1974 in film
The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.
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Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1974 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Studio | Box-office gross rental |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Towering Inferno | 20th Century Fox/Warner Bros. Pictures | $50,000,000[1] |
| 2 | Blazing Saddles | Warner Bros. Pictures | $45,200,000[1] |
| 3 | Young Frankenstein | 20th Century Fox | $38,800,000[1] |
| 4 | Earthquake | Universal Pictures | $36,300,000[1] |
| 5 | The Trial of Billy Jack | Warner Bros. Pictures | $31,100,000[2] |
| 6 | The Godfather Part II | Paramount Pictures | $30,700,000[1] |
| 7 | Airport 1975 | Universal Pictures | $25,800,000[1] |
| 8 | The Longest Yard | Paramount Pictures | $23,000,000[1] |
| 9 | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Sunn Classic Pictures | $21,895,000[3] |
| 10 | Murder on the Orient Express | Paramount Pictures | $19,124,000[3] |
Events
- February 7 – Blazing Saddles is released in the United States.
- May 28 - Joseph E. Levine, the founder of Embassy Pictures, resigns as president.
- June 20 – Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski and featured Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston, is released to worldwide critical acclaim.
- November 1 – Technicolor ceases its legendary dye-transfer printing process.
- November 8 – Frank Yablans announces his resignation as president of Paramount Pictures with effect from January 5, 1975 following Barry Diller earlier becoming chairman and chief executive office.
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with big fanfare, including That's Entertainment!, a retrospective documentary celebrating its prestigious musicals (e.g. The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, Meet Me in St. Louis, Gigi, An American in Paris, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers).
- October–December – Three "disaster films" are released in three consecutive months: Airport 1975, Earthquake, and The Towering Inferno respectively. All were box office successes.
- Kevin Costner made his film debut in Sizzle Beach, U.S.A., although the film was not released until 1986.
Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Conversation, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, United States
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, directed by Ted Kotcheff, Canada
Notable films released in 1974
United States unless stated
- The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army (Urutora Roku Kyōdai tai Kaijū Gundan) – (Japan/Thailand)
- 11 Harrowhouse, starring Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, James Mason
- 36 Ghante, starring Raaj Kumar and Sunil Dutt – (India)
- 99 and 44/100% Dead, starring Richard Harris, Ann Turkel, Edmond O'Brien, Chuck Connors
A
- Aap Ki Kasam, starring Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz – (India)
- Abby, starring William Marshall
- Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja (Predstava Hamleta u Mrduši Donjoj) – (Yugoslavia)
- Aina (The Mirror) – (Pakistan)
- Airport 1975, starring Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Myrna Loy, Gloria Swanson
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Angst essen Seele auf), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder – (West Germany)
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Harvey Keitel, Alfred Lutter, Jodie Foster
- Alice in the Cities (Alice in den Städten), directed by Wim Wenders – (West Germany)
- Alien Thunder, starring Donald Sutherland
- All the Kind Strangers, directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Stacy Keach and Samantha Eggar
- Allonsanfàn, starring Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
- Almost Human (Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare), starring Tomas Milian and Henry Silva – (Italy)
- And Now My Love (Toute une vie), directed by Claude Lelouch, starring Marthe Keller – (France)
- And Then There Were None, starring Richard Attenborough, Charles Aznavour, Gert Fröbe, Herbert Lom, Oliver Reed, Adolfo Celi, Elke Sommer
- Animals Are Beautiful People – (South Africa)
- Angkur (The Seedling) – (India)
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Richard Dreyfuss – Golden Bear winner – (Canada)
- Arabian Nights (Il fiore delle mille e una notte), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – (Italy)
- At Home Among Strangers (Svoy sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoy sredi svoikh) – (U.S.S.R.)
- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (made for TV), starring Cicely Tyson
B
- Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, starring Barry Crocker and Barry Humphries – (Australia)
- The Beast Must Die, starring Peter Cushing – (U.K.)
