1991 in film
The year 1991 in film involved numerous significant events. Important films released this year included The Silence of the Lambs, Beauty and the Beast, Thelma & Louise, JFK and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
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Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1991 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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| 1 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Sony / Carolco | $520,881,154[2] |
| 2 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Warner Bros. | $390,493,908 |
| 3 | Beauty and the Beast | Buena Vista | $346,317,207[3] |
| 4 | Hook | Sony | $300,854,823 |
| 5 | The Silence of the Lambs | Orion | $272,742,922 |
| 6 | JFK | Warner Bros. | $205,405,498 |
| 7 | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | Paramount | $192,230,411[4] |
| 8 | The Addams Family | Paramount / MGM | $191,502,426 |
| 9 | Cape Fear | Universal | $182,291,969 |
| 10 | Hot Shots! | 20th Century | $181,096,164 |
Events
- February 14 – The Silence of the Lambs is released and becomes only the third film after It Happened One Night (1934) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) to win the top five categories at the Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Director (Jonathan Demme); Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins); Best Actress (Jodie Foster); and Best Adapted Screenplay (Ted Tally). It is also the first, and to date only, Best Picture winner widely considered to be a horror film.
- March 20 - Frank Mancuso leaves as the head of Paramount Pictures.
- July 1 - Brandon Tartikoff is appointed as chairman of Paramount Pictures.
- July 3 – Terminator 2: Judgment Day became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.
- August 7 - Sony Pictures Entertainment is formed, acquiring Columbia Pictures Industries. As a result of this new formation, Tri-Star Pictures drops the hyphen from its name and becomes TriStar Pictures, while RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video becomes Columbia-TriStar Home Video.
- October – Mark Canton replaces Frank Price as chairman of Columbia Pictures.
- November 22 – Walt Disney Pictures releases Beauty and the Beast, based on the original fairy tale and Jean Cocteau's 1946 film, the film became one of the most prestigious and greatest animated and romantic films in cinema history. It went on to become the first animated film ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Awards
Academy Awards Golden Globe Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Barton Fink, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, United States
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Close to Eden (Urga), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, France / USSR
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- La Casa del sorriso (The House of Smiles), directed by Marco Ferreri, Italy
1991 Wide-release films
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Notable films released in 1991
United States unless stated
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- 29th Street, starring Danny Aiello and Anthony LaPaglia
A
- Across the Tracks, starring Ricky Schroder and Brad Pitt
- The Addams Family, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Raúl Juliá, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci
- The Adjuster, directed by Atom Egoyan, starring Elias Koteas – (Canada)
- Afraid of the Dark (aka Double Vue), starring James Fox and Fanny Ardant – (UK/France)
- All I Want for Christmas, starring Thora Birch and Lauren Bacall
- Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (aka The Lovers on the Bridge), starring Juliette Binoche – (France)
- Anna Karamazoff, starring Jeanne Moreau – (U.S.S.R.)
- An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
- Another You, starring Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Mercedes Ruehl
- And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird
- Armour of God II: Operation Condor (Fei ying gai wak), starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)
- The Assassin of the Tsar (Tsareubiytsa) – (U.S.S.R.)
- At Play in the Fields of the Lord, starring Tom Berenger, Aidan Quinn, Daryl Hannah, John Lithgow, Tom Waits, Kathy Bates
B
- Backdraft, directed by Ron Howard, starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, directed by Simon Callow, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Keith Carradine – (UK)
- Barton Fink, directed by The Coen brothers, starring John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, John Mahoney, Michael Lerner – Palme d'Or award
- Beauty and the Beast
- La Belle Noiseuse (The Beautiful Troublemaker), directed by Jacques Rivette, starring Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin and Emmanuelle Béart – (France)
- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter
- Billy Bathgate, directed by Robert Benton, starring Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean, Steven Hill, Bruce Willis
- Bingo, starring Cindy Williams
- Black Robe, directed by Bruce Beresford – (Canada/Australia)
- Blue Desert, starring Courteney Cox
- Body Parts, starring Jeff Fahey and Kim Delaney
- The Borrower, directed by John McNaughton, starring Rae Dawn Chong and Don Gordon
- Boyz n the Hood, directed by John Singleton, starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne
- A Brighter Summer Day (Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian), directed by Edward Yang – (Taiwan)
- Brother Future
- Bugsy, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Joe Mantegna – Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
- The Butcher's Wife, starring Demi Moore and Jeff Daniels
- By the Sword, starring Eric Roberts and F. Murray Abraham
C
- Cabeza de Vaca – (Mexico)
- Cape Fear, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Illeana Douglas, Joe Don Baker
- Cast a Deadly Spell, directed by Martin Campbell, starring Fred Ward, Julianne Moore, David Warner, Clancy Brown
- Chains of Gold, starring John Travolta, Héctor Elizondo, Benjamin Bratt
- Child's Play 3, directed by Jack Bender, starring Justin Whalin
- City of Hope, directed by John Sayles, starring Chris Cooper, Joe Morton, Vincent Spano, Angela Bassett
- City Slickers, directed by Ron Underwood, starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Helen Slater, Jack Palance
- Class Action, directed by Michael Apted, starring Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
- Close My Eyes, starring Alan Rickman and Clive Owen – (UK)
- Close to Eden (Urga) – (U.S.S.R.)
