This is a list of film production companies by the type of studio.
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Major film companies
- Fox Entertainment Group (owned by News Corporation )
- 20th Century Fox
- 20th Century Fox Animation (defunct)
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Fox Atomic (pooling)
- 20th Century Fox
- Paramount Motion Pictures Group (owned by Viacom)
- Paramount Pictures (excluding the pre-1950 library, which are now owned by Universal Studios)
- Paramount Vantage (originally known as Paramount Classics)
- United International Pictures (joint venture with Universal Studios, distributes Paramount and Universal films worldwide)
- MTV Networks branded labels
- Republic Pictures (mainly a film library company, formerly a leading B movie studio)
- Paramount Pictures (excluding the pre-1950 library, which are now owned by Universal Studios)
- Sony Pictures Entertainment (owned by Sony)
- MGM Holdings, Inc. (owned by Sony, in partnership with Providence Equity Partners, DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, TPG Capital, L.P. and Quadrangle Group (3%))
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Inc. (excluding the pre-1986 library, which are now owned by Turner Entertainment)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
- United Artists Entertainment, LLC
- Cruise/Wagner Productions
- Highway 61 Films, LLC (Michael Nozik, Paul Haggis)
- Orion Pictures Corporation (defunct, an in-name-only unit)
- American International Pictures (defunct)
- Filmways (defunct)
- Streamline Pictures (defunct)
- NBC Universal (owned by General Electric & Vivendi)
- Universal Studios
- Focus Features
- Working Title Films (based in London)
- United International Pictures (joint venture with Paramount Pictures, distributes Paramount and Universal films worldwide)
- Universal Studios
- Time Warner (Time Warner Inc.)
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Warner Bros. Pictures (excluding the pre-1950[1][2] library, which are now owned by Turner Entertainment[3], which is also owned by Time Warner)
- Warner Independent Pictures
- Castle Rock Entertainment (excluding the pre-1994 library, which are now owned by MGM via Nelson Entertainment)
- Warner Bros. Animation
- Cartoon Network Films
- New Line Cinema
- Fine Line Features (defunct)
- Picturehouse (co-owned by HBO Films, defunct)
- HBO
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group (The Walt Disney Company)
- Walt Disney Pictures
- Touchstone Pictures
- Hollywood Pictures
- Miramax Films
- Spyglass Entertainment
- Caravan Pictures (defunct in 1999 because, absorbed into Spyglass Entertainment)
- Marvel Studios (associated with Marvel Entertainment)
- The Muppets Studio, LLC
Independent companies
- Lions Gate Entertainment
- The Weinstein Company
- Dimension Films (originally the Miramax Films division)
- Amblin Entertainment (associated with Universal Studios and DreamWorks)
- Channel Four Films (based in London)
- Constantin Film (based in Germany)
- Dark Castle Entertainment (associated with Warner Bros.)
- Davis Entertainment
- EMI Films (based in London)
- EON Productions (based in London), (producers of the official James Bond film series) (associated with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists)
- Evolution Entertainment
- Gary Sanchez Productions
- Gaumont (in France)
- Gener8Xion Entertainment
- Golden Harvest (based in Hong Kong)
- Gold Circle Films
- Gravity Entertainment
- Gullane Entertainment (owned by HIT Entertainment)
- Hard Eight Pictures
- Icon Productions
- ImageMovers
- Imagine Entertainment (associated with Universal Studios)
- Interscope Pictures
- ITC Entertainment (based in London)
- The Kennedy/Marshall Company
- Lakeshore Entertainment
- Lawson Productions
- Legendary Pictures (associated with Warner Bros.)
- Liberty Media
- Lightstorm Entertainment
- Lucasfilm, Ltd.
- Malpaso Productions
- Mandalay Pictures (associated with Universal Studios, formerly associated with Paramount Pictures and Columbia TriStar)
- Mirabai Films
- Media 8 Entertainment
- Morgan Creek Productions (associated with Universal Studios, formerly associated with 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros.)
- New Regency (associated with 20th Century Fox, formerly associated with Warner Bros.)
- Pathe (in France)
- Plan B Entertainment, founded by Brad Grey, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston
- PorchLight Entertainment (based in Canada)
- Producers Releasing Corporation
- Rankin-Bass
- Renaissance Pictures
- Revolution Studios (defunct)
- RKO Pictures
- Salter Street Films
- Scott Free
- Shaw Brothers Studio
- Sherwood Pictures
- Silver Pictures
- Strand Releasing
- StudioCanal (owned by Vivendi Universal) (based in France)
- Summit Entertainment
- Tartan Films
- Trimark Pictures
- Troma Entertainment
- UGC (in France)
- UFA (in Germany)
- Village Roadshow Pictures (associated with Warner Bros. Entertainment)
- Walden Media (associated with 20th Century Fox; formerly associated with Walt Disney, Columbia TriStar, and New Line Cinema)
- Williams Street
- WingNut Films
- Yari Film Group
- Zide/Perry Productions
Early American motion picture studios
See Movie studio and Cinema of the United States
See also
- Major film studio
- Lists of films
- List of actors
- List of film directors by name
- List of documentaries
- Film producer
- List of film production companies by country
Notes
- ^ You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008), p. 255.
- ^ WB retained a pair of features from 1949 that they merely distributed, and all short subjects released on or after September 1, 1948; in addition to all cartoons released in August 1948.
- ^ WB has distribution rights to the Turner library
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