1992

The year movies in 1992 involved many significant films. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)

Awards
Academy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

National Film Awards

Cannes Film Festival:
 * Palme d'Or: The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan), directed by Bille August, Denmark

Venice Film Festival

Berlin Film Festival

Films released in 1992
U.S.A. unless stated

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 * 1492: Conquest of Paradise, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Gérard Depardieu, Sigourney Weaver, Armand Assante, Loren Dean - (Spain/U.K./France)
 * 1991: The Year Punk Broke

A-D

 * Agantuk (The Stranger), directed by Satyajit Ray - (India) - winner of FIPRESCI Award at Venice Film Festival
 * Aladdin, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation
 * Alien 3, directed by David Fincher, starring Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Pete Postlethwaite
 * All's Well, Ends Well (Ga Yau Hei Si), starring Maggie Cheung and Leslie Cheung - (Hong Kong)
 * American Me, directed by and starring Edward James Olmos, with William Forsythe
 * Angaar (Fire) - (India)
 * Article 99, starring Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Lea Thompson

B
 * The Babe, starring John Goodman (as Babe Ruth), with Kelly McGillis, Trini Alvarado, Bruce Boxleitner, James Cromwell
 * Bad Lieutenant, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Harvey Keitel
 * Baduk - (Iran)
 * Basic Instinct, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza
 * Batman Returns, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer
 * Bebe's Kids
 * Beethoven, starring Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt
 * Being at Home with Claude - (Canada)
 * Belle Époque (The Age of Beauty) - (Spain) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (for 1993)
 * Benny's Video, directed by Michael Haneke - (Austria)
 * The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan), directed by Bille August - (Sweden) - winner of Palme d'Or
 * Bharatham, starring Mohanlal - (India)
 * Bitter Moon, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott-Thomas - (U.K./France)
 * Blame It on the Bellboy, starring Dudley Moore, Bryan Brown, Richard Griffiths, Patsy Kensit, Bronson Pinchot
 * Blue Ice, starring Michael Caine and Sean Young
 * Bob Roberts, directed by and starring Tim Robbins, with Giancarlo Esposito, Brian Murray, Alan Rickman, Ray Wise, Gore Vidal
 * The Bodyguard, directed by Mick Jackson, starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston
 * Boomerang, starring Eddie Murphy, David Alan Grier, Halle Berry, Martin Lawrence, Robin Givens
 * Braindead, directed by Peter Jackson - (New Zealand)
 * Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves
 * The Bridge - (U.K.)
 * Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, Paul Reubens

C
 * Candyman, starring Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd
 * Captain Ron, starring Kurt Russell and Martin Short
 * Careful - (Canada)
 * Carry On Columbus - (U.K.
 * Centre Stage (yun ling yuk), directed by Stanley Kwan, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Ka-fai - (Hong Kong)
 * Chain of Desire, starring Linda Fiorentino, Malcolm McDowell, Holly Marie Combs
 * Chaplin, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Robert Downey, Jr., Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Kline, Moira Kelly, Milla Jovovich, Marisa Tomei, Diane Lane, Nancy Travis, Penelope Ann Miller, Paul Rhys, James Woods, John Thaw, Dan Aykroyd - (U.K./U.S.A.)
 * Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, starring Georges Corraface, Rachel Ward, Tom Selleck, Marlon Brando
 * Chunuk Bair - (New Zealand)
 * City of Joy, starring Patrick Swayze - (U.K./France)
 * Class Act
 * Un coeur en hiver (A Heart in Winter), starring Daniel Auteuil and Emmanuelle Béart - (France)
 * The Comrades of Summer, starring Joe Mantegna
 * Consenting Adults, starring Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Miller, Forest Whitaker
 * Cool World, starring Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt
 * CrissCross, starring Goldie Hawn and Arliss Howard
 * Crossing the Bridge, starring Josh Charles and Jason Gedrick
 * The Crying Game, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Miranda Richardson, Forest Whitaker - (U.K.)
 * Crystal Nights (Krystallines nyhtes) - (Greece)
 * The Cutting Edge, starring D. B. Sweeney and Moira Kelly

D
 * Daens - (Belgium/Netherlands/France)
 * Damage, directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson - (U.K.)
 * Death Becomes Her, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn
 * Deep Cover, directed by Bill Duke, starring Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Clarence Williams III, Charles Martin Smith
 * Diggstown, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring James Woods, Louis Gossett, Jr., Oliver Platt, Bruce Dern, Heather Graham
 * The Distinguished Gentleman, starring Eddie Murphy
 * Dream of Light (El Sol del Membrillo) - (Spain)
 * Dust of Angels (Siàu-liān-ê Àn-la!) - (Taiwan)

