The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank |
Title |
Studio |
Gross |
| 1. |
Aladdin |
Disney |
$217,350,219 |
| 2. |
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York |
Fox |
$173,585,516 |
| 3. |
Batman Returns |
Warner Bros. |
$162,831,698 |
| 4. |
Lethal Weapon 3 |
Warner Bros. |
$144,731,527 |
| 5. |
A Few Good Men |
Columbia |
$141,340,178 |
| 6. |
Sister Act |
Touchstone |
$139,605,150 |
| 7. |
The Bodyguard |
Warner Bros. |
$121,945,720 |
| 8. |
Wayne's World |
Paramount |
$121,697,323 |
| 9. |
Basic Instinct |
TriStar |
$117,727,224 |
| 10. |
A League of Their Own |
Columbia |
$107,533,928 |
| 11. |
Unforgiven |
Warner Bros. |
$101,157,447 |
Note: This was the first year that there were more than 10 blockbuster movies (movies that grossed over $100,000,000 in the North American market), which is why there are 11 films listed.
source: Box Office Mojo's 1992 rankings
Awards
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: Unforgiven - Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros.
- Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
- Best Actor: Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman
- Best Actress: Emma Thompson - Howards End
- Best Supporting Actor: Gene Hackman - Unforgiven
- Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei - My Cousin Vinny
- Best Foreign Language Film: Indochine, directed by Régis Wargnier, France
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Scent of a Woman
- Best Actor: Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman
- Best Actress: Emma Thompson - Howards End
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: The Player
- Best Actor: Tim Robbins - The Player
- Best Actress: Miranda Richardson - Enchanted April
- Other
- Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
- Best Foreign Language Film: Indochine, France
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan), directed by Bille August, Denmark
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- The Story of Qiu Ju (Qiu Ju da guan si), directed by Zhang Yimou, China / Hong Kong
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Grand Canyon, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, United States
Films released in 1992
#
A
B
- The Babe, starring John Goodman
- Basic Instinct, starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone
- Batman Returns, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito and Michelle Pfeiffer
- Bebe's Kids
- Beethoven, starring Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt
- Belle Époque (The Age of Beauty) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (for 1993)
- The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan) - Palme d'Or award
- Blame It On The Bellboy
- Bob Roberts
- The Bodyguard, starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston
- Boomerang, starring Eddie Murphy
- Braindead
- Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins and Keanu Reeves
- Bridge, The
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer and Paul Reubens
C
- Candyman
- Captain Ron, starring Kurt Russell and Martin Short
- Carry On Columbus
- Chaplin, starring Robert Downey, Jr.
- Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
- City of Joy
- Class Act
- Consenting Adults, starring Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey and Rebecca Miller
- Cool World, starring Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne and Brad Pitt
- CrissCross
- The Crying Game, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Miranda Richardson and Forest Whitaker
- The Cutting Edge, starring D.B. Sweeney and Moira Kelly
D
E
F
- Far and Away, directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
- Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, directed by Bill Kroyer
- A Few Good Men, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore
- Final Analysis, starring Richard Gere and Kim Basinger
- Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
- Forever Young, starring Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis
- Four Eyes And Six Guns
- Freejack, starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo and Mick Jagger
- Gladiator, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr.
