1991 in film

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The year 1991 in film involved numerous significant events. Important films released this year included The Silence of the Lambs, Beauty and the Beast, Thelma & Louise, JFK and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

## Highest-grossing films

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See also: Lists of box office number-one films § 1991

The top 10 films released in 1991 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]

Highest-grossing films of 1991  Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross

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1  | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Tri-Star / Carolco | $520,881,154[2]
2  | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Warner Bros. | $390,493,908
3  | Beauty and the Beast | Buena Vista | $346,317,207[3]
4  | Hook | TriStar | $300,854,984
5  | The Silence of the Lambs | Orion | $272,742,922
6  | JFK | Warner Bros. | $205,405,498
7  | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | Paramount | $192,230,411[4]
8  | The Addams Family | Paramount / Orion | $191,502,426
9  | Cape Fear | Universal | $182,291,969
10  | Hot Shots! | 20th Century Fox | $181,096,164

## Events

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* February 14 – The Silence of the Lambs is released and becomes only the third film after It Happened One Night (1934) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) to win the top five categories at the Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Director (Jonathan Demme); Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins); Best Actress (Jodie Foster); and Best Adapted Screenplay (Ted Tally). It is also the first, and to date only, Best Picture winner widely considered to be a horror film.
* March 20 - Frank Mancuso Sr. leaves as the head of Paramount Pictures.
* July 1 - Brandon Tartikoff is appointed as chairman of Paramount Pictures.
* July 3 – Terminator 2: Judgment Day became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.
* August 7 - Sony Pictures Entertainment is formed, acquiring Columbia Pictures Industries. As a result of this new formation, Tri-Star Pictures drops the hyphen from its name and becomes TriStar Pictures, while RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video becomes Columbia-TriStar Home Video.
* October – Mark Canton replaces Frank Price as chairman of Columbia Pictures.
* November 22 – Walt Disney Pictures releases Beauty and the Beast, based on the original fairy tale and Jean Cocteau's 1946 film. The film became one of the most prestigious and greatest animated and romantic films in cinema history. It went on to become the first animated film ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

## Awards

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Academy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Barton Fink, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, United States

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Close to Eden (Urga), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, France / USSR

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

La Casa del sorriso (The House of Smiles), directed by Marco Ferreri, Italy
Category/Organization | 49th Golden Globe Awards
January 18, 1992 | 45th BAFTA Awards
February 21, 1992 | 64th Academy Awards
March 30, 1992

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Drama | Musical or Comedy
Best Film | Bugsy | Beauty and the Beast | The Commitments | The Silence of the Lambs
Best Director | Oliver Stone
JFK | Alan Parker
The Commitments | Jonathan Demme
The Silence of the Lambs
Best Actor | Nick Nolte
The Prince of Tides | Robin Williams
The Fisher King | Anthony Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs
Best Actress | Jodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs | Bette Midler
For the Boys | Jodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs
Best Supporting Actor | Jack Palance
City Slickers | Alan Rickman
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Jack Palance
City Slickers
Best Supporting Actress | Mercedes Ruehl
The Fisher King | Kate Nelligan
Frankie and Johnny | Mercedes Ruehl
The Fisher King
Best Screenplay, Adapted | Thelma & Louise
Callie Khouri | The Commitments
Dick Clement | The Silence of the Lambs
Ted Tally
Best Screenplay, Original | Truly, Madly, Deeply
Anthony Minghella | Thelma & Louise
Callie Khouri
Best Original Score | Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken | Cyrano de Bergerac
Jean-Claude Petit | Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken
Best Original Song | "Beauty and the Beast"
Beauty and the Beast |
| "Beauty and the Beast"
Beauty and the Beast
Best Foreign Language Film | Europa Europa
(Hitlerjunge Salomon) | Nasty Girls
| Mediterraneo

