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This is a list of films released in 1994. The top worldwide grosser was The Lion King, becoming the highest-grossing Walt Disney Feature Animation film of all-time, although it was slightly overtaken at the North American domestic box office by Forrest Gump, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its 70th Anniversary in 1994.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1994 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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1 | The Lion King | Disney | $763,455,561[2] |
2 | Forrest Gump | Paramount | $677,945,399 |
3 | True Lies | Fox / Universal | $378,882,411 |
4 | The Mask | New Line | $351,583,407 |
5 | Speed | Fox | $350,448,145 |
6 | The Flintstones | Universal | $341,631,208 |
7 | The Specialist | Warner Bros | $278,279,980 |
8 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Gramercy | $245,700,832 |
9 | Interview with the Vampire | Warner Bros. | $223,664,608 |
10 | Clear and Present Danger | Paramount | $215,887,717 |
Events
- February 15 - Viacom acquired 50.1% of Paramount Communications Inc. for $9.75 billion, following a five-month battle with QVC.
- March 21 - Steven Spielberg wins his first Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List.
- April 14 - Gone with the Wind becomes the first movie ever to air on the cable channel Turner Classic Movies.
- June 7 - Pierce Brosnan is officially announced as the fifth actor to play James Bond.
- June 15 - The Lion King opens in New York and Los Angeles and goes on to become Buena Vista's highest-grossing film and the highest-grossing animated film.
- July 1 - Val Kilmer is officially announced[3] as the next actor to portray Batman following the abrupt departure[4] of Michael Keaton.
- July 6 - Forrest Gump in released and becomes Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing film of all-time.
- December 29 - Buena Vista Pictures Distribution becomes the first distributor to have grosses in the United States and Canada in a year exceed $1 billion.
Awards
1994 wide-release films
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Notable films released in 1994
United States unless stated
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- 1942: A Love Story, starring Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff – (India)
- 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls), directed by Michael Haneke – (Austria)
- 8 Seconds, starring Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin, Cynthia Gibb
A
- Above the Rim, starring Duane Martin and Tupac Shakur
- Accumulator 1 (Akumulator 1) – (Czech Republic)
- The Accused Uncle Shangang (Bei gao Shangang ye) – (China)
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, directed by Tom Shadyac, starring Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young
- The Act in Question (El Acto en cuestión) – (Argentina)
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, starring Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce – (Australia)
- Africa: The Serengeti
- The Air Up There, starring Kevin Bacon
- Airheads, starring Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Brendan Fraser
- Amaidhi Padai, starring Satyaraj – (India)(logan)1994 aMSM
- Amateur, starring Isabelle Huppert – (UK/US/France)
- Andaz Apna Apna, directed by Rajkumar Santoshi – starring Aamir Khan, Salman Khan- (India)
- Andre, starring Keith Carradine
- Angel Dust (Enjeru dasuto), directed by Sogo Ishii – (Japan)
- Angels in the Outfield, directed by William Dear, starring Danny Glover, Tony Danza, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Christopher Lloyd
- A.P.E.X.
- Ashes of Time (Dung che sai duk), directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung – (Hong Kong)
- Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs (Kurochka Ryaba), directed by Andrei Konchalovsky – (Russia)
B
- Bab El-Oued City – (Algeria)
- Baby's Day Out, starring Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe Pantoliano
- Backbeat, a Beatles biopic starring Stephen Dorff – (U.K./Germany)
- Bad Girls, starring Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, Drew Barrymore
- Bandit Queen, directed by Shekhar Kapur – (India)
- Barcelona, starring Taylor Nichols and Mira Sorvino
- Barnabo of the Mountains (Barnabo delle montagne) – (Italy)
- Before the Rain (Pred doždot) – (Macedonia) – Golden Lion Award
- Beverly Hills Cop III, directed by John Landis, starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Héctor Elizondo, Alan Young
- Der bewegte Mann (Maybe, Maybe Not) – (Germany)
- Black Beauty, starring Alan Cumming and Sean Bean – (UK/US)
- Blank Check, directed by Rupert Wainwright, starring Brian Bonsall, Karen Duffy, and Miguel Ferrer
- Blankman, starring Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier
- Blink, directed by Michael Apted, starring Madeleine Stowe and Aidan Quinn
- Blown Away, directed by Stephen Hopkins, starring Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Forest Whitaker, Suzy Amis, Lloyd Bridges
- Blue Chips, directed by William Friedkin, starring Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J. T. Walsh, Ed O'Neill, Shaquille O'Neal
- Blue Sky, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe
- Body Without Soul (Tělo bez duše) – (Czech Republic)
- Brainscan, starring Edward Furlong
- The Broken Journey (Uttoran), directed by Sandip Ray – (India)
- The Browning Version, directed by Mike Figgis, starring Albert Finney and Greta Scacchi – (U.K.)
