# 1982 in film

The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

## Highest-grossing films
### North America

The top ten 1982 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1982 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
| 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Universal | $359,197,037 |
| 2 | Tootsie | Columbia | $177,200,000 |
| 3 | An Officer and a Gentleman | Paramount | $129,795,554 |
| 4 | First Blood | Orion | $125,212,904 |
| 5 | Rocky III | United Artists | $124,146,897 |
| 6 | Porky's | 20th Century Fox | $105,492,483 |
| 7 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Paramount | $78,912,963 |
| 8 | 48 Hrs. | Paramount | $78,868,508 |
| 9 | Poltergeist | MGM | $76,606,280 |
| 10 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Universal | $69,701,637 |

### Outside North America

The highest-grossing 1982 films in countries outside of North America.
| International market | Title | Director | Production country | Gross |
| China | Shaolin Temple | Chang Hsin Yen | China / Hong Kong | CN¥161,578,014 |
| France | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Steven Spielberg | United States | 7,881,332 admissions |
| West Germany | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Steven Spielberg | United States | 7,666,017 admissions |
| India | Vidhaata | Subhash Ghai | India | ₹160,000,000 ($16,300,000) |
| Italy | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Steven Spielberg | United States | 10,298,000 admissions |
| Japan | The Gods Must Be Crazy | Jamie Uys | South Africa | ¥2,360,000,000 (rentals) |
| South Korea | Dragon Lord | Jackie Chan | Hong Kong | ₩894,366,000 |
| Soviet Union | Sportloto-82 | Leonid Gaidai | Soviet Union | 13,800,000 Rbls ($19,500,000) |
| Spain | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Steven Spielberg | United States | 7,719,932 admissions |
| Taiwan | The Gods Must Be Crazy | Jamie Uys | South Africa | NT$39,431,235 |
| United Kingdom | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Steven Spielberg | United States | £21,700,000 |

## Worldwide gross revenue

The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1982. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1982.
| Title | Worldwide gross (US$) | Production country |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $792,910,554 | United States |
| Gandhi | $127,767,889 | India United Kingdom |
| Rocky III | $124,146,897 | United States |
| Poltergeist | $121,706,019 | United States |
| Shaolin Temple | $111,441,439 | China Hong Kong |
| Disco Dancer | $106,000,000 | India |
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | $97,000,000 | United States |

## Events

* January 1 - Terry Semel becomes president of Warner Bros.
* March 5 - John Belushi dies after being injected with a mixture of heroin and cocaine at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles, California.
* June 11
** E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is released; it became the highest-grossing film to date.
** Michelle Pfeiffer appears in her first leading role, in Grease 2, the sequel to the top-grossing film of 1978.
* June 22 – The Coca-Cola Company acquires Columbia Pictures for $750 million.
* July 9 — Sci-fi movie Tron is the first feature film to use computer animation extensively.
* July 23 — During production of Twilight Zone: The Movie, Vic Morrow and two child actors are accidentally killed during a helicopter scene, leading to reforms in filmmaking safety and child-labor laws.
* October 22 – First Blood is released to widespread commercial and critical success, launching the Rambo franchise.
* December 8 – Comedian Eddie Murphy makes his film debut in the hit 48 Hrs.
* December 17 – Tootsie is released, becoming the highest-grossing comedy to date and Columbia Pictures's highest-grossing film at $177 million.
* December 27 - Ned Tanen resigns as president of Universal Pictures. Robert Rehme becomes president of Universal's new Theatrical Motion Picture Group.
* The THX Sound System is developed for movie theaters.

