Editing 1984 in film

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The following is an overview of events in '''1984 in film''', including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

The year's highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada was ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]''. ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' overtook it, however, with a re-release the following year. It was the first time in five years that the top-grossing film did not involve [[George Lucas]] or [[Steven Spielberg]] although Spielberg directed and Lucas executive produced/co-wrote the third placed ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]''; Spielberg also executive produced the fourth placed ''[[Gremlins]]''.<ref name=Variety84>{{cite news |title='Ghostbusters' Tops Comedies |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=January 16, 1985 |page=16}}</ref>

U.S. box office grosses reached $4 billion for the first time and it was the first year that two films had returned over $100 million to their distributors with both ''Ghostbusters'' and ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' achieving this.<ref name=Variety84/>  ''Beverly Hills Cop'' made it three for films released in 1984 after its performance during 1985 took it to rentals of $108 million.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nobody Climbed $100-Mil Mountain |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=January 1986}}</ref> Other popular films included ''[[The NeverEnding Story (film)|The NeverEnding Story]]'', which was the most expensive film produced in [[West Germany]], ''[[The Karate Kid]]'' and ''[[Romancing the Stone]]''. A high number of sci-fi/fantasy films were released in 1984.

==Highest-grossing films==
===United States===
{{See also|List of 1984 box office number-one films in the United States}}
The top ten 1984 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1984<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1984/?grossesOption=totalGrosses |title=1984 Domestic Grosses |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=7 April 2014}}</ref>
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Box-office gross 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
|''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $234,760,478
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
| ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' 
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| $229,242,989
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
|''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $179,870,271
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
| ''[[Gremlins]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $153,083,102
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
| ''[[The Karate Kid]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| $90,815,558<ref name="AP">{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Bob |author1-link=Bob Thomas (reporter) |title=The Karate Kid Returns |url=https://apnews.com/e24863210ad44a6d5901c01a0d1f8b4c |access-date=8 June 2020 |work=[[AP News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=November 6, 1985 |quote=It is the film location for Columbia Pictures' "Karate Kid II," a sequel to Hollywood's biggest sleeper of 1984. "The Karate Kid" surprised almost everyone by amassing a domestic gross of {{US$|100 million |long=no}}. That's phenomenal for a modest film with no stars and a title that sounded like a combination of Bruce Lee and a kidflick.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Siskel |first1=Gene |author1-link=Gene Siskel |title=Ralph Macchio's Baby Face Can't Mask Maturing Talent |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-06-15-8602120789-story.html |access-date=27 January 2021 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=15 June 1986}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hurlburt |first1=Roger |title='Karate Kid II' Kayos Legacy Of Predecessor |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1986-06-20-8602060335-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921053937/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1986-06-20-8602060335-story.html |access-date=27 January 2021 |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |date=20 June 1986 |archive-date=2020-09-21 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
|''[[Police Academy (film)|Police Academy]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $81,198,894
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[Footloose (1984 film)|Footloose]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $80,035,402
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[Romancing the Stone]]''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $76,572,238
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $76,471,076
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Splash (film)|Splash]]''
| [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista]]
| $69,821,334
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|-
! International market !! Title !! Director !! Production country !! Revenue !! Admissions !! Source(s)
|-
| [[Cinema of Brazil|Brazil]]
| ''[[Gremlins]]''
| [[Joe Dante]]
| [[Cinema of the United States|United States]]
| $1,505,985
| {{n/a}}
| <ref name=Gremlins>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Daily Variety]] |title='Gremlins' Hits In Int'l Marts |page=43 |date=February 15, 1985 |quote=highest-grossing film ever by WB in Iberia, taking in $4,255,642<br/>$1,505,985 in five weeks of release, making it the highest-grossing film [in Brazil] in 1984}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in France|France]]
| ''[[Marche à l'ombre (film)|Marche à l'ombre]]''
| [[Michel Blanc]]
| [[Cinema of France|France]]
| {{n/a}}
| 6,168,425
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Bilan Annuel France - 1984 |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanfr.php?year=1984 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
| ''[[Aces Go Places 3]]''
| [[Tsui Hark]]
| [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
| {{HKD|29,286,077}}
| {{n/a}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Hong Kong Film Archive |url=https://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac/cclib/ipac.jsp?cs=iso-8859-1 |website=[[Hong Kong Film Archive]] |access-date=26 April 2019 |archive-date=24 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724130310/https://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac/cclib/ipac.jsp?cs=iso-8859-1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in India|India]]
| ''[[Tohfa]]''
| [[K. Raghavendra Rao]]
| [[Cinema of India|India]]
| {{INR|90,000,000}}
| {{n/a}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Box Office 1984 |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=190&catName=MTk4NA== |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115225607/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=190&catName=MTk4NA== |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 January 2013 |website=[[Box Office India]] |access-date=15 January 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in Italy|Italy]]
| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]''
| [[Steven Spielberg]]
| [[Cinema of the United States|United States]]
| {{n/a}}
| 838,309
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Bilan Annuel Italie - 1984 |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanitalie.php?year=1984 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=12 December 2018 |archive-date=24 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724130253/http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanitalie.php?year=1984 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in Japan|Japan]]
| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]''
| [[Steven Spielberg]]
| [[Cinema of the United States|United States]]
| {{JPY|3,200,000,000}}
| {{n/a}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=1984年（1月～12月） |url=http://www.eiren.org/toukei/1984.html |website=Eiren |publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan |access-date=20 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in South Korea|South Korea]]
| ''[[Project A (film)|Project A]]''
| [[Jackie Chan]]
| [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
| ₩{{formatnum:{{#expr:396436*3000 round 0}}|}}
| 396,436
| <ref name="korea2">{{cite web |title=【ジャッキーチェン興行成績】 第10回：韓国での興行収入 |url=http://kungfutube.info/3156 |website=KungFu Tube |date=5 September 2010 |access-date=7 December 2018 |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="korea">{{cite web |title=KOFIC 영화관 입장권 통합전산망 |url=http://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/mast/mvie/searchMovieList.do |website=[[Korean Film Council]] |date=September 2018 |access-date=8 November 2018 |language=ko}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Park |first=Seung Hyun |title=A Cultural Interpretation of Korean Cinema, 1988-1997 |date=2000 |publisher=[[Indiana University]] |page=119 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ilEeAQAAMAAJ |quote=Average Ticket Prices in Korea, 1974-1997 [...] * Source: Korea Cinema Yearbook (1997-1998) * Currency: won [...] Foreign [...] 1984 [...] 3,000}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet Union]]
| ''[[Disco Dancer]]''
| Babbar Subhash
| [[Cinema of India|India]]
| $75,900,000
| 60,900,000
| {{#tag:ref|''Disco Dancer'' in [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet Union]]: US$75.9 million{{#tag:ref|''Disco Dancer'': 60 million Soviet rubles in 1984,<ref name="rbth">[https://www.rbth.com/amp/495697 Bollywood returns to Russian screens] {{dead link|date=September 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''[[Russia Beyond the Headlines]]'', September 2009</ref> 0.791 rubles per US dollar in 1984<ref name="russia">Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls</ref>|group=n|name=RubleUSD84}} ({{INR}}94.34 crore){{#tag:ref|12.43 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1984<ref name="rbi15268">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=15268 |title=Reserve Bank of India - Publications |access-date=2018-05-06 |archive-date=2014-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821052651/http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=15268 |url-status=dead }}</ref>|group=n|name=RupeeUSD84}} in 1984|group=n|name=Disco}}<ref name="soviet211">[https://books.google.com/books?id=cpoLAQAAMAAJ ''Indian Films in Soviet Cinemas: The Culture of Movie-going After Stalin''], page 211, [[Indiana University Press]], 2005</ref>
|-
| [[Cinema of Spain|Spain]]
| ''[[Gremlins]]''
| [[Joe Dante]]
| [[Cinema of the United States|United States]]
| $4,255,642
| 3,202,047
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Bilan Annuel Espagne - 1984 |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanespagne.php?year=1984 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=12 December 2018 |archive-date=16 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216030906/http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanespagne.php?year=1984 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Gremlins/>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada|United States and Canada]]
| ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]''
| [[Martin Brest]]
| [[Cinema of the United States|United States]]
| $234,760,478
| 67,150,000
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Beverly Hills Cop (1984) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beverlyhillscop.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=12 December 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223203/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beverlyhillscop.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |archive-date=2018-12-15}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in Germany|West Germany]]
| ''[[Police Academy (film)|Police Academy]]''
| [[Hugh Wilson (director)|Hugh Wilson]]
| [[Cinema of the United States|United States]]
| {{n/a}}
| 5,187,443
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Bilan Annuel Allemagne - 1984 |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanall.php?year=1984 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=12 December 2018 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215222236/http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanall.php?year=1984 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|}

