# 1990 in film

The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990, despite its actual 75th anniversary taking place in 1987.

## Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1990 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1990 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Ghost | Paramount | $505,702,588 |
| 2 | Home Alone | 20th Century Fox | $476,684,675 |
| 3 | Pretty Woman | Buena Vista | $463,406,268 |
| 4 | Dances with Wolves | Orion | $424,208,848 |
| 5 | Total Recall | Sony / Carolco | $261,317,921 |
| 6 | Back to the Future Part III | Universal | $244,527,583 |
| 7 | Die Hard 2 | 20th Century Fox | $240,031,094 |
| 8 | Presumed Innocent | Warner Bros. | $221,303,188 |
| 9 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | New Line | $202,084,756 |
| 10 | Kindergarten Cop | Universal | $201,957,688 |

## Events

* March 2 - The Hunt for Red October is released. It is the first film in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan franchise and is met with critical and blockbuster commercial success.
* March 23 – Pretty Woman is released and grosses $463 million, making Julia Roberts a worldwide star.
* March 30 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is released to massive box office success. At the time, it is the highest-grossing independent film in history.
* May 25 – Universal Pictures unveils a new opening logo with music composed by James Horner, which debuts on Back to the Future Part III. It is the first change to the Universal opening logo in 27 years.
* June 1 – CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall.
* June 15 – Following a massive media and marketing blitz, Dick Tracy is released. Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg expressed disappointment in a studio memo that noted that the film had cost about $100 million in total to produce, market and promote and with its disappointing performance claimed "We made demands on our time, talent and treasury that, upon reflection, may not have been worth it".
* June 22 – The use of real-time computer graphics or "digital puppetry" to create a character in a motion picture is performed, in RoboCop 2.
* July 4 – The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2.
* July 13 - Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, is released and grosses $506 million, making it the third highest-grossing movie at the time.
* November 9 – Kevin Costner's directorial debut, Dances with Wolves, is released. It later earns twelve Academy Award nominations and wins seven, including Best Picture and Best Director for Costner.
* November 16
** Home Alone is released. It spends twelve consecutive weeks at number one on the United States box office, becoming both the highest-grossing film of the year and the highest-grossing comedy of all-time.
** The Rescuers Down Under is considered as the first fully digital film ever made.
* December 24 – Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman marry.
* Buchwald v. Paramount decided, a leading case on the financial rewards due to writers of film treatments.

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 48th Golden Globe Awards January 19, 1991 | 48th Golden Globe Awards January 19, 1991 | 44th BAFTA Awards March 17, 1991 | 63rd Academy Awards March 25, 1991 |
| Category/Organization | Drama | Musical or Comedy | 44th BAFTA Awards March 17, 1991 | 63rd Academy Awards March 25, 1991 |
| Best Film | Dances with Wolves | Green Card | Goodfellas | Dances with Wolves |
| Best Director | Kevin Costner Dances with Wolves | Kevin Costner Dances with Wolves | Martin Scorsese Goodfellas | Kevin Costner Dances with Wolves |
