1993 in film

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The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive, and The Firm. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1993 by worldwide gross are as follows:^[1]

Highest-grossing films of 1993
Rank	Title	Distributor	Worldwide gross
1	Jurassic Park	Universal	$914,691,120^[2]
2	Mrs. Doubtfire	20th Century Fox	$441,286,195
3	The Fugitive	Warner Bros.	$368,875,760
4	Schindler's List	Universal	$321,306,305
5	The Firm	Paramount	$270,248,367
6	Indecent Proposal	Paramount	$266,614,059
7	Cliffhanger	Sony	$255,000,211
8	Sleepless in Seattle		$227,799,884
9	Philadelphia		$206,678,440
10	The Pelican Brief	Warner Bros.	$195,268,056

Events

January 1 – China Film Import & Export Corporation ends its 40-year monopoly distributing all films in China, with 16 other Chinese film studios now responsible for distributing their own films.^[3]
January 29 – Bram Stoker's Dracula opens in the United Kingdom setting an opening weekend record of £2,633,635 million.^[4]^[5]
March 31 – actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow.
May 27 – actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge initially orders her to pay $8.9 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film 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. The film would unfortunately end up grossing only $20.9 million domestically and receive negative reviews from critics.
June 11 – The filmed version of Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park, a dinosaur epic with groundbreaking special effects directed by Steven Spielberg, breaks box-office records with a record $50 million opening weekend and goes on to become the highest-grossing film ever made with a worldwide gross of over $900 million.^[6]
June 18 – Arnold Schwarzenegger's film career falters with the commercial disappointment of Last Action Hero, despite Columbia Pictures new logo making its debut in that film.
July 16 – Jurassic Park opens in Mexico and the United Kingdom and on July 17 in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, setting opening records in each market.^[7]
October 31 – actor River Phoenix accidentally dies of an overdose during the filming of Dark Blood. The film was later completed and released in 2012.
December 15 – Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg, is released and goes on to win seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Spielberg's first for Best Director.
December 22 – Turner Broadcasting System acquired Castle Rock Entertainment.

Awards

Category/Organization	51st Golden Globe Awards January 22, 1994		66th Academy Awards March 21, 1994	47th BAFTA Awards April 14, 1994
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	66th Academy Awards March 21, 1994	47th BAFTA Awards April 14, 1994
Best Film	Schindler's List	Mrs. Doubtfire	Schindler's List
Best Director	Steven Spielberg Schindler's List
Best Actor	Tom Hanks Philadelphia	Robin Williams Mrs. Doubtfire	Tom Hanks Philadelphia	Anthony Hopkins The Remains of the Day
Best Actress	Holly Hunter The Piano	Angela Bassett What's Love Got to Do with It	Holly Hunter The Piano
Best Supporting Actor	Tommy Lee Jones The Fugitive			Ralph Fiennes Schindler's List
Best Supporting Actress	Winona Ryder The Age of Innocence		Anna Paquin The Piano	Miriam Margolyes The Age of Innocence
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Steven Zaillian Schindler's List		Steven Zaillian Schindler's List
Best Screenplay, Original	Steven Zaillian Schindler's List		Jane Campion The Piano	Danny Rubin Groundhog Day
Best Original Score	Heaven & Earth Kitarō		Schindler's List John Williams
Best Original Song	"Streets of Philadelphia" Philadelphia			N/A
Best Foreign Language Film	Farewell My Concubine		Belle Epoque	Farewell My Concubine

