# 2010 in film

In 2010, there was a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, and numerous other titles being released in 3D formats. 20th Century Fox and Republic Pictures celebrated their 75th anniversaries.

## Evaluation of the year

In his article highlighting the best movies of 2010, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said:
   "At times it feels as if we’re living in something of a cinematic golden age, but one that’s altogether different from earlier halcyon days. Where some celebrate the former genius of the system to explain an earlier day’s proliferation of fine movies, now the system is something of a blunderer that often flings itself into follies or even crushes inspiration under its weight, but sometimes gets carried away, for reasons good or bad, and hands surprising control of vast resources over to artists who make stunningly audacious and personal use of them. The best filmmakers working in Hollywood have a passionate grasp of the cinematic past, but they don’t swoon over its polish or emulate its styles, they excavate it for its raw materials. There’s also a ferment here of independent filmmaking that liberates young people who, in earlier times, might have had to scuffle or supplicate for years while angling for a practical chance that now, with video, and with adequate effort, they can seize for themselves. Some of these independents have developed distinctive methods as well as aesthetics—regarding subject matter, picture, and performance—that are apt for the means of production. They make their lives, their homes, their families, their problems, and even their art the focus of their movies, and because, in their individuality, they share much with others in their generation, their stories, at their best—reflecting the age-old clashes and strivings of talented and ambitious youths in life, love, and art—reverberate deeply and widely. Meanwhile, the proliferation of arthouse cinemas and the sudden availability of classics on DVD and via Netflix go hand in hand with the rise of their art: their fierce focus on the immediate and the intimate includes the intensely personal experience of movies—whether treasures from the history of cinema or instant classics newly arrived from around the world. And, thanks to the Internet’s rapidity of ripple-effects that carry word from bloggers and enthusiasts to the world at large, the independent aesthetic and its artists have quickly had an impact on the Hollywood mainstream, in salutary ways."

## Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2010 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 2010 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Toy Story 3 | Disney | $1,066,969,703 |
| 2 | Alice in Wonderland | Disney | $1,025,467,110 |
| 3 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Warner Bros. | $960,897,696 |
| 4 | Inception | Warner Bros. | $828,258,695 |
| 5 | Shrek Forever After | Paramount | $752,600,867 |
| 6 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Summit | $698,491,347 |
| 7 | Iron Man 2 | Paramount | $623,933,331 |
| 8 | Tangled | Disney | $592,461,732 |
| 9 | Despicable Me | Universal | $543,113,985 |
| 10 | How to Train Your Dragon | Paramount | $494,878,759 |
* ↑ Excludes grosses from subsequent re-releases.

### Box office records

* 2010 was the first year to have two films cross the billion-dollar milestone.
** Toy Story 3 was the first animated film to gross $1 billion, and is currently the tenth highest-grossing animated film ever worldwide. This is also the first time that five animated films have been present in the Top 10 highest-grossing films of the year; two of them are in the Top 5.
** Toy Story 3 surpassed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) as the highest-grossing film ever distributed by Disney. It was later surpassed by The Avengers in 2012.
* The year saw four films debut with more than $100 million, breaking the opening record of 2007 with three releases, and 2004 with two.

## Events
### January

    17 – The 67th Golden Globe Awards winners were announced.
    21 – The nominations of the 63rd BAFTA Awards were announced.
    23 – The 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards winners were announced.

### February

    1 – The nominations of the 30th Golden Raspberry Awards were announced.
    2 – The nominations of the 82nd Academy Awards were announced.
    11 to 21 – The 60th Berlin International Film Festival was held.
    21 – The 64th BAFTA Awards winners were announced

### March

    6 – The 30th Golden Raspberry Awards winners were announced.
    7 – The 82nd Academy Awards winners were announced.
    28 – The 15th Empire Awards winners were announced.

### May

    12 to 23 – The 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival was held.

### June

    6 – The 2010 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced.