- Bullets over Broadway, directed by Woody Allen, starring John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly, Chazz Palminteri
- Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) – (Russia/France) – Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
C
- A Caixa (The Box) – (Portugal)
- Camilla, starring Jessica Tandy and Bridget Fonda
- Camp Nowhere, starring Christopher Lloyd and Jonathan Jackson
- Captives, starring Tim Roth – (U.K.)
- "Cemetery Man"
- C'est la vie, mon chéri (Xīn bùliǎo qíng) – (Hong Kong)
- The Chase, starring Charlie Sheen and Kristy Swanson
- Chasers, starring Tom Berenger, William McNamara, Erika Eleniak
- China Moon, starring Ed Harris and Madeleine Stowe
- A Chinese Odyssey (Sai yau gei) – (Hong Kong)
- Chungking Express, directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Tony Leung – (Hong Kong)
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold, starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jon Lovitz, Jack Palance
- Clean, Shaven
- Clean Slate, starring Dana Carvey and Valeria Golino
- Clear and Present Danger, starring Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Harris Yulin, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones, Joaquim de Almeida
- Clerks, directed by Kevin Smith
- The Client, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro
- Clifford, starring Martin Short, Charles Grodin, Mary Steenburgen, Dabney Coleman
- Cobb, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Wuhl
- Color of Night, directed by Richard Rush, starring Bruce Willis, Jane March, Rubén Blades, Lesley Ann Warren, Scott Bakula, Brad Dourif
- Colonel Chabert, starring Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant – (France)
- The Confessional – (Canada/France/U.K.)
- A Confucian Confusion (Duli Shidai) – (Taiwan)
- Cops & Robbersons, starring Chevy Chase and Jack Palance
- Corrina, Corrina, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta, Tina Majorino
- Country Life, starring Sam Neill and Greta Scacchi – (Australia)
- The Cowboy Way, starring Woody Harrelson, Kiefer Sutherland, Dylan McDermott, Marg Helgenberger
- Crackerjack, starring Nastassja Kinski, Thomas Ian Griffith, Christopher Plummer
- Criminal, directed by Mahesh Bhatt – (India/India)
- Crooklyn, directed by Spike Lee, starring Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, Isaiah Washington
- The Crow, starring Brandon Lee
- Crumb, a documentary directed by Terry Zwigoff
D
- D2: The Mighty Ducks, directed by Sam Weisman, starring Emilio Estevez, Joshua Jackson, Kathryn Erbe
- Dance Me Outside – (Canada)
- Deadly Advice, starring Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce – (U.K.)
- Deadly Target
- Dear Goddamned Friends (Cari fottutissimi amici), directed by Mario Monicelli – (Italy)
- Death and the Maiden, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley – (US/UK/France)
- Death Wish V: The Face of Death, starring Charles Bronson (in his final Hollywood film), Lesley-Anne Down, Michael Parks
- Dias contados (Running Out of Time), directed by Imanol Uribe – (Spain)
- Disclosure, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Rosemary Forsyth, Dennis Miller
- Double Happiness (Bonheur aigre-doux), starring Sandra Oh – (Canada)
- Dream Lover, starring James Spader and Mädchen Amick
- Drohkaal (Times of Betrayal), starring Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah – (India)
- Drop Zone, starring Wesley Snipes and Gary Busey
- Drunken Master II (Jui Kuen II), starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)
- Du Pappa (Daddy Blue) – (Norway)
- Dumb and Dumber, directed by the Farrelly brothers, starring Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly
E
- Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu), directed by Ang Lee – (Taiwan)
- Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Lisa Marie, Bill Murray
- Eden Valley – (U.K.)
