# 1984 in film

The following is an overview of events in 1984 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The year's highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada was Beverly Hills Cop. Ghostbusters overtook it, however, with a re-release the following year. It was the first time in five years that the top-grossing film did not involve George Lucas or Steven Spielberg although Spielberg directed and Lucas executive produced/co-wrote the third placed Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; Spielberg also executive produced the fourth placed Gremlins.
U.S. box office grosses reached $4 billion for the first time and it was the first year that two films had returned over $100 million to their distributors with both Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom achieving this. Beverly Hills Cop made it three for films released in 1984 after its performance during 1985 took it to rentals of $108 million. Other popular films included The NeverEnding Story, which was the most expensive film produced in West Germany, The Karate Kid and Romancing the Stone. A high number of sci-fi/fantasy films were released in 1984.

## Highest-grossing films
### United States

The top ten 1984 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1984 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | Paramount | $234,760,478 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | Columbia | $229,242,989 |
| 3 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Paramount | $179,870,271 |
| 4 | Gremlins | Warner Bros. | $153,083,102 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | Columbia | $90,815,558 |
| 6 | Police Academy | Warner Bros. | $81,198,894 |
| 7 | Footloose | Paramount | $80,035,402 |
| 8 | Romancing the Stone | 20th Century Fox | $76,572,238 |
| 9 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Paramount | $76,471,076 |
| 10 | Splash | Buena Vista | $69,821,334 |

### International

| International market | Title | Director | Production country | Revenue | Admissions |
| Brazil | Gremlins | Joe Dante | United States | $1,505,985 | — |
| France | Marche à l'ombre | Michel Blanc | France | — | 6,168,425 |
| Hong Kong | Aces Go Places 3 | Tsui Hark | Hong Kong | HK$29,286,077 | — |
| India | Tohfa | K. Raghavendra Rao | India | ₹90,000,000 | — |
| Italy | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Steven Spielberg | United States | — | 838,309 |
| Japan | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Steven Spielberg | United States | ¥3,200,000,000 | — |
| South Korea | Project A | Jackie Chan | Hong Kong | ₩1,189,308,000 | 396,436 |
| Soviet Union | Disco Dancer | Babbar Subhash | India | $75,900,000 | 60,900,000 |
| Spain | Gremlins | Joe Dante | United States | $4,255,642 | 3,202,047 |
| United States and Canada | Beverly Hills Cop | Martin Brest | United States | $234,760,478 | 67,150,000 |
| West Germany | Police Academy | Hugh Wilson | United States | — | 5,187,443 |

## Events

* February 15 - The Walt Disney Studios establishes Touchstone Pictures to release films with more mature subject matter than the traditional Walt Disney Pictures banner.
* March 30 - Romancing the Stone is released and propels Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito and director Robert Zemeckis to super-stardom. The film also gave Zemeckis his first box office hit, which gave Universal Pictures confidence to allow him to direct his next film, Back to the Future.
* April 6 - Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film, Where the Boys Are '84.
* May 4 - The first of the year's breakdancing musicals is released, Breakin'. It is soon followed by Beat Street and its sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.
* July 1 - The Motion Picture Association of America institutes the PG-13 rating, as a response to violent horror films such as Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
* July 9 - Joe Wizan leaves as president of 20th Century Fox Productions. Lawrence Gordon replaces him the following day.
* July 27 - Prince's first film Purple Rain is released.
* August 25 - Ghostbusters becomes the biggest grossing comedy film of all time in the United States exceeding Tootsie's $177.2 million going on to gross $229.2 million in its initial run. It is overtaken by Beverly Hills Cop in summer 1985 but regains the record after its re-release in August 1985. It also became the biggest grossing film released by Columbia Pictures.
* September - Lawrence Gordon is promoted to president and chief operating officer of the Fox Entertainment Group
* September 22 - Michael Eisner leaves Paramount Pictures to become head of Walt Disney Productions, while Frank Wells became chief operating officer and Jeffrey Katzenberg was later named chairman.
* October 8 - Ned Tanen becomes president of Paramount Pictures motion picture group.
* December 5 - Beverly Hills Cop is released. It will go on to become the 6th highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. at the time, the highest grossing comedy of all time at the time, as well as the highest grossing R-Rated film of all time, a record it would hold for 19 years.
* December 14 - Dune is released after over a year of hype and anticipation.
* Annie's Coming Out wins 3 Australian Film Institute Awards including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film.

