View source for 1993 in home video

A summary of '''1993 in home video:'''

==Industry milestones==

===Date unknown===
* Two high density optical [[Computer data storage|storage]] formats have been developed: the [[MultiMedia Compact Disc]] (MMCD) by [[Philips]] and [[Sony]], and the Super Density (SD) disc by [[Toshiba]], [[Time Warner]], [[Matsushita Electric]], Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric, [[Pioneer Corporation|Pioneer]], [[Thomson SA|Thomson]], and [[JVC]].<ref>[http://www.dvd-cloner.com/knowledge/about-dvd/dvd-development-history.html DVD Development History – Accessed 8 April 2011]</ref>
* ''[[Video CD]] (VCD)'' comes out.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obsoletemedia.org/video-cd/|title=Video CD (1993 – 2000s)|publisher=Museum of Obselete Media|language=English|date=1993|accessdate=11 July 2015}}</ref>
==Movie releases==
The following movies were released on video on the following dates:
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! U.S./Canada<br>release date !! Title !! Studio !! Format
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| rowspan="3"|January 6 || ''[[Hit the Dutchman]]'' || Vidmark || VHS and Laserdisc releases
|-
| ''[[Honey, I Blew Up the Kid]]'' || [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Disney]] || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Prototype X29A]]'' || Vidmark || VHS and Laserdisc releases
|-
|rowspan="3"| January 7
| ''[[Christopher Columbus: The Discovery]]'' || rowspan="2"| [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Bros.]] || rowspan="2"| VHS releases
|-
| ''[[Stay Tuned (film)|Stay Tuned]]''
|-
| ''[[Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me]]'' || [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line]] || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="3"| January 13
| ''[[Live Wire (film)|Live Wire]]'' || [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar]] || VHS release
|-
| ''[[A Stranger Among Us]]'' || [[Hollywood Pictures|Hollywood]] || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Where the Day Takes You]]'' || New Line || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="3"| January 20
| ''[[3 Ninjas (film)|3 Ninjas]]'' || [[Touchstone Pictures|Touchstone]] || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Man Trouble]]'' || [[20th Century Studios Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox]] || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Storyville (film)|Storyville]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="6"| January 27
| ''Devlin'' || Media || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Diggstown]]'' || [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM]] || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Interceptor (film)|Interceptor]]'' || Vidmark || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Raise the Red Lantern]]'' || Orion || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Raising Cain]]'' || [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal]] || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Single White Female]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="2"| January 29
| ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]'' || rowspan="2"| [[The Jim Henson Company|Jim Henson]] || rowspan="2"| VHS re-releases; distributed by [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Buena Vista Home Video]]
|-
| ''[[The Muppet Movie]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"| February 3
| ''[[Unlawful Entry (film)|Unlawful Entry]]'' || 20th Century Fox || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Mo' Money]]'' || rowspan="2"| Columbia TriStar || rowspan="2"| VHS releases
|-
| ''[[Where Angels Fear to Tread (film)|Where Angels Fear to Tread]]''
|-
|rowspan="4"| February 10
| ''[[Death Becomes Her]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
| ''[[It (miniseries)|Stephen King's It]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS miniseries release
|-
| ''[[Mom and Dad Save the World]]'' || HBO || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Waterdance]]'' || [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company|Samuel Goldwyn]] || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="3"| February 17
| ''[[Freejack]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| ''[[A League of Their Own]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| ''[[South Central (film)|South Central]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="10"| February 24
| ''[[Alien Intruder]]'' || PM Home Video || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Cool World]]'' || [[Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount]] || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Gun Crazy]]'' || Academy Entertainment || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Honeymoon in Vegas]]'' || New Line/Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Hurricane Smith (1992 film)|Hurricane Smith]]'' || rowspan="2"| Warner Bros. || rowspan="2"| VHS releases
|-
| ''[[Innocent Blood (film)|Innocent Blood]]''
|-
| ''[[Light Sleeper]]'' || Live || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland]]'' || Hemdale || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Rapid Fire (1992 film)|Rapid Fire]]'' || 20th Century Fox || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Stepmonster]]'' || [[New Concorde|New Horizons]] || VHS release
|-
| February 25 || ''[[A Stranger Among Us]]'' || Hollywood || Laserdisc release
