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The year '''1975 in film''' involved some significant events.
[[20th Century Studios|20th Century-Fox]] will celebrate their 40th anniversary.

==Highest-grossing films==
===North America===
{{see also|List of 1975 box office number-one films in the United States}}
The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1975
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''
| [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]
| $133,400,000<ref name=Finler>{{cite book |last=Finler |first=Joel Waldo |year=2003 |title=The Hollywood Story |publisher=Wallflower Press |isbn=978-1-903364-66-6 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA360#v=twopage 360–361]}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
|''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $59,200,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
| style="background:#b6fcb6;" | ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' {{†|alt=film currently playing}}
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $50,420,000<ref name="1975DomesticRevenue"/>{{efn|Due to ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''{{'}}s unusually long theatrical run, this figure may not accurately reflect its 1975 gross.}}
|- 
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
| ''[[Shampoo (film)|Shampoo]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| $23,822,000<ref name="1975DomesticRevenue">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080605203026/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1975.shtml Top 20 Films of 1975 by Domestic Revenue]</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
| ''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $22,500,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
| ''[[The Return of the Pink Panther]]''
| United Artists
| $20,017,000<ref name="1975DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[Three Days of the Condor]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $20,014,000<ref name="1975DomesticRevenue">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080605203026/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1975.shtml Top 20 Films of 1975 by Domestic Revenue]</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[Funny Lady]]''
| Columbia
| $19,313,000<ref name="1975DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''[[The Other Side of the Mountain]]''
| Universal
| $18,012,000<ref name="1975DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Tommy (1975 film)|Tommy]]''
| Columbia
| $17,793,000<ref name="1975DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
|}

===International===
The highest-grossing 1975 films in countries outside of North America.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
! rowspan="2" | International market
! rowspan="2" | Film
! rowspan="2" | Admissions
! colspan="2" | Revenue
! rowspan="2" | Production <br> country
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}
|-
! Local currency 
! US$
|-
| [[Cinema of Brazil|Brazil]]
| ''[[The Towering Inferno]]''
| 10,377,230
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| [[Cinema of the United States|United States]]
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Les Entrees Au Bresil: 1975 |trans-title=Entries in Brazil: 1975 |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/v9_charts_total.php?filtre=datebresil&variable=1975&view=36 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=JP's Box-Office |language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402192047/http://www.jpbox-office.com/v9_charts_total.php?filtre=datebresil&variable=1975&view=36 |archive-date=2022-04-02 }}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in France|France]]
| ''[[The Towering Inferno]]''
| 4,466,376
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
|United States
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Bilan Annuel France – 1975 |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanfr.php?year=1975 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[Cinema of Germany|West Germany]]
| ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''
| 7,000,000
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
|United States
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Bilan Annuel Allemagne – 1975 |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanall.php?year=1975 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in India|India]]
| ''[[Sholay]]''
| 150,000,000+
| {{INR|350,000,000}}
| $41,790,000
| [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|India]]
| <ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015 |title=AskIndicine: Live QnA starts at 4:30PM |url=https://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/askindicine-live-qna-starts-at-430pm/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Indicine |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816125918/http://www.indicine.com:80/movies/bollywood/askindicine-live-qna-starts-at-430pm/ |archive-date=2015-08-16 }}</ref>{{#tag:ref|''Sholay'' in India: {{INR|350 million}} at [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|Indian box office]],<ref name="indiatoday">{{cite news|title=Sholay emerges as Bollywood's most successful re-run product even after 20 years|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sholay-emerges-as-bollywoods-most-successful-re-run-product-even-after-20-years/1/289356.html|work=[[India Today]]|date=15 September 1995}}</ref> 8.3759 [[Indian rupee]]s per [[US dollar]] in 1975<ref name="sauder">{{cite web|title=Pacific Exchange Rate Service|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|website=[[UBC Sauder School of Business]]|publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]|page=3|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>|group=n|name=Sholay}}
|-
| [[Cinema of Italy|Italy]]
| ''[[My Friends (film)|My Friends]]''
| 10,467,254
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| [[Cinema of Italy|Italy]]
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Bilan Annuel Italie – 1975 |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanitalie.php?year=1975 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in Japan|Japan]]
| ''[[The Towering Inferno]]''
| {{Unknown}}
| {{JPY|3,640,000,000}}
| {{Unknown}}
|United States
| <ref name="Japan1975">{{Cite magazine |year=1976 |title=1975年度日本映画/外国映画業界総決算 |magazine=[[Kinema Junpo]] |publisher=Kinema Junposha |issue=1976年（昭和51年）2月下旬号 |page=117 |lang=ja}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet Union]]
| ''[[Bobby (1973 film)|Bobby]]''
| 62,600,000
| 15,650,000 [[Soviet rouble|Rbls]]
| $21,440,000
| [[Cinema of India|India]]
| {{#tag:ref|''Bobby'' in the [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet Union]]: 15.65 million [[Soviet rouble|Rbls]]{{#tag:ref|62.6 million tickets sold,<ref name="soviet">{{cite web|url=http://kinanet.livejournal.com/1469857.html|title=Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)|author=[[Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)|Sergey Kudryavtsev]]}}</ref> average ticket price of 25 [[kopeck]]s<ref name="moscow7">[https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=7 ''Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War'', page 48], [[Cornell University Press]], 2011</ref>|group=nb}} (US$21.44 million,{{#tag:ref|0.73 [[Soviet rouble|Rbl]] per US dollar in 1975<ref>Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls</ref>|group=nb}} {{INR}}19.24 crore){{#tag:ref|8.973 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1975<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=15268|title = Reserve Bank of India - Publications}}</ref>|group=nb}} in 1975|group=n|name=Bobby}}
|-
| [[Cinema of Spain|Spain]]
| ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''
| 5,918,754
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| United States
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Bilan Annuel Espagne – 1975 |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanespagne.php?year=1975 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
| ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''
| 16,200,000
| £11,800,000
| ${{To USD|11.8|GBR|year=1975|round=yes}},000,000
|United States
| <ref name="BFI 2013">{{cite book |title=BFI Statistical Yearbook |year=2013 |edition=2012 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |location=London |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2013.pdf |pages=[http://www.emagcloud.com/incorporatedesign/BFI_Statisitical_Yearbook_2013_Digital02/pubData/source/BFI%20Statisitical%20Yearbook%202013%20Digital.pdf#page=22 22] & [http://www.emagcloud.com/incorporatedesign/BFI_Statisitical_Yearbook_2013_Digital02/pubData/source/BFI%20Statisitical%20Yearbook%202013%20Digital.pdf#page=32 32] |access-date=8 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228060414/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2013.pdf |archive-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jaws|date=28 November 2004|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/details.php?ranking=14|access-date=24 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803010001/http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/details.php?ranking=14|archive-date=3 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada|United States & Canada]]
| ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''
| 128,078,800
| $260,000,000
| $260,000,000
|United States
| <ref name="jaws">{{cite web |title=Jaws (1975) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jaws.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref>
|}

==Worldwide gross==
The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1975. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1975. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|-
! Title !! Admissions ({{estimation}}) !! Revenue !! Country
|-
| ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''
| 242,800,000<ref name="Guinness 2015">{{cite book |title=Guinness World Records |edition=2015 |year=2014 |volume=60 |isbn=9781908843708 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/GuinnessWorldRecords2015/page/n162 160]–161|last1=Records |first1=Guinness World |url=https://archive.org/details/GuinnessWorldRecords2015}}</ref>
| $470,653,000<ref name="jaws"/>
| rowspan="2" | [[Cinema of the United States|United States]]
|-
|''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
| 78,706,404{{#tag:ref|''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' box office admissions:
*United States and Canada {{ndash}} 53,685,400<ref>{{cite web |title=One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) {{ndash}} Domestic Total Est. Tickets |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=oneflewoverthecuckoosnest.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>
*United Kingdom {{ndash}} 9.65{{nbsp}}million<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ultimate Film Chart |url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/ |website=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005823/http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/ |archive-date=3 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*France, Germany {{ndash}} 10,374,879<ref>{{cite web |title=One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8243 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>
*Spain, Denmark {{ndash}} 4,996,125<ref>{{cite web |title=Пролетая над гнездом кукушки (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975) {{ndash}} Премьеры |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/chelyusti-1975-396/dates/ |website=[[KinoPoisk]] |access-date=5 January 2019 |language=ru-RU}}</ref>
|group=n}}
| {{Unknown}}
|-
|''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''
| 58,431,570{{#tag:ref|''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' box office admissions:
*North America {{ndash}} 55,069,400<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) {{ndash}} Domestic Total Est. Tickets |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rockyhorrorpictureshow.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>
*France, Germany {{ndash}} 3,362,170<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8302 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>
|group=n}}
| $166,000,000{{#tag:ref|''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' gross revenue:
*North America {{ndash}} $139,876,417<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130522084733/https://the-numbers.com/movies/1975/0RHPS.php Box Office Information for ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''.] The Numbers. Retrieved 25 August 2013.</ref>
*International to 1990 {{ndash}} $24,324,290 <ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=27 March 1993|page=23|title=The long, Rocky road to profit}}</ref>
*International since 2007 {{ndash}} $2,628,789<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0073629/ |access-date=March 8, 2024 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
*United Kingdom {{ndash}} £600,000<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hemley |first1=Matthew |title=Rocky Horror Show tops UK cinema box office |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2015/rocky-horror-show-tops-uk-cinema-box-office/ |work=[[The Stage]] |date=18 September 2015}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|600000|GBR|year=2015|round=yes}}|long=no}}) included above
*
|group=n}}
| [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] <br/> [[Cinema of the United States|United States]]
|-
| ''[[Sholay]]''
| 250,000,000<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mitra |first1=Sumit |title=After series of box-office duds, Ramesh Sippy strikes back with romantic venture Saagar |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19850731-after-series-of-box-office-duds-ramesh-sippy-strikes-back-with-romantic-venture-saagar-770238-2013-12-27 |access-date=7 February 2019 |work=[[India Today]] |date=31 July 1985}}</ref>
| $70,000,000{{#tag:ref|''Sholay'' estimated gross revenue {{ndash}} {{INR|{{#expr:350+190}} million}} ({{US$|{{#expr:41.79+23.29}} million|long=no}})
*India (1975 release) {{ndash}} {{INR|350 million}} ({{US$|41.79 million|long=no}})<ref group="n" name="Sholay"/>
*Soviet Union (1979 release) {{ndash}} {{US$|28.2 million|long=no}}{{efn|See {{Section link|List of highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union|Highest-grossing foreign films}}.}}
|group=n}}
| [[Cinema of India|India]]
|-
| ''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]''
| 24,861,525{{#tag:ref|''Dog Day Afternoon'' box office admissions:
*North America {{ndash}} 24,390,200<ref>{{cite web |title=Dog Day Afternoon (1975) {{ndash}} Domestic Total Est. Tickets |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dogdayafternoon.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>
*France {{ndash}} 471,325<ref>{{cite web |title=Dog Day Afternoon (1975) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8315 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>
|group=n}}
| {{Unknown}}
| [[Cinema of the United States|United States]]
|}

==Events==
*March 26: The film version of [[The Who]]'s ''[[Tommy (1975 film)|Tommy]]'' premieres in London.
*May 26: In order to create the necessary special effects for his film, ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'', [[George Lucas]] forms [[Industrial Light and Magic]].
*June 20: ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' is released and becomes the highest-grossing movie of the year and the first movie to earn $100 million in US and Canadian [[Gross rental|theatrical rentals]],<ref name=DaybyDay>{{cite news|work=Daily Variety|date=October 26, 1976|title=Day-By-Day News Summary, Oct. '75-Sept. '76|page=206}}</ref> setting the standard for future blockbusters.
*August 14: The cult classic film ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' premieres in London.
*August 15: [[Sholay]], directed by [[Ramesh Sippy]], produced by his father [[G. P. Sippy]], and written by [[Salim–Javed]], is released in Bombay. The film stars [[Dharmendra]], [[Sanjeev Kumar]], [[Hema Malini]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Jaya Bachchan]], and [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]]. When first released, ''Sholay'' receives negative critical reviews and a tepid commercial response, but favourable [[Word of mouth|word-of-mouth]] publicity helps it to become a box office success. It breaks records for continuous showings in many theatres across India. It is the [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|highest-grossing Indian film]] ever at this time, and is the [[List of highest-grossing films in India|highest-grossing film in India]] up until ''[[Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!]]'' (1994). By numerous accounts, ''Sholay'' remains one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time, adjusted for inflation. ''Sholay'' is often regarded as [[List of films considered the best#National polls|one of the greatest and most influential Indian films of all time]].
*November 2: Italian director [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]] is brutally murdered in [[Ostia (Rome)]].
*November 23: ''[[Sneak Previews]]'', the first American film review show, premieres and launches the careers of critics [[Gene Siskel]] and [[Roger Ebert]]. They remained as a team, and a staple among film critics, through various programs for the next twenty-four years.
*December: [[Warner Bros.]] reorganizes following [[John Calley]]'s decision to step down as president-COO. [[Frank Wells]] returns as president and shares CEO duties with [[Ted Ashley]], who also returns as chairman.<ref name=DaybyDay/>
*December 23: [[Bernard Herrmann]] completes recording his film soundtrack for ''[[Taxi Driver]]'', dying the following day.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/25/archives/bernard-herrmann-composer-oscar-winner-for-score-dead.html|title=Bernard Herrmann, Composer, Oscar Winner for Score, Dead|date=1975-12-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-02-15}}</ref>

== Awards ==

=== Awards ceremonies ===

*[[48th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]] - March 29, 1976 (ABC)
*[[29th British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]] - March 17, 1976
*[[33rd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]] - January 24, 1976
*[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival) 13 to 28 May 1976: ''[[Chronicle of the Years of Fire]]'' (Chronique des années de braise)
*[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival) 25 June to 6 July 1976: ''[[Adoption (film)|Adoption]]'' (''Örökbefogadás'')

=== Notable awards ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:200px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[33rd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<br />January 24, 1976 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[29th British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]]<br />February 29, 1976 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[48th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<br />March 29, 1976
|-
! width=200| Comedy or Musical !! style="width:200px;"| Drama
|-
| Best Film || '''''[[The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)|The Sunshine Boys]]''''' || '''''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''''' || '''''[[Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]'''''|| '''''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'''''
|-
| Best Director || colspan=2| [[Miloš Forman]]<br />'''''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'''''  || [[Stanley Kubrick]]<br />'''''[[Barry Lyndon]]''''' || [[Miloš Forman]]<br />'''''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'''''
|-
| Best Actor || [[Walter Matthau]]<br />'''''[[The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)|The Sunshine Boys]]''''' || [[Jack Nicholson]]<br />'''''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''''' || [[Al Pacino]]<br />'''''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]''''' / <br />'''''[[The Godfather Part II]]''''' || [[Jack Nicholson]]<br />'''''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'''''
|-
| Best Actress || [[Ann-Margret]]<br />'''''[[Tommy (1975 film)|Tommy]]''''' || [[Louise Fletcher]]<br />'''''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''''' || [[Ellen Burstyn]]<br />'''''[[Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]''''' || [[Louise Fletcher]]<br />'''''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'''''
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || colspan=2| [[Richard Benjamin]]<br />'''''[[The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)|The Sunshine Boys]]''''' || [[Fred Astaire]]<br />'''''[[The Towering Inferno]]''''' || [[George Burns]]<br />'''''[[The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)|The Sunshine Boys]]'''''
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || colspan=2| [[Brenda Vaccaro]]<br />'''''[[Once Is Not Enough (film)|Once Is Not Enough]]''''' || [[Diane Ladd]]<br />'''''[[Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]''''' || [[Lee Grant]]<br />'''''[[Shampoo (film)|Shampoo]]'''''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Adapted || rowspan=2 colspan=2| '''''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'''''<br/ >[[Lawrence Hauben]] and [[Bo Goldman]] || rowspan=2| '''''[[Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]'''''<br />[[Robert Getchell]] || '''''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'''''<br />[[Lawrence Hauben]] and [[Bo Goldman]]
|-
| Best Screenplay, Original || '''''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]'''''<br />[[Frank Pierson]]
|-
| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | [[John Williams]]<br/>''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' || [[John Williams]]<br/>''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''<br/>''[[The Towering Inferno]]'' || [[John Williams]]<br/>''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''<br/>[[Leonard Rosenman]]<br/>''[[Barry Lyndon]]''
|-
| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "[[I'm Easy (Keith Carradine song)|I'm Easy]]"<br/>''[[Nashville (film)|Nashville]]'' || N/A || "[[I'm Easy (Keith Carradine song)|I'm Easy]]"<br/>''[[Nashville (film)|Nashville]]''
|-
| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | ''[[Lies My Father Told Me]]'' || N/A || ''[[Dersu Uzala (1975 film)|Dersu Uzala]]''
|}