- Glengarry Glen Ross, starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin and Kevin Spacey
- For a Lost Soldier (Voor een verloren soldaat), director Roeland Kerbosch, starring Jeroen Krabbe, Maarten Smit and Andrew Kelley
- Godzilla vs. Mothra
- The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, starring Rebecca De Mornay and Annabella Sciorra
- Hard Boiled
- Hero, starring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis and Andy Garcia
- Hoffa, starring Jack Nicholson
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Christmas Holiday Special, starring Macaulay Culkin
- Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, starring Rick Moranis
- Honeymoon in Vegas, starring James Caan, Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker
- HouseSitter
- Howards End, directed by James Ivory, starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave and Helena Bonham Carter
- Husbands and Wives, directed by Woody Allen, starring Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis and Sydney Pollack
- Indochine - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, starring Catherine Deneuve
- Innocent Blood
- Jennifer Eight, starring Andy Garcia and Uma Thurman
- Jin san jiao qun ying hui (Mission of Justice)
- Juice
- Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
- K2: The Ultimate High
- Kuffs
- Ladybugs
- The Last of the Mohicans, starring Daniel Day-Lewis
- The Lawnmower Man
- A League of Their Own, starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, Lori Petty, Rosie O'Donnell, Garry Marshall
- Leap of Faith, starring Steve Martin and Debra Winger
- Lethal Weapon 3, starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci and Rene Russo
- Light Sleeper
- Like Water For Chocolate
- Lorenzo's Oil, starring Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon
- Love Field, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Dennis Haysbert, with notable role by Rhoda Griffis as Jacqueline Kennedy
- Love Potion No. 9, starring Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan
- The Lover
- Mad at the Moon
- Malcolm X, directed by Spike Lee, starring Denzel Washington
- The Mambo Kings
- Man Trouble
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man, directed by John Carpenter, starring Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill and Michael McKean
- A Midnight Clear
- The Mighty Ducks, starring Emilio Estevez
- Mo' Money
- Mr. Baseball
- Mr. Saturday Night, starring Billy Crystal and David Paymer
- My Cousin Vinny, starring Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Fred Gwynne and Mitchell Whitfield
- The Naked Truth
- Newsies
- Night and the City
- Nitrate Kisses
- Noises Off
- Of Mice and Men
- One False Move
- Only You
- Passenger 57, starring Wesley Snipes
- Patriot Games, starring Harrison Ford
- Pet Sematary Two
- Pushing Hands
- The Player - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- Porco Rosso
- Prelude to a Kiss, starring Alec Baldwin and Meg Ryan
- The Princess and the Goblin
- Prom Night IV: Deliver us from Evil
- The Public Eye
- Radio Flyer
- Raising Cain
- Rapid Fire
- Reservoir Dogs, directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi and Lawrence Tierney
- A River Runs Through It, directed by Robert Redford, starring Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn and Emily Lloyd
- Rock-a-Doodle, directed by Don Bluth
- Ruby
- Scent of a Woman - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama), starring Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell and Gabrielle Anwar
- School Ties, starring Brendan Fraser
- Shakes the Clown
- Shining Through, starring Michael Douglas and Melanie Griffith
- Single White Female, starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Singles, directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott and Kyra Sedgwick
- Sister Act, starring Whoopi Goldberg
- Sleepwalkers (based on a Stephen King novel)
- Sneakers
- Split Second
- Stay Tuned, directed by Peter Hyams
- Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
- Storyville
- A Stranger Among Us, starring Melanie Griffith
- Thunderheart, starring Val Kilmer
- The Story of Qiu Ju (Qiu Ju da guan si) - Golden Lion award
- Toys, starring Robin Williams
- Trespass
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
- Under Siege, starring Steven Seagal and Tommy Lee Jones
- Unforgiven, starring Clint Eastwood (also director), Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and Richard Harris - Academy Award for Best Picture
- Universal Soldier, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren
- Unlawful Entry
- Waxwork II: Lost in Time
- The Waterdance
- Wayne's World, starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Brian Doyle-Murray and Lara Flynn Boyle
- Where the Day Takes You
- White Men Can't Jump, starring Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson and Rosie Perez
- White Sands
- Wind
- Year of the Comet
Births
Deaths
- January 2 - Virginia Field, actress
- January 3 - Dame Judith Anderson, actress
- January 7 - Richard Hunt, actor and muppeter (The Muppet Movie, Follow That Bird)
- January 23 - Freddie Bartholomew, actor
- January 26 - José Ferrer, actor
- February 11 - Ray Danton, US actor/director
- March 2 - Sandy Dennis, actress
- March 29 - Paul Henreid, actor, director
- April 22 - Steffi Duna, actress
- April 23 - Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker
- April 29 - Mae Clarke, actress
- May 6 - Marlene Dietrich, actress
- May 17 - George Hurrell, photographer
- May 17 - Lawrence Welk, musician, television and film actor
- June 3 - Robert Morley, actor
- July 24 - Arletty, actress
- July 30 - Brenda Marshall, actress
- September 12 - Anthony Perkins, actor
- September 18 - Lona Andre, actress
- October 6 - Denholm Elliott, actor
- October 16 - Shirley Booth, actress
- October 22 - Cleavon Little, actor
- November 2 - Hal Roach, producer/director
- November 19 - Diane Varsi, actress
- December 9 - Vincent Gardenia, actor
- December 17 - Dana Andrews, actor
- December 24 - Pierre Culliford, also known as "Peyo". Belgian Creator of The Smurfs
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