1993 in home video

Industry milestones

Date unknown

Movie releases

The following movies were released on video on the following dates:

U.S./Canada
Release Date
TitleStudioFormat
January 6Honey, I Blew Up the KidDisneyVHS release
January 7 Christopher Columbus: The DiscoveryWarner Bros.VHS release
Stay TunedWarner Bros.VHS release
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeNew LineVHS release, distributed by Columbia/TriStar Home Video
January 13 Live WireColumbiaVHS release
A Stranger Among UsHollywoodVHS release
Where the Day Takes YouNew LineVHS release
January 20 3 NinjasTouchstoneVHS release
Man Trouble20th Century FoxVHS release
January 27 DiggstownMGMVHS release
Raising CainUniversalVHS release
Single White FemaleColumbiaVHS release
January 29 The Great Muppet CaperJim HensonVHS re-release; distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
The Muppet MovieJim HensonVHS re-release; distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
February 10 Death Becomes HerUniversalVHS release
Stephen King's ItWarner Bros.VHS miniseries release
The WaterdanceSamuel GoldwynVHS release
February 17 FreejackWarner Bros.VHS release
South CentralWarner Bros.VHS release
A League of Their OwnColumbiaVHS release
February 24 Cool WorldParamountVHS release
Honeymoon in VegasColumbiaVHS release
Hurricane SmithWarner Bros.VHS release
Innocent BloodWarner Bros.VHS release
Rapid Fire20th Century FoxVHS release
StepmonsterNew HorizonsVHS release
February 25A Stranger Among UsHollywoodLaserdisc release
February 26 Winnie the Pooh and a Day for EeyoreDisneyVHS re-release; part of the Walt Disney Mini-Classics Collection
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery DayDisneyVHS re-release; part of the Walt Disney Mini-Classics Collection
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey TreeDisneyVHS re-release; part of the Walt Disney Mini-Classics Collection
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger TooDisneyVHS re-release; part of the Walt Disney Mini-Classics Collection
March 3 FernGully: The Last Rainforest20th Century FoxVHS re-release
Final AnalysisWarner Bros.VHS release
Of Mice and MenMGMVHS release
SinglesWarner Bros.VHS release
SneakersUniversalVHS release
March 10 Bebe's KidsParamountVHS release
The Last of the MohicansFoxVHS release
WindTriStarVHS release; although still uses 1992 Columbia TriStar copyright
March 17 CandymanTriStarVHS release; although still uses 1992 Columbia TriStar copyright
The Mambo KingsWarner Bros.VHS release
Time RunnerColumbiaVHS release
March 24 Captain RonTouchstoneVHS release
Mr. BaseballUniversalVHS release
Mr. Saturday NightColumbiaVHS release
Pure CountryWarner Bros.VHS release
March 26PinocchioDisneyVHS re-release; part of Walt Disney Classics
March 31 The PlayerFine LineVHS release
The Power of OneWarner Bros.VHS release
Under SiegeWarner Bros.VHS release
April 7 Consenting AdultsHollywoodVHS release
Husbands and WivesTriStarVHS release; although still uses 1992 Columbia TriStar copyright
LeprechaunTrimarkVHS release
April 14 HeroColumbiaVHS release; although still uses 1992 Columbia TriStar copyright
The Mighty DucksDisneyVHS release
Passenger 57Warner Bros.VHS release
Turtle BeachWarner Bros.VHS release
April 21 Aspen ExtremeHollywoodVHS release
Night and the CityFoxVHS release
Pet Sematary TwoParamountVHS release
The Public EyeUniversalVHS release
April 28 Bob RobertsParamountVHS release
ChaplinCarolcoVHS release
School TiesParamountVHS release
April 29Aspen ExtremeHollywoodVHS release
May 5 Dr. GigglesUniversalVHS release
The Gun in Betty Lou's HandbagTouchstoneVHS release
May 6The Distinguished GentlemanHollywoodVHS release
May 12TrespassUniversalVHS release
May 19 Blade RunnerWarner Bros.VHS release
Glengarry Glen RossNew LineVHS release
A River Runs Through ItColumbiaVHS release
May 22Untamed HeartMGMVHS release
May 26 Charlie, the Lonesome CougarDisneyVHS re-release
HoffaFoxVHS release
ToysFoxVHS release
Used PeopleFoxVHS release
June 2 Grave of the Fireflies (Subbed)Central Park MediaVHS release
Howards EndSony Pictures ClassicsVHS release
June 9Forever YoungWarner Bros.VHS release
June 16 Body of EvidenceMGMVHS release
The Cemetery ClubTouchstoneVHS release
June 23 Empire of the SunWarner Bros.VHS re-release
Good Morning, VietnamTouchstoneVHS re-release
The Last EmperorColumbiaVHS re-release
DraculaVHS release
June 30 A Few Good MenColumbiaVHS release
HexedColumbiaVHS release
July 7 The Crying GamePalaceVHS release
MatineeUniversalVHS release
UnforgivenWarner Bros.VHS release
The BodyguardWarner Bros.VHS release
Malcolm XWarner Bros.VHS release
July 13Encino ManHollywoodVHS release
July 14Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IIINew LineVHS release
July 21Amos & AndrewColumbiaVHS release
July 27Home Alone 2: Lost in New YorkFoxVHS release
August 4 Scent of a WomanUniversalVHS release
SniperTriStarVHS release
SommersbyWarner Bros.VHS release
Swing KidsHollywoodVHS release
August 11 Army of DarknessUniversalVHS release
Benny & JoonMGMVHS release
Falling DownWarner Bros.VHS release
August 13Homeward Bound: The Incredible JourneyDisneyVHS release
August 18Where Angels Go, Trouble FollowsColumbiaVHS release
August 24Willy the SparrowFeature Films for FamiliesVHS release
August 25 Boiling PointWarner Bros.VHS release
Groundhog DayColumbiaVHS release
Mad Dog and GloryUniversalVHS release
September 1 Bruce Lee: The Curse of the DragonWarner Bros.VHS release
Point of No ReturnWarner Bros.VHS release
This Boy's LifeWarner Bros.VHS release
September 8 CB4UniversalVHS release
Fathers & SonsColumbiaVHS release
El Mariachi
The CrushWarner Bros.VHS release
September 21Once Upon a ForestFoxVHS release
September 22Indian SummerTouchstoneVHS release
September 28 Ernest Saves ChristmasTouchstoneVHS release
Frenchman's CreekParamountSpecial Edition VHS release
September 29Beauty and the BeastDisneyLaserdisc release
October 1Aladdin (1992; Disney)DisneyVHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics
October 6The PickleColumbiaVHS release
October 13Indecent ProposalParamountVHS release
October 20 The SandlotFoxVHS release
Three of HeartsNew LineVHS release
A Far Off PlaceDisneyVHS release
Johnny StecchinoNew LineVHS release
October 26Dennis the MenaceWarner Bros.VHS release
October 27 Born YesterdayHollywoodVHS release
Cop and a HalfUniversalVHS release
November 3 Happily Ever AfterWorldvisionVHS release
Who's the Man?New LineVHS release
November 5The Muppet Christmas CarolDisneyVHS release
November 10SliverParamountVHS release
November 16Free WillyWarner Bros.VHS release
November 23Made in AmericaWarner Bros.VHS release
November 24 The Adventures of Huck FinnDisneyVHS release
Life with MikeyTouchstoneVHS release
Terminator 2: Judgment DayTriStarSpecial Edition VHS release
CliffhangerVHS release
December 1Splitting HeirsUniversalVHS release
December 8 Guilty as SinHollywoodVHS release
Sleepless in SeattleTriStarVHS release
Super Mario Bros.HollywoodVHS release
December 15 Bodies, Rest & MotionNew LineVHS release
Dragon: The Bruce Lee StoryUniversalVHS release
December 16 The FirmParamountVHS release
Thumbelina: A Magical StoryEnokiVHS release
December 22DaveWarner Bros.VHS release
December 29Surf NinjasNew LineVHS release
December 30 The Black ScorpionWarner Bros.VHS release
The Valley of GwangiWarner Bros.VHS release

