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The year '''1977 in film''' involved some significant events.
The year '''1977 in film''' involved some significant events.


==Highest-grossing films (U.S.)==
==Events==
{{see also|List of 1977 box office number-one films in the United States}}
*In the [[Academy Awards]], [[Peter Finch]], [[Faye Dunaway]] and [[Beatrice Straight]] win [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] and [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Actress]] and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Supporting Actress]] awards for ''[[Network (film)|Network]]''.
The top ten 1977 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
*''[[Rocky]]'' picks up an [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] and ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]'' wins [[Jason Robards]] the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Supporting Actor]] and an [[Academy Award for Best Art Direction|Art Direction]] for [[George C. Jenkins|George Jenkins]] and [[George Gaines (set decorator)|George Gaines]].
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*March 11 - Walt Disney releases ''[[The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'', a compilation of three animated shorts.
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* May 25 - ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Star Wars]]'' opens in theaters and became one of the [[List of highest-grossing films|highest grossing films]] to date. The film revolutionizes the use of [[special effects]] in film and television production, and also popularizes the notion of omitting any sort of opening credits sequence, something that would become commonplace in American cinema by the mid-1990s.
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1977
* The average price of a movie ticket in the United States is about $2.25.
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*June 22 - [[Walt Disney Productions]] releases ''[[The Rescuers]]'', which instantly brought back an interest in animation that had been lost to both film-goers and critics throughout the beginning of the '70s.<ref>http://www.cataroo.com/DBrescu.html</ref>
! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Box-office gross

==Top grossing films (U.S.)==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
! Rank || Title || Studio || Actors || Director(s) || Gross
| ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $221,280,994<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title='Star Wars' B.O. History|date=May 17, 1999|page=30}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Block |editor1-first=Alex Ben |editor2-last=Wilson |editor2-first=Lucy Autrey |year=2010 |title=George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |isbn=978-0-06-177889-6 |page=519|url=https://archive.org/details/georgelucassbloc00alex/page/519/mode/2up?view=theater}}</ref>
|-
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
| 1.
| ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Star Wars]]*''
| ''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]''
| [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]
| [[Lucasfilm]]/[[20th Century Fox]]
| $126,737,428<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=smokeyandthebandit.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=''Smokey and the Bandit'', Box Office Information|access-date=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
| [[Mark Hamill]], [[Harrison Ford]], [[Carrie Fisher]], [[Alec Guinness]]
| [[George Lucas]]
| '''$460,998,007'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars4.htm|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=Star Wars, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
| 2.
|''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]*''
|''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| $116,395,460<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=closeencountersofthethirdkind.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'', Box Office Information|access-date=May 26, 2014}}</ref>
| [[Richard Dreyfuss]], [[Teri Garr]], [[Melinda Dillon]], [[François Truffaut]]
| [[Steven Spielberg]]
| '''$166,000,000'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1977/0CETK.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
| 3.
| ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]''
| ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $94,213,184<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=saturdaynightfever.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=''Saturday Night Fever'', Box Office Information|access-date=May 26, 2014}}</ref>
| [[John Travolta]], [[Karen Lynn Gorney]]
| [[John Badham]]
| '''$139,486,124'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1977/0SDNF.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=Saturday Night Fever, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
| 4.
| ''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]*''
| [[Universal Studios|Universal]]
| [[Burt Reynolds]], [[Sally Field]], [[Jackie Gleason]]
| [[Hal Needham]]
| '''$126,737,428'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=smokeyandthebandit.htm|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=Smokey and the Bandit, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 5.
| ''[[The Goodbye Girl]]''
| ''[[The Goodbye Girl]]''
| [[MGM]]/[[Warner Bros.]]
| [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]
| $83,700,000<ref>{{cite web |title=The Goodbye Girl (1977) |work=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Goodbye-Girl-The |access-date=April 2, 2022}}</ref>
| [[Richard Dreyfuss]], [[Marsha Mason]], [[Quinn Cummings]]
| [[Herbert Ross]]
| '''$83,700,000'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1977/0TGOG.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=The Goodbye Girl, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 6.
|''[[The Rescuers]]*''
| [[Walt Disney]]
| voices of [[Eva Gabor]], [[Bob Newhart]]
| [[Wolfgang Reitherman]] & [[John Lounsbery]]
| '''$71,215,869'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rescuers.htm|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=The Rescuers, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 7.
|''[[Oh, God!]]''
| Warner Bros.
| [[George Burns]], [[Teri Garr]]
| [[Carl Reiner]]
| '''$51,061,196'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1977/0OHGD.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=Box Office Information for Oh, God!|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
| 8.
|''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]''
|''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| [[United Artists]]
| $50,750,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bridgetoofar.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=''A Bridge Too Far (1977) '', Box Office Information|access-date=2016-11-18}}</ref>
| [[James Caan]], [[Sean Connery]]
| [[Richard Attenborough]]
| '''$50,800,000'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1977/0BTFA.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=A Bridge Too Far, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
| 9.
| ''[[The Deep (1977 film)|The Deep]]''
| ''[[The Deep (1977 film)|The Deep]]''
| Columbia
| Columbia
| $47,346,365<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0075925/|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=''The Deep'', Box Office Information|access-date=April 2, 2022}}</ref>
| [[Robert Shaw (British actor)|Robert Shaw]], [[Nick Nolte]], [[Jacqueline Bisset]]
| [[Peter Yates]]
| '''$50,681,884'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1977/0DP.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=The Deep, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
| 10.
| ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''
| ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''
| United Artists
| United Artists
| $46,838,673<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spywholovedme.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=The Spy Who Loved Me, Box Office Information|access-date=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
| [[Roger Moore]], [[Barbara Bach]]
| [[Lewis Gilbert]]
| '''$46,838,673'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spywholovedme.htm|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=The Spy Who Loved Me, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
| 11.
|''[[Oh, God! (film)|Oh, God!]]''
| Warner Bros.
| $41,687,243<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0076489/|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=Oh, God!|access-date=April 2, 2022}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
|''[[Annie Hall]]''
|''[[Annie Hall]]''
| United Artists
| United Artists
| $38,251,425<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=anniehall.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=Annie Hall, Box Office Information|access-date=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
| [[Woody Allen]], [[Diane Keaton]]
|}
| Woody Allen

| '''$38,251,425'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=anniehall.htm|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=Annie Hall, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
==Events==
* February 23 – During a press conference at [[Sardi's|Sardi]]'s in [[Manhattan]], it is officially announced that [[Christopher Reeve]] will be playing the role of [[Superman]].
* March 28 – At the [[49th Academy Awards]], ''[[Rocky]]'' picks up the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]. [[Peter Finch]], [[Faye Dunaway]], and [[Beatrice Straight]] all win Oscars for their performances in ''[[Network (1976 film)|Network]]'' for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]], while [[Jason Robards]] wins for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for his performance in ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]].'' He will win again the following year, becoming the only person to win two consecutive Best Supporting Actor awards.
* May 25 – ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' opens in theatres and becomes the [[List of highest-grossing films|highest-grossing film]] of the year. The film revolutionises the use of [[special effects]] in film and television production. It also embraces the notion of omitting any sort of opening credits sequence. Lucas, told by the [[Directors Guild of America]] that he must have an opening credits sequence, instead distributes the film independently, sans the opening credits. The film's release is often considered one of the most important events in film history.
*June 22 – [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Productions]] releases ''[[The Rescuers]]'', which brings back an interest in animation that had been lost to both filmgoers and critics throughout the beginning of the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cataroo.com/DBrescu.html|title=Don Bluth The Disney Years: The Rescuers|work=cataroo.com|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref>
*November 16 – ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'' opens to widespread critical acclaim and massive box office success, becoming one of the top-grossing films to date and cementing Steven Spielberg's status as one of the most talented and profitable film directors of all time.
* December 5 – ''The Solar System'', produced and directed by Thomas G. Smith for [[Encyclopaedia Britannica Films]], is released.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-05|title=Thomas G. Smith Collection|url=https://libraries.indiana.edu/thomas-g-smith-collection|access-date=2021-02-02|website=libraries.indiana.edu|language=en}}</ref> It led to the producer hiring [[Industrial Light & Magic]] (ILM), a company producing visual effects for films such as the ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' films.