- Benji, starring Patsy Garrett
- Big Bad Mama, starring Angie Dickinson
- Billy Two Hats, starring Gregory Peck and Desi Arnaz, Jr.
- Black Belt Jones, starring Jim Kelly
- Black Christmas (a.k.a. Silent Night, Evil Night), starring Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Keir Dullea – (Canada)
- The Black Windmill, starring Michael Caine and Janet Suzman – (U.K.)
- Blazing Saddles, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Slim Pickens, Alex Karras
- Blood for Dracula (Andy Warhol's Dracula), directed by Paul Morrissey
- Bread and Chocolate (Pane e cioccolata), starring Nino Manfredi – (Italy)
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Gig Young, Robert Webber
- Buster and Billie, starring Jan-Michael Vincent
- Butley, directed by Harold Pinter, starring Alan Bates and Jessica Tandy – (U.K.)
C
- Caged Heat, directorial debut of Jonathan Demme
- California Split, directed by Robert Altman, starring George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss
- Callan, starring Edward Woodward – (U.K.)
- Carry On Dick, starring Sid James and Barbara Windsor – (U.K.)
- The Cars that Ate Paris, directorial debut of Peter Weir – (Australia)
- The Castaway Cowboy, directed by Vincent McEveety, starring James Garner, Vera Miles, Eric Shea, and Robert Culp
- Celine and Julie Go Boating (Céline et Julie vont en bateau), directed by Jacques Rivette – (France)
- Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway – Golden Globe Awards for best picture, director and actor
- Claudine, starring Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones
- The Clockmaker (L' Horloger de Saint-Paul), directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Philippe Noiret and Jean Rochefort – (France)
- Cockfighter, starring Warren Oates and Harry Dean Stanton
- Conrack, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Jon Voight
- The Conscript (De loteling) – (Belgium)
- The Conversation, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Harrison Ford
- Conversation Piece (Gruppo di famiglia in un interno), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster – (Italy)
- Crazy Joe, starring Peter Boyle, Paula Prentiss, Eli Wallach
- The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder, starring Timothy Bottoms and Barbara Hershey
D
- Daisy Miller, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Cybill Shepherd and Barry Brown
- Dark Star, directed by John Carpenter, starring Dan O'Bannon
- Death Wish, directed by Michael Winner, starring Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia, Hope Lange
- The Deluge (Potop) – (Poland)
- Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, starring Peter Fonda and Susan George
- Dost (Friend), starring Dharmendra – (India)
- Drama of the Rich (Fatti di gente perbene), starring Giancarlo Giannini and Catherine Deneuve – (Italy)
E
- Earthquake, directed by Mark Robson, starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Richard Roundtree, Geneviève Bujold, Victoria Principal
- Edvard Munch – (Norway/Sweden)
- Effi Briest, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Hanna Schygulla – (West Germany)
- Electra, My Love (Szerelmem, Elektra), directed by Miklós Jancsó – (Hungary)
- Emmanuelle, starring Sylvia Kristel – (France)
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (a.k.a. Every Man For Himself and God Against All), directed by Werner Herzog – (West Germany)
F
- F for Fake (originally Vérités et Mensonges), directed by and starring Orson Welles – (France/West Germany/Iran)
- Female Trouble, directed by John Waters, starring Divine
- Five Shaolin Masters (Shao Lin wu zu), directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)
- Flesh for Frankenstein (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein), directed by Paul Morrissey
- For Pete's Sake, starring Barbra Streisand
- The Four Musketeers (a.k.a. The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge), starring Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain – (U.K.)
