# 2006 in film

The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Pixar celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2006 with the release of its 7th film, Cars.

## Evaluation of the year

Philip French of The Guardian described 2006 as "an outstanding year for British cinema". He went on to emphasize, "Six of our well-established directors have made highly individual films of real distinction: Michael Winterbottom's A Cock and Bull Story, Ken Loach's Palme d'Or winner The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Christopher Nolan's The Prestige, Stephen Frears's The Queen, Paul Greengrass's United 93 and Nicholas Hytner's The History Boys. Two young directors made confident debuts, both offering a jaundiced view of contemporary Britain: Andrea Arnold's Red Road and Paul Andrew Williams's London to Brighton. In addition the gifted Mexican Alfonso Cuaron came here to make the dystopian thriller Children of Men." He also stated, "In the (United) States, M. Night Shyamalan of The Sixth Sense fame fell flat on his over-confident face with Lady in the Water, but Martin Scorsese's The Departed was his best for years, and he was with Jack Nicholson at last. Apart from that, the best American films were political (Syriana, Good Night, and Good Luck, The New World) or very personal (Little Miss Sunshine, Little Children, The Squid and the Whale). Sadly, Oliver Stone's 9/11 picture World Trade Center was neither. Asian cinema produced a string of elegant thrillers and horror flicks. The best Eastern European movie was The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, a devastating look at the Romania Ceausescu left behind him. Most of the best Western European films came from France, with Michael Haneke's Caché, proving the most widely discussed art-house puzzle picture since Last Year at Marienbad. The award of 18 certificates by the BBFC to Shortbus and Destricted has brought close the abolition of censorship, but not of classification, and Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain was a real step forward for the representation of homosexuals in mainstream cinema, though Gore Vidal claims that there's a gay subtext to every western. However, the year's most extraordinary event, or conjunction, was the almost simultaneous release of Tommy Lee Jones's directorial debut The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Who would have predicted in the Sixties, when they were roommates at Harvard and used by Erich Segal as joint models for Oliver Barrett IV in Love Story, that both Jones and Gore would end up as movie stars - if, in Gore's case, accidentally and temporarily?"

## Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2006 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 2006 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor(s) | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Buena Vista | $1,066,179,725 |
| 2 | The Da Vinci Code | Sony | $760,006,945 |
| 3 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | 20th Century Fox | $660,998,756 |
| 4 | Casino Royale | Sony | $606,099,584 |
| 5 | Night at the Museum | 20th Century Fox | $574,480,841 |
| 6 | Cars | Buena Vista | $461,983,149 |
| 7 | X-Men: The Last Stand | 20th Century Fox | $460,435,291 |
| 8 | Mission: Impossible III | Paramount | $398,479,497 |
| 9 | Superman Returns | Warner Bros. | $391,081,192 |
| 10 | Happy Feet | Warner Bros. | $384,335,608 |

### Box office records

* Sony Pictures grossed more than $3 billion in annual worldwide box office revenue for the first time in its history.
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest became the third film in cinema history to gross over $1 billion and is the 35th highest-grossing film of all time.

