# 2003 in film

2003 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre- specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts.

## Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 2003 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | New Line | $1,140,682,011 |
| 2 | Finding Nemo | Buena Vista | $871,014,978 |
| 3 | The Matrix Reloaded | Warner Bros. | $739,412,035 |
| 4 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Buena Vista | $654,264,015 |
| 5 | Bruce Almighty | Universal / Buena Vista | $484,592,874 |
| 6 | The Last Samurai | Warner Bros. | $454,627,263 |
| 7 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Warner Bros. / Sony Pictures / Columbia | $433,371,112 |
| 8 | The Matrix Revolutions | Warner Bros. | $427,343,298 |
| 9 | X2 | 20th Century Fox | $407,711,549 |
| 10 | Bad Boys II | Sony Pictures / Columbia | $273,339,556 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King grossed more than $1.14 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2003 worldwide and in North America and the second-highest-grossing film up to that time. It was also the second film to surpass the billion-dollar milestone after Titanic in 1997.
Finding Nemo was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken by Shrek 2 in 2004.

## Events

* February 24: The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography.
* June 12: Gregory Peck dies of bronchopneumonia.
* June 29: Katharine Hepburn dies of cardiac arrest.
* November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Governor of California.
* December 22: Both of the movies from the Matrix trilogy released in 2003 were shut out of visual effects Oscar consideration by the Visual Effects Award Nominating Committee.
* December 31: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mails nomination ballots in which it qualifies 254 films released in 2003 as eligible for Oscar consideration.

### Award ceremonies

* 8th Empire Awards

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 9th Critics' Choice Awards January 10, 2004 | 61st Golden Globe Awards January 25, 2004 | 61st Golden Globe Awards January 25, 2004 | 57th BAFTA Awards February 15, 2004 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 76th Academy Awards February 29, 2004 |
| Category/Organization | 9th Critics' Choice Awards January 10, 2004 | Drama | Musical or Comedy | 57th BAFTA Awards February 15, 2004 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 76th Academy Awards February 29, 2004 |
| Best Film | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Lost in Translation | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| Best Director | Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Weir Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| Best Actor | Sean Penn Mystic River | Sean Penn Mystic River | Bill Murray Lost in Translation | Bill Murray Lost in Translation | Johnny Depp Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Sean Penn Mystic River |
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron Monster | Charlize Theron Monster | Diane Keaton Something's Gotta Give | Scarlett Johansson Lost in Translation | Charlize Theron Monster | Charlize Theron Monster |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tim Robbins Mystic River | Tim Robbins Mystic River | Tim Robbins Mystic River | Bill Nighy Love Actually | Tim Robbins Mystic River | Tim Robbins Mystic River |
| Best Supporting Actress | Renée Zellweger Cold Mountain | Renée Zellweger Cold Mountain | Renée Zellweger Cold Mountain | Renée Zellweger Cold Mountain | Renée Zellweger Cold Mountain | Renée Zellweger Cold Mountain |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan and Naomi Sheridan In America | Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation | Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation | Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini American Splendor | Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan and Naomi Sheridan In America | Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation | Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation | Tom McCarthy The Station Agent | Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation | Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation |
| Best Animated Film | Finding Nemo | — | — | — | — | Finding Nemo |
| Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Howard Shore | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Howard Shore | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Howard Shore | Cold Mountain T-Bone Burnett and Gabriel Yared | — | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Howard Shore |
| Best Original Song | "A Mighty Wind" A Mighty Wind | "Into the West" The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | "Into the West" The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | — | — | "Into the West" The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Barbarian Invasions | Osama | Osama | In This World | — | The Barbarian Invasions |

## 2003 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 2003
* List of Argentine films of 2003
* List of Australian films of 2003
* List of Bangladeshi films of 2003
* List of British films of 2003
* List of Canadian films of 2003
* List of Chinese films of 2003
* List of French films of 2003
* List of Hong Kong films of 2003
* List of Indian films of 2003
** List of Bengali films of 2003
** List of Hindi films of 2003
** List of Kannada films of 2003
** List of Malayalam films of 2003
** List of Marathi films of 2003
** List of Punjabi films of 2003
** List of Tamil films of 2003
** List of Telugu films of 2003
* List of Japanese films of 2003
* List of Mexican films of 2003
* List of Pakistani films of 2003
* List of Russian films of 2003
* List of South Korean films of 2003
* List of Spanish films of 2003

