1984 in film

none the year 1984 in film the George Orwell property in film Adaptations of Nineteen Eighty-FourAdaptations of Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984 film radio television music 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.'Ghostbusters' Tops Comedies Variety January 16, 1985 16 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. Beverly Hills Cop made it three for films released in 1984 after its performance during 1985 took it to rentals of $108 million.Nobody Climbed $100-Mil Mountain Variety January 1986 Other popular films included 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 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: + Highest-grossing films of 1984https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1984/?grossesOption=totalGrosses 1984 Domestic Grosses Box Office Mojo 7 April 2014 Rank Title Distributor Box-office gross 1Beverly Hills Cop Paramount $234,760,478 2 Ghostbusters Columbia $229,242,989 3Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Paramount $179,870,271 4 Gremlins Warner Bros. $153,083,102 5 The Karate Kid Columbia $90,815,558Thomas Bob Bob Thomas (reporter) The Karate Kid Returns https://apnews.com/e24863210ad44a6d5901c01a0d1f8b4c 8 June 2020 AP News Associated Press November 6, 1985 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 100 million 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.Siskel Gene Gene Siskel Ralph Macchio's Baby Face Can't Mask Maturing Talent https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-06-15-8602120789-story.html 27 January 2021 Chicago Tribune 15 June 1986Hurlburt Roger 'Karate Kid II' Kayos Legacy Of Predecessor http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1986-06-20-8602060335-story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200921053937/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1986-06-20-8602060335-story.html 27 January 2021 Sun-Sentinel 20 June 1986 2020-09-21 live 6Police Academy Warner Bros. $81,198,894 7 Footloose Paramount $80,035,402 8 Romancing the Stone 20th Century Fox $76,572,238 9 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Paramount $76,471,076 10 Splash Buena Vista $69,821,334 International International market Title Director Production country Revenue Admissions Source(s) Brazil Gremlins Joe Dante United States $1,505,985 Daily Variety 'Gremlins' Hits In Int'l Marts 43 February 15, 1985 highest-grossing film ever by WB in Iberia, taking in $4,255,642$1,505,985 in five weeks of release, making it the highest-grossing film [in Brazil] in 1984 France Marche à l'ombre Michel Blanc France 6,168,425 Bilan Annuel France - 1984 http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanfr.php?year=1984 JP's Box-Office 12 December 2018 Hong Kong Aces Go Places 3 Tsui Hark Hong Kong 29,286,077 Hong Kong Film Archive https://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac/cclib/ipac.jsp?cs=iso-8859-1 Hong Kong Film Archive 26 April 2019 24 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200724130310/https://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac/cclib/ipac.jsp?cs=iso-8859-1 dead India Tohfa K. Raghavendra Rao India 90,000,000 Box Office 1984 http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=190&catName=MTk4NA== https://web.archive.org/web/20130115225607/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=190&catName=MTk4NA== dead 15 January 2013 Box Office India 15 January 2013 Italy Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Steven Spielberg United States 838,309 Bilan Annuel Italie - 1984 http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanitalie.php?year=1984 JP's Box-Office 12 December 2018 24 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200724130253/http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanitalie.php?year=1984 dead Japan Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Steven Spielberg United States 3,200,000,000 1984年（1月～12月） http://www.eiren.org/toukei/1984.html Eiren Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan 20 November 2018 South Korea Project A Jackie Chan Hong Kong ₩ 396,436 【ジャッキーチェン興行成績】 第10回：韓国での興行収入 http://kungfutube.info/3156 KungFu Tube 5 September 2010 7 December 2018 jaKOFIC 영화관 입장권 통합전산망 http://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/mast/mvie/searchMovieList.do Korean Film Council September 2018 8 November 2018 koPark Seung Hyun A Cultural Interpretation of Korean Cinema, 1988-1997 2000 Indiana University 119 https://books.google.com/books?id=ilEeAQAAMAAJ Average Ticket Prices in Korea, 1974-1997 [...] * Source: Korea Cinema Yearbook (1997-1998) * Currency: won [...] Foreign [...] 