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 40th Golden Globe Awards January 29, 1983 | 40th Golden Globe Awards January 29, 1983 | 36th BAFTA Awards March 20, 1983 | 55th Academy Awards April 11, 1983 |
| Category/Organization | Drama | Musical or Comedy | 36th BAFTA Awards March 20, 1983 | 55th Academy Awards April 11, 1983 |
| Best Film | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Tootsie | Gandhi | Gandhi |
| Best Director | Richard Attenborough Gandhi | Richard Attenborough Gandhi | Richard Attenborough Gandhi | Richard Attenborough Gandhi |
| Best Actor | Ben Kingsley Gandhi | Dustin Hoffman Tootsie | Ben Kingsley Gandhi | Ben Kingsley Gandhi |
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep Sophie's Choice | Julie Andrews Victor/Victoria | Katharine Hepburn On Golden Pond | Meryl Streep Sophie's Choice |
| Best Supporting Actor | Louis Gossett Jr. An Officer and a Gentleman | Louis Gossett Jr. An Officer and a Gentleman | Jack Nicholson Reds | Louis Gossett Jr. An Officer and a Gentleman |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Lange Tootsie | Jessica Lange Tootsie | Rohini Hattangadi Gandhi Maureen Stapleton Reds | Jessica Lange Tootsie |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | John Briley Gandhi | John Briley Gandhi | Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart Missing | Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart Missing |
| Best Screenplay, Original | John Briley Gandhi | John Briley Gandhi | Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart Missing | John Briley Gandhi |
| Best Original Score | John Williams E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | John Williams E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | John Williams E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | John Williams E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse Victor/Victoria |
| Best Original Song | "Up Where We Belong" An Officer and a Gentleman | "Up Where We Belong" An Officer and a Gentleman | "Another Brick in the Wall" Pink Floyd – The Wall | "Up Where We Belong" An Officer and a Gentleman |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Gandhi | Gandhi | Christ Stopped at Eboli | Begin the Beguine |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
    Missing, directed by Costa-Gavras, United States
    Yol (The Way), directed by Yılmaz Güney, Turkey
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
    The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge), directed by Wim Wenders, W. Germany / Portugal / US
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
    Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (Veronika Voss), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W. Germany

## 1982 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 1982
* List of Argentine films of 1982
* List of Australian films of 1982
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1982
* List of British films of 1982
* List of Canadian films of 1982
* List of French films of 1982
* List of Hong Kong films of 1982
* List of Indian films of 1982
** List of Hindi films of 1982
** List of Kannada films of 1982
** List of Malayalam films of 1982
** List of Marathi films of 1982
** List of Tamil films of 1982
** List of Telugu films of 1982
* List of Japanese films of 1982
* List of Mexican films of 1982
* List of Pakistani films of 1982
* List of South Korean films of 1982
* List of Soviet films of 1982
* List of Spanish films of 1982

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 1982
* List of animated feature films of 1982
* List of avant-garde films of 1982
* List of comedy films of 1982
* List of drama films of 1982
* List of horror films of 1982
* List of science fiction films of 1982
* List of thriller films of 1982
* List of western films of 1982