| Best Actor | Jeremy Irons Reversal of Fortune | Gérard Depardieu Green Card | Philippe Noiret Cinema Paradiso | Jeremy Irons Reversal of Fortune |
| Best Actress | Kathy Bates Misery | Julia Roberts Pretty Woman | Jessica Tandy Driving Miss Daisy | Kathy Bates Misery |
| Best Supporting Actor | Bruce Davison Longtime Companion | Bruce Davison Longtime Companion | Salvatore Cascio Cinema Paradiso | Joe Pesci Goodfellas |
| Best Supporting Actress | Whoopi Goldberg Ghost | Whoopi Goldberg Ghost | Whoopi Goldberg Ghost | Whoopi Goldberg Ghost |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Michael Blake Dances with Wolves | Michael Blake Dances with Wolves | Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi Goodfellas | Michael Blake Dances with Wolves |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Michael Blake Dances with Wolves | Michael Blake Dances with Wolves | Giuseppe Tornatore Cinema Paradiso | Bruce Joel Rubin Ghost |
| Best Original Score | The Sheltering Sky Ryuichi Sakamoto and Richard Horowitz | The Sheltering Sky Ryuichi Sakamoto and Richard Horowitz | Cinema Paradiso Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone | Dances with Wolves John Barry |
| Best Original Song | "Blaze of Glory" Young Guns II | "Blaze of Glory" Young Guns II | N/A | "Sooner or Later" Dick Tracy |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac | Cinema Paradiso | Journey of Hope |

## 1990 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 1990
* List of Argentine films of 1990
* List of Australian films of 1990
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1990
* List of British films of 1990
* List of Canadian films of 1990
* List of French films of 1990
* List of Hong Kong films of 1990
* List of Indian films of 1990
** List of Hindi films of 1990
** List of Kannada films of 1990
** List of Malayalam films of 1990
** List of Marathi films of 1990
** List of Tamil films of 1990
** List of Telugu films of 1990
* List of Japanese films of 1990
* List of Mexican films of 1990
* List of Pakistani films of 1990
* List of Soviet films of 1990
* List of South Korean films of 1990
* List of Spanish films of 1990

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 1990
* List of animated feature films of 1990
* List of avant-garde films of 1990
* List of crime films of 1990
* List of comedy films of 1990
* List of drama films of 1990
* List of horror films of 1990
* List of science fiction films of 1990
* List of thriller films of 1990
* List of western films of 1990

## Births

* January 1 - Tom Ackerley, British producer and former assistant director
* January 7 – Liam Aiken, American actor
* January 13 – Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
* January 14 - Grant Gustin, American actor and singer
* January 15 - Chris Warren, American actor
* January 18 - Zeeko Zaki, Egyptian-born American actor
* January 19 - Shaunette Renée Wilson, Guyanese-born American actress
* January 21 - Jacob Smith, American actor
* January 23 - Joel Basman, Swiss actor
* January 25 - Dustin Ingram, American actor and musician
* January 26 – Christopher Massey, American actor, comedian and rapper
* January 29 – François Civil, French actor
* January 30
** Eiza González, Mexican actress and singer
** Jake Thomas, American actor and voice actor
* January 31 - Siobhán Cullen, Irish actress
* February 1 - Toby Onwumere, Nigerian-American actor
* February 2 - Julia Fox, Italian-American actress
* February 4 - Will Denton, American actor
* February 5
** Charlbi Dean, South African actress and model (died 2022)
** Anthony Ingruber, Dutch-Australian actor and impressionist
* February 8 - Christian Madsen, American actor
* February 9 - Tyson Houseman, Canadian actor
* February 15 - Callum Turner, British actor and model
