List of Amblin Entertainment films explained

This is a list of films produced by U.S. independent production company Amblin Entertainment, currently based in Universal City, California and owned by media-entertainment company Amblin Partners, and associated with Universal Pictures. Amblin Entertainment was established in 1980 by filmmaker Steven Spielberg with two producers, Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall.

Films

Released films

Title	Director(s)	Release date	U.S. distributor	International distributor	Co-production companies
Continental Divide	Michael Apted		Universal Pictures		as Amblin Productions
Poltergeist	Tobe Hooper		Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer		as Amblin Productions
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Steven Spielberg		Universal Pictures		Amblin Entertainment uncredited
Gremlins	Joe Dante		Warner Bros. Pictures		N/A
Fandango	Kevin Reynolds
The Goonies	Richard Donner
Back to the Future	Robert Zemeckis		Universal Pictures		U-Drive Productions
Young Sherlock Holmes	Barry Levinson		Paramount Pictures		N/A
The Color Purple	Steven Spielberg		Warner Bros. Pictures		The Guber-Peters Company Quincy Jones Productions
The Money Pit	Richard Benjamin		Universal Pictures		U-Drive Productions
An American Tail	Don Bluth				Sullivan Bluth Studios David Kirschner Productions U-Drive Productions
Harry and the Hendersons	William Dear				U-Drive Productions
Innerspace	Joe Dante		Warner Bros. Pictures		The Guber-Peters Company
Empire of the Sun	Steven Spielberg				Robert Shapiro Productions
Batteries Not Included	Matthew Robbins		Universal Pictures		U-Drive Productions
Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Robert Zemeckis		Buena Vista Pictures		Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners III
The Land Before Time	Don Bluth		Universal Pictures		Lucasfilm Sullivan Bluth Studios U-Drive Productions
Dad	Gary David Goldberg				Ubu Productions
Back to the Future Part II	Robert Zemeckis				U-Drive Productions
Always	Steven Spielberg				United Artists U-Drive Productions
Joe Versus the Volcano	John Patrick Shanley		Warner Bros. Pictures		N/A
Back to the Future Part III	Robert Zemeckis		Universal Pictures		U-Drive Productions
	Joe Dante		Warner Bros. Pictures		Michael Finnell Productions
Arachnophobia	Frank Marshall		Buena Vista Pictures		Hollywood Pictures Tangled Web Productions
Cape Fear	Martin Scorsese		Universal Pictures		Cappa Films TriBeCa Productions
	Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells				credited under Amblimation
Hook	Steven Spielberg		TriStar Pictures		N/A
Noises Off	Peter Bogdanovich		Buena Vista Pictures		Touchstone Pictures Nothing On Productions Touchwood Pacific Partners
A Far Off Place	Mikael Salomon				Walt Disney Pictures Touchwood Pacific Partners
Jurassic Park	Steven Spielberg		Universal Pictures		N/A
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story	Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag, Phil Nibbelink, and Simon Wells				credited under Amblimation
A Dangerous Woman	Stephen Gyllenhaal				Gramercy Pictures (distributing label) Island World Rollercoaster Productions
Schindler's List	Steven Spielberg				N/A
The Flintstones	Brian Levant				Hanna-Barbera Productions
The Little Rascals	Penelope Spheeris				King World Productions
Little Giants	Duwayne Dunham		Warner Bros. Pictures		under Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
Casper	Brad Silberling		Universal Pictures		The Harvey Entertainment Company
The Bridges of Madison County	Clint Eastwood		Warner Bros. Pictures		Malpaso Productions
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar	Beeban Kidron		Universal Pictures		N/A
How to Make an American Quilt	Jocelyn Moorhouse
Balto	Simon Wells		credited under Amblimation
Twister	Jan de Bont		Warner Bros. Pictures	Universal Pictures	Constant c Productions
The Trigger Effect	David Koepp		Universal Pictures		Gramercy Pictures (distributing label)
	Steven Spielberg				N/A
Men in Black	Barry Sonnenfeld		Columbia Pictures		Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Deep Impact	Mimi Leder		Paramount Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures	The Manhattan Project Zanuck/Brown Productions
Small Soldiers	Joe Dante		DreamWorks Pictures	Universal Pictures	N/A
The Mask of Zorro	Martin Campbell		TriStar Pictures
Saving Private Ryan	Steven Spielberg		DreamWorks Pictures	Paramount Pictures	Mark Gordon Productions The Mutual Film Company
In Dreams ^[1]	Neil Jordan		DreamWorks Pictures		N/A
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Brian Levant		Universal Pictures		Hanna-Barbera Productions
A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Steven Spielberg		Warner Bros. Pictures (also international home video)	DreamWorks Pictures (also US home video)	Stanley Kubrick Productions
Jurassic Park III	Joe Johnston		Universal Pictures		N/A
