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2[[caption-width-right:350:Give it up for the film reels, ladies and gentlemen.]]
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4New Line Cinema is a film studio owned by Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery. It is a subsidiary of Creator/WarnerBros since 2008.
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6The studio got its start in 1967, built by Robert Shaye to show foreign and art films to college campuses in America. The studio started off by releasing several classic foreign films, as well as the works of Creator/JohnWaters. Before long, it finally got to make its own film, ''Stunts'' in 1976; it was released in 1977 to critical apathy but marginal financial success.
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8TheEighties started off as usual for New Line Cinema. It made a number of horror flicks (such as the original ''[[Film/TheEvilDead1981 Evil Dead]]''), kept releasing foreign and art movies, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick got hit hard with a financial dearth]]. It finally managed to strike gold in 1984, when it distributed ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'', which managed to be an instant success, no doubt helped by its minuscule budget (leading to NLC's nickname, "The House That Freddy Built"). In the following years, New Line Cinema kept hitting hard with horror films and other fare. For a time in the early 1990s, NLC and Creator/CarolcoPictures had a joint venture called ''Seven Arts'' (not to be confused with several other companies that went under that name, including one that eventually became part of Warner Bros.), which primarily released a mix of Carolco's lower-budget films and some arthouse pictures. It didn't last too long and it was gone by 1993 (these films are mostly owned by Creator/StudioCanal these days as part of the Carolco library they acquired).
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10In 1994, New Line was purchased by [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Broadcasting]], and began distributing some of Turner's in-house theatrical productions (under the banner of Turner Pictures) in theaters (home video releases were under Turner's own home video arm {which also assumed distribution for New Line Home Video titles from Columbia [=TriStar=] Home Video, who'd been distributing a majority of NLC titles on VHS since the mid 80s} and lacked any NLC references); Turner itself was bought out by Time Warner two years later. At first, it was kept separate from the company's other studio subsidiaries (sister studio Creator/CastleRockEntertainment was run as part of Warner Bros. starting in 1999).
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12New Line's 2004-2008 filmography was practically a non-stop litany of [[BoxOfficeBomb box-office disappointments]]. With the exception of ''Film/TheButterflyEffect'', ''Film/WeddingCrashers'', and ''Film/{{Hairspray|2007}}'', New Line couldn't turn a profit post-''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. Once ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'' tanked in the U.S., it was decided that they would merge with Warner Bros., which became official in 2008. New Line lingers on as [[DemotedToExtra a subsidiary of WB's feature film division]], though some former New Line executives, most prominently Toby Emmerich and Walter Hamada, have run either WB itself or some subsidiaries such as Creator/DCFilms for some time (both left sometime after the creation of Warner Bros. Discovery).
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14The studio also ran arthouse division Fine Line Features from 1990 until 2005, when it was replaced by Picturehouse, a collaboration with sister company Creator/{{HBO}}, but it didn't last long before the WB merger killed it off, along with WB's own arthouse division, Creator/WarnerIndependentPictures. However, Picturehouse would later be relaunched in 2013 independently of WB.