## 1991 films

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### By country/region

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* List of American films of 1991
* List of Argentine films of 1991
* List of Australian films of 1991
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1991
* List of British films of 1991
* List of Canadian films of 1991
* List of French films of 1991
* List of Hong Kong films of 1991
* List of Indian films of 1991
* List of Hindi films of 1991
* List of Kannada films of 1991
* List of Malayalam films of 1991
* List of Marathi films of 1991
* List of Tamil films of 1991
* List of Telugu films of 1991
* List of Japanese films of 1991
* List of Mexican films of 1991
* List of Pakistani films of 1991
* List of South Korean films of 1991
* List of Soviet films of 1991
* List of Spanish films of 1991

### By genre/medium

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* List of action films of 1991
* List of animated feature films of 1991
* List of avant-garde films of 1991
* List of crime films of 1991
* List of comedy films of 1991
* List of drama films of 1991
* List of horror films of 1991
* List of science fiction films of 1991
* List of thriller films of 1991
* List of western films of 1991

## Births

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* January 1 - Mark L. Young, American actor
* January 2 – Ben Hardy, English actor
* January 4 – Charles Melton, American actor and model
* January 7 - Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, American actress and singer
* January 9 - Laura-Leigh, American actress
* January 13
* Genevieve Gaunt, English actress
* Jennifer Paredes, American Actress
* January 15
* Ayeza Khan, Pakistani actress and model
* Lulu Popplewell, English comedian and actress
* January 17 – Willa Fitzgerald, American actress
* January 18 – Britt McKillip, Canadian actress, singer
* January 19 – Erin Sanders, American actress
* January 21
* Craig Roberts, Welsh actor and director
* Brittany Tiplady, Canadian actress
* January 24 - Pablo Pauly, French actor
* January 25
* Ariana DeBose, American actress, dancer and singer
* Rupert Simonian, British actor
* January 27 – Cristo Fernández, Mexican actor
* January 28 – Calum Worthy, Canadian actor, musician
* February 10 – Emma Roberts, American actress
* February 12 – Tanaya Beatty, Canadian actress
* February 17
* Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter
* Bonnie Wright, English actress
* Jeremy Allen White, American actor
* February 18 – Malese Jow, American actress
* February 21
* Joe Alwyn, English actor
* Rose Reynolds, British actress and singer
* February 24 - O'Shea Jackson Jr., American actor and rapper
* February 25 – Tony Oller, American singer, songwriter and actor
* February 26 - Lex Scott Davis, American actress
* February 28
* Sarah Bolger, Irish actress
* Rudy Mancuso, American internet personality, musician and actor
* March 2 – Jake Picking, German-born American actor
* March 5 – Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, English-Australian actress
* March 6 – Tyler, The Creator, American rapper
* March 7 – Daisy Head, English actress
* March 8 – Devon Werkheiser, American actor
* March 9 – Domo Genesis, American rapper
* March 12 - Lauren Holt, American actress, comedian and singer
* March 17 – Kristjan Lüüs, Estonian actor
* March 19 – Garrett Clayton, American actor
* March 22 - Dominique Fishback, American actress
* March 23 – Madelyn Deutch, American actress, director, musician and writer
* March 25 – Seychelle Gabriel, American actress
* March 28 – Amy Bruckner, American actress
* March 29
* Irene, South Korean singer, rapper and actress
* Samantha Win, Canadian actress
* March 31 – Elliot Barnes-Worrell, English actor
* April 4 – Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress
* April 7 - Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter and actress
* April 9 – Amber Lee Connors, American voice actress
* April 10
* AJ Michalka, American singer and actress
* Sergiusz Żymełka, Polish actor
* April 13 – Dylan Penn, American actress and model
