1994 in home video

A summary of 1994 in home video:

Years in home video:	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years:	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

Industry milestones

May

• May – Sony and Philips announce they will work together developing a new kind of high density medium, commonly known as Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) (Dwyer).^[1]

Movie releases

The following movies were released on video on the following dates:

U.S./Canada Release Date	Title	Studio	Notes
January 4	Robin Hood: Men in Tights	20th Century Fox	VHS release
January 5	Hocus Pocus	Walt Disney Pictures
	True Romance	Warner Bros. Pictures
January 12	Heart and Souls	Universal Studios
January 19	Cat People		VHS and Laserdisc release
	Caught in the Act
	Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday	New Line
January 26	Black Sunday	Paramount Pictures
	Coneheads
	Last Action Hero	Columbia Pictures	VHS release
February 1	In the Line of Fire
	Poetic Justice
	Hard Target	Universal Pictures
	The Metor Man	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
February 2	Mr. Nanny	New Line Cinema
	Kalifornia	Gramercy Pictures
February 9	The Real McCoy	Universal Pictures
February 13	Only the Strong	20th Century Fox
February 15	Son in Law	Hollywood Pictures
	The Secret Garden	Warner Bros. Pictures
February 16	Fast Times at Ridgemont High	Universal Studios	VHS and Laserdisc release
	The Program	Touchstone Pictures	VHS release
	Gettysburg	New Line Cinema
February 23	Needful Things	Columbia Pictures
	For Love or Money	Universal Pictures
	Fortress	Dimension Films
March 1	Fatal Instinct	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
March 2	Striking Distance	Columbia Pictures
	Demolition Man	Warner Bros. Pictures
	The Good Son	20th Century Fox
March 4	The Fox and the Hound	Walt Disney Pictures	VHS release; part of the Walt Disney Classics
	Undercover Blues	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	VHS release
March 7	Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey	Walt Disney Pictures
March 9	Judgment Night	Universal Pictures
March 15	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story	Universal Studios
March 16	Undercover Blues	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
	Airborne	Warner Bros. Pictures
March 22	The Fugitive	Warner Bros. Pictures
March 23	What's Love Got to do with It	Touchstone Pictures
	Mr. Wonderful	Warner Bros. Pictures
March 29	Fatal Instinct	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
March 30	The Joy Luck Club	Hollywood Pictures
	My Boyfriend's Back	Touchstone Pictures
	Father Hood	Hollywood Pictures
	M. Butterfly	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Bopha!	Paramount Pictures
	Dazed and Confused	Gramercy Pictures
April 6	The Beverly Hillbillies	20th Century Fox
	A Bronx Tale	Savoy Pictures
	The Age of Innocence	Columbia Pictures
	Fearless	Warner Bros. Pictures
April 11	The Great Muppet Caper	Universal Pictures
April 13	Cool Runnings	Walt Disney Pictures
	Bopha!	Paramount Pictures	VHS and Laserdisc release
	Malice	Columbia Pictures	VHS release
April 19	The Age of Innocence	Columbia Pictures
April 20	Carlito's Way	Universal Studios
	The Electric Horseman
	Flesh and Bone	Paramount Pictures
	Another Stakeout	Touchstone Pictures
April 21	Ernest Goes to Jail
April 26	Mrs. Doubtfire	20th Century Fox
	Batman: Mask of the Phantasm	Warner Bros. Pictures
April 27	Ernest Rides Again	Emshell Producers
	Josh and S.A.M.	Columbia Pictures
May 3	The Remains of the Day	Columbia Pictures
May 4	A Perfect World	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Boeing Boeing	Paramount Pictures	VHS and Laserdisc release
May 11	Addams Family Values
	The 3 Musketeers	Walt Disney Pictures
	Into the West	Miramax Films
May 18	Look Who's Talking Now	Tristar Pictures
	Buckskin	Paramount Pictures
	Copper Canyon
May 25	Beverly Hills Cop
	Beverly Hills Cop II
	Ghost in the Machine	20th Century Fox
	RoboCop 3	Orion Pictures	VHS release
	The Piano	Miramax Films
	Rudy	Tristar Pictures
May 26	Tarantula	Universal Studios
	The Deadly Mantis
June 1	Geronimo: An American Legend	Columbia Pictures
	The Double Life of Véronique	Paramount Pictures	VHS and Laserdisc release
	Twenty Bucks	Sony Pictures	VHS release
June 4	Deadfall	Trimark Pictures
June 8	My Life	Columbia/Tristar
	Wayne's World 2	Paramount Pictures
June 14	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	Warner Bros. Pictures
June 15	The Pelican Brief
	The Air Up There	Hollywood Pictures
	The Getaway	Universal Pictures
	Man's Best Friend	New Line Cinema
June 21	Bell, Book and Candle	Columbia Pictures
June 22	Tombstone	Hollywood Pictures
June 25	Blind Justice	HBO Films
June 28	The Getaway	Universal Studios
June 29	Philadelphia	TriStar Pictures
	Iron Will	Walt Disney Pictures
July 6	The Assassination Bureau	Paramount Pictures	VHS and Laserdisc release
	Sugar Hill	20th Century Fox	VHS release
	House Party 3	New Line Cinema
	Grumpy Old Men	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Household Saints	New Line Cinema
July 13	Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit	Touchstone Pictures
	Heaven and Earth	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Blink	New Line Cinema
July 20	Career	Paramount Pictures	VHS and Laserdisc release
	My Father the Hero	Touchstone Pictures	VHS release
