1993 in film

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The year **1993 in film** involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits *Jurassic Park*, *The Fugitive* and *The Firm*. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)

## Highest-grossing films

See also: Lists of box office number-one films § 1993
The top 10 films released in 1993 by worldwide gross are as follows:

## Events

* January 1 – China Film Import & Export Corporation ends its 40-year monopoly distributing all films in China, with 16 other Chinese film studios now responsible for distributing their own films.
* January 29 – *Bram Stoker's Dracula* opens in the United Kingdom setting an opening weekend record of £2,633,635 million.
* March 31 – Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of *The Crow*.
* May 27 – Actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge initially orders her to pay $8.9 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film *Boxing Helena*. As a result, Basinger loses the town that she purchased in 1989, Braselton, Georgia, to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech.
* May 28 – Produced by Hollywood Pictures, *Super Mario Bros.* opens, marking the first video game film released, starring Bob Hoskins as Mario and John Leguizamo as Luigi. The film would unfortunately end up grossing only $20.9 million domestically and receive negative reviews from critics.
* June 11 – The filmed version of Michael Crichton's novel *Jurassic Park*, a dinosaur epic with groundbreaking special effects directed by Steven Spielberg, breaks box-office records with a record $50 million opening weekend and goes on to become the highest-grossing film ever made with a worldwide gross of over $900 million.
* June 18 – Arnold Schwarzenegger's film career falters with the commercial disappointment of *Last Action Hero*.
* July 16 – *Jurassic Park* opens in Mexico and the United Kingdom and on July 17 in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, setting opening records in each market.
* October 31 – Actor River Phoenix accidentally dies of an overdose during the filming of *Dark Blood*. The film was later completed and released in 2012.
* December 15 – *Schindler's List*, directed by Steven Spielberg, is released and goes on to win seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Spielberg's first for Best Director.
* December 22 – Turner Broadcasting System acquired Castle Rock Entertainment.

## 1993 wide release films

### A

* *12:01*
* *Aankhen* (The Eyes), starring Govinda – (India)
* *Abraham's Valley* (Vale Abraão) – (Portugal)
* *Acting on Impulse*, starring Linda Fiorentino, C. Thomas Howell, Nancy Allen
* *Addams Family Values*, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Joan Cusack
* *The Age of Innocence*, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder
* *Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer*
* *Airborne*, starring Shane McDermott and Seth Green
* *Al-Kompars* (a.k.a. The Extras) – (Syria)
* *Alive*, starring Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton
* *Amos & Andrew*, starring Nicolas Cage and Samuel L. Jackson
* *Another Stakeout*, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell
* *L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque* (The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque), directed by Éric Rohmer – (France)
* *Arizona Dream*, starring Johnny Depp and Jerry Lewis
* *Army of Darkness*, directed by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell and Embeth Davidtz
* *Aspen Extreme*, starring Peter Berg, Paul Gross, Finola Hughes, Teri Polo

### B

* *Baazigar* (Player), starring Shahrukh Khan and Shilpa Shetty – (India)
* *Bad Behaviour*, starring Stephen Rea and Sinéad Cusack – (U.K.)
* *Bad Boy Bubby* – (Australia)
* *The Ballad of Little Jo*, starring Suzy Amis, Melissa Leo, Carrie Snodgress, Heather Graham
* *Barbarians at the Gate*, starring James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, Joanna Cassidy, Peter Riegert, Fred Dalton Thompson
* *Batman: Mask of the Phantasm*, animated film directed by Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm
* *Beethoven's 2nd*, starring Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt
* *Beijing Bastards* (Běijīng Zázhǒng), directed by Zhang Yuan – (China)
* *Benny & Joon*, starring Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn
* *The Beverly Hillbillies*, starring Jim Varney, Cloris Leachman, Erika Eleniak, Diedrich Bader, Dabney Coleman, Lily Tomlin, Lea Thompson, Rob Schneider
* *Bhaji on the Beach* – (U.K.)
* *Blood In Blood Out* (aka *Bound by Honor*), directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Damian Chapa and Benjamin Bratt
* *Bloom in the Moonlight* (Waga ai no uta Taki Rentaro monogatari) – (Japan)
* *The Blue Kite* (Lán fēngzheng) – (China)
* *Bodies, Rest & Motion*, starring Bridget Fonda and Phoebe Cates
* *Body of Evidence*, starring Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer, Julianne Moore, Jürgen Prochnow
* *Body Snatchers*, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Gabrielle Anwar, Forest Whitaker, Meg Tilly
* *Boiling Point*, starring Wesley Snipes, Dennis Hopper and Viggo Mortensen
* *Bopha!*, directed by Morgan Freeman, starring Danny Glover
* *Born Yesterday*, starring Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, John Goodman
* *Boxing Helena*, starring Sherilyn Fenn and Julian Sands
* *The Bride with White Hair* (Bai fa mo nu zhuan), starring Brigitte Lin and Leslie Cheung – (Hong Kong)
* *A Bronx Tale*, directed by and starring Robert De Niro, with Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Jr., Francis Capra, Joe Pesci

