The year 1994 in film involved some significant events. [edit] Top grossing films (U.S.) | Rank | Title | Studio | Domestic | | 1. | Forrest Gump | Paramount | $329,694,499 | | 2. | The Lion King* | Disney | $312,855,561 | | 3. | True Lies | Fox | $146,282,411 | | 4. | The Santa Clause | Disney | $144,833,357 | | 5. | The Flintstones | Universal | $130,531,208 | | 6. | Dumb and Dumber | New Line | $127,175,374 | | 7. | Clear and Present Danger | Paramount | $122,187,717 | | 8. | Speed | Fox | $121,248,145 | | 9. | The Mask | New Line | $119,938,730 | | 10. | Pulp Fiction | Miramax | $107,928,762 | - This was the Highest Grossing film of 1994 Worldwide
source: Yearly 1994 [edit] Awards Academy Awards: - Best Picture: Forrest Gump - Paramount Pictures
- Best Director: Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump
- Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
- Best Actress: Jessica Lange - Blue Sky
- Best Supporting Actor: Martin Landau - Ed Wood
- Best Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest - Bullets Over Broadway
- Best Foreign Language Film: Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, France / Russia
Golden Globe Awards: - Drama:
- Best Picture: Forrest Gump
- Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
- Best Actress: Jessica Lange - Blue Sky
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: The Lion King
- Best Actor: Hugh Grant - Four Weddings and a Funeral
- Best Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis - True Lies
- Other
- Best Director: Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump
- Best Foreign Language Film: Farinelli Il Castrato, Belgium
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): - Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino, United States
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): - Vive L'Amour (Aiqing wansui), directed by Tsai Ming-liang,
- Pred doždot (Before The Rain), directed by Milco Mancevski,
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): - In the Name of the Father, directed by Jim Sheridan, U.K. / Ireland
[edit] Films released in 1994 - 3 Ninjas Kick Back
- 8 Seconds
- Above the Rim
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, starring Jim Carrey, directed by Tom Shadyac
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, starring Terence Stamp and Hugo Weaving
- Africa: The Serengeti
- The Air Up There
- Airheads, starring Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, and Brendan Fraser
- Andre
- Angels in the Outfield, directed by William Dear, starring Danny Glover
- Baby's Day Out
- Bad Girls
- Barcelona
- Beverly Hills Cop III, directed by John Landis, starring Eddie Murphy
- Black Beauty
- Blank Check, directed by Rupert Wainwright
- Blankman
- Blink
- Blown Away, starring Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones
- Blue Chips, starring Nick Nolte and Shaquille O'Neal
- Blue Sky, starring Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones
- Brainscan
- Bullets Over Broadway
- Burnt by the Sun - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Camp Nowhere, starring Christopher Lloyd and Johnathan Jackson
- The Chase, starring Charlie Sheen and Kristy Swanson
- China Moon
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
- Clean Slate
- Clear and Present Danger, starring Harrison Ford
- Clerks, directed by Kevin Smith
- The Client, starring Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones and Brad Renfro
- Cobb
- Color of Night, starring Bruce Willis, Jane March and Lesley Ann Warren
- Corrina, Corrina
- The Cowboy Way, starring Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland
- Criminal, directed by Mahesh Bhatt
- Crooklyn, directed by Spike Lee
- The Crow, starring Brandon Lee
- D2: The Mighty Ducks, directed by Sam Weisman
- Deadly Target
- Death and the Maiden, directed by Roman Polanski
- Death Wish V: The Face of Death
- Disclosure
- Double Dragon
- Dream Lover
- Drop Zone, starring Wesley Snipes and Gary Busey
- Dumb and Dumber, starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels
- Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp
- Eden Valley
- Exit to Eden, starring Dana Delany, Paul Mercurio, Rosie O'Donnell and Dan Aykroyd
- Farinelli Il Castrato - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- First Action Hero
- The Flintstones, directed by Brian Levant, starring John Goodman and Rick Moranis
- Forrest Gump - Academy and Golden Globe (Drama) Awards for Best Picture, starring Tom Hanks, directed by Robert Zemeckis
- Four Weddings and a Funeral, starring Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell
- The Fox with Nine Tails
- Fresh
- The Getaway, starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger
- Getting Even with Dad, starring Macaulay Culkin and Ted Danson
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
- God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!
