# 2020 in film

2020 in film is a history of events, which includes the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2020, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths.

## Evaluation of the year

The year was greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with numerous films originally scheduled for theatrical release postponed or released on video-on-demand or streaming services. However, several film companies stopped reporting box-office numbers during this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and several films were still in theaters where guidelines were in place. As a result, film grosses will increase if they are re-released in the future. This is also infamous for being the first year since 2007 that no film has grossed $1 billion.

## Highest-grossing films

The top films released in 2020 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 2020 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train | Toho / Aniplex | $507,127,293 |
| 2 | The Eight Hundred | CMC Pictures | $461,421,559 |
| 3 | My People, My Homeland | China Lion | $433,241,288 |
| 4 | Bad Boys for Life | Sony Pictures | $426,505,244 |
| 5 | Tenet | Warner Bros. | $365,304,105 |
| 6 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Paramount | $319,715,683 |
| 7 | Dolittle | Universal | $251,410,631 |
| 8 | Jiang Ziya | Beijing Enlight | $243,883,429 |
| 9 | A Little Red Flower | HG Entertainment | $238,600,000 |
| 10 | Shock Wave 2 | Universe Films | $226,400,000 |
After being re-released in 4K in China, earning $26.4 million, the overall gross for the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone increased to over $1.008 billion, becoming the 47th film overall and the second billion-dollar film in the Wizarding World franchise, after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, at $1.342 billion.

### 2020 box office records

* China overtook North America as the world's largest box office market for the first time in 2020. China generated $2.7 billion in theatrical revenue compared to North America's $2.3 billion, the lowest for the North American box office in at least 40 years. This has been largely attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a greater negative impact in North America than in Asia.
* Because of the relatively smaller impact of the pandemic on Asian film markets, the majority (6) of the top ten highest-grossing films of the year are East Asian (Chinese and Japanese) productions for the first time in history, as the rankings were previously dominated by North American productions.

#### Film records

* At the end of 2020, The Eight Hundred became the first Chinese and first non-Hollywood film to top the global box office with more than $450 million in gross. It was later overtaken by Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train in May 2021.
* Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, a Japanese anime film based on the manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, broke a number of box office records.
** It became the first ever non-Hollywood film production to become the highest-grossing film of the year and the first 2D-animated feature to become the highest grossing movie of the year since Disney's The Lion King in 1994.
** It set the all-time box office records for the highest-grossing Japanese film, the highest-grossing anime film, and the highest-grossing R-rated animated film.
** In Japan, Mugen Train set the first-day opening record with ¥1.2 billion ($11.3 million), before breaking the opening weekend record with ¥4.6 billion ($43.8 million) over three days. It went on to have the highest-grossing second weekend and, in ten days, became the fastest film to cross ¥10 billion ($96.7 million), surpassing Spirited Away (2001), which had previously crossed the ¥10 billion milestone in 19 days and held the record for 19 years. Mugen Train also became the fastest film to cross ¥20 billion in Japan, again faster than Spirited Away. It also set the record for the highest-grossing IMAX release in Japan, surpassing the previous record holder, Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). In 59 days, Mugen Train set another record as the fastest film to cross the ¥30 billion milestone, faster than Spirited Away, which took 253 days to reach the same milestone. In 66 days, the film set another record as the first film to top the Japanese box office charts for ten straight weekends (since the charts began publication in 2004). In 73 days, Mugen Train grossed ¥32.48 billion to become the highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, surpassing Spirited Away, which held the record for 19 years.
** In Taiwan, Mugen Train grossed NT$360 million (US$12.6 million) in 17 days, setting the record for the highest-grossing animated film of all time in Taiwan, surpassing the previous record holders Frozen 2 (2019) and Your Name (2016). In 20 days, Mugen Train became the first animated film to cross NT$400 million in Taiwan, before later crossing the NT$500 million milestone.
** The film was also the first R-rated film since Die Hard with a Vengeance in 1995 to be the highest-grossing film of the year overall.
** The film was also the first animated film since The Jungle Book in 1967 to be the highest-grossing film of the year overall and not the highest-grossing animated film of all time at the time.
* Sonic the Hedgehog broke Pokémon: Detective Pikachu's record for the highest opening weekend for a film based on a video game, with $70 million in domestic gross in the United States and Canada. It went on to become the highest-grossing film based on a video game in the United States and Canada, surpassing Detective Pikachu, although it did not beat it in the worldwide box office. Sonic the Hedgehog is also the highest-grossing superhero film of 2020, ending the Marvel Cinematic Universe's decade-long run of having the highest-grossing superhero film of the year (from 2010 to 2019).
* For the first time in box office history, two non-American animated film productions (Asian films), Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train from Japan and Jiang Ziya from China, have become the highest-grossing animated films of the year. This has been partly attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also the first time since 1987 that a non-American animated film (Japanese anime), Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train, became the highest-grossing animated film of the year, and the first time an anime has made it to the top 10 highest-grossing films of the year worldwide.
* 2020 was the first year since 2008 not to have a film gross $1 billion in its initial release, the first year since 2005 not to have a film gross over $900 million, and the first year since 2000 not to have a film gross over $600 million, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
* 2020 was the first year since 1995 in which no film was among the 20 highest-grossing films of all time at the time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Events
### Award ceremonies