==Events==
*February 15 - [[The Walt Disney Studios (division)|The Walt Disney Studios]] establishes [[Touchstone Pictures]] to release films with more mature subject matter than the traditional [[Walt Disney Pictures]] banner.
*March 30 - ''[[Romancing the Stone]]'' is released and propels [[Michael Douglas]], [[Kathleen Turner]], and [[Danny DeVito]] and director [[Robert Zemeckis]] to super-stardom. The film also gave Zemeckis his first box office hit, which gave [[Universal Pictures]] confidence to allow him to direct his next film, ''[[Back to the Future]]''.
*April 6 - [[TriStar Entertainment|Tri-Star Pictures]], a joint venture of [[Columbia Pictures]], [[HBO]], and [[CBS]], releases its first film, ''[[Where the Boys Are '84]]''.
*May 4 - The first of the year's [[breakdancing]] musicals is released, ''[[Breakin']]''.  It is soon followed by ''[[Beat Street]]'' and its sequel, ''[[Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo]]''.
*July 1 - The [[Motion Picture Association of America]] institutes the PG-13 [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system|rating]], as a response to violent horror films such as ''[[Gremlins]]'' and ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]''.
*July 9 - [[Joe Wizan]] leaves as president of [[20th Century Fox|20th Century Fox Productions]]. [[Lawrence Gordon (producer)|Lawrence Gordon]] replaces him the following day.
*July 27 - [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s first film ''[[Purple Rain (film)|Purple Rain]]'' is released.
*August 25 - ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' becomes the biggest grossing comedy film of all time in the United States exceeding ''[[Tootsie]]''{{'s}} $177.2 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tootsie.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |title=Tootsie |access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> going on to gross $229.2 million in its initial run.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=ghostbusters.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |title=Ghostbusters |access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref>  It is overtaken by ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'' in summer 1985<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekly&id=beverlyhillscop.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |title=Beverly Hills Cop |access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> but regains the record after its re-release in August 1985.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=releases&id=ghostbusters.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |title=Ghostbusters |access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> It also became the biggest grossing film released by [[Columbia Pictures]].
*September - Lawrence Gordon is promoted to president and chief operating officer of the [[Fox Entertainment Group]]
*September 22 - [[Michael Eisner]] leaves [[Paramount Pictures]] to become head of [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Productions]], while [[Frank Wells]] became chief operating officer and [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] was later named chairman.
*October 8 - [[Ned Tanen]] becomes president of [[Paramount Pictures]] motion picture group.
*December 5 - ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'' is released. It will go on to become the 6th highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. at the time, the highest grossing comedy of all time at the time, as well as the highest grossing R-Rated film of all time, a record it would hold for 19 years.
*December 14 - ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'' is released after over a year of hype and anticipation.
*''[[Annie's Coming Out]]'' wins 3 [[Australian Film Institute Awards]] including the [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film]].

