# 1997 in film

The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including Titanic, The Full Monty, Gattaca, Donnie Brasco, Good Will Hunting, L.A. Confidential, The Fifth Element, Nil by Mouth, The Spanish Prisoner, and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks.

## Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1997 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1997 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross (USD) |
| 1 | Titanic | Paramount / 20th Century Fox | $1,843,201,268 |
| 2 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Universal | $618,638,999 |
| 3 | Men in Black | Sony Pictures / Columbia | $589,390,539 |
| 4 | Tomorrow Never Dies | MGM / UIP | $333,011,068 |
| 5 | Air Force One | Sony Pictures / Columbia / Buena Vista | $315,156,409 |
| 6 | As Good as It Gets | Sony Pictures / TriStar | $314,178,011 |
| 7 | Liar Liar | Universal | $302,710,615 |
| 8 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Sony Pictures / TriStar | $299,288,605 |
| 9 | The Fifth Element | Sony Pictures / Columbia / Gaumont | $263,920,180 |
| 10 | The Full Monty | 20th Century Fox | $257,938,649 |
* ↑ Excluding the gross from subsequent re-releases.

### Box office records

* Titanic became the first film in history to pass $1 billion at the box office on March 1, 1998. Titanic held the record for the highest-grossing film of all time for 12 years until it was surpassed by Avatar (also directed by James Cameron) on January 25, 2010.
* The Jurassic Park franchise became the sixth film franchise to gross $1 billion with the release of The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
* Sony Pictures became the year's highest-grossing distributor in the United States and Canada, with $1.3 billion in domestic gross. It was the first time Sony Pictures topped the domestic box office, after Disney was the top-grossing domestic distributor for the previous three years.

## Events

* The Star Wars Special Editions, a theatrical anniversary edition of the original Star Wars trilogy, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, are released.
* The Fifth Element is released, becoming a global box office success. It will go on to become the top-grossing French film of all time, a record it will hold for 14 years until the release of The Intouchables in 2011.
* Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1 billion at the box office, making it the highest-grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.
* The Lost World: Jurassic Park grosses a record $90,161,880 on Memorial Day Weekend.
Academy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
    Taste of Cherry (طعم گيلاس, Ta'm-e gilass), directed by Abbas Kiarostami, Iran / France
    The Eel (うなぎ, Unagi), directed by Shohei Imamura, Japan
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
    Hana-bi (Fireworks), directed by Takeshi Kitano, Japan
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
    The People vs. Larry Flynt, directed by Miloš Forman, Canada / United States

### Award ceremonies

* 2nd Empire Awards
* 24th Saturn Awards

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 55th Golden Globe Awards January 18, 1998 | 55th Golden Globe Awards January 18, 1998 | 3rd Critics' Choice Awards January 20, 1998 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 70th Academy Awards March 23, 1998 | 51st BAFTA Awards April 18, 1998 |
| Category/Organization | Drama | Musical or Comedy | 3rd Critics' Choice Awards January 20, 1998 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 70th Academy Awards March 23, 1998 | 51st BAFTA Awards April 18, 1998 |
| Best Film | Titanic | As Good as It Gets | L.A. Confidential | Titanic | Titanic | The Full Monty |
| Best Director | James Cameron Titanic | James Cameron Titanic | James Cameron Titanic | James Cameron Titanic | James Cameron Titanic | Baz Luhrmann Romeo + Juliet |
| Best Actor | Peter Fonda Ulee's Gold | Jack Nicholson As Good as It Gets | Jack Nicholson As Good as It Gets | Jack Nicholson As Good as It Gets | Jack Nicholson As Good as It Gets | Robert Carlyle The Full Monty |
| Best Actress | Judi Dench Mrs Brown | Helen Hunt As Good as It Gets | Helena Bonham Carter The Wings of the Dove | Helen Hunt As Good as It Gets | Helen Hunt As Good as It Gets | Judi Dench Mrs Brown |
| Best Supporting Actor | Burt Reynolds Boogie Nights | Burt Reynolds Boogie Nights | Anthony Hopkins Amistad | Robin Williams Good Will Hunting | Robin Williams Good Will Hunting | Tom Wilkinson The Full Monty |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kim Basinger L.A. Confidential | Kim Basinger L.A. Confidential | Joan Cusack In & Out | Kim Basinger L.A. Confidential Gloria Stuart Titanic | Kim Basinger L.A. Confidential | Sigourney Weaver The Ice Storm |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Good Will Hunting Ben Affleck and Matt Damon | Good Will Hunting Ben Affleck and Matt Damon | L.A. Confidential Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson | Romeo + Juliet Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Good Will Hunting Ben Affleck and Matt Damon | Good Will Hunting Ben Affleck and Matt Damon | Good Will Hunting Ben Affleck and Matt Damon | Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks As Good As It Gets | Good Will Hunting Ben Affleck and Matt Damon | Nil by Mouth Gary Oldman |
| Best Original Score | Titanic James Horner | Titanic James Horner | N/A | N/A | Titanic James Horner | Romeo + Juliet Nellee Hooper |
| Best Original Song | "My Heart Will Go On" Titanic | "My Heart Will Go On" Titanic | N/A | N/A | "My Heart Will Go On" Titanic | N/A |
| Best Foreign Language Film | My Life in Pink | My Life in Pink | Shall We Dance? | N/A | Character | Ridicule |

