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3->''"Audiences don't know who made ''Franchise/StarWars'' or ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''[[note]][[HilariousInHindsight Both franchises are now owned by Disney]][[/note]]. They do know who made ''Film/{{Tron}}'' and ''Film/TheAppleDumplingGang''. If you put Disney's name on top of ''Film/{{Emmanuelle}}'', and had "X-rated" at the bottom, people would say, 'We can bring our children.'''
4-->--'''Richard Berger''', Touchstone's first president
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6Touchstone Pictures was a distribution label (or "banner" in Disney-speak) created and owned by [[Creator/{{Disney}} The Walt Disney Company]], which released films aimed for more mature audiences than the usual Disney-branded fare.
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8Beginning in 1979, when they released ''Film/TheBlackHole'', Disney had begun making numerous PG-rated adult and teenage-oriented films such as ''Film/{{TRON}}'', ''Never Cry Wolf'', ''Trenchcoat'' and ''Film/TheDevilAndMaxDevlin'' (the latter two of which caused a media uproar [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids over their subject material in a Disney film]]) to remain competitive in the market of live action movies. But none of their efforts were commercially successful. It was as if the Disney name was more of a burden than an asset with large segments of potential audiences, as Disney had been for the longest time [[AnimationAgeGhetto associated with G-rated family-friendly fare]] such as WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse cartoons and ''Film/TheLoveBug''. Then-CEO Ron Miller (son-in-law of the late Creator/WaltDisney) announced in 1984 the creation of Touchstone Films (as it was then called) as a new label to 1) protect the wholesome family-friendly image of the Disney name and 2) to remain commercially relevant.
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10Beginning with ''Film/{{Splash}}'', Touchstone soon became Disney's go-to brand for mainstream live-action films that weren't saccharine enough for the Company's flagship brand. At first, Touchstone was by far Disney's most-used brand for theatrical releases (far more so in terms of quantity than the Disney branded stuff), and television productions. Studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg adopted a strategy of "singles and doubles", in essence producing lots of low-cost HighConcept movies which once in a while would turn into great successes. ''Film/ThreeMenAndABaby'' - the highest grossing movie of 1987 - is a perfect case in point: a remake of a French film, with television actors in the lead roles and filmed in Canada. In 1990 Disney CEO Michael Eisner even created a competing division within Disney - Creator/HollywoodPictures - which eventually got scaled back towards the end of the decade.
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12One little-known expansion attempt [[http://icanbreakaway.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-disney-comics-story-1990-1993_5112.html was into the comics market]]; as part of a new self-publishing comics division at Disney, plans were in place for a mature comics label known as ''[[https://kleinletters.com/Blog/logos-that-never-were-touchmark/ Touchmark]]'' (echoing the Touchstone name), along with Hollywood Comics (modeled after Hollywood Pictures) and Vista Comics (offering superhero and sci-fi titles based on other Disney properties like ''TRON''). [[http://icanbreakaway.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-disney-comics-story-1990-1993.html?m=0 However, overexpansion and poor sales]] forced Touchmark's demise before anything was published; editor Art Stone subsequently returned to Creator/DCComics and used several of the intended Touchmark titles as launch titles for the famed Creator/{{Vertigo}} imprint.
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14In the mid-2000s, with the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series (the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first film]] being the first Disney-branded movie to get a PG-13 rating, which was introduced just a few months after Touchstone was established), the once clear distinction between Disney and Touchstone territory began to blur, and Touchstone became more pigeonholed. In 2006 new Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that the company would be making an effort to focus more heavily on its three main core brands (Disney, [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] and {{Creator/ESPN}}), as well as on major acquired properties (such as {{Creator/Pixar}} and Franchise/TheMuppets, and later [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] and Creator/{{Lucasfilm}}). As consequence, in 2007, it was announced that the Disney studio would scale back on the number of live-action films produced, the majority of which would now be Disney-branded.
