1994 in home video

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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

Movie releases

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

Contents

U.S./Canada
release date
TitleStudioFormat/Notes
January 4 Robin Hood: Men in Tights Fox Video VHS release
January 5 Hocus Pocus Walt Disney Home Video VHS release
Blood In Blood Out Hollywood Pictures Home Video VHS release
True Romance Warner Home Video VHS release
Once Upon a Forest Fox VideoVHS release; part of the 20th Century Fox Family Features Collection
January 12 Heart and Souls MCA/Universal Home Video VHS release
January 19 Cat People MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc releases
Caught in the Act
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday New Line Home Video VHS and Laserdisc releases
Menace II Society
January 26 Black Sunday Paramount Home Video VHS and Laserdisc releases
Coneheads
The Black Scorpion Warner Home VideoVHS release
The Sandlot Fox VideoVHS releases; part of the 20th Century Fox Family Features Collection
Rookie of the Year
Last Action Hero Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS release
January 28 Peter and the Wolf Walt Disney Home VideoVHS releases; part of the Disney's Favorite Stories Collection
Mickey and the Beanstalk
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Prince and the Pauper
February 1 In the Line of Fire Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
Poetic Justice VHS release
Hard Target MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS release
The Meteor Man MGM/UA Home Video VHS release
February 2 Mr. Nanny New Line Home VideoVHS release
Kalifornia PolyGram Video VHS release
February 9 The Real McCoy MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS release
February 13 Only the Strong 20th Century FoxVHS release
February 15 Son in Law Hollywood Pictures Home VideoVHS release
The Secret Garden Warner Home VideoVHS release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
February 18 Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree Walt Disney Home VideoVHS releases; part of the Winnie-the-Pooh: Storybook Classics Collection
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
The Program Touchstone Home Video VHS release
Fast Times at Ridgemont High MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Gettysburg New Line Home VideoVHS release
February 23 Needful Things Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
For Love or Money MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS release
Fortress LIVE Home Video VHS release
March 2 Striking Distance Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
Demolition Man Warner Home VideoVHS release
The Good Son Fox VideoVHS release
Ben-Hur MGM/UA Home VideoVHS release; letterboxed 35th anniversary edition
The Apartment VHS release; letterboxed
Gigi VHS release; letterboxed
West Side Story VHS release; letterboxed
March 4 Desert Flower and Chief MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS release
The Fox and the Hound Walt Disney Home VideoVHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics
The Incredible Journey VHS release
Undercover Blues MGM/UA Home VideoVHS release
March 9 Judgment Night MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS release
Manhattan Murder Mystery Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
March 15 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS release
March 16 Airborne Warner Home VideoVHS release
Undercover Blues MGM/UA Home VideoVHS release
March 18 Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS release; part of Yogi Bear Video Collection
March 22 The Fugitive Warner Home VideoVHS release
March 23 What's Love Got to Do with It Touchstone Home VideoVHS release
Mr. Wonderful Warner Home VideoVHS release
March 29 Fatal Instinct MGM/UA Home VideoVHS release
March 30 My Boyfriend's Back Touchstone Home VideoVHS release
The Joy Luck Club Hollywood Pictures Home VideoVHS release
Father Hood VHS release
Money for Nothing VHS release
M. Butterfly Warner Home VideoVHS release
Bopha! Paramount Home VideoVHS release
Dazed and Confused LIVE Home VideoVHS release
A Home of Our Own VHS release
April 6 Fearless Warner Home VideoVHS release
The Beverly Hillbillies Fox VideoVHS release
A Bronx Tale HBO Savoy Video VHS release
April 13 Cool Runnings Walt Disney Home VideoVHS release
Malice Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
Bopha! Paramount Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
April 19 The Age of Innocence Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
April 20 Another Stakeout Touchstone Home VideoVHS release
Ernest Goes to Jail VHS release
Flesh and Bone Paramount Home VideoVHS release
Carlito's Way MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS release
A Gnome Named Gnorm PolyGram VideoVHS release
The Seventh Brother Feature Films for FamiliesVHS release
April 25 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly MGM/UA Home VideoVHS release; letterboxed
How the West Was Won VHS release; letterboxed
Fiddler on the Roof VHS release; letterboxed
April 26 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Warner Home VideoVHS release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
Bright Eyes Fox VideoVHS releases; part of the 20th Century Fox Family Features Collection
Dimples
Mrs. Doubtfire
April 27 Ernest Rides Again Emshell ProducersVHS release
May 3 The Remains of the Day Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
May 4 Boeing Boeing Paramount Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
A Perfect World Warner Home VideoVHS release
May 10 Mr. Jones Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
May 11 The 3 Musketeers Walt Disney Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Into the West Touchstone Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Addams Family Values Paramount Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
