1993 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 Delpyde:Filmjahr 1993