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The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.
Events
- April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.
- November 22 - Walt Disney Pictures releases Beauty and the Beast which is the first animated film in history to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
Top grossing films
Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Barton Fink, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, United States
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Close To Eden (Urga), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, France / USSR
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- La Casa del sorriso (The House of Smiles), directed by Marco Ferreri, Italy
Films released in 1991
U.S.A. unless stated
A-D
- 29th Street, starring Danny Aiello
A
- The Addams Family, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Raúl Juliá, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd and Christina Ricci
- The Adjuster, starring Elias Koteas - (Canada)
- Afraid of the Dark (aka Double Vue), starring James Fox and Fanny Ardant - (U.K./France)
- All I Want for Christmas
- Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (aka The Lovers on the Bridge), starring Juliette Binoche - (France)
- Armour of God II: Operation Condor (Fei ying gai wak), starring Jacky Chan - (Hong Kong)
- An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
- At Play in the Fields of the Lord, starring Tom Berenger, Aidan Quinn, Daryl Hannah, John Lithgow, Tom Waits and Kathy Bates
B
- Backdraft, directed by Ron Howard, starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Barton Fink, directed by The Coen Brothers, starring John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis and Michael Lerner - Palme d'Or award
- Beauty and the Beast
- La Belle Noiseuse (The Beautiful Troublemaker), directed by Jacques Rivette, starring Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin and Emmanuelle Béart - (France)
- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, starring Keanu Reeves
- Billy Bathgate, directed by Robert Benton, starring Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean and Bruce Willis
- Bingo
- Black Robe, directed by Bruce Beresford - (Canada/Australia)
- Blue Desert, starring Courteney Cox
- Body Parts
- The Borrower, directed by John McNaughton, starring Rae Dawn Chong and Don Gordon
- Boyz n the Hood, directed by John Singleton, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut and Laurence Fishburne
- A Brighter Summer Day (Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian), directed by Edward Yang - (Taiwan)
- Brother Future
- Bugsy, starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley and Joe Mantegna, directed by Barry Levinson - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
- The Butcher's Wife, starring Demi Moore and Jeff Daniels
C
- Cabeza de Vaca - (Mexico)
- Cape Fear, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange and Juliette Lewis
- City of Hope, directed by John Sayles
- City Slickers, directed by Ron Underwood, starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby and Jack Palance
- Class Action, directed by Michael Apted, starring Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
- Close My Eyes, starring Alan Rickman and Clive Owen - (U.K.)
- Close To Eden (Urga) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Closet Land, starring Madeleine Stowe and Alan Rickman
- Cold Moon (Lune Froide) - (France)
- The Commitments, directed by Alan Parker, starring Robert Arkins, Colm Meaney and Andrew Strong - (Ireland/U.S.A./U.K.)
- Company Business, starring Gene Hackman
- Controlled Conversations (Rozmowy kontrolowane) - (Poland)
- Cool As Ice, starring Vanilla Ice and Kristin Minter
- Cup Final (גמר גביע, gmar gavi'a) - (Israel)
- Curly Sue, starring James Belushi, Kelly Lynch and Alisan Porter
D
- The Dark Wind
- Dead Again, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson
- Deceived, starring Goldie Hawn and John Heard
- Defending Your Life, starring Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep
- Delicatessen, directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet - (France)
- Delirious, starring John Candy and Mariel Hemingway
- Doc Hollywood, starring Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner, Woody Harrelson and Bridget Fonda
- The Doctor, starring William Hurt, Christine Lahti, Mandy Patinkin and Elizabeth Perkins
- Dogfight, starring River Phoenix
- Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, starring Christina Applegate
- The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Val Kilmer and Meg Ryan
- Double Impact, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
- The Double Life of Véronique (La double vie de Véronique) or (Podwójne życie Weroniki) - (France/Poland)
