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The year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
Events[]
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- February 5
- Loaded Weapon 1 (New Line Cinema/3 Arts Entertainment/Goodman Rosen Productions)
- Sommersby (Warner Bros./Le Studio Canal+/Regency Enterprises/Alcor Films)
- February 26 - Falling Down (Warner Bros./Le Studio Canal+/Regency Enterprises/Alcor Films)
- March 3 - Sunset Grill (New Line Cinema/The Movie Group/Cinema Studio)
- March 5 - Amos & Andrew (Castle Rock Entertainment/New Line Cinema/Columbia Pictures)
- March 19
- Point of No Return (Warner Bros./Art Linson Productions)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (New Line Cinema/Golden Harvest/Clearwater Holdings); USA distribution only; International distribution by 20th Century Fox.
- April 2 - The Crush (Warner Bros./Morgan Creek Productions)
- April 16 - Boiling Point (Warner Bros./Le Studio Canal+/Hexagon Films)
- April 23
- This Boy's Life (Warner Bros./Knickerbocker Films)
- Who's the Man? (New Line Cinema/Thomas Entertainment/Tin Pan Apple/De Passe Entertainment)
- April 30 - Three of Hearts (New Line Cinema/Permut Presentations/Three Hearts Productions)
- May 7 - Dave (Warner Bros./Northern Lights Entertainment/Lauren Shuler Donner Productions)
- May 14 - Excessive Force (New Line Cinema/3 Arts Entertainment/Ian Page Productions)
- May 26 - Menace II Society (New Line Cinema)
- May 28 - Made in America (Warner Bros./Le Studio Canal+/Regency Enterprises/Alcor Films)
- June 25 - Dennis the Menace (Warner Bros. Family Entertainment/John Hughes Entertainment/Hank Ketcham Enterprises)
- July 9 - In the Line of Fire (Castle Rock Entertainment/Apple-Rose Productions/Columbia Pictures)
- July 16 - Free Willy (Warner Bros. Family Entertainment/Regency Enterprises/Le Studio Canal+/Alcor Films)
- July 30 - Tom and Jerry: The Movie (Turner Pictures/Miramax Films) (United States)
- August 6
- The Fugitive (Warner Bros./Kopelson Entertainment)
- That Night (Warner Bros./Le Studio Canal+/Regency Enterprises/Alcor Films)
- August 13
- Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (New Line Cinema/Sean S. Cunningham Films)
- The Secret Garden (Warner Bros. Family Entertainment/American Zoetrope)
- August 20 - Surf Ninjas (New Line Cinema)
- August 25 - The Man Without a Face (Warner Bros./Icon Productions)
- August 27 - Needful Things (Castle Rock Entertainment/New Line Cinema/Columbia Pictures)
- September 10 - True Romance (Warner Bros./Morgan Creek Productions/Davis Films/A Band Apart)
- September 17 - Airborne (Warner Bros./Icon Productions)
- October 1
- October 8
- Demolition Man (Warner Bros./Silver Pictures)
- Gettysburg (New Line Cinema/Turner Pictures/Esparza/Katz Productions/TriStar Television)
- Mr. Nanny (New Line Cinema)
- October 15
- Fearless (Warner Bros./Spring Creek Productions)
- Mr. Wonderful (Warner Bros./The Samuel Goldwyn Company)
- November 19 - Man's Best Friend (New Line Cinema/Roven-Cavallo Entertainment)
- November 24
- A Perfect World (Warner Bros./Malpaso Productions)
- The Nutcracker (Warner Bros. Family Entertainment/Elektra Entertainment/Regency Enterprises)
- Josh and S.A.M. (Castle Rock Entertainment/New Line Cinema/Columbia Pictures)
- December 17
- December 25
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Warner Bros. Family Entertainment/Warner Bros. Animation/DC Comics)
- Grumpy Old Men (Warner Bros./John Davis/Lancaster Gate Productions)
Shorts[]
Television[]
- September 13 - Animaniacs (Warner Bros. Animation/Amblin Entertainment) premieres on Fox Kids
Comics[]
Video games[]
- March - Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure
- March - Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose!
- April - Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland
- September - Tiny Toon Adventures: Cartoon Workshop
- December - Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions
Theme parks[]
- May 1 - Batman: The Ride opens at Six Flags Great Adventure.
