2015 in film#Highest-grossing films
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2015 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths.
Fox Film (now 20th Century Fox), Universal City, California and Universal Studios Lot celebrated their 100th anniversaries; The Sound of Music and Dolby celebrated their 50th anniversaries.
Evaluation of the year
Richard Brody of The New Yorker described 2015 as, "one of Hollywood's worst years" but also stated that it was also "a terrific year for movies over all". He emphasized that, "The anticipated Oscarizables have mainly ranged from the blandly enjoyable to the droningly disastrous. Partly, the problem is merely one of scheduling: most of Hollywood's inspired directors, the ones whose images have a natural musical sublimity and complexity, weren't on call this year. My list reflects the unfortunate accident of a calendar year with no release by many of the best American directors working in or out of the Hollywood system, such as Martin Scorsese, Sofia Coppola, Wes Anderson, Miranda July, Terrence Malick, James Gray, David Fincher, Steven Soderbergh, and Paul Thomas Anderson."{{cite magazine |last1=Brody |first1=Richard |author-link1=Richard Brody |title=The Best Movies of 2015 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-best-movies-of-2015 |magazine=The New Yorker |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=29 March 2020 |date=11 December 2015}}
Highest-grossing films
{{see also|Lists of box office number-one films#2015}}
The top 10 films released in 2015 by worldwide gross are as follows:{{Cite web |title=2015 Worldwide Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2015/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818152249/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2015/ |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |access-date=June 12, 2023 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
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Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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style="text-align:center;"| 1
| scope="row" style= | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | $2,068,223,624 | |||
style="text-align:center;"| 2
| scope="row" style= | Jurassic World | rowspan="2"| Universal | $1,670,400,637 | |||
style="text-align:center;"| 3
| scope="row" | Furious 7 | $1,515,047,671 | |||
style="text-align:center;"| 4
| scope="row" style= | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Disney | $1,402,809,540 | |||
style="text-align:center;"| 5
| scope="row" | Minions | Universal | $1,159,398,397 | |||
style="text-align:center;"| 6
| scope="row" | Spectre | Sony | $880,674,609 | |||
style="text-align:center;"| 7
| scope="row" | Inside Out | Disney | $858,811,174 | |||
style="text-align:center;"| 8
| scope="row" | Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | $682,714,267 | |||
style="text-align:center;"| 9
| scope="row" | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 | $653,428,261 | |||
style="text-align:center;"| 10
| scope="row" | The Martian | $630,161,890 |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens grossed over $2 billion, becoming the third film to surpass that milestone, and the third highest-grossing film of all time. Jurassic World, Furious 7, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Minions have each grossed over $1 billion, making them among the highest-grossing films of all time. Spectre and Inside Out grossed more than $850 million.
Minions became the first non-Disney animated film and the third animated film overall after Toy Story 3 (2010) and Frozen (2013) to gross over $1 billion, and is currently the sixth highest-grossing animated film of all time.
= 2015 notable box office records =
== Studio records ==
2015 is the first year that a single studio (Universal Pictures) released three films that each grossed over $1 billion,{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/minions-billion-worldwide-box-office-1201580727 |title='Minions' Hits $1 Billion at Worldwide Box Office |first=Dave |last=McNary |author-link=Dave McNary |magazine=Variety |date=August 28, 2015 |access-date=August 30, 2015}} the first year that a single studio released two films that both grossed over $1.5 billion, and the first year that a single studio released two films that both grossed over $1 billion outside of North America.
- Universal also generated $2 billion and $3 billion in a single year at the international box office faster than any studio before, doing so on June 10, June 14, and July 17, 2015, respectively. The previous records was held by 20th Century Fox when it reached $2 and $3 billion on June 15 and July 30, 2010, respectively. Universal previously grossed $2 billion in 2013, reaching the milestone on September 17 of that year.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/06/universal-pictures-international-fastest-to-2-billion-box-office-1201441589/ |title=Universal Pictures International Has Fastest Climb To $2B At Box Office |first=Anita |last=Busch |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=(Penske Media Corporation) |date=June 11, 2015 |access-date=July 11, 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/06/universal-record-fastest-to1-billion-domestic-3-billion-worldwide-box-office-jurassic-world-1201442647/ |title=Universal Reaches $1B Domestic, $3B Global Box Office In Industry-Record Time |first=Nancy |last=Tartaglione |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=(Penske Media Corporation) |date=June 14, 2015 |access-date=July 11, 2015}} Furthermore, the studio also broke the record for fastest studio to generate $1 billion in the United States and Canada (on June 14, 2015), beating the previous record ascendance achieved by Paramount Pictures on June 22, 2008, and $2 billion (on August 16, 2015), beating the previous speed record of December 25, 2009, held by Warner Bros.,{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/universal-hits-new-north-american-815617 |title=Universal Hits New North American Box Office Record |first=Grigg |last=Kilday |work=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=(Prometheus Global Media) |date=August 15, 2015 |access-date=August 16, 2015}} and the fastest to $3, $4, and $5 billion worldwide (It achieved the $5 billion milestone on July 17, 2015, breaking the record previously held by Fox near the end of November 2014).{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/universal-jurassic-world-minions-5-billion-record-1201479265/ |title=Universal Sets Record As Fastest To $5 Billion, 'Jurassic World' Hits $600M At Domestic B.O. |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=(Penske Media Corporation) |date=July 17, 2015 |access-date=July 18, 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-universal-zooms-past-809496 |title=Box-Office Milestone: Universal Zooms Past $5 Billion Worldwide |first=Rebecca |last=Ford |work=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=(Prometheus Global Media) |date=July 17, 2015 |access-date=July 18, 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/08/universal-pictures-highest-grossing-box-office-year-in-industry-history-1201492365/ |title=Universal Pictures Has Highest-Grossing Box Office Year In Industry History |first=Anita |last=Busch |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=(Penske Media Corporation) |date=August 5, 2015 |access-date=August 9, 2015}} Universal is also the first studio to achieve $6 billion at the global box office in one year.