	On Deadly Ground	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Car 54, Where Are You?	Orion Pictures
	Carlito's Way	Universal Pictures
July 26	Thumbelina	Warner Bros. Pictures
July 27	Cabin Boy	Touchstone Pictures
	Blank Check	Walt Disney Pictures
	What's Eating Gilbert Grape	Paramount Pictures
August 1	Lightning Jack	Savoy Pictures
August 3	Angie	Hollywood Pictures
	The Chase	20th Century Fox
	Major League II	Warner Bros. Pictures
	The Dove	Paramount Pictures	VHS and laserdisc release
August 9	Beethoven's 2nd	Universal Pictures
August 10	My Girl 2	Columbia Pictures
	The Ref	Touchstone Pictures
	Chasers	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Intersection	Paramount Pictures
August 16	D2: The Mighty Ducks	Walt Disney Pictures
August 17	Schindler's List	Universal Pictures
	The House of the Spirits	Miramax Films
	I'll Do Anything	Columbia Pictures
August 21	8 Seconds	New Line Cinema
August 24	Blue Chips	Paramount Pictures
	Like Water for Chocolate	Miramax Films
	Four Weddings and a Funeral	Gramercy Pictures
August 31	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Serial Mom	Savoy Pictures
September 1	Car 54, Where are You?	Orion Pictures
September 7	Crocodile Dundee	Paramount Pictures
	PCU	20th Century Fox
	Greedy	Universal Pictures
September 9	Threesome	TriStar Pictures
September 14	The Crow	Miramax Films
	Reality Bites	Universal Pictures
September 15	13 Ghosts	Columbia Pictures
September 21	Crocodile Dundee II	Paramount Pictures
	Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
	Farewell My Concubine	Miramax Films
	The Snapper
	3 Ninjas Kick Back	TriStar Pictures
September 27	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Touchstone Pictures
September 28	Surviving the Game	New Line Pictures
	The Wedding Banquet	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
	Bad Girls	20th Century Fox
October 4	Jurassic Park	Universal Studios
October 5	Clean Slate	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
	Above the Rim	New Line
October 12	Much Ado About Nothing	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
	Holy Matrimony	Columbia Pictures
October 19	The Worst Witch	Prism Entertainment
	Monkey Trouble	New Line Cinema
	White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf	Walt Disney Pictures	VHS release
	No Escape	Savoy Pictures
October 26	Broadway Bill	Paramount Pictures
	Crooklyn	Universal Studios
	The Cowboy Way	Universal Studios
	Clifford	Orion Pictures
	Guarding Tess	Tristar Pictures
	The Hudsucker Proxy	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Jimmy Hollywood	Paramount Pictures
October 28	Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs	Walt Disney Pictures	VHS and Laserdisc release; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection; it has a Roy E. Disney intro and the Walt Disney Home Video logo
	The Black Cauldron		VHS and Laserdisc release; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection; released on home video for the first time
	Dumbo		VHS and Laserdisc release; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
	The 3 Caballeros
	So Dear to My Heart
	Alice in Wonderland
	The Sword in the Stone
	Mary Poppins
	Bedknobs and Broomsticks
	Robin Hood
	Pete's Dragon
	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea		VHS release, part of the Walt Disney Family Film Collection
	Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier
	Old Yeller
	The Shaggy Dog
	Pollyanna
	Swiss Family Robinson
	The Parent Trap
	That Darn Cat!
	The Love Bug
	Herbie Rides Again
	Escape to Witch Mountain
	The Apple Dumpling Gang
November 1	Black Beauty	Warner Bros. Pictures	VHS release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
November 2	Brainscan	Triumph Films	VHS release
	The Paper	Universal Pictures
	The Cowboy Way		VHS and Laserdisc release
November 8	The Flintstones
November 9	City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold	Columbia Pictures
	Little Big League	Columbia Pictures
	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues	Fine Line Features
	With Honors	Warner Bros. Pictures
November 15	Speed	20th Century Fox
November 16	When a Man Loves a Woman	Touchstone Pictures
	Beverly Hills Cop III	Paramount Pictures
	Wyatt Earp	Warner Bros.
	Cops & Robbersons	TriStar Pictures
	The Favor	Orion Pictures
November 22	Little Buddha	Miramar Films
November 23	The Birds II: Land's End	Universal Studios	VHS release
November 30	A Christmas Reunion	EMI Distribution
	Getting Even with Dad	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
December 6	Blown Away
December 7	Captain Sindbad
	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang		VHS release; part of the MGM/UA Family Entertainment Collection
	Tom Sawyer	United Artists	VHS release
	The Black Stallion		VHS release; part of the MGM/UA Family Entertainment Collection
	The Secret of NIMH
	A Christmas Story	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
	All Dogs Go to Heaven	United Artists
	Maverick	Warner Bros. Pictures	VHS release
December 13	The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure	MCA Universal Home Video
December 14	Huckleberry Finn	United Artists
	I Love Trouble	Touchstone Pictures
	Baby's Day Out	20th Century Fox
	Blown Away	Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
December 21	The Client	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Lassie	Paramount Pictures

