1995 in film
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Top grossing films (U.S.)
Events
- March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.
- March 28 - Actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett announce their plans for separation.
- November 17 - After a six-year hiatus, the James Bond film series resumes with the successful GoldenEye.
- November 22 - Toy Story is released debuting at the #1 and remaining on the movie charts for 18 weeks, marking the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
Awards
- Best Picture: Braveheart - 20th Century Fox, B. H. Finance C. V., Icon Entertainment International, Paramount Pictures, The Ladd Company
- Best Director: Mel Gibson - Braveheart
- Best Actor: Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas
- Best Actress: Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking
- Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects
- Best Supporting Actress: Mira Sorvino - Mighty Aphrodite
- Best Foreign Language Film: Antonia's Line (Antonia), directed by Marleen Gorris, Netherlands
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Sense and Sensibility
- Best Actor: Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas
- Best Actress: Sharon Stone - Casino
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Babe
- Best Actor: John Travolta - Get Shorty
- Best Actress: Nicole Kidman - To Die For
- Other
- Best Director: Mel Gibson - Braveheart
- Best Foreign Language Film: Les Misérables, France
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Underground (Подземље, Podzemlje), directed by Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Cyclo (Xich lo), directed by Tran Anh Hung, Vietnam / France / Hong Kong
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- L'Appât (Fresh Bait), directed by Bertrand Tavernier, France
Films released in 1995
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A
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, directed by Steve Oedekerk and starring Jim Carrey
- The Addiction
- The Amazing Panda Adventure
- The American President
- Angus
- Antonia's Line (Antonia) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- L'Appât (Fresh Bait or The Bait) - Golden Bear award
- Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton and Gary Sinise
- Arabian Knight
- Assassins
B
- Babe - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), directed by Chris Noonan
- The Baby-Sitters Club
- Bad Boys, directed by Michael Bay and starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith
- Balto- animated film by Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment
- The Basketball Diaries
- Batman Forever, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey and Nicole Kidman
- Before Sunrise
- Beyond Rangoon
- Beyond the Clouds
- The Big Green
- Billy Madison, directed by Tamra Davis and starring Adam Sandler
- Blue in the Face
- The Blue Villa
- Born to Be Wild, starring Wil Horneff, Helen Shaver, John C. McGinley and Peter Boyle
- Boys on the Side
- The Brady Bunch Movie, directed by Betty Thomas
- Braveheart, directed by Mel Gibson - Academy Award for Best Picture
- The Bridges of Madison County, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood and Meryl Streep
- The Brothers McMullen
- Bugis Street, directed by Yonfan
C
- Canadian Bacon, directed by Michael Moore
- Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
- Casino, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone
- Casper, starring Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Cathy Moriarty and Eric Idle, introducing Malachi Pearson as Casper, directed by Brad Silberling
- Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
- Circle of Friends
- The City of Lost Children
- Clockers
- Clueless, directed by Amy Heckerling
- Coldblooded
- Congo
- Copycat. directed by Jon Amiel and starring Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter and Dermot Mulroney
- Crimson Tide
- The Crossing Guard
- Cry, the Beloved Country, directed by Darrell Roodt and starring James Earl Jones, Richard Harris and Charles S. Dutton
- Cutthroat Island
- Cyclo - Golden Lion award
D
- Dangerous Minds
- Dead Man
- Dead Man Walking
- Dead Presidents
- Desperado, directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek
- Devil in a Blue Dress
- Die Hard with a Vengeance, directed by John McTiernan and starring Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons and Samuel L. Jackson