- Drop Dead Fred, starring Phoebe Cates and Rik Mayall
- Dutch, starring Ed O'Neill and Ethan Embry
- Dying Young, starring Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott
E-K
- Edge of Honor
- The Elementary School (Obecná škola) - (Czechoslovakia)
- Ernest Scared Stupid, starring Jim Varney and Eartha Kitt
- Europa, directed by Lars von Trier - (International)
- Eve Of Destruction
F
- F/X2, starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy
- Father of the Bride, starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams and George Newbern
- Final Approach
- The Fisher King, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl and Amanda Plummer
- Flight of the Intruder, starring Danny Glover and Willem Dafoe
- Flirting, starring Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton and Nicole Kidman - (Australia)
- For The Boys, starring Bette Midler and James Caan
- Frankie and Johnny, starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer
- Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
- Fried Green Tomatoes, directed by Jon Avnet, starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary Louise Parker
- The Frontier (La Frontera) - (Chile)
G
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (Gojira tai Kingu Gidora) - (Japan)
- Grand Canyon, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Danny Glover, Steve Martin and Kevin Kline
- Guilty by Suspicion, directed by Irwin Winkler, starring Robert De Niro and Annette Bening
H
- The Hard Way, starring Michael J. Fox and James Woods
- Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, starring Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson
- He Said, She Said, starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Perkins
- High Heels (Tacones lejanos), directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Marisa Paredes - (Spain)
- Highlander II: The Quickening, starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen and Michael Ironside
- The Hitman, starring Chuck Norris
- Hook, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts and Bob Hoskins
- Hot Shots!, directed by Jim Abrahams, starring Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino and Lloyd Bridges
- The Hours and Times
- The House of Smiles (La casa del sorriso), starring Ingrid Thulin - (Italy)
- Hudson Hawk, starring Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, Sandra Bernhard, Richard E. Grant and James Coburn
- Hum (Us) - (India)
I
- If Looks Could Kill, starring Richard Grieco
- Impromptu, starring Judy Davis and Hugh Grant - (U.K./France)
- The Indian Runner, directed by Sean Penn, starring Viggo Mortensen
- The Inner Circle, directed by Andrei Konchalovski - (U.S.A./Italy/U.S.S.R.)
J
- JFK, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Oldman
- Jacquot de Nantes, directed by Agnès Varda - (France)
- Johnny Stecchino, directed by and starring Roberto Benigni - (Italy)
- Jungle Fever, directed by Spike Lee, starring Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra and John Turturro
K
- K2, directed by Franc Roddam - (U.K.)
- King Ralph, starring John Goodman and Peter O'Toole
- A Kiss Before Dying, starring Matt Dillon and Sean Young
L-Q
- L.A. Story, directed by Mick Jackson, starring Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant and Sarah Jessica Parker
- The Last Boy Scout, directed by Tony Scott, starring Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans
- Lee Rock (Wu yi tan zhang), starring Jacky Chan, Sammo Hung and Andy Lau - (Hong Kong)
- Let Him Have It, starring Christopher Eccleston - (U.K.)
- Life and Nothing More (Zendegi va digar hich), directed by Abbas Kiarostami - (Iran)
- Life Is Sweet, directed by Mike Leigh, starring Jim Broadbent and Jane Horrocks - (U.K.)
- Life Stinks, directed by and starring Mel Brooks with Lesley Ann Warren
- The Linguini Incident, starring Rosanna Arquette and David Bowie
- The Little Engine That Could
- Little Man Tate, directed by and starring Jodie Foster, Dianne Wiest, Harry Connick, Jr. and Adam Hann-Byrd
- Lovers (Amantes) - (Spain)
M
- Madame Bovary, directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Isabelle Huppert - (France)
- The Man in the Moon, starring Reese Witherspoon, Jason London, Sam Waterston and Tess Harper
- The Marrying Man, starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger
- McBain, starring Christopher Walken
- Mediterraneo - (Italy)
- Meet the Applegates, starring Ed Begley, Jr. and Stockard Channing
- Mississippi Masala, directed by Mira Nair, starring Denzel Washington
- Mobsters, starring Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco and Costas Mandylor
- Mortal Thoughts, starring Demi Moore, Glenne Headly, Bruce Willis, John Pankow and Harvey Keitel
- My Best Friend, General Vasili, Son of Joseph Stalin (Мой лучший друг генерал Василий, сын Иосифа ) - (U.S.S.R.)
