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This is a list of films released in 1994. The top worldwide grosser was The Lion King, becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all-time, although it was slightly overtaken at the North American domestic box office by Forrest Gump, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The year is considered to be one of the best years for cinema during the post Golden Age Hollywood era and setting the standard for the movies of the modern era.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its 70th anniversary in 1994.[1]

Highest-grossing films

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The top 10 films released in 1994 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]

Highest-grossing films of 1994
Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross
1 The Lion King Buena Vista $763,455,561[3]
2 Forrest Gump Paramount $677,945,399
3 True Lies 20th Century Fox / Universal $378,882,411
4 The Mask New Line $351,583,407
5 Speed 20th Century Fox $350,448,145
6 The Flintstones Universal $341,631,208
7 Dumb and Dumber New Line $247,275,374
8 Four Weddings and a Funeral Gramercy $245,700,832
9 Interview with the Vampire Warner Bros. $223,664,608
10 Clear and Present Danger Paramount $215,887,717

Events

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Awards

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Category/Organization 52nd Golden Globe Awards
January 21, 1995
Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 67th Academy Awards
March 27, 1995
48th BAFTA Awards
April 22, 1995
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Film Forrest Gump The Lion King Forrest Gump Four Weddings and a Funeral
Best Director Robert Zemeckis
Forrest Gump
Mike Newell
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Best Actor Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump
Hugh Grant
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump
Hugh Grant
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Best Actress Jessica Lange
Blue Sky
Jamie Lee Curtis
True Lies
Jodie Foster
Nell
Jessica Lange
Blue Sky
Susan Sarandon
The Client
Best Supporting Actor Martin Landau
Ed Wood
Samuel L. Jackson
Pulp Fiction
Best Supporting Actress Dianne Wiest
Bullets over Broadway
Kristin Scott Thomas
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Best Screenplay, Adapted Quentin Tarantino
Pulp Fiction
Eric Roth
Forrest Gump
Paul Attanasio
Quiz Show
Best Screenplay, Original Richard Curtis
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary
Pulp Fiction
Best Original Score The Lion King
Hans Zimmer
N/A The Lion King
Hans Zimmer
Backbeat
Don Was
Best Original Song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
The Lion King
N/A "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
The Lion King
N/A
Best Foreign Language Film Farinelli N/A Burnt by the Sun To Live

