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The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.

The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor (Russell Crowe).

There were also several popular action films, including X-Men and Shanghai Noon. In the comedy realm, there was Me, Myself & Irene and Meet the Parents.

Although a box office disappointment when originally released, DreamWorks Animation's The Road to El Dorado, based on the Hugh Thomas novel, Conquest, Montezuma, Cortés and the Fall of Old Mexico, earned second place behind Erin Brockovich.

Disney's animated Dinosaur was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success.

Coyote Ugly opened at #4 in North American box office making $17.3 million in its opening weekend behind Space Cowboys, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and Hollow Man.

Top-grossing films

See also: List of 2000 box office number-one films in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia

Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2000. The top ten films of 2000, by worldwide gross in $USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:

2000 Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide Gross	U.S./Canada Gross	U.K. Gross	Australia Gross
1	Mission: Impossible II	Paramount	$546,388,105	$215,409,889	$26,373,540	$13,164,272
2	Gladiator	DreamWorks	$457,640,427	$187,705,427	$47,775,542	$18,466,914
3	Cast Away	Fox	$429,632,142	$233,632,142	$22,166,719	$11,594,722
4	What Women Want	Paramount	$374,111,707	$182,811,707	$24,660,636	$11,689,023
5	Dinosaur	Disney	$349,822,765	$137,748,063	—	—
6	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal	$345,141,403	$260,044,825	$21,925,287	$4,376,924
7	Meet the Parents	Universal	$330,444,045	$166,244,045	$21,360,088	$11,549,612
8	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	$328,718,434	$182,618,434	—	—
9	X-Men	Fox	$296,339,527	$157,299,717	$22,186,479	$6,481,541
10	What Lies Beneath	DreamWorks/Fox	$291,420,351	$155,464,351	$19,911,075	$4,651,385

$ 567.123.4567 These numbers are taken from Box Office Mojo, including their 2000 Yearly Box Office Results.

2000 produced forty-six films that have grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Three films have grossed more than $400 million, reaching "international blockbuster" status.

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Month	Day	Event
January	?	26th People's Choice Awards
	23	The 57th Golden Globe Awards were held in the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles. Major winners included: Drama Best Picture: American Beauty Best Actor: Denzel Washington - The Hurricane Best Actress: Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry Musical or Comedy Best Picture: Toy Story 2 Best Actor: Jim Carrey - Man on the Moon Best Actress: Janet McTeer - Tumbleweeds
	20 - 30	The 22nd Sundance Film Festival is opened by the world premiere of Gurinder Chadha's What's Cooking and screens over 100 films including American Psycho. The Grand Jury and Audience Award prizes are awarded to Girlfight, You Can Count on Me and Two Family House respectively. The Independent Vision Award prize is given to Kevin Spacey.
	26 - 9	The 29th Rotterdam International Film Festival is opened by Michael Mann's The Insider and screens over 200 films. The Tiger Award prizes are given to Bye Bye Blue Bird, Mundo grúa and Shower, Best Film
	?	Broadcast Film Critics' Critics Choice Awards
	?	6th Screen Actors Guild Awards
February	9 - 20	The 50th Berlin International Film Festival is opened by the world premiere of Wim Wenders' The Million Dollar Hotel. The Golden Bear prizes are awarded to Magnolia, Best Film and Jeanne Moreau, Lifetime Achievement. The festival is closed with the world premiere of Bruno Barreto's Bossa Nova.
	?	16th Independent Spirit Awards
March	25	The 20th Golden Raspberry Awards was held. Major winners include: Worst Picture: Wild Wild West Worst Director: Barry Sonnenfeld - Wild Wild West Worst Actor: Adam Sandler - Little Nicky Worst Actress: Heather Donahue - The Blair Witch Project Worst Supporting Actor: Jar Jar Binks (voiced by Ahmed Best) - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Worst Supporting Actress: Denise Richards - The World Is Not Enough
	26	The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony is held in the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. Major winners include: Best Picture: American Beauty Best Director: Sam Mendes - American Beauty Best Actor: Kevin Spacey - American Beauty Best Actress: Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine - The Cider House Rules Best Supporting Actress: Angelina Jolie - Girl, Interrupted
April	9	The 53rd BAFTA Awards ceremony is held in the Odeon Leicester Square, London. Michael Caine is honoured with the Academy Fellowship. Major winners include: Best Film: American Beauty Best Director: Pedro Almodóvar Best Actor: Kevin Spacey Best Actress: Annette Bening Best Supporting Actor: Jude Law Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith Best British Film: East Is East
May	10 - 21	The 53rd Cannes Film Festival is opened by the world premiere of Roland Joffe's Vatel and screens over 100 films including Nurse Betty and O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Palme d'Or and the Grand Prize of the Jury are awarded to Dancer in the Dark and Devils on the Doorstep respectively. The festival is closed by the world premiere of Denys Arcand's Stardom
	18 - 11	The 26th Seattle International Film Festival is opened by the North America premiere of Kenneth Branagh's Love's Labour's Lost and screens over 250 films. The Golden Space Needle prize is awarded to Shower. The festival closes with the premiere of Peter O'Fallon's A Rumor of Angels
July	5 - 15	The 35th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is held in the Thermal Hotel, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Crystal Globe prize is awarded to Me You Them.
August	2 - 12	The 53rd Locarno International Film Festival is opened by the international premiere of Bryan Singer's X-Men and screens over 70 films including Hamlet and Hollow Man. The Golden Leopard prize is awarded to Father. The Silver Leopard prize is awarded to both Manilla and Little Cheung. The festival is closed by the world premiere of Denis Rabaglia's Azzurro
	13 - 27	The 54th Edinburgh International Film Festival is opened by the British premiere of Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark. The Audience Award prize is given to Stephen Daldry's Billy Elliot. The festival is closed by the British premiere of Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love
	25 - 4	The 24th Montreal World Film Festival is opened by the world premiere of Agnès Jaoui's The Taste of Others. The Grand Prix des Amériques prize is awarded to both The Taste of Others and Innocence. The festival is closed by the premiere of Dein Perry's Bootmen
	30 - 9	The 57th Venice International Film Festival is opened by the international premiere of Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys and screens more than 100 films including Small Time Crooks and Memento. The Golden Lion and Grand Jury prizes are awarded to The Circle and Before Night Falls respectively. The festival is closed by the world premiere of Tony Gatlif's Vengo
September	7 - 16	The 25th Toronto International Film Festival is opened by the world premiere of Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous. The People's Choice Award prize is awarded to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The festival is closed by the world premiere of Michael Kalesiko's How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
	21 - 30	The 48th San Sebastián International Film Festival is opened by the world premiere of Alex de la Iglesia's Common Wealth. The Golden Shell prize is awarded to The Ruination of Men and the Silver Shell prizes are awarded to Reza Parsa, Best Director, Gianfranco Brero, Best Actor and Carmen Maura, Best Actress. The Donostia Award is given to Michael Caine and Robert De Niro. The festival is closed by the world premiere of Karl Francis’ One of the Hollywood Ten
October	13 - 26	The 8th Raindance Film Festival is opened by the premiere of Miguel Arteta's Chuck and Buck. The festival is closed by the British premiere of Metin Hüseyin's It Was an Accident
	? - ?	44th London Film Festival
	? - ?	13th Tokyo International Film Festival
November	? - ?	24th Cairo International Film Festival

