1994 in film

This is a list of films released in 1994. The top worldwide grosser was The Lion King, becoming the highest-grossing Walt Disney Feature Animation film of all-time, although it was slightly overtaken at the North American domestic box office by Forrest Gump, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its 70th Anniversary in 1994.

Highest-grossing films
The top ten films released in 1994 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Notable films released in 1994
U.S.A. unless stated

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 * 1942: A Love Story, starring Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff – (India)
 * 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls), directed by Michael Haneke – (Austria)
 * 8 Seconds, starring Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin, Cynthia Gibb

A–D
A B C D
 * Above the Rim, starring Duane Martin and Tupac Shakur
 * Accumulator 1 (Akumulator 1) – (Czech Republic)
 * The Accused Uncle Shangang (Bei gao Shangang ye) – (China)
 * Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, directed by Tom Shadyac, starring Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young
 * The Act in Question (El Acto en cuestión) – (Argentina)
 * The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, starring Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce – (Australia)
 * Africa: The Serengeti
 * The Air Up There, starring Kevin Bacon
 * Airheads, starring Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Brendan Fraser
 * Amaidhi Padai, starring Satyaraj – (India)(logan)1994 aMSM
 * Amateur, starring Isabelle Huppert – (U.K./U.S.A./France)
 * Andaz Apna Apna, directed by Rajkumar Santoshi – starring Aamir Khan, Salman Khan- (India)
 * Andre, starring Keith Carradine
 * Angel Dust (Enjeru dasuto), directed by Sogo Ishii – (Japan)
 * Angels in the Outfield, directed by William Dear, starring Danny Glover, Tony Danza, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Christopher Lloyd
 * A.P.E.X.
 * Ashes of Time (Dung che sai duk), directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung – (Hong Kong)
 * Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs (Kurochka Ryaba), directed by Andrei Konchalovsky – (Russia)
 * Bab El-Oued City – (Algeria)
 * Baby's Day Out, starring Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe Pantoliano
 * Backbeat, a Beatles biopic starring Stephen Dorff – (U.K./Germany)
 * Bad Girls, starring Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, Drew Barrymore
 * Bandit Queen, directed by Shekhar Kapur – (India)
 * Barcelona, starring Taylor Nichols and Mira Sorvino
 * Barnabo of the Mountains (Barnabo delle montagne) – (Italy)
 * Before the Rain (Pred doždot) – (Macedonia) – Golden Lion Award
 * Beverly Hills Cop III, directed by John Landis, starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Héctor Elizondo, Alan Young
 * Der bewegte Mann (Maybe, Maybe Not) – (Germany)
 * Black Beauty, starring Alan Cumming and Sean Bean – (U.K./U.S.A.)
 * Blank Check, directed by Rupert Wainwright, starring Brian Bonsall, Karen Duffy, and Miguel Ferrer
 * Blankman, starring Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier
 * Blink, directed by Michael Apted, starring Madeleine Stowe and Aidan Quinn
 * Blown Away, directed by Stephen Hopkins, starring Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Forest Whitaker, Suzy Amis, Lloyd Bridges
 * Blue Chips, directed by William Friedkin, starring Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J. T. Walsh, Ed O'Neill, Shaquille O'Neal
 * Blue Sky, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe
 * Body Without Soul (Tělo bez duše) – (Czech Republic)
 * Brainscan, starring Edward Furlong
 * The Broken Journey (Uttoran), directed by Sandip Ray – (India)