E-K

 * El Mariachi, directed by Robert Rodriguez - (Mexico/U.S.A.)
 * Enchanted April, directed by Mike Newell, starring Miranda Richardson, Joan Plowright, Josie Lawrence, Polly Walker - (U.K.)
 * Encino Man, starring Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore
 * The End of the World (O Fim do Mundo) - (Portugal)
 * Equinox, directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Matthew Modine, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lara Flynn Boyle, Tyra Ferrell, Lori Singer, Fred Ward

F
 * Falling from Grace, directed by and starring John Mellencamp, with Mariel Hemingway, Kay Lenz, Claude Akins
 * Far and Away, directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
 * Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, directed by Bill Kroyer - (Australia/U.S.A.)
 * A Few Good Men, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak, Kiefer Sutherland
 * Fifty/Fifty, starring Peter Weller and Robert Hays
 * Final Analysis, directed by Phil Joanou, starring Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts, Keith David
 * Firingoti, Assamese film starring Moyola Goswami
 * Folks!, starring Tom Selleck and Don Ameche
 * Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives - (Canada)
 * Forever Young, starring Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood, Jamie Lee Curtis, George Wendt
 * Four Eyes and Six Guns, starring Judge Reinhold
 * Freejack, starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Mick Jagger
 * Frozen Assets, starring Shelley Long

G
 * Gladiator, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and James Marshall
 * Glengarry Glen Ross, directed by James Foley, starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Jonathan Pryce, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey
 * For a Lost Soldier (Voor een verloren soldaat), directed by Roeland Kerbosch, starring Jeroen Krabbé, Maarten Smit - (Netherlands)
 * Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (Gojira tai Mosura) - (Japan)

H
 * The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Rebecca De Mornay and Annabella Sciorra
 * Hard Boiled (辣手神探), directed by John Woo, starring Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai - (Hong Kong)
 * Hero, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy García, Joan Cusack
 * Hoffa, directed by Danny DeVito, starring Jack Nicholson, DeVito, Armand Assante, J.T. Walsh, Kevin Anderson, Frank Whaley, John C. Reilly
 * Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
 * Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, starring Rick Moranis
 * Honeymoon in Vegas, directed by Andrew Bergman, starring James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker
 * HouseSitter, directed by Frank Oz, starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn
 * Howards End, directed by James Ivory, starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter - (U.K.)
 * Husbands and Wives, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, Liam Neeson, Sydney Pollack
 * Hyena's (Hyènes) - (Senegal)

I-J
 * An Independent Life (Samostoyatelnaya zhizn) - (Russia)
 * Indochine, starring Catherine Deneuve - (France) - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
 * The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (Dědictví aneb Kurvahošigutntag) - (Czech Republic)
 * Innocent Blood, directed by John Landis, starring Anne Parillaud, Anthony LaPaglia, Robert Loggia, Don Rickles
 * Into the Sun, starring Anthony Michael Hall and Michael Paré
 * Into the West, directed by Mike Newell, starring Gabriel Byrne and Ellen Barkin
 * Jamon, Jamon, starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem - (Spain)
 * Jennifer Eight, starring Andy García, Uma Thurman and John Malkovich
 * The Journey (El viaje) - (Argentina)
 * Juice, starring Omar Epps and Tupac Shakur
 * Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.

K
 * Khiladi (Player) - (India)
 * Killer Image - (Canada)
 * Knight Moves, starring Christopher Lambert and Diane Lane
 * Kuffs, starring Christian Slater and Milla Jovovich

L-Q

 * Ladybugs, starring Rodney Dangerfield
 * The Last of the Mohicans, directed by Michael Mann, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe
 * The Lawnmower Man, starring Jeff Fahey and Pierce Brosnan
 * A League of Their Own, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, Lori Petty, Rosie O'Donnell, David Strathairn, Garry Marshall
 * Leap of Faith, directed by Richard Pearce, starring Steve Martin, Liam Neeson, Debra Winger, Lolita Davidovich, Lukas Haas
 * Leaving Normal, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Christine Lahti and Meg Tilly
 * Léolo - (Canada)
 * Lethal Weapon 3, starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo
 * Light Sleeper, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Susan Sarandon, Willem Dafoe, Dana Delany
 * Like Water For Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate) - (Mexico)
 * Live Wire, directed by Christian Duguay, starring Pierce Brosnan and Ron Silver
 * Living in Bondage - (Nigeria)
 * The Long Day Closes - (U.K.)
 * Lorenzo's Oil, directed by George Miller, starring Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon
 * Love Crimes, starring Sean Young and Patrick Bergin
 * Love Field, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Dennis Haysbert
 * Love Potion No. 9, starring Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan
 * The Lover (L'Amant), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud - (France)

