# 2011 in film

The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film, including the highest-grossing films, film festivals, award ceremonies and a list of films released and notable deaths. More film sequels were released in 2011 than any other year before it, with 27 sequels released.

## Evaluation of the year

Richard Brody of The New Yorker observed that the best films of 2011 "exalt the metaphysical, the fantastical, the transformative, the fourth-wall-breaking, or simply the impossible, and—remarkably—do so ... These films depart from 'reality' ... not in order to forget the irrefutable but in order to face it, to think about it, to act on it more freely". Film critic and filmmaker Scout Tafoya of RogerEbert.com considers the year of 2011 as the best year for cinema, countering the notion of 1939 being film's best year overall, citing examples such as Drive, The Tree of Life, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Keyhole, Contagion, The Adventures of Tintin, and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. He stated that "2011 housed not just some of the greatest art films of our age, but a revolution in the language of blockbuster filmmaking. One big-budget action film after another used digital cameras to show the world behind explosions in starker, stranger light, while constructing a backbone of classical ideas and images."

## Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2011 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 2011 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Warner Bros. | $1,341,511,219 |
| 2 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Paramount | $1,123,794,079 |
| 3 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Disney | $1,045,713,802 |
| 4 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | Summit | $712,205,856 |
| 5 | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | Paramount | $694,713,380 |
| 6 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Paramount | $665,692,281 |
| 7 | Fast Five | Universal | $626,137,675 |
| 8 | The Hangover Part II | Warner Bros. | $586,764,305 |
| 9 | The Smurfs | Sony | $563,749,323 |
| 10 | Cars 2 | Disney | $559,852,396 |

### Box office records

2011 was the first year to have three films cross the billion-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous year's record of two films and also the first time when at least 10 films grossed more than $500 million worldwide (in 11th and 12th place, Puss in Boots and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows also earned over $500 million making it twelve films to do so)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides grossed $1,045,713,802, becoming the second film in the franchise to have grossed over $1 billion, and the 37th-highest-grossing film of all time.
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 grossed $1,342,511,219, becoming the third-highest-grossing film of all time during its theatrical run, the highest-grossing film in the Harry Potter franchise, the highest grossing Warner Bros film and the highest grossing book adaptation and the highest of 2011 worldwide.
** In the US and Canada, it set single-day and opening-weekend records, with $91,071,119 and $169,189,427, respectively. In addition, the film set a worldwide opening-weekend record with $483,189,427.
* Transformers: Dark of the Moon grossed $1,123,794,079 and is currently the highest-grossing in the franchise. It also held the record as the highest-grossing film worldwide ever distributed only by Paramount for 11 years until it was surpassed by Top Gun: Maverick in 2022.
* Pirates of the Caribbean became the first franchise to have more than one film gross over $1 billion, with On Stranger Tides joining 2006's Dead Man's Chest.
** On Stranger Tides also became the fifth film of the decade to surpass the billion-dollar milestone, breaking the previous record of four films (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest in 2006, The Dark Knight in 2008, and Avatar in 2009) during the 2000s.
* The Shrek franchise became the first animated film series to gross more than $3 billion with the release of Puss in Boots.
* The Smurfs surpassed Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel as the highest-grossing live-action/animated film of all time with $563.7 million.

## Events

* 16th Empire Awards
* 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards
* 24th European Film Awards
* 31st Golden Raspberry Awards
* 68th Golden Globe Awards
* 64th British Academy Film Awards
* 68th Venice International Film Festival
* 83rd Academy Awards
* 57th Filmfare Awards
* 2011 MTV Movie Awards
* 2011 Sundance Film Festival