## Births

* January 6
** Misha Omar, Malaysian actress and singer
** Eddie Redmayne, English actor
* January 7 – Lauren Cohan, British-American actress
* January 8 – Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
* January 10
** Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002)
** Misato Fukuen, Japanese voice actress
* January 11
** Blake Heron, American actor (d. 2017)
** Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
* January 13 - Ruth Wilson, English actress
* January 16 – Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Danish actress
* January 19
** Tom Lorcan, English actor
** Simone Missick, American actress
** Jodie Sweetin, American actress
* January 24 – Daveed Diggs, American actor, rapper, singer, songwriter, screenwriter, and film producer
* January 25 - John Behlmann, American actor
* January 28 – Mirtel Pohla, Estonian actress
* February 1 - Daisy Betts, Australian actress
* February 3 – Bridget Regan, American actress
* February 5 – Yū Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
* February 6 – Alice Eve, English actress
* February 7 – Cory Doran, Canadian voice actor and director
* February 8 – Danny Tamberelli, American actor
* February 10 – Yoshimasa Hosoya, Japanese voice actor
* February 11 – Natalie Dormer, English actress
* February 12 – Carter Hayden, Canadian actor and voice actor
* February 15 – Nesreen Tafesh, Syrian-Palestinian-Algerian actress and singer
* February 22
** Buğra Gülsoy, Turkish actor and director
** Dichen Lachman, Australian actress and producer
* February 23 – Adam Hann-Byrd, American actor and screenwriter
* February 24 – Fala Chen, Hong Kong actress
* March 1 – Kim Min-hee, South Korean actress
* March 2 – Pilou Asbæk, Danish actor
* March 3 – Jessica Biel, American actress
* March 7 – Nora Danish, Malaysian actress
* March 8 – Marjorie Estiano, Brazilian actress
* March 10
** Shin Koyamada, Japanese actor, producer and martial artist
** Thomas Middleditch, Canadian actor, voice actor, comedian and screenwriter
* March 11
** Thora Birch, American actress
** Robbie Daymond, American voice actor
** Mircea Monroe, American actress and model
* March 12
** Lili Bordán, Hungarian-American actress
** Samm Levine, American comedian and actor
** Luis Gerardo Méndez, Mexican actor and producer
* March 14 – Kate Maberly, English actress, director, writer, producer and musician
* March 15
** Tom Budge, Australian actor
** Patricia Summersett, Canadian actress
* March 16 – Dian Sastrowardoyo, Indonesian actress
* March 18 – Adam Pally, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
* March 20
** Nick Blood, English actor
** Erica Luttrell, Canadian actress
* March 21 - Santino Fontana, American actor and singer
* March 22 – Constance Wu, American actress
* March 23 - Nicolas Wright, Canadian actor and writer
* March 24 – Kenichirou Ohashi, Japanese voice actor
* March 25
** Sean Faris, American actor and model
** Rory Markham, American mixed martial artist and actor
** Jenny Slate, American actress and comedian
* March 26 - Joe Anderson, English actor and singer
* March 28 - Flula Borg, German actor, musician, comedian, YouTube personality and DJ
* March 31
** Judi Shekoni, English actress
** Brian Tyree Henry, American actor
** Chloé Zhao, Chinese-American director
* April 1
** Sam Huntington, American actor
** Taran Killam, American actor and comedian
* April 3
** Sofia Boutella, Algerian actress
** Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
* April 4
** Justin Cook, American voice actor
** Kett Turton, American-born Canadian actor
* April 5 – Hayley Atwell, English-American actress
* April 6 – Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Spanish actor
* April 9 – Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor-comedian
* April 10 – Chyler Leigh, American actress
* April 11 – Remy Ishak, Malaysian actor
* April 15 - Seth Rogen, Canadian actor, comedian and filmmaker
* April 16 - Gina Carano, American actress
* April 19
** Marta Milans, Spanish-American actress
** Cassandra Lee Morris, American voice actress
** Ignacio Serricchio, Argentine-born American actor
** Ali Wong, Vietnamese-Chinese-American stand-up comedian, actress and writer
** Blitz the Ambassador, Ghanaian filmmaker, author, visual artist, rapper
* April 22
** Cassidy Freeman, American actress and musician
** Noriko Shitaya, Japanese voice actress
* April 24 – Kelly Clarkson, American singer, songwriter and actress
* April 25 – Josh Kelly, American actor
