1994 in film

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The year 1994 in film involved some significant events.

Top grossing films (U.S.)

• This was the Highest Grossing film of 1994 Worldwide

source: Yearly 1994

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Forrest Gump - Paramount Pictures

Best Director: Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump

Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump

Best Actress: Jessica Lange - Blue Sky

Best Supporting Actor: Martin Landau - Ed Wood

Best Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest - Bullets Over Broadway

Best Foreign Language Film: Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, France / Russia

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: Forrest Gump

Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump

Best Actress: Jessica Lange - Blue Sky

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: The Lion King

Best Actor: Hugh Grant - Four Weddings and a Funeral

Best Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis - True Lies

Other

Best Director: Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump

Best Foreign Language Film: Farinelli Il Castrato, Belgium

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino, United States

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Vive L'Amour (Aiqing wansui), directed by Tsai Ming-liang,

Pred doždot (Before The Rain), directed by Milco Mancevski,

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

In the Name of the Father, directed by Jim Sheridan, U.K. / Ireland

Films released in 1994

• 3 Ninjas Kick Back
• 8 Seconds
• Above the Rim
• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, starring Jim Carrey, directed by Tom Shadyac
• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, starring Terence Stamp and Hugo Weaving
• Africa: The Serengeti
• The Air Up There
• Airheads, starring Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, and Brendan Fraser
• Andre
• Angels in the Outfield, directed by William Dear, starring Danny Glover
• Baby's Day Out
• Bad Girls
• Barcelona
• Beverly Hills Cop III, directed by John Landis, starring Eddie Murphy
• Black Beauty
• Blank Check, directed by Rupert Wainwright
• Blankman
• Blink
• Blown Away, starring Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones
• Blue Chips, starring Nick Nolte and Shaquille O'Neal
• Blue Sky, starring Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones
• Brainscan
• Bullets Over Broadway
• Burnt by the Sun - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• Camp Nowhere, starring Christopher Lloyd and Johnathan Jackson
• The Chase, starring Charlie Sheen and Kristy Swanson
• China Moon
• City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
• Clean Slate
• Clear and Present Danger, starring Harrison Ford
• Clerks, directed by Kevin Smith
• The Client, starring Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones and Brad Renfro
• Cobb
• Color of Night, starring Bruce Willis, Jane March and Lesley Ann Warren
• Corrina, Corrina
• The Cowboy Way, starring Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland
• Criminal, directed by Mahesh Bhatt
• Crooklyn, directed by Spike Lee
• The Crow, starring Brandon Lee
• D2: The Mighty Ducks, directed by Sam Weisman
• Deadly Target
• Death and the Maiden, directed by Roman Polanski
• Death Wish V: The Face of Death
• Disclosure
• Double Dragon
• Dream Lover
• Drop Zone, starring Wesley Snipes and Gary Busey
• Dumb and Dumber, starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels
• Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp
• Eden Valley
• Exit to Eden, starring Dana Delany, Paul Mercurio, Rosie O'Donnell and Dan Aykroyd
• Farinelli Il Castrato - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• First Action Hero
• The Flintstones, directed by Brian Levant, starring John Goodman and Rick Moranis
• Forrest Gump - Academy and Golden Globe (Drama) Awards for Best Picture, starring Tom Hanks, directed by Robert Zemeckis
• Four Weddings and a Funeral, starring Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell
• The Fox with Nine Tails
• Fresh
• The Getaway, starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger
• Getting Even with Dad, starring Macaulay Culkin and Ted Danson
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
• God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!
• A Good Man in Africa starring Sean Connery
• Greedy
• Guarding Tess, starring Shirley MacLaine and Nicolas Cage
• Gunmen
• The Heart's Cry
• Heavenly Creatures, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet
• Highlander III: The Final Dimension
• Hoop Dreams
• House Party 3
• The Hudsucker Proxy, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Tim Robbins and Paul Newman
• I Love Trouble, starring Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte
• I.Q., starring Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan and Walter Matthau
• I'll Do Anything
• Immortal Beloved, starring Gary Oldman and Jeroen Krabbé
• Intersection, starring Richard Gere, Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovich
• Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt
• Iron Will
• It Could Happen To You, starring Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda and Rosie Perez
• It's Pat
• Jason's Lyric
• Jimmy Hollywood, starring Joe Pesci and Christian Slater
• The Jungle Book
• Junior, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson
• Killing Zoe, directed by Roger Avary
• Lassie
• The Last Seduction
• The Last Supper
• Legends of the Fall, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn
• Léon, directed by Luc Besson, starring Jean Reno and Natalie Portman
• Leprechaun 2, starring Warwick Davis
• Lightning Jack, starring Paul Hogan
• The Lion King - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff
• Little Big League
• 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
• Love Affair, starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening and Katharine Hepburn
• A Low Down Dirty Shame
• The Madness of King George, starring Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren
• Major League II, directed by David S. Ward
• A Man of No Importance, starring Albert Finney
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Kenneth Branagh and Robert De Niro
• The Mask, directed by Chuck Russell, starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz
• Maverick, starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and James Garner
• Men Of War
• Milk Money
• A Million to Juan
• Miracle on 34th Street, starring Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins and Mara Wilson
• Mixed Nuts
• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
• Muriel's Wedding, starring Toni Collette
• My Girl 2
• Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
• Necronomicon
• Natural Born Killers, starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey, Jr. and Tommy Lee Jones
• Nell, starring Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson
• The Next Karate Kid, starring Hilary Swank
• No Dessert, Dad, till You Mow the Lawn
• No Escape
• Nobody's Fool, starring Paul Newman
• North, directed by Rob Reiner
• On Deadly Ground, starring Steven Seagal and Michael Caine
• Once Were Warriors, directed by Lee Tamahori
• Only You, starring Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr.
• Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon
• The Pagemaster, directed by Joe Johnston (live action)
• The Paper, directed by Ron Howard
• PCU
• Pred doždot (Before The Rain) - Golden Lion award
• Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
• Prêt-à-Porter
• Priest
• Pulp Fiction - Palme d'Or award, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman
• The Puppet Masters, starring Donald Sutherland
• Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford, starring Ralph Fiennes
• Radioland Murders
• Rapa Nui
• Reality Bites, starring Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn
• The Ref, starring Denis Leary, Judy Davis and Kevin Spacey
• Renaissance Man
• The Return of Jafar
• Richie Rich, starring Macaulay Culkin
• The River Wild, starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon and David Strathairn
• The Santa Clause, directed by John Pasquin, starring Tim Allen
• The Scout
• Serial Mom, directed by John Waters, starring Kathleen Turner
• The Shadow, starring Alec Baldwin
• Shadowlands (U.S. release)
• The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman
• A Simple Twist of Fate
• Sioux City
• Sirens, starring Hugh Grant and Tara Fitzgerald
• Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade
• The Specialist, starring Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone
• Speechless, starring Michael Keaton and Geena Davis
• Speed, starring Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper and Sandra Bullock
• Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
• Star Trek Generations, starring Patrick Stewart and William Shatner
• Stargate, starring Kurt Russell
• Street Fighter, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raúl Juliá
• Sugar Hill, starring Wesley Snipes
• The Swan Princess, directed by Richard Rich
• The Sum of Us, starring Russell Crowe and Jack Thompson
• Surviving the Game
• Teresa's Tattoo
• Terminal Velocity, starring Charlie Sheen and Nastassja Kinski
• Three Colors: White - 2nd of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Julie Delpy
• Three Colors: Red - 3rd of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Irène Jacob
• Threesome
• Thumbelina, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
• Timecop
• Tom & Viv, starring Willem Dafoe and Miranda Richardson
• A Troll in Central Park, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
• True Lies, directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis
• Vive L'Amour - Golden Lion award
• Wagons East!
• The War
• War of the Buttons
• Wes Craven's New Nightmare
• When a Man Loves a Woman, starring Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia
• White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
• With Honors
• Wolf, starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer
• Wyatt Earp, starring Kevin Costner

