# 2002 in film

2002 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre- specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures celebrated their 90th anniversaries in 2002.

## Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2002 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 2002 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | New Line | $936,689,735 |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Warner Bros. | $878,979,634 |
| 3 | Spider-Man | Sony Pictures | $821,708,551 |
| 4 | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | 20th Century Fox | $653,741,940 |
| 5 | Men in Black II | Sony Pictures | $441,818,803 |
| 6 | Die Another Day | MGM / 20th Century Fox | $431,971,116 |
| 7 | Signs | Buena Vista | $408,247,917 |
| 8 | Ice Age | 20th Century Fox | $383,257,136 |
| 9 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | IFC | $368,744,044 |
| 10 | Minority Report | 20th Century Fox / DreamWorks | $358,372,926 |
2002 was the first year to see three films cross the eight-hundred-million-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous year's record of two eight-hundred-million-dollar films. It also surpasses the previous year's record of having the most ticket sales in a single year (fueled by the success of various sequels and the first Spider-Man movie).

## Events

* March 1 — Paramount Pictures reveals a new-on screen logo that was used until December 2011 to celebrate its 90th anniversary.
* May – The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival.
* May 3–5 – Spider-Man becomes the first film to earn $100 million in one weekend. This surpassed the previous all-time opening weekend record held by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, as well as the previous May opening weekend record held by The Lost World: Jurassic Park. The film went on to earn over $800 million worldwide, surpassing Batman to become the highest-grossing superhero film of all time and Men in Black to become Sony's most successful film.
* May 16 – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones opens in theaters. Although a huge success, it was the first Star Wars film not to be the highest-grossing of the year.
* Amélie directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet wins the 2002 César Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Music, and Best Art Direction. Amélie also became the highest-grossing French-language film in the United States ever.
* Another French-language film Brotherhood of the Wolf also became the second-highest-grossing French-language film in the United States in the last two decades.

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 8th Critics' Choice Awards January 17, 2003 | 60th Golden Globe Awards January 19, 2003 | 60th Golden Globe Awards January 19, 2003 | 56th BAFTA Awards February 23, 2003 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 75th Academy Awards March 23, 2003 |
| Category/Organization | 8th Critics' Choice Awards January 17, 2003 | Drama | Musical or Comedy | 56th BAFTA Awards February 23, 2003 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 75th Academy Awards March 23, 2003 |
| Best Film | Chicago | The Hours | Chicago | The Pianist | Chicago | Chicago |
| Best Director | Steven Spielberg Catch Me If You Can and Minority Report | Martin Scorsese Gangs of New York | Martin Scorsese Gangs of New York | Roman Polanski The Pianist | Rob Marshall Chicago | Roman Polanski The Pianist |
| Best Actor | Jack Nicholson About Schmidt Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York | Jack Nicholson About Schmidt | Richard Gere Chicago | Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York | Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York | Adrien Brody The Pianist |
