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The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)

Top grossing films

Rank	Title	Studio	Actors	Director	Gross	Budget
1.	Aladdin	Disney	voices of Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, and Linda Larkin	Ron Clements and John Musker	$504,050,219	$28 million
2.	The Bodyguard	Warner Bros.	Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston	Mick Jackson	$410,945,720	N/A
3.	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	Fox	Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara, Tim Curry, and John Heard	Chris Columbus	$358,994,850	$20 million
4.	Basic Instinct	TriStar	Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and George Dzundza	Paul Verhoeven	$352,927,224	$49 million
5.	Lethal Weapon 3	Warner Bros.	Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, and Rene Russo	Richard Donner	$321,731,527	$35 million
6.	Batman Returns	Warner Bros.	Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, and Danny DeVito	Tim Burton	$266,822,354	$80 million
7.	A Few Good Men	Columbia	Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, and Jack Nicholson,	Rob Reiner	$243,240,178	$40 million
8.	Sister Act	Touchstone	Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith	Emile Ardolino	$231,605,150	N/A
9.	Bram Stoker's Dracula	Columbia	Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, and Anthony Hopkins	Francis Ford Coppola	$215,862,692	$40 million
10.	Wayne's World	Paramount	Mike Myers and Dana Carvey	Penelope Spheeris	$183,097,323	$20 million

Awards

Academy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

National Film Awards

Cannes Film Festival:

Palme d'Or: The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan), directed by Bille August, Denmark

Venice Film Festival

Berlin Film Festival

Category/Organization	49th Golden Globe Awards January 23, 1993		45th BAFTA Awards February 19, 1993	65th Academy Awards March 29, 1993
	Drama	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	Scent of a Woman	The Player	Howards End	Unforgiven
Best Director	Clint Eastwood Unforgiven		Robert Altman The Player	Clint Eastwood Unforgiven
Best Actor	Al Pacino Scent of a Woman	Tim Robbins The Player	Robert Downey Jr. Chaplin	Al Pacino Scent of a Woman
Best Actress	Emma Thompson Howards End	Miranda Richardson Enchanted April	Emma Thompson Howards End	Emma Thompson Howards End
Best Supporting Actor	Gene Hackman Unforgiven		Gene Hackman Unforgiven	Gene Hackman Unforgiven
Best Supporting Actress	Joan Plowright Enchanted April		Miranda Richardson Damage	Marisa Tomei My Cousin Vinny
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Scent of a Woman Bo Goldman		The Player Michael Tolkin	Howards End Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Best Screenplay, Original			Husbands and Wives Woody Allen	The Crying Game Neil Jordan
Best Score	Aladdin Alan Menken		Strictly Ballroom David Hirschfelder	Aladdin Alan Menken
Best Song	"A Whole New World" Aladdin			"A Whole New World" Aladdin
Best Foreign Language Film	Indochine		Raise the Red Lantern	Indochine

Films released in 1992

U.S.A. unless stated

#

• 1492: Conquest of Paradise, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Gérard Depardieu - (Spain/U.K./France)
• 1991: The Year Punk Broke

A-D

• Agantuk (The Stranger), directed by Satyajit Ray - (India) - winner of FIPRESCI Award at Venice Film Festival
• Aladdin, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation
• Alien 3, directed by David Fincher, starring Sigourney Weaver
• American Me, directed by and starring Edward James Olmos
• Article 99, starring Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Lea Thompson

B

• The Babe, starring John Goodman (as Babe Ruth) with Kelly McGillis
• Bad Lieutenant, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Harvey Keitel
• Basic Instinct, starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone in her breakthrough role
• Batman Returns, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer
• Bebe's Kids
• Beethoven, starring Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt
• Being at Home with Claude - (Canada)
• Belle Époque (The Age of Beauty) - (Spain) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (for 1993)
• The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan), directed by Bille August - (Sweden) - winner of Palme d'Or
• Bharatham, starring Mohanlal - (India)
• Bitter Moon, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott-Thomas - (U.K./France)
• Blame It on the Bellboy, starring Dudley Moore
• Bob Roberts, starring Tim Robbins
• The Bodyguard, starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston
• Boomerang, starring Eddie Murphy, David Alan Grier, Halle Berry, Martin Lawrence, Robin Givens
• Braindead, directed by Peter Jackson - (New Zealand)
• Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves
• The Bridge - (U.K.)
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, Paul Reubens