## Events

| Month | Day | Event |
| January | 4 | The Producers Guild of America nominates Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and Walk the Line as contenders for their best-produced film award. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) nominate The 40-Year-Old Virgin, I Tried, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and The Squid and the Whale for best original screenplay. The WGA nominees for best adapted screenplay are Brokeback Mountain, Capote, The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence and Syriana. |
| January | 5 | Jon Stewart is named host of the 78th Academy Awards. |
| January | 9 | The Broadcast Film Critics Association present their Critics' Choice Awards for the best films of 2005 live on The WB network in the United States. Brokeback Mountain is named best picture, best director for Ang Lee and ties for best supporting actress for Michelle Williams. Philip Seymour Hoffman is named best actor for Capote and Reese Witherspoon is awarded best actress for Walk the Line. |
| January | 16 | The winners of the 63rd Golden Globe Awards include Brokeback Mountain for best dramatic picture and best director. |
| January | 19 | The 2006 Sundance Film Festival starts in Park City, Utah. |
| January | 24 | Disney announces plans to acquire Pixar |
| January | 28 | The Directors Guild of America names Ang Lee best film director of 2005 for Brokeback Mountain, best documentary goes to Werner Herzog for Grizzly Man and its Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Clint Eastwood. |
| January | 29 | The Screen Actors Guild names Philip Seymour Hoffman outstanding male movie actor for Capote, Reese Witherspoon as outstanding female lead movie actor for Walk the Line, Rachel Weisz as outstanding female actor in a supporting role for The Constant Gardener, Paul Giamatti as outstanding male actor in a supporting role for Cinderella Man, the cast of Crash as outstanding ensemble in a theatrical motion picture, and Shirley Temple Black is given a life achievement award. |
| January | 30 | The 26th Golden Raspberry Awards nominees include Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Dirty Love, The Dukes of Hazzard, House of Wax and Son of the Mask for worst film; Tom Cruise, Will Ferrell, Jamie Kennedy, The Rock and Rob Schneider for worst actor; and Jessica Alba, Hilary Duff, Jennifer Lopez, Jenny McCarthy and Tara Reid for worst actress. |
| January | 31 | The Academy Awards for best film achievement in 2005 had nominated primarily independent films. Brokeback Mountain led the nominations with 8, followed by Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and Memoirs of a Geisha all earning six. |
| February | 5 | The 33rd annual Annie Award - Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit won the best animated feature, as well as all nine categories which it was nominated. Family Guy won the best voice acting and directing, Star Wars: Clone Wars II Chapters 21-25 won the best animated TV production, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch won the best home entertainment award, and Ultimate Spider-Man won the new "best video game award". |
| February | 6 | Disney re-acquires the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit from NBCUniversal, in exchange for ABC letting commentator Al Michaels work on NBC Sunday Night Football. |
| March | 4 | Dirty Love dominates the 26th Golden Raspberry Awards with 4 awards including Worst Picture and Worst Actress for Jenny McCarthy. Rob Schneider took home for Worst Actor for his performance in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. Other awards went to Hayden Christensen as Worst Supporting Actor for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Paris Hilton as Worst Supporting Actress for House of Wax |
| March | 5 | 78th Academy Awards: Crash earns a win for Best Picture upsetting favorite Brokeback Mountain. No film, for the first time in 58 years, won a clear majority. Both films as well as Memoirs of a Geisha and King Kong win three Oscars each. Favorite March of the Penguins wins Oscar for Documentary Feature. South Africa wins its first motion picture Oscar with the Best Foreign Film award for Tsotsi. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit wins Oscar for Animated feature film. Major awards as follows: Director: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote Actress: Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line Supporting Actor: George Clooney for Syriana Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener |
| March | 13 | 11th Empire Awards: Pride & Prejudice and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith win the most awards with two. |
| April | 18 | Tom Cruise and fiancée Katie Holmes welcomed their newborn baby Suri. |
| April | 25 | The 5th annual Tribeca Film Festival opens with notable films such as Mission: Impossible III and United 93. |
| April | 28 | TV double act Ant & Dec make their big screen debut with Alien Autopsy. |
| May | 17 | The 2006 Cannes Film Festival began in Cannes, France. It continued until May 28. It was hosted by Vincent Cassel. Films in competition included Babel by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Fast Food Nation by Richard Linklater, Iklimler by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, El Laberinto del Fauno by Guillermo del Toro, Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola, Southland Tales by Richard Kelly, Volver by Pedro Almodóvar, and The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach |
| May | 27 | Brad Pitt and Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie give birth to daughter Shiloh in the African nation of Namibia. |
| June | 3 | The 2006 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced. |
| June | 14 | The American Film Institute releases its ninth list of its AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers recognizing 100 films as the most "inspirational" in cinema history. Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is named the most "inspirational" film of all time. |
| July | 7 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest opens later grossing $55.8 million on its opening day, setting records for the largest opening day, the largest single day gross, and the largest Friday gross of all time (the previous record was held by Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith with $50,013,859, the previous year). It also surpassed the opening weekend gross (at $135,634,554 between July 7–9) previously set by Spider-Man in 2002 with $114,844,116 between May 3–5. |
| July | 28 | Actor and Oscar-winning director producer Mel Gibson is arrested after speeding on Pacific Coast Highway due to a DUI. Police reports later reveal stinging anti-Semitic comments made to the officer (a Jew). Gibson checked into rehab and issued several statements apologizing for his rude comments. See Mel Gibson DUI incident for more details. |
| September | 7 | Ellen DeGeneres is named host of the 79th Academy Awards. |
| September | 7-16 | The 2006 Toronto International Film Festival takes place. |
| December | 7 | 64th Golden Globe Awards nominees are announced. Babel leads nominations with seven. |