- Closet Land, starring Madeleine Stowe and Alan Rickman
- Cold Heaven, starring Theresa Russell and Mark Harmon
- Cold Moon (Lune Froide) – (France)
- The Commitments, directed by Alan Parker, starring Robert Arkins, Colm Meaney, Andrew Strong – (Ireland/US/UK)
- Company Business, starring Gene Hackman and Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Confesión a Laura (Confessing to Laura) – (Colombia)
- Calls Controlled (Rozmowy kontrolowane) – (Poland)
- Cool as Ice, starring Vanilla Ice and Kristin Minter
- Crooked Hearts, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Peter Berg, Vincent D'Onofrio, Juliette Lewis, Peter Coyote, Noah Wyle and Cindy Pickett
- Cup Final (גמר גביע, gmar gavi'a) – (Israel)
- Curly Sue, starring James Belushi, Kelly Lynch and Alisan Porter
D
- The Dark Backward, starring Judd Nelson, James Caan, Wayne Newton
- The Dark Wind, starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Fred Ward
- Daughters of the Dust, directed by Julie Dash
- Dead Again, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, with Emma Thompson, Andy García, Robin Williams
- Deceived, starring Goldie Hawn and John Heard
- December Bride, starring Saskia Reeves, Donal McCann, Ciarán Hinds – (Ireland)
- Defending Your Life, directed by and starring Albert Brooks, with Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant
- Defenseless, directed by Martin Campbell, starring Barbara Hershey and Sam Shepard
- Delicatessen, directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet – (France)
- Delirious, starring John Candy and Mariel Hemingway
- Dingo, starring Colin Friels – (Australia)
- Doc Hollywood, starring Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner, Woody Harrelson, Bridget Fonda
- The Doctor, starring William Hurt, Christine Lahti, Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin, Elizabeth Perkins
- Dogfight, starring River Phoenix
- Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, starring Christina Applegate
- The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley, Kathleen Quinlan
- Double Impact, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
- The Double Life of Véronique (La double vie de Véronique) or (Podwójne życie Weroniki) – (France/Poland)
- Drop Dead Fred, starring Phoebe Cates and Rik Mayall
- Dutch, starring Ed O'Neill and Ethan Embry
- Dying Young, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott
E
- Edge of Honor, starring Corey Feldman
- Edward II, directed by Derek Jarman – (UK)
- The Elementary School (Obecná škola) – (Czechoslovakia)
- Ernest Scared Stupid, starring Jim Varney and Eartha Kitt
- Europa, directed by Lars von Trier – (Denmark/Germany/Sweden)
- Eve Of Destruction, starring Gregory Hines and Renée Soutendijk
- Eyes of an Angel, starring John Travolta
F
- F/X2, starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy
- Father of the Bride, directed by Charles Shyer, starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams, George Newbern
- Fight Back to School (Tao xue wei long), directed by Gordon Chan – (Hong Kong)
- Final Approach, starring Héctor Elizondo
- Fire! (Ta Dona) – (Mali)
- The Fisher King, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer
- The Five Heartbeats, directed by Robert Townsend, starring Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon Robinson
- Flight of the Intruder, starring Danny Glover and Willem Dafoe
- Flirting, starring Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton and Nicole Kidman – (Australia)
- For the Boys, directed by Mark Rydell, starring Bette Midler, James Caan, Arye Gross, Arliss Howard, George Segal
- Frankie and Johnny, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kate Nelligan, Héctor Elizondo
- Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
- Fried Green Tomatoes, directed by Jon Avnet, starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker
- The Frontier (La Frontera) – (Chile)
- Fast Getaway
G
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (Gojira tai Kingu Gidora) – (Japan)
- Going Under
- Grand Canyon, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Danny Glover, Steve Martin, Alfre Woodard, Kevin Kline
- The Grass Arena, starring Mark Rylance and Pete Postlethwaite – (UK)
- Guilty by Suspicion, directed by Irwin Winkler, starring Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, Patricia Wettig, George Wendt
H
- Happy Days (Schastlivye dni) – (U.S.S.R.)