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 2003
* List of animated feature films of 2003
* List of avant-garde films of 2003
* List of crime films of 2003
* List of comedy films of 2003
* List of drama films of 2003
* List of horror films of 2003
* List of science fiction films of 2003
* List of thriller films of 2003
* List of western films of 2003

## Births

* January 2 – Cyrus Arnold, American actor
* January 4 – Jaeden Martell, American actor
* February 4 – Edvin Ryding, Swedish actor
* February 6 – Fabian Penje, Swedish actor
* February 20
** Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer
** William Gao, English actor and singer
* March 1 – Yasmeen Fletcher, American actress and musician
* March 3 – Thomas Barbusca, American actor
* March 6 – Millicent Simmonds, American actress
* March 12 – Malina Weissman, American actress
* March 20 – Cooper Hoffman, American actor
* April 3 – Elsie Fisher, American actress
* April 9 – Lilia Buckingham, American actress, author and dancer
* April 13 – Jean Paulo Campos, Brazilian actor
* April 29 - Jordan Rumsey, American TikToker
* April 30 – Emily Carey, English actress and model
* May 1 – Lizzy Greene, American actress
* May 19
** Daiken Okudaira, Japanese actor
** JoJo Siwa, American singer, actress and YouTuber
* May 24 - Megan Stott, American actress
* June 1
** Emjay Anthony, American actor
** Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, Canadian actress
* June 2 – Jeremy Ray Taylor, American actor
* June 3 – Louis Partridge, English actor
* June 16 – Anna Cathcart, Canadian actress
* June 18 – Bailey Bass, American actress
* June 29 – Alexys Nycole Sanchez, American actress
* July 1 – Storm Reid, American actress
* July 9 – Marcel Ruiz, Puerto Rican actor
* July 13 – Wyatt Oleff, American actor
* August 18 – Max Charles, American actor
* August 25 – Iñaki Godoy, Mexican actor
* August 28
** Lexi Underwood, American actress and singer
** Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress
* August 30 – Yasmin Finney, English actress
* September 3 – Jack Dylan Grazer, American actor
* September 8 - Nicolas Cantu, American actor
* September 18 – Aidan Gallagher, American actor and musician
* September 24 – Joe Locke, Manx actor
* September 25 – Bella Ramsey, English actress
* October 27 - Gavin Lewis, American actor
* November 7
** Lara McDonnell, Irish actress
** Park Ji-hu, South Korean actress