## 1997 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 1997
* List of Argentine films of 1997
* List of Australian films of 1997
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1997
* List of British films of 1997
* List of Canadian films of 1997
* List of French films of 1997
* List of Hong Kong films of 1997
* List of Indian films of 1997
** List of Hindi films of 1997
** List of Kannada films of 1997
** List of Malayalam films of 1997
** List of Marathi films of 1997
** List of Tamil films of 1997
** List of Telugu films of 1997
* List of Japanese films of 1997
* List of Mexican films of 1997
* List of Pakistani films of 1997
* List of Russian films of 1997
* List of South Korean films of 1997
* List of Spanish films of 1997

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 1997
* List of animated feature films of 1997
* List of avant-garde films of 1997
* List of crime films of 1997
* List of comedy films of 1997
* List of drama films of 1997
* List of horror films of 1997
* List of science fiction films of 1997
* List of thriller films of 1997
* List of western films of 1997

## Births

* January 2 – Melis Sezen, Turkish actress
* January 17 – Jake Paul, American YouTuber, actor and boxer
* January 21 – Jeremy Shada, American actor and musician
* January 24
** Jonah Bobo, American actor
** Dylan Riley Snyder, American actor
* February 2 – Ellie Bamber, English actress
* February 8
** Kathryn Newton, American actress
** Quintessa Swindell, American actor
* February 10 – Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress
* February 12 – Shane Baumel, American former teen actor
* February 14 – Madison Iseman, American actress
* February 23 – Pallavi Dey, Indian actress (d. 2022)
* February 25 – Isabelle Fuhrman, American actress
* March 2 – Becky G, American singer and actress
* March 3 – Camila Cabello, Cuban singer and actress
* March 6 – Alisha Boe, Norwegian-American actress
* March 9 – Niamh Wilson, Canadian actress
* March 10 – Madeleine Arthur, Canadian actress
* March 18 – Ciara Bravo, American actress
* March 28 – Annabelle Davis, English actress
* April 1 – Asa Butterfield, English actor
* April 5 – Henry Hunter Hall, American actor
* April 15 – Maisie Williams, English actress
* April 23 – Alex Ferris, Canadian actor
* April 25 – Tony Poljan, American Football Player
* April 26 – Amber Midthunder, American actress
* May 2 – Perla Haney-Jardine, Brazilian-American actress
* May 11 – Lana Condor, American actress
* May 12 – Odeya Rush, Israeli actress
* May 30
** Zoe Renee, American actress
** Jake Short, American actor
* June 13 – Theodore Pellerin, Canadian actor
* June 16 – Camila Morrone, American model and actress
* June 17 – KJ Apa, New Zealand actor
* June 18 – Max Records, American actor
* June 26 – Jacob Elordi, Australian actor
* July 13 – Leo Howard, American actor and martial artist
* July 18 – Fionn Whitehead, British actor
* July 19 – Amita Suman, Nepali-British actress
* July 22 – Field Cate, American actor
* July 23 – Chloé Hayden, Australian actress
* August 5
** Olivia Holt, American actress and singer
** Adam Irigoyen, American actor
* August 13 – Yeo Jin-goo, South Korean actor
* August 18 – Josephine Langford, Australian actress
* August 25
** Holly Gibbs, English child actress
** Bryana Salaz, American actress and singer
* August 28 – Emilia McCarthy, Canadian actress
* August 30 – Dana Gaier, American actress
* September 7 – Dean-Charles Chapman, English actor
* September 9 - Tallulah Haddon, British actress
* September 12 – Sydney Sweeney, American actress
* September 16 – Elena Kampouris, American actress
* September 19 – Jayme Lawson, American actress
* September 30 – Havana Rose Liu, American actress, model, dancer, activist and designer
* October 6 – Honor Swinton Byrne, British actress
* October 7 – Kira Kosarin, American actress
* October 8 – Bella Thorne, American actress
* October 10 – Grace Rolek, American actress and voice actress
* October 20 – John Bell, Scottish actor
* October 23 – Zach Callison, American actor and voice actor
* October 26 – Rhenzy Feliz, American actor and singer
* October 28 – Sierra McCormick, American actress
* November 1
** Max Burkholder, American actor
** Alex Wolff, American actor and musician
* November 6 – Hero Fiennes Tiffin, English actor, model and producer
* November 8 – Dominique Thorne, American actress
* November 13 – Brent and Shane Kinsman, American twin child actors
* November 18 – Noah Ringer, American actor
* November 26
** Aubrey Joseph, American actor and rapper
** Luka Sabbat, American actor and model
* December 11
** Ben Cook, American actor, singer and dancer
** Taylor Hickson, Canadian actress
* December 15 – Maude Apatow, American actress
* December 16 - Spence Moore II, American actor
* December 27 – Vachirawit Chivaaree "Bright", Thai actor
* December 29 – Kiera Allen, American actress