== 1975 films ==
=== By country/region ===
* [[List of American films of 1975]]
* [[List of Argentine films of 1975]]
* [[List of Australian films of 1975]]
* [[List of Bangladeshi films of 1975]]
* [[List of British films of 1975]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 1975]]
* [[List of French films of 1975]]
* [[List of Hong Kong films of 1975]]
* List of Indian films of 1975
** [[List of Hindi films of 1975]]
** [[List of Kannada films of 1975]]
** [[List of Malayalam films of 1975]]
** [[List of Marathi films of 1975]]
** [[List of Tamil films of 1975]]
** [[List of Telugu films of 1975]]
* [[List of Japanese films of 1975]]
* [[List of Mexican films of 1975]]
* [[List of Pakistani films of 1975]]
* [[List of South Korean films of 1975]]
* [[List of Soviet films of 1975]]
* [[List of Spanish films of 1975]]

===By genre/medium===
* [[List of action films of the 1970s#1975|List of action films of 1975]]
* [[List of animated feature films of 1975]]
* [[List of avant-garde films of the 1970s|List of avant-garde films of 1975]]
* [[List of comedy films of the 1970s#1975|List of comedy films of 1975]]
* [[List of drama films of the 1970s#1975|List of drama films of 1975]]
* [[List of horror films of 1975]]
* [[List of science fiction films of the 1970s#1975fc|List of science fiction films of 1975]]
* [[List of thriller films of the 1970s#1975|List of thriller films of 1975]]
* [[List of Western films of the 1970s|List of western films of 1975]]

