List of film distributors by country explained

This is a list of motion picture distributors, past and present, sorted alphabetically by country.

Albania

• Constantin Film
• United International Pictures

Argentina

• Star Distribution
• Warner Bros.
• Sony Pictures^[1]
• Fox Distribution Company
• United International Pictures
• Argentina Sono Film
• Artistas Unidos
• Cinema International Corporation
• Columbia Pictures of Argentina
• Lumiton
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
• Paramount Pictures
• RKO Radio Pictures de Argentina
• Universal Films Argentina
• Warner-Columbia Films

Australia

• 20th Century Studios/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Antidote Films
• Film Australia
• Hoyts Distribution/Sony Pictures Releasing
• Leap Frog Films
• Lionsgate Australia
• Madman Entertainment
• Palace Films and Cinemas
• Paramount Pictures/Universal Pictures
• Titan View
• Transmission Films
• Roadshow Films
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Brazil

• Star Distribution
• Warner Bros.
• Sony
• Fox Distribution Company
• Columbia Pictures
• United International Pictures

Canada

• Alliance Films
• Astral Films
• Brightlight Pictures
• Cinexus/Famous Players (C/FP)
• Elevation Pictures
• Entertainment One
• Malofilm
• Mongrel Media
• Multiple Media Entertainment
• National Film Board of Canada
• Phase 4 Films (owned by Entertainment One)
• Les Films Séville (owned by Entertainment One)
• Teletoon
• Warner Bros.
• VVS Films

China

• Alibaba Pictures
• August First Film Studio
• Beijing Enlight Pictures
• Bona Film Group
• China Film Co., Ltd.
• China Film Group
• DMG Entertainment
• Fantasy Pictures
• Huaxia Film Distribution
• Huayi Brothers
• Lian Ray Pictures
• Le Vision Pictures
• New Classics Pictures
• Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media
• Wanda Pictures

Denmark

• Nordisk Film
• Buena Vista International Denmark

Finland

• Finnkino
• SF Film Finland

France

• AMLF
• BAC Films
• Gaumont
• Metropolitan Filmexport
• Pan-Européenne
• Pathé
• SND Films
• StudioCanal
• UGC
• UGC Fox Distribution
• United International Pictures

Germany and Austria

• 20th Century Studios
• Constantin Film
• Sony Pictures Releasing
• Filmdelights^[2]
• Filmverlag der Autoren
• Kinowelt
• Tobis
• Sascha-Film
• Senator Film
• Stadtkino
• Paramount Pictures Germany/Universal Pictures Germany
• Universum Film
• The Walt Disney Company Austria GmbH
• RKO Radio Pictures GmbH
• Warner Bros.
• Wild Bunch

Hong Kong

• Cinema City International
• Golden Harvest
• JCE Movies Limited
• Media Asia
• Mei Ah Entertainment
• Shaw Brothers Pictures
• Universe Entertainment

India

• A For Apple Productions
• AA Films
• Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd
• AVM Productions
• Black Ticket Company
• Dharma Productions
• Eros International
• Excel Entertainment
• Grass Root Film Company
• Kalasangham Films
• Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments
• Neelam Productions
• PVR Pictures
• Rajshri Productions
• Red Chillies Entertainment
• Red Giant Movies
• Reliance Entertainment
• Sahara Movie Studios
• Shemaroo Entertainment
• Star Studios
• Tips Music Films
• Ultra Media & Entertainment
• UTV Motion Pictures
• Viacom18 Studios
• Yash Raj Films
• YM Movies
• YSR Films
• Zee Studios
• Action Reaction Jenish
• Red Giant Movies

Italy

• Artex Film
• Artisti Associati
• Cineriz
• De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
• Filmauro
• Lux Film
• Metacinema
• Penta
• Sony Pictures
• Titanus
• Warner Bros.
• 01 Distribution
• Rai Cinema

