2019 in film
2019 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2019, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths.
Evaluation of the year
In his article highlighting the best movies of 2019, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, "It's the year of apocalyptic cinema of the highest order, the year in which three of our best filmmakers have responded with vast ambition, invention, and inspiration to the crises at hand, including the threats to American democracy from a wannabe tyrant, the catastrophic menaces arising from global warming, the corrosive cruelty of ethnic hatreds and nationalist prejudices, and the poisonous overconcentration of money and power. At the same time, it’s a year of inside-movies practicalities, of special attention to the business at hand, because of the structural threats to the movie business from new and powerful players. The major crisis specific to cinema outleaps even the great merits of individual movies and invokes basic and comprehensive questions of which movies can be seen and how those movies are acknowledged. It's a terrific year for movies, but it would seem much less so if we only considered movies in wide release. Versions of that refrain come up every year, but what used to be merely a gap between the multiplexes and limited releases has now become an abyss."Highest-grossing films
The top films released in 2019 by worldwide gross are as follows:| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | ' | Disney | $2,797,800,564 |
| 2 | The Lion King | Disney | $1,656,943,394 |
| 3 | Frozen II | Disney | $1,450,026,933 |
| 4 | ' | Sony | $1,131,927,996 |
| 5 | Captain Marvel | Disney | $1,128,274,794 |
| 6 | Joker | Warner Bros. | $1,074,251,311 |
| 7 | ' | Disney | $1,074,144,248 |
| 8 | Toy Story 4 | Disney | $1,073,394,593 |
| 9 | Aladdin | Disney | $1,050,693,953 |
| 10 | ' | Sony | $800,100,000 |
' became the fifth film to gross $2 billion worldwide and is the highest-grossing film of all time. The Lion King, Frozen II, ', Captain Marvel, Joker, , Toy Story 4, and Aladdin all grossed $1 billion, with the first, second, and seventh as the 1st, 2nd, and 6th highest-grossing animated films, respectively. Joker became the first R-rated film in history to surpass $1 billion.
2019 box office records
- The Marvel Cinematic Universe became the first film franchise to gross $22billion with the release of Captain Marvel, ', and '.
- The Star Wars franchise became the second film franchise to gross $10billion with the release of '.
- China set the all-time biggest global one-month record in February 2019 with , as a result of Chinese New Year season, surpassing the previous record set by China in February 2018. The month's highest-grossing film was the domestic Chinese film The Wandering Earth, while the highest-grossing foreign film that month was '.
Studio records
- Walt Disney Studios became the first studio in history to surpass $10 billion in worldwide box office grosses.
- Spider-Man: Far From Home became Sony Pictures' highest-grossing film.
- With Toy Story 4, Pixar became the first animation studio to have four animated films each surpass $1 billion at the worldwide box office, and also the second animated film series to have two installments that have surpass $1 billion at the worldwide box office, after the Despicable Me franchise in 2017.
Film records
- The Wandering Earth set the all-time opening record in China, grossing in its first seven days, which also made it the second biggest opening in any territory.
- Pokémon Detective Pikachu earned the best North American opening for a film based on a video game, with a debut. By June 14, 2019, Detective Pikachu became the highest-grossing video game film adaptation in North America, surpassing .
- Avengers: Endgame set, including becoming the highest-grossing film of all time.
- Capernaum became the highest-grossing Middle-Eastern film of all time, having earned more than worldwide by 16 May 2019.
- Aladdin became the highest-grossing release of all time in the Middle East, and had the year's biggest opening weekend for a foreign film as well as this year's highest-grossing foreign film in Japan to date. The film has also surpassed Independence Day to become the highest-grossing film of Will Smith's career. The film also has become highest-grossing Disney film ever in South Korea, not including films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- In June, Toy Story 4 set the record for the biggest opening for an animated film, with $244.5 million. However, the record was surpassed the following month by The Lion King, which grossed $246 million. The latter then became the fastest animated film to gross $1 billion worldwide, doing so in 21 days, surpassing Incredibles 2. The Lion King then surpassed Frozen to become the highest-grossing animated film and highest-grossing musical film of all time in only 31 days. On the other hand, Toy Story 4 surpassed Toy Story 3 to become the highest-grossing film of the series.