- Foxy Brown, starring Pam Grier
- Freebie and the Bean, starring James Caan and Alan Arkin
- The Front Page, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Carol Burnett
G
- The Gambler, directed by Karel Reisz, starring James Caan, Lauren Hutton, Paul Sorvino
- Gavaznha (The Deer) – (Iran)
- General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait), a documentary film by Barbet Schroeder – (France/Switzerland)
- Ginger in the Morning, starring Sissy Spacek
- The Girl from Petrovka, starring Goldie Hawn, Hal Holbrook, Anthony Hopkins
- The Godfather Part II, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Michael V. Gazzo, Lee Strasberg
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, directed by Jun Fukuda – (Japan)
- Going Places (Les Valseuses), directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Jeanne Moreau – (France)
- Gold, starring Roger Moore and Susannah York
- Golden Needles, starring Joe Don Baker and Elizabeth Ashley
- The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, starring John Phillip Law and Tom Baker with special effects by Ray Harryhausen – (U.K.)
- Gone in 60 Seconds, directed by and starring H. B. Halicki
- Great Expectations, starring Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason – (U.S./U.K.)
- The Great Gatsby, directed by Jack Clayton, starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, Lois Chiles, Karen Black
- La Gueule ouverte (The Mouth Agape), directed by Maurice Pialat – (France)
H
- Harry and Tonto, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Art Carney, Herbert Berghof, Larry Hagman, Ellen Burstyn
- Hearts and Minds, directed by Peter Davis – Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
- Herbie Rides Again, starring Helen Hayes, Stefanie Powers, Ken Berry
- Heroes Two (Fang Shiyu yu Hong Xiguan), directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong)
- The Holy Office (El santo oficio) – (Mexico)
- The Homeless (Yadonashi) – (Japan)
- Hotel Angel (Theptida rong ram) – (Thailand)
I
- The Internecine Project, starring James Coburn and Lee Grant – (U.K.)
- The Island at the Top of the World, starring David Hartman and Donald Sinden
- It's Alive, starring John P. Ryan and Sharon Farrell
J
- Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje! (Joachim, Put It in the Machine) – (Czechoslovakia)
- Jock Petersen, starring Jack Thompson – (Australia)
- Journey Back to Oz
- Juggernaut, starring Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, Anthony Hopkins – (U.K.)
- A Jungle Book of Regulations (Nie ma rózy bez ognia) – (Poland)
K
- Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon – (Japan)
- The Klansman, directed by Terence Young, starring Lee Marvin and Richard Burton
- Kunwara Baap, directed by and starring Mehmood – (India)
L
- Lacombe, Lucien, directed by Louis Malle, starring Pierre Blaise and Aurore Clément – (France)
- Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones, a concert film
- Lancelot du Lac, directed by Robert Bresson – (France)
- Lenny, a biopic of Lenny Bruce, directed by Bob Fosse, starring Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine
- Little House on the Prairie
- The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, starring Dan Haggerty
- The Longest Yard (a.k.a. The Mean Machine), directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad, Richard Kiel
- The Lords of Flatbush, starring Perry King, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler
- Lost in the Stars, starring Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Clifton Davis
- Lovin' Molly, starring Blythe Danner, Anthony Perkins, Beau Bridges
- Luther, a biopic of Martin Luther, starring Stacy Keach – (U.K./U.S./Canada)
M
- Macon County Line, starring Max Baer, Jr.
- Madhouse, starring Vincent Price
- Mahler, a biopic of Gustav Mahler directed by Ken Russell – (U.K.)
- Majboor (Compulsed) – (India)
- Mame, directed by Gene Saks, starring Lucille Ball, Beatrice Arthur, Robert Preston
- Man on a Swing, directed by Frank Perry, starring Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan, Elizabeth Wilson, George Voskovec
- The Man Who Sleeps (Un homme qui dort) – (France) – winner of the Prix Jean Vigo
- The Man with the Golden Gun, directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond), with Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland – (U.K.)