==Births==
*January 1
**[[Sonali Bendre]], Indian actress
**[[Toni Ann Gisondi]], American child actress
**[[Danielle Schneider]], American actress, writer and improvisational comedian
*January 2: [[Dax Shepard]], American actor
*January 3
**[[Jason Marsden]], American actor
**[[Danica McKellar]], American actress
*January 5: [[Bradley Cooper]], American actor and film director
*January 6: [[Nicole DeHuff]], American actress (d. 2005)
*January 9: [[Patrick Sabongui]], Canadian actor and stunt performer
*January 14: [[Jordan Ladd]], American actress
*January 15: [[Jorge R. Gutierrez]], Mexican animator, director, writer and voice actor
*January 16: [[Julie Ann Emery]], American actress
*January 17: [[Freddy Rodriguez (actor)|Freddy Rodriguez]], American actor
*January 21: [[Michael Shaeffer]], English actor
*January 22: [[Balthazar Getty]], American actor and musician
*January 25: [[Mia Kirshner]], Canadian actress and writer
*January 29: [[Kelly Packard]], American actress
*January 31: [[Preity Zinta]], Indian actress
*February 3: [[Terry Chen]], Canadian actor
*February 4: [[Natalie Imbruglia]], Australian-British singer and actress
*February 5: [[Alison Hammond]], English television personality and actress
*February 7: [[Dan Green (voice actor)|Dan Green]], American voice actor, voice director and screenwriter
*February 9: [[Rawson Marshall Thurber]], American filmmaker and actor
*February 14: [[Malik Zidi]], French actor
*February 17: [[Raymond S. Persi]], American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, storyboard artist and voice actor
*February 18: [[Hristo Zhivkov]], Bulgarian actor (d. 2023)
*February 22: [[Drew Barrymore]], American actress and director
*February 23: [[Callan Mulvey]], Australian actor
*February 25:
**[[Tunde Adebimpe]], American musician and actor
**[[Chelsea Handler]], American comedian, actress, writer, television host and producer
*February 27: [[Quentin Kenihan]], Australian writer and actor (d. 2018)
*February 28: [[Lucy Tulugarjuk]], Inuk-Canadian actress, singer and director
*March 2: [[Lee Sun-kyun]], South Korean actor (d. 2023)
*March 3:
**[[Patric Chiha]], Austrian film director and screenwriter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Patric Chiha |url=https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=94124.html |access-date=14 August 2022 |website=[[AlloCiné]] |language=fr |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122223939/https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=94124.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Tiger Chen]], Chinese martial artist, actor and stuntman
*March 7:
**[[Sarayu Rao]], American actress
**[[T. J. Thyne]], American actor
*March 9: [[Chaske Spencer]], American actor and producer
*March 11: [[Josh Robert Thompson]], American voice actor, actor, comedian and impressionist
*March 14: [[Adrian Grunberg]], Mexican director and screenwriter
*March 15:
**[[Eva Longoria]], American actress, director and producer
**[[Will.i.am]], American actor and singer/rapper
*March 16: [[Sienna Guillory]], English actress
*March 17: [[Natalie Zea]], American actress
*March 18: [[Charles Parnell (actor)|Charles Parnell]], American actor
*March 21: [[Justin Pierce]], American-British actor and skateboarder (d. 2000)
*March 22:
**[[Guillermo Díaz (actor)|Guillermo Diaz]], American actor
**[[Nathan Greno]], American director and writer
**[[Cole Hauser]], American actor
*March 24: [[Brennan Elliott]], Canadian actor
*March 27:
**[[Kenny Doughty]], English actor and director
**[[Fergie (singer)|Stacy Ferguson]], American actress and singer-songwriter
*March 28:
**[[Richard Kelly (filmmaker)|Richard Kelly]], American director, screenwriter and producer
**[[Shanna Moakler]], American actress
*March 30: [[Bahar Soomekh]], Iranian-American former actress
*April 2:
**[[Deedee Magno]], Filipino-American actress and singer
**[[Pedro Pascal]], Chilean and American actor
**[[Adam Rodriguez]], American actor
*April 3: [[Aries Spears]], American stand-up comedian and actor
*April 6: [[Zach Braff]], American actor, director, screenwriter and producer
*April 7:
**[[Heather Burns]], American actress
**[[Sergio Peris-Mencheta]], Spanish actor
*April 10: [[David Harbour]], American actor
*April 11: [[Gloria Calderón Kellett]], American writer, producer, director and actress
*April 12: [[Camila Morgado]], Brazilian actress 
*April 13: [[Angus MacLane]], American director, animator, screenwriter and voice actor
*April 14: 
**[[Amy Birnbaum]], American voice actress
**[[Anderson Silva]], Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer.
*April 15: [[Elissa Knight]], American employee at [[Pixar]] and voice actress
*April 21: [[Charlie O'Connell]], American actor
*April 27: [[Erica Schroeder]], American voice actress
*April 30: [[Johnny Galecki]], American actor
*May 2: [[Finlay Roberts]], Scottish actor
*May 3: 
**[[Christina Hendricks]], American actress
**[[Dulé Hill]], American actor
*May 4: [[Óscar Jaenada]], Spanish actor
*May 8:
**[[Wilmer Calderon]], Puerto Rican-American actor
**[[Jodhi May]], English actress
*May 9: [[Chris Diamantopoulos]], Greek-Canadian actor and voice artist
*May 20:
**[[Juan Minujín]], Argentine actor and director
**[[Marc Thompson (voice actor)|Marc Thompson]], American voice actor
*May 22:
**[[Harriet Toompere]], Estonian actress
**[[Stephen Walters]], English actor
*May 24: [[Will Sasso]], Canadian-American actor, comedian, voice actor and podcaster
*May 26: [[Nicki Aycox]], American actress and musician (d. 2022)
*May 27: [[André 3000]], American singer, songwriter, rapper and actor
*June 1: [[Kate Magowan]], English actress and producer
*June 4: 
**[[Russell Brand]], English comedian, actor and radio host
**[[Angelina Jolie]], American actress
*June 6: [[Nina Kaczorowski]], American actress and stuntwoman
*June 8: [[Shilpa Shetty]], Indian actress
*June 10: [[Nicole Bilderback]], Korean-born American actress
*June 11:
**[[Nick Kellington]], British actor and musician
**[[John Tui]], New Zealand actor of Tungan descent
*June 13: [[Sharon Warren]], American actress
*June 19: [[Hugh Dancy]], English actor
*June 22: [[Jeff Hephner]], American actor
*June 23: [[Jeffrey Carlson]], American actor and singer (d. 2023)
*June 25: [[Linda Cardellini]], American actress
*June 27: [[Tobey Maguire]], American actor
