1991 in film
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The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.
Contents |
Events
- April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.
Top grossing films (U.S.)
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
- Academy Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published : Ted Tally - 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: Robin Williams - 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
- A
- A Scene At The Sea
- The Addams Family
- The Adjuster
- All I Want For Christmas
- An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
- At Play in the Fields of the Lord
- B
- Backdraft starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro and Donald Sutherland, directed by Ron Howard
- Barton Fink - Palme d'Or award
- Beauty and the Beast
- Brother Future
- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
- Billy Bathgate
- Blue Desert
- The Borrower, directed by John McNaughton, starring Rae Dawn Chong and Don Gordon
- Boyz N the Hood
- Bugsy - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama), starring Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, directed by Barry Levinson
- The Butcher's Wife
- C
- Cape Fear
- Child's Play 3
- City of Hope
- City Slickers starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern and Jack Palance
- Class Action
- Close To Eden (Urga)
- Closet Land
- Company Business
- The Commitments
- Cool As Ice
- Curly Sue
- D
- The Dark Wind
- Dead Again
- Deceived
- Defending Your Life starring Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep
- 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
- E
- F
- Fast Getaway
- Father of the Bride
- Final Approach
- The Fisher King starring Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges, directed by Terry Gilliam
- Flight of the Intruder
- For The Boys, starring Bette Midler
- Frankie and Johnny
- Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
- Fried Green Tomatoes starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary Louise Parker, directed by Jon Avnet
- F/X2
- G
- H
- The Hard Way
- Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
- He Said, She Said
- Highlander II: The Quickening
- The Hitman
- Hook starring Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman
- Hot Shots!
- The Hours and Times
- Hudson Hawk
- The Human Shield
- I
- J
- JFK starring Kevin Costner, directed by Oliver Stone
- Jungle Fever, directed by Spike Lee
- K
- L
- L.A. Story
- The Last Boy Scout
- Life Is Sweet
- Life Stinks, starring and directed by Mel Brooks
- The Linguini Incident
- Little Man Tate, starring and directed by Jodie Foster
- M
- The Man in the Moon
- The Marrying Man
- McBain
- Mediterraneo
- Meet the Applegates
- Mississippi Masala
- Mobsters
- Mortal Thoughts
- My Girl
- My Own Private Idaho
- My Sons - Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
- Mystery Date
- N
- 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
- O
- Once A Thief, directed by John Woo
- Once Around
- One Good Cop
- Only The Lonely
- Oscar
- Other People's Money
- Out for Justice
- P
- 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
- R
- A Rage in Harlem
- Rambling Rose
- Regarding Henry, starring Harrison Ford
- Return to the Blue Lagoon, starring Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause
- Ricochet, starring Denzel Washington
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- The Rocketeer
- Rover Dangerfield
- Run
- Rush
- S
- Scorchers
- Sebastian Star Bear: First Mission
- Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.
- Shattered
- Shout
- Showdown in Little Tokyo
- The Silence of the Lambs starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins
- Slacker
- Sleeping with the Enemy starring Julia Roberts
- Soapdish
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Stone Cold
- Strictly Business
- Suburban Commando
- The Super, starring Joe Pesci
- T
- The Taking of Beverly Hills
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Robert Patrick
- Thelma & Louise starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon
- Timebomb
- Together Alone
- Toy Soldiers
- Truth or Dare
- W
Wide-release movies
January-March
- January 1991
- February 1991
- March 1991
April-June
- April 1991
- May 1991
- June 1991
July-September
- July 1991
- August 1991
- September 1991
October-December
- October 1991
- November 1991
- December 1991
Births
- Britt McKillip, January 18, actress, singer
- Emma Roberts, February 10, actress
- Bonnie Wright, February 17, actress
- Jamie Lynn Spears, April 4, actress
- Pierre Andre Braxton, March 26
Deaths
- January 18 - Leo Hurwitz, documentary film producer
- January 19 - John Russell, actor
- February 1 - Carol Dempster, actress
- February 5 - Dean Jagger, actor
- February 6 - Danny Thomas, singer, actor, comedian
- March 18 - Vilma Bánky, actress
- March 14 - Howard Ashman, playwright, lyricist
- March 27 - Aldo Ray, actor
- March 30 - Nikola Todev, actor
- April 10 - Natalie Schafer, actress
- April 16 - David Lean, director
- April 20 - Don Siegel, director
- April 26 - Carmine Coppola, composer
- May 1 - Richard Thorpe, director
- May 6 - Wilfred Hyde-White, actor
- 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 8 - Alex North, composer
- 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 14 - Tony Richardson, director
- November 21 - Daniel Mann, director
- November 23 - Klaus Kinski, actor
- November 29 - Ralph Bellamy, actor
- December 12 - Eleanor Boardman, actress
- December 28 - Cassandra Harris, actress
Film debuts
References
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