- My Girl, starring Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis
- My Own Private Idaho, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves
- My Sons (musuko) - (Japan) - Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
- Mystery Date, starring Ethan Hawke - (U.S.A./Canada)
N
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, directed by David Zucker, starring Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley
- Naked Lunch, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Peter Weller and Judy Davis - (Canada/U.K./Japan)
- Necessary Roughness, starring Scott Bakula
- New Jack City, starring Wesley Snipes, Ice T, Mario Van Peebles and Judd Nelson
- Night on Earth, starring Gena Rowlands and Winona Ryder
- Not Without My Daughter, starring Sally Field and Alfred Molina
- Nothing But Trouble, starring Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, Dan Aykroyd and John Candy
O
- Once A Thief (Zong heng si hai), directed by John Woo, starring Chow Yun-fat and Leslie Cheung - (Hong Kong)
- Once Around, starring Holly Hunter, Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Aiello and Gena Rowlands
- Once Upon a Time in China (Wong Fei Hung), starring Jet Li - (Hong Kong)
- One Good Cop, starring Michael Keaton and Rene Russo
- Only The Lonely, starring John Candy, Ally Sheedy and Maureen O'Hara
- Oscar, starring Sylvester Stallone
- Other People's Money, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck and Penelope Ann Miller
- Out for Justice, starring Steven Seagal
- Out of Life (Hors la vie), directed by Maroun Bagdadi, starring Hippolyte Girardot - (France)
- The Ox (Oxen), directed by Sven Nykvist, starring Stellan Skarsgård - (Sweden)
P-Q
- Pappa ante Portas - (Germany)
- Paradise, starring Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson
- Paris Trout, starring Dennis Hopper and Barbara Hershey
- The People Under the Stairs, directed by Wes Craven
- The Perfect Weapon
- Point Break, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, starring Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves and Gary Busey
- Poison
- The Prince of Tides, directed by Barbra Streisand, starring Streisand and Nick Nolte
- Problem Child 2
- Proof, starring Hugo Weaving and Russell Crowe - (Australia)
- Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
- Pure Luck, starring Danny Glover and Martin Short
R-Z
- A Rage in Harlem, starring Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines and Robin Givens
- Raise the Red Lantern (Dà Hóng Dēnglóng Gāogāo Guà), directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li - (China/Hong Kong/Taiwan)
- Rambling Rose, starring Laura Dern, Robert Duvall, Diane Ladd and Lukas Haas
- Regarding Henry, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Harrison Ford and Annette Bening
- Requiem pro panenku - (Czechoslovakia)
- Return to the Blue Lagoon, starring Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause
- Rhapsody in August (Hachigatsu no rapusodī), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Richard Gere - (Japan)
- Ricochet, starring Denzel Washington and John Lithgow
- Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky - (Hong Kong)
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Alan Rickman and Christian Slater
- The Rocketeer, starring Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Timothy Dalton, Alan Arkin and Paul Sorvino
- Rover Dangerfield, an animated film starring Rodney Dangerfield
- Run, starring Patrick Dempsey
- Rush, starring Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh
S
- Saajan - (India)
- A Scene at the Sea (Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi), directed by Takeshi Kitano - (Japan)
- Scorchers, starring Faye Dunaway and James Earl Jones
- The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, starring Lily Tomlin
- Sebastian Star Bear: First Mission (Beertje Sebastiaan: De Geheime Opdracht) - (Netherlands)
- Shadows and Fog, directed by and starring Woody Allen with Mia Farrow, John Malkovich and Madonna
- Shattered, starring Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi and Bob Hoskins
- Shout, starring John Travolta
- Showdown in Little Tokyo, starring Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee
- The Silence of the Lambs, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins and Scott Glenn
- Slacker, directed by and starring Richard Linklater
- Sleeping with the Enemy starring Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin and Kevin Anderson
- Soapdish, directed by Michael Hoffman, starring Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr., Elisabeth Shue, Whoopi Goldberg
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Stepping Out, starring Liza Minnelli, Julie Walters, Jane Krakowski, Andrea Martin, Shelley Winters
- Stone Cold, starring Brian Bosworth
- Strictly Business, starring Tommy Davidson and Halle Berry
- Suburban Commando, starring Hulk Hogan, Christopher Lloyd and Shelley Duvall
- The Super, starring Joe Pesci
- The Suspended Step of the Stork (To meteoro vima tou pelargou), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Jeanne Moreau - (Greece)
T
- The Taking of Beverly Hills
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day, directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick and Edward Furlong
- Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon
- Together Alone
- Toto the Hero (Toto le Héros) - (Belgium)
- Tous les matins du monde (All the Mornings of the World), starring Jean-Pierre Marielle and Gérard Depardieu - (France)
- Toy Soldiers, starring Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton and Louis Gossett, Jr.
- Tricky Brains (Jing gu jyun ga), starring Andy Lau - (Hong Kong)
- True Colors, starring John Cusack and James Spader
- Truth or Dare, starring Madonna
U-V
- Until the End of the World (Bis ans Ende der Welt), directed by Wim Wenders - (Germany/France/Australia)
- Van Gogh, directed by Maurice Pialat - (France)
W
- What About Bob?, starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss
- Where Angels Fear to Tread, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Rupert Graves and Judy Davis - (U.K.)
