Entertainment Film Distributors

Entertainment Film Distributors, Ltd. is a British distributor of independent films in the UK and Ireland for various production companies, founded by Michael L. Green and currently run by his son Nigel Green.

Michael L. Green was a veteran producer/distributor involved in the film industry since the 1930s when he was a teenager. In 1972, he formed Variety the prolific film distributor. In 1978, Green closed Variety and with his two sons Nigel and Trevor formed Entertainment Film Distributors (and later its video arm Entertainment in Video), and was one of the leading forces in UK distribution. Michael L. Green died on 17 June 2003 aged 84 and Trevor Green died on 30 April 2020 aged 66.

Their first big success was ''Teen Wolf'' (1985) starring Michael J. Fox. Entertainment also released films for Empire Pictures and New World Pictures.

Most notably, between 1990 and 2010, Entertainment distributed films made by New Line Cinema along with films from other independent production companies. One of the most notable series of films distributed to date is ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. Beginning in 2008, Entertainment Film Distributors became The Weinstein Company's main United Kingdom distributor up until 2017, when the Harvey Weinstein scandal began. In 2010, distribution rights for New Line Cinema films in the UK and Ireland were folded into New Line's parent company Warner Bros. Entertainment Film Distributors have released many BAFTA- and Oscar-winning films including ''The Departed'', ''Million Dollar Baby'', ''Gosford Park'', ''Brokeback Mountain'' and '' The Artist''.

Film releases

List of films distributed include:

1951:
* '' Wild Women''

1971:
* ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown''

1975:
* ''Flesh Gordon''

1976:
* '' If You Don't Stop It... You'll Go Blind''

1977:
* ''Black Samurai''
* '' Desperate Living''

1978:
* '' Terror''
* ''The Inglorious Bastards''
* ''What's Up Superdoc!''
* ''The Buddy Holly Story''
* ''The Mountain of the Cannibal God''
* ''Barracuda''

1979:
* '' Gambling City''
* '' The Van''
* ''Immoral Women''
* ''Spree''
* ''Malibu Beach''

1980:
* '' Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle''
* ''Dracula Sucks''

1981:
* ''Polyester''
* '' The Prowler''

1982:
* ''Island of Blood''
* ''Tuxedo Warrior''
* ''Day of the Animals''
* ''Parasite''
* '' Waitress!''

1983:
* ''Little Laura and Big John''
* '' Starstruck''
* '' Hysterical''
* '' Zapped!''
* ''The New Barbarians''
* '' S.A.S. à San Salvador''
* '' Funny Money''

1984:
* '' Hot Dog…The Movie''
* ''Thunder Warrior''
* '' Deadly Force''
* ''Real Life''
* ''Mutant''
* '' A Matter of Time''
* ''The King and the Mockingbird''
* ''The Party Animal''
* ''The Dungeonmaster''
* ''Ghost Warrior''
* '' Code Name: Wild Geese''
* ''Trancers''
* ''The Act''

1985:
* '' 1990: The Bronx Warriors''
* '' Alphabet City''
* '' Ghoulies''
* '' Future-Kill''
* '' Starchaser: The Legend of Orin''
* ''Re-Animator''
* ''Night of the Comet''
* ''Teen Wolf''
* ''Savage Island''
* ''Commando Leopard''
* '' The Adventures of Mark Twain''
* '' Octavia''
* '' Zone Troopers''

1986:
* ''House''
* ''Troll''
* '' The Adventures of the American Rabbit''
* '' Eliminators''
* ''Soldier's Revenge''
* '' Godzilla 1985''
* '' GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords''
* ''TerrorVision''
* '' Deadtime Stories''
* '' No Retreat, No Surrender''
* '' Jake Speed''
* ''Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer''
* '' Operation Nam''
* '' The Falling''
* '' Extremities''
* '' The Men's Club''
* ''Necropolis''
* '' Sky Bandits''
* '' Joysticks''

1987:
* '' Ricky 1''
* '' Armed Response''
* '' The Kindred''
* '' Day of the Dead''
* ''Little Shop of Horrors''
* '' The Big Bang''
* '' Modern Girls''
* ''Destination America''
* '' Wanted: Dead or Alive''
* ''Mutant Hunt''
* '' Enemy Territory''
* ''Cyclone''
* ''Hellraiser''
* '' Near Dark''
* ''Ghoulies II''
* ''It Couldn't Happen Here''
* ''No Retreat, No Surrender 2''
* ''Flowers in the Attic''
* '' Creepshow 2''
* ''Prison''
* '' Vamp''

