# 2009 in film

"none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards).

## Evaluation of the year

Film critic Philip French of The Guardian said that 2009 "began with the usual flurry of serious major movies given late December screenings in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. They're now forgotten or vaguely regarded as semi-classics: The Reader, Che, Slumdog Millionaire, Frost/Nixon, Revolutionary Road, The Wrestler, Gran Torino, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It soon became apparent that horror movies would be the dominant genre once again, with vampires the pre-eminent sub-species, the most profitable inevitably being New Moon, the latest in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga, the best the subtle Swedish Let the Right One In and the worst the British horror spoof Lesbian Vampire Killers. Documentaries continued to flourish, introducing us to fascinating new worlds: Afghan TV talent shows (Afghan Star), Australian exploitation cinema (Not Quite Hollywood), haute couture (The September Issue). Animation thrived, the 3-D comeback threatened to become permanent rather than a gimmick, and the two were conjoined in a dozen 3-D animated features, the finest being DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs. Aliens and Pixar's Up. Remakes and sequels abounded, none of any merit. The same went for films based on comic strips and graphic novels. British cinema generally bubbled in the doldrums. The well-acted Fish Tank was overrated, as was the dull costume drama The Young Victoria. The best films by native directors were fuelled by our obsession with soccer (Ken Loach's Looking for Eric and Tom Hooper's The Damned United) or directed by foreigners (New Zealander Jane Campion's Bright Star, and two films by Danes: Nicholas Winding Refn's Bronson and Lone Scherfig's An Education). The most original British film was Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor's low-key, low-budget Helen, a formally innovative look at provincial life. 2009 was a mostly undistinguished year for Hollywood, with indifferent films from Woody Allen (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Michael Mann (Public Enemies) and others, and deadly blockbusters such as Angels & Demons and 2012. The Coen brothers, however, were on form, examining their midwestern Jewish roots in A Serious Man, and Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker was the best film yet about Iraq. From Europe we had several striking revisionist accounts of violent resistance to Nazi occupation in the second world war: Flammen & Citronen (Denmark), Max Manus: Man of War (Norway) and The Army of Crime (France). But they were drowned in the tsunami of Quentin Tarantino's lunatic second world war fantasy Inglourious Basterds. The most likable European picture was the Italian Mid-August Lunch, the directorial debut of 60-year-old Gianni Di Gregorio (screenwriter on Gomorrah), and the three most memorably argumentative and provocative were Paolo Sorrentino's Il Divo, Lars von Trier's Antichrist and Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon. The performances I most enjoyed were impersonations: Meryl Streep's Julia Child (Julie & Julia) and Christian McKay's Orson in Me and Orson Welles."

## Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2009 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 2009 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Avatar | 20th Century Fox | $2,743,577,587 |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Warner Bros. | $933,959,197 |
| 3 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 20th Century Fox | $886,686,817 |
| 4 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Paramount | $836,303,693 |
| 5 | 2012 | Sony | $769,679,473 |
| 6 | Up | Disney | $735,099,082 |
| 7 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Summit | $709,827,462 |
| 8 | Sherlock Holmes | Warner Bros. | $524,028,679 |
| 9 | Angels & Demons | Sony | $485,930,816 |
| 10 | The Hangover | Warner Bros. | $469,328,079 |
* ↑ Excludes grosses from subsequent re-releases.
Avatar surpassed Titanic as the highest-grossing film of all time on January 25, 2010. Avatar then became the first film to earn more than $2 billion at the box office on January 31, 2010. Avatar was surpassed by Avengers: Endgame as the highest-grossing film of all time on July 21, 2019. Due to a re-release, Avatar retook the title from Endgame on March 13, 2021.

