This is a list of films released in 1995. The animated films Toy Story and Pocahontas were two of the year's biggest box-office hits, and Braveheart won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Highest-grossing films
The top ten films released in 1995 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Events
- March 13 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.
- June 10 - Pocahontas has the largest premiere ever for a movie, premiering in Central Park, New York City with an audience of 100,000, free admission.
- November 17 - After a six-year hiatus, the James Bond film series resumes with the successful GoldenEye with Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.
- November 22 - Toy Story is released debuting at the #1 and remains on the film charts for 18 weeks, marking the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
Awards
1995 Wide-release films
Januaryâ"March
Aprilâ"June
Julyâ"September
Octoberâ"December
Notable films released in 1995
U.S.A. unless stated
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- 301, 302, directed by Park Chul-soo - (South Korea)
A-D
A
- Above Suspicion, starring Christopher Reeve, Joe Mantegna, Kim Cattrall
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, directed by Steve Oedekerk, starring Jim Carrey
- The Addiction, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Lili Taylor and Christopher Walken
- After Five in the Forest Primeval (Nach Fünf im Urwald), starring Franka Potente - (Germany)
- All Things Fair (Lust och fägring stor), directed by Bo Widerberg - (Sweden)
- The Amazing Panda Adventure
- The American President, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Richard Dreyfuss, Michael J. Fox
- Angel Baby, starring John Lynch - (Australia)
- Angels & Insects, starring Mark Rylance and Kristin Scott Thomas - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- Angus, starring Charlie Talbert, James Van Der Beek, Kathy Bates and George C. Scott
- Antonia's Line (Antonia) - (Netherlands) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- L'Appât (Fresh Bait or The Bait), directed by Bertrand Tavernier - (France) - Golden Bear award
- Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris
- The Arsonist (Kaki bakar) - (Malaysia)
- Assassins, directed by Richard Donner, starring Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore
- An Awfully Big Adventure, directed by Mike Newell, starring Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant - (U.K.)
B
- Babe - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), directed by Chris Noonan â" (U.S.A./Australia)
- The Baby-Sitters Club
- Bad Boys, directed by Michael Bay, starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith
- Balto - animated film by Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment
- The Basketball Diaries, starring Leonardo DiCaprio
- Batman Forever, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell
- Before Sunrise, starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy - (U.S.A./Austria/Switzerland)
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, starring Stephen Rea - (Belgium/France)
- Beyond Rangoon, directed by John Boorman, starring Patricia Arquette
- Beyond the Clouds (Al di là delle nuvole) or (Par-dela les nuages), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, starring John Malkovich and Sophie Marceau - (Italy/France/Germany)
- The Big Green, starring Steve Guttenberg
- Billy Madison, directed by Tamra Davis, starring Adam Sandler, Bridgette Wilson, Bradley Whitford, Darren McGavin
- The Blade (Gao), directed by Tsui Hark - (Hong Kong)
- Blue in the Face, starring Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed and Michael J. Fox
- The Blue Villa (Un bruit qui rend fou), starring Fred Ward - (France)
- Blush (Hong Fen) - (China)
- Boca a boca, starring Javier Bardem - (Spain)
- Bombay, starring Arvind Swamy - (India)
- Born to Be Wild, starring Wil Horneff, Helen Shaver, John C. McGinley, Peter Boyle
- Boys on the Side, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore
- The Brady Bunch Movie, directed by Betty Thomas, starring Gary Cole and Shelley Long
- Braveheart, directed by and starring Mel Gibson, with Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan - Academy Award for Best Picture
- The Bridges of Madison County, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Meryl Streep
- Brother of Sleep (Schlafes Bruder) - (Germany)
- The Brothers McMullen, directed by and starring Edward Burns
- Bugis Street (Yao jie huang hou), directed by Yonfan - (Singapore/Hong Kong)
- Butterfly Kiss, directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Amanda Plummer and Saskia Reeves - (U.K.)
