1984 in film

This article is about the year 1984 in film. For the George Orwell property in film, see Adaptations of Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Overview of the events of 1984 in film

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The following is an overview of events in 1984 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

The year's highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada was Beverly Hills Cop. Ghostbusters overtook it, however, with a re-release the following year. It was the first time in five years that the top-grossing film did not involve George Lucas or Steven Spielberg although Spielberg directed and Lucas executive produced/co-wrote the third placed Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (the highest-grossing film worldwide that year); Spielberg also executive produced the fourth placed Gremlins.[1]

U.S. box office grosses reached $4 billion for the first time and it was the first year that two films had returned over $100 million to their distributors with both Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom achieving this.[1] Beverly Hills Cop made it three for films released in 1984 after its performance during 1985 took it to rentals of $108 million.[2] Other popular films included The NeverEnding Story, which was the most expensive film produced in West Germany, The Karate Kid and Romancing the Stone. A high number of sci-fi/fantasy films were released in 1984.

## Highest-grossing films

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### United States

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See also: List of 1984 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1984 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1984[3] Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross

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1  | Beverly Hills Cop | Paramount | $234,760,478
2  | Ghostbusters | Columbia | $229,242,989
3  | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Paramount | $179,870,271
4  | Gremlins | Warner Bros. | $153,083,102
5  | The Karate Kid | Columbia | $90,815,558[4][5][6]
6  | Police Academy | Warner Bros. | $81,198,894
7  | Footloose | Paramount | $80,035,402
8  | Romancing the Stone | 20th Century Fox | $76,572,238
9  | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Paramount | $76,471,076
10  | Splash | Buena Vista | $69,821,334

### International

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International market | Title | Director | Production country | Revenue | Admissions | Source(s)

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Brazil | Gremlins | Joe Dante | United States | $1,505,985  | —  | [7]
France | Marche à l'ombre | Michel Blanc | France | —  | 6,168,425  | [8]
Hong Kong | Aces Go Places 3 | Tsui Hark | Hong Kong | HK$29,286,077 | —  | [9]
India | Tohfa | K. Raghavendra Rao | India | ₹90,000,000 | —  | [10]
Italy | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Steven Spielberg | United States | —  | 838,309  | [11]
Japan | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Steven Spielberg | United States | ¥3,200,000,000 | —  | [12]
South Korea | Project A | Jackie Chan | Hong Kong | ₩1,189,308,000  | 396,436  | [13][14][15]
Soviet Union | Disco Dancer | Babbar Subhash  | India | $75,900,000  | 60,900,000  | [n 3][19]
Spain | Gremlins | Joe Dante | United States | $4,255,642  | 3,202,047  | [20][7]
United States and Canada | Beverly Hills Cop | Martin Brest | United States | $234,760,478  | 67,150,000  | [21]
West Germany | Police Academy | Hugh Wilson | United States | —  | 5,187,443  | [22]

## Events

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* February 15 - The Walt Disney Studios establishes Touchstone Pictures to release films with more mature subject matter than the traditional Walt Disney Pictures banner.
* March 30 - Romancing the Stone is released and propels Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito and director Robert Zemeckis to super-stardom. The film also gave Zemeckis his first box office hit, which gave Universal Pictures confidence to allow him to direct his next film, Back to the Future.
* April 6 - Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film, Where the Boys Are '84.
* May 4 - The first of the year's breakdancing musicals is released, Breakin'. It is soon followed by Beat Street and its sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.
* July 1 - The Motion Picture Association of America institutes the PG-13 rating, as a response to violent horror films such as Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
* July 27 - Prince's first film Purple Rain is released.
* August 25 - Ghostbusters becomes the biggest grossing comedy film of all time in the United States exceeding Tootsie's $177.2 million[23] going on to gross $229.2 million in its initial run.[24] It is overtaken by Beverly Hills Cop in summer 1985[25] but regains the record after its re-release in August 1985.[26] It also became the biggest grossing film released by Columbia Pictures.
* September 22 - Michael Eisner leaves Paramount Pictures to become head of Walt Disney Productions, while Frank Wells became chief operating officer and Jeffrey Katzenberg was later named chairman.
* October 8 - Ned Tanen becomes president of Paramount Pictures motion picture group.
* December 5 - Beverly Hills Cop is released. It will go on to become the 6th highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. at the time, the highest grossing comedy of all time at the time, as well as the highest grossing R-Rated film of all time, a record it would hold for 19 years.
* December 14 - Dune is released after over a year of hype and anticipation.
* Annie's Coming Out wins 3 Australian Film Institute Awards including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film.