* April 26 – Cedric Sanders, American actor
* April 28 – Harry Shum Jr., Costa Rican-American actor, singer and dancer
* April 30
** Kirsten Dunst, American actress
** Drew Seeley, Canadian actor and singer
* May 1 – Jamie Dornan, Northern Irish actor
* May 3 – Rebecca Hall, English-American actress
* May 8 – Christina Cole, English actress
* May 11
** Jonathan Jackson, American actor
** Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and musician (d. 2013)
* May 14
** Anjelah Johnson, American actress and comedian
** Jessica Raine, English actress
* May 15 - Alexandra Breckenridge, American actress
* May 16 - Tiya Sircar, American actress
* May 20 – Donald Reignoux, French voice actor
* May 24 – Chaunté Wayans, American actress, comedian, writer and editor
* May 25 – Fryda Wolff, American voice actress
* May 28 – Alexa Davalos, American actress
* May 29 – Anita Briem, Icelandic actress
* May 31
** Lee Majdoub, Canadian actor
** Jonathan Tucker, American actor
* June 2 – Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
* June 4 – MC Jin, American rapper, actor and comedian of Chinese descent
* June 5 – Yoo In-na, South Korean actress
* June 7 - Amy Nuttall, English actress and singer
* June 8 – Josh Pence, American actor
* June 16
** Missy Peregrym, Canadian actress
** Jodi Sta. Maria, Filipina actress
* June 17
** Arthur Darvill, English actor and musician
** Ursula Ratasepp, Estonian actress
* June 19 – Gabriella Wright, English actress
* June 21
** Benjamin Walker, American actor
** Jussie Smollett, American actor
* June 22 – Mati Diop, French-Senegalese actress and director
* June 24
** Laura Donnelly, Northern Irish actress
** Sarai Givaty, Israeli actress and singer-songwriter
** Lotte Verbeek, Dutch actress
* June 27
** Polo Ravales, Filipino actor and model
** Takeru Shibaki, Japanese actor
* June 29
** Matthew Mercer, American voice actor
** Colin Jost, American actor and comedian
** Ott Sepp, Estonian actor
* June 30 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress
* July 1
** Hilarie Burton, American actress
** Fedi Nuril, Indonesian actor
* July 6 - Misty Upham, Native American actress (d. 2014)
* July 8
** Sophia Bush, American actress
** Schuyler Fisk, American singer-songwriter and actress
* July 9 – Toby Kebbell, English actor
* July 13 - Aya Cash, American actress
* July 18 – Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress
* July 19
** Jared Padalecki, American actor
** Derek Wilson, American actor
* July 23
** Zanjoe Marudo, Filipino actor
** Tom Mison, English actor
** Paul Wesley, American actor
* July 24
** Elisabeth Moss, American actress
** Anna Paquin, New Zealand actress
* July 25 – Brad Renfro, American actor (d. 2008)
* July 29 - Allison Mack, American actress
* July 30
** Nesrin Cavadzade, Turkish-Azerbaijani actress
** Brandon Scott, American actor and producer
** Martin Starr, American actor
** Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
* August 1 – Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress
* August 6 – Romola Garai, English actress
* August 7 – Abbie Cornish, Australian actress
* August 10 – Devon Aoki, American actress and model
* August 13 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor
* August 16
** Cam Gigandet, American actor
** Todd Haberkorn, American voice actor
* August 19
** Erika Christensen, American actress
** Melissa Fumero, American actress
* August 20
** Meghan Ory, Canadian actress
** Jamil Walker Smith, American actor
* August 21 – Akane Omae, Japanese voice actress
* August 25 – Benjamin Diskin, American voice actor
* August 26
** Nazneen Contractor, Canadian actress
** John Mulaney, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer
* August 28 – LeAnn Rimes, American singer-songwriter and actress
* August 29 – Echo Kellum, American actor and comedian
* September 1 – Zoe Lister-Jones, American actress and filmmaker
* September 3 – Ayumi Fujimura, Japanese voice actress
* September 4
** Shaheizy Sam, Malaysian actor
** Sarah Solemani, English actress and writer
* September 7
** David Dawson, English actor
** Ryoko Shiraishi, Japanese voice actress
* September 10 – Bret Iwan, American voice actor
* September 13
** J. G. Quintel, American animator, television writer and voice actor
* September 15 – Evan Goldberg, Canadian filmmaker and comedian
* September 19 – Columbus Short, American actor and dancer
* September 20
** JJ Jia, Hong Kong actress
** Hu Ge, Chinese actor
* September 22
