# 2007 in film

The following is an overview of events in 2007 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The highest-grossing film of the year was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was just marginally ahead of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 2007 is often considered one of the greatest years for film in the 21st century. It was also the last year to never have a film gross $1 billion until 2020.

## Evaluation of the year

In his article from April 18, 2017, which highlighted the best movies of 2007, critic Mark Allison of Den of Geek said, "2007 must surely be remembered as one of the finest years in English-language film-making, quite possibly the best of this century so far. Like 1939, 1976, or 1994, it was one of those years in which a succession of veritable classics came into being. So many, in fact, that some of the best examples were cruelly overlooked by the hype machine of the day." He also emphasized, "If 2007 proves anything, it's that classic films aren't just a relic of ages past; they're being made all around us. I can't wait to see what we're watching in another ten years' time."
Critic Craig Johnson from the film review and movie list website Taste of Cinema said in an article from December 16, 2014, "For one glorious year, it (2007) was like the 1970s all over again. Smart characters were using their brains as weapons. Movie stars were challenging themselves with tough roles. Punches were not pulled. Happy endings were not guaranteed. There was a parade of intelligent movies, seemingly made for adults to watch while the kids were watching Transformers".

## Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2007 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 2007 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Disney | $963,400,492 |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Warner Bros. | $941,676,843 |
| 3 | Spider-Man 3 | Sony | $895,871,626 |
| 4 | Shrek the Third | Paramount | $813,367,380 |
| 5 | Transformers | Paramount | $709,709,780 |
| 6 | Ratatouille | Disney | $623,726,085 |
| 7 | I Am Legend | Warner Bros. | $585,410,052 |
| 8 | The Simpsons Movie | 20th Century Fox | $536,414,270 |
| 9 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Disney | $459,242,249 |
| 10 | 300 | Warner Bros. | $456,068,181 |

## Events

| Month | Day | Event |
| January | 9 | 33rd People's Choice Awards: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest wins Favorite Movie, Favorite Movie Drama, and Favorite On Screen Matchup for Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley. Depp also wins Favorite Male Action Star and Favorite Male Movie Star. |
| January | 13 | 64th Golden Globe Awards: Major winners include Dreamgirls and Babel. |
| January | 20 | Little Miss Sunshine is chosen as best picture by the Producers Guild of America. |
| January | 22 | The Golden Raspberry Awards announces picks for worst film achievement in 2007, with both Little Man and Basic Instinct 2 leading with seven nominations. Other nominees included Lady in the Water, RV, The Shaggy Dog, and Date Movie. |
| January | 23 | 79th Academy Awards nominations announced, leading films are: 8: Dreamgirls 7: Babel 6: Pan's Labyrinth 6: The Queen 5: The Departed |
| January | 28 | Screen Actors Guild Awards: Helen Mirren, for Best Female Actor, Forest Whitaker, for Best Male Actor, Eddie Murphy, for Best Male Supporting Actor, Jennifer Hudson, for Best Female Supporting Actor. |
| February | 15 | BAFTA Awards: Major winners include Helen Mirren, Best Actress and Forest Whitaker, Best Actor |
