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1994 was a significant year in film. The top grosser worldwide was The Lion King, which to date stands as the highest-grossing traditionally-animated film of all time. Domestically in North America, it was slightly overtaken by Forrest Gump, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and a second consecutive Academy Award for Best Actor for Tom Hanks. There were also several popular action films, including Speed and True Lies. In the comedy realm, there was The Mask and Four Weddings and a Funeral, the latter of which shocked Forrest Gump to win the BAFTA award for Best Film. 1994 also featured the watershed Quentin Tarantino film and Palme d'Or winner, Pulp Fiction. Although a box office disappointment when originally released, 1994's The Shawshank Redemption, based on a Stephen King short story, would eventually become regarded as one of the films considered the greatest ever. In Blackburn, England, the discovery of approximately 800 well-preserved nitrate negatives shot by the British film pioneers Mitchell and Kenyon, active from 1897 to 1913 but previously known for only a handful of surviving titles, became a major contribution to early cinema. Contents 1 Top grossing films 2 Awards 3 Films released in 1994 4 Wide-release films 4.1 January-March 4.2 April-June 4.3 July-September 4.4 October-December 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 Film debuts Top grossing films Rank Title Studio Actors Director Worldwide 1. The Lion King Disney voices of Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella Rob Minkoff $783,841,776 2. Forrest Gump Paramount Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and Sally Field Robert Zemeckis $677,387,716 3. True Lies Fox Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis James Cameron $378,882,411 4. The Mask New Line Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz Chuck Russell $351,583,407 5. Speed Fox Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper and Sandra Bullock Jan de Bont $350,448,145 6. The Flintstones Universal John Goodman, Elizabeth Perkins, Rick Moranis and Rosie O'Donnell Brian Levant $341,631,208 7. Dumb and Dumber New Line Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly $247,275,374 8. Four Weddings and a Funeral Gramercy/Polygram Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell Mike Newell $245,700,832 9. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Geffen/Warner Bros. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas and Kirsten Dunst Neil Jordan $223,664,608 10. Clear and Present Danger Paramount Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, James Earl Jones and Anne Archer Phillip Noyce $215,887,717 Awards

Academy Awards: Best Picture: Forrest Gump - Paramount Pictures Best Director: Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump Best Actress: Jessica Lange - Blue Sky Best Supporting Actor: Martin Landau - Ed Wood Best Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest - Bullets Over Broadway Best Foreign Language Film: Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, France / Russia Golden Globe Awards: Drama: Best Picture: Forrest Gump Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump Best Actress: Jessica Lange - Blue Sky Musical or comedy: Best Picture: The Lion King Best Actor: Hugh Grant - Four Weddings and a Funeral Best Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis - True Lies Other Best Director: Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump Best Foreign Language Film: Farinelli Il Castrato, Belgium Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino, United States Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): Vive L'Amour (Aiqing wansui), directed by Tsai Ming-liang, Pred doždot (Before The Rain), directed by Milčo Mančevski, Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): In the Name of the Father, directed by Jim Sheridan, U.K. / Ireland Films released in 1994 3 Ninjas Kick Back 8 Seconds A Above the Rim Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, directed by Tom Shadyac, starring Jim Carrey The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, starring Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce Africa: The Serengeti Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer The Air Up There Airheads, starring Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, and Brendan Fraser Andre Angel Dust, directed by Sogo Ishii Angels in the Outfield, directed by William Dear, starring Danny Glover and Christopher Lloyd Ashes of Time, directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung B Baby's Day Out, starring Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle and Joe Pantoliano Backbeat Bad Girls, starring Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell and Drew Barrymore Bandit Queen, directed by Shekhar Kapur Barcelona Beverly Hills Cop III, directed by John Landis, starring Eddie Murphy Black Beauty Blank Check, directed by Rupert Wainwright Blankman Blink, directed by Michael Apted, starring