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.)

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Events

Top grossing films

Rank Title Studio Stars Director Gross
1. Jurassic Park Universal Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, and Richard Attenborough Steven Spielberg $914,691,118
2. Mrs. Doubtfire Fox Robin Williams, Sally Field and Pierce Brosnan Chris Columbus $441,286,195
3. The Fugitive Warner Bros. Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones Andrew Davis $368,875,760
4. Schindler's List Universal Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes Steven Spielberg $321,306,305
5. The Firm Paramount Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Holly Hunter, Ed Harris and Gary Busey Sydney Pollack $270,248,367
6. Indecent Proposal Paramount Robert Redford, Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson Adrian Lyne $266,614,059
7. Cliffhanger TriStar Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker and Janine Turner Renny Harlin $255,000,211
8. Sleepless in Seattle TriStar Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan Nora Ephron $227,799,884
9. Philadelphia TriStar Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington Jonathan Demme $206,678,440
10. The Pelican Brief Warner Bros. Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington Alan J. Pakula $195,268,056

Awards

Category/Organization 51st Golden Globe Awards
January 22, 1994		 66th Academy Awards
March 21, 1994		 47th BAFTA Awards
April 14, 1994
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Film Schindler's List Mrs. Doubtfire Schindler's List Schindler's List
Best Director Steven Spielberg
Schindler's List		 Steven Spielberg
Schindler's List		 Steven Spielberg
Schindler's List
Best Actor Tom Hanks
Philadelphia		 Robin Williams
Mrs. Doubtfire		 Tom Hanks
Philadelphia		 Anthony Hopkins
Shadowlands
Best Actress Holly Hunter
The Piano		 Angela Bassett
What's Love Got to Do with It		 Holly Hunter
The Piano		 Holly Hunter
The Piano
Best Supporting Actor Tommy Lee Jones
The Fugitive		 Tommy Lee Jones
The Fugitive		 Ralph Fiennes
Schindler's List
Best Supporting Actress Winona Ryder
The Age of Innocence		 Anna Paquin
The Piano		 Miriam Margoyles
The Age of Innocence
Best Screenplay, Adapted Schindler's List
Steven Zaillian		 Schindler's List
Steven Zaillian		 Schindler's List
Steven Zaillian
Best Screenplay, Original The Piano
Jane Campion		 Groundhog Day
Danny Rubin
Best Foreign Language Film Farewell My Concubine Belle Epoque Farewell My Concubine

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Farewell My Concubine (霸王別姬, Ba wang bie ji), directed by Chen Kaige, China / Hong Kong
The Piano, directed by Jane Campion, New Zealand

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Short Cuts, directed by Robert Altman, United States
Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu), directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski, France / Poland / Switzerland / U.K.

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Women from the Lake of Scented Souls (Xian hun nu), directed by Xie Fei, China
The Wedding Banquet (Hsi yen), directed by Ang Lee, Taiwan / U.S.A.