May 18 Look Who's Talking Now Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Buckskin Paramount Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Copper Canyon VHS and Laserdisc release
May 25 Ghost in the Machine Fox VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
RoboCop 3 Orion Home Video VHS release
The Piano LIVE Home VideoVHS release
Rudy Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
May 26 Tarantula MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS release
The Deadly Mantis VHS release
June 1 Geronimo: An American Legend Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
Twenty Bucks VHS release
Doctor Dolittle Fox VideoVHS releases; part of the 20th Century Fox Family Features Collection
The Man from Snowy River
The Double Life of Véronique Paramount Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
June 4 Deadfall Vidmark Entertainment VHS release
June 8 My Life Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
Wayne's World 2 Paramount Home VideoVHS release
June 14 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Warner Home VideoVHS release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
June 15 The Pelican Brief Warner Home VideoVHS release
The Air Up There Hollywood Pictures Home VideoVHS release
The Getaway MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS release
Man's Best Friend New Line Home VideoVHS release
Flight of the Innocent MGM/UA Home VideoVHS release
Dangerous Game MGM/UA Home VideoVHS release
June 21 Bell, Book and Candle Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
The Jungle King Sony Wonder VHS release; part of the Sony Wonder Enchanted Tales Collection
June 22 Tombstone Hollywood Pictures Home VideoVHS release
Six Degrees of Separation MGM/UA Home VideoVHS release
June 25 Blind Justice HBO Home VideoVHS release
June 28 The Getaway MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS release
June 29 Philadelphia Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
Iron Will Walt Disney Home VideoVHS release
July 4 The Rescuers Down Under Walt Disney Home VideoVHS release
July 6 The Assassination Bureau Paramount Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Grumpy Old Men Warner Home VideoVHS release
House Party 3 New Line Home VideoVHS release
Household Saints VHS release
Sugar Hill Fox VideoVHS release
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)VHS releases; part of the 20th Century Fox Family Features Collection
Heidi
July 13 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Touchstone Home VideoVHS release
Searching for Bobby Fischer Paramount Home VideoVHS release
Heaven & Earth Warner Home VideoVHS release
Blink New Line Home VideoVHS release
July 19 Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Fox VideoVHS releases; part of the 20th Century Fox Family Features Collection
My Neighbor Totoro
July 20 My Father the Hero (1994)Touchstone Home VideoVHS release
Career Paramount Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
On Deadly Ground Warner Home VideoVHS release
Car 54, Where Are You? Orion Home VideoVHS release
July 26 Thumbelina (1994)Warner Home VideoVHS release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
July 27 Blank Check Walt Disney Home VideoVHS release
Cabin Boy Touchstone Home VideoVHS release
What's Eating Gilbert Grape Paramount Home VideoVHS release
August 1 Lightning Jack HBO Savoy VideoVHS release
August 3 Angie Hollywood Pictures Home VideoVHS release
The Dove Paramount PicturesVHS and Laserdisc release
Major League II Warner Home VideoVHS release
The Chase Fox VideoVHS release
The Little Colonel VHS releases; part of the 20th Century Fox Family Features Collection
Poor Little Rich Girl
Batman The Movie
Edward Scissorhands
August 9 Beethoven's 2nd MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
August 10 The Ref Touchstone Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
My Girl 2 Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Intersection Paramount Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Chasers Warner Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
August 16 D2: The Mighty Ducks Walt Disney Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
August 17 I'll Do Anything Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown Paramount Home VideoVHS release
Schindler's List MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
The House of the Spirits LIVE Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
August 21 8 Seconds New Line Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
August 24 Like Water for Chocolate Touchstone Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Blue Chips Paramount Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Four Weddings and a Funeral PolyGram VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
August 30 The Sandlot Fox VideoVHS releases; part of the 20th Century Fox Family Features Collection
Rookie of the Year
Snow WhiteSony WonderVHS release; part of the Sony Wonder Enchanted Tales Collection
August 31 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms Warner Home VideoVHS release
Gay Purr-ee VHS releases; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
Spencer's Mountain
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Animals Are Beautiful People
Superman
The Neverending Story
The Goonies
Follow That Bird
The Boy Who Could Fly
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
Serial Mom HBO Savoy VideoVHS and laserdisc release
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang MGM/UA Home VideoVHS releases; part of the MGM/UA Family Entertainment Collection
The Black Stallion
A Christmas Story
The Secret of NIMH
All Dogs Go to Heaven
The Last Unicorn
September 7 Threesome Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Crocodile Dundee Paramount Home VideoVHS release
Greedy MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Curly Top Fox VideoVHS releases; part of the 20th Century Fox Family Features Collection