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[35th Golden Globe Awards]]<br>January 28, 1978 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[31st British Academy Film Awards|31st BAFTA Awards]]<br>March 16, 1978 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[50th Academy Awards]]<br>April 3, 1978
| 12.
|''[[Pete's Dragon]]''
| [[Buena Vista Distribution Company|Buena Vista]]
| [[Helen Reddy]], [[Mickey Rooney]], [[Shelley Winters]]
| [[Don Chaffey]], [[Don Bluth]]
| '''$36,000,000'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1977/0PEDR.php|publisher=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|title=Pete's Dragon, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy
| 13.
|''[[The Gauntlet (film)|The Gauntlet]]''
| Warner Bros.
| [[Clint Eastwood]], [[Sondra Locke]]
| Clint Eastwood
| '''$35,400,000'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1977/0GTLT.php|publisher=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|title=The Gauntlet, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Best Film || ''[[The Turning Point (1977 film)|The Turning Point]]'' || ''[[The Goodbye Girl]]'' || colspan="2" | ''[[Annie Hall]]''
| 14.
|''[[The Turning Point (1977 film)|The Turning Point]]''
| 20th Century Fox
| [[Shirley MacLaine]], [[Anne Bancroft]]
| [[Herbert Ross]]
| '''$33,600,000'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1977/0TRPN.php|publisher=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|title=The Turning Point, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Best Director || colspan="2" | [[Herbert Ross]]<br>''[[The Turning Point (1977 film)|The Turning Point]]'' || colspan="2" | [[Woody Allen]]<br>''[[Annie Hall]]''
| 15.
|''[[Heroes (1977 film)|Heroes]]''
| Universal
| [[Harrison Ford]], [[Henry Winkler]], [[Sally Field]]
| [[Jeremy Kagan]]
| '''$33,500,000'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=heroes.htm|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=Heroes, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Best Actor || [[Richard Burton]]<br>''[[Equus (film)|Equus]]'' || [[Richard Dreyfuss]]<br>''[[The Goodbye Girl]]'' || [[Peter Finch]]<br>''[[Network (1976 film)|Network]]'' || [[Richard Dreyfuss]]<br>''[[The Goodbye Girl]]''
| 16.
|''[[High Anxiety]]''
| 20th Century Fox
| [[Mel Brooks]], [[Ron Clark (writer)|Ron Clark]]
| Mel Brooks
| '''$31,063,038'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1977/0HXYT.php|publisher=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|title=High Anxiety, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Best Actress || [[Jane Fonda]]<br>''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' || [[Diane Keaton]]<br>''[[Annie Hall]]''<br>[[Marsha Mason]]<br>''[[The Goodbye Girl]]'' || colspan="2" | [[Diane Keaton]]<br>''[[Annie Hall]]''
| 17.
|''[[Exorcist II: The Heretic]]''
| Warner Bros.
| [[Linda Blair]], [[Max von Sydow]], [[Richard Burton]]
| [[John Boorman]]
| '''$30,749,142'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=exorcist2.htm|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=Exorcist II: The Heretic, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2" | [[Peter Firth]]<br>''[[Equus (film)|Equus]]'' || [[Edward Fox (actor)|Edward Fox]]<br>''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'' || [[Jason Robards]]<br>''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]''
| 18.
|''[[Airport '77]]''
| Universal
| [[Jack Lemmon]], [[Lee Grant]], [[James Stewart]]
| [[Jerry Jameson]]
| '''$30,000,000'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1977/0AP77.php|publisher=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|title=Airport '77, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | [[Vanessa Redgrave]]<br>''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' || [[Jenny Agutter]]<br>''[[Equus (film)|Equus]]'' || [[Vanessa Redgrave]]<br>''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]''
| 19.
|''[[Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo]]*''
| Buena Vista
| [[Dean Jones (actor)|Dean Jones]], [[Don Knotts]]
| [[Vincent McEveety]]
| '''$29,000,000'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=herbiegoestomontecarlo.htm|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Best Screenplay, Adapted || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | [[Neil Simon]]<br>''[[The Goodbye Girl]]'' || rowspan="2" | [[Woody Allen]] and [[Marshall Brickman]]<br>''[[Annie Hall]]'' || [[Alvin Sargent]]<br>''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]''
| 20.
|-
|''[[Slap Shot (film)|Slap Shot]]''
| Best Screenplay, Original || [[Woody Allen]] and [[Marshall Brickman]]<br>''[[Annie Hall]]''
| Universal
|-
| [[Paul Newman]], [[Strother Martin]]
| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | [[John Williams]]<br>''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' || [[John Addison]]<br>''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'' || [[John Williams]]<br>''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''<br>[[Jonathan Tunick]]<br>''[[A Little Night Music (film)|A Little Night Music]]''
| [[George Roy Hill]]
|-
| '''$28,000,000'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=slapshot.htm|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=Slap Shot, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "[[You Light Up My Life (song)|You Light Up My Life]]"<br>''[[You Light Up My Life (film)|You Light Up My Life]]'' || N/A || "[[You Light Up My Life (song)|You Light Up My Life]]"<br>''[[You Light Up My Life (film)|You Light Up My Life]]''
|-
| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | ''[[A Special Day]]'' || N/A || ''[[Madame Rosa]]''
|}
|}

(*) After at least 1 theatrical re-issue

== Awards ==

'''[[50th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]:'''
:[[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]: '''''[[Annie Hall]]''''' - Rollins-Joffe, United Artists
:[[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]: '''[[Woody Allen]]''' - ''Annie Hall''
:[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: '''[[Richard Dreyfuss]]''' - ''The Goodbye Girl''
:[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]: '''[[Diane Keaton]]''' - ''Annie Hall''
:[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]: '''[[Jason Robards|Jason Robards Jr.]]''' - ''Julia''
:[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]: '''[[Vanessa Redgrave]]''' - ''Julia''
:[[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]: '''''[[Madame Rosa]]''''' (''La Vie devant soi''), directed by [[Moshé Mizrahi]], France

'''[[35th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]:'''

:<u>'''Drama:'''</u>
:[[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama|Best Picture]]: '''''[[The Turning Point (1977 film)|The Turning Point]]'''''
:[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor]]: '''[[Richard Burton]]''' - ''[[Equus (film)|Equus]]''
:[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama|Best Actress]]: '''[[Jane Fonda]]''' - ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]''
:<u>'''Musical or comedy:'''</u>
:[[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy|Best Picture]]: '''''[[The Goodbye Girl]]'''''
:[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor]]: '''Richard Dreyfuss''' - ''The Goodbye Girl''
:[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actress]] (tie): '''Diane Keaton''' - ''Annie Hall''
:[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actress]] (tie): '''[[Marsha Mason]]''' - ''The Goodbye Girl''

:<u>'''Other'''</u>
:[[Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture|Best Director]]: '''[[Herbert Ross]]''' - ''The Turning Point''
:[[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]: '''''[[A Special Day]]''''', Italy


'''[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival):'''
'''[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Father and Master]]''''' (Padre padrone), directed by [[Paolo Taviani]] and [[Vittorio Taviani]], Italy
:'''''[[Father and Master]]''''' (Padre padrone), directed by [[Paolo and Vittorio Taviani]], Italy


'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):'''
'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[The Ascent]]''''' (''Voskhozhdeniye''), directed by [[Larisa Shepitko]], USSR
:'''''[[The Ascent (1977 film)|The Ascent]]''''' (''Voskhozhdeniye''), directed by [[Larisa Shepitko]], USSR


==Films released in 1977==
== 1977 films ==
=== By country/region ===
[[American films of 1977|U.S.A.]] unless stated
* [[List of American films of 1977]]
* [[List of Argentine films of 1977]]
* [[List of Australian films of 1977]]
* [[List of Bangladeshi films of 1977]]
* [[List of British films of 1977]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 1977]]
* [[List of French films of 1977]]
* [[List of Hong Kong films of 1977]]
* List of Indian films of 1977
** [[List of Hindi films of 1977]]
** [[List of Kannada films of 1977]]
** [[List of Malayalam films of 1977]]
** [[List of Marathi films of 1977]]
** [[List of Tamil films of 1977]]
** [[List of Telugu films of 1977]]
* [[List of Japanese films of 1977]]
* [[List of Mexican films of 1977]]
* [[List of Pakistani films of 1977]]
* [[List of South Korean films of 1977]]
* [[List of Soviet films of 1977]]
* [[List of Spanish films of 1977]]


===By genre/medium===
'''#'''
* [[List of action films of the 1970s#1977|List of action films of 1977]]
*''[[3 Women]]'' - directed by [[Robert Altman]], starring [[Shelley Duvall]], [[Sissy Spacek]] and [[Janice Rule]]
*''[[21 Up]]'', a TV made documentary film - ([[British films of 1977|U.K.]])
* [[List of animated feature films of 1977]]
* [[List of avant-garde films of the 1970s|List of avant-garde films of 1977]]