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16[[folder:Films distributed by New Line Cinema (includes Fine Line Features titles, and certain Seven Arts titles)]]
17[[index]]
18* ''[[Film/EightBitChristmas 8-Bit Christmas]]'' (2021)
19* ''[[Film/EightSeconds 8 Seconds]]'' (1994)
20* ''Film/ElevenFourteen'' (2003)
21* ''Film/FifteenMinutes'' (2001)
22* ''Film/NineSevenSixEvil'' (1988)
23* ''Film/AboutSchmidt'' (2002)
24* ''Film/AboveTheRim'' (1994)
25* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' (1996)
26* ''Film/AfterTheSunset'' (2004)
27* ''Film/{{Alone in the Dark|1982}}'' (1982)
28* ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection''
29** ''Film/KitKittredgeAnAmericanGirl'' (2008)
30* ''Film/AmericanHistoryX'' (1998)
31* ''ComicBook/AmericanSplendor'' (2003)
32* ''Film/AmosAndAndrew'' (1993; with Creator/ColumbiaPictures and Creator/CastleRockEntertainment)
33* ''Film/{{Angus}}'' (1995; technically a production of Turner Pictures; distributed in theatres by New Line, released on home video minus NLC references)
34* ''Film/TheAstronautsWife'' (1999)
35* ''Film/AustinPowers'' (1997) and its sequels (1999, 2002)
36* ''Film/TheBachelor'' (1999)
37* ''Film/{{Bamboozled}}'' (2000)
38* ''Film/{{Barcelona}}'' (1994)
39* ''Film/TheBasketballDiaries'' (1995)
40* ''Film/BeKindRewind'' (2008)[[note]] North American distribution only, Released by Creator/{{Pathe}} in the UK and Focus Features everywhere else [[/note]]
41* ''Film/BitterMoon'' (1992)
42* ''Film/BladeTrilogy''
43** ''Film/{{Blade|1998}}'' (1998)
44** ''Film/BladeII'' (2002)
45** ''Film/BladeTrinity'' (2004)
46* ''Film/BlastFromThePast'' (1999)
47* ''Film/{{Blink}}'' (1994)
48* ''Film/BlindedByTheLight'' (2019)[[note]]US and select international distribution only[[/note]]
49* ''Film/{{Blow}}'' (2001)
50* ''Film/BoilerRoom'' (2000)
51* ''Film/{{Bones|2001}}'' (2001)
52* ''Film/BoogieNights'' (1997)
53* ''Film/BookOfLove'' (1990)
54* ''Film/TheButterflyEffect'' (2004)
55* ''Film/{{Campfire Tales|1997}}'' (1997)
56* ''Film/TheCell'' (2000)
57* ''Film/{{Cellular}}'' (2004)
58* ''Film/CentralIntelligence'' (2016; with Creator/{{Universal}})
59* ''Film/{{Cheats}}'' (2002)
60* ''Film/{{Communion}}'' (1989)
61* Film/TheConjuringUniverse
62** ''Film/TheConjuring'' (2013)
63** ''Film/{{Annabelle}}'' (2014)
64** ''Film/TheConjuring2'' (2016)
65** ''Film/AnnabelleCreation'' (2017)
66** ''Film/TheNun'' (2018)
67** ''Film/AnnabelleComesHome'' (2019)
68** ''Film/TheConjuringTheDevilMadeMeDoIt'' (2021)
69** ''Film/TheNunII'' (2023)
70* ''Film/CorrinaCorrina'' (1994)
71* ''Film/TheCorruptor'' (1999)
72* ''Film/{{Critters}}'' (1986)
73* ''Film/TheCurseOfLaLlorona'' (2019; with Atomic Monster and Emile Gladstone Productions)
74* ''[[Film/Damage1992 Damage]]'' (1992)
75* ''Film/DancerInTheDark'' (2000)
76* ''Film/DarkCity1998''
77* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse
78** ''[[Film/Shazam2019 SHAZAM!]]'' (2019)
79** ''Film/{{Black Adam|2022}}'' (2022)
80** ''Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods'' (2023)
81* ''Film/DeconstructingHarry'' (1997)
82* ''Film/DeepCover'' (1992)
83* ''Film/DesperateLiving'' (1977)
84* ''Film/DetroitRockCity'' (1999)
85* ''Film/TheDisasterArtist'' (2017; Creator/{{A24}} is releasing it in the states, Creator/WarnerBros is releasing it internationally)
86* ''Film/{{Domino|2005}}'' (2005)
87* ''Film/DonJuanDeMarco'' (1995)
88* ''Film/DropDeadFred'' (1991)
89* ''Film/DropDeadGorgeous'' (1999)
90* ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' (1994)
91** ''Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd'' (2003)
92** ''Film/DumbAndDumberTo'' (2014; Creator/{{Universal}} produced it, still gave New Line credit)
93* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000''