| Best Actress | Julianne Moore Far from Heaven | Nicole Kidman The Hours | Renée Zellweger Chicago | Nicole Kidman The Hours | Renée Zellweger Chicago | Nicole Kidman The Hours |
| Best Supporting Actor | Chris Cooper Adaptation. | Chris Cooper Adaptation. | Chris Cooper Adaptation. | Christopher Walken Catch Me If You Can | Christopher Walken Catch Me If You Can | Chris Cooper Adaptation. |
| Best Supporting Actress | Catherine Zeta-Jones Chicago | Meryl Streep Adaptation. | Meryl Streep Adaptation. | Catherine Zeta-Jones Chicago | Catherine Zeta-Jones Chicago | Catherine Zeta-Jones Chicago |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Adaptation. and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Charlie Kaufman | About Schmidt Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | About Schmidt Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | Adaptation. Charlie and Donald Kaufman | The Hours David Hare | The Pianist Ronald Harwood |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Adaptation. and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Charlie Kaufman | About Schmidt Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | About Schmidt Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | Talk to Her Pedro Almodóvar | Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore | Talk to Her Pedro Almodóvar |
| Best Animated Film | Spirited Away | — | — | — | — | Spirited Away |
| Best Original Song | Lose Yourself 8 Mile | The Hands That Built America Gangs of New York | The Hands That Built America Gangs of New York | — | — | Lose Yourself 8 Mile |
| Best Original Score | Catch Me If You Can John Williams | Frida Elliot Goldenthal | Frida Elliot Goldenthal | The Hours Philip Glass | — | Frida Elliot Goldenthal |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Y Tu Mamá También | Talk to Her | Talk to Her | Talk to Her | — | Nowhere in Africa |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
    The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, Poland
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
    The Magdalene Sisters, directed by Peter Mullan, U.K. / Ireland
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
    Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi), directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Japan
    Bloody Sunday, directed by Paul Greengrass, U.K. / Ireland

## 2002 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 2002
* List of Argentine films of 2002
* List of Australian films of 2002
* List of Bangladeshi films of 2002
* List of British films of 2002
* List of Canadian films of 2002
* List of Chinese films of 2002
* List of French films of 2002
* List of Hong Kong films of 2002
* List of Indian films of 2002
** List of Bengali films of 2002
** List of Hindi films of 2002
** List of Kannada films of 2002
** List of Malayalam films of 2002
** List of Marathi films of 2002
** List of Punjabi films of 2002
** List of Tamil films of 2002
** List of Telugu films of 2002
* List of Japanese films of 2002
* List of Mexican films of 2002
* List of Nepalese films of 2002
* List of Pakistani films of 2002
* List of Russian films of 2002
* List of South Korean films of 2002
* List of Spanish films of 2002

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 2002
* List of animated feature films of 2002
* List of avant-garde films of 2002
* List of crime films of 2002
* List of comedy films of 2002
* List of drama films of 2002
* List of horror films of 2002
* List of science fiction films of 2002
* List of thriller films of 2002
* List of western films of 2002

## Births

* January 4 – Tunisha Sharma, Indian actress (died 2022)
* January 15 - Levon Hawke, American actor
