New Movie Releases December 31st, 1993

List below shows all new movies released in theaters on December 31st, 1993, including both wide and limited movie releases.

Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers

Theatrical Release Date: 12/31/1993
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nick Park
Actors: Peter Sallis
Plot: Wallace and Gromit are a dynamic duo - but Gromit finds himself being pushed out by a new lodger, and master criminal - who just happens to be a penguin. Using a pair of remote-controlled trousers, Wallace is about to become a criminal himself - but Gromit is wise to the ploy and will stop the penguin at any cost.

Ghost in the Machine

Theatrical Release Date: 12/29/1993
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rachel Talalay
Actors: Karen Allen, Chris Mulkey, Jessica Walter, Ted Marcoux, Wil Horneff, Nancy Fish

In the Name of the Father

Theatrical Release Date: 12/29/1993
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jim Sheridan
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Mark Sheppard, Anthony Brophy, Pete Postlethwaite, Frankie McCafferty
Plot: An man and his father are wrongly convicted of IRA terrorist bombings in 1970s England, and must fight against all odds to prove their innocence.

Shadowlands

Theatrical Release Date: 12/29/1993
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Attenborough
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Joseph Mazzello, James Frain, Edward Hardwicke, John Wood
Plot: Based on the novelist of "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe", C.S. Lewis, the story shows how he cares for his wife who has cancer.

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1993
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Eric Radomski, Bruce W. Timm
Actors: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach, Abe Vigoda, Mark Hamill
Plot: As Gotham's crime lords begin showing up dead Bruce Wayne finds love, but must continue to protect Gotham as the new menace, Phantasm, also stalks the night. Things get even more problematic when Phantasm attracts the Joker's attention.

Grumpy Old Men

Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1993
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Donald Petrie
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak
Plot: Two life-long, elderly neighbors harbor a 50-year feud. When an attractive
older woman moves in across the street, their rivalry intensifies ass they
both strive for her attention.

Heaven and Earth

Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1993
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Joan Chen, Thuan K. Nguyen, Timothy Carhart, Hiep Thi Le, Dustin Nguyen
Plot: A story of a Vietnamese woman's struggle in her homeland during the war and in America after the war.

Strategy of the Snail, The ( estrategia del caracol, La )

Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1993
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergio Cabrera
Actors: Luis Fernando Munera, Salvatore Basile, Fausto Cabrera, Sain Castro, Humberto Dorado, Vicky Hernández

Tombstone

Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1993
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Actors: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Bill Paxton, Sam Elliott, Powers Boothe, Charlton Heston
Plot: Wyatt, a legendary lawman, moves to Tombstone with his family to start
over. The cowboys have different plans.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1993
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Lasse Hallström
Actors: Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Darlene Cates, Laura Harrington
Plot: Gilbert Grape lives in Endora, a place where nothing much happens. The only times the police got something to do is when Gilbert's autistic brother Arnie tries to climb up on the watertower nearby. Taking care of Arnie is mostly Gilbert's task which can be pretty demanding, at least while you are working at the local grocery store. Then one day Becky and her grandmother passes through Endora getting trouble with the car. Gilbert falls in love with Becky, but gets problems when he tries to find time for his own private life

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