2020 film awards ceremonies :
| Date | Event | Host | Location |
| January 5 | 77th Golden Globe Awards | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| January 11 | 25th Forqué Awards | Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales | Madrid, Spain |
| January 12 | 25th Critics' Choice Awards | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| January 16 | 7th Feroz Awards | Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España | Alcobendas, Spain |
| January 18 | 31st Producers Guild of America Awards | Producers Guild of America | Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| January 19 | 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards | SAG-AFTRA | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| January 20 | 55th Guldbagge Awards | Swedish Film Institute | Stockholm, Sweden |
| January 25 | 34th Goya Awards | Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain | Málaga, Spain |
| January 25 | 47th Annie Awards | ASIFA-Hollywood | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| January 25 | 72nd Directors Guild of America Awards | Directors Guild of America | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| February 1 | 10th Magritte Awards | Académie André Delvaux | Brussels, Belgium |
| February 1 | 72nd Writers Guild of America Awards | Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West | Beverly Hills, California and New York City, New York |
| February 2 | 73rd British Academy Film Awards | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | London, England |
| February 8 | 35th Independent Spirit Awards | Independent Spirit Awards | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| February 9 | 92nd Academy Awards | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| February 28 | 45th César Awards | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma | Paris, France |
| March 6 | 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize | Nippon Academy-Sho Association | Tokyo, Japan |
| March 16 | 40th Golden Raspberry Awards | Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| March 27 | 66th Filmfare Awards | The Times Group | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| May 6 | 39th Hong Kong Film Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards Association Ltd. | Hong Kong |
| May 8 | 65th David di Donatello | Accademia del Cinema Italiano | Rome, Italy |
| June 3 | 56th Grand Bell Awards | Korea Motion Picture Promotion Association | Seoul, South Korea |
| June 29 | 7th Platino Awards | Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales | Panama City, Panama |
| September 28 | 62nd Ariel Awards | Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas | Mexico |
| November 21 | 57th Golden Horse Awards | Motion Picture Development Foundation R.O.C. | Taipei, Taiwan |

### Festivals

List of some of the film festivals for 2020 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).
2020 film festivals :
| Date | Event | Host | Location |
| January 23–February 2 | 2020 Sundance Film Festival | Sundance Film Festival | Park City, Utah, United States |
| February 20–March 1 | 70th Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin, Germany |
| Cancelled | 2020 Cannes Film Festival | Cannes Film Festival | Cannes, France |
| September 2–12 | 77th Venice International Film Festival | Venice Film Festival | Venice, Italy |
| September 10–21 | 2020 Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 78th Golden Globe Awards February 28, 2021 | 78th Golden Globe Awards February 28, 2021 | 26th Critics' Choice Awards March 7, 2021 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards March 21-April 10, 2021 | 74th BAFTA Awards April 11, 2021 | 93rd Academy Awards April 25, 2021 |
| Category/Organization | Drama | Musical or Comedy | 26th Critics' Choice Awards March 7, 2021 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards March 21-April 10, 2021 | 74th BAFTA Awards April 11, 2021 | 93rd Academy Awards April 25, 2021 |
| Best Picture | Nomadland | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Nomadland | Nomadland | Nomadland | Nomadland |
| Best Director | Chloé Zhao Nomadland | Chloé Zhao Nomadland | Chloé Zhao Nomadland | Chloé Zhao Nomadland | Chloé Zhao Nomadland | Chloé Zhao Nomadland |
| Best Actor | Chadwick Boseman Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Sacha Baron Cohen Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Chadwick Boseman Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Chadwick Boseman Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Anthony Hopkins The Father | Anthony Hopkins The Father |
| Best Actress | Andra Day The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Rosamund Pike I Care a Lot | Carey Mulligan Promising Young Woman | Viola Davis Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Frances McDormand Nomadland | Frances McDormand Nomadland |
| Best Supporting Actor | Daniel Kaluuya Judas and the Black Messiah | Daniel Kaluuya Judas and the Black Messiah | Daniel Kaluuya Judas and the Black Messiah | Daniel Kaluuya Judas and the Black Messiah | Daniel Kaluuya Judas and the Black Messiah | Daniel Kaluuya Judas and the Black Messiah |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster The Mauritanian | Jodie Foster The Mauritanian | Maria Bakalova Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Youn Yuh-jung Minari | Youn Yuh-jung Minari | Youn Yuh-jung Minari |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Aaron Sorkin The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Aaron Sorkin The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Chloé Zhao Nomadland | Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern & Nina Pedrad Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller The Father | Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller The Father |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Aaron Sorkin The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Aaron Sorkin The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman | Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman | Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman | Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman |
| Best Animated Film | Soul | Soul | Soul | Soul | Soul | Soul |
| Best Original Score | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste Soul | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste Soul | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste Soul | — | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste Soul | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste Soul | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste Soul |
| Best Original Song | "Io sì (Seen)" The Life Ahead | "Io sì (Seen)" The Life Ahead | "Speak Now" One Night in Miami... | — | — | "Fight for You" Judas and the Black Messiah |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Minari | Minari | Minari | — | Another Round | Another Round |
| Best Documentary | — | — | Dick Johnson Is Dead | My Octopus Teacher | My Octopus Teacher | My Octopus Teacher |
Palme d'Or (73rd Cannes Film Festival): Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Golden Lion (77th Venice International Film Festival):
    Nomadland, directed by Chloé Zhao, United States
Golden Bear (70th Berlin International Film Festival):
    There Is No Evil (شیطان وجود ندارد), directed by Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran

## 2020 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 2020
* List of Australian films of 2020
* List of Bangladeshi films of 2020
* List of British films of 2020
* List of Canadian films of 2020
* List of Chinese films of 2020
** List of Hong Kong films of 2020
* List of Filipino films of 2020
* List of Indian films of 2020
** List of Assamese films of 2020
** List of Bhojpuri films of 2020
** List of Gujarati films of 2020
** List of Hindi films of 2020
** List of Indian Bengali films of 2020
** List of Kannada films of 2020
** List of Malayalam films of 2020
** List of Marathi films of 2020
** List of Punjabi films of 2020
** List of Tamil films of 2020
** List of Telugu films of 2020
** List of Tulu films of 2020
* List of Japanese films of 2020
* List of Pakistani films of 2020
* List of Portuguese films of 2020
* List of Russian films of 2020
* List of South Korean films of 2020
* List of Spanish films of 2020

### By genre/medium

* 2020 in science fiction film
* List of animated feature films of 2020

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 4 | Tom Long | 51 | Australia | Actor | The DishThe Book of Revelation |
| January | 8 | Edd Byrnes | 86 | US | Actor | GreaseThe Secret Invasion |
| January | 8 | Buck Henry | 89 | US | Actor, Screenwriter, Director | The GraduateThe Man Who Fell to Earth |
| January | 9 | Ivan Passer | 86 | Czech Republic | Director, Screenwriter | Born to WinCutter's Way |
| January | 10 | Neda Arnerić | 66 | Serbia | Actress | Shaft in AfricaThe Sensual Man |
| January | 12 | Tony Garnett | 83 | UK | Producer | KesEarth Girls Are Easy |
| January | 14 | Jack Kehoe | 85 | US | Actor | The StingThe Untouchables |
| January | 17 | Derek Fowlds | 82 | UK | Actor | Frankenstein Created WomanHotel Paradiso |
| January | 20 | Joe Shishido | 86 | Japan | Actor | Branded to KillGate of Flesh |
| January | 21 | Terry Jones | 77 | UK | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | Monty Python's Life of BrianLabyrinth |
| January | 22 | John Karlen | 86 | US | Actor | House of Dark ShadowsRacing with the Moon |
| January | 23 | Robert Harper | 68 | US | Actor | Once Upon a Time in AmericaThe Insider |
| January | 25 | Monique van Vooren | 92 | Belgium | Actress | Flesh for FrankensteinTarzan and the She-Devil |
| January | 26 | Kobe Bryant | 41 | US | Actor | Daddy's Home |
| January | 28 | Marj Dusay | 83 | US | Actress | BreezyMacArthur |
| January | 28 | Harriet Frank Jr. | 96 | US | Screenwriter | Norma RaeHud |
| January | 28 | Nicholas Parsons | 96 | UK | Actor | The Long ArmEyewitness |
| January | 28 | Dyanne Thorne | 83 | US | Actress | Ilsa, She Wolf of the SSPoint of Terror |
| January | 30 | Jörn Donner | 86 | Finland | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | To LoveA Sunday in September |
| January | 31 | Andree Melly | 87 | UK | Actress | The Brides of DraculaThe Big Day |
| February | 1 | Luciano Ricceri | 79 | Italy | Production Designer | A Special DayCaptain Fracassa's Journey |
| February | 3 | Gene Reynolds | 96 | US | Actor | The Country GirlBoys Town |
| February | 4 | José Luis Cuerda | 72 | Spain | Director, Screenwriter | El bosque animadoThe Blind Sunflowers |
| February | 4 | Gianni Minervini | 91 | Italy | Producer | MediterraneoBerlinguer, I Love You |
| February | 5 | Kevin Conway | 77 | US | Actor | F.I.S.T.Gettysburg |
| February | 5 | Kirk Douglas | 103 | US | Actor, Producer, Director | SpartacusThe Bad and the Beautiful |
| February | 6 | Raphaël Coleman | 25 | UK | Actor | Nanny McPheeThe Fourth Kind |
| February | 7 | Orson Bean | 91 | US | Actor | Anatomy of a MurderBeing John Malkovich |
| February | 7 | Ann E. Todd | 88 | US | Actress | IntermezzoHow Green Was My Valley |
| February | 8 | Robert Conrad | 84 | US | Actor | Wrong Is RightJingle All the Way |
| February | 8 | Volker Spengler | 80 | Germany | Actor | The Third GenerationIn a Year of 13 Moons |
| February | 8 | Grazia Volpi | 78 | Italy | Producer | Caesar Must DieFiorile |
| February | 9 | Paula Kelly | 77 | US | Actress, Singer | The Andromeda StrainSweet Charity |
| February | 10 | Marge Redmond | 95 | US | Actress, Singer | The Trouble with AngelsFamily Plot |
| February | 11 | Joseph Vilsmaier | 81 | Germany | Director | StalingradComedian Harmonists |
| February | 14 | Lynn Cohen | 86 | US | Actress | Sex and the CityMunich |
| February | 14 | Esther Scott | 66 | US | Actress | SpeciesTransformers |
| February | 14 | John Shrapnel | 77 | UK | Actor | Nicholas and AlexandraGladiator |