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 64th Golden Globe Awards January 15, 2007 | 64th Golden Globe Awards January 15, 2007 | 12th Critics' Choice Awards January 14, 2007 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards January 20-February 11, 2007 | 60th BAFTA Awards February 11, 2007 | 79th Academy Awards February 25, 2007 |
| Category/Organization | Drama | Musical or Comedy | 12th Critics' Choice Awards January 14, 2007 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards January 20-February 11, 2007 | 60th BAFTA Awards February 11, 2007 | 79th Academy Awards February 25, 2007 |
| Best Film | Babel | Dreamgirls | The Departed | Little Miss Sunshine | The Queen | The Departed |
| Best Director | Martin Scorsese The Departed | Martin Scorsese The Departed | Martin Scorsese The Departed | Martin Scorsese The Departed | Paul Greengrass United 93 | Martin Scorsese The Departed |
| Best Actor | Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland | Sacha Baron Cohen Borat | Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland | Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland | Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland | Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland |
| Best Actress | Helen Mirren The Queen | Meryl Streep The Devil Wears Prada | Helen Mirren The Queen | Helen Mirren The Queen | Helen Mirren The Queen | Helen Mirren The Queen |
| Best Supporting Actor | Eddie Murphy Dreamgirls | Eddie Murphy Dreamgirls | Eddie Murphy Dreamgirls | Eddie Murphy Dreamgirls | Alan Arkin Little Miss Sunshine | Alan Arkin Little Miss Sunshine |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls | Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls | Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls | Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls | Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls | Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Peter Morgan The Queen | Peter Morgan The Queen | Michael Arndt Little Miss Sunshine | William Monahan The Departed | Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan The Last King of Scotland | William Monahan The Departed |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Peter Morgan The Queen | Peter Morgan The Queen | Michael Arndt Little Miss Sunshine | Michael Arndt Little Miss Sunshine | Michael Arndt Little Miss Sunshine | Michael Arndt Little Miss Sunshine |
| Best Animated Film | Cars | Cars | Cars | Cars | Happy Feet | Happy Feet |
| Best Original Score | The Painted Veil Alexandre Desplat | The Painted Veil Alexandre Desplat | The Illusionist Philip Glass | — | Babel Gustavo Santaolalla | Babel Gustavo Santaolalla |
| Best Original Song | "The Song of the Heart" Happy Feet | "The Song of the Heart" Happy Feet | "Listen" Dreamgirls | — | — | "I Need to Wake Up" An Inconvenient Truth |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Letters from Iwo Jima | Letters from Iwo Jima | Letters from Iwo Jima | — | Pan's Labyrinth | The Lives of Others |

## 2006 films
### By country/region

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* List of Russian films of 2006
* List of South Korean films of 2006
* List of Spanish films of 2006
* List of Tamil films of 2006
* List of Telugu films of 2006

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 2006
* List of animated feature films of 2006
* List of avant-garde films of 2006
* List of crime films of 2006
* List of comedy films of 2006
* List of drama films of 2006
* List of horror films of 2006
* List of science fiction films of 2006
* List of thriller films of 2006

## Births

* March 1 - Julian Grey, American actor
* April 20 - Kailia Posey, American actress and reality television show contestant (died 2022)
* April 22 - Nathanael Saleh, English actor
* April 28 - Kiawentiio, Canadian-American actress
* April 29 - Xochitl Gomez, American actress
* May 6 - Aryan Simhadri, American actor
* May 22 - Mattea Conforti, American actress
* June 25 – Mckenna Grace, American actress
* June 29 - Sam Lavagnino, American voice actor and YouTuber
* July 8 – Isabella Sermon, English actress
* July 12 – Kevin Vechiatto, Brazilian actor
* July 19 - Beau Gadsdon, British actress
* August 5 - Elle McKinnon, Canadian actress
* September 7 - Ian Chen, American actor
* September 12 - Alexander Molony, British actor
* September 17 - Ella Jay Basco, American actress
* October 1 - Priah Ferguson, American actress
* October 5 – Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor
* December 6 - Millie Davis, Canadian actress
* December 9 - Pixie Davies, English actress
* December 18 - Malia Baker, Canadian actress