- Bye-Bye - (France)
- Bye Bye Love, starring Matthew Modine, Randy Quaid and Paul Reiser
C
- Canadian Bacon, directed by Michael Moore, starring John Candy, Alan Alda, Rip Torn, Bill Nunn, Rhea Perlman
- Carlota Joaquina â" Princesa do Brasil - (Brazil)
- Carrington, starring Emma Thompson and Jonathan Pryce - (U.K.)
- Casino, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Sharon Stone
- Casper, directed by Brad Silberling, starring Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, with Malachi Pearson as Casper
- The Celluloid Closet, narrated by Lily Tomlin
- La Cérémonie, directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Isabelle Huppert and Jacqueline Bisset - (France)
- Circle of Friends, starring Chris O'Donnell and Minnie Driver - (Ireland)
- Citizen X, starring Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland and Max von Sydow
- The City of Lost Children (La Cité des enfants perdus) - (France/Germany/Spain)
- Clockers, directed by Spike Lee
- Clockwork Mice - (U.K.)
- Clueless, directed by Amy Heckerling, starring Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd
- Coldblooded, starring Jason Priestley and Kimberly Williams
- Cold Fever (à köldum klaka) - (Iceland)
- Colpo di luna (Moon Shadow), starring Nino Manfredi - (Italy)
- A Comédia de Deus (God's Comedy) - (Portugal)
- Congo, starring Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry
- Copycat, directed by Jon Amiel, starring Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara, Harry Connick, Jr.
- Crimson Tide, directed by Tony Scott, starring Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, Viggo Mortensen
- The Crossing Guard, directed by Sean Penn, starring Jack Nicholson, Anjelica Huston, David Morse, Robin Wright
- Cry, the Beloved Country, directed by Darrell Roodt, starring James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, Charles S. Dutton - (South Africa/U.S.A.)
- The Cure, starring Brad Renfro
- Cutthroat Island, directed by Renny Harlin, starring Geena Davis and Matthew Modine
- Cyclo (XÃch Lô) - (Vietnam/France/Hong Kong) - Golden Lion award
D
- Dangerous Minds, starring Michelle Pfeiffer
- The Day of the Beast (El dÃa de la Bestia) - (Spain)
- Dead Man, directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Johnny Depp
- Dead Man Walking, directed by Tim Robbins, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn
- Dead Presidents, starring Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker
- Deathmaker (Der Totmacher) - (Germany)
- Demon Knight, starring Billy Zane
- Desperado, directed by Robert Rodriguez, starring Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek
- Destiny Turns on the Radio, starring Dylan McDermott, Nancy Travis, James Belushi, Quentin Tarantino
- Devil in a Blue Dress, starring Denzel Washington, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle
- Die Hard with a Vengeance, directed by John McTiernan, starring Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (The Brave Hearted Will Take the Bride) - (India)
- Dolores Claiborne, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Strathairn, Christopher Plummer
- Don Juan DeMarco, starring Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway
- Don't Cry, Nanking (NánjÄ«ng yÄ« jiÇ" sÄn qÄ«) - (China)
- Don't Forget You're Going to Die (N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir), directed by and starring Xavier Beauvois - (France)
- The Doom Generation
- Down to Earth (Casa de Lava) - (Portugal)
- Dracula: Dead and Loving It, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Leslie Nielsen, Peter MacNicol, Steven Weber, Harvey Korman and Brooks
- Dust of Life (Poussières de vie) - (France/Algeria)
E-K
E
- Eggs (Moe og far) - (Norway)
- Ãlisa, starring Vanessa Paradis and Gérard Depardieu - (France)
- The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, starring Hugh Grant - (U.K.)