- Hard Promises, starring Sissy Spacek and William Petersen
- The Hard Way, directed by John Badham, starring Michael J. Fox and James Woods
- Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, starring Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson
- Hear My Song, starring Adrian Dunbar, David McCallum, Ned Beatty – (UK)
- He Said, She Said, starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Perkins
- High Heels (Tacones lejanos), directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Marisa Paredes – (Spain)
- Highlander II: The Quickening, starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen and Michael Ironside
- Highway 61 – (Canada)
- The Hitman, starring Chuck Norris
- Hook, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins
- Hot Shots!, directed by Jim Abrahams, starring Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges
- The Hours and Times
- The House of Smiles (La casa del sorriso), starring Ingrid Thulin – (Italy)
- Hudson Hawk, starring Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, Sandra Bernhard, Richard E. Grant, James Coburn
- Hum (Us) – (India)
I
- I Don't Kiss (J'embrasse pas), directed by André Téchiné, starring Manuel Blanc, Philippe Noiret, Emmanuelle Béart – (France)
- If Looks Could Kill, starring Richard Grieco
- Impromptu, starring Judy Davis and Hugh Grant – (UK/France)
- The Indian Runner, directed by Sean Penn, starring Viggo Mortensen and David Morse
J
- JFK, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Joe Pesci, Laurie Metcalf, Sissy Spacek, Kevin Bacon, John Candy
- Jacquot de Nantes, directed by Agnès Varda – (France)
- Johnny Stecchino, directed by and starring Roberto Benigni – (Italy)
- Johnny Suede, starring Brad Pitt
- Jungle Fever, directed by Spike Lee, starring Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra and John Turturro
K
- K2, directed by Franc Roddam – (UK/Japan/US)
- Kafka, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Ian Holm
- King Ralph, starring John Goodman and Peter O'Toole
- A Kiss Before Dying, starring Matt Dillon and Sean Young
L
- L.A. Story, directed by Mick Jackson, starring Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, Marilu Henner, Sarah Jessica Parker
- Lamhe (Moments), starring Anil Kapoor and Sridevi – (India)
- The Last Boy Scout, directed by Tony Scott, starring Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans
- Late for Dinner, starring Brian Wimmer, Peter Berg, Marcia Gay Harden and Peter Gallagher
- Lee Rock (Wu yi tan zhang), starring Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Andy Lau – (Hong Kong)
- Let Him Have It, starring Christopher Eccleston – (UK)
- Life, and Nothing More... (Zendegi va digar hich), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – (Iran)
- Life is Sweet, directed by Mike Leigh, starring Jim Broadbent and Jane Horrocks – (UK)
- Life on a String (Bian zou bian chang), directed by Chen Kaige – (China)
- Life Stinks, directed by and starring Mel Brooks, with Lesley Ann Warren, Jeffrey Tambor, Howard Morris
- The Linguini Incident, starring Rosanna Arquette and David Bowie
- The Little Engine That Could
- Little Man Tate, directed by and starring Jodie Foster, with Dianne Wiest, Harry Connick Jr., Adam Hann-Byrd
- Love Hurts, directed by Bud Yorkin, starring Jeff Daniels, John Mahoney, Judith Ivey
- Love in the Time of Hysteria (Sólo Con Tu Pareja) – (Mexico)
- Lovers (Amantes) – (Spain)
M
- Madonna: Truth or Dare, a documentary on Madonna
- Madame Bovary, directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Isabelle Huppert – (France)
- The Man in the Moon, starring Reese Witherspoon, Jason London, Sam Waterston, Tess Harper
- Mannequin Two: On the Move
- The Marrying Man, starring Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Elisabeth Shue, Robert Loggia, Fisher Stevens, Paul Reiser
- Mayrig, directed by Henri Verneuil, starring Richard Berry, Claudia Cardinale, Omar Sharif – (France)
- McBain, starring Christopher Walken
- Mediterraneo – (Italy)
- Meet the Applegates, starring Ed Begley Jr. and Stockard Channing
- The Miracle, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Beverly D'Angelo
- Mississippi Masala, directed by Mira Nair, starring Denzel Washington
- Mobsters, starring Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylo
- My Best Friend, General Vasili, Son of Joseph Stalin (Moy luchshiy drug, general Vasiliy, syn Iosifa) – (U.S.S.R.)
