- 1992 in film
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Contents
Top grossing films
Awards
Cannes Film Festival:
- Palme d'Or: The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan), directed by Bille August, Denmark
Berlin Film Festival
Films released in 1992
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- 3 Ninjas
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise
- 1991: The Year Punk Broke
A
- Aces: Iron Eagle III
- Agantuk (The Stranger), directed by Satyajit Ray, winner of FIPRESCI Award at Venice Film Festival
- Aladdin, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation
- Alien 3, directed by David Fincher, starring Sigourney Weaver
- American Me, directed by and starring Edward James Olmos
- Article 99, starring Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Lea Thompson
B
- The Babe, starring John Goodman (as Babe Ruth) with Kelly McGillis
- Back in the USSR
- Bad Lieutenant, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Harvey Keitel
- Basic Instinct, starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone in her breakthrough role
- Batman Returns, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer
- Bebe's Kids
- Beethoven, starring Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt
- Being at Home with Claude
- Belle Époque (The Age of Beauty) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (for 1993)
- The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan) - winner of Palme d'Or
- Bharatham, starring Mohanlal
- Bitter Moon, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott-Thomas
- Blame It on the Bellboy, starring Dudley Moore
- Bob Roberts, starring Tim Robbins
- The Bodyguard, starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston
- Boomerang, starring Eddie Murphy, David Alan Grier, Halle Berry, Martin Lawrence, Robin Givens
- Braindead, directed by Peter Jackson
- Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves
- The Bridge
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, Paul Reubens
C
- Candyman
- Captain Ron, starring Kurt Russell and Martin Short
- Careful
- Carry On Columbus
- Chaplin, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Robert Downey, Jr., Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Kline, Moira Kelly, John Thaw, Dan Aykroyd
- Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, starring Georges Corraface, Rachel Ward, Tom Selleck, Marlon Brando
- Chunuk Bair
- City of Joy, starring Patrick Swayze
- Class Act
- Un coeur en hiver (A Heart in Winter), starring Daniel Auteuil and Emmanuelle Béart
- Consenting Adults, starring Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Miller
- Cool World, starring Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt
- CrissCross, starring Goldie Hawn and Arliss Howard
- The Crying Game, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Miranda Richardson, Forest Whitaker
- The Cutting Edge, starring D. B. Sweeney and Moira Kelly
D
- Damage, directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson
- Death Becomes Her, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn
- Deep Cover, starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum
- Diggstown, starring James Woods, Louis Gossett, Jr., Oliver Platt, Bruce Dern
- The Distinguished Gentleman, starring Eddie Murphy
- Dr. Giggles, starring Larry Drake and Holly Marie Combs
E-F
- El Mariachi, directed by Robert Rodriguez
- Enchanted April, starring Miranda Richardson and Joan Plowright
- Encino Man, starring Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore
- Equinox, starring Matthew Modine and Kevin J. O'Connor
- Evil Toons
- Far and Away, directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
- Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, directed by Bill Kroyer
- A Few Good Men, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland
- Fifty/Fifty
- Final Analysis, starring Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts
- Final Judgement, starring Brad Dourif
- Firingoti, Assamese film starring Moyola Goswami
- Folks!, starring Tom Selleck and Don Ameche
- Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
- Forever Young, starring Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood, Jamie Lee Curtis
- Four Eyes and Six Guns
- Freejack, starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Mick Jagger
G-H
- Gladiator, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and James Marshall
- Glengarry Glen Ross, starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Jonathan Pryce, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey
- For a Lost Soldier (Voor een verloren soldaat), directed by Roeland Kerbosch, starring Jeroen Krabbé, Maarten Smit, Andrew Kelley