* February 16 - The Weeknd, Canadian singer-songwriter
* February 21 – Flavio Aquilone, Italian voice actor
* February 28 - Georgina Leonidas, British actress
* March 1 – Harry Eden, British actor
* March 2 - Tiger Shroff, Indian actor
* March 11 - Reiley McClendon, American actor
* March 12 – Jörgen Liik, Estonian actor
* March 13 - Sasha Clements, Canadian actress
* March 24 – Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian-New Zealand actress
* March 25 - Kiowa Gordon, American actor of Hualapai descent
* March 26 - Choi Woo-shik, Korean-Canadian actor
* March 28 – Laura Harrier, American actress
* March 29 - Josh Blaylock, American actor
* March 30 - Chelsea Harris, American actress
* April 5 - Haruma Miura, Japanese actor (died 2020)
* April 9 – Kristen Stewart, American actress
* April 10 – Alex Pettyfer, English actor and model
* April 12 - Jamie Muscato, English actor and singer
* April 15 – Emma Watson, English actress
* April 16 – Lorraine Nicholson, American actress
* April 17 – Gia Mantegna, American actress
* April 18 - Britt Robertson, American actress
* April 23 – Dev Patel, British actor
* April 25 - Meghann Fahy, American actress
* May 1 - Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress and singer
* May 2 - Kay Panabaker, American retired actress
* May 3 - Harvey Guillén, American actor
* May 6 - Moses Storm, American writer, actor and comedian
* May 14
** Rea Lest-Liik, Estonia actress
** Sasha Spielberg, American actress, daughter of producer/director Steven Spielberg and actress Kate Capshaw
* May 15 - Sophie Cookson, English actress
* May 16
** Deniz Akdeniz, Australian actor
** Thomas Brodie-Sangster, British actor
** Marc John Jefferies, American actor
* May 17
** Ross Butler, American actor
** Leven Rambin, American actress
* May 18 - Luke Kleintank, American actor
* May 20 - Josh O'Connor, British actor
* May 27 - Chris Colfer, American actor and singer
* May 30
** Sai Bennett, English actress
** Im Yoon-ah, South Korean actress
** Mason Lee, Taiwanese-American actor
* May 31 - Phillipa Soo, American actress and singer
* June 2
** Brittany Curran, American actress
** Jack Lowden, Scottish actor
* June 13 - Aaron Taylor-Johnson, British actor
* June 15 - Denzel Whitaker, American actor
* June 17 - Monica Barbaro, American actress
* June 18 - Jeremy Irvine, English actor
* June 20 - Jacob Wysocki, American actor and comedian
* July 2 – Margot Robbie, Australian actress
* July 4
** Melissa Barrera, Mexican actress and singer
** David Kross, German actor
* July 6 – Jeremy Suarez, American actor
* July 12 – Rachel Brosnahan, American-British actress
* July 13 - Nomzamo Mbatha, South African actress and television personality
* July 15
** Olly Alexander, British musician, actor and screenwriter
** Alexander Calvert, Canadian actor
* July 16
** Eddie Hassell, American actor (died 2020)
** James Maslow, American actor
* July 19 - Steven Anthony Lawrence, American actor
* July 24 – Daveigh Chase, American actress
* July 27 – Indiana Evans, Australian actress and singer-songwriter
* July 29 – Matt Prokop, American actor
* July 30 - Eliot Sumner, English singer-songwriter and actor
* July 31 - Ruby Modine, American actress, model and singer
* August 1 - Jack O'Connell, English actor
* August 4 - Chet Hanks, American actor and musician
* August 9
** Bill Skarsgård, Swedish actor
** Emily Tennant, Canadian actress
* August 10 – Lucas Till, American actor
* August 15 – Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
* August 17 – Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress
* August 20 - Win Morisaki, Burmese singer and actor
* August 23 – Wesley Singerman, American record producer, songwriter and guitarist, and voice actor