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 17th Critics' Choice Awards January 12, 2012 | 69th Golden Globe Awards January 15, 2012 | 69th Golden Globe Awards January 15, 2012 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 65th BAFTA Awards February 12, 2012 | 84th Academy Awards February 26, 2012 |
| Category/Organization | 17th Critics' Choice Awards January 12, 2012 | Drama | Musical or Comedy | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 65th BAFTA Awards February 12, 2012 | 84th Academy Awards February 26, 2012 |
| Best Film | The Artist | The Descendants | The Artist | The Artist | The Artist | The Artist |
| Best Director | Michel Hazanavicius The Artist | Martin Scorsese Hugo | Martin Scorsese Hugo | Michel Hazanavicius The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius The Artist |
| Best Actor | George Clooney The Descendants | George Clooney The Descendants | Jean Dujardin The Artist | Jean Dujardin The Artist | Jean Dujardin The Artist | Jean Dujardin The Artist |
| Best Actress | Viola Davis The Help | Meryl Streep The Iron Lady | Michelle Williams My Week with Marilyn | Viola Davis The Help | Meryl Streep The Iron Lady | Meryl Streep The Iron Lady |
| Best Supporting Actor | Christopher Plummer Beginners | Christopher Plummer Beginners | Christopher Plummer Beginners | Christopher Plummer Beginners | Christopher Plummer Beginners | Christopher Plummer Beginners |
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer The Help | Octavia Spencer The Help | Octavia Spencer The Help | Octavia Spencer The Help | Octavia Spencer The Help | Octavia Spencer The Help |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Moneyball | Woody Allen Midnight in Paris | Woody Allen Midnight in Paris | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash The Descendants | Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash The Descendants |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Woody Allen Midnight in Paris | Woody Allen Midnight in Paris | Woody Allen Midnight in Paris | Woody Allen Midnight in Paris | Michel Hazanavicius The Artist | Woody Allen Midnight in Paris |
| Best Animated Film | Rango | The Adventures of Tintin | The Adventures of Tintin | The Adventures of Tintin | Rango | Rango |
| Best Original Score | The Artist Ludovic Bource | The Artist Ludovic Bource | The Artist Ludovic Bource | — | The Artist Ludovic Bource | The Artist Ludovic Bource |
| Best Original Song | "Life's a Happy Song" The Muppets | "Masterpiece" W.E. | "Masterpiece" W.E. | — | — | "Man or Muppet" The Muppets |
| Best Foreign Language Film | A Separation | A Separation | A Separation | — | The Skin I Live In | A Separation |
| Best Documentary | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | — | — | Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | Senna | Undefeated |

## 2011 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 2011
* List of Argentine films of 2011
* List of Australian films of 2011
* List of Bangladeshi films of 2011
* List of Brazilian films of 2011
* List of British films of 2011
* List of Canadian films of 2011
* List of Chinese films of 2011
* List of French films of 2011
* List of Hong Kong films of 2011
* List of Italian films of 2011
* List of Indian films of 2011
** List of Assamese films
** List of Bengali films of 2011
** List of Bollywood films of 2011
** List of Gujarati films
** List of Kannada films of 2011
** List of Malayalam films of 2011
** List of Marathi films of 2011
** List of Odia films of 2011
** List of Punjabi films of 2011
** List of Tamil films of 2011
** List of Telugu films of 2011
** List of Tulu films
* List of Japanese films of 2011
* List of Mexican films of the 2010s
* List of Pakistani films of 2011
* List of Russian films of 2011
* List of South Korean films of 2011
* List of Spanish films of 2011
* List of Turkish films of 2011

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 2011
* List of animated feature films of 2011
* List of avant-garde films of 2011
* List of comedy films of 2011
* List of drama films of 2011
* List of horror films of 2011
* List of science fiction films of 2011
* List of thriller films of 2011
* List of western films of 2011

## Births

* February 5 - Luna Fulgencio, Spanish actress
* April 22 - Violet McGraw, American actress
* August 10 - Jeremy Maguire, American actor
* November 2 - Nell Fisher, American actress