C

• Candyman, starring Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd
• Captain Ron, starring Kurt Russell and Martin Short
• Careful - (Canada)
• Carry On Columbus - (U.K.)
• Chaplin, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Robert Downey, Jr., Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Kline, Moira Kelly, John Thaw, Dan Aykroyd - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, starring Georges Corraface, Rachel Ward, Tom Selleck, Marlon Brando
• Chunuk Bair - (New Zealand)
• City of Joy, starring Patrick Swayze - (U.K./France)
• Class Act
• Un coeur en hiver (A Heart in Winter), starring Daniel Auteuil and Emmanuelle Béart - (France)
• Consenting Adults, starring Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Miller
• Cool World, starring Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt
• CrissCross, starring Goldie Hawn and Arliss Howard
• The Crying Game, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Miranda Richardson, Forest Whitaker - (U.K.)
• The Cutting Edge, starring D. B. Sweeney and Moira Kelly

D

• Damage, directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson - (U.K.)
• Death Becomes Her, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn
• Deep Cover, starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum
• Diggstown, starring James Woods, Louis Gossett, Jr., Oliver Platt, Bruce Dern
• The Distinguished Gentleman, starring Eddie Murphy

E-K

• El Mariachi, directed by Robert Rodriguez - (Mexico/U.S.A.)
• Enchanted April, starring Miranda Richardson and Joan Plowright - (U.K.)
• Encino Man, starring Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore
• Equinox, starring Matthew Modine and Kevin J. O'Connor

F

• Far and Away, directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
• Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, directed by Bill Kroyer - (Australia/U.S.A.)
• A Few Good Men, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland
• Fifty/Fifty
• Final Analysis, starring Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts, Keith David
• Final Judgement, starring Brad Dourif
• Firingoti, Assamese film starring Moyola Goswami
• Folks!, starring Tom Selleck and Don Ameche
• Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives - (Canada)
• Forever Young, starring Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood, Jamie Lee Curtis
• Four Eyes and Six Guns, starring Judge Reinhold
• Freejack, starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Mick Jagger

G

• Gladiator, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and James Marshall
• Glengarry Glen Ross, starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Jonathan Pryce, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey
• For a Lost Soldier (Voor een verloren soldaat), directed by Roeland Kerbosch, starring Jeroen Krabbé, Maarten Smit - (Netherlands)
• Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (Gojira tai Mosura) - (Japan)

H

• The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, starring Rebecca De Mornay and Annabella Sciorra
• Hard Boiled (辣手神探), directed by John Woo, starring Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai - (Hong Kong)
• Hero, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy García
• Hoffa, directed by Danny DeVito, starring Jack Nicholson, DeVito, Armand Assante, John C. Reilly
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
• Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, starring Rick Moranis
• Honeymoon in Vegas, starring James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker
• HouseSitter, directed by Frank Oz, starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn
• Howards End, directed by James Ivory, starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter - (U.K.)
• Husbands and Wives, directed by Woody Allen, starring Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, Liam Neeson, Sydney Pollack

I-J

• Indochine, starring Catherine Deneuve - (France) - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• Innocent Blood, directed by John Landis, starring Anne Parillaud, Anthony LaPaglia and Robert Loggia
• Into the Sun
• Jamon, Jamon, starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem - (Spain)
• Jennifer Eight, starring Andy García, Uma Thurman and John Malkovich
• Juice, starring Omar Epps and Tupac Shakur
• Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.

