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1993 in film

The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive, and The Firm. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1993 by worldwide gross are as follows:

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 unfortunately end up grossing only $20.9 million domestically and receive negative reviews 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, despite Columbia Pictures new logo making its debut in that film.
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.
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.

Awards

1993 films

By country/region

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List of Indian films of 1993
- List of Hindi films of 1993
- List of Kannada films of 1993
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- List of Marathi films of 1993
- List of Tamil films of 1993
- List of Telugu films of 1993
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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
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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 26 – Cameron Bright, Canadian actor
January 28 – Will Poulter, English actor
January 29 - Lewis Pullman, American actor
February 7
- David Dorfman, American actor
- Philip Wiegratz, German former actor
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 (died 2018)
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 7 - Amanda Leighton, American actress
June 9 – Danielle Chuchran, American actress
June 11 - Sidhu Moose Wala, Indian singer, rapper and actor (died 2022)
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 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
September 1 - Alexander Conti, Canadian actor
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 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 (died 2022)
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 10 - Alicia von Rittberg, German 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 (died 2021)
December 22 – Aliana Lohan, American actress
December 24 - Millie Brady, English actress and model
December 27 – Olivia Cooke, English actress