| February | 24 | Basic Instinct 2 dominates the Golden Raspberry Awards, walking away with 4 awards, including Worst Picture and Worst Actress (Sharon Stone). M. Night Shyamalan wins Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor for Lady in the Water. Other awards include Shawn and Marlon Wayans for Little Man and Carmen Electra for Scary Movie 4 and Date Movie. |
| February | 25 | 79th Academy Awards: The Departed wins picture and director (Martin Scorsese) and two other awards. Helen Mirren (The Queen) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) win top acting awards for leading roles, while Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) and Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) win top acting awards for supporting roles. |
| March | 27 | 12th Empire Awards: Casino Royale wins the most awards with three including Best Film and Best Actor for Daniel Craig. |
| April | 25 | The 2007 Tribeca Film Festival opens with notable films such as Spider-Man 3 and Surf's Up. |
| May | 6 | Spider-Man 3 finishes weekend with a total weekend gross of $151,116,516, breaking the previous record set by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. |
| May | 27 | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, a Romanian film by Cristian Mungiu wins the top prize, the Palme d'Or, at the Cannes Film Festival. Paranoid Park, a film by Gus Van Sant wins the 60th Anniversary Prize. |
| June | 20 | The American Film Institute holds a revised edition of 100 Years...100 Movies. Citizen Kane retains its place as the greatest movie of the past century. |
| September | 12 | Producer Gil Cates elects Jon Stewart as MC for the 80th Academy Awards. |
| November | 5 | 12,000 writers of the Writers Guild of America go on strike affecting both motion picture and television production, including the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards in 2008. |
| December | 13 | Nomination for the 65th Golden Globe Awards are announced. Atonement earns the most entries with seven. Charlie Wilson's War follows with five. |

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 13th Critics' Choice Awards January 7, 2008 | 65th Golden Globe Awards January 13, 2008 | 65th Golden Globe Awards January 13, 2008 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 61st BAFTA Awards February 10, 2008 | 80th Academy Awards February 24, 2008 |
| Category/Organization | 13th Critics' Choice Awards January 7, 2008 | Drama | Musical or Comedy | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 61st BAFTA Awards February 10, 2008 | 80th Academy Awards February 24, 2008 |
| Best Film | No Country for Old Men | Atonement | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | No Country for Old Men | Atonement | No Country for Old Men |
| Best Director | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men | Julian Schnabel The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Julian Schnabel The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men |
| Best Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood | Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood | Johnny Depp Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood | Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood | Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood |
| Best Actress | Julie Christie Away From Her | Julie Christie Away From Her | Marion Cotillard La Vie en Rose | Julie Christie Away From Her | Marion Cotillard La Vie en Rose | Marion Cotillard La Vie en Rose |
| Best Supporting Actor | Javier Bardem No Country for Old Men | Javier Bardem No Country for Old Men | Javier Bardem No Country for Old Men | Javier Bardem No Country for Old Men | Javier Bardem No Country for Old Men | Javier Bardem No Country for Old Men |