### July

    22 to August 1 – The 10th Era New Horizons Film Festival was held.

### September

    1 to 11 – The 67th annual Venice Film Festival was held.
    9 to 19 – The 35th annual Toronto Film Festival was held.

### October

    8 to 17 – The 26th Warsaw International Film Festival was held.
    20 to 24 – The 1st American Film Festival was held in Wrocław.

### November

    26 to 28 – The 4th Dawn Breakers International Film Festival was held.
    26 to December 5 – The 12th Jakarta International Film Festival was held.

### December

    4 – The 23rd European Film Awards was held.
    11 – The 52nd Australian Film Institute Awards winners were announced.

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 16th Critics' Choice Awards January 14, 2011 | 68th Golden Globe Awards January 16, 2011 | 68th Golden Globe Awards January 16, 2011 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 64th BAFTA Awards February 13, 2011 | 83rd Academy Awards February 27, 2011 |
| Category/Organization | 16th Critics' Choice Awards January 14, 2011 | Drama | Musical or Comedy | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 64th BAFTA Awards February 13, 2011 | 83rd Academy Awards February 27, 2011 |
| Best Film | The Social Network | The Social Network | The Kids Are All Right | The King's Speech | The King's Speech | The King's Speech |
| Best Director | David Fincher The Social Network | David Fincher The Social Network | David Fincher The Social Network | Tom Hooper The King's Speech | David Fincher The Social Network | Tom Hooper The King's Speech |
| Best Actor | Colin Firth The King's Speech | Colin Firth The King's Speech | Paul Giamatti Barney's Version | Colin Firth The King's Speech | Colin Firth The King's Speech | Colin Firth The King's Speech |
| Best Actress | Natalie Portman Black Swan | Natalie Portman Black Swan | Annette Bening The Kids Are All Right | Natalie Portman Black Swan | Natalie Portman Black Swan | Natalie Portman Black Swan |
| Best Supporting Actor | Christian Bale The Fighter | Christian Bale The Fighter | Christian Bale The Fighter | Christian Bale The Fighter | Geoffrey Rush The King's Speech | Christian Bale The Fighter |
| Best Supporting Actress | Melissa Leo The Fighter | Melissa Leo The Fighter | Melissa Leo The Fighter | Melissa Leo The Fighter | Helena Bonham Carter The King's Speech | Melissa Leo The Fighter |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Aaron Sorkin The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin The Social Network |
| Best Screenplay, Original | David Seidler The King's Speech | Aaron Sorkin The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin The Social Network | Christopher Nolan Inception | David Seidler The King's Speech | David Seidler The King's Speech |
| Best Animated Film | Toy Story 3 | Toy Story 3 | Toy Story 3 | Toy Story 3 | Toy Story 3 | Toy Story 3 |
| Best Original Score | The Social Network Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | The Social Network Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | The Social Network Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | N/A | The King's Speech Alexandre Desplat | The Social Network Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
| Best Original Song | "If I Rise" 127 Hours | "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" Burlesque | "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" Burlesque | N/A | N/A | "We Belong Together" Toy Story 3 |
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | In a Better World | In a Better World | N/A | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | In a Better World |
| Best Documentary | Waiting for "Superman" | — | — | Waiting for "Superman" | — | Inside Job |

## 2010 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 2010
* List of Argentine films of 2010
* List of Australian films of 2010
* List of Bangladeshi films of 2010
* List of Brazilian films of 2010
* List of British films of 2010
* List of Canadian films of 2010
* List of Chinese films of 2010
* List of Egyptian films of 2010
* List of French films of 2010
* List of Hong Kong films of 2010
* List of Italian films of 2010
* List of Indian films of 2010
** List of Assamese films
** List of Bengali films of 2010
** List of Hindi films of 2010
** List of Gujarati films
** List of Kannada films of 2010
** List of Malayalam films of 2010
** List of Marathi films of 2010
** List of Odia films of 2010
** List of Punjabi films of 2010
** List of Tamil films of 2010
** List of Telugu films of 2010
** List of Tulu films
* List of Japanese films of 2010
* List of Lebanese films
* List of Mexican films of 2010
* List of Pakistani films of 2010
* List of Swedish films of the 2000s
* List of South Korean films of 2010
* List of Spanish films of 2010
* List of Turkish films of 2010

