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The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)
le class="wikitable"> | | Rank | Title | Studio | Domestic |
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| 1. | Jurassic Park | Universal Studios | $357,000,000 | | 2. | Mrs. Doubtfire | Fox | $219,195,243 | | 3. | The Fugitive | Warner Bros. | $183,875,760 | | 4. | The Firm | Paramount | $158,348,367 | | 5. | Sleepless in Seattle | TriStar | $126,680,884 | | 6. | Indecent Proposal | Paramount | $106,614,059 | | 7. | In the Line of Fire | Columbia | $102,314,823 | | 8. | The Pelican Brief | Warner Bros. | $100,768,056 | | 9. | Schindler's List | Universal | $96,065,768 | | 10. | Cliffhanger | TriStar | $84,049,211 | |
source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1993&p=.htm
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Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Schindler's List
- Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Philadelphia
- Best Actress: Holly Hunter - The Piano
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Mrs. Doubtfire
- Best Actor: Robin Williams - Mrs.

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The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)
Events
- The film Jurassic Park, a dinosaur epic with massive special effects, breaks box-office records with a plot described as a "roller-coaster ride through a haunted house."
- Family romance film Sleepless in Seattle revives the genre of the Courtship of Eddie's Father, with an extensive soundtrack of oldies music.
- 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.
- May 28 - Produced by Hollywood Pictures , Super Mario Bros. opens, marking the first video game film released.
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Domestic |
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| 1. | Jurassic Park | Universal Studios | $357,000,000 | | 2. | Mrs. Doubtfire | Fox | $219,195,243 | | 3. | The Fugitive | Warner Bros. | $183,875,760 | | 4. | The Firm | Paramount | $158,348,367 | | 5. | Sleepless in Seattle | TriStar | $126,680,884 | | 6. | Indecent Proposal | Paramount | $106,614,059 | | 7. | In the Line of Fire | Columbia | $102,314,823 | | 8. | The Pelican Brief | Warner Bros. | $100,768,056 | | 9. | Schindler's List | Universal | $96,065,768 | | 10. | Cliffhanger | TriStar | $84,049,211 | |
source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1993&p=.htm
Awards Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: Schindler's List - Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures
- 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 Foreign Language Film: Belle Époque (The Age of Beauty), directed by Fernando Trueba, Spain
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Schindler's List
- Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Philadelphia
- Best Actress: Holly Hunter - The Piano
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Mrs. Doubtfire
- Best Actor: Robin Williams - Mrs. Doubtfire
- Best Actress: Angela Bassett - What's Love Got to Do with It?
- Other
- Best Director: Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List
- Best Foreign Language Film: Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji), China / Hong Kong
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Farewell My Concubine (????, Ba wang bie ji), directed by Chen Kaige, China / Hong Kong
- The Piano, directed by Jane Campion, New Zealand
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Short Cuts, directed by Robert Altman, United States
- Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu), directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski, France / Poland / Switzerland / U.K.
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- The Women from the Lake of Scented Souls (Xian hun nu), directed by Xie Fei, China
- The Wedding Banquet (Hsi yen), directed by Ang Lee, Taiwan / U.S.A.
Films released in 1993
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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
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Excessive Force
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Falling Down, starring Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara HersheyA Far Off PlaceFaraway, So Close!Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Palme d'Or awardFatal InstinctFearless, starring Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rosselini and Rosie PerezFire in the SkyThe Firm, starring Tom CruiseFlesh and BoneFor Love or MoneyA Foreign FieldFree Willy, directed by Simon WincerThe Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones
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Geronimo: An American LegendGettysburgGhost in the MachineGodzilla vs Mechagodzilla IIThe Good Son, starring Macaulay Culkin and Elijah WoodGroundhog Day, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowellGrumpy Old Men
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Happily Ever AfterHard TargetHeart and Souls, starring Robert Downey, Jr.Heaven & EarthHexedHocus Pocus, directed by Kenny Ortega, starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy NajimyA Home of Our OwnHomeward Bound: The Incredible JourneyHot Shots! Part DeuxHouse of CardsThe House of the Spirits
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In the Line of Fire, starring Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich and Rene RussoIn the Name of the Father - Golden Bear award (for 1994), starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite and Emma ThompsonIndecent Proposal, starring Robert Redford, Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson
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Jack the BearJason Goes to Hell: The Final FridayThe Joy Luck ClubJudgment NightJurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg
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Kalifornia
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Last Action Hero, starring Arnold SchwarzeneggerLeprechaunLife with MikeyLittle BuddhaLook Who's Talking NowLost in Yonkers