| Best Supporting Actress | Amy Ryan Gone Baby Gone | Cate Blanchett I'm Not There | Cate Blanchett I'm Not There | Ruby Dee American Gangster | Tilda Swinton Michael Clayton | Tilda Swinton Michael Clayton |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Diablo Cody Juno | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men | Ronald Harwood The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Diablo Cody Juno | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men | Diablo Cody Juno | Diablo Cody Juno | Diablo Cody Juno |
| Best Animated Film | Ratatouille | Ratatouille | Ratatouille | Ratatouille | Ratatouille | Ratatouille |
| Best Original Score | There Will Be Blood Jonny Greenwood | Atonement Dario Marianelli | Atonement Dario Marianelli | — | La Vie en Rose Christopher Gunning | Atonement Dario Marianelli |
| Best Original Song | "Falling Slowly" Once | "Guaranteed" Into the Wild | "Guaranteed" Into the Wild | — | — | "Falling Slowly" Once |
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | — | The Lives of Others | The Counterfeiters |

## 2007 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 2007
* List of Argentine films of 2007
* List of Australian films of 2007
* List of Bangladeshi films of 2007
* List of Bengali films of 2007
* List of Bollywood films of 2007
* List of Brazilian films of 2007
* List of British films of 2007
* List of Canadian films of 2007
* List of Chinese films of 2007
* List of French films of 2007
* List of Hong Kong films of 2007
* List of Italian films of 2007
* List of Japanese films of 2007
* List of Mexican films of the 2000s
* List of Pakistani films of 2007
* List of Russian films of 2007
* List of South Korean films of 2007
* List of Spanish films of 2007
* List of Kannada films of 2007
* List of Malayalam films of 2007
* List of Tamil films of 2007
* List of Telugu films of 2007

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 2007
* List of animated feature films of 2007
* List of avant-garde films of 2007
* List of crime films of 2007
* List of comedy films of 2007
* List of drama films of 2007
* List of horror films of 2007
* List of science fiction films of 2007
* List of thriller films of 2007
* List of western films of 2007

## Births

* January 28 – Alaya High, American actress and singer
* January 30 – Braxton Alexander, American actor
* February 16 – Choi Ro-woon, South Korean actor
* March 1 – Miguel Cazarez Mora, American actor
* March 4 – Miya Cech, American actress
* March 5 – Roman Griffin Davis, British actor
* March 25 – Cailey Fleming, American actress
* May 11 – Samantha Lorraine, American actress
* June 2 – Jacob Moran, American actor
* June 6 – Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, American actress
* June 12 – Jack Veal, English actor
* June 14 – Lyon Daniels, American actor
* July 10 – Mason Thames, American actor
* July 17 – Charlie Shotwell, American actor
* July 18 – JD McCrary, American singer, dancer and actor
* August 27 – Ariana Greenblatt, American actress
* September 14 – Heo Jung-eun, South Korean actress
* October 22 – Izaac Wang, American actor
* November 3 – Ever Anderson, American actress and model
* December 4 – Scarlett Estevez, American actress
* December 27 – Faithe Herman, American actress

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 1 | A. I. Bezzerides | 98 | US | Screenwriter | They Drive by NightKiss Me Deadly |
| January | 4 | Ben Gannon | 54 | Australia | Producer | GallipoliThe Man Who Sued God |
| January | 4 | Christopher Greenbury | 55 | UK | Film Editor | American BeautyDumb and Dumber |
| January | 8 | Yvonne De Carlo | 84 | Canada | Actress | The Ten CommandmentsMcLintock! |
| January | 8 | Iwao Takamoto | 81 | US | Animator, Director | Charlotte's WebJetsons: The Movie |
| January | 10 | Carlo Ponti | 94 | Italy | Producer | Doctor ZhivagoBlowup |
| January | 11 | Solveig Dommartin | 45 | Algeria | Actress | Wings of DesireUntil the End of the World |
| January | 11 | Tudor Gates | 77 | UK | Screenwriter | BarbarellaDanger: Diabolik |
| January | 14 | Harvey Cohen | 55 | US | Orchestrator | King KongMission: Impossible III |
| January | 16 | Ron Carey | 71 | US | Actor | High AnxietyHistory of the World, Part I |
| January | 20 | Brian Eatwell | 67 | UK | Production Designer | The Three MusketeersThe Man Who Fell to Earth |
| January | 21 | Myrtle Devenish | 94 | UK | Actress | BrazilMonty Python's The Meaning of Life |
| January | 22 | Anna Cropper | 68 | UK | Actress | CromwellAll Neat in Black Stockings |
| January | 23 | David M. Ronne | 63 | US | Sound Engineer | Mr. & Mrs. SmithFace/Off |
| January | 27 | Tige Andrews | 86 | US | Actor | Mister RobertsThe Last Tycoon |
| January | 28 | Teala Loring | 84 | US | Actress | Gas House KidsFall Guy |
| January | 30 | Sidney Sheldon | 89 | US | Screenwriter | Easter ParadeThe Other Side of Midnight |
| February | 1 | George Robotham | 86 | US | Stuntman, Actor | The GooniesMississippi Burning |
| February | 3 | Donfeld | 72 | US | Costume Designer | The Great RacePrizzi's Honor |
| February | 4 | Barbara McNair | 72 | US | Actress, Singer | They Call Me Mister Tibbs!Stiletto |
| February | 6 | Frankie Laine | 93 | US | Actor, Singer | Meet Me in Las VegasBring Your Smile Along |
| February | 8 | Anna Nicole Smith | 39 | US | Actress | Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final InsultSkyscraper |
| February | 9 | Ian Richardson | 72 | UK | Actor | BrazilDark City |
| February | 9 | Erik Schumann | 82 | Germany | Actor | Veronika VossLili Marleen |
| February | 12 | Peter Ellenshaw | 93 | UK | Visual Effects Artist | Mary PoppinsSpartacus |
| February | 12 | Randy Stone | 48 | US | Casting Director, Actor | Jaws 3-DSay Anything... |
| February | 14 | Ryan Larkin | 63 | Canada | Animator, Director | WalkingStreet Musique |
| February | 14 | Lee Patterson | 77 | Canada | Actor | Jack the RipperTime Lock |
| February | 15 | Ray Evans | 92 | US | Lyricist | The Man Who Knew Too MuchThe Paleface |
| February | 19 | Janet Blair | 85 | US | Actress | Tonight and Every NightMy Sister Eileen |
| February | 22 | Fons Rademakers | 86 | Netherlands | Director, Actor | The AssaultThe Village on the River |
| February | 24 | Bruce Bennett | 100 | US | Actor | Mildred PierceThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| March | 1 | Harold Michelson | 87 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | Star Trek: The Motion PictureDick Tracy |
| March | 7 | Andy Sidaris | 76 | US | Director, Screenwriter | GunsHard Ticket to Hawaii |
| March | 8 | John Inman | 71 | UK | Actor | Are You Being Served?The Tall Guy |
| March | 10 | Richard Jeni | 49 | US | Comedian, Actor | The MaskAn Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn |
| March | 12 | Betty Hutton | 86 | US | Actress, Singer | Annie Get Your GunThe Miracle of Morgan's Creek |
| March | 13 | Herbert Fux | 79 | Austria | Actor | The Three MusketeersAsterix & Obelix Take On Caesar |
| March | 15 | Alice Backes | 83 | US | Actress | I Want to Live!Gable and Lombard |
| March | 15 | Stuart Rosenberg | 79 | US | Director | Cool Hand LukeThe Amityville Horror |
| March | 17 | Freddie Francis | 89 | UK | Cinematographer, Director | GloryThe Elephant Man |
| March | 18 | William N. Panzer | 64 | US | Producer | HighlanderThe Osterman Weekend |
| March | 19 | Calvert DeForest | 85 | US | Actor | Waitress!Freaked |
| March | 20 | John P. Ryan | 70 | US | Actor | The Right StuffRunaway Train |
| March | 22 | Bradley Lavelle | 48 | Canada | Actor | Judge DreddSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace |
| March | 25 | Lynn Merrick | 87 | US | Actress | Voice of the WhistlerA Close Call for Boston Blackie |
| March | 26 | Bill Capizzi | 70 | US | Actor | Don Juan DeMarcoBulletproof |
| March | 29 | John Gill | 94 | UK | Actor | This Sporting LifeTess |
| March | 29 | Howard Goorney | 85 | UK | Actor | Fiddler on the RoofThe Hill |
| March | 29 | Calvin Lockhart | 72 | Bahamas | Actor | Cotton Comes to HarlemLet's Do It Again |
| April | 1 | George Sewell | 82 | UK | Actor | Barry LyndonGet Carter |
| April | 4 | Bob Clark | 67 | US | Director, Screenwriter | A Christmas StoryPorky's |
| April | 4 | John Flynn | 75 | US | Director | Rolling ThunderLock Up |
| April | 6 | Luigi Comencini | 90 | Italy | Director | Bread, Love and DreamsEverybody Go Home |
| April | 6 | George Jenkins | 98 | US | Production Designer | All the President's MenKlute |
| April | 7 | Barry Nelson | 89 | US | Actor | The ShiningShadow of the Thin Man |
| April | 8 | Roscoe Lee Browne | 79 | US | Actor | The CowboysLogan's Run |
| April | 10 | Jack Williams | 85 | US | Stuntman | Gone with the WindWild Wild West |
| April | 12 | James Lyons | 46 | US | Film Editor | Far from HeavenThe Virgin Suicides |
| April | 16 | Giuseppe Ruzzolini | 76 | Italy | Cinematographer | FirestarterDuck, You Sucker! |
| April | 17 | Kitty Carlisle | 96 | US | Actress, Singer | A Night at the OperaMurder at the Vanities |
| April | 19 | Jean-Pierre Cassel | 74 | France | Actor | Murder on the Orient ExpressIs Paris Burning? |
| April | 24 | Roy Jenson | 80 | Canada | Actor, Stuntman | ChinatownRed Dawn |
| April | 27 | Al Hunter Ashton | 49 | UK | Actor | GladiatorFrom Hell |
| April | 28 | Dabbs Greer | 90 | US | Actor | The Green MileInvasion of the Body Snatchers |
| April | 30 | Tom Poston | 85 | US | Actor | Christmas with the KranksZotz! |
| April | 30 | Gordon Scott | 80 | US | Actor | Tarzan's Hidden JungleZorro and the Three Musketeers |
| May | 6 | Curtis Harrington | 80 | US | Director | Queen of BloodGames |
| May | 7 | Nicholas Worth | 69 | US | Actor | Swamp ThingDarkman |
| May | 8 | Mark Burns | 71 | UK | Actor | StardustDeath in Venice |
| May | 11 | Bernard Gordon | 88 | US | Screenwriter | 55 Days at PekingEarth vs. the Flying Saucers |
| May | 15 | Yolanda King | 51 | US | Actress | Ghosts of MississippiHopscotch |
| May | 16 | C. Timothy O'Meara | 64 | US | Film Editor | Conan the BarbarianThe Last Starfighter |
| May | 21 | Bruno Mattei | 75 | Italy | Director | SS GirlsStrike Commando |
| May | 21 | Bud Molin | 81 | US | Film Editor | The JerkDead Men Don't Wear Plaid |
| May | 22 | Art Stevens | 92 | US | Animator, Director | The Fox and the HoundThe Rescuers |
| May | 25 | Lee Frost | 71 | US | Director, Screenwriter | Chrome and Hot LeatherThe Black Gestapo |
| May | 25 | Charles Nelson Reilly | 76 | US | Actor | All Dogs Go to HeavenCannonball Run II |
| May | 29 | Norman Kaye | 80 | Australia | Actor | Moulin Rouge!Oscar and Lucinda |
| May | 30 | Jean-Claude Brialy | 74 | France | Actor | Le Beau SergeThe Monster |
| May | 30 | Nick Ramus | 77 | US | Actor | Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeInvasion USA |
| June | 2 | Charles Evans | 81 | US | Producer | TootsieShowgirls |
| June | 9 | Alma Beltran | 87 | Mexico | Actress | GhostMarathon Man |