- White Fang, starring Ethan Hawke and Klaus Maria Brandauer
- Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, starring Gabrielle Anwar
- A Woman's Tale - (Australia)
XYZ
- Year of the Gun, directed by John Frankenheimer
- The Yes Man (Il Portaborse) - (Italy)
Wide-release movies
January–March
- January 1991
- January 11 - Lionheart
- January 18
- February 1991
- February 8
- L.A. Story starring Steve Martin
- Sleeping with the Enemy starring Julia Roberts and Patrick Bergin
- February 14 - The Silence of the Lambs starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins
- February 15 - Nothing But Trouble
- February 22 - He Said, She Said starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Perkins
- February 8
- March 1991
- March 1 - The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone
- March 8 - New Jack City
- March 15
- March 22
April–June
- April 1991
- April 5 - The Marrying Man
- April 12 - Out for Justice
- April 19
- April 26
- May 1991
- May 3
- May 10 - F/X2
- May 17 - What About Bob?
- May 24
- Backdraft starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro and Donald Sutherland, directed by Ron Howard
- Hudson Hawk
- Only the Lonely
- Thelma and Louise
- Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
- May 31 - Soapdish
- June 1991
- June 7
- June 14 - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- June 21
- June 28 - The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
July–September
- July 1991
- July 3
- July 12
- July 19
- July 26
- July 27 - A Brighter Summer Day
- July 31 - Hot Shots!
- August 1991
- August 2
- Doc Hollywood, starring Michael J. Fox
- August 9
- Delirious starring John Candy
- Double Impact
- Pure Luck
- August 14 - The Commitments
- August 16 - Mystery Date
- August 22 - Barton Fink (US, limited; Cannes Film Festival May 1991)
- August 23
- August 30 - Child's Play 3
- August 2
- September 1991
- September 6 - Company Business
- September 13
- Dogfight
- Together Alone (TIFF; US 24 Sep 1992)
- September 18
- Mississippi Masala (France; UK 17 Jan 1992; US 5 Feb 1992)
- Paradise
- September 20
- September 27
October–December
- October 1991
- October 4
- The Man in the Moon
- Ricochet
- The Super starring Joe Pesci
- October 11
- City of Hope
- Ernest Scared Stupid starring Jim Varney
- Frankie and Johnny starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer
- Shattered
- Stepping Out starring Liza Minnelli
- October 18
- October 25
- The Butcher's Wife starring Demi Moore
- Curly Sue starring James Belushi
- The Hitman
- October 4
- November 1991
- November 1
- November 8
- November 13
- November 22
- The Addams Family
- An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
- For the Boys
- K2 (UK; US 1 May 1992)
- November 27 - My Girl
- December 1991
- December 6
- December 11 - Hook starring Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman
- December 13
- Bugsy starring Warren Beatty and Annette Bening (US limited; wide 20 Dec 1991)
- The Last Boy Scout starring Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans
- December 20
- Father of the Bride
- JFK starring Kevin Costner, directed by Oliver Stone
- December 22 - Rush
- December 25
- December 27
Births
- Britt McKillip, January 18, actress, singer
- Erin Sanders, January 19 American actress
- Brittany Tiplady, January 21, Canadian actress
- Emma Roberts, February 10, actress
- Malese Jow, February 18, actress
- Bonnie Wright, February 17, actress
- Sarah Bolger, February 28, Irish actress
- Devon Werkheiser, March 8, actor
- Amy Bruckner, March 28, actress
- Seychelle Gabriel, March 25, actress
- Jamie Lynn Spears, April 4, actress
- Amanda Michalka, April 10, singer actress
- Sarah Ramos, May 21, actress
- Willa Holland, June 18, actress
- Addison Timlin, June 29, actress
- Jason Dolley, July 5, actor
- Victoire Thivisol, July 6, actress
- Evanna Lynch, August 16, actress
- Skandar Keynes, September 5, actor
- Spencer Locke, September 20, actress
- Roshon Fegan, October 6, American actor, dancer, and rapper
- Sophie Oda, October 23, actress
- Jordan-Claire Green, October 31, actress
- Christa B. Allen, November 11, actress
- Shailene Woodley, November 15, actress
Notable deaths
Film debuts
- Halle Berry - Jungle Fever
- Steve Carell - Curly Sue
- James Caviezel - My Own Private Idaho
- Morris Chestnut - Boyz n the Hood
- Leonardo DiCaprio - Critters 3
- Brendan Fraser - Dogfight
- Edward Furlong - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Janeane Garofalo - Late for Dinner
- Jake Gyllenhaal - City Slickers
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole
- Queen Latifah - Jungle Fever
- Denis Leary - Strictly Business
- Téa Leoni - Switch
- Julianna Margulies - Out for Justice
- Breckin Meyer - Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
- Thandie Newton - Flirting
- Gwyneth Paltrow - Shout
- Kimberly Williams - Father of the Bride
- Reese Witherspoon - The Man in the Moon