The year involved many significant films. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)
- The film '' Jurassic Park '', a Dinosaur epic with massive Special Effects , breaks box-office records with a plot described as a " Roller-coaster ride through a Haunted House ."
- Family romance film '' Sleepless In Seattle '' revives the Genre of the '' Courtship Of Eddie's Father '', with an extensive soundtrack of Oldies music.
- Holocaust film '' Schindler's List '' becomes the latest story about the Nazi Concentration Camp s, relating many incidents of each type of ordeal as a long, protracted reminder of the suffering.
- March 31 - Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of '' The Crow ''.
- April 12 - Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz .
- April 17 - The Bangles ' Susanna Hoffs marries screenwriter Jay Roach in Los Angeles, California .
- Actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge orders her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the movie ''Boxing Helena''. As a result, Basinger loses the town that she purchased in 1989 , Braselton, Georgia , to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago -based Ameritech .
- May 28 - '' Super Mario Bros. '' opens, marking the first video game film released.
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: Best Actor : - ''Philadelphia''
: Best Actress : - ''The Piano''
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:'', directed by Jane Campion , New Zealand
:'', directed by Robert Altman , United States
:'' (''Xian hun nu''), directed by Xie Fei , China
:'' (''Hsi yen''), directed by Ang Lee , Taiwan / U.S.A.
- '' Addams Family Values ''
- '' The Age Of Innocence '', directed by Martin Scorsese
- '' Alive ''
- '' Amos & Andrew ''
- '' Another Stakeout ''
- '' Arizona Dream ''
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- '' Beethoven's 2nd ''
- '' Benny & Joon ''
- '' Best Of The Best 2 ''
- '' Body Of Evidence ''
- '' Boiling Point '', starring Wesley Snipes
- '' Bopha! ''
- '' Born Yesterday (1993 Film) '', starring Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith
- '' Bound By Honor ''
- '' A Bronx Tale '', starring and directed by Robert De Niro
- '' Calendar Girl ''
- '' Carlito's Way ''
- '' CB4 ''
- '' Cliffhanger ''
- '' Coneheads ''
- '' Cool Runnings ''
- '' Cop And A Half ''
- '' The Crush '', starring Cary Elwes and Alicia Silverstone
- '' The Dark Half ''
- '' Dave ''
- '' Dazed And Confused ''
- '' Demolition Man ''
- '' Dennis The Menace
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- '' Excessive Force ''
- '' Falling Down ''
- '' A Far Off Place ''
- '' Farewell My Concubine '' (''Ba wang bie ji'') - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Palm d'Or award
- '' Fatal Instinct ''
- '' Fearless '', starring Jeff Bridges and Rosie Perez
- '' Fire In The Sky ''
- '' The Firm ''
- '' Flesh And Bone ''
- '' For Love Or Money ''
- '' A Foreign Field ''
- '' Free Willy ''
- '' The Fugitive ''
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- '' Gettysburg ''
- '' Ghost In The Machine '', director Rachel Talalay , starring Karen Allen
- '' Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla II ''
- '' The Good Son ''
- '' Groundhog Day ''
- '' Grumpy Old Men ''
- '' Hard Target '', directed by John Woo
- '' Heart And Souls ''
- '' Heaven & Earth ''
- '' Hocus Pocus ''
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- '' Hot Shots! Part Deux ''
- '' House Of Cards ''
- '' The House Of The Spirits ''
- '' In The Line Of Fire ''
- '' In The Name Of The Father '' - Golden Bear award (for 1994)
- '' Indecent Proposal ''
- '' Jack The Bear ''
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- '' The Joy Luck Club ''
- '' Judgment Night ''
- '' Jurassic Park ''
- '' Kalifornia ''
- '' Last Action Hero ''
- '' Leprechaun ''
- '' Life With Mikey ''
- '' Little Buddha ''
- '' Look Who's Talking Now ''
- '' Lost In Yonkers ''
- '' M. Butterfly ''
- '' Mad Dog And Glory ''
- '' Made In America ''
- '' Malice ''
- '' The Man Without A Face ''
- '' Manhattan Murder Mystery ''
- '' Matinee ''
- '' Menace II Society ''
- '' Meteor Man ''
- '' Mr. Jones ''
- '' Mrs. Doubtfire '' - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- '' Much Ado About Nothing ''
- '' My Favorite Season ''
- '' My Life ''
- '' Naked ''
- '' National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 ''
- '' The Nightmare Before Christmas '', produced by Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick
- '' Nowhere To Run ''
- '' Once Upon A Forest ''
- '' The Pagemaster ''