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 42nd Golden Globe Awards January 27, 1985 | 42nd Golden Globe Awards January 27, 1985 | 38th BAFTA Awards March 5, 1985 | 57th Academy Awards March 25, 1985 |
| Category/Organization | Drama | Comedy or Musical | 38th BAFTA Awards March 5, 1985 | 57th Academy Awards March 25, 1985 |
| Best Film | Amadeus | Romancing the Stone | The Killing Fields | Amadeus |
| Best Director | Miloš Forman Amadeus | Miloš Forman Amadeus | Wim Wenders Paris, Texas | Miloš Forman Amadeus |
| Best Actor | F. Murray Abraham Amadeus | Dudley Moore Micki & Maude | Haing S. Ngor The Killing Fields | F. Murray Abraham Amadeus |
| Best Actress | Sally Field Places in the Heart | Kathleen Turner Romancing the Stone | Maggie Smith A Private Function | Sally Field Places in the Heart |
| Best Supporting Actor | Haing S. Ngor The Killing Fields | Haing S. Ngor The Killing Fields | Denholm Elliott A Private Function | Haing S. Ngor The Killing Fields |
| Best Supporting Actress | Peggy Ashcroft A Passage to India | Peggy Ashcroft A Passage to India | Liz Smith A Private Function | Peggy Ashcroft A Passage to India |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Amadeus Peter Shaffer | Amadeus Peter Shaffer | The Killing Fields Bruce Robinson | Amadeus Peter Shaffer |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Amadeus Peter Shaffer | Amadeus Peter Shaffer | Broadway Danny Rose Woody Allen | Places in the Heart Robert Benton |
| Best Original Score | Maurice Jarre A Passage to India | Maurice Jarre A Passage to India | Ennio Morricone Once Upon a Time in America | Maurice Jarre A Passage to India Prince Purple Rain |
| Best Original Song | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" The Woman in Red | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" The Woman in Red | "Ghostbusters" Ghostbusters | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" The Woman in Red |
| Best Foreign Language Film | A Passage to India United Kingdom | A Passage to India United Kingdom | Carmen France | Dangerous Moves Switzerland |
Golden Raspberry Awards:
    Worst Picture: Bolero
    Worst Director: John Derek - Bolero
    Worst Actor: Sylvester Stallone - Rhinestone
    Worst Actress: Bo Derek - Bolero
    Worst Supporting Actor: Brooke Shields (with a moustache) - Sahara
    Worst Supporting Actress: Lynn-Holly Johnson - Where the Boys Are '84
    Worst Screenplay: John Derek - Bolero
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
    Paris, Texas, directed by Wim Wenders, France / West Germany
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
    A Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego slonca), directed by Krzysztof Zanussi, Poland
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
    Love Streams, directed by John Cassavetes, United States

## 1984 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 1984
* List of Argentine films of 1984
* List of Australian films of 1984
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1984
* List of British films of 1984
* List of Canadian films of 1984
* List of French films of 1984
* List of Hong Kong films of 1984
* List of Indian films of 1984
** List of Hindi films of 1984
** List of Kannada films of 1984
** List of Malayalam films of 1984
** List of Marathi films of 1984
** List of Tamil films of 1984
** List of Telugu films of 1984
* List of Japanese films of 1984
* List of Mexican films of 1984
* List of Pakistani films of 1984
* List of South Korean films of 1984
* List of Soviet films of 1984
* List of Spanish films of 1984

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 1984
* List of animated feature films of 1984
* List of avant-garde films of 1984
* List of comedy films of 1984
* List of drama films of 1984
* List of horror films of 1984
* List of science fiction films of 1984
* List of thriller films of 1984
* List of western films of 1984

