1973 in film

This page covers significant events of the year 1973 in film. Warner Bros. and Walt Disney Studios celebrated their 50th anniversaries.

Highest-grossing films

United States and Canada

See also: List of 1973 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1973 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1973

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic rentals
1	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	$88,500,000[1]
2	The Sting	Universal	$79,000,000[1]
3	American Graffiti		$55,900,000[1]
4	Papillon	Allied Artists	$22,500,000[1]
5	The Way We Were	Columbia	$22,457,000[2]
6	Magnum Force	Warner Bros.	$20,100,000[2]
7	Last Tango in Paris	United Artists	$16,711,000[2]
8	Paper Moon	Paramount	$16,559,000[2]
9	Live and Let Die	United Artists	$15,925,000[2]
10	Serpico	Paramount	$15,400,000[3]

Outside North America

The highest-grossing 1973 films in countries outside of North America.

Country	Title	Studio	Gross	Ref
France	The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob	SNC	7,295,727 admissions	[4]
Germany	Papillon	Columbia Pictures	8,500,000 admissions	[5]
Hong Kong	The House of 72 Tenants	Shaw Brothers Studio	HK$5,600,000	[6]
India	Bobby	R. K. Films	₹110,000,000 (US$14,210,000)	[7][nb 1]
Italy	Malicious	Paramount Pictures	11,756,327 admissions	[9]
Soviet Union	The Headless Horseman	Lenfilm	64,900,000 admissions	[10]
Spain	Cabaret	TBD	125.8 million ₧	[11]
United Kingdom	Live and Let Die	Eon Productions	9,000,000 admissions	[12]

Worldwide gross revenue

The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1973. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1973. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases.

Title	Worldwide gross	Country	Ref
The Exorcist	$441,306,145[nb 2]	United States	[13]
Enter the Dragon	$400,000,000[nb 2]	Worldwide	[14]
The Sting	$257,000,000	United States	[15][16]
Live and Let Die	$161,800,000	United Kingdom	[17]
American Graffiti	$140,000,000	United States	[18]
Bobby	$39,000,000	India	[19][20]

The year's highest-grossing actor worldwide was Hong Kong martial arts film star Bruce Lee, who died the same year.^[21]

Events

• March – Five Fingers of Death is released in the United States and is a surprise success starting a kung fu film craze in North America^[22]
• April 11 – Kim Jong-il publishes his film treatise On the Art of the Cinema.^[23]
• May 1 – The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely; she will marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra in 1976.
• July 20 – Martial arts legend Bruce Lee dies before Enter the Dragon is released on July 26.
• August 17 – The sci-fi movie Westworld is the first feature film to use digital image processing.
• December 25 – The Sting is released and goes on to become one of the top-grossing films of all time.
• December 26 – The Exorcist reawakens the horror film genre and becomes one of the most popular and controversial films ever released.

Awards

Category/Organization	31st Golden Globe Awards January 26, 1974		27th BAFTA Awards March 6, 1974	46th Academy Awards April 2, 1974
	Drama	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	The Exorcist	American Graffiti	Day for Night	The Sting
Best Director	William Friedkin The Exorcist		François Truffaut Day for Night	George Roy Hill The Sting
Best Actor	Al Pacino Serpico	George Segal A Touch of Class	Walter Matthau Charley Varrick and Pete 'n' Tillie	Jack Lemmon Save the Tiger
Best Actress	Marsha Mason Cinderella Liberty	Glenda Jackson A Touch of Class	Stephane Audran The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and Just Before Nightfall	Glenda Jackson A Touch of Class
Best Supporting Actor	John Houseman The Paper Chase		Arthur Lowe O Lucky Man!	John Houseman The Paper Chase
Best Supporting Actress	Linda Blair The Exorcist		Valentina Cortese Day for Night	Tatum O'Neal Paper Moon
Best Screenplay, Adapted	William Peter Blatty The Exorcist		Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carriere The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie	William Peter Blatty The Exorcist
Best Screenplay, Original				David S. Ward The Sting
Best Original Score	Neil Diamond Jonathan Livingston Seagull		Alan Price O Lucky Man!	Marvin Hamlisch The Way We Were Marvin Hamlisch The Sting
Best Original Song	"The Way We Were" The Way We Were		N/A	"The Way We Were" The Way We Were
Best Foreign Language Film	The Pedestrian		N/A	Day for Night