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:200px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[42nd Golden Globe Awards]]<br />January 27, 1985 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[38th British Academy Film Awards|38th BAFTA Awards]]<br />March 5, 1985 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[57th Academy Awards]]<br />March 25, 1985
|-
! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Comedy or Musical
|-
| Best Film || '''''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]''''' || '''''[[Romancing the Stone]]''''' || '''''[[The Killing Fields (film)|The Killing Fields]]'''''|| '''''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]'''''
|-
| Best Director || colspan=2| [[Miloš Forman]]<br />'''''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]''''' || [[Wim Wenders]]<br />'''''[[Paris, Texas (film)|Paris, Texas]]''''' || [[Miloš Forman]]<br />'''''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]'''''
|-
| Best Actor || [[F. Murray Abraham]]<br />'''''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]''''' || [[Dudley Moore]]<br />'''''[[Micki & Maude]]''''' || [[Haing S. Ngor]]<br />'''''[[The Killing Fields (film)|The Killing Fields]]''''' || [[F. Murray Abraham]]<br />'''''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]'''''
|-
| Best Actress || [[Sally Field]]<br />'''''[[Places in the Heart]]''''' || [[Kathleen Turner]]<br />'''''[[Romancing the Stone]]''''' || [[Maggie Smith]]<br />'''''[[A Private Function]]''''' || [[Sally Field]]<br />'''''[[Places in the Heart]]'''''
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || colspan=2| [[Haing S. Ngor]]<br />'''''[[The Killing Fields (film)|The Killing Fields]]''''' || [[Denholm Elliott]]<br />'''''[[A Private Function]]''''' || [[Haing S. Ngor]]<br />'''''[[The Killing Fields (film)|The Killing Fields]]'''''
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || colspan=2| [[Peggy Ashcroft]]<br />'''''[[A Passage to India (film)|A Passage to India]]''''' || [[Liz Smith (actress)|Liz Smith]]<br />'''''[[A Private Function]]'''''|| [[Peggy Ashcroft]]<br />'''''[[A Passage to India (film)|A Passage to India]]'''''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Adapted || rowspan=2 colspan=2| '''''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]'''''<br />[[Peter Shaffer]] || '''''[[The Killing Fields (film)|The Killing Fields]]'''''<br />[[Bruce Robinson]] ||'''''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]'''''<br />[[Peter Shaffer]]
|-
| Best Screenplay, Original || '''''[[Broadway Danny Rose]]'''''<br />[[Woody Allen]] || '''''[[Places in the Heart]]'''''<br />[[Robert Benton]]
|-
| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | [[Maurice Jarre]]<br/>''[[A Passage to India (film)|A Passage to India]]'' || [[Ennio Morricone]]<br/>''[[Once Upon a Time in America]]'' || [[Maurice Jarre]]<br/>''[[A Passage to India (film)|A Passage to India]]''<br/>[[Prince (musician)|Prince]]<br/>''[[Purple Rain (film)|Purple Rain]]''
|-
| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "[[I Just Called to Say I Love You]]"<br/>''[[The Woman in Red (1984 film)|The Woman in Red]]'' || "[[Ghostbusters (song)|Ghostbusters]]"<br/>''[[Ghostbusters]]'' || "[[I Just Called to Say I Love You]]"<br/>''[[The Woman in Red (1984 film)|The Woman in Red]]''
|-
| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan=2| ''[[A Passage to India (film)|A Passage to India]]''<br />United Kingdom || ''[[Carmen (1983 film)|Carmen]]''<br />France || ''[[Dangerous Moves]]'' <br />Switzerland
|}

'''[[5th Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Awards]]:'''
:[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|Worst Picture]]: '''''[[Bolero (1984 film)|Bolero]]'''''
:[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director|Worst Director]]: '''[[John Derek]]''' - ''[[Bolero (1984 film)|Bolero]]''
:[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor|Worst Actor]]: '''[[Sylvester Stallone]]''' - ''[[Rhinestone (film)|Rhinestone]]''
:[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress|Worst Actress]]: '''[[Bo Derek]]''' - ''[[Bolero (1984 film)|Bolero]]''
:[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor|Worst Supporting Actor]]: '''[[Brooke Shields]] (with a moustache)''' - ''[[Sahara (1983 film)|Sahara]]''
:[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Worst Supporting Actress]]: '''[[Lynn-Holly Johnson]]''' - ''[[Where the Boys Are '84]]''
:[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|Worst Screenplay]]: '''[[John Derek]]''' - ''[[Bolero (1984 film)|Bolero]]''

'''[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Paris, Texas (film)|Paris, Texas]]''''', directed by [[Wim Wenders]], France / West Germany

'''[[Golden Lion]] (Venice Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[A Year of the Quiet Sun]]''''' (''Rok spokojnego slonca''), directed by [[Krzysztof Zanussi]], Poland

'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Love Streams (film)|Love Streams]]''''', directed by [[John Cassavetes]], United States

== 1984 films ==
=== By country/region ===
* [[List of American films of 1984]]
* [[List of Argentine films of 1984]]
* [[List of Australian films of 1984]]
* [[List of Bangladeshi films of 1984]]
* [[List of British films of 1984]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 1984]]
* [[List of French films of 1984]]
* [[List of Hong Kong films of 1984]]
* List of Indian films of 1984
** [[List of Hindi films of 1984]]
** [[List of Kannada films of 1984]]
** [[List of Malayalam films of 1984]]
** [[List of Marathi films of 1984]]
** [[List of Tamil films of 1984]]
** [[List of Telugu films of 1984]]
* [[List of Japanese films of 1984]]
* [[List of Mexican films of 1984]]
* [[List of Pakistani films of 1984]]
* [[List of South Korean films of 1984]]
* [[List of Soviet films of 1984]]
* [[List of Spanish films of 1984]]

===By genre/medium===
* [[List of action films of the 1980s#1984|List of action films of 1984]]
* [[List of animated feature films of 1984]]
* [[List of avant-garde films of the 1980s|List of avant-garde films of 1984]]
* [[List of comedy films of the 1980s#1984|List of comedy films of 1984]]
* [[List of drama films of the 1980s#1984|List of drama films of 1984]]
* [[List of horror films of 1984]]
* [[List of science fiction films of the 1980s#1984fc|List of science fiction films of 1984]]
* [[List of thriller films of the 1980s#1984|List of thriller films of 1984]]
* [[List of Western films of the 1980s|List of western films of 1984]]