## Births

* January 1 - Kollam Sudhi, Indian actor and comedian (d. 2023)
* January 6
** Priit Loog, Estonian actor
** Kate McKinnon, American actress, comedian and writer
* January 7 - Max Riemelt, German actor
* January 8 - Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director (d. 2012)
* January 12
** Taraneh Alidoosti, Iranian actress
** Sam Richardson, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
* January 21
** Luke Grimes, American actor and musician
** Richard Gutierrez, Filipino actor and model
* January 25 - Kaiji Tang, voice actor
* January 31 – Michael Aloni, Israeli actor
* February 1
** Abbi Jacobson, American comedian, writer, actress and illustrator
** Lee Thompson Young, American actor (d. 2013)
* February 8 - Cecily Strong, American actress and comedian
* February 12 - Alexandra Dahlström, Swedish actress
* February 13 - Brina Palencia, voice actress
* February 18 - Genelle Williams, Canadian actress
* February 19 - Josh Trank, American director, screenwriter and editor
* February 20 - Trevor Noah, South African comedian, writer, producer, actor and television host
* February 21 - Karina, Japanese model and actress
* February 24 - Nicholas Saputra, Indonesian actor
* February 28 - Melanie Chandra, American actress
* March 2
** Blake Anderson, American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter
** John Bernecker, American stunt performer (d. 2017)
** Ian Sinclair, voice actor
* March 7 - Brandon T. Jackson, American stand-up comedian, rapper, actor, and writer
* March 8 - Nora-Jane Noone, Irish actress
* March 10 - Olivia Wilde, American actress
* March 12 - Jaimie Alexander, American actress
* March 13
** Rachael Bella, retired American actress
** Noel Fisher, Canadian actor
* March 14 - Liesel Pritzker Simmons, American former actress
* March 20 - Christy Carlson Romano, American stage and film actress and singer
* March 25 - Katharine McPhee, American singer and actress
* March 27
** Emily Ann Lloyd, American actress
** Jon Paul Steuer, American actor and musician (d. 2018)
* April 2
** Ashley Peldon, American actress
** Shawn Roberts, Canadian actor
** Deep Sidhu, Indian actor (d. 2022)
* April 3 - Chrissie Fit, American actress and singer
* April 4 - Carolina Gaitán, Colombian actress and singer
* April 8
** Taran Noah Smith, American actor
** Kirsten Storms, American actress
* April 10
** Cara DeLizia, American actress
** Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress
* April 11 - Kelli Garner, American actress
* April 16 - Claire Foy, British actress
* April 18 - America Ferrera, American actress
* April 25 - Jillian Bell, American comedian, actress and screenwriter
* April 26 - Ryan O'Donohue, American actor
* April 28 - Ana Cruz Kayne, American actress
* April 29 - Firass Dirani, Australian actor
* May 1 - Kerry Bishe, American actress
* May 7 - Mark O'Brien, Canadian actor and director
* May 11 - Stephanie Honoré, American actress
* May 12 - Emily Beecham, British actress
* May 13 - Hannah New, English actress
* May 14 - Olly Murs, English singer-songwriter, presenter, voice actor and director
* May 17
** Alejandro Edda, Mexican-American actor
** Lena Waithe, American actress, producer and screenwriter
* May 21 - Marnie Schulenburg, American actress (d. 2022)
* May 23 - Adam Wylie, American actor
* May 29 - Kaycee Stroh, American actress and singer
* May 30 - DeWanda Wise, American actress
* June 1 - Taylor Handley, American actor
* June 5 - Joel Smallbone, Australian-American singer and actor
* June 10 - Betsy Sodaro, American actress
* June 13 - Phillip Van Dyke, American actor
* June 15 - Ray Santiago, American actor
* June 19 - Paul Dano, American actor
* June 21 - Shiv Panditt, Indian actor and television host
* June 24 - Lucien Dodge, voice actor
* June 25 - Killian Donnelly, Irish singer and actor
* June 26
** Aubrey Plaza, American actress, comedian and producer
** Wen Zhang, Chinese actor
* June 29 - Carla Medina, Mexican singer, actress and television host
* June 30 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer and actress
* July 1
** Jared Keeso, Canadian actor
** Cyron Melville, Danish actor and musician
* July 2 - Vanessa Lee Chester, American actress
* July 7 - Ross Malinger, American actor
* July 9 - Hanna R. Hall, American actress
* July 10 - Aviva Baumann, American actress
* July 11
** Serinda Swan, Canadian actress
** Rachael Taylor, Australian actress
* July 12 - Mikaela Hoover, American actress
* July 14 - Britta Soll, Estonian actress
* July 17 - Mary Nighy, English actress and filmmaker
* July 19
** Kaitlin Doubleday, American actress
** Alessandra De Rossi, Filipina actress
** Andrea Libman, Canadian actress, voice actress, pianist, and singer
* July 20 - Jacky Heung, Hong Kong actor
* July 25 - Zawe Ashton, English actress, playwright, director and narrator
