1974 in film

The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.
Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 50th anniversaries.

Fandom movies:1974

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1974 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic rentals
1	The Towering Inferno	20th Century Fox / Warner Bros.	$50,000,000
2	Blazing Saddles	Warner Bros.	$45,200,000
3	Young Frankenstein	20th Century Fox	$38,800,000
4	Earthquake	Universal	$36,300,000
5	The Trial of Billy Jack	Warner Bros.	$31,100,000
6	The Godfather Part II	Paramount	$30,700,000
7	Airport 1975	Universal Pictures	$25,800,000
8	The Longest Yard	Paramount	$23,000,000
9	Death Wish	Paramount	$22,000,000
10	The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams	Sunn Classic	$21,895,000

Events

February 7 – Blazing Saddles is released in the United States.
May 28 - Joseph E. Levine, the founder of Embassy Pictures, resigns as president.
June 20 – Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski and featured Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston, is released to worldwide critical acclaim.
September 23 – Barry Diller announced as chairman and chief executive office of Paramount Pictures.
November 1 – Technicolor ceases its legendary dye-transfer printing process.
November 8 – Frank Yablans announces his resignation as president of Paramount Pictures with effect from January 5, 1975.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with big fanfare, including That's Entertainment!, a retrospective documentary celebrating its prestigious musicals.
October–December – Three "disaster films" are released in three consecutive months: Airport 1975, Earthquake, and The Towering Inferno respectively. All were box office successes.
December 30 – Gordon Stulberg resigns as president of 20th Century Fox.
Kevin Costner made his film debut in Sizzle Beach, U.S.A., although the film was not released until 1986.

Awards

Palme d'Or :
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1974 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