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 1 | Royce D. Applegate | 63 | US | Actor | O Brother, Where Art Thou?Seabiscuit |
| January | 1 | Cyril Shaps | 79 | UK | Actor | The Spy Who Loved MeErik the Viking |
| January | 4 | Conrad Hall | 72 | French Polynesia | Cinematographer | American BeautyCool Hand Luke |
| January | 5 | Massimo Girotti | 84 | Italy | Actor | SensoLast Tango in Paris |
| January | 8 | Ron Goodwin | 77 | UK | Composer | Where Eagles DareFrenzy |
| January | 11 | Anthony Havelock-Allan | 98 | UK | Producer | Romeo and JulietGreat Expectations |
| January | 11 | Maurice Pialat | 77 | France | Director, Screenwriter | À Nos AmoursUnder the Sun of Satan |
| January | 11 | Dick Simmons | 89 | US | Stuntman, Actor | Rear WindowSergeant York |
| January | 12 | Maurice Gibb | 53 | Isle of Man | Singer, Composer, Actor | Saturday Night FeverSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| January | 13 | Norman Panama | 88 | US | Screenwriter, Director | White ChristmasThe Court Jester |
| January | 14 | Mel Bourne | 79 | US | Production Designer | The Fisher KingThe Natural |
| January | 14 | Paul Monash | 85 | US | Screenwriter, Producer | The Friends of Eddie CoyleThe Front Page |
| January | 14 | Donald O'Brien | 72 | Ireland | Actor | Grand PrixRun, Man, Run |
| January | 17 | Richard Crenna | 76 | US | Actor | First BloodThe Sand Pebbles |
| January | 20 | David Battley | 67 | UK | Actor | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryKrull |
| January | 20 | Nedra Volz | 94 | US | Actress | 10Earth Girls Are Easy |
| January | 21 | John Grieve | 78 | UK | Actor | Eye of the NeedleThe Thirty Nine Steps |
| January | 23 | Nell Carter | 54 | US | Actress | The Grass HarpBebe's Kids |
| January | 25 | Cliff Norton | 84 | US | Actor | Harry and TontoKiss Me, Stupid |
| January | 25 | Leopoldo Trieste | 85 | Italy | Actor, Screenwriter | The Godfather: Part IICinema Paradiso |
| January | 29 | Anthony Eisley | 78 | US | Actor | The Naked KissStar! |
| January | 30 | Mary Ellis | 105 | US | Singer, Actress | Paris in SpringFatal Lady |
| January | 31 | William Marlowe | 72 | UK | Actor | Cry FreedomThe Heroes of Telemark |
| February | 3 | Lana Clarkson | 40 | US | Actress | ScarfaceFast Times at Ridgemont High |
| February | 7 | Stephen Whittaker | 55 | UK | Actor, Director | To Sir, with LoveThe Keep |
| February | 9 | Vera Hruba Ralston | 82 | Czech Republic | Actress | The Fighting KentuckianDakota |
| February | 13 | Robert Ivers | 68 | US | Actor, Voice Double | Broken LanceA Kiss Before Dying |
| February | 13 | Stacy Keach Sr. | 88 | US | Actor | Pretty WomanSaturday the 14th |
| February | 18 | Jack Brodsky | 70 | US | Producer | Romancing the StoneDaddy Day Care |
| February | 22 | Daniel Taradash | 89 | US | Screenwriter | From Here to EternityHawaii |
| February | 24 | Walter Scharf | 92 | US | Composer, Orchestrator | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryWinchester '73 |
| February | 24 | Alberto Sordi | 82 | Italy | Actor, Screenwriter, Director | The Great WarI Vitelloni |
| March | 3 | Horst Buchholz | 69 | Germany | Actor | The Magnificent SevenLife is Beautiful |
| March | 8 | Adam Faith | 62 | UK | Actor, Singer | McVicarStardust |
| March | 8 | Karen Morley | 93 | US | Actress | Gabriel Over the White HouseScarface |
| March | 12 | Lynne Thigpen | 54 | US | Actress | The WarriorsAnger Management |
| March | 15 | Thora Hird | 91 | UK | Actress | One Good TurnThe Quatermass Xperiment |
| March | 13 | Christiane Schmidtmer | 63 | Germany | Actress | Ship of FoolsThe Big Doll House |
| March | 16 | Lars Passgård | 62 | Sweden | Actor | Through a Glass DarklyThe Fuller Report |
| March | 18 | Naomi Chance | 73 | UK | Actress | The Trials of Oscar WildeThe Gambler and the Lady |
| March | 19 | Rick Zumwalt | 51 | US | Actor | Batman ReturnsOver the Top |
| March | 24 | Philip Yordan | 88 | US | Screenwriter | The Harder They FallEl Cid |
| March | 27 | Paul Zindel | 66 | US | Screenwriter | Runaway TrainMame |
| March | 30 | Michael Jeter | 50 | US | Actor | The Green MileJurassic Park III |
