# 1989 in film

The year 1989 involved many significant films.

## Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1989 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Paramount | $474,171,806 |
| 2 | Batman | Warner Bros. | $411,569,241 |
| 3 | Back to the Future Part II | Universal | $332,950,002 |
| 4 | Look Who's Talking | TriStar | $297,999,813 |
| 5 | Dead Poets Society | Disney | $235,860,116 |
| 6 | Lethal Weapon 2 | Warner Bros. | $227,853,986 |
| 7 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Disney | $222,724,172 |
| 8 | Ghostbusters II | Columbia | $215,394,738 |
| 9 | The Little Mermaid | Disney | $184,155,863 |
| 10 | Born on the Fourth of July | Universal | $162,001,698 |

## Events

* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million. Basinger would lose the town to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp., in 1993 after being forced to file for bankruptcy when a California judge ordered her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film Boxing Helena.
* A director's cut of Lawrence of Arabia is released with a 227-minute length. The restoration was undertaken by Robert A. Harris under the supervision of director David Lean.
* May 24 – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is released by Paramount Pictures. It is the third installment of the Indiana Jones franchise.
* June 13 – The James Bond film Licence to Kill is released. It would be followed by years of legal wrangling over the future of the popular series. The next Bond film, GoldenEye, will be released in 1995.
* June 23
** Batman is released by Warner Bros., earning more than $410 million worldwide. It established the public and critical attention of director Tim Burton.
** Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is released by Walt Disney Pictures, marking the directorial debut of visual effects supervisor Joe Johnston, who later went on to direct The Rocketeer, Jumanji, October Sky, Jurassic Park III, and Captain America: The First Avenger.
* July 7 – Lethal Weapon 2 is released by Warner Bros., becoming the highest-grossing film in the franchise. As well as the highest grossing R-rated film of the year at the domestic box-office.
* July 11 – Screen, stage, and Shakespearian legend Laurence Olivier died peacefully at his British home, after appearing in his last filmed role as an old soldier in War Requiem.
* August 2 – Ron Howard's family comedy Parenthood, starring Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, and Rick Moranis, is released by Universal Pictures.
* September 28 – Sony announce its intention to buy Columbia Pictures and Tri-Star Pictures. The deal is completed in November for a total cost of nearly $5 billion. They appoint Peter Guber and Jon Peters as co-chairman, in a further deal that cost up to $1 billion, after settling a lawsuit with Warner Bros.
* November 7 – Andrew G. Vajna agrees to sell his stake in Carolco Pictures to his co-chairman and co-founder Mario Kassar for $106 million.
* November 17 – The Little Mermaid becomes a critical and commercial success, bringing new life to Walt Disney Feature Animation. This film also reinvigorated public and critical interest in The Walt Disney Company, which would become one of the most prestigious corporations of the 1990s.
* November 22 – Back to the Future Part II is released by Universal Pictures.

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 47th Golden Globe Awards January 20, 1990 | 47th Golden Globe Awards January 20, 1990 | 62nd Academy Awards March 26, 1990 | 43rd BAFTA Awards 1990 |
| Category/Organization | Drama | Comedy or Musical | 62nd Academy Awards March 26, 1990 | 43rd BAFTA Awards 1990 |
| Best Film | Born on the Fourth of July | Driving Miss Daisy | Driving Miss Daisy | Dead Poets Society |
| Best Director | Oliver Stone Born on the Fourth of July | Oliver Stone Born on the Fourth of July | Oliver Stone Born on the Fourth of July | Kenneth Branagh Henry V |