Minority Report	Steven Spielberg		20th Century Fox (also international home video)	DreamWorks Pictures (also US home video)	Blue Tulip Productions Cruise/Wagner Productions Amblin uncredited
Men in Black II	Barry Sonnenfeld		Columbia Pictures		Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Catch Me If You Can	Steven Spielberg		DreamWorks Pictures		Kemp Company Parkes/MacDonald Productions Splendid Pictures
The Terminal			Parkes/MacDonald Productions
War of the Worlds			Paramount Pictures (also international home video)	DreamWorks Pictures (also US home video)	Cruise/Wagner Productions
The Legend of Zorro	Martin Campbell		Columbia Pictures		Spyglass Entertainment Tornado Productions
Memoirs of a Geisha	Rob Marshall		Columbia Pictures	Buena Vista International under Miramax Films	DreamWorks Pictures Red Wagon Productions Spyglass Entertainment
Munich	Steven Spielberg		Universal Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures	Alliance Atlantis Barry Mendel Productions The Kennedy/Marshall Company Peninsula Films
Monster House	Gil Kenan		Columbia Pictures		ImageMovers Relativity Media
Flags of Our Fathers	Clint Eastwood		Paramount Pictures	Warner Bros. Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures Malpaso Productions
Letters from Iwo Jima			Warner Bros. Pictures
Hereafter					Malpaso Productions The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Super 8	J. J. Abrams		Paramount Pictures		Bad Robot
The Adventures of Tintin	Steven Spielberg		Paramount Pictures (also UK, Australia and Canada)	Columbia Pictures	The Kennedy/Marshall Company WingNut Films Nickelodeon Movies
War Horse			Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (via Touchstone Pictures)		DreamWorks Pictures Reliance Entertainment The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Men in Black 3	Barry Sonnenfeld		Columbia Pictures		Parkes/MacDonald ImageNation Media Magik Entertainment Hemisphere Media Capital
Lincoln	Steven Spielberg		Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (via Touchstone Pictures)	20th Century Fox	DreamWorks Pictures Dune Entertainment Participant Media Reliance Entertainment The Kennedy/Marshall Company
The Hundred-Foot Journey	Lasse Hallström			Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA)	DreamWorks Pictures Reliance Entertainment Participant Media Image Nation Harpo Films
Jurassic World	Colin Trevorrow		Universal Pictures		Legendary Pictures
Bridge of Spies	Steven Spielberg		Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (via Touchstone Pictures)	20th Century Fox	DreamWorks Pictures Participant Media Reliance Entertainment Fox 2000 Pictures Marc Platt Productions TSG Entertainment Afterworks Limited Studio Babelsberg
The BFG			Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA)	Walt Disney Pictures Walden Media Reliance Entertainment The Kennedy/Marshall Company
A Dog's Purpose	Lasse Hallström		Universal Pictures		Reliance Entertainment Walden Media Pariah Entertainment Group
The Post	Steven Spielberg		20th Century Fox	Universal Pictures (elsewhere) Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA)	DreamWorks Pictures Participant Media Pascal Pictures Star Thrower Entertainment TSG Entertainment
Ready Player One			Warner Bros. Pictures		Village Roadshow Pictures Access Entertainment RatPac-Dune Entertainment De Line Pictures Farah Films & Management^[2]
	J. A. Bayona		Universal Pictures		Legendary Pictures Perfect World Pictures
The House with a Clock in Its Walls	Eli Roth		Universal Pictures	Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA)	Mythology Entertainment
A Dog's Journey	Gail Mancuso				Reliance Entertainment Walden Media Alibaba Pictures Pariah Entertainment Group
	F. Gary Gray		Columbia Pictures		Parkes+MacDonald Productions Image Nation Abu Dhabi
Cats	Tom Hooper		Universal Pictures		Monumental Pictures The Really Useful Group Working Title Films Perfect World Pictures
The Turning	Floria Sigismondi	January 24, 2020	Universal Pictures	Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA)	DreamWorks Pictures Reliance Entertainment Vertigo Entertainment Chislehurst Entertainment; uncredited
Finch	Miguel Sapochnik		Apple TV+		Dutch Angle ImageMovers Playtone Alibaba Pictures Misher Films Walden Media
West Side Story^[3]	Steven Spielberg	^[4]	20th Century Studios		TSG Entertainment
Jurassic World Dominion	Colin Trevorrow	^[5] ^[6] ^[7]	Universal Pictures		Perfect World Pictures
The Fabelmans	Steven Spielberg		Universal Pictures	Entertainment One (United Kingdom and Ireland) StudioCanal (Australia and New Zealand) Reliance Entertainment (India) 01 Distribution and Leone Film Group (Italy) Nordisk Film (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden)	N/A
Maestro^[8]	Bradley Cooper		Netflix		Sikelia Productions Fred Berner Films Joint Effort
The Color Purple^[9]	Blitz Bazawule		Warner Bros. Pictures		OW Films SGS Pictures Quincy Jones Productions Domain Entertainment
Twisters	Lee Isaac Chung		Universal Pictures	Warner Bros. Pictures	The Kennedy/Marshall Company Domain Entertainment