* [[List of comedy films of the 1970s#1977|List of comedy films of 1977]]
'''A'''
*''[[ABBA: The Movie]]'' - directed by [[Lasse Hallström]] - ([[Swedish films of the 1970s|Sweden]]/[[Australian films of 1977|Australia]])
* [[List of drama films of the 1970s#1977|List of drama films of 1977]]
* [[List of horror films of 1977]]
*''[[Airport '77]]'' - starring [[Jack Lemmon]], [[Lee Grant]], [[Brenda Vaccaro]], [[Christopher Lee]], [[Darren McGavin]], [[James Stewart]]
* [[List of science fiction films of the 1970s#1977fc|List of science fiction films of 1977]]
*''[[Alien Prey (1977 film)|Alien Prey]]'', starring [[Glory Annen Clibbery|Glory Annen]] and directed by [[Norman J. Warren]] - ([[British films of 1977|U.K.]])
*''[[Allegro non troppo]]'', a musical animated film - ([[Italian films of 1977|Italy]])
* [[List of thriller films of the 1970s#1977|List of thriller films of 1977]]
*''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]'' - ([[Bollywood films of 1977|India]])
* [[List of Western films of the 1970s|List of western films of 1977]]
*''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (1977 film)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]''
*''[[The American Friend]]'' (Der amerikanische Freund), directed by [[Wim Wenders]], starring [[Dennis Hopper]] and [[Bruno Ganz]] - ([[List of German films: 1970s|West Germany]])
*''[[Andy Warhol's Bad]]''
*''[[Annie Hall]]'' - directed by and starring [[Woody Allen]] with [[Diane Keaton]], [[Tony Roberts (actor)|Tony Roberts]], [[Carol Kane]], [[Paul Simon]]
*''[[Audrey Rose (film)|Audrey Rose]]'' - directed by [[Robert Wise]], starring [[Marsha Mason]], [[Anthony Hopkins]], [[John Beck (actor)|John Beck]]
*''[[An Average Little Man]]'' (Un borghese piccolo piccolo), directed by [[Mario Monicelli]], starring [[Alberto Sordi]] - ([[Italian films of 1977|Italy]])
'''B'''
*''[[Backroads (film)|Backroads]]'', directed by [[Philip Noyce]] - ([[Australian films of 1977|Australia]])
*''[[The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training]]'', starring [[Jackie Earle Haley]] and [[William Devane]]
*''[[Black Sunday (1977 film)|Black Sunday]]'', directed by [[John Frankenheimer]], starring [[Robert Shaw (British actor)|Robert Shaw]] and [[Bruce Dern]]
*''[[A Bridge Too Far (1977 film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'' - directed by [[Richard Attenborough]], starring [[James Caan]], [[Sean Connery]], [[Gene Hackman]], [[Anthony Hopkins]], [[Ryan O'Neal]], [[Robert Redford]] - ([[American films of 1977|U.S.A.]]/[[British films of 1977|U.K.]])
*''[[The Brothers Lionheart (film)|The Brothers Lionheart]]'' (Bröderna Lejonhjärta) - ([[Swedish films of the 1970s|Sweden]])
'''C'''
*''[[Candleshoe]]'', starring [[David Niven]], [[Helen Hayes]], [[Jodie Foster]]
*''[[The Car]]'', starring [[James Brolin]]
*''[[Shatranj Ke Khilari|The Chess Players]]'' (Shatranj Ke Khilari), directed by [[Satyajit Ray]] - ([[Bengali films of the 1970s|India]])
*''[[The Choirboys (film)|The Choirboys]]'' - directed by [[Robert Aldrich]], starring [[Charles Durning]], [[Louis Gossett Jr.]], [[Perry King]], [[Phyllis Davis]], [[Barbara Rhoades]]
*''[[Cinderella (1977 film)|Cinderella]]''
*''[[Circuit no Ōkami (film)|Circuit no Ōkami]]''
*''[[Citizen's Band (film)|Citizen's Band]]'', directed by [[Jonathan Demme]]
*''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'' - directed by [[Steven Spielberg]], starring [[Richard Dreyfuss]], [[François Truffaut]], [[Melinda Dillon]], [[Teri Garr]]
*''[[Cross of Iron]]'' - directed by [[Sam Peckinpah]], starring [[James Coburn]], [[Maximilian Schell]], [[James Mason]] - ([[British films of 1977|U.K.]]/[[List of German films: 1970s|West Germany]])
*''[[Crossed Swords (film)|Crossed Swords]]'', starring [[Oliver Reed]], [[Raquel Welch]] and [[Charlton Heston]]
'''D'''
*''[[Damnation Alley (film)|Damnation Alley]]'' - directed by [[Jack Smight]], starring [[George Peppard]] and [[Jan-Michael Vincent]]
*''[[The Deep (film)|The Deep]]'' - directed by [[Peter Yates]], starring [[Robert Shaw (British actor)|Robert Shaw]], [[Jacqueline Bisset]], [[Nick Nolte]]
*''[[Demon Seed]]'' - directed by [[Donald Cammell]], starring [[Julie Christie]]
*''[[Desperate Living]]'', directed by [[John Waters (filmmaker)|John Waters]]''
*''[[The Devil Probably]]'' (Le diable probablement), directed by [[Robert Bresson]] - ([[French films of 1977|France]])
*''[[The Domino Principle]]'' -- directed by [[Stanley Kramer]], starring [[Gene Hackman]], [[Candice Bergen]], [[Mickey Rooney]], [[Eli Wallach]], [[Richard Widmark]]
*''[[Dot and the Kangaroo]]'' - ([[Australian films of 1977|Australia]])
*''[[The Duellists]]'' - directed by [[Ridley Scott]], starring [[Keith Carradine]] and [[Harvey Keitel]]
'''E-F'''
*''[[Elisa, vida mía]]'', directed by [[Carlos Saura]], starring [[Geraldine Chaplin]] and [[Fernando Rey]] - ([[Spanish films of 1977|Spain]])
*''[[Equus (film)|Equus]]'' - directed by [[Sidney Lumet]], starring [[Richard Burton]] and [[Peter Firth]] - ([[American films of 1977|U.S.A.]]/[[British films of 1977|U.K.]])
*''[[Eraserhead]]'' - directed by [[David Lynch]], starring [[Jack Nance]]
*''[[Executioners from Shaolin]]'' - ([[Hong Kong films of 1977|Hong Kong]])
*''[[Exorcist II: The Heretic]]'' - directed by [[John Boorman]], starring [[Richard Burton]], [[Linda Blair]], [[Louise Fletcher]]
*''[[Fun with Dick and Jane (1977 film)|Fun with Dick and Jane]]'' - directed by [[Ted Kotcheff]], starring [[Jane Fonda]] and [[George Segal]]
'''G'''
*''[[The Gauntlet (film)|The Gauntlet]]'' - directed by and starring [[Clint Eastwood]] with [[Sondra Locke]]
*''[[The Getting of Wisdom (film)|The Getting of Wisdom]]'', directed by [[Bruce Beresford]] - ([[Australian films of 1977|Australia]])
*''[[The Goodbye Girl]]'' - directed by [[Herbert Ross]], starring [[Richard Dreyfuss]] and [[Marsha Mason]]
*''[[Grand Theft Auto (film)|Grand Theft Auto]]'' - directed by and starring [[Ron Howard]] with [[Nancy Morgan]]
*''[[The Grateful Dead Movie]]'' - directed by [[Jerry Garcia]] and [[Leon Gast]]
*''[[The Greatest (1977 film)|The Greatest]]'', starring [[Muhammad Ali]] as himself
'''H'''
*''[[The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington]]'', starring [[Joey Heatherton]]
*''[[Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo]]'', starring [[Dean Jones (actor)|Dean Jones]] and [[Don Knotts]]
*''[[High Anxiety]]'', directed by and starring [[Mel Brooks]] with [[Madeline Kahn]], [[Harvey Korman]], [[Cloris Leachman]]
*''[[The Hills Have Eyes (1977 film)|The Hills Have Eyes]]'', directed by [[Wes Craven]]
*''[[The Hobbit (1977 film)|The Hobbit]]''
*''[[House (1977 film)|House]]'' (Hausu) - ([[Japanese films of 1977|Japan]])
'''I-J'''
*''[[I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (film)|I Never Promised You a Rose Garden]]'', starring [[Kathleen Quinlan]]
*''[[In the Name of the Pope King]]'' (In nome del papa re), starring [[Nino Manfredi]] - ([[Italian films of 1977|Italy]])
*''[[Iphigenia (film)|Iphigenia]]'', directed by [[Michael Cacoyannis]] - [[Greek films of the 1970s|Greece]])
*''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film)|The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'', starring [[Burt Lancaster]], [[Michael York (actor)|Michael York]] and [[Barbara Carrera]]
*''[[Islands in the Stream (film)|Islands in the Stream]]'', starring [[George C. Scott]]
*''[[J.A. Martin Photographer]]'' (J.A. Martin photographe) - ([[List of Canadian films|Canada]])
*''[[Jabberwocky (film)|Jabberwocky]]'', directed by [[Terry Gilliam]], starring [[Michael Palin]] - ([[British films of 1977|U.K.]])
*''[[Jubilee (film)|Jubilee]]'', by [[Derek Jarman]], starring [[Adam Ant]], [[Toyah Wilcox]] and [[Nell Campbell|Little Nell]] - (U.K.)
*''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' - directed by [[Fred Zinnemann]], starring [[Jane Fonda]], [[Vanessa Redgrave]] and [[Jason Robards]]
'''K-L'''