K

• Killer Image - (Canada)
• Kuffs, starring Christian Slater, Milla Jovovich

L-Q

• Ladybugs, starring Rodney Dangerfield
• The Last of the Mohicans, directed by Michael Mann, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe
• The Lawnmower Man, starring Jeff Fahey and Pierce Brosnan
• A League of Their Own, starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, Lori Petty, Rosie O'Donnell, Garry Marshall
• Leap of Faith, starring Steve Martin, Liam Neeson, Debra Winger
• Lethal Weapon 3, starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo
• Light Sleeper, starring Susan Sarandon, Willem Dafoe, Dana Delany
• Like Water For Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate) - (Mexico)
• Live Wire, directed by Christian Duguay, starring Pierce Brosnan and Ron Silver
• Lorenzo's Oil, directed by George Miller, starring Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon
• Love Field, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Dennis Haysbert
• Love Potion No. 9, starring Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan
• The Lover (L'Amant), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud - (France)

M

• Mac, directed by and starring John Turturro
• Mad at the Moon, starring Mary Stuart Masterson
• Malcolm X, directed by Spike Lee, starring Denzel Washington
• The Mambo Kings, starring Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, and Desi Arnaz, Jr.
• Man Bites Dog (aka C'est arrivé près de chez vous) - (Belgium)
• Man Trouble, starring Jack Nicholson and Ellen Barkin
• Medicine Man, starring Sean Connery and Lorraine Bracco
• Memoirs of an Invisible Man, directed by John Carpenter, starring Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, and Michael McKean
• A Midnight Clear, starring Ethan Hawke and Kevin Dillon
• The Mighty Ducks, starring Emilio Estevez
• Mistress, starring Robert De Niro, Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau, Danny Aiello and Laurie Metcalf
• Mo' Money, starring Damon Wayans
• Mr. Baseball, starring Tom Selleck
• Mr. Saturday Night, starring Billy Crystal, Helen Hunt, Julie Warner, and David Paymer
• The Muppet Christmas Carol, starring Michael Caine and the Muppets
• My Cousin Vinny, directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio and Fred Gwynne

N

• Nemesis - (Denmark/U.S.A.)
• Newsies, starring Christian Bale, Robert Duvall, Ann-Margret, and Bill Pullman
• Night and the City, starring Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Jack Warden, and Alan King
• Nitrate Kisses
• Noises Off, starring Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, John Ritter, Marilu Henner, Christopher Reeve

O

• Of Mice and Men, starring John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, and Sherilyn Fenn
• Once Upon a Crime, starring John Candy, James Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Sean Young, Ornella Muti and George Hamilton
• One False Move, starring Bill Paxton
• Only You, starring Andrew McCarthy, Helen Hunt, and Kelly Preston
• Orlando, starring Tilda Swinton and Billy Zane - (U.K.)

P-Q

• Passenger 57, starring Wesley Snipes
• Passion Fish, starring Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard
• Patriot Games, starring Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Sean Bean, James Earl Jones, Richard Harris
• Pet Sematary Two, starring Edward Furlong, Anthony Edwards and Clancy Brown
• Peter's Friends, directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Rita Rudner, Emma Thompson - (U.K.)
• The Player, directed by Robert Altman, starring Tim Robbins -- Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
• Poison Ivy, starring Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd
• Police Story 3 (Jing cha gu shi III: Chao ji jing cha), starring Jackie Chan - (Hong Kong)
• Porco Rosso (Kurenai no Buta) - (Japan)
• The Power of One, directed by John G. Avildsen
• Prelude to a Kiss, starring Alec Baldwin and Meg Ryan
• The Princess and the Goblin (A hercegnő és a kobold) - (Hungary/U.K./Japan)
• The Public Eye, starring Joe Pesci and Barbara Hershey
• Pushing Hands (tuī shǒu), directed by Ang Lee - (China/Taiwan)

