1983 in film

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

Events

• February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York City.
• May 25 - Return of the Jedi, the final installment in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the highest-grossing film of the year.
• 1983 was a landmark year in film. More films have gotten an R-rating than any other year thus far.
• Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman makes her film debut.
• Brainstorm, the final film of screen star Natalie Wood, is released, 2 years after her death.
• October - Frank Price resigns as president of Columbia Pictures and is replaced by Guy McElwaine.

  Awards

Notable films released in 1983

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• 10 to Midnight, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson

  A

• À Nos Amours, directed by Maurice Pialat, starring Sandrine Bonnaire -
• Adi Shankaracharya, starring Sarvadaman Banerjee, the first film to be made in Sanskrit -
• All the Right Moves, starring Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn
• Americana, directed by and starring David Carradine
• Among Grey Stones -
• And the Ship Sails On, directed by Federico Fellini -
• Another Time, Another Place, starring Phyllis Logan -
• Ardh Satya, directed by Govind Nihalani, starring Om Puri -
• Ascendancy, starring Julie Covington and Ian Charleson, winner of Golden Bear award -
• Austeria a.k.a. The Inn - Poland
• Avtaar, directed by Mohan Kumar, starring Rajesh Khanna -

  B

• BMX Bandits, starring Nicole Kidman -
• Baby It's You, directed by John Sayles, starring Rosanna Arquette and Vincent Spano
• Bad Boys, starring Sean Penn, Esai Morales, Ally Sheedy, Clancy Brown
• Le Bal, directed by Ettore Scola -
• Balkan Express -
• The Ballad of Narayama, directed by Shohei Imamura - - Palme d'Or award
• Barefoot Gen -
• Beauty and the Beast -
• La Bestia y la Espada Magica -
• Betaab, starring Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh -
• Betrayal, starring Jeremy Irons and Ben Kingsley -
• Better Late Than Never, starring David Niven and Art Carney
• The Big Chill, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams
• , a stand-up comedy performance
• The Black Stallion Returns, starring Kelly Reno and Teri Garr
• Bloodbath at the House of Death, starring Kenny Everett -
• Blue Thunder, directed by John Badham, starring Roy Scheider, Daniel Stern, Malcolm McDowell, Candy Clark, Warren Oates
• Born in Flames, a documentary film by Lizzie Borden
• The Boys from Fengkuei -
• Brainstorm, starring Christopher Walken, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson and, in her final film, Natalie Wood
• Breathless, directed by Jim McBride, starring Richard Gere and Valerie Kaprisky
• Bush Christmas, debut of Nicole Kidman -

  C

• Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?, starring Karen Black
• Careful, He Might Hear You -
• Carmen, directed by Carlos Saura -
• Champions, starring John Hurt -
• Christine, directed by John Carpenter, starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton, Kelly Preston
• A Christmas Story, directed by Bob Clark, starring Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon
• Circle of Power, starring Yvette Mimieux and Cindy Pickett
• City of Pirates -
• Class, starring Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Jacqueline Bisset, Cliff Robertson
• Les Compères, starring Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard -
• Confidentially Yours, directed by François Truffaut, starring Fanny Ardant and Jean-Louis Trintignant -
• Cracking Up, directed by and starring Jerry Lewis
• The Crimson Permanent Assurance, a Monty Python's short film directed by Terry Gilliam -
• Cross Creek, starring Mary Steenburgen, Peter Coyote, Rip Torn, Alfre Woodard
• Curse of the Pink Panther, directed by Blake Edwards -
• Cujo, starring Dee Wallace and Danny Pintauro

  D

• D.C. Cab, starring Adam Baldwin, Mr. T, Gary Busey
• Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
• Daniel, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse, Ellen Barkin
• Danton, directed by Andrzej Wajda, starring Gérard Depardieu -
• Dark Habits, directed by Pedro Almodóvar -
• The Day After, starring Jason Robards, Steve Guttenberg, JoBeth Williams, John Lithgow
• The Dead Zone, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Herbert Lom, Tom Skerritt, Martin Sheen
• Deadly Run, starring Michel Serrault and Isabelle Adjani -
• Deal of the Century, directed by William Friedkin, starring Chevy Chase, Gregory Hines, Sigourney Weaver
• The Death of Mario Ricci, starring Gian Maria Volonté -
• Le Dernier Combat, directed by Luc Besson -
• Doctor Detroit, starring Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Donna Dixon, Fran Drescher, Lynn Whitfield
• The Dragon That Wasn't -
• The Dresser, directed by Peter Yates, starring Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay -
• Duvar -