* April 19 – Mehazabien Chowdhury, Bangladeshi actress and model
* April 21 – Frank Dillane, English actor
* April 22 – Leonie Benesch, German actor
* May 6 – Shamier Anderson, Canadian actor
* May 17 – Daniel Curtis Lee, American actor, comedian and rapper
* May 21 – Sarah Ramos, American actress
* June 1 – Zazie Beetz, American actress
* June 7 – Emily Ratajkowski, English-born American actress and model
* June 11 – Kärt Tammjärv, Estonian actress
* June 15 – Lindsay Seidel, American voice actress
* June 18 – Willa Holland, American actress
* June 20 - Ruby Modine, American actress and singer
* June 24 – Dexter Darden, American actor
* June 26 – Will Attenborough, British actor
* June 28 - Daniel Zovatto, Costa Rican-American actor
* June 29
* Tajja Isen, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
* Addison Timlin, American actress
* July 5 – Jason Dolley, American actor
* July 6 – Victoire Thivisol, French actress
* July 7 – Eve Hewson, Irish actress
* July 8
* Thuso Mbedu, South African actress
* Luke Pensabene, American actor and film producer
* July 9 – Mitchel Musso, American actor
* July 11 – Kentaro Sakaguchi, actor and model
* July 12 – Erik Per Sullivan, American actor
* July 16 – Alexandra Shipp, American actress
* July 29 – Jahmil French, Canadian actor (died 2021)
* August 4 - Lucinda Dryzek, English actress
* August 12 – Lakeith Stanfield, American actor
* August 13 - Nikita Hopkins, American screenwriter, visual artist and former child voice actor
* August 16 – Evanna Lynch, Irish actress
* August 17 – Austin Butler, American actor
* August 22 – Naomi Ackie, English actress
* August 23 - Jake Manley, Canadian actor
* August 26 – Dylan O'Brien, American actor
* August 27 – Young Mazino, American actor
* August 28 – Kyle Massey, American actor
* September 4 - Carter Jenkins, American actor
* September 5 – Skandar Keynes, English actor
* September 9
* Yang Yang, Chinese actor
* Kelsey Chow, American actress
* September 17 – Mena Massoud, Egyptian-born Canadian actor and singer
* September 19 – Tyler Neitzel, American actor
* September 20 – Spencer Locke, American actress
* September 25 – Alix Bénézech, French actress
* September 27 – Thomas Mann, American actress
* October 3 - Derek Klena, American actor and singer
* October 5 – Xiao Zhan, Chinese actor
* October 6 – Roshon Fegan, American actor, dancer, and rapper
* October 15 - Charlotte Hope, English actress
* October 18
* Tyler Posey, American actor and musician
* Toby Regbo, English actor
* October 19 – Samantha Robinson, American actress
* October 23 – Sophie Oda, American actress
* October 25 – Lorina Kamburova, Bulgarian actress (d. 2021)
* October 27 – Bryan Craig, American actor
* October 28 – Mart Müürisepp, Estonian actor
* October 31 – Jordan-Claire Green, American actress
* November 1 – Anthony Ramos, American actor and singer-songwriter
* November 4
* Tanya Reynolds, English actress
* Bee Vang, American actor
* November 8 – Riker Lynch, American actor, singer, musician
* November 10 - Genevieve Buechner, Canadian actress
* November 11
* Christa B. Allen, American actress
* Travis Tope, American actor
* November 13
* Matt Bennett, American actor
* Devon Bostick, Canadian actor
* November 15 – Shailene Woodley, American actress
* December 10 - KiKi Layne, American actress
* December 12 – Jaime Lorente, Spanish actor
* December 15
* Eunice Cho, American actress
* Alana Haim, American musician and actress
* December 17 - Daniel Tay, American former actor
* December 19 – Keiynan Lonsdale, Australian actor, dancer and singer-songwriter
* December 20
* Jillian Rose Reed, American actress
* Colin Woodell, American actor
* December 24 – Sofia Black-D'Elia, American actress
* December 27 - Chloe Bridges, American actress

## Deaths

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

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January | 2 | Pato Guzman | 57 | US | Production Designer |

* The In-Laws
* Down and Out in Beverly Hills

4 | Richard Maibaum | 81 | US | Screenwriter |

* James Bond
* Ransom!