- Walt Disney Studios became the first studio to release three films within a single franchise – the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) – that each grossed over $1 billion, with Avengers: Age of Ultron joining 2012's The Avengers and 2013's Iron Man 3. The MCU also became the highest-grossing film franchise with the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron, surpassing the Harry Potter film franchise ($7.723 billion, 2001–2011), and becoming the first franchise to gross over $8 billion. With the subsequent release of Ant-Man, the MCU also became the first franchise to gross over $9 billion.
- Furious 7 became the highest-grossing film ever distributed by Universal, surpassing the 22-year-old record set by Jurassic Park in 1993. However it shortly lost the record to Jurassic World in June, just two months later. It was also the first film distributed by Universal to gross $1 billion in its initial release, since Jurassic Park did so after it was re-released in 2013.
== Film records ==
- Furious 7 became the fastest film to reach $1 billion in ticket sales worldwide, doing so in 17 days; this record was later surpassed by Universal's own Jurassic World two months later, accruing the same amount in 13 days; this record was in turn surpassed six months later by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which accrued $1 billion in 12 days. Furious 7 also became the first American film ever to gross over ¥2 billion (amassing ¥2.426 billion) at the Chinese box office.
- Jurassic World grossed $524.4 million worldwide in its opening weekend, making it the highest-grossing worldwide opening of all time, surpassing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($483.2 million in 2011). Jurassic World also grossed $208.8 million in North America in its opening weekend, beating the previous record held by The Avengers ($207.4 million in 2012). Both records were later surpassed by Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the same year. It also became the highest-grossing film that was not the highest-grossing film of its year, surpassing Iron Man 3.
- Terminator Genisys became the first American film to earn $400 million worldwide without also grossing $100 million in North America. The only other production to hit that threshold before was the French film The Intouchables (2012).{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/08/30/box-office-terminator-genisys-crosses-400-million-worldwide/ |title=Box Office: 'Terminator Genisys' Crosses $400 Million Worldwide |author=Scott Mendelson |work=Forbes |date=August 30, 2015 |access-date=August 31, 2015}}
- Minions became the fastest animated film to $1 billion in 49 days, surpassing Toy Story 3 (75 days). It also becomes the first Non-Disney animated film to gross over $1 billion, and is the highest-grossing spinoff film, as well as the highest-grossing prequel.
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens broke all pre-sale ticket records and grossed $529 million in its opening weekend, making it the highest-grossing worldwide opening of all time, surpassing Jurassic World ($524.4 million on 12–14 June 2015). The Force Awakens also grossed $248 million in North America in its opening weekend, beating the previous record held by Jurassic World ($208.8 million).{{Cite web |title='Star Wars: The Force Awakens' tickets break records |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/21/star-wars-the-force-awakens-breaks-presale-records.html |website=CNBC |date=21 October 2015 |access-date=2015-12-03}}{{Cite news |title='Star Wars: The Force Awakens' breaks presale records |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-film-starwars-sales-idUSKCN0SE2RC20151020 |newspaper=Reuters |date=2015-10-20 |access-date=2015-12-03}} The film subsequently became the first to exceed $800 million in the domestic box office on January 9 and $900 million on February 5. It also became Disney's first film to gross over $1 billion at the foreign box office, as well as the third film to ever gross over $2 billion worldwide. This makes it the third highest-grossing film of all time.
- 2015 is tied with 2018 for the greatest number of films to gross more than $1 billion with five,{{Cite web |last=Child |first=Ben |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Global box office hit all-time high of $38bn in 2015 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/04/global-box-office-hits-all-time-high-in-2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104130339/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/04/global-box-office-hits-all-time-high-in-2015 |archive-date=January 4, 2016 |access-date=January 21, 2024 |website=The Guardian}}{{Cite web |title=2018 Worldwide Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2018/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801135142/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2018/ |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=January 21, 2024 |website=Box Office Mojo}} surpassing 2012's record of four,{{Cite web |last=Levine |first=Nick |date=March 4, 2013 |title=The Hobbit becomes 15th movie to make $1 billion worldwide |url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/the-hobbit-becomes-15th-movie-to-make-1-billion-w-869697 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114105219/https://www.nme.com/news/film/the-hobbit-becomes-15th-movie-to-make-1-billion-w-869697 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |access-date=January 21, 2024 |website=NME}} but later was surpassed in 2019 to have nine films with that milestone.{{Cite web |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=January 10, 2020 |title=2019 Global Box Office Revenue Hit Record $42.5B Despite 4 Percent Dip in U.S. |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/2019-global-box-office-hit-record-425b-4-percent-plunge-us-1268600/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522233552/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/2019-global-box-office-hit-record-425b-4-percent-plunge-us-1268600/ |archive-date=May 22, 2021 |access-date=January 21, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} It has also set the record for the greatest number of films crossing the $1.5 billion mark with three.
