1986 in film

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

Events

• February 3 - Pixar Animation Studios is founded by Edwin Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith.
• April - Guy McElwaine resigns as head of Columbia Pictures.
• April 26 - Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver.
• June - First Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä, Finnish Lapland.
• July 2 - The Great Mouse Detective is released to theaters to positive reviews and is a critical and financial success, just behind An American Tail, saving the Disney Studio from bankruptcy after the failure of The Black Cauldron. It is now regarded as one of the darkest, underrated, and cult following classics of all time.
• August 6 - Timothy Dalton is officially announced as the fourth actor to portray James Bond.
• September - David Puttnam becomes head of Columbia Pictures.
• September 13 - Film review television program Siskel & Ebert premieres in syndication. Although the two critics have been working as a pair since 1975, this will be their longest running program and will run in various incarnations until 2010.
• November 21 - The first animated film produced by Steven Spielberg, An American Tail, is released, and breaks the record once held by Disney's The Rescuers for the largest financial amount made for an animated film on opening weekend.
• November 29
• * Actor Cary Grant dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Davenport, Iowa.
• * Stuntman Dar Robinson is killed on the set of the film Million Dollar Mystery.

  Awards

1986 Wide-release films in the U.S.

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1986

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• 8 Million Ways to Die, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Andy García
• 9½ Weeks, directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke
• 52 Pick-Up, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Roy Scheider, John Glover, Clarence Williams III, Vanity, Ann-Margret

  A

• Aakhree Raasta, starring Amitabh Bachchan -
• Abel, directed by and starring Alex van Warmerdam -
• About Last Night, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins
• Absolute Beginners, directed by Julien Temple, starring David Bowie and Patsy Kensit -
• The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood -
• The Adventures of Milo and Otis -
• The Adventures of the American Rabbit -
• The AIDS Show
• Alex Holeh Ahavah -
• Aliens, directed by James Cameron, starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Paul Reiser
• Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, directed by Gary Nelson, starring Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones, Henry Silva, and Robert Donner
• Los Amantes del Señor de la Noche -
• American Anthem, starring Mitch Gaylord and Janet Jones
• An American Tail, directed by Don Bluth with the voices of Phillip Glasser and Dom DeLuise
• El Amor brujo, directed by Carlos Saura -
• Amorosa, directed by Mai Zetterling -
• April Fool's Day, starring Jay Baker and Deborah Foreman
• Armed and Dangerous, starring John Candy, Eugene Levy, Meg Ryan
• Armed Response, starring David Carradine and Lee Van Cleef
• Armour of God, starring Jackie Chan -
• As Is, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, starring Colleen Dewhurst, Robert Carradine, Jonathan Hadary
• The Assault - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Space Needle award -
• At Close Range, starring Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris Penn
• Attention bandits!, aka Bandits, directed by Claude Lelouch
• Avenging Force, starring Michael Dudikoff

  B

• BabaKiueria -
• Back to School, starring Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Keith Gordon, Adrienne Barbeau, Burt Young, Ned Beatty, Robert Downey, Jr.
• Backlash -
• Band of the Hand, starring Stephen Lang and Lauren Holly
• The Beekeeper -
• Behind Enemy Lines, starring David Carradine
• The Best of Times, starring Robin Williams and Kurt Russell
• A Better Tomorrow, directed by John Woo, starring Chow Yun-fat and Leslie Cheung -
• Betty Blue, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, starring Béatrice Dalle - Golden Needle award for 1992 -
• Biggles: Adventures in Time
• The Big Parade, directed by Chen Kaige -
• Big Trouble, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo, Valerie Curtin
• Big Trouble in Little China, directed by John Carpenter, starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Victor Wong
• Black Moon Rising, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Hamilton
• Blue City, starring Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy
• Blue Velvet, directed by David Lynch, starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange
• Boris Godunov, directed by Sergei Bondarchuk -
• The Boy Who Could Fly, directed by Nick Castle, starring Lucy Deakins and Jay Underwood
• Brighton Beach Memoirs, directed by Gene Saks, starring Jonathan Silverman, Blythe Danner, Bob Dishy, Judith Ivey
• Bullies -
• By Touch -

