1993 in film

See also: 1992 in film, other events of 1993, 1994 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Other Movies Released

Events

• March 31 - Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow.
• April 12 - Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz.
• April 17 - The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs marries screenwriter M. Jay Roach in Los Angeles, California
• Actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge orders her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the movie Boxing Helena. As a result, Bassinger loses the town that she purchased in 1989, Braselton, Georgia, to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Jurassic Park
2. Mrs. Doubtfire, starring Robin Williams
3. The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford
4. The Firm, starring Tom Cruise
5. Sleepless in Seattle, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan
6. Indecent Proposal, starring Demi Moore and Robert Redford
7. In the Line of Fire
8. The Pelican Brief
9. Schindler's List
10. Cliffhanger, starring Sylvester Stallone

Births

Deaths

• January 20 - Audrey Hepburn, actress
• February 11 - Joy Garrett, actress
• February 28 - Ruby Keeler, singer, actress
• July 9 - Will Rogers Jr, actor
• June 30 - George "Spanky" McFarland, actor
• October 10 - John Bindon, actor, bodyguard
• October 31 - Federico Fellini, Italian film director
• October 31 - River Phoenix, actor
• December 4 - Frank Zappa, 52, songwriter

Other Movies Released

• ''For a Lost Soldier, director Roeland Kerbosch, starring Jeroen Krabbe (adult Jeroen), Maarten Smit (young Jeroen), Andrew Kelley (Canadian soldier Walt)
• The Piano
• Philadelphia, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
• Three Colors: Blue - 1st of the Krzysztof Kieslowski trilogy, starring Juliette Binoche
• Three Colors: White - 2nd of the Krzysztof Kieslowski trilogy, starring Julie Delpy
• The Nightmare Before Christmas, produce by Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick