 But not the biggest of the year. The biggest movie of that year, 1994, was The Lion King, which was a Disney movie, of course. But Paramount came out with this little film called Forrest Gump. And it was the biggest movie. It is one of the more iconic movies on so many different levels. But Forrest Gump was released 30 years ago, July 6th of 1994. One Winged Dove.