## Awards

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Category/Organization | 42nd Golden Globe Awards
January 27, 1985 | 38th BAFTA Awards
March 5, 1985 | 57th Academy Awards
March 25, 1985

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Drama | Comedy or Musical
Best Film | Amadeus | Romancing the Stone | The Killing Fields | Amadeus
Best Director | Miloš Forman
Amadeus | Wim Wenders
Paris, Texas | Miloš Forman
Amadeus
Best Actor | F. Murray Abraham
Amadeus | Dudley Moore
Micki & Maude | Haing S. Ngor
The Killing Fields | F. Murray Abraham
Amadeus
Best Actress | Sally Field
Places in the Heart | Kathleen Turner
Romancing the Stone | Maggie Smith
A Private Function | Sally Field
Places in the Heart
Best Supporting Actor | Haing S. Ngor
The Killing Fields | Denholm Elliott
A Private Function | Haing S. Ngor
The Killing Fields
Best Supporting Actress | Peggy Ashcroft
A Passage to India | Liz Smith
A Private Function | Peggy Ashcroft
A Passage to India
Best Screenplay, Adapted | Amadeus
Peter Shaffer | The Killing Fields
Bruce Robinson | Amadeus
Peter Shaffer
Best Screenplay, Original | Broadway Danny Rose
Woody Allen | Places in the Heart
Robert Benton
Best Original Score | Maurice Jarre
A Passage to India | Ennio Morricone
Once Upon a Time in America | Maurice Jarre
A Passage to India
Prince
Purple Rain
Best Original Song | "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
The Woman in Red | "Ghostbusters"
Ghostbusters | "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
The Woman in Red
Best Foreign Language Film | A Passage to India
United Kingdom | Carmen
France | Dangerous Moves
Switzerland

Golden Raspberry Awards:

Worst Picture: Bolero
Worst Director: John Derek \- Bolero
Worst Actor: Sylvester Stallone \- Rhinestone
Worst Actress: Bo Derek \- Bolero
Worst Supporting Actor: Brooke Shields (with a moustache) \- Sahara
Worst Supporting Actress: Lynn-Holly Johnson \- Where the Boys Are '84
Worst Screenplay: John Derek \- Bolero

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Paris, Texas, directed by Wim Wenders, France / West Germany

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

A Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego slonca), directed by Krzysztof Zanussi, Poland

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Love Streams, directed by John Cassavetes, United States

## 1984 films

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### By country/region

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* List of American films of 1984
* List of Argentine films of 1984
* List of Australian films of 1984
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1984
* List of British films of 1984
* List of Canadian films of 1984
* List of French films of 1984
* List of Hong Kong films of 1984
* List of Indian films of 1984
* List of Hindi films of 1984
* List of Kannada films of 1984
* List of Malayalam films of 1984
* List of Marathi films of 1984
* List of Tamil films of 1984
* List of Telugu films of 1984
* List of Japanese films of 1984
* List of Mexican films of 1984
* List of Pakistani films of 1984
* List of South Korean films of 1984
* List of Soviet films of 1984
* List of Spanish films of 1984

### By genre/medium

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* List of action films of 1984
* List of animated feature films of 1984
* List of avant-garde films of 1984
* List of comedy films of 1984
* List of drama films of 1984
* List of horror films of 1984
* List of science fiction films of 1984
* List of thriller films of 1984
* List of western films of 1984