- The Lion King set the record for the widest opening weekend and widest release ever for North American film history, with 4,725 and 4,802 theaters, respectively. On August 11, the film surpassed Beauty and the Beast as the highest-grossing remake of all time worldwide. On August 26, the film become the first animated film to grossed $1 billion at overseas box office outside North America.
- Ne Zha set the record for the biggest opening for an animated film in China, with $91.5 million, this was also the highest for a non-Hollywood animated film. It later became the first non-Hollywood animated film to earn $500 million, $600 million, and $700 million and the first animated film not released by Universal, Disney, or Fox to do so.
- Joker became the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time, and the first R-rated film to pass the billion-dollar mark at the worldwide box office.
- In November, Frozen II surpassed the record set by The Lion King earlier in July, as the biggest opening weekend for an animated and musical film with $358.5 million worldwide.
- 2019 is the first year to have nine films cross the billion-dollar milestone, surpassing 2015's and 2018's record of five billion-dollar films. Additionally, Disney saw four films cross $1 billion, the studio's highest amount in any calendar year.
Events
- March 20 – The Walt Disney Company completes its acquisition of the assets of 21st Century Fox, which includes 20th Century Fox and its subsidiaries.
- November 23 – After disorder following screening of the gang-themed UK film Blue Story at Star City, in Birmingham, England, UK cinema chains cancel all screenings of the film.
- December 4 - CBS and Viacom agreed to merge back into one entity after 13 years. Both companies came to an agreement on the management team for the merger. The reunited company's new name is ViacomCBS.
Award ceremonies
| Date | Event | Host | Location |
| January 6 | 76th Golden Globe Awards | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| January 13 | 24th Critics' Choice Awards | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| January 19 | Producers Guild of America Awards 2018 | Producers Guild of America | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| January 27 | 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards | SAG-AFTRA | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| January 28 | 54th Guldbagge Awards | Swedish Film Institute | Stockholm, Sweden |
| February 2 | 46th Annie Awards | International Animated Film Association | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| February 2 | 71st Directors Guild of America Awards | Directors Guild of America | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| February 2 | 33rd Goya Awards | Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain | Seville, Spain |
| February 2 | 9th Magritte Awards | Académie André Delvaux | Brussels, Belgium |
| February 10 | 72nd British Academy Film Awards | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | London, England, UK |
| February 22 | 23rd Satellite Awards | International Press Academy | Century City, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| February 23 | 39th Golden Raspberry Awards | Golden Raspberry Award Foundation | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| February 23 | 34th Independent Spirit Awards | Independent Spirit Awards | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| February 24 | 91st Academy Awards | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| March 1 | 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize | Nippon Academy-shō Association | Tokyo, Japan |
| March 23 | 64th Filmfare Awards | Filmfare | Mumbai, India |
| April 14 | 38th Hong Kong Film Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards Association Ltd. | Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong |
| April 28 | 2019 FAMAS Awards | Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences | Pasig, Philippines |