|-
|rowspan="4"| February 26
| ''[[Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore]]'' || rowspan="4"| Disney || rowspan="4"| VHS re-releases; part of the Walt Disney Mini-Classics Collection
|-
| ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day]]''
|-
| ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree]]''
|-
| ''[[Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too]]''
|-
|rowspan="9"| March 3
| ''[[Dracula Has Risen from the Grave]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| ''[[FernGully: The Last Rainforest]]'' || 20th Century Fox || VHS re-release
|-
| ''[[Of Mice and Men (1992 film)|Of Mice and Men]]'' || MGM || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries)|Salem's Lot]]'' || rowspan="2"|Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Singles (1992 film)|Singles]]'' || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Sneakers (1992 film)|Sneakers]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Strange Invaders]]'' || rowspan="2"|Warner Bros. || VHS release 
|-
| ''[[Taste the Blood of Dracula]]'' || VHS release 
|-
| ''[[Whispers in the Dark (film)|Whispers in the Dark]]'' || Paramount || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="6"| March 10
| ''[[Bebe's Kids]]'' || Paramount || VHS release
|-
| ''Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy'' || rowspan="3"|Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Deliberate Stranger]]'' || VHS release
|-
| ''Dragonfight'' || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || 20th Century Fox || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Wind (1992 film)|Wind]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release; copyrighted 1992
|-
|rowspan="5"| March 17
| ''[[Candyman (1992 film)|Candyman]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release; copyrighted 1992
|-
| ''[[Crossing the Bridge]]'' || Touchstone || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Mediterraneo (film)|Mediterraneo]]'' || Miramax || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Mistress (1992 film)|Mistress]]'' || Live || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Time Runner]]'' || New Line || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="4"| March 24
| ''[[Captain Ron]]'' || Touchstone || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Mr. Baseball]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Mr. Saturday Night]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Pure Country]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| March 26 || ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'' || Disney || VHS re-release; part of [[Walt Disney Classics]]
|-
|rowspan="5"| March 31
| ''[[Gas Food Lodging]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Little Engine That Could (1991 film)|The Little Engine That Could]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Player (1992 film)|The Player]]'' || New Line/Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Stalin (1992 film)|Stalin]]'' || MGM || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Under Siege]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="8"| April 7
| ''[[Consenting Adults (1992 film)|Consenting Adults]]'' || Hollywood || VHS release
|-
| ''Eden'' || Playboy || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time]]'' || Playboy || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Husbands and Wives]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release; copyrighted 1992
|-
| ''[[Leprechaun (film)|Leprechaun]]'' || [[Trimark Pictures|Trimark]] || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Love Potion No. 9 (film)|Love Potion No. 9]]'' || 20th Century Fox || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' || Miramax || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Traces of Red]]'' || Samuel Goldwyn || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="5"| April 14
| ''[[Hero (1992 film)|Hero]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release; copyrighted 1992
|-
| ''[[The Mighty Ducks (film)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' || Disney || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Passenger 57]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Sarafina! (film)|Sarafina!]]'' || Hollywood || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Turtle Beach (film)|Turtle Beach]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="6"| April 21
| ''[[Abraxas: Guardian of the Universe]]'' || Prism || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Aspen Extreme]]'' || Hollywood || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Night and the City (1992)|Night and the City]]'' || 20th Century Fox || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Past Midnight (film)|Past Midnight]]'' || Cinetel || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Pet Sematary Two]]'' || Paramount || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Public Eye (film)|The Public Eye]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="4"| April 28
| ''[[Bob Roberts]]'' || LIVE || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Chaplin (1992 film)|Chaplin]]'' || [[Carolco Pictures|Carolco]] || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Enchanted April (1991 film)|Enchanted April]]'' || Miramax || VHS release
|-
| ''[[School Ties]]'' || Paramount || VHS release
|-
| rowspan="2"|April 29 || ''[[Aspen Extreme]]'' || Hollywood || rowspan="2"|Laserdisc release
|-