Awards

Category/Organization	58th Golden Globe Awards January 16, 2001		54th BAFTA Awards February 19, 2001	73rd Academy Awards March 25, 2001
	Drama	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	Gladiator	Almost Famous	Gladiator	Gladiator
Best Director	Ang Lee Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon		Ang Lee Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Steven Soderbergh Traffic
Best Actor	Tom Hanks Cast Away	George Clooney O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Jamie Bell Billy Elliot	Russell Crowe Gladiator
Best Actress	Julia Roberts Erin Brockovich	Renée Zellweger Nurse Betty	Julia Roberts Erin Brockovich	Julia Roberts Erin Brockovich
Best Supporting Actor	Benicio del Toro Traffic		Benicio del Toro Traffic	Benicio del Toro Traffic
Best Supporting Actress	Kate Hudson Almost Famous		Julie Walters Billy Elliot	Marcia Gay Harden Pollock
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Traffic Stephen Gaghan		Traffic Stephen Gaghan	Traffic Stephen Gaghan
Best Screenplay, Original			Almost Famous Cameron Crowe	Almost Famous Cameron Crowe
Best Score	Gladiator Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard		Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Tan Dun	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Tan Dun
Best Foreign Language Film	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon		Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Dancer in the Dark, directed by Lars von Trier, Denmark

Grand Jury Prize (Sundance Film Festival):

Girlfight, directed by Karyn Kusama, United States
and You Can Count on Me, directed by Kenneth Lonergan, United States

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

The Circle, directed by Jafar Panahi, Iran

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Magnolia, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, United States

Films released in 2000

#

• 28 Days
• 101 Reykjavík
• 102 Dalmatians
• The 6th Day

A

• A Better Way to Die
• Across the Line, starring Brad Johnson
• Adventures in Wild California
• The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, starring Rene Russo and Robert De Niro
• Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets
• All the Pretty Horses, directed by Billy Bob Thornton, starring Matt Damon, Penélope Cruz, Henry Thomas
• Almost Famous, directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson
• American Psycho, directed by Mary Harron, starring Christian Bale, Chloë Sevigny, Willem Dafoe
• Amores perros (Love's a Bitch)
• Adanggaman
• Animal Factory
• The Art of War, starring Wesley Snipes
• Autumn in New York, starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder

B

• Baise-moi
• Bait
• Baller Blockin
• Bang Rajan - the highest grossing film in Thai film history
• Battlefield Earth, starring John Travolta -- winner of 9 Razzie Awards including worst film of the decade (awarded in 2010)
• Battle Royale
• The Beach, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tilda Swinton
• Beautiful, directed by Sally Field, starring Minnie Driver
• Bedazzled, starring Brendan Fraser
• Before Night Falls, starring Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp and Sean Bean
• Believe
• Best in Show, directed by Christopher Guest, starring Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard and Jane Lynch
• Big Momma's House, starring Martin Lawrence
• Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry and starring Jamie Bell and Julie Walters
• Blue's Big Musical Movie
• Boiler Room, starring Vin Diesel and Giovanni Ribisi
• Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, directed by Joe Berlinger
• Bootmen
• A Boy Named Sue
• Bounce, starring Ben Affleck
• Boys and Girls
• Bring it On, starring Kirsten Dunst
• The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
• Brother, directed by Takeshi Kitano

C

• La Captive, directed by Chantal Akerman
• Cast Away, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks
• Cecil B. Demented
• The Cell, starring Jennifer Lopez, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vince Vaughn
• Center Stage
• Charlie's Angels, starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu
• Chicken Run
• Chocolat directed by Lasse Hallstrom, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp
• The Circle (دایره), directed by Jafar Panahi
• The Claim, starring Wes Bentley, Milla Jovovich and Nastassia Kinski
• Code Unknown
• Coming Out
• La comunidad, starring Carmen Maura
• The Contender, starring Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Sam Elliott, Christian Slater, Gary Oldman
• Coyote Ugly
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon directed by Ang Lee and starring Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi
• Cruel Intentions 2