- Godzilla vs. Mothra
- The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, starring Rebecca De Mornay and Annabella Sciorra
- Hard Boiled (辣手神探), directed by John Woo, starring Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
- Hero, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy García
- Hoffa, directed by Danny DeVito, starring Jack Nicholson, DeVito, Armand Assante, John C. Reilly
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
- Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, starring Rick Moranis
- Honeymoon in Vegas, starring James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker
- HouseSitter, directed by Frank Oz, starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn
- Howards End, directed by James Ivory, starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter
- Hurricane Smith
- Husbands and Wives, directed by Woody Allen, starring Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, Liam Neeson, Sydney Pollack
I-J
- Indochine, starring Catherine Deneuve - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- Innocent Blood, directed by John Landis, starring Anne Parillaud
- Into the Sun
- Jamon, Jamon, starring Penélope Cruz
- Jennifer Eight, starring Andy García and Uma Thurman
- Juice
- Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
K-L
- K2: The Ultimate High
- Killer Image
- Kuffs, starring Christian Slater, Milla Jovovich
- Ladybugs, starring Rodney Dangerfield
- The Last of the Mohicans, directed by Michael Mann, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe
- The Lawnmower Man, starring Jeff Fahey and Pierce Brosnan
- A League of Their Own, starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, Lori Petty, Rosie O'Donnell, Garry Marshall
- Leap of Faith, starring Steve Martin, Liam Neeson, Debra Winger
- Lethal Weapon 3, starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo
- Light Sleeper, starring Susan Sarandon, Willem Dafoe, Dana Delany
- Like Water For Chocolate
- Live Wire, directed by Christian Duguay, starring Pierce Brosnan and Ron Silver
- Lorenzo's Oil, directed by George Miller, starring Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon
- Love Field, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Dennis Haysbert
- Love Potion No. 9, starring Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan
- The Lover
M
- Mac, directed by and starring John Turturro
- Mad at the Moon
- Malcolm X, directed by Spike Lee, starring Denzel Washington
- The Mambo Kings, starring Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers, Desi Arnaz, Jr.
- Man Bites Dog
- Man Trouble, starring Jack Nicholson and Ellen Barkin
- Medicine Man, starring Sean Connery and Lorraine Bracco
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man, directed by John Carpenter, starring Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean
- A Midnight Clear, starring Ethan Hawke and Kevin Dillon
- The Mighty Ducks, starring Emilio Estevez
- Mistress, starring Robert De Niro, Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau, Danny Aiello, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Laurie Metcalf
- Mo' Money, starring Damon Wayans
- Mr. Baseball, starring Tom Selleck
- Mr. Saturday Night, starring Billy Crystal, Helen Hunt, Julie Warner, David Paymer
- The Muppet Christmas Carol, starring Michael Caine and the Muppets
- My Cousin Vinny, directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Fred Gwynne, Mitchell Whitfield
N-O
- The Naked Truth
- Nemesis
- Newsies, starring Christian Bale, Robert Duvall, Ann-Margret, Bill Pullman
- Night and the City, starring Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Jack Warden, Alan King
- Nitrate Kisses
- Noises Off, starring Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, John Ritter, Marilu Henner, Christopher Reeve
- Of Mice and Men, starring John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, Sherilyn Fenn
- Once Upon a Time in China III, starring Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan
- One False Move, starring Bill Paxton
- Only You, starring Andrew McCarthy, Helen Hunt, Kelly Preston
- Orlando, starring Tilda Swinton and Billy Zane
P-Q
- Passenger 57, starring Wesley Snipes
- Passion Fish, starring Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard
- Patriot Games, starring Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Sean Bean, James Earl Jones, Richard Harris
- Pet Sematary Two
- Peter's Friends, directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Rita Rudner, Emma Thompson
- The Player, directed by Robert Altman, starring Tim Robbins -- Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- Poison Ivy, starring Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd
- Police Story 3, starring Jackie Chan
- Porco Rosso
- The Power of One, directed by John G. Avildsen
- Prelude to a Kiss, starring Alec Baldwin and Meg Ryan
- The Princess and the Goblin
- Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil
- The Public Eye, starring Joe Pesci and Barbara Hershey
- Pushing Hands
R
- Radio Flyer, starring Elijah Wood
- Raising Cain, starring John Lithgow and Lolita Davidovich
- Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama, directed by Ram Mohan
- Rapid Fire
- Reservoir Dogs, directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn, Lawrence Tierney
- A River Runs Through It, directed by Robert Redford, starring Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Lloyd
- Rock-a-Doodle, directed by Don Bluth
- Roja, directed by Mani Ratnam, nominated for Best Film at Moscow International Film Festival
- Romper Stomper, starring Russell Crowe
- Ruby, starring Danny Aiello (as Jack Ruby)
S
- Samantha
- Scent of a Woman, directed by Martin Brest, starring Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Gabrielle Anwar - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
- School Ties, starring Brendan Fraser, Chris O'Donnell, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
- Shakes the Clown, starring Bobcat Goldthwaite, Julie Brown, Florence Henderson
- Shining Through, starring Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson
- Sidekicks, starring Chuck Norris
- Single White Female, starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Singles, directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick
- Sister Act, starring Whoopi Goldberg
- Sleepwalkers (based on a Stephen King novel)
- Sneakers, starring Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, David Strathairn
- Split Second
- Stay Tuned, directed by Peter Hyams, starring John Ritter and Pam Dawber
- Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, starring Sylvester Stallone and Estelle Getty
- The Story of Qiu Ju (Qiu Ju da guan si) - Golden Lion award
- Storyville, starring James Spader
- Straight Talk, starring Dolly Parton and James Woods
- A Stranger Among Us, starring Melanie Griffith and Mia Sara
- Strictly Ballroom, directed by Baz Luhrmann
- Sumo Do, Sumo Don't - Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
T
- There Goes the Neighborhood
- Thunderheart, starring Val Kilmer
- Toys, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, LL Cool J
- Traces of Red, starring James Belushi and Lorraine Bracco
- Trespass, starring Ice Cube, Ice-T, Bill Paxton
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, directed by David Lynch, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly
U-V
- Under Siege, starring Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Erika Eleniak, Gary Busey
- Unforgiven, starring Clint Eastwood (also director), Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris - Academy Award for Best Picture
- Universal Soldier, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren
- Unlawful Entry, starring Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, Madeleine Stowe
W
- Waxwork II: Lost in Time
- The Waterdance, starring Eric Stoltz, Helen Hunt, Wesley Snipes
- Wayne's World, starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Brian Doyle-Murray, Lara Flynn Boyle
- Where the Day Takes You
- White Men Can't Jump, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez
- White Sands, starring Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke
- Wind, starring Matthew Modine and Jennifer Grey
- Wuthering Heights, starring Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes
X-Z
- Year of the Comet, starring Penelope Ann Miller, Tim Daly, Louis Jourdan
Wide-release films
January–March
- January 1992
- January 10
- Kuffs, starring Christian Slater and Milla Jovovich
- The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, starring Rebecca De Mornay and Annabella Sciorra
- January 17 - Freejack, starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo and Mick Jagger
- January 24 -
- January 31 - Shining Through, starring Michael Douglas and Melanie Griffith
- January 10
- February 1992
- February 7
- Final Analysis, starring Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman and Eric Roberts
- Medicine Man, starring Sean Connery and Lorraine Bracco
- February 14 - Wayne's World, starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Brian Doyle-Murray and Lara Flynn Boyle
- February 21 - Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
- February 7
- March 1992
- March 6 - Gladiator, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr.