Release on Brazil

Abril Vídeo

Walt Disney Home Video

• Disney Sing Along Songs: Friend Like Me – January 4, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Walt Disney Home Video)
• Disney Sing Along Songs: The Bare Necessities – January 4, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Walt Disney Home Video)
• Fantasia – January 18, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Walt Disney Home Video)
• The Black Cauldron – March 29, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Walt Disney Home Video)
• Bambi – March 29, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Walt Disney Home Video)
• The Whale Who Wanted To Sing At the Met – April 5, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Walt Disney Home Video)
• Disney Sing Along Songs: I Love to Laugh! – April 26, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Walt Disney Home Video)
• Ariel's Undersea Adventures: Double Bubble – May 31, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Walt Disney Home Video)
• Aladdin – June 21, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Walt Disney Home Video)
• Disney Sing Along Songs: Heigh-Ho – June 28, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Walt Disney Home Video)
• The Reluctant Dragon – November 3, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Walt Disney Home Video)

Fox Video

• FernGully: The Last Rainforest – January 4, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Fox Video)
• The Secret of NIMH – January 11, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Fox Video)
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope – January 18, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Fox Video)
• The Empire Strikes Back – January 18, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Fox Video)
• Return of the Jedi – January 18, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Fox Video)
• The Muppets Take Manhattan – January 25, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Fox Video)
• RoboCop 3 – February 1, 1994 (Abril Vídeo/Fox Video)

CIC Video

• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – January 11, 1994 (Abril Vídeo)

This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.