*''[[Kentucky Fried Movie]]'' - directed by [[John Landis]], starring [[Bill Bixby]] and [[George Lazenby]]
*''[[Killer of Sheep]]''
*''[[The King of the Street Cleaners]]'' (Çöpçüler Kralı) - ([[Turkish films of the 1970s|Turkey]])
*''[[The Lacemaker]]'' (La Dentellière), starring [[Isabelle Huppert]] - ([[French films of 1977|France]])
*''[[The Last Remake of Beau Geste]]'', directed by and starring [[Marty Feldman]]
*''[[The Last Wave]]'', directed by [[Peter Weir]] - ([[Australian films of 1977|Australia]])
*''[[The Late Show (film)|The Late Show]]'', directed by [[Robert Benton]], starring [[Art Carney]] and [[Lily Tomlin]]
*''[[A Little Night Music (film)|A Little Night Music]]''
*''[[Looking for Mr. Goodbar]]'', directed by [[Richard Brooks]], starring [[Diane Keaton]], [[Tuesday Weld]], [[Richard Kiley]], [[Richard Gere]]
'''M'''
*''[[MacArthur (film)|MacArthur]]'' - starring [[Gregory Peck]]
*''[[Madame Rosa]]'' - starring [[Simone Signoret]] - Academy Award for Best Foreign Film - ([[French films of 1977|France]])
*''[[The Magic Pony]]''
*''[[Man of Marble]]'' (Człowiek z marmuru), directed by [[Andrzej Wajda]] - ([[List of Polish films of the 1970s|Poland]])
*''[[The Man Who Loved Women (1977 film)|The Man Who Loved Women]]'' (L'Homme qui aimait les femmes) - directed by [[François Truffaut]], starring [[Charles Denner]], [[Brigitte Fossey]] and [[Leslie Caron]] - ([[French films of 1977|France]])
*''[[Manly Times]]'', directed by [[Eduard Zahariev]], starring [[Grigor Vachkov]], [[Mariana Dimitrova]], [[Velko Kanev]] and [[Pavel Popandov]] - ([[Bulgarian films of the 1970s|Bulgaria]])
*''[[The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]''
*''[[Martin (film)|Martin]]'', directed by [[George A. Romero]]
*''[[Mimino]]'' - ([[Soviet films of 1977|U.S.S.R.]])
*''[[Mogliamante]] - (''Wifemistress'') - ([[Italian films of 1977|Italy]])
'''N-O'''
*''[[Nenè]]'' - (Italy)
*''[[New York, New York (film)|New York, New York]]'' - directed by [[Martin Scorsese]], starring [[Liza Minnelli]] and [[Robert De Niro]]
*''[[Office Romance]]'' (Sluzhebnyy roman) - ([[Soviet films of 1977|U.S.S.R.]])
*''[[Oh, God!]]'' - directed by [[Carl Reiner]], starring [[George Burns]], [[John Denver]], [[Teri Garr]]
*''[[One Sings, the Other Doesn't]]'', directed by [[Agnes Varda]]
*''[[Opening Night (film)|Opening Night]]'', directed by [[John Cassavetes]], starring [[Gena Rowlands]], Cassavetes, [[Ben Gazzara]]
*''[[Orca (film)|Orca]]'', starring [[Richard Harris (actor)|Richard Harris]], [[Charlotte Rampling]], [[Bo Derek]]
'''P-Q'''
*''[[Padre Padrone]]'' (Father and Master), directed by [[Paolo and Vittorio Taviani]] - ([[Italian films of 1977|Italy]]) - [[Palme d'Or]] winner
*''[[Pete's Dragon]]'' - directed by [[Don Chaffey]], starring [[Helen Reddy]], [[Jim Dale]], [[Mickey Rooney]]
*''[[Picture Show Man]]''
*''[[A Piece of the Action (film)|A Piece of the Action]]'', starring [[Sidney Poitier]] and [[Bill Cosby]]
*''[[Portrait of a Hitman]]''
*''[[Providence (1977 film)|Providence]]'', directed by [[Alain Renais]], starring [[John Gielgud]], [[Dirk Bogarde]], [[Ellen Burstyn]] - ([[French films of 1977|France]]/[[List of Swiss films|Switzerland]])
*''[[Pumping Iron]]'', a [[docudrama]] starring [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]
'''R'''
*''[[Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown]]
*''[[Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure]]'', an animated film with the voices of [[Didi Conn]] and [[Mark Baker (actor)|Mark Baker]]
*''[[The Rescuers]]'', an animated film with the voices of [[Eva Gabor]] and [[Bob Newhart]]
*''[[Rollercoaster (1977 film)|Rollercoaster]]'', starring [[Timothy Bottoms]], [[George Segal]], [[Richard Widmark]], [[Henry Fonda]]
*''[[Rolling Thunder (film)|Rolling Thunder]]'', starring [[William Devane]]
*''[[Roots (TV miniseries)|Roots]]'', TV mini-series, starring [[LeVar Burton]], [[Louis Gossett, Jr.]], [[John Amos]], [[Cicely Tyson]], [[Georg Stanford Brown]], [[O.J. Simpson]]
'''S'''
*''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'', directed by [[John Badham]], starring [[John Travolta]] and [[Karen Lynn Gorney]]
*''[[Semi-Tough]]'', directed by [[Michael Ritchie (film director)|Michael Ritchie]], starring [[Burt Reynolds]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Jill Clayburgh]], [[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]], [[Bert Convy]]
*''[[September 30, 1955]]'', directed by [[James Bridges]], starring [[Richard Thomas (actor)|Richard Thomas]], [[Susan Tyrell]], [[Dennis Quaid]], [[Tom Hulce]] and [[Dennis Christopher]]
*''[[The Serpent's Egg (film)|The Serpent's Egg]]'', directed by [[Ingmar Bergman]], starring [[David Carradine]] and [[Liv Ullman]] - ([[American films of 1977|U.S.A.]]/[[List of German films: 1970s|West Germany]])
*''[[Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger]]'', directed by [[Sam Wanamaker]]
*''[[Slap Shot (film)|Slap Shot]]'', directed by [[George Roy Hill]], starring [[Paul Newman]]
*''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]'', directed by [[Hal Needham]], starring [[Burt Reynolds]], [[Sally Field]], [[Jerry Reed]], [[Jackie Gleason]]
*''[[Soldier of Orange]]'' (Soldaat van Oranje), directed by [[Paul Verhoeven]], starring [[Rutger Hauer]] - ([[Dutch films of the 1970s|Netherlands]])
*''[[Sorcerer (film)|Sorcerer]]'', directed by [[William Friedkin]], starring [[Roy Scheider]]
*''[[A Special Day]]'' (Una giornata particolare), directed by [[Ettore Scola]], starring [[Sophia Loren]], [[Marcello Mastroianni]], [[John Vernon]] - ([[Italian films of 1977|Italy]])
*''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'', starring [[Roger Moore]] as [[James Bond]] with [[Barbara Bach]], [[Curt Jurgens]], [[Richard Kiel]] - ([[British films of 1977|U.K.]])
*''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Star Wars]]'', directed by [[George Lucas]], starring [[Mark Hamill]], [[Harrison Ford]], [[Carrie Fisher]], [[Alec Guinness]], [[Peter Cushing]]
*''[[Stroszek]]'' directed by [[Werner Herzog]], starring [[Bruno S.]] and [[Eva Mattes]] - ([[List of German films: 1970s|West Germany]])
*''[[Suspiria]]'' by [[Dario Argento]] - ([[Italian films of 1977|Italy]])
'''T'''
*''[[Telefon (film)|Telefon]]'' - directed by [[Don Siegel]], starring [[Charles Bronson]]
*''[[That Obscure Object of Desire]]'' (Cet obscur objet du désir), directed by [[Luis Buñuel]], starring [[Fernando Rey]], [[Carole Bouquet]], [[Angela Molina]] - ([[French films of 1977|France]]/[[Spanish films of 1977|Spain]])
*''[[That's Carry On!]]'' - ([[British films of 1977|U.K.]])
*''[[Thunder and Lightning (1977 film)|Thunder and Lightning]]'', starring [[David Carradine]] and [[Kate Jackson]]
*''[[Tongpan]]'' - ([[List of Thai films|Thailand]])
*''[[The Turning Point (1977 film)|The Turning Point]]'' - directed by [[Herbert Ross]], starring [[Shirley MacLaine]], [[Anne Bancroft]], [[Tom Skerritt]], [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]]
*''[[Twilight's Last Gleaming]]'' - directed by [[Robert Aldrich]], starring [[Burt Lancaster]] and [[Richard Widmark]]
'''U-V'''
*''[[Viva Knievel!]]'', featuring [[Evel Knievel]]
'''W'''
*''[[Walking Tall: The Final Chapter]]'', starring [[Bo Svenson]]
*''[[The War in Space]]'' (Wakusei Daisensō: Za uō in Supesu) - ([[Japanese films of 1977|Japan]])
*''[[White Bim Black Ear]]'' (Belyy Bim, Chyornoe ukho) - ([[Soviet films of 1977|U.S.S.R.]])
*''[[Wilma (film)|Wilma]]'', starring [[Shirley Jo Finney]], [[Cicely Tyson]], [[Denzel Washington]]
*''[[Wizards (film)|Wizards]]'' - animated film directed by [[Ralph Bakshi]]
*''[[The World's Greatest Lover]]'', starring [[Gene Wilder]], [[Carol Kane]], [[Dom DeLuise]]
*''[[Wounded Game]]'' (Podranki) - ([[Soviet films of 1977|U.S.S.R.]])
'''XYZ'''
*''[[The Yellow Handkerchief]]'' (Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi) - ([[Japanese films of 1977|Japan]])
*''[[You Light Up My Life (film)|You Light Up My Life]]'', starring [[Didi Conn]]