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16The arrival of Rich Ross as Dick Cook's replacement as Disney Studios chairman in 2009 was a huge blow to Touchstone. In an effort to streamline the studio and cut back on losses, Ross announced a new business plan: to trim the number of films that Disney distributed to eight a year, and to only make films that the studio knew how to sell. Namely, in terms of live action films this meant either big-budget Creator/JerryBruckheimer produced movies or Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse films (and ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies after the company's 2012 purchase of Lucasfilm), or lower-budget Creator/DisneyChannel-esque films. Most of the films in Touchstone's pipeline were cancelled, including sequels to sleeper hits ''Film/TheProposal'' and ''Film/WildHogs''. The last in-house studio made film released through Touchstone was the 2010 ensemble comedy ''Film/YouAgain'', which flopped at the box office.
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18In 2011, Touchstone saw new life as the distribution label for Creator/DreamWorksSKG's live action films in North America. In 2012, Disney hired Alan Horn, who had previously had a very successful tenure at Creator/WarnerBros, as its replacement for Rich Ross after the latter resigned due to [[Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime a]] [[Film/TheSorcerersApprentice series]] [[Film/{{Secretariat}} of]] [[Film/{{Prom}} high-]][[WesternAnimation/MarsNeedsMoms profile]] [[Film/JohnCarter flops]], making Ross's "only make films the studio knows how to sell" edict rather ironic in hindsight. While the production side remained moribund, there had been interest by new studio chairman Alan Horn of increasing Disney's yearly output and diversifying the types of movies the studio makes.
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20However, this didn't happen. In 2013, as part of Disney's breakup with Creator/JerryBruckheimer, Horn admitted that the studio wasn't interested in reviving Touchstone as a producer (Bruckheimer wanted to head up a new version of the label). Instead, when Disney took over full distribution rights to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and the ''Franchise/StarWars'' sequel trilogy, they chose to brand them under the respective internal studios that made them (Creator/MarvelStudios and Lucasfilm). Touchstone was then used to distribute Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's ''Anime/TheWindRises'', as its subject matter apparently did not fit the Disney brand's profile. ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'', having started production by [[Creator/GeorgeLucas Lucasfilm]] when it was acquired by Disney in 2012, was Touchstone's most recent non-[=DreamWorks=] release, and the last for the foreseeable future. There was a chance that 2019's ''[[Film/Glass2019 Glass]]''-- a film Disney is releasing with Creator/{{Universal}}[[note]]which is a {{crossover}} sequel to both Touchstone's ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and Universal's ''Film/{{Split}}'', Disney's involvement being part of a deal allowing the latter film to establish its sharing a universe with the Disney-owned former for free despite the ChannelHop[[/note]]-- would be a Touchstone release outside the United States, but Disney instead used the Buena Vista International brand.[[note]]which was used for foreign distribution of films from the various Disney labels (except for Creator/{{Miramax|Films}}) from 1987 until 2007[[/note]].
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22In the end, [=DreamWorks=] cut ties with Disney upon the contract's expiration and jumped ship to Creator/{{Universal}}, with both of its final two releases with Disney receiving shoddy box office numbers; ''Film/TheBFG'' was released under the regular Disney label on July 1, 2016 to heavy competition from fellow Disney release ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'', as well as competition in the coming week with Universal/Illumination's ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets'', while ''The Light Between Oceans'', which marks the official end of Touchstone's [=DreamWorks=] deal, was released on September 2, 2016[[note]]Labor Day weekend in the United States and Canada that year[[/note]], [[DumpMonths a terrible time for a theatrical release]]. No further projects were announced since, leading to speculation that Touchstone had been rendered inactive, if not flat out defunct, though Disney itself said next to nothing on the matter, and CEO Bob Iger reinforcing the current Disney status quo of less risks and more franchises at an investor's meeting in late September 2016 didn't help its case. In the meantime, the label was relegated to a catalog label for Disney (similar to the current structure of the defunct Creator/HollywoodPictures), responsible for handling the copyrights to and distribution of all of Touchstone's films, including the rights to all of the [=DreamWorks=] films under Touchstone, which Disney now own outright as payment on loans Disney made to the company.