* January 18 – Samuel Joslin, British actor
* January 20
** Michael Barbieri, American actor
* January 30
** Tyla, South African singer
** Joshua Colley, American actor
* February 2 – Madina Nalwanga, Ugandan actress
* February 13 – Sophia Lillis, American actress
* February 18 – Mark Eydelshteyn, Russian actor
* February 23 – Emilia Jones, English actress, singer and songwriter
* March 4 – Jacob Hopkins, American actor
* March 10 – Júlia Gomes, Brazilian actress
* March 15 – Sam McCarthy, American actor
* March 27 – Ty Tennant, English actor
* April 2 – Emma Myers, American actress
* April 4 – Damian Hurley, English actor and model
* April 8 – Skai Jackson, American actress
* April 16 – Sadie Sink, American actress
* May 6 – Emily Alyn Lind, American actress
* May 7
** Andrew Barth Feldman, American actor
** Jake Bongiovi, American actor
* May 16 – Isaac Kragten, Canadian actor
* May 22 – Maisa Silva, Brazilian actress and television host
* May 26 – Georgie Farmer, English actor
* June 2 – Madison Hu, American actress
* June 3 – Eva Bella, American actress
* June 5 – Lewis MacDougall, Scottish actor
* July 2 – Abraham Attah, Ghanaian actor
* July 16 – Milly Shapiro, American actress and singer
* July 24 – Benjamin Flores Jr., American actor and rapper
* July 25 – Shunsuke Michieda, Japanese actor and singer
* August 1 – Oona Laurence, American actress
* August 12 – Iman Vellani, Pakistani-Canadian actress
* August 16 – Talia Ryder, American actress
* August 23 – Indiana Massara, Australian actress and singer
* August 30 – Raffey Cassidy, English actress
* September 6 – Asher Angel, American actor
* September 8 – Gaten Matarazzo, American actor
* September 13 – Chiara Aurelia, American actress
* September 20 - Gabriel LaBelle, Canadian actor
* September 22 – Cody Veith, American actor
* September 24 – Elijah Richardson, American actor
* September 27 – Jenna Ortega, American actress
* September 28 – Kyline Alcantara, Filipino actress, singer and television host
* September 30
** Levi Miller, Australian actor
** Maddie Ziegler, American actress
* October 9 – Choi Min-young, South Korean actor
* October 12 – Iris Apatow, American actress
* October 16 - Madison Wolfe, American actress
* October 26
** Julian Dennison, New Zealand actor
** Emma Schweiger, American actress
* October 28 – Lola Tung, American actress
* December 12 – Allegra Acosta, American actress
* December 13 – AC Bonifacio, Canadian actress, dancer, singer, vlogger
* December 17 – Guilherme Seta, Brazilian actor
* December 23 – Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 1 | Carol Ohmart | 74 | US | Actress | The Scarlet HourHouse on Haunted Hill |
| January | 1 | Julia Phillips | 57 | US | Producer | Taxi DriverThe Sting |
| January | 6 | Mario Nascimbene | 88 | Italy | Composer | The VikingsRoom at the Top |
| January | 7 | Avery Schreiber | 66 | US | Actor | Robin Hood: Men in TightsCaveman |
| January | 9 | Bill McCutcheon | 77 | US | Actor | Steel MagnoliasFamily Business |
| January | 11 | Henri Verneuil | 81 | Turkey | Director, Screenwriter | I as in IcarusThe Sheep Has Five Legs |
| January | 12 | Stanley Unwin | 90 | UK | Actor | Chitty Chitty Bang BangCarry On Regardless |
| January | 13 | Ted Demme | 38 | US | Director, Producer | BlowRounders |
| January | 15 | Jeremy Hawk | 83 | UK | Actor | ElizabethStealing Heaven |
| January | 17 | Queenie Leonard | 96 | UK | Actress | And Then There Were NoneAlice in Wonderland |
| January | 19 | Roy Conrad | 61 | US | Actor | Patch AdamsCasino |
| January | 20 | Harold Kasket | 75 | UK | Actor | The Man Who Knew Too MuchThe 7th Voyage of Sinbad |
| January | 21 | Peggy Lee | 81 | US | Singer, Actress | Lady and the TrampPete Kelly's Blues |