| Best Actor | Tom Cruise Born on the Fourth of July | Morgan Freeman Driving Miss Daisy | Daniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot | Daniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot |
| Best Actress | Michelle Pfeiffer The Fabulous Baker Boys | Jessica Tandy Driving Miss Daisy | Jessica Tandy Driving Miss Daisy | Pauline Collins Shirley Valentine |
| Best Supporting Actor | Denzel Washington Glory | Denzel Washington Glory | Denzel Washington Glory | Ray McAnally My Left Foot |
| Best Supporting Actress | Julia Roberts Steel Magnolias | Julia Roberts Steel Magnolias | Brenda Fricker My Left Foot | Michelle Pfeiffer Dangerous Liaisons |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Ron Kovic and Oliver Stone Born on the Fourth of July | Ron Kovic and Oliver Stone Born on the Fourth of July | Alfred Uhry Driving Miss Daisy | Christopher Hampton Dangerous Liaisons |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Ron Kovic and Oliver Stone Born on the Fourth of July | Ron Kovic and Oliver Stone Born on the Fourth of July | Tom Schulman Dead Poets Society | Nora Ephron When Harry Met Sally... |
| Best Original Score | The Little Mermaid Alan Menken | The Little Mermaid Alan Menken | The Little Mermaid Alan Menken | Dead Poets Society Maurice Jarre |
| Best Original Song | "Under the Sea" The Little Mermaid | "Under the Sea" The Little Mermaid | "Under the Sea" The Little Mermaid | N/A |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Cinema Paradiso | Cinema Paradiso | Cinema Paradiso | Life and Nothing But |

## 1989 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 1989
* List of Argentine films of 1989
* List of Australian films of 1989
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1989
* List of British films of 1989
* List of Canadian films of 1989
* List of French films of 1989
* List of Hong Kong films of 1989
* List of Japanese films of 1989
* List of Mexican films of 1989
* List of South Korean films of 1989
* List of Soviet films of 1989
* List of Spanish films of 1989

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 1989
* List of animated feature films of 1989
* List of avant-garde films of 1989
* List of comedy films of 1989
* List of drama films of 1989
* List of horror films of 1989
* List of science fiction films of 1989
* List of thriller films of 1989
* List of western films of 1989

## Births

* January 1 – Adele Haenel, French actress
* January 3 – Alex D. Linz, American actor
* January 6 - Max Pirkis, English actor
* January 8 – Karan Soni, Indian-American actor
* January 9 – Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress and model
* January 13 – Andy Allo, Cameroonian-American singer-songwriter and actress
* January 14 – Emma Greenwell, American-born English actress
* January 16
** Rila Fukushima, Japanese actress and model
** Yvonne Zima, American actress
* January 17 – Kelly Marie Tran, American actress
* January 23 – April Pearson, English actress
* January 20 – Piret Krumm, Estonian actress
* January 26 – Hannah Arterton, American actress
* January 29 – Kaspar Velberg, Estonian actor
* January 30
** Kylie Bunbury, Canadian-American actress
** Khleo Thomas, American actor
* February 1 – Marco Pigossi, Brazilian actor
* February 3 – Ryne Sanborn, American former actor
* February 4
** Märt Pius, Estonian actor
** Priit Pius, Estonian actor
* February 5 – Jeremy Sumpter, American actor
* February 10 – Olga Korsak, Latvian actress
* February 12 – Odelya Halevi, Israeli actress
* February 13
** Carly McKillip, Canadian actress and singer
** Katie Volding, American actress
* February 16 – Elizabeth Olsen, American actress
* February 21
** Corbin Bleu, American actor and singer
** Scout Taylor-Compton, American actress and singer
* February 24 – Daniel Kaluuya, English actor
* February 28 – Angelababy, Hong Kong actress and singer
* March 1 – Daniella Monet, American actress and singer
* March 2 – Nathalie Emmanuel, English actress and model
* March 3 – Andrea Brooks, Canadian actress and model
* March 5
** Jake Lloyd, American actor
** Sterling Knight, American actor and musician
* March 11