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24Touchstone's fate was officially sealed on December 14, 2017, when Disney announced it would buy [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios Twentieth Century Fox]] and a number of other Fox properties from [[Creator/{{Fox}} 21st Century Fox]], the media group controlled by UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch; the deal, which closed on March 20, 2019, gave Disney a permanent foothold in the mature film market while rendering the Touchstone brand superfluous (Disney had an exclusive license to the Fox trademarks until early-2020, after which it had to drop the "Fox" name from all of its Fox properties).
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26They had their own television unit until 2007, when it was renamed ABC Studios as part of Iger's above-mentioned company refocusing efforts. ABC Studios later merged with its ABC Signature unit, with the combined entity assuming the latter name.
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28After the loss of the Fox license, Disney rebranded Fox 21 Television Studios (a sibling of the former Twentieth Century Fox Television, now 20th Television) by reviving the Creator/TouchstoneTelevision name for that studio, marking the first time since 2016 that Disney has used the Touchstone name...[[HistoryRepeats only to be retired after four months]] and absorbed into 20th Television.
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30[[folder:Notable films released by Touchstone Pictures]]
31[[index]]
32* ''Film/ThreeNinjas'' (1992)
33* ''Film/TheSixthMan'' (1997)
34* ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'' (1999)
35* ''Film/TheThirteenthWarrior'' (1999)
36* ''Film/TwentyFifthHour'' (2002)
37* ''Film/AdventuresInBabysitting'' (1987): The first Disney-associated film to get a PG-13 rating.
38* ''Film/AirForceOne'' (1997): with Creator/ColumbiaPictures under Buena Vista International.
39* ''Film/{{The Alamo|2004}}'' (2004)
40* ''Film/{{Alive}}'' (1993): with Creator/{{Paramount}}.
41* ''Film/AnInnocentMan'' (1989)
42* ''Film/{{Annapolis}}'' (2006)
43* ''Film/{{Apocalypto}}'' (2006)
44* ''WesternAnimation/ElArca'' (2007): under Buena Vista International.
45* ''Film/Armageddon1998'', a Creator/JerryBruckheimer production, directed by Creator/MichaelBay.
46* ''Film/BabySecretOfTheLostLegend'' (1985)
47* ''Film/{{Bad Company|1995}}'' (1995)
48* ''Film/{{Bad Company|2002}}'' (2002)
49* ''Film/{{Beaches}}'' (1988)
50* ''Literature/{{Beloved}}'' (1998)
51* ''Film/BetsysWedding'' (1990)
52* ''Film/BicentennialMan'' (1999): with Creator/ColumbiaPictures.
53* ''Film/{{Big Business|1988}}'' (1988)
54* ''Literature/BigTrouble'' (2002)
55* ''Film/BillyBathgate'' (1991)
56* ''Film/{{Blaze}}'' (1989)
57* ''Film/{{Boys|1996}}'' (1996)
58* ''Anime/TheBoyWhoSawTheWind'' (2000): with Creator/BrainsBase under Buena Vista International.
59* ''Film/BringingDownTheHouse'' (2003)
60* ''Film/BringingOutTheDead'' (1999): with Creator/{{Paramount}}.
61* ''Film/BruceAlmighty'' ( (2003): with Creator/{{Universal}}.
62* ''Film/BubbleBoy'' (2001)
63* ''Film/CabinBoy'' (1994)
64* ''Film/CalendarGirls'' (2003)
65* ''Film/CantBuyMeLove'' (1987)
66* ''Film/CaptainRon'' (1992)
67* ''Film/{{Casanova}}'' (2005)
68* ''Film/TheCemeteryClub'' (1993)
69* ''Literature/ACivilAction'' (1998): with Creator/{{Paramount}}.