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M. ButterflyMad Dog and GloryMade in America, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Ted DansonMalice, starring Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman and Bill PullmanThe Man Without a FaceManhattan Murder MysteryMarried to ItMatineeMenace II SocietyThe Meteor ManMr. JonesMr. Wonderful, starring Matt Dillon, Annabella Sciorra, William Hurt and Mary-Louise ParkerMrs. Doubtfire - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), starring Robin Williams and Sally FieldMuch Ado About NothingMy Favorite SeasonMy Life
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NakedNaked in New YorkNational Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1The Nightmare Before Christmas, directed by Henry SelickNinja ScrollNowhere to Run
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Once Upon a Forest, directed by Charles GrosvenorOrdinary Magic
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The Pelican Brief, starring Julia Roberts and Denzel WashingtonA Perfect World, starring Kevin Costner and Clint EastwoodPhiladelphia, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel WashingtonThe Piano - Palme d'Or award, starring Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill and Anna PaquinPoetic Justice, directed by John Singleton, starring Janet JacksonPoint of No Return, starring Bridget FondaPosseThe ProgramPublic Access
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The Real McCoyThe Remains of the Day, starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma ThompsonReturn of the Living Dead 3Rising Sun, starring Sean Connery and Wesley SnipesRobin Hood: Men in Tights, directed by Mel BrooksRobocop 3, directed by Fred DekkerRookie of the Year, directed by Daniel SternRomeo Is BleedingRuby in ParadiseRudy
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The Sandlot, directed by David M. EvansSchindler's List - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best PictureSearching For Bobby FischerThe Secret GardenThe Sex of the StarsShadowlands, starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra WingerShort Cuts - Golden Lion awardSister Act 2: Back in the Habit, directed by Bill DukeSix Degrees of Separation, starring Stockard Channing, Will Smith and Donald SutherlandSleepless in Seattle, starring Tom Hanks and Meg RyanSliver, starring Sharon Stone, William Baldwin and Tom BerengerSniper, starring Tom BerengerSo I Married an Axe MurdererSommersby, starring Richard Gere and Jodie FosterSon in LawSon of the Pink Panther, directed by Blake EdwardsSpeak Up! It's So DarkStriking DistanceSunset GrillSuper Mario Bros., directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel JankelSurf NinjasSwing Kids
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IIIThe Temp, starring Timothy Hutton, Lara Flynn Boyle and Faye DunawayThis Boy's Life, starring Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin and Leonardo DiCaprioThree Colors: Blue - 1st of the Krzysztof Kieslowski trilogy, starring Juliette Binoche - Golden Lion awardThe Three Musketeers, directed by Stephen HerekThree of HeartsTom and Jerry: The Movie, directed by Phil RomanTombstoneTrue Romance, starring Christian Slater and Patricia ArquetteTwo Small Bodies
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Undercover Blues, starring Kathleen Turner and Dennis QuaidUntamed Heart, starring Christian Slater and Marisa Tomei
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The Vanishing
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Wayne's World 2, directed by Stephen SurjikThe Wedding Banquet - Golden Bear and Golden Space Needle awardsWe're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, directed by Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag, Phil Nibbelink and Simon WellsWeekend at Bernie's IIWhat's Eating Gilbert Grape, starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprioWhat's Love Got to Do With It, directed by Brian Gibson - Nominated for 2 Oscars, won the American Choreography Award, starring Angela Bassett and Laurence FishburneWho's the Man?The Women from the Lake of Scented Souls (Xian hun nu) - Golden Bear awardWrestling Ernest Hemingway
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The Young Americans (film)
Births
- January 11 - Flora Cross, actress
- January 18 - Morgan York, actress
- January 19 - Gus Lewis, actor
- January 26 - Cameron Bright, actor
- February 7 - David Dorfman, actor
- February 16 - Mike Weinberg, actor
- February 19 - Victoria Justice, actress
- February 26 - Taylor Dooley, actress
- March 4
- March 17 - Julia Winter, actress
- March 28 - Naoki Takeshi, actor
- April 5 - Nick Price, actor
- April 14 - Vivien Cardone, actress
- May 14 - Miranda Cosgrove, actress
- May 24 - Oliver Davis, actor
- June 7 - Jordan Fry, actor
- June 9 - Danielle Chuchran, actress
- June 25 - Barney Clark, actor
- July 6 - Jeremy Suarez, voice actor
- July 9 - Emily Hirst, actress
- July 26 - Taylor Momsen, actress
- July 31 - Christian Byers, actor
- August 2 - Ryan and Kyle Pepi, actors
- August 5 - Suzuka Ohgo, actress
- August 7 - Francesca Fisher-Eastwood, actress
- August 11 - Alyson Stoner, actress
- August 12 - Imani Hakim, actress
- August 16 - Cameron Monaghan, actor
- August 20 - Brianna and Brittany McConnell, actresses
- August 26 - Keke Palmer, actress
- September 9 - Charlie Stewart, actor
- September 12 - Jacob and Zachary Handy, actors
- September 18 - Patrick McGovern, actor
- September 22 - Chase Ellison, actor
- October 8 - Angus T. Jones, actor
- December 8 - AnnaSophia Robb, actress
- December 22 - Ali Lohan, actress
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
- April 5 - Divya Bharti, Bollywood actress
- June 9 - Alexis Smith, actress
- July 2 - Fred Gwynne, actor, "The Munsters" and numerous films
- June 30 - George "Spanky" McFarland, actor
- August 16 - Stewart Granger, actor
- August 17 - Laila Ayub, actress
- 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 Zoë Wanamaker
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