| ''[[The Detective]]'' || 20th Century Fox
|-
|rowspan="3"| May 5
| ''[[Citizen Cohn]]'' || HBO || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Dr. Giggles]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag]]'' || Touchstone || VHS release
|-
| May 6 || ''[[The Distinguished Gentleman]]'' || Hollywood || VHS release
|-
| May 12 || ''[[Trespass (1992 film)|Trespass]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="4"| May 19
| ''[[Blade Runner]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Fifty/Fifty (1992 film)|Fifty-Fifty]]'' || Cannon || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross (film)|Glengarry Glen Ross]]'' || New Line || VHS release
|-
| ''[[A River Runs Through It (film)|A River Runs Through It]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| May 22 || ''[[Untamed Heart]]'' || MGM || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="6"| May 26
| ''[[Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar]]'' || Disney || VHS re-release
|-
| ''[[Doppelganger: The Evil Within]]'' || Media || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth]]'' || Dimension || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Hoffa (film)|Hoffa]]'' || rowspan="3"| 20th Century Fox || rowspan="3"| VHS releases
|-
| ''[[Toys (film)|Toys]]''
|-
| ''[[Used People]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"| June 2
| ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]'' (Subbed) || [[Central Park Media]] || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Howards End (film)|Howards End]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Johnny Suede]]'' || Miramax || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="2"| June 9
| ''[[Forever Young (1992 film)|Forever Young]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Shadow of the Wolf]]'' || Epic || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="5"| June 16
| ''[[Body of Evidence (1993 film)|Body of Evidence]]'' || MGM || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Damage (1992 film)|Damage]]'' || New Line || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Cemetery Club]]'' || Touchstone || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Best of the Best 2]]'' || Fox || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Lover (1992 film)|The Lover]]'' || MGM || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="8"| June 23
| ''[[Dracula (1992 film)|Dracula]] (1992)'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Eden 2]]'' || Playboy || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Empire of the Sun (film)|Empire of the Sun]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS re-release
|-
| ''[[Frozen Assets (film)|Frozen Assets]]'' || Fox || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Good Morning, Vietnam]]'' || Touchstone || VHS re-release
|-
| ''[[Jennifer 8]]'' || Paramount || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Last Emperor]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS re-release
|-
| ''[[White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II]]'' || New Horizons || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="6"| June 30
| ''[[A Few Good Men]]'' || rowspan="2"| Columbia TriStar || rowspan="2"| VHS releases
|-
| ''[[Hexed]]''
|-
| ''[[Leap of Faith (film)|Leap of Faith]]'' || Paramount || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Peter's Friends]]'' || Samuel Goldwyn || VHS release
|-
| ''Prehysteria'' || Moonbeam Entertainment || VHS release
|-
| ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' || MGM || VHS release; letterboxed 25th anniversary edition
|-
|rowspan="7"| July 7
| ''[[Blind Side (1993 film)|Blind Side]]'' || HBO || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|The Bodyguard]] (1992)'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Crying Game]]'' || Palace || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Malcolm X (1992 film)|Malcolm X]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Matinee (1993 film)|Matinee]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Nemesis (1992 film)|Nemesis]]'' || Imperial || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Unforgiven]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| July 13 || ''[[Encino Man]]'' || Hollywood || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="3"| July 14
| ''[[Lorenzo's Oil]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
| ''Shadow Hunter'' || Republic || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III]]'' || New Line || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="5"| July 21
| ''[[Amos & Andrew]]'' || New Line/Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| ''[[1492: Conquest of Paradise]]'' || Paramount || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Love Field (film)|Love Field]]'' || Orion || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Passion Fish]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Rich in Love]]'' || MGM || VHS release
|-
| July 27 || ''[[Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]'' || 20th Century Fox || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="2"| July 28
| ''[[Nowhere to Run (1993 film)|Nowhere to Run]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| ''[[There Goes the Neighborhood (film)|There Goes the Neighborhood]]'' || Paramount || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="4"| August 4