- Empire Records, starring Liv Tyler, Renée Zellweger, Anthony LaPaglia, Robin Tunney, Maxwell Caulfield
- Escape to Witch Mountain (1995 film), starring Robert Vaughn
- Everyone's Child - (Zimbabwe)
F
- Fair Game, starring William Baldwin and Cindy Crawford
- Fall Time, starring Mickey Rourke
- Fallen Angels (Duo luo tian shi), directed by Wong Kar-wai - (Hong Kong)
- Father of the Bride Part II, starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Eugene Levy
- First Knight, starring Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond
- Flamenco, directed by Carlos Saura - (Spain)
- The Flower of My Secret (La flor de mi secreto), directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Marisa Paredes - (Spain)
- Fluke, starring Matthew Modine, Nancy Travis, Eric Stoltz
- The Flying Dutchman (De Vliegende Hollander) - (Netherlands)
- Forget Paris, directed by and starring Billy Crystal, with Debra Winger, Joe Mantegna, Julie Kavner, Cynthia Stevenson, Cathy Moriarty
- Forgotten Silver, directed by Peter Jackson and Costa Botes - (New Zealand)
- Four Rooms, anthology starring Tim Roth, Madonna, Valeria Golino, Antonio Banderas, Tamlyn Tomita, Jennifer Beals
- Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, directed by Dwight H. Little
- French Kiss, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton
- Friday, starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker
- Friendship's Field
- From the Journals of Jean Seberg - a documentary directed by Mark Rappaport
- Full Body Massage, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Mimi Rogers and Bryan Brown
- Funny Bones, starring Oliver Platt, Lee Evans, Leslie Caron, Jerry Lewis
G
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (Gamera: Daikaijū Kuchu Kessen) - (Japan)
- The Garden (Záhrada) - (Slovakia)
- The Gate of Heavenly Peace
- Georgia, directed by Ulu Grosbard, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Mare Winningham
- Get Shorty, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, James Gandolfini, Dennis Farina
- Ghost in the Shell (GÅsuto In Za Sheru) - (Japan)
- The Glass Shield, starring Ice Cube and Lori Petty
- Go Now, starring Robert Carlyle - (U.K.)
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (Gojira tai Desutoroia) - (Japan)
- Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain, starring Anna Chlumsky and Christina Ricci - (U.S.A./Canada)
- The Golden Girls (Shan shui you xiang feng) - (Hong Kong)
- GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan (as James Bond), with Sean Bean, Famke Janssen, Judi Dench - (U.K.)
- Gonin (ã´ãã³), directed by Takishi Ishii, starring KÅichi SatÅ and Beat Takeshi - (Japan)
- Good Men, Good Women (Hao nan hao nu) - (Japan/Taiwan)
- A Goofy Movie, directed by Kevin Lima, starring Jason Marsden, Bill Farmer, Wallace Shawn, additional voices Dante Basco
- The Grass Harp, starring Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Mary Steenburgen, Sissy Spacek
- Grumpier Old Men, starring Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margret, Sophia Loren
- Guantanamera - (Cuba)
- Guimba the Tyrant (Guimba, un tyrant, une époque) - (Mali/Burkina Faso/France)
H
- Hackers, directed by Iain Softley, starring Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Fisher Stevens, Lorraine Bracco
- La Haine (Hatred), directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and starring Vincent Cassel - (France)
- Happiness Is in the Field (Le Bonheur est dans le pré), starring Michel Serrault - (France)
- Harrison Bergeron (film), starring Sean Astin, Christopher Plummer and Eugene Levy
- Haunted, starring Kate Beckinsale and Aidan Quinn - (U.K.)
- Heat, directed by Michael Mann, starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Amy Brenneman
- Heavy, directed by James Mangold, starring Shelley Winters, Liv Tyler, Pruitt Taylor Vince
- Heavyweights, directed by Steven Brill
- Hideaway, starring Jeff Goldblum and Alicia Silverstone
- Higher Learning, directed by John Singleton, starring Omar Epps, Ice Cube, Kristy Swanson, Jennifer Connelly, Laurence Fishburne
- Hiroshima, directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode - (Japan/Canada)
- Home for the Holidays, directed by Jodie Foster, starring Holly Hunter, Anne Bancroft, Robert Downey, Jr., Dylan McDermott, Steve Guttenberg
- The Horseman on the Roof (Le hussard sur le toit), starring Juliette Binoche - (France)
- Houseguest, starring Phil Hartman and Sinbad
- How to Make an American Quilt, starring Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Nelligan, Alfre Woodard
- One Hundred and One Nights (Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma), directed by Agnès Varda, starring Michel Piccoli and Marcello Mastroianni - (France)
- The Hunted, starring Christopher Lambert, John Lone and Joan Chen
I
- ID - (U.K.)