- The Mark of Zorro
- The Marseille Contract, starring Michael Caine, James Mason, Anthony Quinn
- Mashti Mamdali's Car by Reza Fazeli (Iran)
- McQ, directed by John Sturges, starring John Wayne, Al Lettieri, Eddie Albert, Clu Gulager, Colleen Dewhurst, Diana Muldaur
- Le meravigliose avventure di Zorro
- The Middle of the World (Le Milieu du monde) – (France/Switzerland)
- The Midnight Man, directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, with Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell, Ed Lauter
- The Missiles of October, made for TV, directed by Anthony Page, starring William Devane, Martin Sheen, Ralph Bellamy, Howard Da Silva, James Hong
- Mr. Majestyk, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Charles Bronson, Linda Cristal, Al Lettieri
- Murder on the Orient Express, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave, Ingrid Bergman, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Richard Widmark – (U.K.)
- My Little Loves (Mes Petites Amoureuses) – (France)
N
- Newman's Law, starring George Peppard
- The Night of the Scarecrow (A Noite do Espantalho) – (Brazil)
- The Night Porter (Il Portiere di notte), directed by Liliana Cavani, starring Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling – (Italy)
- The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, an adult animated film
O
- The Odessa File, directed by Ronald Neame, starring Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell – (U.K./West Germany)
- One or the Other of Us, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Jürgen Prochnow – (West Germany)
- Les Ordres (Orders), starring Jean Lapointe – (Canada)
P
- Parade, directed by and starring Jacques Tati – (France/Sweden)
- The Parallax View, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss
- Pastoral: To Die in the Country (Den-en ni shisu) – (Japan)
- A Peasant on a Bicycle (Selyaninat s Koleloto), directed by Lyudmil Kirkov, starring Georgi Georgiev-Getz and Georgi Rusev – (Bulgaria)
- The Phantom of Liberty (Le Fantôme de la liberté), directed by Luis Buñuel – (France)
- Phantom of the Paradise, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Paul Williams and Jessica Harper
- Phase IV, directed by Saul Bass, starring Michael Murphy and Nigel Davenport
- La prima Angélica (a.k.a. Cousin Angelica), directed by Carlos Saura – (Spain)
Q
- QB VII, mini-series for TV, starring Anthony Hopkins, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick, Leslie Caron
R
- The Red Snowball Tree (Kalina krasnaya) – (U.S.S.R.)
- The Rehearsal (I Dokimi), directed by and starring Jules Dassin with Olympia Dukakis – (Greece)
- Report to the Commissioner, starring Michael Moriarty and Yaphet Kotto
- Return of the Street Fighter (Satsujin ken 2) – (Japan)
- Rhinoceros, starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel
S
- Sandakan No. 8 (Brothel 8) – (Japan)
- The Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova) – (U.S.S.R.)
- Scent of a Woman (Profumo di donna), directed by Dino Risi, starring Vittorio Gassman – (Italy)
- Sister Street Fighter (Onna Hissatsu Ken) – (Japan)
- Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (Onna hissatsu ken: kiki ippatsu) – (Japan)
- Son of Dracula, starring Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr – (U.K.)
- The Spikes Gang, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Lee Marvin, Ron Howard, Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith
- S*P*Y*S, starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould
- Stardust, directed by Michael Apted, starring David Essex, Adam Faith and Larry Hagman – (U.K.)
- Stavisky, directed by Alain Resnais, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo – (France/Italy)
- Still Life (Tabiate bijan) – (Iran)
- Stone, a cult Australian film
- The Street Fighter (Gekitotsu! Satsujin Ken), starring Sonny Chiba – (Japan)
- The Street Fighter's Last Revenge – (Japan)
- The Sugarland Express, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Ben Johnson
- The Super Cops, directed by Gordon Parks, starring Ron Leibman, David Selby, Sheila Frazier, Pat Hingle, Dan Frazer
- Sweet Movie, directed by Dušan Makavejev – (Canada/France/West Germany)
- Swept Away (Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto), starring Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato – (Italy)
- Symptoms, starring Angela Pleasence – (U.K.)