| ''[[Scent of a Woman (1992 film)|Scent of a Woman]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Sniper (1993 film)|Sniper]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Sommersby]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Swing Kids (1993 film)|Swing Kids]]'' || Hollywood || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="7"| August 11
| ''[[Army of Darkness]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Benny & Joon]]'' || MGM || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Broadway Bound (film)|Broadway Bound]]'' || ABC Video || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Falling Down]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Hear No Evil (1993 film)|Hear No Evil]]'' || rowspan="2"| 20th Century Fox || rowspan="2"| VHS releases
|-
| ''[[The Vanishing (1993 film)|The Vanishing]]''
|-
| ''[[Zebrahead (film)|Zebrahead]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| August 13 || ''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]'' || Disney || VHS release<ref>{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Cidoni|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/206376822/|title="Disney's talking pets are a hit"|date=August 12, 1993|newspaper=Battle Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, Michigan)|access-date=November 21, 2021|page="Wow," p. 14|via=Newspapers.com|quote=Duwayne Dunham marks his feature-directing debut with ''Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey'', which hits stores Friday on Walt Disney tapes.}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"| August 18
| ''[[Bad Lieutenant]]'' || Live Home Video || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Tomcat: Dangerous Desires]]'' || Republic || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| August 24 || ''[[Willy the Sparrow]]'' || Feature Films for Families || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="4"| August 25
| ''[[Boiling Point (1993 film)|Boiling Point]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Groundhog Day (film)|Groundhog Day]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Mad Dog and Glory]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Temp (film)|The Temp]]'' || Paramount || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="4"| September 1
| ''[[Alive (1993 film)|Alive]]'' || Touchstone || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Bruce Lee: The Curse of the Dragon]]'' || rowspan="3"| Warner Bros. || rowspan="3"| VHS releases
|-
| ''[[Point of No Return (1993 film)|Point of No Return]]''
|-
| ''[[This Boy's Life]]''
|-
|rowspan="6"| September 8
| ''[[CB4]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Crush (1993 film)|The Crush]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| ''[[El Mariachi]]'' || rowspan="2"| Columbia TriStar || rowspan="2"| VHS releases
|-
| ''[[Fathers & Sons (1992 film)|Fathers & Sons]]''
|-
| ''[[Map of the Human Heart]]'' || Miramax || VHS release
|-
| ''[[No Place to Hide (1993 film)|No Place to Hide]]'' || Warner || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="4"| September 15
| ''[[Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice]]'' || Dimension || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Eden 3]]'' || Playboy || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Fire in the Sky]]'' || Paramount || VHS release
|-
| ''[[National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1]]'' || New Line || VHS release
|-
| September 21 || ''[[Once Upon a Forest]]'' || 20th Century Fox || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="3"| September 22
| ''[[Indian Summer (1993 film)|Indian Summer]]'' || Touchstone || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Married to It]]'' || Orion || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them]]'' || HBO || VHS release
|-
| September 24 || ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]'' || Disney || 40th Anniversary Edition release
|-
|rowspan="3"| September 28
| ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]''|| Disney || VHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics. Disney permitted retailers to sell copies beginning September 28, three days before its advertised release of October 1.<ref>{{cite news|first=Cliff|last=Smith|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/138293324/|title="'Aladdin' arriving on video Tuesday"|date=September 23, 1993|newspaper=[[Democrat and Chronicle]]|access-date=November 21, 2021|page=8B|via=Newspapers.com|quote=The Disney Co. is allowing merchants to advertise Oct. 1 as the release date, as Kmart, Wal-Mart and Lechmere, for example, already have. But retailers can sell ''Aladdin'' as early as next Tuesday [September 28] — and many, such as Wegmans, Tops, The Disney Store, and Lechmere, will.}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Ernest Saves Christmas]]'' || Touchstone || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Frenchman's Creek (film)|Frenchman's Creek]]'' || Paramount || Special Edition VHS release
|-
|rowspan="3"| September 29
| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' || Disney || Laserdisc release; part of Walt Disney Classics
|-
| ''[[Excessive Force (film)|Excessive Force]]'' || New Line || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Sidekicks (1992 film)|Sidekicks]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| October 1 || ''[[Robin Hood (1973 film)|Robin Hood]]'' || Disney || 20th Anniversary Edition release
|-
|rowspan="3"| October 6
