What You Need to Know about 1993 as a Movie Year
Notable Pictures (A to Z)
Addams Family Values
Age of Innocence, The
Another
Army of Darkness
Baraka
Bronx Tale, A
Carlito’s Way
Cliffhanger
Cool Runnings
10. Dave
Dazed and Confused
Dead Alive
Demolition Men
Falling Down
Fire Sky
Firm, The
Fortress
Fugitive, The
Good Son
20. Groundhog Day
Grumpy Old Men
Hard Boil
Hearts and Souls
In the Line of Fire
In the Name of the Father
Judgment Night
Jurassic Park
Kalifornia
King of the Hill
30. Manufacturing Consent
Malice
Matinee
Menace II Society
Mrs. Doubtfire
Nightmare on Xmas
Pelican Brief, The
Perfect World, A
Piano, The
Program
40. Rudy
Sandlot, The
Schindler’s List
Short Cuts
Sleepless in Seattle
This Boy’s Life
True Romance
War Room, The (documentary)
48. What’s Eating Grave
Top Grossing Films
Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross
1 Jurassic Park, Universal $914,691,120
2 Mrs. Doubtfire, 20th Century Fox $441,286,195
3 The Fugitive, Warner Bros. $368,875,760
4 Schindler’s List, Universal $321,306,305
5 The Firm, Paramount $270,248,367
6 Indecent Proposal, $266,614,059
7 Cliffhanger, TriStar/Carolco $255,000,211
8 Sleepless in Seattle, TriStar $227,799,884
9 Philadelphia, $206,678,440
10 The Pelican Brief, Warner Bros. $195,268,056
Awards
Oscars Awards telecast, March 21, 1994
Best Film: Schindler’s List
Best Director: Steven Spielberg, Schindler’s List
Best Actor Tom Hanks, Philadelphia
Best Actress Holly Hunter, The Piano
Best Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Paquin, The Piano
Best Screenplay, Adapted Steven Zaillian, Schindler’s List S
Best Screenplay, Original Jane Campion, The Piano
Best Original Score: Schindler’s List, John Williams
Best Original Song “Streets of Philadelphia”
Best Foreign Language Film: Belle Epoque
Events
March 31: Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow.
May 27 – actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after California judge orders her to pay $8.9 million for refusing to honor verbal contract to star in Boxing Helena. Basinger loses the town she purchased in 1989, Braselton, Georgia, to deal partner, pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech.
May 28 – Produced by Hollywood Pictures, Super Mario Bros. marks the first video game film released, starring Bob Hoskins as Mario and John Leguizamo as Luigi. The film grossed only $20.9 million domestically and receive negative reviews.
June 11 – The film version of Michael Crichton’s novel Jurassic Park, a dinosaur epic with special effects, directed by Spielberg, breaks box-office records with $50 million opening weekend, going on to become highest-grossing film worldwide with over $900 million.
June 18:
Schwarzenegger’s career falters with the commercial disappointment of Last Action Hero; Columbia new logo making its debut in that film.
Hocus Pocus is released by Disney Pictures with mixed reviews from critics and initially a box-office bomb; the film would be rediscovered by viewers via frequent TV airings and home video sales during Halloween season; now cult classic.
October 31 – actor River Phoenix accidentally dies of overdose during filming of Dark Blood. The film was later completed and released in 2012.
December 15 – Schindler’s List, directed by Spielberg, is released, winning 7 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.
December 22 – Turner acquired Castle Rock Entertainment.
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