## Events

| Month | Day | Event |
| January | 22 | The 81st Academy Awards nominations are announced with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leading with 13 nominations, followed by Slumdog Millionaire with 10. Both films are nominated for Best Picture. Heath Ledger is posthumously nominated for Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in The Dark Knight, exactly one year after his death. |
| January | 25 | The 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony is held at the Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles. |
| January | 25 | Annie Awards ceremony is held in the UCLA's Royce Hall, Los Angeles. |
| January | 31 | The 61st Directors Guild of America Award dinner is held in the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles. |
| February | 5 – 15 | The 59th Berlin International Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Tom Tykwer's The International. The Golden Bear prize is awarded to The Milk of Sorrow. The Silver Bears prizes are awarded to Asghar Farhadi, Best Director, Sotigui Kouyaté, Best Actor and Birgit Minichmayr, Best Actress. The festival is closed by the international premiere of George Tillman Jr.'s Notorious |
| February | 7 | The 61st Writers Guild of America Awards is held. |
| February | 7 | The 62nd BAFTA Awards ceremony is held in the Royal Opera House, London. |
| February | 21 | The 29th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony is held in Hollywood, California. |
| February | 22 | The 81st Academy Awards ceremony is held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. |
| March | 29 | The 14th Empire Awards ceremony is held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England. |
| May | 31 | The 2009 MTV Movie Awards ceremony was held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California |
| July | 23 – 2 August | The 9th Era New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocław was held |
| December | 18 | Avatar is released in theaters, breaking many box-office records, including becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time. |

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 15th Critics' Choice Awards January 15, 2010 | 67th Golden Globe Awards January 17, 2010 | 67th Golden Globe Awards January 17, 2010 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 63rd BAFTA Awards February 21, 2010 | 82nd Academy Awards March 7, 2010 |
| Category/Organization | 15th Critics' Choice Awards January 15, 2010 | Drama | Musical or Comedy | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 63rd BAFTA Awards February 21, 2010 | 82nd Academy Awards March 7, 2010 |
| Best Film | The Hurt Locker | Avatar | The Hangover | The Hurt Locker | The Hurt Locker | The Hurt Locker |
| Best Director | Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker | James Cameron Avatar | James Cameron Avatar | Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker | Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker | Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker |
| Best Actor | Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart | Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart | Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes | Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart | Colin Firth A Single Man | Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart |
| Best Actress | Sandra Bullock The Blind Side Meryl Streep Julie & Julia | Sandra Bullock The Blind Side | Meryl Streep Julie & Julia | Sandra Bullock The Blind Side | Carey Mulligan An Education | Sandra Bullock The Blind Side |
| Best Supporting Actor | Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds | Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds | Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds | Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds | Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds | Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds |
| Best Supporting Actress | Mo'Nique Precious | Mo'Nique Precious | Mo'Nique Precious | Mo'Nique Precious | Mo'Nique Precious | Mo'Nique Precious |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air | Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air | Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air | Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air | Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air | Geoffrey Fletcher Precious |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds | Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air | Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air | Mark Boal The Hurt Locker | Mark Boal The Hurt Locker | Mark Boal The Hurt Locker |
| Best Animated Film | Up | Up | Up | Up | Up | Up |
| Best Original Score | Up Michael Giacchino | Up Michael Giacchino | Up Michael Giacchino | N/A | Up Michael Giacchino | Up Michael Giacchino |
| Best Original Song | "The Weary Kind" Crazy Heart | "The Weary Kind" Crazy Heart | "The Weary Kind" Crazy Heart | N/A | N/A | "The Weary Kind" Crazy Heart |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Broken Embraces | The White Ribbon | The White Ribbon | N/A | A Prophet | The Secret in Their Eyes |

## 2009 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 2009
* List of Argentine films of 2009
* List of Australian films of 2009
* List of Bangladeshi films of 2009
* List of Bengali films of 2009
* List of Bollywood films of 2009
* List of Brazilian films of 2009
* List of British films of 2009
* List of Chinese films of 2009
* List of Canadian films of 2009
* List of French films of 2009
* List of Hong Kong films of 2009
* List of Italian films of 2009
* List of Japanese films of 2009
* List of Kannada films of 2009
* List of Mexican films of the 2000s
* List of Malayalam films of 2009
* List of Pakistani films of 2009
* List of Russian films of 2009
* List of South Korean films of 2009
* List of Spanish films of 2009
* List of Tamil films of 2009
* List of Telugu films of 2009
* List of Turkish films of 2009

