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The year 1994 in film involved some significant events.
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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 |
| 11. | Interview with the Vampire | Warner Bros. | $105,264,608 |
| 12. | Maverick | Warner Bros. | $101,631,272 |
source: Yearly 1994
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
- 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
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 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
- 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
- The Cowboy Way, starring Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland
- Criminal, directed by Mahesh Bhatt
- Crooklyn, directed by Spike Lee
- The Crow
- 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
- Dream Lover
- Drop Zone
- Dumb and Dumber, starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels
- Ed Wood, starring Johnny Depp as Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton
- 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, starring John Goodman, Elizabeth Perkins, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell, Halle Berry, Richard Moll and Elizabeth Taylor, directed by Brian Levant
- 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
- A Good Man in Africa
- Greedy
- Guarding Tess, starring Shirley MacLaine and Nicolas Cage
- Gunmen
- The Heart's Cry
- Heavenly Creatures
- Highlander III: The Final Dimension
- Hoop Dreams
- House Party 3
- The Hudsucker Proxy
- 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
- 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
- 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 (aka The Professional), directed by Luc Besson, starring Jean Reno and Natalie Portman
- Leprechaun 2, starring Warwick Davis
- Lightning Jack
- 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
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
- The Mask, directed by Chuck Russell, starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz
- Maverick, starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and James Garner
- 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
- 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, til You Mow the Lawn
- No Escape
- No Dessert, Dad, til You Mow the Lawn
- Nobody's Fool, starring Paul Newman
- North, directed by Rob Reiner
- On Deadly Ground, starring Steven Seagal
- Once Were Warriors (film)
- Only You, starring Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr.
- 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
- 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 and starring Kathleen Turner
- The Shadow
- 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
- 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 Jonathan Frakes
- Stargate, starring Kurt Russell
- Street Fighter
- Sugar Hill (1994 film)
- The Swan Princess, directed by Richard Rich
- The Sum of Us
- Surviving the Game
- Terminal Velocity
- 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
- Vive L'Amour - Golden Lion award
- 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
Births
- February 23 - Dakota Fanning, actress
- April 12 - Saoirse Ronan, actress
Deaths
- January 1 - Cesar Romero, actor
- January 22 - Telly Savalas, actor
- February 6 - Joseph Cotten, actor
- February 11
- Sorrell Booke, actor
- William Conrad, actor
- 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
- MacDonald Carey, actor
- Lili Damita, actress
- 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
- 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 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