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 2 | Anne Francis | 80 | US | Actress | Forbidden PlanetBlackboard Jungle |
| January | 2 | Pete Postlethwaite | 64 | UK | Actor | In the Name of the FatherDragonheart |
| January | 2 | Miriam Seegar | 103 | US | Actress | The Valley of GhostsWhat a Man |
| January | 2 | Patricia Smith | 80 | US | Actress | The Spirit of St. LouisMad City |
| January | 2 | Margot Stevenson | 98 | US | Actress | Smashing the Money RingCalling Philo Vance |
| January | 3 | Jill Haworth | 65 | UK | Actress | ExodusIn Harm's Way |
| January | 3 | Yosef Shiloach | 69 | Iran | Actor | The ContractRambo III |
| January | 9 | Peter Yates | 81 | UK | Director | BullittBreaking Away |
| January | 10 | John Dye | 47 | US | Actor | Campus ManBest of the Best |
| January | 11 | David Nelson | 74 | US | Actor | The Big CircusPeyton Place |
| January | 15 | Susannah York | 72 | UK | Actress | Tom JonesA Man for All Seasons |
| January | 16 | Paul Picerni | 88 | US | Actor | House of WaxBeyond the Poseidon Adventure |
| January | 16 | Juan Piquer Simón | 75 | Spain | Director | The Pod PeoplePieces |
| January | 20 | Bruce Gordon | 94 | US | Actor | Love HappyPiranha |
| January | 21 | Theoni V. Aldredge | 82 | Greece | Costume Designer | GhostbustersThe Great Gatsby |
| January | 24 | Bernd Eichinger | 61 | Germany | Producer, Screenwriter | The NeverEnding StoryResident Evil |
| January | 26 | María Mercader | 92 | Spain | Actress | Heart and SoulGiovannino |
| January | 26 | Mario Scaccia | 91 | Italy | Actor | Goodnight, Ladies and GentlemenBetween Miracles |
| January | 27 | Charlie Callas | 83 | US | Actor | Silent MoviePete's Dragon |
| January | 30 | John Barry | 77 | UK | Composer | Out of AfricaDances with Wolves |
| January | 31 | Michael Tolan | 86 | US | Actor | All That JazzThe Greatest Story Ever Told |
| February | 2 | Margaret John | 84 | UK | Actress | Run Fatboy RunHow Green Was My Valley |
| February | 3 | Maria Schneider | 58 | France | Actress | Last Tango in ParisThe Passenger |
| February | 4 | Fred Hole | 75 | UK | Art Director | Return of the JediMission: Impossible |
| February | 4 | Tura Satana | 72 | Japan | Actress | Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!Irma la Douce |
| February | 5 | Donald Peterman | 79 | US | Cinematographer | Men in BlackCocoon |
| February | 10 | Bill Justice | 97 | US | Animator | FantasiaBambi |
| February | 11 | Myrna Dell | 86 | US | Actress | Rose of the YukonFighting Father Dunne |
| February | 12 | Betty Garrett | 91 | US | Actress, Dancer, Singer | On the TownMy Sister Eileen |
| February | 12 | Kenneth Mars | 75 | US | Actor | The ProducersYoung Frankenstein |
| February | 13 | Larry Holden | 49 | US | Actor | Batman BeginsMemento |
| February | 13 | T. P. McKenna | 81 | Ireland | Actor | UlyssesStraw Dogs |
| February | 14 | David F. Friedman | 87 | US | Producer | Blood FeastLove Camp 7 |
| February | 16 | Alfred Burke | 92 | UK | Actor | Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsInterpol |
| February | 16 | Len Lesser | 88 | US | Actor | Kelly's HeroesThe Outlaw Josey Wales |
| February | 17 | Perry Moore | 39 | US | Producer, Director | The Chronicles of NarniaLake City |
| February | 18 | Walter Seltzer | 96 | US | Producer | Soylent GreenThe Omega Man |
| February | 20 | Raphaël Bretton | 91 | France | Set Decorator | Hello, Dolly!The Towering Inferno |
| February | 26 | Greg Goossen | 65 | US | Actor | UnforgivenThe Royal Tenenbaums |
| February | 27 | Gary Winick | 49 | US | Director, Producer | 13 Going on 30Charlotte's Web |
| February | 28 | Annie Girardot | 79 | France | Actress | The Piano TeacherDillinger Is Dead |
| February | 28 | Nick LaTour | 84 | US | Actor | Jingle All the WayDeep Cover |
| February | 28 | Jane Russell | 89 | US | Actress | The OutlawGentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| March | 4 | Charles Jarrott | 83 | UK | Director | Anne of the Thousand DaysLost Horizon |
| March | 11 | Hugh Martin | 96 | US | Composer | Meet Me in St. LouisAthena |
| March | 17 | Michael Gough | 94 | UK | Actor | BatmanHorrors of the Black Museum |