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 2 | Osa Massen | 91 | Denmark | Actress | A Woman's FaceRocketship X-M |
| January | 2 | John Woodnutt | 81 | UK | Actor | Who Dares WinsLifeforce |
| January | 5 | Mark Roberts | 84 | US | Actor | GildaShadowed |
| January | 7 | Jim Zulevic | 40 | US | Actor | Let's Go to PrisonMatchstick Men |
| January | 12 | Stu Linder | 74 | US | Film Editor | Rain ManGood Morning, Vietnam |
| January | 12 | Norris Spencer | 62 | UK | Production Designer | Thelma & LouiseNational Treasure |
| January | 14 | Shelley Winters | 85 | US | Actress | The Diary of Anne FrankLolita |
| January | 19 | Anthony Franciosa | 77 | US | Actor | A Hatful of RainA Face in the Crowd |
| January | 21 | Robert Knudson | 80 | US | Sound Engineer | E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialThe Exorcist |
| January | 23 | Joseph M. Newman | 96 | US | Director | This Island Earth711 Ocean Drive |
| January | 24 | Fayard Nicholas | 91 | US | Actor, Dancer, Choreographer | Stormy WeatherThe Pirate |
| January | 24 | Chris Penn | 40 | US | Actor | Reservoir DogsFootloose |
| January | 25 | Moss Mabry | 87 | US | Costume Designer | The Way We WereGiant |
| January | 27 | Paul Valentine | 86 | US | Actor | Out of the PastHouse of Strangers |
| January | 28 | Henry McGee | 77 | UK | Actor | The Italian JobRevenge of the Pink Panther |
| January | 31 | Moira Shearer | 80 | UK | Actress, Dancer | Peeping TomThe Red Shoes |
| February | 1 | Roy Alon | 63 | UK | Stuntman | Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomEntrapment |
| February | 3 | Walerian Borowczyk | 82 | Poland | Director, Screenwriter | Goto, Island of LoveLa Bête |
| February | 3 | Jean Byron | 80 | US | Actress | FlareupThe Magnetic Monster |
| February | 3 | Al Lewis | 82 | US | Actor | Used CarsMarried to the Mob |
| February | 5 | Franklin Cover | 77 | US | Actor | Wall StreetAlmost Heroes |
| February | 6 | Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez | 80 | US | Actor | The High and the MightyRio Bravo |
| February | 8 | Akira Ifukube | 91 | Japan | Composer | GodzillaThe Burmese Harp |
| February | 9 | Phil Brown | 89 | US | Actor | Star WarsSuperman |
| February | 13 | Andreas Katsulas | 59 | US | Actor | The FugitiveExecutive Decision |
| February | 14 | Darry Cowl | 80 | France | Actor | Not on the LipsDon't Touch the White Woman! |
| February | 18 | Richard Bright | 64 | US | Actor | The GodfatherOnce Upon a Time in America |
| February | 19 | Erna Lazarus | 102 | US | Screenwriter | The Body DisappearsHollywood or Bust |
| February | 21 | Richard Snell | 50 | US | Makeup Artist | Demolition ManHow the Grinch Stole Christmas |
| February | 24 | Don Knotts | 81 | US | Actor | The Incredible Mr. LimpetThe Reluctant Astronaut |
| February | 24 | Dennis Weaver | 81 | US | Actor | Touch of EvilDuel at Diablo |
| February | 25 | Darren McGavin | 83 | US | Actor | The Man with the Golden ArmA Christmas Story |
| March | 1 | Peter Sykes | 66 | Australia | Director | To the Devil a DaughterJesus |
| March | 1 | Jack Wild | 53 | UK | Actor | Oliver!Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
| March | 2 | Phyllis Huffman | 61 | US | Casting Director | Million Dollar BabyUnforgiven |
| March | 7 | John Junkin | 76 | UK | Actor | A Hard Day's NightThe Football Factory |
| March | 7 | Gordon Parks | 93 | US | Director | ShaftThe Learning Tree |
