1993 in film
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive, and The Firm.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1993 by worldwide gross are as follows:| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Jurassic Park | Universal | $914,691,118 |
| 2 | Mrs. Doubtfire | 20th Century Fox | $441,286,195 |
| 3 | The Fugitive | Warner Bros. | $368,875,760 |
| 4 | Schindler's List | Universal | $321,306,305 |
| 5 | The Firm | Paramount | $270,248,367 |
| 6 | Indecent Proposal | Paramount | $266,614,059 |
| 7 | Cliffhanger | TriStar | $255,000,211 |
| 8 | Sleepless in Seattle | TriStar | $227,799,884 |
| 9 | Philadelphia | TriStar | $206,678,440 |
| 10 | The Pelican Brief | Warner Bros. | $195,268,056 |
Events
- January 1 – China Film Import & Export Corporation ends its 40-year monopoly distributing all films in China, with 16 other Chinese film studios now responsible for distributing their own films.
- January 29 – Bram Stoker's Dracula opens in the United Kingdom setting an opening weekend record of £2,633,635 million.
- March 31 – actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow.
- May 27 – actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge initially orders her to pay $8.9 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film 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, starring Bob Hoskins as Mario and John Leguizamo as Luigi. The film would end up grossing only $20.9 million domestically and was universally panned from critics.
- June 11 – The filmed version of Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park, a dinosaur epic with groundbreaking special effects directed by Steven Spielberg, breaks box-office records with a record $50 million opening weekend and goes on to become the highest-grossing film ever made with a worldwide gross of over $900 million.
- June 18 – Arnold Schwarzenegger's film career falters with the commercial disappointment of Last Action Hero.
- July 16 – Jurassic Park opens in Mexico and the United Kingdom and on July 17 in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, setting opening records in each market.
- * Hocus Pocus is released by Walt Disney Pictures. While the film upon its original release, received mixed reviews from critics and is initially a box-office bomb, the film would eventually be rediscovered by audiences through frequent television airings on Disney Channel and Freeform and home video sales during the Halloween season and is now considered a cult classic.
- October 31 – actor River Phoenix accidentally dies of an overdose during the filming of Dark Blood. The film was later completed and released in 2012.
- December 15 – Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg, is released and goes on to win seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Spielberg's first for Best Director.
- December 22 – Turner Broadcasting System acquired Castle Rock Entertainment.
1993 films
By country/region
- List of American films of 1993
- List of Argentine films of 1993
- List of Australian films of 1993
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1993
- List of British films of 1993
- List of Canadian films of 1993
- List of French films of 1993
- List of Hong Kong films of 1993
- List of Indian films of 1993
- * List of Hindi films of 1993
- * List of Kannada films of 1993
- * List of Malayalam films of 1993
- * List of Marathi films of 1993
- * List of Tamil films of 1993
- * List of Telugu films of 1993
- List of Japanese films of 1993
- List of Mexican films of 1993
- List of Pakistani films of 1993
- List of Russian films of 1993
- List of South Korean films of 1993
- List of Spanish films of 1993
By genre/medium
- List of action films of 1993
- List of animated feature films of 1993
- List of avant-garde films of 1993
- List of crime films of 1993
- List of comedy films of 1993
- List of drama films of 1993
- List of horror films of 1993
- List of science fiction films of 1993
- List of thriller films of 1993
- List of western films of 1993
Births
- January 5 – Franz Drameh, English actor
- January 7 – Yuta Nakatsuka, Japanese actor and dancer
- January 9 – Ashley Argota, American actress
- January 10 – Jacob Scipio, English actor and writer
- January 11 – Flora Cross, French-American actress
- January 18 – Morgan York, American actress
- January 19 – Gus Lewis, American-English actor
- January 20 – Morgane Polanski, French-Polish actress
- January 22 - Daryl McCormack, Irish actor
- January 26 – Cameron Bright, Canadian actor
- January 27 – Iyana Halley, American actress
- January 28 – Will Poulter, English actor
- January 29 – Lewis Pullman, American actor
- February 3 - Brandon Micheal Hall, American actor
- February 7