1984 [...] 3,000 Soviet Union Disco Dancer Babbar Subhash India $75,900,000 60,900,000 Disco Dancer in Soviet Union: US$75.9 millionDisco Dancer: 60 million Soviet rubles in 1984,Bollywood returns to Russian screens September 2018 medicmedic, Russia Beyond the Headlines, September 2009 0.791 rubles per US dollar in 1984Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls n RubleUSD84 (94.34 crore)12.43 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1984http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=15268 Reserve Bank of India - Publications 2018-05-06 2014-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20140821052651/http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=15268 dead n RupeeUSD84 in 1984 n DiscoIndian Films in Soviet Cinemas: The Culture of Movie-going After Stalin, page 211, Indiana University Press, 2005 Spain Gremlins Joe Dante United States $4,255,642 3,202,047 Bilan Annuel Espagne - 1984 http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanespagne.php?year=1984 JP's Box-Office 12 December 2018 16 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181216030906/http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanespagne.php?year=1984 dead United States and Canada Beverly Hills Cop Martin Brest United States $234,760,478 67,150,000 Beverly Hills Cop (1984) https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beverlyhillscop.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm Box Office Mojo 12 December 2018 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223203/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beverlyhillscop.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm 2018-12-15 West Germany Police Academy Hugh Wilson United States 5,187,443 Bilan Annuel Allemagne - 1984 http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanall.php?year=1984 JP's Box-Office 12 December 2018 15 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181215222236/http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanall.php?year=1984 dead Events February 15 - 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 - 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. June 8 - Ghostbusters and Gremlins were released. July 1 - The Motion Picture Association of America institutes the PG-13 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 Productions. Lawrence Gordon replaces him the following day. July 27 - Prince's first film Purple Rain is released. August 25 - Ghostbusters becomes the biggest grossing comedy film of all time in the United States exceeding Tootsie $177.2 millionhttps://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tootsie.htm Box Office Mojo Tootsie May 30, 2018 going on to gross $229.2 million in its initial run.https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=ghostbusters.htm Box Office Mojo Ghostbusters May 30, 2018 It is overtaken by Beverly Hills Cop in summer 1985https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekly&id=beverlyhillscop.htm Box Office Mojo Beverly Hills Cop May 30, 2018 but regains the record after its re-release in August 1985.https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=releases&id=ghostbusters.htm Box Office Mojo Ghostbusters May 30, 2018 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 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 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 Category/Organization 42nd Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 27, 1985 38th BAFTA AwardsMarch 5, 1985 57th Academy AwardsMarch 25, 1985 Drama Comedy or Musical Best Film Amadeus Romancing the Stone The Killing Fields Amadeus Best Director Miloš FormanAmadeus Wim WendersParis, Texas Miloš FormanAmadeus Best Actor F. Murray AbrahamAmadeus Dudley