1984 in film: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

See also: 1983 in film, other events of 1984, 1985 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Events

• Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film.
• November 26 - Filming starts on Back to the Future.

1. Ghost Busters, starring Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray
2. Beverly Hills Cop, starring Eddie Murphy
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, starring Harrison Ford
4. Gremlins
5. The Karate Kid
6. Police Academy
7. Footloose
8. Romancing the Stone, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner
9. Purple Rain, starring Prince

• Best Film - Amadeus
• Best Director - Milos Forman, Amadeus
• Best Actor - F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus
• Best Actress - Sally Field, Places in the Heart
• Best Supporting Actor - Haing S. Ngor, The Killing Fields
• Best Supporting Actress - Dame Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage To India

• January 20 - Johnny Weissmuller, actor
• February 15 - Ethel Merman, singer, actress
• March 1 - Jackie Coogan, actor
• March 24 - Sam Jaffe, actor
• May 16 - Andy Kaufman, comedian
• July 27 - James Mason, British actor
• August 4 - Mary Miles Minter, actress
• August 5 - Richard Burton, actor
• September 17 - Richard Basehart, actor
• September 25 - Walter Pidgeon, actor
• October 21 - François Truffaut, French film director
• October 23 - Oskar Werner, actor
• December 24 - Peter Lawford, actor
• December 28 - Sam Peckinpah, director

• 1984
• 2010 The Year We Make Contact
• Amadeus
• Cannonball Run II
• Ewok Adventures
• The Killing Fields
• The Muppets Take Manhattan
• Once Upon a Time in America
• Places in the Heart
• This is Spinal Tap