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Art . Archaeology . Architecture . Literature . Music . Science +...The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)
Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1993 5 Wide-release movies 5.1 January-March 5.2 April-June 5.3 July-September 5.4 October-December 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 Film debuts // Events The film Jurassic Park, a dinosaur epic with massive special effects, breaks box-office records by becoming the highest-grossing film that has ever been made (at the time) and 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. 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 - Produced by Hollywood Pictures, Super Mario Bros. opens, marking the first video game film released, starring Bob Hoskins as Mario and John Leguizamo as Luigi. Top grossing films Rank Title Studio Stars Director Gross 1. Jurassic Park Universal Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum Steven Spielberg $914,691,118 2. Mrs. Doubtfire Fox Robin Williams and Sally Field Chris Columbus $441,286,195 3. The Fugitive Warner Bros. Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones Andrew Davis $368,875,760 4. Schindler's List Universal Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes Steven Spielberg $321,306,305 5. The Firm Paramount Tom Cruise Sydney Pollack $270,248,367 6. Indecent Proposal Paramount Woody Harrelson, Robert Redford and Demi Moore Adrian Lyne $266,614,059 7. Cliffhanger TriStar Sylvester Stallone Renny Harlin $255,000,211 8. Sleepless in Seattle TriStar Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan Nora Ephron $227,799,884 9. Philadelphia TriStar Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington Jonathan Demme $206,678,440 10. The Pelican Brief Warner Bros. Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington Alan J. Pakula $195,268,056 Awards Category/Organization 51st Golden Globe Awards January 22, 1994 66th Academy Awards March 21, 1994 47th BAFTA Awards April 14, 1994 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film Schindler's List Mrs. Doubtfire Schindler's List Schindler's List Best Director Steven Spielberg Schindler's List Steven Spielberg Schindler's List Steven Spielberg Schindler's List Best Actor Tom Hanks Philadelphia Robin Williams Mrs. Doubtfire Tom Hanks Philadelphia Anthony Hopkins Shadowlands Best Actress Holly Hunter The Piano Angela Bassett What's Love Got to Do with It Holly Hunter The Piano Holly Hunter The Piano Best Supporting Actor Tommy Lee Jones The Fugitive Tommy Lee Jones The Fugitive Ralph Fiennes Schindler's List Best Supporting Actress Winona Ryder The Age of Innocence Anna Paquin The Piano Miriam Margoyles The Age of Innocence Best Screenplay, Adapted Schindler's List Steven Zaillian Schindler's List Steven Zaillian Schindler's List Steven Zaillian Best Screenplay, Original The Piano Jane Campion Groundhog Day Danny Rubin Best Foreign Language Film Farewell My Concubine Belle Epoque Farewell My ConcubinePalme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Farewell My Concubine (霸王別姬, Ba wang bie ji), directed by Chen Kaige, China / Hong Kong The Piano, directed by Jane Campion, New ZealandGolden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Short Cuts, directed by Robert Altman, United States Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu), directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski, France / Poland / Switzerland / U.K.Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
The Women from the Lake of Scented Souls (Xian hun nu), directed by Xie Fei, China The Wedding Banquet (Hsi yen), directed by Ang Lee, Taiwan / U.S.A. Films released in 1993 A Addams Family Values, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld The Age of Innocence, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder Airborne Alive American Cyborg: Steel Warrior American Ninja V Amos & Andrew, starring Nicolas Cage and Samuel L. Jackson Another Stakeout, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez and Rosie O'Donnell Arizona Dream Army of Darkness, directed by Sam Raimi Army of One Aspen Extreme B Bank Robber Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, directed by Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm Beethoven's 2nd Being Human Benny & Joon, starring Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson and Aidan Quinn Best of the Best 2 Bhaji on the Beach Blood In Blood Out Body of Evidence, starring Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna and Anne Archer Boiling Point Bopha! Born Yesterday Bound by Honor Boxing Helena, starring Sherilyn Fenn and Julian Sands A Bronx Tale C Calendar Girl Carlito's Way, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Al Pacino and Sean Penn Carnosaur, CB4 Chai Gong (Mad Monk) Class to Remember, A - Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year Cliffhanger, starring Sylvester Stallone