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 1 | Joan Rice | 66 | UK | Actress | The Steel KeyHis Majesty O'Keefe |
| January | 4 | Bill Lancaster | 49 | US | Screenwriter | The ThingThe Bad News Bears |
| January | 5 | Burton Lane | 84 | US | Composer, Lyricist | Royal WeddingOn a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
| January | 6 | Catherine Scorsese | 84 | US | Actress | GoodfellasThe Godfather Part III |
| January | 9 | Jesse White | 80 | US | Actor | HarveyIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
| January | 10 | Sheldon Leonard | 89 | US | Actor, Director, Producer | It's a Wonderful LifeTo Have and Have Not |
| January | 18 | Diana Lewis | 77 | US | Actress | Go WestIt's a Gift |
| January | 19 | Adriana Caselotti | 80 | US | Actress | Snow White and the Seven DwarfsThe Wizard of Oz |
| January | 19 | James Dickey | 73 | US | Screenwriter | Deliverance |
| January | 19 | Charles Nelson | 95 | Sweden | Film Editor | PicnicThe Big Heat |
| January | 21 | Marcello Danon | 76 | Bulgaria | Producer, Screenwriter | La Cage aux FollesOSS 117 Is Unleashed |
| January | 21 | Polly Ann Young | 88 | US | Actress | The Man from UtahThe Crimson Trail |
| January | 23 | David Waller | 76 | UK | Actor | Lady JaneThe Secret Garden |
| January | 23 | Bill Zuckert | 81 | US | Actor | Ace Ventura: Pet DetectiveHang 'Em High |
| January | 27 | Bill Kennedy | 88 | US | Actor | Now, VoyagerMr. Skeffington |
| January | 27 | Richard X. Slattery | 71 | US | Actor | The Boston StranglerHerbie Rides Again |
| January | 31 | Eve Lister | 83 | UK | Actress | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetNo Limit |
| February | 1 | Marjorie Reynolds | 79 | US | Actress | Gone with the WindHoliday Inn |
| February | 4 | Robert Clouse | 68 | US | Director | Enter the DragonIronheart |
| February | 5 | Harry Essex | 86 | US | Screenwriter, Director | Creature from the Black LagoonThe Sons of Katie Elder |
| February | 7 | Mary Wills | 82 | US | Costume Designer | The Diary of Anne FrankCape Fear |
| February | 8 | Robert Ridgely | 65 | US | Actor | PhiladelphiaBoogie Nights |
| February | 11 | Barry Evans | 53 | UK | Actor | Alfred the GreatHere We Go Round the Mulberry Bush |
| February | 11 | Don Porter | 84 | US | Actor | The CandidateMame |
| February | 12 | James Cossins | 63 | UK | Actor | The Man with the Golden GunGandhi |
| February | 19 | Frank Delfino | 86 | US | Actor | Planet of the ApesWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory |
| February | 23 | Frank Launder | 91 | UK | Screenwriter, Director | I See a Dark StrangerNight Train to Munich |
| February | 23 | Oscar Lewenstein | 80 | UK | Producer | Tom JonesThe Bride Wore Black |
| February | 25 | Scott Forbes | 76 | UK | Actor | The Desert Fox: The Story of RommelOperation Pacific |
| February | 25 | Arthur Hewlett | 89 | UK | Actor | Man About the HouseLittle Dorrit |
| February | 26 | David Doyle | 67 | US | Actor | Capricorn OneLoving |
| February | 26 | Wende Wagner | 55 | US | Actress | Rosemary's BabyGuns of the Magnificent Seven |
| March | 4 | Carey Loftin | 83 | US | Stuntman, Actor | The Deer HunterPatton |
| March | 5 | William Roberts | 83 | US | Screenwriter | The Magnificent SevenThe Last American Hero |
| March | 8 | Alexander Salkind | 75 | Poland | Producer | SupermanThe Three Musketeers |