Events
= Award ceremonies =
= Festivals =
Awards
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rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization | colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 73rd Golden Globe Awards January 10, 2016 | rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 21st Critics' Choice Awards January 17, 2016 | rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 69th BAFTA Awards February 14, 2016 | rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 88th Academy Awards February 28, 2016 | |
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Best Film | The Revenant | The Martian | Spotlight | The Big Short | The Revenant | Spotlight |
Best Director | colspan="2"| Alejandro G. Iñárritu The Revenant | George Miller Mad Max: Fury Road | colspan="3"| Alejandro G. Iñárritu The Revenant | |||
Best Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio The Revenant | Matt Damon The Martian | colspan="4"| Leonardo DiCaprio The Revenant | |||
Best Actress | Brie Larson Room | Jennifer Lawrence Joy | colspan="4"| Brie Larson Room | |||
Best Supporting Actor | colspan="3"| Sylvester Stallone Creed | Idris Elba Beasts of No Nation | colspan="2"| Mark Rylance Bridge of Spies | |||
Best Supporting Actress | colspan="2"| Kate Winslet Steve Jobs | colspan="2"| Alicia Vikander The Danish Girl | Kate Winslet Steve Jobs | Alicia Vikander The Danish Girl | ||
Best Screenplay, Adapted | rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Aaron Sorkin Steve Jobs | colspan=4|Adam McKay and Charles Randolph The Big Short | ||||
Best Screenplay, Original | colspan="4"| Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Spotlight | |||||
Best Animated Film | colspan="6"| Inside Out | |||||
Best Original Score | colspan="3"| The Hateful Eight Ennio Morricone | {{n/a}} | colspan="2"| The Hateful Eight Ennio Morricone | |||
Best Original Song | colspan="2"| "Writing's on the Wall" Spectre | "See You Again" Furious 7 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | "Writing's on the Wall" Spectre | |
Best Foreign Language Film | colspan="3"| Son of Saul | {{n/a}} | Wild Tales | Son of Saul | ||
Best Documentary | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | colspan="4"|Amy |
Palme d'Or (68th Cannes Film Festival):
:Dheepan, directed by Jacques Audiard, France
Golden Lion (72nd Venice International Film Festival):
:From Afar (Desde allá), directed by Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela
Golden Bear (65th Berlin International Film Festival):
:Taxi (تاکسی), directed by Jafar Panahi, Iran
2015 films
= By country/region =
- List of American films of 2015
- List of Argentine films of 2015
- List of Australian films of 2015
- List of Bangladeshi films of 2015
- List of Brazilian films of 2015
- List of British films of 2015
- List of Canadian films of 2015
- List of Chinese films of 2015
- List of French films of 2015
- List of Hong Kong films of 2015
- List of Indian films of 2015
- List of Assamese films of 2015
- List of Bengali films of 2015
- List of Bollywood films of 2015
- List of Punjabi films of 2015
- List of Gujarati films of 2015
- List of Kannada films of 2015
- List of Malayalam films of 2015
- List of Marathi films of 2015
- List of Tamil films of 2015
- List of Telugu films of 2015
- List of Tulu films of 2015
- List of Indonesian films
- List of Italian films of 2015
- List of Japanese films of 2015
- List of Mexican films of 2015
- List of Pakistani films of 2015
- List of Russian films of 2015
- List of South Korean films of 2015
- List of Spanish films of 2015
- List of Turkish films of 2015
= By genre/medium =
Deaths
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! Month !! Date !! Name !! Age !! Country !! Profession !! Notable films | |||||
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! rowspan=23 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| January | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | Donna Douglas | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Frankie & Johnny|Lover Come Back}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Bernard Williams | style="text-align:center;"| 72 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Producer | {{hlist|Daredevil|Manhunter}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Khan Bonfils | style="text-align:center;"| 42 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Batman Begins|Skyfall}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Lance Percival | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Yellow Submarine|Darling Lili}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Rod Taylor | style="text-align:center;"| 84 | style="text-align:center;"| Australia | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Birds|The Time Machine}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 9 | Samuel Goldwyn Jr. | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Director | {{hlist|Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World|The Preacher's Wife}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Brian Clemens | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|See No Evil|The Tell-Tale Heart}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | George Dickerson | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Death Warrant|Blue Velvet}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Taylor Negron | style="text-align:center;"| 57 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Last Boy Scout|Fast Times at Ridgemont High}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Francesco Rosi | style="text-align:center;"| 92 | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter | {{hlist|The Mattei Affair|Lucky Luciano}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 11 | Anita Ekberg | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| Sweden | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|La Dolce Vita|War and Peace}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 13 | Frank Mazzola | style="text-align:center;"| 79 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Film Editor | {{hlist|Rebel Without a Cause|Demon Seed}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 14 | Darren Shahlavi | style="text-align:center;"| 42 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Stuntman | {{hlist|Ip Man 2|300}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 14 | Layne Tom Jr. | style="text-align:center;"| 87 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Charlie Chan|The Hurricane}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Alan Hirschfield | style="text-align:center;"| 79 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Studio Executive | |
style="text-align:center;"| 16 | Walter Peregoy | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Animator | {{hlist|Sleeping Beauty|One Hundred and One Dalmatians}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 17 | Faten Hamama | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| Egypt | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Empire M| Cairo}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 17 | Don Harron | style="text-align:center;"| 90 | style="text-align:center;"| Canada | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Best of Everything|The Hospital}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Barrie Ingham | style="text-align:center;"| 82 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Great Mouse Detective|The Day of the Jackal}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 29 | Rod McKuen | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Composer, Singer | {{hlist|A Boy Named Charlie Brown|The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 30 | Geraldine McEwan | style="text-align:center;"| 82 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves|Henry V}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 31 | Robert Blees | style="text-align:center;"| 96 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|Magnificent Obsession|Dr. Phibes Rises Again}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 31 | Lizabeth Scott | style="text-align:center;"| 92 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer | {{hlist|The Strange Love of Martha Ivers|Too Late for Tears}} |
rowspan=14 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| February
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Stewart Stern || style="text-align:center;"| 92 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|Rebel Without a Cause|Rachel, Rachel}} | |||||
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style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Mary Healy | style="text-align:center;"| 96 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer | {{hlist|The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T|Star Dust}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Monica Scattini | style="text-align:center;"| 59 | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Nine|Sentimental Maniacs}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 11 | Roger Hanin | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director, Screenwriter | {{hlist|Tamango|Breathless}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 12 | Movita Castaneda | style="text-align:center;"| 98 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Mutiny on the Bounty|Fort Apache}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 14 | Louis Jourdan | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer | {{hlist|Octopussy|Gigi}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Eileen Essell | style="text-align:center;"| 92 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Finding Neverland|Duplex}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 16 | Lesley Gore | style="text-align:center;"| 68 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Songwriter | {{hlist|Ski Party|Fame}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 17 | June Fairchild | style="text-align:center;"| 68 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Head|Drive, He Said}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 19 | Frank Ramírez | style="text-align:center;"| 65 | style="text-align:center;"| Colombia | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Wrath of God|Smith!}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Patricia Norris | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Costume Designer, Production Designer | {{hlist|12 Years a Slave|Scarface}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 21 | Bruce Sinofsky | style="text-align:center;"| 58 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Documentarian | {{hlist|Metallica: Some Kind of Monster|Brother's Keeper}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Richard Bakalyan | style="text-align:center;"| 84 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Fox and the Hound|Chinatown}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Leonard Nimoy | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director | {{hlist|Star Trek|Invasion of the Body Snatchers}} |
rowspan=18 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| March
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Daniel von Bargen || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|Super Troopers|Lord of Illusions}} | |||||
style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Lynn Borden | style="text-align:center;"| 77 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry|Black Mama White Mama}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Albert Maysles | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Documentarian | {{hlist|Gimme Shelter|Grey Gardens}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Richard Glatzer | style="text-align:center;"| 63 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter | {{hlist|Still Alice|Quinceañera}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 11 | Ralph Taeger | style="text-align:center;"| 78 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|X-15|The Carpetbaggers}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 13 | Vincent Wong | style="text-align:center;"| 87 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Die Another Day|Batman}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 14 | Ib Melchior | style="text-align:center;"| 97 | style="text-align:center;"| Denmark | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter | {{hlist|Robinson Crusoe on Mars|The Angry Red Planet}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Sally Forrest | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Dancer | {{hlist|Son of Sinbad|While the City Sleeps}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Walter Grauman | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer | {{hlist|633 Squadron|Lady in a Cage}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Gregory Walcott | style="text-align:center;"| 87 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Eiger Sanction|Plan 9 from Outer Space}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 21 | Alberta Watson | style="text-align:center;"| 60 | style="text-align:center;"| Canada | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Hackers|The Sweet Hereafter}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 24 | Monte Merrick | style="text-align:center;"| 65 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|Memphis Belle|8 Seconds}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Ivo Garrani | style="text-align:center;"| 91 | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Black Sunday|Holocaust 2000}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Rik Battaglia | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Treasure Island|Esther and the King}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 28 | Richard L. Bare | style="text-align:center;"| 101 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter | {{hlist|Wicked, Wicked|Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend }} |
style="text-align:center;"| 28 | Miroslav Ondříček | style="text-align:center;"| 80 | style="text-align:center;"| Czech Republic | style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer | {{hlist|Amadeus|Ragtime}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 28 | Gene Saks | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director | {{hlist|The Odd Couple|Cactus Flower}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 30 | Robert Z'Dar | style="text-align:center;"| 64 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Maniac Cop|Tango & Cash}} |
rowspan=21 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| April
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Robert Walker || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Animator, Director || {{hlist|Brother Bear|The Lion King}} | |||||
style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Manoel de Oliveira | style="text-align:center;"| 106 | style="text-align:center;"| Portugal | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter | {{hlist|A Talking Picture|Belle Toujours}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Vivian Nathan | style="text-align:center;"| 98 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Klute|Teacher's Pet}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Robert Rietti | style="text-align:center;"| 91 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|James Bond|The Omen}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Richard Dysart | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Being There|The Thing}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Richard LaSalle | style="text-align:center;"| 97 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Composer | {{hlist|The Time Travelers|Diary of a Madman}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Tom Towles | style="text-align:center;"| 65 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|House of 1000 Corpses|Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Julie Wilson | style="text-align:center;"| 90 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer | {{hlist|This Could Be the Night|The Strange One}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 6 | James Best | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Sounder|Verboten!}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Eugene Louis Faccuito | style="text-align:center;"| 90 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Dancer | {{hlist|Annie Get Your Gun|An American in Paris}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Stan Freberg | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Voice Actor | {{hlist|Lady and the Tramp|Looney Tunes: Back in Action}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Geoffrey Lewis | style="text-align:center;"| 79 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Thunderbolt and Lightfoot|High Plains Drifter}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Paul Almond | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| Canada | style="text-align:center;"| Director | {{hlist|Isabel|Captive Hearts}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Judith Malina | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|The Addams Family|Dog Day Afternoon}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 13 | Claire Gordon | style="text-align:center;"| 74 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Konga|Beat Girl}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 22 | Gennadi Vengerov | style="text-align:center;"| 55 | style="text-align:center;"| Belarus | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Enemy at the Gates|Soldiers of Fortune}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Richard Corliss | style="text-align:center;"| 71 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Film Critic | None; critiqued films for Time Magazine |
