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7->''"United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way."''
8-->-- '''Creator/JohnSchlesinger'''
9
10United Artists Corporation was an American film studio founded in 1919. It stood out from the other Hollywood studios at the time for two reasons:
11
12#As the name "United Artists" indicates, UA was founded by actors and directors – namely, Creator/CharlieChaplin, Creator/DouglasFairbanks, Creator/DWGriffith, and Creator/MaryPickford, all major names in the era's film industry.[[note]]Cowboy star William S. Hart was involved at the very beginning, [[ThePeteBest but left before the studio got off the ground]].[[/note]] The founders intended to avoid ExecutiveMeddling by taking control of their own work. To date, Creator/DreamWorksSKG is the only other big studio formed by creators (Creator/StevenSpielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and [[Creator/GeffenRecords David Geffen]] in that one's case).
13#UA were little more than backers and distributors for assorted independent producers (including, for a few years, Darryl Zanuck's [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios Twentieth Century Pictures]] prior to its merger with Fox); that is, the company never owned actual studio facilities of its own. Because of this, they were usually viewed as the odd ones out of the studio system during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. In fact, it sometimes seemed as though there were [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg seven big studios and United Artists]].
14
15Things changed with the UsefulNotes/FallOfTheStudioSystem in the 1950s. While the other studios suffered as a result of this (''especially'' Creator/RKOPictures and Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer), UA prospered. Their method of business -- no high-overhead studio facilities, but instead a system that bankrolled outside production companies, giving creators freedom that no other studio would -- was ideally suited for the post-studio era. In the 1960s, this paid off with the company with releasing more hits every year, especially with ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' and ''Film/JamesBond'' series, along with many a Main/SpaghettiWestern from Creator/SergioLeone. Their tremendous success during this period, it should be said, was accomplished without any of the original owners. With Griffith dropping out in TheRoaringTwenties as his career floundered, and Fairbanks dying in 1939, only Chaplin and Pickford remained, and both sold their shares in UA to the new management they had hired in the mid-1950s. The studio went public in 1957.
16
17During the 1950s and '60s, United Artists released seven films (''Film/{{Marty}}'', ''[[Film/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays1956 Around the World in 80 Days]]'', ''Film/TheApartment'', ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', ''Film/TomJones'', ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight'', and ''Film/MidnightCowboy'') which won the MediaNotes/AcademyAward for Best Picture. Three of the victorious films were produced by the Mirisch Company, a firm owned by brothers Walter, Marvin and Harold Mirisch that became closely identified with UA through these and a number of other films, including the aforementioned ''The Pink Panther''.
18
19United Artists was successful enough to diversify during TheFifties. In 1956, the company started a TV production division, most noted for such programs as ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'', ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow'', and ''Series/TheRatPatrol''. UA also launched Creator/UnitedArtistsRecords in 1957; like other labels owned by film studios, it was initially an outlet for soundtrack albums, but evolved into a major name in the music industry.
20
21United Artists had an interesting history with animation. They distributed the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' and ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'' cartoons created by Creator/WaltDisney between 1932 and 1937 (coincidentally, Disney now also owns the Twentieth Century Pictures library after it purchased 20th Century Fox, now 20th Century Studios, in 2019). In 1948, they distributed the cartoons of Creator/WalterLantz for two years during the studio's brief split with Creator/{{Universal}}. In 1957, United Artists' TV division bought out Associated Artists Productions, granting them ownership of nearly every Creator/WarnerBros movie made before 1950, the color ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Looney Tunes]]'' [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes and]] ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' released before August 1948, live-action WB short subjects released prior to September 1948, the Creator/HarmanAndIsing ''Merrie Melodies'' (except the first one), the 1950 WB film ''Film/ChainLightning'' (so that a.a.p. could have all of the WB films of Creator/HumphreyBogart), and the ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' cartoons made by Creator/FleischerStudios and Creator/FamousStudios for Creator/{{Paramount}}. A few years later, United Artists would become the distributor of the cartoons made by Creator/DepatieFrelengEnterprises, the studio ''Looney Tunes'' director Creator/FrizFreleng co-founded after leaving Warner Bros. (DFE also produced further ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons for WB from 1964-67).
22
23In 1967, UA was purchased by the insurance company Transamerica, which sought to strengthen itself into a conglomerate in the vein of General Electric, RCA, or Gulf + Western (the latter of which bought Creator/{{Paramount}} that same year). This worked well for them, and soon nearly every major studio (save Creator/{{Disney}}, which remained independent) had been bought up by a larger company. A year after the Transamerica purchase, UA launched an independent TV station in UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}, UsefulNotes/{{Ohio}} - WUAB, which picked up the local rights to show UA-owned content in the area, including the former a.a.p. properties. Throughout TheSeventies, the ''James Bond'' and ''Pink Panther'' movies maintained their box-office popularity, and UA also did well with Creator/WoodyAllen films, a film version of Platform/{{Broadway}}'s ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', and the ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' franchise (the first installment of which won the studio yet another Academy Award for Best Picture). In 1973, UA became the North American theatrical distributor for films produced by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer.
