The year 1991 in film involved numerous significant events. Important films released this year included The Silence of the Lambs, Beauty and the Beast, Thelma & Louise, JFK and '.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1991 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Events
Awards
Academy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Barton Fink, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, United States
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Close to Eden (Urga), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, France / USSR
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
La Casa del sorriso (The House of Smiles), directed by Marco Ferreri, Italy
1991 films
By country/region
By genre/medium
Births
- January 1 â Mark L. Young, American actor
- January 2 â Ben Hardy, English actor
- January 4 â Charles Melton, American actor and model
- January 7 â Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, American actress and singer
- January 9 â Laura-Leigh, American actress
- January 13
- Genevieve Gaunt, English actress
- Jennifer Paredes, American actress
- January 14 â Jeanine Mason, American actress
- January 15
- Ayeza Khan, Pakistani actress and model
- Lulu Popplewell, English comedian and actress
- January 17 â Willa Fitzgerald, American actress
- January 18 â Britt McKillip, Canadian actress, singer
- January 19 â Erin Sanders, American actress
- January 21
- Craig Roberts, Welsh actor and director
- Brittany Tiplady, Canadian actress
- January 24 â Pablo Pauly, French actor
- January 25
- Ariana DeBose, American actress, dancer and singer
- Rupert Simonian, British actor
- January 27 â Cristo Fernández, Mexican actor
- January 28 â Calum Worthy, Canadian actor, musician
- February 10 â Emma Roberts, American actress
- February 12 â Tanaya Beatty, Canadian actress
- February 17
- Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter
- Bonnie Wright, English actress
- Jeremy Allen White, American actor
- February 18
- Esther Garrel, French actress
- Malese Jow, American actress
- February 21
- Joe Alwyn, English actor
- Rose Reynolds, British actress and singer
- February 24 â O'Shea Jackson Jr., American actor and rapper
- February 25 â Tony Oller, American singer, songwriter and actor
- February 26 â Lex Scott Davis, American actress
- February 28
- Sarah Bolger, Irish actress
- Rudy Mancuso, American internet personality, musician and actor
- March 2 â Jake Picking, German-born American actor
- March 5 â Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, English-Australian actress
- March 6 â Tyler, The Creator, American rapper
- March 7 â Daisy Head, English actress
- March 8 â Devon Werkheiser, American actor
- March 9 â Domo Genesis, American rapper
- March 12 â Lauren Holt, American actress, comedian and singer
- March 17 â Kristjan Lüüs, Estonian actor
- March 19 â Garrett Clayton, American actor
- March 22 â Dominique Fishback, American actress
- March 23 â Madelyn Deutch, American actress, director, musician and writer
- March 24 â Jack Bannon, English actor
- March 25 â Seychelle Gabriel, American actress
- March 28 â Amy Bruckner, American actress
- March 29
- Irene, South Korean singer, rapper and actress
- Samantha Win, Canadian actress
- March 31 â Elliot Barnes-Worrell, English actor
- April 4 â Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress
- April 7 â Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter and actress
- April 9 â Amber Lee Connors, American voice actress
- April 10
- AJ Michalka, American singer and actress
- Sergiusz Ã
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Âka, Polish actor
- April 13 â Dylan Penn, American actress and model
- April 19 â Mehazabien Chowdhury, Bangladeshi actress and model
- April 21 â Frank Dillane, English actor
- April 22 â Leonie Benesch, German actor
- April 27 â Darren Barnet, American actor
- May 6 â Shamier Anderson, Canadian actor
- May 17 â Daniel Curtis Lee, American actor, comedian and rapper
- May 21 â Sarah Ramos, American actress
- June 1 â Zazie Beetz, American actress
- June 7 â Emily Ratajkowski, English-born American actress and model
- June 11 â Kärt Tammjärv, Estonian actress
- June 15 â Lindsay Seidel, American voice actress
- June 18 â Willa Holland, American actress
- June 20 â Ruby Modine, American actress and singer
- June 24 â Dexter Darden, American actor
- June 26 â Will Attenborough, British actor
- June 28 â Daniel Zovatto, Costa Rican-American actor
- June 29
- Tajja Isen, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
- Addison Timlin, American actress
- July 3 â Grant Rosenmeyer, American actor and screenwriter
- July 5 â Jason Dolley, American actor
- July 6 â Victoire Thivisol, French actress
- July 7 â Eve Hewson, Irish actress
- July 8
- Thuso Mbedu, South African actress
- Luke Pensabene, American actor and film producer
- July 9 â Mitchel Musso, American actor
- July 11 â Kentaro Sakaguchi, actor and model
- July 12 â Erik Per Sullivan, American actor
- July 16 â Alexandra Shipp, American actress
- July 29 â Jahmil French, Canadian actor (died 2021)
- August 4 â Lucinda Dryzek, English actress
- August 12 â Lakeith Stanfield, American actor
- August 13 â Nikita Hopkins, American screenwriter, visual artist and former child voice actor
- August 16 â Evanna Lynch, Irish actress
- August 17 â Austin Butler, American actor
- August 22 â Naomi Ackie, English actress
- August 23 â Jake Manley, Canadian actor
- August 26 â Dylan O'Brien, American actor
- August 27 â Young Mazino, American actor
- August 28
- Humberto Carrão, Brazilian actor
- Kyle Massey, American actor
- September 4 â Carter Jenkins, American actor
- September 5 â Skandar Keynes, English actor
- September 9
- Yang Yang, Chinese actor
- Kelsey Chow, American actress
- September 17 â Mena Massoud, Egyptian-born Canadian actor and singer
- September 19 â Tyler Neitzel, American actor
- September 20
- Spencer Locke, American actress
- Jonah Meyerson, American actor and producer
- September 25 â Alix Bénézech, French actress
- September 27 â Thomas Mann, American actress
- October 3 â Derek Klena, American actor and singer
- October 5 â Xiao Zhan, Chinese actor
- October 6 â Roshon Fegan, American actor, dancer, and rapper
- October 15 â Charlotte Hope, English actress
- October 18
- Tyler Posey, American actor and musician
- Toby Regbo, English actor
- October 19 â Samantha Robinson, American actress
- October 23 â Sophie Oda, American actress
- October 25 â Lorina Kamburova, Bulgarian actress (d. 2021)
- October 27 â Bryan Craig, American actor
- October 28 â Mart Müürisepp, Estonian actor
- October 31
- Jordan-Claire Green, American actress
- Junglepussy, American rapper and actress
- November 1 â Anthony Ramos, American actor and singer-songwriter
- November 4
- Tanya Reynolds, English actress
- Bee Vang, American actor
- November 8 â Riker Lynch, American actor, singer, musician
- November 10 â Genevieve Buechner, Canadian actress
- November 11
- Christa B. Allen, American actress
- Travis Tope, American actor
- November 13
- Matt Bennett, American actor
- Devon Bostick, Canadian actor
- November 15 â Shailene Woodley, American actress
- November 30 â Aoife Hinds, British-Irish actress
- December 10 â KiKi Layne, American actress
- December 12 â Jaime Lorente, Spanish actor
- December 15
- Eunice Cho, American actress
- Alana Haim, American musician and actress
- December 17 â Daniel Tay, American former actor
- December 19 â Keiynan Lonsdale, Australian actor, dancer and singer-songwriter
- December 20
- Jillian Rose Reed, American actress
- Colin Woodell, American actor
- December 24 â Sofia Black-D'Elia, American actress
- December 27 â Chloe Bridges, American actress
Deaths
Film debuts
References
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