| June | 9 | Christina Kokubo | 56 | US | Actress | MidwayThe Yakuza |
| June | 9 | Beverly Michaels | 79 | US | Actress | Wicked WomanEast Side, West Side |
| June | 9 | Ousmane Sembène | 84 | Senegal | Director, Screenwriter | Black GirlMoolaadé |
| June | 11 | Mala Powers | 75 | US | Actress | Cyrano de BergeracCity Beneath the Sea |
| June | 14 | Alex Thomson | 78 | UK | Cinematographer | ExcaliburDemolition Man |
| June | 22 | Willy Holt | 85 | US | Production Designer | Is Paris Burning?Au revoir les enfants |
| June | 28 | Leo Burmester | 63 | US | Actor | The AbyssA Perfect World |
| June | 29 | Edward Yang | 59 | Taiwan | Director | Yi YiTaipei Story |
| July | 5 | Kerwin Mathews | 81 | UK | Actor | The 7th Voyage of SinbadThe Three Worlds of Gulliver |
| July | 9 | Charles Lane | 102 | US | Actor | Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonMurphy's Romance |
| July | 11 | Richard Franklin | 58 | Australia | Director | Psycho IICloak & Dagger |
| July | 12 | Marc Behm | 82 | US | Screenwriter | Help!The Thirteen Chairs |
| July | 13 | Michael Reardon | 42 | US | Actor | The PunisherCabin Fever |
| July | 15 | Kieron Moore | 82 | Ireland | Actor | Anna KareninaThe Day of the Triffids |
| July | 19 | Laura Devon | 76 | US | Actress | Red Line 7000Goodbye Charlie |
| July | 22 | Laszlo Kovacs | 74 | Hungary | Cinematographer | Easy RiderGhostbusters |
| July | 23 | Joan O'Hara | 76 | Ireland | Actress | The DawningFar and Away |
| July | 24 | Chaney Kley | 34 | US | Actor | Darkness FallsLegally Blonde |
| July | 26 | John Normington | 70 | UK | Actor | AtonementRollerball |
| July | 27 | William J. Tuttle | 95 | US | Makeup Artist | North by Northwest7 Faces of Dr. Lao |
| July | 29 | Michel Serrault | 79 | France | Actor | La Cage aux FollesNelly and Mr. Arnaud |
| July | 30 | Michelangelo Antonioni | 94 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | BlowupL'Avventura |
| July | 30 | Ingmar Bergman | 89 | Sweden | Director, Screenwriter | PersonaThe Seventh Seal |
| August | 2 | Frank Rosenfelt | 85 | US | Studio Executive | |
| August | 3 | James T. Callahan | 76 | US | Actor | The Burning BedLady Sings the Blues |
| August | 5 | Peter Graham Scott | 82 | UK | Director | Captain CleggBitter Harvest |
| August | 8 | Melville Shavelson | 90 | US | Screenwriter, Director | Yours, Mine and OursHouseboat |
| August | 12 | Merv Griffin | 82 | US | Producer, Actor | So This Is LoveThe Boy from Oklahoma |
| August | 22 | Keith Knight | 51 | Canada | Actor | MeatballsMy Bloody Valentine |
| August | 23 | Robert Symonds | 80 | US | Actor | The ExorcistCatch Me if You Can |
| August | 24 | Aaron Russo | 80 | US | Producer | Trading PlacesThe Rose |
| August | 25 | Elizabeth Inglis | 94 | UK | Actress | The 39 StepsThe Letter |
| August | 27 | Richard T. Heffron | 76 | US | Director | FutureworldI, the Jury |
| August | 28 | Miyoshi Umeki | 78 | Japan | Actress | SayonaraThe Horizontal Lieutenant |
| August | 30 | José Luis de Vilallonga | 87 | Spain | Actor | Breakfast at Tiffany'sBlood and Sand |
| September | 2 | Marcia Mae Jones | 83 | US | Actress | HeidiThe Way We Were |
| September | 3 | Steve Ryan | 60 | US | Actor | D.A.R.Y.L.I'm Not Rappaport |
| September | 4 | Michael Evans | 87 | UK | Actor | Time After TimeBye Bye Birdie |
| September | 5 | Nikos Nikolaidis | 67 | Greece | Director | Evrydiki BA 2O37The Wretches Are Still Singing |
| September | 5 | Charlotte Zucker | 86 | US | Actress | Airplane!Ghost |
| September | 6 | Percy Rodriguez | 89 | Canada | Actor | The Heart Is a Lonely HunterThe Plainsman |
| September | 10 | Jane Wyman | 90 | US | Actress | Johnny BelindaMagnificent Obsession |