### C

* *CB4*, starring Chris Rock
* *Calendar Girl*, starring Jason Priestley and Jerry O'Connell
* *Caro diario* (Dear Diary), directed by Nanni Moretti – (Italy)
* *Carlito's Way*, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, Luis Guzmán, John Leguizamo
* *The Cement Garden*, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg – (U.K.)
* *The Cemetery Club*, starring Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis, Lainie Kazan, Diane Ladd, Danny Aiello
* *Chai Gong* (Mad Monk), starring Maggie Cheung – (Hong Kong)
* *Class to Remember, A* (Gakko) – (Japan) – Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
* *Cliffhanger*, starring Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner
* *Coneheads*, directed by Steve Barron, starring Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin
* *The Conjugal Bed* (Patul conjugal) – (Romania)
* *Cool Runnings*, directed by Jon Turteltaub, starring John Candy
* *Cop and a Half*, starring Burt Reynolds
* *Crime Story* (Zhong an zu), starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)
* *Cronos*, directed by Guillermo del Toro – (Mexico)
* *The Crush*, starring Cary Elwes and Alicia Silverstone

### D

* *Damini – Lightning*, starring Rishi Kapoor and Sunny Deol – (India)
* *A Dangerous Woman*, starring Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey, Gabriel Byrne, David Strathairn, Laurie Metcalf
* *The Dark Half*, starring Timothy Hutton and Amy Madigan
* *Darkness in Tallinn* (Tallinn pimeduses) – (Estonia/Finland)
* *Darr* (Fear), directed by Yash Chopra – (India)
* *Dave*, starring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Ving Rhames, Charles Grodin
* *The Days* (Dongchun de rizi), directed by Wang Xiaoshuai – (China)
* *Dazed and Confused*, starring Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Parker Posey, Milla Jovovich
* *Deadfall*, starring Michael Biehn and Nicolas Cage
* *Demolition Man*, starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock
* *Dennis the Menace*, starring Walter Matthau and Mason Gamble
* *Desperate Remedies* – (New Zealand)
* *Digger* – (Canada)
* *Dirty Weekend*, starring Lia Williams and Rufus Sewell – (U.K.)
* *Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story*, starring Jason Scott Lee and Lauren Holly

### E

* *The Escort* (La Scorta), directed by Ricky Tognazzi – (Italy)
* *La estrategia del caracol* (The Strategy of the Snail) – (Colombia)
* *Extreme Justice* starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Scott Glenn

### F

* *Falling Down*, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin, Frederic Forrest, Tuesday Weld
* *A Far Off Place*, starring Reese Witherspoon
* *Faraway, So Close!* (In weiter Ferne, so nah!), directed by Wim Wenders, starring Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Willem Dafoe, Nastassja Kinski – (Germany)
* *Farewell My Concubine* (Ba wang bie ji), directed by Chen Kaige, starring Leslie Cheung and Gong Li – (China) – Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and Palme d'Or
* *Fatal Instinct*, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Sean Young, Kate Nelligan
* *Fearless*, starring Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rossellini, Rosie Perez
* *Fiorile* (Wild Flower), directed by Paolo Taviani – (Italy/France/Germany)
* *Fire on the Amazon*, starring Sandra Bullock
* *Fire in the Sky*, starring Robert Patrick and D. B. Sweeney
* *The Firm*, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Holly Hunter, Wilford Brimley, David Strathairn, Ed Harris
* *Flesh and Bone*, directed by Steve Kloves, starring Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid, James Caan, Gwyneth Paltrow
* *For Love or Money*, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Michael J. Fox, Gabrielle Anwar, Anthony Higgins
* *A Foreign Field*, starring Alec Guinness and Leo McKern – (U.K.)
* *François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits* (François Truffaut: Portraits volés) – (France)
* *Free Willy*, directed by Simon Wincer, starring Jason James Richter, Michael Madsen, Michael Ironside, Lori Petty
* *The Fugitive*, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pantoliano, Jeroen Krabbé, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore

### G

* *Gardish*, starring Jackie Shroff and Amrish Puri – (India)
* *Gentleman*, starring Arjun and Madhoo – (India)
* *Germinal*, directed by Claude Berri, starring Renaud, Gérard Depardieu and Miou-Miou – (France)
* *Geronimo: An American Legend*, starring Wes Studi, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Jason Patric
* *Gettysburg*, starring Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen
* *Ghost in the Machine*, starring Karen Allen
* *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II* (Gojira tai Mekagojira) – (Japan)
* *Golden Balls*, (Huevos de oro), starring Javier Bardem – (Spain)
* *The Good Son*, starring Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood
* *The Great Pumpkin* (Il grande cocomero) – (Italy)
* *Gross Misconduct*, starring Naomi Watts and Jimmy Smits
* *Groundhog Day*, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell
* *Grumpy Old Men*, starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Ann-Margret
* *Guelwaar*, directed by Ousmane Sembène – (France/Senegal)
* *Guilty as Sin*, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Rebecca De Mornay, Don Johnson, Jack Warden, Stephen Lang
* *Gunsmoke: The Long Ride*, directed by Jerry Jameson, starring James Arness, James Brolin, Ali MacGraw, Amy Stoch, Christopher Bradley, Marco Sanchez, Tim Choate, Patrick Dollaghan

### H

* *Hard Target*, directed by John Woo, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Arnold Vosloo, Wilford Brimley
* *Heart and Souls*, starring Robert Downey, Jr., Charles Grodin, Kyra Sedgwick, Alfre Woodard, Elisabeth Shue, Tom Sizemore, David Paymer
* *Heaven & Earth*, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Joan Chen – (United States/France)
* *Hercules Returns* – (Australia)
* *Hocus Pocus*, directed by Kenny Ortega, starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy
* *A Home of Our Own*, directed by Tony Bill, starring Kathy Bates and Edward Furlong
* *Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey*, narrated by Michael J. Fox
* *Hot Shots! Part Deux*, directed by Jim Abrahams, starring Charlie Sheen and Lloyd Bridges
* *The Hour of the Pig* (aka The Advocate), starring Colin Firth, Ian Holm, Donald Pleasence – (U.K./France)
* *House of Cards*, starring Kathleen Turner and Tommy Lee Jones
* *A House in the Hills*, starring Helen Slater and Michael Madsen
* *The House of the Spirits*, starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Antonio Banderas, Winona Ryder, Glenn Close – (Germany/Denmark/Portugal)

### I

* *I Love a Man in Uniform* – (Canada)
* *In Custody* (Muhafiz), directed by Ismail Merchant, starring Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Om Puri – (India//U.K.)
* *In the Line of Fire*, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo
* *In the Name of the Father*, directed by Jim Sheridan, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson – (Ireland/UK/US) – Golden Bear Award
* *Indecent Proposal*, directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson
* *Indian Summer*, directed by Mike Binder, starring Alan Arkin, Matt Craven, Diane Lane, Bill Paxton, Elizabeth Perkins, Kevin Pollak, Julie Warner
* *Iron Monkey* (Siu nin Wong Fei Hung ji: Tit Ma Lau), starring Donnie Yen – (Hong Kong)