style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Don Mankiewicz | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | style="text-align:center;"| Germany | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|I Want to Live!|The Chapman Report}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 26 | Jayne Meadows | style="text-align:center;"| 95 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|City Slickers|Lady in the Lake}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Andrew Lesnie | style="text-align:center;"| 59 | style="text-align:center;"| Australia | style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer | {{hlist|The Lord of the Rings|King Kong}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 30 | Nigel Terry | style="text-align:center;"| 69 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Lion in Winter|Excalibur}} |
rowspan=27 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Stephen Milburn Anderson || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|South Central|Cash}} | |||||
style="text-align:center;"| 1 | Grace Lee Whitney | style="text-align:center;"| 85 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Star Trek|Irma la Douce}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Michael Blake | style="text-align:center;"| 69 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|Dances with Wolves|Stacy's Knights}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Norman Thaddeus Vane | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter | {{hlist|Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter|Frightmare}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 4 | William Bast | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|The Valley of Gwangi|The Betsy}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Ellen Albertini Dow | style="text-align:center;"| 101 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|The Wedding Singer|Sister Act}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 6 | William Bronder | style="text-align:center;"| 84 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Stand by Me|Yes, Giorgio}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Arieh Elias | style="text-align:center;"| 94 | style="text-align:center;"| Israel | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Kazablan| Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 9 | Elizabeth Wilson | style="text-align:center;"| 94 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|The Graduate|The Addams Family}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 9 | Christopher Wood | style="text-align:center;"| 79 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|The Spy Who Loved Me|Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 13 | Gill Dennis | style="text-align:center;"| 74 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|Walk the Line|Return to Oz}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 14 | B.B. King | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actor | {{hlist|Blues Brothers 2000|Spies Like Us}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Michael Campus | style="text-align:center;"| 80 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director | {{hlist|Z.P.G.|The Mack}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | John Stephenson | style="text-align:center;"| 91 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|At Long Last Love|Charlotte's Web}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Donald Wrye | style="text-align:center;"| 80 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director | {{hlist|Ice Castles|An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 16 | Jackie Basehart | style="text-align:center;"| 63 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Inglorious Bastards|Tea with Mussolini}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 17 | Claude Carliez | style="text-align:center;"| 90 | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Stuntman | {{hlist|The Professional|Valmont}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Mary Ellen Trainor | style="text-align:center;"| 62 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|The Goonies|Die Hard}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 23 | John Carter | style="text-align:center;"| 87 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Scarface|Badlands}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Anne Meara | style="text-align:center;"| 85 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Fame|Reality Bites}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 26 | Vicente Aranda{{Cite web|url=https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/05/26/inenglish/1432647785_591965.html|website=El País|title=Filmmaker Vicente Aranda dies at 88|first1=Manuel|last1=Morales|first2=Rocío|last2=García|date=26 May 2015 }} | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | style="text-align:center;"| Spain | style="text-align:center;"| Director | {{Hlist|The Blood Spattered Bride|Lovers}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 26 | Claudio Caligari | style="text-align:center;"| 67 | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter | {{hlist|Toxic Love|Don't Be Bad}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Russell Wolfe | style="text-align:center;"| 50 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Producer | {{hlist|God's Not Dead|Do You Believe?}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 28 | Reynaldo Rey | style="text-align:center;"| 75 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Friday|White Men Can't Jump}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 29 | Betsy Palmer | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Friday the 13th|Mister Roberts}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 30 | Jake D'Arcy | style="text-align:center;"| 60 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Gregory's Girl|The Little Vampire}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 30 | Julie Harris | style="text-align:center;"| 94 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Costume Designer | {{hlist|Live and Let Die|Darling}} |
rowspan=26 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| June
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Alberto De Martino || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|Holocaust 2000|The Pumaman}} | |||||
style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Hugh Johnson | style="text-align:center;"| 69 | style="text-align:center;"| Ireland | style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer, Director | {{hlist|G.I. Jane|The Chronicles of Riddick}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Richard Johnson | style="text-align:center;"| 87 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Haunting|Lara Croft: Tomb Raider}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Seth Winston | style="text-align:center;"| 64 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer, Screenwriter | {{hlist|She's Out of Control|Session Man}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Christopher Lee | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Dracula|The Lord of the Rings}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 9 | Jean Gruault | style="text-align:center;"| 90 | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|The Story of Adele H.|My American Uncle}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Robert Chartoff | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Producer | {{hlist|Rocky|Raging Bull}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Julie Kirkham | style="text-align:center;"| 61 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Producer | {{hlist|Black Rain|Anna and the King}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 11 | Ron Moody | style="text-align:center;"| 91 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Oliver!|The Twelve Chairs}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 12 | Rick Ducommun | style="text-align:center;"| 62 | style="text-align:center;"| Canada | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Scary Movie|Groundhog Day}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 12 | Monica Lewis | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer | {{hlist|Earthquake|Affair with a Stranger}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 13 | Junix Inocian | style="text-align:center;"| 64 | style="text-align:center;"| Philippines | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Mortdecai|The 51st State}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 13 | George Winslow | style="text-align:center;"| 69 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|My Pal Gus|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Kirk Kerkorian | style="text-align:center;"| 98 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Studio Executive | |