TV show releases

The following television shows were released on the following dates:

  • "Adventures in Odyssey" video - January 12
    • "Shadow of a Doubt"
  • "Barney & Friends" video - January 27
  • "Muppet Babies" videos - January 29
    • "Time to Play" (Includes "Muppet Babies: The Next Generation" and "Beauty and the Schnoz")
    • "Explore with Us" (Includes "The New Adventures of Kermo Polo" and "The Transcontinental Whoo-Whoo")
    • "Let's Build" (Includes "Six to Eight Weeks" and "Eight Flags Over the Nursery")
  • "It's the Muppets!" videos - January 29
    • "Meet the Muppets!"
    • "More Muppets, Please!"
  • "The Tale of the Bunny Picnic" - January 29
  • "Barney & Friends" video - February 4
    • "Barney's Best Manners"
  • "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bodaciously Big Adventures" series videos - February 10
    • "The Big Rip Off" (Bonus episode: "The Big Break In")
    • "The Big Blow Out" (Bonus episode: "Peking Turtles")
    • "The Big Zipp Attack" (Bonus episode: "Farewell, Lotus Blossom")
    • "The Big Cufflink Caper" (Bonus episode: "The Grybyx")
  • "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" video - February 18
    • "Thomas, Percy, and the Dragon and Other Stories"
  • "The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventures" series videos - February 26
    • "A Whale of a Tale" (Bonus episode: "Urchin")
    • "Stormy the Wild Seahorse" (Bonus episode: "The Great Sebastian")
    • "Double Bubble" (Bonus episode: "Message in a Bottle")
  • "Goof Troop" videos - February 26
    • "Banding Together" (contains "Shake, Rattle & Goof" / "Close Encounters of the Weird Mime")
    • "Goin' Fishin'" (contains "Slightly Dinghy" / "Wrecks, Lies & Videotape")
    • "The Race is On!" (contains "Meanwhile, Back at the Ramp" / "Tub Be or Not Tub Be")
  • "Dinosaurs" videos - February 26
    • "I'm the Baby!" (Includes "Switched at Birth" and "Nature Calls")
    • "Don't Cross the Boss!" (Includes "And the Winner Is" and "WESAYSO Knows Best")
  • "The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special" - March 10
  • "Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television" - March 10
  • "How Bugs Bunny Won the West" - March 10
  • "Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster" - March 10
  • "Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes" - March 10
  • "Garfield: His 9 Lives" - March 23
  • "Garfield's Feline Fantasies" - March 23
  • "Tiny Toon Adventures" videos - March 24
    • "The Best of Buster and Babs"
    • "Tiny Toon Music Television"
    • "Tiny Toons in Two-Tone Town"
  • "Darkwing Duck: His Favorite Adventures" series videos - March 26
    • "Darkly Dawns the Duck"
    • "Justice Ducks Unite!"
    • "Comic Book Capers" (Bonus episode: "A Brush with Oblivion")
    • "Birth of Negaduck!" (Bonus episode: "Tiff of the Titans")
  • "Wish Kid" video - March 26
    • "Glove of Dreams"
  • "Adventures in Wonderland" videos - March 26
    • "Hare-Raising Magic" (contains "Off The Cuffs" / "For Better or Verse")
    • "Helping Hands" (contains "Pop Goes The Easel" / "Techno Bunny")
    • "The Missing Ring Mystery" (contains "Pretzelmania" / "Noses Off")
  • "X-Men" videos - April 20
  • "Shining Time Station" videos - April 21
    • "The Original Classic, Vol. 1: Stacy Cleans Up"
    • "The Original Classic, Vol. 2: Schemer Alone"
    • "The Jukebox Puppet Band: A Day in the Life"
  • "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Sing Alongs" video - April 30
    • "Ragtime Cowboy Joe"
  • "Kidsongs" video - May 25
    • "Play Along Songs"
  • "Barney & Friends" video - May 26
    • "Barney Rhymes with Mother Goose"
  • "Predators of the Wild" videos - June 22
    • "Shark"
    • "Grizzly Bear"
    • "Killer Whale"
    • "Lion"
    • "Cheetah and Leopard"
    • "Hunters and the Hunted"
  • "The Donut Man" video - July 13
    • "At the Zoo"
  • "Adventures in Odyssey" video - August 10
    • "Star Quest"
  • "Richard Scarry's Best Videos Ever!" videos - August 17
    • "Richard Scarry's Best Learning Songs Video Ever!"
    • "Richard Scarry's Best Busy People Video Ever!"
  • "Barney & Friends" video - August 25
    • "Barney's Home Sweet Homes"
  • "Doug" videos - August 31
    • "How Did I Get Into This Mess?"
    • "Patti, You're the Mayonnaise for Me"
  • "Rugrats" videos - August 31
    • "Tales from the Crib"
