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This is a list of films released in 1995. The highly anticipated sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance was the year's biggest box-office hit, and Braveheart won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Contents

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1995 by worldwide gross are as follows: [1]

Highest-grossing films of 1995
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Die Hard with a Vengeance 20th Century Fox $366,101,666
2 Toy Story Buena Vista $363,007,140 [nb 1]
3 Apollo 13 Universal $355,237,933
4 GoldenEye MGM $352,194,034
5 Pocahontas Buena Vista $346,079,773
6 Batman Forever Warner Bros. $336,529,144
7 Seven New Line $327,311,859
8 Casper Universal $287,928,194
9 Waterworld $264,218,220
10 Jumanji Sony Pictures $262,797,249
  1. Excluding the gross from subsequent re-releases.

Box office records

Context

The theatrical box office of 1994 achieved record grosses, with nine films earning more than $100 million and the highest attendance (1.29 billion) since 1960 (1.3 billion). By 1995, however, the average cost of making and marketing a film had doubled since 1990, reaching $50.4 million, making turning a profit more difficult. [4] [5] The rising salary cost of actors was a contributing factor; studios vied to secure popular actors such as Harrison Ford, Jim Carrey, Tom Cruise, and Arnold Schwarzenegger who could generally guarantee a minimum level of box-office success and held broad appeal outside of the United States and Canada. [5] If notable stars were unavailable, studios were forced to pay exorbitant salaries for less-well-known stars and pay other cast lower salaries to offset costs. [5] In 1995, theatrical box-office revenue was falling; the first quarter was about $90 million lower than the same period in 1994. Markets outside of the U.S. and Canada were growing, accounting for 41% of a film's total revenue—including theatrical and home media profits—and outperformed the U.S. and Canadian box offices for the first time in 1994. Anticipated films such as Batman Forever , Crimson Tide , and Pocahontas were scheduled for release alongside Waterworld , the most-expensive film of its time. [6] [4]

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 53rd Golden Globe Awards
January 21, 1996
1st Critics' Choice Awards
January 22, 1996
Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 68th Academy Awards
March 26, 1996
49th BAFTA Awards
April 23, 1996
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best Film Sense and Sensibility Babe Sense and Sensibility Apollo 13 Braveheart Sense and Sensibility
Best Director Mel Gibson
Braveheart
Ron Howard
Apollo 13
Mel Gibson
Braveheart
Michael Radford
The Postman
Best Actor Nicolas Cage
Leaving Las Vegas
John Travolta
Get Shorty
Kevin Bacon
Murder in the First
Nicolas Cage
Leaving Las Vegas
Nigel Hawthorne
The Madness of King George
Best Actress Sharon Stone
Casino
Nicole Kidman
To Die For
Susan Sarandon
Dead Man Walking
Emma Thompson
Sense and Sensibility
Best Supporting Actor Brad Pitt
12 Monkeys
Kevin Spacey
The Usual Suspects
Ed Harris
Apollo 13
Ed Harris
Apollo 13
Kevin Spacey
The Usual Suspects
Tim Roth
Rob Roy
Best Supporting Actress Mira Sorvino
Mighty Aphrodite
Kate Winslet
Sense and Sensibility
Mira Sorvino
Mighty Aphrodite
Kate Winslet
Sense and Sensibility
Best Screenplay, Adapted Emma Thompson
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson
Sense and Sensibility
John Hodge
Trainspotting
Best Screenplay, Original Randall Wallace
Braveheart
Christopher McQuarrie
The Usual Suspects
Best Original Score A Walk in the Clouds
Maurice Jarre
N/AN/A The Postman
Luis Bacalov
Best Original Song"Colors of the Wind"
Pocahontas
N/AN/A"Colors of the Wind"
Pocahontas
N/A
Best Foreign Language Film Les Misérables The Postman N/A Antonia The Postman