| March | 9 | Terry Nation | 66 | UK | Screenwriter | And Soon the DarknessDr. Who and the Daleks |
| March | 13 | Ronald Fraser | 66 | UK | Actor | The Flight of the PhoenixThe Wild Geese |
| March | 14 | Fred Zinnemann | 89 | Austria | Director, Producer | From Here to EternityHigh Noon |
| March | 15 | Gail Davis | 71 | US | Actress | Six Gun MesaThe Far Frontier |
| March | 16 | Leda Gloria | 84 | Italy | Actress | Le Petit Monde de Don CamilloLe Retour de Don Camillo |
| March | 22 | John Hoesli | 78 | UK | Art Director | The African Queen2001: A Space Odyssey |
| March | 29 | Ellen Pollock | 94 | UK | Actress | PiccadillyHorror Hospital |
| March | 30 | Jack Bernhard | 82 | US | Director | Blonde IceDecoy |
| April | 2 | Anthony Bushell | 92 | UK | Actor | A Night to RememberThe Battle of the River Plate |
| April | 2 | Tomoyuki Tanaka | 86 | Japan | Producer | GodzillaKagemusha |
| April | 4 | Mike Raven | 72 | UK | Actor | Lust for a VampireI, Monster |
| April | 6 | Barbara Yu Ling | 58 | Singapore | Actress | The Satanic Rites of DraculaHardware |
| April | 14 | Michael Stroka | 58 | US | Actor | King RatHouse of Dark Shadows |
| April | 15 | David Dockendorf | 73 | US | Sound Engineer | ChinatownPlanet of the Apes |
| April | 16 | Roland Topor | 59 | France | Screenwriter, Actor | The TenantFantastic Planet |
| April | 20 | Jean Louis | 89 | France | Costume Designer | The Caine MutinyA Star Is Born |
| April | 24 | Pat Paulsen | 69 | Mexico | Actor | Night PatrolHarper Valley PTA |
| April | 25 | Brian May | 62 | Australia | Composer | Mad MaxFreddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare |
| April | 26 | John Beal | 87 | US | Actor | AlimonyMy Six Convicts |
| April | 26 | Joey Faye | 87 | US | Actor | Top BananaThe Tender Trap |
| April | 26 | Neil Robinson | 61 | US | Actor | 8½Samson and Delilah |
| April | 27 | Gabriel Figueroa | 90 | Mexico | Cinematographer | Kelly's HeroesThe Exterminating Angel |
| April | 27 | Paul Lambert | 74 | US | Actor | Planet of the ApesSpartacus |
| April | 28 | Steve Conte | 77 | Italy | Actor | The Onion FieldThe Wild World of Batwoman |
| May | 1 | Bo Widerberg | 66 | Sweden | Director, Screenwriter | Raven's EndElvira Madigan |
| May | 3 | Hughie Green | 77 | UK | Actor, Producer | Hills of HomeTom Brown's School Days |
| May | 4 | Alvy Moore | 75 | US | Actor, Producer | A Boy and His Dog5 Against the House |
| May | 5 | Walter Gotell | 73 | UK | Actor | From Russia with LoveThe Spy Who Loved Me |
| May | 6 | Jorge Martínez de Hoyos | 76 | Mexico | Actor | The Magnificent SevenCronos |
| May | 9 | Marco Ferreri | 68 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | Dillinger Is DeadLa Grande Bouffe |
| May | 9 | Paul Zastupnevich | 75 | US | Costume Designer | The Towering InfernoThe Poseidon Adventure |
| May | 10 | John P. Austin | 90 | US | Set Decorator | Touch of EvilDiamonds Are Forever |
| May | 11 | Catherine McLeod | 75 | US | Actress | I've Always Loved YouThat's My Man |
| May | 11 | Howard Morton | 71 | US | Actor | The MechanicThe Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean |
| May | 14 | Thelma Carpenter | 75 | US | Singer, Actress | The WizThe Cotton Club |
| May | 15 | Bridgette Andersen | 21 | US | Actress | NightmaresSavannah Smiles |
| May | 16 | Giuseppe De Santis | 80 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | Bitter RiceAttack and Retreat |
| May | 20 | John Rawlins | 94 | US | Director, Film Editor | Dick Tracy's DilemmaFort Defiance |
| May | 22 | Renzo Montagnani | 66 | Italy | Actor | The DateThe Trade Unionist |
| May | 23 | Frances E. Nealy | 78 | US | Actress | GhostbustersWarGames |
| May | 24 | Edward Mulhare | 74 | Ireland | Actor | Von Ryan's ExpressOut to Sea |
| May | 28 | Sydney Guilaroff | 89 | US | Makeup Artist | The Wizard of OzNorth by Northwest |
| May | 29 | George Fenneman | 77 | US | Actor | The Thing from Another WorldOcean's 11 |
| June | 14 | Marjorie Best | 94 | US | Costume Designer | Rio BravoGiant |
| June | 14 | Richard Jaeckel | 70 | US | Actor | The Dirty DozenSometimes a Great Notion |
| June | 16 | Elizabeth McBride | 42 | US | Costume Designer | Driving Miss DaisyThe Shawshank Redemption |
| June | 17 | Maurice Rootes | 80 | UK | Film Editor | Jason and the ArgonautsFirst Men in the Moon |
| June | 19 | Olga Georges-Picot | 57 | France | Actress | The Day of the JackalLove and Death |
| June | 22 | Don Henderson | 65 | UK | Actor | Star WarsBrazil |
| June | 23 | Rosina Lawrence | 84 | Canada | Actress | Way Out WestThe Great Ziegfeld |
| June | 24 | Brian Keith | 75 | US | Actor | The Parent TrapNevada Smith |
| June | 25 | Jacques Cousteau | 87 | France | Documentarian | The Silent WorldWorld Without Sun |
| June | 26 | George Bassman | 83 | US | Composer, Orchestrator | The Wizard of OzGone with the Wind |
| June | 28 | Gary DeVore | 69 | US | Screenwriter | The Dogs of WarRaw Deal |
| June | 29 | William Hickey | 69 | US | Actor | Prizzi's HonorNational Lampoon's Christmas Vacation |
| July | 1 | Robert Mitchum | 79 | US | Actor | Cape FearOut of the Past |
| July | 2 | James Stewart | 89 | US | Actor | It's a Wonderful LifeMr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| July | 9 | Carol Forman | 79 | US | Actress | The Black WidowThe Feathered Serpent |
| July | 15 | Rosamund Greenwood | 90 | UK | Actress | Village of the DamnedThe Witches |
| July | 16 | William Reynolds | 87 | US | Film Editor | The GodfatherThe Sound of Music |
| July | 17 | Gene Warren | 80 | US | Visual Effects Artist | The Time MachineBlack Sunday |
| July | 20 | Linda Stirling | 75 | US | Actress | The Tiger WomanThe Mysterious Mr. Valentine |
| July | 23 | David Warbeck | 55 | New Zealand | Actor | Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin HoodDuck, You Sucker! |
| July | 24 | Brian Glover | 63 | UK | Actor | Alien 3An American Werewolf in London |
| July | 27 | Isabel Dean | 79 | UK | Actor | Oh! What a Lovely WarThe Passionate Friends |
| July | 28 | Rosalie Crutchley | 77 | UK | Actress | Four Weddings and a FuneralThe Haunting |
| August | 4 | Dick Bush | 65 | UK | Cinematographer | TommyVictor Victoria |
| August | 5 | Don Steele | 61 | US | Actor | GremlinsGrand Theft Auto |
| August | 15 | Glenn Corbett | 74 | US | Actor | Fixed Bayonets!The Violent Years |
| August | 18 | Don Knight | 64 | UK | Actor | Swamp ThingThe Apple Dumpling Gang |
| August | 18 | Jeep Swenson | 40 | US | Actor | Batman & RobinBulletproof |
| August | 19 | Cathleen Cordell | 82 | US | Actress | MASHThe Return of the Living Dead |
| August | 20 | Leo Jaffe | 88 | US | Studio Executive | |
| August | 25 | Camilla Spira | 81 | Germany | Actor | Die BuntkariertenMorgenrot |
| August | 25 | William H. Tuntke | 90 | Germany | Art Director, Production Designer | Mary PoppinsThe Andromeda Strain |