| September 13 | 45th Saturn Awards | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films | Burbank, California, U.S. |
| November 21 | 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Sports Chosun | Incheon, South Korea |
| November 23 | 56th Golden Horse Awards | Motion Picture Development Foundation R.O.C. | Taipei, Taiwan |
| December 23 | 66th National Film Awards | Directorate of Film Festivals |
Festivals
for 2019 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations.| Date | Event | Host | Location |
| January 14–February 3 | 2019 Sundance Film Festival | Sundance Institute | Park City, Utah, United States |
| February 9–14 | 69th Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin, Germany |
| May 14–25 | 2019 Cannes Film Festival | Cannes Film Festival | Cannes, France |
| August 28–September 7 | 76th Venice International Film Festival | Venice Film Festival | Venice, Italy |
| September 5–15 | 2019 Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Awards
2019 films
The list of films released in 2019, arranged by country, are as follows:- List of American films of 2019
- List of Argentine films of 2019
- List of Australian films of 2019
- List of British films of 2019
- List of Canadian films of 2019
- List of Chinese films of 2019
- List of Filipino films of 2019
- List of French films of 2019
- List of Hong Kong films of 2019
- List of Indian films of 2019
- * List of Assamese films of 2019
- * List of Bengali films of 2019
- * List of Bollywood films of 2019
- * List of Gujarati films of 2019
- * List of Kannada films of 2019
- * List of Malayalam films of 2019
- * List of Marathi films of 2019
- * List of Odia films of 2019
- * List of Punjabi films of 2019
- * List of Tamil films of 2019
- * List of Telugu films of 2019
- * List of Tulu films of 2019
- List of Japanese films of 2019
- List of Malaysian films of 2019
- List of Maldivian films of 2019
- List of Pakistani films of 2019
- List of Russian films of 2019
- List of South Korean films of 2019
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Nationality | Profession | Films |
| January | 1 | Ivo Gregurević | 66 | Croatian | Actor | |
| January | 2 | Bob Einstein | 76 | American | Actor, Director | |
| January | 4 | Ivan Bortnik | 79 | Russian | Actor | |
| January | 4 | Louisa Moritz | 82 | Cuban-American | Actress | |
| January | 6 | Gregg Rudloff | 63 | American | Sound Mixer | |
| January | 6 | W. Morgan Sheppard | 86 | English | Actor | |
| January | 9 | Verna Bloom | 80 | American | Actress | |
| January | 9 | Paul Koslo | 74 | German-Canadian | Actor | |
| January | 9 | Paolo Paoloni | 89 | Italian | Actor | |
| January | 11 | Fernando Luján | 79 | Mexican | Actor | |
| January | 12 | Etsuko Ichihara | 82 | Japanese | Actress | |
| January | 15 | Bill Anagnos | 60 | American | Stuntman | |
| January | 15 | Carol Channing | 97 | American | Actress | |
| January | 15 | Miodrag Radovanović | 89 | Serbian | Actor | |
| January | 17 | Windsor Davies | 88 | Welsh | Actor | |
| January | 17 | Daniel C. Striepeke | 88 | American | Makeup Artist | |
| January | 19 | Muriel Pavlow | 97 | English | Actress | |
| January | 21 | Kaye Ballard | 93 | American | Actress | |
| January | 22 | James Frawley | 82 | American | Director, Actor | |
| January | 23 | Jonas Mekas | 96 | Lithuanian-American | Documentarian | |
| January | 24 | Dušan Makavejev | 86 | Serbian | Director, Screenwriter | |
| January | 26 | Michel Legrand | 86 | French | Composer | |
| January | 30 | Dick Miller | 90 | American | Actor | |
| February | 1 | Clive Swift | 82 | English | Actor | |
| February | 3 | Julie Adams | 92 | American | Actress | |
| February | 3 | Carmen Duncan | 76 | Australian | Actress | |
| February | 3 | Kristoff St. John | 52 | American | Actor | |
| February | 4 | Nita Bieber | 92 | American | Actress | |
| February | 7 | Albert Finney | 82 | English | Actor | |