Madeleine Stowe and Aidan Quinn Blown Away, starring Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones Blue Chips, starring Nick Nolte and Shaquille O'Neal Blue Sky, starring Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones Body Without Soul Brainscan The Browning Version Bullets Over Broadway, directed by Woody Allen, starring John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly and Chazz Palminteri Burnt by the Sun - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film C Cabin Boy - starring Chris Elliott Camp Nowhere, starring Christopher Lloyd and Johnathan Jackson The Chase, starring Charlie Sheen and Kristy Swanson Chasers, starring Tom Berenger, William McNamara and Erika Eleniak China Moon Chungking Express, directed by Wong Kar-wai City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold, starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jon Lovitz and Jack Palance Clean Slate Clear and Present Danger, starring Harrison Ford Clerks, directed by Kevin Smith The Client, starring Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones and Brad Renfro Cobb Color of Night, starring Bruce Willis, Jane March and Lesley Ann Warren Corrina, Corrina The Cowboy Way, starring Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland Criminal, directed by Mahesh Bhatt Crooklyn, directed by Spike Lee The Crow, starring Brandon Lee

D D2: The Mighty Ducks, directed by Sam Weisman Deadly Target Death and the Maiden, directed by Roman Polanski Death Wish V: The Face of Death Disclosure, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore Double Dragon Dream Lover Drop Zone, starring Wesley Snipes and Gary Busey Dumb and Dumber, starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels E Eat Drink Man Woman, directed by Ang Lee Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp Eden Valley Exit to Eden, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Dana Delany, Paul Mercurio, Rosie O'Donnell and Dan Aykroyd F Farinelli Il Castrato - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film First Action Hero The Flintstones, directed by Brian Levant, starring John Goodman and Rick Moranis Forrest Gump, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn and Gary Sinise - Academy and Golden Globe (Drama) Awards for Best Picture Four Weddings and a Funeral, directed by Mike Newell, starring Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell The Fox with Nine Tails Fresh G The Getaway, starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger Getting Even with Dad, starring Macaulay Culkin and Ted Danson Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?! A Good Man in Africa starring Sean Connery Greedy Guarding Tess, starring Shirley MacLaine and Nicolas Cage Gunmen H The Heart's Cry Heavenly Creatures, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet Hell (L'enfer), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Emmanuelle Béart Highlander III: The Final Dimension Hoop Dreams House Party 3 The Hudsucker Proxy, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Tim Robbins and Paul Newman I I Love Trouble, starring Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte I.Q., starring Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan and Walter Matthau I'll Do Anything Immortal Beloved, starring Gary Oldman and Jeroen Krabbé Intersection, starring Richard Gere, Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovich Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Kirsten Dunst Iron Will It Could Happen To You, starring Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda and Rosie Perez It's Pat J Jason's Lyric Jimmy Hollywood, starring Joe Pesci and Christian Slater The Jungle Book Junior, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson

K Killing Zoe, directed by Roger Avary L Lassie The Last Seduction The Last Supper Legends of the Fall, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn Léon, directed by Luc Besson, starring Jean Reno and Natalie Portman Leprechaun 2, starring Warwick Davis Lightning Jack, starring Paul Hogan The Lion King, directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff with the voices of Matthew Broderick and Jeremy Irons - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) Little Big League Little Giants, starring Rick Moranis and Ed O'Neill Little Odessa, starring Tim Roth and Edward Furlong The Little Rascals, directed by Penelope Spheeris Little Women, starring Winona Ryder Love Affair, starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening and Katharine Hepburn A Low Down Dirty Shame M The Madness of King George, directed by Nicholas Hytner, starring Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren Major League II, directed by David S. Ward, starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger and Corbin Bernsen A Man of No Importance, starring Albert Finney Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Branagh, Robert De Niro and Helena Bonham Carter The Mask, directed by Chuck Russell, starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz Maverick, starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and James Garner Men of War Milk Money A Million to Juan Miracle on 34th Street, starring Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott and Mara Wilson Mixed Nuts, directed by Nora Ephron, starring Steve Martin, Rita Wilson, Madeline Kahn, Adam Sandler and Juliette Lewis Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Muriel's Wedding, starring Toni Collette My Girl 2, starring Anna Chlumsky, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis and Austin O'Brien N Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult, starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O. J. Simpson and Anna Nicole Smith Necronomicon Natural Born Killers, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey, Jr. and Tommy Lee Jones Nell, starring Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson The Next Karate Kid, starring Hilary Swank No Dessert, Dad, till You Mow the Lawn No Escape Nobody's Fool, starring Paul Newman North, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Elijah Wood

O On Deadly Ground, starring Steven Seagal and Michael Caine Once Were Warriors, directed by Lee Tamahori Only You, starring Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey, Jr. Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon P The Pagemaster, directed by Joe Johnston (live action), starring Macaulay Culkin and Christopher Lloyd The Paper, directed by Ron Howard, starring Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Randy Quaid, Marisa Tomei and Robert Duvall PCU Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead Pred doždot (Before the Rain) - Golden Lion award Police Academy: Mission to Moscow Pontiac Moon The Postman (Il Postino) Prêt-à-Porter, directed by Robert Altman Priest Pulp Fiction, directed by Quinten Tarantino, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman - Palme d'Or award The Puppet Masters, starring Donald Sutherland Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter Q Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford, starring Ralph Fiennes R Radio Inside Radioland Murders Rapa Nui Reality Bites, starring Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn The Ref, starring Denis Leary, Judy Davis and Kevin Spacey Renaissance Man, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Danny DeVito The Return of Jafar The Return of Tommy Tricker Richie Rich, starring Macaulay Culkin The River Wild, starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon and David Strathairn Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book S The Santa Clause, directed by John Pasquin, starring Tim Allen The Scout Serial Mom, directed by John Waters, starring Kathleen Turner The Shadow, starring Alec Baldwin Shadowlands (U.S. release) Shallow Grave, directed by Danny Boyle The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman A Simple Twist of Fate Sioux City Sirens, starring Hugh Grant and Tara FitzGerald Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade The Specialist, starring Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone Speechless, starring Michael Keaton and Geena Davis Speed, starring Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper and Sandra Bullock Squanto: A Warrior's Tale The St. Tammany Miracle Star Trek Generations, starring Patrick Stewart and William Shatner Stargate, starring Kurt Russell and James Spader Street Fighter, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raúl Juliá Sugar Hill, starring Wesley Snipes The Swan Princess, directed by Richard Rich The Sum of Us, starring Russell Crowe and Jack Thompson Surviving the Game

T Teresa's Tattoo Terminal Velocity, starring Charlie Sheen and Nastassja Kinski Three Colors: White - 2nd of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Julie Delpy Three Colors: Red - 3rd of the Krzysztof Kieślowski trilogy, starring Irène Jacob Threesome, starring Lara Flynn Boyle, Stephen Baldwin and Josh Charles Thumbelina, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman Timecop, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Mia Sara Tom & Viv, starring Willem Dafoe and Miranda Richardson A Troll in Central Park, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman True Lies, directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis V Vive L'Amour - Golden Lion award W Wagons East! The War War of the Buttons Wes Craven's New Nightmare When a Man Loves a Woman, starring Meg Ryan and Andy García White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf With Honors, starring Joe Pesci, Brendan Fraser, Moira Kelly, Patrick Dempsey and Josh Hamilton Wolf, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer Wyatt Earp, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid and Gene Hackman Wide-release films January-March January 1994 January 7 - The Air Up There, Cabin Boy January 14 - House Party 3, Iron Will January 21 - Intersection January 28 - Blink, Car 54, Where Are You? February 1994 February 4 - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, I'll Do Anything, My Father