==Births==
*January 1 - [[Kollam Sudhi]], Indian actor and comedian (d. 2023)
*January 6
** [[Priit Loog]], Estonian actor 
** [[Kate McKinnon]], American actress, comedian and writer
*January 7 - [[Max Riemelt]], German actor
*January 8 - [[Steven Kanumba]], Tanzanian actor and director (d. [[2012 in film|2012]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201204080208.html |title=Tanzania: Kanumba's Mother - My Son Was the Most Precious Gift |date=April 8, 2012 |newspaper=Tanzania Daily News |author=Meddy Mulisa |access-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref> 
*January 12
**[[Taraneh Alidoosti]], Iranian actress
**[[Sam Richardson (actor)|Sam Richardson]], American actor, comedian, writer and producer
*January 21
**[[Luke Grimes]], American actor and musician
**[[Richard Gutierrez]], Filipino actor and model
*January 25 - [[Kaiji Tang]], voice actor
*January 31 – [[Michael Aloni]], Israeli actor
*February 1
**[[Abbi Jacobson]], American comedian, writer, actress and illustrator
**[[Lee Thompson Young]], American actor (d. 2013)
*February 8 - [[Cecily Strong]], American actress and comedian
*February 12 - [[Alexandra Dahlström]], Swedish actress
*February 13 - [[Brina Palencia]], voice actress
*February 18 - [[Genelle Williams]], Canadian actress
*February 19 - [[Josh Trank]], American director, screenwriter and editor
*February 20 - [[Trevor Noah]], South African comedian, writer, producer, actor and television host
*February 21 - [[Karina Nose|Karina]], Japanese model and actress
*February 24 - [[Nicholas Saputra]], Indonesian actor
*February 28 - [[Melanie Chandra]], American actress
*March 2
**[[Blake Anderson]], American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter
**[[John Bernecker]], American stunt performer (d. 2017)
**[[Ian Sinclair (voice actor)|Ian Sinclair]], voice actor
*March 7 - [[Brandon T. Jackson]], American stand-up comedian, rapper, actor, and writer
*March 8 - [[Nora-Jane Noone]], Irish actress
*March 10 - [[Olivia Wilde]], American actress
*March 12 - [[Jaimie Alexander]], American actress
*March 13
**[[Rachael Bella]], retired American actress
**[[Noel Fisher]], Canadian actor
*March 14 - [[Liesel Pritzker Simmons]], American former actress
*March 20 - [[Christy Carlson Romano]], American stage and film actress and singer
*March 25 - [[Katharine McPhee]], American singer and actress
*March 27
**[[Emily Ann Lloyd]], American actress
**[[Jon Paul Steuer]], American actor and musician (d. 2018)
*April 2 
**[[Ashley Peldon]], American actress
**[[Shawn Roberts]], Canadian actor
**[[Deep Sidhu]], Indian actor (d. 2022)
*April 3 - [[Chrissie Fit]], American actress and singer
*April 4 - [[Carolina Gaitán]], Colombian actress and singer
*April 8
** [[Taran Noah Smith]], American actor
** [[Kirsten Storms]], American actress
*April 10
** [[Cara DeLizia]], American actress
** [[Mandy Moore]], American singer-songwriter and actress
*April 11 - [[Kelli Garner]], American actress
*April 16 - [[Claire Foy]], British actress
*April 18 - [[America Ferrera]], American actress
*April 25 - [[Jillian Bell]], American comedian, actress and screenwriter
*April 26 - [[Ryan O'Donohue]], American actor
*April 28 - [[Ana Cruz Kayne]], American actress
*April 29 - [[Firass Dirani]], Australian actor
*May 1 - [[Kerry Bishe]], American actress
*May 7 - [[Mark O'Brien (actor)|Mark O'Brien]], Canadian actor and director
*May 11 - [[Stephanie Honoré]], American actress
*May 12 - [[Emily Beecham]], British actress
*May 13 - [[Hannah New]], English actress
*May 14 - [[Olly Murs]], English singer-songwriter, presenter, voice actor and director
*May 17
**[[Alejandro Edda]], Mexican-American actor
**[[Lena Waithe]], American actress, producer and screenwriter
*May 21 - [[Marnie Schulenburg]], American actress (d. 2022)
*May 23 - [[Adam Wylie]], American actor
*May 29 - [[Kaycee Stroh]], American actress and singer
*May 30 - [[DeWanda Wise]], American actress
*June 1 - [[Taylor Handley]], American actor
*June 5 - [[Joel Smallbone]], Australian-American singer and actor
*June 10 - [[Betsy Sodaro]], American actress
*June 13 - [[Phillip Van Dyke]], American actor
*June 15 - [[Ray Santiago]], American actor
*June 19 - [[Paul Dano]], American actor
*June 21 - [[Shiv Panditt]], Indian actor and television host
*June 24 - [[Lucien Dodge]], voice actor
*June 25 - [[Killian Donnelly]], Irish singer and actor
*June 26 
** [[Aubrey Plaza]], American actress, comedian and producer
** [[Wen Zhang]], Chinese actor
*June 29 - [[Carla Medina]], Mexican singer, actress and television host
*June 30 - [[Fantasia Barrino]], American singer and actress
*July 1 
**[[Jared Keeso]], Canadian actor  
**[[Cyron Melville]], Danish actor and musician
*July 2 - [[Vanessa Lee Chester]], American actress
*July 7 - [[Ross Malinger]], American actor
*July 9 - [[Hanna R. Hall]], American actress
*July 10 - [[Aviva Baumann]], American actress
*July 11
**[[Serinda Swan]], Canadian actress
**[[Rachael Taylor]], Australian actress
*July 12 - [[Mikaela Hoover]], American actress
*July 14 - [[Britta Soll]], Estonian actress
*July 17 - [[Mary Nighy]], English actress and filmmaker
*July 19