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 2010
* List of animated feature films of 2010
* List of avant-garde films of 2010
* List of comedy films of 2010
* List of drama films of 2010
* List of horror films of 2010
* List of science fiction films of 2010
* List of thriller films of 2010
* List of western films of 2010

## Births

* March 10 - Ryan Kiera Armstrong, American actress
* April 7 - Alyla Browne, Australian actress
* May 4 - Brooklynn Prince, American actress and director
* June 25 - Shrinivas Pokale, Indian actor
* July 12 - Federico Ielapi, Italian actor
* August 1 - Jude Hill, Northern Irish actor
* October 18 - Andrey Andreev, Russian actor

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 4 | Donal Donnelly | 78 | Ireland | Actor | The Godfather: Part IIIWaterloo |
| January | 8 | Piero De Bernardi | 83 | Italy | Screenwriter | Once Upon a Time in AmericaAlfredo, Alfredo |
| January | 11 | Éric Rohmer | 89 | France | Director | La CollectionneuseMy Night at Maud's |
| January | 14 | Mark Jones | 70 | UK | Actor | Under Milk WoodThe Empire Strikes Back |
| January | 17 | Erich Segal | 72 | US | Screenwriter | Love StoryYellow Submarine |
| January | 21 | L.A. Johnson | 62 | US | Producer, Sound Engineer | CSNY/Déjà VuWoodstock |
| January | 22 | James Mitchell | 82 | US | Actor | Colorado TerritoryThe Band Wagon |
| January | 22 | Johnny Seven | 83 | US | Actor | The ApartmentThe Love God? |
| January | 22 | Jean Simmons | 80 | UK | Actress | SpartacusElmer Gantry |
| January | 24 | Pernell Roberts | 81 | US | Actor | The Magic of LassieRide Lonesome |
| January | 26 | Anne Froelick | 96 | US | Screenwriter | Harriet CraigEasy Come, Easy Go |
| January | 27 | Betty Lou Keim | 71 | US | Actress | These Wilder YearsSome Came Running |
| January | 27 | Zelda Rubinstein | 76 | US | Actress | PoltergeistSixteen Candles |
| January | 31 | Giulio Petroni | 92 | Italy | Director | Death Rides a HorseTepepa |
| February | 1 | David Brown | 93 | US | Producer | JawsThe Sting |
| February | 1 | Justin Mentell | 27 | US | Actor | G-ForcePalo Alto |
| February | 3 | John McCallum | 91 | Australia | Producer, Actor, Screenwriter | The Magic BoxIt Always Rains on Sunday |
| February | 3 | Frances Reid | 95 | US | Actress | The Andromeda StrainThe Wrong Man |
| February | 3 | Georges Wilson | 88 | France | Actor | Les HussardsThe Long Absence |
| February | 5 | Ian Carmichael | 89 | UK | Actor | I'm All Right JackPrivate's Progress |
| February | 13 | Max Faulkner | 78-79 | UK | Stuntman, Actor | WillowNightbreed |
| February | 13 | Gareth Wigan | 78 | UK | Producer, Executive | American FlyersRunning Scared |
| February | 16 | John Davis Chandler | 75 | US | Actor | The Outlaw Josey WalesAdventures in Babysitting |
| February | 17 | Kathryn Grayson | 88 | US | Actress | Show BoatAnchors Aweigh |
| February | 19 | Lionel Jeffries | 83 | UK | Actor, Director | CamelotThe Wrong Arm of the Law |
| February | 22 | Robin Davies | 56 | UK | Actor | Shakespeare in LoveThe Blood on Satan's Claw |
| February | 23 | Derek Vanlint | 77 | Canada | Cinematographer | AlienDragonslayer |
| February | 26 | Richard Devon | 84 | US | Actor | Magnum ForceThe Seventh Sign |
| February | 28 | Martin Benson | 91 | UK | Actor | The OmenCleopatra |
| March | 4 | Nan Martin | 82 | US | Actress | Goodbye, ColumbusThe Other Side of the Mountain |
| March | 5 | Charles B. Pierce | 71 | US | Director, Screenwriter | Sudden ImpactThe Legend of Boggy Creek |