## Births

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* January 1 - Kollam Sudhi, Indian actor and comedian (d. 2023)
* January 6
* Priit Loog, Estonian actor
* Kate McKinnon, American actress, comedian and writer
* January 7 - Max Riemelt, German actor
* January 8 - Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director (d. 2012)[27]
* January 12
* Taraneh Alidoosti, Iranian actress
* Sam Richardson, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
* January 21
* Luke Grimes, American actor and musician
* Richard Gutierrez, Filipino actor and model
* January 25 - Kaiji Tang, voice actor
* January 31 – Michael Aloni, Israeli actor
* February 1
* Abbi Jacobson, American comedian, writer, actress and illustrator
* Lee Thompson Young, American actor (d. 2013)
* February 8 - Cecily Strong, American actress and comedian
* February 12 - Alexandra Dahlström, Swedish actress
* February 13 - Brina Palencia, voice actress
* February 18 - Genelle Williams, Canadian actress
* February 19 - Josh Trank, American director, screenwriter and editor
* February 20 - Trevor Noah, South African comedian, writer, producer, actor and television host
* February 21 - Karina, Japanese model and actress
* February 24 - Nicholas Saputra, Indonesian actor
* February 28 - Melanie Chandra, American actress
* March 2
* Blake Anderson, American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter
* John Bernecker, American stunt performer (d. 2017)
* Ian Sinclair, voice actor
* March 7 - Brandon T. Jackson, American stand-up comedian, rapper, actor, and writer
* March 8 - Nora-Jane Noone, Irish actress
* March 10 - Olivia Wilde, American actress
* March 12 - Jaimie Alexander, American actress
* March 13
* Rachael Bella, retired American actress
* Noel Fisher, Canadian actor
* March 14 - Liesel Pritzker Simmons, American former actress
* March 20 - Christy Carlson Romano, American stage and film actress and singer
* March 25 - Katharine McPhee, American singer and actress
* March 27
* Emily Ann Lloyd, American actress
* Jon Paul Steuer, American actor and musician (d. 2018)
* April 2
* Ashley Peldon, American actress
* Shawn Roberts, Canadian actor
* Deep Sidhu, Indian actor (d. 2022)
* April 3 - Chrissie Fit, American actress and singer
* April 4 - Carolina Gaitán, Colombian actress and singer
* April 8
* Taran Noah Smith, American actor
* Kirsten Storms, American actress
* April 10
* Cara DeLizia, American actress
* Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress
* April 16 - Claire Foy, British actress
* April 18 - America Ferrera, American actress
* April 25 - Jillian Bell, American comedian, actress and screenwriter
* April 26 - Ryan O'Donohue, American actor
* April 28 - Ana Cruz Kayne, American actress
* April 29 - Firass Dirani, Australian actor
* May 1 - Kerry Bishe, American actress
* May 11 - Stephanie Honoré, American actress
* May 12 - Emily Beecham, British actress
* May 13 - Hannah New, English actress
* May 14 - Olly Murs, English singer-songwriter, presenter, voice actor and director
* May 17
* Alejandro Edda, Mexican-American actor
* Lena Waithe, American actress, producer and screenwriter
* May 21 - Marnie Schulenburg, American actress (d. 2022)
* May 23 - Adam Wylie, American actor
* May 29 - Kaycee Stroh, American actress and singer
* May 30 - DeWanda Wise, American actress
* June 1 - Taylor Handley, American actor
* June 5 - Joel Smallbone, Australian-American singer and actor
* June 10 - Betsy Sodaro, American actress
* June 13 - Phillip Van Dyke, American actor
* June 15 - Ray Santiago, American actor
* June 19 - Paul Dano, American actor
* June 21 - Shiv Panditt, Indian actor and television host
* June 24 - Lucien Dodge, voice actor
* June 26
* Aubrey Plaza, American actress, comedian and producer
* Wen Zhang, Chinese actor
* June 29 - Carla Medina, Mexican singer, actress and television host
* June 30 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer and actress
* July 1
* Jared Keeso, Canadian actor
* Cyron Melville, Danish actor and musician
* July 2 - Vanessa Lee Chester, American actress
* July 7 - Ross Malinger, American actor
* July 9 - Hanna R. Hall, American actress
* July 10 - Aviva Baumann, American actress
* July 11
* Serinda Swan, Canadian actress
* Rachael Taylor, Australian actress
* July 12 - Mikaela Hoover, American actress
* July 14 - Britta Soll, Estonian actress
* July 17 - Mary Nighy, English actress and filmmaker
* July 19
* Kaitlin Doubleday, American actress
* Alessandra De Rossi, Filipina actress
* Andrea Libman, Canadian actress, voice actress, pianist, and singer