TV show releases

The following television shows were released on video on the following dates:

• The Frog Prince - January 11
• "The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog videos - February 2
  • "The Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad!" (contains: "The Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad" & "Sonic Breakout")
  • "Slow-w-w-w Going" (contains: "Slowwww Going" & "Over the Hill Hero")
  • "Robotnik Express" (contains: "Robotnik Express" & "Tails' New Home")
  • "Grounder the Genius" (contains: "Grounder the Genius" & "Blank-Headed Eagle")
• "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" Playtime videos - February 15
  • "Cowboy Pooh" (contains "The Good, the Bad, and the Tigger" & "Rabbit Marks the Spot" & "The Masked Offender")
  • "Detective Tigger" (contains "Tigger, Private Ear" & "Sham Pooh" & "Invasion of the Pooh Snatcher" & "Eeyore's Tail Tale")
  • "Pooh Party" (contains "Party Poohper" & "A Bird in the Hand" & "A Pooh Day Afternoon")
• "Speed Racer" videos - February 16
  • "The Movie (contains: "The Car Hater" & "The Treacherous Pirate" & "The Race Against The Mammoth Car")
  • "The Great Plan"
  • "The Secret Engine"
  • "The Fastest Car on Earth"
  • "Race Against Time"
• "X-Men" videos - February 22
  • "The Cure"
  • "Come the Apocalypse"
• "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of this World" series - March 22
  • "Beyond the Donatello Nebula" (contains: "Beyond the Donatello Nebula" & "Big Bug Blunder")
  • "Unidentified Flying Leonardo" (contains: "Unidenitified Flying Leonardo" & "The Foot Soldiers Are Revolting")
  • "Planet of the Turtleoids" (contains: "Planet of the Turtleoids" (Parts 1 & 2)
  • "Return of the Turtleoid" (contains: "Return of the Turtleoid" & "Zach and the Alien Invaders"
• "Back to the Future" videos - March 30
  • "Solar Sailors" & "BraveLord and the Demon Monstrux
  • "Family Vacation" & "Retired"
  • "Mac the Black" & "St. Louis Blues"
• "Exosquad: Veil of Doom" series - April 20
  • "Target:Earth" & "A Traitor Among Us"
  • "Snorched Venus" & "Sabotage"
• "X-Men" videos - April 19
  • "Days of Future Past (Part 1)"
  • "Days of Future Past (Part 2)"
• "The Flintstones" videos - April 27
  • "Babe in Bedrock" (contains: "Dress Rehearsal" & "Daddy's Little Beauty")
  • "Fearless Fred Strikes Again" (contains: "The Buffalo Convention" & "Mother-in-Law's Visit")
  • "Hooray for Hollyrock" (contains: "Ann Margrock Presents" & "The Return of Stony Curtis")
  • "Wacky Inventions" (contains: "Wacky inventions" & "Flashgun Freddie")
• "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" Learning videos - May 6
  • "Making Friends" (contains "Cloud, Cloud Go Away" & "Tigger's Houseguest" & "The Bug Stops Here" & "Tigger is the Mother of Invention")
  • "Sharing and Caring" (contains: "Lights Out" & "The Rats Who Came to Dinner" & "No Rabbit's a Fortress")
  • "Helping Others" (contains "Owl's Well That Ends Well" & "A Very, Very Large Animal" & "Caws and Effect" & "To Dream the Impossible Scheme")
• "Spiderman and His Amazing Friends" video - May 16
  • "The X-Men Adventure"
• "The New Adventures of Speed Racer" videos - May 18
  • "The Mach-5's First Trial & The Pleasantville Terror"
  • "The Race Against X & The Creature from Sombra Lagoon"
  • "B.O.S.S. & Trouble in Deep-12"
  • "Race to the Future & Escape from the Past"
• "The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" video - June 7
  • "Road Hog" (contains: "Road Hog" & "Tails in Charge")
• "X-Men" video - June 21
  • "The Final Decision"
• "Speed Racer" videos - July 27
  • "Girl Daredevil"
  • "The Royal Racer"
  • "The Desperate Desert Race"
  • "Crash in the Jungle"
• "The Halloween Tree" video - September 14
  • Bonus Episode of "Yogi Bear" Bewitched Bear
• "The Flintstones" videos - September 14
  • "Dino's Two Tales" (contains: "Dino Disappears" & "Dino Goes Hollyrock")
  • "Rocky Bye Babies (contains: "Little Bamm-Bamm" & "The Most Beautiful Baby in Bedrock"
  • "Bedrock 'n' Roll" (contains: "The Girls' Night Out" & "The Twitch")
  • "Fred Takes the Field" (contains: "Flintstones of Prinstone" & "Big League Freddie")
• "Dink the Little Dinosaur" videos - September 14