- A Good Man in Africa starring Sean Connery
- Greedy
- Guarding Tess, starring Shirley MacLaine and Nicolas Cage
- Gunmen
- The Heart's Cry
- Heavenly Creatures, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet
- Highlander III: The Final Dimension
- Hoop Dreams
- House Party 3
- The Hudsucker Proxy, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Tim Robbins and Paul Newman
- I Love Trouble, starring Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte
- I.Q., starring Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan and Walter Matthau
- I'll Do Anything
- Immortal Beloved, starring Gary Oldman and Jeroen Krabbé
- Intersection, starring Richard Gere, Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovich
- Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt
- Iron Will
- It Could Happen To You, starring Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda and Rosie Perez
- It's Pat
- Jason's Lyric
- Jimmy Hollywood, starring Joe Pesci and Christian Slater
- The Jungle Book
- Junior, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson
- Killing Zoe, directed by Roger Avary
- Lassie
- The Last Seduction
- The Last Supper
- Legends of the Fall, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn
- Léon, directed by Luc Besson, starring Jean Reno and Natalie Portman
- Leprechaun 2, starring Warwick Davis
- Lightning Jack, starring Paul Hogan
- The Lion King - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff
- Little Big League
- 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
- Love Affair, starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening and Katharine Hepburn
- A Low Down Dirty Shame
- The Madness of King George, starring Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren
- Major League II, directed by David S. Ward
- A Man of No Importance, starring Albert Finney
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Kenneth Branagh and Robert De Niro
- The Mask, directed by Chuck Russell, starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz
- Maverick, starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and James Garner
- Men Of War
- Milk Money
- A Million to Juan
- Miracle on 34th Street, starring Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins and Mara Wilson
- Mixed Nuts
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
- Muriel's Wedding, starring Toni Collette
- My Girl 2
- Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
- Necronomicon
- Natural Born Killers, starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey, Jr. and Tommy Lee Jones
- Nell, starring Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson
- The Next Karate Kid, starring Hilary Swank
- No Dessert, Dad, till You Mow the Lawn
- No Escape
- Nobody's Fool, starring Paul Newman
- North, directed by Rob Reiner
- On Deadly Ground, starring Steven Seagal and Michael Caine
- Once Were Warriors, directed by Lee Tamahori
- Only You, starring Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr.
- Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon
- The Pagemaster, directed by Joe Johnston (live action)
- The Paper, directed by Ron Howard
- PCU
- Pred doždot (Before The Rain) - Golden Lion award
- Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
- Prêt-à-Porter
- Priest
- Pulp Fiction - Palme d'Or award, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman
- The Puppet Masters, starring Donald Sutherland
- Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford, starring Ralph Fiennes
- Radioland Murders
- Rapa Nui
- Reality Bites, starring Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn
- The Ref, starring Denis Leary, Judy Davis and Kevin Spacey
- Renaissance Man
- The Return of Jafar
- Richie Rich, starring Macaulay Culkin
- The River Wild, starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon and David Strathairn
- The Santa Clause, directed by John Pasquin, starring Tim Allen
- The Scout
- Serial Mom, directed by John Waters, starring Kathleen Turner
- The Shadow, starring Alec Baldwin
- Shadowlands (U.S. release)
- The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman
- A Simple Twist of Fate
- Sioux City
- Sirens, starring Hugh Grant and Tara Fitzgerald
- Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade
- The Specialist, starring Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone
- Speechless, starring Michael Keaton and Geena Davis
- Speed, starring Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper and Sandra Bullock
- Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
- Star Trek Generations, starring Patrick Stewart and William Shatner
- Stargate, starring Kurt Russell
- Street Fighter, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raúl Juliá
- Sugar Hill, starring Wesley Snipes
- The Swan Princess, directed by Richard Rich
- The Sum of Us, starring Russell Crowe and Jack Thompson
- Surviving the Game
- Teresa's Tattoo
- Terminal Velocity, starring Charlie Sheen and Nastassja Kinski
- Three Colors: White - 2nd of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Julie Delpy
- Three Colors: Red - 3rd of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Irène Jacob
- Threesome
- Thumbelina, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
- Timecop
- Tom & Viv, starring Willem Dafoe and Miranda Richardson
- A Troll in Central Park, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
- True Lies, directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis
- Vive L'Amour - Golden Lion award
- Wagons East!