  C

• Il camorrista, starring Ben Gazzara -
• , starring Alyson Court, Cree Summer, Hadley Kay -
• Caravaggio, directed by Derek Jarman, starring Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, Tilda Swinton -
• Castaway, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Amanda Donohoe and Oliver Reed -
• Cat City -
• Children of a Lesser God, directed by Randa Haines, starring William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie
• Choke Canyon a.k.a. On Dangerous Ground
• The Clan of the Cave Bear, starring Daryl Hannah
• Clockwise, starring John Cleese -
• Club Paradise, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Robin Williams, Jimmy Cliff, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy
• Cobra, starring Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, Brian Thompson
• The Color of Money, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, John Turturro, Forest Whitaker
• Comrades, starring Keith Allen -
• Crawlspace, starring Klaus Kinski
• Crimes of the Heart, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Tess Harper
• Critters, starring Dee Wallace-Stone and M. Emmet Walsh
• Crocodile Dundee, directed by Peter Faiman, starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski -

  D

• Dangerously Close, starring John Stockwell
• Dead Man's Folly, starring Peter Ustinov, Jean Stapleton, Nicollette Sheridan
• Dead Man's Letters -
• Deadly Friend, directed by Wes Craven
• Le Déclin de l'empire américain,, written and directed by Denys Arcand -
• The Delta Force, starring Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin
• Desert Bloom, starring Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Annabeth Gish, Ellen Barkin
• Down and Out in Beverly Hills, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss
• Down by Law, directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni
• Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam, starring Jim Varney
• -
• Duet for One, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, starring Julie Andrews
• Dust in the Wind -

  E

• Echo Park, starring Tom Hulce and Susan Dey
• Extremities, starring Farrah Fawcett, Alfre Woodard, Diana Scarwid, James Russo
• Eye of the Tiger, starring Gary Busey

  F

• F/X, starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off, directed by John Hughes, starring Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck, Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Charlie Sheen
• Fire with Fire, starring Craig Sheffer and Virginia Madsen
• Firewalker, starring Chuck Norris
• Flight of the Navigator, directed by Randal Kleiser, starring Veronica Cartwright, Sarah Jessica Parker, Joey Cramer
• Flodder, directed by Dick Maas -
• The Fly, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis
• ' -
• Forbidden Dreams -
• Foreign Body, directed by Ronald Neame, starring Amanda Donohoe and Victor Banerjee -
• ', directed by Tom McLoughlin, starring Thom Mathews and Jennifer Cooke
• The Fringe Dwellers, directed by Bruce Beresford -

  G

• Genesis, directed by Mrinal Sen, starring Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, M. K. Raina
• Ginger and Fred, directed by Federico Fellini, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta Masina -
• A Girl from Hunan -
• , featuring the voices of Margot Kidder, Telly Savalas and Roddy McDowall
• The Golden Child, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance, Charlotte Lewis
• Gonza the Spearman -
• Good to Go, starring Art Garfunkel
• Gothic, directed by Ken Russell, starring Gabriel Byrne, Natasha Richardson, Julian Sands
• The Great Mouse Detective, starring the voices of Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek, Candy Candido, Eve Brenner, Diana Chesney, Frank Welker, Alan Young, directed by John Musker, Ron Clements, David Michener, Burny Mattinson
• A Great Wall -
• The Green Ray, directed by Éric Rohmer - Golden Lion award -
• Gung Ho!, directed by Ron Howard, starring Michael Keaton

  H

• Half Moon Street, starring Sigourney Weaver and Michael Caine -
• ', starring Leigh McCloskey, Dick Butkus and Randi Brooks
• Hannah and Her Sisters, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Barbara Hershey
• Haunted Honeymoon, directed by and starring Gene Wilder, with Gilda Radner and Dom DeLuise
• Heartbreak Ridge, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Mario Van Peebles, Marsha Mason, Boyd Gaines
• Heartburn, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson
• Heat, starring Burt Reynolds
• '
• ', starring Michael Rooker
• Hibiscus Town, directed by Xie Jin -
• Highlander, directed by Russell Mulcahy, starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery -
• The Hitcher, directed by Robert Harmon, starring Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh
• Hoosiers, directed by David Anspaugh, starring Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper
• The Horse Thief -
• Hôtel du Paradis, starring Fernando Rey -
• House, starring William Katt, Kay Lenz, George Wendt
• House on Fire, starring Ken Ogata -
• Howard the Duck, starring Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins
• '

  I

• Invaders from Mars, directed by Tobe Hooper
• Iron Eagle, starring Louis Gossett, Jr. and Jason Gedrick