Coneheads, directed by Steve Barron, starring Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin Cool Runnings, directed by Jon Turteltaub, starring John Candy Cop and a Half Crime Story, starring Jackie Chan The Crush, starring Cary Elwes and Alicia Silverstone D A Dangerous Woman The Dark Half, starring Timothy Hutton and Amy Madigan Darr Dave, starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver Dazed and Confused Deadfall Demolition Man, starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes and Sandra Bullock Dennis the Menace Digger Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story E Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Excessive Force F Falling Down, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey A Far Off Place Faraway, So Close! Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Palme d'Or award Fatal Instinct, starring Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn and Sean Young Fearless, starring Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rosselini and Rosie Perez Fire in the Sky The Firm, starring Tom Cruise Flesh and Bone For Love or Money A Foreign Field Free Willy, directed by Simon Wincer The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones G Germinal, directed by Claude Berri, starring Gerard Depardieu Geronimo: An American Legend Gettysburg Ghost in the Machine Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II The Good Son, starring Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood Groundhog Day, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell Grumpy Old Men, starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Ann-Margaret H Happily Ever After Hard Target Heart and Souls, starring Robert Downey, Jr. Heaven & Earth Hexed Hocus Pocus, directed by Kenny Ortega, starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy A Home of Our Own Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey Hot Shots! Part Deux, directed by Jim Abrahams, starring Charlie Sheen and Lloyd Bridges House of Cards The House of the Spirits I In the Line of Fire, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich and Rene Russo In the Name of the Father - Golden Bear award (for 1994), directed by Jim Sheridan, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite and Emma Thompson Indecent Proposal, starring Robert Redford, Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson J Jack the Bear Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday Joshua Tree The Joy Luck Club Judgment Night Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough K Kalifornia, directed by Dominic Sena, starring Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny and Michelle Forbes Kaspar Hauser L Last Action Hero, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger The Legend (Fong Sai-yuk), starring Jet Li Leprechaun Life with Mikey Little Buddha Look Who's Talking Now Lost in Yonkers M M. Butterfly Mad Dog and Glory, starring Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman and Bill Murray Made in America, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson Malice, starring Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman and Bill Pullman The Man Without a Face Manhattan Murder Mystery Married to It Matinee Menace II Society The Meteor Man Mr. Jones Mr. Nanny, starring Hulk Hogan and Sherman Hemsley Mr. Wonderful, starring Matt Dillon, Annabella Sciorra, William Hurt and Mary-Louise Parker Mrs. Doubtfire - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), directed by Chris Columbus, starring Robin Williams and Sally Field Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Branagh, Michael Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Emma Thompson and Denzel Washington My Favorite Season My Neighbour Totoro (English dub) My Life N Naked Naked in New York National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 Needful Things The Nightmare Before Christmas, directed by Henry Selick Ninja Scroll No Place To Hide Nowhere to Run O Once Upon a Forest, directed by Charles Grosvenor Only The Strong Ordinary Magic P The Pelican Brief, starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington A Perfect World, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Kevin Costner, Eastwood and Laura Dern Philadelphia, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington The Piano - Palme d'Or award, directed by Jane Campion, starring Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill and Anna Paquin Poetic Justice, directed by John Singleton, starring Janet Jackson Point of Impact Point of No Return, starring Bridget Fonda Posse The Program Public Access Puppet Master 4 R The Real McCoy Red Rock West The Remains of the Day, directed by James Ivory, starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson Return of the Living Dead 3 Rich in Love Rising Sun, starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes Robin Hood: Men in Tights, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Cary Elwes Robocop 3, directed by Fred Dekker Romeo Is Bleeding, starring Gary Oldman, Lena Olin and Annabella Sciorra Rookie of the Year, directed by Daniel Stern Ruby in Paradise Rudy S The Sandlot, directed by David M. Evans The Scent of Green Papaya Schindler's List - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Liam Neeson and Ben Kingsley Searching For Bobby Fischer The Secret Garden The Sex of the Stars Shadowlands, starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger Short Cuts - Golden Lion award, directed by Robert Altman Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, directed by Bill Duke Six Degrees of Separation, starring Stockard Channing, Will Smith and Donald Sutherland Sleepless in Seattle, directed by Nora Ephron, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan Sliver, starring Sharon Stone, William Baldwin and Tom Berenger Sniper, starring Tom Berenger So I Married an Axe Murderer, starring Mike Myers Sommersby, starring Richard Gere and Jodie Foster Son in Law Son of the Pink Panther, directed by Blake Edwards Speak Up! It's So Dark Stalingrad Street Knight Striking Distance Sunset Grill Super Mario Bros., directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel Surf Ninjas Swing Kids T Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III The Temp, starring Timothy Hutton, Lara Flynn Boyle and Faye Dunaway The Thing Called Love, starring River Phoenix and Samantha Mathis This Boy's Life, starring Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin and Leonardo DiCaprio Three Colors: Blue - 1st of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Juliette Binoche - Golden Lion award The Three Musketeers, directed by Stephen Herek Three of Hearts, starring William Baldwin, Kelly Lynch and Sherilyn Fenn Tom and Jerry: The Movie, directed by Phil Roman Tombstone, directed by George P. Cosmatos, starring Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott and Bill Paxton True Romance, directed by Tony Scott, starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette Two Small Bodies U Undercover Blues, starring Kathleen Turner and Dennis Quaid Untamed Heart, starring Christian Slater and Marisa Tomei V The Vanishing W Wayne's World 2, directed by Stephen Surjik The Wedding Banquet - Golden Bear and Golden Space Needle awards We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, directed by Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag, Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells Weekend at Bernie's II What's Eating Gilbert Grape, starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio What's Love Got to Do With It, directed by Brian Gibson - Nominated for 2 Oscars, won the American Choreography Award, starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne Where's God When I'm S-Scared? White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II Who's the Man? The Women from the Lake of Scented Souls (Xian hun nu) - Golden Bear award Wrestling Ernest Hemingway The Wrong Trousers Y The Young Americans Wide-release movies January-March January 1993 January 15 - Nowhere to Run February 1993 March 1993 March 19 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 April-June April 1993 May 1993 May 28 - Super Mario Bros., Made In America, Cliffhanger June 1993 June 11- Jurassic Park June 18 - Last Action Hero June 25 - Dennis the Menace, Sleepless in Seattle June 30 - The Firm July-September July 1993 July 9 - In the Line of Fire July 16 - Free Willy August 1993 August 6 - The Fugitive September 1993 September 17 - Striking Distance October-December October 1993 November 1993 November 5 - Robocop 3 December 1993 December 10 - Wayne's World 2 December 17 - What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Pelican Brief December 25 - Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Tombstone, Grumpy Old Men Births 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, actor and voice actor (The Bernie Mac Show, Brother Bear) 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 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 18 - Patrick McGovern, actor September 22 - Chase Ellison, actor October 8 - Angus T. Jones, actor December 8 - AnnaSophia Robb, actress December 22 - Ali Lohan, actress Deaths January 20 - Audrey Hepburn, actress February 6 - Joseph L. 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 April 20 - Cantinflas, actor and comedian June 6 - James Bridges, director and screenwriter June 9 - Alexis Smith, actress June 11 - Bernard Bresslaw, actor June 30 - George "Spanky" McFarland, actor July 2 - Fred Gwynne, actor, "The Munsters", Pet Semetary and My Cousin Vinny and others July 18 - Jean Negulesco, director and screenwriter August 3 - James Donald, 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 November 28 - Kenneth Connor, 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 Film debuts Alicia Silverstone