M
 * Mac, directed by and starring John Turturro
 * Mad at the Moon, starring Mary Stuart Masterson
 * Malcolm X, directed by Spike Lee, starring Denzel Washington
 * The Mambo Kings, starring Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers, Desi Arnaz, Jr.
 * Man Bites Dog (aka C'est arrivé près de chez vous) - (Belgium)
 * Man Trouble, directed by Bob Rafelson, starring Jack Nicholson and Ellen Barkin
 * Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media - (International)
 * Medicine Man, directed by John McTiernan, starring Sean Connery and Lorraine Bracco
 * Memoirs of an Invisible Man, directed by John Carpenter, starring Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean
 * A Midnight Clear, starring Ethan Hawke and Kevin Dillon
 * The Mighty Ducks, starring Emilio Estevez
 * Minbo - (Japan)
 * Mistress, starring Robert De Niro, Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau, Danny Aiello, Eli Wallach, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jean Smart, Laurie Metcalf
 * Mo' Money, starring Damon Wayans
 * Morte di un matematico napoletano (Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician) - (Italy)
 * Mr. Baseball, starring Tom Selleck
 * Mr. Saturday Night, directed by and starring Billy Crystal, with Helen Hunt, Julie Warner, David Paymer
 * The Muppet Christmas Carol, starring Michael Caine and the Muppets
 * My Cousin Vinny, directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Fred Gwynne

N
 * Nemesis - (Denmark/U.S.A.)
 * New Dragon Gate Inn (Sun lung moon hak chan), starring Tony Leung Ka-fai and Maggie Cheung - (Hong Kong)
 * Newsies, starring Christian Bale, Robert Duvall, Ann-Margret, and Bill Pullman
 * Night and the City, directed by Irwin Winkler, starring Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Jack Warden, Alan King
 * Nitrate Kisses
 * Noises Off, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, John Ritter, Marilu Henner, Nicollette Sheridan, Christopher Reeve

O
 * The Oak (Balanţa) - (Romania)
 * Of Mice and Men, directed by and starring Gary Sinise, with John Malkovich, Casey Siemaszko, Sherilyn Fenn, Ray Walston
 * Once Upon a Crime, starring John Candy, James Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Sean Young, Ornella Muti, George Hamilton
 * Once Upon a Time, Cinema (Nasseroddin Shah Actor-e Cinema‎) - (Iran)
 * Once Upon a Time in China II (Wong Fei Hung II - Nam yi dong ji keung), starring Jet Li - (Hong Kong)
 * One False Move, starring Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton
 * Only You, starring Andrew McCarthy, Helen Hunt, Kelly Preston
 * Original Sin (Shindi mo ii), directed by Takashi Ishii - (Japan)
 * Orlando, starring Tilda Swinton and Billy Zane - (U.K.)
 * Our Twisted Hero (Urideul-ui ilgeuleojin yeongung) - (South Korea)
 * Out on a Limb, starring Matthew Broderick

P-Q
 * Passed Away, starring Bob Hoskins, Tim Curry, Blair Brown, Pamela Reed, Peter Riegert, William Petersen, Nancy Travis
 * Passenger 57, starring Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne, Tom Sizemore, Elizabeth Hurley
 * Passion Fish, directed by John Sayles, starring Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard
 * Patriot Games, directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Sean Bean, Patrick Bergin, James Earl Jones, Richard Harris
 * Pet Sematary Two, starring Edward Furlong, Anthony Edwards and Clancy Brown
 * Peter's Friends, directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Rita Rudner, Emma Thompson - (U.K.)
 * The Player, directed by Robert Altman, starring Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Cynthia Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Peter Gallagher, Whoopi Goldberg, Lyle Lovett and more -- Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
 * Poison Ivy, starring Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd
 * ''Pokémon: The Movie 2000 (Poketto Monsutā Maboroshi no Pokemon Rugia Bakutan) - (Japan)
 * Police Story 3 (Jing cha gu shi III: Chao ji jing cha), starring Jackie Chan - (Hong Kong)
 * Porco Rosso (Kurenai no Buta) - (Japan)
 * The Power of One, directed by John G. Avildsen
 * Prelude to a Kiss, starring Alec Baldwin and Meg Ryan
 * The Public Eye, directed by Howard Franklin, starring Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Stanley Tucci, Jared Harris
 * Pure Country, starring George Strait
 * Pushing Hands (tuī shǒu), directed by Ang Lee - (China/Taiwan)

