1995 in film
This is a list of films released in 1995. The highly anticipated sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance was the year's biggest box-office hit, and Braveheart won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1995 by worldwide gross are as follows:| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | 20th Century Fox | $366,101,666 |
| 2 | Toy Story | Buena Vista | $361,958,736 |
| 3 | Apollo 13 | Universal | $355,237,933 |
| 4 | GoldenEye | MGM | $352,194,034 |
| 5 | Pocahontas | Buena Vista | $346,079,773 |
| 6 | Batman Forever | Warner Bros. | $336,529,144 |
| 7 | Seven | New Line | $327,311,859 |
| 8 | Casper | Universal | $287,928,194 |
| 9 | Waterworld | Universal | $264,218,220 |
| 10 | Jumanji | Sony / TriStar | $262,797,249 |
Box office records
- The Batman franchise became the fifth film franchise to gross $1 billion with the release of Batman Forever.
- *Batman Forever is released in theaters and surpasses Jurassic Park for scoring the highest-opening weekend of all time, generating a total of $52.8 million.
Film records
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, released this year, has been running in theatres in India for 30 years, making the longest running film in cinema history
Context
Events
- March 13 – The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.
- April 10 – Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. sells 80% of MCA Inc., owner of Universal Pictures, to Seagram Company for $7 billion.
- May 12 – Crimson Tide is released, kicking off the Summer box office season with critical and commercial success.
- May 19 – Die Hard with a Vengeance is released in theaters and becomes the year's highest-grossing film.
- May 24 – Braveheart is released to critical and commercial success. Directed by and starring Mel Gibson, it will go on to win 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
- May 27 – Actor Christopher Reeve injured his spinal cord after falling off his horse in an equestrian competition. The injury paralysed him from the shoulders down, and he depended on a ventilator to breathe.
- June 10 – Pocahontas has the largest premiere ever for a film, premiering in Central Park, New York City, with an audience of 100,000 and free admission. The film received mixed reviews but was a commercial success at the worldwide box office.
- June 16 – Batman Forever is released in theaters and scores the highest-opening weekend of all time, generating a total of $52.8 million.
- November – Carolco Pictures files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
- November 17 – After a six-year hiatus, the James Bond film series resumes with the successful GoldenEye with Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.
- November 22 – Toy Story is released, marking the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery. Toy Story was both a commercial and critical success, and is considered by film historians as a significant turning point in film history.
- unknown date – Trash Video, a Finnish independent film production company is established.
Awards
1995 films
By country/region
- List of American films of 1995
- List of Argentine films of 1995
- List of Australian films of 1995
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1995
- List of British films of 1995
- List of Canadian films of 1995
- List of French films of 1995
- List of Hong Kong films of 1995
- List of Indian films of 1995
- * List of Hindi films of 1995
- * List of Kannada films of 1995
- * List of Malayalam films of 1995
- * List of Marathi films of 1995
- * List of Tamil films of 1995
- * List of Telugu films of 1995
- List of Japanese films of 1995
- List of Mexican films of 1995
- List of Pakistani films of 1995
- List of Russian films of 1995
- List of South Korean films of 1995
- List of Spanish films of 1995
By genre/medium
- List of action films of 1995
- List of animated feature films of 1995
- List of avant-garde films of 1995
- List of crime films of 1995
- List of comedy films of 1995
- List of drama films of 1995
- List of horror films of 1995
- List of science fiction films of 1995
- List of thriller films of 1995
- List of western films of 1995
Births