  E

• Easy Money, starring Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jennifer Jason Leigh
• Eddie and the Cruisers, starring Michael Paré and Tom Berenger
• Eddie Macon's Run, starring Kirk Douglas and John Schneider
• Educating Rita, directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters -
• El Norte, directed by Gregory Nava -
• El Sur -
• Entre Nous, starring Miou-Miou and Isabelle Huppert -
• Eréndira, starring Irene Papas -
• Eureka, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Theresa Russell, Mickey Rourke, Joe Pesci
• Exposed, directed by James Toback, starring Nastassja Kinski, Rudolf Nureyev, Harvey Keitel

  F

• The Family Game, directed by Yoshimitsu Morita -
• Ferestadeh -
• Flashdance, directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri
• Flesh of Your Flesh -
• Forbidden Relations -
• The Fourth Man, directed by Paul Verhoeven -
• Funny Dirty Little War -

  G

• Gabriela, Cravo e Canela, starring Sônia Braga and Marcello Mastroianni -
• Get Crazy, starring Malcolm McDowell
• Gorky Park, starring William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Joanna Pacuła, Ian Bannen, Brian Dennehy
• Growing Up -
• Gunman -

  H

• Heart Like a Wheel, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Bonnie Bedelia and Beau Bridges
• Heat and Dust, directed by James Ivory, starring Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor -
• High Road to China, starring Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong
• The Honorary Consul, starring Michael Caine and Richard Gere -
• The Hunger, directed by Tony Scott, starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon -

  I-J

• The Illusionist -
• In the White City, directed by Alain Tanner, starring Bruno Ganz -
• Independence Day, starring Kathleen Quinlan, David Keith, Cliff DeYoung, Frances Sternhagen, Dianne Wiest
• Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, starring Naseeruddin Shah -
• Jaws 3-D, starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Louis Gossett Jr.
• Un jeu brutal -

  K

• The Keep, directed by Michael Mann, starring Scott Glenn, Jurgen Prochnow, Alberta Watson, Ian McKellen, Gabriel Byrne, Robert Prosky
• King for a Day -
• The King of Comedy, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis
• Krull, directed by Peter Yates, starring Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Francesca Annis, Liam Neeson -

  L

• L'Argent, directed by Robert Bresson -
• Last Year's Snow Was Falling -
• Lianna, directed by John Sayles, starring Linda Griffiths
• Liquid Sky, starring Anne Carlisle
• Local Hero, directed by Bill Forsyth, starring Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster -
• Lone Wolf McQuade, starring Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera
• The Lords of Discipline, starring David Keith and Mark Breland
• Losin' It, starring Tom Cruise and Shelley Long
• Lovesick, starring Dudley Moore, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Guinness

  M

• The Makioka Sisters, directed by Kon Ichikawa -
• The Man in the Silk Hat, a documentary about Max Linder -
• Man of Flowers, starring Norman Kaye -
• The Man Who Loved Women, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Burt Reynolds, Julie Andrews, Marilu Henner, Kim Basinger
• The Man with Two Brains, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner
• Mandi, directed by Shyam Benegal -
• Moon in the Gutter, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, starring Gérard Depardieu and Nastassja Kinski
• Masoom, starring Naseeruddin Shah -
• Max Dugan Returns, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Marsha Mason, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Broderick
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, directed by Nagisa Oshima, starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano -
• Mickey's Christmas Carol, a featurette which brings Mickey Mouse back to cinemas for first time since 1953
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, directed by Terry Jones, starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Michael Palin and Jones -
• Mr. Mom, starring Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Martin Mull
• My Brother's Wedding, directed by Charles Burnett

  N

• Nankyoku Monogatari -
• Narcissus -
• Nate and Hayes, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Michael O'Keefe
• National Lampoon's Vacation, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo
• Nešto između -
• Never Cry Wolf, starring Charles Martin Smith and Brian Dennehy
• Never Say Never Again, starring Sean Connery with Barbara Carrera, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer -
• A Night in Heaven, starring Christopher Atkins and Lesley Ann Warren
• Nightmares, starring Cristina Raines and Emilio Estevez
• Nostalghia, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky -

  O

• Octopussy, starring Roger Moore with Maud Adams and Louis Jourdan -
• Of Unknown Origin, starring Peter Weller -
• One Deadly Summer, starring Isabelle Adjani -
• The Osterman Weekend, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper, Meg Foster, Helen Shaver, Burt Lancaster, Dennis Hopper, Chris Sarandon
• The Outsiders, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Diane Lane, Leif Garrett

