1984 in film
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The following is an overview of events in 1984 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The year's highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada was Beverly Hills Cop. Ghostbusters overtook it, however, with a re-release the following year. It was the first time in five years that the top-grossing film did not involve George Lucas or Steven Spielberg although Spielberg directed and Lucas executive produced/co-wrote the third placed Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; Spielberg also executive produced the fourth placed Gremlins.[1]
U.S. box office grosses reached $4 billion for the first time and it was the first year that two films had returned over $100 million to their distributors with both Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom achieving this.[1] Beverly Hills Cop made it three for films released in 1984 after its performance during 1985 took it to rentals of $108 million.[2] Other popular films included The NeverEnding Story, which was the most expensive film produced in West Germany, The Karate Kid and Romancing the Stone. A high number of sci-fi/fantasy films were released in 1984.
Highest-grossing films
United States
The top ten 1984 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | Paramount | $234,760,478 |
| 2 | Ghostbusters | Columbia | $229,242,989 |
| 3 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Paramount | $179,870,271 |
| 4 | Gremlins | Warner Bros. | $153,083,102 |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | Columbia | $90,815,558[4][5][6] |
| 6 | Police Academy | Warner Bros. | $81,198,894 |
| 7 | Footloose | Paramount | $80,035,402 |
| 8 | Romancing the Stone | 20th Century Fox | $76,572,238 |
| 9 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Paramount | $76,471,076 |
| 10 | Splash | Buena Vista | $69,821,334 |
International
| International market | Title | Director | Production country | Revenue | Admissions | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Gremlins | Joe Dante | United States | $1,505,985 | N/a | [7] |
| France | Marche à l'ombre | Michel Blanc | France | N/a | 6,168,425 | [8] |
| Hong Kong | Aces Go Places 3 | Tsui Hark | Hong Kong | HK$29,286,077 | N/a | [9] |
| India | Tohfa | K. Raghavendra Rao | India | ₹90,000,000 | N/a | [10] |
| Italy | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Steven Spielberg | United States | N/a | 838,309 | [11] |
| Japan | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Steven Spielberg | United States | ¥3,200,000,000 | N/a | [12] |
| South Korea | Project A | Jackie Chan | Hong Kong | ₩1,189,308,000 | 396,436 | [13][14][15] |
| Soviet Union | Disco Dancer | Babbar Subhash | India | $75,900,000 | 60,900,000 | [n 3][19] |
| Spain | Gremlins | Joe Dante | United States | $4,255,642 | 3,202,047 | [20][7] |
| United States and Canada | Beverly Hills Cop | Martin Brest | United States | $234,760,478 | 67,150,000 | [21] |
| West Germany | Police Academy | Hugh Wilson | United States | N/a | 5,187,443 | [22] |
Events
- February 15 - The Walt Disney Studios establishes Touchstone Pictures to release films with more mature subject matter than the traditional Walt Disney Pictures banner.
- March 30 - Romancing the Stone is released and propels Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito and director Robert Zemeckis to super-stardom. The film also gave Zemeckis his first box office hit, which gave Universal Pictures confidence to allow him to direct his next film, Back to the Future.
- April 6 - Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film, Where the Boys Are '84.
- May 4 - The first of the year's breakdancing musicals is released, Breakin'. It is soon followed by Beat Street and its sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.
- June 8 - Ghostbusters and Gremlins were released.
- July 1 - The Motion Picture Association of America institutes the PG-13 rating, as a response to violent horror films such as Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
- July 9 - Joe Wizan leaves as president of 20th Century Fox Productions. Lawrence Gordon replaces him the following day.
- July 27 - Prince's first film Purple Rain is released.
- August 25 - Ghostbusters becomes the biggest grossing comedy film of all time in the United States exceeding Tootsie's $177.2 million[23] going on to gross $229.2 million in its initial run.[24] It is overtaken by Beverly Hills Cop in summer 1985[25] but regains the record after its re-release in August 1985.[26] It also became the biggest grossing film released by Columbia Pictures.
- September - Lawrence Gordon is promoted to president and chief operating officer of the Fox Entertainment Group
- September 22 - Michael Eisner leaves Paramount Pictures to become head of Walt Disney Productions, while Frank Wells became chief operating officer and Jeffrey Katzenberg was later named chairman.