** Rainey Qualley, American actress and singer
** Anton Yelchin, Russian-American actor (died 2016)
* March 15
** Tom Bateman, British actor
** Caitlin Wachs, American actress
* March 17
** Morfydd Clark, Welsh actress
** Harry Melling, English actor
* March 18 – Lily Collins, English-American actress
* March 20 – Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director
* March 21 – Takeru Sato, Japanese actor
* March 23 – Ayesha Curry, Canadian-American actress
* March 25
** Matthew Beard, English actor and model
** Aly Michalka, American actress and singer
* April 2 – Liis Lass, Estonian actress
* April 5
** Freddie Fox, English actor, director and voice artist
** Lily James, English actress
* April 8 – Gabriella Wilde, English model and actress
* April 12 – Yoshi Sudarso, Indonesian-born American actor
* April 18 – Alia Shawkat, American actress
* April 19 – Simu Liu, Canadian actor, writer, producer and stuntman
* April 26 – Luke Bracey, Australian actor
* April 29
** Sophie Charlotte, Brazilian actress
** Gabriel Chavarria, American-Hispanic actor
* April 30 - Alex Hafner, international actor
* May 5 – Larissa Wilson, English actress
* May 10 – Lindsey Shaw, American actress
* May 12 – Mimi Gianopulos, American actress
* May 16 – Pääru Oja, Estonian actor
* May 18 – Jona Xiao, American actress
* May 21 - Emily Robins, New Zealand actress
* May 23 – Alberto Frezza, Italian–American actor
* May 24
** Tara Correa-McMullen, American actress (died 2005)
** Brianne Howey, American actress
* May 29
** Riley Keough, American actress
** Brandon Mychal Smith, American actor, singer and rapper
** Mathew Waters, Australian actor
* May 30 – Kevin Covais, American actor and singer-songwriter
* June 3
** Megumi Han, Japanese voice actress
** Imogen Poots, English actress
** Daniela Vega, Chilean actress
* June 12
** Jade Anouka, English actress
** Stephanie Bennett, Canadian actress
* June 14
** Lucy Hale, American actress and singer
** Courtney Halverson, American actress
** Tobit Raphael, American actor
* June 18 – Renee Olstead, American actress and singer
* June 19 – Giacomo Gianniotti, Italian-Canadian actor
* June 20 – Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
* June 21 – Jascha Washington, American actor
* June 23 – Marielle Jaffe, American actress, singer and model
* June 25
** Edgar Morais, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
** Rafael Morais, Portuguese actor, director, and screenwriter
* June 26 – Carlos Lopez, American stunt performer (died 2014)
* June 27
** Kimiko Glenn, American actress
** Kelley Jakle, American actress and singer-songwriter
** Matthew Lewis, English actor
* July 1
** Mitch Hewer, English actor
** Hannah Murray, English actress
* July 3 – Kento Kaku, Japanese actor
* July 7 - Alice Orr-Ewing, British actress
* July 11
** David Henrie, American actor
** Shareeka Epps, American actress
* July 12 – Phoebe Tonkin, Australian actress and model
* July 14 – Alisha Wainwright, American actress
* July 16 – Kim Woo-bin, South Korean actor
* July 19 – James Austin Johnson, American comedian and actor
* July 21
** Rory Culkin, American actor
** Jasmine Cephas Jones, American actress, singer and producer
** Juno Temple, English actress
** Jing Tian, Chinese actress
** Jamie Waylett, British former actor
* July 23 – Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
* July 25 – Andrew Caldwell, American actor
* July 27 – Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
* July 31
** Alexis Knapp, American actress
** Sofia Pernas, American actress
** Jessica Williams, American actress and comedian
** Zelda Williams, American actress, director, producer and writer
* August 1 – Landry Allbright, American actress, writer and editor
* August 2 – Priscilla Betti, French actress
* August 9 - Paige Spara, American actress
* August 10 – Brenton Thwaites, Australian actor
* August 14 – Artyom Bogucharsky, Russian actor
* August 15