**[[Kaitlin Doubleday]], American actress
**[[Alessandra De Rossi]], Filipina actress
**[[Andrea Libman]], Canadian actress, voice actress, pianist, and singer
*July 20 - [[Jacky Heung]], Hong Kong actor 
*July 25 - [[Zawe Ashton]], English actress, playwright, director and narrator
*July 27 
** [[Taylor Schilling]], American actress
** [[Kenny Wormald]], American actor
*July 28 - [[John David Washington]], American actor and producer
*July 29 - [[J. Madison Wright Morris]], American actress (d. 2006)
*July 30
** [[Gina Rodriguez]], American actress and director
** [[Gabrielle Christian]], American actress and singer
*August 3
**[[Jon Foster]], American actor and musician
**[[Kyle Schmid]], Canadian actor
*August 7 – [[Hsu Wei-ning]], Taiwanese actress and model  
*August 10 – [[Mariel Rodriguez]], Filipina actress and model  
*August 12 – [[Marian Rivera]], Filipino actress
*August 15 - [[Quinton Aaron]], American actor
*August 19 - [[Simon Bird]], English actor, director and comedian
*August 24 - [[Cameron Goodman]], American actress
*August 28
**[[Richard Cabral]], American actor, producer and writer
**[[Him Law]], Hong Kong actor
*September 3
**[[Garrett Hedlund]], American actor
**[[Paz de la Huerta]], American actress and model
*September 4 - [[Kyle Mooney]], American actor, comedian and writer
*September 5 - [[Annabelle Wallis]], English actress
*September 10 - [[Luke Treadaway]], British actor and singer
*September 14
**[[Adam Lamberg]], American actor
**[[Ayushmann Khurrana]], Indian actor
*September 17 - [[Mark Shandii Bacolod]], Filipino director and producer (d. 2022)
*September 18
**[[Nina Arianda]], American actress
**[[Babs Olusanmokun]], Nigerian-American actor
*September 19
**[[Lydia Hearst]], American actress and model
**[[Kevin Zegers]], Canadian actor and model
*September 21 - [[Ahna O'Reilly]], American actress
*September 22 - [[Laura Vandervoort]], Canadian actress
*September 22 - [[Jordan Vogt-Roberts]], American film director
*September 23 - [[Anneliese van der Pol]], Dutch-American actress and singer
*September 25 - [[Zach Woods]], American actor and comedian
*September 27 - [[Avril Lavigne]], Canadian singer-songwriter
*October 1
**[[Beck Bennett]], American actor, comedian and writer
**[[Josh Brener]], American actor
*October 2 - [[John Morris (American actor)|John Morris]], American actor
*October 3
**[[Chris Marquette]], American actor
**[[Ashlee Simpson]], American actress and singer
*October 4 
**[[James Landry Hébert]], American actor
**[[Rachel McDowall]], English actress
**[[Will Theakston]], former English actor
*October 5
**[[Tiana Benjamin]], English actress
**[[Nathalie Kelley]], Peruvian actress
**[[Yelena Velikanova]], Russian actress
*October 7 - [[Andy Bean (actor)|Andy Bean]], American actor
*October 10 - [[Chiaki Kuriyama]], Japanese actress and singer
*October 11 - [[Martha MacIsaac]], Canadian actress
*October 14 - [[Jason Davis (actor, born 1984)|Jason Davis]], American actor (d. 2020)
*October 17 - [[Chris Lowell]], American actor
*October 18
**[[Tod Fennell]], Canadian actor
**[[Freida Pinto]], Indian actress
**[[Jennifer Ulrich]], German actress 
*October 25 - [[Katy Perry]], American singer-songwriter and actress
*October 27
**[[Kelly Osbourne]], English actress and singer
**[[Emilie Ullerup]], Danish actress
*October 28 - [[Finn Wittrock]], American actor and screenwriter
*November 1 - [[Natalia Tena]], English actress and musician
*November 6 - [[Patina Miller]], American actress and singer
*November 10
**[[Britt Irvin]], Canadian actress and voice artist
**[[Naoki Kobayashi]], Japanese actor and singer
*November 13
**Sarah Rose Karr, American former child actress
**[[Slavko Sobin]], Crotian actor
*November 15 - [[Asia Kate Dillon]], American actor
*November 16 - [[Kimberly J. Brown]], American actress
*November 17 - [[Lauren Maltby]], American actress
*November 18 - [[Nayanthara]], Indian actress
*November 21
** [[Lindsey Haun]], American actress and singer
** [[Jena Malone]], American actress
*November 22 - [[Scarlett Johansson]], American actress
*November 23 - [[Lucas Grabeel]], American actor and singer
*November 24 - [[Max Bennett (actor)|Max Bennett]], English actor
*November 25 - [[Gaspard Ulliel]], French actor (d. 2022)
*November 28
**[[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]], American actress
**[[Trey Songz]], American singer and actor
*November 30
**[[Carole Weyers]], Belgian actress
**[[Lydia Wilson]], English-American actress
*December 5
**[[Ryan Binse]], American film producer
**[[Lauren London]], American actress
*December 11
**[[Sandra Echeverría]], Mexican actress and singer
**[[Xosha Roquemore]], American actress
*December 14 - [[Jackson Rathbone]], American actor, singer and musician
*December 16 - [[Theo James]], English actor and producer
*December 17 - [[Tennessee Thomas]], British drummer and actress
*December 19 - [[Ankita Lokhande]], Indian actress
*December 23 - [[Alison Sudol]], American actress, singer and songwriter
*December 24 - [[Austin Stowell]], American actor
*December 25
**[[Mike Rianda]], American cartoonist, director, screenwriter and voice actor
**[[Georgia Tennant]], English actress
*December 29
**[[Chris Pang]], Australian actor and producer
**[[Sean Stone]], American actor and filmmaker

==Deaths==
<!-- This section is in the article 2010 in "film", people that are television actors, television directors or something like that but did not have any part of a film don't belong here. Those belong to the "Notable Deaths" section in "1984 in television" -->
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"
|- style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"
! Month !! Date !! Name !! Age !! Country !! Profession !! Notable films
|-
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''January'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Ernest Laszlo]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || {{hlist|''[[Judgment at Nuremberg]]''| ''[[Logan's Run (film)|Logan's Run]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Walter Forde]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Chu Chin Chow (1934 film)|Chu Chin Chow]]''| ''[[The Ghost Train (1941 film)|The Ghost Train]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Jack La Rue]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[A Farewell to Arms (1932 film)|A Farewell to Arms]]''| ''[[The Story of Temple Drake]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Johnny Weissmuller]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film)|Tarzan the Ape Man]]''| ''[[Jungle Jim (film)|Jungle Jim]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Frances Goodrich]] || style="text-align:center;"| 93 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''| ''[[Father of the Bride (1950 film)|Father of the Bride]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''February'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Arlette Marchal]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Cat's Pajamas]]''| ''[[Blonde or Brunette]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Ethel Merman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actress || {{hlist|''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''| ''[[There's No Business Like Show Business (film)|There's No Business Like Show Business]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Lucille Benson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Little Fauss and Big Halsy]]''| ''[[Mame (film)|Mame]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Kenneth Strickfaden]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Set Designer || {{hlist|''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]''| ''[[Young Frankenstein]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=13  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''March'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Jackie Coogan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Kid (1921 film)|The Kid]]''| ''[[Million Dollar Legs (1939 film)|Million Dollar Legs]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Ronald Culver]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Dead of Night]]''| ''[[Down to Earth (1947 film)|Down to Earth]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[William E. Snyder (cinematographer)|William E. Snyder]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || {{hlist|''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]''| ''[[The Loves of Carmen (1948 film)|The Loves of Carmen]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[William Powell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Thin Man (film)|The Thin Man]]''| ''[[My Man Godfrey (1957 film)|My Man Godfrey]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Henry Wilcoxon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| Dominica || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Crusades (1935 film)|The Crusades]]''| ''[[Samson and Delilah (1949 film)|Samson and Delilah]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[I. S. Johar]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| India || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''| ''[[Death on the Nile (1978 film)|Death on the Nile]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Paul Francis Webster]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Lyricist || {{hlist|''[[Calamity Jane (film)|Calamity Jane]]''| ''[[Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (film)|Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Richard L. Van Enger]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[Sands of Iwo Jima]]''| ''[[Johnny Guitar]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Sam Leavitt]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || {{hlist|''[[The Defiant Ones]]''| ''[[Cape Fear (1962 film)|Cape Fear]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Sam Jaffe]] || style="text-align:center;"| 93 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Asphalt Jungle]]''| ''[[Gunga Din (film)|Gunga Din]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Jack Donohue (director)|Jack Donohue]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Choreographer || {{hlist|''[[Marriage on the Rocks]]''| ''[[Babes in Toyland (1961 film)|Babes in Toyland]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Derek Francis]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Jabberwocky (film)|Jabberwocky]]''| ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Carmen Dragon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''| ''[[Cover Girl (film)|Cover Girl]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=12  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''April'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[George Glass]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer || {{hlist|''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]''| ''[[One-Eyed Jacks]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[William C. Thomas]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Director || {{hlist|''[[The Big Caper]]''| ''[[They Made Me a Killer]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Samuel G. Engel]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[My Darling Clementine]]''| ''[[Night and the City]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Ray Middleton (actor)|Ray Middleton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;" | Actor || {{hlist|''[[I Dream of Jeanie (film)|I Dream of Jeanie]]''| ''[[1776 (film)|1776]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Richard Hurndall]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[I, Monster]]''| ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1977 film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Thorold Dickinson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[The Next of Kin]]''| ''[[Gaslight (1940 film)|Gaslight]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Glen MacWilliams]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || {{hlist|''[[Lifeboat (1944 film)|Lifeboat]]''| ''[[The Clairvoyant (1935 film)|The Clairvoyant]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Byron Haskin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|The War of the Worlds]]''| ''[[I Walk Alone]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Francis de Wolff]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''| ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[John Lee Mahin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Show Boat (1951 film)|Show Boat]]''| ''[[Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Richard Benedict]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Ace in the Hole (1951 film)|Ace in the Hole]]''| ''[[Ocean's 11 (1960 film)|Ocean's 11]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[May McAvoy]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Ben-Hur (1925 film)|Ben-Hur]]''| ''[[The Jazz Singer]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=11  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''May'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Diana Dors]] || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Lady Godiva Rides Again]]''| ''[[The Unholy Wife]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Robert Moore (director)|Robert Moore]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Murder By Death]]''| ''[[Chapter Two (film)|Chapter Two]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Ben Roberts (screenwriter)|Ben Roberts]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[White Heat]]''| ''[[Man of a Thousand Faces (film)|Man of a Thousand Faces]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Antonio Castillo (costume designer)|Antonio Castillo]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| Spain || style="text-align:center;"| Costume Designer || {{hlist|''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]''| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Andy Kaufman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 35 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[God Told Me To]]''| ''[[Heartbeeps]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Irwin Shaw]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Talk of the Town (1942 film)|The Talk of the Town]]''| ''[[The Young Lions (film)|The Young Lions]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Peter Bull]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Dr. Strangelove]]''| ''[[The African Queen (film)|The African Queen]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Andrea Leeds]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Stage Door]]''| ''[[Swanee River (1939 film)|Swanee River]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Ann Little]] || style="text-align:center;"| 93 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Roaring Road (1919 film)|The Roaring Road]]''| ''[[The Invaders (1912 film)|The Invaders]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[John Marley]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Godfather]]''| ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[D'Urville Martin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || {{hlist|''[[Black Caesar (film)|Black Caesar]]''| ''[[Dolemite]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''June'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Ruthelma Stevens]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Night Club Lady]]''| ''[[The Circus Queen Murder]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Ned Glass]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;" | Poland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Charade (1963 film)|Charade]]''| ''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Leslie I. Carey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;" | US || style="text-align:center;"| Sound Engineer || {{hlist|''[[The Glenn Miller Story]]''| ''[[Touch of Evil]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Nobuo Nakagawa]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;" | Japan || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Jigoku (film)|Jigoku]]''| ''[[Vampire Moth]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Luis Moglia Barth]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| Argentina || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[¡Tango!]]''