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Hireling, directed by Alan Bridges, United Kingdom

Scarecrow, directed by Jerry Schatzberg, United States

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder), directed by Satyajit Ray, India

1973 films

By country/region

• List of American films of 1973
• List of Argentine films of 1973
• List of Australian films of 1973
• List of Bangladeshi films of 1973
• List of British films of 1973
• List of Canadian films of 1973
• List of French films of 1973
• List of Hong Kong films of 1973
• List of Indian films of 1973
  • List of Hindi films of 1973
  • List of Kannada films of 1973
  • List of Malayalam films of 1973
  • List of Marathi films of 1973
  • List of Tamil films of 1973
  • List of Telugu films of 1973
• List of Japanese films of 1973
• List of Mexican films of 1973
• List of Pakistani films of 1973
• List of South Korean films of 1973
• List of Soviet films of 1973
• List of Spanish films of 1973

By genre/medium

• List of action films of 1973
• List of animated feature films of 1973
• List of avant-garde films of 1973
• List of comedy films of 1973
• List of drama films of 1973
• List of horror films of 1973
• List of science fiction films of 1973
• List of thriller films of 1973
• List of western films of 1973

Births

• January 4 - Damon Gupton, American actor
• January 7 – Baiba Broka, Latvian actress
• January 10 – Ryan Drummond, American actor and comedian
• January 14 – Katie Griffin, Canadian actress and singer.
• January 17 - Bob Persichetti, American animator, story artist, storyboard artist, screenwriter and director
• January 18 - Ben Willbond, English actor and screenwriter
• January 23 – Lanei Chapman, American actress
• January 24 – William Gregory Lee, American actor
• January 29 – Arben Bajraktaraj, Korovan-born French actor
• January 30 - Jordan Prentice, Canadian actor
• January 31
  • Portia de Rossi, Australian-Canadian actress
  • Matthew Faber, American actor (d. 2020)
• February 9 - Colin Egglesfield, American actor
• February 12 – Tara Strong, Canadian-American voice actress
• February 14 - Kristen Dalton, American actress
• February 15 - Sarah Wynter, Australian actress
• February 17 – Lucy Davis, English actress
• February 18 – Tom Wisdom, English actor
• February 20 - Andrea Savage, American actress and comedian
• February 25 – Anson Mount, American actor
• February 27 – Li Bingbing, Chinese actress
• March 1 – Jack Davenport, English actor
• March 3 - Matthew Marsden, English-American actor, producer and singer
• March 4 – Len Wiseman, American director, screenwriter and producer
• March 8 - Boris Kodjoe, German actor and producer
• March 10 – Natasha Alam, Uzbekistani–American actress and model
• March 13 – Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Icelandic-American actor, producer and screenwriter
• March 16
  • Jerome Flynn, English actor and singer
  • Tim Kang, American actor
• March 18
  • Marcus Chait, American actor and producer
  • Luci Christian, American voice actress
• March 19 - Jill Culton, American animator, storyboard artist, director and screenwriter
• March 20
  • Jane March, English actress and model
  • Cedric Yarbrough, American actor and comedian
• March 21 - Vanessa Branch, English-born American actress
• March 22 - Clay Kaytis, American animator and director
• March 24 – Jim Parsons, American actor and producer
• April 1 - Kris Marshall, English actor
• April 2
  • Simon Farnaby, English actor, comedian and writer
  • Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, actress, producer and writer
• April 3 – Adam Scott, American actor, comedian and producer
• April 6
  • Lori Heuring, American actress
  • Cindy Robinson, American voice actress
• April 10 – Guillaume Canet, French actor
• April 11
  • Kris Marshall, English actor
  • Alec Musser, American actor and fitness model (d. 2024)
• April 12 - Amr Waked, Egyptian actor
• April 14 – Adrien Brody, American actor
• April 19
  • Michael Bacall, American screenwriter and actor
  • David Soren, Canadian director, writer, voice actor and storyboard artist
• April 22 – Christopher Sabat, American voice actor
• April 30
  • Robyn Griggs, American actress (d. 2022)
  • Antonino Isordia, Mexican director
• May 5 – Tina Yothers, American actress
• May 8
  • Marcus Brigstocke, British comedian and actor
  • Jonathon Young, Canadian actor
• May 10 – Tora Sudiro, Indonesian actor
• May 12 - Mackenzie Astin, American actor
• May 17
  • Sasha Alexander, American actress and director
  • Matthew McGrory, American actor (d. 2005)
• May 21 - Noel Fielding, English comedian, writer, actor, artist, musician and television presenter
• May 25 - Jossara Jinaro, Brazilian-American actress (d. 2022)
• May 27 - Jack McBrayer, American actor, singer and comedian
• May 30 - Minae Noji, Japanese-American actress
• June 1 - Adam Garcia, Australian actor
• June 2 - Kevin Feige, American producer
• June 4 - Matt Corboy, American actor
• June 8 - Lexa Doig, Canadian actress
• June 9 - Orlando Wells, English actor and writer
• June 12 - Mel Rodriguez, American actor
• June 15
  • Neil Patrick Harris, American actor
  • Pia Miranda, Australian actress
• June 16 – Eddie Cibrian, American actor
• June 17 - Louis Leterrier, French director and producer
• June 18 - Julie Depardieu, French actress
• June 19 - Leticia Spiller, Brazilian actress
• June 21 – Juliette Lewis, American actress
• June 22 - Tracy Melchior, American actress
• June 24 - Alexander Beyer, German actor
• June 27 - Razaaq Adoti, British actor, producer and screenwriter
• June 29 - Lance Barber, American actor
• June 30 - Jon Gunn, American director and screenwriter
• July 2 - Peter Kay, English comedian and actor
• July 3 - Patrick Wilson, American actor, director and singer
• July 6 - William Lee Scott, American actor
• July 8
  • Sebastian Maniscalco, American stand-up comedian and actor
  • Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress
• July 9 - Enrique Murciano, American actor
• July 10 - Annie Mumolo, American actress, screenwriter, comedian and producer
• July 11 - Jason Liebrecht, American voice actor
• July 15 - Rachel Pickup, British actress
• July 16 - Robert Jayne, American actor
• July 19 - Saïd Taghmaoui, French-American actor and screenwriter
• July 20
  • Omar Epps, American actor, rapper and producer
  • Roberto Orci, Mexican-American screenwriter and producer (d. 2025)
• July 22 - Jaime Camil, Mexican actor and singer
• July 23
  • Daisy Donovan, English television presenter, actress and writer
  • Kathryn Hahn, American actress and comedian
• July 24 - Jamie Denbo, American actress, writer and comedian
• July 25 - David Denman, American actor
• July 26
  • Kate Beckinsale, English actress
  • Gaetano Bruno, Italian actor
• July 29
  • Stephen Dorff, American actor
  • Dileep Rao, American actor
• July 31 - Daniel Evans, Welsh actor and director
• August 1 - Eduardo Noriega, Spanish actor
• August 2 - Simon Kinberg, British-born American filmmaker
• August 3 - Michael Ealy, American actor
• August 5 - Michael Hollick, American actor
• August 6
  • Asia Carrera, American pornographic actress
  • David Campbell, Australian singer, actor and television personality
  • Vera Farmiga, American actress
• August 8 – Jessica Calvello, American voice actress
• August 9 - Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor and television director
• August 14 - Jamie Sives, Scottish actor
• August 18 - Carmen Serano, American actress
• August 19 - Ahmed Best, American actor, comedian and musician
• August 22 – Kristen Wiig, American actress and comedian
• August 24
  • Dave Chappelle, American actor
  • Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor, writer and musician
  • Grey Griffin, American actress, comedian and singer-songwriter
  • Barrett Oliver, American child actor
• August 25 - Ben Falcone, American filmmaker, comedian and actor
• August 26
  • Andy Muschietti, Argentine filmmaker
  • Gunner Wright, American actor
• August 28 - Kirby Morrow, Canadian actor, comedian and writer (d. 2020)
• September 1 - Guillem Morales, Spanish director
• September 4
  • Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist (d. 2022)
  • Lazlow Jones, American writer, producer, director, voice actor and radio personality
• September 5
  • Paddy Considine, English actor, director, screenwriter and musician
  • Rose McGowan, American actress
• September 6 - Martin Hancock, English actor
• September 7 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
• September 12 –
  • Maximiliano Hernández, American actor
  • Paul Walker, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
• September 13 - Travis Knight, American animator, producer and director
• September 14 – Andrew Lincoln, English actor
• September 18 – James Marsden, American actor
• September 19 - Nicholas Bishop, English-born Australian actor
• September 25 - Bridgette Wilson, American actress and singer
• September 26 – Julienne Davis, American actress and model
• September 27 - Indira Varma, British actress and narrator
• October 1 – Christian Borle, American actor and singer
• October 2
  • Efren Ramirez, American actor
  • Verka Serduchka, Ukrainian comedian, actor and singer
• October 3
  • Keiko Agena, American actress
  • Sasha Alexander, American actress and television director
  • Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
  • Richard Ian Cox, Welsh-Canadian voice actor
  • Lena Headey, English actress
• October 6 – Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
• October 8 - Jan Pavel Filipensky, Czech actor
• October 10
  • Mario Lopez, American actor and television host
  • S. S. Rajamouli, Indian director
• October 21 - Sasha Roiz, Israeli-born Canadian actor
• October 22 – Carmen Ejogo, British actress and singer
• October 23 - Stéphane Debac, French actor
• October 24
  • Burgess Jenkins, American actor
  • Kurt Kuenne, American filmmaker
• October 25 - Michael Weston, American actor
• October 26 – Seth MacFarlane, American actor, animator, screenwriter, comedian, director and singer
• October 28 – Kim Seo-hyung, South Korean actress
• October 30
  • Adam Copeland, Canadian wrestler and actor
  • Kemp Powers, American filmmaker
• November 1
  • Robert Luketic, Australian director
  • Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress
• November 2 - Marisol Nichols, American actress
• November 3 - Sticky Fingaz, American rapper and actor
• November 4 - Steven Ogg, Canadian actor
• November 11 - Chris McKay, American filmmaker
• November 12 - Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
• November 13
  • Jordan Bridges, American actor
  • John DeSantis, Canadian actor
• November 14 - Dana Snyder, American actor and voice actor
• November 17
  • Leslie Bibb, American actress
  • Maurizio Lombardi, Italian actor
• November 21 - Brook Kerr, American actress
• November 24
  • J. C. Chandor, American filmmaker
  • Lucy Liemann, British actress
  • Danielle Nicolet, American actress
• November 26 – Peter Facinelli, American actor
• November 27
  • Tadanobu Asano, Japanese actor
  • Sharlto Copley, South African actor
• December 1 - Lombardo Boyar, American actor
• December 3
  • Bruno Campos, Brazilian-American actor and lawyer
  • Holly Marie Combs, American actress and producer
• December 4 - Tyra Banks, American television personality, producer, writer and actress
• December 5 - Shalom Harlow, Canadian actress
• December 11 - Mos Def, American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor
• December 14
  • Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (d. 2001)
  • Jan Uuspõld, Estonian actor
• December 17 - Rian Johnson, American filmmaker
• December 27 - Wilson Cruz, American actor
• December 28 - Seth Meyers, American talk show host, actor and comedian
• December 30 - Christian McKay, English actor

Deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	2	Franciska Gaal	68	Hungary	Actress, Singer	Paris Honeymoon The Buccaneer
	15	Coleman Francis	53	US	Actor, Director	Red Zone Cuba The Skydivers
	19	Max Adrian	69	Northern Ireland	Actor	Dr. Terror's House of Horrors The Terrornauts
	24	J. Carrol Naish	77	US	Actor	Sahara A Medal for Benny
	26	Edward G. Robinson	79	Romania	Actor	Double Indemnity Key Largo
	29	Ludwig Stossel	89	Austria	Actor	The Pride of the Yankees Casablanca
	31	Jack MacGowran	54	Ireland	Actor	The Exorcist The Fearless Vampire Killers
February	13	David Bauer	55	US	Actor	Torture Garden Patton
	15	Tim Holt	54	US	Actor	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Magnificent Ambersons
	15	Wally Cox	48	US	Actor	Morituri The Bedford Incident
	22	Katina Paxinou	72	Greece	Actress	For Whom the Bell Tolls Rocco and His Brothers
	24	Art Smith	73	US	Actor	In a Lonely Place Body and Soul
	28	Cecil Kellaway	82	South Africa	Actor	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner The Postman Always Rings Twice
March	5	Rupert Crosse	45	US	Actor	The Reivers Shadows
	10	Robert Siodmak	72	Germany	Director	The Killers The Spiral Staircase
	11	Gregorio Fernandez	68	Philippines	Actor, Director	Higit Sa Lahat Luksang Tagumpay
	13	Melville Cooper	76	England	Actor	The Petty Girl Rebecca
	16	Carl Benton Reid	79	US	Actor	The Little Foxes The Trap
	19	Lauritz Melchior	82	US	Singer	This Time for Keeps Two Sisters from Boston
	22	Kane Richmond	66	US	Actor	Brick Bradford The Shadow Returns
	23	Ken Maynard	77	US	Actor	Range Law Tombstone Canyon
	26	Noël Coward	73	England	Actor, Songwriter	Easy Virtue In Which We Serve
	31	C. A. Lejeune	76	England	Critic
April	11	Ted de Corsia	69	US	Actor	The Killing The Enforcer
	12	Arthur Freed	78	US	Songwriter, Producer	An American in Paris Gigi
	14	Minna Gombell	80	US	Actress	The Merry Widow The Thin Man
	20	Robert Armstrong	82	US	Actor	King Kong Double Jeopardy
	21	Merian C. Cooper	79	US	Director, Producer, Screenwriter	King Kong The Four Feathers
	21	Ursula Jeans	73	UK	Actress	The Woman in the Hall The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
	26	Irene Ryan	70	US	Actress	San Diego, I Love You Heading for Heaven
May	4	Charles Grayson	69	US	Screenwriter	The Woman on Pier 13 Battle Hymn
	6	Myrna Fahey	40	US	Actress	House of Usher The Story on Page One
	7	Maxine Doyle	58	US	Actress	6 Day Bike Rider Condemned to Live
	10	Jack E. Leonard	63	US	Actor, Comedian	Three Sailors and a Girl The Fat Spy
	11	Lex Barker	54	US	Actor	La Dolce Vita Tarzan and the Slave Girl
	12	Frances Marion	84	US	Screenwriter	The Big House Dinner at Eight
	21	Vaughn Monroe	61	US	Singer, Actor	Meet the People Singing Guns
	29	P. Ramlee	44	Malaysia	Actor, Director	Tiga Abdul Love Parade
June	5	Max Terhune	87	US	Actor	The Purple Vigilantes Santa Fe Stampede
	10	William Inge	60	US	Screenwriter, Playwright	Splendor in the Grass Picnic
	16	Louise Latimer	60	US	Actress	Don't Turn 'Em Loose California Straight Ahead!
	18	Roger Delgado	55	England	Actor	The Terror of the Tongs Hot Enough for June
	23	Fay Holden	79	England	Actress	Love Finds Andy Hardy Samson and Delilah