### J

* *Jack the Bear*, starring Danny DeVito
* *Le Jeune Werther* (Young Werther) – (France)
* *Josh and S.A.M.*
* *Joshua Tree* (aka *Army of One*), starring Dolph Lundgren
* *The Joy Luck Club*, directed by Wayne Wang, starring Rosalind Chao, Lauren Tom, France Nuyen
* *Judgment Night*, starring Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Denis Leary, Stephen Dorff, Jeremy Piven
* *Jurassic Park*, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight

### K

* *Kalifornia*, directed by Dominic Sena, starring Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny, Michelle Forbes
* *Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance* – (Canada)
* *Kaspar Hauser – Verbrechen am Seelenleben eines Menschen* – (Germany)
* *Khalnayak* (Villain), starring Sanjay Dutt and Jackie Shroff – (India)
* *Kådisbellan* (Slingshot) – (Sweden)
* *King of the Hill*, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbé, Elizabeth McGovern, Karen Allen
* *Kung Fu Cult Master*

### L

* *Last Action Hero*, directed by John McTiernan, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Austin O'Brien
* *The Legend* (Fong Sai-yuk), starring Jet Li – (Hong Kong)
* *Leprechaun*, starring Warwick Davis and Jennifer Aniston
* *Libera me* – (France)
* *Life with Mikey*, starring Michael J. Fox and Nathan Lane
* *The Little Blonde Death* (De kleine blonde dood) – (Netherlands)
* *Loaded Weapon 1*, starring Emilio Estevez and Samuel L. Jackson
* *Lost in Yonkers*, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Irene Worth, Mercedes Ruehl, David Strathairn
* *Love and Human Remains*, directed by Denys Arcand – (Canada)

### M

* *M. Butterfly*, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Jeremy Irons and John Lone
* *Mad Dog and Glory*, directed by John McNaughton, starring Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Bill Murray, David Caruso, Kathy Baker
* *Madadayo* (Not Yet), directed by Akira Kurosawa – (Japan)
* *Made in America*, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson, Nia Long, Jennifer Tilly, Will Smith
* *Malice*, directed by Harold Becker, starring Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman, Anne Bancroft, Peter Gallagher, Bebe Neuwirth, George C. Scott
* *The Man Without a Face*, directed by and starring Mel Gibson, with Nick Stahl
* *Manhattan Murder Mystery*, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Diane Keaton, Anjelica Huston, Alan Alda
* *Map of the Human Heart*, starring Jason Scott Lee – (Australia/U.K.)
* *Married to It*, starring Beau Bridges, Stockard Channing, Robert Sean Leonard, Mary Stuart Masterson, Cybill Shepherd, Ron Silver
* *Matinee*, directed by Joe Dante, starring John Goodman
* *Me and the Kid*, starring Danny Aiello
* *Menace II Society*, starring Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate and Jada Pinkett
* *The Meteor Man*, starring Robert Townsend
* *Money for Nothing*, starring John Cusack
* *Moving* (Ohikkoshi) – (Japan)
* *Mr. Jones*, directed by Mike Figgis, starring Richard Gere and Lena Olin
* *Mr. Nanny*, starring Hulk Hogan and Sherman Hemsley
* *Mr. Wonderful*, starring Matt Dillon, Annabella Sciorra, William Hurt, Mary-Louise Parker, Vincent D'Onofrio
* *Mrs. Doubtfire*, directed by Chris Columbus, starring Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan – Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
* *Much Ado About Nothing*, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, with Michael Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Robert Sean Leonard, Kate Beckinsale – (UK/US)
* *The Music of Chance*, starring James Spader and Mandy Patinkin
* *My Favorite Season* (Ma saison préférée), starring Catherine Deneuve and Daniel Auteuil – (France)
* *My Neighbor Totoro* (English dub)
* *My Life*, starring Michael Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Bradley Whitford, Michael Constantine, Queen Latifah

### N

* *Naked*, directed by Mike Leigh, starring David Thewlis – (U.K.)
* *Naked in New York*, starring Eric Stoltz, Mary-Louise Parker, Jill Clayburgh, Ralph Macchio, Kathleen Turner, Tony Curtis
* *Needful Things*, starring Ed Harris, Max von Sydow, Bonnie Bedelia, J. T. Walsh, Amanda Plummer
* *The Nightmare Before Christmas*, directed by Henry Selick
* *The Night We Never Met*, starring Matthew Broderick, Annabella Sciorra, Kevin Anderson, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Justine Bateman
* *Ninja Scroll* (Jūbē Ninpūchō) – (Japan)
* *No More Mr. Nice Guy* (Wir können auch anders ...) – (Germany)
* *Nowhere to Run*, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Ted Levine, Kieran Culkin, Joss Ackland