** Katie Lowes, American actress
** Billie Piper, English singer and actress
* September 25 – Charlene Amoia, American actress
* September 27 – Anna Camp, American actress and singer
* September 28 – Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor
* September 29 – Stephen "tWitch" Boss, American dancer, choreographer, and actor (d. 2022)
* September 30
** Lacey Chabert, American actress
** Kieran Culkin, American actor
* October 1 – Olga Fonda, Russian-American actress
* October 3 – Erik von Detten, former American actor
* October 10 – Dan Stevens, British actor
* October 13 – Jo Yoon-hee, South Korean actress and model
* October 15
** Imran Abbas, Pakistani actor and model
** Jessica Rey, American actress
** Lane Toran, American actor, voice actor, musician and songwriter
* October 23 – Bradley Pierce, American actor
* October 27
** Patrick Fugit, American actor
** Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor and singer
* October 28 – Matt Smith, English actor
* October 29 – Chelan Simmons, Canadian actress and former professional model
* October 30 – Clémence Poésy, French actress and model
* October 31 – Justin Chatwin, Canadian actor
* November 2 – Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress and singer
* November 4 – Travis Van Winkle, American actor
* November 10 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress
* November 11 – Fayssal Bazzi, Australian actor
* November 12 – Anne Hathaway, American actress
* November 14 - Laura Ramsey, American actress
* November 15 – Yaya DaCosta, American actress
* November 18
** Akeno Watanabe, Japanese voice actress
** Damon Wayans Jr., American actor, comedian and writer
* November 21 – Ryan Carnes, American actor
* November 22 – Fiona Glascott, Irish actress
* November 24 – Joey Ansah, British actor, director and martial artist
* November 25 – Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Mexican-American actress
* November 28
** Malcolm Goodwin, American actor
** Alan Ritchson, American actor, filmmaker and singer
* November 29
** Gemma Chan, English actress
** Lucas Black, American actor
** Eddie Spears, Indigenous American actor
* November 30 – Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
* December 1
** Riz Ahmed, British actor and rapper
** Jonny Cruz, American actor, scriptwriter, producer, filmmaker and musician
* December 3
** Jaycee Chan, American-born Hong Kong actor and singer
** Dascha Polanco, Dominican-American actress
* December 5 – Gabriel Luna, American actor and producer
* December 7
** Jack Huston, British actor
** Jesse Johnson, American actor
* December 8
** Nicki Minaj, American rapper
** Hannah Ware, English actress
* December 12 – Ai Kato, Japanese actress
* December 15
** Charlie Cox, English actor
** George O. Gore II, American actor
* December 16 – Justin Mentell, American actor (d. 2010)
* December 21 – Alexia Barlier, French actress
* December 24
** Robert Schwartzman, American actor, screenwriter, director, and musician
** Tetsuya Kakihara, Japanese voice actor
* December 28 – Beau Garrett, American actress and model
* December 29 – Alison Brie, American actress
* December 30 – Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 1 | Victor Buono | 43 | US | Actor | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?Robin and the 7 Hoods |
| January | 1 | Margot Grahame | 70 | UK | Actress | The InformerThe Three Musketeers |
| January | 4 | Kathryn Scola | 90 | US | Screenwriter | Baby FaceThe Glass Key |
| January | 5 | Hans Conried | 64 | US | Actor | The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.Peter Pan |
| January | 5 | Harvey Lembeck | 58 | US | Actor | Stalag 17Beach Party |
| January | 8 | Reta Shaw | 69 | US | Actress | Mary PoppinsEscape to Witch Mountain |
| January | 8 | Grégoire Aslan | 73 | Switzerland | Actor | CleopatraThe Return of the Pink Panther |
| January | 10 | Paul Lynde | 55 | US | Actor | Bye Bye BirdieSend Me No Flowers |
| January | 30 | Stanley Holloway | 91 | UK | Actor | My Fair LadyBrief Encounter |
| February | 5 | Dolores Moran | 58 | US | Actress | To Have and Have NotThe Horn Blows at Midnight |
| February | 11 | Eleanor Powell | 69 | US | Actress, Dancer | Born to DanceBroadway Melody of 1936 |
| February | 11 | Takashi Shimura | 76 | Japan | Actor | Seven SamuraiGodzilla |
| February | 12 | Victor Jory | 79 | Canada | Actor | Gone with the WindThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| February | 14 | Antonio Casas | 70 | Spain | Actor | The Good, the Bad and the UglyTristana |