style="text-align:center;"| 16 | Stephen Blauner | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Producer | {{hlist|Drive, He Said|The King of Marvin Gardens}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 17 | Nicola Badalucco | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|The Damned|Death in Venice}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 18 | Jack Rollins | style="text-align:center;"| 100 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Producer | {{hlist|Annie Hall|Manhattan}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 18 | John M. Stephens | style="text-align:center;"| 82 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer | {{hlist|Billy Jack|Blacula}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 21 | Tony Longo | style="text-align:center;"| 53 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Angels in the Outfield|Rapid Fire}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 22 | Laura Antonelli | style="text-align:center;"| 73 | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|The Innocent|Passion of Love}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 22 | James Horner | style="text-align:center;"| 61 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Composer | {{hlist|Titanic|Braveheart}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Magali Noël | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer | {{hlist|La Dolce Vita|Amarcord}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Dick Van Patten | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Spaceballs|High Anxiety}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Patrick Macnee | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Avengers|A View to a Kill}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 28 | Jack Carter | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Horizontal Lieutenant|History of the World, Part I}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 30 | Edward Burnham | style="text-align:center;"| 98 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|To Sir, with Love|Little Dorrit}} |
rowspan=22 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| July
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Sergio Sollima || style="text-align:center;"| 94 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|The Big Gundown|Città violenta}} | |||||
style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Diana Douglas | style="text-align:center;"| 92 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Planes, Trains and Automobiles|It Runs in the Family}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Amanda Peterson | style="text-align:center;"| 43 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Can't Buy Me Love|Annie}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Jacques Sernas | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| Lithuania | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Helen of Troy|55 Days at Peking}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Jerry Weintraub | style="text-align:center;"| 77 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Producer | {{hlist|Ocean's Eleven|The Karate Kid}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Irwin Keyes | style="text-align:center;"| 63 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Flintstones|Intolerable Cruelty}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 9 | Michael Masser | style="text-align:center;"| 74 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Composer, Songwriter | {{hlist|Mahogany|The Greatest}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Roger Rees | style="text-align:center;"| 71 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Robin Hood: Men in Tights|Frida}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Omar Sharif | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| Egypt | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Lawrence of Arabia|Doctor Zhivago}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Aubrey Morris | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|A Clockwork Orange|The Wicker Man}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 17 | Nova Pilbeam | style="text-align:center;"| 95 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|The Man Who Knew Too Much|Young and Innocent}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 18 | George Coe | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Kramer vs. Kramer|The Stepford Wives}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 18 | Alex Rocco | style="text-align:center;"| 79 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Godfather|The Wedding Planner}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 19 | Van Alexander | style="text-align:center;"| 100 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Composer | {{hlist|Strait-Jacket|Andy Hardy Comes Home}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 19 | Douglas S. Cook | style="text-align:center;"| 56 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|The Rock|Double Jeopardy}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 21 | Theodore Bikel | style="text-align:center;"| 91 | style="text-align:center;"| Austria | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer | {{hlist|My Fair Lady|The Defiant Ones}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 22 | Natasha Parry | style="text-align:center;"| 84 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Romeo and Juliet|Midnight Lace}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Robin Phillips | style="text-align:center;"| 75 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Tales from the Crypt | Two Gentlemen Sharing}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Tony Vogel | style="text-align:center;"| 73 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Raiders of the Lost Ark | Mission: Impossible}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 28 | Shawn Robinson | style="text-align:center;"| 41 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Stuntman | {{hlist|Transformers|Guardians of the Galaxy}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 29 | Antony Holland | style="text-align:center;"| 95 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|McCabe & Mrs. Miller | The Accused}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 31 | Roddy Piper | style="text-align:center;"| 61 | style="text-align:center;"| Canada | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|They Live | Hell Comes to Frogtown}} |
rowspan=13 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| August
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Coleen Gray || style="text-align:center;"| 92 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|Red River|The Killing}} | |||||