- In the Mouth of Madness, directed by John Carpenter, starring Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner, Charlton Heston
- The Indian in the Cupboard, directed by Frank Oz, starring Hal Scardino, Litefoot, Richard Jenkins, Steve Coogan
- Indictment: The McMartin Trial, starring James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl, Lolita Davidovich, Henry Thomas, Shirley Knight
- Indira - (India)
- Innocent Lies, starring Stephen Dorff - (U.K./France)
- It Takes Two, directed by Andy Tennant, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Kirstie Alley, Steve Guttenberg
J
- Jade, directed by William Friedkin, starring David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Biehn, Angie Everhart
- Jeeva - (Pakistan)
- Jefferson in Paris, directed by James Ivory, starring Nick Nolte, Thandie Newton, Greta Scacchi, Gwyneth Paltrow
- Jeffrey, starring Steven Weber, Michael T. Weiss, Patrick Stewart
- The Jerky Boys: The Movie
- Johnny Mnemonic, starring Keanu Reeves - (U.S.A./Canada)
- Joseph, starring Ben Kingsley - (Italy/U.S.A./Germany)
- Judge Dredd, starring Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider, Max von Sydow
- Jumanji, directed by Joe Johnston, starring Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, David Alan Grier
- Just Cause, starring Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Blair Underwood, Kate Capshaw, Ed Harris
K
- Kamikaze Taxi (Kamikaze takushî) - (Japan)
- Karan Arjun, starring Raakhee and Salman Khan - (India)
- Kicking and Screaming, starring Eric Stoltz and Olivia d'Abo
- A Kid in King Arthur's Court, starring Thomas Ian Nicholas, Joss Ackland, Kate Winslet
- Kids, starring Chloë Sevigny and Rosario Dawson
- Kiss of Death, starring David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Stanley Tucci, Kathryn Erbe, Helen Hunt
- Kura - (Japan)
L-Q
L
- Land and Freedom, directed by Ken Loach - (U.K./Spain)
- The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
- A Last Note (Gogo no Yuigon-jo) - (Japan) - Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
- Last of the Dogmen, starring Tom Berenger and Barbara Hershey
- Last Summer in the Hamptons, directed by Henry Jaglom, starring Viveca Lindfors, Martha Plimpton, Melissa Leo
- The Last Supper, starring Cameron Diaz, Courtney B. Vance, Annabeth Gish
- Leaving Las Vegas, directed by Mike Figgis, starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue
- Let It Be Me, starring Campbell Scott and Jennifer Beals
- Like Grains of Sand (Nagisa no Shindobaddo) - (Japan)
- Little Criminals - (Canada)
- A Little Princess, starring Liesel Matthews and Eleanor Bron
- Little Sister (Zusje) - (Netherlands)
- Live Nude Girls, starring Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Stevenson, Dana Delany
- Living in Oblivion, starring Steve Buscemi and Catherine Keener
- Long Live the Queen (Lang Leve de Koningin) - (Netherlands)
- Lord of Illusions (a.k.a. Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions), starring Scott Bakula
- Losing Isaiah, starring Jessica Lange and Halle Berry
- Love Letter - (Japan)
- Lumière and Company, 40 shorts from 40 directors - (France/Spain/Sweden/Denmark)
M
- Maborosi (A Trick of the Light) - (Japan)
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen, aka Shameless, starring Elizabeth Hurley and C. Thomas Howell - (U.K.)