** Joe Jonas, American singer and actor (Jonas Brothers)
** Carlos PenaVega, actor (Big Time Rush)
** Masaki Okada, Japanese actor
* August 18 – Anna Akana, American filmmaker, actress, comedian, musician and YouTuber
* August 21
** Rob Knox, English actor (died 2008)
** Hayden Panettiere, American actress and singer
* September 5
** Thomas Cocquerel, Australian actor
** Kat Graham, American actress, model, singer and dancer
** Olivier Richters, Dutch bodybuilder, actor and model
* September 7
** Loren Allred, American singer, songwriter and actress
** Hannah John-Kamen, English actress
** Jonathan Majors, American actor
** Hugh Mitchell, English actor
* September 8 – Domee Shi, Canadian filmmaker
* September 14
** Logan Henderson, actor (Big Time Rush)
** Jesse James, American actor
* September 17 – Danielle Brooks, American actress and singer
* September 19 – Lorenza Izzo, Chilean actress and model
* September 22 – Sofía Espinosa, Mexican actress, writer and director
* September 26 – Emma Rigby, English actress
* October 1 – Brie Larson, American actress
* October 4 – Dakota Johnson, American actress
* October 10 – Aimee Teegarden, American actress, model and producer
* October 14 – Mia Wasikowska, Australian actress
* October 24 – Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress
* October 30 – Dustin Ybarra, American stand-up comedian and actor
* November 3 – Elliott Tittensor, English actor
* November 8 – Nia DaCosta, American filmmaker
* November 10
** Sherry Cola, American comedian and actress
** Taron Egerton, Welsh actor
* November 18 – Stephanie Nogueras, American actress
* November 20
** Cody Linley, American actor and singer
** Sergei Polunin, Ukrainian actor and dancer
* November 22 – Alden Ehrenreich, American actor
* November 26 – Katie Sagona, American former child actress
* December 2 – Cassie Steele, Canadian actress and singer
* December 4 – Nafessa Williams, American actress
* December 7
** Nicholas Hoult, English actor
** Caleb Landry Jones, American actor and musician
* December 13 – Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, actress, and musician
* December 15 – Nichole Sakura, American actress
* December 18 – Ashley Benson, American actress and model
* December 24 – Daniel Durant, American actor
* December 28
** George Blagden, English actor
** Jessie Buckley, Irish actress and singer
* December 29
** Jane Levy, American actress
** Left Brain, American rapper
* December 30 – Letícia Colin, Brazilian actress

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 3 | Nell O'Day | 79 | US | Actress | The Road to RuinRackety Rax |
| January | 3 | Jean Willes | 65 | US | Actress | Invasion of the Body SnatchersThe King and Four Queens |
| January | 8 | Kenneth McMillan | 56 | US | Actor | RagtimeThe Pope of Greenwich Village |
| January | 15 | Helen Logan | 82 | US | Screenwriter | Charlie Chan at the OlympicsPin Up Girl |
| January | 15 | Joe Spinell | 52 | US | Actor | The GodfatherRocky |
| January | 16 | Prem Nazir | 62 | India | Actor | MurappennuDhwani |
| January | 16 | Trey Wilson | 40 | US | Actor | Raising ArizonaBull Durham |
| January | 19 | Norma Varden | 90 | UK | Actress | CasablancaThe Sound of Music |
| January | 20 | Beatrice Lillie | 94 | Canada | Actress | Thoroughly Modern MillieAround the World in 80 Days |
| January | 23 | Arthur Lonergan | 83 | US | Art Director | Forbidden PlanetM*A*S*H |
| January | 26 | Morton DaCosta | 74 | US | Director | The Music ManAuntie Mame |
| February | 2 | Walter M. Scott | 82 | US | Set Decorator | The Sound of MusicButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
| February | 3 | John Cassavetes | 59 | US | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | The Dirty DozenFaces |
| February | 3 | Lionel Newman | 73 | US | Composer | Doctor DolittleHello, Dolly! |
| February | 3 | Paul Carson | 54 | US | Actor | A Countess from Hong KongYou Only Live Twice |
| February | 4 | Ferris Webster | 76 | US | Film Editor | The Great EscapeThe Manchurian Candidate |
| February | 5 | Emrys James | 60 | UK | Actor | DragonslayerThe Man in the Iron Mask |