    • "A Baby's Gotta Do What a Baby's Gotta Do"
  • "The Ren and Stimpy Show" videos - August 31
    • "The Classics"
    • "The Stupidest Stories"
    • "The Stinkiest Stories"
  • "Spot the Dog" videos - September 1
    • "Where's Spot?" (Also includes: "Spot's First Walk" / "Spot's Birthday Party" / "Spot Goes Splash!" / "Spot Finds a Key")
    • "Spot Goes to the Farm" (Also includes: "Spot Stays Overnight" (titled "Spot Sleeps Over" in the U.S.) / "Spot Goes to the Circus" / "Spot's Windy Day" / "Spot Goes to the Park")
  • "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - September 8
  • "Frosty the Snowman" - September 8
  • "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" - September 8
  • "The Little Drummer Boy" - September 8
  • "Frosty Returns" - September 8
  • "The Christmas Toy" - September 10
  • Wee Sing video - September 14
    • The Wee Sing Train
  • "Taz-Mania" videos - September 15
    • "Taz-Manimals"
    • "Taz-Maniac"
    • "Taz-Tronaut"
  • "X-Men" videos - September 21
  • "The Ren and Stimpy Show" video - September 21
    • "Have Yourself a Stinky Little Christmas"
  • "Back to the Future" videos - September 22
    • "Batter Up" / "Time Waits for No Frog/Einstein's Adventure"
    • "Clara's Folks" / "Brothers"
    • "Dickens of a Christmas" / "Roman Holiday (a.k.a. Swing Low Sweet Chariot Race)"
  • "Looney Tunes" videos - September 22
    • "Bugs Bunny's Hare Brained Hits"
    • "Elmer Fudd's School of Hard Knocks"
    • "The Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote's Crash Course"
    • "Sylvester and Tweety's Tale Feathers"
    • "Yosemite Sam's Yeller Fever"
  • "Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen" video - September 28
    • "Our First Video" (7 Songs includes: I am the Cute One / No One Tells the President What to do / Brother for Sale / One Buffalo, Two Buffali / Identical Twins / Mom's Song (We Think We'll Help You) / Peanut Butter)
  • "Alvin and the Chipmunks" videos - September 29
    • "Nightmare on Seville Street"
    • "Hair-Raising Chipmunk Tales"
    • "Alvin's Christmas Carol"
    • It's a Wonderful Life, Dave"
  • "Happy Holidays with Darkwing Duck and Goofy" - September 29
  • "Dinosaurs" video - September 29
    • "Special Holiday Edition" (Includes "Little Boy Boo" and "Refrigerator Day")
  • "Fraggle Rock" videos - September 29
    • "Meet the Fraggles"
    • "Fraggle Fun and Doozer Doings"
    • "The Fraggles Search and Find"
    • "The Haunting of Castle Gorg"
    • "A Festive Fraggle Holiday"
  • "Barney & the Backyard Gang" video - October 6
  • "Sesame Street" video - October 6
    • "25 Wonderful Years"
  • "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" video - October 6
    • "Daisy and Other Thomas Stories"
  • "Shining Time Station" video - October 6
    • "'Tis a Gift"
  • "Kidsongs" video - October 8
    • "If We Could Talk to the Animals"
  • "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" videos - October 19
  • "The Donut Man" video - October 12
    • "Barnyard Fun"
  • "Exosquad: Fall of the Human Empire" series videos - October 20
    • "Pirate Scourge"
    • "Blitzkrieg" & "Resist"
    • "Seeds of Deception" & "Hidden Terrors"
  • "Fievel's American Tails" videos - October 20
    • "The Gift" / "A Case of the Hiccups"
    • "The Legend of Mouse Hollow" / "Babysitting Blues"
    • "The Lost Mother Lode" / "That's What Friends Are For"
  • "The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventures" series videos - November 5, 1993
    • "Ariel's Gift" (contains "Red" / "Trident True")
    • "In Harmony" (Bonus episode: "Charmed")
  • "X-Men" videos - November 16
  • "Back to the Future" videos - November 24
    • "Forward to the Past" / "Verne Hatches an Egg"
    • "Go Fly A Kite" / "Hill Valley Brown-Out"
    • "A Friend In Need" / "The Money Tree"
  • "Barney & Friends" video - December 19
    • "Love to Read, with Barney"
  • "The First Easter Rabbit" - December 21

Direct-to-video VHS releases

The following movies and TV shows were released on video cassette on these following dates:

Documentary Home Video Releases

  • Michael Jordan: Air Time - February 24

References

  1. DVD Development History – Accessed 8 April 2011
  2. "Video CD (1993 – 2000s)". Museum of Obselete Media. 1993. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
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