1993 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

January 5 – Franz Drameh, English actor
January 7 – Yuta Nakatsuka, Japanese actor and dancer
January 9 – Ashley Argota, American actress
January 10 - Jacob Scipio, English actor and writer
January 11 – Flora Cross, French-American actress
January 18 – Morgan York, American actress
January 19 – Gus Lewis, American-English actor
January 26 – Cameron Bright, Canadian actor
January 28 – Will Poulter, English actor
January 29 - Lewis Pullman, American actor
February 3 - Brandon Micheal Hall, American actor
February 7
- David Dorfman, American actor
- Philip Wiegratz, German former actor
February 10 - Lexi Atkins, American actress
February 12 – Jennifer Stone, American actress
February 13 - Sophie Evans, Welsh actress and singer
February 14 – Shane Harper, American actor
February 19 – Victoria Justice, American actress and singer
February 21 – Masaki Suda, Japanese actor
February 24 – Emily Rudd, American actress
March 4
- Jenna Boyd, American actress
- Abigail Mavity, American actress
March 11 – Jodie Comer, English actress
March 15 – Alia Bhatt, British actress
March 22 - Enzo Vogrincic, Uruguayan actor
March 29 - Joe Adler, American actor
April 7 – Yell Htwe Aung, Burmese comedian, actor, and model (died 2018)
April 10 – Sofia Carson, actress, singer and musician
April 14
- Vivien Cardone, American actress
- Graham Phillips, American actor, filmmaker and singer
April 26 - Ryoma Takeuchi, Japanese actor
April 30 - Henry Zaga, Brazilian actor
May 6 – Naomi Scott, English actress and singer
May 10
- Spencer Fox, American actor, singer and musician
- Halston Sage, American actress
May 11
- Olivia Liang, American actress
- James Reid, Filipino actor
May 13 – Debby Ryan, American actress and singer
May 14 – Miranda Cosgrove, American actress, singer
May 29 – Maika Monroe, American actress
June 7 - Amanda Leighton, American actress
June 9 – Danielle Chuchran, American actress
June 11 - Sidhu Moose Wala, Indian singer, rapper and actor (died 2022)
June 19 – Olajide Olatunji, British YouTuber, rapper and actor^[8]
June 24 – Beanie Feldstein, American actress
June 25 – Barney Clark, English actor
June 26 – Ariana Grande, American actress, singer
June 27 – Camila Queiroz, Brazilian actress
June 29 - Harrison Gilbertson, Australian actor
July 1 – Raini Rodriguez, American actress, singer
July 3 – Sarah Wiedenheft, Dutch-American voice actress
July 8 - David Corenswet, American actor
July 9 – Emily Hirst, Canadian actress
July 21 - Gabriel Leone, Brazilian actor and musician
July 23 – Lili Simmons, American actress
July 26
- Elizabeth Gillies, American actress
- Taylor Momsen, American actress
July 31 – Christian Byers, Australian actor
August 1 – Leon Thomas III, American actor, singer/songwriter, musician and dancer
August 2 – Ryan and Kyle Pepi, American actors
August 4 – Alan Shirahama, Japanese actor and DJ
August 5 – Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress
August 7 - Francesca Eastwood, American actress and television personality
August 8 – Devery Jacobs, Canadian actress
August 11 – Alyson Stoner, American actress
August 12
- Imani Hakim, American actress
- Hannah Quinlivan, Taiwanese-Australian actress and model
August 16 – Cameron Monaghan, American actor
August 18 – Maia Mitchell, Australian actress, singer
August 26 – Keke Palmer, American actress
September 1 - Alexander Conti, Canadian actor
September 18 – Patrick Schwarzenegger, American actor
September 22 – Chase Ellison, American actor
September 24 – Ben Platt, American actor
September 25
- Greg Davis, American actor
- Zach Tyler Eisen, American former voice actor
October 8
- Angus T. Jones, American actor
- Molly C. Quinn, American actress
October 9 - Autumn Chiklis, American actress and writer
October 19 - Hunter King, American actress
October 25
- Mia Goth, English actress
- Bessie Carter, English actress
- Rachel Matthews, American actress
October 29 - India Eisley, American actress
October 30 – Brett Kelly, Canadian actor
October 31 – Letitia Wright, Guyanese-British actress
November 8 - Jak Knight, American actor, comedian and writer (died 2022)
November 16 – Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor
November 22 – Adèle Exarchopoulos, French actress
November 24
- Anthony De La Torre, American actor
- Zoe Levin, American actress
December 8 – AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
December 10 - Alicia von Rittberg, German actress
December 16 – Stephan James, Canadian actor
December 17 – Kiersey Clemons, American actress
December 19
- Hermione Corfield, English actress
- Nik Dodani, American actor, writer and comedian
December 21 - Vanessa Angel, Indonesian actress, model and singer (died 2021)
December 22 – Aliana Lohan, American actress
December 24 - Millie Brady, English actress and model
December 27 – Olivia Cooke, English actress

Deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	1	June Clayworth	70	US	Actress	Strange Wives Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
	4	Leonard Kibrick	68	US	Actor	It's a Wonderful World Dimples
	6	Rudolf Nureyev	54	Russia	Dancer, Actor	Valentino Exposed
	14	Robert A. Mattey	82	US	Special Effects Artist	Jaws The Absent-Minded Professor
	15	Sammy Cahn	79	US	Songwriter	Three Coins in the Fountain The Joker Is Wild
	16	Glenn Corbett	59	US	Actor	The Crimson Kimono Chisum
	16	Florence Desmond	87	UK	Actress	Three Came Home Gay Love
	20	Joseph Anthony	80	US	Director	Career All in a Night's Work
	20	Audrey Hepburn	63	UK	Actress	Breakfast at Tiffany's Roman Holiday
	24	Don Bassman	64	US	Sound Engineer	Patton Die Hard
	27	André "the Giant" Roussimoff	46	France	Wrestler, Actor	The Princess Bride Micki & Maude
	28	John Steadman	83	US	Actor	The Longest Yard The Hills Have Eyes
	29	Gustav Hasford	45	US	Screenwriter	Full Metal Jacket
February	5	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	83	US	Director, Screenwriter, Producer	All About Eve Cleopatra
	5	Tip Tipping	34	UK	Stuntman, Actor	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Aliens
	8	Douglas Heyes	73	US	Screenwriter, Director	Ice Station Zebra Kitten with a Whip
	13	Willoughby Gray	76	UK	Actor	A View to a Kill The Princess Bride
	14	Lester Wilson	50	US	Choreographer	Saturday Night Fever The Last Dragon
	18	Ted Haworth	75	US	Art Director, Production Designer	Some Like It Hot The Longest Day
	18	Rita La Roy	91	US	Actress	Hold That Woman! A Holy Terror
	18	Leslie Norman	81	UK	Director	Dunkirk X the Unknown
	25	Mary Walter	80	Philippines	Actress	Oro, Plata, Mata Shake, Rattle & Roll
	26	Constance Ford	69	US	Actress	A Summer Place House of Women
	27	Lillian Gish	99	US	Actress	The Birth of a Nation Duel in the Sun
	28	Franco Brusati	70	Italy	Director, Screenwriter	To Forget Venice Bread and Chocolate
	28	Joyce Carey	94	UK	Actress	Blithe Spirit Brief Encounter
	28	Ishirō Honda	81	Japan	Director	Gojira King Kong vs. Godzilla
	28	Ruby Keeler	82	US	Actress, Dancer	42nd Street Gold Diggers of 1933
March	4	Harper Goff	81	US	Art Director, Set Designer	Casablanca Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
	4	Richard Sale	81	US	Screenwriter, Director	Torpedo Run The White Buffalo
	5	Asta Vihandi	63	Estonia	Actress, Singer	Mikhaylo Lomonosov A Young Retiree
	7	Patricia Lawrence	67	UK	Actress	A Room with a View Howards End
	9	Bob Crosby	79	US	Singer, Actor	The Five Pennies Kansas City Kitty
	11	Irene Ware	82	US	Actress	Chandu the Magician The Raven
	12	Michael Kanin	83	US	Screenwriter	Woman of the Year Teacher's Pet
	16	Donald Randolph	87	South Africa	Actor	Topaz The Deadly Mantis
	16	Chishū Ryū	88	Japan	Actor	Tokyo Story Dreams
	17	Helen Hayes	92	US	Actress	Airport The Sin of Madelon Claudet
	21	Buddy Swan	63	US	Actor	Citizen Kane Scared Stiff
	27	Kate Reid	62	UK	Actress	Atlantic City The Andromeda Strain
	31	Brandon Lee	28	US	Actor	The Crow Showdown in Little Tokyo
April	3	Eugenie Leontovich	83	Russia	Actress	Four Sons Homicidal
	3	Alexandre Mnouchkine	85	Russia	Producer	The Name of the Rose A Pure Formality
	7	Gladys Lehman	101	US	Screenwriter	Two Girls and a Sailor Death Takes a Holiday
	7	Arleen Whelan	78	US	Actress	Kidnapped That Wonderful Urge
	15	William Bakewell	84	US	Actor	Gone with the Wind All Quiet on the Western Front
	20	Cantinflas	81	Mexico	Actor	Around the World in 80 Days Pepe
	29	Michael Gordon	83	US	Director	Pillow Talk Move Over, Darling
May	6	Ann Todd	82	UK	Actress	The Paradine Case The Seventh Veil
	7	Mary Philbin	90	US	Actress	The Phantom of the Opera The Man Who Laughs
	9	Mary Duncan	97	US	Actress	City Girl Morning Glory