| January | 23 | Howard A. Smith | 89 | US | Film Editor | Breakfast at Tiffany'sThe Delicate Delinquent |
| January | 29 | Stratford Johns | 76 | UK | Actor | CromwellWild Geese II |
| January | 29 | Harold Russell | 88 | Canada | Actor | The Best Years of Our Lives Inside Moves |
| February | 1 | Hildegard Knef | 76 | Germany | Actress | The Snows of KilimanjaroFedora |
| February | 4 | George Nader | 80 | US | Actor | Congo CrossingFour Girls in Town |
| February | 6 | Guy Stockwell | 68 | US | Actor | The War LordTobruk |
| February | 7 | Diane Hart | 75 | UK | Actress | The Wicked LadyHappy Go Lovely |
| February | 11 | Barry Foster | 74 | UK | Actor | FrenzyRyan's Daughter |
| February | 13 | Waylon Jennings | 64 | US | Singer, Actor | Nashville RebelMoonrunners |
| February | 15 | Lucille Lund | 88 | US | Actress | Prison ShadowsThe Black Cat |
| February | 18 | Giustino Durano | 78 | Italy | Actor | Life Is BeautifulLucky to Be a Woman |
| February | 18 | Jack Lambert | 81 | US | Actor | How the West Was WonKiss Me Deadly |
| February | 18 | Byrne Piven | 72 | US | Actor | Being John MalkovichMiracle on 34th Street |
| February | 19 | Gene Ruggiero | 91 | US | Film Editor | Around the World in 80 DaysThe Shop Around the Corner |
| February | 20 | Fredric Steinkamp | 73 | US | Film Editor | TootsieOut of Africa |
| February | 21 | John Thaw | 60 | UK | Actor | ChaplinSweeney! |
| February | 22 | Chuck Jones | 89 | US | Animator, Director | The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner MovieGay Purr-ee |
| February | 25 | Claire Davenport | 68 | UK | Actress | Return of the JediThe Elephant Man |
| February | 26 | Lawrence Tierney | 82 | US | Actor | Reservoir DogsDillinger |
| February | 27 | Spike Milligan | 83 | India | Actor | Life of BrianThe Big Freeze |
| February | 28 | Mary Stuart | 75 | US | Actress | Adventures of Don JuanThe Big Punch |
| March | 2 | Mary Grant | 85 | UK | Costume Designer | Sweet Smell of SuccessWe're No Angels |
| March | 4 | Eric Flynn | 62 | China | Actor | Empire of the SunSafari 3000 |
| March | 4 | Shirley Russell | 66 | UK | Costume Designer | RedsTommy |
| March | 10 | Irene Worth | 85 | US | Actress | DeathtrapLost in Yonkers |
| March | 16 | Carmelo Bene | 64 | Italy | Actor, Director | One Hamlet LessOedipus Rex |
| March | 17 | William Witney | 86 | US | Director | The Crimson GhostAdventures of Captain Marvel |
| March | 18 | Denis Forest | 41 | Canada | Actor | The MaskCliffhanger |
| March | 23 | Richard Sylbert | 73 | US | Production Designer | ChinatownThe Graduate |
| March | 23 | James Culliford | 74 | UK | Actor | The Trygon FactorQuatermass and the Pit |
| March | 26 | Louis M. Heyward | 81 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | The Abominable Dr. PhibesPajama Party |
| March | 27 | Milton Berle | 93 | US | Actor, Comedian | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldWho's Minding the Mint? |
| March | 27 | Dudley Moore | 66 | UK | Actor | Arthur10 |
| March | 27 | Billy Wilder | 95 | Austria | Director, Screenwriter | Some Like It HotDouble Indemnity |
| April | 2 | Jack Kruschen | 80 | Canada | Actor | The ApartmentThe War of the Worlds |
| April | 3 | Roy Huggins | 87 | US | Screenwriter | PushoverToo Late for Tears |
| April | 4 | Harry O'Connor | 44 | US | Stuntman | The Perfect StormXXX |
| April | 6 | Nobu McCarthy | 67 | Canada | Actress | The Geisha BoyWake Me When It's Over |
| April | 7 | John Agar | 81 | US | Actor | Sands of Iwo JimaFort Apache |
| April | 8 | María Félix | 88 | Mexico | Actress | EnamoradaFrench Cancan |
| April | 15 | Dave King | 72 | UK | Actor | RedsThe Long Good Friday |
| April | 16 | Alexander Doré | 78 | UK | Actor | Chitty Chitty Bang BangCasino Royale |
| April | 16 | Robert Urich | 55 | US | Actor | Magnum ForceTurk 182 |