the Hero February 11 - Blank Check, The Getaway, My Girl 2 February 18 - Blue Chips, On Deadly Ground, Reality Bites February 25 - 8 Seconds, Sugar Hill March 1994 March 4 - Angie, The Chase, Greedy March 11 - Four Weddings and a Funeral, Guarding Tess, The Hudsucker Proxy, Lightning Jack, The Ref March 18 - Monkey Trouble, Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult, The Paper March 25 - Above the Rim, D2: The Mighty Ducks April-June April 1994 April 1 - Clifford, Jimmy Hollywood, Major League II, Thumbelina April 8 - Holy Matrimony, Threesome April 15 - Cops & Robbersons, Surviving the Game, White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf April 22 - Bad Girls, Brainscan, Chasers April 29 - No Escape, PCU, With Honors, The Favor, When a Man Loves a Woman May 1994 May 6 - 3 Ninjas Kick Back, Clean Slate May 13 - Crooklyn, The Crow May 20 - Maverick, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues May 27 - Beverly Hills Cop III, The Flintstones, Little Buddha June 1994 June 3 - The Cowboy Way, Renaissance Man June 10 - Speed, City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold June 17 - Wolf, Getting Even with Dad June 24 - Wyatt Earp, The Lion King July-September July 1994 July 1 - Baby's Day Out, Blown Away, I Love Trouble, Little Big League, The Shadow July 8 - Forrest Gump July 15 - True Lies, Angels in the Outfield July 22 - The Client, Lassie, North July 29 - Black Beauty, It Could Happen To You, The Mask August 1994 August 5 - Airheads, Clear and Present Danger, The Little Rascals August 12 - In the Army Now August 19 - Andre, Blankman, Color of Night August 26 - Camp Nowhere, Natural Born Killers, Wagons East! September 1994 September 2 - Milk Money, Fresh, A Simple Twist of Fate September 9 - A Good Man in Africa, Trial by Jury, The Next Karate Kid September 16 - Timecop, Quiz Show, Blue Sky September 23 - Terminal Velocity, The Shawshank Redemption September 30 - Jason's Lyric, The River Wild, The Scout, Ed Wood October-December October 1994 October 7 - The Specialist, Only You October 14 - Pulp Fiction, Exit to Eden, Little Giants, Wes Craven's New Nightmare October 21 - Love Affair, The Puppet Masters, Radioland Murders, Bullets Over Broadway October 28 - Stargate, Silent Fall, Squanto: A Warrior's Tale, The Road to Wellville November 1994 November 4 - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, The War, Double Dragon November 11 - Interview with the Vampire, The Santa Clause November 18 - Star Trek Generations, The Professional, Miracle on 34th Street, The Swan Princess November 25 - Junior, A Low Down Dirty Shame, The Pagemaster December 1994 December 2 - Trapped in Paradise, Cobb, Tom & Viv December 9 - Disclosure, Drop Zone December 14 -Nell December 16 - Dumb and Dumber, Legends of the Fall, Speechless December 21 - Mixed Nuts December 23 - Nobody's Fool, Richie Rich, Little Women, Street Fighter December 25 - I.Q., Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book December 28 - The Madness of King George Births February 23 - Dakota Fanning, actress March 26 - Stephanie Teuchert, actress April 12 - Saoirse Ronan, actress April 8 - Erik Hernandez, actor April 18 - Moisés Arias, actor July 6 - Camilla and Rebecca Rosso, English twin actresses July 16 - Mark Indelicato, actor August 9 - Forrest Landis, actor August 25 - Josh Flitter, actor August 28 - Jessie Flower, actress September 25 - Jansen Panettiere, actor November 11 - Connor Price, actor November 17 - Raquel Castro, actress December 3 - Jake T. Austin, actor December 15 - Emma Lockhart, actress December 17 - Nat Wolff, actor and singer Deaths January 1 - Cesar Romero, actor January 22 - Telly Savalas, actor February 6 - Joseph Cotten, actor February 11 Sorrell Booke, actor William Conrad, actor February 19 - Derek Jarman, director February 24 - Dinah Shore, singer and actress March 4 - John Candy, comedian and actor March 6 - Melina Mercouri, actress March 9 - Fernando Rey, actor March 17 - Mai Zetterling, actress, director March 21 Macdonald Carey, actor Lili Damita, actress March 23 - Giulietta Masina, actress March 29 - Bill Travers, actor and wildlife conservationist April 8 - Kurt Cobain, musician May 8 - George Peppard, actor May 15 - Gilbert Roland, actor June 4 - Massimo Troisi, actor June 6 - Barry Sullivan, actor June 7 - Dennis Potter, writer June 14 - Henry Mancini, composer July 26 - Terry Scott, actor August 11 - Peter Cushing, actor August 30 - Lindsay Anderson, director September 7 Dennis Morgan, actor Terence Young, director September 11 - Jessica Tandy, actress September 12 - Tom Ewell, actor October 19 - Martha Raye, actress October 20 - Burt Lancaster, actor October 20 - Sergei Bondarchuk, actor and film director October 21 - Benoît Régent, French film actor October 24 - Raúl Juliá, actor November 1 - Noah Beery, Jr., actor November 30 - Lionel Stander, actor December 6 - Gian Maria Volonté, actor December 24 - Rossano Brazzi, actor Film debuts Cate Blanchett Danny Boyle - director Cameron Diaz Claire Forlani Jude Law Ewan McGregor Natalie Portman Kate Winslet