| March | 31 | Anne Gwynne | 84 | US | Actress | House of FrankensteinDick Tracy Meets Gruesome |
| April | 1 | Jean-Yves Escoffier | 52 | France | Cinematographer | Good Will HuntingNurse Betty |
| April | 2 | Michael Wayne | 68 | US | Producer | McLintock!The Green Berets |
| April | 4 | Anthony Caruso | 86 | US | Actor | The Asphalt JungleSylvia |
| April | 7 | David Greene | 82 | UK | Director | GodspellGray Lady Down |
| April | 8 | Kathie Browne | 72 | US | Actress | Man's Favorite Sport?Cinderfella |
| April | 8 | Bing Russell | 76 | US | Actor | Suicide BattalionRide a Violent Mile |
| April | 9 | Vera Zorina | 86 | Germany | Actress | Follow the BoysLouisiana Purchase |
| April | 12 | Sydney Lassick | 80 | US | Actor | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestCarrie |
| April | 16 | Graham Jarvis | 72 | Canada | Actor | MiserySilkwood |
| April | 22 | Andrea King | 82 | US | Actress | Ride the Pink HorseDial 1119 |
| April | 25 | Jesse Nilsson | 25 | Canada | Actor | The SkullsModel Behavior |
| April | 26 | Peter Stone | 73 | US | Screenwriter | CharadeThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three |
| April | 28 | Ciccio Ingrassia | 80 | Italy | Actor | War Italian StyleKaos |
| April | 30 | Jim Connors | 56 | US | Actor, Stuntman | HookDemolition Man |
| May | 3 | Suzy Parker | 70 | US | Actress | Kiss Them for MeThe Best of Everything |
| May | 6 | Jocelyn Herbert | 86 | UK | Production Designer | if....The Hotel New Hampshire |
| May | 9 | Carmen Filpi | 80 | US | Actor | Ed WoodBeetlejuice |
| May | 9 | Bernard Spear | 83 | UK | Actor | Chitty Chitty Bang BangThe Man Who Cried |
| May | 14 | Wendy Hiller | 90 | UK | Actress | The Elephant ManA Man for All Seasons |
| May | 14 | Robert Stack | 84 | US | Actor | Written on the WindAirplane! |
| May | 24 | Rachel Kempson | 92 | UK | Actress | Out of AfricaTom Jones |
| May | 28 | Martha Scott | 90 | US | Actress | Ben-HurThe Ten Commandments |
| May | 28 | Marc Zuber | 59 | India | Actor | Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesNavy SEALs |
| May | 30 | Haskell Boggs | 94 | US | Cinematographer | The BellboyTeacher's Pet |
| June | 2 | Richard Cusack | 77 | US | Actor | The FugitiveHigh Fidelity |
| June | 3 | John Jympson | 72 | UK | Film Editor | A Fish Called WandaLittle Shop of Horrors |
| June | 7 | Trevor Goddard | 40 | UK | Actor | Mortal KombatPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
| June | 11 | William Marshall | 78 | US | Actor | BlaculaTwilight's Last Gleaming |
| June | 12 | Gregory Peck | 87 | US | Actor, Producer | To Kill a MockingbirdRoman Holiday |
| June | 15 | Hume Cronyn | 90 | Canada | Actor | Shadow of a DoubtCocoon |
| June | 15 | Philip Stone | 79 | UK | Actor | The ShiningIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
| June | 16 | Carlos Rivas | 78 | US | Actor | The King and ITrue Grit |
| June | 20 | Fielder Cook | 80 | US | Director | How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your LifePrudence and the Pill |
| June | 21 | George Axelrod | 81 | US | Screenwriter | Breakfast at Tiffany'sThe Manchurian Candidate |
| June | 21 | Leon Uris | 78 | US | Screenwriter | Battle CryGunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| June | 24 | Barbara Weeks | 89 | US | Actress | Rusty Rides AloneThe Violent Years |
| June | 27 | David Newman | 66 | US | Screenwriter | Bonnie and ClydeSuperman |
| June | 29 | Rod Amateau | 79 | US | Director, Screenwriter | Hook, Line & SinkerWhere Does It Hurt? |
| June | 29 | Katharine Hepburn | 96 | US | Actress | The Philadelphia StoryOn Golden Pond |
| June | 30 | Buddy Hackett | 78 | US | Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldThe Music Man |
| June | 30 | Constance Smith | 75 | Ireland | Actress | ImpulseTreasure of the Golden Condor |
| July | 6 | Buddy Ebsen | 95 | US | Actor, Dancer | Breakfast at Tiffany'sBorn to Dance |
| July | 7 | Elisabeth Welch | 99 | US | Actress | CleopatraRevenge of the Pink Panther |
| July | 8 | Marjorie Fowler | 82 | US | Film Editor | Doctor DolittleConquest of the Planet of the Apes |
| July | 9 | Elliott Marks | 61 | US | Still Photographer | AnnieRocky |
