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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.)

Contents 1 Top grossing films (U.S.) 2 Awards 3 Films released in 1992 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Film debuts

Top grossing films (U.S.)

Rank	Title	Studio	Gross/Gross after Inflation
1.	Aladdin	Disney	$217,350,219 $317,480,525
2.	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	20th Century Fox	$173,585,516 $253,554,015
3.	Batman Returns	Warner Bros.	$162,831,698 $237,846,059
4.	A Few Good Men	Columbia	$148,731,527 $211,407,384
5.	Lethal Weapon 3	Warner Bros.	$144,340,178 $206,453,686
6.	The Bodyguard	Warner Bros.	$141,605,150 $203,919,354
7.	Sister Act	Touchstone	$121,945,720 $178,124,464
8.	A League of Their Own	Columbia	$121,697,323 $177,761,634
9.	Basic Instinct	TriStar	$117,727,224 $171,962,564
10.	Wayne's World	Paramount	$107,533,928 $157,073,354

source: [1]

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Unforgiven - Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros.

Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven

Best Actor: Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman

Best Actress: Emma Thompson - Howards End

Best Supporting Actor: Gene Hackman - Unforgiven

Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei - My Cousin Vinny

Best Foreign Language Film: Indochine, directed by Régis Wargnier, France

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: Scent of a Woman

Best Actor: Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman

Best Actress: Emma Thompson - Howards End

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: The Player

Best Actor: Tim Robbins - The Player

Best Actress: Miranda Richardson - Enchanted April

Other

Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven

Best Foreign Language Film: Indochine, France

National Film Awards:

Best Film: Agantuk, directed by Satyajit Ray

Best Film on National Integration: Roja, directed by Mani Ratnam

Best Director: Satyajit Ray - Agantuk

Best Actor: Mohanlal - Bharatham

Best Actress: Moyola Goswami - Firingoti

Cannes Film Festival:

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

Venice Film Festival:

Golden Lion: The Story of Qiu Ju (Qiu Ju da guan si), directed by Zhang Yimou, China / Hong Kong

FIPRESCI Award: The Stranger (Agantuk), directed by Satyajit Ray, India

Berlin Film Festival:

Golden Bear: Grand Canyon, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, United States

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Films released in 1992

#

• 1492: Conquest of Paradise
• 1991: The Year Punk Broke
• 3 Ninjas

A

• Aces: Iron Eagle III
• Agantuk (The Stranger), directed by Satyajit Ray, winner of FIPRESCI Award at Venice Film Festival
• Aladdin, directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Alien 3, directed by David Fincher, starring Sigourney Weaver
• American Me
• Article 99

B

• The Babe, starring John Goodman
• Basic Instinct, starring Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone
• Batman Returns, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito and Michelle Pfeiffer
• Bebe's Kids
• Beethoven, starring Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt
• Belle Époque (The Age of Beauty) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (for 1993)
• The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan) - winner of Palme d'Or
• Bharatham, starring Mohanlal
• Blame It On The Bellboy
• Blink Of An Eye
• Bob Roberts
• The Bodyguard, starring Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston
• Boomerang, starring Eddie Murphy, David Alan Grier, Halle Berry, Martin Lawrence, Robin Givens
• Braindead
• Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins and Keanu Reeves
• Bridge, The
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer and Paul Reubens

C

• Candyman
• Captain Ron, starring Kurt Russell and Martin Short
• Carry On Columbus
• Chaplin, starring Robert Downey, Jr.
• Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
• Chunuk Bair
• City of Joy
• Class Act
• Consenting Adults, starring Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey and Rebecca Miller
• Cool World, starring Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne and Brad Pitt
• CrissCross
• The Crying Game, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Miranda Richardson and Forest Whitaker
• The Cutting Edge, starring D. B. Sweeney and Moira Kelly

D

• Damage, starring Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche and Miranda Richardson
• Death Becomes Her, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis and Goldie Hawn
• Deep Cover, starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum
• Diggstown, starring James Woods, Louis Gossett, Jr
• The Distinguished Gentleman, starring Eddie Murphy
• Double Trouble
• Dr. Giggles