24
25Despite the long string of hits UA enjoyed during the 1970s, disputes between the studio's executives and those of Transamerica were quite common. UA's executives got into trouble with Transamerica's regarding the releases of such X-rated films as ''Midnight Cowboy'' (which had to be recut to achieve an R rating after winning Best Picture) and ''Film/LastTangoInParis''. Jack Beckett, one of the Transamerica executives, had wanted to phase out the United Artists name completely, while UA executive Arthur Krim wanted the studio spun off as a separate entity; neither plan would come to fruition. Another UA executive, Eric Pleskow, was enraged when he found out that Transamerica wanted copies of each UA executive's medical records. The corporate infighting came to an end on January 13, 1978, when Pleskow, Krim, and other key United Artists executives decided to leave to form Creator/OrionPictures. Their departures so alarmed many Hollywood figures that they took out an open-letter advertisement in ''Variety'', warning Transamerica that it had made a fatal mistake in letting all of the UA executives go.
26
27Initially, this had yet to be based on fact. Under new president Andy Albeck, UA had major successes in 1979 with such films as ''Film/RockyII'', Woody Allen's ''Film/{{Manhattan}}'', the 007 installment ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'', and ''Literature/TheBlackStallion''.
28
29But the final nail in the coffin for the idyllic lifestyle cultivated by UA for so long came in 1980, when UA distributed ''Film/HeavensGate''. It had a big budget, but ended up one of the most notorious [[CreatorKiller creator-killing]] failures in history. So much that Transamerica's aforementioned ambition was dashed, and they were forced to sell the studio to Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer. Meanwhile, its record label was sold to Creator/{{EMI}}. When [[Creator/TedTurner Turner Broadcasting]] bought MGM's pre-1986 library, most of the United Artists library remained with MGM/UA, though Turner did buy certain UA assets (namely ''Series/GilligansIsland'', American distribution rights to the RKO Pictures library, the Warner Bros. and ''Popeye'' properties formerly owned by a.a.p.).
30
31At first, MGM treated UA as an equal in the business, and in fact, several films were released under joint MGM/UA branding. However, they fell out of favor as ownership became unstable (resulting in [[https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/07/08/214344/ the Giancarlo Parretti fiasco]] that saw the company grind to a halt while he was busy [[StealingFromTheTill embezzling]] from the company), and when MGM began getting their hands on other libraries left and right (Creator/TheCannonGroup, Creator/OrionPictures, the [[Creator/PolygramFilmedEntertainment [=PolyGram=]]]/Epic library, etc.). They then became more of an arthouse distributor.
32
33A {{revival}} was attempted in 2006, when Creator/TomCruise and Paula Wagner joined forces to revitalize UA. Unfortunately, the comeback never materialized, due to a combination of MGM's financial problems and Paula Wagner's departure, and MGM reclaimed full ownership.
34
35Like MGM, United Artists was reduced to little more than a production company, getting its films distributed by other entities. In 2014, United Artists was briefly relaunched as an indie label headed by Creator/MarkBurnett and Roma Downey (producers of ''Series/TheBible2013'') intended to handle multiple platforms such as film, television, and Christian media. However, it wasn't long before MGM bought the group wholesale, merging them into its TV unit and putting the UA name back into dormancy.
36
37[[https://www.screendaily.com/news/mgm-annapurna-expand-distribution-jv-under-united-artists-releasing-brand/5136542.article Fortunately]], in 2019 MGM and Creator/AnnapurnaPictures announced that their joint distribution venture would be named as United Artists Releasing, giving the brand new life -- and all on the company's [[MilestoneCelebration 100th anniversary]] to boot. Their first release was the Creator/StephenMerchant comedy ''Film/FightingWithMyFamily''.
38
39On May 17, 2021, online retail and technology company Amazon entered negotiations to acquire MGM. The negotiations were made directly with MGM board chairman Kevin Ulrich, whose Anchorage Capital is a major MGM shareholder. On May 26, 2021, it was officially announced that the studio would be acquired by Amazon, subject to regulatory approval, for $8.45 billion, and continue to operate as a label under the new parent company with the fate of UAR to be determined. The merger was finalized on March 17, 2022. Later that day, Amazon Studios and Prime Video SVP Mike Hopkins emphasized that Amazon will continue to partner with UAR, which will remain in operation post-merger, though it was eventually folded again into MGM in February 2023.
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42[[folder:United Artists as an independent studio (1919–1981)]]
43An asterisk beside a pre-1968 film indicates that the film did not originally have a logo.