* July 20 - Jacky Heung, Hong Kong actor
* July 25 - Zawe Ashton, English actress, playwright, director and narrator
* July 27
* Taylor Schilling, American actress
* Kenny Wormald, American actor
* July 28 - John David Washington, American actor and producer
* July 29 - J. Madison Wright Morris, American actress (d. 2006)
* July 30
* Gina Rodriguez, American actress and director
* Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer
* August 3
* Jon Foster, American actor and musician
* Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor
* August 7 – Hsu Wei-ning, Taiwanese actress and model
* August 10 – Mariel Rodriguez, Filipina actress and model
* August 12 – Marian Rivera, Filipino actress
* August 15 - Quinton Aaron, American actor
* August 19 - Simon Bird, English actor, director and comedian
* August 24 - Cameron Goodman, American actress
* August 28 – Him Law, Hong Kong actor
* September 3
* Garrett Hedlund, American actor
* Paz de la Huerta, American actress and model
* September 4 - Kyle Mooney, American actor, comedian and writer
* September 5 - Annabelle Wallis, English actress
* September 10 - Luke Treadaway, British actor and singer
* September 14
* Adam Lamberg, American actor
* Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor
* September 17 - Mark Shandii Bacolod, Filipino director and producer (d. 2022)
* September 18
* Nina Arianda, American actress
* Babs Olusanmokun, Nigerian-American actor
* September 19
* Lydia Hearst, American actress and model
* Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor and model
* September 21 - Ahna O'Reilly, American actress
* September 22 - Laura Vandervoort, Canadian actress
* September 22 - Jordan Vogt-Roberts, American film director
* September 23 - Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch-American actress and singer
* September 25 - Zach Woods, American actor and comedian
* September 27 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter
* October 1 - Beck Bennett, American actor, comedian and writer
* October 2 - John Morris, American actor
* October 3
* Chris Marquette, American actor
* Ashlee Simpson, American actress and singer
* October 4 - Will Theakston, former English actor
* October 5
* Tiana Benjamin, English actress
* Nathalie Kelley, Peruvian actress
* Yelena Velikanova, Russian actress
* October 7 - Andy Bean, American actor
* October 10 - Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress and singer
* October 11 - Martha MacIsaac, Canadian actress
* October 14 - Jason Davis, American actor (d. 2020)
* October 17 - Chris Lowell, American actor
* October 18
* Tod Fennell, Canadian actor
* Freida Pinto, Indian actress
* Jennifer Ulrich, German actress
* October 25 - Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress
* October 27
* Kelly Osbourne, English actress and singer
* Emilie Ullerup, Danish actress
* October 28 - Finn Wittrock, American actor and screenwriter
* November 1 - Natalia Tena, English actress and musician
* November 6 - Patina Miller, American actress and singer
* November 10
* Britt Irvin, Canadian actress and voice artist
* Naoki Kobayashi, Japanese actor and singer
* November 13
* Sarah Rose Karr, American former child actress
* Slavko Sobin, Crotian actor
* November 15 - Asia Kate Dillon, American actor
* November 16 - Kimberly J. Brown, American actress
* November 17 - Lauren Maltby, American actress
* November 18 - Nayanthara, Indian actress
* November 21
* Lindsey Haun, American actress and singer
* Jena Malone, American actress
* November 22 - Scarlett Johansson, American actress
* November 23 - Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer
* November 24 - Max Bennett, English actor
* November 25 - Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (d. 2022)
* November 28
* Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress
* Trey Songz, American singer and actor
* November 30 - Lydia Wilson, English-American actress
* December 5
* Ryan Binse, American film producer
* Lauren London, American actress
* December 11 - Sandra Echeverría, Mexican actress and singer
* December 14 - Jackson Rathbone, American actor, singer and musician
* December 16 - Theo James, English actor and producer
* December 17 - Tennessee Thomas, British drummer and actress
* December 19 - Ankita Lokhande, Indian actress
* December 23 - Alison Sudol, American actress, singer and songwriter
* December 24 - Austin Stowell, American actor
* December 25
* Mike Rianda, American cartoonist, director, screenwriter and voice actor
* Georgia Tennant, English actress
* December 29 - Chris Pang, Australian actor and producer