| February | 9 | Ron W. Miller | 85 | American | Producer, Executive | |
| February | 10 | Carmen Argenziano | 75 | American | Actor | |
| February | 10 | Mario Bernardo | 99 | Italian | Cinematographer | |
| February | 10 | Jan-Michael Vincent | 74 | American | Actor | |
| February | 12 | Vijaya Bapineedu | 82 | Indian | Director | |
| February | 13 | Marisa Solinas | 79 | Italian | Actress, Singer | |
| February | 16 | Bruno Ganz | 77 | Swiss | Actor | |
| February | 19 | Giulio Brogi | 83 | Italian | Actor | |
| February | 20 | Chelo Alonso | 85 | Cuban | Actress | |
| February | 20 | Claude Goretta | 89 | Swiss | Director | |
| February | 20 | Vinny Vella | 72 | American | Actor | |
| February | 21 | Stanley Donen | 94 | American | Director | |
| February | 21 | Peter Tork | 77 | American | Actor, Singer | |
| February | 22 | Morgan Woodward | 93 | American | Actor | |
| February | 23 | Katherine Helmond | 89 | American | Actress | |
| February | 24 | Paul Blackwell | 64 | Australian | Actor | |
| February | 27 | Nathaniel Taylor | 80 | American | Actor | |
| February | 28 | André Previn | 89 | German-American | Composer | |
| March | 2 | Med Hondo | 82 | Mauritanian | Director, Actor | |
| March | 4 | Luke Perry | 52 | American | Actor | |
| March | 5 | Susan Harrison | 80 | American | Actress | |
| March | 5 | Jacques Loussier | 84 | French | Composer | |
| March | 7 | Pino Caruso | 84 | Italian | Actor | |
| March | 7 | William J. Creber | 87 | American | Production Designer | |
| March | 7 | Sidney Sheinberg | 84 | American | Producer, Executive | |
| March | 9 | Vladimir Etush | 96 | Russian | Actor | |
| March | 16 | Richard Erdman | 93 | American | Actor | |
| March | 16 | Barbara Hammer | 79 | American | Director, Documentarian | |
| March | 16 | Tom Hatten | 92 | American | Actor | |
| March | 18 | John Carl Buechler | 66 | American | Director, Makeup Artist | |
| March | 21 | Pyotr Zaychenko | 75 | Russian | Actor | |
| March | 23 | Larry Cohen | 82 | American | Director, Screenwriter | |
| March | 23 | Denise DuBarry | 63 | American | Actress | |
| March | 24 | Joseph Pilato | 70 | American | Actor | |
| March | 29 | Shane Rimmer | 89 | Canadian | Actor | |
| March | 29 | Agnès Varda | 90 | Belgian-French | Director, Screenwriter | |
| April | 2 | J. Mahendran | 79 | Indian | Director, Screenwriter | |
| April | 3 | Jerzy Wójcik | 88 | Polish | Cinematographer | |
| April | 4 | Barry Malkin | 80 | American | Film Editor | |
| April | 4 | Roberta Haynes | 91 | American | Actress | |
| April | 5 | Nadja Regin | 87 | Serbian | Actress | |
| April | 7 | Seymour Cassel | 84 | American | Actor | |
| April | 12 | Georgia Engel | 70 | American | Actress | |
| April | 12 | John McEnery | 75 | English | Actor | |
| April | 13 | Norman Garwood | 73 | English | Production Designer | |
| April | 14 | Bibi Andersson | 83 | Swedish | Actress | |
| April | 16 | Fay McKenzie | 101 | American | Actress | |
| April | 20 | David V. Picker | 87 | American | Producer, Executive | |
| April | 21 | Steve Golin | 64 | American | Producer | |
| April | 21 | Ken Kercheval | 83 | American | Actor | |
| April | 23 | Mark Medoff | 79 | American | Screenwriter | |
| April | 23 | Terry Rawlings | 85 | English | Film Editor | |
| April | 23 | David Winters | 80 | English-American | Actor, Director | |
| April | 24 | Jean-Pierre Marielle | 87 | French | Actor | |
| April | 26 | Jessie Lawrence Ferguson | 76 | American | Actor | |
| April | 28 | John Singleton | 51 | American | Director, Screenwriter | |
| April | 30 | Anémone | 68 | French | Actress | |
| April | 30 | Peter Mayhew | 74 | English-American | Actor | |
| May | 1 | Alessandra Panaro | 79 | Italian | Actress | |
| May | 2 | Chris Reccardi | 54 | American | Animator | |
| May | 5 | Barbara Perry | 97 | American | Actress | |
| May | 9 | Allene Roberts | 90 | American | Actress | |
| May | 9 | Alvin Sargent | 92 | American | Screenwriter | |
| May | 11 | Jean-Claude Brisseau | 74 | French | Director, Screenwriter | |