	25	Lars Tvinde	86	Norway	Actor	An-Magritt By og land hand i hand
	26	Ernest Truex	83	US	Actor	The Adventures of Marco Polo His Girl Friday
July	2	Betty Grable	56	US	Actress	How to Marry a Millionaire Million Dollar Legs
	2	George Macready	73	US	Actor	Gilda Paths of Glory
	6	Joe E. Brown	80	US	Actor	Some Like It Hot Alibi Ike
	7	Veronica Lake	50	US	Actress	Sullivan's Travels This Gun for Hire
	11	Robert Ryan	63	US	Actor	The Wild Bunch Bad Day at Black Rock
	12	Lon Chaney Jr.	67	US	Actor	The Wolf Man High Noon
	18	Jack Hawkins	62	England	Actor	Ben-Hur Lawrence of Arabia
	20	Bruce Lee	32	US	Actor	Enter the Dragon Way of the Dragon
	30	Guy Middleton	65	England	Actor	Oh! What a Lovely War Marry Me!
August	2	Jean-Pierre Melville	55	France	Director	Le Samouraï Bob le flambeur
	5	Warren Duff	69	US	Producer, Screenwriter	Out of the Past Chicago Deadline
	10	Douglas Kennedy	57	US	Actor	Dark Passage The Amazing Transparent Man
	11	Peggie Castle	45	US	Actress	99 River Street I, the Jury
	16	Veda Ann Borg	58	US	Actress	Mildred Pierce The Alamo
	17	Eve Miller	50	US	Actress	Kansas Pacific The Winning Team
	22	Louise Huff	77	US	Actress	Disraeli Great Expectations
	30	Michael Dunn	38	US	Actor, Singer	Ship of Fools You're a Big Boy Now
	31	John Ford	79	US	Director	Stagecoach The Grapes of Wrath
September	13	Betty Field	60	US	Actress	Picnic Birdman of Alcatraz
	20	Glenn Strange	74	US	Actor	The Mad Monster Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
	21	Diana Sands	39	US	Actress	A Raisin in the Sun The Landlord
	24	Ted Adams	83	US	Actress	The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury Across the Rio Grande
	26	Anna Magnani	65	Italy	Actress	Rome, Open City The Rose Tattoo
	28	Norma Crane	44	US	Actress	All in a Night's Work They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
	28	Mantan Moreland	71	US	Actor, Comedian	Mantan Messes Up Sky Dragon
October	6	Sidney Blackmer	78	US	Actor	Rosemary's Baby High Society
	6	Dennis Price	58	UK	Actor	Kind Hearts and Coronets Ten Little Indians
	16	Cleo Moore	48	US	Actress	One Girl's Confession Over-Exposed
	18	Crane Wilbur	86	US	Screenwriter, Director	Solomon and Sheba House of Wax
	27	Allan Lane	64	US	Actor	Crime Ring Santa Fe Uprising
November	13	Lila Lee	72	US	Actress	Blood and Sand Misbehaving Ladies
	20	Viola Lawrence	78	US	Film Editor	The Lady from Shanghai Pal Joey
	23	Claire Dodd	64	US	Actress	Roberta In the Navy
	23	Robert Ellis	40	US	Actor	Retreat, Hell! Gidget
	23	Constance Talmadge	75	US	Actress	The Duchess of Buffalo Dulcy
	23	Sessue Hayakawa	84	Japan	Actor	The Bridge on the River Kwai Swiss Family Robinson
	23	Adele Buffington	73	US	Screenwriter	Circus Girl Picture Brides
	25	Laurence Harvey	45	Lithuania	Actor	The Manchurian Candidate The Alamo
December	4	Michael O'Shea	67	US	Actor	The Underworld Story Parole, Inc.
	12	Ranald MacDougall	58	US	Screenwriter, Director	Mildred Pierce Cleopatra
	20	Bobby Darin	37	US	Actor, Singer	Captain Newman, M.D. If a Man Answers
	26	Steven Geray	69	Ukraine	Actor	Gilda Call Me Madam
	26	William Haines	73	US	Actor	Show People West Point
	31	A. Edward Sutherland	78	England	Director	The Flying Deuces Dixie