* July 27
** Taylor Schilling, American actress
** Kenny Wormald, American actor
* July 28 - John David Washington, American actor and producer
* July 29 - J. Madison Wright Morris, American actress (d. 2006)
* July 30
** Gina Rodriguez, American actress and director
** Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer
* August 3
** Jon Foster, American actor and musician
** Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor
* August 7 – Hsu Wei-ning, Taiwanese actress and model
* August 10 – Mariel Rodriguez, Filipina actress and model
* August 12 – Marian Rivera, Filipino actress
* August 15 - Quinton Aaron, American actor
* August 19 - Simon Bird, English actor, director and comedian
* August 24 - Cameron Goodman, American actress
* August 28
** Richard Cabral, American actor, producer and writer
** Him Law, Hong Kong actor
* September 3
** Garrett Hedlund, American actor
** Paz de la Huerta, American actress and model
* September 4 - Kyle Mooney, American actor, comedian and writer
* September 5 - Annabelle Wallis, English actress
* September 10 - Luke Treadaway, British actor and singer
* September 14
** Adam Lamberg, American actor
** Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor
* September 17 - Mark Shandii Bacolod, Filipino director and producer (d. 2022)
* September 18
** Nina Arianda, American actress
** Babs Olusanmokun, Nigerian-American actor
* September 19
** Lydia Hearst, American actress and model
** Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor and model
* September 21 - Ahna O'Reilly, American actress
* September 22 - Laura Vandervoort, Canadian actress
* September 22 - Jordan Vogt-Roberts, American film director
* September 23 - Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch-American actress and singer
* September 25 - Zach Woods, American actor and comedian
* September 27 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter
* October 1
** Beck Bennett, American actor, comedian and writer
** Josh Brener, American actor
* October 2 - John Morris, American actor
* October 3
** Chris Marquette, American actor
** Ashlee Simpson, American actress and singer
* October 4
** James Landry Hébert, American actor
** Rachel McDowall, English actress
** Will Theakston, former English actor
* October 5
** Tiana Benjamin, English actress
** Nathalie Kelley, Peruvian actress
** Yelena Velikanova, Russian actress
* October 7 - Andy Bean, American actor
* October 10 - Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress and singer
* October 11 - Martha MacIsaac, Canadian actress
* October 14 - Jason Davis, American actor (d. 2020)
* October 17 - Chris Lowell, American actor
* October 18
** Tod Fennell, Canadian actor
** Freida Pinto, Indian actress
** Jennifer Ulrich, German actress
* October 25 - Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress
* October 27
** Kelly Osbourne, English actress and singer
** Emilie Ullerup, Danish actress
* October 28 - Finn Wittrock, American actor and screenwriter
* November 1 - Natalia Tena, English actress and musician
* November 6 - Patina Miller, American actress and singer
* November 10
** Britt Irvin, Canadian actress and voice artist
** Naoki Kobayashi, Japanese actor and singer
* November 13
** Sarah Rose Karr, American former child actress
** Slavko Sobin, Crotian actor
* November 15 - Asia Kate Dillon, American actor
* November 16 - Kimberly J. Brown, American actress
* November 17 - Lauren Maltby, American actress
* November 18 - Nayanthara, Indian actress
* November 21
** Lindsey Haun, American actress and singer
** Jena Malone, American actress
* November 22 - Scarlett Johansson, American actress
* November 23 - Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer
* November 24 - Max Bennett, English actor
* November 25 - Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (d. 2022)
* November 28
** Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress
** Trey Songz, American singer and actor
* November 30
** Carole Weyers, Belgian actress
** Lydia Wilson, English-American actress
* December 5
** Ryan Binse, American film producer
** Lauren London, American actress
* December 11
** Sandra Echeverría, Mexican actress and singer
** Xosha Roquemore, American actress
* December 14 - Jackson Rathbone, American actor, singer and musician
* December 16 - Theo James, English actor and producer
* December 17 - Tennessee Thomas, British drummer and actress
* December 19 - Ankita Lokhande, Indian actress
* December 23 - Alison Sudol, American actress, singer and songwriter
* December 24 - Austin Stowell, American actor
* December 25
** Mike Rianda, American cartoonist, director, screenwriter and voice actor
** Georgia Tennant, English actress
* December 29
** Chris Pang, Australian actor and producer
** Sean Stone, American actor and filmmaker