- October 8 - Ned Tanen becomes president of Paramount Pictures motion picture group.
- December 5 - Beverly Hills Cop is released. It will go on to become the 6th highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. at the time, the highest grossing comedy of all time at the time, as well as the highest grossing R-Rated film of all time, a record it would hold for 19 years.
- December 14 - Dune is released after over a year of hype and anticipation.
- Annie's Coming Out wins 3 Australian Film Institute Awards including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film.
Awards
- Worst Picture: Bolero
- Worst Director: John Derek - Bolero
- Worst Actor: Sylvester Stallone - Rhinestone
- Worst Actress: Bo Derek - Bolero
- Worst Supporting Actor: Brooke Shields (with a moustache) - Sahara
- Worst Supporting Actress: Lynn-Holly Johnson - Where the Boys Are '84
- Worst Screenplay: John Derek - Bolero
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Paris, Texas, directed by Wim Wenders, France / West Germany
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- A Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego slonca), directed by Krzysztof Zanussi, Poland
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Love Streams, directed by John Cassavetes, United States
1984 films
By country/region
- List of American films of 1984
- List of Argentine films of 1984
- List of Australian films of 1984
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1984
- List of British films of 1984
- List of Canadian films of 1984
- List of French films of 1984
- List of Hong Kong films of 1984
- List of Indian films of 1984
- List of Japanese films of 1984
- List of Mexican films of 1984
- List of Pakistani films of 1984
- List of South Korean films of 1984
- List of Soviet films of 1984
- List of Spanish films of 1984
By genre/medium
Births
- January 1
- Amara Karan, English actress
- Kollam Sudhi, Indian actor and comedian (d. 2023)
- January 6
- Priit Loog, Estonian actor
- Kate McKinnon, American actress, comedian and writer
- January 7 - Max Riemelt, German actor
- January 8 - Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director (d. 2012)[27]
- January 12
- Taraneh Alidoosti, Iranian actress
- Sam Richardson, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
- January 15 - Victor Rasuk, American actor
- January 21
- Luke Grimes, American actor and musician
- Richard Gutierrez, Filipino actor and model
- January 25 - Kaiji Tang, voice actor
- January 30 - Kid Cudi, American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor and fashion designer
- January 31 – Michael Aloni, Israeli actor
- February 1
- Abbi Jacobson, American comedian, writer, actress and illustrator
- Lee Thompson Young, American actor (d. 2013)
- February 6 - Brandon Hammond, American former child actor
- February 8 - Cecily Strong, American actress
- February 12 - Alexandra Dahlström, Swedish actress
- February 13 - Brina Palencia, voice actress
- February 18 - Genelle Williams, Canadian actress
- February 19 - Josh Trank, American director, screenwriter and editor
- February 20 - Trevor Noah, South African comedian, writer, producer, actor and television host
- February 21 - Karina, Japanese model and actress
- February 24 - Nicholas Saputra, Indonesian actor
- February 28 - Melanie Chandra, American actress
- February 29 - Rakhee Thakrar, English actress
- March 2
- Blake Anderson, American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter
- John Bernecker, American stunt performer (d. 2017)
- Ian Sinclair, voice actor
- March 7 - Brandon T. Jackson, American stand-up comedian, rapper, actor, and writer
- March 8 - Nora-Jane Noone, Irish actress
- March 10 - Olivia Wilde, American actress
- March 12 - Jaimie Alexander, American actress
- March 13
- Rachael Bella, retired American actress
- Noel Fisher, Canadian actor
- March 14 - Liesel Pritzker Simmons, American former actress
- March 20 - Christy Carlson Romano, American stage and film actress and singer
- March 25 - Katharine McPhee, American singer and actress
- March 27
- Emily Ann Lloyd, American actress
- Jon Paul Steuer, American actor and musician (d. 2018)
- April 2
- Ashley Peldon, American actress
- Shawn Roberts, Canadian actor
- Deep Sidhu, Indian actor (d. 2022)
- April 3 - Chrissie Fit, American actress and singer
- April 4 - Carolina Gaitán, Colombian actress and singer
- April 5 - Jae Suh Park, American actress
- April 8
- Taran Noah Smith, American actor
- Kirsten Storms, American actress
- April 10
- Cara DeLizia, American actress
- Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress
- April 11 - Kelli Garner, American actress
- April 16 - Claire Foy, British actress
- April 18 - America Ferrera, Honduran-American actress
- April 25 - Jillian Bell, American comedian, actress and screenwriter
- April 26 - Ryan O'Donohue, American actor
- April 28 - Ana Cruz Kayne, American actress
- April 29 - Firass Dirani, Australian actor
- May 1 - Kerry Bishe, American actress
- May 3 - Marama Corlett, Maltese actress
- May 7 - Mark O'Brien, Canadian actor and director
- May 12 - Emily Beecham, British actress
- May 13 - Hannah New, English actress
- May 14 - Olly Murs, English singer-songwriter, presenter, voice actor and director
- May 17
- Alejandro Edda, Mexican-American actor
- Lena Waithe, American actress, producer and screenwriter
- May 21
- Jon Beavers, American actor
- Marnie Schulenburg, American actress (d. 2022)
- May 23 - Adam Wylie, American actor
- May 29 - Kaycee Stroh, American actress and singer
- May 30 - DeWanda Wise, American actress
- June 1 - Taylor Handley, American actor
- June 3 - Anne Yatco, American voice actor
- June 5 - Joel Smallbone, Australian-American singer and actor
- June 6 - Atandwa Kani, South African actor
- June 10 - Betsy Sodaro, American actress and voice actress
- June 13 - Phillip Van Dyke, American actor
- June 15 - Ray Santiago, American actor
- June 19 - Paul Dano, American actor
- June 21 - Shiv Panditt, Indian actor and television host
- June 24 - Lucien Dodge, voice actor
- June 25 - Killian Donnelly, Irish singer and actor
- June 26
- Aubrey Plaza, American actress, comedian and producer
- Wen Zhang, Chinese actor
- June 29 - Carla Medina, Mexican singer, actress and television host
- June 30 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer and actress
- July 1
- Jared Keeso, Canadian actor
- Cyron Melville, Danish actor and musician
- July 2 - Vanessa Lee Chester, American actress
- July 7 - Ross Malinger, American actor
- July 9 - Hanna R. Hall, American actress
- July 10 - Aviva Baumann, American actress
- July 11
- Serinda Swan, Canadian actress
- Rachael Taylor, Australian actress
- July 12
- Chad Brownlee, Canadian actor and musician
- Mikaela Hoover, American actress
- July 14 - Britta Soll, Estonian actress
- July 17 - Mary Nighy, English actress and filmmaker
- July 18 - Marie Meyer, French actress
- July 19
- Kaitlin Doubleday, American actress
- Alessandra De Rossi, Filipina actress
- Andrea Libman, Canadian actress, voice actress, pianist, and singer
- July 20 - Jacky Heung, Hong Kong actor
- July 25 - Zawe Ashton, English actress, playwright, director and narrator
- July 27
- Taylor Schilling, American actress
- Kenny Wormald, American actor
- July 28 - John David Washington, American actor and producer
- July 29 - J. Madison Wright Morris, American actress (d. 2006)
- July 30
- Gina Rodriguez, Puerto Rican-American actress and director
- Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer
- August 3
- Jon Foster, American actor and musician
- Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor
- August 7 – Hsu Wei-ning, Taiwanese actress and model
- August 10 – Mariel Rodriguez, Filipina actress and model
- August 12
- Chauntal Lewis, American actress
- Marian Rivera, Filipino actress
- August 13 - Eme Ikwuakor, American actor
- August 15 - Quinton Aaron, American actor
- August 19 - Simon Bird, English actor, director and comedian
- August 24 - Cameron Goodman, American actress
- August 26 - Jennifer Higham, British actress
- August 28
- Richard Cabral, American actor, producer and writer
- Him Law, Hong Kong actor
- Sarah Roemer, American actress
- August 31 - Wolfgang Cerny, Austrian actor and producer
- September 3
- Garrett Hedlund, American actor
- Paz de la Huerta, American actress and model
- September 4 - Kyle Mooney, American actor, comedian and writer
- September 5 - Annabelle Wallis, English actress
- September 10 - Luke Treadaway, British actor and singer
- September 14
- Adam Lamberg, American actor
- Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor
- September 17 - Mark Shandii Bacolod, Filipino director and producer (d. 2022)
- September 18
- Nina Arianda, American actress
- Babs Olusanmokun, Nigerian-American actor
- September 19
- Lydia Hearst, American actress and model
- Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor and model
- September 21 - Ahna O'Reilly, American actress
- September 22 - Laura Vandervoort, Canadian actress
- September 22 - Jordan Vogt-Roberts, American film director
- September 23 - Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch-American actress and singer
- September 25 - Zach Woods, American actor and comedian
- September 27 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter
- October 1
- Beck Bennett, American actor, comedian and writer
- Josh Brener, American actor
- October 2 - John Morris, American actor
- October 3
- Chris Marquette, American actor
- Ashlee Simpson, American actress and singer
- October 4
- James Landry Hébert, American actor
- Rachel McDowall, English actress
- Will Theakston, former English actor
- October 5
- Tiana Benjamin, English actress
- Nathalie Kelley, Peruvian actress
- Yelena Velikanova, Russian actress
- October 7 - Andy Bean, American actor
- October 10 - Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress and singer
- October 11 - Martha MacIsaac, Canadian actress
- October 14 - Jason Davis, American actor (d. 2020)
- October 17 - Chris Lowell, American actor
- October 18
- Tod Fennell, Canadian actor
- Freida Pinto, Indian actress
- Jennifer Ulrich, German actress
- October 25 - Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress
- October 27
- Kelly Osbourne, English actress and singer
- Emilie Ullerup, Danish actress
- October 28 - Finn Wittrock, American actor and screenwriter
- November 1 - Natalia Tena, English actress and musician
- November 6 - Patina Miller, American actress and singer
- November 10
- Britt Irvin, Canadian actress and voice artist
- Naoki Kobayashi, Japanese actor and singer
- November 13
- Sarah Rose Karr, American former child actress
- Slavko Sobin, Crotian actor
- November 15 - Asia Kate Dillon, American actor
- November 16 - Kimberly J. Brown, American actress
- November 17 - Lauren Maltby, American actress
- November 18 - Nayanthara, Indian actress
- November 21
- Lindsey Haun, American actress and singer
- Jena Malone, American actress
- November 22 - Scarlett Johansson, American actress
- November 23 - Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer
- November 24 - Max Bennett, English actor
- November 25 - Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (d. 2022)
- November 28
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress
- Trey Songz, American singer and actor
- November 30
- Carole Weyers, Belgian actress
- Lydia Wilson, English-American actress
- December 5
- Ryan Binse, American film producer
- Lauren London, American actress
- December 11
- Sandra Echeverría, Mexican actress and singer
- Xosha Roquemore, American actress
- December 14 - Jackson Rathbone, American actor, singer and musician
- December 16 - Theo James, English actor and producer
- December 17 - Tennessee Thomas, British drummer and actress
- December 19 - Ankita Lokhande, Indian actress
- December 23 - Alison Sudol, American actress, singer and songwriter
- December 24 - Austin Stowell, American actor
- December 25
- Mike Rianda, American cartoonist, director, screenwriter and voice actor
- Georgia Tennant, English actress
- December 29
- Chris Pang, Australian actor and producer
- Sean Stone, American actor and filmmaker
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6 | Ernest Laszlo | 85 | Hungary | Cinematographer | |
| 7 | Walter Forde | 85 | UK | Director | ||
| 11 | Jack La Rue | 70 | US | Actor | ||
| 20 | Johnny Weissmuller | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Frances Goodrich | 93 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| February | 11 | Arlette Marchal | 82 | France | Actress | |
| 15 | Ethel Merman | 76 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
| 17 | Lucille Benson | 69 | US | Actress | ||
| 29 | Kenneth Strickfaden | 87 | US | Set Designer | ||
| March | 1 | Jackie Coogan | 69 | US | Actor | |
| 1 | Ronald Culver | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
| 4 | William E. Snyder | 82 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| 5 | William Powell | 91 | US | Actor | ||
| 6 | Henry Wilcoxon | 78 | Dominica | Actor | ||
| 10 | I. S. Johar | 64 | India | Actor | ||
| 18 | Paul Francis Webster | 76 | US | Lyricist | ||
| 20 | Richard L. Van Enger | 69 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 21 | Sam Leavitt | 80 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| 24 | Sam Jaffe | 93 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | Jack Donohue | 75 | US | Director, Choreographer | ||
| 27 | Derek Francis | 60 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | Carmen Dragon | 69 | US | Composer | ||
| April | 1 | George Glass | 73 | US | Producer | |
| 2 | William C. Thomas | 80 | US | Producer, Director | ||
| 7 | Samuel G. Engel | 79 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | ||
| 10 | Ray Middleton | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Richard Hurndall | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
| 14 | Thorold Dickinson | 80 | UK | Director, Film Editor | ||
| 15 | Glen MacWilliams | 85 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| 16 | Byron Haskin | 84 | US | Director | ||
| 18 | Francis de Wolff | 71 | UK | Actor | ||
| 18 | John Lee Mahin | 81 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 25 | Richard Benedict | 64 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 26 | May McAvoy | 84 | US | Actress | ||
| May | 4 | Diana Dors | 52 | UK | Actress | |
| 10 | Robert Moore | 57 | US | Director | ||
| 12 | Ben Roberts | 68 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 13 | Antonio Castillo | 75 | Spain | Costume Designer | ||
| 16 | Andy Kaufman | 35 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | Irwin Shaw | 71 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 20 | Peter Bull | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
| 21 | Andrea Leeds | 72 | US | Actress | ||
| 21 | Ann Little | 93 | US | Actress | ||
| 22 | John Marley | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | D'Urville Martin | 45 | US | Actor, Director | ||
| June | 1 | Ruthelma Stevens | 80 | US | Actress | |
| 15 | Ned Glass | 78 | Poland | Actor | ||
| 17 | Leslie I. Carey | 88 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
| 17 | Nobuo Nakagawa | 79 | Japan | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 18 | Luis Moglia Barth | 81 | Argentina | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 19 | Sunny Johnson | 30 | US | Actress | ||
| 20 | Estelle Winwood | 101 | UK | Actress | ||
| 22 | Joseph Losey | 75 | US | Director | ||
| 24 | William Keighley | 94 | US | Director | ||
| 26 | Carl Foreman | 69 | US | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
| 30 | Lillian Hellman | 79 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| July | 2 | Lenore Coffee | 87 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 7 | Flora Robson | 82 | UK | Actress | ||
| 11 | Hugh Morton | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
| 14 | Ernest Tidyman | 56 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 23 | Lloyd Gough | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 23 | Anthony Sharp | 69 | UK | Actor | ||
| 24 | Vincent Beck | 59 | US | Actor | ||
| 25 | Akihiko Hirata | 56 | Japan | Actor | ||
| 26 | Roger H. Lewis | 66 | US | Producer | ||
| 27 | James Mason | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
| 29 | Woodrow Parfrey | 61 | US | Actor | ||
| August | 2 | Quirino Cristiani | 88 | Argentina | Director | |
| 4 | Walter Burke | 75 | US | Actor | ||
| 4 | Mary Miles Minter | 82 | US | Actress | ||
| 5 | Richard Burton | 58 | UK | Actor | ||
| 5 | Roland Kibbee | 70 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 8 | Richard Deacon | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | J. B. Priestley | 89 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 19 | George Meeker | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| 25 | Truman Capote | 59 | US | Screenwriter, Actor | ||
| 25 | Henry Lynn | 89 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Pina Menichelli | 94 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 30 | Emil Newman | 73 | US | Composer | ||
| September | 3 | Arthur Schwartz | 83 | US | Composer, Producer | |
| 6 | E. J. André | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 9 | Yılmaz Güney | 47 | Stateless | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | ||
| 11 | William Sands | 61 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 14 | Janet Gaynor | 77 | US | Actress | ||
