The year '1995 in film' involved some significant events.
Events
★
March 28 - Actress
Julia Roberts and singer
Lyle Lovett announce their plans for separation.
★ November - After a six-year hiatus, the
James Bond film series resumes with the successful ''
GoldenEye''.
★
November 21 - ''
Toy Story'' is released as the first feature-length film created completely using
computer-generated imagery.
Top grossing films
'1995' 'Rank' | 'Title' | 'Studio' | 'Gross' |
| 1. | ''Die Hard With A Vengeance'' | 20th Century Fox | $361,212,499 |
| 2. | ''Toy Story'' | Disney | $354,300,000 |
| 3. | ''GoldenEye'' | MGM | $351,500,000 |
| 4. | ''Pocahontas'' | Disney | $346,079,773 |
| 5. | ''Batman Forever'' | Warner Bros | $336,531,112 |
| 6. | ''Apollo 13'' | Universal | $334,100,000 |
| 7. | ''Se7en'' | New Line Cinema | $316,400,000 |
| 8. | ''Casper'' | Universal | $282,300,000 |
| 9. | ''Jumanji'' | TriStar pictures | $262,797,249 |
| 10. | '' | Warner Bros. | $209,300,000 |
Awards
'
Academy Awards:'
:
Best Picture: '''
Braveheart''' - 20th Century Fox, B. H. Finance C. V., Icon Entertainment International, Paramount Pictures, The Ladd Company
:
Best Director: '
Mel Gibson' - ''Braveheart''
:
Best Actor: '
Nicolas Cage' - ''
Leaving Las Vegas''
:
Best Actress: '
Susan Sarandon' - ''
Dead Man Walking''
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Best Supporting Actor: '
Kevin Spacey' - ''
The Usual Suspects''
:
Best Supporting Actress: '
Mira Sorvino' - ''
Mighty Aphrodite''
:
Best Foreign Language Film: '''
Antonia's Line''' (''Antonia''), directed by
Marleen Gorris, Netherlands
'
Golden Globe Awards:'
:'Drama:'
:
Best Picture: '''
Sense and Sensibility'''
:
Best Actor: 'Nicolas Cage' - ''Leaving Las Vegas''
:
Best Actress: '
Sharon Stone' - ''Casino''
:'Musical or comedy:'
:
Best Picture: '''
Babe'''
:
Best Actor: '
John Travolta' - ''
Get Shorty''
:
Best Actress: '
Nicole Kidman' - ''
To Die For''
:'Other'
:
Best Director: 'Mel Gibson' - ''Braveheart''
:
Best Foreign Language Film: '''
Les Misérables''', France
'
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):'
:'''
Underground''' (Подземље, Podzemlje), directed by
Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia
'
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):'
:'''
Cyclo''' (''Xich lo''), directed by
Tran Anh Hung, Vietnam / France / Hong Kong
'
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):'
:'''
L'Appât''' (''Fresh Bait''), directed by
Bertrand Tavernier, France
Films released in 1995
★ ''
★ ''
The American President''
★ ''
Antonia's Line'' (''Antonia'') - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
★ ''
Angus''
★ ''
L'Appât'' (''Fresh Bait'' or ''The Bait'') - Golden Bear award
★ ''
Apollo 13''
★ ''
Assassins''
★ ''
Babe'' - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
★ ''
Bad Boys''
★ ''
The Basketball Diaries''
★ ''
Batman Forever''
★ ''
Before Sunrise''
★ ''
Beyond Rangoon''
★ ''
The Big Green''
★ ''
Billy Madison''
★ ''
Blue in the Face''
★ ''
Born to be Wild'', starring
Wil Horneff,
Helen Shaver,
John C. McGinley and
Peter Boyle
★ ''
Boys on the Side''
★ ''
The Brady Bunch Movie''
★ ''
Braveheart'', directed by
Mel Gibson - Academy Award for Best Picture
★ ''
The Bridges of Madison County''
★ ''
The Brothers McMullen''
★ ''
Canadian Bacon''
★ ''
Casino'', directed by
Martin Scorsese
★ ''
Casper''
★ ''
Circle of Friends''
★ ''
The City of Lost Children''
★ ''
Clockers''
★ ''
Clueless''
★ ''
Congo''
★ ''
Copycat''
★ ''
Crimson Tide''
★ ''
The Crossing Guard''
★ ''
Cry, the Beloved Country''
★ ''
Cutthroat Island''
★ ''
Cyclo'' - Golden Lion award
★ ''
Dangerous Minds''
★ ''
Dead Man''
★ ''
Dead Man Walking''
★ ''
Dead Presidents''
★ ''
Desperado''
★ ''
Devil in a Blue Dress''
★ ''
Die Hard with a Vengeance''
★ ''
Dolores Claiborne''
★ ''
Don Juan DeMarco''
★ ''
★ ''
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain''
★ ''
Empire Records''
★ ''
Escape to Witch Mountain'' (remake)
★ ''
Fair Game''
★ ''
Father of the Bride Part II''
★ ''
First Knight''
★ ''
Fluke'' - Nomination for Saturn Award 1996
★ ''
Forget Paris''
★ ''
Four Rooms''
★ ''
★ ''
French Kiss''
★ ''
Friday''
★ ''
From the Journals of Jean Seberg'' - a documentary directed by
Mark Rappaport
★ ''
Full Body Massage'', directed by
Nicolas Roeg
★ ''
Funny Bones''
★ ''
Get Shorty''
★ ''
Ghost in the Shell''
★ ''
The Glass Shield''
★ ''
Godzilla vs. Destroyah'' - Nominated for Award of the Japanese Academy 1996
★ ''
GoldenEye''
★ ''
A Goofy Movie'', starring
Jason Marsden
★ ''
Grumpier Old Men'', starring
Walter Matthau,
Jack Lemmon,
Sophia Loren
★ ''
Hackers''
★ ''
La Haine''
★ ''
★ ''
Heat''
★ ''
Higher Learning''
★ ''
Home for the Holidays''
★ ''
How to Make an American Quilt''
★ ''
The Hunted''
★ ''
In the Mouth of Madness'', directed by
John Carpenter, starring
Sam Neill,
Julie Carmen,
Jürgen Prochnow,
David Warner and
Charlton Heston
★ ''
The Indian in the Cupboard''
★ ''
It Takes Two''
★ ''
Jade''
★ ''
★ ''
Johnny Mnemonic''
★ ''
Judge Dredd''
★ ''
Jumanji''
★ ''
Jury Duty''
★ ''
Just Cause''
★ ''
A Kid in King Arthur's Court''
★ ''
Kids''
★ ''
Kiss of Death''
★ ''
Land and Freedom''
★ ''
Last of the Dogmen''
★ ''
The Last Supper''
★ ''
★ ''
Leaving Las Vegas''
★ ''
A Little Princess''
★ ''
Lord of Illusions (Cliver Barker's Lord of Illusions)
★ ''
Losing Isaiah''
★ ''
Man of the House''
★ ''
Major Payne''
★ ''
Mallrats''
★ ''
Margaret's Museum''
★ ''
Max is Missing'' - Nominated for Young Artist Award (Peru/U.S.A.)