| September | 14 | Emilio Ruiz del Río | 84 | Spain | Special Effects Artist | Pan's LabyrinthSpartacus |
| September | 21 | Alice Ghostley | 81 | US | Actress | To Kill a MockingbirdGrease |
| September | 22 | Karl Hardman | 80 | US | Actor, Producer | Night of the Living DeadSanta Claws |
| September | 22 | Marcel Marceau | 84 | France | Actor | BarbarellaSilent Movie |
| September | 28 | Charles B. Griffith | 77 | US | Screenwriter, Director | Death Race 2000The Little Shop of Horrors |
| September | 28 | Martin Manulis | 92 | US | Producer | Days of Wine and RosesLuv |
| September | 29 | Lois Maxwell | 80 | Canada | Actress | James BondThat Hagen Girl |
| October | 1 | Peggy Maley | 84 | US | Actress | The Wild OneHuman Desire |
| October | 2 | George Grizzard | 79 | US | Actor | Advise & ConsentFrom the Terrace |
| October | 6 | Bud Ekins | 77 | US | Stuntman | The Great EscapeThe Blues Brothers |
| October | 9 | Carol Bruce | 87 | US | Actor | Keep 'Em FlyingThis Woman is Mine |
| October | 12 | Lonny Chapman | 87 | US | Actor | The BirdsThe Hunted |
| October | 14 | Sigrid Valdis | 79 | US | Actress | Our Man FlintMarriage on the Rocks |
| October | 16 | Deborah Kerr | 86 | UK | Actress | From Here to EternityAn Affair to Remember |
| October | 17 | Joey Bishop | 89 | US | Actor | Ocean's 11Betsy's Wedding |
| October | 17 | Harry Kleiner | 91 | Russia | Screenwriter | Fantastic VoyageBullitt |
| October | 20 | Arlene Francis | 93 | US | Actress | One, Two, ThreeThe Thrill of It All |
| October | 21 | Don Fellows | 84 | US | Actor | Raiders of the Lost ArkThe Omen |
| October | 21 | Vic Ramos | 77 | US | Casting Director | Star WarsThe Godfather Part II |
| October | 24 | Masakazu Yoshizawa | 57 | Japan | Musician | Memoirs of a GeishaDragon: The Bruce Lee Story |
| October | 26 | Bernard L. Kowalski | 78 | US | Director | Krakatoa, East of JavaSssssss |
| October | 27 | Moira Lister | 84 | South Africa | Actress | The Yellow Rolls-RoyceThe Cruel Sea |
| October | 29 | David Morris | 83 | UK | Actor | Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryFlick |
| October | 30 | Robert Goulet | 73 | US | Singer, Actor | Honeymoon HotelBeetlejuice |
| October | 30 | Yisrael Poliakov | 66 | Israel | Comedian, Actor | Giv'at Halfon Eina OnaSchlager |
| November | 1 | Sonny Bupp | 79 | US | Actor | Citizen KaneAngels with Dirty Faces |
| November | 2 | Henry Cele | 58 | South Africa | Actor | The Last SamuraiThe Ghost and the Darkness |
| November | 4 | Peter Viertel | 86 | Germany | Screenwriter | White Hunter Black HeartFive Miles to Midnight |
| November | 6 | Peter Handford | 88 | UK | Sound Engineer | Dangerous LiaisonsOut of Africa |
| November | 10 | Jack Bear | 87 | US | Costume Designer | The PartyThe Odd Couple |
| November | 10 | Laraine Day | 87 | US | Actress | The High and the MightyForeign Correspondent |
| November | 10 | Norman Mailer | 84 | US | Screenwriter, Director, Actor | RagtimeTough Guys Don't Dance |
| November | 11 | Delbert Mann | 89 | US | Director | MartyThat Touch of Mink |
| November | 12 | Al Mancini | 74 | US | Actor | Falling DownMiller's Crossing |
| November | 13 | Monty Westmore | 84 | US | Makeup Artist | HookThe Shawshank Redemption |
| November | 13 | Peter Zinner | 88 | Austria | Film Editor, Director | The GodfatherThe Deer Hunter |
| November | 14 | Michael Blodgett | 87 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | Turner & Hooch40 Guns to Apache Pass |
| November | 14 | Ronnie Burns | 72 | US | Actor | Anatomy of a PsychoBernardine |
| November | 22 | Verity Lambert | 71 | UK | Producer | ClockwiseEvil Angels |