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | George Cole | style="text-align:center;"| 90 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Cleopatra|Scrooge}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Joyce Ingalls | style="text-align:center;"| 65 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Deadly Force|Paradise Alley}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Terrence Evans | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Terminator 2: Judgment Day|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Uggie | style="text-align:center;"| 13 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Artist|Water for Elephants}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 9 | Jack Gold | style="text-align:center;"| 85 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Director | {{hlist|Aces High|Man Friday}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 13 | Danford B. Greene | style="text-align:center;"| 87 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor | {{hlist|MASH|Blazing Saddles}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 16 | Anna Kashfi | style="text-align:center;"| 80 | style="text-align:center;"| India | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|The Mountain|Cowboy}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 17 | Yvonne Craig | style="text-align:center;"| 78 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer | {{hlist|Gidget|Kissin' Cousins}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 18 | Bud Yorkin | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer | {{hlist|Inspector Clouseau|Divorce American Style}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Melody Patterson | style="text-align:center;"| 66 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Blood and Lace|The Cycle Savages}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 26 | Peter Kern | style="text-align:center;"| 66 | style="text-align:center;"| Austria | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director, Screenwriter | {{hlist|Hitler: A Film from Germany | Despair}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 30 | Wes Craven | style="text-align:center;"| 76 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer, Screenwriter | {{hlist|A Nightmare on Elm Street|Scream}} |
rowspan=18 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| September
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Dean Jones || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|The Love Bug|Beethoven}} | |||||
style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Jean Darling | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Our Gang|Jane Eyre}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Warren Murphy | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|Lethal Weapon 2|The Eiger Sanction}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Setsuko Hara | style="text-align:center;"| 95 | style="text-align:center;"| Japan | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Tokyo Story|Late Spring}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Alan Steel | style="text-align:center;"| 79 | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Giant of Marathon|Samson and the Slave Queen}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Martin Milner | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Sweet Smell of Success|Valley of the Dolls}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Merv Adelson | style="text-align:center;"| 85 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Producer | {{hlist|Twilight's Last Gleaming|The Choirboys}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Dickie Moore | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Out of the Past|Sergeant York}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Franco Interlenghi | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Barefoot Contessa|Shoeshine}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 12 | Frank D. Gilroy | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter | {{hlist|Desperate Characters|The Fastest Gun Alive}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 17 | D. M. Marshman Jr. | style="text-align:center;"| 92 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|Sunset Boulevard|Second Chance}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 18 | Nancy Bernstein | style="text-align:center;"| 55 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Visual Effects Artist, Producer | {{hlist|Rise of the Guardians|Armageddon}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Jack Larson | style="text-align:center;"| 87 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Producer | {{hlist|Superman Returns|Johnny Trouble}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 21 | Yoram Gross | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | style="text-align:center;"| Poland | style="text-align:center;"| Director | {{hlist|Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala|The Little Convict}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 22 | Derek Ware | style="text-align:center;"| 77 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Stuntman | {{hlist|The Italian Job|Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Howard A. Anderson, Jr. | style="text-align:center;"| 95 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Visual Effects Artist | {{hlist|Some Like It Hot|Superman}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | John Guillermin | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer | {{hlist|King Kong|The Towering Inferno}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 29 | Pat Woodell | style="text-align:center;"| 71 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|The Big Doll House|The Woman Hunt}} |
rowspan=18 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| October
| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Yves Barsacq || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|Love and Death|Hit!}} | |||||
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Chantal Akerman | style="text-align:center;"| 65 | style="text-align:center;"| Belgium | style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter | {{hlist|Jeanne Dielman|Almayer's Folly}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Larry Brezner | style="text-align:center;"| 73 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Producer | {{hlist|Throw Momma from the Train|Good Morning, Vietnam}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Andrew Rubin | style="text-align:center;"| 69 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Police Academy|Little Miss Marker}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Kevin Corcoran | style="text-align:center;"| 66 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Producer | {{hlist|Old Yeller|Swiss Family Robinson}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Gene Allen | style="text-align:center;"| 97 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Art Director, Production Designer | {{hlist|My Fair Lady|A Star Is Born}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Richard Davies | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Please Sir!|Zulu}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 9 | Jean Badal | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | style="text-align:center;"| Hungary | style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer | {{hlist|What's New Pussycat?|Playtime}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Penelope Houston | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Film Critic | {{hlist| None; critiqued films for Sight and Sound }} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Tex Rudloff | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Sound Engineer | {{hlist|The Buddy Holly Story|Halloween}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 11 | Bob Minkler | style="text-align:center;"| 78 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Sound Engineer | {{hlist|Star Wars|Tron}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 12 | Joan Leslie | style="text-align:center;"| 90 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Yankee Doodle Dandy|Sergeant York}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 21 | Marty Ingels | style="text-align:center;"| 79 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium|For Singles Only}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Leon Bibb | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actor | {{hlist|For Love of Ivy|The Lost Man}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 24 | Christopher Chapman | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | style="text-align:center;"| Canada | style="text-align:center;"| Director | {{hlist|A Place to Stand|Kelly}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 24 | Maureen O'Hara | style="text-align:center;"| 95 | style="text-align:center;"| Ireland | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Miracle on 34th Street|The Parent Trap}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Betsy Drake | style="text-align:center;"| 92 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Intent to Kill|Dancing in the Dark}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 31 | Charles Herbert | style="text-align:center;"| 66 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Fly|Houseboat}} |