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Wide-release films

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Births

Notable deaths

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 4 Leonard Kibrick 68 USA Actor It's a Wonderful World • Dimples
6 Rudolf Nureyev 54 Russia Dancer, Actor Valentino • Exposed • Don Quixote
20 Audrey Hepburn 63 Belgium Actress Breakfast at Tiffany's • Roman Holiday • My Fair Lady • Sabrina • Charade • Funny Face • The Lavender Hill Mob • Always
27 André the Giant 46 France Wrestler, Actor The Princess Bride • Micki + Maude • Conan the Destroyer
28 John Steadman 83 USA Actor The Longest Yard • The Hills Have Eyes • Cheech & Chong's Next Movie • The Frisco Kid • Fade to Black • The Grissom Gang
29 Gustav Hasford 45 USA Author, Screenwriter Full Metal Jacket
February 5 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 83 USA Screenwriter, Director All About Eve • Cleopatra • Guys and Dolls • The Barefoot Contessa • Julius Caesar • Sleuth • The Honey Pot • The Quiet American
5 Tip Tipping 34 UK Stuntman, Actor Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade • Aliens • Batman • Brazil • Hamburger Hill • Return to Oz • Death Wish 3 • Willow
18 Ted Haworth 75 USA Art Director Some Like it Hot • The Longest Day • Invasion of the Body Snatchers • Strangers on a Train • Jeremiah Johnson • Harry and Tonto
23 Carl Sautter 44 UK Screenwriter Jetsons: The Movie
27 Lillian Gish 99 USA Actress Birth of a Nation • Duel in the Sun • The Comedians • The Night of the Hunter • The Wind
28 Ishirô Honda 81 Japan Director Gojira • King Kong vs. Godzilla • Mothra vs. Godzilla
March 3 Harper Goff 81 USA Art Director, Set Designer Casablanca • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory • The Vikings • 20000 Leagues Under the Sea • Sergeant York • Pete Kelly's Blues
4 Richard Sale 81 USA Screenwriter, Director Torpedo Run • The White Buffalo • Suddenly • Seven Waves Away
7 Patricia Lawrence 67 UK Actress Lucas • Howard's End
9 Bob Crosby 79 USA Singer, Actor The Five Pennies • Kansas City Kitty • See Here, Private Hargrove • The Greatest Show on Earth
12 Michael Kanin 83 USA Screenwriter Woman of the Year • Teacher's Pet • The Outrage
16 Donald Randolph 87 South Africa Actor Topaz • The Deadly Mantis • Phffft! • Cowboy • My Gun Is Quick
17 Helen Hayes 92 USA Actress Airport • The Sin of Madelon Claudet • Anastasia • Herbie Rides Again • Candleshoe • What Every Woman Knows • A Farewell to Arms
21 Buddy Swan 63 USA Actor Citizen Kane • Scared Stiff
27 Kate Reid 62 UK Actress Atlantic City • The Andromeda Strain • Equus • This Property Is Condemned • Heaven Help Us
31 Brandon Lee 28 USA Actor The Crow • Showdown in Little Tokyo • Laser Mission • Rapid Fire
April 3 Alexandre Mnouchkine 85 Russia Producer The Name of the Rose • A Pure Formality
15 William Bakewell 84 USA Actor Gone with the Wind • All Quiet on the Western Front • Radar Men from the Moon • West Point • The Strongest Man in the World
20 Cantinflas 81 Mexico Actor Around the World in Eighty Days • Pepe
29 Michael Gordon 83 USA Director Pillow Talk • Move Over, Darling • Boy's Night Out • Cyrano de Bergerac • For Love or Money
May 5 Cliff Twemlow 59 UK Conductor, Actor Dawn of the Dead
7 Mary Philbin 90 USA Actress The Phantom of the Opera • The Man Who Laughs • Merry-Go-Round
19 Richard Murphy 81 USA Screenwriter Panic in the Streets • Broken Lance • The Desert Rats • Compulsion
25 Dan Seymour 78 USA Actor Key Largo • Johnny Belinda • To Have and Have Not • Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy • Escape to Witch Mountain
June 5 Conway Twitty 59 USA Singer, Actor College Confidential • Sex Kittens Go to College
6 James Bridges 57 USA Screenwriter Urban Cowboy • The China Syndrome • White Hunter Black Heart • The Paper Chase
6 Mort Mills 74 USA Actor Psycho • Touch of Evil • Torn Curtain
9 Alexis Smith 72 Canada Actress The Age of Innocence • The Young Philadelphians • The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane • Night and Day • Of Human Bondage
11 Bernard Bresslaw 59 UK Actor Krull • Jabberwocky • One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing • The Fifth Musketeer • Carry On Behind
22 Victor Maddern 67 UK Actor Chitty Chitty Bang Bang • Exodus • Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