==Births==
==Births==
*January 8 - [[Amber Benson]], actress
*January 1 - [[Jerry Yan]], Taiwanese actor, model and singer
*January 13 - [[Orlando Bloom]], English actor
*January 6 – [[Genevieve O'Reilly]], Irish actress
*January 7 – [[Dustin Diamond]], American actor (d. [[2021 in film|2021]])
*March 2 - [[Heather McComb]], actress
*March 8 - [[James Van Der Beek]], actor
*January 8 – [[Amber Benson]], American actress
*March 25 - [[Edgar Ramirez]], actor
*January 11 – [[Devin Ratray]], American actor, producer and writer
*January 12 – [[Piolo Pascual]], Filipino actor<ref>{{cite web |url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14230-71946-62 |title=Philippines, Manila, Civil Registration, 1899-1984 Image Philippines, Manila, Civil Registration, 1899-1984; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14230-71946-62 — FamilySearch.org |website=[[FamilySearch]] |access-date=August 23, 2015}}</ref>
*April 2 - [[Michael Fassbender]], actor
*January 13 – [[Orlando Bloom]], English actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Orlando Bloom |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbbe788c1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528233140/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbbe788c1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 28, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=8 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*April 14 - [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]], actress
*April 23 - [[Kal Penn]], actor
*January 14 – [[Ruco Chan]], Hong Kong actor
*April 26 - [[Tom Welling]], actor
*January 15 – [[Ronald Zehrfeld]], German actor
*January 17 – [[Leigh Whannell]], Australian screenwriter, actor, producer and director
*May 13 - [[Samantha Morton]], English actress
*January 19
*May 16 - [[Melanie Lynskey]], New Zealand actress
**[[Rob Delaney]], American comedian, actor and writer
*June 2 - [[Zachary Quinto]], actor
**[[Taliesin Jaffe]], American voice actor
*July 1 - [[Liv Tyler]], actress
*January 28
*July 6 - [[Craig Handley]], writer
**[[Zhao Tao]], Chinese actress
*July 8 - [[Milo Ventimiglia]], actor
*July 27 - [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]], actor
**[[Joey Fatone]], American singer and actor
*July 30 - [[Jaime Pressly]], actress
*January 29 – [[Justin Hartley]], American actor
*January 31
*August 2 - [[Edward Furlong]], actor
**[[Bobby Moynihan]], American actor, comedian and writer
*September 15 - [[Tom Hardy]], actor
*September 25 - [[Clea DuVall]], actress
**[[Kerry Washington]], American actress
*October 11 - [[Matthew Bomer]], actor
*February 6 - [[Josh Stewart]], American actor
*October 26 - [[Jon Heder]], actor
*February 9 – [[A. J. Buckley]], Irish-Canadian actor
*February 16 – [[Paul Brittain]], American actor and comedian
*November 10 - [[Brittany Murphy]], actress (d. 2009)
*February 17 – [[Isaac Kappy]], American actor and musician (d. 2019)
*November 16 - [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]], actress
*February 18
**[[Ike Barinholtz]], American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer
**[[Kristoffer Polaha]], American actor
*February 21 – [[Cyrine Abdelnour]], Lebanese actress, and model
*February 24
**[[Libero De Rienzo]], Italian actor (d. [[2021 in film|2021]])
**[[Kate Mulvany]], Australian actress, playwright and screenwriter
*February 26 – [[James Wan]], Australian director, producer and screenwriter
*February 27 – [[Ji Sung]], South Korean actor
*March 2 – [[Heather McComb]], American actress
*March 8 – [[James Van Der Beek]], American actor
*March 9 – [[Lydia Mackay]], American voice actress
*March 15 – [[Brian Tee]], Japanese-born American actor
*March 19
**[[Jorma Taccone]], American comedian, director, actor and writer
**[[Ebon Moss-Bachrach]], American actor
*[[March 22]] – [[Anabel Rodríguez Ríos]], Venezuelan film director and screenwriter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anabel Rodríguez Ríos |url=https://www.sensacine.com.mx/actores/actor-897187/biografia/ |access-date=28 March 2021 |agency=SensaCine México}}</ref>
*March 23
**[[Daniel Espinosa]], Swedish director
**[[Joanna Page]], Welsh actress and producer
**[[Edwin Siu]], Hong Kong actor and singer
**[[Clayton Watson]], Australian producer, actor, writer and director
*March 24
**[[Olivia Burnette]], American actress
**[[Jessica Chastain]], American actress
*March 25 – [[Édgar Ramírez]], Venezuelan actor
*March 28 – [[Annie Wersching]], American actress (d. 2023)
*April 2 – [[Michael Fassbender]], Irish-German actor
*April 3 – [[Alice Lowe]], English actress, writer and comedian
*April 8 – [[Ana de la Reguera]], Mexican actress
*April 10 – [[Stephanie Sheh]], American voice actress
*April 14
**[[Jon Daly]], American actor, comedian, writer and producer
**[[Sarah Michelle Gellar]], American actress
**[[Rob McElhenney]], American actor, writer, and producer
*April 16 – [[Tameka Empson]], English actress
*April 19 – [[Bryan Spears]], American film and television producer<ref>{{cite book|last1=Spears|first1=Lynne|title=[[Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World]]|date=2008|publisher=Thomas Nelson Inc.|isbn=9781418567354|page=20}}<!--|access-date=January 13, 2015--></ref>
*April 20 – [[Robert Wilfort]], English actor
*April 23
**[[John Cena]], American professional wrestler and actor
**[[Eric Edelstein]], American actor
**[[John Oliver]], British-American comedian, producer, actor and television host
**[[Kal Penn]], American actor
*April 24 – [[Eric Balfour]], American actor and singer
*April 25 – [[Marguerite Moreau]], American actress
*April 26
**[[Tom Welling]], American actor
**[[McKenzie Westmore]], American actress and singer
*May 2 – [[Jenna von Oÿ]], American actress
*May 3 – [[Jeffrey Garcia]], American actor and stand-up comedian
*May 5 – [[Virginie Efira]], Belgian-French actress
*May 10 – [[Todd Lowe]], American actor
*May 12
**[[Michael Jelenic]], American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, producer and director
**[[Rachel Wilson]], Canadian actress
*May 13 – [[Samantha Morton]], English actress
*May 14 – [[Jacky Ido]], Burkinabé-born French actor
*May 15 – [[Ben Whitehead]], English actor, voice artist and read-in artist
*May 16
**[[Lynn Collins]], American actress
**[[Melanie Lynskey]], New Zealand actress
**[[Emilíana Torrini]], Icelandic singer
*May 18 – [[Evan Helmuth]], American actor (d. 2017)
*May 19 – [[Kelly Sheridan]], Canadian voice actress
*May 20 – [[Matt Czuchry]], American actor
*May 23
**[[Caroline Amiguet]], French actress
**[[Richard Ayoade]], British comedian, actor, filmmaker, writer, author and television presenter
**[[Heather Wahlquist]], American actress
*May 25 - [[Julian Bailey (actor)|Julian Bailey]], Canadian actor
*May 27 – [[Anna Maxwell Martin]], British actress
*May 31 – [[Eric Christian Olsen]], American actor
*June 1
**[[Christian Ditter]], German director, producer and screenwriter
**[[Danielle Harris]], American actress
*June 2 – [[Zachary Quinto]], American actor
*June 5 – [[Liza Weil]], American actress
*June 14 – [[Sullivan Stapleton]], Australian actor
*June 22
** [[Bernadette Heerwagen]], German actress
** [[Denis Moschitto]], German actor
*June 23 - [[Sian Heder]], American filmmaker
*June 25 – [[Josh Braaten]], American actor
*June 30 – [[Christopher Sommers]], Irish actor
*July 1 – [[Liv Tyler]], American actress
*July 4 – [[Vesela Kazakova]], Bulgarian actress
*July 6 – [[Audrey Fleurot]], French actress
*July 8 – [[Milo Ventimiglia]], American actor
*July 10
**[[Chiwetel Ejiofor]], English actor
**[[Cary Joji Fukunaga]], American director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer
*July 12 - [[Steve Howey (actor)|Steve Howey]], American actor
*July 13
**[[Ashley Scott]], American actress
**[[Kari Wahlgren]], American voice actress
*July 14 - [[Tim Downie]], English actor and writer
*July 15 - [[Lana Parrilla]], American actress
*July 18 - [[Kelly Reilly]], English actress
*July 22 - [[Joaquim Dos Santos]], Portuguese-American animator, storyboard artist, director, producer and writer
*July 23 - [[Shane McRae]], American actor
*July 24
**[[Danny Dyer]], English actor and presenter
**[[Michelle Buteau]], American actress and comedian
*July 26
**[[Tony Sampson]], Canadian oiler, former actor and voice artist
**[[Rebecca St. James]], Australian-American singer-songwriter and actress
*July 27 – [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]], Irish actor
*July 30 – [[Jaime Pressly]], American actress
*August 2
**[[Edward Furlong]], American actor
**[[Artemis Pebdani]], American actress
**[[Krzysztof Soszynski]], Polish-Canadian actor and retired mixed martial artist
*August 3 – [[Tómas Lemarquis]], French-Icelandic actor
*August 8 – [[Lindsay Sloane]], American actress
*August 10 – [[Yeşim Büber]], Turkish actress
*August 13 - [[Damian O'Hare]], Irish actor
*August 18 – [[Mizuo Peck]], American actress
*August 23 – [[Kobna Holdbrook-Smith]], Ghanaian-British actor
*August 26 - [[Patrick Kennedy (actor)|Patrick Kennedy]], English actor and director
*August 30
**[[Michael Gladis]], American actor
**[[Elden Henson]], American actor
*September 3 - [[Chen Shu (actress)|Chen Shu]], Chinese actress and singer
*September 8 – [[Nate Corddry]], American actor and comedian
*September 11 – [[Ludacris]], American actor and rapper
*September 15 – [[Tom Hardy]], English actor
*September 19 – [[Kyle Cease]], American actor and comedian
*September 25
** [[Divya Dutta]], Indian actress
** [[Clea DuVall]], American actress
** [[Joel David Moore]], American character actor and director
*September 27 – [[Michael C. Maronna]], American actor
*September 29 - [[Sasha Rionda]], Mexican actress
*October 3 – [[Hassan Johnson]], American actor, model and producer
*October 5 – [[Luke Roberts (actor)|Luke Roberts]], English actor
*October 7 – [[Brandon Quinn]], American actor
*October 8 – [[Jamie Marchi]], American voice actress
*October 10 - [[Ali Suliman]], Palestinian-Israeli actor
*October 11 – [[Matthew Bomer]], American actor
*October 16 – [[Tamara Podemski]], Canadian actress
*October 17 - [[Alimi Ballard]], American actor
*October 18 – [[Peter Sohn]], American animator, voice actor, storyboard artist and director
*October 19 – [[Jason Reitman]], Canadian-American actor and filmmaker
*October 20 – [[Sam Witwer]], American actor and musician
*October 26 – [[Jon Heder]], American actor
*October 29
**[[Jon Abrahams]], American actor
**[[Brendan Fehr]], Canadian actor
*November 1 - [[Martin Copping]], Australian actor
*November 2 – [[Randy Harrison]], American actor
*November 3 – [[Greg Plitt]], American fitness model and actor (d. 2015)
*November 4 – [[Tom Vaughan-Lawlor]], Irish actor
*November 10 – [[Brittany Murphy]], American actress (d. 2009)
*November 11 – [[Scoot McNairy]], American actor
*November 14 – [[Brian Dietzen]], American actor
*November 15 – [[Sean Murray (actor)|Sean Murray]], American actor
*November 16 – [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]], American actress
*November 18 - [[Miranda Raison]], British-French actress
*November 19 – [[Reid Scott (actor)|Reid Scott]], American actor
*November 21 – [[Michael Sorvino]], American actor and producer
*November 23 – [[Lateef Crowder dos Santos]], Brazilian-American actor and stuntman
*November 24 – [[Colin Hanks]], American actor, director and producer
*December 1
**[[Akiva Schaffer]], American writer, director, actor, comedian and musician
**[[Nate Torrence]], American comedic actor
*December 5 – [[Armando Riesco]], Puerto Rican actor
*December 6 - [[Jefferson Hall (actor)|Jefferson Hall]], English actor
*December 8
**[[Maarja Jakobson]], Estonian actress
**[[Matthias Schoenaerts]], Belgian actor
*December 10 – [[Emmanuelle Chriqui]], Canadian actress
*December 10 – [[Emmanuelle Chriqui]], Canadian actress
*December 15 – [[Geoff Stults]], American actor
*December 17 - [[Katheryn Winnick]], Canadian actress
*December 21
**[[Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine]], American actress
**[[Kevin Miller (voice actor)|Kevin Miller]], American voice actor, comedian and podcast host
**[[Gregory Siff]], American writer and actor
*December 24 - [[Michael Raymond-James]], American actor
*December 28
**[[Vanessa Ferlito]], American actress
**[[Michael Spears]], Indigenous American actor
*December 30 – [[Lucy Punch]], English actress
*December 31 - [[Psy]], South Korean singer