12 | Keye Luke | 86 | China | Actor |

* Gremlins
* The Green Hornet

14 | David Arkin | 49 | US | Actor |

* All the President's Men
* MASH

19 | Don Beddoe | 87 | US | Actor |

* The Best Years of Our Lives
* The Night of the Hunter

19 | Jo Eisinger | 81 | US | Screenwriter |

* Gilda
* Night and the City

19 | John Russell | 70 | US | Actor |

* Pale Rider
* Rio Bravo

25 | Lilian Bond | 83 | UK | Actress |

* The Old Dark House
* The Westerner

30 | John McIntire | 83 | US | Actor |

* Psycho
* The Asphalt Jungle

February | 1 | Carol Dempster | 89 | US | Actress |

* Sally of the Sawdust
* Dream Street

1 | James MacDonald | 84 | UK | Sound Engineer, Voice Actor |

* Alice in Wonderland
* Cinderella

2 | Natalie Kingston | 85 | US | Actress |

* Tarzan the Tiger
* River of Romance

3 | Nancy Kulp | 69 | US | Actress |

* Shane
* Sabrina

5 | Dean Jagger | 87 | US | Actor |

* White Christmas
* Elmer Gantry

6 | Danny Thomas | 77 | US | Actor |

* The Jazz Singer
* I'll See You in My Dreams

12 | Ruth Morley | 65 | Austria | Costume Designer |

* Annie Hall
* Taxi Driver

19 | Peggy Mondo | 63 | US | Actress |

* The Music Man
* Fatso

24 | George Gobel | 71 | US | Actor |

* I Married a Woman
* The Birds and the Bees

24 | Jean Rogers | 74 | US | Actress |

* Flash Gordon
* Backlash

25 | John Dunning | 74 | US | Film Editor |

* Ben-Hur
* Julius Caesar

26 | Bernard W. Burton | 92 | US | Film Editor |

* The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
* One Hundred Men and a Girl

26 | Slim Gaillard | 75 | US | Singer, Actor |

* Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
* Sky Bandits

March | 3 | Vance Colvig | 72 | US | Actor |

* UHF
* Barfly

5 | Ian McLellan Hunter | 71 | UK | Screenwriter |

* Roman Holiday
* Second Chorus

6 | Salvo Randone | 84 | Italy | Actor |

* Fellini Satyricon
* Hands Over the City

7 | Morton S. Fine | 74 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Pawnbroker
* The Greek Tycoon