| February | 16 | Zoe Caldwell | 86 | Australia | Actress | Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseThe Purple Rose of Cairo |
| February | 16 | Frances Cuka | 83 | UK | Actress | ScroogeOliver Twist |
| February | 16 | Jason Davis | 35 | US | Actor | Recess: School's OutRush Hour |
| February | 16 | Kellye Nakahara | 72 | US | Actress | ClueShe's Having a Baby |
| February | 17 | Ja'Net DuBois | 87 | US | Actress, Singer | I'm Gonna Git You SuckaCharlie's Angels: Full Throttle |
| February | 18 | Flavio Bucci | 72 | Italy | Actor | SuspiriaIl Divo |
| February | 18 | Tapas Paul | 61 | India | Actor | Dadar KirtiGuru Dakshina |
| February | 19 | José Mojica Marins | 83 | Brazil | Director, Actor | At Midnight I'll Take Your SoulCoffin Joe |
| February | 20 | Claudette Nevins | 82 | US | Actress | Sleeping with the EnemyTuff Turf |
| February | 21 | Boris Leskin | 97 | Russia | Actor | The Falcon and the SnowmanThe Package |
| February | 24 | Diana Serra Cary | 101 | US | Actress | Prisoners of the StormThe Darling of New York |
| February | 24 | Ben Cooper | 86 | US | Actor | The Rose TattooJohnny Guitar |
| February | 27 | R. D. Call | 70 | US | Actor | Last Man StandingMurder by Numbers |
| February | 27 | Burkhard Driest | 80 | Germany | Actor | QuerelleCross of Iron |
| February | 27 | Eugene Dynarski | 86 | US | Actor | EarthquakeClose Encounters of the Third Kind |
| February | 29 | Dieter Laser | 78 | Germany | Actor | The Human CentipedeThe Ogre |
| March | 3 | Božidar Alić | 65 | Croatia | Actor | Operation StadiumThe Third Key |
| March | 6 | David Paul | 62 | US | Actor | The BarbariansD.C. Cab |
| March | 8 | Max von Sydow | 90 | Sweden | Actor | The ExorcistThe Seventh Seal |
| March | 12 | Gary B. Kibbe | 79 | US | Cinematographer | Escape from L.A.They Live |
| March | 12 | Tonie Marshall | 68 | France | Actress, Director, Screenwriter | Venus Beauty InstituteThe Missionaries |
| March | 15 | Suzy Delair | 102 | France | Actress, Singer | Quai des OrfèvresRocco and His Brothers |
| March | 16 | Stuart Whitman | 92 | US | Actor | The ComancherosThe Longest Day |
| March | 17 | Lyle Waggoner | 84 | US | Actor | Love Me DeadlyCatalina Caper |
| March | 20 | Johnny Harris | 87 | UK | Composer | Man in the WildernessFragment of Fear |
| March | 20 | Kenny Rogers | 81 | US | Actor, Singer | Six PackLongshot |
| March | 23 | Lucia Bosè | 89 | Italy | Actress | Story of a Love AffairChronicle of a Death Foretold |
| March | 23 | David Collings | 79 | UK | Actor | ScroogeThe Thirty Nine Steps |
| March | 23 | Alfio Contini | 92 | Italy | Cinematographer | Zabriskie PointThe Night Porter |
| March | 24 | Stuart Gordon | 72 | US | Director, Screenwriter | Re-AnimatorFortress |
| March | 24 | Terrence McNally | 81 | US | Screenwriter | Frankie and JohnnyThe Ritz |
| March | 24 | Gerard Schurmann | 96 | UK | Composer | The Bedford IncidentThe Lost Continent |
| March | 26 | Mark Blum | 69 | US | Actor | Crocodile DundeeDesperately Seeking Susan |
| March | 28 | Barbara Rütting | 92 | Germany | Actress | Operation CrossbowNeues vom Hexer |
| March | 29 | Krzysztof Penderecki | 86 | Poland | Composer | The Saragossa ManuscriptThe Codes |
| March | 31 | Julie Bennett | 88 | US | Voice Actress | Gay Purr-eeHey There, It's Yogi Bear! |
| March | 31 | Andrew Jack | 76 | UK | Dialect Coach | Star Wars: The Force AwakensThe Lord of the Rings |
| April | 1 | Adam Schlesinger | 52 | US | Composer, Songwriter | That Thing You Do!Music and Lyrics |
| April | 3 | Hilary Dwyer | 74 | UK | Actress | Witchfinder GeneralWuthering Heights |
| April | 3 | Hans Meyer | 94 | South Africa | Actor | Red SonjaMauvais Sang |
| April | 4 | Jay Benedict | 68 | US | Actor | Victor/VictoriaThe Dark Knight Rises |
| April | 4 | Carlo Leva | 90 | Italy | Production Designer | The Cat o' Nine TailsThe Witness |
| April | 5 | Shirley Douglas | 86 | Canada | Actress | LolitaDead Ringers |
| April | 5 | George Ogilvie | 89 | Australia | Director, Actor | Mad Max Beyond ThunderdomeThe Water Diviner |
| April | 5 | Honor Blackman | 94 | UK | Actress | GoldfingerJason and the Argonauts |
| April | 6 | Colleen Callaghan | 89 | US | Makeup Artist | A Beautiful MindThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| April | 6 | James Drury | 85 | US | Actor | PollyannaRide the High Country |
| April | 7 | Allen Garfield | 80 | US | Actor | The ConversationNashville |
| April | 9 | Malcolm Dixon | 66 | UK | Actor | Time BanditsReturn of the Jedi |
| April | 10 | Armando Francioli | 100 | Italy | Actor | Everybody in JailLa Horse |
| April | 10 | Nobuhiko Obayashi | 82 | Japan | Director, Screenwriter | HouseHanagatami |