| March | 18 | Enzo Cannavale | 82 | Italy | Actor | Cinema ParadisoThe House of Smiles |
| March | 21 | Joe Wizan | 76 | US | Producer | Along Came a SpiderJeremiah Johnson |
| March | 22 | Helen Stenborg | 86 | US | Actress | EnchantedThe Bonfire of the Vanities |
| March | 23 | Elizabeth Taylor | 79 | UK | Actress | GiantWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| March | 27 | Farley Granger | 85 | US | Actor | RopeStrangers on a Train |
| April | 2 | Bill Varney | 77 | US | Sound Engineer | Raiders of the Lost ArkThe Empire Strikes Back |
| April | 3 | Kevin Jarre | 56 | US | Screenwriter | TombstoneGlory |
| April | 4 | Wayne Robson | 64 | Canada | Actor | AfflictionThe Incredible Hulk |
| April | 6 | Skip O'Brien | 60 | US | Actor | Liar LiarPrizzi's Honor |
| April | 9 | Sidney Lumet | 86 | US | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | 12 Angry MenDog Day Afternoon |
| April | 11 | Angela Scoular | 65 | UK | Actress | On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceCasino Royale |
| April | 14 | Trevor Bannister | 76 | UK | Actor | Are You Being Served?Captain Jack |
| April | 17 | Michael Sarrazin | 70 | Canada | Actor | They Shoot Horses, Don't They?The Gumball Rally |
| April | 23 | Terence Longdon | 88 | UK | Actor | Ben-HurHelen of Troy |
| April | 24 | Marie-France Pisier | 66 | France | Actress | Love at TwentyCousin Cousine |
| April | 28 | William Campbell | 87 | US | Actor | The High and the MightyDementia 13 |
| May | 3 | Jackie Cooper | 88 | US | Actor, Director | SupermanSkippy |
| May | 4 | Mary Murphy | 80 | US | Actress | The Wild OneThe Desperate Hours |
| May | 5 | Arthur Laurents | 93 | US | Screenwriter | RopeThe Turning Point |
| May | 5 | Dana Wynter | 79 | Germany | Actress | Invasion of the Body SnatchersAirport |
| May | 8 | Hilton Rosemarin | 58 | Canada | Set Decorator | Three Men and a BabyJumper |
| May | 9 | Dolores Fuller | 88 | US | Actress | Glen or GlendaJail Bait |
| May | 15 | Barbara Stuart | 76 | US | Actress | Airplane!Bachelor Party |
| May | 16 | Edward Hardwicke | 78 | UK | Actor | ElizabethOliver Twist |
| May | 20 | Randy Savage | 58 | US | Actor | Spider-ManBolt |
| May | 21 | David J. Hudson | 67 | US | Sound Engineer | Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeThe Lion King |
| May | 21 | Bill Hunter | 71 | Australia | Actor | GallipoliMuriel's Wedding |
| May | 22 | Joseph Brooks | 73 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Songwriter | If Ever I See You AgainYou Light Up My Life |
| May | 22 | Gimel Everett | 60 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | The Lawnmower ManVirtuosity |
| May | 27 | Jeff Conaway | 60 | US | Actor | GreaseThe Eagle Has Landed |
| May | 30 | Clarice Taylor | 93 | US | Actress | Play Misty for MeSommersby |
| June | 3 | James Arness | 88 | US | Actor | The Farmer's DaughterBig Jim McLain |
| June | 3 | Pat Jackson | 95 | UK | Director | Shadow on the WallEncore! |
| June | 3 | Miriam Karlin | 85 | UK | Actress | A Clockwork OrangeChildren of Men |
| June | 6 | John Boswall | 91 | UK | Actor | Nineteen Eighty-FourThree Men and a Little Lady |
| June | 7 | Jorge Semprún | 87 | Spain | Screenwriter | ZThe War Is Over |
| June | 7 | Leonard B. Stern | 87 | US | Screenwriter, Director | Africa ScreamsJust You and Me, Kid |
| June | 8 | John Mackenzie | 83 | UK | Director | The Long Good FridayRuby |
| June | 11 | Gunnar Fischer | 100 | Sweden | Cinematographer | Port of CallThirst |
| June | 12 | Laura Ziskin | 61 | US | Producer | Pretty WomanSpider-Man |
| June | 14 | Badi Uzzaman | 72 | India | Actor | Eastern PromisesAnother Year |
| June | 19 | Joel Simon | 60 | US | Producer | The MarineSee No Evil |
| June | 20 | Ryan Dunn | 34 | US | Actor | Jackass: The MovieBlonde Ambition |
| June | 22 | David Rayfiel | 87 | US | Screenwriter | Three Days of the CondorThe Firm |
| June | 23 | Peter Falk | 83 | US | Actor | The Princess BrideMurder by Death |
| June | 25 | Alice Playten | 63 | US | Actress | LegendHeavy Metal |
| June | 25 | Margaret Tyzack | 79 | UK | Actress | 2001: A Space OdysseyMatch Point |
| June | 26 | Edith Fellows | 88 | US | Actress | Pennies from HeavenAnd So They Were Married |