| April | 17 | James Copeland | 84 | UK | Actor | Torture GardenThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes |
| April | 19 | Reginald Rose | 81 | US | Screenwriter | 12 Angry MenThe Wild Geese |
| April | 21 | Terry Walsh | 62 | UK | Stuntman, Actor | Who Framed Roger RabbitSuperman |
| April | 22 | Linda Lovelace | 53 | US | Porn Actress | Deep ThroatLinda Lovelace for President |
| April | 23 | Carla Fry | 40 | US | Producer, Executive | The MaskLost in Space |
| April | 25 | Michael Bryant | 74 | UK | Actor | GandhiHamlet |
| April | 28 | John Wilkinson | 82 | US | Sound Engineer | PlatoonBreakfast at Tiffany's |
| May | 2 | Ron Soble | 74 | US | Actor | PapillionTrue Grit |
| May | 5 | George Sidney | 85 | US | Director | Show BoatAnnie Get Your Gun |
| May | 8 | Lou Lombardo | 91 | US | Film Editor | The Wild BunchMoonstruck |
| May | 10 | Linda Francis | 62 | US | Casting Director | SwingersPrince of Darkness |
| May | 11 | Bill Peet | 87 | US | Screenwriter | DumboPeter Pan |
| May | 14 | Ray Stricklyn | 73 | US | Actor | Young Jesse JamesThe Lost World |
| May | 15 | Bryan Pringle | 67 | UK | Actor | BrazilThree Men and a Little Lady |
| May | 23 | Dorothy Spencer | 93 | US | Film Editor | StagecoachCleopatra |
| May | 25 | Pat Coombs | 75 | UK | Actress | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryCarry On Doctor |
| June | 2 | Herman Cohen | 76 | US | Producer | I Was a Teenage WerewolfBerserk! |
| June | 3 | Lew Wasserman | 89 | US | Studio Executive | |
| June | 3 | Sam Whipple | 41 | US | Actor | The RockThe Doors |
| June | 7 | Signe Hasso | 86 | Sweden | Actress | Where There's LifeJohnny Angel |
| June | 22 | Chang Cheh | 79 | China | Director, Screenwriter | The One-Armed SwordsmanVengeance |
| June | 25 | Charles C. Bennett | 62 | US | Production Designer | New Jack CityDrumline |
| June | 26 | Dolores Gray | 78 | US | Actress | The Opposite SexDesigning Woman |
| June | 28 | François Périer | 82 | France | Actor | Nights of CabiriaOrpheus |
| June | 29 | Rosemary Clooney | 74 | US | Singer, Actress | White ChristmasRed Garters |
| July | 4 | Ivan Moffat | 84 | Cuba | Screenwriter | GiantBlack Sunday |
| July | 5 | Katy Jurado | 78 | Mexico | Actress | High NoonOne-Eyed Jacks |
| July | 6 | John Frankenheimer | 72 | US | Director, Producer | The Manchurian CandidateRonin |
| July | 8 | Ward Kimball | 88 | US | Animator | Snow White and the Seven DwarfsMary Poppins |
| July | 9 | Gerald Campion | 81 | UK | Actor | Chitty Chitty Bang BangLittle Dorrit |
| July | 9 | Rod Steiger | 77 | US | Actor | On the WaterfrontIn the Heat of the Night |
| July | 15 | Phil Roth | 72 | US | Actor | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestHarry and Tonto |
| July | 17 | Harry W. Gerstad | 93 | US | Film Editor | High NoonChampion |
| July | 23 | Leo McKern | 82 | Australia | Actor | A Man for All SeasonsLadyhawke |
| July | 24 | Maurice Denham | 92 | UK | Actor | Animal FarmThe Day of the Jackal |
| July | 26 | Buddy Baker | 84 | US | Composer | The Fox and the HoundNapoleon and Samantha |
| August | 3 | Peter Miles | 64 | US | Actor | Quo VadisPossessed |
| August | 9 | Peter Matz | 73 | US | Composer, Arranger, Conductor | Funny LadyMarlowe |
| August | 14 | Peter R. Hunt | 77 | UK | Film Editor, Director | On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceDr. No |
| August | 15 | Henry Batista | 88 | US | Film Editor | The Caine MutinyRiders in the Sky |
| August | 15 | Yuriy Yakovlev | 71 | Bulgaria | Actor | The Past-MasterFarsighted for Two Diopters |
| August | 16 | Jeff Corey | 88 | US | Actor | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidLittle Big Man |
| August | 18 | Dean Riesner | 83 | US | Screenwriter | Dirty HarryPlay Misty for Me |