14 | Howard Ashman | 40 | US | Lyricist |

* The Little Mermaid
* Beauty and the Beast

15 | George Sherman | 78 | US | Director |

* Big Jake
* Larceny

18 | Vilma Bánky | 90 | Hungary | Actress |

* The Winning of Barbara Worth
* Two Lovers

18 | Narda Onyx | 59 | Estonia | Actress |

* Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
* Hitler

22 | Gloria Holden | 82 | UK | Actress |

* The Life of Emile Zola
* Dracula's Daughter

22 | R. L. Ryan | 44 | US | Actor |

* Mannequin
* The Toxic Avenger

23 | Mona Maris | 87 | Argentina | Actress |

* Romance of the Rio Grande
* The Falcon in Mexico

27 | Aldo Ray | 64 | US | Actor |

* We're No Angels
* Battle Cry

28 | Carlos Montalbán | 87 | Mexico | Actor |

* Bananas
* The Out-of-Towners

April | 3 | Graham Greene | 86 | UK | Screenwriter |

* The Third Man
* Our Man in Havana

9 | Maurice Binder | 72 | UK | Title Designer |

* James Bond
* The Last Emperor

10 | Kevin Peter Hall | 35 | US | Actor |

* Predator
* Harry and the Hendersons

10 | Natalie Schafer | 90 | US | Actress |

* Anastasia
* The Snake Pit

12 | Tom Rosqui | 62 | US | Actor |

* The Godfather Part II
* The Thomas Crown Affair

16 | David Lean | 83 | UK | Director |

* Lawrence of Arabia
* Doctor Zhivago

20 | Don Siegel | 78 | US | Director |

* Dirty Harry
* The Shootist

23 | William Dozier | 83 | US | Producer |

* Batman
* American Gigolo

26 | Carmine Coppola | 80 | US | Composer |

* Apocalypse Now
* The Godfather Part III

26 | A. B. Guthrie Jr. | 90 | US | Screenwriter |

* Shane
* The Kentuckian

28 | Ken Curtis | 74 | US | Actor |

* The Searchers
* The Alamo

May | 1 | Richard Thorpe | 95 | US | Director |

* Jailhouse Rock
* Ivanhoe

2 | Jerzy Kosiński | 57 | Poland | Screenwriter, Actor |

* Being There
* Reds

5 | Laura Kerr | 88 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Farmer's Daughter
* Grounds for Marriage