D

• Dancer in the Dark, starring Bjork
• The Day I Became a Woman
• Devils on the Doorstep (鬼子來了), directed by Jiang Wen
• Digimon: The Movie
• Dinosaur, directed by Ralph Zondag and Eric Leighton with the voices of D. B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis and Samuel E. Wright
• Divided We Fall (Musíme si pomáhat)
• Djomeh
• Down to You
• Dr. T & the Women, starring Richard Gere
• Dude, Where's My Car?
• Duets, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Dracula 2000
• Durian Durian (榴槤飄飄), directed by Fruit Chan

E-F

• The Emperor's New Groove, directed by Mark Dindal with the voices of David Spade and John Goodman
• Erin Brockovich, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart
• Escaflowne: The Movie
• VeggieTales: Esther, the Girl Who Would Be Queen
• An Everlasting Piece, directed by Barry Levinson
• Faat Kiné, directed by Ousmane Sembène
• Face (顔)
• The Family Man, starring Nicolas Cage
• Final Destination
• Finding Forrester, starring Sean Connery
• For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, starring Andy García
• Forbidden Fruit
• The Foul King (반칙왕), directed by Kim Ji-woon
• Frequency, starring Dennis Quaid

G

• Gangster No. 1
• Get Carter, starring Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson, Alan Cumming, Michael Caine
• The Gift, starring Cate Blanchett
• Ginger Snaps
• The Girl
• Girlfight, starring Michelle Rodriguez
• Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
• Golden Bowl, The
• Gone in 60 Seconds, starring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie
• Gossip, starring James Marsden and Kate Hudson
• Greenfingers
• Gun Shy, starring Liam Neeson

H

• Hanging Up, starring Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau
• Happy Times
• Here on Earth, starring Chris Klein, Leelee Sobieski, Josh Hartnett
• High Fidelity, starring John Cusack and Jack Black
• Highlander: Endgame
• Hollow Man, starring Kevin Bacon
• The House of Mirth, starring Gillian Anderson, Laura Linney, Dan Aykroyd
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski
• How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

I-K

• In the Mood for Love
• The Irrefutable Truth about Demons
• The Isle
• Italian for Beginners
• Ivans XTC
• Keeping the Faith, starring Ben Stiller
• The Kid, starring Bruce Willis, Lily Tomlin and Spencer Breslin
• Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
• VeggieTales: King George and the Ducky

L

• The Last Producer, directed by and starring Burt Reynolds
• The Legend of Bagger Vance, starring Will Smith, Matt Damon and Charlize Theron
• Little Nicky, starring Adam Sandler
• The Little Vampire
• Longshot, starring Paul Sorvino
• Loser
• Love's Labour's Lost, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh
• Love & Basketball, starring Omar Epps

M

• Maryam
• Maze, starring Rob Morrow and Laura Linney
• Me, Myself & Irene, directed by the Farrelly brothers, starring Jim Carrey and Renee Zellweger
• Meet the Parents, directed by Jay Roach, starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller
• Memento, starring Guy Pearce
• Men of Honour, starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding, Jr.
• Mercy Streets
• The Million Dollar Hotel, directed by Wim Wenders, starring Milla Jovovich and Mel Gibson
• Miss Congeniality, starring Sandra Bullock
• Mission: Impossible II, starring Tom Cruise
• Mission to Mars, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Gary Sinise
• Mr. Accident
• My Dog Skip
• My 5 Wives, starring Rodney Dangerfield, Jerry Stiller, Molly Shannon, John Byner

N-O

• The New Country
• The Next Best Thing, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Madonna
• Next Friday
• Nothin' 2 Lose
• Nurse Betty, starring Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear
• O Brother, Where Art Thou?, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring George Clooney, Holly Hunter, Tim Blake Nelson, John Turturro, John Goodman
• The Original Kings of Comedy
• Our Song, starring Kerry Washington

P-Q

• Panic
• The Patriot, starring Mel Gibson
• Pâques Man
• Pay it Forward, starring Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment
• Peppermint Candy
• The Perfect Storm, starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, John C. Reilly, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
• Pitch Black, directed by David Twohy, starring Vin Diesel
• Pokémon: The Movie 2000
• Pollock, starring Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Connelly
• The Price of Milk
• Prince of Central Park, starring Kathleen Turner, Harvey Keitel, Danny Aiello
• Princes et princesses
• Proof of Life, starring Russell Crowe, Meg Ryan, David Morse, David Caruso
• Psycho Beach Party
• Purely Belter
• Quills, starring Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine

R

• Ready to Rumble
• Red Planet, starring Val Kilmer and Carrie-Anne Moss
• Relative Values
• Remember the Titans, starring Denzel Washington
• The Replacements, starring Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman
• Requiem for a Dream, starring Jennifer Connelly and Ellen Burstyn
• Return to Me, starring David Duchovny and Minnie Driver
• The Road to El Dorado, directed by Bibo Bergeron and Don Paul with the voices of Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline
• Road Trip, starring Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, Tom Green
• Le Roi Danse (The King is Dancing)
• Romeo Must Die
• Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
• Rules of Engagement, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson

S

• Sade
• Saving Grace, starring Brenda Blethyn
• Scary Movie, starring Carmen Electra and Anna Faris
• Scream 3, starring Courteney Cox and David Arquette
• Seventeen Again
• Sexy Beast, directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane
• Shadow of the Vampire
• Shaft (2000), starring Samuel L. Jackson and Christian Bale
• Shanghai Noon, starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson
• The Skulls
• Small Time Crooks, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Tracey Ullman, Hugh Grant, Elaine May
• The Smokers, starring Dominique Swain
• Snatch, directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Brad Pitt, Benicio del Toro, Dennis Farina, Jason Statham
• Some Voices
• Songcatcher, starring Janet McTeer
• Souls Protest
• Space Cowboys, starring Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner
• The Specials
• Subconscious Cruelty
• Supernova, starring James Spader and Angela Bassett

T

• The Tao of Steve
• Terror Tract
• Thirteen Days, starring Kevin Costner and Bruce Greenwood (as JFK)
• Tigerland, starring Colin Farrell
• Time of Favor
• Thomas and the Magic Railroad, directed by Britt Allcroft, starring Alec Baldwin, Peter Fonda, Didi Conn, Mara Wilson
• The Tigger Movie
• Timecode
• Titan A.E., directed by Don Bluth and Gary Oldman with voices of Matt Damon and Bill Pullman
• Traffic, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Benicio del Toro -- winner of 4 Academy Awards
• Tripfall
• Turn It Up, starring Ja Rule and Jason Statham

U-V

• U-571, starring Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Jon Bon Jovi
• Unbreakable, starring Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn
• Up at the Villa, starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sean Penn
• Urban Legends: Final Cut
• Vatel
• Vertical Limit, starring Chris O'Donnell and Bill Paxton
• The Visit

W

• The Watcher
• The Way of the Gun, starring Ryan Phillippe and Benicio del Toro
• Whipped
• Wonder Boys, starring Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Katie Holmes, Robert Downey, Jr.
• waydowntown
• What Lies Beneath, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford
• What Women Want, directed by Nancy Meyers, starring Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda
• What Planet Are You From?, starring Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear, Linda Fiorentino, John Goodman
• The Whole Nine Yards (film), directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry

X-Z

• X-Men, starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen
• Yi Yi

Wide-release films

Wide release is a term in the American motion picture industry for a motion picture that is playing nationally on 600 screens or more in the United States and Canada. The following films meet these criteria:

January - March

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
J A N U A R Y	14	Next Friday	New Line Cinema	Ice Cube, Mike Epps, John Witherspoon, Tamala Jones, Tom Lister Jr.
		Supernova	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robin Tunney
		My Dog Skip ‡	Warner Bros.	Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Kevin Bacon, Cody Linley; Jay Russell (director)
	21	Down to You	Miramax Films	Freddie Prinze, Jr., Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, Shawn Hatosy, Ashton Kutcher
	28	Eye of the Beholder	Destination Films	Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Patrick Bergin, k.d. lang, Geneviève Bujold
		Isn't She Great	Universal Studios	Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, David Hyde Pierce, Amanda Peet, John Cleese
		The Big Tease	Warner Bros.	Craig Ferguson, Frances Fisher, Mary McCormack, David Rasche
F E B R U A R Y	4	Scream 3	Dimension Films	Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, Wes Craven (director)
	11	Snow Day	Paramount Pictures	Chris Elliott, Mark Webber, Jean Smart, Chevy Chase
		The Beach	20th Century Fox	Leonardo DiCaprio, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, Robert Carlyle, Tilda Swinton, Danny Boyle director
		The Tigger Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Jim Cummings, Nikita Hopkins, Ken Sansom, John Fiedler, Peter Cullen, John Hurt
	18	Boiler Room	New Line Cinema	Jon Abrahams, Kirk Acevedo, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nicky Katt, Nia Long, Scott Caan
		Hanging Up	Columbia Pictures	Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau, Adam Arkin
		Pitch Black	USA Films	Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Keith David
		The Whole Nine Yards	Warner Bros.	Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Natasha Henstridge, Michael Clarke Duncan, Amanda Peet
		Beautiful People	Trimark Pictures	Charlotte Coleman, Charles Kay
	23	Wonder Boys	Paramount Pictures	Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes, Rip Torn, Robert Downey Jr.
	25	Reindeer Games	Dimension Films	Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, Dennis Farina, James Frain, Donal Logue
M A R C H	3	3 Strikes	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Brian Hooks, N'Bushe Wright, Faizon Love, David Alan Grier
		Drowning Mona	Destination Films	Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Neve Campbell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Affleck, William Fichtner
		The Next Best Thing	Paramount Pictures	Madonna, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Vartan, Lynn Redgrave
		What Planet Are You From?	Columbia Pictures	Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear, Ben Kingsley, Linda Fiorentino, John Goodman
	10	Mission to Mars	Touchstone Pictures	Gary Sinise, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, Jerry O'Connell, Kim Delaney; Brian De Palma (director)
		The Ninth Gate	Artisan Entertainment	Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Frank Langella, James Russo, Emmanuelle Seigner
	17	Erin Brockovich	Universal Studios	Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart, Steven Soderbergh director
		Final Destination	New Line Cinema	Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Seann William Scott, Tony Todd; James Wong (director)
	22	Romeo Must Die	Warner Bros.	Jet Li, Aaliyah, Isaiah Washington, Russell Wong, DMX, Delroy Lindo
	24	Here on Earth	20th Century Fox	Chris Klein, Leelee Sobieski, Josh Hartnett, Bruce Greenwood, Annette O'Toole
		Whatever It Takes	Columbia Pictures	Marla Sokoloff, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Shane West, James Franco, Julia Sweeney
	31	High Fidelity	Touchstone Pictures	John Cusack, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Joelle Carter, Joan Cusack, Sara Gilbert
		Price of Glory	New Line Cinema	Jimmy Smits, Jon Seda, Clifton Collins Jr., Paul Rodriguez, Ron Perlman
		The Road to El Dorado	DreamWorks Animation	Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Edward James Olmos
		The Skulls	Universal Studios	Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker, Hill Harper, Leslie Bibb, Christopher McDonald