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
PCU VHS and Laserdisc release
September 9 Hocus Pocus Disney VHS and Laserdisc release
September 14 The Crow Miramax Home Entertainment VHS and Laserdisc release
Reality Bites MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
September 21 Farewell My Concubine Miramax Home EntertainmentVHS and Laserdisc release
The Snapper VHS and Laserdisc release
3 Ninjas Kick Back Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Crocodile Dundee II Paramount Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult VHS and Laserdisc release
September 28 The Wedding Banquet Fox VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Bad Girls VHS and Laserdisc release
Surviving the Game New Line Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
September 30 The Nightmare Before Christmas Touchstone Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release; part of Disney/Touchstone
October 4 Jurassic Park MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
The Night Before ChristmasSony WonderVHS release, part of the Sony Wonder Enchanted Tales collection
October 5 The Little Colonel Fox VideoVHS releases; part of the 20th Century Fox Family Features Collection
Our Little Girl
Above the Rim New Line Home VideoVHS release
Clean Slate MGM/UA Home VideoVHS release
October 12 Holy Matrimony Hollywood Pictures Home VideoVHS release
Much Ado About Nothing Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
Lost in Yonkers VHS release
Wide Sargasso Sea New Line Home VideoVHS release
Amongst Friends VHS release
October 19 White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf Walt Disney Home VideoVHS release
Scrooge Fox VideoVHS release; part of the 20th Century Fox Family Features Collection
Monkey Trouble New Line Home VideoVHS release
No Escape HBO Savoy VideoVHS release
The Worst Witch Prism EntertainmentVHS release
October 25 The Nutcracker Warner Home VideoVHS release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
October 26 Guarding Tess Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
Broadway Bill Paramount PicturesVHS release
Jimmy Hollywood VHS release
Crooklyn MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS release
The Cowboy Way VHS release
The Hudsucker Proxy Warner Home VideoVHS release
Clifford Orion Home VideoVHS release
October 28A Walt Disney Christmas (Also includes: Once Upon a Wintertime / Santa's Workshop / The Night Before Christmas / Pluto's Christmas Tree / On Ice / Donald's Snow Fight)Walt Disney Home VideoVHS release
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs VHS and Laserdisc releases; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
Dumbo
The Three Caballeros
Alice in Wonderland
The Sword in the Stone
Mary Poppins
So Dear to My Heart VHS releases; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Robin Hood
Pete's Dragon
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea VHS releases; 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 Home VideoVHS release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
November 2 Brainscan Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
The Paper MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS release
The Cowboy Way VHS and Laserdisc release
Wee Willie Winkie Fox VideoVHS release; part of the 20th Century Fox Family Features Collection
November 8 The Flintstones MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
November 9 City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Little Big League VHS and Laserdisc release
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues VHS and Laserdisc release
With Honors Warner Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
The Princess and the Goblin Hemdale Home Video VHS release
November 15 Speed Fox VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
November 16 When a Man Loves a Woman Touchstone Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Cops & Robbersons Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Beverly Hills Cop III Paramount Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
Wyatt Earp Warner Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
The Favor Orion Home VideoVHS and Laserdisc release
November 22 Little Buddha Miramax Home EntertainmentVHS and Laserdisc release
Getting Even with Dad MGM/UA Home VideoVHS release; part of the MGM/UA Family Entertainment Collection
November 23 The Birds II: Land's End MCA/Universal Home VideoVHS release
November 30A Christmas ReunionLibra Home EntertainmentVHS release
December 7 Widows' Peak New Line Home VideoVHS release
Maverick Warner Home VideoVHS release
Susannah of the Mounties Fox VideoVHS release; part of the 20th Century Fox Family Features Collection
Tom Sawyer MGM/UA Home VideoVHS release
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang VHS releases; part of the MGM/UA Family Entertainment Collection
A Christmas Story
All Dogs Go to Heaven
The Black Stallion
The Secret of NIMH
December 14 I Love Trouble Touchstone Home VideoVHS release
Belle Époque Columbia TriStar Home VideoVHS release
Baby's Day Out Fox VideoVHS release
Blown Away MGM/UA Home VideoVHS release
Huckleberry Finn VHS release
December 21 Lassie Paramount Home VideoVHS release
The Client Warner Home VideoVHS release
December 22 Cool Runnings Walt Disney Home VideoVHS release
The Three Musketeers (1993)VHS release
December 28 The Endless Summer II New Line Home VideoVHS release
Unknown Bingo Columbia Tristar Home VideoVHS release

TV show releases

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

Sesame Street Put Down The Duckie

Direct-to-video VHS releases

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

Documentary home video releases

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

International Home Video releases

The following VHS were released on home video on the following dates:

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