  J

• Jake Speed, starring Wayne Crawford, Dennis Christopher, John Hurt
• Jean de Florette, directed by Claude Berri, starring Gérard Depardieu, Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil -
• Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, directed by and starring Richard Pryor
• Jumpin' Jack Flash, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Annie Potts, Jon Lovitz, Carol Kane
• Just Between Friends, starring Mary Tyler Moore, Christine Lahti, Ted Danson, Sam Waterston

  K

• The Karate Kid Part II, starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita
• Karma, starring Dilip Kumar and Nutan -
• A Killing Affair, directed by David Saperstein, starring Peter Weller, Kathy Baker, John Glover, and Bill Smitrovich
• Kin-dza-dza! -
• Knights of the City

  L

• Labyrinth, directed by Jim Henson, starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly -
• Lady Jane, directed by Trevor Nunn, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, Patrick Stewart -
• Laputa: Castle in the Sky -
• Legal Eagles, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Robert Redford, Debra Winger and Daryl Hannah
• Let's Get Harry, starring Robert Duvall
• Link, starring Terence Stamp and Elisabeth Shue -
• Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Frank Oz, starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin and the voice of Levi Stubbs
• Love Me Forever or Never -
• Lucas, starring Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, Winona Ryder
• Luxo Jr.

  M

• Malcolm -
• The Manhattan Project, starring John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon
• Manhunter, directed by Michael Mann, starring William Petersen, Kim Greist, Dennis Farina, Tom Noonan, Joan Allen and Brian Cox
• Manon des Sources, directed by Claude Berri, starring Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart -
• Martial Arts of Shaolin, starring Jet Li -
• Matador, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas -
• Mauvais Sang, starring Michel Piccoli and Juliette Binoche -
• Maximum Overdrive, directed by Stephen King, starring Emilio Estevez, featuring a soundtrack by AC/DC
• ', directed by George Mendeluk, starring Sally Kellerman, Patrick Dempsey, and Al Waxman
• The Men's Club, starring Roy Scheider, Harvey Keitel, Craig Wasson, David Dukes, Frank Langella, Treat Williams
• Miracles, starring Tom Conti and Teri Garr -
• The Mission, directed by Roland Joffé, starring Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally - Palme d'Or award -
• Modern Girls, starring Virginia Madsen
• Mona Lisa, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine -
• Motherland Hotel, directed by Ömer Kavur, starring Macit Koper, Şahika Tekand, Serra Yılmaz, Orhan Çağman
• The Money Pit, directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long
• Monster in the Closet, starring Claude Akins, Henry Gibson, Paul Dooley, Stella Stevens
• The Morning After, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Jane Fonda and Jeff Bridges
• The Moro Affair, directed by Giuseppe Ferrara, starring Gian Maria Volonté -
• The Mosquito Coast, directed by Peter Weir, starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix
• Mr. Bharath -
• Murder in Three Acts, starring Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, Emma Samms
• Murphy's Law, starring Charles Bronson
• My Chauffeur, starring Deborah Foreman
• My Little Girl, directed by Connie Kaiserman, starring Mary Stuart Masterson and James Earl Jones
• ', starring Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Madeline Kahn

  N

• Naam, starring Nutan and Sanjay Dutt -
• The Name of the Rose, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater -
• 'night, Mother, starring Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft
• Night of the Pencils -
• No Mercy, starring Kim Basinger and Richard Gere
• Nomads, starring Pierce Brosnan and Lesley-Anne Down
• Nothing in Common, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Héctor Elizondo, Barry Corbin, Sela Ward

  O

• Off Beat, starring Judge Reinhold
• Old Well -
• One Crazy Summer, starring John Cusack, Demi Moore, Bobcat Goldthwait
• One More Saturday Night, starring Al Franken
• On the Edge, starring Bruce Dern and Pam Grier
• Otello, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Plácido Domingo -
• Out of Bounds, starring Anthony Michael Hall and Jenny Wright

  P

• The Park Is Mine, starring Tommy Lee Jones
• Parting Glances, starring Steve Buscemi
• The Patriot, starring Gregg Henry and Jeff Conaway
• Peggy Sue Got Married, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage
• Peking Opera Blues, directed by Tsui Hark -
• The Pied Piper -
• Pirates, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Walter Matthau -
• Platoon, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture
• , starring Craig T. Nelson
• Poor Butterfly -
• Power, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Richard Gere, Denzel Washington, Julie Christie, Kate Capshaw, Fritz Weaver, E. G. Marshall, Gene Hackman
• Pretty in Pink, directed by Howard Deutch, starring Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Jon Cryer, James Spader
• Project A-ko -
• A Promise -
• Psycho III, directed by and starring Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid and Jeff Fahey