| November | 22 | Reg Park | 79 | UK | Actor | Hercules and the Conquest of AtlantisMaciste in King Solomon's Mines |
| November | 26 | Marit Allen | 66 | UK | Costume Designer | Mrs. DoubtfireBrokeback Mountain |
| November | 28 | Jeanne Bates | 89 | US | Actress | EraserheadDie Hard 2 |
| November | 28 | Mali Finn | 69 | US | Casting Director | The MatrixTitanic |
| November | 30 | Evel Knievel | 69 | US | Daredevil, Actor | Viva Knievel!Freebie and the Bean |
| December | 1 | Gary Epper | 62 | US | Stuntman, Actor | ScarfaceJurassic Park |
| December | 1 | Anton Rodgers | 74 | UK | Actor | ScroogeDirty Rotten Scoundrels |
| December | 2 | Eleonora Rossi Drago | 82 | Italy | Actress | Le amicheThe Bible: In the Beginning... |
| December | 4 | Melvin Shapiro | 82 | US | Film Editor | Taxi DriverAmerican Hot Wax |
| December | 5 | Joe Brooks | 83 | US | Actor | GremlinsThe Bad News Bears |
| December | 5 | Tony Tenser | 87 | UK | Producer | RepulsionCul-de-sac |
| December | 8 | Donald Burton | 73 | UK | Actor | Hudson HawkThe Message |
| December | 10 | Ashleigh Aston Moore | 26 | US | Actress | Now and ThenGold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain |
| December | 11 | Freddie Fields | 84 | US | Producer | GloryEscape to Victory |
| December | 13 | Floyd Red Crow Westerman | 71 | US | Actor, Singer | Dances with WolvesHidalgo |
| December | 19 | Frank Capra, Jr. | 73 | US | Producer | Escape from the Planet of the ApesFirestarter |
| December | 19 | James Costigan | 81 | US | Screenwriter | The HungerKing David |
| December | 20 | Jeanne Carmen | 77 | US | Actress | Portland ExposéUntamed Youth |
| December | 21 | John McPherson | 65 | US | Cinematographer | Batteries Not IncludedJust One of the Guys |
| December | 23 | Michael Kidd | 92 | US | Actor, Choreographer | It's Always Fair WeatherSeven Brides for Seven Brothers |
| December | 28 | Tab Thacker | 45 | US | Actor | City HeatWildcats |

## Film debuts

* Gemma Arterton – St. Trinian's
* Hayley Atwell – Cassandra's Dream
* Haley Bennett – Music and Lyrics
* Macon Blair – Murder Party
* Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray
* Alison Brie – Born
* Chris Brown – Stomp the Yard
* Asa Butterfield – Son of Rambow
* Gabriel Chavarria – Freedom Writers
* Jamie Chung – I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
* Cassandra Ciangherotti – Hasta el viento tiene miedo
* Lily Cole – St Trinian's
* Patrick Criado – 13 Roses
* Inma Cuesta – Love Expresso
* Adèle Exarchopoulos – Boxes
* Michael Fassbender – 300
* Dave Franco – Superbad
* Dillon Freasier – There Will Be Blood
* Andrew Garfield – Lions for Lambs
* Elise Gatien – In the Land of Women
* Zachary Gordon – Because I Said So
* Glen Hansard – Once
* Lucas Hedges – Dan in Real Life
* April Lee Hernández – Freedom Writers
* Hafsia Herzi – The Secret of the Grain
* Kristin Herrera – Freedom Writers
* Tom Hiddleston – Unrelated
* Miren Ibarguren – 13 Roses
* Markéta Irglová – Once
* Ken Jeong – Knocked Up
* Jesse Johnson – Redline
* Amara Karan – The Darjeeling Limited
* Angela Kinsey – License to Wed
* Pom Klementieff – After Him
* Zoë Kravitz – No Reservations
* Amber Lancaster – Redline
* Caleb Landry Jones – No Country for Old Men
* John Magaro – The Brave One
* Christopher Mintz-Plasse – Superbad
* Álvaro Morte – Lola, the Movie
* Janel Parrish – Bratz: The Movie
* Dakota Blue Richards – The Golden Compass
* Craig Robinson – D-War
* Saoirse Ronan – I Could Never Be Your Woman
* Charlie Rowe – The Golden Compass
* Andy Samberg – Hot Rod
* Theo Stevenson – Fred Claus
* Emma Stone – Superbad
* Jason Sudeikis – The Ten
* Katherine Waterston – Michael Clayton
* Shailene Woodley – Moola