See also: 1993 in film, other events of 1994, 1995 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Events

• October 3 - George Lucas begins writing the three Star Wars prequels.
• November 1 - George Lucas leaves the day-to-day operations of his filmmaking business and starts a sabbatical (while on sabbatical, he wrote the prequel Star Wars trilogy).

Top grossing films

1. Forrest Gump, starring Tom Hanks
2. The Lion King (Disney)
3. True Lies, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis
4. The Santa Clause, starring Tim Allen
5. The Flintstones, starring John Goodman
6. Dumb & Dumber, starring Jim Carrey
7. Clear and Present Danger, starring Harrison Ford
8. Speed starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock
9. The Mask, starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz
10. Pulp Fiction, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, and Uma Thurman

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Forrest Gump- Touchstone Pictures
• Best Director: Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump
• Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
• Best Actress: Jessica Lange - Blue Sky

Births

Deaths

• January 1 - Cesar Romero, actor
• January 22 - Telly Savalas, actor
• February 6 - Joseph Cotten, actor
• February 11 - Sorrell Booke, actor
• February 11 - William Conrad, actor
• February 19 - Derek Jarman, director
• February 24 - Dinah Shore, singer,actress
• March 4 - John Candy, comedian and actor
• March 6 - Melina Mercouri, actress
• March 17 - Mai Zetterling, actress, director
• March 21 - MacDonald Carey, actor
• March 21 - Lili Damita, actress
• March 23 - Guilietta Masina, actress
• May 8 - George Peppard, actor
• May 15 - Gilbert Roland, actor
• June 4 - Massimo Troisi, actor
• June 7 - Dennis Potter, writer
• June 14 - Henry Mancini, composer
• August 11 - Peter Cushing, actor
• September 7 - Dennis Morgan, actor
• September 11 - Jessica Tandy, actress
• September 12 - Tom Ewell, actor
• October 19 - Martha Raye, actress
• October 20 - Burt Lancaster, actor
• October 21 - Benoît Régent, French film actor
• October 24 - Raúl Juliá, actor
• November 1 - Noah Beery Jr, actor
• November 30 - Lionel Stander, actor
• December 24 - Rossano Brazzi, actor

Other movies released

• Airheads
• Angels in the Outfield
• Lightning Jack
• Mircacle on 34th Street
• Baby's Day Out
• Four Weddings and a Funeral
• Quiz Show
• The Shawshank Redemption
• Three Colors: Red - 3rd of the Krzysztof Kieslowski trilogy, starring Irene Jacob
• Little Odessa, starring Tim Roth and Edward Furlong
• Wolf, starring Jack Nicholson and James Spader