R-Z

• Radio Flyer, starring Elijah Wood
• Raising Cain, starring John Lithgow and Lolita Davidovich
• Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama, directed by Ram Mohan - (India/Japan)
• Rapid Fire, starring Brandon Lee and Powers Boothe
• Reservoir Dogs, directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn, and Lawrence Tierney
• A River Runs Through It, directed by Robert Redford, starring Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, and Emily Lloyd
• Rock-a-Doodle, directed by Don Bluth
• Roja (Rose), directed by Mani Ratnam - (India) - nominated for Best Film at Moscow International Film Festival
• Romper Stomper, starring Russell Crowe - (Australia)
• Ruby, starring Danny Aiello (as Jack Ruby)

S

• Samantha, starring Martha Plimpton and Dermot Mulroney
• Scent of a Woman, directed by Martin Brest, starring Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Gabrielle Anwar - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
• School Ties, starring Brendan Fraser, Chris O'Donnell, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
• Shakes the Clown, starring Bobcat Goldthwaite, Julie Brown, Florence Henderson
• Shining Through, starring Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson
• Single White Female, starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh
• Singles, directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick
• Sister Act, starring Whoopi Goldberg
• Sleepwalkers (based on a Stephen King novel)
• Sneakers, starring Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, David Strathairn
• Split Second, starring Rutger Hauer and Kim Cattrall - (U.K.)
• Stay Tuned, directed by Peter Hyams, starring John Ritter and Pam Dawber
• Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, starring Sylvester Stallone and Estelle Getty
• The Story of Qiu Ju (Qiu Ju da guan si), directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li - (China) - Golden Lion award
• Storyville, starring James Spader
• Straight Talk, starring Dolly Parton and James Woods
• A Stranger Among Us, starring Melanie Griffith and Mia Sara
• Strictly Ballroom, directed by Baz Luhrmann - (Australia)
• Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (Shiko funjatta) - (Japan) - Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year

T

• There Goes the Neighborhood, starring Jeff Daniels
• Thunderheart, starring Val Kilmer
• Toys, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, LL Cool J
• Traces of Red, starring James Belushi and Lorraine Bracco
• Trespass, starring Ice Cube, Ice-T, Bill Paxton
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, directed by David Lynch, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly

U-V

• Under Siege, starring Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Erika Eleniak, Gary Busey
• Unforgiven, starring Clint Eastwood (also director), Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris - Academy Award for Best Picture
• Universal Soldier, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren
• Unlawful Entry, starring Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, Madeleine Stowe

W

• Waxwork II: Lost in Time
• The Waterdance, starring Eric Stoltz, Helen Hunt, Wesley Snipes
• Wayne's World, starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Brian Doyle-Murray, Lara Flynn Boyle
• Where the Day Takes You, starring Sean Astin and Lara Flynn Boyle
• Whispers in the Dark, starring Annabella Sciorra, Jamey Sheridan, Jill Clayburgh, Alan Alda, John Leguizamo, Anthony LaPaglia and Deborah Kara Unger
• White Men Can't Jump, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez
• White Sands, starring Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke
• Wind, starring Matthew Modine and Jennifer Grey
• Wuthering Heights, starring Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes - (U.K.)

XYZ

• Year of the Comet, starring Penelope Ann Miller, Tim Daly, Louis Jourdan

Wide-release films

January–March

• January 1992
  • January 10
    • Kuffs, starring Christian Slater and Milla Jovovich
    • The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, starring Rebecca De Mornay and Annabella Sciorra
  • January 17
    • Freejack, starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, and Mick Jagger
    • Juice
  • January 31
    • Hurricane Smith
    • Into the Sun
    • Shining Through, starring Michael Douglas and Melanie Griffith

• February 1992
  • February 7
    • Final Analysis, starring Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, and Eric Roberts
    • Medicine Man, starring Sean Connery and Lorraine Bracco
  • February 14 - Wayne's World, starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Brian Doyle-Murray, and Lara Flynn Boyle
  • February 21
    • Radio Flyer
    • Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
  • February 28
    • The Mambo Kings
    • Memoirs of an Invisible Man