★ ''
Mighty Aphrodite''
★ ''
★ ''
Les Misérables'' - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
★ ''
Money Train''
★ ''
Moonlight and Valentino''
★ ''
Mortal Kombat''
★ ''
Mr. Holland's Opus''
★ ''
Murder in the First''
★ ''
Napoleon'', family film directed by
Mario Andreacchio
★ ''
The Net''
★ ''
New Jersey Drive''
★ ''
Nick of Time''
★ ''
Nine Months''
★ ''
Nixon''
★ ''
Now and Then''
★ ''
Operation Dumbo Drop''
★ ''
Othello''
★ ''
Outbreak''
★ ''
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies'', directed by
Martin Scorsese (documentary)
★ ''
Picture Bride''
Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner
★ ''
Pocahontas''
★ '' (released in Early 1996)
★ ''
Powder''
★ ''
The Quick and the Dead''
★ ''
Restoration''
★ ''
Richard III''
★ ''
Rob Roy''
★ ''
Rumble in the Bronx'' (released in Early 1996)
★ ''
Sabrina''
★ ''
The Scarlet Letter''
★ ''
Screamers''
★ ''
Sense and Sensibility'' - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama) and Golden Bear award (for 1996)
★ ''
Se7en'' (also known as ''Seven'')
★ ''
Showgirls''
★ ''
Sick Time''
★ ''
Smoke''
★ ''
Something to Talk About''
★ ''
Species''
★ ''
Strange Days''
★ ''
Sudden Death''
★ ''
Tall Tale''
★ ''
Tank Girl''
★ ''
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead''
★ ''
To Die For''
★ ''
Three Wishes'', directed by
Martha Coolidge - Nominated for Young Artist Award
★ ''
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar''
★ ''
Tommy Boy'', starring
Chris Farley,
David Spade and
Rob Lowe
★ ''
Top Dog'', starring
Chuck Norris
★ ''
Toy Story''
★ ''
Twelve Monkeys''
★ ''
Two Bits''
★ ''
★ ''
Underground'' - Palm d'Or award
★ ''
Unzipped''
★ ''
The Usual Suspects''
★ ''
Vampire in Brooklyn''
★ ''
Village of the Damned'', directed by
John Carpenter, starring
Christopher Reeve,
Kirstie Alley,
Linda Kozlowski,
Mark Hamill and
Peter Jason
★ ''
Virtuosity''
★ ''
Waiting to Exhale''
★ ''
A Walk in the Clouds''
★ ''
The Walking Dead''
★ ''
Waterworld''
★ ''
While You Were Sleeping''
★ ''
White Man's Burden''
★ ''
Wild Bill''
Births
Jerardo granandos
Deaths
★
February 2 -
Donald Pleasence, actor
★
March 12 -
Juanin Clay, actress
★
March 16 -
Albert Hackett, screenwriter
★
April 4 -
Priscilla Lane, actress
★
April 14 -
Burl Ives, actor, singer
★
April 24 -
Sammy Jackson, actor, disc jockey
★
April 25 -
Ginger Rogers, actress
★
May 16 -
Lola Flores, Spanish actress
★
May 18 Elizabeth Montgomery, actress
★
★
Elisha Cook Jr, actor
★
★
Alexander Godunov, dancer, actor
★
May 26 -
Friz Freleng, animator
★
June 29 -
Lana Turner, actress
★
July 4 -
Eva Gabor, actress
★
August 3 -
Ida Lupino, actress and director
★
August 29 -
Enrique Carreras, director, producer
★
October 21 -
Maxene Andrews, member of
The Andrews Sisters
★
October 22 -
Mary Wickes, actress
★
October 25 -
Viveca Lindfors, actress
★
November 21 -
Peter Grant, actor and manager
★
November 23 -
Louis Malle, director
★
November 24 -
Jeffrey Lynn, actor
★
December 9 -
Vivian Blaine, actress
★
December 22 -
Butterfly McQueen, actress
★
December 25 -
Dean Martin, singer and actor