T
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, directed by Joseph Sargent, starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Héctor Elizondo, Jerry Stiller
- The Tamarind Seed, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif – (U.K./U.S.)
- The Terminal Man, starring George Segal and Joan Hackett
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, directed by Tobe Hooper, starring Marilyn Burns
- That's Entertainment!, a documentary directed by Jack Haley, Jr., featuring Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, Bing Crosby, Mickey Rooney, Liza Minnelli
- Thieves Like Us, directed by Robert Altman, starring Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges
- Torkaman by Amir Shervan (Iran)
- The Towering Inferno, starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Jennifer Jones, Robert Wagner, O. J. Simpson, Fred Astaire
- Three Tough Guys, starring Lino Ventura, Fred Williamson, Isaac Hayes
- Truck Turner, starring Isaac Hayes
- The Traveler (Mossafer), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – (Iran)
U
- The Ultimate Thrill, starring Barry Brown and Britt Ekland
V
- Vampyres, starring Marianne Morris and Anulka – (U.K.)
- Vase de Noces, directed by Thierry Zéno – (Belgium)
W
- We All Loved Each Other So Much (C'eravamo tanto amati), directed by Ettore Scola, starring Stefania Sandrelli and Vittorio Gassman – (Italy)
- Weighed But Found Wanting (Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang) – (Philippines)
- When the North Wind Blows, starring Dan Haggerty
- Where the Lilies Bloom, starring Harry Dean Stanton
- The White Dawn, starring Warren Oates, Louis Gossett, Jr., Timothy Bottoms – (Canada)
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (animated short)
- A Woman Under the Influence, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands (Golden Globe Award) and Peter Falk
Y
- Young Frankenstein, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Peter Boyle
Z
- Zandy's Bride, starring Gene Hackman and Liv Ullmann
- Zardoz, starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling – (U.K.)
1974 Wide-release movies
United States unless stated
January–March
- January 1974
- 1 January
- 4 January
- 13 January
- 15 January
- 21 January
- 28 January
- 31 January
- February 1974
- 2 February
- 6 February
- 7 February
- 11 February
- 15 February
- 20 February
- 22 February
- 23 February
- 27 February
- March 1974
- 7 March
- 14 March
- Alice in Wonderland (re-release)
- 15 March
- 20 March
- The Super Cops (debut in its plot and filming city, New York, with its Los Angeles debut on April 10)
- 21 March
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla – (Japan)
- 22 March
- 27 March
- 28 March
- John Carpenter's directoral debut, Dark Star, limited to Los Angeles' International Film Exposition, aka 'Filmex'.
- 29 March
April–June
- April 1974
- 3 April
- 5 April
- 7 April
- 10 April
- 14 April
- 16 April
- 19 April
- 22 April
- 24 April
- 29 April
- May 1974
- 1 May
- 2 May
- 10 May
- 15 May
- 17 May
- 19 May
- 20 May
- 22 May
- 24 May
- June 1974
- 6 June
- 9 June
- 14 June
- 20 June
- 21 June
- 23 June
- 26 June
- 28 June
July–September
- July 1974
- 8 July
- 12 July
- 17 July
- 21 July
- 24 July
- 26 July
- 31 July
- August 1974
- 2 August
- 7 August
- California Split
- Together Brothers
- Way of the Dragon (re-release)
- 8 August
- 12 August
- 14 August
- 18 August
- 21 August
- Buster and Billie
- The Longest Yard (New York)
- Newman's Law
- 22 August
- 30 August
- September 1974
- 3 September
- 5 September
- 6 September
- 10 September
- 13 September
- 14 September
- 18 September
- Gone with the Wind (re-release)
- 19 September
- 20 September
- 25 September
- 29 September
October–December
- October 1974
- The House on Skull Mountain
- 1 October
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Austin, hometown of its director, Tobe Hooper, with Los Angeles and New York City on the 30th.)
