CURRENT LIST OF MOVIE STUDIOS

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OR
THIS SUBJECT IS PARAMOUNT IN OUR MINDS:
The best studio of all time? Well, it's at least our favorite,
since Jerry Lewis made most of his best movies there.
Happy Thanksgiving Day and Dead Kennedy Day. What we're thankful for today (besides not being a Kennedy) is our beloved movie studio system, of course.

The following A-Z list features most film production and distribution companies. It includes all major movie studios (The Big Six: Disney, Fox, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Universal and Warner Bros.) plus many more.

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THE MOVIE STUDIO STORY

A-F

• 2929 Entertainment
• Alliance Films - based in Canada - 17 Again, Milk, Coraline
• Allied Artists Pictures and Monogram Pictures - divisions of Allied Artists Int'l
• Anchor Bay Entertainment - owned by Starz Media/Liberty Media - linked with Overture Films
• All-Star Pictures
• Arab Film Distribution
• Artisic License Films
• Arthouse Films
• Bac Films - in French
• BBC Films - UK
• Colordance Pictures
• ContentFilm - also: Fireworks International
• Dino De Laurentiis Company
• Dreamworks Animation SKG - mini-major studio - movies distributed by Paramount
• First Run Features
• Focus Features - arthouse/indie - part of NBC Universal
• FilmWorks Entertainment - worldwide film & television distribution company releasing titles theatrically, non-theatrically, Broadcast (Pay/Free/IPTV) and on DVD, PPV/VOD/SVOD, Mobile, and Digital platforms
• Fox Movies - major studio - owned by News Corp.
• Fox Faith - evangelical Christian films
• Fox Searchlight - indie/arthouse
• Freestyle Releasing - The Illusionist

G-L

• Gaumont - French - oldest running film company (founded in 1895) Site no longer available in English.
• Gold Circle Films
• Halestorm Entertainment
• Hammer Films - UK based
• HBO Films - owned by Time Warner
• Icarus Films
• IFC Films - distribution company based in New York
• Imagine Entertainment - movies distributed by Universal - Apollo 13, The Da Vinci Code
• The Jim Henson Company
• Lions Gate Entertainment - mini-major studio - 3:10 To Yuma, American Psycho
• LucasArts - Star Wars

M-R

• Magnolia Pictures - part of 2929 Entertainment
• MGM - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - mini-major studio
• Miramax Films - studio closed January 2010 - indie/arthouse - owned by Disney
• Momentum Pictures - based in London, UK - owned by Alliance Films
• Mongrel Media - Canadian film distributor
• Morgan Creek - Young Guns, True Romance, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
• Moviehouse Entertainment - UK-based international film sales company
• MTV Films - label of Paramount
• New Line Cinema - owned by Time Warner
• New Regency Enterprises
• Newmarket Films - production and distribution - The Mexican, Cruel Intentions
• Nickelodeon Movies - children's movies - label of Paramount
• October Films
• Palace Films Australia
• Palm Pictures
• Paramount Pictures - major studio - owned by Viacom
• Picture House - Part of Warner Bros. - ceased operations May 2008
• Pixar - Animated films - owned by Disney
• Pressman Film
• Regent Entertainment
• Rogue Pictures - part of Relativity Media
• Relativity Media - Frost/Nixon, Atonement, American Gangster, and 3:10 To Yuma.

S-Z

• Showcase Entertainment
• Sony Pictures - major studio - also: Columbia Pictures, Columbia TriStar
• Sony Pictures Classics - indie/arthouse
• Spyglass Entertainment
• Strand Releasing
• StudioCanal - French-based - owned by Canal+/Vivendi Universal - movies distributed by Universal
• Summit Entertainment
• Syfy Original Movies - part of NBC Universal - previously The SciFi Channel
• Telling Pictures
• Touchstone Pictures - also: Hollywood Pictures - owned by Disney
• United Artists - subsidiary of MGM
• United International Pictures - international distribution company - joint venture of Paramount & Universal
• Universal Pictures - major studio - part of NBC Universal
• Vulcan Productions
• Walt Disney Pictures - major studio
• Warner Bros. Movies - major studio - Time Warner
• Working Title Films - UK film production - owned by Universal/BBC - About a Boy, Four Weddings and a Funeral, 40 Days and 40 Nights
• The Weinstein Company - also: Dimension Films
• Zeitgeist Films - based in New York City
• Zhao Wei Films