| March | 12 | Joseph Bova | 81 | US | Actor | SerpicoPretty Poison |
| March | 13 | Maureen Stapleton | 80 | US | Actress | RedsCocoon |
| March | 16 | Moira Redmond | 77 | UK | Actress | A Shot in the DarkNightmare |
| March | 17 | Bob Papenbrook | 50 | US | Voice Actor | Stranger than FictionJeepers Creepers 2 |
| March | 18 | Michael Attwell | 63 | UK | Actor | LabyrinthHigh Heels and Low Lifes |
| March | 25 | Richard Fleischer | 89 | US | Director | 20,000 Leagues Under the SeaTora! Tora! Tora! |
| March | 29 | Henry Farrell | 85 | US | Screenwriter | Hush...Hush, Sweet CharlotteWhat's the Matter with Helen? |
| March | 29 | Gretchen Rau | 66 | US | Set Decorator, Art Director | Memoirs of a GeishaThe Last Samurai |
| March | 31 | Candice Rialson | 54 | US | Actress | Hollywood BoulevardSummer School Teachers |
| April | 4 | Gary Gray | 69 | US | Actor | Rachel and the StrangerWild Heritage |
| April | 9 | Vilgot Sjöman | 82 | Sweden | Director | I Am Curious (Yellow)My Sister, My Love |
| April | 13 | Jacques Maumont | 81 | France | Sound Engineer | The Longest DayBreathless |
| April | 17 | Henderson Forsythe | 88 | US | Actor | SilkwoodSpecies II |
| April | 22 | Alida Valli | 84 | Italy | Actress | The Third ManSuspiria |
| April | 23 | Susan Browning | 65 | US | Actress | Sister ActThe Money Pit |
| April | 23 | Jennifer Jayne | 74 | UK | Actress, Screenwriter | The Medusa TouchDr. Terror's House of Horrors |
| April | 29 | Alberta Nelson | 68 | US | Actress | Beach Blanket BingoDr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine |
| May | 1 | Jay Presson Allen | 84 | US | Screenwriter | CabaretMarnie |
| May | 1 | Betsy Jones-Moreland | 76 | US | Actress | Last Woman on EarthCreature from the Haunted Sea |
| May | 4 | Michael Taliferro | 44 | US | Actor | The ReplacementsBad Boys |
| May | 7 | Tanis Chandler | 81 | France | Actress | Shadows Over ChinatownLured |
| May | 10 | Val Guest | 94 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | Casino RoyaleThe Day the Earth Caught Fire |
| May | 14 | Paul Marco | 78 | US | Actor | Plan 9 from Outer SpaceHiawatha |
| May | 21 | Katherine Dunham | 96 | US | Dancer | Stormy WeatherCasbah |
| May | 24 | Henry Bumstead | 91 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | To Kill a MockingbirdVertigo |
| May | 27 | Barbara Cohen | 53 | US | Casting Director | RushmoreI Am Sam |
| May | 27 | Paul Gleason | 67 | US | Actor | The Breakfast ClubDie Hard |
| May | 29 | Katarína Kolníková | 85 | Slovakia | Actress | Vášnivý bozk |
| May | 30 | Shōhei Imamura | 79 | Japan | Director, Screenwriter | Endless DesireThe Insect Woman |
| May | 30 | Robert Sterling | 88 | US | Actor | Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaShow Boat |
| June | 8 | Robert Donner | 75 | US | Actor | Cool Hand LukeEl Dorado |
| June | 10 | Gerald James | 88 | UK | Actor | The Man with the Golden GunHope and Glory |
| June | 12 | Hugh Latimer | 75 | UK | Actor | The Million Pound NoteJane Eyre |
| June | 10 | Monty Berman | 92 | UK | Producer, Director, Cinematographer | Jack the RipperWhat a Carve Up! |
| June | 16 | Arthur Franz | 86 | US | Actor | Invaders from MarsSands of Iwo Jima |
| June | 18 | Vincent Sherman | 99 | US | Director | The Young PhiladelphiansMr. Skeffington |
| June | 18 | Richard Stahl | 74 | US | Actor | Private SchoolGhosts of Mississippi |
| June | 23 | Aaron Spelling | 83 | US | Producer, Actor | Mr. MomSoapdish |
