Top grossing films
- Independence Day, starring Will Smith
- Twister, starring Helen Hunt
- Mission: Impossible, starring Tom Cruise
- Jerry Maguire, starring Tom Cruise
- Ransom, starring Mel Gibson
- 101 Dalmatians
- The Rock, starring Sean Connery
- The Nutty Professor, starring Eddie Murphy
- The Birdcage, starring Robin Williams
- A Time to Kill
- Best Picture: The English Patient - J&M Entertainment, Miramax Films, Tiger Moth Productions
- Best Director: Anthony Minghella - The English Patient
- Best Actor: Geoffrey Rush - Shine
- Best Actress: Frances McDormand - Fargo
Deaths
- February 2 - Gene Kelly, actor
- February 6 - Guy Madison, actor
- February 11 - Phil Regan, singer,actor
- February 13 - Martin Balsam, actor
- February 15 - Tommy Rettig, actor
- February 17 - Evelyn Laye, actress
- February 25 - Haing S. Ngor, actor
- March 2 - Lyle Talbot, actor
- March 13 - Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish film director
- March 17 - René Clément, French film director
- April 6 - Greer Garson, actress
- April 16 - Lucille Bremer, actress
- May 20 - Jon Pertwee, actor
- May 21 - Lash La Rue, cowboy actor
- June 7 - Max Factor, make-up artist and founder of Max Factor Cosmetics
- June 10 - Jo Van Fleet, actress
- June 11 - Brigitte Helm, German actress
- July 2 - Margaux Hemingway, model, actress
- July 30 - Claudette Colbert, actress
- September 7 - Bibi Besch, actress
- September 10 - Joanne Dru, actress
- September 13 - Tupac Shakur, rap singer/songwriter, actor
- September 14 - Juliet Prowse, dancer, actress
- September 18 - Annabella, actress
- September 22 - Dorothy Lamour, actress
- October 14 - Laura La Plante, actress
- October 31 - Marcel Carné, French film director
- November 14 - Virginia Cherrill, actress
- November 19 - Véra Korène, Russian born French actress
- December 8 - Howard E. Rollins Jr, actor
- December 19 - Marcello Mastroianni, actor
- December 30 - Lew Ayres, actor
Other movies released
- Alice In Chains: MTV Unplugged (DVD Release)
- The Arrival, starring Charlie Sheen
- Broken Arrow
- Courage Under Fire starring Denzel Washington
- The Craft, Fairuza Balk and Neve Campbell are two of four co-stars in movie that helped begin a trend of gothic dressers.
- Daylight starring Sylvester Stallone
- The English Patient
- Eraser starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Executive Decision
- Fargo
- Fire by Deepa Mehta, starring Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das
- Hard Eight directed by P. T. Anderson
- Hype!
- Jerry Maguire
- Kiss: MTV Unplugged (DVD Release)
- Kolya, directed by Jan Sverák - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Matilda
- Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche
- Romeo and Juliet
- Space Jam
- Star Trek: First Contact
- Striptease starring Demi Moore
- The Stupids
- Tin Cup
- Trainspotting directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor
- Up Close & Personal starring Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer