1996 In Film

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The year 1996 involved many significant films. The major releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The Rock, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.

Highest-grossing films

The top ten films released in 1996 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1996^[1]

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross
1.	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	$817,400,891
2.	Twister	Warner Bros. / Universal Pictures	$494,471,524
3.	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	$457,696,359
4.	The Rock	Hollywood Pictures	$335,062,621
5.	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Walt Disney Pictures	$325,338,851
6.	101 Dalmatians	Walt Disney Pictures	$320,689,294
7.	Ransom	Touchstone Pictures / Imagine Entertainment	$309,492,681
8.	The Nutty Professor	Universal Pictures	$273,961,019
9.	Jerry Maguire	TriStar Pictures	$273,552,592
10.	Eraser	Warner Bros.	$242,295,562

Events

• Mid-July - Production begins on Titanic.
• 20 September - 75-year-old English actor Sir Dirk Bogarde suffers a severe stroke. He continued to need a wheelchair until his death in 1999.

Award ceremonies

• 1st Empire Awards

Awards

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Category/Organization	54th Golden Globe Awards January 19, 1997		2nd Critics' Choice Awards January 20, 1997	3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards February 27, 1997	69th Academy Awards March 24, 1997	50th BAFTA Awards April 29, 1997
	Drama	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	The English Patient	Evita	Fargo	N/A	The English Patient
Best Director	Miloš Forman The People vs. Larry Flynt		Anthony Minghella The English Patient	N/A	Anthony Minghella The English Patient	Joel and Ethan Coen Fargo
Best Actor	Geoffrey Rush Shine	Tom Cruise Jerry Maguire	Geoffrey Rush Shine
Best Actress	Brenda Blethyn Secrets & Lies	Madonna Evita	Frances McDormand Fargo			Brenda Blethyn Secrets & Lies
Best Supporting Actor	Edward Norton Primal Fear		Cuba Gooding, Jr. Jerry Maguire			Paul Scofield The Crucible
Best Supporting Actress	Lauren Bacall The Mirror Has Two Faces		Joan Allen The Crucible	Lauren Bacall The Mirror Has Two Faces	Juliette Binoche The English Patient
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski The People vs. Larry Flynt		Anthony Minghella The English Patient	N/A	Billy Bob Thornton Sling Blade	Anthony Minghella The English Patient
Best Screenplay, Original				N/A	Joel and Ethan Coen Fargo	Mike Leigh Secrets & Lies
Best Original Score	The English Patient Gabriel Yared		N/A	N/A	The English Patient Gabriel Yared
Best Original Song	"You Must Love Me" Evita		N/A	N/A	"You Must Love Me" Evita	N/A
Best Foreign Language Film	Kolya		Ridicule	N/A	Kolya	Ridicule

1996 Wide-released movies

January–March

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J A N U A R Y	12	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Miramax Films	Paris Barclay (director); Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Phil Beauman (screenplay); Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Vivica A. Fox, Lahmard Tate, Helen Martin, Chris Spencer, Suli McCullough, Tracey Cherelle Jones	Comedy	Live Action
		Eye for an Eye	Paramount Pictures	John Schlesinger (director); Amanda Silver, Rick Jaffa (screenplay); Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris, Beverly D'Angelo, Joe Mantegna	Crime, Thriller	Live Action
		Dunston Checks In	20th Century Fox	Ken Kwapis (director); John Hopkins, Bruce Graham (screenplay); Jason Alexander, Eric Lloyd, Faye Dunaway, Rupert Everett, Paul Reubens, Glenn Shadix, Graham Sack	Comedy	Live Action
		Bio-Dome	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Jason Bloom (director); Adam Leff, Mitchell Peck, Jason Blumenthal (screenplay); Pauly Shore, Stephen Baldwin, William Atherton, Joey Adams, Rose McGowan, Kylie Minogue	Comedy	Live Action
		Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace	New Line Cinema	Farhad Mann (director/screenplay); Patrick Bergin, Matt Frewer, Austin O'Brien	Sci-Fi	Live Action
	19	From Dusk Till Dawn	Dimension Films	Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis	Crime, Horror	Live Action
	26	Bed of Roses	New Line Cinema	Michael Goldenberg (director/screenplay); Mary Stuart Masterson, Christian Slater	Romance	Live Action
		Big Bully	Warner Bros.	Steve Miner (director); Mark Steven Johnson (screenplay); Rick Moranis, Tom Arnold, Carol Kane, Don Knotts	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
F E B R U A R Y	2	Black Sheep	Paramount Pictures	Penelope Spheeris (director); Fred Wolf (screenplay); Chris Farley, David Spade, Gary Busey, Tim Matheson	Comedy	Live Action
		The Juror	Columbia Pictures	Brian Gibson (director); Irwin Winkler (screenplay); Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, James Gandolfini, Anne Heche, Joseph Gordon-Levitt	Romance, Thriller	Live Action
		White Squall	Hollywood Pictures	Ridley Scott (director); Todd Robinson (screenplay); Jeff Bridges, John Savage, Ryan Phillippe, Scott Wolf, Balthazar Getty, Jeremy Sisto, Jason Marsden, Eric Michael Cole	Drama	Live Action
	9	Broken Arrow	20th Century Fox	John Woo (director); Graham Yost (screenplay); John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Delroy Lindo, Bob Gunton, Frank Whaley, Howie Long	Action	Live Action
		Beautiful Girls	Miramax Films	Ted Demme (director); Scott Rosenberg (screenplay); Matt Dillon, Lauren Holly, Timothy Hutton, Rosie O'Donnell, Martha Plimpton, Natalie Portman, Michael Rapaport, Mira Sorvino, Uma Thurman	Drama	Live Action
	16	City Hall	Columbia Pictures	Harold Becker (director); Kenneth Lipper, Paul Schrader, Nicholas Pileggi, Bo Goldman (screenplay); Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello, Richard Schiff, David Paymer, Martin Landau, Tony Franciosa	Thriller	Live Action
		Happy Gilmore	Universal Studios	Dennis Dugan (director); Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler (screenplay); Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Carl Weathers, Frances Bay, Joe Flaherty, Bob Barker	Comedy, Sports	Live Action
		Mr. Wrong	Touchstone Pictures	Nick Castle (director); Chris Matheson, Kerry Ehrin, Craig Munson (screenplay); Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack, Dean Stockwell, Joan Plowright	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		Muppet Treasure Island	Walt Disney Pictures, Jim Henson Productions	Brian Henson (director); Jerry Juhl, James V. Hart, Kirk R. Thatcher (screenplay); Tim Curry, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Kevin Clash, Frank Oz	Comedy, Adventure, Musical	Live Action
	23	Mary Reilly	TriStar Pictures	Michael Gambon, Glenn Close	Horror	Live Action
		Before and After	Hollywood Pictures	Barbet Schroeder (director); Ted Tally (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong, Julia Weldon, Alfred Molina	Drama	Live Action
		Unforgettable	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	John Dahl (director); Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote, Christopher McDonald, Kim Cattrall	Thriller	Live Action
M A R C H	1	Down Periscope	20th Century Fox	David S. Ward (director); Hugh Wilson, Andrew Kurtzman, Eliot Wald (screenplay); Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton, Bruce Dern, Rip Torn	Comedy	Live Action
		Up Close & Personal	Touchstone Pictures / Cinergi Pictures	Jon Avnet (director); John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion (screenplay); Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing, Joe Mantegna, Kate Nelligan	Romance, Drama	Live Action
	8	The Birdcage	United Artists	Mike Nichols (director); Elaine May (screenplay); Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Calista Flockhart, Dan Futterman, Hank Azaria	Comedy	Live Action
		Fargo	Gramercy Pictures	The Coen Brothers (director/screenplay); Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Harve Presnell, Peter Stormare	Crime	Live Action
	15	Ed	Universal Studios	Bill Couturié (director); David M. Evans (screenplay); Matt LeBlanc, Jack Warden, James Caviezel, Jayne Brook	Sports, Comedy	Live Action
		Executive Decision	Warner Bros.	Stuart Baird (director); Jim Thomas, John Thomas (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, Joe Morton, David Suchet	Action	Live Action
		Two Much	Touchstone Pictures	Fernando Trueba (director/screenplay); David Trueba (screenplay); Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah, Danny Aiello, Joan Cusack, Eli Wallach	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
	22	Diabolique	Warner Bros.	Don Roos (screenplay); Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates, Spalding Gray, Shirley Knight, Allen Garfield, Adam Hann-Byrd, Donal Logue	Thriller	Live Action
		Flirting with Disaster	Miramax Films	Alan Alda, Lily Tomlin	Comedy	Live Action
	29	Sgt. Bilko	Universal Studios	Jonathan Lynn (director); Nat Hiken, Andy Breckman (screenplay); Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman	Comedy	Live Action

