Top grossing films

1. Independence Day, starring Will Smith
2. Twister, starring Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt
3. Impossible (movie), starring Tom Cruise
4. Jerry Maguire, starring Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Regina King
5. Ransom, starring Mel Gibson, Rene Russo
6. 101 Dalmatians, starring Glenn Close, Natasha Richardson, Dennis Quaid
7. The Rock, starring Sean Connery
8. The Nutty Professor, starring Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett
9. The Birdcage, starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Weist, Calista Flockhart
10. A Time to Kill, starring Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kiefer Sutherland

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: The English Patient - J&M Entertainment, Miramax Films, Tiger Moth Productions
• Best Director: Anthony Minghella - The English Patient
• Best Actor: Geoffrey Rush - Shine
• Best Actress: Frances McDormand - Fargo

Deaths

• February 2 - Gene Kelly, actor
• February 6 - Guy Madison, actor
• February 11 - Phil Regan, singer,actor
• February 13 - Martin Balsam, actor
• February 15 - Tommy Rettig, actor
• February 17 - Evelyn Laye, actress
• February 25 - Haing S. Ngor, actor
• March 2 - Lyle Talbot, actor
• March 13 - Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director
• March 17 - René Clément, French film director
• April 6 - Greer Garson, actress
• April 16 - Lucille Bremer, actress
• May 20 - Jon Pertwee, actor
• May 21 - Lash La Rue, cowboy actor
• June 7 - Max Factor, make-up artist and founder of Max Factor Cosmetics
• June 10 - Jo Van Fleet, actress
• June 11 - Brigitte Helm, German actress
• July 2 - Margaux Hemingway, model, actress
• July 30 - Claudette Colbert, actress
• September 7 - Bibi Besch, actress
• September 10 - Joanne Dru, actress
• September 13 - Tupac Shakur, rap singer/songwriter, actor
• September 14 - Juliet Prowse, dancer, actress
• September 18 - Annabella, actress
• September 22 - Dorothy Lamour, actress
• October 14 - Laura La Plante, actress
• October 31 - Marcel Carné, French film director
• November 14 - Virginia Cherrill, actress
• November 19 - Véra Korène, Russian born French actress
• December 8 - Howard E. Rollins Jr, actor
• December 19 - Marcello Mastroianni, actor
• December 30 - Lew Ayres, actor
• December 30 - Jack Nance, actor

Wide-release movies

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October-December

Other movies released

• Alice In Chains: MTV Unplugged (DVD Release)
• The Arrival, starring Charlie Sheen
• Bad Moon
• Broken Arrow
• Courage Under Fire starring Denzel Washington
• The Craft, Fairuza Balk and Neve Campbell are two of four co-stars in movie that helped begin a trend of gothic dressers.
• Daylight starring Sylvester Stallone
• The Dentist
• The English Patient
• Eraser starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Jingle All the Way also starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
• Escape from L.A. aka John Carpenter's Escape from L.A..
• Executive Decision
• Fargo
• Fire by Deepa Mehta, starring Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das
• Hard Eight directed by P. T. Anderson
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Hype!
• ''The Island of Dr. Moreau
• Jerry Maguire
• Kiss: MTV Unplugged (DVD Release)
• Kolya, directed by Jan Sverák - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• Matilda
• Mother
• The People vs. Larry Flynt
• Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche
• Romeo and Juliet
• Scream
• She's the One
• Space Jam
• First Contact
• Striptease starring Demi Moore
• The Spitfire Grill
• The Stupids
• Tin Cup
• Trainspotting directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor
• Up Close & Personal starring Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer

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