## Deaths

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Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films

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January | 6 | Ernest Laszlo | 85 | Hungary | Cinematographer |

* Judgment at Nuremberg
* Logan's Run

7 | Walter Forde | 85 | UK | Director |

* Chu Chin Chow
* The Ghost Train

11 | Jack La Rue | 70 | US | Actor |

* A Farewell to Arms
* The Story of Temple Drake

20 | Johnny Weissmuller | 79 | US | Actor |

* Tarzan the Ape Man
* Jungle Jim

29 | Frances Goodrich | 93 | US | Screenwriter |

* It's a Wonderful Life
* Father of the Bride

February | 11 | Arlette Marchal | 82 | France | Actress |

* The Cat's Pajamas
* Blonde or Brunette

15 | Ethel Merman | 76 | US | Singer, Actress |

* It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
* There's No Business Like Show Business

17 | Lucille Benson | 69 | US | Actress |

* Little Fauss and Big Halsy
* Mame

29 | Kenneth Strickfaden | 87 | US | Set Designer |

* Frankenstein
* Young Frankenstein

March | 1 | Jackie Coogan | 69 | US | Actor |

* The Kid
* Million Dollar Legs

1 | Ronald Culver | 83 | UK | Actor |

* Dead of Night
* Down to Earth

4 | William E. Snyder | 82 | US | Cinematographer |

* Creature from the Black Lagoon
* The Loves of Carmen

5 | William Powell | 91 | US | Actor |

* The Thin Man
* My Man Godfrey

6 | Henry Wilcoxon | 78 | Dominica | Actor |

* The Crusades
* Samson and Delilah

10 | I. S. Johar | 64 | India | Actor |

* Lawrence of Arabia
* Death on the Nile

18 | Paul Francis Webster | 76 | US | Lyricist |

* Calamity Jane
* Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

20 | Richard L. Van Enger | 69 | US | Film Editor |

* Sands of Iwo Jima
* Johnny Guitar

21 | Sam Leavitt | 80 | US | Cinematographer |

* The Defiant Ones
* Cape Fear

24 | Sam Jaffe | 93 | US | Actor |

* The Asphalt Jungle
* Gunga Din

27 | Jack Donohue | 75 | US | Director, Choreographer |

* Marriage on the Rocks
* Babes in Toyland

27 | Derek Francis | 60 | UK | Actor |

* Jabberwocky
* A Christmas Carol

28 | Carmen Dragon | 69 | US | Composer |

* Invasion of the Body Snatchers
* Cover Girl

April | 1 | George Glass | 73 | US | Producer |

* Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
* One-Eyed Jacks

2 | William C. Thomas | 80 | US | Producer, Director |

* The Big Caper
* They Made Me a Killer

7 | Samuel G. Engel | 79 | US | Producer, Screenwriter |

* My Darling Clementine
* Night and the City

10 | Ray Middleton | 77 | US | Actor |

* I Dream of Jeanie
* 1776

13 | Richard Hurndall | 73 | UK | Actor |

* I, Monster
* The Prince and the Pauper

14 | Thorold Dickinson | 80 | UK | Director, Film Editor |

* The Next of Kin
* Gaslight

15 | Glen MacWilliams | 85 | US | Cinematographer |

* Lifeboat
* The Clairvoyant

16 | Byron Haskin | 84 | US | Director |

* The War of the Worlds
* I Walk Alone

18 | Francis de Wolff | 71 | UK | Actor |

* From Russia with Love
* The Hound of the Baskervilles

18 | John Lee Mahin | 81 | US | Screenwriter |

* Show Boat
* Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

25 | Richard Benedict | 64 | Italy | Actor |

* Ace in the Hole
* Ocean's 11

26 | May McAvoy | 84 | US | Actress |

* Ben-Hur
* The Jazz Singer

May | 4 | Diana Dors | 52 | UK | Actress |

* Lady Godiva Rides Again
* The Unholy Wife

10 | Robert Moore | 57 | US | Director |

* Murder By Death
* Chapter Two

12 | Ben Roberts | 68 | US | Screenwriter |

* White Heat
* Man of a Thousand Faces

13 | Antonio Castillo | 75 | Spain | Costume Designer |

* Nicholas and Alexandra
* Beauty and the Beast

16 | Andy Kaufman | 35 | US | Actor |

* God Told Me To
* Heartbeeps

16 | Irwin Shaw | 71 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Talk of the Town
* The Young Lions