April–June

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
A P R I L	5	Primal Fear	Paramount Pictures	Gregory Hoblit (director); Steve Shagan, Ann Biderman (screenplay); Richard Gere, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances McDormand, Edward Norton	Crime	Live Action
		A Thin Line Between Love and Hate	New Line Cinema	Martin Lawrence (director/screenplay); Bentley Kyle Evans, Kenny Buford, Kim Bass (screenplay); Martin Lawrence, Lynn Whitfield	Comedy, Romance	Live Action
	12	Fear	Universal Studios	James Foley (director); Christopher Crowe (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, William Petersen, Alyssa Milano, Amy Brenneman	Thriller	Live Action
		James and the Giant Peach	Walt Disney Pictures	Henry Selick (director); Steven Bloom, Karey Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Roberts (screenplay); Paul Terry, Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Jane Leeves, Miriam Margolyes, David Thewlis, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite	Fantasy, Adventure, Musical	Live Action/ Animation
	19	Celtic Pride	Hollywood Pictures	Tom DeCerchio (director); Judd Apatow (screenplay); Damon Wayans, Daniel Stern, Dan Aykroyd, Larry Bird	Comedy	Live Action
		Mrs. Winterbourne	TriStar Pictures	Richard Benjamin (director); Phoef Sutton, Lisa-Maria Radano (screenplay); Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake, Brendan Fraser	Romance, Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		The Substitute	Orion Pictures	Robert Mandel (director); Roy Frumkes, Rocco Simonelli (screenplay); Tom Berenger, Ernie Hudson, Diane Venora, Glenn Plummer, Cliff DeYoung, Marc Anthony, Richard Brooks, Raymond Cruz, Luis Guzmán, William Forsythe	Action, Crime, Thriller	Live Action
	26	Mulholland Falls	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Lee Tamahori (director); Pete Dexter (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Jennifer Connelly, Treat Williams, Andrew McCarthy, John Malkovich, Bruce Dern	Crime, Thriller	Live Action
		The Truth About Cats & Dogs	20th Century Fox	Michael Lehmann (director); Audrey Wells (screenplay); Janeane Garofalo, Uma Thurman, Ben Chaplin, Jamie Foxx	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		Sunset Park	TriStar Pictures	Steve Gomer (director); Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson (screenplay); Rhea Perlman, Fredro Starr	Sports	Live Action
		The Quest	Universal Studios	Jean-Claude Van Damme (director); Steven Klein, Paul Mones (screenplay); Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roger Moore, James Remar, Janet Gunn	Martial Arts	Live Action
M A Y	3	Barb Wire	Gramercy Pictures	David Hogan (director); Chuck Pfarrer, Ilene Chaiken (screenplay); Pamela Anderson, Temuera Morrison, Victoria Rowell, Jack Noseworthy, Xander Berkeley, Udo Kier, Steve Railsback	Action	Live Action
		The Craft	Columbia Pictures	Andrew Fleming (director/screenplay); Peter Filardi (screenplay); Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True, Skeet Ulrich	Fantasy	Live Action
		The Great White Hype	20th Century Fox	Reginald Hudlin (director); Tony Hendra, Ron Shelton (screenplay); Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans, Corbin Bernsen, Peter Berg, Jon Lovitz, Salli Richardson, Jamie Foxx, Cheech Marin, John Rhys-Davies	Sports	Live Action
		Last Dance	Touchstone Pictures	Bruce Beresford (director); Steven Haft, Ron Koslow (screenplay); Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid, Peter Gallagher	Drama	Live Action
		The Pallbearer	Miramax Films	Matt Reeves (director/screenplay); Jason Katims (screenplay); David Schwimmer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Michael Vartan, Michael Rapaport, Barbara Hershey	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
	10	Twister	Warner Bros. / Universal Studios	Jan de Bont (director); Michael Crichton, Anne-Marie Martin (screenplay); Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes	Action	Live Action
	17	Flipper	Universal Studios	Alan Shapiro (director); Ricou Browning, Jack Cowden (screenplay); Paul Hogan, Elijah Wood	Adventure	Live Action
		Heaven's Prisoners	New Line Cinema	Phil Joanou (director); Harley Peyton, Scott Frank (screenplay); Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Teri Hatcher, Eric Roberts, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Joe Viterelli, Badja Djola, Hawthorne James	Drama	Live Action
	24	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Brian De Palma (director); David Koepp, Robert Towne (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vanessa Redgrave, Emilio Estevez	Action, Sci-Fi	Live Action
		Spy Hard	Hollywood Pictures	Rick Friedberg (director); Dick Chudnow, Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer (screenplay); Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Andy Griffith, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden	Comedy, Spoof	Live Action
	31	The Arrival	Orion Pictures	David Twohy (director/screenplay); Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Ron Silver, Teri Polo	Sci-Fi	Live Action
		Dragonheart	Universal Studios	Rob Cohen (director); Charles Edward Pogue (screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Dina Meyer, Jason Isaacs, Brian Thompson, Julie Christie	Fantasy, Adventure	Live Action
		Eddie	Hollywood Pictures	Steve Rash (director); Jon Connoly, David Loucka, Eric Champnella, Keith Mitchell, Steve Zacharias, Jeff Buhai (screenplay); Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Langella, Dennis Farina	Comedy	Live Action
J U N E	7	The Phantom	Paramount Pictures	Simon Wincer (director); Jeffrey Boam (screenplay); Billy Zane, Treat Williams, Kristy Swanson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, James Remar, Patrick McGoohan	Action	Live Action
		The Rock	Hollywood Pictures	Michael Bay (director); David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook, Mark Rosner (screenplay); Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer, William Forsythe, David Morse, Michael Biehn, Gregory Sporleder, Tony Todd, Vanessa Marcil	Action	Live Action
	14	The Cable Guy	Columbia Pictures	Diane Baker	Comedy	Live Action
		Moll Flanders	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Stockard Channing, John Lynch, Jeremy Brett	Drama	Live Action
	21	Eraser	Warner Bros.	Chuck Russell (director); Tony Puryear, Walon Green (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa L. Williams, James Coburn, Robert Pastorelli	Action	Live Action
		Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	John Sayles (director); John Sayles (screenplay); Ron Canada, Chris Cooper, Clifton James, Kris Kristofferson, Frances McDormand, Joe Morton, Elizabeth Peña	Mystery	Live Action
		The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Walt Disney Pictures	Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise (director); Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, Jonathan Roberts (screenplay); Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, Mary Wickes, David Ogden Stiers	Musical, Drama	Animation
	28	The Nutty Professor	Universal Studios	Tom Shadyac (director/screenplay); David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein, Steve Oedekerk (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn, Dave Chappelle	Comedy	Live Action
		Striptease	Columbia Pictures	Andrew Bergman (director/screenplay); Demi Moore, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames, Robert Patrick, Burt Reynolds	Comedy	Live Action