| April | 10 | Francis Reusser | 77 | Switzerland | Director | The Big NightWar in the Highlands |
| April | 12 | Danny Goldman | 80 | US | Actor | Young FrankensteinM*A*S*H |
| April | 15 | Allen Daviau | 77 | US | Cinematographer | E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialThe Color Purple |
| April | 15 | Brian Dennehy | 81 | US | Actor | First BloodRomeo + Juliet |
| April | 17 | Filipe Duarte | 46 | Portugal | Actor | The Invisible LifeThe Death of Louis XIV |
| April | 17 | Sergio Fantoni | 89 | Italy | Actor | SensoEsther and the King |
| April | 19 | Philippe Nahon | 81 | France | Actor | I Stand AloneHigh Tension |
| April | 22 | Shirley Knight | 83 | US | Actress | Sweet Bird of YouthJuggernaut |
| April | 23 | Bruce Allpress | 89 | New Zealand | Actor | Nate and HayesThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
| April | 26 | Peter H. Hunt | 81 | US | Director | 1776Give 'em Hell, Harry! |
| April | 27 | Cis Corman | 93 | US | Casting Director, Producer | The Deer HunterRaging Bull |
| April | 29 | Irrfan Khan | 53 | India | Actor | Slumdog MillionaireLife of Pi |
| April | 29 | John Lafia | 63 | US | Director, Screenwriter | Child's PlayChild's Play 2 |
| April | 29 | Matty Simmons | 91 | US | Producer | Animal HouseNational Lampoon's Vacation |
| April | 30 | Rishi Kapoor | 67 | India | Actor | Kapoor & SonsBobby |
| April | 30 | Sam Lloyd | 56 | US | Actor | Galaxy QuestFlubber |
| May | 2 | Jan-Olof Strandberg | 93 | Sweden | Actor | FaithlessFlight of the Eagle |
| May | 3 | John Ericson | 93 | Germany | Actor | Bad Day at Black Rock7 Faces of Dr. Lao |
| May | 4 | James Marcus | 77 | UK | Actor | A Clockwork OrangeMcVicar |
| May | 6 | Leslie Pope | 65 | US | Set Decorator | SeabiscuitDjango Unchained |
| May | 7 | Daniel Cauchy | 90 | France | Actor | Bob le flambeurWhen You Read This Letter |
| May | 7 | Peque Gallaga | 76 | Filipino | Director, Screenwriter | Shake, Rattle & RollScorpio Nights |
| May | 9 | Geno Silva | 72 | US | Actor | ScarfaceAmistad |
| May | 9 | Little Richard | 87 | US | Singer, Actor | Down and Out in Beverly HillsWhy Do Fools Fall in Love |
| May | 11 | Jerry Stiller | 92 | US | Actor | ZoolanderHairspray |
| May | 12 | Michel Piccoli | 94 | France | Actor | La Grande BouffeContempt |
| May | 15 | Ezio Bosso | 48 | Italy | Composer | The Invisible BoyI'm Not Scared |
| May | 15 | Lynn Shelton | 54 | US | Director, Screenwriter | HumpdayLaggies |
| May | 15 | Fred Willard | 86 | US | Actor | Best in ShowSilver Streak |
| May | 16 | Monique Mercure | 89 | Canada | Actress | The Red ViolinNaked Lunch |
| May | 16 | Pilar Pellicer | 82 | Mexico | Actress | Day of the Evil GunLa Choca |
| May | 16 | Jon Whiteley | 75 | UK | Actor | The KidnappersMoonfleet |
| May | 19 | Pembroke J. Herring | 90 | US | Film Editor | Tora! Tora! Tora!Out of Africa |
| May | 22 | Denise Cronenberg | 81 | Canada | Costume Designer | Dead RingersNaked Lunch |
| May | 24 | Jean-Loup Dabadie | 81 | France | Screenwriter | Such a Gorgeous Kid Like MeParisian Life |
| May | 26 | Richard Herd | 87 | US | Actor | All the President's MenGet Out |
| May | 26 | Irm Hermann | 77 | Germany | Actress | The Bitter Tears of Petra von KantEffi Briest |
| May | 26 | Anthony James | 77 | US | Actor | UnforgivenHigh Plains Drifter |
| May | 27 | Larry Kramer | 84 | US | Screenwriter | Women in LoveLost Horizon |
| May | 27 | Peggy Pope | 91 | US | Actress | 9 to 5The Last Starfighter |
| May | 28 | Lennie Niehaus | 90 | US | Composer | UnforgivenBird |
| May | 31 | Dan van Husen | 75 | Germany | Actor | Nosferatu the VampyreSalon Kitty |
| June | 2 | Mary Pat Gleason | 70 | US | Actress | Intolerable CrueltyThe Crucible |
| June | 2 | Héctor Suárez | 81 | Mexico | Actor | Las fuerzas vivasEl buscabullas |
| June | 3 | Bruce Jay Friedman | 90 | US | Screenwriter | SplashStir Crazy |
| June | 6 | Malcolm Terris | 79 | US | Actor | The First Great Train RobberyChaplin |
| June | 7 | Alan Metter | 77 | US | Director | Girls Just Want to Have FunBack to School |
| June | 8 | Marion Hänsel | 71 | Belgium | Director, Screenwriter, Actress | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaLe Lit |
| June | 11 | Rosa María Sardá | 78 | Spain | Actress | Alegre ma non troppoMy Mother Likes Women |
| June | 11 | Mel Winkler | 78 | US | Actor | Devil in a Blue DressDoc Hollywood |
| June | 14 | Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz | 90 | Iran | Actor | Through the Olive TreesCaravans |
| June | 14 | Eva Kristínová | 91 | Slovakia | Actress | Death Is Called EngelchenPenelope |