| June | 27 | Elaine Stewart | 81 | US | Actress | The Bad and the BeautifulBrigadoon |
| July | 1 | Leslie Brooks | 88 | US | Actress | Tonight and Every NightBlonde Ice |
| July | 3 | Anna Massey | 73 | UK | Actress | Peeping TomThe Importance of Being Earnest |
| July | 5 | Gordon Tootoosis | 69 | Canada | Actor | PocahontasLegends of the Fall |
| July | 8 | Roberts Blossom | 87 | US | Actor | Home AloneClose Encounters of the Third Kind |
| July | 15 | Googie Withers | 94 | UK | Actress | It Always Rains on SundayShine |
| July | 17 | David Ngoombujarra | 44 | Australia | Actor | Crocodile Dundee in Los AngelesNed Kelly |
| July | 19 | Sheila Burrell | 89 | UK | Actress | ParanoiacCold Comfort Farm |
| July | 22 | Tom Aldredge | 83 | US | Actor | Cold MountainIntolerable Cruelty |
| July | 22 | Linda Christian | 87 | Mexico | Actress | Tarzan and the MermaidsThe V.I.P.s |
| July | 24 | Tresa Hughes | 81 | US | Actress | FameDon Juan DeMarco |
| July | 24 | G. D. Spradlin | 90 | US | Actor | The Godfather Part IIApocalypse Now |
| July | 25 | Michael Cacoyannis | 89 | Greece | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | Zorba the GreekWindfall in Athens |
| July | 26 | Silvio Narizzano | 84 | Canada | Director | Georgy GirlLoot |
| July | 27 | Polly Platt | 72 | US | Producer, Screenwriter, Production Designer | Pretty BabyTerms of Endearment |
| August | 2 | Richard Pearson | 93 | UK | Actor | ScroogeOne of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing |
| August | 3 | Bubba Smith | 66 | US | Actor | Police AcademyBlack Moon Rising |
| August | 5 | Francesco Quinn | 48 | Italy | Actor | PlatoonTransformers: Dark of the Moon |
| August | 6 | John Wood | 81 | UK | Actor | WarGamesSabrina |
| August | 14 | Shammi Kapoor | 79 | India | Actor, Director | JungleeTumsa Nahin Dekha |
| August | 19 | Raúl Ruiz | 70 | Chile | Director | A Closed BookThe Golden Boat |
| August | 19 | Jimmy Sangster | 83 | UK | Screenwriter | The Curse of FrankensteinDracula |
| August | 23 | Sybil Jason | 83 | US | Actress | The Little PrincessThe Blue Bird |
| August | 23 | Michael Showers | 45 | US | Actor | TrafficMad Money |
| August | 24 | Frank DiLeo | 63 | US | Actor | GoodfellasWayne's World |
| August | 24 | Jack Hayes | 93 | US | Composer, Orchestrator | The Color PurpleStar Trek |
| August | 27 | Eve Brent | 82 | US | Actress | The Green MileGarfield |
| September | 10 | Cliff Robertson | 88 | US | Actor | CharlySpider-Man |
| September | 11 | Andy Whitfield | 39 | UK | Actor | GabrielThe Clinic |
| September | 13 | John Calley | 81 | US | Producer, Executive | Postcards from the EdgeThe Da Vinci Code |
| September | 13 | Jack Garner | 84 | US | Actor | My Fellow AmericansSunset |
| September | 15 | Frances Bay | 92 | Canada | Actress | Happy GilmoreBlue Velvet |
| September | 16 | Norma Eberhardt | 82 | US | Actress | Live Fast, Die YoungThe Return of Dracula |
| September | 19 | John Dunning | 84 | Canada | Producer | My Bloody ValentineMeatballs |
| September | 21 | Paulette Dubost | 100 | France | Actress | The Rules of the GameAdrien |
| September | 22 | Peter E. Berger | 67 | US | Film Editor | Fatal AttractionAlvin and the Chipmunks |
| September | 22 | Jonathan Cecil | 72 | UK | Actor | Barry LyndonHistory of the World, Part I |
| September | 26 | David Zelag Goodman | 81 | US | Screenwriter | Straw DogsLogan's Run |
| September | 26 | Jerry Haynes | 84 | US | Actor | RoboCopBoys Don't Cry |
| September | 27 | Fritz Manes | 79 | US | Producer | TightropeAny Which Way You Can |
| October | 2 | Peter Przygodda | 69 | Germany | Film Editor | Paris, TexasWings of Desire |
| October | 4 | Doris Belack | 85 | US | Actress | TootsieWhat About Bob? |
| October | 5 | Steve Jobs | 56 | US | Studio Executive | |
| October | 5 | Charles Napier | 75 | US | Actor | The Silence of the LambsRambo: First Blood Part II |
| October | 6 | Diane Cilento | 78 | Australia | Actress | The Wicker ManHombre |
| October | 7 | George Baker | 80 | UK | Actor | Goodbye, Mr. ChipsOn Her Majesty's Secret Service |
| October | 8 | David Hess | 75 | US | Actor | The Last House on the LeftSwamp Thing |