- My Girl, starring Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis
- My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, starring Scott Glenn, Kate Capshaw, Ben Johnson, Gary Busey, Tess Harper, Balthazar Getty, Mickey Rooney
- My Own Private Idaho, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves
- My Sons (musuko) – Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year – (Japan)
- Mystery Date, starring Ethan Hawke – (United States/Canada)
N
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, directed by David Zucker, starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, Robert Goulet
- Naked Lunch, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Peter Weller and Judy Davis – (Canada/UK/Japan)
- Necessary Roughness, starring Scott Bakula, Héctor Elizondo, Harley Jane Kozak, Kathy Ireland
- New Jack City, starring Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Mario Van Peebles, Judd Nelson
- Night on Earth, starring Gena Rowlands and Winona Ryder
- Njan Gandharvan (I, Celestial Lover) – (India)
- Not Without My Daughter, starring Sally Field and Alfred Molina
- Nothing but Trouble, starring Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy
O
- The Object of Beauty, starring John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell
- Once A Thief (Zong heng si hai), directed by John Woo, starring Chow Yun-fat and Leslie Cheung – (Hong Kong)
- Once Around, starring Holly Hunter, Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Aiello, Gena Rowlands
- Once Upon a Time in China (Wong Fei Hung), starring Jet Li – (Hong Kong)
- One Good Cop, starring Michael Keaton and Rene Russo
- Only The Lonely, directed by Chris Columbus, starring John Candy, Ally Sheedy, Maureen O'Hara, James Belushi, Anthony Quinn
- Oscar, directed by John Landis, starring Sylvester Stallone, Marisa Tomei, Vincent Spano, Peter Riegert, Linda Gray, Tim Curry
- Other People's Money, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck, Piper Laurie, Penelope Ann Miller, Dean Jones
- Out for Justice, starring Steven Seagal
- Out of Life (Hors la vie), directed by Maroun Bagdadi, starring Hippolyte Girardot – (France)
- The Ox (Oxen), directed by Sven Nykvist, starring Stellan Skarsgård – (Sweden)
P
- Pappa Ante Portas – (Germany)
- Paradise, starring Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson
- Paris Trout, starring Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey and Ed Harris
- Pastime, starring William Russ, Glenn Plummer, Jeffrey Tambor
- Paths of Death and Angels (Halálutak és angyalok) – (Hungary)
- The People Under the Stairs, directed by Wes Craven, starring Brandon Adams and Ving Rhames
- The Perfect Weapon, starring Jeff Speakman
- Point Break, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, starring Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves and Gary Busey
- Poison
- Popcorn, directed by Mark Herrier, starring Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard, Tony Roberts, Dee Wallace
- The Prince of Tides, directed by and starring Barbra Streisand, with Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner, Melinda Dillon, Jason Gould, George Carlin
- Proof, starring Hugo Weaving and Russell Crowe – (Australia)
- Prospero's Books, directed by Peter Greenaway, starring John Gielgud – (UK/France)
- Pure Luck, starring Danny Glover and Martin Short
Q
- Queens Logic, starring Kevin Bacon, Joe Mantegna, John Malkovich, Jamie Lee Curtis, Linda Fiorentino, Chloe Webb
- Quiet Days in August (Isyhes meres tou Avgoustou) – (Greece)
R
- A Rage in Harlem, directed by Bill Duke, starring Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens
- Raise the Red Lantern (Dà Hóng Dēnglóng Gāogāo Guà), directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li – (China/Hong Kong/Taiwan)
- Rambling Rose, directed by Martha Coolidge, starring Laura Dern, Robert Duvall, Diane Ladd, Lukas Haas
- The Rapture, directed by Michael Tolkin, starring Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny, Will Patton
- Regarding Henry, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Harrison Ford and Annette Bening
- Requiem pro panenku (Requiem for a Maiden) – (Czechoslovakia)
- Return to the Blue Lagoon, starring Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause
- Rhapsody in August (Hachigatsu no rapusodī), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Richard Gere – (Japan)
- Ricochet, starring Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Lindsay Wagner, Ice-T
- Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (Lik Wong) – (Hong Kong)
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Alan Rickman, Christian Slater
- The Rocketeer, starring Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Timothy Dalton, Alan Arkin, Paul Sorvino
- Rover Dangerfield, an animated film starring Rodney Dangerfield
- Run, starring Patrick Dempsey
- Rush, starring Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh
S
- Saajan, starring Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan – (India)
- Sadak, starring Sanjay Dutt and Pooja Bhatt – (India)
- Scanners II: The New Order
- A Scene at the Sea (Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi), directed by Takeshi Kitano – (Japan)