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 2009
* List of animated feature films of 2009
* List of avant-garde films of 2009
* List of crime films of 2009
* List of comedy films of 2009
* List of drama films of 2009
* List of horror films of 2009
* List of science fiction films of 2009
* List of thriller films of 2009
* List of western films of 2009

## Births

* January 5 - Walker Scobell, American actor
* January 23 - Winslow Fegley, American actor
* January 26 - YaYa Gosselin, American actress
* February 22 - Archie Yates, English actor
* March 12 - Woody Norman, English actor
* April 15 - Julia Butters, American actress
* May 18 - Hala Finley, American actress
* June 23 - Xia Vigor, British-Filipino actress
* September 25 - Leah Jeffries, American actress
* September 26 – Alisha Weir, Irish actress and singer
* October 9 - Gordon Cormier, Canadian actor
* November 10 - Christian Convery, American-Canadian actor

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 1 | Edmund Purdom | 84 | UK | Actor | Julius CaesarThe Egyptian |
| January | 2 | Steven Gilborn | 72 | US | Actor | Dunston Checks InEvolution |
| January | 3 | Pat Hingle | 84 | US | Actor | BatmanHang 'Em High |
| January | 3 | Olga San Juan | 81 | US | Actress, Dancer | Blue SkiesAre You with It? |
| January | 5 | Robert F. Brunner | 70 | US | Composer | The Computer Wore Tennis ShoesThat Darn Cat! |
| January | 5 | Ned Tanen | 77 | US | Producer, Executive | The Breakfast ClubSt. Elmo's Fire |
| January | 6 | John Scott Martin | 82 | UK | Actor | Monty Python's The Meaning of LifePink Floyd – The Wall |
| January | 8 | Don Galloway | 71 | US | Actor | The Big ChillRough Night in Jericho |
| January | 12 | Claude Berri | 74 | France | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | Jean de FloretteManon des Sources |
| January | 12 | Russ Conway | 95 | Canada | Actor | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?Love Me Tender |
| January | 13 | Patrick McGoohan | 80 | Ireland | Actor | BraveheartEscape from Alcatraz |
| January | 14 | Ricardo Montalbán | 88 | Mexico | Actor | FiestaStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan |
| January | 14 | Angela Morley | 84 | UK | Composer | Watership DownThe Little Prince |
| January | 15 | Chuck Gaspar | 70 | US | Special Effects Artist | GhostbustersArmageddon |
| January | 17 | Susanna Foster | 84 | US | Actress, Singer | Phantom of the OperaGlamour Boy |
| January | 18 | Kathleen Byron | 88 | UK | Actress | Black NarcissusSaving Private Ryan |
| January | 21 | Charles H. Schneer | 88 | US | Producer | Jason and the ArgonautsClash of the Titans |
| January | 26 | Darrell Sandeen | 78 | US | Actor | L.A. ConfidentialThey Call Me Bruce? |
| January | 31 | Clint Ritchie | 70 | US | Actor | The St. Valentine's Day MassacreBandolero! |
| February | 6 | Philip Carey | 83 | US | Actor | Calamity JanePushover |
| February | 6 | James Whitmore | 87 | US | Actor | Planet of the ApesThe Shawshank Redemption |
| February | 7 | Molly Bee | 69 | US | Singer, Actress | Going SteadySummer Love |
| February | 7 | Lesley Brook | 91 | UK | Actress | The Bells Go DownFor You Alone |
| February | 9 | Robert Anderson | 91 | US | Screenwriter | The Nun's StoryThe Sand Pebbles |
| February | 13 | Dilys Laye | 74 | UK | Actress | Idol on ParadeA Countess from Hong Kong |
| February | 19 | Oreste Lionello | 81 | Italy | Actor | Four Flies on Grey VelvetTotòtruffa 62 |
| February | 20 | Robert Quarry | 83 | US | Actor | Count Yorga, VampireDr. Phibes Rises Again |
| February | 21 | Howard Zieff | 81 | US | Director | Private BenjaminMy Girl |
| February | 23 | Laurence Payne | 89 | UK | Actor | Vampire CircusThe Tell-Tale Heart |
| February | 24 | Edward Judd | 76 | UK | Actor | O Lucky Man!The Day the Earth Caught Fire |