July–September

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J U L Y	3	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Roland Emmerich (director/screenplay); Dean Devlin (screenplay); Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Margaret Colin, Vivica A. Fox, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia, Randy Quaid, James Rebhorn, Harry Connick, Jr.	Action	Live Action
	5	Phenomenon	Touchstone Pictures	Jon Turteltaub (director); Gerald Di Pego (screenplay); John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall	Fantasy, Drama	Live Action
	12	Courage Under Fire	20th Century Fox	Edward Zwick (director); Patrick Sheane Duncan (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Matt Damon, Scott Glenn, Michael Moriarty, Bronson Pinchot, Seth Gilliam	Drama	Live Action
		Harriet the Spy	Paramount Pictures	Bronwen Hughes (director); Douglas Petrie, Theresa Rebeck (screenplay); Michelle Trachtenberg, Gregory Smith, Rosie O'Donnell, Vanessa Lee Chester	Comedy	Live Action
	19	Fled	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Kevin Hooks (director); Preston A. Whitmore II (screenplay); Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Will Patton, Robert John Burke, Salma Hayek	Action	Live Action
		The Frighteners	Universal Studios	Peter Jackson (director/screenplay); Fran Walsh (screenplay); Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace Stone, Jeffrey Combs, Jake Busey	Comedy, Horror	Live Action
		Kazaam	Touchstone Pictures	Paul M. Glaser (director/screenplay); Christian Ford, Roger Soffer (screenplay); Shaquille O'Neal, Francis Capra, Ally Walker, James Acheson	Comedy, Fantasy	Live Action
		Multiplicity	Columbia Pictures	Harold Ramis (director/screenplay); Chris Miller, Mary Hale, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel (screenplay); Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Eugene Levy, Harris Yulin	Comedy	Live Action
	26	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Joel Schumacher (director); Akiva Goldsman (screenplay); Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey, Ashley Judd, Donald Sutherland, Oliver Platt, Kiefer Sutherland, Charles S. Dutton, Chris Cooper, Patrick McGoohan, Brenda Fricker	Thriller	Live Action
		Kingpin	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Peter Farrelly, Robert Farrelly (director); Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan (screenplay); Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Bill Murray, Vanessa Angel, Chris Elliott	Comedy	Live Action
		Joe's Apartment	Warner Bros. / MTV Films	John Payson (director/screenplay); Jerry O'Connell, Megan Ward	Comedy, Musical	Live Action
		The Adventures of Pinocchio	New Line Cinema	Steve Barron (director/screenplay); Sherry Mills, Tom Benedek, Barry Berman (screenplay); Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Martin Landau, Genevieve Bujold, Udo Kier, Bebe Neuwirth, Rob Schneider, Corey Carrier, David Doyle (voice)	Fantasy	Live Action
A U G U S T	2	Chain Reaction	20th Century Fox	Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward, Kevin Dunn, Brian Cox	Thriller	Live Action
		Matilda	TriStar Pictures	Danny DeVito (director); Nicholas Kazan, Robin Swicord (screenplay); Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Pam Ferris	Comedy, Fantasy	Live Action
		Phat Beach		Doug Ellin (director); Ben Morris, Brian E. O'Neal, Cleveland O'Neal III, Doug Ellin (screenplay); Jermaine Hopkins, Coolio, Brian Hooks	Comedy	Live Action
	9	Escape from L.A.	Paramount Pictures	Cliff Robertson, Michelle Forbes	Sci-Fi, Action	Live Action
		Jack	Hollywood Pictures	Francis Ford Coppola (director); James DeMonaco, Gary Nadeau (screenplay); Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez, Bill Cosby, Fran Drescher, Brian Kerwin	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		Basquiat	Miramax Films	Julian Schnabel (director/screenplay); Lech J. Majewski, John Bowe (screenplay); Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Benicio del Toro, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Michael Wincott, Courtney Love, Claire Forlani, Parker Posey	Biography, Drama	Live Action
	14	House Arrest	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Harry Winer (director); Michael Hitchcock (screenplay); Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak, Jennifer Tilly, Christopher McDonald, Wallace Shawn, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kyle Howard, Ray Walston	Comedy	Live Action
	16	The Fan	TriStar Pictures	Tony Scott (director); Phoef Sutton (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Benicio del Toro, John Leguizamo, Patti D'Arbanville, Ellen Barkin	Thriller	Live Action
		Tin Cup	Warner Bros.	Ron Shelton (director/screenplay); John Norville (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		Alaska	Columbia Pictures	Fraser Clarke Heston (director); Andy Burg, Scott Myers (screenplay); Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict, Charlton Heston, Gordon Tootoosis	Adventure, Family	Live Action
		Bordello of Blood	Universal Studios	Gilbert Adler (director/screenplay); A. L. Katz (screenplay); Dennis Miller, Erika Eleniak, Angie Everhart, Chris Sarandon, Corey Feldman, Aubrey Morris, Phil Fondacaro, John Kassir	Comedy, Horror	Live Action
	23	The Island of Dr. Moreau	New Line Cinema	John Frankenheimer (director); Richard Stanley, Ron Hutchinson (screenplay); Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live Action
		Solo	Triumph Films	Norberto Barba (director); David L. Corley (screenplay); Mario Van Peebles, Barry Corbin, William Sadler, Adrien Brody, Demián Bichir	Sci-Fi, Action	Live Action
		A Very Brady Sequel	Paramount Pictures	Arlene Sanford (director); Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan (screenplay); Shelley Long, Gary Cole	Comedy	Live Action
		Carpool	Warner Bros.	Arthur Hiller (director); Mark Christopher, Don Rhymer (screenplay); David Paymer, Tom Arnold, Rhea Perlman, Rachael Leigh Cook, Rod Steiger	Comedy	Live Action
	30	First Kid	Walt Disney Pictures	David M. Evans (director); Tim Kelleher (screenplay); Sinbad, Brock Pierce, Zachery Ty Bryan, James Naughton	Comedy	Live Action
		The Stupids	New Line Cinema	John Landis (director); Brent Forrester (screenplay); Tom Arnold, Jessica Lundy, Bug Hall, Alex McKenna, Mark Metcalf, Bob Keeshan, Christopher Lee	Adventure, Comedy	Live Action
		The Crow: City of Angels	Miramax Films/Dimension Films	Tim Pope (director); David S. Goyer (screenplay); Vincent Pérez, Mia Kirshner, Richard Brooks, Iggy Pop, Thuy Trang, Thomas Jane, Ian Dury	Action	Live Action
S E P T E M B E R	6	Bogus	Warner Bros.	Norman Jewison (director); Alvin Sargent (screenplay); Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, Haley Joel Osment	Fantasy	Live Action
		Bulletproof	Universal Studios	Ernest R. Dickerson (director); Joe Gayton, Lewis Colick (screenplay); Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler, James Caan, Kristen Wilson, James Farentino	Action, Comedy	Live Action
	13	Maximum Risk	Columbia Pictures	Ringo Lam (director); Larry Ferguson (screenplay); Jean-Claude Van Damme, Natasha Henstridge, Jean-Hugues Anglade	Action	Live Action
		Fly Away Home	Columbia Pictures	Carroll Ballard (director); Bill Lishman, Robert Rodat, Vince McKewin (screenplay); Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany, Terry Kinney, Holter Graham, Jeremy Ratchford	Family, Drama	Live Action
		Feeling Minnesota	Fine Line Features	Steven Baigelman (director/screenplay); Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, Vincent D'Onofrio, Delroy Lindo, Dan Aykroyd, Courtney Love, Tuesday Weld	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		The Rich Man's Wife	Hollywood Pictures	Amy Holden Jones (director/screenplay); Halle Berry, Peter Greene, Clive Owen, Christopher McDonald	Thriller	Live Action
	20	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Hugh Wilson (director); Robert Harling, Paul Rudnick (screenplay); Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Bette Midler, Victor Garber, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dan Hedaya, Marcia Gay Harden, Stephen Collins, Elizabeth Berkley, Stockard Channing, Maggie Smith	Comedy	Live Action
		Last Man Standing	New Line Cinema	Walter Hill (director); Walter Hill (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Bruce Dern	Period, Action	Live Action
	27	2 Days in the Valley	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	John Herzfeld (director/screenplay); Danny Aiello, Jeff Daniels, Teri Hatcher, Glenne Headly, Marsha Mason, Paul Mazursky, James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Charlize Theron	Crime	Live Action
		Extreme Measures	Columbia Pictures	Michael Apted (director); Tony Gilroy (screenplay); Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Morse, Paul Guilfoyle, Debra Monk, J. K. Simmons	Thriller	Live Action