6 | Wilfrid Hyde-White | 87 | UK | Actor |

* My Fair Lady
* The Third Man

8 | Ronnie Brody | 72 | UK | Actor |

* Superman III
* A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

11 | Dino Diluca | 88 | Italy | Actor |

* The Cardinal
* La Cieca di Sorrento

15 | Ronald Lacey | 55 | UK | Actor |

* Raiders of the Lost Ark
* Flesh & Blood

18 | Edwina Booth | 86 | US | Actress |

* The Midnight Patrol
* The Vanishing Legion

18 | Muriel Box | 85 | UK | Director, Screenwriter |

* The Truth About Women
* The Seventh Veil

23 | Fletcher Markle | 70 | Canada | Director |

* The Man with a Cloak
* Jigsaw

26 | Eugène Lourié | 88 | Ukraine | Art Director, Production Designer |

* Limelight
* Bronco Billy

29 | Coral Browne | 77 | Australia | Actress |

* Auntie Mame
* The Killing of Sister George

31 | Manolo Gómez Bur | 74 | Spain | Actor |

* Amor a la española
* Una chica casi decente

June | 3 | Eva Le Gallienne | 92 | UK | Actress |

* Resurrection
* The Devil's Disciple

8 | Heidi Bruhl | 49 | Germany | Actress |

* Captain Sindbad
* The Eiger Sanction

12 | Peggy Ashcroft | 83 | UK | Actress |

* A Passage to India
* When the Wind Blows

12 | Bernard Miles | 83 | UK | Actor |

* The Man Who Knew Too Much
* Great Expectations

15 | Barry Kelley | 82 | US | Actor |

* The Asphalt Jungle
* The Manchurian Candidate

16 | Joan Caulfield | 69 | US | Actress |

* The Unsuspected
* Blue Skies

18 | Ronald Allen | 60 | UK | Actor |

* A Night to Remember
* Circle of Deception

19 | Jean Arthur | 90 | US | Actress |

* Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
* Shane

23 | Lea Padovani | 70 | Italy | Actress |

* Three Steps North
* The Intruder

26 | Jack Marta | 88 | US | Cinematographer |

* Cat Ballou
* Walking Tall

27 | Milton Subotsky | 69 | US | Producer, Screenwriter |

* Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
* Tales from the Crypt

30 | John B. Goodman | 89 | US | Art Director |

* Hang 'Em High
* Shadow of a Doubt

July | 1 | Michael Landon | 54 | US | Actor |

* I Was a Teenage Werewolf
* The Legend of Tom Dooley

2 | Don Houghton | 61 | France | Screenwriter |

* Dracula A.D. 1972
* The Satanic Rites of Dracula

2 | Lee Remick | 55 | US | Actress |

* Days of Wine and Roses
* Anatomy of a Murder

5 | Mildred Dunnock | 90 | US | Actress |

* The Story on Page One
* BUtterfield 8

8 | James Franciscus | 57 | US | Actor |

* Beneath the Planet of the Apes
* Marooned

11 | Atang de la Rama | 89 | Philippines | Actress, Singer |

* Dalagang Bukid
* Walang Sugat

15 | Bert Convy | 57 | US | Actor |

* Semi-Tough
* Weekend Warriors

21 | Theodore Wilson | 47 | US | Actor |

* The River Niger
* The Hunter

August | 1 | Helen Page Camp | 60 | US | Actress |

* Cold Turkey
* Telefon

4 | Don DaGradi | 80 | US | Screenwriter |

* Mary Poppins
* The Love Bug

16 | Bruno Nicolai | 65 | Italy | Composer |

* Caligula
* The Mercenary

16 | Luigi Zampa | 86 | Italy | Director |

* The Traffic Policeman
* Difficult Years

17 | Don Dubbins | 65 | US | Actor |

* Tribute to a Bad Man
* From the Earth to the Moon

18 | David Gale | 54 | UK | Actor |

* Re-Animator
* The First Power

21 | Richard Wilson | 75 | US | Director |

* Invitation to a Gunfighter
* Al Capone

22 | Colleen Dewhurst | 67 | Canada | Actress |

* The Nun's Story
* The Last Run

25 | Niven Busch | 88 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Postman Always Rings Twice
* Distant Drums

26 | Alan Barrett | 52-53 | UK | Costume Designer |

* The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
* Far from the Madding Crowd