People[]
Births[]
Deaths[]
- January 3 - Franziska Liebing (actress)
- January 16 - Glenn Corbett (actor)
- January 18 - Richard Waring (actor)
- January 19 - Margaret Marquis (actress)
- January 20 - Audrey Hepburn (actress and humanitarian)
- February 5 - Roxanne Kernohan (actress)
- February 18 - Rita La Roy (actress and dancer)
- February 26 - Constance Ford (actress and model)
- February 28 - Ruby Keeler (actress, dancer and singer)
- March 1 - Terry Frost (actor)
- March 3 - Robert Carricart (actor)
- March 4 - Georgette Anys (actress)
- March 11 - Irene Ware (actress)
- March 16 - Chishū Ryū (actor)
- March 22 - Enzo Fiermonte (actor and boxer)
- April 15 - William Bakewell (actor)
- May 9 - Mary Duncan (actress)
- May 17 - Joe Ploski (actor)
- May 21 - John Holland (actor and singer)
- May 23 - James Millhollin (actor)
- May 25 - Dan Seymour (actor)
- June 6 - James Bridges (screenwriter, film director, producer and actor)
- June 9 - Alexis Smith (actress, pin-up girl and singer)
- June 10 - Richard Webb (actor)
- June 11 - Bernard Bresslaw (actor and comedian)
- June 23 - Flora Bramley (actress and comedian)
- June 30 - Spanky McFarland (actor)
- July 3 - Joe DeRita (actor and comedian)
- July 4 - Anne Shirley (actress)
- July 9 - Will Rogers Jr. (politician, writer and newspaper publisher)
- July 15 - David Brian (actor)
- July 21 - Richard Tee(jazz fusion pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger)
- August 1 - Claire Du Brey (actress)
- August 4 - John M. Pickard (actor)
- August 7 - Charles Maxwell (actor and producer)
- August 8 - Harry Bellaver (actor)
- August 10 - Audrey Chapman (actress)
- August 23 - Gregory Gaye (actor)
- August 28 - Rene Ray (actress)
- August 30 - Richard Jordan (actor)
- September 10 - Cal Howard (cartoon story artist, animator and director)
- September 12 - Raymond Burr (actor)
- September 16 - Riley Hill (actor)
- September 17 - James Griffith (actor, musician and screenwriter)
- September 24 - Zita Johann (actress)
- September 29 - Gordon Douglas (film director and actor)
- October 7 - Cyril Cusack (actor, voice actor and director)
- October 10 - John Bindon (actor and bodyguard)
- October 12 - Leon Ames (actor)
- October 25 - Vincent Price (actor)
- October 31
- Gilman Rankin (actor)
- River Phoenix (actor and musician)
- November 3 - John Lupton (actor)
- November 7 - Charles Aidman (actor)
- November 8 - Dick Cathcart (musician)
- November 18 - Fritz Feld (actor)
- November 19 - Dorothy Revier (actress)
- November 25 - Claudia McNeil (actress)
- November 28 - June Gittelson (actress)
- December 6 - Don Ameche (actor, comedian and vaudevillian)
- December 14 - Myrna Loy (actress)
- December 16 - Moses Gunn (actor)
- December 18 - Sam Wanamaker (actor and director)
- December 22 - Don DeFore (actor)
- December 23 - James Ellison (actor)
- December 28 - Howard Caine (actor)
- December 30 - Mack David (lyricist and songwriter)
Home Video releases[]
VHS releases[]
- January 7
- January 13 - Where the Day Takes You
- February 10 - It
- February 17
- February 24
- March 3
- March 17
- The Mambo Kings
- Time Runner
- March 24 - Pure Country
- March 31
- April 14
- May 19
- June 9 - Forever Young
- June 16 - Damage
- June 23 - Empire of the Sun
- July 7
- July 14 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
- July 21 - Amos & Andrew
- August 4 - Sommersby
- August 11 - Falling Down
- August 25 - Boling Point
- September 1
- September 8 - The Crush
- September 15 - Loaded Weapon 1
- September 29 - Excessive Force
- October 20
- October 26
- November 3 - Who's the Man?
- November 16 - Free Willy
- November 23 - Made in America
- December 22 - Dave
- December 29 - Surf Ninjas
- December 30
- Authentic and Original Warner Bros. Looney Tunes Cartoons series
Direct-to-video[]
Character debuts[]
- January - Bane
- Animaniacs: Yakko, Wakko and Dot, Dr. Scratchansniff, Hello Nurse, Thaddeus Plotz, Pinky and the Brain, Slappy Squirrel, Skippy Squirrel, Walter Wolf, Sid the Squid, Beanie the Bison, the Goodfeathers, Buttons, Mindy, Rita and Runt, Flavio and Marita, Chicken Boo
- June 25 - Baraka, Jade, Jax, Kitano, Kung Lao, Mileena, Noob Saibot, Shao Khan, Smoke
Behind the scenes[]
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