| August | 27 | Sally Blane | 87 | US | Actress | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain GangThe Sheik |
| August | 27 | Dick N. Lucas | 77 | US | Animator | The Jungle BookOne Hundred and One Dalmatians |
| August | 27 | Brandon Tartikoff | 48 | US | Studio Executive | |
| August | 28 | Eve Smith | 91 | US | Actress | Romancing the StoneStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home |
| August | 31 | Dodi Fayed | 42 | Egypt | Producer | HookChariots of Fire |
| August | 31 | Will Hare | 81 | US | Actor | Back to the FutureThe Rose |
| September | 5 | Eddie Little Sky | 71 | US | Actor | A Man Called HorsePaint Your Wagon |
| September | 7 | Elisabeth Brooks | 46 | Canada | Actress | The HowlingFamily Plot |
| September | 8 | Helen Shaw | 100 | US | Actress | ParenthoodTwilight Zone: The Movie |
| September | 9 | Burgess Meredith | 89 | US | Actor | RockyBatman |
| September | 13 | Audrey Fildes | 74 | UK | Actress | Kind Hearts and CoronetsWhile I Live |
| September | 13 | Georges Guétary | 82 | France | Actor | An American in ParisThe Road to Paradise |
| September | 16 | Terence Cooper | 64 | Ireland | Actor | No Way OutCasino Royale |
| September | 16 | Gerry Turpin | 72 | UK | Cinematographer | The Last of SheilaSéance on a Wet Afternoon |
| September | 17 | Jerry Gershwin | 71 | US | Producer | HarperBlood In Blood Out |
| September | 17 | Brian Hall | 59 | UK | Actor | The Long Good FridayThe Land That Time Forgot |
| September | 17 | Red Skelton | 84 | US | Actor, Comedian | DuBarry Was a LadyThe Fuller Brush Man |
| September | 19 | Jack May | 75 | UK | Actor | The Man Who Would Be KingThe Bounty |
| September | 21 | Jennifer Holt | 76 | US | Actress | Stick to Your GunsGun Smoke |
| September | 21 | Maurice Kaufmann | 70 | UK | Actor | A Shot in the DarkThe Abominable Dr. Phibes |
| September | 26 | Dorothy Kingsley | 87 | US | Screenwriter | Angels in the OutfieldValley of the Dolls |
| September | 26 | Samuel W. Taylor | 90 | US | Screenwriter | The Man with My FaceBait |
| October | 3 | John Ashley | 62 | US | Actor, Producer | Muscle Beach PartyYoung Dillinger |
| October | 3 | Verna Hillie | 83 | US | Actress | The Star PackerThe Trail Beyond |
| October | 3 | Jarl Kulle | 70 | Sweden | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | Fanny and AlexanderBabette's Feast |
| October | 5 | Andrew Keir | 71 | UK | Actor | CleopatraRob Roy |
| October | 5 | Debbie Linden | 36 | UK | Actress | Eat the RichBloodbath at the House of Death |
| October | 9 | Arch Johnson | 75 | US | Actor | The StingNiagara |
| October | 10 | Stella Bonheur | 92 | UK | Actress | The Roman Spring of Mrs. StoneIntent to Kill |
| October | 12 | John Denver | 53 | US | Singer, Actor | Oh, God!Fire and Ice |
| October | 13 | Joyce Compton | 90 | US | Actress | The Best Years of Our LivesMildred Pierce |
| October | 14 | Hy Averback | 76 | US | Director, Producer, Actor | I Love You, Alice B. ToklasWhere Were You When the Lights Went Out? |
| October | 16 | Audra Lindley | 79 | US | Actress | The Heartbreak KidBest Friends |
| October | 17 | Ben Welden | 96 | US | Actor | The Big SleepThe Roaring Twenties |
| October | 18 | Milt Neil | 83 | US | Animator | FantasiaDumbo |
| October | 19 | Arthur Ibbetson | 75 | UK | Cinematographer | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryWhere Eagles Dare |
| October | 20 | Ron Tarr | 60 | UK | Actor | WillowA View to a Kill |