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 6 | Ernest Laszlo | 85 | Hungary | Cinematographer | Judgment at NurembergLogan's Run |
| January | 7 | Walter Forde | 85 | UK | Director | Chu Chin ChowThe Ghost Train |
| January | 11 | Jack La Rue | 70 | US | Actor | A Farewell to ArmsThe Story of Temple Drake |
| January | 20 | Johnny Weissmuller | 79 | US | Actor | Tarzan the Ape ManJungle Jim |
| January | 29 | Frances Goodrich | 93 | US | Screenwriter | It's a Wonderful LifeFather of the Bride |
| February | 11 | Arlette Marchal | 82 | France | Actress | The Cat's PajamasBlonde or Brunette |
| February | 15 | Ethel Merman | 76 | US | Singer, Actress | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldThere's No Business Like Show Business |
| February | 17 | Lucille Benson | 69 | US | Actress | Little Fauss and Big HalsyMame |
| February | 29 | Kenneth Strickfaden | 87 | US | Set Designer | FrankensteinYoung Frankenstein |
| March | 1 | Jackie Coogan | 69 | US | Actor | The KidMillion Dollar Legs |
| March | 1 | Ronald Culver | 83 | UK | Actor | Dead of NightDown to Earth |
| March | 4 | William E. Snyder | 82 | US | Cinematographer | Creature from the Black LagoonThe Loves of Carmen |
| March | 5 | William Powell | 91 | US | Actor | The Thin ManMy Man Godfrey |
| March | 6 | Henry Wilcoxon | 78 | Dominica | Actor | The CrusadesSamson and Delilah |
| March | 10 | I. S. Johar | 64 | India | Actor | Lawrence of ArabiaDeath on the Nile |
| March | 18 | Paul Francis Webster | 76 | US | Lyricist | Calamity JaneLove Is a Many-Splendored Thing |
| March | 20 | Richard L. Van Enger | 69 | US | Film Editor | Sands of Iwo JimaJohnny Guitar |
| March | 21 | Sam Leavitt | 80 | US | Cinematographer | The Defiant OnesCape Fear |
| March | 24 | Sam Jaffe | 93 | US | Actor | The Asphalt JungleGunga Din |
| March | 27 | Jack Donohue | 75 | US | Director, Choreographer | Marriage on the RocksBabes in Toyland |
| March | 27 | Derek Francis | 60 | UK | Actor | JabberwockyA Christmas Carol |
| March | 28 | Carmen Dragon | 69 | US | Composer | Invasion of the Body SnatchersCover Girl |
| April | 1 | George Glass | 73 | US | Producer | Guess Who's Coming to DinnerOne-Eyed Jacks |
| April | 2 | William C. Thomas | 80 | US | Producer, Director | The Big CaperThey Made Me a Killer |
| April | 7 | Samuel G. Engel | 79 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | My Darling ClementineNight and the City |
| April | 10 | Ray Middleton | 77 | US | Actor | I Dream of Jeanie1776 |
| April | 13 | Richard Hurndall | 73 | UK | Actor | I, MonsterThe Prince and the Pauper |
| April | 14 | Thorold Dickinson | 80 | UK | Director, Film Editor | The Next of KinGaslight |
| April | 15 | Glen MacWilliams | 85 | US | Cinematographer | LifeboatThe Clairvoyant |
| April | 16 | Byron Haskin | 84 | US | Director | The War of the WorldsI Walk Alone |
| April | 18 | Francis de Wolff | 71 | UK | Actor | From Russia with LoveThe Hound of the Baskervilles |
| April | 18 | John Lee Mahin | 81 | US | Screenwriter | Show BoatHeaven Knows, Mr. Allison |
| April | 25 | Richard Benedict | 64 | Italy | Actor | Ace in the HoleOcean's 11 |
| April | 26 | May McAvoy | 84 | US | Actress | Ben-HurThe Jazz Singer |
| May | 4 | Diana Dors | 52 | UK | Actress | Lady Godiva Rides AgainThe Unholy Wife |
| May | 10 | Robert Moore | 57 | US | Director | Murder By DeathChapter Two |
| May | 12 | Ben Roberts | 68 | US | Screenwriter | White HeatMan of a Thousand Faces |