*June 28: [[Jeff Geddis]], Canadian actor
*June 29: [[Șerban Pavlu]], Romanian actor
*July 2: [[Elizabeth Reaser]], American actress
*July 3: [[Ryan McPartlin]], American actor
*July 4: [[Mirelle Hernández]], American makeup artist
*July 5: [[Sope Aluko]], Nigerian-born British-American actress
*July 6: [[50 Cent]], American actor and rapper
*July 7: [[Nina Hoss]], German film and stage actress
*July 9: [[Nathaniel Marston]], American actor and producer (d. 2015)
*July 10: [[Stefán Karl Stefánsson]], Icelandic actor and singer (d. 2018)
*July 11: [[Bridgette Andersen]], American actress (d. 1997)
*July 13: [[Gareth Edwards (filmmaker)|Gareth Edwards]], British filmmaker
*July 14: [[Taboo (rapper)|Jaime Gomez]], American actor and rapper
*July 17:
**[[Elena Anaya]], Spanish actress
**[[Cécile de France]], Belgian actress
**[[Daffney|Shannon Spruill]], American actress and pro wrestler (d. 2021)
*July 19: [[Reuben Langdon]], American stuntman and voice actor
*July 20:
**[[Judy Greer]], American actress
**[[Jason Raize]], American actor, singer and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (d. 2004)
*July 21: [[David Dastmalchian]], American actor
*July 22: [[Hannah Waterman]], English actress
*July 23: [[Suriya]], Indian actor
*July 24: [[Laura Fraser]], Scottish actress
*July 28: [[Ori Pfeffer]], Israeli actor
*August 5:
**[[Jabez Olssen]], New Zealand editor
**[[Stéphanie Szostak]], French actress
*August 7:
**[[Megan Gale]], Australian actress
**[[Hans Matheson]], Scottish actor and musician
**[[Charlize Theron]], South African-American actress
*August 8: [[Matt Shakman]], American director and former child actor
*August 9: [[Anjali Jay]], British actress and writer
*August 11: [[Roger Craig Smith]], American actor and voice actor
*August 12: [[Casey Affleck]], American actor
*August 13: [[James Carpinello]], American actor
*August 16:
**[[Brad Morris]], American actor
**[[Taika Waititi]], New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian
*August 18:
**[[Luka Jones]], American actor and comedian
**[[Kaitlin Olson]], American actress, comedian and producer
*August 19: [[Tracie Thoms]], American actress and singer
*August 21: [[Alicia Witt]], American actress and singer
*August 22: [[Rodrigo Santoro]], Brazilian actor
*August 24: [[James D'Arcy]], English actor and director
*August 25: [[Raymond Wong Ho-yin]], Hong Kong actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.modia.com.hk/headlines/140235/%e9%bb%83%e6%b5%a9%e7%84%b644%e6%ad%b2%e7%94%9f%e6%97%a5-%e8%80%81%e5%a9%86%e5%9d%90%e5%a4%a7%e9%ab%80%e6%90%9e%e9%a9%9a%e5%96%9c/|title=黃浩然44歲生日 老婆坐大髀搞驚喜}}</ref>
*August 27: Bodie Olmos, American actor
*August 28: [[Eugene Byrd]], American actor
*August 29:
**[[Dante Basco]], American actor
**[[Juan Diego Botto]], Argentine-Spanish actor
*August 31: [[Sara Ramirez]], American actor
*September 1: 
**[[Scott Speedman]], Canadian actor
**[[Jason Zumwalt]], American actor, voice actor, comedian and screenwriter
*September 2: [[MC Chris]], American rapper, voice actor, comedian and writer
*September 8: [[Larenz Tate]], American actor
*September 10: [[Kyle Bornheimer]], American actor and comedian
*September 18: [[Jason Sudeikis]], American actor, comedian and screenwriter
*September 20: [[Moon Bloodgood]], American actress
*September 22: [[Mireille Enos]], American actress
*September 23:
**[[Jaime Bergman]], American actress
**[[Alex Karpovsky]], American director, actor, screenwriter, producer and editor
**[[Kip Pardue]], American actor and model
*September 27: [[Sam Lee (actor)|Sam Lee]], Hong Kong actor
*September 30 
**[[Asia Argento]], Italian actress
**[[Marion Cotillard]], French actress
**[[Christopher Jackson (actor)|Christopher Jackson]], American actor, singer, musician and composer
*October 3 - [[Alanna Ubach]], American actress
*October 4 - [[Reggie Lee (actor)|Reggie Lee]], Filipino-American actor
*October 5
**[[Diane Morgan]], English actress, comedian and writer
**[[Parminder Nagra]], English actress
**[[Monica Rial]], American voice actress
**[[Scott Weinger]], American actor
**[[Kate Winslet]], English actress
*October 7:
**[[Tim Minchin]], British-Australian comedian, actor, writer and musician
**[[Kaspars Znotiņš]], Latvian actor
*October 8: [[Richard Short (actor)|Richard Short]], English actor
*October 10: [[Lenn Kudrjawizki]], German actor and musician
*October 11: [[Nat Faxon]], American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter
*October 15: [[Chukwudi Iwuji]], Nigerian-British actor
*October 16:
**[[Alexandra Barreto]], Puerto Rican actress
**[[Nelson Lee]], Taiwanese-Canadian actor
**[[Kellie Martin]], American actress
*October 22: [[Jesse Tyler Ferguson]], American actor
*October 26: [[Lennon Parham]], American actress
*October 29: [[Aksel Hennie]], Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter
*October 30: [[Maria Thayer]], American actress and comedian
*October 31: [[Keith Jardine]], American actor
*November 2: [[Danny Cooksey]], American actor and musician
*November 8: [[Tara Reid]], American actress
*November 10: [[Halina Reijn]], Dutch actress, writer and film director
*November 12: Steven Kynman, British actor, puppeteer, writer and voice actor
*November 13: [[Aisha Hinds]], American actress
*November 15: [[J. C. Brandy]], British-born American actress
*November 16: [[David Leitch]], American filmmaker, actor, stunt performer and stunt coordinator
*November 17: [[Diane Neal]], American actress
*November 19: [[Sushmita Sen]], Indian actress
*November 22: [[James Madio]], American actor
*November 26: [[DJ Khaled]], American DJ, rapper and actor
*November 28: [[Sunny Mabrey]], American actress
*November 30: [[IronE Singleton]], American actor
*December 1: [[David Hornsby]], American actor
*December 5: [[Paula Patton]], American actress
*December 6: [[Noel Clarke]], British actor and filmmaker
*December 12: [[Mayim Bialik]], American actress and game show host
*December 14: [[KaDee Strickland]], American actress
*December 17
**[[Milla Jovovich]], Ukrainian-American actress
**[[Hilje Murel]], Estonian actress
**[[Steve Zissis]], American actor, writer and producer
*December 22: [[Omar Dorsey]], American actor
*December 27: [[Heather O'Rourke]], American child actress (d. 1988)
*December 29: [[Shawn Hatosy]], American actor
*December 31: [[Amy Palant]], American voice actress and singer