April - June

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
A P R I L	7	Black and White	Columbia Pictures	Ben Stiller, Elijah Wood
		Ready to Rumble	Warner Bros.	David Arquette, Oliver Platt, Scott Caan, Bill Goldberg, Rose McGowan, Diamond Dallas Page
		Return to Me	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	David Duchovny, Minnie Driver, Bonnie Hunt
		Rules of Engagement	Paramount Pictures	Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce
	14	28 Days	Columbia Pictures	Viggo Mortensen, Sandra Bullock
		American Psycho	Lions Gate Entertainment	Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Reese Witherspoon
		Keeping the Faith	Touchstone Pictures	Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, Anne Bancroft
		Kevin and Perry Go Large	Vertigo Films	Harry Enfield, James Fleet, Steve McFadden, Paul Whitehouse, Rhys Ifans
	21	Gossip	Warner Bros.	James Marsden, Kate Hudson
		Love & Basketball	New Line Cinema	Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan
		U-571	Universal Studios	Matthew McConaughey
	28	Viva Rock Vegas	Universal Studios	Mark Addy, Stephen Baldwin, Kristen Johnston, Harvey Korman; Brian Levant (director)
		Frequency	New Line Cinema	James Caviezel, Dennis Quaid
		Where the Heart Is	20th Century Fox	Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd
		Timecode	Screen Gems	Salma Hayek, Kyle MacLachlan, Holly Hunter, Julian Sands, Jeanne Tripplehorn; Mike Figgis (director)
M A Y	5	Gladiator	DreamWorks	Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Djimon Hounsou, Oliver Reed; Ridley Scott (director)
		I Dreamed of Africa	Columbia Pictures	Kim Basinger, Vincent Perez, Eva Marie Saint
	12	Battlefield Earth	Warner Bros.	John Travolta; Roger Christian (director)
		Center Stage	Columbia Pictures	Zoe Saldana
		Held Up	Trimark Pictures	Jamie Foxx, Nia Long
		Screwed	Universal Studios	Danny DeVito, Norm McDonald, Dave Chappelle
	19	Dinosaur	Walt Disney Pictures	D. B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis, Max Casella, Hayden Panettiere, Samuel E. Wright
		Road Trip	DreamWorks	Breckin Meyer; Todd Phillips (director)
		Small Time Crooks	DreamWorks	Hugh Grant
	24	Mission: Impossible II	Paramount Pictures	Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton; John Woo (director)
	26	Shanghai Noon	Touchstone Pictures	Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu; Tom Dey (director)
J U N E	2	Big Momma's House	20th Century Fox	Martin Lawrence, Nia Long; Raja Gosnell (director)
	9	Gone in 60 Seconds	Touchstone Pictures	Nicolas Cage, Giovanni Ribisi, Angelina Jolie
	16	Boys and Girls	Dimension Films	Freddie Prinze, Jr.
		Fantasia 2000	Walt Disney Pictures
		Shaft	Paramount Pictures	Samuel L. Jackson, Christian Bale, Jeffrey Wright
		Titan A.E.	20th Century Fox	Don Bluth, Gary Goldman (directors)
	23	Chicken Run	DreamWorks Animation	Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Miranda Richardson, Jane Horrocks, Phil Daniels, Timothy Spall, Tony Haygarth; Peter Lord & Nick Park [directors]
		Me, Myself and Irene	20th Century Fox	Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger; The Farrelly brothers directors
	29	The Patriot	Columbia Pictures	Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger; Roland Emmerich (director)
	30	Rocky & Bullwinkle	Universal Studios	Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Piper Perabo; Des McAnuff (director)
		The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane

July - September

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
J U L Y	7	Disney's The Kid	Walt Disney Pictures	Bruce Willis, Lily Tomlin and Spencer Breslin
		Scary Movie	Dimension Films	Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Anna Faris; Keenan Ivory Wayans (director)
	14	X-Men	20th Century Fox	Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin; Bryan Singer (director)
	21	Loser	Columbia Pictures	Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Greg Kinnear
		Pokémon: The Movie 2000	Warner Bros.	Ikue Ōtani, Addie Blaustein, Stuart Zagnit
		The In Crowd	Warner Bros.	Susan Ward, Lori Heuring, Matthew Settle
		What Lies Beneath	DreamWorks	Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer
	26	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Destination Films	Alec Baldwin, Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson, Thomas the Tank Engine
	28	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal Studios	Eddie Murphy; Peter Segal (director)
A U G U S T	4	Coyote Ugly	Touchstone Pictures	Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, John Goodman, Maria Bello
		Hollow Man	Columbia Pictures	Elisabeth Shue, Kevin Bacon, Josh Brolin
		Saving Grace ‡	20th Century Fox	Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson
		Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland; Clint Eastwood (director)
	11	Autumn in New York	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Richard Gere, Winona Ryder
		Bless the Child	Paramount Pictures	Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Rufus Sewell
		The Replacements	Warner Bros.	Keanu Reeves, Rhys Ifans
	18	Godzilla 2000	Columbia Pictures	Hiroshi Abe, Naomi Nishida
		The Cell	New Line Cinema	Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn
		The Original Kings of Comedy	Paramount Pictures	Steve Harvey, D. L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, Bernie Mac
	25	Bring It On	Universal Studios	Kirsten Dunst; Peyton Reed (director)
		The Art of War	Warner Bros.	Wesley Snipes
		The Crew	Touchstone Pictures	Carrie-Anne Moss
S E P T E M B E R	1	Highlander: Endgame	Miramax Films	Adrian Paul, Christopher Lambert, Bruce Payne
		Whipped	Destination Films	Amanda Peet, Brian Van Holt
	8	Nurse Betty	USA Films	Morgan Freeman, Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock
		The Watcher	Universal Studios	Keanu Reeves, Marisa Tomei
		The Way of the Gun	Artisan Entertainment	Benicio del Toro, Ryan Phillippe, James Caan, Juliette Lewis, Taye Diggs, Nicky Katt, Geoffrey Lewis
		Turn It Up	New Line Cinema	Jason Statham
	15	Almost Famous ‡	DreamWorks	Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson; Cameron Crowe (director)
		Bait	Warner Bros.	Jamie Foxx
	22	Billy Elliot	Universal Focus	Stephen Daldry (dir); Jamie Bell, Julie Walters
		Urban Legends: Final Cut	Columbia Pictures	Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis, Hart Bochner, Loretta Devine, Eva Mendes, Rebecca Gayheart
		Woman on Top	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Penélope Cruz, Murilo Benício, Harold Perrineau Jr., Mark Feuerstein
	29	Beautiful	Destination Films	Minnie Driver, Joey Lauren Adams, Kathleen Turner; Sally Field (director)
		Remember the Titans	Walt Disney Pictures	Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Donald Faison; Boaz Yakin

October - December

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
O C T O B E R	6	Digimon: The Movie	20th Century Fox	Lara Jill Miller, Joshua Seth, Bob Glouberman, Brian Donovan
		Get Carter	Warner Bros.	Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Mickey Rourke
		Meet the Parents	Universal Studios	Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Owen Wilson; Jay Roach (director)
	13	Dr. T and the Women	Artisan Entertainment	Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Kate Hudson
		Lost Souls	New Line Cinema	Winona Ryder
		The Contender	DreamWorks	Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges
		The Ladies Man	Paramount Pictures	Will Ferrell, Tim Meadows
	20	Bedazzled	20th Century Fox	Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Harold Ramis
		Pay It Forward	Warner Bros.	Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment
		The Legend of Drunken Master	Miramax Films	Jackie Chan
	27	Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2	Artisan Entertainment	Kim Director, Jeffrey Donovan, Erica Leerhsen, Tristine Skyler, Stephen Barker Turner
		Lucky Numbers	Paramount Pictures	John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow
		The Little Vampire	New Line Cinema	Rollo Weeks, Dean Cook, Anna Popplewell, Jonathan Lipnicki, Richard E. Grant, Alice Krige
	31	Mercy Streets	Signal Hill Production	Eric Roberts, David A.R. White, Cynthia Watros, Stacy Keach
N O V E M B E R	3	Charlie's Angels	Columbia Pictures	Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu Joseph McGinty Nichol
		The Legend of Bagger Vance	DreamWorks	Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron
	10	Little Nicky	New Line Cinema	Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Steven Brill
		Men of Honor	20th Century Fox	Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Charlize Theron
		Red Planet	Warner Bros.	Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Benjamin Bratt
	17	Bounce	Miramax Films	Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow
		How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal Studios	Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Molly Shannon
		Rugrats in Paris: The Movie	Paramount Pictures	Elizabeth Daily, Tara Strong, Cheryl Chase, Christine Cavanaugh, Cree Summer, Kath Soucie
		The 6th Day	Columbia Pictures	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Tony Goldwyn
	22	102 Dalmatians	Walt Disney Pictures	Glenn Close, Kevin Lima
		Unbreakable	Touchstone Pictures	Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis
D E C E M B E R	8	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Sony Pictures Classics	Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi; Ang Lee (director)
		Dungeons & Dragons	New Line Cinema	Marlon Wayans
		Proof of Life	Warner Bros.	Russell Crowe, Meg Ryan
		Snatch	Screen Gems	Jason Statham, Brad Pitt
		Vertical Limit	Columbia Pictures	Chris O'Donnell
	15	Chocolat	Miramax Films	Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin; Lasse Hallstrom (director)
		Dude, Where's My Car?	20th Century Fox	Seann William Scott, Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Garner, Danny Leiner
		The Emperor's New Groove	Walt Disney Pictures	David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Mark Dindal
		What Women Want	Paramount Pictures	Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei
	22	Cast Away	20th Century Fox	Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt; Robert Zemeckis (director)
		Dracula 2000	Dimension Films	Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller
		Finding Forrester	Columbia Pictures	Sean Connery, Anna Paquin
		Miss Congeniality	Warner Bros.	Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Donald Petrie
		O Brother, Where Art Thou	Touchstone Pictures	George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Holly Hunter; Joel and Ethan Coen (directors)
		The Family Man	Universal Studios	Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle
		The Gift	Paramount Classics	Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves
		Thirteen Days	New Line Cinema	Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp, Dylan Baker
	25	All the Pretty Horses	Miramax Films	Matt Damon, Lucas Black
	27	Traffic	USA Films	Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, Luiz Guzman; Steven Soderbergh (director)
	29	Shadow of the Vampire	Lions Gate Entertainment	John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier, Cary Elwes, Catherine McCormack, Eddie Izzard; E. Elias Merhige (director)