Upcoming films

Title	Release date	Distributor	Co-production companies
Carry-On ^[10]	2024^[11]	Netflix	Dylan Clark Productions
Untitled Jurassic World film^[12]	July 2, 2025	Universal Pictures	The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Untitled Bee Gees biopic	2025^[13]	Paramount Pictures	Scott Free Productions GK Films Sister Films
Untitled Steven Spielberg film^[14]	May 15, 2026	Universal Pictures	N/A
The Thursday Murder Club ^[15]	TBA	Netflix	N/A

Note: The films marked with "*" are ones that Spielberg un-involved with.

Short films

• Tummy Trouble (1989)
• Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990)
• Trail Mix-Up (1993)
• I'm Mad (Animaniacs short) (1994)
• Battle at Big Rock (2019)

Direct-to-video

• (1992)
• Wakko's Wish (1999)

Notes and References

1. Copyright Application for In Dreams (January 27, 1999). United States Copyright Office. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
2. Web site: Steven Spielberg To Direct 'Ready Player One'; Book Is Sci-Fi Cult Favorite - Deadline. Anita Busch. Deadline. 25 March 2015. 2020-04-17. 2020-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20200702031556/https://deadline.com/2015/03/ready-player-one-movie-steven-spielberg-ernest-cline-warner-bros-1201398299/. live.
3. Web site: West Side Story: Everything We Know About Steven Spielberg's Remake. PEOPLE.com. 2018-12-09. 2018-12-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20181209165217/https://people.com/movies/west-side-story-remake-everything-we-know/. live.
4. Web site: Disney-Fox Updates Release Schedule: Sets Three Untitled 'Star Wars' Movies, 'Avatar' Franchise To Kick Off In 2021 & More . May 7, 2019 . Adalessandro . Anthony . Deadline . May 7, 2019 . May 7, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190507165739/https://deadline.com/2019/05/star-wars-movies-new-mutants-disney-fox-release-schedule-1202608933/ . live .
5. Web site: Frank Pallotta. Worrying sign for the movies: Next 'Jurassic World' film delayed until 2022. 2020-10-08. CNN. 7 October 2020 .
6. Web site: 2020-10-06. 'Jurassic World: Dominion' Pushed Back a Year to June 2022. 2020-10-08. TheWrap. en-US.
7. Web site: Rubin. Rebecca. 2020-10-06. 'Jurassic World: Dominion' Delays Release to 2022. 2020-10-08. Variety. en.
8. Web site: Bradley Cooper To Star In & Direct Leonard Bernstein Movie As Dueling Biopics Tune Up . Fleming . Mike Jr. . . May 10, 2018 . September 22, 2020 . September 26, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200926044705/https://deadline.com/2018/05/bradley-cooper-leonard-bernstein-movie-josh-singer-martin-scorsese-steven-spielberg-paramount-amblin-1202387292/ . live .
9. Web site: Spielberg, Oprah Bringing 'Color Purple' to Big Screen (Exclusive) . Kit . Borys . . November 2, 2018 . December 29, 2020 . December 11, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201211041853/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/color-purple-get-movie-musical-treatment-1156951 . live .
10. News: Taron Egerton To Star In Thriller 'Carry On' For Jaume Collet-Serra, Amblin And Netflix. Kroll. Justin. Deadline Hollywood. July 27, 2022. October 19, 2022.
11. Web site: D’Alessandro. Anthony. February 1, 2024. Netflix 2024 Movie Slate: Titles From Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Jerry Seinfeld & Woody Woodpecker; 'Beverly Hills Cop 4' Sets Release Date. February 1, 2024. Deadline Hollywood.
12. Web site: Vary. Adam. January 22, 2024. New 'Jurassic World' Movie in the Works From Franchise's Original Screenwriter David Koepp. January 22, 2024. Variety. en-US.
13. Web site: Kroll . Justin . 2022-03-30 . 'Once' Director John Carney To Direct Bee Gees Biopic For Paramount; John Logan To Pen Script . 2022-03-31 . Deadline . en-US.
14. Web site: D'Alessandro. Anthony. Universal Dates Steven Spielberg Event Movie For Summer 2026. Deadline Hollywood. May 23, 2024. May 23, 2024.
15. Web site: Stephan. Katcy. Amblin's 'Thursday Murder Club' Film Lands Director Chris Columbus and Eyes Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley. Variety. April 19, 2024.