| February | 27 | John Alvin | 91 | US | Actor | Objective, Burma!The Beast with Five Fingers |
| March | 3 | Sydney Chaplin | 82 | US | Actor | LimelightLe clan des siciliens |
| March | 4 | Horton Foote | 92 | US | Screenwriter | To Kill a MockingbirdTender Mercies |
| March | 7 | Tullio Pinelli | 100 | Italy | Screenwriter | La StradaLa Dolce Vita |
| March | 13 | Betsy Blair | 85 | US | Actress | MartyA Delicate Balance |
| March | 14 | Millard Kaufman | 92 | US | Screenwriter | Bad Day at Black RockGun Crazy |
| March | 15 | Ron Silver | 62 | US | Actor | Reversal of FortuneTimecop |
| March | 18 | Natasha Richardson | 45 | UK | Actress | NellThe Parent Trap |
| March | 21 | John Cater | 77 | UK | Actor | The Abominable Dr. PhibesCaptain Kronos – Vampire Hunter |
| March | 21 | John Franklyn-Robbins | 84 | UK | Actor | Vanity FairThe Plague Dogs |
| March | 25 | Steven Bach | 70 | US | Studio Executive | |
| March | 29 | Monte Hale | 89 | US | Actor, Singer | Home on the RangeGiant |
| March | 29 | Maurice Jarre | 84 | France | Composer | Lawrence of ArabiaDoctor Zhivago |
| April | 1 | Lou Perryman | 67 | US | Actor | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2Poltergeist |
| April | 1 | Miguel Ángel Suárez | 69 | Puerto Rico | Actor | BananasStir Crazy |
| April | 3 | Tom Smith | 88 | UK | Makeup Artist | GandhiRaiders of the Lost Ark |
| April | 4 | Jody McCrea | 74 | US | Actor | Beach Blanket BingoCry Blood, Apache |
| April | 5 | Wouter Barendrecht | 43 | Netherlands | Producer | The Goddess of 1967Springtime in a Small Town |
| April | 8 | Jane Bryan | 90 | US | Actress | Each Dawn I DieKid Galahad |
| April | 9 | Michael N. Harbour | 63 | UK | Actor | Sophie's WorldWild Geese II |
| April | 9 | Shakti Samanta | 83 | India | Director, Producer | AradhanaKati Patang |
| April | 11 | Simon Channing Williams | 63 | UK | Producer | Secrets & LiesTopsy-Turvy |
| April | 12 | Marilyn Chambers | 57 | US | Actress | RabidBehind the Green Door |
| April | 18 | Peter Dennis | 75 | UK | Actor | SidewaysShrek |
| April | 22 | Ken Annakin | 94 | UK | Director | Swiss Family RobinsonThe Longest Day |
| April | 22 | Jack Cardiff | 94 | UK | Cinematographer, Director | Black NarcissusThe Red Shoes |
| April | 25 | Bea Arthur | 86 | US | Actress | Lovers and Other StrangersMame |
| April | 27 | Feroz Khan | 69 | India | Actor | Tarzan Goes to IndiaDharmatma |
| May | 1 | Marc Rocco | 46 | US | Director, Screenwriter | Where the Day Takes YouMurder in the First |
| May | 4 | Dom DeLuise | 75 | US | Actor | The Cannonball RunSilent Movie |
| May | 4 | Jane Randolph | 93 | US | Actress | Railroaded!Cat People |
| May | 15 | Bud Tingwell | 86 | Australia | Actor | Ned KellyThe Dish |
| May | 18 | Wayne Allwine | 62 | US | Voice Actor | Who Framed Roger RabbitFantasia 2000 |
| May | 20 | Lucy Gordon | 28 | UK | Actress | PerfumeSpider-Man 3 |
| May | 28 | Mort Abrahams | 93 | US | Producer | Planet of the ApesGoodbye, Mr. Chips |
| May | 28 | Terence Alexander | 86 | UK | Actor | The Square PegWaterloo |
| June | 3 | David Carradine | 72 | US | Actor | Kill BillBound for Glory |
| June | 3 | Shih Kien | 96 | China | Actor | The Young MasterEnter the Dragon |
| June | 6 | Mary Howard | 96 | US | Actress | Abe Lincoln in IllinoisBilly the Kid |
| June | 9 | Michael Roof | 32 | US | Actor | XXXBlack Hawk Down |
| June | 21 | Lorena Gale | 51 | Canada | Actress | The Butterfly EffectFantastic Four |
| June | 23 | Ed McMahon | 86 | US | Actor | The IncidentFun with Dick and Jane |
| June | 25 | Farrah Fawcett | 62 | US | Actress | Logan's RunThe Cannonball Run |
| June | 25 | Michael Jackson | 50 | US | Singer, Actor | The WizMoonwalker |
| June | 27 | Gale Storm | 87 | US | Singer, Actress | It Happened on 5th AvenueThe Texas Rangers |
| June | 29 | Jan Rubeš | 89 | Czech Republic | Singer, Actor | WitnessSnow Falling on Cedars |