44[[index]]
45* ''Film/TheSeventhDawn'' (1964)*
46* ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' (1957)
47* ''Film/NinetyNineRiverStreet'' (1953)*
48* ''Film/TwoHundredMotels'' (1971)
49* ''Literature/SixThreeThreeSquadron'' (1964)*
50* ''Film/{{Abraham Lincoln|1930}}'' (1930)
51* ''Film/TheAfricanQueen'' (1951)
52* ''Film/AfterTheFox'' (1966)
53* ''Film/{{The Alamo|1960}}'' (1960)
54* ''Film/{{Alexander the Great|1956}}'' (1956)
55* ''Film/{{Algiers}}'' (1938)
56* ''Film/{{Alibi|1929}}'' (1929)
57* ''Film/AlicesRestaurant'' (1969)
58* ''Film/{{America}}'' (1924)
59* ''Film/{{Americathon}}'' (1979)
60* ''Film/TheAngelLevine'' (1970)
61* ''Film/AngelOnMyShoulder'' (1946)
62* ''Film/{{Apache}}'' (1954)
63* ''Film/TheApartment'' (1960)
64* ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' (1979; film now owned by Lionsgate in North America and [=StudioCanal=] internationaly)
65* ''[[Film/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays1956 Around the World in 80 Days]]'' (1956)
66* ''Literature/{{Arrowsmith}}'' (1931)
67* ''Literature/AudreyRose'' (1977)
68* ''Film/BankShot'' (1974)
69* ''Film/TheBarefootContessa'' (1954)
70* ''Film/BattleOfBritain'' (1969)
71* ''Film/TheBeastOfHollowMountain'' (1956)
72* ''Film/BeatTheDevil'' (1953)
73[[/index]]
74* Music/TheBeatles' films:
75[[index]]
76** ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' (1964)
77** ''Film/{{Help}}'' (1965)
78** ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' (1968)
79** ''Film/LetItBe'' (1970)
80* ''Film/TheBedSittingRoom'' (1969)
81* ''Film/BeingThere'' (1980)
82* ''Film/TheBigCountry'' (1958)
83* ''Film/TheBigNight'' (1951)
84* ''Film/TheBigRedOne'' (1980)
85* ''Film/BillionDollarBrain'' (1967)
86* ''Film/BirdmanOfAlcatraz'' (1962)
87* ''Film/TheBlackPirate'' (1926)
88* ''Literature/TheBlackStallion'' (1979)
89* ''Theatre/BlitheSpirit'' (1945; US distributor)
90* ''Film/BoundForGlory'' (1976)
91* ''Film/TheBowery'' (1933)
92* ''Film/{{Brannigan}}'' (1975)
93* ''Film/BreakheartPass'' (1975)
94* ''Film/TheBrideWoreBlack'' (1968)
95* ''Film/TheBridgeAtRemagen'' (1969)
96* ''Film/ABridgeTooFar'' (1977)
97* ''Film/BringMeTheHeadOfAlfredoGarcia'' (1974)
98* ''Film/BrokenBlossoms'' (1919; the very first film from United Artists)
99* ''Film/BulldogDrummond'' (1929)
100* ''Film/BurntOfferings'' (1976)
101* ''Film/{{Busting}}'' (1974)
102* ''Film/CaesarAndCleopatra'' (1945)
103* ''Theatre/LaCageAuxFolles'' (1978)
104* ''Film/CallMeBwana'' (1963; U.S. distributor)
105* ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' (1980; as United Artists Europa Inc.)