Japan

• Bandai Visual
• Toho
• Toei
• Shochiku
• Kadokawa Shoten

Korea, South

• CJ Entertainment
• Lotte Entertainment
• Next Entertainment World
• Showbox

Malaysia

• Golden Screen Cinemas
• Tanjong Golden Village
• MBO Cinemas

Mexico

• Filmex
• Videocine

Netherlands

• 20th Century Studios
• BBI Films
• Benelux Film Distributors
• Buena Vista International (Germany)
• Fortissimo Films
• Lionsgate International
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Paramount Pictures
• Sony Pictures
• Universal Pictures International
• Warner Bros. (Holland)

Nigeria

• Silverbird Film Distribution

Pakistan

• A-Plus Films
• ARY Films
• Geo Films
• Hum Films
• Summit Entertainment Pakistan
• Eveready Pictures
• TVOne Films
• Urdu 1 Pictures

Philippines

• ABS-CBN Film Productions Inc. (Star Cinema)
• Crystal Sky Multimedia
• GMA Network Films Inc. (GMA Pictures)
• Lionsgate
• OctoArts Films/Axinite Digicinema
• Paramount Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment
• Pioneer Films/Lionsgate Films
• Rafella Films International
• Regal Entertainment/Reality Entertainment
• Solar Pictures
• Universal Pictures
• Viva Films
• Viva International Pictures/MVP Entertainment
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
• Warner Bros.

Portugal

• Castello Lopes
• Lusomundo
• NOS Audiovisuais

Russia

• Soyuzmultfilm
• Bazelevs Distribution
• Universal Pictures Russia
• Walt Disney Studios/Sony Pictures Releasing
• 20th Century Studios
• Caro Premiere/Warner Bros.
• Lenfilm
• Central Partnership/Paramount Pictures
• Mosfilm

Singapore

• Cathay Organisation
• Golden Village
• Shaw Organisation

Sri Lanka

• Lyca Production
• Manons cine combine
• Aiswariya Films

Sweden

• Buena Vista International
• Lionsgate Sweden
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Sandrew Metronome
• Sonet Film
• Sony Pictures
• Svensk Filmindustri
• Svenska Filminstitutet
• 20th Century Studios
• United International Pictures
• Warner Bros.

Thailand

• GDH 559/GMM Tai Hub
• M Pictures
• Sahamongkol Film International
• United International Pictures
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/20th Century Studios/Sony Pictures Releasing
• Warner Bros.

United Arab Emirates

• Spacetoon Pictures^[3]

United Kingdom

• 20th Century Studios Film Co. Ltd.
• Aardman Animations
• Anglo-Amalgamated
• Arrow Films
• Artificial Eye
• Axiom Films
• Ayngaran International (Tamil films only)
• Brent Walker Film Distributors
• Buena Vista International
• Cannon Distributors (UK)
• Cinema International Corporation (CIC)
• Columbia Pictures
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International
• Contender Entertainment Group
• Diffusion Pictures
• Dogwoof Pictures
• EMI Films (as a distributor, EMI operated under several names during its involvement in the film industry)
• Entertainment One
• Entertainment Film Distributors
• Eros International
• Film Four Distributors
• Film Producers Guild
• First Independent Films
• Fremantle
• General Film Distributors
• Guild Film Distribution
• Icon Film Distribution
• ITC Film Distributors
• Journeyman Pictures
• Lionsgate UK
• London Screen
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Momentum Pictures
• New World Pictures
• Optimum Releasing
• Paramount Pictures UK
• Park Circus Ltd.
• Pathé
• PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
• Rank Film Distributors
• Redbus Film Distribution
• Revolver Entertainment
• RKO Radio Pictures
• Signature Entertainment
• Soda Pictures
• Summit Entertainment UK (from E1 Entertainment)
• Sony Pictures
• Tartan Films
• United Artists Corp.
• United International Pictures
• Universal Pictures UK
• The Walt Disney Company Ltd.
• Warner-Pathé Distributors Ltd.