Film debuts

• Danny Aiello – Bang the Drum Slowly
• Nancy Allen – The Last Detail
• John Ashton – The Psychopath
• Daniel Auteuil – The Year 01
• Graham Beckel – The Paper Chase
• Christine Boisson – The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
• Reb Brown – Sssssss
• Dennis Burkley – Bummer!
• Colleen Camp – Battle for the Planet of the Apes
• John Candy – Class of '44
• David Clennon – The Paper Chase
• Gérard Darmon – The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
• Laura Dern – White Lightning
• Pino Donnagio – Don't Look Now (film composer)
• George Dzundza – Massage Parlor Murders
• Anthony Edwards – Big Zapper
• Michael Ensign – Assassin
• Emilio Estevez – Badlands
• Dexter Fletcher – Steptoe and Son Ride Again
• Sasson Gabai – Light Out of Nowhere
• Victor Garber – Godspell
• Burton Gilliam – Paper Moon
• John Glover – Shamus
• Irma P. Hall – Book of Numbers
• Rutger Hauer – Turkish Delight
• William Hootkins – Big Zapper
• Gérard Jugnot – The Year 01
• Dimple Kapadia – Bobby
• Sylvia Kristel – Frank en Eva
• Stan Lee – The Year 01
• Kay Lenz – American Graffiti
• Thierry Lhermitte – The Year 01
• Frank Marshall (producer) – Paper Moon
• Robert Miano – Badge 373
• Temuera Morrison – Rangi's Catch
• Bernadette Peters – Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
• Joe Pantoliano – Road Movie
• John Rhys-Davies – Penny Gold
• Allan Rich – Serpico
• Henry G. Sanders – No Place to Hide
• Charlie Sheen – Badlands
• Bo Svenson – Maurie
• Ana Torrent – The Spirit of the Beehive
• Clement von Franckenstein – The Slams
• Carl Weathers – Magnum Force

Notes

1. ₹7.742 per US dollar in 1973^[8]
2. Includes gross revenue from re-releases