106* ''Film/{{Carny}}'' (1980)
107* ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}'' (1976)
108* ''Film/TheChargeOfTheLightBrigade'' (1968)
109* ''Film/AChildIsWaiting'' (1963)
110* ''Theatre/TheChildrensHour'' (1961)
111* ''Film/ChillyScenesOfWinter'' (1979; re-released in 1982)
112* ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang'' (1968)
113* ''Film/TheCircus'' (1928)
114* ''Film/CityLights'' (1931)
115* ''Film/{{Clambake}}'' (1967)
116* ''Film/ColdTurkey'' (1971)
117* ''Film/{{College|1927}}'' (1927)
118* ''Literature/{{Coma}}'' (1978)
119* ''Film/ComingHome'' (1978)
120* ''Film/{{Convoy}}'' (1978)
121* ''Film/CorvetteSummer'' (1978)
122* ''Film/{{Cruising}}'' (1980)
123* ''Film/{{Dark Waters|1944}}'' (1944)
124* ''Film/DayOfTheOutlaw'' (1959)
125* ''Film/{{Dead End|1937}}'' (1937)
126* ''Film/DeadlyBlessing'' (1981) (US distributor)
127* ''Film/DeathRidesAHorse'' (1967)
128* ''Film/TheDefiantOnes'' (1958)
129* ''Film/DemonSeed'' (1977)
130* ''Film/TheDevilsBrigade'' (1968)
131* ''Theatre/TheDevilsDisciple'' (1959)
132* ''Film/DishonoredLady'' (1947)
133* ''Film/{{DOA}}'' (1950)
134* ''Film/DoctorBloodsCoffin'' (1961)
135* ''Film/{{Dodsworth}}'' (1936)
136* ''Literature/TheDogsOfWar'' (1980)
137* The Film/DollarsTrilogy (United States versions):
138** ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' (1964)*
139** ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore'' (1965)*
140** ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' (1966)*
141* ''Theatre/TheEmperorJones'' (1933)
142* ''Film/{{TheEnd|1978}}'' (1978)
143* ''[[Film/AFistfulOfDynamite Duck, You Sucker!]]'' (1972)
144* ''Film/ElectraGlideInBlue'' (1973)
145* ''Literature/ElmerGantry'' (1960)
146* ''Theatre/{{Equus}}'' (1977)
147* ''Film/{{Exodus|1960}}'' (1960)
148* ''Film/EyeOfTheNeedle'' (1981)
149* ''Film/{{Fame}}'' (1980)
150* ''Film/FelliniSatyricon'' (1969)
151* ''Film/FerryCrossTheMersey'' (1964)
152* ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'' (1971)
153* ''Film/TheFinalCountdown'' (1980)
154* ''Film/FireOverEngland'' (1937)
155* ''Film/{{FIST}}'' (1978)
156* ''Film/{{Fitzwilly}}'' (1967)
157* ''Film/FiveMilesToMidnight'' (1963)
158* ''Film/FollowThatDream'' (1962)
159* ''Film/ForeignCorrespondent'' (1940)
160* ''Film/FortMassacre'' (1958)
161* ''Film/TheFortuneCookie'' (1966)
162* ''Film/FourDaysInNovember'' (1964)
163* ''Film/TheFourSkullsOfJonathanDrake'' (1959)
164* ''Film/{{Frankie and Johnny|1966}}'' (1966)
165* ''Literature/TheFrenchLieutenantsWoman'' (1981)
166* ''Film/{{The Front Page|1931}}'' (1931)
167* ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'' (1966)
168* ''Film/GalaxyOfTerror'' (1981)
169* ''Film/TheGeneral'' (1926)
170* ''Film/TheGhostGoesWest'' (1935)
171* ''Film/TheGoldRush'' (1925)
172* ''Film/TheGraduate'' (1967; distributor outside the US)
173* ''Film/TheGreatDictator'' (1940)
174* ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' (1963)
175* ''Film/TheGreatStLouisBankRobbery'' (1959)
176* ''Film/TheGreatestStoryEverTold'' (1965)
177* ''Film/TheGreeksHadAWordForThem'' (1932)
178* ''Film/GunCrazy'' (1950)
179* ''Film/TheGunfightAtDodgeCity'' (1959)
180* ''Film/TheHallelujahTrail'' (1965)
181* ''Film/HangEmHigh'' (1968)
182* ''Film/HangmenAlsoDie'' (1943)
183* ''Film/HeKnowsYoureAlone'' (1980)
184* ''Film/HeavensGate'' (1980)
185* ''Film/HellsAngels'' (1930)
186* ''Film/HeroAtLarge'' (1980)
187* ''Film/HideInPlainSight'' (1980)
188* ''Film/HighNoon'' (1952)
189* ''Film/HistoryIsMadeAtNight'' (1937)
190* ''Film/TheHouseOfRothschild'' (1934)
191* ''Film/HornetsNest'' (1970)
192* ''Film/TheHorrorShow'' (1989)
193* ''Film/TheHorseSoldiers'' (1959)
194* ''Film/TheHospital'' (1971)
195* ''Theatre/HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying'' (1967)*
196* ''Film/HowToMurderYourWife'' (1965)
197* ''[[Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn Huckleberry Finn]]'' (1974)
198* ''Film/HumanoidsFromTheDeep'' (1980)
199* ''Film/IfItsTuesdayThisMustBeBelgium'' (1969)
200* ''Film/IllBeSeeingYou'' (1944)