28 | Alekos Sakellarios | 77 | Greece | Director, Screenwriter |

* Thanassakis o politevomenos
* Woe to the Young

29 | Dallas Adams | 44 | UK | Actor |

* The Abominable Dr. Phibes
* King Ralph

29 | Dixie Dunbar | 72 | US | Actress |

* Educating Father
* Sing and Be Happy

30 | Alan Wheatley | 84 | UK | Actor |

* Brighton Rock
* The Rake's Progress

September | 3 | Jean Bourgoin | 78 | France | Cinematographer |

* The Longest Day
* Mon Oncle

3 | Frank Capra | 94 | US | Director |

* It Happened One Night
* It's a Wonderful Life

4 | Tom Tryon | 65 | US | Actor |

* The Cardinal
* In Harm's Way

7 | Ben Piazza | 58 | US | Actor |

* The Bad News Bears
* The Hanging Tree

8 | Brad Davis | 41 | US | Actor |

* Midnight Express
* Chariots of Fire

8 | Alex North | 80 | US | Composer |

* Viva Zapata!
* Spartacus

13 | Joe Pasternak | 89 | Romania | Producer |

* The Great Caruso
* The Courtship of Eddie's Father

14 | Julie Bovasso | 61 | US | Actress |

* Saturday Night Fever
* Moonstruck

15 | John Hoyt | 85 | US | Actor |

* Blackboard Jungle
* When Worlds Collide

16 | Carol White | 48 | UK | Actress |

* Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
* Something Big

21 | Angelo Rossitto | 83 | US | Actor |

* Freaks
* Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

23 | Chuck Vincent | 51 | US | Director, Producer, Screenwriter |

* Preppies
* Hollywood Hot Tubs

24 | Mary Lawrence | 73 | US | Actress |

* County Fair
* The Stratton Story

25 | Ralph Jester | 90 | US | Costume Designer |

* The Ten Commandments
* The Buccaneer

25 | Viviane Romance | 79 | France | Actress |

* Liliom
* La Bandera

27 | Floyd Huddleston | 79 | US | Songwriter |

* The Aristocats
* Robin Hood

October | 6 | Phil Feldman | 69 | US | Producer |

* The Wild Bunch
* Blue Thunder

9 | Thalmus Rasulala | 51 | US | Actor |

* Cool Breeze
* Mr. Ricco

11 | Redd Foxx | 68 | US | Actor, Comedian |

* Cotton Comes to Harlem
* Harlem Nights

12 | Sheila Florance | 75 | Australia | Actress |

* Mad Max
* A Woman's Tale

12 | Diana Gibson | 76 | US | Actress |

* Adventure's End
* Behind the Headlines

12 | Aline MacMahon | 92 | US | Actress |

* The Man from Laramie
* Diamond Head

12 | Regis Toomey | 93 | US | Actor |

* His Girl Friday
* Meet John Doe

13 | Donald Houston | 67 | UK | Actor |

* The Blue Lagoon
* Where Eagles Dare

14 | Gene Roddenberry | 70 | US | Producer |

* Star Trek: The Motion Picture
* Pretty Maids All in a Row

15 | Han Ying-chieh | 64 | China | Actor |

* The Big Boss
* Come Drink with Me

16 | Arthur Arling | 85 | US | Cinematographer |

* Pillow Talk
* The Yearling

17 | J. G. Devlin | 84 | Ireland | Actor |

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

22 | Judy Kelly | 77 | Australia | Actress |

* Dead of Night
* Premiere

25 | Khigh Dhiegh | 81 | USA | Actor |

* The Manchurian Candidate
* Seconds

25 | John Stratton | 65 | UK | Actor |

* The Cruel Sea
* Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

26 | Joe Lapis | 92 | Hungary | Sound Engineer |

* The Wolf Man
* Spartacus

28 | Sylvia Fine | 78 | US | Lyricist, Composer, Producer |

* The Court Jester
* The Five Pennies

29 | John DeCuir | 73 | US | Art Director, Production Designer |

* Cleopatra
* Ghostbusters

November | 2 | Irwin Allen | 75 | US | Producer, Director, Screenwriter |

* The Poseidon Adventure
* The Towering Inferno

5 | Fred MacMurray | 83 | US | Actor |

* Double Indemnity
* The Caine Mutiny

6 | Gene Tierney | 70 | US | Actress |

* Leave Her to Heaven
* Laura

10 | Tutte Lemkow | 73 | Norway | Actor, Choreographer |

* Fiddler on the Roof
* Raiders of the Lost Ark

11 | Morton Stevens | 62 | US | Composer |

* Wild and Wonderful
* Hardly Working

12 | Diane Brewster | 60 | US | Actress |

* Torpedo Run
* The Young Philadelphians

12 | Gabriele Tinti | 59 | Italy | Actor |

* Son of Django
* Emanuelle in America

13 | Yves Montand | 70 | France | Actor, Singer |

* The Wages of Fear
* On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

14 | Tony Richardson | 63 | UK | Director |

* Tom Jones
* Hamlet

19 | Reggie Nalder | 84 | Austria | Actor |

* The Man Who Knew Too Much
* Mark of the Devil

20 | Daniel Mann | 89 | US | Director |

* Come Back, Little Sheba
* The Rose Tattoo

21 | Robert Kaufman | 60 | US | Screenwriter |

* Divorce American Style
* Love at First Bite

22 | Tadashi Imai | 79 | Japan | Director |

* Jun'ai Monogatari
* Bushido, Samurai Saga

23 | Klaus Kinski | 65 | Germany | Actor |

* Aguirre, the Wrath of God
* Nosferatu the Vampyre

24 | Anton Furst | 47 | UK | Production Designer |

* Full Metal Jacket
* Batman

24 | Freddie Mercury | 45 | UK | Singer, Songwriter |

* Flash Gordon
* Highlander

25 | Eleanor Audley | 86 | US | Actress |

* Cinderella
* Sleeping Beauty

27 | Ralph Bellamy | 87 | US | Actor |

* His Girl Friday
* Trading Places

27 | George Edwards | 67 | US | Producer |

* Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
* Harper Valley PTA

28 | Mel Dinelli | 79 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Spiral Staircase
* Beware, My Lovely