| ''[[Jack the Bear]]'' || 20th Century Fox || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Night We Never Met]]'' || Miramax || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Pickle]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| October 13 || ''[[Indecent Proposal]]'' || Paramount || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="4"| October 20
| ''[[A Far Off Place]]'' || Disney || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Johnny Stecchino]]'' || New Line || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Sandlot]]'' || 20th Century Fox || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Three of Hearts (1993 film)|Three of Hearts]]'' || New Line || VHS release
|-
| October 22 || ''[[Oliver & Company]]'' || Disney || 5th Anniversary Edition release
|-
|rowspan="2"| October 26
| ''[[Dennis the Menace (film)|Dennis the Menace]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
|-
| ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Movie]]'' || FHE || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="6"| October 27
| ''[[Born Yesterday (1993 film)|Born Yesterday]]'' || Hollywood || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Cop and a Half]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Dark Half (film)|The Dark Half]]'' || Orion || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Extreme Justice (film)|Extreme Justice]]'' || Vidmark || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Highlander: The Gathering]]'' || Hemdale || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Posse (1993 film)|Posse]]'' || PolyGram || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="3"| November 3
| ''[[Happily Ever After (1990 film)|Happily Ever After]]'' || [[Worldvision Enterprises|Worldvision]] || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Indecent Behavior]]'' || Atlantic || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Who's the Man?]]'' || New Line || VHS release
|-
| November 5 || ''[[The Muppet Christmas Carol]]'' || Disney || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="3"| November 10
| ''[[Sliver (film)|Sliver]]'' || Paramount || VHS release
|-
| ''[[The Tommyknockers (miniseries)|Stephen King's The Tommyknockers]]'' || Vidmark || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Weekend at Bernie's II]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| November 16 || ''[[Free Willy]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection<ref name="Courier-Journal 1">{{cite news|first=Vince|last=Staten|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/111031840/|title=Disney's is one of seven Aladdins on video|date=October 2, 1993|newspaper=[[The Courier-Journal]]|access-date=November 21, 2021|page="Scene," p. 15|via=Newspapers.com|quote='Free Willy' . . . arrives in stores Nov. 16. 'Made in America' . . . is due out on video Nov. 24. That's also the video-release date for 'Cliffhangers' [''sic''] . . . with Sylvester Stallone. The romantic comedy 'Sleepless in Seattle' . . .  is due in stores Dec. 8.}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"| November 17
| ''[[American Heart (film)|American Heart]]'' || Live || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Carnosaur (film)|Carnosaur]]'' || New Horizons || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="5"| November 24
| ''[[The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film)|The Adventures of Huck Finn]]'' || Disney || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Cliffhanger (film)|Cliffhanger]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release<ref name="Courier-Journal 1"></ref>
|-
| ''[[Life with Mikey]]'' || Touchstone || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Made in America (1993 film)|Made in America]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release<ref name="Courier-Journal 1"></ref>
|-
| ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'' || Columbia TriStar || Special Edition VHS release
|-
|rowspan="2"| December 1
| ''[[Rising Sun (film)|Rising Sun]]'' || 20th Century Fox || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Splitting Heirs]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="3"| December 8
| ''[[Guilty as Sin]]'' || Hollywood || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Sleepless in Seattle]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release<ref name="Courier-Journal 1"></ref>
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' || Hollywood || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="2"| December 15
| ''[[Bodies, Rest & Motion]]'' || New Line || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story]]'' || Universal || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="2"| December 16
| ''[[The Firm (1993 film)|The Firm]]'' || Paramount || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Thumbelina: A Magical Story]]'' || [[Enoki Films|Enoki]] || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="4"| December 22
| ''[[Dave (film)|Dave]]'' || Warner Bros. || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Equinox (1992 film)|Equinox]]'' || Columbia TriStar || VHS release
|-
| ''[[House of Cards (1993 film)|House of Cards]]'' || Live || VHS release
|-
| ''[[Warlock II: The Exiled]]'' || Vidmark || VHS release
|-
| December 29 || ''[[Surf Ninjas]]'' || New Line || VHS release
|-
|rowspan="2"| December 30
| ''[[The Black Scorpion (film)|The Black Scorpion]]'' || rowspan="2"| Warner Bros. || rowspan="2"| VHS releases
|-
| ''[[The Valley of Gwangi]]''
|}

==TV show releases==
The following television shows were released on the following dates:
