1995 in film
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Events
- March 28 - Actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett announce their plans for separation
- November - After a six-year hiatus, the James Bond film series resumes with the successful GoldenEye.
- November 21 - Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
Top grossing films
| 1995 Rank | Title | Studio | Starring |
| 1. | Toy Story | Disney | |
| 2. | Batman Forever | Warner Bros | Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell |
| 3. | Apollo 13 | Warner Bros. | Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise |
| 4. | Pocahontas | ||
| 5. | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | Jim Carrey | |
| 6. | GoldenEye | Pierce Brosnan | |
| 7. | Casper | Christina Ricci, Cathy Moriarty | |
| 8. | Jumanji | Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, David Alan Grier | |
| 9. | Se7en | Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman | |
| 10. | Die Hard with a Vengeance | Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson |
Awards
- Best Picture: Braveheart - 20th Century Fox, B. H. Finance C. V., Icon Entertainment International, Paramount Pictures, The Ladd Company
- Best Director: Mel Gibson - Braveheart
- Best Actor: Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas
- Best Actress: Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking
- Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects
- Best Supporting Actress: Mira Sorvino - Mighty Aphrodite
- Best Foreign Language Film: Antonia's Line (Antonia), directed by Marleen Gorris, Netherlands
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Sense and Sensibility
- Best Actor: Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas
- Best Actress: Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking
- <u>Musical or Comedy:
- Best Picture: Babe
- Best Actor: John Travolta - Get Shorty
- Best Actress: Nicole Kidman - To Die For
- <u>Other
- Best Director: Mel Gibson - Braveheart
- Best Foreign Language Film: Les Misérables, France
PALM D'OR (Cannes Film Festival):
- Underground (Подземље, Podzemlje), directed by Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia
GOLDEN LION (Venice Film Festival):
- Cyclo (Xich lo), directed by Tran Anh Hung, Vietnam / France / Hong Kong
GOLDEN BEAR (Berlin Film Festival):
- L'Appât (Fresh Bait), directed by Bertrand Tavernier, France
Films released in 1995
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
- The American President
- Antonia's Line (Antonia) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Angus
- L'Appât (Fresh Bait or The Bait) - Golden Bear award
- Apollo 13
- Assassins
- Babe - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- Bad Boys
- The Basketball Diaries
- Batman Forever
- Before Sunrise
- Billy Madison
- Blue in the Face
- Born to be Wild, starring Wil Horneff, Helen Shaver, John C. McGinley and Peter Boyle
- Boys on the Side
- The Brady Bunch Movie
- Braveheart, directed by Mel Gibson - Academy Award for Best Picture
- The Bridges of Madison County
- The Brothers McMullen
- Canadian Bacon
- Casino, directed by Martin Scorsese
- Casper
- Circle of Friends
- The City of Lost Children
- Clockers
- Clueless
- Congo
- Copycat
- Crimson Tide
- The Crossing Guard
- Cutthroat Island
- Cyclo - Golden Lion award
- Dangerous Minds
- Dead Man
- Dead Man Walking
- Dead Presidents
- Desperado
- Devil in a Blue Dress
- Die Hard with a Vengeance
- Dolores Claiborne
- Don Juan DeMarco
- Dracula: Dead and Loving It
- The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
- Empire Records
- Escape to Witch Mountain (remake)
- Fair Game
- Father of the Bride Part II
- First Knight
- Fluke
- Forget Paris
- Four Rooms
- French Kiss
- Friday
- From the Journals of Jean Seberg - a documentary directed by Mark Rappaport
- Full Body Massage, directed by Nicolas Roeg
- Funny Bones
- Get Shorty
- Ghost in the Shell
- Godzilla vs. Destroyah
- GoldenEye
- A Goofy Movie, starring Jason Marsden
- Grumpier Old Men, starring Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Sophia Loren
- Hackers
- La Haine
- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
- Heat
- Higher Learning
- Home for the Holidays
- How to Make an American Quilt
- In the Mouth of Madness, directed by John Carpenter, starring Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner and Charlton Heston
- The Indian in the Cupboard
- It Takes Two
- Jade
- Jerky Boys: The Movie
- Johnny Mnemonic
- Judge Dredd
- Jumanji
- Jury Duty
- Just Cause
- Kids
- Kiss of Death
- Land and Freedom
- Last of the Dogmen
- The Last Supper
- Leaving Las Vegas
- A Little Princess
- Lord of Illusions (Cliver Barker's Lord of Illusions)
- Losing Isaiah
- Major Payne
- Mallrats
- Margaret's Museum
- Max is Missing
- Mighty Aphrodite
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
- Les Misérables - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Money Train
- Mortal Kombat
- Mr. Holland's Opus
- Murder in the First
- Napoleon
- Nick of Time
- Nine Months
- Nixon
- Now and Then
- Outbreak
- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, directed by Martin Scorsese (documentary)
- Pocahontas
- Powder
- The Quick and the Dead
- Restoration
- Richard III
- Rob Roy
- Rumble in the Bronx
- Sabrina
- The Scarlet Letter
- Sense and Sensibility - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama) and Golden Bear award (for 1996)
- Se7en (also known as Seven)
- Showgirls
- Sick Time
- Smoke
- Species
- Strange Days
- Sudden Death
- Tank Girl
- To Die For
- Three Wishes
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
- Tommy Boy, starring Chris Farley, David Spade and Rob Lowe
- Top Dog
- Toy Story
- Twelve Monkeys
- Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
- Underground - Palm d'Or award
- The Usual Suspects
- Village of the Damned, directed by John Carpenter, starring Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Hamill and Peter Jason
- Waterworld
Births
Deaths
- February 2 - Donald Pleasence, actor
- March 12 - Juanin Clay, actress
- March 16 - Albert Hackett, screenwriter
- April 4 - Priscilla Lane, actress
- April 14 - Burl Ives, actor, singer
- April 24 - Sammy Jackson, actor, disc jockey
- April 25 - Ginger Rogers, actress
- May 16 - Lola Flores, Spanish actress
- May 18 - Elizabeth Montgomery, actress
- May 18 - Elisha Cook Jr, actor
- May 18 - Alexander Godunov, dancer, actor
- May 26 - Friz Freleng, animator
- June 29 - Lana Turner, actress
- July 4 - Eva Gabor, actress
- August 3 - Ida Lupino, actress and director
- October 21 - Maxene Andrews, member of The Andrews Sisters
- October 22 - Mary Wickes, actress
- October 25 - Viveca Lindfors, actress
- November 21 - Peter Grant, actor and manager
- November 23 - Louis Malle, director
- November 24 - Jeffrey Lynn, actor
- December 9 - Vivian Blaine, actress
- December 22 - Butterfly McQueen, actress
- December 25 - Dean Martin, singer and actor
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