- Scenes from a Mall, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Woody Allen and Bette Midler
- Scorchers, starring Faye Dunaway and James Earl Jones
- The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, starring Lily Tomlin
- Sebastian Star Bear: First Mission (Beertje Sebastiaan: De Geheime Opdracht) – (Netherlands)
- Shadows and Fog, directed by and starring Woody Allen with Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Madonna
- Shattered, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi, Bob Hoskins
- Showdown in Little Tokyo, starring Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee
- The Silence of the Lambs, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Diane Baker
- Silver Stallion (Eunma neun oji anhneunda) – (South Korea)
- Slacker, directed by and starring Richard Linklater
- Sleeping with the Enemy starring Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson
- Soapdish, directed by Michael Hoffman, starring Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr., Elisabeth Shue, Whoopi Goldberg
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Christopher Plummer, Kim Cattrall, Brock Peters, Iman
- Stepping Out, starring Liza Minnelli, Julie Walters, Jane Krakowski, Andrea Martin, Bill Irwin, Shelley Winters
- Stone Cold, starring Brian Bosworth
- Strictly Business, starring Tommy Davidson and Halle Berry
- Suburban Commando, starring Hulk Hogan, Christopher Lloyd, Shelley Duvall
- The Super, starring Joe Pesci
- The Suspended Step of the Stork (To meteoro vima tou pelargou), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Jeanne Moreau – (Greece)
- Switch, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits, Lorraine Bracco
- Swordsmen in Double Flag Town (Shuang-Qi-Zhen daoke) – (China)
T
- Talent for the Game, starring Edward James Olmos, Lorraine Bracco, Terry Kinney
- The Taking of Beverly Hills, starring Ken Wahl and Harley Jane Kozak
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day, directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong
- Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Brad Pitt
- Together Alone
- Toto the Hero (Toto le Héros) – (Belgium)
- Tous les Matins du Monde (All the Mornings of the World), starring Jean-Pierre Marielle and Gérard Depardieu – (France)
- Towards Evening (Verso sera), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Sandrine Bonnaire – (Italy)
- Toy Soldiers, starring Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Louis Gossett Jr., Denholm Elliott
- Tricky Brains (Jing gu jyun ga), starring Andy Lau – (Hong Kong)
- True Colors, starring John Cusack and James Spader
U
- Ultra, directed by Ricky Tognazzi – (Italy)
- Under Suspicion, starring Liam Neeson and Laura San Giacomo
- Until the End of the World (Bis ans Ende der Welt), directed by Wim Wenders, starring William Hurt, Solveig Dommartin, Sam Neill – (Germany/France/Australia)
V
- Van Gogh, directed by Maurice Pialat – (France)
- Victim of Love, starring Pierce Brosnan, Virginia Madsen, JoBeth Williams
- V. I. Warshawski, starring Kathleen Turner
- Voyager, starring Sam Shepard and Julie Delpy – (Germany)
W
- What About Bob?, directed by Frank Oz, starring Bill Murray, Richard Dreyfuss, Julie Hagerty, Charlie Korsmo, Kathryn Erbe
- Where Angels Fear to Tread, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Rupert Graves, Judy Davis – (UK)
- White Fang, starring Ethan Hawke and Klaus Maria Brandauer
- Whore, starring Theresa Russell
- Wicked Game, directed by Henry Barakat, starring Salah Zulfikar – (Egypt)
- Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, starring Gabrielle Anwar
- Woman of the Port (La mujer del puerto) – (Mexico)
- A Woman's Tale – (Australia)
Y
- Year of the Gun, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Andrew McCarthy, Valeria Golino, Sharon Stone
- The Yes Man (Il Portaborse) – (Italy)
- Yumeji, directed by Seijun Suzuki – (Japan)
Births
- January 2 – Ben Hardy, English actor
- January 4 – Charles Melton, American actor and model
- January 7 - Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, American actress and singer
- January 13 – Genevieve Gaunt, English actress
- January 15
- Ayeza Khan, Pakistani actress and model
- Lulu Popplewell, English comedian and actress
- January 17 – Willa Fitzgerald, American actress
- January 18 – Britt McKillip, Canadian actress, singer
- January 19 – Erin Sanders, American actress
- January 21
- Craig Roberts, Welsh actor and director
- Brittany Tiplady, Canadian actress
- January 25
- Ariana DeBose, American actress, dancer and singer
- Rupert Simonian, British actor
- January 27 – Cristo Fernández, Mexican actor
- January 28 – Calum Worthy, Canadian actor, musician
- February 10 – Emma Roberts, American actress
- February 12 – Tanaya Beatty, Canadian actress
- February 17
- Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter
- Bonnie Wright, English actress
- February 18 – Malese Jow, American actress
- February 21
- Joe Alwyn, English actor
- Rose Reynolds, British actress and singer
- February 24 - O'Shea Jackson Jr., American actor and rapper
- February 25 – Tony Oller, American singer, songwriter and actor
- February 28