*"[[Barney & Friends]]" video - January 27
**"[[Barney's Magical Musical Adventure]]" (wide release)
*"[[Muppet Babies (1984 TV series)|Muppet Babies]]" videos - January 29
**"Time to Play" (Includes "Muppet Babies: The Next Generation" and "Beauty and the Schnoz")
**"Explore with Us" (Includes "The New Adventures of Kermo Polo" and "The Transcontinental Whoo-Whoo")
**"Let's Build" (Includes "Six to Eight Weeks" and "Eight Flags Over the Nursery")
*"It's the Muppets!" videos - January 29
**"Meet the Muppets!"
**"More Muppets, Please!"
*"[[The Tale of the Bunny Picnic]]" - January 29
*"[[Barney & Friends]]" video - February 4
**"Barney's Best Manners"
*"[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]: Bodaciously Big Adventures" series videos - February 10
**"The Big Rip Off" (Bonus episode: "The Big Break In")
**"The Big Blow Out" (Bonus episode: "Peking Turtles")
**"The Big Zipp Attack" (Bonus episode: "Farewell, Lotus Blossom")
**"The Big Cufflink Caper" (Bonus episode: "The Grybyx")
*"[[Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends]]" video - February 18
**"Thomas, Percy, and the Dragon and Other Stories"
*"[[The Little Mermaid (TV series)|The Little Mermaid]]: Ariel's Undersea Adventures" series videos - February 26
**"A Whale of a Tale" (Bonus episode: "Urchin")
**"Stormy the Wild Seahorse" (Bonus episode: "The Great Sebastian")
**"Double Bubble" (Bonus episode: "Message in a Bottle")
*"[[Goof Troop]]" videos - February 26
**"Banding Together" (contains "Shake, Rattle & Goof" / "Close Encounters of the Weird Mime")
**"Goin' Fishin'" (contains "Slightly Dinghy" / "Wrecks, Lies & Videotape")
**"The Race is On!" (contains "Meanwhile, Back at the Ramp" / "Tub Be or Not Tub Be")
*"[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]" videos - February 26
**"I'm the Baby!" (Includes "Switched at Birth" and "Nature Calls")
**"Don't Cross the Boss!" (Includes "And the Winner Is" and "WESAYSO Knows Best")
*"[[Adventures in Odyssey]]" video - March 9
**"Shadow of a Doubt"
*"[[The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special]]" - March 10