20 | Peter Bull | 72 | UK | Actor |

* Dr. Strangelove
* The African Queen

21 | Andrea Leeds | 72 | US | Actress |

* Stage Door
* Swanee River

21 | Ann Little | 93 | US | Actress |

* The Roaring Road
* The Invaders

22 | John Marley | 76 | US | Actor |

* The Godfather
* Love Story

28 | D'Urville Martin | 45 | US | Actor, Director |

* Black Caesar
* Dolemite

June | 1 | Ruthelma Stevens | 80 | US | Actress |

* The Night Club Lady
* The Circus Queen Murder

15 | Ned Glass | 78 | Poland | Actor |

* Charade
* West Side Story

17 | Leslie I. Carey | 88 | US | Sound Engineer |

* The Glenn Miller Story
* Touch of Evil

17 | Nobuo Nakagawa | 79 | Japan | Director, Screenwriter |

* Jigoku
* Vampire Moth

18 | Luis Moglia Barth | 81 | Argentina | Director, Screenwriter |

* ¡Tango!
* Melodías porteñas

19 | Sunny Johnson | 30 | US | Actress |

* Flashdance
* The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

20 | Estelle Winwood | 101 | UK | Actress |

* Darby O'Gill and the Little People
* The Producers

22 | Joseph Losey | 75 | US | Director |

* The Servant
* Accident

24 | William Keighley | 94 | US | Director |

* The Man Who Came to Dinner
* Each Dawn I Die

26 | Carl Foreman | 69 | US | Screenwriter, Producer |

* High Noon
* The Guns of Navarone

30 | Lillian Hellman | 79 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Little Foxes
* Toys in the Attic

July | 2 | Lenore Coffee | 87 | US | Screenwriter |

* Young at Heart
* Cash McCall

7 | Flora Robson | 82 | UK | Actress |

* Fire Over England
* Saratoga Trunk

11 | Hugh Morton | 81 | UK | Actor |

* Man of the Moment
* Quatermass and the Pit

14 | Ernest Tidyman | 56 | US | Screenwriter |

* The French Connection
* Shaft

23 | Lloyd Gough | 76 | US | Actor |

* Sunset Boulevard
* Earthquake

23 | Anthony Sharp | 69 | UK | Actor |

* A Clockwork Orange
* Barry Lyndon

24 | Vincent Beck | 59 | US | Actor |

* ...And Justice for All
* Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

25 | Akihiko Hirata | 56 | Japan | Actor |

* Sanjuro
* Godzilla

26 | Roger H. Lewis | 66 | US | Producer |

* The Swimmer
* The Pawnbroker

27 | James Mason | 75 | UK | Actor |

* North by Northwest
* Lolita

29 | Woodrow Parfrey | 61 | US | Actor |

* Papillon
* Charley Varrick

August | 2 | Quirino Cristiani | 88 | Argentina | Director |

* El Apóstol
* Peludópolis

4 | Walter Burke | 75 | US | Actor |

* All the King's Men
* Support Your Local Sheriff!

4 | Mary Miles Minter | 82 | US | Actress |

* Anne of Green Gables
* Nurse Marjorie

5 | Richard Burton | 58 | UK | Actor |

* Who Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
* Becket

5 | Roland Kibbee | 70 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Crimson Pirate
* Valdez Is Coming