### O

* *Oglinda* (The Mirror) – (Romania)
* *Once Upon a Forest*, directed by Charles Grosvenor, featuring the voice of Michael Crawford – (UK/US)
* *Once Upon a Time in China III* (Wong Fei Hung ji saam: Si wong jaang ba), starring Jet Li and Rosamund Kwan – (Hong Kong)
* *Only The Strong*, starring Mark Dacascos
* *Ordinary Magic*, starring Ryan Reynolds and Glenne Headly – (Canada)

### P

* *The Pelican Brief*, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington
* *A Perfect World*, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Kevin Costner, Eastwood, Laura Dern, Bradley Whitford
* *Philadelphia*, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Antonio Banderas, Joanne Woodward, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards
* *The Philadelphia Experiment II*
* *The Piano*, directed by Jane Campion, starring Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin – (New Zealand/Australia/France) – Palme d'Or award
* *Poetic Justice*, directed by John Singleton, starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur
* *Point of No Return*, starring Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Anne Bancroft, Harvey Keitel
* *Posse*, directed by and starring Mario Van Peebles
* *The Program*, starring James Caan, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Craig Sheffer, Kristy Swanson
* *Public Access*, directed by Bryan Singer
* *The Puppetmaster* (Xi meng ren sheng) – (Taiwan)

### R

* *Raining Stones*, directed by Ken Loach – (U.K.)
* *The Real McCoy*, starring Kim Basinger and Val Kilmer
* *Red Rock West*, directed by John Dahl, starring Nicolas Cage, Lara Flynn Boyle, J.T. Walsh, Dennis Hopper
* *The Red Squirrel* (La ardilla roja) – (Spain)
* *The Remains of the Day*, directed by James Ivory, starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Hugh Grant, Christopher Reeve – (UK/US)
* *Return of the Living Dead 3*
* *Rich in Love*, starring Albert Finney, Kathryn Erbe, Kyle MacLachlan, Suzy Amis, Jill Clayburgh
* *Rising Sun*, directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes
* *RoboCop 3*, directed by Fred Dekker, starring Robert John Burke and Nancy Allen
* *Robin Hood: Men in Tights*, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Cary Elwes, Dave Chappelle, Amy Yasbeck, Roger Rees, Richard Lewis
* *Romeo Is Bleeding*, directed by Peter Medak, starring Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis, Roy Scheider
* *Rookie of the Year*, directed by Daniel Stern, starring Thomas Ian Nicholas, Gary Busey, Albert Hall
* *Roosters*, starring Edward James Olmos and Sônia Braga
* *Ruby Cairo*, starring Andie MacDowell and Liam Neeson
* *Ruby in Paradise*, starring Ashley Judd
* *Rudy*, directed by David Anspaugh, starring Sean Astin, Ned Beatty, Charles S. Dutton, Jason Miller, Jon Favreau