70* ''Film/{{Cocktail}}'' (1988)
71* ''Film/ColdCreekManor'' (2003)
72* ''Film/TheColorOfMoney'' (1986)
73* ''Film/ConAir'' (1997), a Creator/JerryBruckheimer production.
74* ''Film/ConfessionsOfAShopaholic'' (2009), a Creator/JerryBruckheimer production.
75* ''Film/CorkyRomano'' (2001)
76* ''Film/{{The Count of Monte Cristo|2002}}'' (2002)
77* ''Film/{{Country}}'' (1984)
78* ''Film/CoyoteUgly'' (2000), a Creator/JerryBruckheimer production.
79* ''Film/CradleWillRock'' (1999)
80* ''Film/CrazyBeautiful'' (2001)
81* ''Film/{{The Crew|2000}}'' (2000)
82* ''[[Film/DOA1988 D.O.A.]]'' (1988)
83* ''Film/DanInRealLife'' (2007)
84* ''Film/DarkWater'' (2005)
85* ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'' (1989): Nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Picture.
86* ''Film/{{Deceived}}'' (1991)
87* ''Film/DejaVu2006'' (2006), a Creator/JerryBruckheimer production.
88* ''[[Film/DeuceBigalow Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo]]'' (1999)
89* ''Film/DickTracy'' (1990)
90* ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance'' (1995): International distribution only through Buena Vista International.
91* ''Film/DisorganizedCrime'' (1989)
92* ''Film/TheDoctor'' (1991)
93* ''Film/DoubleTake'' (2001)
94* ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' (1986): The first ever R rated film from The Walt Disney Company. Also the first film greenlighted by Michael Eisner after becoming Disney CEO.
95* ''Anime/DragonBallZTheTreeOfMight'' (1990): Mexico distribution only through Buena Vista International in 1998.
96* ''Film/{{Drive|2011}}'' (2011): Spain and Poland distribution only through Buena Vista International.
97* ''Film/EdWood'' (1994)
98* ''Film/EndOfDays'' (1999): international distribution only through Buena Vista International
99* ''Film/EnemyOfTheState'' (1998), a Jerry Bruckheimer production
100* The first four Film/ErnestPWorrell films:
101** ''Film/ErnestGoesToCamp'' (1987)
102** ''Film/ErnestSavesChristmas'' (1988)
103** ''Film/ErnestGoesToJail'' (1990)
104** ''Film/ErnestScaredStupid'' (1991)
105* ''Film/FaceOff'' (1997): with Creator/{{Paramount}}.
106* ''Film/{{Father of the Bride|1991}}'' (1991) and ''Part II'' (1995)
107* ''Film/FeastOfJuly'' (1995)
108* ''Film/TheFifthEstate'' (2013): with Creator/DreamWorksSKG.
109* ''Film/FireBirds'' (1990)
110* ''Film/{{Flightplan|2005}}'' (2005)
111* ''Film/FrankMcCluskyCI'' (2002)
112* ''Film/{{Fright Night|2011}}'' (2011): Creator/{{Disney}}'s last live-action horror film until ''Film/{{Ready or Not|2019}}''.
113* ''WesternAnimation/Gen13TheMovie'' (1998): Distributed by Creator/{{Paramount}} internationally.
114* ''[[Anime/GhostInTheShell Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence]]'' (2004): with Creator/ProductionIG and Creator/StudioGhibli; distributed in Japanese home video only under Buena Vista International. The theatrical release was through Creator/{{Toho}}.
115* ''Film/GoodMorningVietnam'' (1987)
116* ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet'' (2011): Touchstone's [[LighterAndSofter first G-rated film since the 1998 release]] of ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService''. Seriously. (It was originally scheduled to be released by Miramax, but it ended up as a Touchstone film after the Miramax brand was sold and the Disney animation folks didn't want it to be released under the Disney name.)