* August 24 – Elizabeth Debicki, Australian actress
* August 29
** Nicole Gale Anderson, American actress
** Erika Harlacher, American voice actress
* September 1 - Aisling Loftus, English actress
* September 3 - Bianca Bin, Brazilian actress
* September 9 – Klaudia Tiitsmaa, Estonian actress
* September 11 - Georgina Terry, British actress
* September 15 – Matt Shively, American actor
* September 20 – Saara Pius, Estonian actress
* September 21
** Christian Serratos, American actress
** Allison Scagliotti, American actress and director
* September 28 - Kirsten Prout, Canadian actress
* October 2 - Samantha Barks, Manx actress and singer
* October 5
** Wesley Morgan, Canadian actor and model
** Taylour Paige, American actress and dancer
* October 6 - Scarlett Byrne, English actress and model
* October 8 - Tom Rhys Harries, Welsh actor
* October 13
** Florian Munteanu, German-Romanian actor and model
** Himesh Patel, British actor
* October 18 - Carly Schroeder, American actress
* October 22 – Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor
* October 31 - Patti Harrison, American actress and comedian
* November 2 – Kendall Schmidt, American actor
* November 4 – Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor
* November 6 - Bowen Yang, Australian-born American actor, comedian and writer
* November 9 – Chris Di Staulo, Canadian filmmaker
* November 14 - Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (died 2008)
* November 16 - Milo Gibson, American actor
* November 18 - Matt Milne, English actor and director
* November 24 - Sarah Hyland, American actress
* November 26 - Rita Ora, British actress, singer and songwriter
* November 28 - Carla Diaz, Brazilian actress
* November 29 - Diego Boneta, Mexican actor, producer and singer
* December 10 - Teyana Taylor, American singer-songwriter and actress
* December 20 – JoJo, American singer-songwriter and actress
* December 23
** Moses J. Moseley, American actor, writer and model (died 2022)
** Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress and singer

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 2 | Alan Hale Jr. | 68 | US | Actor | Hang 'Em HighJohnny Dangerously |
| January | 5 | Arthur Kennedy | 75 | US | Actor | Lawrence of ArabiaSome Came Running |
| January | 6 | Ian Charleson | 40 | UK | Actor | Chariots of FireGandhi |
| January | 6 | Peter Cookson | 76 | US | Actor | Swingtime JohnnyDetective Kitty O'Day |
| January | 8 | Terry-Thomas | 78 | UK | Actor | Bachelor FlatIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
| January | 10 | Lyle R. Wheeler | 84 | US | Art Director | Gone with the WindThe Day the Earth Stood Still |
| January | 14 | John Witty | 74 | UK | Actor | The Frightened CityThe Vault of Horror |
| January | 15 | Gordon Jackson | 66 | UK | Actor | The Great EscapeThe Ipcress File |
| January | 20 | John Maxim | 64 | UK | Actor | The Frightened CityDracula: Prince of Darkness |
| January | 20 | Barbara Stanwyck | 82 | US | Actress | Double IndemnityStella Dallas |
| January | 25 | Ava Gardner | 67 | US | Actress | The Barefoot ContessaThe Killers |
| January | 26 | Dodo Abashidze | 66 | Georgia | Director | The Legend of Suram FortressAshik Kerib |
| January | 27 | Helen Jerome Eddy | 92 | US | Actress | Girls Demand ExcitementA Shot in the Dark |
| February | 2 | Hans Schumm | 93 | Germany | Actor | Spy SmasherThe Great Dictator |
| February | 6 | John Merivale | 72 | Canada | Actor | The List of Adrian MessengerArabesque |
| February | 6 | Jimmy Van Heusen | 77 | US | Songwriter | Going My WayThe Joker Is Wild |
| February | 8 | Frank Ross | 85 | US | Producer | The Devil and Miss JonesThe Robe |
| February | 13 | Ken Lynch | 79 | US | Actor | North by NorthwestAnatomy of a Murder |
