List of VistaVision films explained

The following is a list of films filmed using the VistaVision process.

Films are live-action color features except where noted.

Films shot entirely in VistaVision

Film	Year	Studio	Notes
Paramount Presents VistaVision	1954		19-minute promo film
VistaVision Visits Norway	1954		Short film
White Christmas	1954		First VistaVision release	^[1]
3 Ring Circus	1954			^[2]
An Alligator Named Daisy	1955
Artists and Models	1955			^[3]
The Desperate Hours	1955		First B&W film shot in VistaVision	^[4]
Doctor at Sea	1955
The Far Horizons	1955			^[5]
The Girl Rush	1955			^[6]
Hell's Island	1955			^[7]
Lucy Gallant	1955			^[8]
Richard III	1955
The Rose Tattoo	1955		Black & white	^[9]
Run for Cover	1955			^[10]
The Seven Little Foys	1955
Simon and Laura	1955
Strategic Air Command	1955
To Catch a Thief	1955
The Trouble with Harry	1955
VistaVision Visits Hawaii	1955		Short film
VistaVision Visits Japan	1955		Short film
VistaVision Visits Mexico	1955		Short film
VistaVision Visits Spain	1955		Short film
VistaVision Visits Sun Trails	1955		Short film
We're No Angels	1955
You're Never Too Young	1955
Anything Goes	1956
The Battle of the River Plate	1956
The Birds and the Bees	1956
The Black Tent	1956
The Court Jester	1956
Away All Boats	1956
High Society	1956
House of Secrets	1956
The Searchers	1956
Hollywood or Bust	1956
The Leather Saint	1956		Black & white
The Man Who Knew Too Much	1956
The Mountain	1956
Pardners	1956
The Proud and Profane	1956		Black & white
The Rainmaker	1956
The Scarlet Hour	1956		Black & white
The Search for Bridey Murphy	1956		Black & white
The Spanish Gardener	1956
The Ten Commandments	1956
That Certain Feeling	1956
Three Violent People	1956
The Vagabond King	1956
VistaVision Visits Austria	1956		Short film
VistaVision Visits Gibralter	1956		Short film
VistaVision Visits Panama	1956		Short film
War and Peace	1956
Beau James	1957
The Buster Keaton Story	1957		Black & white
The Pride and the Passion	1957
The Delicate Delinquent	1957		Black & white
The Devil's Hairpin	1957
Doctor at Large	1957
Fear Strikes Out	1957		Black & white
Funny Face	1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral	1957
Hear Me Good	1957		Black & white
Hell Drivers	1957		Black & white
Ill Met by Moonlight	1957		Black & white
The Joker Is Wild	1957		Black & white
The Lonely Man	1957		Black & white
Loving You	1957
Omar Khayyam	1957
The Sad Sack	1957		Black & white
Short Cut to Hell	1957		Black & white
Spanish Affair	1957
The Tin Star	1957		Black & white
Wild Is the Wind	1957		Black & white
	1957
Another Time, Another Place	1958		Black & white
The Big Money	1958
The Black Orchid	1958		Black & white
The Buccaneer	1958
Desire Under the Elms	1958		Black & white
The Geisha Boy	1958
Hot Spell	1958		Black & white
Houseboat	1958
King Creole	1958		Black & white
Maracaibo	1958
The Matchmaker	1958		Black & white
Rock-a-Bye Baby	1958
St. Louis Blues	1958		Black & white
Teacher's Pet	1958		Black & white
Vertigo	1958
But Not for Me	1959		Black & white
The Five Pennies	1959
The Jayhawkers!	1959
Last Train from Gun Hill	1959
Li'l Abner	1959
North by Northwest	1959
Sampo	1959		USSR-Finland
That Kind of Woman	1959		Black & white
The Trap	1959
Heller in Pink Tights	1960
It Started in Naples	1960
One-Eyed Jacks	1961		Last VistaVision release
Ellston Bay	2016		Short film	^[11]
The Brutalist	2024			^[12]

Films using VistaVision for special effects process work only

• Star Wars (1977)
• (1979)
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Caveman (1981)
• The Fox and the Hound (1981)
• Tron (1982)
• (1982)
• Return of the Jedi (1983)
• Back to the Future (1985)
• Aliens (1986)
• RoboCop (1987)
• Coming to America (1988)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
• Back to the Future Part II (1989)
• The Abyss (1989)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Back to the Future Part III (1990)
• Newsies (1992)
• Jurassic Park (film) (1993)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• True Lies (1994)
• Apollo 13 (1995)
• Jumanji (1995)
• Twister (1996)
• (1997)
• Contact (1997)
• Men in Black (1997)
• Meet Joe Black (1998)
• The Matrix (1999)
• The Mummy (1999)
• Gladiator (2000)
• The Perfect Storm (2000)
• Pearl Harbor (2001)
• The Mummy Returns (2001)
• Jurassic Park III (2001)
• Spider-Man (2002)
• Men in Black II (2002)
• 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
• Spider-Man 2 (2004)
• Batman Begins (2005)
• (2005)
• Flightplan (2005)
• Spider-Man 3 (2007)
• The Dark Knight (2008)
• Blindness (2008)
• Watchmen (2009)
• Inception (2010)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 & 2 (2010/2011)
• The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
• Captain Phillips (2013)
• Interstellar (2014)
• Spectre (2015)
• Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
• Poor Things (2023)^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Story . American WideScreen Museum . 2024-11-21.
2. Web site: Catalog . AFI . 1954-10-23 . 2024-11-21.
3. Web site: Catalog . AFI . 1955-12-21 . 2024-11-21.
4. Web site: Catalog . AFI . 1955-02-19 . 2024-11-21.
5. Web site: Catalog . AFI . 1953-04-30 . 2024-11-21.
6. Web site: Catalog . AFI . 1953-12-15 . 2024-11-21.
7. Web site: Catalog . AFI . 1955-05-07 . 2024-11-21.
8. Web site: Catalog . AFI . 1955-10-01 . 2024-11-21.
9. Web site: Catalog . AFI . 1952-08-10 . 2024-11-21.
10. Web site: Catalog . AFI . 1955-03-26 . 2024-11-22.
11. Web site: British filmmakers resurrect VistaVision for their short film 'Ellston Bay' . . December 13, 2016 . December 14, 2024.
12. Web site: Hemphill . Jim . December 12, 2024 . Why ‘The Brutalist’ Revived Alfred Hitchcock’s Favorite Format — and Why You Should See the Movie in 70mm to Appreciate It. . December 18, 2024.
13. Web site: Pennington . Adrian . Behind the Scenes: Poor Things . IBC . 2024-11-21 . 2024-11-21.