1988:
* '' Mama Dracula''
* ''Breeders''
* '' Cop''
* ''A Tiger's Tale''
* ''Cellar Dweller''
* ''The Commander''
* ''Ghost Town''
* ''Catacombs''
* ''Rock & Rule''
* '' Buy & Cell''

1989:
* '' Deep Space''
* ''Survival Game''
* ''The Lone Runner''
* '' Slipstream''
* ''Kansas''
* '' Sonny Boy''
* '' I, Madman''
* ''Teen Witch''
* ''1969''
* '' Curse II: The Bite''
* '' The Curse''
* ''Night Game''
* ''Kickboxer''
* '' The Return of the Musketeers''
* '' Major League''
* '' Puppet Master''
* ''Arena''
* '' Interzone''
* ''The Wolves of Willoughby Chase''

1990:
* '' Three Wishes''
* ''Wired''
* '' Buried Alive''
* '' Shadowzone''
* ''China O'Brien''
* '' Clownhouse''
* ''Best of the Best''
* '' Cat Chaser''
* '' Palais Royale''
* ''Honeymoon Academy''
* '' Meridian: Kiss of the Beast''
* ''Night of the Cyclone''
* '' Crash and Burn''
* '' Creator''
* '' Hope and Glory''
* '' Dark Angel''
* ''The Reflecting Skin''
* '' Wild Orchid''
* '' Pump Up the Volume''
* '' The Garbage Pail Kids Movie''
* ''The Lemon Sisters''
* '' Why Me?''
* ''Nightbreed''
* '' Bad Influence''
* ''Killer Instinct''
* ''Puppet Master II''
* ''Street Hunter''
* ''Warm Summer Rain''

1991:
* '' The Pit and the Pendulum''
* '' Kickboxer 2: The Road Back''
* ''Men at Work''
* ''The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin''
* '' Highlander II: The Quickening''
* '' The Ambulance''
* '' Wedlock''
* ''Martial Law''
* '' Cool Blue''
* ''Mom''
* ''Subspecies''
* '' The Nutcracker Prince''
* '' Twenty-One''
* ''Trancers II''
* '' Karate Cop''

1992:
* '' Riding the Edge''
* '' By the Sword''
* ''Suburban Commando''
* '' Once Upon a Crime''
* '' Demonic Toys''
* '' Armour of God II: Operation Condor''
* '' Kuffs''
* '' Dollman''
* '' Meet the Feebles''
* '' At Play in the Fields of the Lord''
* '' Think Big''
* ''Until the End of the World''
* '' Live Wire''
* '' Split Second''
* ''Freddie as F.R.O.7''
* '' Jersey Girl''
* ''The Princess and the Goblin''
* ''Peter's Friends''
* '' Into the West''
* ''Traces of Red''

1993:
* ''Delta Heat''
* '' Sidekicks''
* '' Damage''
* ''Sniper''
* ''Stalingrad''
* '' Mr. Nanny''
* '' Best of the Best II''
* '' Ruby Cairo''
* '' Surf Ninjas''
* ''Excessive Force''
* ''Shadow of the Wolf''
* '' Boxing Helena''
* ''Jailbait''
* '' Super Mario Bros.''
* ''Much Ado About Nothing''
* '' The Piano''
* '' American Heart''
* '' Slaughter of the Innocents''
* ''Weekend at Bernie's II''

1994:
* ''The Knife''
* '' Hear No Evil''
* '' Joshua Tree''
* '' The Man Without a Face''
* '' Tombstone''
* '' Arcade''
* ''Save Me''
* ''Where the Rivers Flow North''
* ''The House of the Spirits''
* '' Against the Wall''
* ''The Hit List''
* ''Tom & Viv''
* ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape''
* '' The Crow''
* '' Solar Crisis''
* '' Staggered''
* '' Roadflower''
* '' Sugar Hill''
* ''Watch It''
* ''Airborne''
* '' Once Were Warriors''
* ''The Mask''
* '' Bad Boy Bubby''
* ''Monkey Trouble''
* ''Rapa Nui''
* '' Highlander III: The Sorcerer''
* '' The Mighty Ducks''
* ''A Feast at Midnight''
* ''Princess Caraboo''
* ''Solitaire for 2''