| May | 13 | Antonio Castillo | 75 | Spain | Costume Designer | Nicholas and AlexandraBeauty and the Beast |
| May | 16 | Andy Kaufman | 35 | US | Actor | God Told Me ToHeartbeeps |
| May | 16 | Irwin Shaw | 71 | US | Screenwriter | The Talk of the TownThe Young Lions |
| May | 20 | Peter Bull | 72 | UK | Actor | Dr. StrangeloveThe African Queen |
| May | 21 | Andrea Leeds | 72 | US | Actress | Stage DoorSwanee River |
| May | 21 | Ann Little | 93 | US | Actress | The Roaring RoadThe Invaders |
| May | 22 | John Marley | 76 | US | Actor | The GodfatherLove Story |
| May | 28 | D'Urville Martin | 45 | US | Actor, Director | Black CaesarDolemite |
| June | 1 | Ruthelma Stevens | 80 | US | Actress | The Night Club LadyThe Circus Queen Murder |
| June | 15 | Ned Glass | 78 | Poland | Actor | CharadeWest Side Story |
| June | 17 | Leslie I. Carey | 88 | US | Sound Engineer | The Glenn Miller StoryTouch of Evil |
| June | 17 | Nobuo Nakagawa | 79 | Japan | Director, Screenwriter | JigokuVampire Moth |
| June | 18 | Luis Moglia Barth | 81 | Argentina | Director, Screenwriter | ¡Tango!Melodías porteñas |
| June | 19 | Sunny Johnson | 30 | US | Actress | FlashdanceThe Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia |
| June | 20 | Estelle Winwood | 101 | UK | Actress | Darby O'Gill and the Little PeopleThe Producers |
| June | 22 | Joseph Losey | 75 | US | Director | The ServantAccident |
| June | 24 | William Keighley | 94 | US | Director | The Man Who Came to DinnerEach Dawn I Die |
| June | 26 | Carl Foreman | 69 | US | Screenwriter, Producer | High NoonThe Guns of Navarone |
| June | 30 | Lillian Hellman | 79 | US | Screenwriter | The Little FoxesToys in the Attic |
| July | 2 | Lenore Coffee | 87 | US | Screenwriter | Young at HeartCash McCall |
| July | 7 | Flora Robson | 82 | UK | Actress | Fire Over EnglandSaratoga Trunk |
| July | 11 | Hugh Morton | 81 | UK | Actor | Man of the MomentQuatermass and the Pit |
| July | 14 | Ernest Tidyman | 56 | US | Screenwriter | The French ConnectionShaft |
| July | 23 | Lloyd Gough | 76 | US | Actor | Sunset BoulevardEarthquake |
| July | 23 | Anthony Sharp | 69 | UK | Actor | A Clockwork OrangeBarry Lyndon |
| July | 24 | Vincent Beck | 59 | US | Actor | ...And Justice for AllSanta Claus Conquers the Martians |
| July | 25 | Akihiko Hirata | 56 | Japan | Actor | SanjuroGodzilla |
| July | 26 | Roger H. Lewis | 66 | US | Producer | The SwimmerThe Pawnbroker |
| July | 27 | James Mason | 75 | UK | Actor | North by NorthwestLolita |
| July | 29 | Woodrow Parfrey | 61 | US | Actor | PapillonCharley Varrick |
| August | 2 | Quirino Cristiani | 88 | Argentina | Director | El ApóstolPeludópolis |
| August | 4 | Walter Burke | 75 | US | Actor | All the King's MenSupport Your Local Sheriff! |
| August | 4 | Mary Miles Minter | 82 | US | Actress | Anne of Green GablesNurse Marjorie |
| August | 5 | Richard Burton | 58 | UK | Actor | Who Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Becket |
| August | 5 | Roland Kibbee | 70 | US | Screenwriter | The Crimson PirateValdez Is Coming |
| August | 8 | Richard Deacon | 63 | US | Actor | The Young PhiladelphiansThe Birds |
| August | 14 | J. B. Priestley | 89 | UK | Screenwriter | Last HolidayThe Old Dark House |
| August | 19 | George Meeker | 80 | US | Actor | Apache RoseSilver Trails |
| August | 25 | Truman Capote | 59 | US | Screenwriter, Actor | The InnocentsBeat the Devil |
| August | 25 | Henry Lynn | 89 | US | Director, Screenwriter | Shir Hashirim |
| August | 29 | Pina Menichelli | 94 | Italy | Actress | Take Care of AmeliaA Woman's Story |