	9	Daniel Paredes	46	US	Costume Designer	Sparkle Cat People
	19	Richard Murphy	81	US	Screenwriter, Director	Panic in the Streets Broken Lance
	25	Dan Seymour	78	US	Actor	Key Largo Johnny Belinda
	26	Jan Wiley	77	US	Actress	The Brute Man Below the Deadline
	27	Roger MacDougall	82	UK	Screenwriter	The Man in the White Suit A Touch of Larceny
	29	Richard Macdonald	73	UK	Production Designer	The Addams Family Marathon Man
June	5	Conway Twitty	59	US	Singer, Actor	College Confidential Sex Kittens Go to College
	6	James Bridges	57	US	Director, Screenwriter	Urban Cowboy The China Syndrome
	6	Mort Mills	74	US	Actor	Psycho Touch of Evil
	9	Alexis Smith	72	Canada	Actress	San Antonio Night and Day
	10	Richard Webb	77	US	Actor	Out of the Past Carson City
	11	Bernard Bresslaw	59	UK	Actor	Krull Jabberwocky
	11	Ray Sharkey	40	US	Actor	The Idolmaker Heart Beat
	22	Victor Maddern	67	UK	Actor	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Exodus
	25	Wes Bishop	60	US	Screenwriter, Producer, Actor	Race with the Devil The Thing with Two Heads
	25	Eileen Stevens	77	US	Actress	Invasion of the Body Snatchers Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
July	2	Fred Gwynne	66	US	Actor	My Cousin Vinny Munster, Go Home!
	3	Joe DeRita	83	US	Actor	The Three Stooges Meet Hercules Have Rocket, Will Travel
	4	Anne Shirley	75	US	Actress	Stella Dallas Murder, My Sweet
	9	John Beaird	40	US	Screenwriter	My Bloody Valentine Trapped
	15	David Brian	78	US	Actor	The Damned Don't Cry! The High and the Mighty
	18	John Beck	83	US	Producer	King Kong vs. Godzilla Harvey
	18	Jean Negulesco	93	Romania	Director	How to Marry a Millionaire Johnny Belinda
	21	Robert Glass	53	US	Sound Engineer	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Close Encounters of the Third Kind
	21	Valda Hansen	60	US	Actress	Night of the Ghouls The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
	25	Nan Grey	75	US	Actress	Three Smart Girls The Invisible Man Returns
	25	Cecilia Parker	79	Canada	Actress	Andy Hardy's Double Life A Family Affair
	26	Daniel Fuchs	84	US	Screenwriter	Criss Cross Love Me or Leave Me
	31	Lenore Aubert	75	Slovenia	Actress	I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now They Got Me Covered
August	1	Claire Du Brey	100	US	Actress	Anything Once Jesse James
	3	James Donald	76	UK	Actor	The Great Escape The Bridge on the River Kwai
	7	Roy Budd	46	UK	Composer	Get Carter The Wild Geese
	8	Harry Bellaver	88	US	Actor	From Here to Eternity Love Me or Leave Me
	10	Irene Sharaff	83	US	Costume Designer	West Side Story Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
	16	Ellsworth Fredricks	89	US	Cinematographer	Sayonara Invasion of the Body Snatchers
	16	Stewart Granger	80	UK	Actor	King Solomon's Mines Scaramouche
	23	Gregory Gaye	92	Russia	Actor	Ninotchka Casablanca
	28	Rene Ray	81	UK	Actress	They Made Me a Fugitive The Good Die Young
	30	Richard Jordan	56	US	Actor	The Hunt for Red October Dune
September	4	Hervé Villechaize	50	France	Actor	The Man with the Golden Gun Forbidden Zone
	5	Claude Renoir	79	France	Cinematographer	The Spy Who Loved Me French Connection II
	5	John Truscott	57	US	Production Designer, Costume Designer	Camelot Paint Your Wagon
	7	Hall Bartlett	70	US	Director	The Caretakers Zero Hour!
	12	Raymond Burr	76	Canada	Actor	Rear Window A Place in the Sun
	12	Harold Innocent	58	UK	Actor	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Brazil
	12	Charles Lamont	98	US	Director	Bagdad Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
	17	James Griffith	77	US	Actor, Screenwriter	Bullwhip The Amazing Transparent Man
	17	Zita Johann	89	Germany	Actress	The Mummy Grand Canary
	17	Christian Nyby	80	US	Film Editor, Director	Red River The Big Sleep