| June | 30 | Harve Presnell | 75 | US | Actor, Singer | The Unsinkable Molly BrownFargo |
| July | 1 | Karl Malden | 97 | US | Actor | A Streetcar Named DesireOn the Waterfront |
| July | 4 | Brenda Joyce | 92 | US | Actress | Tarzan and the AmazonsThe Rains Came |
| July | 10 | Zena Marshall | 83 | UK | Actress | Dr. NoThose Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines |
| July | 13 | Beverly Roberts | 95 | US | Actress | China ClipperTwo Against the World |
| July | 14 | Dal McKennon | 89 | US | Actor | The BirdsMary Poppins |
| July | 24 | Harry Towb | 83 | Ireland | Actor | Barry LyndonPatton |
| July | 26 | Clayton Hill | 78 | US | Actor | Dawn of the DeadThe Fish That Saved Pittsburgh |
| July | 29 | Joanne Jordan | 88 | US | Actress | Written on the WindJet Pilot |
| July | 31 | Jean-Paul Roussillon | 78 | France | Actor | Monsieur de PourceaugnacRevenge of the Musketeers |
| August | 4 | Blake Snyder | 51 | US | Screenwriter | Stop! Or My Mom Will ShootBlank Check |
| August | 5 | Budd Schulberg | 95 | US | Screenwriter | On the WaterfrontA Face in the Crowd |
| August | 6 | John Hughes | 59 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | The Breakfast ClubHome Alone |
| August | 9 | John Quade | 71 | US | Actor | The Outlaw Josey WalesHigh Plains Drifter |
| August | 12 | Ruth Ford | 98 | US | Actress | Adventure in IraqPlay It As It Lays |
| August | 13 | John Bentley | 92 | UK | Actor | Calling Paul TempleHammer the Toff |
| August | 16 | Richard Moore | 83 | US | Cinematographer, Director | AnnieSometimes a Great Notion |
| August | 21 | Gordon Daniel | 86 | UK | Sound Engineer | PlatoonGrand Prix |
| August | 26 | Sadie Corré | 91 | UK | Actress, Dancer | Return of the JediBrazil |
| August | 26 | Dominick Dunne | 83 | US | Producer | The Boys in the BandAsh Wednesday |
| August | 28 | Wayne Tippit | 76 | US | Actor | Nurse BettyJFK |
| September | 3 | Caro Jones | 86 | Canada | Casting Director | RockyThe Karate Kid |
| September | 4 | Iain Cuthbertson | 79 | UK | Actor | Gorillas in the MistStrictly Sinatra |
| September | 4 | Carl Reindel | 74 | US | Actor | BullittTora! Tora! Tora! |
| September | 7 | Frank Coghlan, Jr. | 93 | US | Actor | The Public EnemyAdventures of Captain Marvel |
| September | 8 | Ray Barrett | 82 | Australia | Actor | AustraliaThe Sundowners |
| September | 11 | Zakes Mokae | 75 | South Africa | Actor | The Serpent and the RainbowWaterworld |
| September | 12 | Larry Gelbart | 81 | US | Screenwriter | TootsieOh, God! |
| September | 13 | Paul Burke | 83 | US | Actor | The Thomas Crown AffairValley of the Dolls |
| September | 13 | Arnold Laven | 87 | US | Director | Rough Night in JerichoSam Whiskey |
| September | 14 | Henry Gibson | 73 | US | Actor | NashvilleMagnolia |
| September | 14 | Patrick Swayze | 57 | US | Actor | Dirty DancingGhost |
| September | 15 | Troy Kennedy Martin | 77 | UK | Screenwriter | The Italian JobKelly's Heroes |
| September | 16 | Timothy Bateson | 83 | UK | Actor | LabyrinthOliver Twist |
| September | 16 | Luciano Emmer | 91 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | Sunday in AugustThree Girls from Rome |
| September | 17 | Dick Durock | 72 | US | Actor, Stuntman | Swamp ThingStand by Me |
| September | 18 | Pearl Hackney | 92 | UK | Actress | YanksThere's a Girl in My Soup |
| September | 20 | John Hart | 91 | US | Actor | BlackensteinThe Legend of the Lone Ranger |
| September | 20 | Katherine Parr | 88 | UK | Actress | This Sporting LifeDoomwatch |
| September | 21 | Robert Ginty | 60 | US | Actor, Director | The ExterminatorComing Home |
| September | 30 | Robert S. Baker | 92 | UK | Producer, Director, Cinematographer | Jack the RipperThe Hellfire Club |
| October | 3 | John Peverall | 77-78 | UK | Producer | The Deer HunterThe Man Who Fell to Earth |