| August | 30 | Emil Newman | 73 | US | Composer | Sun Valley SerenadeHondo |
| September | 3 | Arthur Schwartz | 83 | US | Composer, Producer | The Band WagonNight and Day |
| September | 6 | E. J. André | 76 | US | Actor | The Ten CommandmentsPapillon |
| September | 9 | Yılmaz Güney | 47 | Stateless | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | YolThe Herd |
| September | 11 | William Sands | 61 | US | Film Editor | Funny GirlThe Only Game in Town |
| September | 14 | Janet Gaynor | 77 | US | Actress | A Star Is Born7th Heaven |
| September | 17 | Richard Basehart | 70 | US | Actor | Moby DickLa Strada |
| September | 19 | June Preisser | 64 | US | Actress | Babes in ArmsSweater Girl |
| September | 24 | Neil Hamilton | 85 | US | Actor | Laughing SinnersBatman |
| September | 25 | Walter Pidgeon | 87 | Canada | Actor | Forbidden PlanetHow Green Was My Valley |
| October | 9 | Joan Young | 84 | UK | Actress | Suddenly, Last SummerThe Fallen Idol |
| October | 10 | Leonard Rossiter | 57 | UK | Actor | 2001: A Space OdysseyBarry Lyndon |
| October | 11 | H. Bruce Humberstone | 82 | US | Director | I Wake Up ScreamingCharlie Chan at the Olympics |
| October | 16 | Peggy Ann Garner | 52 | US | Actress | A Tree Grows in BrooklynNob Hill |
| October | 21 | François Truffaut | 52 | France | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | The 400 BlowsJules and Jim |
| October | 23 | Oskar Werner | 61 | Austria | Actor | Fahrenheit 451Ship of Fools |
| October | 24 | Walter Woolf King | 84 | US | Actor | A Night at the OperaGo West |
| October | 24 | Edith Massey | 66 | US | Actress | Pink FlamingosPolyester |
| October | 25 | Pascale Ogier | 25 | France | Actress | Full Moon in ParisLe Pont du Nord |
| October | 30 | June Duprez | 66 | UK | Actress | The Four FeathersAnd Then There Were None |
| October | 31 | Eduardo De Filippo | 84 | Italy | Actor, Screenwriter, Director | The Gold of NaplesEverybody Go Home |
| November | 1 | Norman Krasna | 74 | US | Screenwriter, Director | Who Was That Lady?Sunday in New York |
| November | 3 | Milo Anderson | 75 | US | Costume Designer | The Adventures of Robin HoodTo Have and Have Not |
| November | 7 | George Mathews | 73 | US | Actor | Gunfight at the O.K. CorralThe Last Wagon |
| November | 13 | Dorothy Arnold | 66 | US | Actress | The Phantom CreepsThe House of Fear |
| November | 20 | Peter Welch | 62 | UK | Actor | The Admirable CrichtonThe Secret Partner |
| December | 2 | Harry Sukman | 72 | US | Composer | Song Without EndFanny |
| December | 7 | Jeanne Cagney | 65 | US | Actress | Yankee Doodle DandyQuicksand |
| December | 8 | Luther Adler | 81 | US | Actor | House of StrangersD.O.A. |
| December | 11 | Robert E. Kent | 73 | US | Screenwriter | Rock Around the ClockThe Fastest Guitar Alive |
| December | 11 | George Waggner | 81 | US | Director | The Wolf ManHorror Island |
| December | 13 | Margaret Livingston | 89 | US | Actress | The Lady RefusesWhat a Widow! |
| December | 19 | Edward Carrere | 78 | Mexico | Art Director | Adventures of Don JuanCamelot |
| December | 24 | Ian Hendry | 53 | UK | Actor | RepulsionGet Carter |
| December | 24 | Peter Lawford | 61 | UK | Actor | Good NewsOcean's 11 |
| December | 24 | Harry Waxman | 72 | UK | Cinematographer | The Wicker ManSwiss Family Robinson |
| December | 28 | Sam Peckinpah | 59 | US | Director, Screenwriter | The Wild BunchStraw Dogs |
| December | 29 | Leo Robin | 84 | US | Songwriter | The Big Broadcast of 1938Small Town Girl |