- L'Enfer (Hell), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Emmanuelle Béart and François Cluzet – (France)
- Ermo, directed by Zhou Xiaowen – (Hong Kong/China)
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Angie Dickinson
- Everynight ... Everynight – (Australia)
- Exit to Eden, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Dana Delany, Paul Mercurio, Rosie O'Donnell, Dan Aykroyd
- Exotica, directed by Atom Egoyan, starring Mia Kirshner, Elias Koteas, Bruce Greenwood – (Canada)
F
- Farinelli Il Castrato – (Italy/Belgium/France) – Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Faust – (Czech Republic)
- Fast Getaway II
- The Favor, starring Harley Jane Kozak, Elizabeth McGovern, Bill Pullman, Ken Wahl, Brad Pitt
- Felidae – (Germany)
- Fist of Legend (Jing wu ying xiong), starring Jet Li – (Hong Kong)
- The Flintstones, directed by Brian Levant, starring John Goodman, Elizabeth Perkins, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Taylor
- Forrest Gump, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field – Academy Award for Best Picture and Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture (Drama)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral, directed by Mike Newell, starring Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell – (U.K.)
- The Fox with Nine Tails (Gumiho) – (South Korea)
- Fresh, starring Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito
- From Beijing With Love (Guóchǎn Líng Líng Qī) – (Hong Kong)
- F.T.W., starring Mickey Rourke and Lori Singer
G
- Gary Larson's Tales From the Far Side
- The Getaway, starring Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, Jennifer Tilly, Philip Seymour Hoffman, James Woods
- Getting Even with Dad, starring Macaulay Culkin, Ted Danson, Glenne Headly
- God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (Gojira tai SupēsuGojira) – (Japan)
- Golden Gate, directed by John Madden, starring Matt Dillon, Joan Chen, Bruno Kirby, Teri Polo
- A Good Man in Africa, starring Sean Connery – (South Africa/United States)
- The Good Old Daze (Le péril jeune), directed by Cédric Klapisch – (France)
- The Great Conqueror's Concubine (Xi chu bawang) – (Hong Kong)
- Greedy, starring Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis, Ed Begley Jr., Bob Balaban, Olivia d'Abo
- Guarding Tess, starring Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Richard Griffiths, Austin Pendleton, Edward Albert
- Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice, starring James Arness, Bruce Boxleitner, Amy Stoch, Alan Scarfe, Christopher Bradley, Hallie Foote, Don Collier
H
- Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies
- He's a Woman, She's a Man (Gam chi yuk yip), starring Leslie Cheung and Anita Yuen – (Hong Kong)
- The Heart's Cry (Le Cri du coeur) – (Burkina Faso/France)
- Heavenly Creatures, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet – (New Zealand)
- Hello Cinema (Salaam Cinema) – (Iran)
- Highlander III: The Sorcerer – (Canada/France/U.K.)
- Hoop Dreams, documentary on high school basketball
- The Hudsucker Proxy, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman
- Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (Who am I to You..!) – (India)
I
- I Can't Sleep (J'ai pas sommeil) – (France)
- I Have a Date with Spring (Wo he chun tian you ge yue hui) – (Hong Kong)
- I Love Trouble, starring Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte
- I.Q., directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau, Stephen Fry
- I'll Do Anything, directed by James L. Brooks, starring Nick Nolte, Albert Brooks, Julie Kavner, Joely Richardson, Tracey Ullman
- Illegal In Blue
- Imaginary Crimes, starring Harvey Keitel and Fairuza Balk
- Immortal Beloved, starring Gary Oldman and Jeroen Krabbé – (UK/US)
- In the Heat of the Sun (Yángguāng cànlàn de rìzi) – (China)
- The Inkwell, starring Larenz Tate and Joe Morton
- Intersection, starring Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita Davidovich
- Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater
- Iron Will, starring Mackenzie Astin and Kevin Spacey
- It Could Happen To You, starring Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez
J
- Jason's Lyric, starring Jada Pinkett Smith
- Jimmy Hollywood, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Joe Pesci and Christian Slater
- Johnnie Waterman (Jańcio Wodnik) – (Poland)
- Junior, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Emma Thompson
K
- Killing Zoe, directed by Roger Avary, starring Julie Delpy and Eric Stoltz
- Krantiveer, starring Nana Patekar and Dimple Kapadia – (India)
L
- Ladybird, Ladybird, directed by Ken Loach – (U.K.)