  Q

• Quicksilver, starring Kevin Bacon
• Quiet Cool, starring James Remar

  R

• Rad, directed by Hal Needham
• Raw Deal, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Red Headed Stranger, starring Willie Nelson and Morgan Fairchild
• Regalo di Natale -
• Rita, Sue and Bob Too -
• River's Edge, directed by Tim Hunter, starring Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Dennis Hopper
• , directed by Carl Macek and Noboru Ishiguro -
• Rosa Luxemburg, directed by Margarethe von Trotta, starring Barbara Sukowa -
• Round Midnight, directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Dexter Gordon -
• Running Scared, directed by Peter Hyams, starring Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal
• Ruthless People, directed by Jim Abrahams, starring Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bill Pullman

  S

• The Sacrifice, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky -
• Salvador, directed by Oliver Stone, starring James Woods and James Belushi
• Sarraounia -
• Saving Grace, starring Tom Conti
• Say Yes, directed by Larry Yust, starring Lissa Layng, Art Hindle, Logan Ramsey, Jonathan Winters
• Scene of the Crime, directed by André Téchiné, starring Catherine Deneuve -
• The Sea and Poison -
• Seize the Day, starring Robin Williams
• Shadows in Paradise, directed by ||Aki Kaurismäki
• Shanghai Surprise, directed by Jim Goddard, starring Madonna and Sean Penn -
• She's Gotta Have It, directed by Spike Lee
• Short Circuit, directed by John Badham, starring Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg
• Sid and Nancy, directed by Alex Cox, starring Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb -
• Solarbabies, starring Jason Patric, Jami Gertz, Richard Jordan, Lukas Haas
• Something Wild, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta
• Soul Man, starring C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, James Earl Jones
• SpaceCamp, starring Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson and Kelly Preston
• Stammheim - Golden Bear award -
• Stand by Me, directed by Rob Reiner, starring River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell
• , directed by and starring Leonard Nimoy, with William Shatner and Catherine Hicks
• Stewardess School, starring Brett Cullen and Don Most
• Streets of Gold, starring Wesley Snipes and Klaus Maria Brandauer
• Stripper
• A Successful Man -
• Sweet Liberty, directed by and starring Alan Alda, with Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, Lois Chiles, Lise Hilboldt, Lillian Gish

  T

• Tai-Pan, starring Bryan Brown and Joan Chen
• Tenue de soirée, directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou -
• Terrorizers -
• TerrorVision, starring Gerrit Graham and Chad Allen
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, starring Dennis Hopper
• That's Life!, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Jack Lemmon and Julie Andrews
• Three Amigos, directed by John Landis, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, Chevy Chase
• Tiempo de Silencio, starring Victoria Abril -
• Time After Time, starring John Gielgud and Googie Withers -
• Toby McTeague -
• Top Gun, directed by Tony Scott, starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt
• Touch and Go, starring Michael Keaton
• Tough Guys, starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Dana Carvey, Darlanne Fluegel, Alexis Smith, Eli Wallach
• , starring Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Orson Welles
• In a Glass Cage -
• Trick or Treat, starring Marc Price, Gene Simmons, Ozzy Osbourne
• Troll, starring Michael Moriarty
• True Stories, directed by and starring David Byrne

  U-V

• Under the Cherry Moon, directed by and starring Prince, with Jerome Benton and Kristin Scott Thomas
• Vamp, starring Grace Jones
• Vera, directed by Sérgio Toledo, starring Ana Beatriz Nogueira, Norma Blum, Raul Cortez, and Carlos Kroeber
• Violets Are Blue, starring Sissy Spacek and Kevin Kline
• Voyage to Nowhere -

  W

• Wahnfried -
• When the Wind Blows, starring John Mills and Peggy Ashcroft -
• Wildcats, starring Goldie Hawn, Nipsey Russell, Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, LL Cool J
• Wisdom, directed by and starring Emilio Estevez, with Demi Moore
• De Wisselwachter -
• Working Girls, directed by Lizzie Borden, starring Louise Smith
• The Wraith, starring Charlie Sheen and Sherilyn Fenn

  XYZ

• The Year of Enlightenment -
• Youngblood, starring Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Cynthia Gibb