| March | 6 | Carol Marsh | 83 | UK | Actress | Brighton RockHelter Skelter |
| March | 8 | Tony Imi | 72 | UK | Cinematographer | Enemy MineNight Crossing |
| March | 10 | Corey Haim | 38 | Canada | Actor | License to DriveThe Lost Boys |
| March | 11 | Don Guidice | 77 | US | Film Editor | Three Days of the CondorThe Yakuza |
| March | 11 | Merlin Olsen | 69 | US | Actor | The UndefeatedMitchell |
| March | 14 | Peter Graves | 83 | US | Actor | Airplane!Stalag 17 |
| March | 15 | David J. Steinberg | 45 | US | Actor | WillowEpic Movie |
| March | 18 | Fess Parker | 85 | US | Actor | Old YellerThe Great Locomotive Chase |
| March | 24 | Robert Culp | 79 | US | Actor | Sunday in New YorkBob & Carol & Ted & Alice |
| March | 28 | June Havoc | 97 | US | Actress | Gentleman's AgreementHello, Frisco, Hello |
| March | 30 | Mario Garbuglia | 82 | Italy | Production Designer | BarbarellaWaterloo |
| March | 31 | Shirley Mills | 83 | US | Actress | Child BrideThe Under-Pup |
| April | 1 | John Forsythe | 92 | US | Actor | In Cold BloodThe Trouble with Harry |
| April | 4 | Lori Martin | 62 | US | Actress | Cape FearThe Chase |
| April | 6 | Sam Menning | 85 | US | Actor | The PrestigeThe Butcher's Wife |
| April | 6 | Corin Redgrave | 70 | UK | Actor | In the Name of the FatherFour Weddings and a Funeral |
| April | 8 | James Aubrey | 62 | Austria | Actor | Lord of the FliesSpy Game |
| April | 8 | Christopher Cazenove | 65 | UK | Actor | Three Men and a Little LadyZulu Dawn |
| April | 10 | Dixie Carter | 70 | US | Actress | That Evening SunGoing Berserk |
| April | 16 | Sid Conrad | 86 | US | Actor | The Glimmer ManCaddyshack II |
| April | 17 | Dede Allen | 86 | US | Film Editor | Dog Day AfternoonBonnie and Clyde |
| April | 18 | Michael Adams | 60 | US | Stuntman, Actor | CommandoUnder Siege |
| April | 23 | Shay Duffin | 79 | Ireland | Actor | SeabiscuitThe Departed |
| April | 25 | Dorothy Provine | 75 | US | Actress | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldThat Darn Cat! |
| April | 28 | Furio Scarpelli | 90 | Italy | Screenwriter | The Good, the Bad and the UglyIl postino |
| May | 1 | Danny Aiello III | 53 | US | Stuntman | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindCatch Me If You Can |
| May | 2 | Lynn Redgrave | 67 | UK | Actress | Georgy GirlGods and Monsters |
| May | 7 | Adele Mara | 87 | US | Actress | You Were Never LovelierSands of Iwo Jima |
| May | 9 | Lena Horne | 92 | US | Actress, Singer | The WizCabin in the Sky |
| May | 11 | Doris Eaton | 106 | US | Actress | Tell Your ChildrenThe Very Idea |
| May | 26 | Art Linkletter | 97 | Canada | Actor | Champagne for CaesarPeople Are Funny |
| May | 28 | Eddie Barth | 78 | US | Actor | FameThe Amityville Horror |
| May | 28 | Gary Coleman | 42 | US | Actor | On the Right TrackJimmy the Kid |
| May | 29 | Dennis Hopper | 74 | US | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | Easy RiderSpeed |
| May | 30 | Joan Rhodes | 90 | UK | Actress, Stuntwoman | The Elephant ManThe Pink Panther Strikes Again |
| May | 31 | William A. Fraker | 86 | US | Cinematographer, Director | BullittRosemary's Baby |
| June | 1 | George Martin | 80 | US | Actor | Dead Poets SocietyOne Fine Day |
| June | 1 | Joseph Strick | 86 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | UlyssesInterviews with My Lai Veterans |
| June | 3 | Rue McClanahan | 76 | US | Actress | They Might Be GiantsOut to Sea |
| June | 5 | Steven Reuther | 58 | US | Producer | Pretty WomanFace/Off |