| ''[[Melodías porteñas]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Sunny Johnson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 30 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Flashdance]]''| ''[[The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (film)|The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Estelle Winwood]] || style="text-align:center;"| 101 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Darby O'Gill and the Little People]]''| ''[[The Producers (1968 film)|The Producers]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Joseph Losey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Servant (1963 film)|The Servant]]''| ''[[Accident (1967 film)|Accident]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[William Keighley]] || style="text-align:center;"| 94 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942 film)|The Man Who Came to Dinner]]''| ''[[Each Dawn I Die]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Carl Foreman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Producer || {{hlist|''[[High Noon]]''| ''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Lillian Hellman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Little Foxes (film)|The Little Foxes]]''| ''[[Toys in the Attic (1963 film)|Toys in the Attic]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''July'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Lenore Coffee]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Young at Heart (1954 film)|Young at Heart]]''| ''[[Cash McCall]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Flora Robson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Fire Over England]]''| ''[[Saratoga Trunk]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Hugh Morton (actor)|Hugh Morton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Man of the Moment (1955 film)|Man of the Moment]]''| ''[[Quatermass and the Pit (film)|Quatermass and the Pit]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Ernest Tidyman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]''| ''[[Shaft (1971 film)|Shaft]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Lloyd Gough]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]''| ''[[Earthquake (1974 film)|Earthquake]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Anthony Sharp]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''| ''[[Barry Lyndon]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Vincent Beck]] || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[...And Justice for All (film)|...And Justice for All]]''| ''[[Santa Claus Conquers the Martians]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Akihiko Hirata]] || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| Japan || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Sanjuro]]''| ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || Roger H. Lewis || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer || {{hlist|''[[The Swimmer (1968 film)|The Swimmer]]''| ''[[The Pawnbroker (film)|The Pawnbroker]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[James Mason]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[North by Northwest]]''| ''[[Lolita (1962 film)|Lolita]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Woodrow Parfrey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Papillon (1973 film)|Papillon]]''| ''[[Charley Varrick]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=12  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''August'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Quirino Cristiani]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| Argentina || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[El Apóstol]]''| ''[[Peludópolis]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Walter Burke]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[All the King's Men (1949 film)|All the King's Men]]''| ''[[Support Your Local Sheriff!]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Mary Miles Minter]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Anne of Green Gables (1919 film)|Anne of Green Gables]]''| ''[[Nurse Marjorie]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Richard Burton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''| ''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Roland Kibbee]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Crimson Pirate]]''| ''[[Valdez Is Coming]]''}} 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Richard Deacon (actor)|Richard Deacon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Young Philadelphians]]''| ''[[The Birds (film)|The Birds]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[J. B. Priestley]] || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Last Holiday (1950 film)|Last Holiday]]''| ''[[The Old Dark House (1932 film)|The Old Dark House]]''}} 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[George Meeker]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Apache Rose]]''| ''[[Silver Trails]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Truman Capote]] || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Innocents (1961 film)|The Innocents]]''| ''[[Beat the Devil (film)|Beat the Devil]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Henry Lynn]] || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Shir Hashirim (film)|Shir Hashirim]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Pina Menichelli]] || style="text-align:center;"| 94 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Take Care of Amelia]]''| ''[[A Woman's Story]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Emil Newman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[Sun Valley Serenade]]''| ''[[Hondo (film)|Hondo]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=9  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''September'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Arthur Schwartz]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer, Producer || {{hlist|''[[The Band Wagon]]''| ''[[Night and Day (1946 film)|Night and Day]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[E. J. André]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]''| ''[[Papillon (1973 film)|Papillon]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Yılmaz Güney]] || style="text-align:center;"| 47 || style="text-align:center;"| [[Statelessness|Stateless]] || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter, Actor || {{hlist|''[[Yol (film)|Yol]]''| ''[[The Herd (1978 film)|The Herd]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[William Sands (film editor)|William Sands]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]''| ''[[The Only Game in Town (1970 film)|The Only Game in Town]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Janet Gaynor]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[A Star Is Born (1937 film)|A Star Is Born]]''| ''[[7th Heaven (1927 film)|7th Heaven]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Richard Basehart]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Moby Dick (1956 film)|Moby Dick]]''| ''[[La Strada]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[June Preisser]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Babes in Arms (film)|Babes in Arms]]''| ''[[Sweater Girl (film)|Sweater Girl]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Laughing Sinners]]''| ''[[Batman (1966 film)|Batman]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Walter Pidgeon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Forbidden Planet]]''| ''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=11  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''October'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || Joan Young || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Suddenly, Last Summer (film)|Suddenly, Last Summer]]''| ''[[The Fallen Idol (film)|The Fallen Idol]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Leonard Rossiter]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''| ''[[Barry Lyndon]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[H. Bruce Humberstone]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[I Wake Up Screaming]]''| ''[[Charlie Chan at the Olympics]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Peggy Ann Garner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film)|A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]''| ''[[Nob Hill (film)|Nob Hill]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[François Truffaut]] || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter, Actor || {{hlist|''[[The 400 Blows]]''| ''[[Jules and Jim]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Oskar Werner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film)|Fahrenheit 451]]''| ''[[Ship of Fools (film)|Ship of Fools]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Walter Woolf King]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]''| ''[[Go West (1940 film)|Go West]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Edith Massey (actress)|Edith Massey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Pink Flamingos]]''| ''[[Polyester (film)|Polyester]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Pascale Ogier]] || style="text-align:center;"| 25 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Full Moon in Paris]]''| ''[[Le Pont du Nord]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[June Duprez]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Four Feathers (1939 film)|The Four Feathers]]''| ''[[And Then There Were None (1945 film)|And Then There Were None]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Eduardo De Filippo]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Screenwriter, Director || {{hlist|''[[The Gold of Naples]]''| ''[[Everybody Go Home]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=5  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''November'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Norman Krasna]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Director || {{hlist|''[[Who Was That Lady?]]''| ''[[Sunday in New York]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || Milo Anderson || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Costume Designer || {{hlist|''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood]]''| ''[[To Have and Have Not (film)|To Have and Have Not]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[George Mathews (actor)|George Mathews]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film)|Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]]''| ''[[The Last Wagon (1956 film)|The Last Wagon]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Dorothy Arnold (actress)|Dorothy Arnold]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Phantom Creeps]]''| ''[[The House of Fear (1939 film)|The House of Fear]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Peter Welch (actor)|Peter Welch]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Admirable Crichton (1957 film)|The Admirable Crichton]]''| ''[[The Secret Partner]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=12  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''December'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Harry Sukman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[Song Without End]]''| ''[[Fanny (1961 film)|Fanny]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Jeanne Cagney]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]''| ''[[Quicksand (1950 film)|Quicksand]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Luther Adler]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[House of Strangers]]''| ''[[D.O.A. (1950 film)|D.O.A.]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Robert E. Kent]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Rock Around the Clock (film)|Rock Around the Clock]]''| ''[[The Fastest Guitar Alive]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[George Waggner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Wolf Man (1941 film)|The Wolf Man]]''|''[[Horror Island]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Margaret Livingston]] || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Lady Refuses]]''| ''[[What a Widow!]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' ||[[Edward Carrere]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| Mexico || style="text-align:center;"| Art Director || {{hlist|''[[Adventures of Don Juan]]''| ''[[Camelot (film)|Camelot]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Ian Hendry]] || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Repulsion (film)|Repulsion]]''| ''[[Get Carter]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Peter Lawford]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Good News (1947 film)|Good News]]''| ''[[Ocean's 11]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Harry Waxman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || {{hlist|''[[The Wicker Man]]''| ''[[Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film)|Swiss Family Robinson]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Sam Peckinpah]] || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Wild Bunch]]''| ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 film)|Straw Dogs]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Leo Robin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Songwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Big Broadcast of 1938]]''| ''[[Small Town Girl (1953 film)|Small Town Girl]]''}}
|}

