1993 in film
See also: 1992 in film, other events of 1993, 1994 in film, list of 'years in film'.
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Events
- March 31 – Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow.
- April 12 – Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz.
- April 17 – The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs marries screenwriter Jay Roach in Los Angeles, California
- Actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge orders her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the movie Boxing Helena. As a result, Basinger loses the town that she purchased in 1989, Braselton, Georgia, to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp.
Top grossing films
- Jurassic Park
- Mrs. Doubtfire, starring Robin Williams
- The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford
- The Firm, starring Tom Cruise
- Sleepless in Seattle, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan
- Indecent Proposal, starring Demi Moore and Robert Redford
- In the Line of Fire
- The Pelican Brief
- Schindler's List
- Cliffhanger, starring Sylvester Stallone
Academy Awards
- Best Picture: Schindler's List – Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures.
- Best Director: Steven Spielberg – Schindler's List
- Best Actor: Tom Hanks – Philadelpha
- Best Actress: Holly Hunter – The Piano
Deaths
- January 20 – Audrey Hepburn, actress
- February 6 – Joseph Mankiewicz, director, producer, writer
- February 11 – Joy Garrett, actress
- February 27 – Lillian Gish, actress
- February 28 – Ruby Keeler, singer, actress
- March 17 – Helen Hayes, actress
- March 31 – Brandon Lee, actor, son of actor Bruce Lee
- June 9 – Alexis Smith, actress
- July 2 – Fred Gwynne, actor, "The Munsters" and numerous films
- July 9 – Will Rogers Jr., actor
- June 30 – George "Spanky" McFarland, actor
- August 16 – Stewart Granger, actor
- September 12 – Raymond Burr, actor
- October 10 – John Bindon, actor, bodyguard
- October 25 – Vincent Price, actor
- October 31 – Federico Fellini, Italian film director
- October 31 – River Phoenix, actor
- November 15 – Fritz Feld, actor
- December 4 – Frank Zappa, songwriter/performer
- December 6 – Don Ameche, actor
- December 14 – Myrna Loy, actress
- December 18 – Sam Wanamaker, director/actor, father of actress Zoe Wanamaker
Other movies released
- Beethoven's 2nd
- For a Lost Soldier, director Roeland Kerbosch, starring Jeroen Krabbe (adult Jeroen), Maarten Smit (young Jeroen), Andrew Kelley (Canadian soldier Walt)
- Grumpy Old Men
- Heaven and Earth
- The Nightmare Before Christmas, produced by Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick
- The Piano
- Philadelphia, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
- The Secret Garden
- Super Mario Bros.
- Three Colors: Blue – 1st of the Krzysztof Kieslowski trilogy, starring Juliette Binoche
- Three Colors: White – 2nd of the Krzysztof Kieslowski trilogy, starring Julie Delpy
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