1984 in film

Events

• November 26 - Filming starts on Back to the Future.

Top Grossing Films of the Year

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. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
9. Romancing the Stone, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner
10. Purple Rain, starring Prince

Academy Award Winners

• 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

Births

Deaths

• 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 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

Other Movies Released

• Amadeus
• The Killing Fields
• Places in the Heart
• Ewok Adventures
• 2010 The Year We Make Contact
• Friday The 13th(4): The Final Chapter
• This is Spinal Tap
• Cannonball Run II