| October | 24 | Michael Balfour | 79 | UK | Actor | BatmanFahrenheit 451 |
| October | 24 | Don Messick | 71 | US | Voice Actor | Jetsons: The MovieThe Transformers: The Movie |
| October | 28 | Paul Jarrico | 82 | US | Screenwriter | Tom, Dick and HarryThe Girl Most Likely |
| October | 30 | Samuel Fuller | 85 | US | Director, Screenwriter | The Big Red OneShock Corridor |
| November | 5 | Louise Campbell | 86 | US | Actress | Emergency SquadNight Club Scandal |
| November | 6 | William Watson | 59 | US | Actor | In the Heat of the NightChato's Land |
| November | 8 | Michael Ward | 88 | UK | Actor | Frankenstein and the Monster from HellRevenge of the Pink Panther |
| November | 10 | Ave Ninchi | 82 | Italy | Actress | Lacombe LucienMurmur of the Heart |
| November | 11 | William Alland | 81 | US | Producer, Actor | Citizen KaneCreature from the Black Lagoon |
| November | 12 | Sándor Szabó | 82 | Hungary | Actor | TopazBluebeard |
| November | 13 | Dietrich Lohmann | 54 | Germany | Cinematographer | Deep ImpactThe Peacemaker |
| November | 15 | Saul Chaplin | 85 | US | Musical Director, Producer | West Side StorySeven Brides for Seven Brothers |
| November | 15 | Warren Douglas | 86 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | HomicideIncident |
| November | 15 | David Toguri | 64 | Canada | Choreographer, Actor | Who Framed Roger RabbitThe Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| November | 16 | David K. Stewart | 60 | ?? | Visual Effects Artist | Blade RunnerAlien 3 |
| November | 17 | Peter James | 73 | UK | Set Decorator, Art Director | LolitaThe Parent Trap |
| November | 17 | Wilfred Josephs | 70 | UK | Composer, Orchestrator | The Deadly BeesFrantic |
| November | 19 | Alfred Roome | 88 | UK | Film Editor, Director | Carry OnThe Lady Vanishes |
| November | 21 | Jack Purvis | 60 | UK | Actor | Star WarsTime Bandits |
| November | 22 | Joanna Moore | 63 | US | Actress | Follow That DreamWalk on the Wild Side |
| November | 23 | Robert Lewis | 88 | US | Director, Actor | Anything GoesZiegfeld Follies |
| November | 25 | Charles Hallahan | 54 | US | Actor | The ThingDante's Peak |
| November | 30 | Glyn Dearman | 57 | UK | Actor | ScroogeThe Flesh and the Fiends |
| December | 2 | Marge Kotlisky | 70 | US | Actress | Sixteen CandlesMajor Dundee |
| December | 4 | Richard Vernon | 72 | UK | Actor | GoldfingerA Hard Day's Night |
| December | 14 | Stubby Kaye | 79 | US | Actor | Guys and DollsCat Ballou |
| December | 16 | Richard Warwick | 52 | UK | Actor | Romeo and JulietHamlet |
| December | 17 | Peter Taylor | 75 | UK | Film Editor | The Bridge on the River KwaiSummertime |
| December | 18 | Chris Farley | 33 | US | Actor, Comedian | Tommy BoyBeverly Hills Ninja |
| December | 19 | Michael Alldredge | 56 | US | Actor | ScarfaceIron Eagle |
| December | 20 | Dawn Steel | 51 | US | Producer, Executive | City of AngelsCool Runnings |
| December | 23 | Stanley Cortez | 89 | US | Cinematographer | ChinatownThe Night of the Hunter |
| December | 24 | Toshiro Mifune | 77 | Japan | Actor, Producer | Seven SamuraiRashomon |
| December | 25 | Denver Pyle | 77 | US | Actor | Bonnie and ClydeThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |
| December | 28 | Bill Anderson | 86 | US | Producer | Swiss Family RobinsonOld Yeller |
| December | 31 | Billie Dove | 94 | US | Actress | The Black PirateBeyond the Rainbow |