1995 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 2 Nancy Kelly 73USActress
2 Frances E. Williams 89USActress
4 Dorothy Granger 82USActress
7 Ted Tetzlaff 91USCinematographer
9 Peter Cook 57UKActor
10 Roy Ashton 85AustraliaMakeup Artist
11 Onat Kutlar 58TurkeyProducer, Screenwriter
12 Kay Aldridge 77USActress
24 Edward Colman 89USCinematographer
25 John Smith 63USActor
25 William Sylvester 72USActor
26 Gordon Oliver 84USActor
26 Pat Welsh 79USActress
27 Robert Totten 57USDirector
31 George Abbott 107USDirector
February 2 Phillip Borsos 41AustraliaDirector
2 Donald Pleasence 75UKActor
2 Willard Waterman 80USActor
4 Abel Santa Cruz 79ArgentinaScreenwriter
5 Doug McClure 59USActor
8 Rachel Thomas 89UKActress
9 David Wayne 81USActor
14 Michael V. Gazzo 71USActor
16 Lois Wilde 87USActress
19 John Howard 81USActor
21 Robert Bolt 79UKScreenwriter, Director
21 Calder Willingham 72USScreenwriter
22 Ed Flanders 60USActor
22 Nicholas Pennell 56UKActor
23 John Paul 73UKActor
24John J. Carney54UKActor
26 Jack Clayton 73UKDirector
27 Ann Ayars 76USSinger, Actress
March 1 Herb Meadow 83USScreenwriter
3 Al Christy 76USActor
3 Douglas Stewart 75USFilm Editor
5 Nancy O'Neil 83AustraliaActress
10 Irene Tedrow 87USActress
12 Juanin Clay 45USActress
15 Albert Hackett 95USScreenwriter
17 Rick Aviles 42USActor
20 Big John Studd 47USActor
21 Robert Urquhart 73UKActor
27 Paul Brinegar 77USActor
April 4 Priscilla Lane 79USActress, Singer
12 Philip H. Lathrop 82USCinematographer
14 Burl Ives 85USActor, Singer
16 Cy Endfield 80USDirector, Screenwriter
16 Arthur English 75UKActor
16 Alfred Ryder 79USActor
21 Tessie O'Shea 82UKActress
25 Art Fleming 70USActor
25 Alexander Knox 88CanadaActor, Screenwriter, Director
25 Ginger Rogers 83USActress, Dancer
27 Katherine DeMille 83CanadaActress
30 Christopher Chadman 47USActor
30 Michael Graham Cox 57UKActor
May 2 Don Brockett 65USActor
2 Michael Hordern 83UKActor
11 John Philips 80UKActor
12 Arthur Lubin 96USDirector
13 Alan Maley 64UKVisual Effects Artist, Matte Painter
18 Elisha Cook Jr. 91USActor
18 Alexander Godunov 45RussiaActor, Dancer
18 Elizabeth Montgomery 62USActress
22 Robert Flemyng 83UKActor
25 Alice Day 89USActress
25 Dany Robin 68FranceActress
26 Tony Azito 46USActor
26 Friz Freleng 89USAnimator, Director, Producer
27 Severn Darden 65USActor
28 Daniela Rocca 57ItalyActress
June 3 Dilys Powell 93UKFilm CriticNone; critiqued films for The Sunday Times
5 Patricia Dane 75USActress
6 Savely Kramarov 60RussiaActor
10 Bruno Lawrence 54UKActor
15 Charles Bennett 95UKScreenwriter
17 Clarence Greene 81USScreenwriter
18 Arthur Howard 85UKActor
20 Julian Blaustein 82USProducer
27 Yoni Chen 41IsraelActor
29 Roy Rowland 84USDirector
29 Lana Turner 74USActress
30 Gale Gordon 89USActor
July 1 Wolfman Jack 57USActor
2 John C. Higgins 87CanadaScreenwriter
4 Eva Gabor 76HungaryActress
12 Gordon Flemyng 61UKDirector
17 Harry Guardino 69USActor
27 Miklós Rózsa 88HungaryComposer
31 Genevieve Tobin 95USActress
August 1 Phyllis Brooks 80USActress
1 Esther Muir 92USActress
2 Al Adamson 66USDirector
3 Ida Lupino 77UKActress, Director
7 David Begelman 73USStudio Executive
8 Carol Hughes 85USActress
9Peter Carew72USActor
10 Donald Bisset 84UKActor
11 Phil Harris 91USActor
11 Howard Koch 93USScreenwriter
16 Walter Cartier 71USActor
17 Helen Christie 80UKActress
18 James Maxwell 66USActor
21 Nanni Loy 69ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
24 Gary Crosby 62USActor
27 Mary Beth Hughes 75USActress
29 Frank Perry 65USProducer, Director
31 Mildred Coles 75USActress
31 David Farrar 87UKActor
September 1 Benay Venuta 84USActress
5 John Megna 42USActor
6 Ralph Rosenblum 69USFilm Editor
9 Ron Talsky 60USCostume Designer
9 Keith Wayne 50USActor
10 Derek Meddings 64UKVisual Effects Artist
12 Jeremy Brett 61UKActor
12 Tom Helmore 91UKActor
17 Grady Sutton 89USActor
29 Susan Fleetwood 51UKActress
October 5 Linda Gary 50USVoice Actress
6 Anthony Newlands 69UKActor
9 Armin Ganz 47USProduction Designer
12 Gary Bond 55UKActor
15 Claudio Brook 68MexicoActor
20 Christopher Stone 53USActor
21 Maxene Andrews 79USSinger, Actress
21 Jack Rose 83PolandScreenwriter
22 Mary Wickes 85USActress
25 David Healy 66USActor
25 Viveca Lindfors 74SwedenActress
29 Jean Heather 79USActress
29 Terry Southern 71USScreenwriter
30 Brian Easdale 86UKComposer
30 Paul Ferris 54UKComposer
31 Rosalind Cash 56USActress
November 3 John Orchard 66UKActor
4 Paul Eddington 68UKActor
4 Eddie Egan 65USActor
6 Aneta Corsaut 62USActress
7 John Patrick 90USScreenwriter
9 Robert O. Cook 92USSound Engineer
10 Arthur Loew Jr. 69USProducer
12 Robert Stephens 64UKActor
13 Ralph Blane 81USComposer, Lyricist
21 Dorothy Jeakins 81USCostume Designer
22 Ronald Kinnoch 85UKProducer, Screenwriter
23 Louis Malle 63FranceDirector
24 Jeffrey Lynn 86USActor
December 3 Jimmy Jewel 85UKActor
4 Robert Parrish 79USDirector, Actor
7 Harry Cordwell 73UKSet Decorator
7 Kathleen Harrison 103UKActress
8 George J. Lewis 91USActor
9 Vivian Blaine 74USActress, Singer
10 Paul Lohmann 69USCinematographer
11 Arthur Mullard 85UKActor
17Lexie Bigham27USActor
19 Jack Hively 85USDirector, Film Editor
20 Madge Sinclair 57JamaicaActor
22 Butterfly McQueen 84USActress
23 Patric Knowles 84UKActor
25 Dean Martin 78USSinger, Actor
26 Geoffrey Drake 83-84 ??Production Designer
30 Doris Grau 71USActress, Voice Actress
30 Richard Hornung 45USCostume Designer

Film debuts

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