| June | 14 | Sushant Singh Rajput | 34 | India | Actor | M.S. Dhoni: The Untold StoryChhichhore |
| June | 16 | Patrick Poivey | 72 | FR | French voice actor | The TerminatorTop GunDie Hard |
| June | 17 | Lewis John Carlino | 88 | US | Director, Screenwriter | The Great SantiniI Never Promised You a Rose Garden |
| June | 19 | Ian Holm | 88 | UK | Actor | The Lord of the RingsAlien |
| June | 20 | Philip Latham | 91 | UK | Actor | Dracula: Prince of DarknessForce 10 from Navarone |
| June | 21 | Jürgen Holtz | 87 | Germany | Actor | Good Bye, Lenin!Rosa Luxemburg |
| June | 22 | Steve Bing | 55 | US | Screenwriter, Producer | Kangaroo JackMissing in Action |
| June | 22 | Joel Schumacher | 80 | US | Director, Costume Designer | The Lost BoysFalling Down |
| June | 26 | Kelly Asbury | 60 | US | Director | Shrek 2Gnomeo & Juliet |
| June | 26 | Stuart Cornfeld | 67 | US | Producer | The FlyTropic Thunder |
| June | 26 | Taryn Power | 66 | US | Actress | House of Pleasure for WomenSinbad and the Eye of the Tiger |
| June | 27 | Linda Cristal | 89 | Argentina | Actress | The Perfect FurloughMr. Majestyk |
| June | 28 | Louis Mahoney | 81 | Gambia | Actor | Cry FreedomOmen III: The Final Conflict |
| June | 29 | Johnny Mandel | 94 | US | Composer, Songwriter | M*A*S*HThe Sandpiper |
| June | 29 | Carl Reiner | 98 | US | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | The JerkOh, God! |
| June | 30 | Dan Hicks | 68 | US | Actor | DarkmanEvil Dead II |
| July | 2 | Tilo Prückner | 79 | Germany | Actor | The Magic MountainThe NeverEnding Story |
| July | 2 | Kevin Rafferty | 72 | US | Documentarian, Cinematographer | The Atomic CafeRoger & Me |
| July | 2 | Ronald L. Schwary | 76 | US | Producer | Ordinary PeopleA Soldier's Story |
| July | 2 | Yoon Sam-yook | 83 | South Korea | Screenwriter, Director | I Will SurviveSuddenly at Midnight |
| July | 3 | Earl Cameron | 102 | Bermuda | Actor | ThunderballThe Interpreter |
| July | 3 | Saroj Khan | 71 | India | Choreographer | DevdasJab We Met |
| July | 5 | Bettina Gilois | 58 | US | Screenwriter | McFarland, USAGlory Road |
| July | 6 | Ennio Morricone | 91 | Italy | Composer | The Good, the Bad and the UglyThe Mission |
| July | 8 | Naya Rivera | 33 | US | Actress | At the Devil's DoorMad Families |
| July | 12 | Kelly Preston | 57 | US | Actress | Jerry MaguireTwins |
| July | 14 | Galyn Görg | 55 | US | Actress | RoboCop 2America 3000 |
| July | 14 | Maurice Roëves | 83 | UK | Actor | The Last of the MohicansUlysses |
| July | 16 | Jonathan Oppenheim | 67 | US | Film Editor | Paris Is BurningThe Oath |
| July | 16 | Phyllis Somerville | 76 | US | Actress | Bringing Out the DeadLittle Children |
| July | 17 | Zizi Jeanmaire | 96 | France | Dancer, Actress | Hans Christian AndersenAnything Goes |
| July | 18 | Haruma Miura | 30 | Japan | Actor | Attack on TitanKoizora |
| July | 18 | Moonyeenn Lee | 76 | South Africa | Casting Director | Hotel RwandaEye in the Sky |
| July | 19 | Sonia Darrin | 96 | US | Actress | The Big SleepBury Me Dead |
| July | 21 | Annie Ross | 89 | UK | Actress, Singer | Blue SkySuperman III |
| July | 23 | Sérgio Ricardo | 88 | Brazil | Director, Composer | Black God, White DevilThe Night of the Scarecrow |
| July | 23 | Jacqueline Scott | 89 | US | Actress | MacabreCharley Varrick |
| July | 25 | John Saxon | 83 | US | Actor | A Nightmare on Elm StreetEnter the Dragon |
| July | 26 | Olivia de Havilland | 104 | UK | Actress | Gone with the WindThe Heiress |
| July | 28 | Raavi Kondala Rao | 88 | India | Actor | Preminchi ChooduPelli Pustakam |
| July | 30 | Djemel Barek | 56 | FR | Algerian-Ftench actor | Candice Renoir |
| July | 31 | Alan Parker | 76 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | Midnight ExpressMississippi Burning |
| August | 1 | Wilford Brimley | 85 | US | Actor | CocoonThe Thing |
| August | 1 | Tom Pollock | 77 | US | Producer, Executive | Old SchoolUp in the Air |
| August | 1 | Reni Santoni | 81 | US | Actor | Dirty HarryCobra |
| August | 3 | Billy Goldenberg | 84 | US | Composer | The Last of SheilaReuben, Reuben |
| August | 9 | Anna Maria Bottini | 104 | Italy | Actress | The LeopardThe Law |
| August | 9 | Kurt Luedtke | 80 | US | Screenwriter | Absence of MaliceOut of Africa |
| August | 9 | Franca Valeri | 100 | Italy | Actress | The Shortest DayGli onorevoli |
| August | 10 | Tetsuya Watari | 78 | Japan | Actor | Tokyo DrifterBrother |
| August | 11 | Trini Lopez | 83 | US | Singer, Actor | The Dirty DozenMarriage on the Rocks |
| August | 14 | Linda Manz | 58 | US | Actress | Days of HeavenGummo |