  P-Q

• Pauline at the Beach, directed by Éric Rohmer -
• Phar Lap, starring Tom Burlinson -
• The Pirates of Penzance, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, starring Kevin Kline, Rex Smith, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt -
• The Ploughman's Lunch, starring Jonathan Pryce -
• Prénom Carmen, directed by Jean-Luc Godard - - Golden Lion award
• The Prey, starring Debbie Thureson and Steve Bond
• Private School, starring Phoebe Cates, Matthew Modine, Betsy Russell, Ray Walston
• Project A, starring Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung -
• Psycho II, directed by Richard Franklin, starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly and Robert Loggia

  R

• Rebetiko -
• Return of the Jedi, directed by Richard Marquand, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
• Reuben, Reuben, starring Tom Conti and Kelly McGillis
• The Right Stuff, directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid, Barbara Hershey, Pamela Reed
• Risky Business, directed by Paul Brickman, starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay
• Rock & Rule, an animated rock musical -
• Romantic Comedy, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen
• Rumble Fish, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Vincent Spano, Diana Scarwid, Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper
• Running Brave, starring Robby Benson

  S

• Sagara Sangamam -
• Sadma -
• Sahara, starring Brooke Shields and Horst Buchholz
• Sans Soleil, directed by Chris Marker -
• A Season in Hakkari -
• Scarface, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia
• The Scarlet and the Black, directed by Jerry London, starring Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud
• Sheer Madness, directed by Margarethe von Trotta, starring Hanna Schygulla -
• Silkwood, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
• Sleepaway Camp, starring Mike Kellin
• Smokey and the Bandit Part 3, starring Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed
• So Long, Stooge, directed by Claude Berri -
• Something Wicked This Way Comes, starring Jason Robards and Jonathan Pryce
• , directed by Lamont Johnson, starring Peter Strauss and Molly Ringwald
• Star 80, directed by Bob Fosse, starring Mariel Hemingway and Eric Roberts
• The Star Chamber, starring Michael Douglas and Hal Holbrook
• Staying Alive, directed by Sylvester Stallone, starring John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes
• The Sting II, starring Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed, Teri Garr
• Strange Brew, starring Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas -
• Strange Invaders, starring Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid
• Stray Dogs -
• Streamers, starring Matthew Modine and David Alan Grier
• Stroker Ace, directed by Hal Needham, starring Burt Reynolds, Loni Anderson, Jim Nabors, Ned Beatty, Parker Stevenson
• Sudden Impact, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Sondra Locke
• Sugar Cane Alley -
• Superman III, directed by Richard Lester, starring Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Annette O'Toole, Pamela Stephenson, Robert Vaughn
• The Survivors, starring Walter Matthau and Robin Williams
• Sweet Bunch, directed by Nikos Nikolaidis -

  T

• Table for Five, starring Jon Voight, Marie-Christine Barrault, Richard Crenna, Millie Perkins, Roxana Zal
• Tender Mercies, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Ellen Barkin
• Terms of Endearment, directed by James L. Brooks, starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, John Lithgow
• Testament, starring Jane Alexander, William Devane, Leon Ames, Roxana Zal
• The Thorn Birds, TV miniseries, starring Rachel Ward, Richard Chamberlain, Bryan Brown, Christopher Plummer, Barbara Stanwyck
• Three Crowns of the Sailor -
• Tight Quarters -
• To Be or Not to Be, starring Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, José Ferrer
• Toki o Kakeru Shōjo -
• Tough Enough, starring Dennis Quaid, Warren Oates, Stan Shaw
• Trading Places, directed by John Landis, starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche
• Trenchcoat, starring Margot Kidder and Robert Hays
• Twenty Years of African Cinema a.k.a. Caméra d'Afrique -
• , segments directed by John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante and George Miller, starring Vic Morrow, Scatman Crothers, Kathleen Quinlan, John Lithgow
• Twice Upon a Time
• Two of a Kind, directed by John Herzfeld, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

  U

• Uncommon Valor, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Robert Stack, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Patrick Swayze
• Under Fire, directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy
• Utu -

  V

• Valley Girl, starring Deborah Foreman and Nicolas Cage
• The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun -
• Videodrome, starring James Woods and Deborah Harry -
• Vigilante, starring Robert Forster
• Vlyublyon po sobstvennomu zhelaniyu -
• Voyage in Time, directed by Tonino Guerra and Andrei Tarkovsky -