- Lamerica – (Italy)
- The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
- Lassie, starring Helen Slater
- The Last Seduction, directed by John Dahl, starring Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman
- The Last Supper, directed by Cynthia Roberts – (Canada)
- Legends of the Fall, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Julia Ormond, Henry Thomas, Aidan Quinn
- Léon: The Professional, directed by Luc Besson, starring Jean Reno, Gary Oldman and Natalie Portman – (France)
- Lightning Jack, starring Paul Hogan – (United States/Australia)
- The Lion King, directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, voices of Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons – Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- Lisbon Story, directed by Wim Wenders – (Germany/Portugal/Spain)
- Little Big League, starring Dennis Farina, Timothy Busfield, Luke Edwards, Jason Robards
- Little Buddha, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Keanu Reeves, Chris Isaak, Bridget Fonda
- Little Giants, starring Rick Moranis and Ed O'Neill
- Little Odessa, starring Tim Roth and Edward Furlong
- The Little Rascals, directed by Penelope Spheeris
- Little Women, starring Winona Ryder, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst
- Love Affair, starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Garry Shandling, Katharine Hepburn
- Love and a .45, starring Gil Bellows and Renée Zellweger
- Love on Delivery (Poh waai ji wong), starring Stephen Chow – (Hong Kong)
- A Low Down Dirty Shame, starring Keenen Ivory Wayans
M
- Madagascar – (Cuba)
- The Madness of King George, directed by Nicholas Hytner, starring Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren – (U.K.)
- Major League II, directed by David S. Ward, starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Corbin Bernsen, Dennis Haysbert, Omar Epps
- A Man of No Importance, starring Albert Finney – (Ireland/U.K.)
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, with Robert De Niro, Helena Bonham Carter
- The Mask, directed by Chuck Russell, starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz
- The Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита) – (Russia)
- Maverick, directed by Richard Donner, starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Alfred Molina, James Coburn
- Men of War, starring Dolph Lundgren
- Midnight Man
- Milk Money, starring Melanie Griffith and Ed Harris
- A Million to Juan, starring Polly Draper and Paul Rodriguez
- Miracle on 34th Street, starring Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, Mara Wilson
- Mixed Nuts, directed by Nora Ephron, starring Steve Martin, Rita Wilson, Madeline Kahn, Adam Sandler, Anthony LaPaglia, Juliette Lewis
- The Monster (Il Mostro), directed by and starring Roberto Benigni – (Italy)
- Mother's Boys, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Broderick, Campbell Scott
- Muriel's Wedding, starring Toni Collette – (Australia/France)
- My Girl 2, starring Anna Chlumsky, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Austin O'Brien
N
- Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult, starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, Fred Ward, O. J. Simpson, Anna Nicole Smith
- Natural Born Killers, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Sizemore, Tommy Lee Jones, Rodney Dangerfield
- Nell, directed by Michael Apted, starring Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson
- The NeverEnding Story III
- The Next Karate Kid, starring Hilary Swank and Pat Morita
- Nightwatch (Nattevagten) – (Denmark)
- No Dessert, Dad, till You Mow the Lawn, starring Robert Hays
- No Escape, starring Ray Liotta
- Nobody's Fool, directed by Robert Benton, starring Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Dylan Walsh, Jessica Tandy
- North, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Elijah Wood and Bruce Willis
O
- Oleanna, directed by David Mamet, starring William H. Macy and Debra Eisenstadt
- On Deadly Ground, starring Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen
- Once Were Warriors, directed by Lee Tamahori – (New Zealand)
- Only You, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr., Bonnie Hunt
- Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (Yamato Takeru) – (Japan)
P
- PCU, starring Jeremy Piven, Jon Favreau, David Spade
- The Pagemaster, directed by Joe Johnston (live action), starring Macaulay Culkin and Christopher Lloyd
- The Paper, directed by Ron Howard, starring Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Randy Quaid, Marisa Tomei, Robert Duvall
- The Patriots (Les Patriotes) – (France)
- Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
- Pontiac Moon, starring Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen
- Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
- The Postman (Il Postino), directed by Michael Radford, starring Philippe Noiret – (Italy)
- Prêt-à-Porter, directed by Robert Altman, starring Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Tim Robbins, Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker
- Priest, starring Linus Roache and Tom Wilkinson – (U.K.)