- Sarah Bolger, Irish actress
- Rudy Mancuso, American internet personality, musician and actor
- March 2 – Jake Picking, German-born American actor
- March 5 – Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, English-Australian actress
- March 6 – Tyler, The Creator, American rapper
- March 7 – Daisy Head, English actress
- March 8 – Devon Werkheiser, American actor
- March 9 – Domo Genesis, American rapper
- March 17 – Kristjan Lüüs, Estonian actor
- March 19 – Garrett Clayton, American actor
- March 22 - Dominique Fishback, American actress
- March 23 – Madelyn Deutch, American actress, director, musician and writer
- March 25 – Seychelle Gabriel, American actress
- March 28 – Amy Bruckner, American actress
- March 29
- Irene, South Korean singer, rapper and actress
- Samantha Win, Canadian actress
- March 31 – Elliot Barnes-Worrell, English actor
- April 4 – Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress
- April 7 - Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter and actress
- April 9 – Amber Lee Connors, American voice actress
- April 10
- AJ Michalka, American singer and actress
- Sergiusz Żymełka, Polish actor
- April 13 – Dylan Penn, American actress and model
- April 19 – Mehazabien Chowdhury, Bangladeshi actress and model
- April 21 – Frank Dillane, English actor
- May 6 – Shamier Anderson, Canadian actor
- May 17 – Daniel Curtis Lee, American actor, comedian and rapper
- May 21 – Sarah Ramos, American actress
- June 1 – Zazie Beetz, American actress
- June 7 – Emily Ratajkowski, English-born American actress and model
- June 11 – Kärt Tammjärv, Estonian actress
- June 15 – Lindsay Seidel, American voice actress
- June 18 – Willa Holland, American actress
- June 24 – Dexter Darden, American actor
- June 26 – Will Attenborough, British actor
- June 29
- Tajja Isen, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
- Addison Timlin, American actress
- July 5 – Jason Dolley, American actor
- July 6 – Victoire Thivisol, French actress
- July 7 – Eve Hewson, Irish actress
- July 8 – Thuso Mbedu, South African actress
- July 9 – Mitchel Musso, American actor
- July 12 – Erik Per Sullivan, American actor
- July 16 – Alexandra Shipp, American actress
- July 29 – Jahmil French, Canadian actor (died 2021)
- August 12 – Lakeith Stanfield, American actor
- August 13 - Nikita Hopkins, American screenwriter, visual artist and former child voice actor
- August 16 – Evanna Lynch, Irish actress
- August 17 – Austin Butler, American actor
- August 22 – Naomi Ackie, English actress
- August 23 - Jake Manley, Canadian actor
- August 26 – Dylan O'Brien, American actor
- August 28 – Kyle Massey, American actor
- September 4 - Carter Jenkins, American actor
- September 5 – Skandar Keynes, English actor
- September 9
- Yang Yang, Chinese actor
- Kelsey Chow, American actress
- September 17 – Mena Massoud, Egyptian-born Canadian actor and singer
- September 19 – Tyler Neitzel, American actor
- September 20 – Spencer Locke, American actress
- September 25 – Alix Bénézech, French actress
- September 27 – Thomas Mann, American actress
- October 5 – Xiao Zhan, Chinese actor
- October 6 – Roshon Fegan, American actor, dancer, and rapper
- October 18
- Tyler Posey, American actor and musician
- Toby Regbo, English actor
- October 19 – Samantha Robinson, American actress
- October 23 – Sophie Oda, American actress
- October 25 – Lorina Kamburova, Bulgarian actress (d. 2021)
- October 27 – Bryan Craig, American actor
- October 28 – Mart Müürisepp, Estonian actor
- October 31 – Jordan-Claire Green, American actress
- November 1 – Anthony Ramos, American actor and singer-songwriter
- November 4 – Tanya Reynolds, English actress
- November 8 – Riker Lynch, American actor, singer, musician
- November 11
- Christa B. Allen, American actress
- Travis Tope, American actor
- November 13
- Matt Bennett, American actor
- Devon Bostick, Canadian actor
- November 15 – Shailene Woodley, American actress
- December 12 – Jaime Lorente, Spanish actor
- December 15 – Eunice Cho, American actress
- December 19 – Keiynan Lonsdale, Australian actor, dancer and singer-songwriter
- December 20
- Jillian Rose Reed, American actress
- Colin Woodell, American actor
- December 24 – Sofia Black-D'Elia, American actress
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | Pato Guzman | 57 | US | Production Designer | |
| 4 | Richard Maibaum | 81 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 12 | Keye Luke | 86 | China | Actor | ||
| 14 | David Arkin | 49 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Don Beddoe | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Jo Eisinger | 81 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 19 | John Russell | 70 | US | Actor | ||
| 25 | Lilian Bond | 83 | UK | Actress | ||
| 30 | John McIntire | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| February | 1 | Carol Dempster | 89 | US | Actress | |
| 1 | James MacDonald | 84 | UK | Sound Engineer, Voice Actor | ||
| 2 | Natalie Kingston | 85 | US | Actress | ||
| 3 | Nancy Kulp | 69 | US | Actress | ||
| 5 | Dean Jagger | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 6 | Danny Thomas | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Ruth Morley | 65 | Austria | Costume Designer | ||