*"Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television" - March 10
*"How Bugs Bunny Won the West" - March 10
*"[[Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster]]" - March 10
*"Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes" - March 10
*"[[Garfield: His 9 Lives]]" - March 23
*"[[Garfield's Feline Fantasies]]" - March 23
*"[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]" videos - March 24
**"The Best of Buster and Babs"
**"Tiny Toon Music Television"
**"Tiny Toons in Two-Tone Town"
*"[[George of the Jungle]]" videos - March 24
**"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Jungle"
**"My Jungle 'Tis of Thee"
**"The Man from JUNGLE"
**"In George We Trust"
*"[[Darkwing Duck]]: His Favorite Adventures" series videos - March 26
**"Darkly Dawns the Duck"
**"Justice Ducks Unite!"
**"Comic Book Capers" (Bonus episode: "A Brush with Oblivion")
**"Birth of Negaduck!" (Bonus episode: "Tiff of the Titans")
*"[[Wish Kid]]" video - March 26
**"Glove of Dreams"
*"[[Adventures in Wonderland]]" videos - March 26
**"Hare-Raising Magic" (contains "Off The Cuffs" / "For Better or Verse")
**"Helping Hands" (contains "Pop Goes The Easel" / "Techno Bunny")
**"The Missing Ring Mystery" (contains "Pretzelmania" / "Noses Off")
*"[[X-Men (TV series)|X-Men]]" videos - April 20
**"[[Enter Magneto]]"
**"[[Deadly Reunions]]"
*"[[Shining Time Station]]" videos - April 21
**"The Original Classic, Vol. 1: Stacy Cleans Up"
**"The Original Classic, Vol. 2: Schemer Alone"
**"The Jukebox Puppet Band: A Day in the Life"
*"[[The Alvin Show|Alvin and the Chipmunks: Sing Alongs]]" video - April 30
**"Ragtime Cowboy Joe"
*"[[The Little Mermaid (TV series)|The Little Mermaid]]: Ariel's Undersea Adventures" series videos - May 7
**"Whale of a Tale" (Bonus Episode: "Urchin")
**"In Harmony" (Bonus Episode: "Message in a Bottle")
**"Stormy, the Wild Seahorse" (Bonus Episode: "The Great Sebastian")
*"[[Kidsongs]]" video - May 25
**"Play Along Songs"
*"Barney & Friends" video - May 26
**"Barney Rhymes with Mother Goose"
*"Predators of the Wild" videos - June 22
**"Shark"
**"Grizzly Bear"
**"Killer Whale"
**"Lion"
**"Cheetah and Leopard"
**"Hunters and the Hunted"
*"The Donut Man" video - July 13
**"At the Zoo"
*"Richard Scarry's Best Videos Ever!" videos - August 17
**"Richard Scarry's Best Learning Songs Video Ever!"
**"Richard Scarry's Best Busy People Video Ever!"
*"[[Barney & Friends]]" video - August 25
**"Barney's Home Sweet Homes"
*"[[Doug (TV series)|Doug]]" videos - August 31
**"How Did I Get Into This Mess?"
**"Patti, You're the Mayonnaise for Me"
*"[[Rugrats]]" videos - August 31
**"Tales from the Crib"
**"A Baby's Gotta Do What a Baby's Gotta Do"
*"[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]" videos - August 31
**"The Classics"
**"The Stupidest Stories"
**"The Stinkiest Stories"
*"[[Spot (franchise)|Spot the Dog]]" videos - September 1
**"Where's Spot?" (Also includes: "Spot's First Walk" / "Spot's Birthday Party" / "Spot Goes Splash!" / "Spot Finds a Key")
**"Spot Goes to the Farm" (Also includes: "Spot Stays Overnight" (titled "Spot Sleeps Over" in the U.S.) / "Spot Goes to the Circus" / "Spot's Windy Day" / "Spot Goes to the Park")
*"[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]" - September 8
*"[[Frosty the Snowman (film)|Frosty the Snowman]]" - September 8
*"[[Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (film)|Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]" - September 8
*"[[The Little Drummer Boy (TV special)|The Little Drummer Boy]]" - September 8
*"[[Frosty Returns]]" - September 8
*"[[The Christmas Toy]]" - September 10
*"Wee Sing" video - September 14
**The Wee Sing Train
*"[[Taz-Mania]]" videos - September 15
**"Taz-Manimals"
**"Taz-Maniac"
**"Taz-Tronaut"
*"[[X-Men (TV series)|X-Men]]" videos - September 21
**"[[Captive Hearts (X-Men)|Captive Hearts]]"
**"[[Cold Vengeance]]"
*"[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]" video - September 21
**"Have Yourself a Stinky Little Christmas"
*"[[Back to the Future (TV series)|Back to the Future]]" videos - September 22
**"Batter Up" / "Time Waits for No Frog/Einstein's Adventure"
**"Clara's Folks" / "Brothers"
**"Dickens of a Christmas" / "Roman Holiday (a.k.a. Swing Low Sweet Chariot Race)"
*"[[Looney Tunes]]" videos - September 22