December | 7 | Herb Jaffe | 70 | US | Producer |

* The Wind and the Lion
* Fright Night

11 | Robert Q. Lewis | 70 | US | Actor |

* Ski Party
* An Affair to Remember

11 | Pat Walshe | 91 | US | Actor | The Wizard of Oz
12 | Eleanor Boardman | 93 | US | Actress |

* Vanity Fair
* Souls for Sale

13 | Judy Moorcroft | 58 | UK | Costume Designer |

* The Europeans
* A Passage to India

19 | Ernest K. Gann | 81 | US | Screenwriter |

* The High and the Mighty
* Soldier of Fortune

19 | Paul Maxwell | 70 | Canada | Actor |

* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
* Aliens

23 | Gene Milford | 89 | US | Film Editor |

* On the Waterfront
* Lost Horizon

18 | Jacques Aubuchon | 67 | US | Actor |

* Thunder Road
* The Silver Chalice

25 | Curt Bois | 90 | Germany | Actor |

* Casablanca
* Wings of Desire

28 | Cassandra Harris | 43 | Australia | Actress |

* For Your Eyes Only
* Rough Cut

## Film debuts

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* Bruce Altman – Regarding Henry
* Tom Arnold – Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
* Monica Bellucci – La Riffa
* Halle Berry – Jungle Fever
* Jason Biggs – The Boy Who Cried Bitch
* W. Earl Brown – Backdraft
* Steve Carell – Curly Sue
* James Caviezel – My Own Private Idaho
* Morris Chestnut – Boyz n the Hood
* Clifton Collins Jr. – Grand Canyon
* Ice Cube – Boyz n the Hood
* Leonardo DiCaprio – Critters 3
* Wayne Duvall – Final Approach
* Christopher Eccleston – Let Him Have It
* Brendan Fraser – Dogfight
* Edward Furlong – Terminator 2: Judgment Day
* Janeane Garofalo – Late for Dinner
* Paul Giamatti – Past Midnight
* Eddie Griffin – Dice Rules
* Jake Gyllenhaal – City Slickers
* Philip Seymour Hoffman – Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole
* Joshua Jackson – Crooked Hearts
* Keegan-Michael Key – Lunatics: A Love Story
* Daniel Dae Kim – American Shaolin
* Regina King – Boyz n the Hood
* Queen Latifah – Jungle Fever
* Denis Leary – Strictly Business
* Téa Leoni – Switch
* Matthew Lillard – Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College
* Donal Logue – Robotrix
* Jason London – The Man in the Moon
* Leslie Mann – Virgin High
* Breckin Meyer – Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
* Jeffrey Dean Morgan – Uncaged
* Elisabeth Moss – Suburban Commando
* Kathy Najimy – The Hard Way
* Thandiwe Newton – Flirting
* Sophie Okonedo – Young Soul Rebels
* Gwyneth Paltrow – Shout
* Teri Polo – Born to Ride
* John Prosky – Late for Dinner
* Richard Roxburgh – Dead to the World
* Til Schweiger – Manta, Manta
* David Schwimmer – Flight of the Intruder
* Rufus Sewell – Twenty-One
* Marley Shelton – Grand Canyon
* Jeremy Sisto – Grand Canyon
* Jon Tenney – Guilty by Suspicion
* Maura Tierney – Dead Women in Lingerie
* Vince Vaughn – For the Boys
* Daniel von Bargen – The Silence of the Lambs
* Kari Wahlgren – Mobile Suit Gundam F91
* Isaiah Washington – The Color of Love
* Reese Witherspoon – The Man in the Moon

## References

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1. ^ "1991 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
2. ^ "Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 26, 2017. "$519,843,345"
3. ^ Beauty and the Beast box-office
* Total prior to 2012 reissue: "Beauty and the Beast (1991)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. "$377,350,553"
* 2002 IMAX release: "Beauty and the Beast (IMAX)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 25, 2017. "Domestic Total Gross: $25,487,190; Foreign: $5,546,156"
4. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 15, 2002). "Top 50 worldwide grossers". Variety. p. 52, Paramount at 90 supplement.

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