United States

• 1091 Pictures
• A24 Films
• American Film Institute (AFI)
• Allied Artists
• American Releasing Corp./American International Pictures
• Anchor Bay Entertainment
• Angel Studios
• Anywhere Road
• Associated Artists Productions
• Astor Pictures
• Avco Embassy Pictures
• Biograph Studios
• Brain Damage Films
• Buena Vista
• Cannon Releasing Corp.
• CBS Films
• Cinemation Industries
• Cinerama Releasing Corp.
• Cineville
• Columbia Pictures
• Commonwealth United Entertainment
• Continental Distributing (A Division Of Walter Reade-Sterling Inc.)
• Crown International Pictures
• Distributors Corporation of America (DCA)
• Dominant Pictures Corporation
• Eagle Lion Films Inc.
• Eagle Lion Classics Inc.
• Embassy Pictures
• Eternal Pictures
• Fairway Film Alliance
• Famous Players Film Company
• Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
• Films Around The World
• First Run Features
• First Independent Pictures
• First National
• Fortune Features
• Fox Film Corporation
• Gaumont British Picture Corp. of America
• Genius Products
• Global Film Initiative
• Goldwyn Pictures
• Grand National Pictures
• Gravitas Ventures
• Hallmark Productions
• Hal Roach Studios
• Hannover House
• Howco Productions/Howco-International Pictures
• IFC Films
• Janus Films
• KDK Factory
• Kinemacolor
• Koch-Lorber Films
• Liberty Films
• Lionsgate
• Lippert Pictures
• Lopert Films
• Magnolia Pictures
• Majestic Pictures
• Mascot Pictures
• Maxim Media Marketing, Inc.
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
• Metro Pictures
• Metropolitan Pictures Corporation
• Micheaux Film Corp.
• Milestone Films
• Millennium Films
• Monogram Pictures
• Mutual Film Corporation
• Myriad Pictures
• Music Box Films
• National General Pictures
• N. T. A. Pictures Inc./Republic Pictures (#2)
• Newmarket Films
• Norton, Frank
• Oscilloscope
• Overture Films
• Pacific International Enterprises
• Palm Pictures
• Paramount Pictures
• Pathe Exchanges Inc.
• Peter Rodgers Organization (PRO)
• Phaedra Cinema
• Phase 4 Films
• Picturehouse
• Powers Pictures Inc.
• Prizma Color
• Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC)
• Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)
• RKO Radio Pictures
• Rank Film Distributors of America Inc.
• Realart Pictures
• Republic Pictures (#1)
• Roadside Attractions
• Roc Nation
• Rogue Arts
• Rogue Pictures
• STX Entertainment
• The Samuel Goldwyn Company
• Screen Guild Productions Inc.
• Selznick International Pictures
• The Solax Company
• Sono Art-World Wide Pictures
• Sony Pictures
• Strand Releasing
• Striped Entertainment
• Technicolor
• Thanhouser Company
• The Weinstein Company
• THINKFilm
• Tiffany Studios
• Trans-Lux
• Transatlantic Pictures
• Triangle Film Corporation
• Troma Entertainment
• 20th Century Studios
• Twentieth Century Pictures
• Ufa Film Co.
• United Artists
• Universal Pictures
• Vertical
• Victory Pictures Corporation
• Vitagraph Studios
• Vitaphone
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
• Warner Bros.
• Western Film Exchange
• Women Make Movies
• World Wide Motion Pictures Corp.
• World Wide Pictures Inc.
• Yari Film Group
• Zeitgeist Films

Vietnam

• CJ CGV

West Asia/North Africa

• General Organization for Cinema (Syria)
• Gulf Film
• Rotana

Notes and References

1. News: La productora Columbia/Sony se va del país. 2012-06-14. Alfredo Sainz. . spanish.
2. Web site: AUSTRIAN FILM COMMISSION - Distributors & World Sales. 2021-06-07. www.austrianfilms.com.
3. Web site: Confirmed: Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet Coming to MENA Cinemas on May 27 . . 18 July 2024 . en . 26 May 2021.