201* ''Film/IMarriedAWitch'' (1942; produced by Creator/{{Paramount}})
202* ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight'' (1967)*
203* ''Theatre/InheritTheWind'' (1960)
204* ''Film/{{Invasion of the Body Snatchers|1978}}'' (1978)
205* ''Film/InvisibleInvaders'' (1959)
206* ''Film/InvitationToAGunfighter'' (1964)
207* ''Film/IrmaLaDouce'' (1963)*
208* ''Film/TheIronMask'' (1929)
209* ''Film/ItTheTerrorFromBeyondSpace'' (1958)
210* ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'' (1963)*
211* ''Film/IWantToLive'' (1958)
212* ''Film/JackTheGiantKiller'' (1962)
213* The ''Film/JamesBond'' series between 1962 and 1981 [[note]]United Artists is credited as a copyright holder on all Bond films produced to the present.[[/note]]:
214** ''Film/DrNo'' (1962)*
215** ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' (1963)*
216** ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' (1964)
217** ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' (1965)*
218** ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' (1967)
219** ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' (1969)
220** ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' (1971)
221** ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' (1973)
222** ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' (1974)
223** ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' (1977)
224** ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' (1979)
225** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' (1981)
226* ''Film/JohnnyCool'' (1963)
227* ''Film/JudgmentAtNuremberg'' (1961)
228* ''Film/JungleBook'' (1942)
229* ''Film/KansasCityConfidential'' (1952)
230* ''Film/{{Kes}}'' (1969)
231* ''Film/{{Khartoum}}'' (1966)
232* ''Film/TheKillerElite'' (1975)
233* ''Film/KillersKiss'' (1955)
234* ''Film/TheKilling'' (1956)*
235* ''Film/KingdomOfTheSpiders'' (1977)
236* ''Literature/AKissBeforeDying'' (1956)
237* ''Film/KissMeDeadly'' (1955)
238* ''Film/KissMeStupid'' (1964)
239* ''Film/TheKnackAndHowToGetIt'' (1965)
240* ''Theatre/KnickerbockerHoliday'' (1944)
241* ''Film/{{Knightriders}}'' (1981)
242* ''Film/KnightWithoutArmour''
243* ''Film/LadyOfBurlesque'' (1943)
244* ''Film/LadyCarolineLamb'' (1972)
245* ''Film/LastTangoInParis'' (1972)
246* ''Film/TheLastWaltz'' (1978)
247* ''Film/{{Lenny}}'' (1974)
248* ''Film/LeoTheLast'' (1970)
249* ''Film/LiliesOfTheField'' (1963)
250* ''Film/{{Limelight}}'' (1952)
251* ''Film/TheLongGoodbye'' (1973)
252* ''Film/TheLongRiders'' (1980)
253* ''Film/TheLongVoyageHome'' (1940)
254* ''Film/LordLoveADuck'' (1966)
255* ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'' (1978)
256* ''Film/LoveHappy'' (1949)
257* ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeDaisyTown'' (1971, French branch of UA)
258* ''Film/MadeForEachOther'' (1939)
259* ''Film/TheMagicSword'' (1962)
260* ''Film/{{The Magnificent Seven|1960}}'' (1960) and its sequels
261* ''Film/AManAndAWoman'' (1966; distributor outside the US)
262* ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate'' (1962)
263* ''Film/{{The Man in the Iron Mask|1939}}'' (1939)
264* ''Film/TheManInTheIronMask'' (1998)
265* ''Theatre/ManOfLaMancha'' (1972)
266* ''Film/ManOfTheWest'' (1958)
267* ''Film/TheManWhoCouldWorkMiracles'' (1937)
268* ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenArm'' (1955)
269* ''Film/{{The Mark of Zorro|1920}}'' (1920)
270* ''Film/{{Marty}}'' (1955)
271* ''Film/TheMcKenzieBreak'' (1970)
272* ''Film/McLintock'' (1963)
273* ''Film/{{The Mechanic|1972}}''
274* ''Film/MidnightCowboy'' (1969)
275* ''[[Film/LesMiserables1935 Les Misérables]]'' (1935)
276* ''Film/TheMisfits'' (1961)
277* ''Film/ModernTimes'' (1936)
278* ''Film/MonsieurVerdoux'' (1947)
279* ''Film/TheMonsterThatChallengedTheWorld'' (1957)
280* ''Theatre/TheMoonIsBlue'' (1953)
281* ''Film/MoreDeadThanAlive'' (1969)
282* ''Film/{{Moulin Rouge|1952}}'' (1952)
283* ''Film/MrDrakesDuck'' (1951)
284* ''Film/MrMajestyk'' (1974)
285* ''Film/MrRicco'' (1975)
286* ''[[Film/NedKelly1970 Ned Kelly]]'' (1970)