- Mad Love, starring Drew Barrymore and Chris O'Donnell
- Magic in the Water, starring Mark Harmon - (U.S.A./Canada)
- Major Payne, starring Damon Wayans
- Mallrats, directed by Kevin Smith, starring Jeremy London, Jason Lee, Shannen Doherty, Claire Forlani, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams
- Man of the House, starring Chevy Chase, Farrah Fawcett, Jonathan Taylor Thomas
- Margaret's Museum, starring Helena Bonham Carter - (U.K./Canada)
- Memories (Memorîzu) - (Japan)
- Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival, featuring Jimi Hendrix, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Who, The Doors and others
- Miami Rhapsody, directed by David Frankel, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Antonio Banderas, Mia Farrow
- Midaq Alley (El callejón de los milagros), starring Salma Hayek - (Mexico)
- Mighty Aphrodite, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Mira Sorvino, Helena Bonham Carter
- Les Misérables, directed by Claude Lelouch, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo - (France) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Money Train, starring Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Lopez
- A Mongolian Tale (HÄ"i jùn mÇ) - (China)
- A Month by the Lake, starring Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox, Uma Thurman - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- Moonlight and Valentino, starring Elizabeth Perkins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jon Bon Jovi, Kathleen Turner, Whoopi Goldberg
- Mortal Kombat, directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, starring Robin Shou, Linden Ashby, Bridgette Wilson, Christopher Lambert, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
- Multi-Facial, short film directed, produced by and starring Vin Diesel
- Murder in the First, starring Christian Slater and Kevin Bacon
- My Family, starring Edward James Olmos, Esai Morales, Jimmy Smits
N
- Napoleon, family film directed by Mario Andreacchio - (Australia)
- Nasty Love (L'amore molesto) - (Italy)
- Nelly and Mr. Arnaud, starring Emmanuelle Béart and Michel Serrault - (France)
- The Net, starring Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller
- Never Talk to Strangers, starring Rebecca De Mornay and Antonio Banderas
- New Jersey Drive
- Nick of Time, directed by John Badham, starring Johnny Depp and Christopher Walken
- Nine Months, starring Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Robin Williams
- Nixon, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Anthony Hopkins, James Woods, Joan Allen, David Hyde Pierce, Powers Boothe, Paul Sorvino
- No Way Back, starring Russell Crowe
- Le Nouveau monde (The New World) - (France)
- Now and Then, starring Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Gaby Hoffmann, Demi Moore, Melanie Griffith, Rosie O'Donnell
O
- On the Beat (Min jing gu shi) - (China)
- Operation Dumbo Drop, directed by Simon Wincer, starring Ray Liotta, Danny Glover, Denis Leary, Doug E. Doug
- Othello, directed by Oliver Parker, starring Laurence Fishburne, Irène Jacob, Kenneth Branagh - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- Outbreak, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman
- The Outpost (A részleg) - (Hungary)
P-Q
- P*U*L*S*E, featuring Pink Floyd - (U.K.)
- Panther, directed by Mario Van Peebles, starring Kadeem Hardison, Bokeem Woodbine, Courtney B. Vance
- Param Vir Chakra, starring Saeed Jaffrey - (India)
- Pari - (Iran)
- The Passion of Darkly Noon, starring Brendan Fraser, Ashley Judd, Viggo Mortensen - (Belgium/Germany/U.K.)
- The Pebble and the Penguin, directed by Don Bluth - (Ireland/U.S.A.)
- Peculiarities of the National Hunt (Osobennosti natsionalnoy okhoty) - (Russia)
- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, directed by Martin Scorsese (documentary)
- Persuasion, starring Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- Picture Bride - Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner
- Pocahontas, directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg
- Powder, starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Mary Steenburgen, Lance Henriksen, Jeff Goldblum
- The Power Within, starring Karen Valentine
- Premeditated Murder (Ubistvo s predumišljajem) - (Yugoslavia)
- The Promise (Das Versprechen), directed by Margarethe von Trotta - (Germany)
- The Prophecy, starring Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Eric Stoltz
- The Purse Snatcher (De Tasjesdief) - (Netherlands)
- O Quatrilho (The Foursome) - (Brazil)
- The Quick and the Dead, directed by Sam Raimi, starring Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio
R-Z
R
- Rack, Shack, and Benny
- Rain Clouds over Wushan (Wu Shan Yun Yu) - (China)
- Rangeela, directed by Ram Gopal Varma - (India)
- Reckless, starring Mia Farrow and Scott Glenn
- Red Cherry (Hóng yīng táo) - (China)
- Restoration, starring Robert Downey, Jr.