## Film debuts

* Angélica Aragón – The Evil That Men Do
* Marshall Bell – Birdy
* Geoffrey Blake – The Last Starfighter
* Jesse Bradford – Falling in Love
* Ralph Brown – The Hit
* Simon Callow – Amadeus
* Jennifer Connelly – Once Upon a Time in America
* Jon Cryer – No Small Affair
* Isaach de Bankolé – Asphalt Warriors
* Johnny Depp – A Nightmare on Elm Street
* Gabino Diego – Bicycles Are for the Summer
* Tate Donovan – No Small Affair
* Richard Edson – Stranger Than Paradise
* Troy Evans – Rhinestone
* Rupert Everett – Another Country
* Sherilyn Fenn – The Wild Life
* Colin Firth – Another Country
* Courtney Gains – Children of the Corn
* Sarah Michelle Gellar – Over the Brooklyn Bridge
* Bobcat Goldthwait – Massive Retaliation
* Gilbert Gottfried – The House of God
* Heather Graham – Mrs. Soffel
* Seth Green – Billions for Boris
* Arye Gross – Exterminator 2
* Corey Haim – Firstborn
* Kadeem Hardison – Beat Street
* John Hawkes – Police Academy
* Val Kilmer – Top Secret!
* Patrick Kilpatrick – The Toxic Avenger
* Andie MacDowell – Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
* Kyle MacLachlan – Dune
* Frances McDormand – Blood Simple
* Olga Merediz – The Brother from Another Planet
* Alyssa Milano – Old Enough
* Connie Nielsen – Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir
* Lou Diamond Phillips – Interface
* Clifton Powell – Alphabet City
* Aidan Quinn – Reckless
* Tim Robbins – Toy Soldiers
* Tim Roth – The Hit
* Emmanuelle Seigner – Year of the Jellyfish
* Craig Sheffer – Voyage of the Rock Aliens
* Alexander Skarsgård – Åke and His World
* Ice-T – Breakin'
* Brian Thompson – The Terminator
* Jennifer Tilly – No Small Affair
* Marisa Tomei – The Flamingo Kid
* Ken Watanabe – MacArthur's Children
* Steven Weber – The Flamingo Kid
* Alicia Witt – Dune
* Michelle Yeoh – The Owl vs Bombo