| 24 | George Gobel | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Jean Rogers | 74 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | John Dunning | 74 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 26 | Bernard W. Burton | 92 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 26 | Slim Gaillard | 75 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
| March | 3 | Vance Colvig | 72 | US | Actor | |
| 5 | Ian McLellan Hunter | 71 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 6 | Salvo Randone | 84 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 7 | Morton S. Fine | 74 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 14 | Howard Ashman | 40 | US | Lyricist | ||
| 15 | George Sherman | 78 | US | Director | ||
| 18 | Vilma Bánky | 90 | Hungary | Actress | ||
| 18 | Narda Onyx | 59 | Estonia | Actress | ||
| 22 | Gloria Holden | 82 | UK | Actress | ||
| 22 | R. L. Ryan | 44 | US | Actor | ||
| 23 | Mona Maris | 87 | Argentina | Actress | ||
| 27 | Aldo Ray | 64 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Carlos Montalbán | 87 | Mexico | Actor | ||
| April | 3 | Graham Greene | 86 | UK | Screenwriter | |
| 9 | Maurice Binder | 72 | UK | Title Designer | ||
| 10 | Kevin Peter Hall | 35 | US | Actor | ||
| 10 | Natalie Schafer | 90 | US | Actress | ||
| 12 | Tom Rosqui | 62 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | David Lean | 83 | UK | Director | ||
| 20 | Don Siegel | 78 | US | Director | ||
| 23 | William Dozier | 83 | US | Producer | ||
| 26 | Carmine Coppola | 80 | US | Composer | ||
| 26 | A. B. Guthrie Jr. | 90 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 28 | Ken Curtis | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| May | 1 | Richard Thorpe | 95 | US | Director | |
| 2 | Jerzy Kosiński | 57 | Poland | Screenwriter, Actor | ||
| 6 | Wilfrid Hyde-White | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
| 8 | Ronnie Brody | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
| 11 | Dino Diluca | 88 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 15 | Ronald Lacey | 55 | UK | Actor | ||
| 18 | Edwina Booth | 86 | US | Actress | ||
| 18 | Muriel Box | 85 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 23 | Fletcher Markle | 70 | Canada | Director | ||
| 26 | Eugène Lourié | 88 | Ukraine | Art Director, Production Designer | ||
| 29 | Coral Browne | 77 | Australia | Actress | ||
| 31 | Manolo Gómez Bur | 74 | Spain | Actor | ||
| June | 3 | Eva Le Gallienne | 92 | UK | Actress | |
| 8 | Heidi Bruhl | 49 | Germany | Actress | ||
| 12 | Peggy Ashcroft | 83 | UK | Actress | ||
| 12 | Bernard Miles | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
| 15 | Barry Kelley | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | Joan Caulfield | 69 | US | Actress | ||
| 18 | Ronald Allen | 60 | UK | Actor | ||
| 19 | Jean Arthur | 90 | US | Actress | ||
| 23 | Lea Padovani | 70 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 26 | Jack Marta | 88 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| 27 | Milton Subotsky | 69 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | ||
| 30 | John B. Goodman | 89 | US | Art Director | ||
| July | 1 | Michael Landon | 54 | US | Actor | |
| 2 | Don Houghton | 61 | France | Screenwriter | ||
| 2 | Lee Remick | 55 | US | Actress | ||
| 5 | Mildred Dunnock | 90 | US | Actress | ||
| 8 | James Franciscus | 57 | US | Actor | ||
| 11 | Atang de la Rama | 89 | Philippines | Actress, Singer | ||
| 15 | Bert Convy | 57 | US | Actor | ||
| August | 4 | Don DaGradi | 80 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 16 | Luigi Zampa | 86 | Italy | Director | ||
| 17 | Don Dubbins | 65 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | David Gale | 54 | UK | Actor | ||
| 21 | Richard Wilson | 75 | US | Director | ||
| 22 | Colleen Dewhurst | 67 | Canada | Actress | ||
| 25 | Niven Busch | 88 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 26 | Alan Barrett | 52-53 | UK | Costume Designer | ||
| 29 | Dallas Adams | 44 | UK | Actor | ||
| 29 | Dixie Dunbar | 72 | US | Actress | ||
| 30 | Alan Wheatley | 84 | UK | Actor | ||
| September | 3 | Jean Bourgoin | 78 | France | Cinematographer | |
| 3 | Frank Capra | 94 | US | Director | ||
| 4 | Tom Tryon | 65 | US | Actor | ||
| 7 | Ben Piazza | 58 | US | Actor | ||
| 8 | Brad Davis | 41 | US | Actor | ||
| 8 | Alex North | 80 | US | Composer | ||
| 13 | Joe Pasternak | 89 | Romania | Producer | ||
| 14 | Julie Bovasso | 61 | US | Actress | ||
| 15 | John Hoyt | 85 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | Carol White | 48 | UK | Actress | ||
| 21 | Angelo Rossitto | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 23 | Chuck Vincent | 51 | US | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
| 24 | Mary Lawrence | 73 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | Viviane Romance | 79 | France | Actress | ||
| 27 | Floyd Huddleston | 79 | US | Songwriter | ||
| October | 6 | Phil Feldman | 69 | US | Producer | |
| 9 | Thalmus Rasulala | 51 | US | Actor | ||
| 11 | Redd Foxx | 68 | US | Actor, Comedian | ||
| 12 | Sheila Florance | 75 | Australia | Actress | ||