Wide-release movies

January-March

• January 1994
• January 7
• January 14
• January 21
• January 28
• February 1994
• February 4
• February 11
• February 18-On Deadly Ground, Blue Chips, Reality Bites
• February 25
• March 1994
• March 4
• March 11
• March 18
• March 25

April-June

• April 1994
• April 1-Clifford, Jimmy Holywood, Major League 2, Thumbelina
• April 8-Threesome
• April 15-Cops & Robbersons, Surviving The Game, White Fang 2: Myth Of The Wolf
• April 22-Bad Girls, Brainscan
• April 29
• May 1994
• May 6-3 Ninjas Kick Back, Clean State
• May 13-Crooklyn, The Crow
• May 20-Maverick
• May 27-Bervely Hills Cop 3, The Flinstones
• June 1994
• June 3-The Cowboy Way, The Princess & The Goblin, Renaissance Man
• June 10-Speed, City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold
• June 17-Wolf, Getting Even With Dad
• June 24-Wyatt Earp, The Lion King

July-September

• July 1994
• July 1-Baby's Day Out, Blown Away, I Love Trouble, Little Big League, The Shadow
• July 8-Forrest Gump
• July 15 - True Lies, Angels in the Outfield
• July 22-The Cilent, Lassie, North
• July 29-Black Beauty, It Could Happen To You, The Mask
• August 1994
• August 5-Airheads, Clear & Presdient Danger, The Little Rascals
• August 12-In The Army Now
• August 19-Andre, Blankman, Color of Night
• August 26-Camp Nowhere, Natural Born Killers, Wagons East!
• September 1994
• September 2-Milk Money, Fresh, A Simple Twist of Fate
• September 9-A Good Men in Africa, Tribal by Jury, The Next Karate Kid
• September 16-Timecop
• September 23-Terminal Velocity
• September 30-Jason's Lyric, The River Wild, The Scout, Ed Wood

October-December

• October 1994
• October 7
• October 14
• October 21
• October 28
• November 1994
• November 4
• November 11
• November 18
• November 25
• December 1994
• December 2
• December 9
• December 16
• December 23
• December 25

Births

• February 23 - Dakota Fanning, actress
• April 12 - Saoirse Ronan, actress
• April 8 - Erik Hernandez, actor
• December 3 - Jake T. Austin, actor

Deaths

• January 1 - Cesar Romero, actor
• January 22 - Telly Savalas, actor
• February 6 - Joseph Cotten, actor
• February 11
  • Sorrell Booke, actor
  • William Conrad, actor
• February 19 - Derek Jarman, director
• February 24 - Dinah Shore, singer and actress
• March 4 - John Candy, comedian and actor
• March 6 - Melina Mercouri, actress
• March 17 - Mai Zetterling, actress, director
• March 21
  • MacDonald Carey, actor
  • Lili Damita, actress
• March 23 - Giulietta Masina, actress
• April 5 - Kurt Cobain, musician

April 9 - Matthew Bryant

• May 8 - George Peppard, actor
• May 15 - Gilbert Roland, actor
• June 4 - Massimo Troisi, actor
• June 7 - Dennis Potter, writer
• June 14 - Henry Mancini, composer
• July 26 - Terry Scott, actor
• August 11 - Peter Cushing, actor
• September 7 - Dennis Morgan, actor
• September 11 - Jessica Tandy, actress
• September 12 - Tom Ewell, actor
• October 19 - Martha Raye, actress
• October 20 - Burt Lancaster, actor
• October 20 - Sergei Bondarchuk, actor and film director
• October 21 - Benoît Régent, French film actor
• October 24 - Raúl Juliá, actor
• November 1 - Noah Beery Jr, actor
• November 30 - Lionel Stander, actor
• December 24 - Rossano Brazzi, actor

Film debuts

• Cate Blanchett
• Jude Law
• Kate Winslet