MooreMicki & Maude Haing S. NgorThe Killing Fields F. Murray AbrahamAmadeus Best Actress Sally FieldPlaces in the Heart Kathleen TurnerRomancing the Stone Maggie SmithA Private Function Sally FieldPlaces in the Heart Best Supporting Actor Haing S. NgorThe Killing Fields Denholm ElliottA Private Function Haing S. NgorThe Killing Fields Best Supporting Actress Peggy AshcroftA Passage to India Liz SmithA Private Function Peggy AshcroftA Passage to India Best Screenplay, Adapted AmadeusPeter Shaffer The Killing FieldsBruce Robinson AmadeusPeter Shaffer Best Screenplay, Original Broadway Danny RoseWoody Allen Places in the HeartRobert Benton Best Original Score Maurice JarreA Passage to India Ennio MorriconeOnce Upon a Time in America Maurice JarreA Passage to IndiaPrincePurple Rain Best Original Song "I Just Called to Say I Love You"The Woman in Red "Ghostbusters"Ghostbusters "I Just Called to Say I Love You"The Woman in Red Best Foreign Language Film A Passage to IndiaUnited Kingdom CarmenFrance Dangerous Moves Switzerland Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): 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 Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): Love Streams, directed by John Cassavetes, United States People's Choice Award (Toronto International Film Festival): Places in the Heart, directed by Robert Benton, 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 1984 List of animated feature films of 1984 List of avant-garde films of 1984 List of comedy films of 1984 List of drama films of 1984 List of horror films of 1984 List of science fiction films of 1984 List of thriller films of 1984 List of western films of 1984 Births January 1 Amara Karan, English actress 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)https://allafrica.com/stories/201204080208.html Tanzania: Kanumba's Mother - My Son Was the Most Precious Gift April 8, 2012 Tanzania Daily News Meddy Mulisa December 6, 2021 January 12 Taraneh Alidoosti, Iranian actress Sam Richardson, American actor, comedian, writer and producer January 15 - Victor Rasuk, American actor January 21 Luke Grimes, American actor and musician Richard Gutierrez, Filipino actor and model January 24 - Justin Baldoni, American actor and director January 25 - Kaiji Tang, voice actor January 30 - Kid Cudi, American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor and fashion designer January 31 – Michael Aloni, Israeli actor February 1 Abbi Jacobson, American comedian, writer, actress and illustrator Lee Thompson Young, American actor (d. 2013) February 6 - Brandon Hammond, American former child actor February 8 - Cecily Strong, American actress 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, Japanese model and actress February 24 - Nicholas Saputra, Indonesian actor February 28 - Melanie Chandra, American actress February 29 - Rakhee Thakrar, English actress March 2 Blake Anderson, American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter John Bernecker, American stunt performer (d. 2017) 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 5 - Jae Suh Park, American actress 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, Honduran-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 3 - Marama Corlett, Maltese actress May 7 - Mark O'Brien, Canadian actor and director 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 Jon Beavers, American actor 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 3 - Anne Yatco, American voice actor June 5 - Joel Smallbone, Australian-American singer and actor June 6 - Atandwa Kani, South African actor June 10 - Betsy Sodaro, American actress and voice 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 Chad Brownlee, Canadian actor and musician Mikaela Hoover, American actress Natalie Martinez, American actress July 14 - Britta Soll, Estonian actress July 17 - Mary Nighy, English actress and filmmaker July 18 - Marie Meyer, French actress 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, Puerto Rican-American actress and director Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer August 3 Jon Foster, American actor and musician Emily Baldoni, Swedish actress Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor August 7 – Hsu Wei-ning, Taiwanese actress and model August 10 – Mariel Rodriguez, Filipina actress and model August 12 Chauntal Lewis, American actress Marian Rivera, Filipino actress August 13 - Eme Ikwuakor, American actor August 15 - Quinton Aaron, American actor August 19 - Simon Bird, English actor, director and comedian August 24 - Cameron Goodman, American actress August 26 - Jennifer Higham, British actress August 28 Richard Cabral, American actor, producer and writer Him Law, Hong Kong actor Sarah Roemer, American actress August 31 - Wolfgang Cerny, Austrian actor and producer 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 24 - Lara Jean Chorostecki, Canadian actress 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 October 3 Chris Marquette, American actor Jessica Parker Kennedy, Canadian actress 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, American actor October 10 - Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress and singer October 11 - Martha MacIsaac, Canadian actress October 14 - 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 Jonathan Howard, English actor 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, 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 Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 6 Ernest Laszlo 85 Hungary Cinematographer Judgment at Nuremberg Logan's Run 7 Walter Forde 85 UK Director Chu Chin Chow The Ghost Train 11 Jack La Rue 70 US Actor A Farewell to Arms The Story of Temple Drake 20 Johnny Weissmuller 79 US Actor Tarzan the Ape Man Jungle Jim 29 Frances Goodrich 93 US Screenwriter It's a Wonderful Life Father of the Bride February 11 Arlette Marchal 82 France Actress The Cat's Pajamas Blonde or Brunette 15 Ethel Merman 76 US Singer, Actress It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World There's No Business Like Show Business 17 Lucille Benson 69 US Actress Little Fauss and Big Halsy Mame 29 Kenneth Strickfaden 87 US Set Designer Frankenstein Young Frankenstein March 1 Jackie Coogan 69 US Actor The Kid Million Dollar Legs 1 Ronald Culver 83 UK Actor Dead of Night Down to Earth 4 William E. Snyder 82 US Cinematographer Creature from the Black Lagoon The Loves of Carmen 5 William Powell 91 US Actor The Thin Man My Man Godfrey 6 Henry Wilcoxon 78 Dominica Actor The Crusades Samson and Delilah 10 I. S. Johar 64 India Actor Lawrence of Arabia Death on the Nile 18 Paul Francis Webster 76 US Lyricist Calamity Jane Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing 20 Richard L. Van Enger 69 US Film Editor Sands of Iwo Jima Johnny Guitar 21 Sam Leavitt 80 US Cinematographer The Defiant Ones Cape Fear 24 Sam Jaffe 93 US Actor The Asphalt Jungle Gunga Din 27 Jack Donohue 75 US Director, Choreographer Marriage on the Rocks Babes in Toyland 27 Derek Francis 60 UK Actor Jabberwocky A Christmas Carol 28 Carmen Dragon 69 US Composer Invasion of the Body Snatchers Cover Girl April 1 George Glass 73 US Producer Guess Who's Coming to Dinner One-Eyed Jacks 2 William C. Thomas 80 US Producer, Director The Big Caper They Made Me a Killer 7 Samuel G. Engel 79 US Producer, Screenwriter My Darling Clementine Night and the City 10 Ray Middleton 77 US Actor I Dream of Jeanie 1776 13 Richard Hurndall 73 UK Actor I, Monster The Prince and the Pauper 14 Thorold Dickinson 80 UK Director, Film Editor The Next of Kin Gaslight 15 Glen MacWilliams 85 US Cinematographer Lifeboat The Clairvoyant 16 Byron Haskin 84 US Director The War of the Worlds I Walk Alone 18 Francis de Wolff 71 UK Actor From Russia with Love The Hound of the Baskervilles 18 John Lee Mahin 81 US Screenwriter Show Boat Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison 25 Richard Benedict 64 Italy Actor Ace in the Hole Ocean's 11 26 May McAvoy 84 US Actress Ben-Hur The Jazz Singer May 4 Diana Dors 52 UK Actress Lady Godiva Rides Again The Unholy Wife 10 Robert Moore 57 US Director Murder By Death Chapter Two 12 Ben Roberts 68 US Screenwriter White Heat Man of a Thousand Faces 13 Antonio Castillo 75 Spain Costume Designer Nicholas and Alexandra Beauty and the Beast 16 Andy Kaufman 35 US Actor God Told Me To Heartbeeps 16 Irwin Shaw 71 US Screenwriter The Talk of the Town The Young Lions 20 Peter Bull 72 