| June | 25 | Kenneth Griffith | 84 | UK | Actor | Four Weddings and a FuneralSky Riders |
| July | 2 | Jan Murray | 89 | US | Actor | Which Way to the Front?The Busy Body |
| July | 3 | Jack Smith | 92 | US | Actor | On Moonlight BayCannonball Run II |
| July | 5 | Amzie Strickland | 87 | US | Actress | Pretty WomanShiloh |
| July | 6 | Kasey Rogers | 80 | US | Actress | Strangers on a TrainTwo Lost Worlds |
| July | 8 | June Allyson | 88 | US | Actress | The Glenn Miller StoryThe Three Musketeers |
| July | 9 | Chris Drake | 82 | US | Actor | Them!A Walk in the Sun |
| July | 11 | Barnard Hughes | 90 | US | Actor | TronMidnight Cowboy |
| July | 12 | Kurt Kreuger | 89 | Germany | Actor | SaharaThe Enemy Below |
| July | 12 | Loredana Nusciak | 64 | Italy | Actress | DjangoGladiators 7 |
| July | 13 | Red Buttons | 87 | US | Actor | SayonaraPete's Dragon |
| July | 19 | Pascal Renwick [fr] | 51 | FR | French voice actor | The TerminatorThe Running ManThe Matrix |
| July | 19 | Jack Warden | 85 | US | Actor | Heaven Can Wait12 Angry Men |
| July | 20 | Robert Cornthwaite | 89 | US | Actor | The War of the WorldsWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| July | 21 | Mako | 72 | Japan | Actor | Conan the BarbarianThe Sand Pebbles |
| July | 27 | Johnny Weissmuller Jr. | 65 | US | Actor | THX 1138American Graffiti |
| July | 28 | Patrick Allen | 79 | Malawi | Actor | Dial M for MurderJet Storm |
| August | 4 | John Alderson | 90 | UK | Actor | Blazing SaddlesMy Fair Lady |
| August | 7 | Lois January | 92 | US | Actress | The Wizard of OzThe Pace That Kills |
| August | 13 | Tony Jay | 73 | UK | Voice Actor, Actor | The Hunchback of Notre DameBeauty and the Beast |
| August | 14 | Bruno Kirby | 57 | US | Actor | City SlickersWhen Harry Met Sally... |
| August | 16 | Alan Vint | 61 | US | Actor | BadlandsThe Panic in Needle Park |
| August | 19 | Sig Shore | 87 | US | Producer, Director | Super FlyThat's the Way of the World |
| August | 25 | Ann Richards | 88 | Australia | Actress | Sorry, Wrong NumberAn American Romance |
| August | 25 | Joseph Stefano | 84 | US | Screenwriter | PsychoTwo Bits |
| August | 29 | Bill Stewart | 63 | UK | Actor | 101 DalmatiansAnna and the King |
| August | 30 | Glenn Ford | 90 | Canada | Actor | GildaSuperman |
| August | 31 | William Aldrich | 61 | US | Producer, Actor | Flight of the PhoenixThe Sheltering Sky |
| September | 4 | Steve Irwin | 44 | Australia | Wildlife Expert, Actor | The Crocodile Hunter: Collision CourseHappy Feet |
| September | 4 | Fernando Siro | 74 | Argentina | Actor, Director | Where the Wind DiesUn Argentino en New York |
| September | 5 | Hilary Mason | 89 | UK | Actress | Don't Look NowRobot Jox |
| September | 7 | Robert Earl Jones | 96 | US | Actor | The StingWitness |
| September | 8 | Frank Middlemass | 87 | UK | Actor | Barry LyndonThe Island |
| September | 9 | Gérard Brach | 79 | France | Director, Screenwriter | The Name of the RoseFrantic |
| September | 9 | Herbert Rudley | 96 | US | Actor | The Court JesterThe Young Lions |
| September | 11 | Pat Corley | 76 | US | Actor | Coming HomeThe Bad News Bears in Breaking Training |
| September | 14 | Mickey Hargitay | 80 | Hungary | Actor | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?The Loves of Hercules |
| September | 14 | Johnny Sekka | 72 | Senegal | Actor | The MessageAshanti |
| September | 14 | Virginia Vale | 86 | US | Actress | Blonde CometBroadway Big Shot |