 * The Browning Version, directed by Mike Figgis, starring Albert Finney and Greta Scacchi – (U.K.)
 * Bullets over Broadway, directed by Woody Allen, starring John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly, Chazz Palminteri
 * Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) – (Russia/France) – Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
 * A Caixa (The Box) – (Portugal)
 * Camilla, starring Jessica Tandy and Bridget Fonda
 * Camp Nowhere, starring Christopher Lloyd and Jonathan Jackson
 * Captives, starring Tim Roth – (U.K.)
 * C'est la vie, mon chéri (Xīn bùliǎo qíng) – (Hong Kong)
 * The Chase, starring Charlie Sheen and Kristy Swanson
 * Chasers, starring Tom Berenger, William McNamara, Erika Eleniak
 * China Moon, starring Ed Harris and Madeleine Stowe
 * A Chinese Odyssey (Sai yau gei) – (Hong Kong)
 * Chungking Express, directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Tony Leung – (Hong Kong)
 * City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold, starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jon Lovitz, Jack Palance
 * Clean, Shaven
 * Clean Slate, starring Dana Carvey and Valeria Golino
 * Clear and Present Danger, starring Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Harris Yulin, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones, Joaquim de Almeida
 * Clerks, directed by Kevin Smith
 * The Client, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro
 * Clifford, starring Martin Short, Charles Grodin, Mary Steenburgen, Dabney Coleman
 * Cobb, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Wuhl
 * Color of Night, directed by Richard Rush, starring Bruce Willis, Jane March, Rubén Blades, Lesley Ann Warren, Scott Bakula, Brad Dourif
 * Colonel Chabert, starring Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant – (France)
 * The Confessional – (Canada/France/U.K.)
 * A Confucian Confusion (Duli Shidai) – (Taiwan)
 * Cops & Robbersons, starring Chevy Chase and Jack Palance
 * Corrina, Corrina, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta, Tina Majorino
 * Country Life, starring Sam Neill and Greta Scacchi – (Australia)
 * The Cowboy Way, starring Woody Harrelson, Kiefer Sutherland, Dylan McDermott, Marg Helgenberger
 * Crackerjack, starring Nastassja Kinski, Thomas Ian Griffith, Christopher Plummer
 * Criminal, directed by Mahesh Bhatt – (India/India)
 * Crooklyn, directed by Spike Lee, starring Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, Isaiah Washington
 * The Crow, starring Brandon Lee
 * Crumb, a documentary directed by Terry Zwigoff
 * D2: The Mighty Ducks, directed by Sam Weisman, starring Emilio Estevez, Joshua Jackson, Kathryn Erbe
 * Dance Me Outside – (Canada)
 * Deadly Advice, starring Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce – (U.K.)
 * Deadly Target
 * Dear Goddamned Friends (Cari fottutissimi amici), directed by Mario Monicelli – (Italy)
 * Death and the Maiden, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley – (U.S.A./U.K./France)
 * Death Wish V: The Face of Death, starring Charles Bronson (in his final Hollywood film), Lesley-Anne Down, Michael Parks
 * Dias contados (Running Out of Time), directed by Imanol Uribe – (Spain)
 * Disclosure, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Rosemary Forsyth, Dennis Miller
 * Double Happiness (Bonheur aigre-doux), starring Sandra Oh – (Canada)
 * Dream Lover, starring James Spader and Mädchen Amick
 * Drohkaal (Times of Betrayal), starring Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah – (India)
 * Drop Zone, starring Wesley Snipes and Gary Busey
 * Drunken Master II (Jui Kuen II), starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)
 * Du Pappa (Daddy Blue) – (Norway)
 * Dumb and Dumber, directed by the Farrelly brothers, starring Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly

E–K
E F G H I J-K
 * Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu), directed by Ang Lee – (Taiwan)
 * Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Lisa Marie, Bill Murray
 * Eden Valley – (U.K.)
 * L'Enfer (Hell), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Emmanuelle Béart and François Cluzet – (France)
 * Ermo, directed by Zhou Xiaowen – (Hong Kong/China)
 * Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Angie Dickinson
 * Everynight ... Everynight – (Australia)
 * Exit to Eden, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Dana Delany, Paul Mercurio, Rosie O'Donnell, Dan Aykroyd
 * Exotica, directed by Atom Egoyan, starring Mia Kirshner, Elias Koteas, Bruce Greenwood – (Canada)
 * Farinelli Il Castrato – (Italy/Belgium/France) – Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
 * Faust – (Czech Republic)
 * Fast Getaway II
 * The Favor, starring Harley Jane Kozak, Elizabeth McGovern, Bill Pullman, Ken Wahl, Brad Pitt
 * Felidae – (Germany)
 * Fist of Legend (Jing wu ying xiong), starring Jet Li – (Hong Kong)
 * The Flintstones, directed by Brian Levant, starring John Goodman, Elizabeth Perkins, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Taylor
 * Forrest Gump, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field – Academy Award for Best Picture and Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture (Drama)
 * Four Weddings and a Funeral, directed by Mike Newell, starring Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell – (U.K.)
 * The Fox with Nine Tails (Gumiho) – (South Korea)
 * Fresh, starring Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito
 * From Beijing With Love (Guóchǎn Líng Líng Qī) – (Hong Kong)
 * F.T.W., starring Mickey Rourke and Lori Singer
 * Gary Larson's Tales From the Far Side
 * The Getaway, starring Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, Jennifer Tilly, Philip Seymour Hoffman, James Woods
 * Getting Even with Dad, starring Macaulay Culkin, Ted Danson, Glenne Headly
 * God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!
 * Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (Gojira tai SupēsuGojira) – (Japan)
 * Golden Gate, directed by John Madden, starring Matt Dillon, Joan Chen, Bruno Kirby, Teri Polo
 * A Good Man in Africa, starring Sean Connery – (South Africa/U.S.A.)
 * The Good Old Daze (Le péril jeune), directed by Cédric Klapisch – (France)
 * The Great Conqueror's Concubine (Xi chu bawang) – (Hong Kong)
 * Greedy, starring Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis, Ed Begley Jr., Bob Balaban, Olivia d'Abo
 * Guarding Tess, starring Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Richard Griffiths, Austin Pendleton, Edward Albert
 * Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice, starring James Arness, Bruce Boxleitner, Amy Stoch, Alan Scarfe, Christopher Bradley, Hallie Foote, Don Collier
 * Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies
 * He's a Woman, She's a Man (Gam chi yuk yip), starring Leslie Cheung and Anita Yuen – (Hong Kong)
 * The Heart's Cry (Le Cri du coeur) – (Burkina Faso/France)
 * Heavenly Creatures, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet – (New Zealand)
 * Hello Cinema (Salaam Cinema) – (Iran)
 * Highlander III: The Sorcerer – (Canada/France/U.K.)
 * Hoop Dreams, documentary on high school basketball
 * The Hudsucker Proxy, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman
 * Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (Who am I to You..!) – (India)
 * I Can't Sleep (J'ai pas sommeil) – (France)
 * I Have a Date with Spring (Wo he chun tian you ge yue hui) – (Hong Kong)
 * I Love Trouble, starring Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte
 * I.Q., directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau, Stephen Fry
 * I'll Do Anything, directed by James L. Brooks, starring Nick Nolte, Albert Brooks, Julie Kavner, Joely Richardson, Tracey Ullman
 * Illegal In Blue
 * Imaginary Crimes, starring Harvey Keitel and Fairuza Balk
 * Immortal Beloved, starring Gary Oldman and Jeroen Krabbé – (U.K./U.S.A.)
 * In the Heat of the Sun (Yángguāng cànlàn de rìzi) – (China)
 * The Inkwell, starring Larenz Tate and Joe Morton
 * Intersection, starring Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita Davidovich
 * Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater
 * Iron Will, starring Mackenzie Astin and Kevin Spacey
 * It Could Happen To You, starring Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez
 * Jason's Lyric, starring Jada Pinkett Smith
 * Jimmy Hollywood, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Joe Pesci and Christian Slater
 * Johnnie Waterman (Jańcio Wodnik) – (Poland)
 * Junior, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Emma Thompson
 * Killing Zoe, directed by Roger Avary, starring Julie Delpy and Eric Stoltz
 * Krantiveer, starring Nana Patekar and Dimple Kapadia – (India)