| October | 10 | Ray Aghayan | 83 | US | Costume Designer | Lady Sings the BluesFunny Lady |
| October | 10 | Alan Fudge | 67 | US | Actor | Edward ScissorhandsThe Natural |
| October | 13 | Sheila Allen | 78 | UK | Actress | Love ActuallyHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
| October | 13 | Barbara Kent | 103 | Canada | Actress | Flesh and the DevilOliver Twist |
| October | 18 | Norman Corwin | 101 | US | Screenwriter | Lust for LifeThe Blue Veil |
| October | 20 | Sue Lloyd | 72 | UK | Actress | The Ipcress FileRevenge of the Pink Panther |
| October | 31 | Gilbert Cates | 77 | US | Director, Producer | Summer Wishes, Winter DreamsI Never Sang for My Father |
| November | 2 | Sid Melton | 94 | US | Actor | Knock on Any DoorLost Continent |
| November | 2 | Leonard Stone | 87 | US | Actor | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactorySoylent Green |
| November | 3 | Rosángela Balbó | 70 | Italy | Actress | The Incredible InvasionThe Hypocrites |
| November | 3 | Bruno Rubeo | 65 | Italy | Production Designer | Driving Miss DaisyThe Thomas Crown Affair |
| November | 4 | Theadora Van Runkle | 83 | US | Costume Designer | Bonnie and ClydeThe Godfather Part II |
| November | 6 | Margaret Field | 89 | US | Actress | The Man from Planet XCaptive Women |
| November | 6 | Hal Kanter | 92 | US | Screenwriter, Director | Artists and ModelsBlue Hawaii |
| November | 8 | Gene Cantamessa | 80 | US | Sound Engineer | E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialSpace Jam |
| November | 8 | Heavy D | 44 | US | Rapper, Actor | The Cider House RulesStep Up |
| November | 15 | Dulcie Gray | 95 | UK | Actress | The Glass MountainWanted for Murder |
| November | 15 | Karl Slover | 93 | US | Actor | The Wizard of OzThe Terror of Tiny Town |
| November | 16 | Maureen Swanson | 78 | UK | Actress | Knights of the Round TableUp in the World |
| November | 19 | Russell Garcia | 95 | US | Composer | The Time MachineAtlantis, the Lost Continent |
| November | 19 | John Neville | 86 | UK | Actor | The Adventures of Baron MunchausenThe X-Files |
| November | 20 | Dorothy Morris | 89 | US | Actress | Cry "Havoc"The Human Comedy |
| November | 21 | Syd Cain | 93 | UK | Production Designer | Live and Let DieFahrenheit 451 |
| November | 27 | Ken Russell | 84 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | TommyWomen in Love |
| November | 28 | Vittorio De Seta | 88 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | Bandits of OrgosoloHalf a Man |
| November | 28 | Patrice O'Neal | 41 | US | Comedian, Actor | 25th HourFurry Vengeance |
| December | 1 | Bill McKinney | 80 | US | Actor | DeliveranceFirst Blood |
| December | 3 | Dev Anand | 88 | India | Actor, Director, Producer | GuideHare Rama Hare Krishna |
| December | 4 | Marion Dougherty | 88 | US | Casting Director | Lethal WeaponBatman |
| December | 6 | Giancarlo Badessi | 83 | Italy | Actor | Salon KittySquadra antitruffa |
| December | 7 | Harry Morgan | 96 | US | Actor | Inherit the WindDragnet |
| December | 8 | Đơn Dương | 54 | Vietnam | Actor | We Were SoldiersGreen Dragon |
| December | 11 | Harold Hopkins | 67 | Australia | Actor | Don's PartyGallipoli |
| December | 12 | Bert Schneider | 78 | US | Producer | Easy RiderThe Last Picture Show |
| December | 14 | Don Sharp | 67 | Australia | Director | The Thirty Nine StepsPsychomania |
| December | 16 | Robert Easton | 81 | US | Actor, Dialogue Coach | Working GirlGods and Generals |
| December | 16 | Nicol Williamson | 73 | UK | Actor | The Wilby ConspiracyThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution |
| December | 18 | Doe Avedon | 86 | US | Actress | The High and the MightyThe Boss |
| December | 20 | Yoshimitsu Morita | 61 | Japan | Director | The Family GameSorekara |
| December | 22 | William Duell | 88 | US | Actor | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestIn & Out |
| December | 23 | Denise Darcel | 87 | US | Actress | Vera CruzWestward the Women |
| December | 26 | Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. | 71 | Mexico | Actor | Licence to KillAmistad |
| December | 27 | Betty Jane Rhodes | 90 | US | Actress, Singer | Sweater GirlThe Fleet's In |