94* ''Film/{{Elephant|2003}}'' (2003)
95* ''Film/{{Elf}}'' (2003)
96* ''Film/EvenCowgirlsGetTheBlues'' (1993)
97* ''Film/{{The Evil Dead|1981}}'' (1981)
98** ''Film/EvilDeadRise'' (2023)
99* ''Film/ExcessiveForce'' (1993)
100* ''Film/TheFallout'' (2021)
101* ''Film/FeelingMinnesota'' (1996)
102* ''Film/FemaleTrouble'' (1974)
103* ''Film/FinalDestination''
104** ''Film/FinalDestination1'' (2000)
105** ''Film/FinalDestination2'' (2003)
106** ''Film/FinalDestination3'' (2006)
107** ''Film/FinalDestination4'' (2009)
108** ''Film/FinalDestination5'' (2011)
109* ''Film/FourChristmases'' (2008)
110* ''Film/{{Fracture|2007}}'' (2007)
111* ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' (2003)
112* ''Film/{{Frequency}}'' (2000)
113* ''Film/{{Friday}}'' (1995) and its sequels (2000, 2002)
114* ''Franchise/FridayThe13th''
115** ''Film/JasonGoesToHellTheFinalFriday'' (1993)
116** ''Film/JasonX'' (2001)
117** ''[[Film/FridayThe13th2009 Friday the 13th]]'' (2009, with Creator/{{Paramount}})
118* ''Film/TheGallows'' (2015)
119* ''Film/GameNight'' (2018)
120* ''Film/{{Gettysburg}}'' (1993; also technically a production of Turner Pictures; distributed in theatres by New Line, just prior to the completion of the merger with Turner)
121* ''Film/GhostsOfGirlfriendsPast'' (2009)
122* ''Theatre/GlengarryGlenRoss'' (1992)
123* ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'' (2007)
124* ''Film/{{Gummo}}'' (1997)
125* ''Film/{{Hairspray|1988}}'' (1988)
126* ''Film/{{Hairspray|2007}}'': Musical remake (2007) (they were also involved in the 2016 NBC live production)
127* ''Film/HanginWithTheHomeboys'' (1991)
128* ''Film/HaroldAndKumar''
129** ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'' (2004)
130** ''Film/HaroldAndKumarEscapeFromGuantanamoBay'' (2008) - First film released by New Line Cinema as a subsidiary of Warner Bros.
131** ''Film/AVeryHaroldAndKumar3DChristmas'' (2011)
132* ''Film/{{Havoc|2005}}'' (2005)
133* ''Film/HeartCondition'' (1990)
134* ''Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch'' (2001)
135* ''Film/HesJustNotThatIntoYou'' (2009)
136* ''Film/TheHidden'' (1987)
137* ''Film/{{Highwaymen}}'' (2004)
138* ''Film/AHistoryOfViolence'' (2005)
139* ''Film/HoopDreams'' (1994)
140* ''Literature/{{Hoot}}'' (2006)
141* ''Film/HorizonAnAmericanSaga'' (2024)
142* ''Film/HotPursuit'' (2015; with Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer)
143* ''Film/{{House Party|2023}}'' (2023)
144* ''Film/HowToBeSingle'' (2016)
145* ''Film/HumanNature'' (2001)
146* ''Film/IAmSam'' (2001)
147* ''Film/{{In Love and War|1996}}'' (1996)
148* ''Film/InTheMouthOfMadness'' (1994)
149* ''Film/TheIncrediblyTrueAdventureOfTwoGirlsInLove'' (1995)
150* ''[[Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' (1996)
151* ''Film/IsntItRomantic'' (2019)
152* ''Film/{{It|2017}}'' (2017)
153** ''Film/ItChapterTwo'' (2019)
154* ''Film/JohnQ'' (2002)
155* ''Film/JustFriends'' (2005)
156* ''Film/KansasCity'' (1996)
157* ''Film/{{Kimi}}'' (2022)
158* ''Film/TheKitchen'' (2019)
159* ''Film/{{Last Man Standing|1996}}'' (1996)
160* ''Film/LateForDinner'' (1991) (With Creator/CastleRockEntertainment and distributed by Creator/ColumbiaPictures)
161* ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'' (1992) and its sequel (1996)
162* ''Film/TheLastMimzy'' (2007)
163* ''Film/LawsOfAttraction'' (2004)
164* ''Film/LifeAsAHouse'' (2001)
165* ''Film/{{Lights Out|2016}}'' (2016)
166* ''Film/LittleChildren'' (2006)
167* ''Film/LittleNicky'' (2000)
168* ''Film/LittleOdessa'' (1995)
169* ''Film/TheLittleVampire'' (2000)
170* ''Film/LivingOutLoud'' (1998)
171* ''Film/LoadedWeapon1'' (1993)
172* ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight'' (1996)
173* ''Film/LostInSpace'' (1998)
174* ''Film/{{Lost Souls|2000}}'' (2000)