| February | 11 | T. E. B. Clarke | 81 | UK | Screenwriter | The Lavender Hill MobPassport to Pimlico |
| February | 11 | Roland Gross | 80 | US | Film Editor | The Thing from Another WorldNone but the Lonely Heart |
| February | 11 | George O'Hanlon | 76 | US | Actor | RockyPark Row |
| February | 17 | Marguerite Roberts | 83 | US | Screenwriter | True GritZiegfeld Girl |
| February | 22 | Roxanne Arlen | 58 | US | Actress | GypsyThe Best Things in Life Are Free |
| February | 22 | Joan Woodbury | 73 | US | Actress | Brenda Starr, ReporterPaper Bullets |
| March | 6 | Harry Andrews | 77 | UK | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | The Agony and the EcstasyThe Hill |
| March | 10 | Maurizio Merli | 49 | Italy | Actor | Violent RomeMannaja |
| March | 12 | Maurice Evans | 87 | UK | Actor | Planet of the ApesRosemary's Baby |
| March | 17 | Merritt Butrick | 29 | US | Actor | Star Trek II: The Wrath of KhanHead Office |
| March | 19 | Valérie Quennessen | 31 | France | Actress | Conan the BarbarianSummer Lovers |
| March | 21 | Milton Frome | 80 | US | Actor | Bye Bye BirdieThe Nutty Professor |
| March | 25 | Reginald Le Borg | 89 | Austria | Director | Jungle WomanWar Drums |
| March | 27 | May Allison | 98 | US | Actress | A Fool There WasThe City |
| March | 27 | Jack Starrett | 52 | US | Actor, Director | Blazing SaddlesRace with the Devil |
| March | 28 | Robert J. Wilke | 74 | US | Actor | High NoonThe Magnificent Seven |
| March | 29 | Bernard Blier | 73 | France | Actor | The Great WarThe Organizer |
| March | 30 | Reg Allen | 71 | UK | Set Decorator | The Pink PantherLady Sings the Blues |
| April | 8 | Mario Chiari | 79 | Italy | Production Designer | Doctor DolittleKing Kong |
| April | 12 | Gerald Flood | 61 | UK | Actor | PattonFrightmare |
| April | 15 | Charles Vanel | 96 | France | Actor, Director | The Wages of FearDiabolique |
| April | 16 | John Dighton | 79 | UK | Screenwriter | Roman HolidayKind Hearts and Coronets |
| April | 24 | Clyde Geronimi | 87 | US | Animator, Director | One Hundred and One DalmatiansCinderella |
| April | 25 | George Coulouris | 85 | UK | Actor | Citizen KaneMr. Skeffington |
| April | 26 | Lucille Ball | 77 | US | Actress | MameThe Big Street |
| April | 28 | Jack Cummings | 84 | US | Producer, Director | Seven Brides for Seven BrothersKiss Me Kate |
| April | 30 | Sergio Leone | 60 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | The Good, the Bad and the UglyOnce Upon a Time in America |
| April | 30 | Guy Williams | 65 | US | Actor | Damon and PythiasCaptain Sindbad |
| May | 2 | James Crabe | 57 | US | Cinematographer | RockyThe Karate Kid |
| May | 3 | William Squire | 71 | UK | Actor | Where Eagles DareThe Lord of the Rings |
| May | 15 | Johnny Green | 80 | US | Composer | West Side StoryAn American in Paris |
| May | 19 | Anton Diffring | 72 | Germany | Actor | Circus of HorrorsThe Blue Max |
| May | 19 | Robert Webber | 64 | US | Actor | 12 Angry Men10 |
| May | 20 | Lyn Murray | 79 | UK | Composer, Conductor | To Catch a ThiefWives and Lovers |
| May | 20 | Gilda Radner | 42 | US | Actress | The Woman in RedHaunted Honeymoon |
| May | 22 | Gerd Oswald | 69 | Germany | Director | Screaming MimiA Kiss Before Dying |
| May | 25 | Brigid Bazlen | 44 | US | Actress | How the West Was WonThe Honeymoon Machine |
| May | 26 | Albert Woodbury | 79 | US | Composer, Orchestrator | My Fair LadyThey Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
| June | 10 | Richard Quine | 68 | US | Director | Bell, Book and CandleOperation Mad Ball |
| June | 15 | Victor French | 54 | US | Actor | An Officer and a GentlemanChato's Land |
| June | 15 | Ray McAnally | 63 | Ireland | Actor | The MissionMy Left Foot |
| June | 17 | John Matuszak | 38 | US | Actor | The GooniesNorth Dallas Forty |
| June | 20 | Dona Drake | 74 | US | Actress | Road to MoroccoDangerous Millions |
| June | 27 | Jack Buetel | 73 | US | Actor | The OutlawRose of Cimarron |
| June | 28 | Joris Ivens | 90 | Netherlands | Director, Documentarian | RainThe Bridge |