| October | 6 | Pamela Blake | 94 | US | Actress | Wyoming OutlawMr. & Mrs. Smith |
| October | 10 | Sean Lawlor | 55 | Ireland | Actor | Trojan EddieBraveheart |
| October | 13 | Al Martino | 82 | US | Actor, Singer | The GodfatherThe Godfather Part III |
| October | 13 | Daniel Melnick | 77 | US | Producer, Executive | Altered StatesFootloose |
| October | 14 | Lou Albano | 76 | Italy | Actor, Wrestler | Stay TunedWise Guys |
| October | 14 | Collin Wilcox | 74 | US | Actress | To Kill a MockingbirdJaws 2 |
| October | 17 | Douglas Blackwell | 85 | UK | Actor | Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesLabyrinth |
| October | 17 | Vic Mizzy | 93 | US | Composer | The Night WalkerThe Spirit Is Willing |
| October | 17 | Rosanna Schiaffino | 69 | Italy | Actress | The VictorsDrop Dead Darling |
| October | 19 | Joseph Wiseman | 91 | Canada | Actor | Dr. NoDetective Story |
| October | 20 | Hubert Rees | 81 | UK | Actor | Under Milk WoodSweeney 2 |
| October | 23 | Lou Jacobi | 95 | Canada | Actor | My Favorite YearIrma la Douce |
| October | 26 | Yoshirō Muraki | 85 | Japan | Production Designer, Costume Designer | YojimboThrone of Blood |
| October | 27 | John David Carson | 57 | US | Actor | The Day of the DolphinPretty Maids All in a Row |
| November | 4 | David Tree | 94 | UK | Actor | Goodbye, Mr. ChipsPygmalion |
| November | 6 | Derek Brechin | 57 | UK | Film Editor | StargateDeep Blue Sea |
| November | 12 | Paul Wendkos | 84 | US | Director | GidgetThe Mephisto Waltz |
| November | 16 | Edward Woodward | 79 | UK | Actor | Breaker MorantThe Wicker Man |
| November | 17 | Tony Kendall | 72 | Italy | Actor | Machine Gun McCainKommissar X |
| November | 28 | Gilles Carle | 81 | Canada | Director, Screenwriter | The Plouffe FamilyThe True Nature of Bernadette |
| December | 3 | Nat Boxer | 84 | US | Sound Engineer | The Godfather Part IIApocalypse Now |
| December | 3 | Richard Todd | 90 | Ireland | Actor | The Hasty HeartStage Fright |
| December | 4 | Bryan O'Byrne | 78 | US | Actor | Gunfight in AbileneSpaceballs |
| December | 5 | Garfield Morgan | 78 | UK | Actor | The Odessa File28 Weeks Later |
| December | 8 | Joan Bridge | 97 | UK | Costume Designer | The Day of the JackalFiddler on the Roof |
| December | 9 | Gene Barry | 90 | US | Actor | The War of the WorldsThunder Road |
| December | 12 | Val Avery | 85 | US | Actor | The Magnificent SevenRequiem for a Heavyweight |
| December | 15 | Peter Murton | 85 | UK | Production Designer, Art Director | Dr. StrangeloveStargate |
| December | 15 | Robert Turturice | 60 | US | Costume Designer | Batman and RobinTurbulence |
| December | 16 | Roy E. Disney | 79 | US | Studio Executive | |
| December | 17 | Alaina Reed Hall | 63 | US | Actress | Cruel IntentionsDeath Becomes Her |
| December | 17 | Jennifer Jones | 90 | US | Actress | The Song of BernadetteDuel in the Sun |
| December | 17 | Dan O'Bannon | 63 | US | Screenwriter, Director, Actor | AlienThe Return of the Living Dead |
| December | 19 | Donald Pickering | 76 | UK | Actor | The Man Who Knew Too LittleA Bridge Too Far |
| December | 20 | Brittany Murphy | 32 | US | Actress | Clueless8 Mile |
| December | 20 | Shari Rhodes | 71 | US | Casting Director | Close Encounters of the Third KindThe Sandlot |
| December | 20 | Arnold Stang | 91 | US | Actor | The Man with the Golden ArmSkidoo |
| December | 21 | Marianne Stone | 87 | UK | Actress | LolitaA Hard Day's Night |
| December | 22 | Michael Currie | 81 | US | Actor | Sudden ImpactHalloween III: Season of the Witch |
| December | 24 | Giulio Bosetti | 78 | Italy | Actor | Il DivoGood Morning, Night |
| December | 30 | Perry Wilson | 93 | US | Actress | The MatchmakerFear Strikes Out |
| December | 31 | Glauco Onorato | 73 | Italy | Actor | SunflowerLa Cage aux Folles II |