October–December

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
O C T O B E R	4	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Tom Hanks (director/screenplay); Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, Tom Hanks	Musical, Comedy	Live Action
		The Glimmer Man	Warner Bros.	John Gray (director); Kevin Brodbin (screenplay); Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bob Gunton, Brian Cox, Michelle Johnson	Action	Live Action
		Bound	Gramercy Pictures	Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski (director/screenplay); Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, Christopher Meloni	Crime, Thriller	Live Action
	11	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Stephen Hopkins (director); William Goldman (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, John Kani, Bernard Hill, Tom Wilkinson, Brian McCardie, Emily Mortimer	Adventure, Horror	Live Action
		The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line Cinema	Renny Harlin (director); Shane Black (screenplay); Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Malahide, Craig Bierko, Brian Cox	Action, Thriller	Live Action
		The Chamber	Universal Studios	James Foley (director); William Goldman, Chris Reese (screenplay); Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Lela Rochon, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry, Shannon Griffith, David Marshall Grant	Drama, Thriller	Live Action
		Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	Neil Jordan (director/screenplay); Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman, Julia Roberts, Brendan Gleeson	Biography	Live Action
	16	Get on the Bus	Columbia Pictures	Spike Lee (director); Ossie Davis, Isaiah Washington, Andre Braugher, Charles S. Dutton, Roger Guenveur Smith, Bernie Mac	Drama	Live Action
	18	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	Barry Levinson (director/screenplay); Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Vittorio Gassman, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt, Brad Renfro, Minnie Driver, Terry Kinney	Drama	Live Action
	25	The Associate	Hollywood Pictures	Donald Petrie (director); Nick Thiel (screenplay); Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth	Comedy	Live Action
		High School High	TriStar Pictures	Hart Bochner (director); David Zucker, Robert LoCash, Pat Proft (screenplay); Jon Lovitz, Tia Carrere, Mekhi Phifer, Malinda Williams, Brian Hooks, Natasha Gregson Wagner, John Neville, Louise Fletcher	Comedy	Live Action
		Thinner	Paramount Pictures	Tom Holland (director/screenplay); Michael McDowell (screenplay); Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, Michael Constantine, Kari Wuhrer, Bethany Joy Lenz	Horror	Live Action
N O V E M B E R	1	Romeo + Juliet	20th Century Fox	Baz Luhrmann (director/screenplay); Craig Pearce (screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Vondie Curtis Hall, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, Diane Venora, Miriam Margolyes, Paul Rudd, Jesse Bradford, Harold Perrineau, Dash Mihok, Christina Pickles	Romance, Drama	Live Action
		Dear God	Paramount Pictures	Garry Marshall (director); Warren Leight, Ed Kaplan (screenplay); Greg Kinnear, Laurie Metcalf, Maria Pitillo, Tim Conway, Héctor Elizondo, Jon Seda, Roscoe Lee Browne	Comedy	Live Action
		Larger Than Life	United Artists	Howard Franklin (director); Roy Blount, Jr. (screenplay); Bill Murray, Jeremy Piven, Janeane Garofalo, Pat Hingle, Linda Fiorentino, Matthew McConaughey	Comedy	Live Action
		Bad Moon	Warner Bros.	Eric Red (director/screenplay); Michael Paré, Mariel Hemingway, Mason Gamble	Horror	Live Action
	8	Ransom	Touchstone Pictures	Ron Howard (director); Richard Price, Alexander Ignon (screenplay); Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo, Liev Schreiber	Crime, Thriller	Live Action
	10	Set It Off	New Line Cinema	F. Gary Gray (director); Takashi Bufford, Kate Lanier (screenplay); Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise, John C. McGinley, Blair Underwood	Crime	Live Action
	15	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Joe Pytka (director); Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick, Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod (screenplay); Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle, Danny DeVito	Comedy, Sports	Live Action/ Animation
		The Mirror Has Two Faces	TriStar Pictures	Mimi Rogers, Pierce Brosnan, Brenda Vaccaro	Romance, Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		The English Patient	Miramax Films	Anthony Minghella (director/screenplay); Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe	Drama, Period	Live Action
	22	Jingle All the Way	20th Century Fox	Brian Levant (director); Randy Kornfield (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Robert Conrad, Jake Lloyd, James Belushi	Comedy	Live Action
		Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Jonathan Frakes (director); Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore (screenplay); Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Alfre Woodard, James Cromwell, Alice Krige	Sci-Fi	Live Action
	27	101 Dalmatians	Walt Disney Pictures	Stephen Herek (director); John Hughes (screenplay); Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright	Comedy	Live Action
		Sling Blade	Miramax Films	Billy Bob Thornton (director/screenplay); Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J. T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Robert Duvall	Drama	Live Action
D E C E M B E R	6	Daylight	Universal Studios	Rob Cohen (director); Leslie Bohem (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, Jay O. Sanders, Karen Young, Claire Bloom, Danielle Harris, Barry Newman, Stan Shaw	Action, Drama	Live Action
	13	Jerry Maguire	TriStar Pictures	Cameron Crowe (director/screenplay); Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Renée Zellweger, Kelly Preston, Jerry O'Connell, Jay Mohr, Regina King, Bonnie Hunt	Sports, Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	Tim Burton (director); Jonathan Gems (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Tom Jones, Natalie Portman, Lukas Haas, Rod Steiger, Jim Brown, Joe Don Baker, Paul Winfield, Pam Grier, Christina Applegate, Sylvia Sidney	Sci-Fi, Comedy, Spoof	Live Action
		The Preacher's Wife	Touchstone Pictures	Penny Marshall (director); Robert E. Sherwood, Nat Mauldin, Allan Scott (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines, Jenifer Lewis, Loretta Devine	Family	Live Action
	20	Scream	Dimension Films	Wes Craven (director); Kevin Williamson (screenplay); David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, Drew Barrymore	Thriller	Live Action
		Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Paramount Pictures	Mike Judge (director/screenplay); Yvette Kaplan (director); Joe Stillman (screenplay); Mike Judge, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Robert Stack, Cloris Leachman	Comedy, Adventure	Animation
		One Fine Day	20th Century Fox	Alex D. Linz, Mae Whitman	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		My Fellow Americans	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros. (director); Jack Kaplan, Richard Chapman, Peter Tolan (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard, Wilford Brimley, Bradley Whitford, Sela Ward, Lauren Bacall	Comedy	Live Action
		Ghosts of Mississippi	Columbia Pictures	Rob Reiner (director); Lewis Colick (screenplay); Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods	Drama	Live Action
	25	The Evening Star	Paramount Pictures	Mackenzie Astin, Scott Wolf, Ben Johnson, Donald Moffat, Marion Ross	Drama	Live Action
		Michael	New Line Cinema/Warner Bros.	Nora Ephron (director/screenplay); Delia Ephron, Peter Dexter (screenplay); John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Robert Pastorelli, Jean Stapleton	Fantasy	Live Action
		The People vs. Larry Flynt	Columbia Pictures	Miloš Forman (director); Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski (screenplay); Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton	Biography, Drama	Live Action
	27	Evita	Hollywood Pictures	Alan Parker (director/screenplay); Oliver Stone (screenplay); Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail	Musical, Drama	Live Action

Notable films released in 1996

U.S.A. unless stated

#

• 2 Days in the Valley, starring Jeff Daniels, James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Teri Hatcher, Marsha Mason, Charlize Theron
• 101 Dalmatians, directed by Stephen Herek, starring Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright, Hugh Laurie

A-D

A

• The Adventures of Pinocchio, directed by Steve Barron, starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Martin Landau, Udo Kier, Rob Schneider, Dawn French - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Alaska, starring Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict, Charlton Heston
• Charles Nelson Reilly, Sheena Easton
• American Buffalo, starring Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson
• Andersonville, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Jarrod Emick and Frederic Forrest
• Another Mother (De Nieuwe Moeder) - (Netherlands/Estonia)
• The Apartment, starring Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci - (France)
• The Arrival, starring Charlie Sheen - (U.S.A./Mexico)
• The Associate, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Tim Daly
• August, starring Anthony Hopkins - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Avvai Shanmughi - (India)

B

• Bad Moon, starring Mariel Hemingway and Michael Paré
• The Bandit (Eskiya) - (Turkey)
• Barb Wire, starring Pamela Anderson
• Basquiat, starring Jeffrey Wright and David Bowie
• Bastard Out of Carolina, directed by Anjelica Huston, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh
• Beautiful Girls, starring Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Natalie Portman, Uma Thurman, Rosie O'Donnell, Mira Sorvino
• Beautiful Thing - (U.K.)
• Beavis and Butt-head Do America, directed by Mike Judge, voices by Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Cloris Leachman, Robert Stack, David Letterman
• Bed of Roses, starring Christian Slater and Mary Stuart Masterson
• Before and After, starring Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong
• Besos en la Frente (Kisses on the Forehead) - (Argentina)
• Beyond Hypothermia (Sip si 32 dou) - (Hong Kong)
• Beyond Silence (Jenseits der Stille) - (Germany)
• Big Bullet (Chong feng dui nu huo jie tou) - (Hong Kong)
• Big Bully, starring Tom Arnold and Rick Moranis
• Big Night, starring Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Ian Holm, Isabella Rossellini, Minnie Driver, Marc Anthony
• The Birdcage, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest
• Black Sheep, starring Chris Farley and David Spade
• Blind Date, directed by Theo van Gogh - (Netherlands)
• Blood and Wine, directed by Bob Rafelson, starring Jack Nicholson, Judy Davis, Michael Caine, Stephen Dorff, Jennifer Lopez
• Blood Brothers, featuring Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
• Bogus, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, Haley Joel Osment, Nancy Travis
• Bottle Rocket, directed by Wes Anderson, starring Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson
• La Bouche de Jean-Pierre (a.k.a. Parental Guidance) - (France)
• Bound, directed by The Wachowski Brothers, starring Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly
• The Boy Who Stopped Talking (De Jongen Die niet meer Praatte) - (Netherlands)
• Box of Moonlight, starring John Turturro and Sam Rockwell
• The Boy from Mercury, starring Rita Tushingham and Tom Courtenay - (Ireland)
• Brain Candy (a.k.a. Kids in the Hall) - (Canada)
• Brassed Off, starring Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor - (U.K.)
• Breaking the Waves, directed by Lars von Trier, starring Emily Watson and Stellan Skarsgård - (Denmark)
• Brilliant Lies, starring Gia Carides and Anthony LaPaglia - (Australia)
• Broken Arrow, directed by John Woo, starring John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Howie Long, Delroy Lindo
• Broken English - (New Zealand)
• Buenos Aires Vice Versa - (Argentina/Netherlands)
• Bullet, starring Mickey Rourke and Tupac Shakur
• Bulletproof, starring Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler, James Caan