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
- Dolores Claiborne, directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Kathy Bates and Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Don Juan DeMarco
- Dracula: Dead and Loving It, directed by Mel Brooks and starring Leslie Nielsen
E
- The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
- Empire Records
- Escape to Witch Mountain (remake)
F
- Fair Game
- Fall Time
- Father of the Bride Part II
- First Knight
- Fluke
- Forget Paris
- Four Rooms
- Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, directed by Dwight H. Little
- French Kiss, directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline
- Friday
- From the Journals of Jean Seberg - a documentary directed by Mark Rappaport
- Full Body Massage, directed by Nicolas Roeg
- Funny Bones
G
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
- Get Shorty, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo and Danny DeVito
- Ghost in the Shell
- The Glass Shield
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
- GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan
- A Goofy Movie, starring Jason Marsden, Bill Farmer, Pauly Shore and Wallace Shawn, additional voices Dante Basco, directed by Kevin Lima
- Gordy
- Grumpier Old Men, starring Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Sophia Loren
H
- Hackers
- La Haine, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and starring Vincent Cassel
- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
- Haunted
- Heat, directed by Michael Mann and starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer
- Higher Learning
- Home for the Holidays
- The Horseman on the Roof
- How to Make an American Quilt
- The Hunted
I
- Ice Cream Man
- In the Mouth of Madness, directed by John Carpenter, starring Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner and Charlton Heston
- The Indian in the Cupboard, starring Hal Scardino, Litefoot, Richard Jenkins and Steve Coogan, directed by Frank Oz
- Iron Eagle IV
- It Takes Two, directed by Andy Tennant
J
- Jade
- Jerky Boys: The Movie
- Johnny Mnemonic, starring Keanu Reeves
- Judge Dredd
- Jumanji, starring Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt and Kristen Dunst, directed by Joe Johnston
- Jury Duty
- Just Cause
K
L
- Land and Freedom
- A Last Note - Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
- Last of the Dogmen
- The Last Supper
- The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
- Leaving Las Vegas, directed by Mike Figgis and starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue
- Let It Be Me
- A Little Princess
- Live Nude Girls
- Lord of Illusions (Cliver Barker's Lord of Illusions)
- Losing Isaiah
M
- Magic in the Water
- Man of the House
- Major Payne
- Mallrats, directed by Kevin Smith
- Margaret's Museum
- Miami Rhapsody
- Mighty Aphrodite, directed by Woody Allen and starring Allen, Mira Sorvino and Helena Bonham Carter
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
- Les Misérables - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Month by the Lake, A
- Money Train
- Moonlight and Valentino
- Mortal Kombat
- Mr. Holland's Opus
- Murder in the First
N
- Napoleon, family film directed by Mario Andreacchio
- Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud, starring Emmanuelle Beart
- The Net
- Never Talk to Strangers, starring Rebecca De Mornay and Antonio Banderas
- New Jersey Drive
- Nick of Time
- Nine Months
- Nixon, directed by Oliver Stone and starring Anthony Hopkins
- No Way Back
- Now and Then
O
- Operation Dumbo Drop, starring Ray Liotta, Danny Glover, Dennis Leary and Doug E. Doug, directed by Simon Wincer
- Othello, directed by Oliver Parker and starring Laurence Fishburne, Irene Jacob and Kenneth Branagh
- Outbreak, directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman
P
- Panther
- The Pebble and the Penguin, directed by Don Bluth
- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, directed by Martin Scorsese (documentary)
- Persuasion
- Picture Bride Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner
- Pocahontas, directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg
- Police Story 4: First Strike (released in Early 1996)
- Powder, starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Mary Steenburgen, Lance Henriksen, and Jeff Goldblum
- The Prophecy
Q
R
- Rack, Shack, and Benny
- Restoration
- Richard III, directed by Richard Loncraine and starring Ian McKellan, Annette Bening and Robert Downey Jr.