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	7	Klaus Wennemann	59	Germany	Actor	Das Boot • Neuner • Abwärts
	10	Arthur Batanides	83	USA	Actor	Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment • Brannigan • The Maltese Bippy
	11	Helena Carter	79	USA	Actress	Invaders from Mars • River Lady • Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye • The Pathfinder • The Fighting O'Flynn
	15	Fran Ryan	83	USA	Actress	Pale Rider • Stripes • Rocky II • The Apple Dumpling Gang • Take This Job and Shove It
	18	Jester Hairston	98	USA	Actor	In the Heat of the Night • The Alamo
	19	Hedy Lamarr	85	Austria	Actress	Samson and Delilah • Experiment Perilous • Algiers • The Story of Mankind • My Favorite Spy • White Cargo
	19	Alan North	79	USA	Actor	Glory • Highlander • The Long Kiss Goodnight
	24	Jeffrey Boam	53	USA	Screenwriter, Producer	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade • Lethal Weapon 2 • The Lost Boys • The Phantom • Innerspace • The Dead Zone • Funny Farm
	25	Tom Pedigo	53	USA	Set Designer	Terms of Endearment • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock • Armed and Dangerous • Brainstorm
	28	Kenneth Waller	72	UK	Actor	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang • Carry on Behind • Scrooge
February	1	James N. Harrell	81	USA	Actor	Paper Moon • JFK • Urban Cowboy • Varsity Blues • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 •The Sugarland Express • Hope Floats
	5	Todd Karns	79	USA	Actor	It's a Wonderful Life • My Foolish Heart • The Caine Mutiny
	10	Jim Varney	50	USA	Actor	Ernest Saves Christmas • Toy Story • Atlantis: The Lost Empire • Ernest Scared Stupid • The Beverly Hillbillies
	12	John London	58	USA	Key Grip	The Karate Kid • 48 Hrs. • Hudson Hawk • Cobra • The Great Outdoors
	17	Miles White	85	USA	Costume Designer	Around the World in Eighty Days • The Wiz • The Greatest Show on Earth
	19	Sheldon Turcott	83	Canada	Actor	Murder at 1600 • The Fireman
	23	Ofra Haza	42	Israel	Singer, Actress	The Prince of Egypt • The Governess • The Hit
	23	Joseph V. Perry	69	USA	Actor	Hot Shots! Part Deux • Vibes • The Domino Principle
March	7	Charles Gray	71	UK	Actor	Diamonds are Forever • The Rocky Horror Picture Show • Seven Nights in Japan • You Only Live Twice
	10	Judith Barrett	91	USA	Actress	Road to Singapore • Cimarron • Yellowstone
	11	Richard Collier	80	USA	Actor	Blazing Saddles • Christine • The Cheyenne Social Club • Hello, Dolly! • Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
	13	Rex Everhart	79	USA	Actor	Beauty and the Beast • Superman • Friday the 13th • Family Business • Matilda
	15	Wally Rose	88	USA	Actor, Stuntman	The Blues Brothers • Sidekicks • Wild at Heart • The Towering Inferno • Spy Hard • The 'Burbs • Harry and the Hendersons • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
	23	Jeremy Applegate	34	USA	Actor	Heathers • The Cable Guy
	25	Jim Cash	59	USA	Screenwriter	Top Gun • Dick Tracy • Legal Eagles • Anaconda
	25	Helen Martin	90	USA	Actress	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood • Bulworth • Kiss the Girls • Beverly Hills Cop III • Doc Hollywood • Repo Man
April	8	Claire Trevor	90	USA	Actress	Stagecoach • The High and the Mighty • Key Largo • The Cape Town Affair • Stop, You're Killing Me
	10	Arnold Johnson	78	USA	Actor	Rocky • Shaft • The Seventh Sign • Menace II Society • A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich
	11	Douglas Green	79	USA	Second Unit Director	Cabaret • Lenny • Topaz
	12	Christopher Pettiet	24	USA	Actor	Point Break • Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead • Carried Away • Boys
	13	Peter Archer	56	Australia	Actor	Enter the Dragon
	25	David Merrick	88	USA	Producer	The Great Gatsby • Becket • Cactus Flower
May	3	Lewis Allen	94	UK	Director	Suddenly • The Uninvited • Desert Fury
	7	Douglas Fairbanks Jr.	90	USA	Actor	Little Caesar • The Exile • Gunga Din • Morning Glory • The Prisoner of Zenda • The Life of Jimmy Dolan
	10	Bart the Bear	23	USA	Acting Bear	Legends of the Fall • The Edge • Meet the Deedles • The Great Outdoors • On Deadly Ground
	11	David Bretherton	76	USA	Film Editor	Cabaret • Clue • City Hall • Westworld • Lionheart • On a Clear Day You Can See Forever • Sea of Love
	13	Paul Bartel	61	USA	Actor	The Usual Suspects • European Vacation • Escape from L.A. • Gremlins 2: The New Batch • Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird • Heartbeeps
	21	John Gielgud	96	UK	Actor	Gandhi • Secret Agent • The Elephant Man • Julius Caesar • Chariots of Fire • Becket • Shine • Arthur • The Charge of the Light Brigade • First Knight • Elizabeth
	31	Walter Sparrow	73	UK	Actor	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves • Ever After • Jane Eyre • Now and Then
June	10	Terry Forrestal	52	UK	Stuntman	Titanic • Braveheart • The Fifth Element • Trainspotting • Brazil • Death Wish 3