==Deaths==
==Deaths==
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0"
*January 14 - [[Peter Finch]], actor
|- style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"
* January 19 - [[Yvonne Printemps]], French singer, actress
| '''Month''' || '''Date''' || '''Name''' || '''Age''' || '''Country''' || '''Profession''' || '''Notable films'''
*January 29 - [[Freddie Prinze]], actor/comedian
|- valign="top"
*March 25 - [[Nunnally Johnson]], director
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''January'''
*April 21 - [[Gummo Marx]], actor/agent
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Tom Gries]] || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Will Penny]]''| ''[[The Hawaiians (film)|The Hawaiians]]''}}
*May 10 - [[Joan Crawford]], actress
|-
*June 2 - [[Stephen Boyd]], actor
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Onslow Stevens]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Appointment in Berlin]]''| ''[[Angel on My Shoulder (film)|Angel on My Shoulder]]''}}
*June 3 - [[Roberto Rossellini]], Italian director
|-
*June 5 - [[Luis César Amadori]], Italian/[[Argentina|Argentine]] director
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Niall MacGinnis]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| Ireland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Martin Luther (1953 film)|Martin Luther]]''| ''[[Helen of Troy (film)|Helen of Troy]]''}}
*June 13 - [[Matthew Garber]], British actor
|-
*June 19 - [[Geraldine Brooks (actress)|Geraldine Brooks]], actress
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Wages of Fear]]''| ''[[Les Diaboliques (film)|Les Diaboliques]]''}}
*August 3 - [[Alfred Lunt]], actor
|-
*August 16 - [[Elvis Presley]], singer, actor
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Peter Finch]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Network (1976 film)|Network]]''| ''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]''}}
*August 19 - [[Groucho Marx]], comedian
|-
*August 29 - [[Jean Hagen]], actress
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Yvonne Printemps]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer || {{hlist|''[[Le Voyage en Amérique]]''| ''[[The Duel (1939 film)|The Duel]]''}}
*October 14 - [[Bing Crosby]], American singer and actor
|-
*November 9 - [[Gertrude Astor]], actress
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Margaret Hayes]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Blackboard Jungle]]''| ''[[Good Day for a Hanging]]''}}
*November 30 - [[Olga Petrova]] silent film and stage actress
|-
*December 4 - [[Leila Hyams]], actress
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Daniel Mainwaring]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Out of the Past]]''| ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''}}
*December 25 - [[Charlie Chaplin]], star of silent film
|-
*December 26 - [[Howard Hawks]], director
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''February'''
*December 28 - [[Charlotte Greenwood]], actress
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Pauline Starke]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Viking (1928 film)|The Viking]]''| ''[[What Men Want (1930 film)|What Men Want]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Edward G. Boyle]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Production Designer || {{hlist|''[[The Apartment]]''| ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Andy Devine]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Stagecoach (1939 film)|Stagecoach]]''| ''[[The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Edith Barrett]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Ladies in Retirement]]''| ''[[I Walked with a Zombie]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Allison Hayes]] || style="text-align:center;"| 46 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Count Three and Pray (film)|Count Three and Pray]]''| ''[[Gunslinger (1956 film)|Gunslinger]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Eddie "Rochester" Anderson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Cabin in the Sky (film)|Cabin in the Sky]]''| ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''March'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Henry Hull]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Werewolf of London]]''| ''[[The Buccaneer (1958 film)|The Buccaneer]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Nunnally Johnson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Director || {{hlist|''[[The Grapes of Wrath (film)|The Grapes of Wrath]]''| ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Diana Hyland]] || style="text-align:center;"| 41 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[One Man's Way]]''| ''[[The Chase (1966 film)|The Chase]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''April'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Marjorie Gateson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Private Number (1936 film)|Private Number]]''| ''[[The King's Vacation]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Marion Gering]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| Russia || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Devil and the Deep]]''| ''[[Rumba (1935 film)|Rumba]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Gummo Marx]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Agent ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Ricardo Cortez]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Case of the Black Cat]]''| ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1931 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''May'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Joan Crawford]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]''| ''[[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (film)|What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Herbert Wilcox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer || {{hlist|''[[Odette (1950 film)|Odette]]''| ''[[Irene (1940 film)|Irene]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Dorothy Christy]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931 film)|Parlor, Bedroom and Bath]]''| ''[[Bright Eyes (1934 film)|Bright Eyes]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[William Castle]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Director || {{hlist|''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]''| ''[[House on Haunted Hill]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''June'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Stephen Boyd]] || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| Ireland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]''| ''[[Fantastic Voyage]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Roberto Rossellini]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Rome, Open City]]''| ''[[Germany, Year Zero]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Luis César Amadori]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy/Argentina || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Almafuerte (film)|Almafuerte]]''| ''[[Albéniz (film)|Albéniz]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Matthew Garber]] || style="text-align:center;"| 21 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''| ''[[The Gnome-Mobile]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Alan Reed]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)|Friendly Persuasion]]''| ''[[The Desperate Hours (1955 film)|The Desperate Hours]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Geraldine Brooks (actress)|Geraldine Brooks]] || style="text-align:center;"| 51 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[An Act of Murder]]''| ''[[The Reckless Moment]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Abner Biberman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Night Runner]]''| ''[[Behind the High Wall]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''July'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[William H. Ziegler]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]''| ''[[Auntie Mame (film)|Auntie Mame]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Erik Chitty]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]''| ''[[Lola (1969 film)|Lola]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''August'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Alfred Lunt]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Sally of the Sawdust]]''| ''[[Second Youth (1924 film)|Second Youth]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[George Oppenheimer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Libeled Lady]]''| ''[[Adventures of Don Juan]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Elvis Presley]] || style="text-align:center;"| 42 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer || {{hlist|''[[Love Me Tender (film)|Love Me Tender]]''| ''[[Blue Hawaii]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Delmer Daves]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Director || {{hlist|''[[3:10 to Yuma (1957 film)|3:10 to Yuma]]''| ''[[Dark Passage]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Groucho Marx]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]]''| ''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Peter Dyneley]] || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Thunderbirds Are Go]]''| ''[[Thunderbird 6]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Danny Lockin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 34 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Hello Dolly! (film)|Hello Dolly!]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Sebastian Cabot (actor)|Sebastian Cabot]] || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Time Machine (1960 film)|The Time Machine]]''| ''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Alex Segal]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Ransom!]]''| ''[[Harlow (Magna film)|Harlow]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Jean Hagen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Singin' in the Rain (film)|Singin' in the Rain]]''| ''[[The Asphalt Jungle]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[H. C. Potter]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House]]''| ''[[The Farmer's Daughter (1947 film)|The Farmer's Daughter]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''September'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Stephen Dunne (actor)|Stephen Dunne]] || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Ten Thousand Bedrooms]]''| ''[[The Woman from Tangier]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Zero Mostel]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Producers (1968 film)|The Producers]]''| ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film)|A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''October'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Tay Garnett]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film)|The Postman Always Rings Twice]]''| ''[[Cheers for Miss Bishop]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Fred F. Finklehoffe]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]''| ''[[The Stooge]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Bing Crosby]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer || {{hlist|''[[Going My Way]]''| ''[[White Christmas (film)|White Christmas]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Joan Tetzel]] || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Paradine Case]]''| ''[[The File on Thelma Jordon]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''November'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Betty Balfour]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Champagne (1928 film)|Champagne]]''| ''[[29 Acacia Avenue]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Gertrude Astor]] || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Strong Man]]''| ''[[The Cat and the Canary (1927 film)|The Cat and the Canary]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[William C. McGann]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Times Square Playboy]]''| ''[[Girls on Probation]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Victor Francen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| Belgium || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[San Antonio (film)|San Antonio]]''| ''[[Hell and High Water (1954 film)|Hell and High Water]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Richard Carlson (actor)|Richard Carlson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]''| ''[[The Helen Morgan Story]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Olga Petrova]] || style="text-align:center;"| 93 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Exile (1917 film)|Exile]]''| ''[[To the Death (1917 film)|To the Death]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Terence Rattigan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Yellow Rolls-Royce]]''| ''[[The V.I.P.s (film)|The V.I.P.s]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''December'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Leila Hyams]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Freaks (1932 film)|Freaks]]''| ''[[Island of Lost Souls (1932 film)|Island of Lost Souls]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Cyril Ritchard]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| Australia || style="text-align:center;| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Blackmail (1929 film)|Blackmail]]''| ''[[Half a Sixpence (film)|Half a Sixpence]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Jacques Tourneur]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Out of the Past]]''| ''[[Cat People (1942 film)|Cat People]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Charlie Chaplin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Great Dictator]]''| ''[[Modern Times (film)|Modern Times]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Howard Hawks]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Big Sleep (1946 film)|The Big Sleep]]''| ''[[Rio Bravo (film)|Rio Bravo]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Charlotte Greenwood]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Oklahoma! (1955 film)|Oklahoma!]]''| ''[[The Opposite Sex]]''}}
|}


