1991 in film
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The year 1991 in film involved many significant films. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)
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Events
- April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor in New York
- Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation is made.
Top grossing films worldwide
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman
- Beauty and the Beast (animated)
- Hook, starring Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts
- The Silence of the Lambs, starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins
- JFK, starring Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman
- The Addams Family, starring Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci.
- Cape Fear, starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis.
- Hot Shots!, starring Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes
- City Slickers, starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby
Awards
- Best Picture: The Silence of the Lambs - Orion Pictures Corp.
- Best Director: Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Actress: Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Supporting Actor: Jack Palance - City Slickers
- Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes Ruehl - The Fisher King
- Best Foreign Language Film: Mediterraneo, directed by Gabriele Salvatores, Italy
- Drama:JFK
- Best Picture: Bugsy
- Best Actor: Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides
- Best Actress: Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Beauty and the Beast
- Best Actor: Jeff Bridges - The Fisher King
- Best Actress: Bette Midler - For the Boys
- Other
- Best Director: Oliver Stone - JFK
- Best Foreign Language Film: Europa Europa, Germany
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Barton Fink, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, United States
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Close To Eden (Urga), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, France / USSR
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- La Casa del sorriso (The House of Smiles), directed by Marco Ferreri, Italy
Films released in 1991
- The Addams Family
- The Adjuster
- All I Want For Christmas
- At Play in the Fields of the Lord
- Backdraft
- Barton Fink - Palm d'Or award
- Beauty and the Beast
- Brother Future
- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
- Billy Bathgate
- Blue Desert
- Boyz N the Hood
- Bugsy - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
- The Butcher's Wife
- Cape Fear
- Captain America
- Career Opportunities
- Child's Play 3
- City of Hope
- City Slickers
- Class Action
- Close To Eden (Urga)
- The Commitments
- Curly Sue
- Days of Being Wild
- Dead Again
- Deceived
- Defending Your Life
- Delicatessen
- Delirious, starring John Candy
- Doc Hollywood, starring Michael J. Fox
- The Doctor, starring William Hurt
- Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
- The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone
- Double Impact
- Dutch
- Dying Young
- Father of the Bride
- The Fisher King
- Flight of the Intruder
- For The Boys, starring Bette Midler
- Frankie and Johnny
- Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- F/X2
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
- Grand Canyon [1]
- Guilty by Suspicion
- The Hard Way
- Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
- He Said, She Said
- Highlander II: The Quickening
- Hook
- Hot Shots!
- The Hours and Times
- Hudson Hawk
- If Looks Could Kill - Teen Agent
- The Indian Runner
- JFK
- Jungle Fever, directed by Spike Lee
- King Ralph
- A Kiss Before Dying
- Knight Rider 2000
- L.A. Story
- The Last Boy Scout
- Life Stinks, starring and directed by Mel Brooks
- Little Man Tate, starring and directed by Jodie Foster
- Married to It
- McBain
- Mediterraneo
- Meet the Applegates
- Mississippi Masala
- Mobsters
- Mortal Thoughts
- My Girl
- Mystery Date
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
- Naked Lunch
- Necessary Roughness
- New Jack City
- Night on Earth
- Not Without My Daughter, starring Sally Field
- Nothing But Trouble
- Once A Thief, directed by John Woo
- One Good Cop
- Only The Lonely
- Oscar
- Other People's Money
- Out for Justice
- Pappa ante Portas
- Paradise
- The People Under the Stairs, directed by Wes Craven
- The Perfect Weapon
- Point Break
- Poison
- The Prince of Tides
- Problem Child 2
- Pure Luck
- A Rage in Harlem
- Rambling Rose
- Regarding Henry, starring Harrison Ford
- Ricochet, starring Denzel Washington
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- Rock-A-Doodle
- The Rocketeer
- Run
- Rush
- Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.
- Shattered
- Shout
- Showdown in Little Tokyo
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Sleeping with the Enemy
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Stone Cold
- Strictly Business
- The Super, starring Joe Pesci
- Switched
- The Taking of Beverly Hills
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Thelma & Louise
- 35 Up
- Toy Soldiers
- What About Bob?
- White Fang
- Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
- Year of the Gun
Births
- Britt McKillip, January 18, actress, singer
- Emma Roberts, February 10, actress
- Bonnie Wright, February 17, actress
- Jamie Lynn Spears, April 4, actress
- , July 29, actress, singer, dancer
- , September 25, actor
Deaths
- January 18 - , documentary film producer
- January 19 - John Russell, actor
- February 1 - Carol Dempster, actress
- February 6 - Danny Thomas, singer, actor, comedian
- March 18 - Vilma Bánky, actress
- March 27 - Aldo Ray, actor
- April 10 - Natalie Schafer, actress
- May 1 - Richard Thorpe, director
- June 3 - Eva LeGallienne, actress
- June 14 - Peggy Ashcroft, actress
- June 19 - Jean Arthur, actress
- July 1 - Michael Landon, actor
- July 2 - Lee Remick, actress
- July 8 - James Franciscus, actor
- August 22 - Colleen Dewhurst, actress
- September 3 - Frank Capra, director
- September 8 - Brad Davis, actor
- September 25 - Viviane Romance, actress
- November 2 - Irwin Allen, producer, director
- November 5 - Fred MacMurray, actor
- November 6 - Gene Tierney, actress
- November 9 - Yves Montand, actor
- November 29 - Ralph Bellamy, actor
- December 12 - Eleanor Boardman, actress
- December 28 - Cassandra Harris, actress
References
- ^ Golden Bear award (for 1992)