- Princess Caraboo, starring Phoebe Cates – (UK/US)
- Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Uma Thurman – Palme d'Or award
- The Puppet Masters, starring Donald Sutherland
- A Pure Formality (Una Pura Formalità), starring Gérard Depardieu and Roman Polanski – (Italy)
Q
- Queen Margot (La Reine Margot), starring Isabelle Adjani and Daniel Auteuil – (France)
- The Queen of the Night (La reina de la noche) – (Mexico)
- Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford, starring Rob Morrow, John Turturro, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield
R
- Radio Inside, starring William McNamara and Elisabeth Shue
- Radioland Murders, starring Mary Stuart Masterson and Brian Benben
- Rapa-Nui, starring Jason Scott Lee and Esai Morales
- Reality Bites, directed by and starring Ben Stiller, with Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Janeane Garofalo, Steve Zahn
- Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (Pao da shuang deng) – (China)
- Red Rose White Rose (Hong mei gui bai mei gui), starring Joan Chen – (Hong Kong)
- The Ref, directed by Ted Demme, starring Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey
- Renaissance Man, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Danny DeVito, Gregory Hines, Lillo Brancato, Jr., Mark Wahlberg
- The Return of Jafar
- The Return of Tommy Tricker
- Rice People (Neak sri) (Cambodia)
- Richie Rich, starring Macaulay Culkin
- The River Wild, directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly
- The Road to Wellville, directed by Alan Parker, starring Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Lara Flynn Boyle, Bridget Fonda, Dana Carvey
- The Jungle Book, directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Jason Scott Lee
S
- S.F.W., starring Stephen Dorff and Reese Witherspoon
- Safe Passage, starring Susan Sarandon and Nick Stahl
- Sailor Moon S: The Movie – (Japan)
- Sátántangó, directed by Béla Tarr
- The Santa Clause, directed by John Pasquin, starring Tim Allen
- The Scout, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Albert Brooks, Brendan Fraser, Dianne Wiest
- The Search for One-eye Jimmy, starring Sam Rockwell, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Beals
- Second Best, directed by Chris Menges, starring William Hurt, John Hurt, Jane Horrocks – (U.K.)
- The Secret of Roan Inish, directed by John Sayles – (United States/Ireland)
- La Séparation, starring Isabelle Huppert, Daniel Auteuil – (France)
- Serial Mom, directed by John Waters, starring Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard
- The Shadow, starring Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller
- Shallow Grave, directed by Danny Boyle, starring Christopher Eccleston and Ewan McGregor – (U.K.)
- The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont, starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown, James Whitmore
- Sh'Chur – (Israel)
- The Silences of the Palace (Samt el qusur) – (Tunisia)
- Silent Fall, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Liv Tyler, Linda Hamilton, John Lithgow, J. T. Walsh
- A Simple Twist of Fate, starring Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara
- Sioux City, starring Lou Diamond Phillips
- Sirens, starring Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Elle Macpherson, Portia de Rossi – (Australia/U.K.)
- Sleep with Me, starring Meg Tilly, Craig Sheffer, Eric Stoltz
- Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade, a short film starring Billy Bob Thornton
- A Soul Haunted by Painting (Hua hun), starring Gong Li – (China)
- The Specialist, starring Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Eric Roberts, Rod Steiger
- Speechless, starring Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Christopher Reeve
- Speed, directed by Jan de Bont, starring Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Daniels, Sandra Bullock
- Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
- Star Trek Generations, starring Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell, Alan Ruck, Whoopi Goldberg
- Stargate, starring Kurt Russell and James Spader
- Street Fighter, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia
- Sugar Hill, starring Wesley Snipes
- The Sum of Us, starring Russell Crowe and Jack Thompson – (Australia)
- Surviving the Game, starring Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Charles S. Dutton, F. Murray Abraham, Gary Busey
- The Swan Princess, directed by Richard Rich
- Swimming with Sharks, starring Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle Forbes
T
- The Taebaek Mountains (Taebaek Sanmaek) – (South Korea)
- Terminal Velocity, starring Charlie Sheen and Nastassja Kinski
- Thanks for Every New Morning (Díky za každé nové ráno) – (Czech Republic)
- Three Colors: White – 2nd of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Zbigniew Zamachowski and Julie Delpy – (Poland/France/Switzerland)
- Three Colors: Red – 3rd of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Irène Jacob and Jean-Louis Trintignant – (Poland/France/Switzerland)
- Threesome, starring Lara Flynn Boyle, Stephen Baldwin and Josh Charles
- Through the Olive Trees (Zire darakhatan zeyton), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – (Iran)
- Thumbelina, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
- Time Chasers
- Timecop, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Mia Sara
- To Live (Huózhe), directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li – (China)
- Tom & Viv, starring Willem Dafoe and Miranda Richardson – (UK/US)
- Total Balalaika Show, a concert film directed by Aki Kaurismäki – (Finland)
- Trial by Jury, starring Joanne Whalley, Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt, Kathleen Quinlan, Armand Assante
- A Troll in Central Park, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
- True Lies, directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold
U
- An Unforgettable Summer (Un été inoubliable) or (O vară de neuitat), starring Kristin Scott Thomas – (France/Romania)
V
- Vanya on 42nd Street, directed by Louis Malle, starring Julianne Moore, Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory
- Vive L'Amour (Ai qing wan sui) – (Taiwan) – Golden Lion award
W
- The War, starring Elijah Wood and Kevin Costner
- War of the Buttons, directed by David Puttnam – (Ireland)
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare, starring Robert Englund
- Whale Music – (Canada)
- When a Man Loves a Woman, starring Meg Ryan, Andy García, Philip Seymour Hoffman
- White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
- White Mile, starring Alan Alda and Peter Gallagher
- Widows' Peak, starring Mia Farrow, Natasha Richardson, Joan Plowright – (Ireland/U.K.)
- Wild Reeds (Les Roseaux sauvages) – (France)
- Wing Chun, starring Michelle Yeoh – (Hong Kong)
- With Honors, starring Joe Pesci, Brendan Fraser, Moira Kelly, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Hamilton, Gore Vidal
- Without Compassion (Sin compasión) – (Peru)
- Wolf, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader
- The Wooden Man's Bride (Wǔ kuí) – (China)
- Wyatt Earp, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Dennis Quaid, Isabella Rossellini, Mark Harmon
Births
- January 17 – Lucy Boynton, English actress
- January 19 – Kristi Lauren, American actress
- February 10 – Makenzie Vega, American actress
- January 21 – Booboo Stewart, American actor and singer
- February 1
- Julia Garner, American actress
- Harry Styles, English singer and actor
- February 14
- Allie Grant, American actress
- Paul Butcher, American actor
- February 21 – Hayley Orrantia, actress
- February 23 – Dakota Fanning, American actress
- March 3 – Lee David, South Korean actor
- March 14 – Ansel Elgort, American actor and singer
- April 11 - Dakota Blue Richards, English actress
- April 12 – Saoirse Ronan, Irish actress
- April 16 - Liliana Mumy, American actress
- April 18 – Moisés Arias, American actor
- May 4 – Alexander Gould, American actor
- June 24 – Erin Moriarty, American actress
- July 6 – Camilla and Rebecca Rosso, English twin actresses
- July 16 – Mark Indelicato, American actor
- July 23 – Kelvin Harrison Jr., American actor
- August 2 – Angus Imrie, English actor
- August 9 – Forrest Landis, American actor
- August 17 – Taissa Farmiga, American actress
- August 25 – Josh Flitter, American actor
- September 25 – Jansen Panettiere, American actor
- October 23 – Margaret Qualley, American actress
- November 10 – Zoey Deutch, American actress
- November 11 – Connor Price, Canadian-American actor
- November 17 – Raquel Castro, American actress
- November 22 – Dacre Montgomery, Australian actress
- December 3 – Jake T. Austin, American actor
- December 10 – Kayli Mills, American voice actress
- December 11 – Gabriel Basso, American actor
- December 15 – Emma Lockhart, American actress
- December 17 – Nat Wolff, American actor and singer
- December 26 – Samantha Boscarino, actress
Notable deaths
Month | Date | Name | Age | Nationality | Profession | Notable films |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 1 | Cesar Romero | 86 | US | Actor | |
3 | Heather Sears | 58 | UK | Actress | ||
7 | Vittorio Mezzogiorno | 52 | Italy | Actor | ||
7 | Llewellyn Rees | 92 | UK | Actor | ||
8 | Pat Buttram | 78 | US | Actor, Voice Actor | ||
9 | Madge Ryan | 75 | Australia | Actress | ||
12 | Samuel Bronston | 85 | Moldova | Producer | ||
14 | Esther Ralston | 91 | US | Actress | ||
19 | Kenneth Utt | 72 | US | Producer, Production Manager | ||
22 | Jean-Louis Barrault | 83 | France | Actor | ||
22 | Frances Gifford | 73 | US | Actress | ||
22 | Telly Savalas | 72 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Claude Akins | 67 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Hal Smith | 77 | US | Actor, Voice Actor | ||
February | 1 | Olan Soule | 84 | US | Actor | |
6 | Joseph Cotten | 88 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Gwen Watford | 66 | UK | Actress | ||
9 | Jarmila Novotna | 86 | Czechoslovakia | Singer, Actress | ||
11 | Sorrell Booke | 64 | US | Actor | ||
11 | William Conrad | 73 | US | Actor, Producer | ||
15 | Tiger Haynes | 86 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Derek Jarman | 52 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | ||
24 | Dinah Shore | 76 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
28 | Enrico Maria Salerno | 67 | Italy | Actor | ||
March | 2 | Anita Morris | 50 | US | Actress | |
4 | John Candy | 43 | Canada | Actor | ||
6 | Melina Mercouri | 73 | Greece | Actress | ||
8 | John Ewart | 66 | Australia | Actor | ||
9 | Fernando Rey | 76 | Spain | Actor | ||
17 | Mai Zetterling | 68 | Sweden | Actress | ||
21 | Macdonald Carey | 81 | US | Actor | ||
21 | Lili Damita | 89 | France | Actress | ||
21 | Dack Rambo | 52 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Giulietta Masina | 73 | Italy | Actress | ||