| September | 19 | Elizabeth Allen | 77 | US | Actress | Donovan's ReefStar Spangled Girl |
| September | 20 | Sven Nykvist | 83 | Sweden | Cinematographer | Cries and WhispersThe Unbearable Lightness of Being |
| September | 22 | Edward Albert | 55 | US | Actor | Butterflies Are Free40 Carats |
| September | 23 | Malcolm Arnold | 84 | UK | Composer | The Bridge on the River KwaiSuddenly, Last Summer |
| September | 24 | Sally Gray | 91 | UK | Actress | Green for DangerThe Saint in London |
| September | 24 | Tetsurō Tamba | 84 | Japan | Actor | HarakiriYou Only Live Twice |
| September | 26 | Lionel Murton | 91 | UK | Actor | PattonThe Dirty Dozen |
| September | 28 | Hy Pyke | 70 | US | Actor | Blade RunnerDolemite |
| October | 2 | Frances Bergen | 84 | US | Actress | American GigoloThe Muppets Take Manhattan |
| October | 2 | Tamara Dobson | 59 | US | Actress | Cleopatra JonesNorman... Is That You? |
| October | 4 | Tom Bell | 73 | UK | Actor | Wish You Were HereFeast of July |
| October | 9 | Danièle Huillet | 70 | France | Director | The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena BachHistory Lessons |
| October | 10 | Jerry Belson | 68 | US | Screenwriter, Producer | AlwaysFun with Dick and Jane |
| October | 12 | Gillo Pontecorvo | 86 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | The Battle of AlgiersKapò |
| October | 15 | Derek Bond | 86 | UK | Actor | Uncle SilasWhen Eight Bells Toll |
| October | 16 | Jack DeLeon | 81 | US | Actor | The HobbitLife Stinks |
| October | 16 | Tommy Johnson | 71 | US | Musician | The MatrixThe Godfather |
| October | 19 | James Glennon | 64 | US | Cinematographer | About SchmidtElection |
| October | 19 | Phyllis Kirk | 79 | US | Actress | House of WaxBack from Eternity |
| October | 20 | Jane Wyatt | 96 | US | Actress | Lost HorizonStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home |
| October | 21 | Peter Barkworth | 77 | UK | Actor | PattonWhere Eagles Dare |
| October | 21 | Daryl Duke | 77 | Canada | Director | The Silent PartnerThe Thorn Birds |
| October | 21 | Milton Selzer | 87 | US | Actor | Sid and NancyThe Cincinnati Kid |
| October | 22 | Arthur Hill | 84 | Canada | Actor | HarperThe Andromeda Strain |
| October | 22 | Richard Mayes | 83 | UK | Actor | GandhiTop Secret! |
| October | 29 | Roy Barnes | 70 | US | Set Designer, Art Director | War of the WorldsThe Last Samurai |
| October | 29 | Nigel Kneale | 84 | UK | Screenwriter | The EntertainerQuatermass and the Pit |
| October | 31 | William Franklyn | 81 | UK | Actor | Cul-de-sacThe Satanic Rites of Dracula |
| November | 1 | Adrienne Shelly | 40 | US | Actress, Director | WaitressThe Unbelievable Truth |
| November | 2 | Leonard Schrader | 62 | US | Screenwriter | Kiss of the Spider WomanBlue Collar |
| November | 2 | Milly Vitale | 73 | Italy | Actress | The Seven Little FoysThe Juggler |
| November | 8 | Basil Poledouris | 61 | US | Composer | RoboCopThe Hunt for Red October |
| November | 9 | Wayne Artman | 69 | US | Sound Engineer | Falling DownLethal Weapon 3 |
| November | 9 | Marian Marsh | 93 | Trinidad | Actress | The Mad GeniusThe Black Room |
| November | 10 | Diana Coupland | 74 | UK | Actress | The Twelve ChairsThe Millionairess |
| November | 10 | Jack Palance | 87 | US | Actor | ShaneCity Slickers |
| November | 11 | Ronnie Stevens | 81 | UK | Actor | The Parent TrapBrassed Off |
