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. | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Warner Bros. | $159,537,178 | | 4. | True Lies | Fox | $146,282,411 | | 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
[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 # A B C - 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
D E F G H I - 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
J K L - 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
M - 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
N - 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
O P Q R S - 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
T V W [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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