## Film debuts

* Maisa Abd Elhadi – The Time That Remains
* Alberto Ammann − Cell 211
* François Arnaud – I Killed My Mother
* Enric Auquer − Mediterranean Food
* Austin Butler − Aliens in the Attic
* Carly Chaikin – The Consultants
* Gwendoline Christie – The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
* Chris Colfer – Russel Fish: The Sausage and Eggs Incident
* Sharlto Copley – District 9
* Jai Courtney – Stone Bros.
* Belén Cuesta – Hierro
* Laetitia Dosch – Accomplices
* Jacqueline Fernandez – Aladin
* Gal Gadot – Fast & Furious
* Donald Glover – Mystery Team
* Chris Hemsworth – Star Trek
* Liam Hemsworth – Knowing
* Ellie Kemper – Mystery Team
* Vincent Lacoste – The French Kissers
* Billy Magnussen – Happy Tears
* Mia McKenna-Bruce – The Fourth Kind
* Tanner Novlan – Maneater
* Aubrey Plaza – Mystery Team
* Zachary Quinto – Star Trek
* Chris Riggi – Toe to Toe
* Guillermo Rodriguez – Rock Slyde
* Amaia Salamanca – Brain Drain
* Anna Sawai – Ninja Assassin
* Kaya Scodelario – Moon
* Yara Shahidi – Imagine That
* Gabby Sidibe – Precious
* Dan Stevens – Hilde
* Steven Yeun – My Name Is Jerry