – Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College
* Donal Logue – Robotrix
* Jason London – The Man in the Moon
* Leslie Mann – Virgin High
* Breckin Meyer – Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
* Jeffrey Dean Morgan – Uncaged
* Elisabeth Moss – Suburban Commando
* Kathy Najimy – The Hard Way
* Thandiwe Newton – Flirting
* Sophie Okonedo – Young Soul Rebels
* Gwyneth Paltrow – Shout
* Teri Polo – Born to Ride
* John Prosky – Late for Dinner
* Richard Roxburgh – Dead to the World
* Til Schweiger – Manta, Manta
* David Schwimmer – Flight of the Intruder
* Rufus Sewell – Twenty-One
* Marley Shelton – Grand Canyon
* Jeremy Sisto – Grand Canyon
* Jon Tenney – Guilty by Suspicion
* Maura Tierney – Dead Women in Lingerie
* Vince Vaughn – For the Boys
* Daniel von Bargen – The Silence of the Lambs
* Kari Wahlgren – Mobile Suit Gundam F91
* Isaiah Washington – The Color of Love
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