C

• The Cable Guy, directed by Ben Stiller, starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick
• Camping Cosmos - (Belgium)
• Carla's Song, directed by Ken Loach, starring Robert Carlyle - (U.K.)
• Carpool, starring Tom Arnold and David Paymer
• Carried Away, starring Dennis Hopper and Amy Irving
• Caught, starring Edward James Olmos and María Conchita Alonso
• Celtic Pride, starring Dan Aykroyd, Daniel Stern and Damon Wayans
• Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward
• The Chamber, directed by James Foley, starring Chris O'Donnell and Gene Hackman
• Georgia)
• Chronicle of a Disappearance (Segell Ikhtifa) - (Palestine)
• Citizen Ruth, directed by Alexander Payne, starring Laura Dern
• City Hall, directed by Harold Becker, starring Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello, Martin Landau
• Clando (Clandestine) - (Cameroon)
• Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day, starring Henry Gibson
• Comrades: Almost a Love Story (Tian mi mi), starring Maggie Cheung - (Hong Kong), Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Space Needle award
• Conspirators of Pleasure (Spiklenci slasti) - (Czech Republic)
• Morgan Freeman
• Courage Under Fire, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Matt Damon, Lou Diamond Phillips
• The Craft, starring Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True
• Crash, directed by David Cronenberg, starring James Spader and Holly Hunter - (Canada/U.K.)
• Crocodile (Ag-o) - (South Korea)
• The Crucible, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Joan Allen, Paul Scofield

D

• D3: The Mighty Ducks, starring Emilio Estevez
• Daddy's Girl, starring William Katt
• The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (Daijiga umule pajinnal) - (South Korea)
• Daylight, starring Sylvester Stallone and Amy Brenneman
• Dear God, starring Greg Kinnear, Laurie Metcalf, Tim Conway
• Deep Crimson (Profundo Carmesí) - (Mexico)
• The Dentist, starring Corbin Bernsen and Molly Hagan
• Devil's Island (Djöflaeyjan) - (Iceland)
• Diabolique, starring Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates
• Different for Girls, starring Rupert Graves and Steven Mackintosh - (U.K./France)
• The Disappearance of Finbar, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers - (Ireland/Sweden/U.K.)
• Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, starring Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans
• Down Periscope, starring Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Rip Torn, Bruce Dern
• Dragonheart, starring Dennis Quaid and Sean Connery - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• The Dress (De jurk) - (Netherlands)
• Drifting Clouds (Kauas pilvet karkaavat), directed by Aki Kaurismäki - (Finland)
• Dunston Checks In, starring Jason Alexander, Faye Dunaway, Rupert Everett, Eric Lloyd, Glenn Shadix
• Dying to Go Home (Mortinho por Chegar a Casa) - (Portugal)

E-K

E

• Earth (Tierra) - (Spain)
• East Palace, West Palace (Dong gong xi gong), directed by Zhang Yuan - (China)
• Eddie, directed by Steve Rash, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Langella, Dennis Farina
• Edipo Alcalde (Oedipus Mayor) - (Colombia)
• The Eighth Day (Le Huitième Jour), starring Daniel Auteuil - (Belgium)
• Element of Doubt, starring Nigel Havers and Gina McKee - (U.K.)
• Emma, starring Gwyneth Paltrow - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• The Emperor's Shadow (Qin Song) - (China)
• The English Patient, directed by Anthony Minghella, starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche - (U.K./U.S.A.) - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
• Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story, starring Moira Kelly
• Eraser, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa Williams
• Escape from L.A., a.k.a. John Carpenter's Escape from L.A., starring Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, Pam Grier
• The Evening Star, starring Shirley MacLaine, Juliette Lewis, Miranda Richardson, Bill Paxton
• Everyone Says I Love You, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Edward Norton, Drew Barrymore, Tim Roth, Alan Alda, Goldie Hawn, Julia Roberts
• Evita, directed by Alan Parker, starring Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce - Golden Globe for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
• Executive Decision, starring Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt
• Éxtasis, starring Javier Bardem - (Spain)
• Extreme Measures, starring Gene Hackman and Hugh Grant
• Eye for an Eye, starring Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris

F

• Faithful, starring Cher, Chazz Palminteri, Ryan O'Neal
• The Fan, directed by Tony Scott, starring Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Benicio del Toro, Ellen Barkin
• Fargo, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Frances McDormand (Oscar winner), William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi
• Fear, starring Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, William Petersen, Alyssa Milano, Amy Brenneman
• Feeling Minnesota, starring Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dan Aykroyd
• Festival (Chukje) - (South Korea)
• Few of Us (Mūsų nedaug) - (Lithuania)
• Fine Powder (Picado fino) - (Argentina)
• Fire by Deepa Mehta, starring Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das - (Canada/India)
• The First Wives Club, starring Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Bette Midler
• Five Days, Five Nights (Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites) - (Portugal)
• Fled, starring Laurence Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin
• Flipper, starring Elijah Wood and Paul Hogan
• Lily Tomlin
• Floating Life - (Australia)
• Fly Away Home, starring Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany
• Follow Me Home, starring Alfre Woodard
• Forbidden City Cop (Dai lap mat tam 008) - (Hong Kong)
• Foreign Land (Terra Estrangeira) - (Brazil/Portugal)
• Foxfire, starring Angelina Jolie
• Freeway, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, Brooke Shields
• The Frighteners, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Michael J. Fox - (U.S.A./New Zealand)
• Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis
• The Funeral, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini

G

• Gabbeh - (Iran)
• Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (Gamera Tsū: Region Shūrai) - (Japan)
• Get on the Bus, directed by Spike Lee
• Ghatak: Lethal, starring Sunny Deol - (India)
• The Ghost and the Darkness, starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas
• Ghosts of Mississippi, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods
• Girl 6, directed by Spike Lee, starring Theresa Randle, Spike Lee and Isaiah Washington
• The Glimmer Man, starring Steven Seagal and Keenen Ivory Wayans
• Glory Daze, starring Ben Affleck and Alyssa Milano
• The God of Cookery (Shíshén), starring Stephen Chow - (Hong Kong)
• Goodbye South, Goodbye (Nánguó Zaìjiàn, Nánguó) - (Taiwan)
• Gotti, starring Armand Assante and Anthony Quinn
• Grace of My Heart, starring Illeana Douglas, Matt Dillon, Eric Stoltz, John Turturro
• Gray's Anatomy, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Spalding Gray
• The Great White Hype, starring Damon Wayans, Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Berg

H

• Hamlet, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh with Julie Christie and Derek Jacobi - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Hamsun, starring Max von Sydow - (Norway/Denmark/Sweden)
• Happy Gilmore, directed by Dennis Dugan, starring Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Carl Weathers
• Hard Core Logo - (Canada)
• Hard Eight, directed by P. T. Anderson, starring Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow
• Harriet The Spy, starring Michelle Trachtenberg and Rosie O'Donnell
• Heaven's Prisoners, directed by Phil Joanou, starring Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Teri Hatcher, Eric Roberts, Mary Stuart Masterson
• High School High, starring Jon Lovitz
• House Arrest, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak, Jennifer Tilly, Jennifer Love Hewitt
• How the War Started on My Island (Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku) - (Croatia)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, starring Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Kevin Kline, Tony Jay, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, Mary Wickes, Paul Kandel, David Ogden Stiers
• The Hunters (Jägarna) - (Sweden)
• Hype!