- 2 October
- 4 October
- 9 October
- 10 October
- 11 October
- 17 October
- 18 October
- Airport 1975
- It's Alive
- The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
- The Odessa File
- Mixed Company
- A Woman Under the Influence (New York Film Festival)
- 24 October
- 25 October
- 31 October
- 1 October
- November 1974
- 1 November
- 6 November
- 7 November
- 8 November
- 12 November
- 13 November
- 15 November
- 21 November
- 22 November
- 29 November
- December 1974
- 3 December
- 5 December
- 9 December
- 12 December
- 14 December
- 15 December
- 18 December
- 20 December
- 25 December
Births
- January 5 – Daisy Bates, English actress
- January 10
- Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor, musician, comedian, singer, director and writer
- Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
- January 24 – Ed Helms, American actor and comedian
- January 30 – Christian Bale, English actor
- February 4 – Urmila Matondkar, Indian actress
- February 8 – Seth Green, American actor, voice artist, comedian, producer, writer and director
- February 9
- Erra Fazira, Malaysian actress
- Amber Valletta, American model and actress
- February 10 – Elizabeth Banks, American actress, director, writer and producer
- February 15 – Miranda July (née Grossinger), American filmmaker, performance artist and fiction writer
- February 16 – Mahershala Ali, American actor and rapper
- February 17
- David Lipper, Canadian actor
- Jerry O'Connell, American actor
- February 25 – Divya Bharti, Indian actress (d. 1993)
- March 5 – Eva Mendes, American actress
- March 8 – Cesar Velasco Broca, Spanish actor and cult filmmaker
- March 21 - Rhys Darby, New Zealand actor, comedian and voice actor
- March 24 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress
- April 21 - John Hasler, English actor and voice-over artist
- April 24 – Jennifer Paz, Filipino actress
- April 26 – Ivana Miličević, American actress
- April 28 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
- May 2 - Matt Berry, English actor, voice actor, comedian, writer and musician
- May 7 – Breckin Meyer, American actor, voice actor, writer, producer and drummer
- May 11 – Benoit Magimel, French actor
- May 15 – Russell Hornsby, American actor
- May 21 – Fairuza Balk, American actress
- May 22 – Sean Gunn, American actor
- June 16 - Joseph May, British-born Canadian-American actor
- June 20 – Lenin M. Sivam, Sri Lankan-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
- June 23 – Joel Edgerton, Australian actor
- June 25 – Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
- July 8 – Tami Erin, American actress
- July 22 – Franka Potente, German actress
- July 30 – Hilary Swank, American actress
- August 5 – Kajol, Indian actress
- August 7 – Michael Shannon, American actor
- August 15 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress and model
- August 20
- Amy Adams, American actress
- Misha Collins, American actor
- August 23 – Ray Park, English actor
- September 10 – Ryan Phillippe, American actor
- September 18 - Xzibit, American rapper, actor and broadcaster
- September 19 – Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish actress and model
- October 17 – Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
- October 20 – Brian Limond, Scottish comedian, actor and writer
- October 28 – Joaquin Phoenix, American actor
- November 4 – Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor
- November 10 – Simone Singh, Indian actress
- November 11 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor
- November 16 – Chloë Sevigny, American actress
- November 17 – Leslie Bibb, American actress and model
- November 21 – Tiit Sukk, Estonian actor
- November 24 - Stephen Merchant, English comedian, actor, writer, director and presenter
- December 1 – Erica Rivas, Argentinian actress
- December 7 – Habieb Naseer, Indian director
- December 17
- Sarah Paulson, American actress
- Giovanni Ribisi, American actor
Notable deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 2 | Tex Ritter | 68 | US | Actor, Singer | |