8 | Richard Deacon | 63 | US | Actor |

* The Young Philadelphians
* The Birds

14 | J. B. Priestley | 89 | UK | Screenwriter |

* Last Holiday
* The Old Dark House

19 | George Meeker | 80 | US | Actor |

* Apache Rose
* Silver Trails

25 | Truman Capote | 59 | US | Screenwriter, Actor |

* The Innocents
* Beat the Devil

25 | Henry Lynn | 89 | US | Director, Screenwriter |

* Shir Hashirim

29 | Pina Menichelli | 94 | Italy | Actress |

* Take Care of Amelia
* A Woman's Story

30 | Emil Newman | 73 | US | Composer |

* Sun Valley Serenade
* Hondo

September | 3 | Arthur Schwartz | 83 | US | Composer, Producer |

* The Band Wagon
* Night and Day

6 | E. J. André | 76 | US | Actor |

* The Ten Commandments
* Papillon

11 | William Sands | 61 | US | Film Editor |

* Funny Girl
* The Only Game in Town

14 | Janet Gaynor | 77 | US | Actress |

* A Star Is Born
* 7th Heaven

17 | Richard Basehart | 70 | US | Actor |

* Moby Dick
* La Strada

19 | June Preisser | 64 | US | Actress |

* Babes in Arms
* Sweater Girl

24 | Neil Hamilton | 85 | US | Actor |

* Laughing Sinners
* Batman

25 | Walter Pidgeon | 87 | Canada | Actor |

* Forbidden Planet
* How Green Was My Valley

October | 9 | Joan Young | 84 | UK | Actress |

* Suddenly, Last Summer
* The Fallen Idol

10 | Leonard Rossiter | 57 | UK | Actor |

* 2001: A Space Odyssey
* Barry Lyndon

11 | H. Bruce Humberstone | 82 | US | Director |

* I Wake Up Screaming
* Charlie Chan at the Olympics

16 | Peggy Ann Garner | 52 | US | Actress |

* A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
* Nob Hill

21 | François Truffaut | 52 | France | Director, Screenwriter, Actor |

* The 400 Blows
* Jules and Jim

23 | Oskar Werner | 61 | Austria | Actor |

* Fahrenheit 451
* Ship of Fools

24 | Walter Woolf King | 84 | US | Actor |

* A Night at the Opera
* Go West

24 | Edith Massey | 66 | US | Actress |

* Pink Flamingos
* Polyester

25 | Pascale Ogier | 25 | France | Actress |

* Full Moon in Paris
* Le Pont du Nord

30 | June Duprez | 66 | UK | Actress |

* The Four Feathers
* And Then There Were None

31 | Eduardo De Filippo | 84 | Italy | Actor, Screenwriter, Director |

* The Gold of Naples
* Everybody Go Home

November | 1 | Norman Krasna | 74 | US | Screenwriter, Director |

* Who Was That Lady?
* Sunday in New York

3 | Milo Anderson | 75 | US | Costume Designer |

* The Adventures of Robin Hood
* To Have and Have Not

7 | George Mathews | 73 | US | Actor |

* Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
* The Last Wagon

13 | Dorothy Arnold | 66 | US | Actress |

* The Phantom Creeps
* The House of Fear

20 | Peter Welch | 62 | UK | Actor |

* The Admirable Crichton
* The Secret Partner

December | 2 | Harry Sukman | 72 | US | Composer |

* Song Without End
* Fanny

7 | Jeanne Cagney | 65 | US | Actress |

* Yankee Doodle Dandy
* Quicksand

8 | Luther Adler | 81 | US | Actor |

* House of Strangers
* D.O.A.

11 | Robert E. Kent | 73 | US | Screenwriter |

* Rock Around the Clock
* The Fastest Guitar Alive

11 | George Waggner | 81 | US | Director |

* The Wolf Man
* Horror Island

13 | Margaret Livingston | 89 | US | Actress |

* The Lady Refuses
* What a Widow!

19 | Edward Carrere | 78 | Mexico | Art Director |

* Adventures of Don Juan
* Camelot

24 | Ian Hendry | 53 | UK | Actor |

* Repulsion
* Get Carter

24 | Peter Lawford | 61 | UK | Actor |

* Good News
* Ocean's 11

24 | Harry Waxman | 72 | UK | Cinematographer |

* The Wicker Man
* Swiss Family Robinson

28 | Sam Peckinpah | 59 | US | Director, Screenwriter |

* The Wild Bunch
* Straw Dogs

29 | Leo Robin | 84 | US | Songwriter |

* The Big Broadcast of 1938
* Small Town Girl

## Film debuts

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* Angélica Aragón \- The Evil That Men Do
* Marshall Bell \- Birdy
* Geoffrey Blake \- The Last Starfighter
* María Botto \- Berta's Motives
* Jesse Bradford \- Falling in Love
* Ralph Brown \- The Hit
* Simon Callow \- Amadeus
* Jennifer Connelly \- Once Upon a Time in America
* Jon Cryer \- No Small Affair
* Isaach de Bankolé \- Asphalt Warriors
* Johnny Depp \- A Nightmare on Elm Street
* Gabino Diego \- Bicycles Are for the Summer
* Tate Donovan \- No Small Affair
* Richard Edson \- Stranger Than Paradise
* Troy Evans \- Rhinestone
* Rupert Everett \- Another Country
* Sherilyn Fenn \- The Wild Life
* Colin Firth \- Another Country
* Courtney Gains \- Children of the Corn
* Sarah Michelle Gellar \- Over the Brooklyn Bridge
* Bobcat Goldthwait \- Massive Retaliation
* Gilbert Gottfried \- The House of God
* Heather Graham \- Mrs. Soffel
* Seth Green \- Billions for Boris
* Arye Gross \- Exterminator 2
* Corey Haim \- Firstborn
* Kadeem Hardison \- Beat Street
* Val Kilmer \- Top Secret!
* Andie MacDowell \- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
* Kyle MacLachlan \- Dune
* Tress MacNeille \- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
* Frances McDormand \- Blood Simple
* Olga Merediz \- The Brother from Another Planet
* Alyssa Milano \- Old Enough
* Connie Nielsen \- Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir
* Lou Diamond Phillips \- Interface
* Clifton Powell \- Alphabet City
* Aidan Quinn \- Reckless
* Tim Robbins \- Toy Soldiers
* Tim Roth \- The Hit
* Emmanuelle Seigner \- Year of the Jellyfish
* Craig Sheffer \- Voyage of the Rock Aliens
* Alexander Skarsgård \- Åke and His World
* Ice-T \- Breakin'
* Brian Thompson \- The Terminator
* Jennifer Tilly \- No Small Affair
* Marisa Tomei \- The Flamingo Kid
* Ken Watanabe \- MacArthur's Children
* Steven Weber – The Flamingo Kid
* Alicia Witt \- Dune
* Michelle Yeoh \- The Owl vs Bombo