I

• If Lucy Fell, directed by and starring Eric Schaeffer, with Sarah Jessica Parker and Elle Macpherson
• If These Walls Could Talk, starring Cher, Demi Moore, Sissy Spacek
• I Shot Andy Warhol, starring Lili Taylor and Jared Harris
• I'm Not Rappaport, directed by Herb Gardner, starring Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Martha Plimpton, Craig T. Nelson
• In Love and War, starring Sandra Bullock and Chris O'Donnell
• Independence Day, directed by Roland Emmerich, starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Mary McDonnell, Jeff Goldblum
• Indian - (India)
• Infinity, directed by and starring Matthew Broderick, with Patricia Arquette
• Intimate Relations, starring Julie Walters - (Canada/U.K.)
• Irma Vep, starring Maggie Cheung and Jean-Pierre Léaud - (France)
• The Island of Dr. Moreau, starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer
• It's My Party, starring Eric Roberts, Gregory Harrison, Margaret Cho, Marlee Matlin, Olivia Newton-John

J

• Jack, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez, Fran Drescher, Bill Cosby
• James and the Giant Peach, directed by Henry Selick, starring Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite and introducing Paul Terry - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Jane Eyre, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, William Hurt - (Italy/U.S.A./U.K.)
• Jerry Maguire, written and directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Renée Zellweger, Jay Mohr, Jonathan Lipnicki
• Jingle All the Way, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Joe's Apartment, starring Jerry O'Connell and Megan Ward, voices by Billy West, animation directed by Chris Wedge
• Jude, starring Christopher Eccleston and Kate Winslet - (U.K.)
• The Juror, starring Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, James Gandolfini, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

K

• Kaalapani (Black Water), starring Mohanlal and Tabu - (India)
• Kansas City, directed by Robert Altman, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte
• Khamoshi: The Musical (Silence) - (India)
• Kids Return (Kizzu Ritān), directed by Takeshi Kitano - (Japan)
• The King of Masks (Biàn Liǎn) - (China)
• Kingpin, directed by the Farrelly Brothers, starring Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Bill Murray, Vanessa Angel
• Kolya, directed by Jan Svěrák - (Czech Republic) - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

L-Q

L

• Larger than Life, starring Bill Murray
• Last Dance, starring Sharon Stone and Rob Morrow
• The Last Days of Frankie the Fly, starring Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah
• Last Man Standing, directed by Walter Hill, starring Bruce Willis and Christopher Walken
• Leila - (Iran)
• Libertarias (Freedom Fighters) - (Spain)
• Lilies - (Canada)
• Lone Star, directed by John Sayles, starring Matthew McConaughey, Chris Cooper, Joe Morton, Kris Kristofferson
• Long Day's Journey into Night - (Canada)
• The Long Kiss Goodnight, starring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson
• Looking for Richard, directed by and starring Al Pacino
• Lost and Found (Tian ya hai jiao) - (Hong Kong)
• Love Is All There Is, starring Joseph Bologna, Renée Taylor, Lainie Kazan
• Love Serenade, starring Miranda Otto - (Australia)

M

• Mad Dog Time, directed by Larry Bishop, starring Jeff Goldblum, Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Barkin, Diane Lane, Gabriel Byrne
• Mahjong - (Taiwan)
• The Making of the Mahatma - (India/South Africa)
• Malicious, starring Molly Ringwald
• Manny & Lo, starring Scarlett Johansson
• Mars Attacks!, directed by Tim Burton, starring Jack Nicholson, Annette Bening, Glenn Close, Rod Steiger, Pierce Brosnan, Michael J. Fox, Sarah Jessica Parker
• Marvin's Room, starring Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro
• Mary Reilly, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich
• Matilda, starring Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris
• Maximum Risk, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Natasha Henstridge
• Michael, directed by Nora Ephron, starring John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt
• Michael Collins, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman, Julia Roberts - (Ireland/U.K.) - Golden Lion award
• Microcosmos (Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe) - (France/Switzerland/Italy)
• The Mirror Has Two Faces, directed by and starring Barbra Streisand, with Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan, Mimi Rogers, Lauren Bacall
• Mission: Impossible, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Tom Cruise, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ving Rhames, Vanessa Redgrave, Jon Voight, Jean Reno
• Morgan Freeman
• Mossane - (Senegal)
• Mother, directed by and starring Albert Brooks, with Debbie Reynolds, Rob Morrow, Lisa Kudrow
• Mother Night, starring Nick Nolte
• Mr. Holland's Opus, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy, Jay Thomas
• Mr. Wrong, starring Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Pullman
• Mulholland Falls, directed by Lee Tamahori, starring Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Jennifer Connelly, Chazz Palminteri, John Malkovich, Treat Williams
• Multiplicity, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Michael Keaton and Andie MacDowell
• Muppet Treasure Island, directed by Brian Henson, starring Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, Jennifer Saunders, Kevin Bishop
• My Fellow Americans, starring Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, Lauren Bacall
• My Man (Mon Homme), directed by Bertrand Blier - (France)
• My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument (Comment je me suis disputé...ou Ma vie sexuelle) - (France)
• Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, featuring This Island Earth

N

• Nénette et Boni - (France)
• Ninne Pelladata - (India)
• North Star, starring James Caan, Christopher Lambert, Catherine McCormack
• The Nutty Professor, directed by Tom Shadyac, starring Eddie Murphy

O

• The Ogre (Der Unhold), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring John Malkovich and Armin Mueller-Stahl - (Germany)
• Once Upon a Time in Triad Society (Wong kit cha 'fit' yan) - (Hong Kong)
• George Clooney
• Original Gangstas, starring Jim Brown and Pam Grier
• The Other Side of Sunday (Søndagsengler) - (Norway)

P-Q

• Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996 National Board of Review Best Documentary, 1997 Peabody Award)
• Pedar - (Iran)
• The People vs. Larry Flynt, directed by Miloš Forman, starring Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton - Golden Bear award (for 1997)
• A Petal (Kkonnip) - (South Korea)
• The Phantom, starring Billy Zane, Treat Williams, Kristy Swanson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, James Remar, Patrick McGoohan - (U.S.A./Australia)
• Phenomenon, starring John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Duvall, Forest Whitaker
• Pie in the Sky, starring Josh Charles, Anne Heche, Christine Lahti, John Goodman
• Picnic (Pikunikku) - (Japan)
• The Pillow Book, directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor, Ken Ogata - (U.K./France/Netherlands)
• Police Story 4: First Strike (Ging chaat goo si 4: Ji gaan daan yam mo), starring Jackie Chan - (Hong Kong)
• Ponette - (France)
• The Portrait of a Lady, directed by Jane Campion, starring Nicole Kidman and John Malkovich
• The Preacher's Wife, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance
• Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (Lepa sela lepo gore) - (Yugoslavia)
• Primal Fear, directed by Gregory Hoblit, starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton
• Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) - (Russia/Kazakhstan)
• Private Confessions (Enskilda samtal), directed by Liv Ullmann - (Sweden)
• La Promesse (The Promise) - (Belgium)
• Pusher - (Denmark)
• The Quest, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roger Moore
• The Quiet Room - (Australia)

R-Z

R

• Race the Sun, starring Halle Berry and James Belushi
• Ransom, directed by Ron Howard, starring Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Liev Schreiber, Delroy Lindo
• Revive! Ultraman (Yomigaere! Urutoraman) - (Japan)
• Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche - (France)
• The Rock, directed by Michael Bay, starring Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris
• The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg - (U.K.)
• Romeo + Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes
• Rupan Sansei: Dead or Alive (Rupan Sansei: Deddo oa Araibu) - (Japan)

S

• Sacred Silence (Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio) - (Italy)
• Saint Clara (Clara Hakedosha) - (Israel)
• A Saturday on Earth (Un samedi sur la terre) - (France)
• Schizopolis, directed by and starring Steven Soderbergh
• Scream, directed by Wes Craven, starring David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Drew Barrymore, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich
• Secrets & Lies, directed by Mike Leigh, starring Brenda Blethyn - (U.K.) - Palme d'Or award
• A Self Made Hero (Un héros très discret), directed by Jacques Audiard - (France)
• Set It Off, starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise
• The Seventh Chronicle (Sedma Kronika) - (Croatia)
• Sgt. Bilko, starring Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Glenne Headly, Phil Hartman
• Shall We Dance? (Shall we Dansu?) - (Japan)
• Shanghai Grand (San Seung Hoi taan), starring Andy Lau and Leslie Cheung - (Hong Kong)
• She's the One, directed by and starring Edward Burns, Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, Mike McGlone, Maxine Bahns
• Shine, directed by Scott Hicks, starring Geoffrey Rush - (Australia)
• Silent Trigger, starring Dolph Lundgren
• Sleepers, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Brad Pitt, Jason Patric, Kevin Bacon, Minnie Driver, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro
• Sling Blade, directed by and starring Billy Bob Thornton, with Lucas Black, Dwight Yoakam, John Ritter, James Hampton
• A Small Domain
• Small Faces - (U.K.)
• Some Mother's Son, starring Helen Mirren - (Ireland)
• Somersault in a Coffin (Tabutta Rövaşata) - (Turkey)
• Sons (Erzi) - (China)
• Sostiene Pereira, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Joaquim de Almeida, Daniel Auteuil - (Italy/Portugal)
• Space Jam, starring Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle, Bill Murray, voices by Danny DeVito
• The Spitfire Grill, starring Marcia Gay Harden, Ellen Burstyn, Alison Elliott
• Spy Hard, starring Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Barry Bostwick, Andy Griffith
• Star Trek: First Contact, starring Patrick Stewart, Alice Krige, Neal McDonough, Alfre Woodard, James Cromwell
• Stealing Beauty (Io ballo da sola), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Liv Tyler and Joseph Fiennes - (Italy/U.K./France)
• Striptease, starring Demi Moore, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames, Burt Reynolds
• The Stupids, starring Tom Arnold
• The Substitute, starring Tom Berenger
• A Summer's Tale (Conte d'été), directed by Éric Rohmer - (France)
• Sunchaser, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Woody Harrelson
• Sunset at Chaophraya (a.k.a. Khu Kam) - (Thailand)
• Sunset Park, starring Rhea Perlman
• Supermarket Woman (Sūpā no onna) - (Japan)
• Surviving Picasso, directed by James Ivory, starring Anthony Hopkins and Natascha McElhone
• Swallowtail Butterfly (Suwarōteiru) - (Japan)
• Swingers, directed by Doug Liman, starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau

T

• Taxi, directed by Carlos Saura - (Spain)
• Temptress Moon (Feng yue), directed by Chen Kaige, starring Leslie Cheung and Gong Li - (China/Hong Kong)
• Tender Fictions
• Tesis (Thesis), directed by Alejandro Amenábar - (Spain)
• That Thing You Do!, written and directed by Tom Hanks, starring Tom Everett Scott and Liv Tyler
• Thieves (Les Voleurs), directed by André Téchiné, starring Daniel Auteuil and Catherine Deneuve - (France)
• A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, starring Martin Lawrence and Lynn Whitfield
• Thinner, starring Robert John Burke and Joe Mantegna
• Three Lives and Only One Death (Trois vies et une seule mort), starring Marcello Mastroianni - (France)
• A Time to Kill, starring Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Ashley Judd, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Spacey
• Tin Cup, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin
• To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, starring Peter Gallagher, Claire Danes, Kathy Baker, Wendy Crewson, Michelle Pfeiffer
• Too Late (Prea târziu) - (Romania)
• Trainspotting, directed by Danny Boyle, starring Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle - (U.K.) - Golden space Needle award
• Traveling Companion (Compagna di viaggio) - (Italy)
• Trees Lounge, directed by and starring Steve Buscemi, with Chloë Sevigny, Anthony LaPaglia, Samuel L. Jackson
• Tremors 2: Aftershocks, starring Fred Ward
• The Trigger Effect, starring Kyle MacLachlan and Elisabeth Shue
• Tristar (Da san yuan), directed by Tsui Hark, starring Leslie Cheung - (Hong Kong)
• True Blue - (U.K.)
• The Truth About Cats & Dogs, starring Janeane Garofalo, Uma Thurman, Ben Chaplin
• Twelfth Night: Or What You Will, directed by Trevor Nunn, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Imogen Stubbs - (U.K.)
• Twister, directed by Jan de Bont, starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes
• Two Much, starring Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah

U-V

• Under Western Eyes (Leneged Einayim Ma'araviyot) - (Israel)
• Ray Liotta and Linda Fiorentino
• Unhook the Stars, directed by Nick Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands and Marisa Tomei
• Up Close & Personal, directed by Jon Avnet, starring Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kate Nelligan, Stockard Channing, Joe Mantegna
• Urban Safari - (Switzerland)
• The Van, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Colm Meaney - (Ireland)
• Village of Dreams (E no naka no boku no mura) - (Japan)
• Viva Erotica (Se qing nan nu) - (Hong Kong)

W

• The War at Home, directed by and starring Emilio Estevez, with Martin Sheen
• The Way to Fight (Kenka no hanamichi) - (Japan)
• When the Cat's Away (Chacun cherche son chat) - (France)
• George Foreman - Academy Award for Best Documentary
• White Squall, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Jeff Bridges
• The Whole Wide World, starring Vincent D'Onofrio and Renée Zellweger
• The Wind in the Willows, directed by Terry Jones, starring Steve Coogan and Eric Idle - (U.K.)
• The Winner, starring Rebecca De Mornay, Vincent D'Onofrio, Michael Madsen, Billy Bob Thornton

XYZ

• Young and Dangerous (Gu huo zi: Zhi ren zai jiang hu) - (Hong Kong)

Births

• February 21 - Sophie Turner, British actress
• February 28 – Bobb'e J. Thompson, actor
• March 18 - Madeline Carroll, American actress
• April 14 – Abigail Breslin, actress
• April 17 – Dee Dee Davis, actress
• July 23 - Rachel G. Fox, actress
• August 21 – Jamia Simone Nash, actress
• August 26 - Bishop Nehru, rapper
• September 1 - Zendaya, American actress, singer, and dancer
• December 6 - Stefanie Scott, American actress
• December 8 - Teala Dunn, American actress
• December 11 - Hailee Steinfeld, American actress