| 3 | Gino Cervi | 72 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 14 | Paul Whitsun-Jones | 50 | UK | Actor | ||
| 31 | Samuel Goldwyn | 94 | Poland | Producer, Studio Executive | ||
| 31 | Roger Pryor | 72 | US | Actor | ||
| February | 7 | Arline Judge | 61 | US | Actress | |
| 11 | Anna Q. Nilsson | 85 | Sweden | Actress | ||
| 23 | Florence Rice | 67 | US | Actress | ||
| 23 | Harry Ruby | 79 | US | Screenwriter, Composer | ||
| 27 | Orry-Kelly | 66 | Australia | Costume Designer | ||
| 28 | Carole Lesley | 38 | UK | Actress | ||
| March | 3 | Barbara Ruick | 43 | US | Actress, Singer | |
| 5 | Billy De Wolfe | 67 | US | Actor | ||
| 7 | Alberto Rabagliati | 67 | Italy | Actor, Singer | ||
| 8 | Martha Wentworth | 84 | US | Actress, Voice Actress | ||
| 13 | Howard St. John | 68 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Edward Platt | 58 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Dorothy Fields | 68 | US | Songwriter | ||
| 28 | Francoise Rosay | 82 | France | Actress | ||
| 29 | Seton I. Miller | 71 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| April | 2 | Douglass Dumbrille | 84 | Canada | Actor | |
| 10 | Patricia Collinge | 81 | Ireland | Actress | ||
| 18 | Betty Compson | 77 | US | Actress | ||
| 20 | Peter Lee Lawrence | 30 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 24 | Bud Abbott | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Agnes Moorehead | 73 | US | Actress | ||
| May | 18 | Mary Maguire | 55 | Australia | Actress | |
| 24 | Duke Ellington | 75 | US | Composer | ||
| 25 | Donald Crisp | 91 | UK | Actor | ||
| June | 6 | Blanche Yurka | 86 | US | Actress | |
| 10 | Lewis R. Foster | 75 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 17 | Pamela Britton | 51 | US | Actress | ||
| 28 | Frank Sutton | 50 | US | Actor | ||
| July | 13 | Joe Flynn | 48 | US | Actor | |
| 13 | Marthe Vinot | 79 | France | Actress |
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| 27 | Julián de Meriche | 65 | Mexico | Actor | ||
| 28 | Truman Bradley | 69 | US | Actor, Narrator | ||
| August | 13 | Ilona Massey | 64 | Hungary | Actress | |
| 16 | Maxwell Reed | 55 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| September | 6 | Olga Baclanova | 78 | Russia | Actress | |
| 6 | Otto Kruger | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | Barbara Jo Allen | 68 | US | Actress | ||
| 14 | Warren Hull | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Edna Best | 74 | UK | Actress | ||
| 21 | Jacqueline Susann | 56 | US | Author, Actress | ||
| 21 | Walter Brennan | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Stephanie Bidmead | 45 | UK | Actress | ||
| 27 | James R. Webb | 64 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| October | 13 | Ed Sullivan | 73 | US | Actor | |
| November | 7 | Rodolfo Acosta | 54 | Mexico | Actor | |
| 13 | Vittorio De Sica | 73 | Italy | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 14 | Johnny Mack Brown | 70 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Clive Brook | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
| 25 | Rosemary Lane | 61 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| December | 4 | Lee Kinsolving | 36 | US | Actor | |
| 5 | Pietro Germi | 60 | Italy | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 10 | Paul Richards | 50 | US | Actor | ||
| 11 | Reed Hadley | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Anatole Litvak | 72 | Ukraine | Director, Producer | ||
| 21 | Richard Long | 47 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Jack Benny | 80 | US | Actor | ||
Film debuts
- Armand Assante – The Lords of Flatbush
- Chevy Chase – The Groove Tube
- Jeff Goldblum – Death Wish
- Edward James Olmos – Black Fist
- Joe Pantoliano – Road Movie
- John Rhys-Davies – The Black Windmill
- Fred Ward – Ginger in the Morning
- Henry Winkler – Crazy Joe
References
- Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 360–361. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
- Rental champs: Rate of return
- Top 20 Films of 1974 by Domestic Revenue
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