25 Eileen Stevens 77 USA Actor Invasion of the Body Snatchers • Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
July 2 Fred Gwynne 66 USA Actor My Cousin Vinny • Pet Sematary • Fatal Attraction • The Cotton Club • Ironweed
9 John Beaird 40 USA Screenwriter My Bloody Valentine
21 Valda Hansen 60 USA Actress Night of the Ghouls • The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid • Cain's Cutthroats
August 3 James Donald 76 UK Actor The Great Escape • The Bridge on the River Kwai • Qautermass and the Pit • Lust for Life
7 Roy Budd 46 UK Composer Get Carter • The Wild Geese • The Sea Wolves
10 Irene Sharaff 83 USA Costume Designer West Side Story • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? • The King and I • The Best Years of Our Lives • Guys and Dolls • Hello, Dolly! • The Sandpiper
16 Stewart Granger 80 UK Actor North to Alaska • King Solomon's Mines • Scaramouche
23 Charles Scorsese 80 USA Actor Goodfellas • Raging Bull • Cape Fear • The Color of Money • The King of Comedy
30 Richard Jordan 56 USA Director The Hunt for Red October • Dune • Logan's Run • Gettysburg • Raise the Titanic
September 4 Hervé Villechaize 50 France Actor The Man with the Golden Gun • Forbidden Zone • Two Moon Junction
5 Claude Renoir 79 France Cinematographer The Spy Who Loved Me • French Connection II • Barbarella • Paul and Michelle
12 Raymond Burr 76 Canada Actor Rear Window • Airplane II: The Sequel • Godzilla • Serpent of the Nile
12 Harold Innocent 58 UK Actor Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves • Brazil • Henry V • Little Dorrit • Galileo
29 Gordon Douglas 85 USA Director Robin and the 7 Hoods • They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! • In Like Flint • Them!
October 7 Cyril Cusack 82 South Africa Actress Harold and Maude • My Left Foot • Fahrenheit 451 • 1984
7 Kenneth Nelson 63 USA Actor Hellraiser • The Boys in the Band • Nightbreed
14 Leon Ames 91 USA Actor Meet Me in St. Louis • Tora! Tora! Tora! • Peggy Sue Got Married • Peyton Place
15 Walter Newman 77 USA Screenwriter Cat Ballou • The Champ • The Man with the Golden Arm • Ace in the Hole • The Interns
25 Vincent Price 82 USA Actor Edward Scissorhands • House of Wax • Basil, the Great Mouse Detective • The Monster Club • House on Haunted Hill • Dead Heat • The Thief and the Cobbler
31 Federico Fellini 73 Italy Screenwriter 8 1/2 • Amarcord • Fellini's Casanova
31 River Phoenix 23 USA Actor Stand by Me • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade • My Own Private Idaho • Sneakers • The Mosquito Coast • Running on Empty
November 3 John Lupton 65 USA Actor Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter • The Great Locomotive Chase • Airport 1975
7 Jack Martin Smith 82 USA Art Director Planet of the Apes • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • MASH • The Boston Strangler • Doctor Doolittle • Valley of the Dolls
9 Stanley Myers 60 UK Composer The Deer Hunter • The Greek Tycoon • The Witches • Cold Heaven
10 Wensley Pithey 79 South Africa Actor Oliver! • The Saint and the Brave Goose
20 Emile Ardolino 50 USA Director Dirty Dancing • Sister Act • Three Men and a Little Lady • Chances Are
21 Bill Bixby 59 USA Actor The Apple Dumpling Gang • Clambake • Ride Beyond Vengeance
28 Kenneth Connor 75 UK Actor Carry On England • Carry On Nurse
December 6 Don Ameche 85 USA Actor Cocoon • Heaven Can Wait • Oscar • Trading Places • Harry and the Hendersons • Corrina, Corrina • Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey • Coming to America
14 Myrna Loy 88 USA Actress The Thin Man • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House • The Great Ziegfeld • From the Terrace
16 Moses Gunn 64 USA Actor Shaft • The NeverEnding Story • Heartbreak Ridge • Leonard Part 6 • Ragtime • Amityville II: The Possession
17 Janet Margolin 50 USA Actress Annie Hall • Ghostbusters II • Take the Money and Run • The Greatest Story Ever Told • Nevada Smith
18 Sam Wanamaker 74 USA Actor Private Benjamin • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold • Raw Deal
27 Michael Callen 38 USA Actor Philadelphia • Zero Patience
28 Howard Caine 65 USA Actor Judgment at Nuremberg • 1776 • Watermelon Man • Forced Vengeance
29 Marie Kean 75 Ireland Actress Barry Lyndon • Ryan's Daughter • The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne • Girl with Green Eyes • Rooney

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