	24	David Tomlinson	83	UK	Actor	Mary Poppins • Tom Jones • The Love Bug • Bedknobs and Broomsticks
	25	David Neal	68	UK	Actor	Flash Gordon • Superman • Julius Caesar
	29	John Abineri	72	UK	Actor	The Godfather: Part III • The McKenzie Break • Diamonds Are Forever • Dead Man's Chest
July	1	Walter Matthau	79	USA	Actor	The Fortune Cookie • The Odd Couple • Grumpy Old Men • Charade • Hello, Dolly! • Dennis the Menace • JFK • Hanging Up • The Bad News Bears • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three • Hopscotch • I Ought to Be in Pictures
	10	Justin Pierce	25	USA	Actor	Kids • Next Friday
	18	Roberto Contreras	71	USA	Actor	Scarface • Topaz • Blood In, Blood Out
	22	Eric Christmas	84	UK	Actor	Harold and Maude • Air Bud • Bugsy • Porky's • The Philadelphia Experiment • MouseHunt
	30	Max Showalter	83	USA	Actor	Sixteen Candles • 10 • Hellcats of the Navy • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
August	5	Alec Guinness	86	UK	Actor	Lawrence of Arabia • Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope • The Bridge on the River Kwai • The Lavender Hill Mob • A Passage to India • Scrooge • Doctor Zhivago • Kind Hearts and Coronets • Raise the Titanic • The Ladykillers • Hitler: The Last Ten Days
	11	Eddie Powell	73	UK	Stuntman	Alien • Batman • Buster • Willow • Top Secret!
	12	Loretta Young	87	USA	Actress	The Farmer's Daughter • The Stranger • The Bishop's Wife • The Story of Alexander Graham Bell • Come to the Stable • Suez
	15	Robert Swink	82	USA	Film Editor	Roman Holiday • The Diary of Anne Frank • Papillon • The Boys from Brazil • How to Steal a Million
	22	Toru Tanaka	70	USA	Actor	Last Action Hero • Darkman • Pee-wee's Big Adventure • The Running Man
	24	Patricia Owens	75	Canada	Actress	Sayonara • The Fly • The Happiest Days of Your Life
	25	Jack Nitzche	63	USA	Composer	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest • The Exorcist • Starman • An Officer and a Gentleman • Stand by Me • Next of Kin • The Jewel of the Nile • Mermaids • The Seventh Sign • The Indian Runner
September	2	Ishaq Bux	83	India	Actor	Raiders of the Lost Ark • The Rocky Horror Picture Show
	2	Jean Speegle Howard	73	USA	Actress	Apollo 13 • Scrooged • Cocoon • Matilda • Black Sheep • The Paper
	14	Beah Richards	80	USA	Actress	In the Heat of the Night • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner • Drugstore Cowboy • Beloved
	19	Ann Doran	89	USA	Actress	Rebel Without a Cause • Wildcats • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers • First Monday in October
	26	Richard Mulligan	67	USA	Actor	Little Big Man • Oliver & Company • Trail of the Pink Panther • Meatballs Part II
October	2	Richard Liberty	68	USA	Actor	Day of the Dead • The Crazies • Flight of the Navigator • Just Cause • The Final Countdown
	6	Richard Farnsworth	80	USA	Actor	Misery • The Straight Story • Comes a Horseman • Independence Day • Spartacus • Gone with the Wind • The Apple Dumpling Gang • The Outlaw Josey Wales
	11	Sam O'Steen	76	USA	Film Editor	The Graduate • Chinatown • Rosemary's Baby • Cool Hand Luke • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? • Postcards from the Edge • Amityville II: The Possession • Robin and the 7 Hoods • Wolf
	18	Gwen Verdon	75	USA	Actress	Cocoon: The Return • Marvin's Room • Damn Yankees
	24	Pasquale Cajano	79	Italy	Actor	Casino • Analyze This • Sleepers
	28	Anthony Lee	39	USA	Actor	Liar Liar
	30	Steve Allen	78	USA	Actor	College Confidential • The Benny Goodman Story • Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
	30	Elizabeth Bradley	83	UK	Actress	An American Werewolf in London • Davy Jones' Locker
	31	Ring Lardner Jr.	85	USA	Screenwriter	MASH • The Cincinnati Kid • The Greatest • Woman of the Year
November	16	Joe C.	26	USA	Actor	Osmosis Jones
	22	Christian Marquand	73	France	Actor	Apocalypse Now • The Longest Day • The Flight of the Phoenix • Lord Jim
	13	George Wells	91	Spain	Screenwriter	Angels in the Outfield • Till the Clouds Roll By • Where the Boys Are '84
December	6	Werner Klemperer	80	Germany	Actor	Judgment at Nuremberg • Houseboat • Ship of Fools • Youngblood Hawke • Escape from East Berlin
	20	Richard Hazard	79	USA	Orchestrator	Terms of Endearment • Airplane! • The Color Purple • The Wiz • Arthur • Nickelodeon
	22	Stuart Lancaster	80	USA	Actor	Edward Scissorhands • Batman Returns
	23'	Billy Barty	76	USA	Actor	Willow • Masters of the Universe • UHF • Legend
	26	Jason Robards	77	USA	Actor	All the President's Men • Parenthood • Philadelphia • Julia • Once Upon a Time in the West • Magnolia • The Paper • Enemy of the State • Julius Caesar • Tora! Tora! Tora!
	30	Julius J. Epstein	91	USA	Screenwriter	Casablanca • Arsenic and Old Lace • Cross of Iron

Film debuts

• Derek Richardson
• Jamie Bell
• Bridget Moynahan