  W

• Walking, Walking, directed by Ermanno Olmi -
• WarGames, directed by John Badham, starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, Ally Sheedy
• Wartime Romance, directed by Pyotr Todorovsky -
• We Are from Jazz -
• Wild style, directed by Charlie Ahearn.
• The Wind in the Willows, starring Richard Pearson, Ian Carmichael, David Jason and Michael Hordern -
• The Winds of War, TV mini-series, starring Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Polly Bergen, Peter Graves, John Houseman, Ralph Bellamy
• Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
• Without a Trace, starring Kate Nelligan and Judd Hirsch
• The Wounded Man -

  YZ

• Yellowbeard, starring Graham Chapman and Peter Boyle -
• Yentl, directed by and starring Barbra Streisand, with Mandy Patinkin and Amy Irving - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture
• Zappa, directed by Bille August -
• Zelig, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Mia Farrow
• Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain, starring Sammo Hung -

  1983 Wide-release movies

January–March

• January 1983
• *January 4
• ** Xtro
• *January 18
• **Lianna
• *January 21
• **The House on Sorority Row
• **Treasure of the Four Crowns
• *January 28
• **Sacred Ground
• February 1983
• *February 4
• **The Entity
• **Videodrome
• **Without a Trace
• *February 18
• **Local Hero
• **Lovesick
• **The Pirates of Penzance
• **The Sting II
• **Table for Five
• *February 20
• **Betrayal
• March 1983
• *March 4
• **Baby It's You
• **Curtains
• **My Tutor
• **Tender Mercies
• *March 11
• **10 to Midnight
• **Trenchcoat
• *March 18
• **High Road to China
• *March 23
• **Eddie Macon's Run
• *March 25
• **Bad Boys
• **The Black Stallion Returns
• **Max Dugan Returns
• **The Outsiders
• **Spring Break
• *March 31
• **Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

  April–June

• April 1983
• *April 1
• **Heart Like a Wheel
• **Screwballs
• *April 6
• **Conquest
• *April 11
• **Flashdance
• *April 15
• **Liquid Sky
• **Lone Wolf McQuade
• *April 22
• **Exposed
• **The Deadly Spawn
• **Losin' It
• *April 29
• **The Hunger
• **Something Wicked This Way Comes
• **Valley Girl
• May 1983
• *May 1
• **The Final Terror
• *May 6
• **Still Smokin
• *May 13
• **Blue Thunder
• *May 16
• **Deadly Eyes
• *May 17
• **Nostalghia
• *May 18
• **Moon in the Gutter
• *May 20
• **'
• **Tough Enough
• *May 25
• **Return of the Jedi
• *May 27
• **Chained Heat
• June 1983
• *June 3
• **The Man with Two Brains
• **Psycho II
• **WarGames
• *June 8
• **Trading Places
• *June 10
• **Octopussy
• *June 17
• **Superman III
• *June 24
• **'
• **
• **Yellowbeard

  July–September

• July 1983
• *July 1
• **Stroker Ace
• *July 6
• **Class
• *July 15
• **Staying Alive
• **Zelig
• *July 22
• **Jaws 3-D
• **Mr. Mom
• *July 29
• **Krull
• **National Lampoon's Vacation
• **Private School
• August 1983
• *August 5
• **Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
• **Get Crazy
• **Risky Business
• **The Star Chamber
• **Twice Upon a Time
• *August 12
• **Cujo
• **Curse of the Pink Panther
• **The Man Who Wasn't There
• **Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
• *August 15
• **Prisoners of the Lost Universe
• *August 19
• **Easy Money
• **
• **Yor, the Hunter from the Future
• *August 26
• **Strange Brew
• **Fire and Ice
• **Hercules
• *August 28
• **Young Warriors
• *August 31
• **Microwave Massacre
• September 1983
• *September 2
• **Escape from the Bronx
• **Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
• **Mortuary
• *September 9
• **Nightmares
• *September 16
• **Revenge of the Ninja
• **Strange Invaders
• **Vigilante
• *September 21
• **Educating Rita
• *September 23
• **Eddie and the Cruisers
• **Pieces
• *September 28
• **The Big Chill
• *September 30
• **Brainstorm
• **Going Berserk
• **The Honorary Consul
• **The Lonely Lady