| June | 6 | Robert B. Radnitz | 85 | US | Producer | My Side of the MountainSounder |
| June | 7 | Eric Mason | 83 | UK | Actor | North Sea HijackThe Calcium Kid |
| June | 8 | Andreas Voutsinas | 79 | Sudan | Actor | The ProducersThe Twelve Chairs |
| June | 13 | Jimmy Dean | 81 | US | Singer, Actor | Diamonds Are ForeverBig Bad John |
| June | 15 | Bekim Fehmiu | 74 | Yugoslavia | Actor | The AdventurersBlack Sunday |
| June | 16 | Ronald Neame | 99 | UK | Director, Cinematographer | ScroogeThe Poseidon Adventure |
| June | 17 | Elżbieta Czyżewska | 72 | Poland | Actress | The Saragossa ManuscriptMusic Box |
| June | 19 | Vince O'Brien | 90 | US | Actor | Annie HallQuiz Show |
| June | 19 | Ursula Thiess | 86 | Germany | Actress | The AmericanoMonsoon |
| June | 22 | Tracy Wright | 50 | Canada | Actress | Monkey WarfareSuperstar |
| June | 23 | Allyn Ferguson | 85 | US | Composer | Back to the Secret GardenLittle Lord Fauntleroy |
| June | 23 | Frank Giering | 38 | Germany | Actor | Funny GamesBaader |
| June | 27 | Corey Allen | 75 | US | Actor, Director | Rebel Without a CauseSweet Bird of Youth |
| June | 27 | Aldo Giuffrè | 86 | Italy | Actor | The Good, the Bad and the UglyYesterday, Today and Tomorrow |
| June | 30 | Elliott Kastner | 80 | US | Producer | Where Eagles DareThe Long Goodbye |
| July | 1 | Geoffrey Hutchings | 71 | UK | Actor | You Will Meet a Tall Dark StrangerHenry V |
| July | 1 | Ilene Woods | 81 | US | Actress, Singer | CinderellaOn Stage Everybody |
| July | 2 | Laurent Terzieff | 75 | France | Actor | The Milky WayKapò |
| July | 8 | David Blewitt | 81 | US | Film Editor | GhostbustersThat's Entertainment! |
| July | 9 | Vonetta McGee | 65 | US | Actress | BlaculaThe Eiger Sanction |
| July | 10 | Aldo Sambrell | 79 | Spain | Actor | For a Few Dollars More100 Rifles |
| July | 12 | Luigi Scattini | 83 | Italy | Director | War Italian StylePrimitive Love |
| July | 13 | Alan Hume | 85 | UK | Cinematographer | Return of the JediA Fish Called Wanda |
| July | 15 | Kip King | 72 | US | Actor | A Night at the RoxburyWestworld |
| July | 16 | James Gammon | 70 | US | Actor | Urban CowboyMajor League |
| July | 26 | Antonio Gamero | 76 | Spain | Actor | PoachersThe Enchanted Forest |
| July | 27 | Maury Chaykin | 61 | US | Actor | EntrapmentCutthroat Island |
| July | 31 | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | 96 | Italy | Screenwriter | Casanova 70The Leopard |
| July | 31 | Tom Mankiewicz | 69 | US | Screenwriter, Director | Diamonds Are ForeverSuperman |
| August | 1 | Robert F. Boyle | 100 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | SaboteurNorth by Northwest |
| August | 7 | Bruno Cremer | 75 | France | Actor | Is Paris Burning?Sorcerer |
| August | 8 | Patricia Neal | 84 | US | Actress | The FountainheadHud |
| August | 9 | George DiCenzo | 70 | US | Actor | Back to the FutureClose Encounters of the Third Kind |
| August | 10 | David L. Wolper | 82 | US | Documentarian, Producer | The Race for SpaceL.A. Confidential |
| August | 11 | Bruno Schleinstein | 78 | Germany | Actor | The Enigma of Kaspar HauserStroszek |
| August | 14 | Abbey Lincoln | 80 | US | Actress, Singer | For Love of IvyNothing But a Man |
| August | 20 | Tiberio Murgia | 81 | Italy | Actor | Big Deal on Madonna StreetThree Nights of Love |
| August | 24 | Satoshi Kon | 46 | Japan | Director | Perfect BlueMillennium Actress |
| August | 29 | James Deuter | 71 | US | Actor | PaybackThe Hudsucker Proxy |