| August | 23 | Dennis Fimple | 78 | US | Actor | King KongHouse of 1000 Corpses |
| August | 25 | Stanley R. Greenberg | 74 | US | Screenwriter | Soylent GreenSkyjacked |
| August | 30 | J. Lee Thompson | 88 | UK | Director | The Guns of NavaroneCape Fear |
| September | 3 | Ted Ross | 68 | US | Actor | The WizArthur |
| September | 5 | Cliff Gorman | 65 | US | Actor | All That JazzNight and the City |
| September | 7 | Katrin Cartlidge | 41 | UK | Actress | From HellBreaking the Waves |
| September | 7 | Michael Elphick | 55 | UK | Actor | Cry of the BansheeO Lucky Man! |
| September | 11 | Kim Hunter | 79 | US | Actress | A Streetcar Named DesirePlanet of the Apes |
| September | 14 | LaWanda Page | 81 | US | Actress | Zapped!Friday |
| September | 16 | James Gregory | 90 | US | Actor | The Manchurian CandidateThe Sons of Katie Elder |
| September | 18 | Hazel Brooks | 78 | South Africa | Actress | Body and SoulArch of Triumph |
| September | 22 | Carmen Phillips | 65 | US | Actress | Easy RiderPlease Don't Eat the Daisies |
| September | 27 | P.A. Lundgren | 91 | Sweden | Art Director, Production Designer | The Seventh SealThrough a Glass Darkly |
| September | 28 | Whitney Blake | 76 | US | Actress | My Gun Is Quick-30- |
| October | 3 | Tad Horino | 81 | US | Actor | Mulholland Drive Red Sonja |
| October | 4 | André Delvaux | 76 | Belgium | Director | The Man Who Had His Hair Cut ShortRendezvous at Bray |
| October | 4 | Buddy Lester | 85 | US | Actor | Ocean's 11The Nutty Professor |
| October | 8 | Phyllis Calvert | 87 | UK | Actress | IndiscreetOh! What a Lovely War |
| October | 9 | Charles Guggenheim | 78 | US | Documentarian | The Johnstown FloodRobert Kennedy Remembered |
| October | 12 | Hilyard M. Brown | 92 | US | Art Director | CleopatraThe Night of the Hunter |
| October | 13 | Keene Curtis | 79 | US | Actor | MacbethSliver |
| October | 13 | Dennis Patrick | 84 | US | Actor | JoeHouse of Dark Shadows |
| October | 18 | Chuck Domanico | 58 | US | Musician | Midnight RunThe Truth About Cats & Dogs |
| October | 21 | George Hall | 85 | Canada | Actor | Big DaddyMrs Brown |
| October | 23 | Adolph Green | 87 | US | Screenwriter, Lyricist, Actor | Singin' in the RainMy Favorite Year |
| October | 23 | Nathan Juran | 95 | Romania | Director | The 7th Voyage of Sinbad20 Million Miles to Earth |
| October | 24 | Charmian May | 65 | UK | Actress | Bridget Jones's DiaryThe Dawning |
| October | 24 | Peggy Moran | 84 | US | Actress | The Mummy's HandKing of the Cowboys |
| October | 24 | Scott Plank | 43 | US | Actor | HolesMr. Baseball |
| October | 25 | Micheline Cheirel | 85 | France | Actress | Flight to NowhereCornered |
| October | 25 | Richard Harris | 72 | UK | Actor | A Man Called HorseGladiator |
| October | 27 | André de Toth | 90 | Hungary | Director, Screenwriter | House of WaxThe Gunfighter |
| October | 28 | Margaret Booth | 104 | US | Film Editor | Mutiny on the BountyThe Way We Were |
| October | 28 | Lawrence Dobkin | 83 | US | Actor, Director | PattonThe Ten Commandments |
| October | 29 | Marina Berti | 78 | Italy | Actress | Prince of FoxesEager to Live |
| October | 29 | Glenn McQueen | 41 | Canada | Animator | Toy StoryMonsters, Inc. |
| October | 30 | Lee H. Katzin | 67 | US | Director | What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?Le Mans |
| October | 31 | Raf Vallone | 86 | Italy | Actor | Bitter RiceThe Godfather Part III |
| November | 1 | Keith A. Wester | 62 | US | Sound Engineer | The RockAir Force One |
| November | 2 | Lo Lieh | 63 | Indonesia | Actor | King BoxerThe 36th Chamber of Shaolin |
| November | 4 | Antonio Margheriti | 72 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | Code Name: Wild GeeseThe Stranger and the Gunfighter |