23 | Paula Trueman | 93 | US | Actress | ||
29 | John Dee | 80 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Bill Travers | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
April | 2 | Betty Furness | 78 | US | Actress | |
4 | Ginny Simms | 80 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
16 | John McLiam | 76 | Canada | Actor | ||
16 | Ron Vawter | 45 | US | Actor | ||
20 | Dennis Cleveland Stewart | 46 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Lynne Frederick | 39 | UK | Actress | ||
30 | Chris Butler | 41 | US | Set Decorator | ||
30 | Ferdinando Scarfiotti | 53 | Italy | Production Designer | ||
May | 6 | Fred Sadoff | 67 | US | Actor | |
8 | George Peppard | 65 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Timothy Carey | 65 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Royal Dano | 71 | UK | Actor | ||
15 | Gilbert Roland | 88 | Mexico | Actor | ||
16 | Alain Cuny | 85 | France | Actor | ||
19 | Henry Morgan | 79 | US | Actor | ||
24 | Oscar Saul | 81 | US | Screenwriter | ||
31 | Sidney Gilliat | 86 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | ||
June | 2 | Philip Dunne | 84 | US | Writer, Director | |
4 | Stephen McNally | 80 | US | Actor | ||
4 | Massimo Troisi | 41 | Italy | Actor, Director, Writer | ||
6 | Johnny Downs | 80 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Barry Sullivan | 81 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Dennis Potter | 59 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
11 | Herbert Anderson | 77 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Chris Latta | 44 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Nadia Gray | 70 | Romania | Actress | ||
13 | K. T. Stevens | 74 | US | Actress | ||
14 | Henry Mancini | 70 | US | Composer | ||
16 | Eileen Way | 82 | UK | Actress | ||
21 | Winston Miller | 83 | US | Screenwriter | ||
22 | Jack Davies | 80 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
July | 1 | Dominic Lucero | 26 | US | Dancer, Actor | |
6 | Cameron Mitchell | 75 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Dick Sargent | 64 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Eric Linden | 84 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Alberto Lionello | 64 | Italy | Actor | ||
19 | Gottfried Reinhardt | 83 | Germany | Director | ||
23 | Mario Brega | 71 | Italy | Actor | ||
30 | Janis Carter | 80 | US | Actress | ||
August | 2 | Bert Freed | 74 | US | Actor | |
3 | John Zenda | 50 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Robert Hutton | 74 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Larry Martyn | 60 | UK | Actor | ||
11 | Peter Cushing | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
11 | Red Mitchell | 33 | US | Actor | JFK | |
14 | Joan Harrison | 87 | UK | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
16 | John Doucette | 73 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Lindsay Anderson | 71 | UK | Director | ||
September | 2 | Roy Castle | 62 | UK | Actor | |
6 | James Clavell | 72 | US | Writer, Director | ||
6 | Duccio Tessari | 67 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | ||
7 | Dennis Morgan | 85 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Godfrey Quigley | 71 | Israel | Actor | ||
7 | Terence Young | 79 | China | Director | ||
9 | Douglas Morrow | 80 | US | Screenwriter | ||
9 | Patrick O'Neal | 66 | US | Actor | ||
10 | Charles Drake | 76 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Jessica Tandy | 85 | UK | Actress | ||
12 | Tom Ewell | 85 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Mark Stevens | 77 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Jack Dodson | 63 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Iris Adrian | 82 | US | Actress | ||
23 | Robert Bloch | 77 | US | Writer | ||
30 | Lina Basquette | 87 | US | Actress | ||
30 | Sydney Walker | 73 | US | Actress | ||
October | 1 | Marjorie Weaver | 81 | US | Actress | |
2 | Harriet Hilliard | 85 | US | Actress | ||
3 | Virginia Dale | 77 | US | Actress | ||
3 | Dub Taylor | 87 | US | Actor | ||