UK Actor Dr. Strangelove The African Queen 21 Andrea Leeds 72 US Actress Stage Door Swanee River 21 Ann Little 93 US Actress The Roaring Road The Invaders 22 John Marley 76 US Actor The Godfather Love Story 28 D'Urville Martin 45 US Actor, Director Black Caesar Dolemite June 1 Ruthelma Stevens 80 US Actress The Night Club Lady The Circus Queen Murder 15 Ned Glass 78 Poland Actor Charade West Side Story 17 Leslie I. Carey 88 US Sound Engineer The Glenn Miller Story Touch of Evil 17 Nobuo Nakagawa 79 Japan Director, Screenwriter Jigoku Vampire Moth 18 Luis Moglia Barth 81 Argentina Director, Screenwriter ¡Tango! Melodías porteñas 19 Sunny Johnson 30 US Actress Flashdance The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia 20 Estelle Winwood 101 UK Actress Darby O'Gill and the Little People The Producers 22 Joseph Losey 75 US Director The Servant Accident 24 William Keighley 94 US Director The Man Who Came to Dinner Each Dawn I Die 26 Carl Foreman 69 US Screenwriter, Producer High Noon The Guns of Navarone 30 Lillian Hellman 79 US Screenwriter The Little Foxes Toys in the Attic July 2 Lenore Coffee 87 US Screenwriter Young at Heart Cash McCall 7 Flora Robson 82 UK Actress Fire Over England Saratoga Trunk 11 Hugh Morton 81 UK Actor Man of the Moment Quatermass and the Pit 14 Ernest Tidyman 56 US Screenwriter The French Connection Shaft 23 Lloyd Gough 76 US Actor Sunset Boulevard Earthquake 23 Anthony Sharp 69 UK Actor A Clockwork Orange Barry Lyndon 24 Vincent Beck 59 US Actor ...And Justice for All Santa Claus Conquers the Martians 25 Akihiko Hirata 56 Japan Actor Sanjuro Godzilla 26 Roger H. Lewis 66 US Producer The Swimmer The Pawnbroker 27 James Mason 75 UK Actor North by Northwest Lolita 29 Woodrow Parfrey 61 US Actor Papillon Charley Varrick August 2 Quirino Cristiani 88 Argentina Director El Apóstol Peludópolis 4 Walter Burke 75 US Actor All the King's Men Support Your Local Sheriff! 4 Mary Miles Minter 82 US Actress Anne of Green Gables Nurse Marjorie 5 Richard Burton 58 UK Actor Who Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Becket 5 Roland Kibbee 70 US Screenwriter The Crimson Pirate Valdez Is Coming 8 Richard Deacon 63 US Actor The Young Philadelphians The Birds 14 J. B. Priestley 89 UK Screenwriter Last Holiday The Old Dark House 19 George Meeker 80 US Actor Apache Rose Silver Trails 25 Truman Capote 59 US Screenwriter, Actor The Innocents Beat the Devil 25 Henry Lynn 89 US Director, Screenwriter Shir Hashirim 29 Pina Menichelli 94 Italy Actress Take Care of Amelia A Woman's Story 30 Emil Newman 73 US Composer Sun Valley Serenade Hondo September 3 Arthur Schwartz 83 US Composer, Producer The Band Wagon Night and Day 6 E. J. André 76 US Actor The Ten Commandments Papillon 9 Yılmaz Güney 47 Stateless Director, Screenwriter, Actor Yol The Herd 11 William Sands 61 US Film Editor Funny Girl The Only Game in Town 14 Janet Gaynor 77 US Actress A Star Is Born 7th Heaven 17 Richard Basehart 70 US Actor Moby Dick La Strada 19 June Preisser 64 US Actress Babes in Arms Sweater Girl 24 Neil Hamilton 85 US Actor Laughing Sinners Batman 25 Walter Pidgeon 87 Canada Actor Forbidden Planet How Green Was My Valley October 9 Joan Young 84 UK Actress Suddenly, Last Summer The Fallen Idol 10 Leonard Rossiter 57 UK Actor 2001: A Space Odyssey Barry Lyndon 11 H. Bruce Humberstone 82 US Director I Wake Up Screaming Charlie Chan at the Olympics 16 Peggy Ann Garner 52 US Actress A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Nob Hill 21 François Truffaut 52 France Director, Screenwriter, Actor The 400 Blows Jules and Jim 23 Oskar Werner 61 Austria Actor Fahrenheit 451 Ship of Fools 24 Walter Woolf King 84 US Actor A Night at the Opera Go West 24 Edith Massey 66 US Actress Pink Flamingos Polyester 25 Pascale Ogier 25 France Actress Full Moon in Paris Le Pont du Nord 30 June Duprez 66 UK Actress The Four Feathers And Then There Were None 31 Eduardo De Filippo 84 Italy Actor, Screenwriter, Director The Gold of Naples Everybody Go Home November 1 Norman Krasna 74 US Screenwriter, Director Who Was That Lady? Sunday in New York 3 Milo Anderson 75 US Costume Designer The Adventures of Robin Hood To Have and Have Not 7 George Mathews 73 US Actor Gunfight at the O.K. Corral The Last Wagon 13 Dorothy Arnold 66 US Actress The Phantom Creeps The House of Fear 20 Peter Welch 62 UK Actor The Admirable Crichton The Secret Partner December 2 Harry Sukman 72 US Composer Song Without End Fanny 7 Jeanne Cagney 65 US Actress Yankee Doodle Dandy Quicksand 8 Luther Adler 81 US Actor House of Strangers D.O.A. 11 Robert E. Kent 73 US Screenwriter Rock Around the Clock The Fastest Guitar Alive 11 George Waggner 81 US Director The Wolf Man Horror Island 13 Margaret Livingston 89 US Actress The Lady Refuses What a Widow! 