| August | 30 | Alain Corneau | 67 | France | Director, Screenwriter | Tous les Matins du MondeLe cousin |
| September | 1 | Cammie King | 76 | US | Actress | Gone with the WindBambi |
| September | 2 | Michael Dennison | 58 | US | Costume Designer | The Chronicles of RiddickEat Pray Love |
| September | 3 | Robert Schimmel | 60 | US | Actor, Comedian | BlankmanA Low Down Dirty Shame |
| September | 7 | Clive Donner | 84 | UK | Director, Film Editor | What's New Pussycat?Nothing But the Best |
| September | 7 | Glenn Shadix | 58 | US | Actor | BeetlejuicePlanet of the Apes |
| September | 9 | Geoffrey Foot | 95 | UK | Film Editor | The Legend of Hell HouseThe Watcher in the Woods |
| September | 11 | Harold Gould | 86 | US | Actor | The StingPatch Adams |
| September | 11 | Kevin McCarthy | 96 | US | Actor | Invasion of the Body SnatchersTwilight Zone: The Movie |
| September | 12 | Claude Chabrol | 80 | France | Director | Madame BovaryStory of Women |
| September | 14 | Caterina Boratto | 95 | Italy | Actress | Juliet of the SpiritsThe Peddler and the Lady |
| September | 14 | Nicholas Selby | 85 | UK | Actor | The Madness of King GeorgeMacbeth |
| September | 15 | Frank Jarvis | 69 | UK | Actor | The Italian JobA Bridge Too Far |
| September | 19 | Irving Ravetch | 89 | US | Screenwriter | The Long, Hot SummerNorma Rae |
| September | 21 | Grace Bradley | 97 | US | Actress | Anything GoesF-Man |
| September | 21 | John Crawford | 90 | US | Actor | Night MovesThe Enforcer |
| September | 22 | Jackie Burroughs | 71 | Canada | Actress | The Grey FoxA Winter Tan |
| September | 22 | Eddie Fisher | 82 | US | Actor, Singer | Bundle of JoyBUtterfield 8 |
| September | 22 | Bridget O'Connor | 49 | UK | Screenwriter | Tinker Tailor Soldier SpySixty Six |
| September | 26 | Gloria Stuart | 100 | US | Actress | TitanicThe Invisible Man |
| September | 27 | Pierre Guffroy | 84 | France | Production Designer | TessIs Paris Burning? |
| September | 28 | Sally Menke | 56 | US | Film Editor | Pulp FictionKill Bill |
| September | 28 | Arthur Penn | 88 | US | Director, Producer | Bonnie and ClydeThe Miracle Worker |
| September | 29 | Andy Albeck | 89 | US | Studio Executive | |
| September | 29 | Tony Curtis | 85 | US | Actor | Sweet Smell of SuccessSome Like It Hot |
| September | 29 | Joe Mantell | 94 | US | Actor | MartyChinatown |
| October | 1 | Marshall Flaum | 85 | US | Documentarian | The Yanks Are ComingLet My People Go: The Story of Israel |
| October | 4 | Norman Wisdom | 95 | UK | Actor, Comedian | Trouble in StoreThe Square Peg |
| October | 5 | Roy Ward Baker | 93 | UK | Director | A Night to RememberQuatermass and the Pit |
| October | 10 | John Graysmark | 75 | UK | Production Designer | Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesCourage Under Fire |
| October | 12 | Angelo Infanti | 71 | Italy | Actor | The GodfatherLetters to Juliet |
| October | 14 | Simon MacCorkindale | 58 | UK | Actor | Death on the NileThe Riddle of the Sands |
| October | 14 | James Mitchell | 80 | US | Film Editor | 2010: The Year We Make ContactCapricorn One |
| October | 15 | Dorothy Ford | 88 | US | Actress | 3 GodfathersLove Laughs at Andy Hardy |
| October | 15 | Johnny Sheffield | 79 | US | Actor | Tarzan Finds a Son!Bomba, the Jungle Boy |
| October | 16 | Barbara Billingsley | 94 | US | Actress | The Bad and the BeautifulAirplane! |
| October | 16 | Chao-Li Chi | 83 | China | Actor | Big Trouble in Little ChinaWedding Crashers |