- *David Dorfman, American actor
- *Philip Wiegratz, German former actor
- February 10 – Lexi Atkins, American actress
- February 12 – Jennifer Stone, American actress
- February 13 – Sophie Evans, Welsh actress and singer
- February 14 – Shane Harper, American actor
- February 19 – Victoria Justice, American actress and singer
- February 21 – Masaki Suda, Japanese actor
- February 24 – Emily Rudd, American actress
- March 4
- *Jenna Boyd, American actress
- *Abigail Mavity, American actress
- March 11 – Jodie Comer, English actress
- March 15 – Alia Bhatt, British actress
- March 22 - Enzo Vogrincic, Uruguayan actor
- March 29 – Joe Adler, American actor
- April 7 – Yell Htwe Aung, Burmese comedian, actor, and model
- April 10 – Sofia Carson, actress, singer and musician
- April 14
- *Vivien Cardone, American actress
- *Graham Phillips, American actor, filmmaker and singer
- April 26 - Ryoma Takeuchi, Japanese actor
- April 30 - Henry Zaga, Brazilian actor
- May 6 – Naomi Scott, English actress and singer
- May 10
- *Spencer Fox, American actor, singer and musician
- *Halston Sage, American actress
- May 11
- *Olivia Liang, American actress
- *James Reid, Filipino actor
- May 13 – Debby Ryan, American actress and singer
- May 14 – Miranda Cosgrove, American actress, singer
- May 29 – Maika Monroe, American actress
- June 6 - Aisling Franciosi, Irish actress
- June 7 - Amanda Leighton, American actress
- June 9 – Danielle Chuchran, American actress
- June 11 - Sidhu Moose Wala, Indian singer, rapper and actor
- June 19 – Olajide Olatunji, British YouTuber, rapper and actor
- June 24 – Beanie Feldstein, American actress
- June 25 – Barney Clark, English actor
- June 26 – Ariana Grande, American actress, singer
- June 27 – Camila Queiroz, Brazilian actress
- June 29 - Harrison Gilbertson, Australian actor
- July 1 – Raini Rodriguez, American actress, singer
- July 3 – Sarah Wiedenheft, Dutch-American voice actress
- July 8 - David Corenswet, American actor
- July 9 – Emily Hirst, Canadian actress
- July 21 - Gabriel Leone, Brazilian actor and musician
- July 23 – Lili Simmons, American actress
- July 26
- *Elizabeth Gillies, American actress
- *Taylor Momsen, American actress
- July 31 – Christian Byers, Australian actor
- August 1 – Leon Thomas III, American actor, singer/songwriter, musician and dancer
- August 2 – Ryan and Kyle Pepi, American actors
- August 4 – Alan Shirahama, Japanese actor and DJ
- August 5 – Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress
- August 7 - Francesca Eastwood, American actress and television personality
- August 8 – Devery Jacobs, Canadian actress
- August 11 – Alyson Stoner, American actress
- August 12
- *Imani Hakim, American actress
- *Hannah Quinlivan, Taiwanese-Australian actress and model
- August 16 – Cameron Monaghan, American actor
- August 18 – Maia Mitchell, Australian actress, singer
- August 26 – Keke Palmer, American actress
- August 29 – Liam Payne, English singer
- September 1 – Alexander Conti, Canadian actor
- September 5 – Clark Backo, Canadian actress
- September 8 – Pepi Sonuga, Nigerian-American actress and singer
- September 18 – Patrick Schwarzenegger, American actor
- September 22 – Chase Ellison, American actor
- September 24 – Ben Platt, American actor
- September 25
- *Greg Davis, American actor
- *Zach Tyler Eisen, American former voice actor
- October 8
- *Angus T. Jones, American actor
- *Molly C. Quinn, American actress
- October 9 – Autumn Chiklis, American actress and writer
- October 19 – Hunter King, American actress
- October 23 – Taylor Spreitler, American actress
- October 25
- *Mia Goth, English actress
- *Bessie Carter, English actress
- *Rachel Matthews, American actress
- October 29 – India Eisley, American actress
- October 30 – Brett Kelly, Canadian actor
- October 31 – Letitia Wright, Guyanese-British actress
- November 8 - Jak Knight, American actor, comedian and writer
- November 16 – Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor
- November 22 – Adèle Exarchopoulos, French actress
- November 24
- *Anthony De La Torre, American actor
- *Zoe Levin, American actress
- December 8 – AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
- December 9 - Eugenio Mastrandrea, Italian actor
- December 10 - Alicia von Rittberg, German actress
- December 11 - Nesta Cooper, Canadian actress
- December 16 – Stephan James, Canadian actor
- December 17 – Kiersey Clemons, American actress
- December 19
- *Hermione Corfield, English actress
- *Nik Dodani, American actor, writer and comedian
- December 21 - Vanessa Angel, Indonesian actress, model and singer
- December 22 – Aliana Lohan, American actress
- December 24 – Millie Brady, English actress and model
- December 27 – Olivia Cooke, English actress