1995:
* '' Shrunken Heads''
* ''Father and Scout''
* ''Men of War''
* ''The Road to Wellville''
* ''Immortal Beloved''
* '' Once Were Warriors''
* '' Fresh''
* ''Don Juan DeMarco''
* '' Death Machine''
* ''Bank Robber''
* ''The Maddening''
* '' Surviving the Game''
* ''Haunted''
* ''In the Mouth of Madness''
* ''Friday''
* ''The City of Lost Children''
* ''Mortal Kombat''
* '' Living in Oblivion''
* ''The Scarlet Letter''
* '' Mad Dogs and Englishmen''

1996:
* '' The Mask: Animated Series''
* ''No Exit''
* '' Se7en''
* ''Leaving Las Vegas''
* ''Midnight Heat''
* '' Bed of Roses''
* '' Nixon''
* '' Police Story 4: First Strike aka (Jackie Chan's First Strike)''
* '' Angus''
* '' Up Close and Personal''
* ''A Thin Line Between Love and Hate''
* '' Kingpin''
* ''The Substitute''
* ''Castle Freak''
* '' Theodore Rex''
* '' Last Man Standing''
* '' The Long Kiss Goodnight''
* '' 2 Days in the Valley''
* '' The Fan''
* '' Evita''
* ''Space Truckers''
* '' The Island of Dr. Moreau''
* ''Feeling Minnesota''
* ''Twelfth Night''
* ''Hard Men''

1997:
* '' The Arrival''
* '' Mother Night''
* '' The Evening Star''
* '' Head of the Family''
* ''Coyote Run''
* ''Turbulence''
* '' It Takes Two''
* '' First Strike''
* '' Shadow Conspiracy''
* '' Shooting Fish''
* '' Seven Years in Tibet''
* '' Private Parts''
* '' Vampire Journals''
* '' Dangerous Ground''
* ''Donnie Brasco''
* ''Boogie Nights''
* '' Gummo''
* ''An American Werewolf in Paris''
* '' Love Jones''
* '' Trial and Error''
* '' Preaching to the Perverted''
* ''Spawn''
* ''One Night Stand''
* ''Photographing Fairies''
* ''I Know What You Did Last Summer''
* '' Pink Flamingos'' (1997 re-release)
* '' B.A.P.S.''

1998:
* ''Rush Hour''
* ''Wag the Dog''
* '' Money Talks''
* '' Wild Things''
* ''Star Kid''
* '' Dark City''
* ''The Wedding Singer''
* ''Lost in Space''
* ''The Wisdom of Crocodiles''
* '' Desperate Measures''
* ''Up 'n' Under''
* ''Deep Rising''
* ''Blade''
* ''How the Toys Saved Christmas''
* ''All the Little Animals''

1999:
* '' Pleasantville''
* '' American History X''
* '' Blast from the Past''
* ''Happiness''
* '' The Corruptor''
* '' You're Dead...''
* ''Mad Cows''
* '' This Year's Love''
* '' Ride with the Devil''
* '' Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me''
* ''Swing''
* '' Detroit Rock City''
* '' The Trench''
* '' The Muse''
* '' The Legend of 1900''

2000:
* '' Rancid Aluminium''
* '' Love & Basketball''
* '' Final Destination''
* ''Leif Erickson, Discoverer of North America''
* ''Complicity''
* ''Dungeons & Dragons''
* '' U-571''
* '' Little Nicky''
* '' Bring It On''
* '' Lost Souls''
* ''Next Friday''
* ''The Cell''
* ''The Luzhin Defence''
* ''Traffic''
* ''American Psycho''
* '' Cherry Falls''
* ''The Family Man''

2001:
* '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge''
* '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master''
* ''Monster's Ball''
* '' 15 Minutes''
* '' Bamboozled''
* '' Town & Country''
* '' The Anniversary Party''
* ''Spy Game''
* ''Gosford Park''
* ''Blow''
* '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch''
* ''One Night at McCool's''
* '' The Man Who Wasn't There''
* '' Rush Hour 2''
* ''Storytelling''
* '' The Prime Gig''
* ''The Safety of Objects''
* '' Ali''
* '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''
* '' Mike Bassett: England Manager''

2002:
* '' Life as a House''
* ''John Q.''
* '' Austin Powers in Goldmember''
* ''Ripley's Game''
* '' About Schmidt''
* '' Far from Heaven''
* '' Unconditional Love''
* '' Before You Go''
* '' Jason X''
* '' Friday After Next''
* ''S1m0ne''
* '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''
* '' The Emperor's Club''
* '' The Reckoning''
* ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding''
* '' Boat Trip''
* ''Blade II''

2003:
* '' Final Destination 2''
* '' Poolhall Junkies''
* ''Sonny''
* '' A Man Apart''
* '' Knockaround Guys''
* ''Freddy vs. Jason''
* ''Gangs of New York''
* ''Underworld''
* '' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre''
* '' Elf''
* '' The Reckoning''
* ''Timeline''
* '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''

2004:
* '' Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III''
* '' Deep Cover''
* ''Nick Jr.'s Play Along''
* '' The Sleeping Dictionary''
* '' Saw''
* ''Million Dollar Baby''
* '' Fat Slags''
* ''Charlie''
* '' Beyond the Sea''
* '' After the Sunset''
* ''Boo, Zino & the Snurks''
* ''Birth''
* '' Ladies in Lavender''
* '' Cellular''
* '' In Good Company''
* '' Blade: Trinity''
* '' Around the World in 80 Days''
* ''The Phantom of the Opera''
* '' Dawn of the Dead''
* ''The Notebook''
* ''Hotel Rwanda''

2005:
* '' Critters''
* '' Critters 2: The Main Course''
* '' Critters 3''
* '' Critters 4''
* ''Million Dollar Baby''
* '' Serenity''
* ''The Mistress of Spices''
* '' Son of the Mask''
* ''Lassie''
* '' The Cave''
* ''Keeping Mum''
* ''The Long Weekend''
* '' Saw II''
* ''White Noise''
* '' Wedding Crashers''
* '' Valiant''
* ''Brokeback Mountain''
* '' Domino''
* '' Assault on Precinct 13''
* ''Hostage''
* '' Mike Bassett: Manager''
* '' Dreamer''
* ''Lassie''

2006:
* '' Snakes on a Plane''
* '' The Black Dahlia''
* '' Final Destination 3''
* '' Running Scared''
* ''Hoot''
* ''Basic Instinct 2''
* '' Underworld: Evolution''
* '' The Nativity Story''
* ''Lucky Number Slevin''
* ''16 Blocks''
* '' Blade: The Series''
* '' Stormbreaker''
* '' Fur''
* '' Little Children''
* ''The Departed''
* '' Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny''

2007:
* '' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning''
* '' How to Eat Fried Worms''
* '' White Noise 2: The Light''
* '' Blood and Chocolate''
* '' Because I Said So''
* '' The Number 23''
* '' Premonition''
* ''The Last Mimzy''
* ''Fracture''
* '' The Alibi''
* ''Next''
* ''Goya's Ghosts''
* '' Hairspray''
* '' Lonely Hearts''
* ''Rush Hour 3''
* ''Death Sentence''
* '' Run Fatboy Run''
* ''Shoot 'Em Up''
* '' Mr. Woodcock''
* ''Feast of Love''
* '' Rendition''
* ''Silk''
* '' August Rush''
* ''Martian Child''
* '' The Golden Compass''
* '' Code Name: The Cleaner''
* '' St. Trinian's''

2008:
* ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead''
* '' Over Her Dead Body''
* '' Semi-Pro''
* ''The Reader''
* ''Pathology''
* ''Deception''
* '' Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay''
* ''Sex and the City''
* ''My Sassy Girl''
* ''Journey to the Center of the Earth''
* '' Space Chimps''
* ''Elegy''
* '' Bangkok Dangerous''
* '' The Women''
* ''Appaloosa''
* ''City of Ember''
* ''The Mutant Chronicles''
* '' Pride and Glory''
* '' Zack and Miri Make a Porno''
* '' Four Christmases''
* '' Inkheart''