| October | 19 | Tom Bosley | 83 | US | Actor | Love with the Proper StrangerThe World of Henry Orient |
| October | 19 | Graham Crowden | 87 | UK | Actor | Out of AfricaFor Your Eyes Only |
| October | 20 | Robert Paynter | 82 | UK | Cinematographer | Trading PlacesSuperman II |
| October | 24 | Lamont Johnson | 88 | US | Director | The Last American HeroOne on One |
| October | 25 | Lisa Blount | 53 | US | Actress, Producer | An Officer and a GentlemanThe Accountant |
| October | 28 | Robert Ellenstein | 87 | US | Actor | North by NorthwestStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home |
| October | 28 | James MacArthur | 72 | US | Actor | The Young StrangerSwiss Family Robinson |
| October | 29 | Mervyn Haisman | 82 | UK | Screenwriter | Curse of the Crimson AltarJane and the Lost City |
| October | 29 | George Hickenlooper | 47 | US | Director, Producer | Casino JackHearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse |
| November | 1 | Monica Johnson | 64 | US | Screenwriter | Modern RomanceLost in America |
| November | 4 | Michelle Nicastro | 50 | US | Singer, Actress | The Swan PrincessWhen Harry Met Sally... |
| November | 5 | Jill Clayburgh | 66 | US | Actress | An Unmarried WomanSilver Streak |
| November | 8 | Addison Powell | 89 | US | Actor | Three Days of the CondorThe Thomas Crown Affair |
| November | 10 | Dino De Laurentiis | 91 | Italy | Producer | Bitter RiceLa Strada |
| November | 11 | Marie Osborne | 99 | US | Costumer, Actress | The Godfather Part IIAround the World in 80 Days |
| November | 11 | Simone Valère | 87 | France | Actress | Beauty and the DevilThe Assassination of Trotsky |
| November | 13 | Luis García Berlanga | 89 | Spain | Director | Welcome Mr. Marshall!The Executioners |
| November | 13 | Simon Holland | 70 | UK | Production Designer | The Emerald ForestNuns on the Run |
| November | 15 | Moira Deady | 88 | Ireland | Actress | This Is My FatherAngela's Ashes |
| November | 20 | Heinz Weiss | 89 | Germany | Actor | The Great EscapeTread Softly |
| November | 23 | Joyce Howard | 88 | UK | Actress | They Met in the DarkThe Night Has Eyes |
| November | 23 | Ingrid Pitt | 73 | Poland | Actress | The Vampire LoversWhere Eagles Dare |
| November | 27 | Irvin Kershner | 87 | US | Director | The Empire Strikes BackRoboCop 2 |
| November | 28 | Giorgos Fountas | 86 | Greece | Actor | StellaNever on Sunday |
| November | 28 | Leslie Nielsen | 84 | Canada | Actor | The Naked GunForbidden Planet |
| November | 28 | Gene Polito | 92 | US | Cinematographer | WestworldUp in Smoke |
| November | 29 | Kamala Devi | 77 | India | Actress | GeronimoThe Brass Bottle |
| November | 29 | Mario Monicelli | 95 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | Big Deal on Madonna StreetThe Great War |
| November | 30 | Ted Sorel | 74 | US | Actor | NetworkLenny |
| December | 4 | Neva Patterson | 90 | US | Actress | An Affair to RememberDesk Set |
| December | 15 | Blake Edwards | 88 | US | Director, Screenwriter | The Pink PantherBreakfast at Tiffany's |
| December | 15 | Jean Rollin | 72 | France | Director, Producer | Le Viol du VampireLes Raisins de la Mort |
| December | 17 | Lina Romay | 91 | Spain | Singer, Actress | Bathing BeautyHoneymoon |
| December | 20 | Steve Landesberg | 74 | US | Actor | Forgetting Sarah MarshallWild Hogs |
| December | 27 | Grant McCune | 67 | US | Visual Effects Artist | Star WarsGhostbusters II |
| December | 29 | Bill Erwin | 96 | US | Actor | Home AlonePlanes, Trains and Automobiles |