## Film debuts

* Eric Bana – The Castle
* Mischa Barton – Lawn Dogs
* Paul Bettany – Bent
* Leslie Bibb – Private Parts
* Jessica Biel – Ulee's Gold
* Cate Blanchett – Paradise Road
* Orlando Bloom – Wilde
* Gerard Butler – Mrs. Brown
* John Cho – Shopping for Fangs
* Jason Clarke – Dilemma
* Jack Davenport – Fierce Creatures
* Chiwetel Ejiofor – Amistad
* Shannon Elizabeth – Jack Frost
* Mike Epps – Strays
* Tom Felton – The Borrowers
* Jennifer Garner – Deconstructing Harry
* Judy Greer – Stricken
* Ioan Gruffudd – Wilde
* Katie Holmes – The Ice Storm
* Sanaa Lathan – Drive
* Samantha Morton – This Is the Sea
* Alessandro Nivola – Inventing the Abbotts
* Nick Offerman – Going All the Way
* Sarah Paulson – Levitation
* Norman Reedus – Floating
* Matthew Rhys – House of America
* Maya Rudolph – Gattaca
* Amy Sedaris – Commandments
* Amy Smart – Campfire Tales
* Scott Speedman – Kitchen Party
* Mena Suvari – Nowhere
* Dominique Swain – Lolita
* Alan Tudyk – 35 Miles from Normal
* Tristán Ulloa – Memorias del ángel caído
* Leonor Varela – Le ciel est à nous
* Milo Ventimiglia – Boys Life 2
* Olivia Williams – Gaston's War
* Dean Winters – Conspiracy Theory
* Evan Rachel Wood – Digging to China
* Jose Yenque – Fall