## Notes

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1. ^ Disco Dancer: 60 million Soviet rubles in 1984,[16] 0.791 rubles per US dollar in 1984[17]
2. ^ 12.43 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1984[18]
3. ^ Disco Dancer in Soviet Union: US$75.9 million[n 1] (₹94.34 crore)[n 2] in 1984

## References

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1. ^ a b "'Ghostbusters' Tops Comedies". Variety. January 16, 1985. p. 16.
2. ^ "Nobody Climbed $100-Mil Mountain". Variety. January 1986.
3. ^ "1984 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
4. ^ Thomas, Bob (November 6, 1985). "The Karate Kid Returns". AP News. Associated Press. Retrieved 8 June 2020. "It is the film location for Columbia Pictures' "Karate Kid II," a sequel to Hollywood's biggest sleeper of 1984. "The Karate Kid" surprised almost everyone by amassing a domestic gross of $100 million. That's phenomenal for a modest film with no stars and a title that sounded like a combination of Bruce Lee and a kidflick."
5. ^ Siskel, Gene (15 June 1986). "Ralph Macchio's Baby Face Can't Mask Maturing Talent". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
6. ^ Hurlburt, Roger (20 June 1986). "'Karate Kid II' Kayos Legacy Of Predecessor". Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
7. ^ a b "'Gremlins' Hits In Int'l Marts". Daily Variety. February 15, 1985. p. 43\. "highest-grossing film ever by WB in Iberia, taking in $4,255,642
$1,505,985 in five weeks of release, making it the highest-grossing film [in Brazil] in 1984"
8. ^ "Bilan Annuel France - 1984". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
9. ^ "Hong Kong Film Archive". Hong Kong Film Archive. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
10. ^ "Box Office 1984". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
11. ^ "Bilan Annuel Italie - 1984". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
12. ^ "1984年（1月～12月）". Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
13. ^ "【ジャッキーチェン興行成績】 第10回：韓国での興行収入". KungFu Tube (in Japanese). 5 September 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
14. ^ "KOFIC 영화관 입장권 통합전산망". Korean Film Council (in Korean). September 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
15. ^ Park, Seung Hyun (2000). A Cultural Interpretation of Korean Cinema, 1988-1997. Indiana University. p. 119\. "Average Ticket Prices in Korea, 1974-1997 [...] * Source: Korea Cinema Yearbook (1997-1998) * Currency: won [...] Foreign [...] 1984 [...] 3,000"
16. ^ Bollywood returns to Russian screens [dead link], Russia Beyond the Headlines, September 2009
17. ^ Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls
18. ^ "Reserve Bank of India - Publications". Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
19. ^ Indian Films in Soviet Cinemas: The Culture of Movie-going After Stalin, page 211, Indiana University Press, 2005
20. ^ "Bilan Annuel Espagne - 1984". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
21. ^ "Beverly Hills Cop (1984)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
22. ^ "Bilan Annuel Allemagne - 1984". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
23. ^ "Tootsie". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
24. ^ "Ghostbusters". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
25. ^ "Beverly Hills Cop". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
26. ^ "Ghostbusters". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
27. ^ Meddy Mulisa (April 8, 2012). "Tanzania: Kanumba's Mother - My Son Was the Most Precious Gift". Tanzania Daily News. Retrieved December 6, 2021.

## External links

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* "Was 1984 the greatest year in movies ever?" Archived 2009-07-28 at the Wayback Machine by Chris Nashawaty - Entertainment Weekly online
* 1984 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
* Top 1984 Movies at the Domestic Box Office at The Numbers
* Top 1984 Movies at the International Box Office at The Numbers
* Top 1984 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office at The Numbers
* Top-US-Grossing Titles Released 1984-01-01 to 1984-12-31 at IMDb
* Most Popular Feature Films Released 1984-01-01 to 1984-12-31 at IMDb
* List of 1984 films at IMDb
* List of 1984 deaths at IMDb
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