L–Q
L M N O P–Q
 * Ladybird, Ladybird, directed by Ken Loach – (U.K.)
 * Lamerica – (Italy)
 * The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
 * Lassie, starring Helen Slater
 * The Last Seduction, directed by John Dahl, starring Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman
 * The Last Supper, directed by Cynthia Roberts – (Canada)
 * Legends of the Fall, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Julia Ormond, Henry Thomas, Aidan Quinn
 * Léon: The Professional, directed by Luc Besson, starring Jean Reno, Gary Oldman and Natalie Portman – (France)
 * Lightning Jack, starring Paul Hogan – (U.S.A./Australia)
 * The Lion King, directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, voices of Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons – Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
 * Lisbon Story, directed by Wim Wenders – (Germany/Portugal/Spain)
 * Little Big League, starring Dennis Farina, Timothy Busfield, Luke Edwards, Jason Robards
 * Little Buddha, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Keanu Reeves, Chris Isaak, Bridget Fonda
 * 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, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst
 * Love Affair, starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Garry Shandling, Katharine Hepburn
 * Love and a .45, starring Gil Bellows and Renée Zellweger
 * Love on Delivery (Poh waai ji wong), starring Stephen Chow – (Hong Kong)
 * A Low Down Dirty Shame, starring Keenen Ivory Wayans
 * Madagascar – (Cuba)
 * The Madness of King George, directed by Nicholas Hytner, starring Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren – (U.K.)
 * Major League II, directed by David S. Ward, starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Corbin Bernsen, Dennis Haysbert, Omar Epps
 * A Man of No Importance, starring Albert Finney – (Ireland/U.K.)
 * Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, with Robert De Niro, Helena Bonham Carter
 * The Mask, directed by Chuck Russell, starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz
 * The Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита) – (Russia)
 * Maverick, directed by Richard Donner, starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Alfred Molina, James Coburn
 * Men of War, starring Dolph Lundgren
 * Midnight Man
 * Milk Money, starring Melanie Griffith and Ed Harris
 * A Million to Juan, starring Polly Draper and Paul Rodriguez
 * Miracle on 34th Street, starring Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, Mara Wilson
 * Mixed Nuts, directed by Nora Ephron, starring Steve Martin, Rita Wilson, Madeline Kahn, Adam Sandler, Anthony LaPaglia, Juliette Lewis
 * The Monster (Il Mostro), directed by and starring Roberto Benigni – (Italy)
 * Mother's Boys, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley
 * Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Broderick, Campbell Scott
 * Muriel's Wedding, starring Toni Collette – (Australia/France)
 * My Girl 2, starring Anna Chlumsky, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Austin O'Brien
 * Naked Gun $33 1/3$: The Final Insult, starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, Fred Ward, O. J. Simpson, Anna Nicole Smith
 * Natural Born Killers, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Sizemore, Tommy Lee Jones, Rodney Dangerfield
 * Nell, directed by Michael Apted, starring Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson
 * The NeverEnding Story III
 * The Next Karate Kid, starring Hilary Swank and Pat Morita
 * Nightwatch (Nattevagten) – (Denmark)
 * No Dessert, Dad, till You Mow the Lawn, starring Robert Hays
 * No Escape, starring Ray Liotta
 * Nobody's Fool, directed by Robert Benton, starring Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Dylan Walsh, Jessica Tandy
 * North, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Elijah Wood and Bruce Willis
 * Oleanna, directed by David Mamet, starring William H. Macy and Debra Eisenstadt
 * On Deadly Ground, starring Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen
 * Once Were Warriors, directed by Lee Tamahori – (New Zealand)
 * Only You, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr., Bonnie Hunt
 * Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (Yamato Takeru) – (Japan)
 * PCU, starring Jeremy Piven, Jon Favreau, David Spade
 * The Pagemaster, directed by Joe Johnston (live action), starring Macaulay Culkin and Christopher Lloyd
 * The Paper, directed by Ron Howard, starring Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Randy Quaid, Marisa Tomei, Robert Duvall
 * The Patriots (Les Patriotes) – (France)
 * Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
 * Pontiac Moon, starring Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen
 * Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
 * The Postman (Il Postino), directed by Michael Radford, starring Philippe Noiret – (Italy)
 * Prêt-à-Porter, directed by Robert Altman, starring Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Tim Robbins, Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker
 * Priest, starring Linus Roache and Tom Wilkinson – (U.K.)
 * Princess Caraboo, starring Phoebe Cates – (U.K./U.S.A.)
 * Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Uma Thurman – Palme d'Or award
 * The Puppet Masters, starring Donald Sutherland
 * A Pure Formality (Una Pura Formalità), starring Gérard Depardieu and Roman Polanski – (Italy)
 * Queen Margot (La Reine Margot), starring Isabelle Adjani and Daniel Auteuil – (France)
 * The Queen of the Night (La reina de la noche) – (Mexico)
 * Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford, starring Rob Morrow, John Turturro, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield

R–Z
R S T U–V W
 * Radio Inside, starring William McNamara and Elisabeth Shue
 * Radioland Murders, starring Mary Stuart Masterson and Brian Benben
 * Rapa-Nui, starring Jason Scott Lee and Esai Morales
 * Reality Bites, directed by and starring Ben Stiller, with Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Janeane Garofalo, Steve Zahn
 * Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (Pao da shuang deng) – (China)
 * Red Rose White Rose (Hong mei gui bai mei gui), starring Joan Chen – (Hong Kong)
 * The Ref, directed by Ted Demme, starring Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey
 * Renaissance Man, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Danny DeVito, Gregory Hines, Lillo Brancato, Jr., Mark Wahlberg
 * The Return of Jafar
 * The Return of Tommy Tricker
 * Rice People (Neak sri) (Cambodia)
 * Richie Rich, starring Macaulay Culkin
 * The River Wild, directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly
 * The Road to Wellville, directed by Alan Parker, starring Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Lara Flynn Boyle, Bridget Fonda, Dana Carvey
 * The Jungle Book, directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Jason Scott Lee
 * S.F.W., starring Stephen Dorff and Reese Witherspoon
 * Safe Passage, starring Susan Sarandon and Nick Stahl
 * Sailor Moon S: The Movie – (Japan)
 * Sátántangó, directed by Béla Tarr
 * The Santa Clause, directed by John Pasquin, starring Tim Allen
 * The Scout, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Albert Brooks, Brendan Fraser, Dianne Wiest
 * The Search for One-eye Jimmy, starring Sam Rockwell, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Beals
 * Second Best, directed by Chris Menges, starring William Hurt, John Hurt, Jane Horrocks – (U.K.)
 * The Secret of Roan Inish, directed by John Sayles – (U.S.A./Ireland)
 * La Séparation, starring Isabelle Huppert, Daniel Auteuil – (France)
 * Serial Mom, directed by John Waters, starring Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard
 * The Shadow, starring Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller
 * Shallow Grave, directed by Danny Boyle, starring Christopher Eccleston and Ewan McGregor – (U.K.)
 * The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont, starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown, James Whitmore
 * Sh'Chur – (Israel)
 * The Silences of the Palace (Samt el qusur) – (Tunisia)
 * Silent Fall, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Liv Tyler, Linda Hamilton, John Lithgow, J. T. Walsh
 * A Simple Twist of Fate, starring Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara
 * Sioux City, starring Lou Diamond Phillips
 * Sirens, starring Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Elle Macpherson, Portia de Rossi – (Australia/U.K.)
 * Sleep with Me, starring Meg Tilly, Craig Sheffer, Eric Stoltz
 * Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade, a short film starring Billy Bob Thornton
 * A Soul Haunted by Painting (Hua hun), starring Gong Li – (China)
 * The Specialist, starring Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Eric Roberts, Rod Steiger
 * Speechless, starring Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Christopher Reeve
 * Speed, directed by Jan de Bont, starring Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Daniels, Sandra Bullock
 * Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
 * Star Trek Generations, starring Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell, Alan Ruck, Whoopi Goldberg
 * Stargate, starring Kurt Russell and James Spader
 * Street Fighter, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia
 * Sugar Hill, starring Wesley Snipes
 * The Sum of Us, starring Russell Crowe and Jack Thompson – (Australia)
 * Surviving the Game, starring Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Charles S. Dutton, F. Murray Abraham, Gary Busey
 * The Swan Princess, directed by Richard Rich
 * Swimming with Sharks, starring Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle Forbes
 * The Taebaek Mountains (Taebaek Sanmaek) – (South Korea)
 * Terminal Velocity, starring Charlie Sheen and Nastassja Kinski
 * Thanks for Every New Morning (Díky za každé nové ráno) – (Czech Republic)
 * Three Colors: White – 2nd of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Julie Delpy – (Poland/France/Switzerland)
 * Three Colors: Red – 3rd of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Irène Jacob – (Poland/France/Switzerland)
 * Threesome, starring Lara Flynn Boyle, Stephen Baldwin and Josh Charles
 * Through the Olive Trees (Zire darakhatan zeyton), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – (Iran)
 * Thumbelina, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
 * Time Chasers
 * Timecop, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Mia Sara
 * To Live (Huózhe), directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li – (China)
 * Tom & Viv, starring Willem Dafoe and Miranda Richardson – (U.K./U.S.A.)
 * Total Balalaika Show, a concert film directed by Aki Kaurismäki – (Finland)
 * Trial by Jury, starring Joanne Whalley, Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt, Kathleen Quinlan, Armand Assante
 * A Troll in Central Park, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
 * True Lies, directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold
 * An Unforgettable Summer (Un été inoubliable) or (O vară de neuitat), starring Kristin Scott Thomas – (France/Romania)
 * Vanya on 42nd Street, directed by Louis Malle, starring Julianne Moore, Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory
 * Vive L'Amour (Ai qing wan sui) – (Taiwan) – Golden Lion award
 * The War, starring Elijah Wood and Kevin Costner
 * War of the Buttons, directed by David Puttnam – (Ireland)
 * Wes Craven's New Nightmare, starring Robert Englund
 * Whale Music – (Canada)
 * When a Man Loves a Woman, starring Meg Ryan, Andy García, Philip Seymour Hoffman
 * White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
 * White Mile, starring Alan Alda and Peter Gallagher
 * Widows' Peak, starring Mia Farrow, Natasha Richardson, Joan Plowright – (Ireland/U.K.)
 * Wild Reeds (Les Roseaux sauvages) – (France)
 * Wing Chun, starring Michelle Yeoh – (Hong Kong)
 * With Honors, starring Joe Pesci, Brendan Fraser, Moira Kelly, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Hamilton, Gore Vidal
 * Without Compassion (Sin compasión) – (Peru)
 * Wolf, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader
 * The Wooden Man's Bride (Wǔ kuí) – (China)
 * Wyatt Earp, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Dennis Quaid, Isabella Rossellini, Mark Harmon