287* ''Film/{{Network}}'' (1976; In association with then-separate MGM)
288* ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter'' (1955)
289* ''Film/NothingSacred'' (1937)
290* ''Film/{{Novecento}}'' (1976; distributor in Australia, France and Germany)
291* ''Film/OddsAgainstTomorrow'' (1959)
292* ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen'' (1939)
293* ''Literature/OnTheBeach'' (1959)
294* ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'' (1975)
295* ''Film/OneTwoThree'' (1961)
296* ''Film/OperationDouble007'' (1967)
297* ''Film/TheOrganization'' (1971)
298* ''Film/OrphansOfTheStorm'' (1921)
299* ''Film/OurDailyBread'' (1934)
300* ''Theatre/OurTown'' (1940)
301* ''Film/{{Pandemonium|1982}}'' (1982)
302* ''Film/ParisBlues'' (1961)
303* ''Film/TheParty'' (1968)
304* ''Film/ThePassage'' (1979)
305* ''Film/ThePassenger1975'' (1975)
306* ''Film/PathsOfGlory'' (1957)
307* The ''[[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Pink Panther]]'' series
308** ''Film/{{The Pink Panther|1963}}'' (1963)*
309** ''Film/AShotInTheDark'' (1964)
310** ''Film/TheReturnOfThePinkPanther'' (1975)
311** ''Film/ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain'' (1976)
312** ''Film/RevengeOfThePinkPanther'' (1978)
313* ''Film/PlayDirty'' (1969)
314* ''Film/PocketfulOfMiracles'' (1961)
315* ''Film/PorkChopHill'' (1959)
316* ''Film/{{Pound}}'' (1970)
317* ''Film/ThePrisonerOfZenda'' (1937)
318* ''Film/ThePrivateLifeOfDonJuan'' (1934)
319* ''Film/ThePrivateLifeOfHenryVIII'' (1933)
320* ''Film/ThePrivateLifeOfSherlockHolmes'' (1970)
321* ''Film/TheProwler1951''
322* The first two ''Franchise/{{Quatermass}}'' films (US distributor, both under {{Market Based Title}}s):
323** ''The Quatermass Xperiment'' (as ''The Creeping Unknown'') (1955)
324** ''Quatermass II'' (as ''Enemy from Space'') (1957)
325* ''Film/{{Quicksand|1950}}'' (1950)
326* ''Literature/TheQuietAmerican'' (1958)
327* ''Film/RagingBull'' (1980)
328* ''Film/{{Rebecca|1940}}'' (1940)
329* ''Film/RedRiver'' (1948)
330* ''Film/ReturnFromTheAshes'' (1965)
331* ''Film/{{The River|1951}}'' (1951)
332* ''Film/{{Roadie|1980}}'' (1980)
333* ''Film/TheRoadToHongKong'' (1962; the last of the ''Film/RoadTo'' series with Creator/BobHope and Music/BingCrosby)
334* ''Film/{{Robin Hood|1922}}'' (1922)
335* ''Film/RobRoy'' (1995)
336* The first two films in the ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' series, before the MGM takeover.
337** ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' (1976)
338** ''Film/RockyII'' (1979)
339* ''Film/{{Rollerball}}'' (1975)
340* ''Film/RomanceAndCigarettes'' (2005)
341* ''Film/RunForTheSun'' (1956)
342* ''Film/RunSilentRunDeep'' (1958)
343* ''Film/TheRussiansAreComingTheRussiansAreComing'' (1966)
344* ''Film/TheSabataTrilogy'' (1969-71)
345* ''Film/SadieThompson'' (1928)
346* ''Theatre/SaintJoan'' (1957)
347* ''Film/SallyOfTheSawdust'' (1925)
348* ''Literature/TheSatanBug'' (1965)
349* ''Film/{{Scarface|1932}}'' (1932)
350* ''Film/{{The Scarlet Pimpernel|1934}}'' (1934)
351* ''Film/{{Scorpio}}'' (1973)
352* ''Film/{{Scrooge|1951}}'' (1951; distributed in the US as ''A Christmas Carol'')
353* ''Literature/TheSecretOfSantaVittoria'' (1969)
354* ''Film/{{Secrets|1933}}'' (1933)
355* ''Film/SeparateTables'' (1958)
356* ''Film/ShieldForMurder'' (distributor, 1954)*
357* WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies shorts (distributor, July 1932--May 1937)*
358* ''Film/SinceYouWentAway'' (1944)
359* ''Film/{{Skammen}}'' (aka ''Shame''; 1968)
360* ''Film/{{Smile|1975}}'' (1975)
361* ''Film/SolomonAndSheba'' (1959)
362* ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'' (1959)
363* ''Film/TheSoutherner'' (1945)
364* ''Film/SoYoungSoBad'' (1950)
365* ''Film/{{Sparrows}}'' (1926)
366* ''Film/{{Spellbound}}'' (1945)
367* ''Film/{{Stagecoach}}'' (1939)
368* ''Film/StandIn'' (1937)
369* ''Film/{{A Star Is Born|1937}}'' (1937)
370* ''Film/SteamboatBillJr'' (1928)
371* ''Film/{{Stella Dallas|1925}}'' (1925)
372* ''Film/{{Stella Dallas|1937}}'' (1937)