175* ''Film/LoveAndBasketball'' (2000)
176* ''Theatre/LoveValourCompassion'' (1997)
177* ''Film/MagicalMysteryTour'' (1967; picked up distribution rights in 1974, seven years after its Creator/{{BBC}} debut, giving it its first wide release in America)
178* ''Film/{{Magnolia}}'' (1999)
179* ''Film/{{Malignant}}'' (2021)
180* ''Film/TheMan'' (2005)
181* ''Film/TheMangler'' (1995)
182* ''Film/MansBestFriend'' (1993)
183* ''Film/TheManySaintsOfNewark'' (2021)
184* ''Film/MartianChild'' (2007)
185* ''Film/TheMask'' (1994)
186** ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' (2005)
187* ''Film/MenaceIISociety'' (1993)
188* ''Film/{{Metropolitan}}'' (1990)
189* ''Film/{{Michael}}'' (1996)
190* ''Film/MoneyTalks'' (1997)
191* ''Film/MonkeyTrouble'' (1994)
192* ''Film/{{Moonshot}}'' (2022)
193* ''Franchise/MortalKombat''
194** ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' (1995)
195** ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'' (1997)
196** ''Film/{{Mortal Kombat|2021}}'' (2021)
197* ''Film/MostWanted'' (1997)
198* ''Literature/MotherNight'' (1996)
199* ''Film/MrDeeds'' (2002; with Creator/ColumbiaPictures)
200* ''Film/MrNanny'' (1993)
201* ''Film/MrNiceGuy'' (1997; with Golden Harvest, Media Asia Group, and Warner Brothers)
202* ''Film/MyDemonLover'' (1987)
203* ''Film/MyOwnPrivateIdaho'' (1991)
204* ''Film/MySistersKeeper'' (2009)
205* ''Film/TheNatureOfTheBeast'' (1995)
206* ''Literature/NeedfulThings'' (1993)
207* ''Film/{{The New World|2005}}'' (2005)
208* ''Film/NewYearsEve'' (2011)
209* ''Film/TheNightFlier'' (1997)
210* ''Film/NightOnEarth'' (1991)
211* ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet''
212** ''Film/{{A Nightmare on Elm Street|1984}}'' (1984)
213** ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' (1985)
214** ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors'' (1987)
215** ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet4TheDreamMaster'' (1988)
216** ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet5TheDreamChild'' (1989)
217** ''Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare'' (1991)
218** ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'' (1994)
219** ''Film/{{A Nightmare on Elm Street|2010}}'' (2010)
220* ''Film/TheNotebook'' (2004)
221* ''Film/NowAndThen'' (1995)
222* ''Film/{{Nowhere}}'' (1997)
223* ''Film/TheNumber23'' (2007)
224* ''Film/{{One Night Stand|1997}}'' (1997)
225* ''Film/OverHerDeadBody'' (2008)
226* ''Film/OvernightDelivery'' (1998)
227* ''Film/{{Pecker}}'' (1998)
228* ''Film/PinkFlamingos'' (1972)
229* ''Literature/ThePlayer'' (1992)
230* ''Film/ThePlayersClub'' (1998)
231* ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}'' (1998)
232* ''Film/PoisonIvy'' (1992)
233* ''Film/{{Polyester}}'' (1981)
234* ''Film/APrairieHomeCompanion'' (2006)
235* ''Film/PunchDrunkLove'' (2002; produced only, distributed by Creator/ColumbiaPictures)
236* ''Film/PumpUpTheVolume'' (1990)
237* ''Film/QueensLogic'' (1991)
238* ''Film/RaiseYourVoice'' (2004)
239* ''Film/{{Rampage|2018}}'' (2018)
240* ''Film/TheRapture'' (1991)
241* ''Film/RushHour'' (1998) and its sequels (2001, 2007)
242* ''Film/TheSaluteOfTheJugger'' (1989) (US theatrical distribution only)
243* ''Film/SanAndreas'' (2015)
244* ''Film/SavingGrace'' (2000)
245* ''Film/SecondhandLions'' (2003)
246* ''Film/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty'' (2013; Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox produced it, but still kept New Line's name in the credits[[note]]New Line green-lit the film way back in 1994 but disputes with rights holder Samuel Goldwyn Jr. resulted in them dropping out of production in 2002[[/note]])
247* ''Film/SemiPro'' (2008) - Last film released by New Line Cinema as an independent subsidiary of Time Warner.