19 Edward Carrere 78 Mexico Art Director Adventures of Don Juan Camelot 24 Ian Hendry 53 UK Actor Repulsion Get Carter 24 Peter Lawford 61 UK Actor Good News Ocean's 11 24 Harry Waxman 72 UK Cinematographer The Wicker Man Swiss Family Robinson 28 Sam Peckinpah 59 US Director, Screenwriter The Wild Bunch Straw Dogs 29 Leo Robin 84 US Songwriter The Big Broadcast of 1938 Small Town Girl Film debuts Angélica Aragón – The Evil That Men Do Marshall Bell – Birdy Nigel Bennett – The Ninja Mission Geoffrey Blake – The Last Starfighter María Botto – Berta's Motives Jesse Bradford – Falling in Love Pascale Bussières – Sonatine Ralph Brown – The Hit Simon Callow – Amadeus Maggie Cheung – Prince Charming 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 Tate Donovan – No Small Affair Richard Edson – Stranger Than Paradise Troy Evans – Rhinestone Rupert Everett – Another Country Sherilyn Fenn – The Wild Life John Finn – The Pope of Greenwich Village Colin Firth – Another Country Courtney Gains – Children of the Corn Zach Galligan – Gremlins Jsu Garcia – A Nightmare on Elm Street Sarah Michelle Gellar – Over the Brooklyn Bridge Bobcat Goldthwait – Massive Retaliation Heather Graham – Mrs. Soffel Seth Green – Billions for Boris Arye Gross – Exterminator 2 Larisa Guzeyeva – A Cruel Romance Corey Haim – Firstborn Josh Hamilton – Old Enough Kadeem Hardison – Beat Street John Hawkes – Police Academy Yves Jacques – Sonatine Arsinée Khanjian – Next of Kin Val Kilmer – Top Secret! Patrick Kilpatrick – The Toxic Avenger John Leguizamo – Mixed Blood John Lynch – Cal Andie MacDowell – Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Kyle MacLachlan – Dune Frances McDormand – Blood Simple Olga Merediz – The Brother from Another Planet Alyssa Milano – Old Enough Connie Nielsen – Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir Miguel A. Núñez Jr. – Joy of Sex David O'Hara – Comfort and Joy Jay Patterson – Places in the Heart Lou Diamond Phillips – Interface Mike Pniewski – Beverly Hills Cop Clifton Powell – Alphabet City Aidan Quinn – Reckless Jan Rabson – Racing with the Moon Tracy Reiner – The Flamingo Kid Tim Robbins – Toy Soldiers Tim Roth – The Hit Nicholas Rowe – Another Country Emmanuelle Seigner – Year of the Jellyfish Craig Sheffer – Voyage of the Rock Aliens Rocco Sisto – Scream for Help Alexander Skarsgård – Åke and His World Stuart Stone – Heavenly Bodies Ice-T – Breakin' Brian Tarantina – The Cotton Club Brian Thompson – The Terminator Jennifer Tilly – No Small Affair Marisa Tomei – The Flamingo Kid Pip Torrens – Oxford Blues Ken Watanabe – MacArthur's Children Steven Weber – The Flamingo Kid Dana Wheeler-Nicholson – The Little Drummer Girl Alicia Witt – Dune Michelle Yeoh – The Owl vs Bombo Notes n References External links "Was 1984 the greatest year in movies ever?" https://web.archive.org/web/20090728053739/http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/07/was-1984-the-greatest-year-in-movies-ever-.html 2009-07-28 by Chris Nashawaty - Entertainment Weekly online 1984 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo Top 1984 Movies at the Domestic Box OfficeJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot at The Numbers Top 1984 Movies at the International Box OfficeJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot at The Numbers Top 1984 Movies at the Worldwide Box OfficeJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot at The Numbers Top-US-Grossing Titles Released 1984-01-01 to 1984-12-31 at IMDb Most Popular Feature Films Released 1984-01-01 to 1984-12-31 at IMDb List of 1984 films at IMDb List of 1984 deaths at IMDb List of 1984 births at IMDb 1980s Film Category:Film by year