2009:
* '' Underworld: Rise of the Lycans''
* '' 17 Again''
* ''Menace II Society''
* '' The Final Destination''
* '' Fame''
* '' The Time Traveler's Wife''
* '' My Sister's Keeper''
* ''He's Just Not That Into You''
* '' Crossing Over''
* ''Beyond a Reasonable Doubt''
* '' Ghosts of Girlfriends Past''
* ''The Fourth Kind''
* '' The Tournament''
* '' Planet 51''
* '' Halloween II''
* ''Gamer''
* ''Solomon Kane''
* '' Nine''
* '' St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold''

2010:
* '' The New World''
* ''The Book of Eli''
* '' Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll''
* ''I Hate Valentine's Day''
* '' Hachiko: A Dog's Story''
* '' Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back''
* '' Burke & Hare''
* '' Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale''
* '' Wild Target''
* ''Shanghai''
* '' Space Dogs''
* '' Piranha 3D''
* '' London Boulevard''
* '' The Warrior's Way''
* '' Animals United''
* '' Arthur and the Great Adventure''

2011:
* ''Something Borrowed''
* ''The Lincoln Lawyer''
* '' A Little Bit of Heaven''
* '' Hugo''
* ''Anonymous''
* '' Scream 4''
* '' The Artist''
* '' The Rum Diary''
* ''Colombiana''
* '' Spy Kids: All the Time in the World''
* ''My Week with Marilyn''
* '' The Inbetweeners Movie'' (theatrical release only)
* ''Shark Night''
* '' Apollo 18''
* '' Killer Elite''
* ''Texas Killing Fields''
* '' The Lady''
* ''I Don't Know How She Does It''
* ''Freddy Frogface''

2012:
* '' The Prodigies''
* '' The Grey''
* '' Underworld: Awakening''
* '' One for the Money''
* '' Gone''
* ''Piranha 3DD''
* ''Killing Them Softly''
* '' Dredd''
* '' The Intouchables''
* '' Silver Linings Playbook''
* '' Love Bite''

2013:
* '' The Master''
* '' Beautiful Creatures''
* '' The Host''
* ''Scary Movie 5''
* '' Stand Up Guys''
* ''Chasing Mavericks''
* ''The Butler''
* ''American Hustle''
* ''Romeo & Juliet''
* ''Escape from Planet Earth''
* '' Sunshine on Leith''
* '' The Harry Hill Movie''

2014:
* '' August: Osage County''
* ''I, Frankenstein''
* ''Her''
* ''Transcendence''
* ''Devil's Knot''
* ''Seve: The Movie''
* ''The Inbetweeners 2''
* ''The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman''
* ''St. Vincent''
* ''Big Eyes''

2015:
* ''Ribbit''
* '' The Age of Adaline''
* '' Knock Knock''
* ''Space Dogs 2''
* '' Self/less''
* '' Southpaw''
* ''The Bad Education Movie''
* ''American Ultra''
* ''Solace''
* '' Burnt''
* '' The Dressmaker''
* '' The Hateful Eight''

2016:
* ''Mike Bassett: Interim Manager''
* '' The Boy''
* '' Hardcore Henry''
* '' Bad Moms''
* ''American Pastoral''

2017:
* '' The Bye Bye Man''
* ''Lion''
* '' The Space Between Us''
* '' Colossal''
* ''Overdrive''
* '' A Bad Moms Christmas''
* '' The Breadwinner''

2018:
* '' Hostiles''
* ''12 Strong''
* ''Status Update''
* '' Duck Duck Goose''
* ''Hereditary''
* '' The Festival''
* '' Tulip Fever''

2019:
* '' Fisherman's Friends''
* '' The Corrupted''
* '' The Farewell''
* '' Midsommar''
* '' The Current War''

2020:
* '' The Gentlemen''
* '' Brahms: The Boy II''
* '' The Trial of the Chicago 7''

2021:
* '' C'mon C'mon''
* '' The Green Knight''

2022:
* '' Moonfall''
* '' Dog''
* '' X''
* ''Everything Everywhere All at Once''
* '' Men''
* '' Fisherman's Friends: One and All''
* ''Three Thousand Years of Longing''

2023:
* '' The Crow'' (UK only)

TBA:
* ''Seize Them!''
* ''The Inferno''
* ''St Trinian's 3: Battle of the Sexes''
* ''Blacksmith''
* ''Unbound Captives''

References

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Film distributors of the United Kingdom