| July | 2 | Franklin J. Schaffner | 79 | US | Director | PattonPlanet of the Apes |
| July | 2 | Ben Wright | 74 | UK | Actor | The Little MermaidOne Hundred and One Dalmatians |
| July | 3 | Jim Backus | 76 | US | Actor | Rebel Without a CauseIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
| July | 10 | Mel Blanc | 81 | US | Voice Actor | Who Framed Roger RabbitThe Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie |
| July | 11 | Laurence Olivier | 82 | UK | Actor, Director | HamletMarathon Man |
| July | 18 | Rebecca Schaeffer | 21 | US | Actress | Radio DaysScenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills |
| July | 20 | Mary Treen | 82 | US | Actress | Kitty FoyleIt's a Wonderful Life |
| July | 27 | Warren Low | 83 | US | Film Editor | Now, VoyagerTrue Grit |
| July | 28 | Jeff Richards | 64 | US | Actor | Seven Brides for Seven BrothersBig Leaguer |
| August | 4 | Maurice Colbourne | 49 | UK | Actor | The DuellistsVenom |
| August | 11 | John Meillon | 55 | Australia | Actor | Crocodile DundeeWake in Fright |
| August | 16 | Amanda Blake | 60 | US | Actress | Miss Robin CrusoeThe Boost |
| August | 20 | Joseph LaShelle | 89 | US | Cinematographer | LauraThe Apartment |
| August | 18 | Robert Buckner | 83 | US | Screenwriter | Yankee Doodle DandyLove Me Tender |
| August | 30 | Joe De Santis | 80 | US | Actor | Al CaponeThe Professionals |
| August | 31 | Claire Luce | 85 | US | Actress | Over She GoesUp the River |
| September | 10 | Gordon McCallum | 70 | US | Sound Engineer | Fiddler on the RoofSuperman |
| September | 14 | John Bright | 81 | US | Screenwriter | The Public EnemyBlonde Crazy |
| September | 15 | Michael Klinger | 68 | UK | Producer | Get CarterCul-de-sac |
| September | 19 | Philip Sayer | 42 | UK | Actor | XtroSlayground |
| September | 21 | Ertem Eğilmez | 60 | Turkey | Producer, Director | NamusluArabesk |
| September | 21 | Corrado Gaipa | 65 | Italy | Actor | The GodfatherThe Sicilian Connection |
| September | 22 | Irving Berlin | 101 | US | Composer | Top HatHoliday Inn |
| September | 23 | Angelo Ross | 78 | US | Film Editor | Smokey and the BanditWho Killed Teddy Bear |
| October | 2 | Vittorio Caprioli | 68 | Italy | Actor, Director | Leoni al soleSplendori e miserie di Madame Royale |
| October | 4 | Graham Chapman | 48 | UK | Actor, Screenwriter | Monty Python's Life of BrianMonty Python and the Holy Grail |
| October | 4 | Betsy King Ross | 68 | US | Actress | Smoke LightningThe Phantom Empire |
| October | 5 | Paul Lerpae | 89 | US | Special Effects Artist | The War of the WorldsThe Ten Commandments |
| October | 5 | Noël-Noël | 92 | France | Actor, Screenwriter | Les Casse PiedsThe French, They Are a Funny Race |
| October | 6 | Bette Davis | 81 | US | Actress | All About EveJezebel |
| October | 8 | Onest Conley | 82 | US | Actor | Grand Old GirlThis Day and Age |
| October | 11 | Paul Shenar | 53 | US | Actor | ScarfaceRaw Deal |
| October | 13 | Cesare Zavattini | 87 | Italy | Screenwriter | Bicycle ThievesShoeshine |
| October | 14 | Michael Carmine | 30 | US | Actor | Batteries Not IncludedLeviathan |
| October | 15 | James Lee Barrett | 59 | US | Screenwriter | The Greatest Story Ever ToldSmokey and the Bandit |
| October | 16 | Cornel Wilde | 77 | US | Actor, Director | The Greatest Show on EarthA Song to Remember |
| October | 20 | Anthony Quayle | 76 | UK | Actor | The Guns of NavaroneLawrence of Arabia |
| October | 21 | Jean Image | 78 | Hungary | Director | Johnny the Giant KillerAladdin and His Magic Lamp |
| October | 22 | Roland Winters | 84 | US | Actor | The Chinese RingBlue Hawaii |
| October | 23 | Armida | 78 | Mexico | Actress, Singer | Machine Gun MamaThe Girl from Monterrey |
| October | 29 | Roland Anderson | 85 | US | Art Director | White ChristmasBreakfast at Tiffany's |
| October | 31 | Monica Collingwood | 81 | US | Film Editor | The Bishop's WifeThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
| November | 1 | Peter Childs | 50 | UK | Actor | Sweeney!Minder on the Orient Express |