1994 films

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By country/region

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By genre/medium

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Births

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Deaths

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Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 1 Cesar Romero 86 US Actor
3 Heather Sears 58 UK Actress
7 Vittorio Mezzogiorno 52 Italy Actor
7 Llewellyn Rees 92 UK Actor
8 Pat Buttram 78 US Actor
9 Madge Ryan 75 Australia Actress
12 Samuel Bronston 85 Moldova Producer
14 Esther Ralston 91 US Actress
19 Kenneth Utt 72 US Producer, Production Manager
22 Jean-Louis Barrault 83 France Actor
22 Frances Gifford 73 US Actress
22 Telly Savalas 72 US Actor
23 Oliver Smith 75 US Production Designer
27 Claude Akins 67 US Actor
28 Hal Smith 77 US Actor, Voice Actor
February 1 Olan Soule 84 US Actor
6 Harold Schneider 55 US Producer
6 Joseph Cotten 88 US Actor
6 Gwen Watford 66 UK Actress
9 Jarmila Novotna 86 Czech Republic Singer, Actress
11 Sorrell Booke 64 US Actor
11 William Conrad 73 US Actor, Producer
15 Tiger Haynes 86 US Actor
19 Derek Jarman 52 UK Director, Screenwriter
24 Dinah Shore 76 US Singer, Actress
28 Enrico Maria Salerno 67 Italy Actor
March 2 Anita Morris 50 US Actress
4 John Candy 43 Canada Actor
6 Melina Mercouri 73 Greece Actress
8 John Ewart 66 Australia Actor
9 Fernando Rey 76 Spain Actor
17 Mai Zetterling 68 Sweden Actress
21 Macdonald Carey 81 US Actor
21 Lili Damita 89 France Actress
21 Dack Rambo 52 US Actor
22 Walter Lantz 94 US Animator
23 Giulietta Masina 73 Italy Actress
23 Paula Trueman 93 US Actress
29 Bill Travers 72 UK Actor
April 2 Betty Furness 78 US Actress
3 Frank Wells 62 US Studio Executive
4 Ginny Simms 80 US Singer, Actress
12 Frank V. Phillips 82 US Cinematographer
16 John McLiam 76 Canada Actor
16 Ron Vawter 45 US Actor
20 Dennis Cleveland Stewart 46 US Actor
27 Lynne Frederick 39 UK Actress
30 Chris Butler 41 US Set Decorator
30 Ferdinando Scarfiotti 53 Italy Production Designer
May 6 Fred Sadoff 67 US Actor
7 Ray Elton 80 UK Cinematographer
8 George Peppard 65 US Actor
8 Murray Spivack 90 US Sound Engineer
11 Timothy Carey 65 US Actor
15 Royal Dano 71 US Actor
15 Gilbert Roland 88 Mexico Actor
16 Alain Cuny 85 France Actor
19 Henry Morgan 79 US Actor
24 Oscar Saul 81 US Screenwriter
29 Joseph Janni 78 Italy Producer
31 Sidney Gilliat 86 UK Director, Screenwriter
June 2 Philip Dunne 84 US Screenwriter, Director
4 Stephen McNally 80 US Actor
4 Massimo Troisi 41 Italy Actor, Director, Screenwriter
6 Johnny Downs 80 US Actor
6 Barry Sullivan 81 US Actor
7 Dennis Potter 59 UK Screenwriter
11 Herbert Anderson 77 US Actor
12 Chris Latta 44 US Actor
13 Nadia Gray 70 Romania Actress
13 K. T. Stevens 74 US Actress
14 Henry Mancini 70 US Composer
16 Eileen Way 82 UK Actress
20 Robin Raymond 77 US Actress
21 Winston Miller 83 US Screenwriter
22 Jack Davies 80 UK Screenwriter
July 1 Dominic Lucero 26 US Dancer, Actor
6 Cameron Mitchell 75 US Actor
8 Robert B. Hauser 75 US Cinematographer
8 Dick Sargent 64 US Actor
14 Eric Linden 84 US Actor
14 Alberto Lionello 64 Italy Actor
19 Gottfried Reinhardt 83 Germany Director
20 Gregg Fonseca 41 US Production Designer
23 Mario Brega 71 Italy Actor
23 Hans J. Salter 98 Austria Composer
30 Janis Carter 80 US Actress
August 2 Bert Freed 74 US Actor
3 John Zenda 50 US Actor
7 Robert Hutton 74 US Actor
11 Peter Cushing 81 UK Actor
11 Red Mitchell 33 US Actor
14 Joan Harrison 87 UK Screenwriter, Producer
16 John Doucette 73 US Actor
21 Danitra Vance 40 US Actress
26 Norman Warwick 74 UK Cinematographer
26 Tariq Yunus 47-54 India Actor
30 Lindsay Anderson 71 UK Director
September 6 James Clavell 72 Australia Screenwriter, Director
6 Duccio Tessari 67 Italian Director, Screenwriter
7 Dennis Morgan 85 US Actor
7 Godfrey Quigley 71 Israel Actor
7 Terence Young 79 China Director
9 Douglas Morrow 80 US Screenwriter
9 Patrick O'Neal 66 US Actor
10 Charles Drake 76 US Actor
11 Jessica Tandy 85 UK Actress
12 Tom Ewell 85 US Actor
15 Mark Stevens 77 US Actor
16 Jack Dodson 63 US Actor
17 Iris Adrian 82 US Actress
18 Wayne Finkelman 47 US Costume Designer
20 Jule Styne 88 UK Songwriter, Composer
21 Arthur B. Krim 84 US Studio Executive
23 Robert Bloch 77 US Screenwriter
28 Harry Saltzman 78 Canada Producer
30 Lina Basquette 87 US Actress
30 Sydney Walker 73 US Actress
October 1 Marjorie Weaver 81 US Actress
2 Harriet Nelson 85 US Actress
3 Virginia Dale 77 US Actress
3 Dub Taylor 87 US Actor
7 James Hill 75 UK Director
8 Diana Churchill 81 UK Actress
16 Peter Bromilow 61 UK Actor
17 Monja Danischewsky 83 Russia Screenwriter, Producer
17 Martha Raye 78 US Actress
20 Burt Lancaster 80 US Actor
23 Robert Lansing 66 US Actor
24 Raul Julia 54 Puerto Rico Actor
25 Mildred Natwick 89 US Actress
26 Tutta Rolf 87 Norway Actress
November 1 Noah Beery Jr. 81 US Actor
7 Carleton Young 89 US Actor
8 Michael O'Donoghue 54 US Screenwriter, Actor
9 Ralph Michael 87 UK Actor
9 Richard Rust 54 US Actor
11 Ernest Clark 82 UK Actor
14 Tom Villard 40 US Actor
18 Cab Calloway 86 US Actor, Singer
24 Irwin Kostal 83 US Orchestrator
27 Rufina Nifontova 63 Russia Actress
30 Lionel Stander 86 US Actor
December 5 Alan Splet 54 US Sound Engineer
5 Harry Horner 84 Czech Republic Production Designer, Director
5 Günter Meisner 68 Germany Actor
6 Gian Maria Volonté 61 Italy Actor
11 Yuli Raizman 90 Russia Director, Screenwriter
18 Lilia Skala 98 Hungary Actress
23 Nora Dunfee 78 US Dialogue Coach, Actress
23 Sebastian Shaw 89 UK Actor
24 Rossano Brazzi 78 Italy Actor
24 Julie Haydon 84 US Actress
24 John Osborne 65 UK Actor, Screenwriter
26 Robert Emhardt 81 US Actor
26 Sylva Koscina 61 Yugoslavia Actress
27 Steve Plytas 81 UK Actor
29 Frank Thring 68 Australia Actor
31 Woody Strode 80 US Actor

Film debuts

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References

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  1. ^ Turan, Kenneth (January 4, 1994). "The Lion Will Roar at LACMA". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 18, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "1994 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  3. ^ The Lion King
  4. ^ Gordinier, Jeff (July 15, 1994). "Val Kilmer takes over Batman Forever". Entertainment Weekly.
  5. ^ "Keaton quits new 'Batman' movie". United Press International. July 1, 1994.
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