**"Bugs Bunny's Hare Brained Hits"
**"Elmer Fudd's School of Hard Knocks"
**"Sylvester and Tweety's Tale Feathers"
**"The Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote's Crash Course"
**"Yosemite Sam's Yeller Fever"
*"[[Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen]]" video - September 28
**"Our First Video" (7 Songs includes: I am the Cute One / No One Tells the President What to do / Brother for Sale / One Buffalo, Two Buffali / Identical Twins / Mom's Song (We Think We'll Help You) / Peanut Butter)
*"[[Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series)|Alvin and the Chipmunks]]" videos - September 29
**"Nightmare on Seville Street"
**"Hair-Raising Chipmunk Tales"
**"Alvin's Christmas Carol"
**"It's a Wonderful Life, Dave"
*"Happy Holidays with [[Darkwing Duck]] and [[Goof Troop|Goofy]]" - September 29
*"[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]" video - September 29
**"Special Holiday Edition" (Includes "Little Boy Boo" and "Refrigerator Day")
*"[[Fraggle Rock]]" videos - September 29
**"Meet the Fraggles"
**"Fraggle Fun and Doozer Doings"
**"The Fraggles Search and Find"
**"The Haunting of Castle Gorg"
**"A Festive Fraggle Holiday"
*"[[Barney & the Backyard Gang]]" video - October 6
**"[[Waiting for Santa]]"
*"[[Sesame Street]]" videos - October 29
**"25 Wonderful Years"
*"We All Sing Together
*"Sing Along Earth Songs
*"[[Thomas & Friends|Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends]]" video - October 6
**"Daisy and Other Thomas Stories"
*"Shining Time Station" video - October 6
**"[[Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift|'Tis a Gift]]"
*"[[Kidsongs]]" video - October 8
**"If We Could Talk to the Animals"
*"[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]" videos - October 19
**"[[Day of the Dumpster]]"
**"High Five"
**"Food Fight"
**"Happy Birthday, Zack"
**"No Clowning Around"
*"The Donut Man" video - October 12
**"Barnyard Fun"
*"[[Exosquad]]: Fall of the Human Empire" series videos - October 20
**"Pirate Scourge"
**"Blitzkrieg" & "Resist"
**"Seeds of Deception" & "Hidden Terrors"
*"[[Fievel's American Tails]]" videos - October 20
**"The Gift" / "A Case of the Hiccups"
**"The Legend of Mouse Hollow" / "Babysitting Blues"
**"The Lost Mother Lode" / "That's What Friends Are For"
*"[[The Little Mermaid (TV series)|The Little Mermaid]]: Ariel's Undersea Adventures" series videos - November 5
**"In Harmony" (contains "The Evil Manta" / "Charmed")
**"Ariel's Gift" (contains "Red" / "Trident True")
*"[[Adventures in Odyssey]]" video - November 9
**"Star Quest"
*"[[X-Men (TV series)|X-Men]]" videos - November 16
**"[[Slave Island]]"
**"[[The Unstoppable Juggernaut]]"
*"[[Back to the Future (TV series)|Back to the Future]]" videos - November 24
**"Forward to the Past" / "Verne Hatches an Egg"
**"Go Fly A Kite" / "Hill Valley Brown-Out"
**"A Friend In Need" / "The Money Tree"
*"[[Barney & Friends]]" video - December 19
**"Love to Read, with Barney"
*"[[The First Easter Rabbit]]" - December 21

==Direct-to-video VHS releases==
The following movies and TV shows were released on video cassette on these following dates:
* ''[[Disney Sing-Along Songs]]: Friend Like Me'' - April 30
* ''Muppet Sing-Alongs: Billy Bunny's Animal Songs'' - May 21
* ''[[The Hidden II]]'' - September 6
* ''[[Amityville: A New Generation]]'' - September 29
* ''[[VeggieTales]]: [[Where's God When I'm S-Scared?|Where's God When I'm S-Scared?!]]'' - December 21
* ''[[Disney Sing-Along Songs]]: The Twelve Days of Christmas'' - December 24

==Documentary Home Video releases==
* ''Michael Jordan: Air Time'' - February 24

== International Home Video  releases ==
The following VHS were released on home video on the following dates:
===[[Argentines in Chile|Argentinian in Chilean ]][[Spanish language in the Americas|Spanish]] (Video Chile: ADV Garantía Original Video)===
===[[Catalan language|Catalan]] and [[Romanian language|Romania]] (VideoCine)===
====[[Catalan language|Catalan]]====
====[[Romanian language|Romania]]====
===[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latina]] (Video.com)===
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Home video by year}}

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