==Deaths==
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0"
|-  style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"
!  Month !!  Date !!  Name !!  Age !! Country !!  Profession !!  Notable films
|- valign="top"
! rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| January
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Arthur Pierson (director)|Arthur Pierson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| Norway/US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Fighting O'Flynn]]''| ''[[Home Town Story]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Pierre Fresnay]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[La Grande Illusion]]''| ''[[Le Corbeau]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Gertrude Olmstead]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Boob]]''| ''[[The Monster (1925 film)|The Monster]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Marie Lohr]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| Australia || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Winslow Boy (1948 film)|The Winslow Boy]]''| ''[[Great Catherine (film)|Great Catherine]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Larry Fine]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Three Stooges]]''| ''[[4 for Texas]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Bill Walsh (producer)|Bill Walsh]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Producer || {{hlist|''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''| ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]''}}
|-
! rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| February
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Richard Wattis]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]''| ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)|The Man Who Knew Too Much]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Maria Balcerkiewiczówna]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| Poland || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Vampires of Warsaw]]''| ''[[Augustus the Strong (film)|Augustus the Strong]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[George Marshall (director)|George Marshall]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]]''| ''[[Destry Rides Again]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Robert Strauss (actor)|Robert Strauss]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Stalag 17]]''| ''[[The Seven Year Itch]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Lillian Fontaine]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Locket (1946 film)|The Locket]]''| ''[[The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]''}}
|-
! rowspan=12 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| March
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Edward H. Griffith]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Honeymoon in Bali]]''| ''[[Virginia (1941 film)|Virginia]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Therese Giehse]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Mädchen in Uniform (1958 film)|Mädchen in Uniform ]]''| ''[[Black Moon (1975 film)|Black Moon]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Renée Björling]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Summer Interlude]]''| ''[[A Lesson in Love (1954 film)|A Lesson in Love]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Ben Blue]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada/US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Big Broadcast of 1938]]''| ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[George Stevens]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer || {{hlist|''[[A Place in the Sun (1951 film)|A Place in the Sun]]''| ''[[Giant (1956 film)|Giant]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Shirley Ross]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Big Broadcast of 1938]]''| ''[[Thanks for the Memory (film)|Thanks for the Memory]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Susan Hayward]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[I Want to Live!]]''| ''[[The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film)|The Snows of Kilimanjaro]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[John H. Auer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer || {{hlist|''[[Johnny Trouble]]''| ''[[City That Never Sleeps]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Arthur Crabtree]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Caravan (1946 film)|Caravan]]''| ''[[Lilli Marlene (film)|Lilli Marlene]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Harry Lachman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;| Director || {{hlist|''[[Charlie Chan in Rio]]''| ''[[It Happened in Hollywood]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Cass Daley]] || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer || {{hlist|''[[Riding High (1943 film)|Riding High]]''| ''[[Ladies' Man (1947 film)|Ladies' Man]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Michele Girardon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 36 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Lovers (1958 film)|The Lovers]]''| ''[[Hatari!]]''}}
|-
! rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| April
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Mary Ure]] || style="text-align:center;"| 42 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Where Eagles Dare]]''| ''[[Look Back in Anger (1959 film)|Look Back in Anger]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Inez Courtney]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Clarence (1937 film)|Clarence]]''| ''[[The 13th Man]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Marjorie Main]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Meet Me in St. Louis (film)|Meet Me in St. Louis]]''| ''[[Ma and Pa Kettle]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Larry Parks]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Jolson Story]]''| ''[[Down to Earth (1947 film)|Down to Earth]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Fredric March]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]''| ''[[A Star Is Born (1937 film)|A Star Is Born]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Richard Conte]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Godfather]]''| ''[[Ocean's 11]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[William Hartnell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Hell Drivers (film)|Hell Drivers]]''| ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Mary Philips]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[A Farewell to Arms (1932 film)|A Farewell to Arms]]''| ''[[Leave Her to Heaven]]''}}
|-
! rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Moe Howard]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Three Stooges]]''| ''[[Men in Black (1934 film)|Men in Black]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Philip Dorn]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| Netherlands || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Random Harvest (film)|Random Harvest]]''| ''[[I Remember Mama (film)|I Remember Mama]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Torben Meyer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Roberta (1935 film)|Roberta]]''| ''[[Till We Meet Again (1936 film)|Till We Meet Again]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Michel Simon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| Switzerland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[L'Atalante]]''| ''[[The Train (1964 film)|The Train]]''}}
|-
! rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| June
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Ozzie Nelson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Sweetheart of the Campus]]''| ''[[The Impossible Years]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Evelyn Brent]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Underworld (1927 film)|Underworld]]''| ''[[The Last Command (1928 film)|The Last Command]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Larry Blyden]] || style="text-align:center;"| 49 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (film)|On a Clear Day You Can See Forever]]''| ''[[Kiss Them for Me (film)|Kiss Them for Me]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Jane Griffiths (actress)|Jane Griffiths]] || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Million Pound Note]]''| ''[[The Durant Affair]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Rod Serling]] || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Seven Days in May]]''| ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]''}}
|-
! rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| July
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[James Robertson Justice]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]''| ''[[Moby Dick (1956 film)|Moby Dick]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Richard Gaines]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Double Indemnity]]''| ''[[The More the Merrier]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Alfred L. Werker]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film)|The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]''| ''[[Repeat Performance]]''}}
|-
! rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| August
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Jean Yarbrough]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Inside Job (1946 film)|Inside Job]]''| ''[[Shed No Tears (1948 film)|Shed No Tears]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Phyllis Povah]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Women (1939 film)|The Women]]''| ''[[Pat and Mike]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Howard Wendell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Fighting Chance (1955 film)|The Fighting Chance]]''| ''[[The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Sidney Buchman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]''| ''[[Here Comes Mr. Jordan]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Hank Patterson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Arizona Kid (1939 film)|The Arizona Kid]]''| ''[[Tarantula (film)|Tarantula]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Joseph Kane]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[King of the Cowboys]]'' | ''[[Flame of Barbary Coast]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Bob Baker (actor)|Bob Baker]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Singing Outlaw]]''| ''[[The Phantom Stage]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Pierre Blaise]] || style="text-align:center;"| 20 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Lacombe, Lucien]]''| ''[[Down the Ancient Staircase]]''}}
|-
! rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| September
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[John McGiver]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]''| ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Pamela Brown (actress)|Pamela Brown]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Lust for Life (1956 film)|Lust for Life]]''| ''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Clive Morton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Moonraker]]''| ''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Mark Frechette]] || style="text-align:center;"| 27 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Zabriskie Point (film)|Zabriskie Point]]''| ''[[Many Wars Ago]]''}}
|-
! rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| October
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Don Barclay (actor)|Don Barclay]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Man Hunt (1936 film)|Man Hunt]]''| ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Al Lettieri]] || style="text-align:center;"| 47 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Godfather]]''| ''[[The Getaway (1972 film)|The Getaway]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Cesare Bettarini]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Like the Leaves]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Martin Boddey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Carry on Sergeant]]''| ''[[Carry on Nurse]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Joseph Calleia]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| Malta/US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer || {{hlist|''[[After the Thin Man]]''| ''[[Touch of Evil]]''}}
|-
! rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]] || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter, Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Hawks and the Sparrows]]''| ''[[Teorema (film)|Teorema]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Sheila Ryan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Dressed to Kill (1941 film)|Dressed to Kill]]''| ''[[Song of Texas]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Annette Kellerman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| Australia || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Venus of the South Seas]]''| ''[[A Daughter of the Gods]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Kay Johnson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Dynamite (1929 film)|Dynamite]]''| ''[[Of Human Bondage (1934 film)|Of Human Bondage]]''}}
|-
! rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| December
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Hardie Albright]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Three-Cornered Moon]]''| ''[[The Scarlet Letter (1934 film)|The Scarlet Letter]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[William A. Wellman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Wings (1927 film)|Wings]]''| ''[[Battleground (film)|Battleground]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Cyril Delevanti]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''| ''[[Soylent Green]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Arthur Treacher]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Thank You, Jeeves!]]''| ''[[Heidi (1937 film)|Heidi]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Frank Sully]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Grapes of Wrath (film)|The Grapes of Wrath]]''| ''[[Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[William Lundigan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The House on Telegraph Hill]]''| ''[[Love Nest]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Rowland V. Lee]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Son of Frankenstein]]''| ''[[Captain Kidd (film)|Captain Kidd]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Bernard Herrmann]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]''| ''[[Taxi Driver]]''}}
|}