| July | 21 | Robert F. Blumofe | 93 | US | Producer, Executive | Bound for GloryYours, Mine and Ours |
| July | 23 | Sheila Bromley | 91 | US | Actress | Idol of the CrowdsWomen in the Wind |
| July | 25 | John Schlesinger | 77 | UK | Director | Midnight CowboyMarathon Man |
| July | 27 | Karin Booth | 87 | US | Actress | Cripple CreekJuke Box Rhythm |
| July | 27 | Bob Hope | 100 | US | Actor | The PalefaceRoad to Morocco |
| July | 30 | Marian Carr | 77 | US | Actress | Kiss Me DeadlyNightmare |
| July | 31 | Frederick Coffin | 60 | US | Actor | Wayne's WorldHard to Kill |
| August | 2 | Don Estelle | 70 | UK | Actor | Santa Claus: The MovieA Private Function |
| August | 6 | Larry Taylor | 85 | UK | Actor, Stuntman | ZuluChitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| August | 9 | Gregory Hines | 57 | US | Actor, Dancer | The Cotton ClubRunning Scared |
| August | 10 | Jacques Deray | 74 | France | Director, Screenwriter | BorsalinoThree Men to Kill |
| August | 30 | Charles Bronson | 81 | US | Actor | The Great EscapeDeath Wish |
| September | 1 | Jack Smight | 78 | US | Director | HarperAirport 1975 |
| September | 3 | David King-Wood | 89 | Iran | Actor | The Quatermass XperimentPrivate's Progress |
| September | 4 | Ben Aris | 66 | UK | Actor | The Plague of the ZombiesIf.... |
| September | 6 | Louise Platt | 88 | US | Actress | StagecoachForgotten Girls |
| September | 8 | Leni Riefenstahl | 101 | Germany | Director | OlympiaTiefland |
| September | 11 | John Ritter | 54 | US | Actor | Problem ChildSling Blade |
| September | 12 | Johnny Cash | 71 | US | Singer, Actor | Five Minutes to LiveA Gunfight |
| September | 14 | Jerry Fleck | 55 | US | Production Manager | Edward ScissorhandsBeetlejuice |
| September | 16 | Sheb Wooley | 82 | US | Actor | HoosiersThe Outlaw Josey Wales |
| September | 20 | Tom Busby | 66 | Canada | Actor | The Dirty DozenThe War Lover |
| September | 21 | Pamela Gordon | 66 | US | Actress | Weird SciencePoltergeist II: The Other Side |
| September | 22 | Gordon Jump | 71 | US | Actor | Conquest of the Planet of the ApesMaking the Grade |
| September | 24 | Lyle Bettger | 88 | US | Actor | The Greatest Show on EarthGunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| September | 25 | Herb Gardner | 68 | US | Screenwriter | A Thousand ClownsI'm Not Rappaport |
| September | 26 | George Plimpton | 76 | US | Actor | Good Will HuntingReds |
| September | 27 | Fay Helm | 94 | US | Actress | Phantom LadyDangerous Intruder |
| September | 27 | Donald O'Connor | 78 | US | Actor, Dancer | Singin' in the RainThere's No Business Like Show Business |
| September | 28 | Elia Kazan | 94 | Turkey | Director | A Streetcar Named DesireOn the Waterfront |
| October | 1 | Julie Parrish | 62 | US | Actress | The Nutty ProfessorFireball 500 |
| October | 3 | Florence Stanley | 79 | US | Actress | Atlantis: The Lost EmpireBulworth |
| October | 5 | Denis Quilley | 75 | UK | Actor | King DavidMurder on the Orient Express |
| October | 9 | Ruth Hall | 92 | US | Actress | The Man from MontereyLocal Boy Makes Good |
| October | 10 | Victoria Horne | 91 | US | Actress | HarveyThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir |
| October | 17 | Janice Rule | 72 | US | Actress | Invitation to a GunfighterThe Ambushers |
| October | 17 | Bernard Schwartz | 85 | US | Producer | Coal Miner's DaughterSt. Elmo's Fire |
| October | 18 | David Lodge | 82 | UK | Actor | A Shot in the DarkThe Return of the Pink Panther |
| October | 19 | Guy Rolfe | 91 | UK | Actor | IvanhoeThe Fall of the Roman Empire |
| October | 20 | Jack Elam | 82 | US | Actor | The Cannonball RunOnce Upon a Time in the West |
| October | 29 | Steve Yaconelli | 62 | US | Cinematographer | The Karate Kid Part IIIBlue Sky |
| November | 8 | Bob Grant | 71 | UK | Actor | On the BusesMutiny on the Buses |
| November | 9 | Fred J. Brown | 68 | US | Sound Engineer | The ExorcistFirst Blood |
| November | 9 | Art Carney | 85 | US | Actor | Harry and TontoThe Late Show |
| November | 11 | Robert Brown | 82 | UK | Actor | OctopussyLicence to Kill |