| May | 11 | Peggy Lipton | 72 | American | Actress | |
| May | 12 | Machiko Kyō | 95 | Japanese | Actress | |
| May | 13 | Doris Day | 97 | American | Actress, Singer | |
| May | 14 | Tim Conway | 85 | American | Actor | |
| May | 17 | Rallapalli | 73 | Indian | Actor | |
| May | 18 | Analía Gadé | 87 | Argentine | Actress | |
| May | 26 | Stephen Thorne | 84 | English | Actor | |
| May | 28 | Carmine Caridi | 85 | American | Actor | |
| May | 29 | Peggy Stewart | 95 | American | Actress | |
| June | 2 | Alistair Browning | 65 | New Zealand | Actor | |
| June | 3 | Paul Darrow | 78 | English | Actor | |
| June | 7 | Narciso Ibáñez Serrador | 83 | Spanish | Director, Screenwriter | |
| June | 9 | Ma Ju-lung | 80 | Taiwanese | Actor | |
| June | 11 | Valeria Valeri | 97 | Italian | Actress | |
| June | 12 | Sylvia Miles | 94 | American | Actress | |
| June | 13 | Edith González | 54 | Mexican | Actress | |
| June | 15 | Franco Zeffirelli | 96 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | |
| June | 20 | Eddie Garcia | 90 | Filipino | Actor | |
| June | 21 | William Simons | 78 | Welsh | Actor | |
| June | 24 | Billy Drago | 73 | American | Actor | |
| June | 25 | Bruno de Keyzer | 69 | French | Cinematographer | |
| June | 25 | Bryan Marshall | 81 | English | Actor | |
| June | 26 | Édith Scob | 81 | French | Actress | |
| June | 26 | Max Wright | 75 | American | Actor | |
| June | 28 | Paul Benjamin | 81 | American | Actor | |
| June | 29 | Jeon Mi-seon | 48 | South Korean | Actress | |
| July | 1 | Ennio Guarnieri | 88 | Italian | Cinematographer | |
| July | 3 | Glyn Houston | 93 | Welsh | Actor | |
| July | 3 | Arte Johnson | 90 | American | Actor | |
| July | 4 | Eduardo Fajardo | 94 | Spanish | Actor | |
| July | 4 | Arturo Fernández | 90 | Spanish | Actor | |
| July | 5 | Ugo Gregoretti | 88 | Italian | Actor, Director | |
| July | 5 | Pierre Lhomme | 89 | French | Cinematographer | |
| July | 6 | Cameron Boyce | 20 | American | Actor | |
| July | 7 | Artur Brauner | 100 | German | Producer | |
| July | 9 | Freddie Jones | 91 | English | Actor | |
| July | 9 | Rip Torn | 88 | American | Actor | |
| July | 10 | Valentina Cortese | 96 | Italian | Actress | |
| July | 10 | Denise Nickerson | 62 | American | Actress | |
| July | 18 | David Hedison | 92 | American | Actor | |
| July | 19 | Rutger Hauer | 75 | Dutch | Actor | |
| July | 19 | Jeremy Kemp | 84 | English | Actor | |
| July | 20 | Ilaria Occhini | 85 | Italian | Actress | |
| July | 25 | Giorgio Arlorio | 90 | Italian | Screenwriter | |
| July | 26 | Russi Taylor | 75 | American | Voice Actress | |
| July | 28 | Ruth de Souza | 98 | Brazilian | Actress | |
| July | 28 | George Hilton | 85 | Uruguayan | Actor | |
| July | 31 | Raffaele Pisu | 94 | Italian | Actor | |
| July | 31 | Harold Prince | 91 | American | Director, Producer | |
| August | 1 | D. A. Pennebaker | 94 | American | Documentarian | |
| August | 1 | Barrington Pheloung | 65 | Australian | Composer | |
| August | 8 | Jean-Pierre Mocky | 86 | French | Director, Actor, Screenwriter | |
| August | 10 | Piero Tosi | 92 | Italian | Costume Designer | |
| August | 11 | Gordan Mihić | 80 | Serbian | Screenwriter | |
| August | 16 | Peter Fonda | 79 | American | Actor, Screenwriter | |
| August | 16 | Anna Quayle | 86 | English | Actress | |
| August | 16 | Richard Williams | 86 | Canadian | Animator, Animation Director | |
| August | 18 | Encarna Paso | 88 | Spanish | Actress | |
| August | 23 | Carlo Delle Piane | 83 | Italian | Actor | |
| August | 28 | Michel Aumont | 82 | French | Actor | |
| August | 30 | Valerie Harper | 80 | American | Actress | |
| September | 3 | Carol Lynley | 77 | American | Actress | |
| September | 7 | Robert Axelrod | 70 | American | Actor | |
| September | 7 | Al Carmichael | 90 | American | Stuntman | |
| September | 8 | John Wesley | 72 | American | Actor | |
| September | 11 | Mardik Martin | 82 | American | Screenwriter | |