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	1	Virgil W. Vogel	76	USA	Director, Film Editor	The Mole People The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
	7	William H. Clothier	92	USA	Cinematographer	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance The Alamo
	10	Al Silvani	85	USA	Actor	Rocky The Gauntlet
	13	Mark Herron	67	USA	Actor	8½ Girl in Gold Boots
	17	Harry Robertson	63	UK	Composer	The Vampire Lovers Twins of Evil
	19	Don Simpson	52	USA	Producer	Top Gun The Rock
	19	Gerry Mulligan	68	USA	Soundtrack, Composer	L.A. Confidential The Lake House
	21	William Larsen	68	USA	Actor	JFK Heaven Can Wait
	30	Guy Doleman	72	USA	Actor	Dial M for Murder Thunderball
February	2	Gene Kelly	83	USA	Actor, Director	Singin' in the Rain An American in Paris
	2	Aline Towne	76	USA	Actress	Send Me No Flowers Mirage
	2	Shamus Culhane	87	USA	Animator	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Pinocchio
	3	Audrey Meadows	73	USA	Actress	That Touch of Mink
	6	Patsy Smart	77	UK	Actress	The Elephant Man The Pink Panther Strikes Again
	13	Martin Balsam	76	USA	Actor	Psycho 12 Angry Men
	13	Scott Beach	65	USA	Actor	Stand by Me Mrs. Doubtfire
	15	Tommy Rettig	54	USA	Actor	River of No Return Panic in the Streets
	15	McLean Stevenson	68	USA	Actor	The Cat from Outer Space The Christian Licorice Store
	16	Roger Bowen	63	USA	Actor	MASH What About Bob?
	17	Evelyn Laye	95	UK	Actress	Theatre of Death
	19	Brenda Bruce	77	UK	Actress	Peeping Tom Splitting Heirs
	25	Haing S. Ngor	55	Cambodia	Actor	The Killing Fields My Life
March	2	Lyle Talbot	94	USA	Actor	20,000 Years in Sing Sing Go West, Young Man
	4	Whit Bissell	86	USA	Actor	Hud The Magnificent Seven
	6	Simon Cadell	45	UK	Actor	Watership Down Meteor
	9	George Burns	100	USA	Actor	Oh, God! The Sunshine Boys
	10	Ross Hunter	75	USA	Producer	Airport Pillow Talk
	11	Vince Edwards	67	USA	Actor	The Devil's Brigade The Victors
	13	Lucio Fulci	68	Italy	Director, Actor	Zombi 2 City of the Living Dead
	13	Krzysztof Kieślowski	55	Poland	Director	Three Colors: Blue Three Colors: White
	16	Charlie Barnett	41	USA	Actor, comedian	D.C. Cab Nobody's Fool
	17	René Clément	82	Monaco	Director, Writer, Second Unit Director	Beauty and the Beast Forbidden Games
	28	Barbara McLean	92	USA	Film Editor	All About Eve Twelve O'Clock High
April	5	Norman Rockett	84	USA	Set Decorator	Planet of the Apes Tora! Tora! Tora!
	6	Greer Garson	91	UK	Actress	Mrs. Miniver The Chase
	8	Ben Johnson	77	USA	Actor	The Last Picture Show The Wild Bunch
	16	Lucille Bremer	79	USA	Actress	Meet Me in St. Louis Ziegfeld Follies
	18	Bernard Edwards	43	Japan	Soundtrack, Music Orchestrated	Toy Story 3 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
	21	Luigi Pistilli	66	Italy	Actor	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly For a Few Dollars More
	24	Preston Lockwood	83	UK	Actor	Time Bandits High Spirits
	25	Saul Bass	75	USA	Art Designer	Goodfellas Alien
	26	Stirling Silliphant	78	USA	Screenwriter	In the Heat of the Night The Poseidon Adventure
	27	Joan Sterndale-Bennett	82	UK	Actress	Brighton Rock We Dive at Dawn
May	3	Jack Weston	71	USA	Actor	The Thomas Crown Affair Wait Until Dark
	19	Margaret Rawlings	89	Japan	Actress	Roman Holiday Hands of the Ripper
	20	Jon Pertwee	76	UK	Actor	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Carry On Screaming!
	23	Patrick Cargill	77	UK	Actor	Father, Dear Father Help!
	29	Jennings Lang	81	USA	Producer	High Plains Drifter Earthquake
	29	Jeremy Sinden	45	UK	Actor	Star Wars Chariots of Fire
	30	Natividad Vacío	83	USA	Actor	The Magnificent Seven The Man with Two Brains
June	1	Michael Fox	75	USA	Actor	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? The Longerst Yard
	2	John Alton	94	Hungary	Cinematographer	An American in Paris Father of the Bride
	3	Peter Glenville	82	USA	Director	Becket The Comedians
	5	Vito Scotti	78	USA	Actor	The Godfather The Aristocats
	6	Marc de Jonge	47	France	Actor	Rambo III Empire of the Sun
	7	Percy Edwards	88	UK	Actor	Labyrinth The Dark Crystal
	7	Max Factor, Jr.	91	USA	Makeup Artist	The Wizard of Oz The Ten Commandments
	7	Saul David	74	USA	Producer	Logan's Run Fantastic Voyage
	10	Jo Van Fleet	81	USA	Actress	Annie Hall Cool Hand Luke
	16	Mel Allen	83	USA	Actor	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Needful Things
	23	Pasqualino De Santis	69	Italy	Cinematographer	Romeo and Juliet A Special Day
	27	Albert R. Broccoli	87	USA	Producer	Dr. No GoldenEye
July	1	Steve Tesich	53	Yugoslavia	Screenwriter	Breaking Away Eyewitness
	8	Irene Prador	84	Germany	Actress	The Battle of the Rive Plate To the Devil a Daughter
	8	Francesco Molinari-Pradelli	85	Italy	Soundtrack, Actor	The Untouchables Once Upon a Time in America
	9	Christopher Casson	84	Ireland	Actor	Zardoz Educating Rita
	10	Paul King	69	USA	Screenwriter, Producer	Operation Petticoat
	13	Pandro S. Berman	91	USA	Producer	Father of the Bride Top Hat
	15	Dana Hill	32	USA	Actress	National Lampoon's European Vacation Tom and Jerry: The Movie
	20	Randy Stuart	71	USA	Actress	All About Eve The Incredible Shrinking Man
	21	Wolfe Morris	71	UK	Actor	Ill Met by Moonlight The House That Dripped Blood
	21	Luana Anders	58	USA	Actress	Easy Rider The Two Jakes
	21	Herb Edelman	62	USA	Actor	The Odd Couple California Suite
	24	Virginia Christine	76	USA	Actress	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Judgment at Nuremberg
	29	Hilary Pritchard	53	UK	Actress	The Thief and the Cobbler
	30	Anthony Peck	49	USA	Actor	Die Hard Die Hard with a Vengeance
	30	Claudette Colbert	92	France	Actress	It Happened One Night Since You Went Away
August	3	Guido Alberti	86	Italy	Actor	8½ Saving Grace
	11	Charles McGregor	73	USA	Actor	Blazing Saddles Super Fly
	14	Bob Hannah	57	USA	Actor	Driving Miss Daisy The Prince of Tides
	15	Joe Seneca	77	USA	Actor	Kramer vs. Kramer Malcolm X
	16	Miles Goodman	46	USA	Composer	Little Shop of Horrors Dunston Checks In
	26	Clair Weeks	84	USA	Animator	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Peter Pan
September	4	Victor Aaron	39	??	Actor	Bulletproof Geronimo: An American Legend
	7	Bibi Besch	56	Austria	Actress	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Steel Magnolias
	7	Joseph F. Biroc	93	USA	Cinematographer	It's a Wonderful Life Airplane!
	9	Ruggero Mastroianni	66	Italy	Film Editor	Death in Venice The Truce
	10	Joanne Dru	74	USA	Actress	All the King's Men She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
	11	Brenda Forbes	87	USA	Actress	Mrs. Miniver The Jerky Boys: The Movie
	13	Tupac Shakur	25	USA	Singer, Actor	Juice Poetic Justice
	14	Juliet Prowse	59	USA	Actress	G.I. Blues Can-Can
	16	Gene Nelson	76	USA	Actor, Director	Oklahoma! Kissin' Cousins
	18	Ulrich Beiger	78	Germany	Actor	The Great Escape
	20	Ken Steadman	27	USA	Actor	I Like to Play Games
	22	Dorothy Lamour	81	USA	Actress	Road to Morocco The Greatest Show on Earth
	30	George Zuckerman	80	USA	Screenwriter	Written on the Wind The Tarnished Angels
October	4	Stephen J. Friedman	59	USA	Producer	The Last Picture Show Slap Shot
	8	William Prince	83	UK	Actor	Network Family Plot
	9	Harvey Vernon	69	USA	Actor	Teen Wolf All of Me
	13	Beryl Reid	77	UK	Actress	Yellowbeard Dr. Phibes Rises Again
	16	Jason Bernard	58	USA	Actor	Liar Liar While You Were Sleeping
	27	Harry Woolman	87	USA	TV Stuntman	The Sword and the Sorcerer Laserblast
	30	John Young	80	UK	Actor	Monty Python and the Holy Grail Chariots of Fire
	31	Marcel Carné	90	France	Director	Children of Paradise Three Rooms in Manhattan
November	12	Peter Leeds	79	USA	Actor	The Last Time I Saw Paris Love Me or Leave Me
	22	Mark Lenard	72	USA	Actor	Star Trek: The Motion Picture Annie Hall
	23	George Nicholas	85	USA	Animator	Cinderella Sleeping Beauty
	26	Michael Bentine	74	UK	Actor, Screenwriter	Down Among the Z Men The Sandwich Man
	29	Jordan Cronenweth	61	USA	Cinematographer	Blade Runner Peggy Sue Got Married
December	8	Howard E. Rollins, Jr.	46	USA	Actor	Ragtime A Soldier's Story
	8	Paulene Myers	83	USA	Actress	To Kill a Mockingbird The Sting
	8	Douglas Webb	74	UK	Camera Operator	Casino Royale Krull
	9	Diana Morgan	86	UK	Actress, Screenwriter	Went the Day Well? A Run for Your Money
	11	William Rushton	59	UK	Actor, Writer	Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Monte Carlo or Bust!
	12	Larry Gates	81	USA	Actor	In the Heat of the Night Invasion of the Body Snatchers
	19	Ronald Howard	78	UK	Actor	Murder, She Said The Browning Version
	19	Marcello Mastroianni	72	Italy	Actor	8½ Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
	20	Carl Sagan	62	USA	Author, Screenwriter	Contact
	23	Ronnie Scott	69	UK	Actor, Composer	Stolen Face
	28	Edward Carfagno	67	USA	Art Director	Ben-Hur Soylent Green
	30	Lew Ayres	88	USA	Actor, Director	All Quiet on the Western Front Damien: Omen II
	30	Jack Nance	53	USA	Actor	Blue Velvet Dune
	31	Wesley Addy	83	USA	Actor	Network What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Film debuts

• Will Arnett - Close Up
• Billy Crudup - Sleepers
• Viola Davis - The Substance of Fire
• Godfrey - Original Gangstas
• Mila Kunis - Santa with Muscles
• Kelly Macdonald - Trainspotting
• Natascha McElhone - Surviving Picasso
• Gretchen Mol - Girl 6
• Emily Mortimer - The Ghost and the Darkness
• Edward Norton - Primal Fear
• Timothy Olyphant - The First Wives Club
• Freddie Prinze, Jr. - To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
• Tom Everett Scott - That Thing You Do!
• Octavia Spencer - A Time to Kill
• Julia Stiles - I Love You, I Love You Not
• Justin Theroux - I Shot Andy Warhol
• Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet the Spy
• Donnie Wahlberg - Bullet
• Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves
• Owen Wilson - Bottle Rocket
• Luke Wilson - Bottle Rocket

References

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