==Film debuts==
{{Column list|
*[[Angélica Aragón]] – ''[[The Evil That Men Do (film)|The Evil That Men Do]]''
*[[Marshall Bell]] – ''[[Birdy (film)|Birdy]]''
*[[Geoffrey Blake (actor)|Geoffrey Blake]] – ''[[The Last Starfighter]]''
*[[Jesse Bradford]] – ''[[Falling in Love (1984 film)|Falling in Love]]''
*[[Ralph Brown]] – ''[[The Hit (1984 film)|The Hit]]''
*[[Simon Callow]] – ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]''
*[[Jennifer Connelly]] – ''[[Once Upon a Time in America]]''
*[[Jon Cryer]] – ''[[No Small Affair]]''
*[[Isaach de Bankolé]] – ''[[Asphalt Warriors]]''
*[[Johnny Depp]] – ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]''
*[[Gabino Diego]] – ''[[Bicycles Are for the Summer (film)|Bicycles Are for the Summer]]''
*[[Tate Donovan]] – ''No Small Affair''
*[[Richard Edson]] – ''[[Stranger Than Paradise]]''
*[[Troy Evans (actor)|Troy Evans]] – ''[[Rhinestone (film)|Rhinestone]]''
*[[Rupert Everett]] – ''[[Another Country (1984 film)|Another Country]]''
*[[Sherilyn Fenn]] – ''[[The Wild Life (film)|The Wild Life]]'' 
*[[Colin Firth]] – ''Another Country''
*[[Courtney Gains]] – ''[[Children of the Corn (1984 film)|Children of the Corn]]'' 
*[[Sarah Michelle Gellar]] – ''[[Over the Brooklyn Bridge]]''
*[[Bobcat Goldthwait]] – ''[[Massive Retaliation (film)|Massive Retaliation]]''
*[[Gilbert Gottfried]] – ''[[The House of God (film)|The House of God]]''
*[[Heather Graham]] – ''[[Mrs. Soffel]]''
*[[Seth Green]] – ''Billions for Boris''
*[[Arye Gross]] – ''[[Exterminator 2]]''
*[[Corey Haim]] – ''[[Firstborn (1984 film)|Firstborn]]''
*[[Kadeem Hardison]] – ''[[Beat Street]]''
*[[John Hawkes (actor)|John Hawkes]] – ''[[Police Academy (film)|Police Academy]]''
*[[Val Kilmer]] – ''[[Top Secret!]]''
*[[Patrick Kilpatrick]] – ''[[The Toxic Avenger (1984 film)|The Toxic Avenger]]''
*[[John Leguizamo]] – ''[[Mixed Blood (1984 film)|Mixed Blood]]''
*[[Andie MacDowell]] – ''[[Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes]]''
*[[Kyle MacLachlan]] – ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]''
*[[Frances McDormand]] – ''[[Blood Simple]]''
*[[Olga Merediz]] – ''[[The Brother from Another Planet]]''
*[[Alyssa Milano]] – ''[[Old Enough (film)|Old Enough]]''
*[[Connie Nielsen]] – ''[[Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir]]''
*[[Lou Diamond Phillips]] – ''[[Interface (film)|Interface]]''
*[[Clifton Powell]] – ''[[Alphabet City (film)|Alphabet City]]''
*[[Aidan Quinn]] – ''[[Reckless (1984 film)|Reckless]]''
*[[Tim Robbins]] – ''[[Toy Soldiers (1984 film)|Toy Soldiers]]''
*[[Tim Roth]] – ''The Hit''
*[[Emmanuelle Seigner]] – ''[[Year of the Jellyfish]]''
*[[Craig Sheffer]] – ''[[Voyage of the Rock Aliens]]''
*[[Alexander Skarsgård]] – ''[[Åke and His World]]''
*[[Ice-T]] – ''[[Breakin']]''
*[[Brian Thompson (actor)|Brian Thompson]] – ''[[The Terminator]]''
*[[Jennifer Tilly]] – ''No Small Affair''
*[[Marisa Tomei]] – ''[[The Flamingo Kid]]''
*[[Ken Watanabe]] – ''[[MacArthur's Children]]''
*[[Steven Weber]] – ''The Flamingo Kid''
*[[Alicia Witt]] – ''Dune''
*[[Michelle Yeoh]] – ''[[The Owl vs Bombo]]''
}}

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=n}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/07/was-1984-the-greatest-year-in-movies-ever-.html "Was 1984 the greatest year in movies ever?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728053739/http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/07/was-1984-the-greatest-year-in-movies-ever-.html |date=2009-07-28 }} by Chris Nashawaty - [[Entertainment Weekly|''Entertainment Weekly'' online]]
*[https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1984&view=releasedate&view2=domestic&sort=gross&order=DESC&&p=.htm 1984 Domestic Grosses] at [[Box Office Mojo]]
*[https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/domestic/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-1984 Top 1984 Movies at the Domestic Box Office] at [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]
*[https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/international/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-1984 Top 1984 Movies at the International Box Office] at [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]
*[https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-1984 Top 1984 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office] at [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title?year=1984&title_type=feature&sort=boxoffice_gross_us,desc&ref_=tt_ov_inf Top-US-Grossing Titles Released 1984-01-01 to 1984-12-31] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title?year=1984&title_type=feature&ref_=tt_ov_inf Most Popular Feature Films Released 1984-01-01 to 1984-12-31] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1984-01-01,1984-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1984 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1984-01-01,1984-12-31&adult=include List of 1984 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1984-01-01,1984-12-31&adult=include List of 1984 births] at [[IMDb]]

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