117* ''Film/GoneInSixtySeconds2000'', a Creator/JerryBruckheimer production
118* ''Film/TheGoodMother'' (1988)
119* ''Film/GreenCard'' (1990)
120* ''Film/GrossAnatomy'' (1989)
121* ''Film/TheGuardian2006''
122* ''Film/TheGunInBettyLousHandbag'' (1992)
123* ''Film/HeGotGame'' (1998)
124* ''Film/HeartbreakHotel'' (1988)
125* ''Film/HelloAgain'' (1987)
126* ''Film/TheHelp'' (2011): with Creator/DreamWorksSKG.
127* ''Film/{{Hidalgo}}'' (2004)
128* ''Film/HighFidelity'' (2000)
129* ''Film/HighHeelsAndLowLifes'' (2001)
130* ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005''
131* ''Film/HolyMan'' (1998)
132* ''Film/TheHorseWhisperer'' (1998)
133* ''Film/TheHotChick'' (2002)
134* ''Film/ILoveTrouble'' (1994)
135* ''Film/IndianSummer'' (1993)
136* ''Film/TheInkwell'' (1994)
137* ''Film/TheInsider'' (1999): Nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Picture.
138* ''Film/{{Instinct}}'' (1999)
139* ''It Runs in the Family'' (2003): with Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer under Buena Vista International.
140* ''Film/ItsPat'' (1994)
141* ''Film/JaneAustensMafia'' (1998)
142* ''Film/JeffersonInParis'' (1995)
143* ''Film/TheJerkyBoysTheMovie'' (1995)
144* ''Film/JustShortOfPerfect'' (2021): under Buena Vista International; co-distributed internationally with Creator/{{Netflix}}.
145* ''Film/{{Kazaam}}'' (1996)
146* ''Film/KeepingTheFaith'' (2000)
147* ''Film/KingArthur2004'', a Creator/JerryBruckheimer production
148* ''Film/KrippendorfsTribe'' (1998)
149* ''Film/{{Kundun}}'' (1997)
150* ''Film/{{Ladder 49}}'' (2004)
151* ''Film/{{The Ladykillers|2004}}'' (2004)
152* ''Film/LastDance'' (1996)
153* ''Film/TheLastShot'' (2004)
154* ''Literature/TheLastSong'' (2010)
155* ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou'' (2004)
156* ''Film/LifeWithMikey'' (1993)
157* ''Film/LittleIndianBigCity'' (1994): with Creator/{{StudioCanal}}; international distribution only
158* ''Film/{{Lincoln}}'' (2012), co-production with [=DreamWorks=].
159* ''Film/ALotLikeLove'' (2005)
160* ''Film/MadLove1995''
161* ''Film/TheMatador'' (2005): International release.
162* ''Anime/MaryAndTheWitchsFlower'' (2017): with Creator/StudioPonoc and Creator/StudioKhara; distributed in Japanese home video only under Buena Vista International. The theatrical release was through Creator/{{Toho}}.
163* ''Film/{{Metro}}'' (1997)
164* ''Film/MiracleAtStAnna'' (2008)
165* ''Film/MissionToMars'' (2000)
166* ''WesternAnimation/MissingLink'' (2019): in select international markets only under Buena Vista International.
167* ''Anime/ModestHeroes'' (2018): with Creator/StudioPonoc; distributed in Japanese home video only under Buena Vista International. The theatrical release was through Creator/{{Toho}}.
168* ''Film/MoonlightMile'' (2002)
169* ''Film/Mr3000'' (2004)
170* ''Film/MrDestiny'' (1990)
171* ''Film/MrWrong'' (1996)
172* ''Film/{{Mumford}}'' (1999)
173* ''Film/MyBoyfriendsBack'' (1993)
174* ''Film/MyFatherTheHero'' (1994)
175* ''Film/MyScienceProject'' (1985)
176* ''Film/NewPortSouth'' (2001)
177* ''Film/NewYorkStories'' (1989)
178* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' (1993): During its original release, though in 2006 it was moved to the Disney brand.
179* ''Theatre/NoisesOff'' (1992; with Creator/AmblinEntertainment)
180* ''Film/NothingToLose'' (1997)
181* ''Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou'' (2000): with Creator/{{Universal}}.
182* ''Film/OffBeat'' (1986)
183* ''Film/OpenRange'' (2003)
184* ''Film/{{Oscar|1991}}'' (1991)
185* ''Film/TheOtherSister'' (1999)
186* ''Film/OutCold'' (2001)
187* ''Film/OutrageousFortune'' (1987)
188* ''Film/{{The Patriot|1998}}'' (1998)
189* ''Film/PearlHarbor'' (2001), a Creator/JerryBruckheimer production, directed by Creator/MichaelBay.
190* ''Film/{{Phenomenon}}'' (1996)
191* ''Film/PlayItToTheBone'' (1999)
192* ''Film/PlayingGod'' (1997)
193* ''Film/ThePreachersWife'' (1996)
194* ''Film/ThePrestige'' (2006): with Creator/WarnerBros
195* ''Film/TheProgram'' (1993)
196* ''Film/PrettyWoman'' (1990): The highest grossing Disney movie in 1990.
197* ''Film/RaisingHelen'' (2004)
198* ''Film/{{Ransom}}'' (1996)
199* ''Film/TheRecruit'' (2003)
200* ''Film/TheRef'' (1994)
201* ''Film/ReignOfFire'' (2002)
202* ''Film/RenaissanceMan'' (1994)
203* ''Film/TheRescue'' (1988)
204* ''Film/TheRocketeer'' (1991): labeled as "Walt Disney Pictures" in North America only, and re-labeled as Touchstone Pictures elsewhere.
205* ''Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion'' (1997)
206* ''Film/TheRoyalTenenbaums'' (2001)
207* ''Film/RunawayBride'' (1999) with Creator/{{Paramount}}.
208* ''Film/{{Rushmore}}'' (1998)
209* ''Film/RuthlessPeople'' (1986)
210* ''Film/ScenesFromAMall'' (1991)
211* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells'' (2009): with Creator/StudioCanal under Buena Vista International.
212* ''Film/ShanghaiNoon'' (2000)
213** ''Shanghai Knights'' (2003)
214* ''Film/ShootToKill'' (1988)
215* ''Film/{{Shopgirl}}'' (2005)
216* ''Film/{{Signs}}'' (2002)
217* ''Film/ASimpleTwistOfFate'' (1994)
218* ''Film/SisterAct 1'' (1992) and ''2'' (1993)
219* ''Film/SixDaysSevenNights'' (1998)
220* ''Film/{{Snowden}}'' (2016): with Wild Bunch; in select international markets only under Buena Vista International
221* ''Film/SororityBoys'' (2002)
222* ''Film/SpacedInvaders'' (1990)
223* ''Film/{{Splash}}'' (1984): Touchstone's first film.
224* ''Film/{{Stakeout}}'' (1987)
225** ''Another Stakeout'' (1993)
226* ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' (1997) with Creator/TriStarPictures.
227* ''Film/{{Stella}}'' (1990)
228* The ''Film/StepUp'' series (2006, 2008, 2010; first three films only)
229* ''Film/StickIt'' (2006)
230* ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'' (2015; produced by Lucasfilm)
231* ''Creator/StudioGhibli Collection'' (Select international distribution rights in Europe, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, and Southeast Asia from 1998 to 2020 under Buena Vista International and Wild Bunch; European, Latin American, African, Middle Eastern, and Southeast Asian rights are now with Wild Bunch and Creator/StudioCanal; Japanese and Greater Chinese distribution under Buena Vista International and Creator/{{Toho}} since 1996)
232** ''Anime/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' (1984)
233** ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' (1986): early trailers for the film dating a [[LateExportForYou 1999]] US home video release were also from Touchstone, but the film’s eventual [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment delayed]] [[ReleaseDateChange 2003 release]] was under the Disney brand.
234** ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' (1988)
235** ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' (1989): Touchstone also handled the [[LateExportForYou 1998]] US limited theatrical release and home video release, being Touchstone’s [[LighterAndSofter first and only G-rated film]] until 2011's ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet'' before the film was rebranded a Disney film starting with the 2003 re-release.
236** ''Anime/OnlyYesterday'' (1991)
237** ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' (1992)
238** ''Anime/PomPoko'' (1994)
239** ''Anime/WhisperOfTheHeart'' (1995)
240** ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' (1997)
241** ''Anime/MyNeighborsTheYamadas'' (1999)
242** ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' (2001)
243** ''Anime/TheCatReturns'' (2002)
244** ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' (2004)
245** ''Anime/TalesFromEarthsea'' (2006): Touchstone also handled the [[LateExportForYou 2010]] US theatrical release before being later rebranded as a Disney film for the home video release, becoming the [[DarkerAndEdgier very first PG-13 animated film to be released under the Disney brand]] due to being BloodierAndGorier than most of Studio Ghibli's other films.
246** ''Anime/{{Ponyo}}'' (2008)
247** ''Anime/{{Arrietty}}'' (2010)
248** ''Anime/FromUpOnPoppyHill'' (2011)
249** ''Anime/TheWindRises'' (2013): Touchstone also handled the US release.
250** ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'' (2013)
251** ''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere'' (2014)
252* ''Film/SummerOfSam'' (1999)
253* ''Film/{{Surrogates}}'' (2009)
254* ''Film/SweetHomeAlabama'' (2002)
255* ''Film/SwingVote'' (2008)
256* ''Film/{{The Tempest|2010}}'' (2010)
257* ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' (2019) [[note]][[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]] handles international distribution through Buena Vista International.[[/note]]
258* ''Film/AThousandAcres'' (1997)
259* ''Film/ThreeFugitives'' (1989)
260* ''Film/ThreeMenAndABaby'' (1987) and its sequel ''Three Men And A Little Lady'' (1990)
261* ''Film/TinMen'' (1987)
262* ''Film/ToughGuys'' (1986)
263* ''Film/TrueIdentity'' (1991)
264* ''Film/TurnerAndHooch'' (1989)
265* ''Film/TwoMuch'' (1995)
266* ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' (2000)
267** ''[[Film/Glass2019 Glass]]'' (2019) [[note]] North American Distribution by Creator/{{Universal}}, Distributed by Disney outside N.A. as Buena Vista International [[/note]]
268* ''Film/UnderTheTuscanSun'' (2003)
269* ''Film/UpCloseAndPersonal'' (1996)
270* ''Film/VeronicaGuerin'' (2003)
271* ''Film/TheVillage2004'' (2004)
272* ''Film/TheWarAtHome'' (1996)
273* ''Literature/WarHorse'' (2011), co-production with [=DreamWorks=].
274* ''Film/TheWaterboy'' (1998)
275* ''Film/WhatAboutBob'' (1991)
276* ''[[Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt1993 What's Love Got To Do With It]]'' (1993)
277* ''Film/WhenAManLovesAWoman'' (1994)
278* ''Film/WhenInRome'' (2010)
279* ''[[Film/WhereTheHeartIs1990 Where the Heart Is]]'' (1990)
280* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' (1988; with Creator/AmblinEntertainment; later rebranded as a Disney film for some home video releases)
281* ''Film/WildHogs'' (2007)
282* ''Film/TheWonderfulIceCreamSuit'' (1998)
283* ''Film/YouAgain'' (2010)
284[[/index]]
285[[/folder]]
286[[folder:Notable television productions from Touchstone Television (now known as ABC Signature)]]
287[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/touchstonetelevision.jpg]]
288 [[caption-width-right:350:Touchstone Television logo]]
289[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abcsignature.png]]
290 [[caption-width-right:350:ABC Signature logo]]
291For series produced after the renaming, see Creator/{{ABC}}.
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293[[index]]
294* ''Series/EightSimpleRules'' (2002-05)
295* ''Series/AccordingToJim'' (2001-09)
296* ''Series/{{Alias}}'' (2001-06)
297* ''Series/{{Blossom}}'' (1991-95)
298* ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' (1993-2000)
299* ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' (2000)[[note]]credit only, co-production with then-sibling Miramax Television, View Askew Productions, and (uncredited) [[Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation Walt Disney Television Animation]][[/note]]
300* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' (2002-03)[[note]] Credit only, was originally pitched to Fox Broadcasting Company as a Touchstone production until they dropped it and MTV picked it up. [[/note]]
301* ''Series/CommanderInChief'' (2005-06)
302* ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' (2004-12)
303* ''Series/{{Ellen}}'' (1994-98)
304* ''Series/EmptyNest'' (1988-95)
305* ''Series/{{Felicity}}'' (1998-2002)
306* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' (1985-92)
307* ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' (2005-present)
308* ''Series/HardTimeOnPlanetEarth'' (1989)
309* ''Series/HomeImprovement'' (1991-99)
310* ''Series/HopeAndFaith'' (2003-06)
311* ''Series/InJustice2006'' (2006)
312* ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive'' (2003-present)[[note]]Became an ABC Studios program upon the 2007 renaming[[/note]]
313* ''Series/LessThanPerfect'' (2002-06)
314* ''Series/LifeWithBonnie'' (2002-04)
315* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' (2004-10)
316* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' (2002-09; a co-production with [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Television]])[[note]] this was the final series to carry the Touchstone Television logo - the corporate name changed to ABC Studios during its run, but the Touchstone logo remained.[[/note]]
317* ''Series/MyWifeAndKids'' (2001-05)
318* ''Film/TheMuppetsWizardOfOz'' (2005; funnily enough, this was co-produced by Fox Television Studios, which became the new Touchstone Television after Fox 21 merged with Fox Television Studios and Disney's purchase of Fox, hence why it is on both the Touchstone Pictures and the Creator/TouchstoneTelevision page)
319* ''Series/{{Nurses|1991}}'' (1991-94)
320* ''Series/OnceAndAgain'' (1999-2002)
321* ''WesternAnimation/ThePJs'' (1999-2000; seasons 1 and 2; season 3 was produced by Creator/WarnerBros Television due to Creator/TheWB [[UnCanceled un-canceling it]][[note]]Disney acquired this season from WB as part of a legal settlement[[/note]] entire series co-produced with [[Creator/EddieMurphy The Murphy Company]], Will Vinton Studios, and [[Creator/ImagineEntertainment Imagine Television]].
322* ''Series/{{Popular}}'' (1999-2001)
323* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' (2001-10)
324* ''Anime/SonicX'' (2003-2005; select international distribution under Buena Vista International Television in association with Creator/{{Jetix}}[[note]]France gets an uncut version based on the original Japanese version, while other territories get reedited versions based on Creator/FourKidsEntertainment's English dub.[[/note]], sometimes co-distributed with Creator/FoxKids; Touchstone Television (under Buena Vista International Television France) also [[InternationalCoproduction co-produced and funded]] the third season; Disney also handles the US streaming distribution of the uncut Japanese subbed version through Creator/{{Hulu}})
325* ''Series/SportsNight'' (1998-2000)
326* ''Series/UglyBetty'' (2006-10)
327* ''Series/UnhappilyEverAfter'' (1995-99)
328* ''Series/WhatAboutBrian'' (2006-07)
329[[/index]]
330[[/folder]]

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