- The War
- War of the Buttons
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare
- When a Man Loves a Woman, starring Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia
- White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
- With Honors
- Wolf, starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer
- Wyatt Earp, starring Kevin Costner
[edit] Wide-release movies [edit] January-March - January 1994
- January 7
- January 14
- January 21
- January 28
- February 1994
- February 4
- February 11
- February 18-On Deadly Ground, Blue Chips, Reality Bites
- February 25
- March 1994
- March 4
- March 11
- March 18
- March 25
[edit] April-June - April 1994
- April 1-Clifford, Jimmy Holywood, Major League 2, Thumbelina
- April 8-Threesome
- April 15-Cops & Robbersons, Surviving The Game, White Fang 2: Myth Of The Wolf
- April 22-Bad Girls, Brainscan
- April 29
- May 1994
- May 6-3 Ninjas Kick Back, Clean State
- May 13-Crooklyn, The Crow
- May 20-Maverick
- May 27-Bervely Hills Cop 3, The Flinstones
- June 1994
- June 3-The Cowboy Way, The Princess & The Goblin, Renaissance Man
- June 10-Speed, City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold
- June 17-Wolf, Getting Even With Dad
- June 24-Wyatt Earp, The Lion King
[edit] July-September - July 1994
- July 1-Baby's Day Out, Blown Away, I Love Trouble, Little Big League, The Shadow
- July 8-Forrest Gump
- July 15 - True Lies, Angels in the Outfield
- July 22-The Cilent, Lassie, North
- July 29-Black Beauty, It Could Happen To You, The Mask
- August 1994
- August 5-Airheads, Clear & Presdient Danger, The Little Rascals
- August 12-In The Army Now
- August 19-Andre, Blankman, Color of Night
- August 26-Camp Nowhere, Natural Born Killers, Wagons East!
- September 1994
- September 2-Milk Money, Fresh, A Simple Twist of Fate
- September 9-A Good Men in Africa, Tribal by Jury, The Next Karate Kid
- September 16-Timecop
- September 23-Terminal Velocity
- September 30-Jason's Lyric, The River Wild, The Scout, Ed Wood
[edit] October-December - October 1994
- October 7
- October 14
- October 21
- October 28
- November 1994
- November 4
- November 11
- November 18
- November 25
- December 1994
- December 2
- December 9
- December 16
- December 23
- December 25
[edit] Births [edit] Deaths - January 1 - Cesar Romero, actor
- January 22 - Telly Savalas, actor
- February 6 - Joseph Cotten, actor
- February 11
- February 19 - Derek Jarman, director
- February 24 - Dinah Shore, singer and actress
- March 4 - John Candy, comedian and actor
- March 6 - Melina Mercouri, actress
- March 17 - Mai Zetterling, actress, director
- March 21
- March 23 - Giulietta Masina, actress
- April 5 - Kurt Cobain, musician
April 9 - Matthew Bryant - May 8 - George Peppard, actor
- May 15 - Gilbert Roland, actor
- June 4 - Massimo Troisi, actor
- June 7 - Dennis Potter, writer
- June 14 - Henry Mancini, composer
- July 26 - Terry Scott, actor
- August 11 - Peter Cushing, actor
- September 7 - Dennis Morgan, actor
- September 11 - Jessica Tandy, actress
- September 12 - Tom Ewell, actor
- October 19 - Martha Raye, actress
- October 20 - Burt Lancaster, actor
- October 20 - Sergei Bondarchuk, actor and film director
- October 21 - Benoît Régent, French film actor
- October 24 - Raúl Juliá, actor
- November 1 - Noah Beery Jr, actor
- November 30 - Lionel Stander, actor
- December 24 - Rossano Brazzi, actor
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