| November | 12 | Jonathan Brandis | 27 | US | Actor | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next ChapterLadybugs |
| November | 12 | Whitfield Cook | 94 | US | Screenwriter | Stage FrightStrangers on a Train |
| November | 12 | Kay E. Kuter | 78 | US | Actor | SabrinaThe Last Starfighter |
| November | 12 | Penny Singleton | 95 | US | Actress | BlondieJetsons: The Movie |
| November | 14 | Gene Anthony Ray | 41 | US | Actor | FameAustin Powers in Goldmember |
| November | 15 | David Holt | 76 | US | Actor | The Pride of the YankeesBattleground |
| November | 15 | Dorothy Loudon | 78 | US | Actress | Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilGarbo Talks |
| November | 16 | Albert Nozaki | 91 | Japan | Art Director | The Ten CommandmentsThe War of the Worlds |
| November | 18 | Michael Kamen | 55 | US | Composer | Die HardMr. Holland's Opus |
| November | 20 | Robert Addie | 87 | UK | Actor | ExcaliburAnother Country |
| November | 23 | Patricia Burke | 86 | UK | Actress | Lisbon StoryForbidden |
| November | 24 | Michael Small | 64 | US | Composer | KluteMarathon Man |
| November | 26 | Gordon Reid | 64 | UK | Actor | Leon the Pig FarmerThe Others |
| November | 27 | Norman Burton | 79 | US | Actor | Planet of the ApesThe Towering Inferno |
| November | 28 | Edmund Hartmann | 92 | US | Screenwriter | The Lemon Drop KidThe Caddy |
| November | 30 | Earl Bellamy | 86 | US | Director | Munster, Go Home!Walking Tall Part 2 |
| December | 2 | Suzanne Cloutier | 80 | Canada | Actress, Producer | OthelloDoctor in the House |
| December | 3 | Ellen Drew | 88 | US | Actress | The Man from ColoradoThe Baron of Arizona |
| December | 3 | David Hemmings | 62 | UK | Actor | Blow-UpGladiator |
| December | 7 | Robert R. Benton | 79 | US | Set Decorator | Top GunWhite Men Can't Jump |
| December | 10 | Sean McClory | 79 | Ireland | Actor | Mary PoppinsThe Quiet Man |
| December | 14 | Jeanne Crain | 78 | US | Actress | State FairLeave Her to Heaven |
| December | 16 | Madlyn Rhue | 68 | US | Actress | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldA Majority of One |
| December | 17 | Alan Tilvern | 85 | UK | Actor | Who Framed Roger RabbitSuperman |
| December | 19 | Hope Lange | 72 | US | Actress | The Best of EverythingPeyton Place |
| December | 19 | Les Tremayne | 90 | UK | Actor | The War of the WorldsNorth by Northwest |
| December | 22 | Rose Hill | 89 | UK | Actress | A Shot in the DarkHouse of Whipcord |
| December | 27 | Alan Bates | 69 | UK | Actor | Women in LoveThe Fixer |
| December | 29 | Earl Hindman | 61 | US | Actor | Three Men and a BabySilverado |
| December | 29 | Bob Monkhouse | 75 | UK | Actor | Thunderbirds Are GoCarry On Sergeant |
| December | 30 | John Gregory Dunne | 71 | US | Screenwriter | A Star is BornUp Close and Personal |
| December | 30 | Anita Mui | 40 | Hong Kong | Actress, Singer | Rumble in the BronxDrunken Master II |
| December | 30 | Patricia Roc | 88 | UK | Actress | Canyon PassageThe Brothers |
| December | 31 | Peter Donen | 50 | US | Visual Effects Artist | L.A. ConfidentialThe Bourne Identity |
| December | 31 | Paula Raymond | 79 | US | Actress | CrisisThe Beast from 20,000 Fathoms |

## Film debuts

* Raúl Arévalo – With George Bush on My Mind
* Jonathan Bennett – Season of Youth
* P.J. Byrne – Bruce Almighty
* Rob Corddry – Old School
* Benedict Cumberbatch – To Kill a King
* Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick - The Paper Mache Chase
* Zac Efron – Melinda's World
* Matthew Goode – South from Granada
* Teresa Hurtado de Ory − Astronauts
* Josh Hutcherson – American Splendor
* Zoe Kazan – Swordswallowers and Thin Men
* Anna Kendrick – Camp
* George MacKay – Peter Pan
* Danny McBride – All the Real Girls
* Chris O'Dowd – Conspiracy of Silence
* Glen Powell – Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
* Chris Pratt – The Extreme Team
* Nikki Reed – Thirteen
* Rob Riggle – Pushing Tom
* Britt Robertson – The Ghost Club
* Verónica Sánchez – South from Granada
* María Valverde – The Weakness of the Bolshevik
* Mike Vogel – Grind
* Leigh Whannell – The Matrix Reloaded
* Kristen Wiig – Melvin Goes to Dinner