| August | 16 | Nikolai Gubenko | 78 | Russia | Actor, Director | They Fought for Their CountryI Am Twenty |
| August | 18 | Ben Cross | 72 | UK | Actor | Chariots of FireStar Trek |
| August | 22 | Allan Rich | 94 | US | Actor | Quiz ShowSerpico |
| August | 23 | Benny Chan | 58 | Hong Kong | Director, Screenwriter | New Police StoryRob-B-Hood |
| August | 23 | Lori Nelson | 87 | US | Actress | PardnersRevenge of the Creature |
| August | 27 | David S. Cass Sr. | 78 | US | Stuntman | TronHeaven's Gate |
| August | 28 | Chadwick Boseman | 43 | US | Actor | Black Panther42 |
| September | 3 | Birol Ünel | 59 | Turkey | Actor | Soul KitchenHead-On |
| September | 4 | Annie Cordy | 92 | Belgium | Actress, Singer | Rider on the RainThe Breach |
| September | 5 | Jiří Menzel | 82 | Czech Republic | Director, Screenwriter | Closely Watched TrainsMy Sweet Little Village |
| September | 6 | Kevin Dobson | 77 | US | Actor | MidwayAll Night Long |
| September | 8 | Ronald Harwood | 85 | UK | Screenwriter | The PianistThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
| September | 10 | Diana Rigg | 82 | UK | Actress | On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceThe Hospital |
| September | 12 | Barbara Jefford | 90 | UK | Actress | The Ninth GateUlysses |
| September | 14 | Sei Ashina | 36 | Japan | Actress | SilkKamui Gaiden |
| September | 14 | Al Kasha | 83 | US | Songwriter | The Poseidon AdventurePete's Dragon |
| September | 20 | Michael Chapman | 84 | US | Cinematographer | Raging BullTaxi Driver |
| September | 20 | Alan Tomkins | 81 | UK | Art Director | The Empire Strikes BackDie Another Day |
| September | 21 | Ron Cobb | 83 | US | Production Designer | Conan the BarbarianThe Last Starfighter |
| September | 21 | Michael Lonsdale | 89 | France | Actor | MoonrakerThe Name of the Rose |
| September | 22 | Michael Gwisdek | 78 | Germany | Actor, Director | The Baader Meinhof ComplexA Coffee in Berlin |
| September | 23 | Juliette Gréco | 93 | France | Actress, Singer | OrpheusThe Sun Also Rises |
| September | 25 | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 74 | India | Singer, Actor | Pavitra BandhamKadhal Desam |
| September | 25 | Goran Paskaljević | 73 | Serbia | Director, Screenwriter | The OptimistsCabaret Balkan |
| September | 27 | Yūko Takeuchi | 40 | Japan | Actress | RingCreepy |
| September | 28 | Gene Corman | 93 | US | Producer | The Big Red OneTobruk |
| September | 28 | Frédéric Devreese | 91 | Belgium | Composer | One Night... A TrainBenvenuta |
| September | 29 | Helen Reddy | 78 | Australia | Singer, Actress | Pete's DragonAirport 1975 |
| September | 29 | Mac Davis | 78 | US | Singer, Songwriter, Actor | North Dallas FortyThe Sting II |
| September | 30 | Frank Windsor | 92 | UK | Actor | Sunday Bloody SundayRevolution |
| October | 1 | Murray Schisgal | 93 | US | Screenwriter | The Tiger Makes OutTootsie |
| October | 2 | Edward S. Feldman | 91 | US | Producer | WitnessThe Truman Show |
| October | 3 | Thomas Jefferson Byrd | 70 | US | Actor | BamboozledClockers |
| October | 3 | Armelia McQueen | 68 | US | Actress | GhostBulworth |
| October | 4 | Clark Middleton | 63 | US | Actor | Sin CityKill Bill: Volume 2 |
| October | 5 | Margaret Nolan | 76 | UK | Actress | GoldfingerBikini Paradise |
| October | 6 | Tommy Rall | 90 | US | Actor, Dancer | Kiss Me KateSeven Brides for Seven Brothers |
| October | 6 | Wladimir Yordanoff | 66 | France | Actor | Vincent & TheoAn Officer and a Spy |
| October | 8 | Camillo Bazzoni | 85 | Italy | Cinematographer, Director | Suicide CommandosA Long Ride from Hell |
| October | 10 | Kent L. Wakeford | 92 | US | Cinematographer | Mean StreetsAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
| October | 12 | Conchata Ferrell | 77 | US | Actress | Edward ScissorhandsTrue Romance |
| October | 13 | Marisa de Leza | 87 | Spain | Actress | Lovers of ToledoAlexander the Great |
| October | 14 | Rhonda Fleming | 97 | US | Actress | Out of the PastGunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| October | 15 | Bhanu Athaiya | 91 | India | Costume Designer | GandhiLagaan |
| October | 16 | Anthony Chisholm | 77 | US | Actor | Premium RushChi-Raq |
| October | 17 | Doreen Montalvo | 56 | US | Actress | In the Heights, West Side Story |
| October | 17 | Ryszard Ronczewski | 90 | Poland | Actor | WestAnd Along Come Tourists |
| October | 19 | Gianni Dei | 79 | Italy | Actor | Patrick Still LivesA Girl... and a Million |
| October | 19 | Wojciech Pszoniak | 78 | Poland | Actor | DantonKorczak |
| October | 21 | Marge Champion | 101 | US | Actress, Dancer | Give a Girl a BreakShow Boat |