| February | 14 | Jean Wallace | 66 | US | Actress | Lancelot and GuinevereNo Blade of Grass |
| February | 15 | Henry Brandon | 77 | Germany | Actor | The War of the WorldsThe Searchers |
| February | 15 | Michel Drach | 59 | France | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | Amelie or The Time to LoveThe Simple Past |
| February | 16 | Joshua Shelley | 70 | US | Actor | All the President's MenFunny Lady |
| February | 17 | Allen Rivkin | 86 | US | Screenwriter | Dancing LadyThe Farmer's Daughter |
| February | 19 | Gabriel Katzka | 59 | US | Producer | Kelly's HeroesThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three |
| February | 19 | Michael Powell | 84 | UK | Director | Black NarcissusA Matter of Life and Death |
| February | 28 | Fabia Drake | 86 | UK | Actress | A Room with a ViewYear of the Dragon |
| March | 5 | Gary Merrill | 74 | US | Actor | All About EveTwelve O'Clock High |
| March | 17 | Capucine | 62 | Switzerland | Actress | The Pink PantherNorth to Alaska |
| March | 18 | Robin Harris | 36 | US | Actor, Comedian | Do the Right ThingHouse Party |
| March | 20 | Maurice Cloche | 82 | France | Director | Monsieur VincentDoctor Laennec |
| March | 28 | Helene Reynolds | 75 | US | Actress | MoontideThe Man Who Wouldn't Die |
| April | 2 | Aldo Fabrizi | 84 | Italy | Actor | Open CityCops and Robbers |
| April | 3 | Clair Huffaker | 63 | US | Screenwriter | The War Wagon100 Rifles |
| April | 8 | Ernest Steward | 79 | UK | Cinematographer | Some Girls DoQuest for Love |
| April | 11 | Vanda Godsell | 67 | UK | Actress | This Sporting LifeA Shot in the Dark |
| April | 15 | Greta Garbo | 84 | Sweden | Actress | Grand HotelNinotchka |
| April | 17 | Joseph McMillan Johnson | 77 | US | Art Director, Production Designer, Visual Effects Artist | Portrait of JennieRear Window |
| April | 18 | Robert D. Webb | 87 | US | Director | Beneath the 12-Mile ReefLove Me Tender |
| April | 20 | Alex McCrindle | 78 | UK | Actor | Star WarsEye of the Needle |
| April | 22 | Albert Salmi | 62 | US | Actor | The Brothers KaramazovThe Bravados |
| April | 23 | Paulette Goddard | 79 | US | Actress | So Proudly We Hail!Modern Times |
| April | 25 | Dexter Gordon | 67 | US | Musician, Actor | Round MidnightAwakenings |
| April | 27 | Bella Spewack | 91 | US | Screenwriter | My Favorite WifeWeek-End at the Waldorf |
| May | 1 | Sunset Carson | 69 | US | Actor | Sheriff of CimarronAlias Billy the Kid |
| May | 2 | David Rappaport | 38 | US | Actor | Time BanditsTurkish Delight |
| May | 6 | Charles Farrell | 89 | US | Actor | Lucky Star7th Heaven |
| May | 10 | Susan Oliver | 58 | US | Actress | The Disorderly OrderlyYour Cheatin' Heart |
| May | 12 | Anthony Masters | 70 | UK | Production Designer | 2001: A Space OdysseyDune |
| May | 12 | Nate Monaster | 78 | US | Screenwriter | That Touch of MinkHow to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life |
| May | 14 | Franklyn Seales | 37 | West Indies | Actor | The Onion FieldSouthern Comfort |
| May | 16 | Sammy Davis Jr. | 64 | US | Actor, Singer | Ocean's 11Robin and the 7 Hoods |
| May | 16 | Jim Henson | 53 | US | Puppeteer, Director, Screenwriter, Producer | The Dark CrystalThe Muppet Movie |
| May | 18 | Jill Ireland | 54 | UK | Actress | Hard TimesBreakheart Pass |
| May | 22 | Max Wall | 82 | UK | Actor | Chitty Chitty Bang BangJabberwocky |
| May | 25 | Vic Tayback | 60 | US | Actor | Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreAll Dogs Go to Heaven |
| June | 1 | Eric Barker | 78 | UK | Actor | Those Magnificent Men in their Flying MachinesThere's a Girl in My Soup |
| June | 2 | Rex Harrison | 82 | UK | Actor | My Fair LadyDoctor Dolittle |