• March 1992
  • March 6
    • Gladiator, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr.
    • Once Upon a Crime
  • March 13
    • American Me
    • Article 99
    • Howards End (US; UK 1 May 1992)
    • My Cousin Vinny, starring Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Fred Gwynne, and Mitchell Whitfield
  • March 20
    • Basic Instinct, starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone
    • Noises Off
  • March 27
    • The Cutting Edge
    • Ladybugs
    • The Power of One
    • Ruby
    • White Men Can't Jump

April–June

• April 1992
  • April 3
    • Beethoven
    • The Player (Cleveland; wider 10 Apr 1992)
    • Rock-a-Doodle
    • Straight Talk
    • Thunderheart
  • April 10
    • Ferngully: The Last Rainforest
    • Newsies
    • Sleepwalkers
  • April 17
    • The Babe
    • City of Joy
    • Deep Cover
  • April 24
    • A Midnight Clear
    • White Sands
    • Year of the Comet

• May 1992
  • May 1
    • Folks!
    • Live Wire
    • Split Second
  • May 8
    • CrissCross
    • One False Move
    • Poison Ivy
    • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (Cannes; US 28 Aug 1992)
  • May 15 - Lethal Weapon 3, starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci and Rene Russo
  • May 22
    • Alien 3, directed by David Fincher, starring Sigourney Weaver
    • Encino Man
    • Far and Away, directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
  • May 29 - Sister Act

• June 1992
  • June 5
    • Class Act
    • Patriot Games, starring Harrison Ford
  • June 12 - HouseSitter
  • June 19 - Batman Returns, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito and Michelle Pfeiffer
  • June 26 - Unlawful Entry

July–September

• July 1992
  • July 1
    • Boomerang
    • A League of Their Own, starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, Lori Petty, Rosie O'Donnell, and Garry Marshall
  • July 10
    • Cool World, starring Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, and Brad Pitt
    • Prelude to a Kiss, starring Alec Baldwin and Meg Ryan
    • Universal Soldier, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren
  • July 17
    • Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, starring Rick Moranis
    • Man Trouble, starring Jack Nicholson and Ellen Barkin
    • A Stranger Among Us, starring Melanie Griffith
  • July 24
    • Mistress
    • Mo' Money, starring Damon Wayans
    • Mom and Dad Save the World, starring Teri Garr and Jeffrey Jones
  • July 31
    • Bebe's Kids
    • Buffy the Vampire Slayer, starring Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, and Paul Reubens
    • Death Becomes Her, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, and Bruce Willis

• August 1992
  • August 7
    • 3 Ninjas
    • Raising Cain, directed by Brian De Palma, starring John Lithgow, and Lolita Davidovich
    • Unforgiven, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and Richard Harris
    • Whispers in the Dark
  • August 14
    • Diggstown
    • Single White Female, directed by Barbet Schroeder, starring Bridget Fonda, and Jennifer Jason Leigh
    • Stay Tuned
  • August 21
    • Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, starring Georges Corraface, Rachel Ward, Tom Selleck, and Marlon Brando
    • The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, starring Penelope Ann Miller
    • Light Sleeper
    • Rapid Fire
  • August 28
    • Honeymoon in Vegas, starring Nicolas Cage, James Caan, and Sarah Jessica Parker
    • Pet Sematary Two, starring Edward Furlong and Anthony Edwards

• September 1992
  • September 4 - Live Wire, directed by Christian Duguay and starring Pierce Brosnan and Ron Silver
  • September 11
    • Sneakers, starring Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Ben Kingsley, David Strathairn, and Mary McDonnell
    • Where the Day Takes You
    • Wind, starring Matthew Modine and Jennifer Grey
  • September 18
    • Captain Ron, starring Kurt Russell and Martin Short
    • Peter's Friends
    • School Ties
    • Singles, directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Kyra Sedgwick, and Campbell Scott
  • September 23 - Mr. Saturday Night, starring Billy Crystal and David Paymer
  • September 25
    • Innocent Blood, directed by John Landis, starring Anne Parillaud and Anthony LaPaglia
    • The Last of the Mohicans, directed by Michael Mann, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe

October–December

• October 1992
  • October 2
    • Glengarry Glen Ross
    • Hero
    • The Mighty Ducks
    • Mr. Baseball
    • Of Mice and Men
  • October 9
    • 1492: Conquest of Paradise
    • A River Runs Through It
    • Under Siege
  • October 16
    • Candyman
    • Consenting Adults, directed by Alan J. Pakula
    • Night and the City
    • The Public Eye
  • October 23
    • Dr. Giggles
    • Hero
    • Reservoir Dogs
  • October 30
    • The Crying Game (UK; US limited 25 November 1992; US wide 13 February 1993)
    • There Goes the Neighborhood

• November 1992
  • November 6
    • Jennifer 8
    • Passenger 57
  • November 11 - Traces of Red
  • November 13
    • Bram Stoker's Dracula
    • Love Potion No. 9
  • November 18
    • Malcolm X
  • November 20
    • Bad Lieutenant
    • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, featuring Macaulay Culkin
    • Samantha
  • November 25
    • Aladdin
    • The Bodyguard

• December 1992
  • December 2 - Damage
  • December 4 - The Distinguished Gentleman
  • December 11
    • A Few Good Men, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore
    • Forever Young
    • Love Field
    • The Muppet Christmas Carol
    • Passion Fish
  • December 18
    • Leap of Faith
    • Toys
  • December 23 - Scent of a Woman
  • December 25
    • Chaplin
    • Hoffa
    • Trespass
  • December 26 - Nemesis
  • December 30 - Lorenzo's Oil

Births

• January 19 - Logan Lerman, actor
• February 11 - Taylor Lautner, actor
• February 14 - Freddie Highmore, actor
• February 18 - Greer Grammer, actress
• April 4 - Alexa Nikolas, actress
• March 13 - Kaya Scodelario, actress
• March 17 - Gabriel Liotta, actor
• May 4 - Ashley Rickards, actress
• May 7 - Alexander Ludwig, actor
• May 18 - Spencer Breslin, actor
• July 3 - Nathalia Ramos, actress
• June 14 - Daryl Sabara, actor
• June 26 - Jennette McCurdy, actress and singer
• July 22 - Selena Gomez, actress and singer
• August 4 - Dylan and Cole Sprouse, actors
• August 20 - Demi Lovato, actress and singer
• September 16 - Nick Jonas, singer (Jonas Brothers)
• October 9 - Tyler James Williams, actor
• October 12 - Josh Hutcherson, actor
• November 18- Nathan Kress, actor
• November 23 - Miley Cyrus, actress and singer
• December 18 - Bridgit Mendler, actress

Film debuts

• Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard
• Penélope Cruz - Jamón, jamón
• Ralph Fiennes - Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
• Jennifer Love Hewitt - Munchie
• Mike Myers - Wayne's World
• Keri Russell - Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
• Will Smith - Where the Day Takes You
• Maggie Gyllenhaal - Waterland
• Jamie Foxx - Toys
• Rosie O'Donnell - A League of Their Own
• Laura Linney - Lorenzo's Oil
• Hilary Swank - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Jack Black - Bob Roberts
• Robin Tunney - Encino Man
• Gary Sinise - Of Mice and Men (actor)
• Ashley Judd - Kuffs
• Bernie Mac - Mo' Money
• Daniel Craig - The Power of One
• Eliza Dushku - That Night
• Katherine Heigl - That Night
• Cole Hauser - School Ties
• Alan Cumming
• Tim Blake Nelson - This Is My Life
• Steve Zahn - Rain Without Thunder
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Beethoven
• Claire Forlani - Gypsy Eyes
• Heath Ledger - Clowning Around
• Omar Epps - Juice
• David Arquette
• Rose McGowan - Encino Man