373* ''Theatre/StreetScene'' (1931)
374* ''Film/{{Suddenly}}'' (1954)
375* ''Theatre/SummerOfTheSeventeenthDoll'' (1959)
376* ''Film/{{Summertime}}'' (1955)
377* ''Film/SundayBloodySunday'' (1971)
378* ''Film/TheSunshineBoys'' (1975)
379* ''Film/SupportYourLocalSheriff'' (1969)
380* ''Film/SweetSmellOfSuccess'' (1957)
381* ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree'' (1974)
382* ''Film/TerrorInATexasTown'' (1957)
383* ''Film/ThatHamiltonWoman'' (1941)
384* ''Film/ThatsTheWayOfTheWorld'' (1975)
385* ''Film/TheatreOfBlood'' (1973)
386* ''[[Film/TheyCallMeMisterTibbs1970 They Call Me Mister Tibbs!]]'' (1970)
387* ''Film/Thief1981''
388* ''[[Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1924 The Thief of Bagdad]]'' (1924)
389* ''[[Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940 The Thief of Bagdad]]'' (1940)
390* ''Film/ThievesLikeUs'' (1974)
391* ''Film/ThingsToCome'' (1936)
392* ''[[Film/TheThomasCrownAffair1968 The Thomas Crown Affair]]'' (1968)
393* ''Film/AThousandClowns'' (1965)
394* Films based on the television series ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''
395** ''Film/ThunderbirdsAreGo'' (1966)
396** ''Film/Thunderbird6'' (1968)
397* ''Film/ThunderboltAndLightfoot'' (1974)
398* ''Theatre/TheTimeOfYourLife'' (1948)*
399* ''Film/ToBeOrNotToBe'' (1942)*
400* ''Film/TomJones'' (1963)*
401* ''Film/TooLateForTears'' (1949)*
402* ''Film/{{Topkapi}}'' (1964)
403* ''Film/{{Tower of London|1962}}'' (1962)
404* ''Film/TheTrain'' (1964)
405* ''Film/{{Trapeze}}'' (1956)
406* ''Film/{{Tumbleweeds}}'' (1925)
407* ''Film/TunesOfGlory'' (1960)
408* ''Film/{{Turnabout}}'' (1940)
409* ''Film/TwiceToldTales'' (1963)
410* ''Film/TheUnforgiven'' (!960)
411* ''Film/ValdezIsComing'' (1971)
412* ''Film/TheVampire'' (1957)*
413* ''Film/VeraCruz'' (1954)*
414* ''Film/TheVikings'' (1958)*
415* ''Film/WakeInFright'' (1971) [[note]] Original release only, American re-release in 2012 done by Drafthouse Films and Creator/MadmanEntertainment in Australia [[/note]]
416* Cartoons produced by Creator/WalterLantz during his brief split with Creator/{{Universal}} (1947-1949)*
417** ''WesternAnimation/AndyPanda''
418** ''Musical Miniatures''
419** ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker''
420* ''Film/WayDownEast'' (1920)*
421* ''Film/{{West Side Story|1961}}'' (1961)
422* ''Film/WhatsTheMatterWithHelen'' (1971)
423* ''Film/WhiteZombie'' (1932)
424* ''Film/TheWickedDreamsOfPaulaSchultz'' (1968)
425* ''Film/TheWindAndTheLion'' (1975)
426* ''Film/TheWinningOfBarbaraWorth'' (1926)*
427* ''Film/WitnessForTheProsecution'' (1957)
428* ''Film/AWomanOfParis'' (1923)*
429* ''Literature/WomenInLove'' (1969)
430* Creator/WoodyAllen films:
431** ''Film/WhatsNewPussycat'' (1965)
432** ''Film/{{Bananas}}'' (1971)
433** ''Film/{{Sleeper}}'' (1973)
434** ''Film/LoveAndDeath'' (1975)
435** ''Film/AnnieHall'' (1977)
436** ''Film/{{Interiors}}'' (1978)
437** ''Film/{{Manhattan}}'' (1979)
438** ''Film/StardustMemories'' (1980)
439* ''Film/TheWorldOfHenryOrient'' (1964)
440* ''Film/{{Wuthering Heights|1939}}'' (1939)
441* ''Film/YoursMineAndOurs'' (1968)*
442[[/index]]
443[[/folder]]
444
445[[folder:UA productions post merger with MGM (1982–2010)]]
446[[index]]
447* ''Film/TwentyFourHourPartyPeople'' (2002)
448* ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' (1989)
449* ''Film/{{Always}}'' (1989)
450* ''ComicBook/ArtSchoolConfidential'' (2006)
451* ''Film/{{Baby Boom|1987}}'' (1987)
452* ''Film/TheBirdcage'' (1996)
453* ''Film/BowlingForColumbine'' (2002)
454* ''Film/BrightLightsBigCity'' (1988)
455* ''Film/{{Capote}}'' (2005)
456* ''[[Film/ChildsPlay1988 Child's Play]]'' (1988)
457* ''Film/Code46'' (2003)
458* ''Film/CoffeeAndCigarettes'' (2004)
459* ''Film/DarkBlue'' (2002)
460* ''Film/GhostWorld'' (2001)
461* ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' (1995)
462* ''Film/{{Hoodlum}}'' (1997)
463* ''Film/HotelRwanda'' (2004)
464* ''Film/HotTubTimeMachine'' (2010)
465* ''Film/IgbyGoesDown'' (2002)
466* ''Film/ImGonnaGitYouSucka'' (1988)