  Births

• January 21 - Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor
• January 24
• *Mischa Barton, English-American actress
• *Raviv Ullman, Israeli actor
• January 30 - Ashley Buccille, American actress
• February 1 - Lauren Conrad, American TV personality and author
• February 2 - Gemma Arterton, English actress
• February 14 - Tiffany Thornton, American actress, comedian and singer-songwriter
• February 19 - Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
• February 24 - Bryce Papenbrook, voice actor
• March 9 - Brittany Snow, American actress
• March 14 - Jamie Bell, English actor
• March 16 - Alexandra Daddario, American actress
• March 21 - Scott Eastwood, American actor
• March 28 - Lady Gaga, American singer and actress
• April 3 - Amanda Bynes, American actress and variety show host
• April 9 - Leighton Meester, American actress and singer
• April 22 - Amber Heard, American actress
• April 25 - Daniel Sharman, English actor
• May 11 - Tia Ballard, American voice actress
• May 13 - Lena Dunham, American actress and film director
• May 13 - Robert Pattinson, English actor
• May 16 - Megan Fox, American actress
• May 17 - Tahj Mowry, American actor
• May 23 - Ryan Coogler, American film director
• May 30 - Will Peltz, American actor
• June 11 - Shia LaBeouf, American actor
• June 13
• *Kat Dennings, American actress
• *Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, American actresses and entrepreneurs
• June 19 - Nazareno Casero, Argentinian actor
• June 26 - Brittney Karbowski, American voice actress
• June 27
• *Drake Bell, American actor, comedian, musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
• *Sam Claflin, British actor
• July 2 - Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer
• July 8 - Jake McDorman, American actor
• July 17 - Brando Eaton, American actor
• July 27 - Felecia Angelle, American voice actress
• August 16 - Shawn Pyfrom, American actor
• August 28 - Armie Hammer, American actor
• August 29 - Lea Michele, American actress and singer
• August 31 - Ryan Kelley, American actor
• September 12 - Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer
• September 14 - A. J. Trauth, American actor and musician
• September 16 - Kyla Pratt, American actress
• September 20 - Aldis Hodge, American actor
• October 2 - Camilla Belle, American actress
• October 23 - Emilia Clarke, British actress
• October 24 - Drake, Canadian rapper
• November 1 - Penn Badgley, American actor
• November 4 - Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, actress and philanthropist
• November 10 - Josh Peck, American actor
• November 14 - Cory Michael Smith, American actor
• November 18 - Ragne Veensalu, Estonian actress
• November 25 - Katie Cassidy, American actress and singer
• December 30 - Ellie Goulding, English singer and songwriter

  Notable deaths

Film debuts

• Christian Bale - '
• Angela Bassett - F/X
• Sean Bean - Caravaggio
• Kate Burton - Big Trouble in Little China
• Steve Buscemi - Parting Glances
• Tia Carrere - Zombie Nightmare
• Stacy Ferguson - Monster in the Closet
• Dave Foley - High Stakes
• Tony Goldwyn - '
• Woody Harrelson - Wildcats
• Thomas Jane - Padamati Sandhya Ragam
• Catherine Keener - About Last Night
• Richard Kind - Nothing in Common
• Jennifer Lopez - My Little Girl
• Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God
• Janet McTeer - Half Moon Street
• Ben Mendelsohn - The Still Point
• S. Epatha Merkerson - She's Gotta Have It
• Jerry O'Connell - Stand by Me
• Miranda Otto - Emma's War
• Jason Patric - Solarbabies
• Elizabeth Perkins - About Last Night
• Joaquin Phoenix - SpaceCamp
• Jeremy Piven - Lucas
• Bill Pullman - Ruthless People
• Michael Rooker -
• Ving Rhames - Native Son
• Winona Ryder - Lucas
• Fred Savage - The Boy Who Could Fly
• Kristin Scott Thomas - Under the Cherry Moon
• Tony Shalhoub - Heartburn
• Ione Skye - River's Edge
• Jimmy Smits - Running Scared
• Wesley Snipes - Wildcats
• Kevin Spacey - Heartburn
• Imelda Staunton - Comrades
• Kristy Swanson - Pretty in Pink
• Tilda Swinton - Caravaggio
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa - Armed Response
• Billy Bob Thornton - Hunter's Blood
• Paul Walker - Monster in the Closet
• Naomi Watts - For Love Alone
• Bradley Whitford - Doorman