### S

* *The Saint of Fort Washington*, starring Matt Dillon and Danny Glover
* *Samba Traoré*, directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo – (Burkina Faso)
* *The Sandlot*, directed by David M. Evans
* *Sankofa* – (Burkina Faso)
* *Say a Little Prayer* – (Australia)
* *The Scent of Green Papaya* (Mùi đu đủ xanh) or (L'Odeur de la papaye verte) – (Vietnam/France)
* *Schindler's List*, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes – Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
* *Searching For Bobby Fischer*, directed by Steven Zaillian, starring Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne
* *The Secret Garden*, starring Maggie Smith – (U.K.)
* *The Sex of the Stars* (Le Sexe des étoiles) – (Canada)
* *Shadowlands*, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger – (U.K.)
* *Short Cuts*, directed by Robert Altman, starring Tim Robbins, Andie MacDowell, Fred Ward, Bruce Davison, Robert Downey, Jr., Julianne Moore, Madeleine Stowe, Chris Penn, Lori Singer, Jack Lemmon, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits
* *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit*, directed by Bill Duke, starring Whoopi Goldberg
* *Six Degrees of Separation*, directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Stockard Channing, Will Smith, Donald Sutherland
* *Slaughter of the Innocents*, starring Scott Glenn
* *Sleepless in Seattle*, directed by Nora Ephron, starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Rosie O'Donnell, Rita Wilson, Rob Reiner
* *Sliver*, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger
* *Smoking/No Smoking*, directed by Alain Resnais – (France)
* *The Snapper*, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Colm Meaney and Brendan Gleeson – (Ireland)
* *Sniper*, starring Tom Berenger and Billy Zane
* *So I Married an Axe Murderer*, starring Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Amanda Plummer
* *Sommersby*, directed by Jon Amiel, starring Richard Gere, Jodie Foster and Bill Pullman
* *Son in Law*, starring Pauly Shore
* *Son of the Pink Panther*, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Roberto Benigni
* *Sonatine*, directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano – (Japan)
* *Seopyeonje* – (South Korea)
* *Speak Up! It's So Dark* (Tala! Det är så mörkt) – (Sweden)
* *Stalingrad* – (Germany)
* *Strawberry and Chocolate* (Fresa y chocolate) – (Cuba/Mexico/Spain)
* *Striking Distance*, starring Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, John Mahoney, Robert Pastorelli, Dennis Farina
* *Sunset Grill*, starring Peter Weller and Lori Singer
* *Super Mario Bros.*, directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, starring Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Samantha Mathis
* *Swing Kids*, starring Christian Bale and Robert Sean Leonard

### T

* *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III*
* *The Temp*, starring Timothy Hutton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Faye Dunaway
* *The Thing Called Love*, starring River Phoenix and Samantha Mathis
* *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould* – (Canada)
* *This Boy's Life*, directed by Michael Caton-Jones, starring Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio
* *The Three Best Things in Life* (De Drie Beste Dingen in het Leven) – (Netherlands)
* *Three Colors: Blue* (Trzy kolory. Niebieski) – 1st of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Juliette Binoche – (Poland/France/Switzerland) – Golden Lion award
* *The Three Musketeers*, directed by Stephen Herek, starring Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Rebecca De Mornay – (UK/US/Austria)
* *Three of Hearts*, starring William Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Sherilyn Fenn
* *Tirangaa*, starring Raaj Kumar – (India)
* *To the Starry Island* (Geu seom-e gago sipta) – (South Korea)
* *To Want to Fly* (Volare volare) – (Italy)
* *Tom and Jerry: The Movie*, directed by Phil Roman, starring Richard Kind, Dana Hill, Anndi McAfee, Charlotte Rae, Tony Jay, Ed Gilbert, David Lander, Henry Gibson, Rip Taylor
* *Tombstone*, directed by George P. Cosmatos, starring Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Dana Delany, Michael Biehn, Powers Boothe, Billy Zane
* *Trauma*, directed by Dario Argento, starring Asia Argento, Piper Laurie, Brad Dourif
* *True Romance*, directed by Tony Scott, written by Quentin Tarantino, starring Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Michael Rapaport, Bronson Pinchot, Brad Pitt
* *Twenty Bucks*, starring Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Elisabeth Shue, Linda Hunt
* *Two Cops* (Tukabseu) – (South Korea)
* *Two Small Bodies*, starring Fred Ward and Suzy Amis

### U

* *Undercover Blues*, starring Kathleen Turner and Dennis Quaid
* *Untamed Heart*, directed by Tony Bill, starring Christian Slater, Marisa Tomei, Rosie Perez
* *The Untold Story* (Bat sin fan dim ji yan yuk cha siu bau) – (Hong Kong)

### V

* *The Vanishing*, starring Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Nancy Travis
* *Les Visiteurs* (The Visitors), starring Christian Clavier and Jean Reno – (France)