| June | 3 | Tom Brown | 70 | US | Actor | Duke of ChicagoI Killed Wild Bill Hickok |
| June | 4 | Jack Gilford | 81 | US | Actor | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumCatch-22 |
| June | 6 | Marcel Grignon | 75 | France | Cinematographer | Is Paris Burning?The Fixer |
| June | 7 | Barbara Baxley | 67 | US | Actress | East of EdenNo Way to Treat a Lady |
| June | 15 | Leonard Sachs | 80 | UK | Actor | ThunderballJohn Wesley |
| June | 20 | Ina Balin | 52 | US | Actress | From the TerraceThe Patsy |
| June | 23 | Frank Gatliff | 62 | UK | Actor | The Ipcress FileOperation Daybreak |
| June | 25 | Sydney Boehm | 82 | US | Screenwriter | Seven ThievesThe Big Heat |
| July | 8 | Howard Duff | 76 | US | Actor | Kramer vs. KramerThe Naked City |
| July | 13 | Lois Moran | 81 | US | Actress | Words and MusicUnder Suspicion |
| July | 14 | Philip Leacock | 74 | UK | Director | The War LoverLet No Man Write My Epitaph |
| July | 15 | Margaret Lockwood | 73 | UK | Actress | The Lady VanishesNight Train to Munich |
| July | 15 | Bud Thackery | 87 | US | Cinematographer | The Crimson GhostCoogan's Bluff |
| July | 19 | Eddie Quillan | 83 | US | Actor | Mutiny on the BountyThe Big Shot |
| July | 20 | Sergei Parajanov | 66 | Georgia | Director | Shadows of Forgotten AncestorsThe Color of Pomegranates |
| July | 21 | Stanley Shapiro | 65 | US | Screenwriter | Pillow TalkThat Touch of Mink |
| July | 23 | Georges Flamant | 86 | France | Actor | La ChienneThe 400 Blows |
| July | 27 | Elizabeth Allan | 80 | UK | Actress | David CopperfieldCamille |
| July | 27 | Ernest Archer | 80 | UK | Art Director | SupermanThe Pirates of Penzance |
| July | 28 | Jill Esmond | 82 | UK | Actress | Thirteen WomenNo Funny Business |
| August | 2 | Edwin Richfield | 68 | UK | Actor, Screenwriter | Ben-HurThe Dam Busters |
| August | 3 | Betty Amann | 85 | Germany | Actress | Strictly BusinessIn Old Mexico |
| August | 12 | Dorothy Mackaill | 87 | US | Actress | No Man of Her OwnSafe in Hell |
| August | 12 | Sara Seegar | 76 | US | Actress | Dead Men Tell No TalesThe Music Man |
| August | 17 | Pearl Bailey | 72 | US | Actress, Singer | Carmen JonesSt. Louis Blues |
| August | 23 | Dorothea Kent | 74 | US | Actress | Pin Up GirlShe Married a Cop |
| August | 27 | Raymond St. Jacques | 60 | US | Actor | Cotton Comes to HarlemThe Green Berets |
| August | 28 | Edmund H. North | 79 | US | Screenwriter | The Day the Earth Stood StillPatton |
| September | 4 | Irene Dunne | 91 | US | Actress | The Awful TruthCimarron |
| September | 5 | Jack Hildyard | 82 | UK | Cinematographer | The Bridge on the River KwaiThe Message |
| September | 19 | Werner Janssen | 91 | US | Composer | BlockadeThe Southerner |
| September | 19 | Hermes Pan | 80 | US | Choreographer | My Fair LadyTop Hat |
| September | 20 | Jackie Moran | 67 | US | Actor | The Adventures of Tom SawyerNobody's Darling |
| October | 4 | Jill Bennett | 58 | UK | Actress | For Your Eyes OnlyThe Sheltering Sky |
| October | 4 | Roy Charman | 60 | UK | Sound Engineer | AliensRaiders of the Lost Ark |
| October | 14 | Leonard Bernstein | 72 | US | Composer | West Side StoryOn the Waterfront |
| October | 15 | Delphine Seyrig | 58 | France | Actress, Director | Last Year at MarienbadThe Day of the Jackal |
| October | 20 | Joel McCrea | 84 | US | Actor | Sullivan's TravelsForeign Correspondent |
| October | 27 | Jacques Demy | 59 | France | Director, Screenwriter, Composer | The Umbrellas of CherbourgThe Young Girls of Rochefort |
| October | 27 | Ugo Tognazzi | 68 | Italy | Actor | La Cage aux FollesThe Conjugal Bed |
| November | 2 | William Travilla | 70 | US | Costume Designer | The Seven Year ItchAdventures of Don Juan |
| November | 3 | Valerie French | 62 | UK | Actress | JubalDecision at Sundown |