Births

 * January 19 – Kristi Lauren, actress
 * February 10 – Makenzie Vega, actress
 * January 21 – Booboo Stewart, actor and singer
 * February 14
 * Allie Grant, actress
 * Paul Butcher, actor
 * February 21 – Hayley Orrantia, actress
 * February 23 – Dakota Fanning, actress
 * February 24 – Earl Sweatshirt, rapper
 * March 14 – Ansel Elgort, American actor and singer
 * April 11 - Dakota Blue Richards, English actress
 * April 12 – Saoirse Ronan, Irish actress
 * April 18 – Moisés Arias, actor
 * May 4 – Alexander Gould, American actor
 * May 12 – Ernie Nyguen, actor
 * July 6 – Camilla and Rebecca Rosso, English twin actresses
 * July 16 – Mark Indelicato, actor
 * August 9 – Forrest Landis, actor
 * August 17 – Taissa Farmiga, actress
 * August 18 – Jessie Flower, voice actress
 * August 25 – Josh Flitter, actor
 * September 25 – Jansen Panettiere, actor
 * November 1 – Rocky Lynch, singer-songwriter, musician, dancer
 * November 10 – Zoey Deutch, actress
 * November 11 – Connor Price, actor
 * November 17 – Raquel Castro, actress
 * November 30 – William Melling, actor
 * December 3 – Jake T. Austin, actor
 * December 11 – Gabriel Basso, American actor
 * December 15 – Emma Lockhart, actress
 * December 17 – Nat Wolff, actor and singer
 * December 26 – Samantha Boscarino, actress

Film debuts

 * Jessica Alba – Camp Nowhere
 * Elizabeth Berkley – Molly & Gina
 * Danny Boyle (director) – Shallow Grave
 * Rose Byrne – Dallas Doll
 * Marion Cotillard – The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed
 * Claire Danes – Little Women
 * Cameron Diaz – The Mask
 * Rachel Griffiths – Muriel's Wedding
 * Salma Hayek – Mi Vida Loca
 * Scarlett Johansson – North
 * Greg Kinnear – Blankman
 * Jude Law – Shopping
 * Jason Lee – Mi Vida Loca
 * Melanie Lynskey – Heavenly Creatures
 * James Marsden – No Dessert, Dad, till You Mow the Lawn
 * Ewan McGregor – Being Human
 * Jonathan Rhys Meyers – A Man of No Importance
 * Sandra Oh – Double Happiness
 * Shaquille O'Neal – Blue Chips
 * Haley Joel Osment – Forrest Gump
 * Michael Peña – Running Free
 * Natalie Portman – Léon: The Professional
 * Portia de Rossi – Sirens
 * Mark Ruffalo – There Goes My Baby
 * Liev Schreiber – Mixed Nuts
 * Andy Serkis – Prince of Jutland
 * J. K. Simmons – The Ref
 * French Stewart – Stargate
 * Kenan Thompson – D2: The Mighty Ducks
 * Chris Tucker – House Party 3
 * Liv Tyler – Silent Fall
 * Mark Wahlberg – Renaissance Man
 * Rachel Weisz – Death Machine
 * Mae Whitman – When a Man Loves a Woman
 * Michelle Williams – Lassie
 * Kate Winslet – Heavenly Creatures