467* ''James Bond:''
468** ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' (1983)
469** ''Film/AViewToAKill'' (1985)
470** ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' (1987)
471** ''Film/LicenceToKill'' (1989)
472** ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}'' (1995)
473** ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' (1997)
474* ''Film/JeepersCreepers'' (2001)
475** ''Film/JeepersCreepers2'' (2003)
476* ''Film/LionsForLambs'' (2007)
477* ''Film/PiecesOfApril'' (2003)
478* ''Literature/ThePlagueDogs'' (1982; UK distributor)
479* ''Film/{{Pumpkinhead}}'' (1988)
480* ''Film/RainMan'' (1988)
481* ''Film/{{Red Dawn|1984}}'' (1984)
482* ''WesternAnimation/RockAndRule '' (1983)
483[[/index]]
484* The third, fourth, and fifth installments in the ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' series (after the MGM takeover)
485[[index]]
486** ''Film/RockyIII'' (1982)
487** ''Film/RockyIV'' (1985)
488** ''Film/RockyV'' (1990)
489* ''Film/{{Ronin|1998}}'' (1998)
490* ''Film/{{Saved}}'' (2004)
491* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'' (1982)
492* ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' (1995)
493* ''Film/{{Streamers}}'' (1983)
494* ''Film/{{Teachers|1984}}'' (1984)
495* ''Film/{{Valkyrie}}'' (2008)
496* ''Film/WarGames'' (1983)
497* ''Film/{{Yentl}}'' (1983)
498* ''Film/Youngblood1986'' (1986)
499[[/index]]
500[[/folder]]
501
502
503[[folder:Mirror Releasing and United Artists Releasing films (2018–2023)]]
504[[index]]
505!!Mirror Releasing:
506* ''Film/CreedII'' (2018; US distributor)
507* ''Film/{{Death Wish|2018}}'' (2018)
508* ''Film/{{Destroyer|2018}}'' (2018)
509* ''Film/FightingWithMyFamily'' (2019)
510* ''Film/IfBealeStreetCouldTalk'' (2018)
511* ''Film/OperationFinale'' (2018; US distributor)
512* ''Film/SorryToBotherYou'' (2018)
513* ''Film/{{Vice|2018}}'' (2018)
514!!United Artists Releasing:
515* ''Franchise/TheAddamsFamily'' (US distributor)
516** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Addams Family|2019}}'' (2019)
517** ''WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily2'' (2021)
518* ''Film/BillAndTedFaceTheMusic'' (2020)
519* ''Film/{{Booksmart}}'' (2019)
520* ''Film/BreakingNewsInYubaCounty'' (2021)
521* ''[[Film/ChildsPlay2019 Child's Play]]'' (2019)
522* ''Film/CreedIII'' (2023; US distributor)
523* ''Film/{{Cyrano}}'' (2021)
524* ''Film/{{Dog|2022}}'' (2022)
525* ''Film/GretelAndHansel'' (2020)
526* ''Film/HouseOfGucci'' (2021; US distributor)
527* ''Film/TheHustle'' (2019; US distributor)
528* ''James Bond'':
529** ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' (2021; US distributor)
530* ''Film/LegallyBlonde 3'' (2022)
531* ''Film/LicoricePizza'' (2021; US distributor)
532* ''WesternAnimation/MissingLink'' (2019)
533* ''Film/{{Respect|2021}}'' (2021; US distributor)
534* ''Film/{{Samaritan}}'' (2022)
535* ''Film/ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging'' (2022)
536* ''Film/{{Till}}'' (2022; US distributor)
537* ''Film/ValleyGirl'' (2020)
538* ''Film/TheWolfOfSnowHollow'' (2020)
539* ''Film/WrathOfMan'' (2021; US distributor)
540[[/index]]
541[[/folder]]
542
543[[folder:United Artists Television series]]
544[[index]]
545* ''Series/TheFugitive'' (rights now owned by CBS Studios through Spelling Television)
546* ''Series/GilligansIsland'' (rights now owned by Warner Bros. through Turner Entertainment)
547* ''Series/ItsAboutTime''
548* ''Series/MyMotherTheCar''
549* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963''
550* ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow''
551* ''Series/TheRatPatrol''
552* ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' (English dub)
553[[/index]]
554[[/folder]]
555
556[[folder:United Artists Media Group series]]
557[[index]]
558* ''Series/TheApprentice''
559* ''Wrestling/LuchaUnderground''
560* ''[[Series/DragonsDen Shark Tank]]''
561* ''Series/{{Survivor}}''
562* ''Series/TheVoice''
563[[/index]]
564[[/folder]]

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