==Film debuts==
{{Column list|
*[[Tom Alter]] – ''Mrig Trishna''
*[[Jack Angel]] – ''[[Funny Lady]]''
*[[Pernilla August]] – ''[[Giliap]]''
*[[Michael Berryman]] – ''[[Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze]]''
*[[Bruce Boxleitner]] – ''[[Sixpack Annie]]''
*[[Jay Brazeau]] – ''The Melting Pot''
*[[Bryan Brown]] – ''[[Scobie Malone (film)|Scobie Malone]]''
*[[Kim Cattrall]] – ''[[Rosebud (1975 film)|Rosebud]]''
*[[Maury Chaykin]] – ''Me''
*[[George Cheung]] – ''[[The Killer Elite]]''
*[[Tom Conti]] – ''[[Galileo (1975 film)|Galileo]]''
*[[Robert Costanzo]] – ''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]''
*[[Tim Curry]] – ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''
*[[Ken Davitian]] – ''Sons of Sassoun''
*[[John de Lancie]] – ''Legacy''
*[[John Debney]] (film composer) – ''[[The Strongest Man in the World]]''
*[[Brad Dourif]] – ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
*[[Griffin Dunne]] – ''[[The Other Side of the Mountain]]''
*[[Joe Estevez]] – ''[[Lucky Lady]]''
*[[Conchata Ferrell]] – ''[[Deadly Hero]]''
*[[Laurence Fishburne]] – ''[[Cornbread, Earl and Me]]''
*[[Carrie Fisher]] – ''[[Shampoo (film)|Shampoo]]''
*[[M. C. Gainey]] – ''[[Hard Times (1975 film)|Hard Times]]''
*[[Richard Gere]] – ''[[Report to the Commissioner]]''
*[[Patrick Gorman (American actor)|Patrick Gorman]] – ''[[Three Days of the Condor]]''
*[[Debbie Harry]] – ''Deadly Hero''
*[[Bernard Hill]] – ''It Could Happen to You''
*[[Danny Huston]] – ''[[The "Human" Factor (1975 film)|The "Human" Factor]]''
*[[Brion James]] – ''Hard Times''
*[[James Keane (actor)|James Keane]] – ''Three Days of the Condor''
*[[Nastassja Kinski]] – ''[[The Wrong Move]]''
*[[Christopher Lloyd]] – ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest''
*[[Mary Stuart Masterson]] – ''[[The Stepford Wives (1975 film)|The Stepford Wives]]''
*[[Richard Masur]] – ''[[Whiffs]]''
*[[Rudy Ray Moore]] – ''[[Dolemite]]''
*[[Chris Mulkey]] – ''Loose Ends''
*[[Sam Neill]] – ''[[Landfall (1975 film)|Landfall]]''
*[[Bill Paxton]] – ''[[Crazy Mama]]''
*[[Dennis Quaid]] – ''Crazy Mama''
*[[Rajinikanth]] – ''[[Apoorva Raagangal]]''
*[[Leo Rossi]] – ''Alias Big Cherry''
*[[Chris Sarandon]] – ''Dog Day Afternoon''
*[[Gailard Sartain]] – ''[[Nashville (film)|Nashville]]''
*[[Sandra Seacat]] – ''[[Night Moves (1975 film)|Night Moves]]''
*[[Lin Shaye]] – ''[[Hester Street (film)|Hester Street]]''
*[[Don Stark]] – ''[[Switchblade Sisters]]''
*[[Patrick Stewart]] – ''[[Hennessy (film)|Hennessy]]''
*[[John Travolta]] – ''[[The Devil's Rain (film)|The Devil's Rain]]''
*[[Vlasta Vrána]] – ''[[Shivers (1975 film)|Shivers]]''
*[[Dee Wallace]] – ''The Stepford Wives''
*[[Steven Williams]] – ''[[Cooley High]]''
*[[Treat Williams]] – ''Deadly Hero''
}}

==Notes==
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{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1975-01-01,1975-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1975 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1975-01-01,1975-12-31&adult=include List of 1975 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1975-01-01,1975-12-31&adult=include List of 1975 births] at [[IMDb]]

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