| November | 3 | Mary Martin | 76 | US | Actress, Singer | Love Thy NeighborNight and Day |
| November | 3 | Walter H. Tyler | 81 | US | Art Director | Samson and DelilahThe Ten Commandments |
| November | 4 | Carol Sobieski | 51 | US | Screenwriter | Fried Green TomatoesAnnie |
| November | 10 | Maura McGiveney | 51 | US | Actress | Twist Around the ClockDo Not Disturb |
| November | 11 | Alexis Minotis | 90 | Greece | Actor | Land of the PharaohsBoy on a Dolphin |
| November | 12 | Eve Arden | 82 | US | Actress | Mildred PierceAnatomy of a Murder |
| November | 13 | Don Chaffey | 73 | New Zealand | Director | Jason and the ArgonautsPete's Dragon |
| November | 13 | Maurice Richlin | 70 | US | Screenwriter | The Pink PantherPillow Talk |
| November | 23 | Roald Dahl | 74 | UK | Screenwriter | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryYou Only Live Twice |
| November | 27 | David White | 74 | US | Actor | Sweet Smell of SuccessThe Apartment |
| December | 1 | Sergio Corbucci | 63 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | DjangoNavajo Joe |
| December | 1 | Carla Lehmann | 73 | Canada | Actress | Candlelight in Algeria29 Acacia Avenue |
| December | 2 | Robert Cummings | 80 | US | Actor | Dial M for MurderSaboteur |
| December | 4 | Edward Binns | 79 | US | Actor | 12 Angry MenFail-Safe |
| December | 7 | Joan Bennett | 80 | US | Actress | Father of the BrideScarlet Street |
| December | 8 | Martin Ritt | 76 | US | Director, Actor, Producer | HudThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold |
| December | 9 | Mike Mazurki | 82 | US | Actor | Some Like It HotDick Tracy |
| December | 18 | Anne Revere | 87 | US | Actress | National VelvetGentleman's Agreement |
| December | 18 | Connie Russell | 67 | US | Singer, Actress | Cruisin' Down the RiverNightmare |
| December | 26 | Gene Callahan | 67 | US | Production Designer | The HustlerSteel Magnolias |
| December | 28 | Warren Skaaren | 44 | US | Screenwriter | BatmanBeetlejuice |

## Film debuts

* Hank Azaria – Pretty Woman
* Abraham Benrubi – Diving In
* Julie Benz – Two Evil Eyes
* Brenda Blethyn – The Witches
* Andrew Bryniarski – Dragonfight
* Bill Camp – Reversal of Fortune
* Robert Carlyle – Silent Scream
* Kyle Chandler – The Color of Evening
* Nick Chinlund – The Ambulance
* Scott Cohen – Jacob's Ladder
* Russell Crowe – Blood Oath
* James Badge Dale – Lord of the Flies
* Hope Davis – Flatliners
* Andy Dick – The Grifters
* Vin Diesel – Awakenings
* Ann Dowd – Green Card
* Denise Dowse – Coldfire
* Chris Ellis – Days of Thunder
* Kerry Fox – An Angel at My Table
* Brad Garrett – Jetsons: The Movie
* Balthazar Getty – Lord of the Flies
* Brendan Gleeson – The Field
* John Hannah – Harbour Beat
* Marcia Gay Harden – Miller's Crossing
* Damon Herriman – The Big Steal
* Djimon Hounsou – Without You I'm Nothing
* Ashley Johnson – Lionheart
* Jacek Koman – Hunting
* Valérie Lemercier – May Fools
* Nia Long – Buried Alive
* George Lopez – Ski Patrol
* Aasif Mandvi – No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
* Margo Martindale – Days of Thunder
* Samantha Mathis – Pump Up the Volume
* Debi Mazar – Goodfellas
* John McConnell – Miller's Crossing
* Neal McDonough – Darkman
* Rose McGowan – Class of 1999
* Kristin Minter – Home Alone
* Julianne Moore – Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
* Peter Mullan – The Big Man
* Guy Pearce – Heaven Tonight
* Luke Perry – Terminal Bliss
* Christina Ricci – Mermaids
* Rob Schneider – Martians Go Home
* Nick Searcy – Days of Thunder
* June Squibb – Alice
* Joe Viterelli – State of Grace
* Isiah Whitlock Jr. – Gremlins 2: The New Batch
* Jeffrey Wright – Presumed Innocent
* Catherine Zeta-Jones – Les 1001 Nuits