rowspan=21 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Fred Thompson || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|Die Hard 2|The Hunt for Red October}} | |||||
style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Colin Welland | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Screenwriter | {{hlist|Chariots of Fire|Straw Dogs}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 3 | David Graham | style="text-align:center;"| 91 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Casting Director | {{hlist|Purple Rain|The Turning Point}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Melissa Mathison | style="text-align:center;"| 65 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|The Black Stallion}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Ritch Brinkley | style="text-align:center;"| 71 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Breakdown|Cabin Boy}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Gunnar Hansen | style="text-align:center;"| 68 | style="text-align:center;" | Iceland | style="text-align:center;" | Actor | {{hlist|The Texas Chain Saw Massacre|Campfire Tales}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Angad Paul | style="text-align:center;"| 45 | style="text-align:center;" | UK | style="text-align:center;" | Producer | {{hlist|Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels|Snatch}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 14 | Warren Mitchell | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;" | Actor | {{hlist|Jabberwocky|Help!}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Dora Doll | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;" | Actress | {{hlist|Julia|The Young Lions}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Saeed Jaffrey | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| India | style="text-align:center;" | Actor | {{hlist|Gandhi|The Man Who Would Be King}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Nicoletta Machiavelli | style="text-align:center;"| 71 | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;" | Actress | {{hlist|Navajo Joe|Candy}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Moira Orfei | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;" | Actress | {{hlist|Under Ten Flags|Samson and the Slave Queen}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 16 | Michael C. Gross | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;" | Producer | {{hlist|Ghostbusters|Beethoven}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 19 | Rex Reason | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;" | Actor | {{hlist|This Island Earth|The Creature Walks Among Us}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Keith Michell | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | style="text-align:center;"| Australia | style="text-align:center;" | Actor | {{hlist|Henry VIII and His Six Wives|The Executioner}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Beth Rogan | style="text-align:center;"| 84 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;" | Actress | {{hlist|Mysterious Island|Compelled}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Elmo Williams | style="text-align:center;"| 102 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;" | Film Editor, Director, Producer | {{hlist|High Noon|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Barbro Hiort af Ornäs | style="text-align:center;"| 94 | style="text-align:center;"| Sweden | style="text-align:center;" | Actress | {{hlist|Brink of Life|All These Women}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 28 | Marjorie Lord | style="text-align:center;"| 97 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;" | Actress | {{hlist|Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!|Sherlock Holmes in Washington}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 30 | Eldar Ryazanov | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | style="text-align:center;"| Russia | style="text-align:center;" | Director, Screenwriter | {{hlist|Hussar Ballad|Office Romance}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 30 | Steve Shagan | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter | {{hlist|Save the Tiger|Primal Fear}} |
rowspan=21 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| December
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Gabriele Ferzetti || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|On Her Majesty's Secret Service|Once Upon a Time in the West}} | |||||
style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Robert Loggia | style="text-align:center;"| 85 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Big|Jagged Edge}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Marília Pêra | style="text-align:center;"| 72 | style="text-align:center;"| Brazil | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Pixote|Central Station}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Nicholas Smith | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Are You Being Served?|Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Holly Woodlawn | style="text-align:center;"| 69 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Trash|Women in Revolt}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Shirley Stelfox | style="text-align:center;"| 74 | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | {{hlist|Personal Services|Nineteen Eighty-Four}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Denis Héroux | style="text-align:center;"| 75 | style="text-align:center;"| Canada | style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Director | {{hlist|Quest for Fire|Atlantic City}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 14 | Edmund Lyndeck | style="text-align:center;"| 90 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Big Daddy|Enchanted}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Ken Pogue | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| Canada | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Dead Zone|The 6th Day}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 19 | Louis DiGiaimo | style="text-align:center;"| 77 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Casting Director, Producer | {{hlist|The Godfather|The Exorcist}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 22 | Brooke McCarter | style="text-align:center;"| 52 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Lost Boys|Thrashin'}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Jason Wingreen | style="text-align:center;"| 95 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|The Empire Strikes Back|Airplane!}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Franco Giacobini | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Erik the Conqueror|The Mercenary}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Haskell Wexler | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer, Director | {{hlist|Bound for Glory|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 31 | Wayne Rogers | style="text-align:center;"| 82 | style="text-align:center;" | US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | {{hlist|Cool Hand Luke|Ghosts of Mississippi}} |
Film debuts
- Anthony Bajon – Les Ogres
- Zazie Beetz – James White
- Brian Patrick Butler – Bullets, Fangs and Dinner at 8
- Leo Harlem – Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas
- Miguel Herrán − Nothing in Return
- Sofia Lebedeva – The Dawns Here Are Quiet
- Gabriel Leone – Garoto
- Brigette Lundy-Paine – Irrational Man
- Brian Tyree Henry – Puerto Ricans in Paris
- Daisy Ridley – Scrawl
- Eugenia Suárez – Abzurdah
- Berta Vázquez − Palm Trees in the Snow
- Angela Yuen - Are You Here
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=2015-01-01,2015-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 2015 films] at IMDb
- [https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2015/?grossesOption=calendarGrosses 2015 Domestic Grosses] at Box Office Mojo
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2015-01-01,2015-12-31&adult=include List of 2015 deaths] at IMDb
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=2015-01-01,2015-12-31&adult=include List of 2015 births] at IMDb
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