	29	Gordon Douglas	85	US	Director	Robin and the 7 Hoods They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
October	2	William Berger	65	Austria	Actor	Sabata Face to Face
	5	Jane Nigh	68	US	Actress	Blue Grass of Kentucky Rodeo
	7	Cyril Cusack	82	South Africa	Actor	Harold and Maude My Left Foot
	7	Kenneth Nelson	63	US	Actor	Hellraiser The Boys in the Band
	12	Patrick Holt	81	UK	Actor	The Wild Geese The Sea Wolves
	13	Gwen Welles	42	US	Actress	Nashville California Split
	14	Leon Ames	91	US	Actor	Meet Me in St. Louis Little Women
	15	Walter Newman	77	US	Screenwriter	Cat Ballou Ace in the Hole
	25	Vincent Price	82	US	Actor	Laura House of Wax
	26	Albert Zugsmith	83	US	Producer, Director	The Incredible Shrinking Man Touch of Evil
	29	Elliot Scott	78	UK	Production Designer	Who Framed Roger Rabbit Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
	30	Margaret Vyner	78	Australia	Screenwriter, Actress	The Grass Is Greener Encore
	31	Federico Fellini	73	Italy	Director, Screenwriter	8½ Amarcord
	31	River Phoenix	23	US	Actor	Stand by Me Running on Empty
November	3	Duncan Gibbins	41	UK	Director	Fire with Fire Eve of Destruction
	3	John Lupton	65	US	Actor	Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter The Great Locomotive Chase
	4	Ely Landau	73	US	Producer	The Iceman Cometh The Pawnbroker
	5	Michael Bilton	73	UK	Actor	A Taste of Honey The Early Bird
	5	Mario Cecchi Gori	73	Italy	Producer	Il Postino The Easy Life
	7	Charles Aidman	68	US	Actor	War Hunt Kotch
	7	Jack Martin Smith	82	US	Art Director	Planet of the Apes Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
	9	Stanley Myers	60	UK	Composer	The Deer Hunter The Greek Tycoon
	9	Gerald Thomas	72	UK	Director, Film Editor	Carry On The Vicious Circle
	10	Wensley Pithey	79	South Africa	Actor	Oliver! The Saint and the Brave Goose
	12	Anna Sten	84	Russia	Actress	Nana The Wedding Night
	15	Evelyn Venable	80	US	Actress	Death Takes a Holiday Hollywood Stadium Mystery
	15	Gladys Walton	90	US	Actress	Playing with Fire A Little Girl in a Big City
	18	Fritz Feld	93	Germany	Actor	Bringing Up Baby Hello, Dolly!
	19	Dorothy Revier	89	US	Actress	The Way of All Men The Iron Mask
	20	Emile Ardolino	50	US	Director	Dirty Dancing Sister Act
	21	Bill Bixby	59	US	Actor	The Apple Dumpling Gang Clambake
	21	Richard Wordsworth	78	UK	Actor	The Quatermass Xperiment The Man Who Knew Too Much
	28	Kenneth Connor	75	UK	Actor	Carry On Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
December	5	Alexandre Trauner	87	Hungary	Art Director, Production Designer	The Apartment The Man Who Would Be King
	6	Don Ameche	85	US	Actor	Cocoon Heaven Can Wait
	14	Myrna Loy	88	US	Actress	The Thin Man Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
	16	Moses Gunn	64	US	Actor	Shaft The NeverEnding Story
	17	Janet Margolin	50	US	Actress	David and Lisa Take the Money and Run
	18	Steve James	41	US	Actor, Stuntman	American Ninja I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
	18	Sam Wanamaker	74	US	Actor	Private Benjamin Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
	22	Don DeFore	80	US	Actor	Ramrod It Happened on Fifth Avenue
	22	Salah Zulfikar	67	Egypt	Actor, Producer	Aghla Min Hayati The Other Man
	22	Alexander Mackendrick	81	UK	Director	Sweet Smell of Success The Ladykillers
	23	James Ellison	83	US	Actor	The Plainsman Vivacious Lady
	26	Jeff Morrow	86	US	Actor	This Island Earth Pardners
	27	Michael Callen	38	US	Actor	Philadelphia Zero Patience
	28	William Austin	90	Canada	Film Editor	Flat Top What Price Vengeance
	28	Howard Caine	65	US	Actor	Judgment at Nuremberg 1776
	29	Marie Kean	75	Ireland	Actress	Barry Lyndon Ryan's Daughter
	30	Mack David	81	US	Songwriter	Walk on the Wild Side Cinderella