| October | 23 | Yehuda Barkan | 75 | Israel | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | The ContractCharlie Ve'hetzi |
| October | 31 | Sean Connery | 90 | UK | Actor | James BondThe Untouchables |
| October | 31 | Charles Gordon | 73 | US | Producer | Die HardField of Dreams |
| November | 1 | Carol Arthur | 85 | US | Actress | The Sunshine BoysBlazing Saddles |
| November | 2 | Gigi Proietti | 80 | Italy | Actor | Febbre da cavalloA Wedding |
| November | 2 | Elsa Raven | 91 | US | Actress | Back to the FutureThe Amityville Horror |
| November | 2 | John Sessions | 67 | UK | Actor | Henry VGangs of New York |
| November | 5 | Geoffrey Palmer | 93 | UK | Actor | Mrs BrownThe Madness of King George |
| November | 6 | Fernando Solanas | 84 | Argentina | Director, Screenwriter | Tangos, the Exile of GardelSur |
| November | 7 | John Fraser | 89 | UK | Actor | El CidRepulsion |
| November | 10 | Sven Wollter | 86 | Sweden | Actor | The SacrificeThe 13th Warrior |
| November | 12 | Gernot Roll | 81 | Germany | Cinematographer | Nowhere in AfricaThe Last Escape |
| November | 13 | Philip Voss | 84 | UK | Actor | OctopussyFour Weddings and a Funeral |
| November | 15 | Soumitra Chatterjee | 85 | India | Actor | The World of ApuAbhijan |
| November | 18 | Michel Robin | 90 | France | Actor | AmélieThe Death of Mario Ricci |
| November | 21 | Robert Garland | 83 | US | Screenwriter | No Way OutThe Electric Horseman |
| November | 21 | Malcolm Marmorstein | 92 | US | Screenwriter | Pete's DragonReturn from Witch Mountain |
| November | 24 | Montserrat Carulla | 90 | Spain | Actress | The OrphanageFurrows |
| November | 26 | Daria Nicolodi | 70 | Italy | Actress, Screenwriter | Deep RedSuspiria |
| November | 28 | David Prowse | 85 | UK | Actor | Star WarsA Clockwork Orange |
| December | 1 | Hugh Keays-Byrne | 73 | UK | Actor | Mad MaxMad Max: Fury Road |
| December | 2 | Warren Berlinger | 83 | US | Actor | The Cannonball RunThe Long Goodbye |
| December | 2 | Franco Giraldi | 89 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | Seven Guns for the MacGregorsSugar Colt |
| December | 2 | Pamela Tiffin | 78 | US | Actress | One, Two, ThreeHarper |
| December | 4 | David Lander | 73 | US | Actor | Used CarsWho Framed Roger Rabbit |
| December | 4 | François Leterrier | 91 | France | Director, Actor | A Man EscapedGoodbye Emmanuelle |
| December | 7 | Natalie Desselle-Reid | 53 | US | Actress | B.A.P.S.Madea's Big Happy Family |
| December | 10 | Tom Lister Jr. | 62 | US | Actor | FridayThe Fifth Element |
| December | 10 | Barbara Windsor | 83 | UK | Actress | Chitty Chitty Bang BangAlice in Wonderland |
| December | 11 | Kim Ki-duk | 59 | South Korea | Director, Screenwriter | 3-IronPietà |
| December | 12 | Ann Reinking | 71 | US | Actress, Dancer | All That JazzAnnie |
| December | 15 | Caroline Cellier | 75 | France | Actress | This Man Must DieYear of the Jellyfish |
| December | 15 | George Gibbs | 83 | UK | Special Effects Artist | BrazilIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
| December | 17 | Jeremy Bulloch | 75 | UK | Actor | The Empire Strikes BackReturn of the Jedi |
| December | 18 | Peter Lamont | 91 | UK | Production Designer | TitanicJames Bond |
| December | 19 | David Giler | 77 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | AlienFun with Dick and Jane |
| December | 19 | Rosalind Knight | 87 | UK | Actress | Tom JonesAbout a Boy |
| December | 19 | Eileen Pollock | 73 | Ireland | Actress | Far and AwayAngela's Ashes |
| December | 20 | Lee Wallace | 90 | US | Actor | BatmanPrivate Benjamin |
| December | 22 | Claude Brasseur | 84 | France | Actor | Bande à partLa Boum |
| December | 28 | Paul Heller | 93 | US | Producer | Enter the DragonMy Left Foot |
| December | 29 | Claude Bolling | 90 | France | Composer | BorsalinoCalifornia Suite |
| December | 29 | Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quiñones | 65 | US | Actor, Dancer | Breakin'Lambada |
| December | 30 | Dawn Wells | 82 | US | Actress | The Town That Dreaded SundownWinterhawk |
| December | 31 | Robert Hossein | 93 | France | Actor, Director | The ConspiratorsRififi |
| December | 31 | Joan Micklin Silver | 85 | US | Director | Crossing DelanceyLoverboy |

## Film debuts

* Alyla Browne – Children of the Corn
* Daniel Durant – Silent Voices
* Alan Kim – Minari
* Jayme Lawson – Farewell Amor
* Alexandra Slade – Friend of the World
* Milena Smit – Cross the Line
* Chris Soriano – Dynasty Boys
* Grace VanderWaal – Stargirl
* Begoña Vargas – 32 Malasana Street