- January 5 – Whindersson Nunes, Brazilian YouTuber and actor
- January 7
- *Jessica Darrow, American actress and singer
- *Leslie Grace, American singer, songwriter and actress
- January 9 – Nicola Peltz, American actress
- January 13
- *Natalia Dyer, American actress
- *Eros Vlahos, English-Greek actor and comedian
- January 17 – Indya Moore, American actor
- January 24
- *Dylan Everett, Canadian actor
- *Callan McAuliffe, Australian actor
- January 30 – Danielle Campbell, American actress
- February 2 – Tom Blyth, English actor
- February 7 – Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor and singer
- February 10 – Archie Madekwe, English actor
- February 28 – Madisen Beaty, American actress
- March 4 – Bill Milner, English actor
- March 7 – Haley Lu Richardson, American actress
- March 20 – Samantha Weinstein, Canadian actress
- March 21 – RJ Cyler, American actor
- March 22 – Nick Robinson, American actor
- March 23 – Victoria Pedretti, American actress
- March 30 – Simone Ashley, English actress
- April 1 – Logan Paul, American pro wrestler, actor, and YouTuber
- April 17 – Phoebe Dynevor, English actress
- April 18 – Virginia Gardner, American actress
- April 19 – Patrick Gibson, Irish actor
- April 24 – Ludmilla, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress
- May 3
- *Katie Chang, American actress
- *Emma Seligman, Canadian film director and screenwriter
- May 4
- *Alex Lawther, English actor
- *Shameik Moore, American actor, singer and rapper
- May 5 - Devon Gearhart, American actor
- May 11 - Shira Haas, Israeli actress
- May 12 – Sawyer Sweeten, American child actor
- May 13 – Taylor John Smith, American actor
- May 25 - Brandon Perea, American actor
- May 28 – Jacob Kogan, American actor
- June 4 - Gustav Lindh, Swedish actor
- June 5 – Troye Sivan, Australian singer-songwriter and actor
- June 6 – Jack Kilmer, American actor
- June 8 – Harumi Sato, Japanese actress and dancer
- June 19 – Blake Woodruff, American actor
- June 20 – Geraldine Viswanathan, Australian actress
- June 22 – Micheál Richardson, Irish-American actor
- July 4 – Post Malone, American rapper
- July 9 – Georgie Henley, English actress
- July 11 – Blu Hunt, American actress
- July 12 – Mason Alexander Park, American actor
- August 4 – Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress
- August 6 – Amy Forsyth, Canadian actress
- August 7 – Sasha Calle, American actress
- August 9 – Justice Smith, American actor
- August 18 - Alexa Davies, Welsh actress
- August 20 – Liana Liberato, American actress
- August 22 – Dua Lipa, English singer and actress
- August 26 – Gracie Dzienny, American actress
- September 4 - Lola Tash, Canadian former actress
- September 12 – Ryan Potter, American actor
- September 19 – Rachel Sennott, American actress
- September 20 - Sammi Hanratty, American actress
- September 22 – Juliette Goglia, American actress
- September 29 – Sasha Lane, American actress
- October 3
- *Ayo Edebiri, American comedian, writer, producer and actress
- *Hailey McCann, former American child actress
- October 13 – Park Ji-min, Korean singer, songwriter and dancer
- October 24 – Ashton Sanders, American actor and model
- November 2 – Brandon Soo Hoo, American actor and martial artist
- November 3 – Alice Wegmann, Brazilian actress
- November 6 – John Owen Lowe, American writer, producer and actor
- November 7 – Sophia Ali, American actress
- November 9 – Finn Cole, English actor
- November 15 - Amy James-Kelly, British Actress
- November 17 – Zach Barack, American actor, singer and comedian
- November 22 – Katherine McNamara, American actress
- November 23 – Austin Majors, American actor
- November 27
- *Ricardo Hoyos, Canadian actor
- *Jamila Velazquez, American singer and actress
- November 29
- *Liv Hewson, Australian actor
- *Laura Marano, American actress, singer
- December 5 - Hadley Robinson, American actress
- December 13 – Emma Corrin, British actor
- December 25 - Charlee Fraser, Australian actress
- December 26 - Lola Petticrew, Northern Irish actor
- December 27
- *Laurence Belcher, English actor
- *Timothée Chalamet, American and French actor
- December 29 – Ross Lynch, American actor, singer, dancer
- December 30 – Kim Tae-hyung, Korean singer, songwriter and dancer
Deaths