History Creator / FoxSearchlightPictures

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Searchlight Pictures is a Creator/{{Disney}} subsidiary that manages independent, comedy-drama, art-house, foreign and horror films. From it's inception in 1994 to its acquisition by Disney in March 2019, it served as a division of the now-defunct Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox.

The studio's most notable hit is ''Film/NapoleonDynamite'', while it has a few known films in its filmography such as ''Film/GardenState'', ''Film/{{Juno}}'' and ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours''.

Prior to acquiring the studio, Disney previously tackled the independent film market with its acquisition of Creator/{{Miramax}} in 1993, only to sell that unit in 2010 as part of its decision to focus more on its core assets and acquisitions. Unlike the situation with Miramax, which operated mostly with complete autonomy, Disney will have a stronger incentive to keep Searchlight under the fold due to its potential use as a major [[OscarBait player for Academy Awards]] as well as a content producer for its various streaming platforms, including Creator/DisneyPlus and Creator/{{Hulu}}.

On January 17, 2020, to reflect the studio's new ownership and to distance itself from UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch[='=]s Fox Corporation (the spin-off company that retained the broadcasting, sports and news assets not bought by Disney), the studio, which was known at the time as ''Fox'' Searchlight, had the "Fox" name dropped from the brand.

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!!List of films:
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* ''Film/TwelveYearsASlave''
* ''[[Film/TwentyDates 20 Dates]]''
* ''[[Film/TwentyEightDaysLater 20 Days Later]]''
* ''[[Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours 127 Hours]]''
* ''[[Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer (500) Days of Summer]]''
* ''Film/ABiggerSplash''
* ''Film/AHiddenLife''
* ''Film/AMidsummerNightsDream''
* ''Film/AUnitedKingdom''
* ''Film/{{Adam}}''
* ''Film/TheAftermath''
* ''Film/{{Amelia}}''
* ''Film/AmongGiants''
* ''Film/AnotherEarth''
* ''Film/{{Antlers}}''
* ''Film/AntwoneFisher''
* ''Film/BaggageClaim''
* ''Film/TheBangerSisters''
* ''Film/BattleOfTheSexes''
* ''Film/BeastsOfTheSouthernWild''
* ''Film/BeeSeason''
* ''Film/{{Belle}}''
* ''Film/BendItLikeBeckham''
* ''Film/BestLaidPlans''
* ''Film/{{Birdman}}''
* ''Film/BlackSwan''
* ''Film/BloodAndWine''
* ''Film/{{Bootmen}}''
* ''Film/BoysDontCry''
* ''Film/{{Brooklyn}}''
* ''Film/TheBrothersMcMullen''
* ''Film/BrownSugar''
* ''Film/CanYouEverForgiveMe''
* ''Film/CedarRapids''
* ''Film/CrazyHeart''
* ''Film/{{Cyrus}}''
* ''Film/TheDarjeelingLimited''
* ''Film/TheFavourite''
* ''Film/TheFrenchDispatch''
* ''Film/GardenState''
* ''Film/{{Gifted}}''
* ''Film/GoodbyeChristopherRobin''
* ''Film/TheGoodGirl''
* ''Film/TheGrandBudapestHotel''
* ''Film/ImagineMeAndYou''
* ''WesternAnimation/IsleOfDogs''
* ''Film/{{Jackie}}''
* ''Film/JojoRabbit''
* ''Film/{{Juno}}''
* ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland''
* ''Film/LittleMissSunshine''
* ''Film/LucyInTheSky''
* ''Film/MarthaMarcyMayMarlene''
* ''Film/MeAndEarlAndTheDyingGirl''
* ''Film/NapoleonDynamite''
* ''Film/NotesOnAScandal''
* ''Film/TheOldManAndTheGun''
* ''Film/OneHourPhoto''
* ''Film/ReadyOrNot2019''
* ''Film/TheSessions''
* ''Film/{{Shame}}''
* ''Film/TheShapeOfWater''
* ''Film/{{Sideways}}''
* ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire''
* ''Film/StreetKings''
* ''Film/{{Sunshine}}''
* ''Film/Table19''
* ''Film/ThreeBillboardsOutsideEbbingMissouri''
* ''Film/{{Tolkien}}''
* ''Film/{{Trance}}''
* ''Film/TheTreeOfLife''
* ''Film/{{Waitress}}''
* ''Film/WhipIt''
* ''Film/{{Wild}}''
* ''Film/TheWrestler''
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[[caption-width-right:350:Same fanfare, different company...and different movies, too.]]
(Fox) Searchlight Pictures is a film studio founded in 1994 that manages independent, comedy-drama, art-house, foreign and horror films. Initially a division of Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, it's now a unit of the [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Studios]].

On January 17, 2020, to reflect the studio's new ownership and to distance itself from UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch[='=]s Fox Corporation (the spin-off company that retained the broadcasting, sports and news assets following Fox's merger with Disney), the "Fox" name was dropped from the brand and is now known as simply Searchlight Pictures.

Prior to acquiring the studio, Disney previously tackled the independent film market with its acquisition of Creator/{{Miramax}} in 1993, only to sell that unit in 2010 as part of its decision to focus more on its core assets and acquisitions. Unlike the situation with Miramax, which operated mostly with complete autonomy, Disney will have a stronger incentive to keep Fox Searchlight under the fold due to its potential use as a major [[OscarBait player for Academy Awards]] as well as a content producer for its various streaming platforms, including Creator/DisneyPlus and Creator/{{Hulu}}.

Fox Searchlight Pictures is a film studio founded in 1994 that manages independent, comedy-drama, art-house, foreign and horror films. Initially a division of Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, it's now a unit of the [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Studios]].

[[caption-width-right:350:Same fanfare, different company.]]

Fox Searchlight Pictures is a film studio founded in 1994 that manages independent, comedy-drama, art-house, foreign and horror films. Initially a division of Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, it's now a unit of the [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Studios]] and operates separately from Fox as a sister unit.

* ''Film/EnoughSaid''

* ''Film/TheTreeOfLife''

* ''Film/AHiddenLife''

* ''Film/AHiddenLife''

The studio's most notable hit is ''Film/NapoleonDynamite'', while it has a few known films such as ''Film/GardenState'', ''Film/{{Juno}}'' and ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours''.\

Fox Searchlight Pictures is a sister company to Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox that was founded in 1994 which manages comedy-drama, art-house, foreign and horror films.
The studio's most noticeable franchise is ''Film/NapoleonDynamite'', while it has a few known films such as ''Film/{{Juno}}'' and ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours''.

* ''Film/BoysDon'tCry''

* ''Film/BrownSugar''