- March 13
- Article 99
- My Cousin Vinny, starring Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Fred Gwynne and Mitchell Whitfield
- March 20 - Basic Instinct, starring Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone
- March 27 - The Cutting Edge
April–June
- April 1992
- April 3
- The Player
- Beethoven
- April 10
- Ferngully: The Last Rainforest
- Newsies
- Sleepwalkers
- April 17
- The Babe
- City of Joy
- April 24
- April 3
- May 1992
- May 1
- May 8
- CrissCross
- Poison Ivy
- May 15 - Lethal Weapon 3, starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci and Rene Russo
- May 22
- Alien 3, directed by David Fincher, starring Sigourney Weaver
- Far and Away, directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
- May 29 - Sister Act
- June 1992
- June 5
- Class Act
- Patriot Games, starring Harrison Ford
- June 12 - Aces: Iron Eagle III
- June 19 - Batman Returns, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito and Michelle Pfeiffer
- June 26
- June 5
July–September
- July 1992
- July 1 - A League of Their Own, starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, Lori Petty, Rosie O'Donnell, Garry Marshall
- July 10
- Cool World, starring Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne and Brad Pitt
- Prelude to a Kiss, starring Alec Baldwin and Meg Ryan
- Universal Soldier, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren
- July 17
- Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, starring Rick Moranis
- Man Trouble, starring Jack Nicholson and Ellen Barkin
- A Stranger Among Us, starring Melanie Griffith
- July 24
- Mo' Money, starring Damon Wayans
- Mom and Dad Save the World, starring Teri Garr and Jeffrey Jones
- July 31
- Bebe's Kids
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, starring Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer and Paul Reubens
- Death Becomes Her, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis
- August 1992
- August 7
- 3 Ninjas
- Raising Cain, directed by Brian De Palma, starring John Lithgow and Lolita Davidovich
- Unforgiven, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman and Richard Harris
- August 14
- Single White Female, directed by Barbet Schroeder, starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Stay Tuned
- August 21
- August 28
- Honeymoon in Vegas, starring Nicolas Cage, James Caan and Sarah Jessica Parker
- Pet Sematary Two, starring Edward Furlong and Anthony Edwards
- August 7
- September 1992
- September 4 - Live Wire, directed by Christian Duguay and starring Pierce Brosnan and Ron Silver
- September 11
- Sneakers, starring Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Ben Kingsley, David Strathairn and Mary McDonnell
- Wind, starring Matthew Modine and Jennifer Grey
- September 18
- Captain Ron, starring Kurt Russell and Martin Short
- Singles, directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Kyra Sedgwick and Campbell Scott
- September 25
- Innocent Blood, directed by John Landis, starring Anne Parillaud and Anthony LaPaglia
- The Last of the Mohicans, directed by Michael Mann, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe
- Mr. Saturday Night, starring Billy Crystal and David Paymer
October–December
- October 1992
- October 2 - Of Mice And Men
- October 9 - Under Siege
- October 16 -
- October 23
- Hero
- Reservoir Dogs
- October 30 -
- November 1992
- November 6 -
- November 13 - Aladdin, Bram Stoker's Dracula
- November 20 -
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, featuring Macaulay Culkin
- Malcolm X
- November 27 -
- The Bodyguard
- The Crying Game
- December 1992
- December 4 -
- December 11 - A Few Good Men, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore
- December 18 - Toys
- December 25 - Chaplin, Trespass
Births
- January 19 - Logan Lerman, actor
- February 11 - Taylor Lautner, actor
- February 14 - Freddie Highmore, actor
- February 18 - Greer Grammer, actress
- April 4 - Alexa Nikolas, actress
- March 13 - Kaya Scodelario, actress
- March 17 - Gabriel Liotta, actor
- May 4 - Ashley Rickards, actress
- May 7 - Alexander Ludwig, actor
- May 18 - Spencer Breslin, actor
- July 3 - Nathalia Ramos, actress
- June 14 - Daryl Sabara, actor
- June 26 - Jennette McCurdy, actress and singer
- July 22 - Selena Gomez, actress and singer
- August 4 - Dylan and Cole Sprouse, actors
- August 20 - Demi Lovato, actress and singer
- September 16 - Nick Jonas, singer (Jonas Brothers)
- October 9 - Tyler James Williams, actor
- October 12 - Josh Hutcherson, actor
- November 18- Nathan Kress, actor
- November 23 - Miley Cyrus, actress and singer
- December 18 - Bridgit Mendler, actress
Deaths
This data needs acquiring. The data that was previously here was the data for the year 2010, not 1992!
Film debuts
- Penélope Cruz - Jamón, jamón
- Ralph Fiennes - Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
- Jennifer Love Hewitt - Munchie
- Mike Myers - Wayne's World
- Keri Russell - Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
- Will Smith - Where the Day Takes You
- Maggie Gyllenhaal - Waterland
- Jamie Foxx - Toys
- Rosie O'Donnell - A League of Their Own
- Laura Linney - Lorenzo's Oil
- Hilary Swank - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Jack Black - Bob Roberts
- Robin Tunney - Encino Man
- Gary Sinise - Of Mice and Men (actor)
- Ashley Judd - Kuffs
- Daniel Craig
- Eliza Dushku
- Katherine Heigl
- Cole Hauser
- Alan Cumming
- Tim Blake Nelson
- Steve Zahn - Rain Without Thunder
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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