### W

* *A Wall of Silence* (Un Muro de Silencio), starring Vanessa Redgrave – (Argentina)
* *The War Room*, directed by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker
* *Watch It*, starring Peter Gallagher and Suzy Amis
* *Wayne's World 2*, directed by Stephen Surjik, starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Christopher Walken, Tia Carrere, Kim Basinger
* *The Wedding Banquet*, directed by Ang Lee – (Taiwan/United States) – Golden Bear and Golden Space Needle awards
* *The Wedding Gift* (aka *Wide-Eyed and Legless*), directed by Richard Loncraine, starring Julie Walters and Jim Broadbent – (U.K.)
* *We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story*, directed by Ralph Zondag, Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells
* *What's Eating Gilbert Grape*, starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Leonardo DiCaprio
* *What's Love Got to Do With It*, directed by Brian Gibson, starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne – Nominated for 2 Oscars, won the American Choreography Award
* *Where's God When I'm S-Scared?*
* *When A Stranger Calls Back*
* *White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II*
* *Who's the Man?*, starring Doctor Dré and Ed Lover
* *Wide Sargasso Sea*, starring Rachel Ward, Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker
* *Wilder Napalm*, starring Dennis Quaid, Debra Winger, Arliss Howard, Jim Varney
* *Woman of Desire*, starring Bo Derek
* *The Women from the Lake of Scented Souls* (Xian hun nu) – (China) – Golden Bear award
* *Wrestling Ernest Hemingway*, directed by Randa Haines, starring Robert Duvall, Richard Harris, Shirley MacLaine, Sandra Bullock
* *The Wrong Man*, directed by Jim McBride, starring Rosanna Arquette, Kevin Anderson, John Lithgow
* *The Wrong Trousers*, a Wallace and Gromit short – (U.K.)

### Y

* *The Young Americans*, starring Harvey Keitel – (U.K.)
* *Younger and Younger*, starring Donald Sutherland and Brendan Fraser

## Births

* January 5 – Franz Drameh, English actor
* January 9 – Ashley Argota, American actress
* January 10 - Jacob Scipio, English actor and writer
* January 11 – Flora Cross, French-American actress
* January 18 – Morgan York, American actress
* January 19 – Gus Lewis, American-English actor
* January 26 – Cameron Bright, Canadian actor
* January 28 – Will Poulter, English actor
* January 29 - Lewis Pullman, American actor
* February 7
	+ David Dorfman, American actor
	+ Philip Wiegratz, German former actor
* February 12 – Jennifer Stone, American actress
* February 14 – Shane Harper, American actor
* February 19 – Victoria Justice, American actress and singer
* March 4 -
	+ Jenna Boyd, American actress
	+ Abigail Mavity, American actress
* March 11 – Jodie Comer, English actress
* March 15 – Alia Bhatt, British actress
* March 29 - Joe Adler, American actor
* April 7 – Yell Htwe Aung, Burmese comedian, actor, and model (died 2018)
* April 10 – Sofia Carson, actress, singer and musician
* April 14
	+ Vivien Cardone, American actress
	+ Graham Phillips (actor), American actor, filmmaker and singer
* May 6 – Naomi Scott, English actress and singer
* May 10 – Spencer Fox, American actor, singer and musician
* May 11 – James Reid, Filipino actor
* May 13 – Debby Ryan, American actress and singer
* May 14 – Miranda Cosgrove, American actress, singer
* May 29 – Maika Monroe, American actress
* June 7
	+ Amanda Leighton, American actress
* June 9 – Danielle Chuchran, American actress
* June 11 - Sidhu Moose Wala, Indian singer, rapper and actor (died 2022)
* June 24 – Beanie Feldstein, American actress
* June 25 – Barney Clark, English actor
* June 26 – Ariana Grande, American actress, singer
* July 1 – Raini Rodriguez, American actress, singer
* July 3 – Sarah Wiedenheft, Dutch-American voice actress
* July 9 – Emily Hirst, Canadian actress
* July 23 – Lili Simmons, American actress
* July 26
	+ Elizabeth Gillies, American actress
	+ Taylor Momsen, American actress
* July 31 – Christian Byers, Australian actor
* August 1 – Leon Thomas III, American actor, singer/songwriter, musician and dancer
* August 2 – Ryan and Kyle Pepi, American actors
* August 5 – Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress
* August 7 - Francesca Eastwood, American actress and television personality
* August 8 – Devery Jacobs, Canadian actress
* August 11 – Alyson Stoner, American actress
* August 12 –
	+ Imani Hakim, American actress
	+ Hannah Quinlivan, Taiwanese-Australian actress and model
* August 16 – Cameron Monaghan, American actor
* August 18 – Maia Mitchell, Australian actress, singer
* August 26 – Keke Palmer, American actress
* September 1 - Alexander Conti, Canadian actor
* September 11 - Georgina Terry, British actress
* September 18 – Patrick Schwarzenegger, American actor
* September 22 – Chase Ellison, American actor
* September 24 – Ben Platt, American actor
* September 25
	+ Greg Davis (actor), American actor
	+ Zach Tyler Eisen, American former voice actor
* October 8 – Angus T. Jones, American actor
* October 9 - Autumn Chiklis, American actress and writer
* October 25
	+ Bessie Carter, English actress
	+ Rachel Matthews, American actress
* October 30 – Brett Kelly, Canadian actor
* October 31 – Letitia Wright, Guyanese-British actress
* November 8 - Jak Knight, American actor, comedian and writer (died 2022)
* November 16 – Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor
* November 22 – Adèle Exarchopoulos, French actress
* November 24 - Zoe Levin, American actress
* November 30 – Mia Goth, English actress
* December 8 – AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
* December 10 - Alicia von Rittberg, German actress
* December 16 – Stephan James, Canadian actor
* December 17 – Kiersey Clemons, American actress
* December 19 - Hermione Corfield, English actress
* December 21 - Vanessa Angel (Indonesian actress), Indonesian actress, model and singer (died 2021)
* December 22 – Aliana Lohan, American actress
* December 27 – Olivia Cooke, English actress

