1994 in film

See also: 1993 in film, other events of 1994, 1995 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Academy Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Other Movies Released

Events

• October 3 - George Lucas begins writing the three Star Wars prequels.
• November 1 - George Lucas leaves the day-to-day operations of his filmmaking business and starts a sabbatical (while on sabbatical, he wrote the prequel Star Wars trilogy).

1. Forrest Gump, starring Tom Hanks
2. The Lion King (Disney)
3. True Lies, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis
4. The Santa Clause, starring Tim Allen
5. The Flintstones, starring John Goodman
6. Dumb & Dumber, starring Jim Carrey
7. Clear and Present Danger, starring Harrison Ford
8. Speed
9. The Mask, starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz
10. Pulp Fiction, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, and Uma Thurman

• Best Picture: Forrest Gump - Paramount Pictures
• Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
• Best Actress: Jessica Lange - Blue Sky

Deaths

• January 1 - Cesar Romero, actor
• January 22 - Telly Savalas, actor
• February 6 - Joseph Cotten, actor
• February 11 - Sorrell Brooke, actor
• February 11 - William Conrad, actor
• February 19 - Derek Jarman, director
• February 24 - Dinah Shore, singer,actress
• March 4 - John Candy, comedian and actor
• March 6 - Melina Mercouri, actress
• March 17 - Mai Zetterling, actress, director
• March 21 - MacDonald Carey, actor
• March 21 - Lili Damita, actress
• March 23 - Guilietta Masina, actress
• 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

• Airheads
• Angels in the Outfield
• Lightning Jack
• Mircacle on 34th Street
• Pulp Fiction, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, John Travolta and Uma Thurman
• Four Weddings and a Funeral
• Quiz Show
• The Shawshank Redemption
• - 3rd of the Krzysztof Kieslowski trilogy, starring Irene Jacob