== Film debuts ==
== Film debuts ==
{{Column list|
*[[Dan Aykroyd]] - ''Love at First Sight''
*[[Brian Dennehy]] - ''[[Semi-Tough]]''
*[[Jeannetta Arnette]] – ''Teenage Graffiti''
*[[Mel Gibson]] - ''[[Summer City]]''
*[[Raymond J. Barry]] – ''[[Between the Lines (1977 film)|Between the Lines]]''
*[[Tom Berenger]] – ''[[The Sentinel (1977 film)|The Sentinel]]''
*[[John Goodman]] - ''Jailbait Babysitter''
*[[Demián Bichir]] – ''Fantoche''
*[[Steve Guttenberg]] - ''[[Rollercoaster (1977 film)|Rollercoaster]]''
*[[Tom Hulce]] - ''[[September 30, 1955]]''
*[[Hart Bochner]] – ''[[Islands in the Stream (film)|Islands in the Stream]]''
*[[Helen Hunt]] - ''Rollercoaster''
*[[Powers Boothe]] – ''[[The Goodbye Girl]]''
*[[Bruce McGill]] - ''[[Handle with Care (1977 film)|Handle with Care]]''
*[[Carole Bouquet]] – ''[[That Obscure Object of Desire]]''
*[[Guy Boyd (actor)|Guy Boyd]] – ''Between the Lines''
*[[Kevin McNally]] - ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''
*[[Beverly D'Angelo]] – ''The Sentinel''
*[[Sam Neill]] - ''[[Sleeping Dogs (1977 film)|Sleeping Dogs]]''
*[[Pete Postlethwaite]] - ''[[The Duellists]]''
*[[Judy Davis]] – ''[[High Rolling]]''
*[[Brian Dennehy]] – ''[[Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film)|Looking for Mr. Goodbar]]''
*[[Ridley Scott]](director)-''The Duellists''
*[[Meryl Streep]] - ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]''
*[[Fran Drescher]] – ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]''
*[[Danny Elfman]] (film composer) – ''[[I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (film)|I Never Promised You a Rose Garden]]''
*[[Sigourney Weaver]] - ''[[Annie Hall]]''
*[[Charles Fleischer]] – ''[[One on One (1977 film)|One on One]]''
*[[Mel Gibson]] – ''[[Summer City]]''
*[[Steve Guttenberg]] – ''[[Rollercoaster (1977 film)|Rollercoaster]]''
*[[Luis Guzmán]] – ''[[Short Eyes (film)|Short Eyes]]''
*[[Mark Hamill]] – ''[[Wizards (film)|Wizards]]''
*[[John Heard (actor)|John Heard]] – ''Between the Lines''
*[[Helen Hunt]] – ''Rollercoaster''
*[[Michael Ironside]] – ''[[Outrageous!]]''
*[[Krystyna Janda]] – ''Pani Bovary to ja''
*[[Bruce McGill]] – ''[[Handle with Care (1977 film)|Handle with Care]]''
*[[Michael McKean]] – ''Cracking Up''
*[[Kevin McNally]] – ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''
*[[Richard Moll]] – ''[[Brigham (film)|Brigham]]''
*[[Joe Morton]] – ''Between the Lines''
*[[Pete Postlethwaite]] – ''[[The Duellists]]''
*[[Bill Raymond]] – ''[[Sudden Death (1977 film)|Sudden Death]]''
*[[Sheryl Lee Ralph]] – ''[[A Piece of the Action (film)|A Piece of the Action]]''
*[[Sy Richardson]] – ''[[Cinderella (1977 film)|Cinderella]]''
*[[Richard Riehle]] – ''[[Joyride (1977 film)|Joyride]]''
*[[Chelcie Ross]] – ''Keep My Grave Open''
*[[William Sanderson]] – ''[[Fight for Your Life]]''
*[[Tony Sirico]] – ''[[Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell]]''
*[[Meryl Streep]] – ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]''
*[[Sven-Ole Thorsen]] – ''[[Pas på ryggen, professor|Mind Your Back, Professor]]''
*[[Stephen Tobolowsky]] – ''Keep My Grave Open''
*[[Craig Wasson]] – ''Rollercoaster''
*[[Sigourney Weaver]] – ''[[Annie Hall]]''
*[[Robin Williams]] – ''[[Can I Do It... 'Till I Need Glasses?]]''
*[[Lambert Wilson]] – ''Julia''
*[[Rita Wilson]] – ''[[The Day It Came to Earth]]''
*[[Penelope Wilton]] – ''[[Joseph Andrews (film)|Joseph Andrews]]''
}}