| February | 17 | Lee Strasberg | 80 | US | Actor | The Godfather Part IIGoing in Style |
| February | 18 | Tina Carver | 59 | US | Actress | From Hell It CameInside Detroit |
| February | 22 | John Carter | 74 | US | Sound Engineer | JawsEl Dorado |
| February | 24 | Virginia Bruce | 71 | US | Actress | The Great ZiegfeldJane Eyre |
| March | 5 | John Belushi | 33 | US | Actor | The Blues BrothersNational Lampoon's Animal House |
| March | 5 | Burton Miller | 57 | US | Costume Designer | The Front PageAirport '77 |
| March | 5 | Giuseppe Porelli | 84 | Italy | Actor | I dieci comandamentiDon Camillo: Monsignor |
| March | 6 | Ayn Rand | 77 | Russia | Screenwriter | The FountainheadLove Letters |
| March | 8 | Walter Plunkett | 79 | US | Costume Designer | Gone with the WindAn American in Paris |
| March | 19 | Alan Badel | 58 | UK | Actor | The Day of the JackalForce 10 from Navarone |
| March | 21 | Harry H. Corbett | 57 | UK | Actor | JabberwockyCarry On Screaming! |
| March | 22 | Harold Goldblatt | 82 | UK | Actor | A Night to RememberSunday Bloody Sunday |
| March | 26 | Sam Kydd | 67 | UK | Actor | The LadykillersEye of the Needle |
| March | 27 | Betty Schade | 87 | US | Actress | After FiveFirst Love |
| March | 29 | Rudy Bond | 69 | US | Actor | The GodfatherA Streetcar Named Desire |
| April | 1 | Stephen Chase | 79 | US | Actor | When Worlds CollideThe Blob |
| April | 3 | Warren Oates | 53 | US | Actor | The Wild BunchIn the Heat of the Night |
| April | 7 | Brenda Benet | 36 | US | Actress | Harum ScarumWalking Tall |
| April | 12 | Lenny Baker | 37 | US | Actor | Next Stop, Greenwich VillageThe Paper Chase |
| April | 15 | Arthur Lowe | 66 | UK | Actor | Kind Hearts and CoronetsThe Ruling Class |
| April | 21 | Joe Sawyer | 75 | Canada | Actor | GildaIt Came from Outer Space |
| April | 22 | Stanley Roberts | 65 | US | Screenwriter | The Caine MutinyMade in Paris |
| April | 25 | W. R. Burnett | 82 | US | Screenwriter | High SierraThe Great Escape |
| April | 25 | Don Wilson | 81 | US | Actor | NiagaraBuck Benny Rides Again |
| April | 26 | Celia Johnson | 73 | UK | Actress | Brief EncounterThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| April | 27 | George Dunn | 67 | US | Actor | Operation PetticoatThe Beguiled |
| April | 27 | Tom Tully | 73 | US | Actor | The Caine MutinyCharley Varrick |
| May | 1 | Margaret Sheridan | 55 | US | Actress | The Thing from Another WorldI, the Jury |
| May | 2 | Helmut Dantine | 63 | Austria | Actor | Whispering CityBring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia |
| May | 2 | Hugh Marlowe | 71 | US | Actor | All About EveThe Day the Earth Stood Still |
| May | 2 | Wini Shaw | 75 | US | Actress, Singer | Gold Diggers of 1935Front Page Woman |
| May | 14 | Hugh Beaumont | 73 | US | Actor | The Blue DahliaRailroaded! |
| May | 16 | Sidney Hickox | 86 | US | Cinematographer | The Big SleepWhite Heat |
| May | 16 | Leigh Snowden | 52 | US | Actress | Outside the LawThe Creature Walks Among Us |
| May | 29 | Romy Schneider | 43 | Germany | Actress | The TrialWhat's New Pussycat? |
| June | 10 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 37 | Germany | Screenwriter, Director, Actor | Love Is Colder Than DeathKatzelmacher |
| June | 16 | Gwen Wakeling | 81 | US | Costume Designer | Samson and DelilahHow Green Was My Valley |
| June | 18 | Curd Jürgens | 66 | Germany | Actor, Director | The Spy Who Loved MeThe Longest Day |
| June | 21 | Cotton Warburton | 70 | US | Film Editor | Mary PoppinsNeptune's Daughter |
| June | 29 | Michael Brennan | 69 | UK | Actor | Trouble in StoreUp in the World |
| June | 29 | Henry King | 96 | US | Director, Producer | Twelve O'Clock HighThe Gunfighter |
| July | 8 | Isa Miranda | 73 | Italy | Actress | Hotel ImperialSummertime |
| July | 12 | Kenneth More | 67 | UK | Actor | The Longest DayBattle of Britain |
| July | 16 | Patrick Dewaere | 35 | France | Actor, Screenwriter, Director | A Bad SonLe Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff |
| July | 18 | John Maxwell | 64 | US | Actor | The ProwlerWithout Warning! |
| July | 19 | John Harvey | 70 | UK | Actor | The Satanic Rites of DraculaThe Man with My Face |
| July | 23 | Vic Morrow | 53 | US | Actor | Twilight Zone: The MovieThe Bad News Bears |
| July | 29 | Harold Sakata | 62 | US | Actor | GoldfingerDimension 5 |
| August | 2 | Cathleen Nesbitt | 93 | UK | Actress | An Affair to RememberSeparate Tables |