| September | 13 | Eddie Money | 70 | American | Musician | |
| September | 15 | Phyllis Newman | 86 | American | Actress | |
| September | 15 | Ric Ocasek | 75 | American | Musician | |
| September | 19 | Charles Gérard | 92 | French | Actor | |
| September | 20 | Jan Merlin | 94 | American | Actor | |
| September | 21 | Sid Haig | 80 | American | Actor | |
| September | 22 | Boriss Teterevs | 63 | Latvian | Producer | |
| September | 27 | Rob Garrison | 59 | American | Actor | |
| September | 28 | Mark Zakharov | 85 | Russian | Director, Playwright | |
| September | 30 | Wayne Fitzgerald | 89 | American | Title Designer | |
| October | 1 | Eric Pleskow | 95 | Austrian | Producer, Executive | |
| October | 4 | Diahann Carroll | 84 | American | Actress, Singer | |
| October | 4 | Stephen Moore | 81 | English | Actor | |
| October | 6 | Vlasta Chramostová | 92 | Czech | Actress | |
| October | 6 | Rip Taylor | 84 | American | Actor | |
| October | 9 | John W. Corso | 89 | American | Production Designer | |
| October | 10 | Marie-José Nat | 79 | French | Actress | |
| October | 11 | Robert Forster | 78 | American | Actor | |
| October | 12 | Carlo Croccolo | 92 | Italian | Actor | |
| October | 17 | Bill Macy | 97 | American | Actor | |
| October | 22 | Raymond Leppard | 92 | English | Composer | |
| October | 26 | Robert Evans | 89 | American | Producer, Executive | |
| October | 26 | Pascale Roberts | 89 | French | Actress | |
| October | 28 | Annick Alane | 94 | French | Actress | |
| October | 29 | John Witherspoon | 77 | American | Actor | |
| October | 30 | Bernard Slade | 89 | Canadian | Screenwriter | |
| October | 31 | Florence Giorgetti | 75 | French | Actress | |
| November | 2 | Marie Laforêt | 80 | French-Swiss | Actress, Singer | |
| November | 2 | Brian Tarantina | 60 | American | Actor | |
| November | 5 | Omero Antonutti | 84 | Italian | Actor | |
| November | 7 | Nik Powell | 69 | English | Producer, Executive | |
| November | 8 | Fred Bongusto | 84 | Italian | Composer | |
| November | 10 | Lawrence G. Paull | 81 | American | Production Designer | |
| November | 12 | Luciano Marin | 87 | Italian | Actor | |
| November | 13 | Niall Tóibín | 89 | Irish | Actor | |
| November | 14 | María Baxa | 73 | Serbian | Actress | |
| November | 14 | Branko Lustig | 87 | Croatian | Producer | |
| November | 15 | Jorge Vergara | 64 | Mexican | Producer | |
| November | 16 | Vojtěch Jasný | 93 | Czech | Director | |
| November | 18 | Laure Killing | 60 | French | Actress | |
| November | 20 | Michael J. Pollard | 80 | American | Actor | |
| November | 26 | Vittorio Congia | 89 | Italian | Actor | |
| December | 1 | Michael Lai | 73 | Hong Kong | Composer | |
| December | 1 | Shelley Morrison | 83 | American | Actress | |
| December | 4 | Leonard Goldberg | 85 | American | Producer | |
| December | 5 | Robert Walker | 79 | American | Actor | |
| December | 6 | Ron Leibman | 82 | American | Actor | |
| December | 8 | René Auberjonois | 79 | American | Actor | |
| December | 8 | Caroll Spinney | 85 | American | Puppeteer | |
| December | 12 | Danny Aiello | 86 | American | Actor | |
| December | 14 | Anna Karina | 79 | Danish-French | Actress | |
| December | 14 | Bernard Lavalette | 93 | French | Actor | |
| December | 15 | Nicky Henson | 74 | English | Actor | |
| December | 18 | Claudine Auger | 78 | French | Actress | |
| December | 22 | Tony Britton | 95 | English | Actor | |
| December | 26 | Jerry Herman | 88 | American | Composer, Lyricist | |
| December | 26 | Sue Lyon | 73 | American | Actress | |
| December | 27 | Jack Sheldon | 88 | American | Singer, Musician, Actor | |
| December | 29 | Neil Innes | 75 | English | Composer, Actor | |
| December | 30 | Jan Fedder | 64 | German | Actor | |
| December | 30 | Jack Garfein | 89 | American | Director | |
| December | 30 | Syd Mead | 86 | American | Concept Artist | |
| December | 30 | Elizabeth Sellars | 98 | Scottish | Actress |