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
<references />


==External links==
{{Films by year}}
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1977-01-01,1977-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1977 films] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1977/?grossesOption=calendarGrosses 1977 Domestic Grosses] at [[Box Office Mojo]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1977-01-01,1977-12-31&adult=include List of 1977 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1977-01-01,1977-12-31&adult=include List of 1977 births] at [[IMDb]]


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The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

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See also: List of 1977 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1977 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1977
Rank Title Distributor Box-office gross
1 Star Wars 20th Century Fox $221,280,994[1][2]
2 Smokey and the Bandit Universal $126,737,428[3]
3 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Columbia $116,395,460[4]
4 Saturday Night Fever Paramount $94,213,184[5]
5 The Goodbye Girl Warner Bros. $83,700,000[6]
6 A Bridge Too Far United Artists $50,750,000[7]
7 The Deep Columbia $47,346,365[8]
8 The Spy Who Loved Me United Artists $46,838,673[9]
9 Oh, God! Warner Bros. $41,687,243[10]
10 Annie Hall United Artists $38,251,425[11]

Events

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Awards

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Category/Organization 35th Golden Globe Awards
January 28, 1978		 31st BAFTA Awards
March 16, 1978		 50th Academy Awards
April 3, 1978
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Film The Turning Point The Goodbye Girl Annie Hall
Best Director Herbert Ross
The Turning Point		 Woody Allen
Annie Hall
Best Actor Richard Burton
Equus		 Richard Dreyfuss
The Goodbye Girl		 Peter Finch
Network		 Richard Dreyfuss
The Goodbye Girl
Best Actress Jane Fonda
Julia		 Diane Keaton
Annie Hall
Marsha Mason
The Goodbye Girl		 Diane Keaton
Annie Hall
Best Supporting Actor Peter Firth
Equus		 Edward Fox
A Bridge Too Far		 Jason Robards
Julia
Best Supporting Actress Vanessa Redgrave
Julia		 Jenny Agutter
Equus		 Vanessa Redgrave
Julia
Best Screenplay, Adapted Neil Simon
The Goodbye Girl		 Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
Annie Hall		 Alvin Sargent
Julia
Best Screenplay, Original Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
Annie Hall
Best Original Score John Williams
Star Wars		 John Addison
A Bridge Too Far		 John Williams
Star Wars
Jonathan Tunick
A Little Night Music
Best Original Song "You Light Up My Life"
You Light Up My Life		 N/A "You Light Up My Life"
You Light Up My Life
Best Foreign Language Film A Special Day N/A Madame Rosa

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Father and Master (Padre padrone), directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye), directed by Larisa Shepitko, USSR

1977 films

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By country/region

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By genre/medium

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Births

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Deaths

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Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 3 Tom Gries 54 US Director
5 Onslow Stevens 74 US Actor
6 Niall MacGinnis 63 Ireland Actor
12 Henri-Georges Clouzot 69 France Director, Screenwriter
14 Peter Finch 60 UK Actor
18 Yvonne Printemps 82 France Actress, Singer
26 Margaret Hayes 60 US Actress
31 Daniel Mainwaring 74 US Screenwriter
February 3 Pauline Starke 76 US Actress
17 Edward G. Boyle 78 Canada Production Designer
18 Andy Devine 71 US Actor
22 Edith Barrett 70 US Actress
27 Allison Hayes 46 US Actress
28 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson 71 US Actor
March 8 Henry Hull 86 US Actor
25 Nunnally Johnson 79 US Screenwriter, Director
27 Diana Hyland 41 US Actress
April 17 Marjorie Gateson 86 US Actress
19 Marion Gering 75 Russia Director
21 Gummo Marx 83 US Actor, Agent
28 Ricardo Cortez 76 US Actor
May 10 Joan Crawford 71 US Actress
15 Herbert Wilcox 87 UK Director, Producer
21 Dorothy Christy 70 US Actress
31 William Castle 63 US Producer, Director
June 2 Stephen Boyd 45 Ireland Actor
3 Roberto Rossellini 71 Italy Director, Screenwriter
5 Luis César Amadori 75 Italy/Argentina Director, Screenwriter
13 Matthew Garber 21 UK Actor
14 Alan Reed 69 US Actor
19 Geraldine Brooks 51 US Actress
20 Abner Biberman 68 US Director, Actor
July 2 William H. Ziegler 67 US Film Editor
22 Erik Chitty 70 UK Actor
August 3 Alfred Lunt 84 US Actor
14 George Oppenheimer 77 US Screenwriter
16 Elvis Presley 42 US Actor, Singer
17 Delmer Daves 73 US Screenwriter, Director
19 Groucho Marx 86 US Actor, Screenwriter
19 Peter Dyneley 56 UK Actor
21 Danny Lockin 34 US Actor
22 Sebastian Cabot 59 UK Actor
22 Alex Segal 62 US Director
29 Jean Hagen 54 US Actress
31 H. C. Potter 72 US Director
September 2 Stephen Dunne 59 US Actor
8 Zero Mostel 62 US Actor
October 3 Tay Garnett 83 US Director
5 Fred F. Finklehoffe 67 US Screenwriter
14 Bing Crosby 74 US Actor, Singer
31 Joan Tetzel 56 US Actress
November 4 Betty Balfour 74 UK Actress
9 Gertrude Astor 90 US Actress
15 William C. McGann 84 US Director
18 Victor Francen 89 Belgium Actor
25 Richard Carlson 65 US Actor
30 Olga Petrova 93 UK Actress, Screenwriter
30 Terence Rattigan 66 UK Screenwriter
December 4 Leila Hyams 72 US Actress
18 Cyril Ritchard 79 Australia Actor
19 Jacques Tourneur 73 France Director
25 Charlie Chaplin 88 UK Actor, Director, Screenwriter
26 Howard Hawks 81 US Director
28 Charlotte Greenwood 87 US Actress

Film debuts

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References

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  1. ^ "'Star Wars' B.O. History". Variety. May 17, 1999. p. 30.
  2. ^ Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success. HarperCollins. p. 519. ISBN 978-0-06-177889-6.
  3. ^ "Smokey and the Bandit, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  4. ^ "Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  5. ^ "Saturday Night Fever, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  6. ^ "The Goodbye Girl (1977)". The Numbers. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  7. ^ "A Bridge Too Far (1977) , Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  8. ^ "The Deep, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  9. ^ "The Spy Who Loved Me, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  10. ^ "Oh, God!". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  11. ^ "Annie Hall, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  12. ^ "Don Bluth The Disney Years: The Rescuers". cataroo.com. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Thomas G. Smith Collection". libraries.indiana.edu. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  14. ^ "Philippines, Manila, Civil Registration, 1899-1984 Image Philippines, Manila, Civil Registration, 1899-1984; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14230-71946-62 — FamilySearch.org". FamilySearch. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  15. ^ "Orlando Bloom". BFI. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Anabel Rodríguez Ríos". SensaCine México. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  17. ^ Spears, Lynne (2008). Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World. Thomas Nelson Inc. p. 20. ISBN 9781418567354.
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