| 17 | Richard Basehart | 70 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | June Preisser | 64 | US | Actress | ||
| 24 | Neil Hamilton | 85 | US | Actor | ||
| 25 | Walter Pidgeon | 87 | Canada | Actor | ||
| October | 9 | Joan Young | 84 | UK | Actress | |
| 10 | Leonard Rossiter | 57 | UK | Actor | ||
| 11 | H. Bruce Humberstone | 82 | US | Director | ||
| 16 | Peggy Ann Garner | 52 | US | Actress | ||
| 21 | François Truffaut | 52 | France | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | ||
| 23 | Oskar Werner | 61 | Austria | Actor | ||
| 24 | Walter Woolf King | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Edith Massey | 66 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | Pascale Ogier | 25 | France | Actress | ||
| 30 | June Duprez | 66 | UK | Actress | ||
| 31 | Eduardo De Filippo | 84 | Italy | Actor, Screenwriter, Director | ||
| November | 1 | Norman Krasna | 74 | US | Screenwriter, Director | |
| 3 | Milo Anderson | 75 | US | Costume Designer | ||
| 7 | George Mathews | 73 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Dorothy Arnold | 66 | US | Actress | ||
| 20 | Peter Welch | 62 | UK | Actor | ||
| December | 2 | Harry Sukman | 72 | US | Composer | |
| 7 | Jeanne Cagney | 65 | US | Actress | ||
| 8 | Luther Adler | 81 | US | Actor | ||
| 11 | Robert E. Kent | 73 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 11 | George Waggner | 81 | US | Director | ||
| 13 | Margaret Livingston | 89 | US | Actress | ||
| 19 | Edward Carrere | 78 | Mexico | Art Director | ||
| 24 | Ian Hendry | 53 | UK | Actor | ||
| 24 | Peter Lawford | 61 | UK | Actor | ||
| 24 | Harry Waxman | 72 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
| 28 | Sam Peckinpah | 59 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Leo Robin | 84 | US | Songwriter |
Film debuts
- Angélica Aragón – The Evil That Men Do
- Marshall Bell – Birdy
- Nigel Bennett – The Ninja Mission
- Geoffrey Blake – The Last Starfighter
- María Botto – Berta's Motives
- Jesse Bradford – Falling in Love
- Pascale Bussières – Sonatine
- Ralph Brown – The Hit
- Simon Callow – Amadeus
- Maggie Cheung – Prince Charming
- Jennifer Connelly – Once Upon a Time in America
- Jon Cryer – No Small Affair
- Isaach de Bankolé – Asphalt Warriors
- Johnny Depp – A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Gabino Diego – Bicycles Are for the Summer
- Tate Donovan – No Small Affair
- Richard Edson – Stranger Than Paradise
- Troy Evans – Rhinestone
- Rupert Everett – Another Country
- Sherilyn Fenn – The Wild Life
- John Finn – The Pope of Greenwich Village
- Colin Firth – Another Country
- Courtney Gains – Children of the Corn
- Jsu Garcia – A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Sarah Michelle Gellar – Over the Brooklyn Bridge
- Peter Gerety – The House of God
- Bobcat Goldthwait – Massive Retaliation
- Gilbert Gottfried – The House of God
- Heather Graham – Mrs. Soffel
- Seth Green – Billions for Boris
- Arye Gross – Exterminator 2
- Larisa Guzeyeva – A Cruel Romance
- Corey Haim – Firstborn
- Josh Hamilton – Old Enough
- Kadeem Hardison – Beat Street
- John Hawkes – Police Academy
- Yves Jacques – Sonatine
- Arsinée Khanjian – Next of Kin
- Val Kilmer – Top Secret!
- Patrick Kilpatrick – The Toxic Avenger
- John Leguizamo – Mixed Blood
- John Lynch – Cal
- Andie MacDowell – Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- Kyle MacLachlan – Dune
- Sonia Martínez – Epilogue
- Frances McDormand – Blood Simple
- Olga Merediz – The Brother from Another Planet
- Alyssa Milano – Old Enough
- Connie Nielsen – Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr. – Joy of Sex
- David O'Hara – Comfort and Joy
- Jay Patterson – Places in the Heart
- Lou Diamond Phillips – Interface
- Mike Pniewski – Beverly Hills Cop
- Clifton Powell – Alphabet City
- Aidan Quinn – Reckless
- Tracy Reiner – The Flamingo Kid
- Tim Robbins – Toy Soldiers
- Tim Roth – The Hit
- Nicholas Rowe – Another Country
- Emmanuelle Seigner – Year of the Jellyfish
- Craig Sheffer – Voyage of the Rock Aliens
- Alexander Skarsgård – Åke and His World
- Ice-T – Breakin'
- Brian Thompson – The Terminator
- Jennifer Tilly – No Small Affair
- Marisa Tomei – The Flamingo Kid
- Pip Torrens – Oxford Blues
- Ken Watanabe – MacArthur's Children
- Steven Weber – The Flamingo Kid
- Dana Wheeler-Nicholson – The Little Drummer Girl
- Alicia Witt – Dune
- Michelle Yeoh – The Owl vs Bombo