E

• El Mariachi
• Enchanted April, starring Miranda Richardson and Joan Plowright
• Encino Man, starring Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser and Pauly Shore
• Equinox
• Evil Toons

F

• Far and Away, directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman
• Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, directed by Bill Kroyer
• A Few Good Men, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore
• Fifty/Fifty
• Final Analysis, starring Richard Gere and Kim Basinger
• Final Judgement, starring Brad Dourif
• Firingoti, Assamese film starring Moyola Goswami
• Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
• Forever Young, starring Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood, Jamie Lee Curtis
• Four Eyes And Six Guns
• Freejack, starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo and Mick Jagger

G

• Gladiator, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr.
• Glengarry Glen Ross, starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin and Kevin Spacey
• For a Lost Soldier (Voor een verloren soldaat), director Roeland Kerbosch, starring Jeroen Krabbe, Maarten Smit and Andrew Kelley
• Godzilla vs. Mothra

H

• The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, starring Rebecca De Mornay and Annabella Sciorra
• Hard Boiled
• Hero, starring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis and Andy Garcia
• Hoffa, starring Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, featuring Macaulay Culkin
• Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, starring Rick Moranis
• Honeymoon in Vegas, starring James Caan, Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker
• HouseSitter, starring Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn
• Howards End, directed by James Ivory, starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave and Helena Bonham Carter
• Hurricane Smith
• Husbands and Wives, directed by Woody Allen, starring Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis and Sydney Pollack

I

• Indochine - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, starring Catherine Deneuve
• Innocent Blood
• Into The Sun

J

• Jennifer Eight, starring Andy Garcia and Uma Thurman
• Jin san jiao qun ying hui (Mission of Justice)
• Juice
• Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.

K

• K2: The Ultimate High
• Kuffs, starring Christian Slater, Milla Jovovich

L

• Ladybugs
• The Last of the Mohicans, starring Daniel Day-Lewis
• The Lawnmower Man
• A League of Their Own, starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, Lori Petty, Rosie O'Donnell, Garry Marshall
• Leap of Faith, starring Steve Martin and Debra Winger
• Lethal Weapon 3, starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci and Rene Russo
• Light Sleeper
• Like Water For Chocolate
• Lorenzo's Oil, starring Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon
• Love Field, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Dennis Haysbert, with notable role by Rhoda Griffis as Jacqueline Kennedy
• Love Potion No. 9, starring Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan
• The Lover

M

• Mac
• Mad at the Moon
• Malcolm X, directed by Spike Lee, starring Denzel Washington
• The Mambo Kings, starring Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas
• Man Trouble
• Memoirs of an Invisible Man, directed by John Carpenter, starring Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill and Michael McKean
• A Midnight Clear
• The Mighty Ducks, starring Emilio Estevez
• Mistress
• Mo' Money
• Mr. Baseball
• Mr. Saturday Night, starring Billy Crystal and David Paymer
• My Cousin Vinny, starring Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Fred Gwynne and Mitchell Whitfield

N

• The Naked Truth
• Newsies, starring Christian Bale, David Moscow, Ann-Margret, Bill Pullman
• Night and the City
• Nitrate Kisses
• Noises Off

O

• Of Mice and Men
• One False Move
• Only You, starring Andrew McCarthy, Helen Hunt, Kelly Preston

P

• Passenger 57, starring Wesley Snipes
• Passion Fish
• Patriot Games, starring Harrison Ford
• Pet Sematary Two
• Pushing Hands
• The Player - starring Tim Robbins-Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
• Poison Ivy
• Porco Rosso
• Prelude to a Kiss, starring Alec Baldwin and Meg Ryan
• The Princess and the Goblin
• Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil
• The Public Eye

R

• Radio Flyer, starring Elijah Wood
• Raising Cain
• Rapid Fire
• Reservoir Dogs, directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi 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, directed by Mani Ratnam, nominated for Best Film at Moscow International Film Festival
• Ruby