248* ''Film/SetItOff'' (1996)
249* ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' (1995)
250* ''Film/SexAndTheCity'' (2008) and ''Sex and the City 2'' (2010)
251* ''Film/{{Shine}}'' (1996)
252* ''Film/ShortCuts'' (1993)
253* ''Film/{{S1m0ne}}'' (2002)
254* ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane'' (2006)
255* ''Film/SpankingTheMonkey'' (1994)
256* ''Film/Spawn1997''
257* ''Film/StateAndMain'' (2000)
258* ''Film/StraightOuttaCompton'' (2015; credit only; the film was set up at New Line until co-producer Creator/LegendaryPictures left WB for Creator/{{Universal}}, the latter of whom ultimately distributed the final product)
259* ''Film/TheStreetFighter'' (1974)
260** ''Return of the Street Fighter'' (1975)
261** ''Sister Street Fighter'' (1976)
262** ''The Streetfighter’s Last Revenge'' (1979)
263* ''Film/TheStupids'' (1996)
264* ''Film/SuburbanCommando'' (1991)
265* ''Film/SugarAndSpice'' (2001)
266* ''Film/SunsetGrill'' (1993)
267* ''Film/SurfNinjas'' (1993)
268* ''Film/SurvivingTheGame'' (1994)
269* ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'' (1994; distributed in theatres by New Line, released on home video minus NLC references)
270* ''Film/TheSweetHereafter'' (1997)
271* ''Film/{{Tag}}'' (2018)
272* ''Film/TakeTheLead'' (2006)
273* ''Film/{{Tammy}}'' (2014)
274* ''Film/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1990}}'' (1990; distribution only)
275** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'' (1991; distribution only)
276** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII'' (1993; distribution only)
277* ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''
278** ''Film/LeatherfaceTheTexasChainsawMassacreIII'' (1990)
279** ''Film/{{The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|2003}}'' (2003)
280** ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacreTheBeginning'' (2006)
281* ''Film/TheodoreRex'' (1996)
282* ''Film/ThirteenDays'' (2000)
283* ''Film/ThoseWhoWishMeDead'' (2021)
284* ''Film/ThreeOfHearts'' (1993)
285* Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium
286** ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''
287*** ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'' (2001)
288*** ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers'' (2002)
289*** ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' (2003)
290** ''Film/TheHobbit''
291*** ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'' (2012)
292*** ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'' (2013)
293*** ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' (2014)
294* ''Theatre/TorchSongTrilogy'' (1988)
295* ''Film/TownAndCountry'' (2001)
296* ''Film/TrialAndError'' (1997)
297* ''Film/TwinPeaksFireWalkWithMe'' (1992)
298* ''Film/TheUpsideOfAnger'' (2005)
299* ''Film/ValentinesDay'' (2010)
300* ''Film/WagTheDog'' (1997)
301* ''Film/WarriorsOfTheWasteland'' (1983; theatrical only)
302* ''Film/WeddingCrashers'' (2005)
303* ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'' (1998)
304* ''Film/WereTheMillers'' (2013)
305* ''Film/WhosTheMan'' (1993)
306* ''[[Literature/RatmansNotebooks Willard]]'' (2003)
307* ''Literature/WiseBlood'' (1979)
308* ''Film/{{Woo}}'' (1998)
309[[/index]]
310[[/folder]]
311
312[[folder:New Line Television Series]]
313[[index]]
314* ''Series/BladeTheSeries'' (2006)
315* ''WebVideo/CrittersANewBinge'' (2019)
316* ''Series/FreddysNightmares'' (1988-90)
317* ''Series/{{Frequency|2016}}'' (2016-17)
318* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' (2022-, co-production with Creator/AmazonStudios)
319* ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm'' (1996)
320* ''Series/KitchenConfidential'' (2005)
321* ''Series/RushHour'' (2016)
322* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|2002}}'' (2002-03)
323[[/index]]
324[[/folder]]

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