| August | 7 | Jill Banner | 35 | US | Actress | Spider BabyThe President's Analyst |
| August | 10 | William Henry | 67 | US | Actor | The Thin ManMister Roberts |
| August | 10 | José Nieto | 80 | Spain | Actor | The Girl from BejarEl abanderado |
| August | 11 | Folmar Blangsted | 77 | Denmark | Film Editor | Rio BravoSummer of '42 |
| August | 11 | Tom Drake | 64 | US | Actor | Meet Me in St. LouisWords and Music |
| August | 12 | Henry Fonda | 77 | US | Actor | 12 Angry MenOnce Upon a Time in the West |
| August | 13 | Joe E. Ross | 68 | US | Actor | Hear Me GoodThe Love Bug |
| August | 13 | Charles Walters | 70 | US | Director | LiliThe Unsinkable Molly Brown |
| August | 14 | Kanhaiyalal | 71-72 | India | Actor | Meri Surat Teri AnkhenSatyam Shivam Sundaram |
| August | 14 | Patrick Magee | 58 | Ireland | Actor | A Clockwork OrangeBarry Lyndon |
| August | 19 | Russell Waters | 74 | UK | Actor | The Wicker ManThe Blue Lagoon |
| August | 20 | Ulla Jacobsson | 53 | Sweden | Actress | Smiles of a Summer NightLove Is a Ball |
| August | 20 | Edward Ludwig | 82 | Russia | Director | Wake of the Red WitchBig Jim McLain |
| August | 22 | John Boxer | 73 | UK | Actor | GandhiThe Bridge on the River Kwai |
| August | 29 | Ingrid Bergman | 67 | Sweden | Actress | CasablancaNotorious |
| September | 2 | Jay Novello | 78 | US | Actor | The Pride and the PassionThe Lost World |
| September | 5 | Richard Lane | 83 | US | Actor | Alias Boston BlackieBrother Orchid |
| September | 13 | Philip Ober | 80 | US | Actor | From Here to EternityNorth by Northwest |
| September | 14 | Grace Kelly | 52 | US | Actress | Rear WindowDial M for Murder |
| September | 15 | Rolfe Sedan | 86 | US | Actor | NinotchkaPhantom of the Rue Morgue |
| September | 24 | Sarah Churchill | 67 | UK | Actress | Royal WeddingAll Over the Town |
| September | 28 | Mabel Albertson | 81 | US | Actress | What's Up, Doc?Barefoot in the Park |
| September | 28 | Seth Banks | 66 | US | Costume Designer | To Kill a Mockingbird9 to 5 |
| October | 3 | Vivien Merchant | 53 | UK | Actress | FrenzyAlfie |
| October | 5 | Joseph Hurley | 68 | US | Art Director | PsychoThe Postman Always Rings Twice |
| October | 8 | Fernando Lamas | 67 | Argentina | Actor, Director | Dangerous When WetThe Merry Widow |
| October | 12 | John Brahm | 89 | Germany | Director | Hangover SquareThe Locket |
| October | 12 | Howard Sackler | 52 | US | Screenwriter | The Great White HopeJaws 2 |
| October | 26 | Valerio Zurlini | 56 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | The Desert of the TartarsViolent Summer |
| November | 1 | King Vidor | 88 | US | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | Duel in the SunWar and Peace |
| November | 1 | James Broderick | 55 | US | Actor | Dog Day AfternoonThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three |
| November | 4 | Dominique Dunne | 22 | US | Actress | Poltergeist |
| November | 4 | Jacques Tati | 75 | France | Actor, Screenwriter, Director | Mon OncleMr. Hulot's Holiday |
| November | 7 | Elio Petri | 53 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | Investigation of a Citizen Above SuspicionThe 10th Victim |
| November | 17 | Ruth Donnelly | 86 | US | Actress | The Bells of St. Mary'sMr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| November | 18 | William P. McGivern | 63 | US | Screenwriter | The Wrecking CrewBrannigan |
| November | 21 | Lee Patrick | 80 | US | Actress | Auntie MameThe Maltese Falcon |
| November | 26 | Robert Coote | 73 | UK | Actor | A Matter of Life and DeathThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir |
| November | 26 | Dan Tobin | 72 | US | Actor | Woman of the YearThe Velvet Touch |
| November | 27 | Steve Gordon | 44 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ArthurThe One and Only |
| November | 30 | Verna Fields | 64 | US | Film Editor | JawsAmerican Graffiti |
| December | 2 | Marty Feldman | 48 | UK | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | Young FrankensteinThe Last Remake of Beau Geste |
| December | 10 | Roy Webb | 94 | US | Composer | NotoriousBringing Up Baby |
| December | 21 | Gladys Henson | 83 | Ireland | Actress | The Happiest Days of Your LifeThe Prince and the Showgirl |
| December | 22 | Jack Webb | 62 | US | Actor | Sunset BoulevardPete Kelly's Blues |
| December | 29 | Sol C. Siegel | 79 | US | Producer | Three Coins in the FountainGentlemen Prefer Blondes |