| November | 14 | Eddie Bracken | 87 | US | Actor | The Miracle of Morgan's CreekHome Alone 2: Lost in New York |
| November | 17 | Marvin Mirisch | 84 | US | Producer | Romantic ComedyDracula |
| November | 18 | James Coburn | 74 | US | Actor | The Great EscapeAffliction |
| November | 22 | Parley Baer | 88 | US | Actor | The Young LionsThe Ugly Dachshund |
| November | 22 | Joan Barclay | 88 | US | Actress | The Singing OutlawThe Shanghai Cobra |
| November | 22 | Adele Jergens | 84 | US | Actress | The Dark PastDown to Earth |
| November | 24 | Noel Davis | 75 | UK | Casting Director | RedsRobin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
| November | 25 | Karel Reisz | 76 | Czech Republic | Director, Producer | The French Lieutenant's WomanIsadora |
| November | 26 | Stanley Black | 89 | UK | Composer, Conductor | The Day the Earth Caught FireThe Trollenberg Terror |
| November | 27 | Billie Bird | 94 | US | Actress | Sixteen CandlesDennis the Menace |
| November | 27 | Wolfgang Preiss | 92 | Germany | Actor | The Longest DayA Bridge Too Far |
| November | 29 | Daniel Gélin | 81 | France | Actor | The Man Who Knew Too MuchMurmur of the Heart |
| November | 29 | John Justin | 85 | UK | Actor | The Thief of BagdadThe Big Sleep |
| December | 2 | Edgar Scherick | 78 | US | Producer | The Stepford WivesThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three |
| December | 3 | Glenn Quinn | 32 | Ireland | Actor | Live Nude GirlsDr. Giggles |
| December | 10 | Peter Tanner | 88 | UK | Film Editor | Kind Hearts and CoronetsHamburger Hill |
| December | 12 | Brad Dexter | 85 | US | Actor | The Magnificent SevenThe Asphalt Jungle |
| December | 14 | Sidney Glazier | 86 | US | Producer | The ProducersTake the Money and Run |
| December | 14 | Ruth Kobart | 78 | US | Actress | Dirty HarrySister Act |
| December | 15 | Arthur Jeph Parker | 79 | US | Set Decorator | SilveradoPrivate Benjamin |
| December | 17 | James Hazeldine | 55 | UK | Actor | Pink Floyd – The WallThe Ruling Class |
| December | 18 | Edward Norris | 91 | US | Actor | Career GirlDecoy |
| December | 22 | Duke Callaghan | 88 | US | Cinematographer | Conan the BarbarianJeremiah Johnson |
| December | 22 | Susan Fleming | 94 | US | Actress | Million Dollar LegsRange Feud |
| December | 22 | Clay Tanner | 71 | US | Actor | Rosemary's BabyThe Outlaw Josey Wales |
| December | 22 | Kenneth Tobey | 85 | US | Actor | The Thing from Another WorldThe Candidate |
| December | 27 | George Roy Hill | 81 | US | Director | The StingButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
| December | 30 | Mary Brian | 96 | US | Actress | The VirginianThe Front Page |

## Film debuts

* Fred Armisen – Like Mike
* Lake Bell – Speakeasy
* Jon Bernthal – Mary/Mary
* Abigail Breslin – Signs
* Kristin Chenoweth – Topa Topa Bluffs
* Priyanka Chopra – Thamizhan
* Martin Compston – Sweet Sixteen
* Jean Dujardin – Ah! Si j'étais riche
* Jesse Eisenberg – Roger Dodger
* Josh Gad – Mary and Joe
* Romola Garai – Nicholas Nickleby
* Javier Gutiérrez – The Other Side of the Bed
* Kevin Hart – Paper Soldiers
* Sally Hawkins – All or Nothing
* Emile Hirsch – The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
* Kevin James – Pinocchio
* Diane Kruger – The Piano Player
* Derek Luke – Antwone Fisher
* Anthony Mackie – 8 Mile
* Joe Manganiello – Spider-Man
* Rachel McAdams – My Name Is Tanino
* Elliot Page – Marion Bridge
* Nathan Phillips – Australian Rules
* Rosamund Pike – Die Another Day
* Clémence Poésy – Olgas Sommer
* Manolo Solo – Everything in Place
* Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Tom & Thomas
* Natalia Tena – About a Boy
* Sofía Vergara – Big Trouble
* Katt Williams – Friday After Next