## Film debuts

* Christopher Abbott – Martha Marcy May Marlene
* Odessa A'zion – Conception
* Ser'Darius Blain – Footloose
* Luke Bracey – Monte Carlo
* Yura Borisov – Elena
* John Boyega – Attack the Block
* Sam Claflin – Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
* John Dagleish – Age of Heroes
* Chino Darín – Offside
* Elizabeth Debicki – A Few Best Men
* Zoey Deutch – Mayor Cupcake
* Kaitlyn Dever – Bad Teacher
* Michelle Dockery – Hanna
* Adam Driver – J. Edgar
* Victoire Du Bois – Calm at Sea
* Taissa Farmiga – Higher Ground
* Claire Foy – Season of the Witch
* Michael Gandolfini – Down the Shore
* Julia Garner – Martha Marcy May Marlene
* Jeremy Irvine – War Horse
* Lorenza Izzo – Qué pena tu boda
* Sam Keeley – The Other Side of Sleep
* Jack Kesy – Yelling to the Sky
* Barry Keoghan – Between the Canals
* Eva Llorach – Diamond Flash
* Mike Manning - The Brothers Sinclair
* Ana Mena – The Skin I Live In
* Jason Mitchell – Texas Killing Fields
* Kathryn Newton – Bad Teacher
* Dylan O'Brien – High Road
* Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
* Iwan Rheon – Resistance
* Alexandra Roach – The Iron Lady
* Tye Sheridan – The Tree of Life
* Jenny Slate – Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
* Amandla Stenberg – Colombiana
* Alfie Stewart – The Great Ghost Rescue
* Austin Stowell – Puncture
* Adam David Thompson – Martha Marcy May Marlene
* Marine Vacth – My Piece of the Pie
* Anamaria Vartolomei – My Little Princess
* Tashiana Washington – Gun Hill Road
* Letitia Wright – Victim