- Richard III, directed by Richard Loncraine, starring Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Robert Downey, Jr. - (U.K.)
- Rob Roy, directed by Michael Caton-Jones, starring Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth
- Roommates, starring Peter Falk, D. B. Sweeney, Julianne Moore
- Rumble in the Bronx (Hong faan kui), starring Jackie Chan - (Hong Kong)
S
- Sabrina, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, Lauren Holly, Richard Crenna, Angie Dickinson
- Sailor Moon Super S: The Movie (Black-Dream-Hole no kiseki) - (Japan)
- Safe, starring Julianne Moore - (U.K./U.S.A.)
- The Scarlet Letter, directed by Roland Joffé, starring Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall
- Screamers, starring Peter Weller - (U.S.A./Canada)
- The Second Time (La seconda volta) - (Italy)
- Search and Destroy, starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Illeana Douglas, Christopher Walken, John Turturro, Dennis Hopper
- See You in the Obituary (Vidimo se u Äitulji) - (Yugoslavia)
- Sense and Sensibility, directed by Ang Lee, starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant - (U.K.) - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama) and Golden Bear award (for 1996)
- Seven (also known as Seven), directed by David Fincher, starring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey
- Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao), directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li - (China)
- Sharaku - (Japan)
- Shirli-Myrli (What a Mess) - (Russia)
- Showgirls, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon
- Siao Yu, directed by Sylvia Chang - (Taiwan)
- A Single Girl (La Fille seule), directed by Benoît Jacquot - (France)
- A Single Spark (Jeon tae-il) - (South Korea)
- Sister My Sister, starring Joely Richardson, Jodhi May and Julie Walters - (U.K.)
- Sleeping Beauty (Re-release)
- Smoke, starring Harvey Keitel and William Hurt
- The Snails' Senator (Senatorul melcilor) - (Romania)
- Something to Talk About, starring Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Robert Duvall, Gena Rowlands, Kyra Sedgwick
- Species, directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Natasha Henstridge, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Forest Whitaker, Alfred Molina
- Spin, directed by Brian Springer
- Star Maker (L'Uomo delle stelle) - (Italy)
- The Stars Fell on Henrietta, starring Robert Duvall
- Steal Big Steal Little, directed by Andrew Davis, starring Andy GarcÃa, Alan Arkin, Joe Pantoliano, Rachel Ticotin
- Stonewall
- Strange Days, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis
- Sudden Death, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Summer Snow (Loey Yen Sei Seup) - (Hong Kong)
T
- Tall Tale, starring Patrick Swayze, Nick Stahl, Oliver Platt, Roger Aaron Brown, Scott Glenn
- Tank Girl, starring Lori Petty, Malcolm McDowell, Naomi Watts, Ice-T
- Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, directed by Gary Fleder, starring Andy GarcÃa, Treat Williams, Christopher Lloyd, Gabrielle Anwar, Christopher Walken
- Those Were the Days (Le plus bel âge...) - (France)
- Three Wishes, directed by Martha Coolidge, starring Patrick Swayze and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
- The Tie That Binds, starring Daryl Hannah, Keith Carradine, Moira Kelly, Vincent Spano
- To Die For, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Nicole Kidman, Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Dillon, Illeana Douglas
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, starring Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Chris Penn
- Tokyo Fist (Tokyo Ken) - (Japan)
- Tom and Huck, directed by Peter Hewitt, starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas
- Tommy Boy, starring Chris Farley, David Spade, Rob Lowe, Bo Derek, Brian Dennehy, Dan Aykroyd
- Tot Ziens (Goodbye) - (Netherlands)
- Toy Story, voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, directed by John Lasseter, first computer-animated feature-length film
- Les Trois Frères (The Three Brothers) - (France)
- Tropical Fish (Redai yu) - (Taiwan)
- Truman, starring Gary Sinise, Diana Scarwid, Pat Hingle, Harris Yulin, Tony Goldwyn
- 12 Monkeys, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt
- Two Bits, starring Al Pacino
- Two Deaths, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Michael Gambon and Sônia Braga - (U.K.)