| 12 | Diana Gibson | 76 | US | Actress | ||
| 12 | Aline MacMahon | 92 | US | Actress | ||
| 12 | Regis Toomey | 93 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Donald Houston | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
| 14 | Gene Roddenberry | 70 | US | Producer | ||
| 16 | Arthur Arling | 85 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| 17 | J. G. Devlin | 84 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| 22 | Judy Kelly | 77 | Australia | Actress | ||
| 25 | John Stratton | 65 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | Sylvia Fine | 78 | US | Lyricist, Composer, Producer | ||
| 29 | John DeCuir | 73 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | ||
| November | 2 | Irwin Allen | 75 | US | Producer, Director, Screenwriter | |
| 5 | Fred MacMurray | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 6 | Gene Tierney | 70 | US | Actress | ||
| 10 | Tutte Lemkow | 73 | Norway | Actor, Choreographer | ||
| 11 | Morton Stevens | 62 | US | Composer | ||
| 12 | Diane Brewster | 60 | US | Actress | ||
| 12 | Gabriele Tinti | 59 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 13 | Yves Montand | 70 | France | Actor, Singer | ||
| 14 | Tony Richardson | 63 | UK | Director | ||
| 19 | Reggie Nalder | 84 | Austria | Actor | ||
| 20 | Daniel Mann | 89 | US | Director | ||
| 21 | Robert Kaufman | 60 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 22 | Tadashi Imai | 79 | Japan | Director | ||
| 23 | Klaus Kinski | 65 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 24 | Anton Furst | 47 | UK | Production Designer | ||
| 24 | Freddie Mercury | 45 | UK | Singer, Songwriter | ||
| 25 | Eleanor Audley | 86 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Ralph Bellamy | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | George Edwards | 67 | US | Producer | ||
| 28 | Mel Dinelli | 79 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| December | 7 | Herb Jaffe | 70 | US | Producer | |
| 11 | Robert Q. Lewis | 70 | US | Actor | ||
| 11 | Pat Walshe | 91 | US | Actor | The Wizard of Oz | |
| 12 | Eleanor Boardman | 93 | US | Actress | ||
| 13 | Judy Moorcroft | 58 | UK | Costume Designer | ||
| 19 | Ernest K. Gann | 81 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 19 | Paul Maxwell | 70 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 23 | Gene Milford | 89 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 18 | Jacques Aubuchon | 67 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Cassandra Harris | 43 | Australia | Actress |
Film debuts
- Bruce Altman – Regarding Henry
- Tom Arnold – Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
- Monica Bellucci – La Riffa
- Halle Berry – Jungle Fever
- Jason Biggs – The Boy Who Cried Bitch
- W. Earl Brown – Backdraft
- Steve Carell – Curly Sue
- James Caviezel – My Own Private Idaho
- Morris Chestnut – Boyz n the Hood
- Clifton Collins Jr. – Grand Canyon
- Ice Cube – Boyz n the Hood
- Leonardo DiCaprio – Critters 3
- Wayne Duvall – Final Approach
- Christopher Eccleston – Let Him Have It
- Brendan Fraser – Dogfight
- Edward Furlong – Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Janeane Garofalo – Late for Dinner
- Paul Giamatti – Past Midnight
- Eddie Griffin – Dice Rules
- Jake Gyllenhaal – City Slickers
- Philip Seymour Hoffman – Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole
- Joshua Jackson – Crooked Hearts
- Keegan-Michael Key – Lunatics: A Love Story
- Regina King – Boyz n the Hood
- Queen Latifah – Jungle Fever
- Denis Leary – Strictly Business
- Téa Leoni – Switch
- Matthew Lillard – Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College
- Donal Logue – Robotrix
- Jason London – The Man in the Moon
- Leslie Mann – Virgin High
- Breckin Meyer – Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan – Uncaged
- Elisabeth Moss – Suburban Commando
- Kathy Najimy – The Hard Way
- Thandie Newton – Flirting
- Sophie Okonedo – Young Soul Rebels
- Gwyneth Paltrow – Shout
- Teri Polo – Born to Ride
- John Prosky – Late for Dinner
- Richard Roxburgh – Dead to the World
- Til Schweiger – Manta, Manta
- David Schwimmer – Flight of the Intruder
- Rufus Sewell – Twenty-One
- Marley Shelton – Grand Canyon
- Jeremy Sisto – Grand Canyon
- Jon Tenney – Guilty by Suspicion
- Maura Tierney – Dead Women in Lingerie
- Daniel von Bargen – The Silence of the Lambs
- Isaiah Washington – The Color of Love
- Reese Witherspoon – The Man in the Moon
References
- "1991 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- "Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 26, 2017.
$519,843,345
- Beauty and the Beast box-office
- Total prior to 2012 reissue: "Beauty and the Beast (1991)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012.
$377,350,553
- 2002 IMAX release: "Beauty and the Beast (IMAX)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
Domestic Total Gross: $25,487,190; Foreign: $5,546,156
- Total prior to 2012 reissue: "Beauty and the Beast (1991)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012.
- D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 15, 2002). "Top 50 worldwide grossers". Variety. p. 52, Paramount at 90 supplement.
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