S

• Samantha
• Scent of a Woman - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama), starring Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell and Gabrielle Anwar
• School Ties, starring Brendan Fraser
• Shakes the Clown
• Shining Through, starring Michael Douglas and Melanie Griffith
• Sidekicks, starring Chuck Norris
• Single White Female, starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh
• Singles, directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott and Kyra Sedgwick
• Sister Act, starring Whoopi Goldberg
• Sleepwalkers (based on a Stephen King novel)
• Sneakers
• Split Second
• Stay Tuned, directed by Peter Hyams
• Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
• Storyville
• Straight Talk
• A Stranger Among Us, starring Melanie Griffith
• Sumo Do, Sumo Don't - Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year

T

• There Goes the Neighborhood
• Thunderheart, starring Val Kilmer
• The Story of Qiu Ju (Qiu Ju da guan si) - Golden Lion award
• Toys, starring Robin Williams
• Trespass
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

U

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

W

• Waxwork II: Lost in Time
• The Waterdance
• Wayne's World, starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Brian Doyle-Murray and Lara Flynn Boyle
• Where the Day Takes You
• White Men Can't Jump, starring Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson and Rosie Perez
• White Sands
• Wind

Y

• Year of the Comet

• Wide-Relase films

• January-March

• January 1992

• January 17-Freejack

• February 1992

• February 14-Wayne's World

• March 1992

• March 13-Article 99

• March 20-Basic Instinct

• March 27-The Cutting Edge

• April-June

• April 1992

• April 3-The Player, Beethoven

• April 10-Ferngully:The Last Rainforest, Sleepwalkers

• April 17-City of Joy, The Babe

• May 1992

• May 8-CrissCross

• May 15-Lethal Weapon 3

• May 22-Ailen 3, Far And Away

• May 29-Sister Act

• June 1992

• June 5-Class Act, Patriot Games

• June 19-Batman Returns

• July-September

• July 1992

• July 3-A League of Their Own

• July 31-Bebe's Kids

• August 1992

• August 7-3 Ninjas, Unforgiven

• August 14-Stay Tuned

• September 1992

• October-December

• October 1992

• October 2-Of Mice And Men

• October 9-Under Siege

• October 23-Hero

• November 1992

• November 13-Aladdin

• November 20-Malcolm X, Home Alone 2:Lost in New York

• November 27-The Crying Game, The Bodyguard

• December 1992

• December 11-A Few Good Men

• December 18-Toys

Births

• January 19 - Logan Lerman, actor
• February 11 - Taylor Lautner, actor
• February 14 - Freddie Highmore, actor
• April 4 - Alexa Nikolas, actress
• July 22 - Selena Gomez, actress and singer
• August 20 - Demi Lovato, actress and singer
• September 16 - Nick Jonas, singer (Jonas Brothers)
• October 9 - Tyler James Williams, actor
• November 23 - Miley Cyrus, actress and singer

Deaths

• January 2 - Virginia Field, actress
• January 3 - Dame Judith Anderson, actress
• January 7 - Richard Hunt, actor and muppeter (The Muppet Movie, Follow That Bird)
• January 23 - Freddie Bartholomew, actor
• January 26 - José Ferrer, actor
• February 11 - Ray Danton, US actor/director
• March 2 - Sandy Dennis, actress
• March 29 - Paul Henreid, actor, director
• April 22 - Steffi Duna, actress
• April 23 - Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker
• April 29 - Mae Clarke, actress
• May 6 - Marlene Dietrich, actress
• May 17 - George Hurrell, photographer
• May 17 - Lawrence Welk, musician, television and film actor
• June 3 - Robert Morley, actor
• July 24 - Arletty, actress
• July 30 - Brenda Marshall, actress
• September 12 - Anthony Perkins, actor
• September 18 - Lona Andre, actress
• October 6 - Denholm Elliott, actor
• October 16 - Shirley Booth, actress
• October 22 - Cleavon Little, actor
• November 2 - Hal Roach, producer/director
• November 19 - Diane Varsi, actress
• December 9 - Vincent Gardenia, actor
• December 17 - Dana Andrews, actor
• December 24 - Pierre Culliford, also known as "Peyo". Belgian creator of The Smurfs

Film debuts

• Ralph Fiennes