## Film debuts

* Shamier Anderson – Nostrum
* Audrey Bastien – Lights Out
* Karan Brar – Diary of a Wimpy Kid
* Israel Broussard – Flipped
* Caitlin Carmichael – Backlight
* Anna Castillo − Blog
* Eugene Cordero – When in Rome
* Rana Daggubati – Leader
* Dane DeHaan – Amigo
* Andrea Duro − Three Steps Above Heaven
* Philip Ettinger – Twelve
* Luke Evans – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
* Elsie Fisher – Dirty Girl
* Aura Garrido − Plans for Tomorrow
* Greer Grammer – Almost Kings
* Meredith Hagner – Going the Distance
* Paul Walter Hauser – Virginia
* James Landry Hébert – Skateland
* Cody Horn – Twelve
* Tom Hughes – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
* Theo James – You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
* Avan Jogia – Triple Dog
* Jet Jurgensmeyer – Redemption Road
* Shraddha Kapoor – Teen Patti
* Riley Keough – The Runaways
* Vanessa Kirby – Love/Loss
* Ariane Labed – Attenberg
* Jacob Latimore – Vanishing on 7th Street
* Callan McAuliffe – Flipped
* Merrick McCartha – KingBreaker
* Roland Møller – R
* Kumail Nanjiani – Life as We Know It
* Ella Purnell – Never Let Me Go
* Andrew Rannells – Sex and the City 2
* Craig Roberts – Submarine
* Laura Ashley Samuels – The Final
* Saxon Sharbino – Red White & Blue
* Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
* Tika Sumpter – Stomp the Yard: Homecoming
* Teyana Taylor – Stomp the Yard: Homecoming
* Miles Teller – Rabbit Hole
* Brenton Thwaites – Charge Over You
* Phoebe Tonkin – Tomorrow, When the War Began
* Jessie T. Usher – Beautiful Boy
* Alicia Vikander – Pure