1991 in film

This is a list of film-related events in 1991.

Events

• April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael Noonan O'Keefe in New York
• Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation is made.

Top grossing films

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton
2. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman
3. The Silence of the Lambs, starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins
4. City Slickers, starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jon Lovitz
5. Hook, starring Robin Williams,Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts
6. The Addams Family, starring Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston
7. Sleeping with the Enemy, starring Julia Roberts, Kris Kristofferson
8. Father of the Bride, starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Martin Short, Kieran Culkin
9. The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
10. Beauty and the Beast

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: The Silence of the Lambs - Orion Pictures Corp.
• Best Director: Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs
• Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs
• Best Actress: Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs

Births

• Britt McKillip, January 18, actress, singer
• Emma Roberts, February 10, actress
• Bonnie Wright, February 17, actress
• Jamie Lynn Spears, April 4, actress

Deaths

• January 18 - Leo Hurwitz, documentary film producer
• January 19 - John Russell, actor
• February 6 - Danny Thomas, singer, actor, comedian
• March 18 - Vilma Banky, actress
• March 27 - Aldo Ray, actor
• April 10 - Natalie Schafer, actress
• May 1 - Richard Thorpe, director
• June 3 - Eva LeGallienne, actress
• June 14 - Peggy Ashcroft, actress
• June 19 - Jean Arthur, actress
• July 1 - Michael Landon, actor
• July 2 - Lee Remick, actress
• July 8 - James Franciscus, actor
• August 22 - Colleen Dewhurst, actress
• September 3 - Frank Capra, director
• September 8 - Brad Davis, actor
• September 24 - Dr. Seuss, writer
• September 25 - Viviane Romance, actress
• November 2 - Irwin Allen, producer, director
• November 5 - Fred MacMurray, actor
• November 6 - Gene Tierney, actress
• November 9 - Yves Montand, actor
• November 29 - Ralph Bellamy, actor
• December 12 - Eleanor Boardman, actress
• December 28 - Cassandra Harris, actress

Other movies released

• Backdraft
• Beethoven
• Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
• Blue Desert
• Boyz N The Hood
• The Five Heartbeats
• Frankie and Johnny
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
• Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
• Hudson Hawk
• JFK
• One Good Cop
• Other People's Money
• The Prince of Tides
• Raise the Red Lantern
• Rush
• Sliver
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
• Thelma & Louise
• 29th Street