  • "Shyler's Friend" (Also includes: "Shell Game" "Dink Come Home" "White Beauty" & "Search")
  • "Phantom of the Cave" (Also includes: "Dry River" & "Crusty's Baby" & "Gentle Hunter" & "Surprise")
  • "Light's Out" (Also includes: "Small Stuff" & "Amber's Crusade" & "Old Timers" & "The Hollow Tree")
  • "The Sky is Falling at Green Meadow" (Also includes: "Wish Mountain" & "Crusty's New Home" & "Encounter At Flatrock" & "Fraidy Scat")
  • "Land of No Return" (Also includes: "Sea Rescue" & "Tar Troubles" & "Crusty's Reunion" & "Tale of the Beast")
  • "Rivals" (Also includes: "The Wrongs of Spring" & "The Last of Their Kind" & "The Challenge" & "The Secret")
• "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers videos - September 14
  • "Day of the Dumpster" (Special Interview with Jason)
  • "High Five" (Special Interview with Trini)
  • "Food Fight" (Special Interview with Billy)
  • "Happy Birthday, Zack" (Special Interview with Zack)
  • "No Clowning Around" (Special Interview with Kimberly)
  • "Green with Evil, Part I: Out of Control" (Special Interview with Tommy and Friends)
  • "Green with Evil, Part II: Jason's Battle" (Special Interview with Tommy and Friends)
  • "Green with Evil, Part III: The Rescue" (Special Interview with Tommy and Friends)
  • "Green with Evil, Part IV: Eclipsing Megazord" (Special Interview with Tommy and Friends)
  • "Green with Evil, Part V: Breaking the Spell" (Special Interview with Tommy and Friends)
• "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" videos - September 21
  • "The Wanna-Be Ranger" (Special Feature: Power Ranger Music Video: I Will Win)
  • "Putty on the Brain" (Special Feature: Power Ranger Music Video: We Need A Hero)
  • "Bloom of Doom" (Special Feature: Power Ranger Music Video: Fight)
• "Exosquad: Into the Heart of Darkness" series - October 12
  • "Abandoned" & "The Brood"
  • "Betrayal" & "Defying Olympics"
• "X-Men" videos - October 18
  • "Till Death Do Us Part (Part 1)"
  • "Till Death Do Us Part (Part 2)"
• "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" video - October 19
  • "Alpha's Magical Christmas"
• "The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" video - October 21
  • "Hooked on Sonics" (contains: Hooked on Sonics" & "Warp Sonic")
• "VR Troopers" videos - November 2
  • "Error in the System" (Special Bonus Music Video Included: Hear This Lion's Roar)
  • "Lost Memories" (Special Bonus Music Video Included: Skugs)
  • "Oh Brother" (Special Bonus Music Video Included: It's All In Your Mind)
  • "Computer Captive" (Special Bonus Music Video Included: We Are VR Troopers)
  • "Virtual V-6" (Special Bonus Music Video Included: We Are VR)
• "ABC Weekend Special" video - November 9
  • "The Secret Garden (movie)"
• "Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad" videos - November 11
  • "To Servo and Project" (contains: "Amp Loves You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" & "Lights, Camera, Action")
  • "A Skorn in Their Side" (contains: "His Master's Voice" & "Un-Helping Hand")
  • "The Glitch That Stole Christmas" (contains: "Do Not Reboot 'Til Christmas" & "Kilokahn Is Coming to Town")
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas! - December 7
• "The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" videos - December 19
  • "Super Sonic" (contains: "Super Sonic" & "Sonic and Sally")
  • "Sonic Racer" (contains: "Sonic Racer" & "Sonic Boom")

This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.

Direct-to-video VHS releases

The following movies and TV shows were released on video cassette on these following dates:

• Aladdin: The Return of Jafar - May 20
• Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle - July 20
• Pocahontas - October 19
• VeggieTales: Where's God When I'm S-Scared (Word Entertainment print) - October 28
• VeggieTales: God Wants Me to Forgive Them? - October 28
• Ernest Goes to School - December 14

Documentary home video releases

The following documentary home videos were released on the following dates:

• The NASCAR Story: Volume 1 1947 To 1958 - November 22

This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.

References

1. DVD Development History – Accessed 8 April 2011

External links