January 1 – Jennifer Podemski, Canadian actress
January 5
*Daisy Bates, English actress
*Jessica Chaffin, American actress, comedian and writer
January 10
*Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor, musician, comedian, singer, director and writer
*Kelly Marcel, English screenwriter, director and former actress
*Mehdi Nebbou, French actor
*Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
January 14 - Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
January 16 - Johnny Trí Nguyễn, Vietnamese–American actor
January 18 - Maulik Pancholy, American actor
January 19 - Natassia Malthe, Norwegian actress and model
January 21 - Vincent Laresca, American actor
January 24 – Ed Helms, American actor and comedian
January 28
*Ty Olsson, Canadian actor
*Melody Perkins, American actress
January 30
*Christian Bale, English actor
*Olivia Colman, English actress
February 2 - Oz Perkins, American actor, screenwriter and director
February 4 – Urmila Matondkar, Indian actress
February 5 - Tofiga Fepulea'i, New Zealand actor and comedian
February 8
*Seth Green, American actor, voice artist, comedian, producer, writer and director
*Susan May Pratt, American actress
February 9
*Erra Fazira, Malaysian actress
*Amber Valletta, American model and actress
February 10
*Elizabeth Banks, American actress, director, writer and producer
*María Botto, Argentine-Spanish actress
*Tanoai Reed, American stuntman and actor
February 11 - Isaiah Mustafa, American actor
February 12 - Lisa Brenner, American actress
February 15
*Miranda July, American filmmaker, performance artist and fiction writer
*Gina Lynn, American former pornographic actress
February 16 – Mahershala Ali, American actor and rapper
February 17
*David Lipper, Canadian actor
*Jerry O'Connell, American actor
February 18 – Nadine Labaki, Lebanese actress, director and activist
February 25 – Divya Bharti, Indian actress
March 5
*Kevin Connolly, American actor and director
*Matt Lucas, English actor, comedian, writer and television presenter
*Eva Mendes, American actress
March 7
*Jenna Fischer, American actress
*Tobias Menzies, English actor
March 8
*Cesar Velasco Broca, Spanish actor and cult filmmaker
*Danny Corkill, American former child actor
*Fardeen Khan, Indian actor
March 14 - Etan Cohen, Israeli-American screenwriter and director
March 15 - Renoly Santiago, Puerto Rican actor, singer and writer
March 21
*Rhys Darby, New Zealand actor, comedian and voice actor
*Joseph Mawle, English actor
March 23 - Randall Park, American actor, comedian and writer
March 24 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress
March 25 - Laz Alonso, American actor
March 31
*Adrian Holmes, Canadian actor
*Victoria Smurfit, Irish actress
April 2 - Harold Hunter, American professional skateboarder and actor
April 10 - Omar Metwally, American actor
April 11 - David Banner, American rapper and actor
April 12 - Marley Shelton, American actress
April 15
*Fay Masterson, English actress
*Danny Pino, American actor
April 16 - Valarie Rae Miller, American actress and television host
April 18 - Edgar Wright, English filmmaker
April 21
*John Hasler, English actor and voice actor
*Tony Kgoroge, South African actor
April 23 - Barry Watson, American actor
April 24 – Jennifer Paz, Filipino actress
April 26 – Ivana Miličević, American actress
April 28 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
May 2 - Matt Berry, English actor, voice actor, comedian, writer and musician
May 3 - Joseph Kosinski, American filmmaker
May 7 – Breckin Meyer, American actor, voice actor, writer and producer
May 10 - Craig Hall, New Zealand actor
May 11 – Benoît Magimel, French actor
May 14 - Carla Jimenez, American actress
May 15 – Russell Hornsby, American actor
May 21
*Fairuza Balk, American actress
*Juliet Cowan, Northern Irish actress
May 22 – Sean Gunn, American actor
May 23 - Jewel, American singer-songwriter and actress
May 24 - Dash Mihok, American actor and director
May 25 - Maria Fernanda Cândido, Brazilian actress and television presenter
May 28 - Romain Duris, French actor
June 2 - Leah Cairns, Canadian actress
June 6 - Danny Strong, American actor, writer, director and producer
June 11 - Lenny Jacobson, American actor
June 12
*Jared Bush, American screenwriter, producer and director
*Jason Mewes, American actor, comedian, film producer and podcaster
June 13 - Brande Roderick, American model and actress
June 16 - Joseph May, British-born Canadian-American actor
June 20 – Lenin M. Sivam, Sri Lankan-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
June 23 – Joel Edgerton, Australian actor
June 25
*Jeff Cohen, American former child actor
*Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
June 28 - Kirsty Mitchell, Scottish actress
July 1 - Jonathan Roumie, American actor
July 3 - Corey Reynolds, American actor
July 4 - Mick Wingert, American voice actor
July 8 – Tami Erin, American actress
July 10 - Imelda May, Irish actress and singer
July 14 - Maxine Peake, English actress
July 16 - Robinne Lee, American actress
July 20 - Simon Rex, American actor, rapper and comedian
July 22
*Donald Faison, American actor, comedian and voice actor
*Franka Potente, German actress
*Johnny Strong, American actor, musician and singer-songwriter
July 23 - Stephanie March, American actress
July 27
*Amy Hathaway, American former actress
*Takehiro Hira, Japanese actor
July 28 - Hannah Waddingham, English actress, singer and television presenter
July 29 - Josh Radnor, American actor and filmmaker
July 30 – Hilary Swank, American actress
July 31
*Emilia Fox, English actress and presenter
*Asher Keddie, Australian actress
August 2 - Angie Cepeda, Colombian actress
August 5 – Kajol, Indian actress
August 7 – Michael Shannon, American actor
August 8 - Enzo Cilenti, English actor
August 10 - Craig Kirkwood, American former actor
August 11 - Chris Messina, American actor, director, writer and producer
August 14 - Tomer Sisley, Israeli-French actor and comedian
August 15 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress and model
August 20
*Amy Adams, American actress
*Misha Collins, American actor
August 21 - Paul Chowdhry, British comedian and actor
August 23 – Ray Park, Scottish actor and stuntman
August 31 - Marc Webb, American music video director and filmmaker
September 1 - Burn Gorman, English actor and musician
September 4 - Nona Gaye, American singer and retired actress
September 5 - Romina Yan, Argentine actress, screenwriter and singer
September 6
*Sarah Danielle Madison, American actress
*Justin Whalin, American former actor
September 7 - Noah Huntley, English actor
September 10 – Ryan Phillippe, American actor
September 11 - Ben Best, American actor, writer, musician and producer
September 16 - Ed Stoppard, English actor
September 18
*Xzibit, American rapper, actor and broadcaster
*Emily Rutherfurd, American actress
September 19
*Jimmy Fallon, American television host, comedian and actor
*Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish actress and model
September 30 - Ashley Hamilton, American actor, comedian and singer-songwriter
October 1
*Brandon Keener, American actor
*Sherri Saum, American actress
October 2 - Michelle Krusiec, American actress, writer and producer
October 6
*Fernando Chien, Taiwanese actor and stunt performer
*Alexis Georgoulis, Greek actor
*Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer and writer
October 7 - Numan Acar, Turkish-German actor and producer
October 17
*Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
*Rizwan Manji, Canadian actor
October 20 – Brian Limond, Scottish comedian, actor and writer
October 28
*Michael Dougherty, American director, screenwriter, producer and animator
*Jake Kasdan, American filmmaker and actor
*Joaquin Phoenix, American actor
October 31
*David Dencik, Danish-Swedish actor
*Ruben Fleischer, American director and producer
November 2 - Nelly, American actor, rapper and singer
November 4 – Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor
November 7 - Carl Steven, American child actor
November 9 - Ryo Kase, Japanese actor
November 10 – Simone Singh, Indian actress
November 11 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor
November 12 - Tamala Jones, American actress
November 14
*Fatima Adoum, French actress
*David Moscow, American actor and producer
November 15 - Kathleen Rose Perkins, American actress
November 16 – Chloë Sevigny, American actress
November 21 – Tiit Sukk, Estonian actor
November 24 - Stephen Merchant, English comedian, actor, writer, director and presenter
November 25 - Kenneth Mitchell, Canadian actor
November 26 - Omar Chaparro, Mexican actor, comedian, television host and singer
November 30 - Hinnerk Schönemann, German actor
December 1 – Érica Rivas, Argentinian actress
December 11 - Lisa Ortiz, American voice actress and voice director
December 15 - P. J. Byrne, American actor
December 17
*Paul Briggs, American animator and voice actor
*Sarah Paulson, American actress
*Giovanni Ribisi, American actor
*Marissa Ribisi, American actress
December 24 - Thure Lindhardt, Danish actor
December 25 - Andrew McNee, Canadian actor
December 27 - Masi Oka, Japanese actor, producer and digital effects artist
December 29 - Mekhi Phifer, American actor
December 31 - Kenny Morrison, American actor