| November | 14 | John Hallam | 65 | UK | Actor | Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesFlash Gordon |
| November | 16 | Ernest Day | 79 | UK | Cinematographer, Director | A Passage to IndiaSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace |
| November | 16 | Eustace Lycett | 91 | UK | Special Effects Artist | Mary PoppinsBedknobs and Broomsticks |
| November | 19 | Jeremy Slate | 80 | US | Actor | The Devil's BrigadeTrue Grit |
| November | 20 | Robert Altman | 81 | US | Director, Screenwriter | M*A*S*HGosford Park |
| November | 20 | Kevin McClory | 80 | Ireland | Producer | ThunderballNever Say Never Again |
| November | 23 | Betty Comden | 89 | US | Screenwriter, Lyricist | Singin' in the RainThe Band Wagon |
| November | 23 | Philippe Noiret | 76 | France | Actor | Cinema ParadisoIl Postino: The Postman |
| November | 24 | Phyllis Cerf | 90 | US | Actress | Vivacious LadyLittle Men |
| November | 27 | Alan Freeman | 79 | Australia | Actor | Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsAbsolute Beginners |
| November | 30 | Shirley Walker | 61 | US | Composer, Orchestrator | Batman: Mask of the PhantasmFinal Destination |
| December | 1 | Sid Raymond | 97 | US | Actor, Voice Actor | Two MuchHerman and Katnip |
| December | 4 | Adam Williams | 84 | US | Actor | North by NorthwestFear Strikes Out |
| December | 5 | Michael Gilden | 44 | US | Actor | Return of the JediPulp Fiction |
| December | 5 | Gerry Humphreys | 74 | UK | Sound Engineer | Blade RunnerGandhi |
| December | 5 | Van Smith | 61 | US | Costume Designer, Makeup Artist | Pink FlamingosHairspray |
| December | 8 | Martha Tilton | 91 | US | Singer, Actress | Swing HostessCrime, Inc. |
| December | 9 | Russell Wade | 89 | US | Actor | Ball of FireMr. & Mrs. Smith |
| December | 12 | Ivor Barry | 87 | UK | Actor | Weird ScienceThe Andromeda Strain |
| December | 12 | Peter Boyle | 71 | US | Actor | Taxi DriverYoung Frankenstein |
| December | 14 | Hallie D'Amore | 64 | US | Makeup Artist | Forrest GumpApollo 13 |
| December | 18 | Joseph Barbera | 95 | US | Animator, Director, Producer | The Man Called FlintstoneJetsons: The Movie |
| December | 20 | John Bishop | 77 | US | Screenwriter | Drop ZoneThe Package |
| December | 21 | Lois Hall | 80 | US | Actress | Gone in 60 SecondsFlightplan |
| December | 22 | Philip Pine | 86 | US | Actor | D.O.AThe Set-Up |
| December | 23 | Charlie Drake | 81 | UK | Actor | The CracksmanSands of the Desert |
| December | 25 | James Brown | 73 | US | Singer, Actor | The Blues BrothersRocky IV |
| December | 30 | Frank Campanella | 87 | US | Actor | CaponeDick Tracy |

## Film debuts

* Dianna Agron – When a Stranger Calls
* Moisés Arias – Nacho Libre
* Dave Bautista – Relative Strangers
* Leïla Bekhti – Sheitan
* Mario Casas – Summer Rain
* Justin Chon – Fleetwood
* Common – Smokin' Aces
* Ana de Armas – Virgin Rose
* Scott Eastwood – Flags of Our Fathers
* Verónica Echegui – My Name Is Juani
* Greta Fernández – Fiction
* Greta Gerwig – LOL
* Bill Hader – Doogal
* Rebecca Hall – Starter for 10
* Scott Haze – Danny Roane: First Time Director
* Sandra Hüller – Requiem
* Kellan Lutz – Stick It
* Deepika Padukone – Aishwarya
* Imogen Poots – V for Vendetta
* Andrea Riseborough – Venus
* Evan Ross – ATL
* Xavier Samuel – 2:37
* Léa Seydoux – Girlfriends
* Olivia Thirlby – United 93
* Tessa Thompson – When a Stranger Calls
* Adriana Ugarte – Doghead
* Mia Wasikowska – Suburban Mayhem