## Film debuts

* Caroline Aaron – Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
* Pamela Adlon – Grease 2
* Kirstie Alley – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
* Antonio Banderas – Labyrinth of Passion
* Christine Baranski – Soup for One
* Frances Barber – The Missionary
* Michael Bowen – Forbidden World
* Nicolas Cage – Fast Times at Ridgemont High
* Billy Campbell – How Sleep the Brave
* Peter Capaldi – Living Apart Together
* Glenn Close – The World According to Garp
* Maryam d'Abo – Xtro
* Tim Daly – Diner
* Geena Davis – Tootsie
* Rebecca De Mornay – One from the Heart
* Christine Ebersole – Tootsie
* Erika Eleniak – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
* David Faustino – Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures
* Miguel Ferrer – Truckin' Buddy McCoy
* Whoopi Goldberg – Citizen
* Hugh Grant – Privileged
* Anthony Michael Hall – Six Pack
* Paul Herman – Dear Mr. Wonderful
* C. Thomas Howell – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
* Alex Hyde-White – The Toy
* Željko Ivanek – The Soldier
* Luz María Jerez – Sorceress
* Angelina Jolie – Lookin' to Get Out
* Claudia Karvan – Going Down
* Tchéky Karyo – The Return of Martin Guerre
* Kevin Kline – Sophie's Choice
* Andy Lau – Once Upon a Rainbow
* Joey Lawrence – Hit and Run
* Jet Li – Shaolin Temple
* Diego Luna – Antonieta
* Amy Madigan – Love Child
* Michael Madsen – Against All Hope
* Wendie Malick – A Little Sex
* Michael Milhoan – The Beach Girls
* Esai Morales – Forty Deuce
* Eddie Murphy – 48 Hrs.
* Gary Oldman – Remembrance
* Ed O'Ross – Dear Mr. Wonderful
* Barry Otto – Norman Loves Rose
* Rick Overton – Young Doctors in Love
* Rob Paulsen – Tron
* Paul Reiser – Diner
* Molly Ringwald – Tempest
* James Russo – A Stranger Is Watching
* William Sadler – Hanky Panky
* Meredith Salenger – Annie
* Miguel Sandoval – Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
* Greta Scacchi – Second Sight [it]
* Jackie Shroff – Swami Dada
* Shawnee Smith – Annie
* Bill Smitrovich – A Little Sex
* Beau Starr – Hanky Panky
* Eric Stoltz – Fast Times at Ridgemont High
* Fred Tatasciore – Dragon Lord
* Ulrich Tukur – Die Weiße Rose
* Forest Whitaker – Tag: The Assassination Game
* James Wilby – Privileged
* Mark Williams – Privileged
* Victor Wong – Nightsongs
* Philip Zandén – Jönssonligan och Dynamit-Harry
* Hans Zimmer (film composer) – Moonlighting
* Daphne Zuniga – The Dorm That Dripped Blood