- Rob Roy, starring Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt and Tim Roth
- Rumble in the Bronx (released in Early 1996)
S
- Sabrina, starring Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond
- The Scarlet Letter, directed by Roland Joffe and starring Demi Moore, Gary Oldman and Robert Duvall
- Screamers
- Sense and Sensibility, directed by Ang Lee and starring Emma Thompson - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama) and Golden Bear award (for 1996)
- Se7en (also known as Seven), directed by David Fincher and starring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey
- Shanghai Triad, directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li
- Sharpe's Sword
- Showgirls
- Smoke
- Something to Talk About
- Species, directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Natasha Henstridge, Ben Kingsley and Michael Madsen
- The Stars Fell on Henrietta
- Stonewall
- Strange Days
- Sudden Death
- Summer Snow
T
- Tall Tale
- Tank Girl
- Teresa's Tattoo
- Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, directed by Gary Fleder and starring Andy Garcia and Christopher Lloyd
- Three Wishes, directed by Martha Coolidge - Nominated for Young Artist Award
- To Die For
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
- Tom and Huck, starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, directed by Peter Hewitt
- Tommy Boy, starring Chris Farley, David Spade and Rob Lowe
- Top Dog, starring Chuck Norris
- Toy Story, starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, directed by John Lasseter
- Twelve Monkeys, directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe and Brad Pitt
- Two Bits
U
- Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
- Underground - Palme d'Or award
- Unzipped
- The Usual Suspects, directed by Bryan Singer and starring Gabriel Byrne, Chaz Palminteri and Kevin Spacey
V
- Vampire in Brooklyn
- Village of the Damned, directed by John Carpenter, starring Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Hamill and Peter Jason
- Virtuosity, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe
W
- Waiting to Exhale, directed by Forest Whitaker and starring Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett
- A Walk in the Clouds
- The Walking Dead
- Waterworld, directed by Kevin Reynolds and starring Kevin Costner
- Welcome to the Dollhouse
- While You Were Sleeping
- White Man's Burden
- Wild Bill
Wide-release movies
January-March
- January 1995
- January 20 - Murder in the First
- February 1995
- February 17 - Just Cause
April-June
- April 1995
- April 7
- April 21
- April 28
- May 1995
- May 5
- May 12 - Crimson Tide
- May 19 - Die Hard With a Vengeance
- May 24 - Braveheart
- May 26 - Casper
- June 1995
- June 9
- June 16
- June 30 - Apollo 13
July-September
- July 1995
- July 7
- July 14
- July 21
- July 28
- September 1995
- September 22
- September 29 - Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
October-December
- October 1995
- October 6 - Assassins
- October 13 - Strange Days
- October 20
- Get Shorty
- Never Talk to Strangers, starring Rebecca De Mornay and Antonio Banderas
- October 27
- November 1995
- November 3 - Fair Game
- November 10 - Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
- November 17
- November 22
- December 1995
- December 1
- December 8 - Father of the Bride Part II
- December 15
- December 22
- December 29
Deaths
- February 2 - Donald Pleasence, actor
- February 5 - Doug McClure, actor
- February 26 - Jack Clayton, director
- March 12 - Juanin Clay, actress
- March 16 - Albert Hackett, screenwriter
- April 4 - Priscilla Lane, actress
- April 14 - Burl Ives, actor, singer
- April 16 - Cy Endfield, director and screenwriter
- April 24 - Sammy Jackson, actor, disc jockey
- April 25 - Ginger Rogers, actress
- May 2 - Michael Hordern, actor
- May 15 - Eric Porter, actor
- May 16 - Lola Flores, Spanish actress
- May 18 Elizabeth Montgomery, actress
- Elisha Cook Jr, actor
- Alexander Godunov, dancer, actor
- May 26 - Friz Freleng, animator
- June 15 - Charles Bennett, screenwriter
- June 29 - Lana Turner, actress
- July 4 - Eva Gabor, actress
- July 17 - Harry Guardino, actor
- July 27 - Miklos Rozsa, film score composer
- August 3 - Ida Lupino, actress and director
- August 11 - Phil Harris, actor, singer
- August 29 - Enrique Carreras, director, producer
- October 21 - Maxene Andrews, member of The Andrews Sisters
- October 21 - Shannon Hoon, lead singer Blind Melon
- October 22 - Mary Wickes, actress
- October 25 - Viveca Lindfors, actress
- November 21 - Peter Grant, actor and manager
- November 23 - Louis Malle, director
- November 24 - Jeffrey Lynn, actor
- December 9 - Vivian Blaine, actress
- December 22 - Butterfly McQueen, actress
- December 23 - Patric Knowles, actor
- December 25 - Dean Martin, singer and actor