## Film debuts

* Joey Lauren Adams – *Coneheads*
* Jennifer Aniston – *Leprechaun*
* Kate Beckinsale – *Much Ado About Nothing*
* Neve Campbell – *The Dark*
* Dave Chappelle – *Robin Hood: Men in Tights*
* Thomas Haden Church – *Tombstone*
* Cliff Curtis – *The Piano*
* Aaron Eckhart – *Slaughter of the Innocents*
* Noah Emmerich – *Last Action Hero*
* Jon Favreau – *Rudy*
* Salma Hayek – *Mi Vida Loca*
* Anne Heche – *An Ambush of Ghosts*
* Terrence Howard – *Who's the Man?*
* Albert and Allen Hughes (directors) – *Menace II Society*
* Richard T. Jones – *What's Love Got to Do with It*
* David Krumholtz – *Life with Mikey*
* Jason Lee – *Mi Vida Loca*
* Josh Lucas – *Alive*
* John Carroll Lynch – *Grumpy Old Men*
* Matthew McConaughey – *My Boyfriend's Back*
* Brittany Murphy – *Family Prayers*
* John Ortiz – *Carlito's Way*
* Anna Paquin – *The Piano*
* Ryan Reynolds – *Ordinary Magic*
* Denise Richards – *Loaded Weapon 1*
* Michael Shannon – *Groundhog Day*
* Alicia Silverstone – *The Crush*
* Jada Pinkett Smith – *Menace II Society*
* Mira Sorvino – *Amongst Friends*
* Mark Strong – *Century*
* Vince Vaughn – *Rudy*
* Steve Zahn – *Rain Without Thunder*
* Renée Zellweger – *Dazed and Confused*

## References

1. ↑ "1993 Worldwide Box Office". *Box Office Mojo*. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
2. ↑ "Jurassic Park (1993)". *Box Office Mojo*. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013.
3. ↑ Hutchinson-Houa, Gilly (9 August 1993). "China's movie distributionrevolution". *Variety*.
4. ↑ Groves, Don (8 February 1993). "'Bodyguard,' 'Beauty' blockbuster-ready". *Variety*. p. 38.
5. ↑ "Col Tristar U.K. high set by 'Dracula'". *Daily Variety*. February 2, 1993. p. 26. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
6. ↑ Groves, Don (July 20, 1993). "'Jurassic' renders Japan B.O. record extinct". *Daily Variety*. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2021.

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