1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1992nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 992nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 92nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1990s decade.
Theatrical releases
Feature films
- January 10 - Kuffs
- February 21 - Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
- March 13 - American Me
- April 3 - Beethoven
- April 17 - The Babe
- April 29 - Leaving Normal
- May 22 - Far and Away
- June 12 - Housesitter
- July 31 - Death Becomes Her
- August 7 - Raising Cain
- September 4 - Out on a Limb
- September 9 - Sneakers
- October 2 - Mr. Baseball
- October 16 - The Public Eye
- October 23 - Dr. Giggles
- December 23 - Scent of a Woman
- December 25 - Trespass
- December 30 - Lorenzo's Oil
Television
Home video releases
VHS releases
- January 23 - Jungle Fever
- February 20 - Pure Luck
- March 1 - Frankenstein
- March 19
- March 26 - An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
- April 16 - Shout
- April 23 - The People Under the Stairs
- May 14
- June 11 - Cape Fear
- June 25 - Kuffs
- July 23 - Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
- August 27 - Fried Green Tomatoes
- September 17 - Leaving Normal
- September 24 - American Me
- October 1 - Beethoven
- October 28 - The Babe
- November 11 - Far and Away
- December 9
- Black Magic
- Housesitter
- December 23 - Out on a Limb
Character debuts
- April 3 - Beethoven, George Newton Dr. Herman Varnick
- September 23 - Lennie Briscoe
People
Births
- February 11 - Patrick Newman (composer)
- March 25 - Elizabeth Lail (actress)
- May 18 - Spencer Breslin (actor, musician)
- October 12 - Josh Hutcherson (actor)
Deaths
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