  October–December

• October 1983
• *October 7
• **Never Cry Wolf
• **Never Say Never Again
• *October 21
• **All the Right Moves
• **The Dead Zone
• **The Right Stuff
• **Rumble Fish
• **Under Fire
• *October 28
• **The Wicked Lady
• November 1983
• *November 2
• **National Lampoon's Movie Madness
• *November 4
• **Deal of the Century
• **Experience Preferred... But Not Essential
• **The Osterman Weekend
• **Running Brave
• *November 10
• **Star 80
• **Unico in the Island of Magic
• *November 18
• **Amityville 3-D
• **The Being
• **A Christmas Story
• **Nate and Hayes
• **A Night in Heaven
• **Sleepaway Camp
• *November 24
• **Of Unknown Origin
• *November 25
• **The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
• December 1983
• *December 6
• **The Dresser
• *December 9
• **Christine
• **Scarface
• **Sudden Impact
• **Terms of Endearment
• **Yentl
• *December 14
• **Silkwood
• *December 16
• **D.C. Cab
• **The Keep
• **The Plague Dogs
• **Two of a Kind
• **Uncommon Valor
• *December 29
• **Seeding of a Ghost
• *December 30
• **The Makioka Sisters

  Births

• January 2 - Kate Bosworth, American actress
• January 13 - Julian Morris, British actor
• January 16 - Marwan Kenzari, Dutch actor
• February 4 – Hannibal Buress, American comedian, actor, writer and producer
• February 7 - Elina Purde, Estonian actress
• February 21 - Mélanie Laurent, French actress
• February 23 - Emily Blunt, English actress
• February 27 - Kate Mara, American actress
• March 1 - Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan-Mexican actress and director
• March 4 - Julieta Zylberberg, Argentine actress
• March 10
• *Rafe Spall, English actor
• *Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
• March 31 - Ashleigh Ball, Canadian singer, musician and voice actress
• April 1 - Matt Lanter, actor
• April 21 - Gugu Mbatha-Raw, British actress
• April 23 - Maria Alche, Argentine actress
• May 3 - Ari Magder, Canadian actor
• May 5 - Henry Cavill, British actor
• May 6 - Gabourey Sidibe, actress
• May 11 - Holly Valance, Australian actress and singer
• May 12 - Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor
• May 14 - Amber Tamblyn, actress
• June 10 - Leelee Sobieski, actress
• June 16 - Olivia Hack, actress
• June 24 - John Lloyd Cruz, actor
• June 30 - Angela Sarafyan, actress
• July 10 - Golshifteh Farahani, actress
• August 1 - Inga Salurand, Estonian actress
• August 3 - Mamie Gummer, American actress
• August 4 - Greta Gerwig, actress
• August 7 - Brit Marling, actress
• August 11 - Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
• August 14 - Mila Kunis, actress
• August 20 - Andrew Garfield, English actor
• August 24 - Antonio Campos, American film director
• August 29 - Jennifer Landon, actress
• September 21
• *Maggie Grace, actress
• *Joseph Mazzello, actor
• October 3 - Tessa Thompson, actress
• October 5
• *Jesse Eisenberg, American actor
• *Shelby Rabara, Filipino-American actress and dancer
• October 17 - Felicity Jones, English actress
• December 20 - Jonah Hill, American actor

  Notable deaths

Film debuts

• Curtis Armstrong - Risky Business
• Rowan Atkinson - Never Say Never Again
• Kathy Baker - The Right Stuff
• Steven Bauer - Scarface
• Juliette Binoche - Liberty Belle
• Matthew Broderick - Max Dugan Returns
• Clancy Brown - Bad Boys
• Jim Carrey - All in Good Taste
• Wendy Crewson - Skullduggery
• John Cusack - Class
• Lolita Davidovich - Class
• Warwick Davis - Return of the Jedi
• Vincent D'Onofrio - The First Turn-On!
• Chris Elliott - Lianna
• Andy García - Blue Skies Again
• Crispin Glover - My Tutor
• Graham Greene - Running Brave
• Tess Harper - Tender Mercies
• Nicole Kidman - Bush Christmas
• Maurice LaMarche - Rock & Rule
• Ray Liotta - The Lonely Lady
• Rob Lowe - The Outsiders
• Virginia Madsen - Class
• Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Scarface
• Andrew McCarthy - Class
• Kelly McGillis - Reuben, Reuben
• Matthew Modine - Baby It's You
• Rick Moranis - Strange Brew
• Lori Loughlin - ‘’Amityville 3-D’’
• Megan Mullally - Risky Business
• Judd Nelson - Rock 'n' Roll Hotel
• Sarah Jessica Parker - Somewhere Tomorrow
• Alexandra Paul - American Nightmare
• Bronson Pinchot - Risky Business
• Kelly Preston - 10 to Midnight
• Mimi Rogers - Blue Skies Again
• Alan Ruck - Bad Boys
• Ally Sheedy - Bad Boys
• Casey Siemaszko - Class
• Kiefer Sutherland - Max Dugan Returns
• Lea Thompson - Jaws 3-D
• Julie Walters - Educating Rita