- '' The Pelican Brief ''
- '' A Perfect World '', starring Kevin Costner and Clint Eastwood
- '' Philadelphia '', starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
- '' The Piano '' - Palm d'Or award
- '' Poetic Justice '', directed by John Singleton
- '' Point Of No Return ''
- '' Posse ''
- '' The Program ''
- '' Public Access ''
- '' The Real McCoy ''
- '' The Remains Of The Day ''
- '' Return Of The Living Dead 3 ''
- '' Rising Sun ''
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- '' Robocop 3 ''
- '' Rookie Of The Year ''
- '' Romeo Is Bleeding ''
- '' Ruby In Paradise ''
- '' Rudy ''
- '' The Sandlot ''
- '' Schindler's List '' - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
- '' Searching For Bobby Fischer ''
- '' The Secret Garden ''
- '' The Sex Of The Stars ''
- '' Shadowlands ''
- '' Short Cuts '' - Golden Lion award
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- '' Six Degrees Of Separation ''
- '' Sleepless In Seattle ''
- '' Sliver ''
- '' Sniper '', starring Tom Berenger
- '' So I Married An Axe Murderer ''
- '' Sommersby ''
- '' Son Of The Pink Panther ''
- '' Speak Up! It's So Dark ''
- '' Super Mario Bros. ''
- '' Striking Distance ''
- '' Surf Ninjas ''
- '' Swing Kids ''
- '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III ''
- '' The Temp ''
- '' This Boy's Life ''
- '''' - 1st of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Juliette Binoche - Golden Lion award
- '' The Three Musketeers ''
- '' Three Of Hearts ''
- '' Tombstone ''
- '' True Romance ''
- '' Undercover Blues ''
- '' Untamed Heart ''
- '' The Vanishing ''
- '' Wayne's World 2 ''
- '' The Wedding Banquet '' - Golden Bear and Golden Space Needle awards
- '' We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story ''
- '' What's Eating Gilbert Grape ''
- '' What's Love Got To Do With It '', directed by Brian Gibson - Nominated for 2 Oscars, won the American Choreography Award
- '' Who's The Man? ''
- '' The Women From The Lake Of Scented Souls '' (''Xian hun nu'') - Golden Bear award
- '' Wrestling Ernest Hemingway ''
- '' The Young Americans ''
- January 11 - Flora Cross , actress
- January 18 - Morgan York , actress
- January 19 - Gus Lewis , actor
- January 26 - Cameron Bright , actor
- February 7 - David Dorfman , actor
- February 16 - Mike Weinberg , actor
- February 19 - Victoria Justice , actress
- February 26 - Taylor Dooley , actress
- March 4
- --- Jenna Boyd , actress
- --- Alice Jones , actress
- --- Abigail Mavity , actress
- March 17 - Julia Winter , actress
- March 28 - Naoki Takeshi , actor
- April 5 - Nick Price , actor
- April 14 - Vivien Cardone , actress
- May 14 - Miranda Cosgrove , actress
- May 24 - Oliver Davis , actor
- June 7 - Jordan Fry , actor
- June 9 - Danielle Chuchran , actress
- June 25 - Barney Clark , actor
- July 6 - Jeremy Suarez , voice actor
- July 9 - Emily Hirst , actress
- July 26 - Taylor Momsen , actress
- July 31 - Christian Byers , actor
- August 2 - Ryan And Kyle Pepi , actors
- August 5 - Suzuka Ohgo , actress
- August 7 - Francesca Fisher-Eastwood , actress
- August 11 - Alyson Stoner , actress
- August 12 - Imani Hakim , actress
- August 16 - Cameron Monaghan , actor
- August 20 - Brianna And Brittany McConnell , actresses
- August 26 - Keke Palmer , actress
- September 9 - Charlie Stewart , actor
- September 12 - Jacob And Zachary Handy , actors
- September 22 - Chase Ellison , actor
- October 8 - Angus T. Jones , actor
- December 8 - AnnaSophia Robb , actress
- December 22 - Ali Lohan , actress
- January 20 - Audrey Hepburn , actress
- February 6 - Joseph Mankiewicz , director, producer, writer
- February 11 - Joy Garrett , actress
- February 27 - Lillian Gish , actress
- February 28 - Ruby Keeler , singer, actress
- March 17 - Helen Hayes , actress
- March 31 - Brandon Lee , actor, son of actor Bruce Lee
- April 5 - Divya Bharti , Bollywood actress
- June 9 - Alexis Smith , actress
- July 2 - Fred Gwynne , actor, " The Munsters " and numerous films
- June 30 - George "Spanky" McFarland , actor
- August 16 - Stewart Granger , actor
- September 12 - Raymond Burr , actor
- October 10 - John Bindon , actor, bodyguard
- October 25 - Vincent Price , actor
- October 31 - Federico Fellini , Italian film director
- October 31 - River Phoenix , actor
- November 15 - Fritz Feld , actor
- December 4 - Frank Zappa , songwriter/performer
- December 6 - Don Ameche , actor
- December 14 - Myrna Loy , actress
- December 18 - Sam Wanamaker , director/actor, father of actress Zoë Wanamaker
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