U-V
- Ulysses' Gaze (To Vlemma tou Odyssea), starring Harvey Keitel - (Greece)
- Under the Domim Tree (Etz Hadomim Tafus) - (Israel)
- Underground (Podzemlje) - (Yugoslavia) - Palme d'Or award
- Unstrung Heroes, directed by Diane Keaton, starring Andie MacDowell, John Turturro, Michael Richards
- Unzipped, a documentary on fashion industry
- The Usual Suspects, directed by Bryan Singer, starring Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Spacey
- Vampire in Brooklyn, directed by Wes Craven, starring Eddie Murphy and Angela Bassett
- Village of the Damned, directed by John Carpenter, starring Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Hamill
- Virtuosity, starring Denzel Washington, Kelly Lynch, Russell Crowe
W
- Waati, directed by Souleymane Cissé - (Mali)
- Waiting to Exhale, directed by Forest Whitaker, starring Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon
- A Walk in the Clouds, directed by Alfonso Arau, starring Keanu Reeves, Giancarlo Giannini, Anthony Quinn - (U.S.A./Mexico)
- The Walking Dead
- Waterworld, directed by Kevin Reynolds, starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino
- Weekend Lover (Zhou mo qing ren) - (China)
- Welcome to the Dollhouse, directed by Todd Solondz, starring Heather Matarazzo
- When Night Is Falling - (Canada)
- While You Were Sleeping, directed by Jon Turteltaub, starring Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher
- Whisper of the Heart (Mimi o Sumaseba) - (Japan)
- The White Balloon (Badkonake sefid) - (Iran)
- White Man's Burden, starring John Travolta and Harry Belafonte
- Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics - (Canada)
- The Wife, starring Tom Noonan, Julie Hagerty, Wallace Shawn, Karen Young
- Wild Bill, directed by Walter Hill, starring Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, David Arquette, Keith Carradine, John Hurt
- Wild Side, starring Christopher Walken, Anne Heche, Joan Chen
XYZ
- Zero Kelvin (Kjærlighetens kjøtere), starring Stellan Skarsgård - (Norway)
Births
- January 24 â" Callan McAuliffe, Australian actor
- January 30 â" Danielle Campbell, American actress
- July 9 â" Georgie Henley, English actress
- November 29 â" Laura Marano, American actress, singer
- December 22 â" Remy Thorne, American actor
- December 29 â" Ross Lynch, American actor, singer, dancer
Notable deaths
Debuts
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje - Congo
- Michael Bay (director) - Bad Boys
- Hayden Christensen - In the Mouth of Madness
- Rachael Leigh Cook - The Baby-Sitters Club
- Rosario Dawson - Kids
- Minnie Driver - Circle of Friends
- Michael Clarke Duncan - Friday
- Will Ferrell - Criminal Hearts
- Natasha Henstridge - Species
- Keira Knightley - Innocent Lies
- Heather Matarazzo - Welcome to the Dollhouse
- James McAvoy - The Near Room
- Debra Messing - A Walk in the Clouds
- Amanda Peet - Animal Room
- Mekhi Phifer - Clockers
- Ryan Phillippe - Crimson Tide
- James Purefoy - Feast of July
- Liesel Matthews - A Little Princess
- Camilla Belle - A Little Princess
- Jeremy Renner - National Lampoon's Senior Trip
- Paul Rudd - Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
- Peter Sarsgaard - Dead Man Walking
- Chloë Sevigny - Kids
- Charlize Theron - Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
- James Van Der Beek - Angus
- Dominic West - Richard III
References
- ^ "1995 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 1, 2014.Â