| November | 6 | Margit Makay | 98 | Hungary | Actress | Cats' PlayTwo Confessions |
| November | 6 | Yūsaku Matsuda | 40 | Japan | Actor | Proof of the ManThe Family Game |
| November | 7 | Brunello Rondi | 64 | Italy | Screenwriter, Director | La Dolce Vita8½ |
| November | 11 | Roger Heman Jr | 57 | US | Sound Engineer | JawsCoal Miner's Daughter |
| November | 17 | Billy Lee | 60 | US | Actor | Wagon WheelsThe Biscuit Eater |
| November | 20 | Lynn Bari | 75 | US | Actress | ShockThe Bridge of San Luis Rey |
| November | 21 | Harvey Hart | 61 | Canada | Director | Bus Riley's Back in TownThe Sweet Ride |
| December | 6 | Frances Bavier | 86 | US | Actress | The Day the Earth Stood StillThe Stooge |
| December | 6 | Sammy Fain | 87 | US | Composer | Love Is a Many-Splendored ThingPeter Pan |
| December | 6 | John Payne | 77 | US | Actor | Miracle on 34th StreetThe Razor's Edge |
| December | 11 | Howard Lang | 78 | UK | Actor | GorgoDate at Midnight |
| December | 15 | Ben Barzman | 79 | Canada | Screenwriter | The Fall of the Roman EmpireEl Cid |
| December | 15 | Emile de Antonio | 70 | US | Director | Point of OrderPainters Painting |
| December | 15 | Jock Mahoney | 70 | US | Actor, Stuntman | The Land UnknownTarzan Goes to India |
| December | 15 | Edward Underdown | 81 | UK | Actor | ThunderballDr. Terror's House of Horrors |
| December | 16 | Aileen Pringle | 94 | US | Actress | Three WeeksShe's No Lady |
| December | 16 | Lee Van Cleef | 64 | US | Actor | The Good, the Bad and the UglyEscape from New York |
| December | 16 | Silvana Mangano | 59 | Italy | Actress | Bitter RiceDeath in Venice |
| December | 17 | Luciano Salce | 67 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | FantozziSlalom |
| December | 19 | Audrey Christie | 77 | US | Actress | Splendor in the GrassCarosuel |
| December | 25 | Betty Garde | 84 | US | Actress | Call Northside 777Caged |
| December | 25 | Robert Pirosh | 79 | US | Director, Screenwriter | BattlegroundGo for Broke! |

## Film debuts

* Daniel Baldwin – Born on the Fourth of July
* William Baldwin – Born on the Fourth of July
* Adrien Brody – New York Stories
* Vincent Cassel – Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
* Michael Chiklis – Wired
* Anna Chlumsky – Uncle Buck
* Steve Coogan – Resurrected
* Kevin Corrigan – Lost Angels
* Embeth Davidtz – Mutator
* Kirsten Dunst – New York Stories
* Thomas Mikal Ford – Harlem Nights
* Vivica A. Fox – Born on the Fourth of July
* Willie Garson – Troop Beverly Hills
* Carla Gugino – Troop Beverly Hills
* Laura Harring – Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
* Jared Harris – The Rachel Papers
* John Michael Higgins – Vampire's Kiss
* Bryce Dallas Howard – Parenthood
* Kelly Hu – Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
* Toby Huss – Zadar! Cow from Hell
* Michael Imperioli – Alexa
* Jason Isaacs – The Tall Guy
* Allison Janney – Who Shot Pat?
* Jamie Kennedy – Dead Poets Society
* Tom Kenny – How I Got Into College
* Martin Lawrence – Do the Right Thing
* Harry Lennix – The Package
* Tobey Maguire – The Wizard
* Matt Malloy – The Unbelievable Truth
* Costas Mandylor – Triumph of the Spirit
* Ray McKinnon – Driving Miss Daisy
* Larry Miller – Out Cold
* Michael Moore (director) – Roger & Me
* Bebe Neuwirth – Say Anything...
* Dean Norris – Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
* Steve Park – Do the Right Thing
* Mary-Louise Parker – Signs of Life
* Nathaniel Parker – War Requiem
* Rosie Perez – Do the Right Thing
* John C. Reilly – Casualties of War
* Sam Rockwell – Clownhouse
* Rene Russo – Major League
* Bill Sage – The Unbelievable Truth
* Adam Sandler – Going Overboard
* Annabella Sciorra – True Love
* Molly Shannon – The Phantom of the Opera
* Tom Sizemore – Lock Up
* Tara Strong – The Long Road Home
* Emma Thompson – The Tall Guy
* Aida Turturro – True Love
* Skeet Ulrich – Weekend at Bernie's
* Dylan Walsh – Loverboy
* Michael Jai White – The Toxic Avenger Part II
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