7 | James Hill | 75 | UK | Director | ||
8 | Diana Churchill | 81 | UK | Actress | ||
16 | Peter Bromilow | 61 | UK | Actor | ||
17 | Monja Danischewsky | 83 | Russia | Writer, Producer | ||
17 | Martha Raye | 78 | US | Actress | ||
20 | Burt Lancaster | 80 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Robert Lansing | 66 | US | Actor | ||
24 | Raul Julia | 54 | Puerto Rico | Actor | ||
25 | Mildred Natwick | 89 | US | Actress | ||
26 | Tutta Rolf | 87 | Norway | Actress | ||
November | 1 | Noah Beery Jr. | 81 | US | Actor | |
7 | Carleton Young | 89 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Michael O'Donoghue | 54 | US | Screenwriter, Actor | ||
9 | Ralph Michael | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
9 | Richard Rust | 54 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Ernest Clark | 82 | UK | Actor | ||
14 | Tom Villard | 40 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Cab Calloway | 86 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
27 | Rufina Nifontova | 63 | Russia | Actress | ||
30 | Lionel Stander | 86 | US | Actor | ||
December | 5 | Günter Meisner | 68 | Germany | Actor | |
6 | Gian Maria Volonté | 61 | Italy | Actor | ||
11 | Yuli Raizman | 90 | Russia | Director and Screenwriter | ||
18 | Lilia Skala | 98 | Hungary | Actress | ||
23 | Nora Dunfee | 78 | US | Actress | ||
23 | Sebastian Shaw | 89 | UK | Actor | ||
24 | Rossano Brazzi | 78 | Italy | Actor | ||
24 | Julie Haydon | 84 | US | Actress | ||
24 | John Osborne | 65 | UK | Actor, Writer | ||
26 | Robert Emhardt | 81 | US | Actor | ||
26 | Sylva Koscina | 61 | Yugoslavia | Actress | ||
27 | Steve Plytas | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
29 | Frank Thring | 68 | Australia | Actor | ||
31 | Woody Strode | 80 | US | Actor |
Film debuts
- Jessica Alba – Camp Nowhere
- Elizabeth Berkley – Molly & Gina
- Danny Boyle (director) – Shallow Grave
- Rose Byrne – Dallas Doll
- Marion Cotillard – The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed
- Claire Danes – Little Women
- Emily Deschanel – It Could Happen to You
- Cameron Diaz – The Mask
- William Fichtner – Quiz Show
- Jason Flemyng – The Jungle Book
- Joanna Going – Wyatt Earp
- Rachel Griffiths – Muriel's Wedding
- Jonathan Jackson - Camp Nowhere
- Scarlett Johansson – North
- Greg Kinnear – Blankman
- Jude Law – Shopping
- Melanie Lynskey – Heavenly Creatures
- James Marsden – No Dessert, Dad, till You Mow the Lawn
- Ewan McGregor – Being Human
- Christopher Meloni – Clean Slate
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers – A Man of No Importance
- Sandra Oh – Double Happiness
- Shaquille O'Neal – Blue Chips
- Haley Joel Osment – Forrest Gump
- Michael Peña – Running Free
- Natalie Portman – Léon: The Professional
- Brad Renfro – The Client
- Portia de Rossi – Sirens
- Mark Ruffalo – There Goes My Baby
- Liev Schreiber – Mixed Nuts
- Andy Serkis – Prince of Jutland
- J. K. Simmons – The Ref
- French Stewart – Stargate
- Kenan Thompson – D2: The Mighty Ducks
- Chris Tucker – House Party 3
- Liv Tyler – Silent Fall
- Alexa Vega – Little Giants
- Mark Wahlberg – Renaissance Man
- Rachel Weisz – Death Machine
- Mae Whitman – When a Man Loves a Woman
- Michelle Williams – Lassie
- Kate Winslet – Heavenly Creatures
References
- ^ "1994 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ The Lion King
- Lifetime grosses (US & Canada): "The Lion King (1994) – Release Summary". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
Initial: $312,855,561
- Lifetime grosses (outside US & Canada): Brevert, Brad (May 29, 2016). "'X-Men' & 'Alice' Lead Soft Memorial Day Weekend; Disney Tops $4 Billion Worldwide". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
...the original release of The Lion King made $450.6 million internationally...
- Lifetime grosses (US & Canada): "The Lion King (1994) – Release Summary". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ^ Gordinier, Jeff (July 15, 1994). "Val Kilmer takes over Batman Forever". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ "Keaton quits new 'Batman' movie". UPI. July 1, 1994.