R-Y

 * Radio Flyer, starring Elijah Wood
 * Raising Cain, directed by Brian DePalma, starring John Lithgow and Lolita Davidovich
 * Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama, directed by Ram Mohan - (India/Japan)
 * Rapid Fire, starring Brandon Lee and Powers Boothe
 * Rebels of the Neon God (Ch'ing shaonien ne cha) - (Taiwan)
 * Reservoir Dogs, directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn, Lawrence Tierney
 * A River Runs Through It, directed by Robert Redford, starring Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Lloyd
 * Rock-a-Doodle, directed by Don Bluth
 * Roja (Rose), directed by Mani Ratnam - (India) - nominated for Best Film at Moscow International Film Festival
 * Romper Stomper, starring Russell Crowe - (Australia)
 * Ruby, starring Danny Aiello (as Jack Ruby), Sherilyn Fenn, Arliss Howard

S
 * Samantha, starring Martha Plimpton and Dermot Mulroney
 * Scent of a Woman, directed by Martin Brest, starring Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gabrielle Anwar - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
 * School Ties, starring Brendan Fraser, Chris O'Donnell, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
 * Seed People, directed by Peter Manoogian, produced by Charles Band
 * Shakes the Clown, directed by and starring Bobcat Goldthwaite, with Julie Brown, Kathy Griffin, Florence Henderson
 * Shining Through, starring Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, John Gielgud, Joely Richardson, Liam Neeson
 * Schtonk! (aka Schtonk! Der Film zum Buch vom Führer) - (Germany)
 * Single White Female, starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh
 * Singles, directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick
 * Sister Act, starring Whoopi Goldberg
 * Sleepwalkers directed by Mick Garris, starring Mädchen Amick, Brian Krause, Alice Krige, based on a novel by Stephen King
 * Sneakers, starring Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, David Strathairn
 * The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs. Frosty, directed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone
 * Split Second, starring Rutger Hauer and Kim Cattrall - (U.K.)
 * Stay Tuned, directed by Peter Hyams, starring John Ritter and Pam Dawber
 * The Stolen Children (Il ladro di bambini) - (Italy)
 * Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, starring Sylvester Stallone and Estelle Getty
 * The Story of Qiu Ju (Qiu Ju da guan si), directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li - (China) - Golden Lion award
 * Storyville, starring James Spader
 * Straight Talk, starring Dolly Parton and James Woods
 * A Stranger Among Us, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Melanie Griffith, Eric Thal, John Pankow, Tracy Pollan, Mia Sara
 * Strictly Ballroom, directed by Baz Luhrmann'' - (Australia)
 * Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (Shiko funjatta) - (Japan) - Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
 * The Sun of the Sleepless (Udzinarta mze) - (Georgia)
 * Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe (Édes Emma, drága Böbe - vázlatok, aktok), directed by István Szabó - (Hungary)

T
 * A Tale of Winter (Conte d'hiver), directed by Éric Rohmer - (France)
 * Talking Head (Tōkingu Heddo) - (Japan)
 * That Night, starring C. Thomas Howell and Juliette Lewis
 * There Goes the Neighborhood, starring Jeff Daniels, Catherine O'Hara, Hector Elizondo, Rhea Perlman
 * This Is My Life, directed by Nora Ephron, starring Julie Kavner, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher
 * Thunderheart, starring Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward
 * Tito and Me (Tito i ja) - (Yugoslavia)
 * Tom and Jerry: The Movie - directed by Phil Roman.
 * Toys, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, LL Cool J, Donald O'Connor
 * Traces of Red, starring James Belushi and Lorraine Bracco
 * Trespass, directed by Walter Hill, starring Ice Cube, Ice-T, Bill Paxton, William Sadler
 * Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, directed by David Lynch, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, Mädchen Amick, Chris Isaak, James Marshall, Ray Wise, Peggy Lipton, David Bowie

U-V
 * Under Siege, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Erika Eleniak, Gary Busey
 * Unforgiven, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris - Academy Award for Best Picture
 * Universal Soldier, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren
 * Unlawful Entry, starring Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, Madeleine Stowe

W
 * The Waterdance, starring Eric Stoltz, Helen Hunt, Wesley Snipes
 * Waxwork II: Lost in Time
 * Wayne's World, starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Brian Doyle-Murray, Lara Flynn Boyle
 * We Are Not Angels (Mi nismo anđeli) - (Yugoslavia)
 * Where the Day Takes You, starring Sean Astin and Lara Flynn Boyle
 * Whispers in the Dark, starring Annabella Sciorra, Jamey Sheridan, Jill Clayburgh, Alan Alda, John Leguizamo, Anthony LaPaglia, Deborah Kara Unger
 * White Badge (Hayan chonjaeng) - (South Korea)
 * White Men Can't Jump, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez
 * White Sands, directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson
 * Wind, directed by Carroll Ballard, starring Matthew Modine, Jennifer Grey, Cliff Robertson, Jack Thompson, Stellan Skarsgard
 * Wuthering Heights, starring Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes - (U.K.)

Y
 * Year of the Comet, starring Penelope Ann Miller, Tim Daly, Louis Jourdan