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Foundation date 1 january 1962
Lionsgate Films (formerly known as Cinépix Film Properties) is a Canadian-American film production/distribution studio and a division of Lions Gate Entertainment. It is the largest and most successful mini-major film studio in North America. It focuses on foreign and independent films and has distributed various commercially successful film series, including The Twilight Saga (partially, via the firm's 2012 acquisition of Twilight distributor Summit Entertainment), The Hunger Games, The Divergent Series, Saw and The Expendables.
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(2013)Filmography of Lionsgate Films (183 films)
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, 1h33Directed by Walt Becker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Musical films
Actors Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Kal Penn, Tim Matheson, Paul Gleason, Erik Estrada
Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds) is an extremely popular student at Coolidge College who has been in school for seven years. For the past six semesters, he has made no effort to graduate, instead spending his time organizing parties and fundraisers, doing charity work, helping other students, and posing for figure drawing classes. When Van's father (Tim Matheson) discovers that Van is still in college, however, he decides to stop paying Van's tuition.
Irreversible (2002)
, 1h37Directed by Gaspar Noé
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Rape and revenge films, Films about psychiatry, Auto-justice, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Estella Warren, Philippe Nahon, Fatima Adoum
Irréversible contains thirteen scenes presented in reverse chronological order. They are discussed here in the film's chronological order.
Lovely & Amazing (2002)
, 1h31Directed by Nicole Holofcener
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Brenda Blethyn, Catherine Keener, Emily Mortimer, Raven Goodwin, Jake Gyllenhaal, James LeGros
The story focuses on Jane Marks, her adult daughters Michelle and Elizabeth, and her pre-teen adopted African American daughter Annie, each of whom allows her personal insecurities to affect her life. Jane, longing to look younger and thinner, opts for liposuction, with near tragic results. When Michelle's artistic talents fail to produce any income for her family, much to the dismay of her husband Bill, she takes a job as a one-hour photo developer and finds herself falling for the attention of her teenaged co-worker Jordan. Aspiring actress Elizabeth, who bestows upon stray dogs the affection she finds difficult to offer her boyfriend Paul, questions her appeal when she's rejected for a role based on her looks, and she seeks reassurance from film heartthrob Kevin McCabe. Overweight Annie tries to fit in better with her white adopted family by having her hair straightened by black Big Sister volunteer Lorraine, who Jane hopes will put the young girl in touch with her heritage.
The Badge (2002)
, 1h43Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Billy Bob Thornton, Patricia Arquette, William Devane, Sela Ward, Marcus Lyle Brown, Julie Hagerty
La Salle Parish, Louisiana sheriff Darl Hardwick (Billy Bob Thornton) investigates the controversial local murder of a transsexual, with the highly sensitive matter being concealed as much as possible by the parish's most influential figures, such figures even going so far as to frame Hardwick for statutory rape involving a local waitress. With his career as sheriff at an end, Hardwick takes a personal stake in the investigation after becoming acquainted with the victim's widow (Patricia Arquette), and begins down a somewhat reckless path to an understanding of the victim's world, reconciliation for past sins, and a series of dark truths within the parish itself.
Dead in the Water (2002)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Henry Thomas, Dominique Swain, Scott Bairstow, José Wilker, Lavínia Vlasak, Renata Fronzi
Gloria (Dominique Swain) is the spoiled daughter of a Brazilian businessman who is bankrupt. Her father asks her to take Marcos (Sebastian DeVicente), the son of her father's business partner, out for a swim in the ocean. She does so, using her father's yacht and accompanied by her boyfriend Danny (Scott Bairstow) and their buddy Jeffrey (Henry Thomas). Gloria is caught kissing Marcos. Danny is jealous and throws Marcos in the water with a life preserver. To scare Marcos, he then drives the boat to a distant island. When they return to where they left him, Marcos has disappeared. Afraid of the consequences of his possible drowning, they discuss alibis and try to figure a way out of their predicament, first destroying their relationships and then themselves.
Dust (2001)
, 2h7Directed by Milcho Manchevski
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Joseph Fiennes, David Wenham, Adrian Lester, Vera Farmiga, Anne Brochet, Rosemary Murphy
Shifting periodically between two parallel stories, Dust opens in present-day New York City with a young criminal, Edge (Adrian Lester), being confronted at gunpoint by an ailing old woman, Angela (Rosemary Murphy), whose apartment he is attempting to burglarize. While he awaits an opportunity to escape, she launches into a tale about two outlaw brothers, at the turn of the 20th century, who travel to Ottoman-controlled Macedonia. The two brothers have transient ill will between them, and they become estranged when confronted with a beautiful woman, Lilith (Anne Brochet).
The Void (2001)
, 1h30Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Actors Amanda Tapping, Adrian Paul, Malcolm McDowell, Roger Cross
Professor Eva Soderstrom (Tapping) discovers that Dr. Thomas Abernathy (McDowell), the man responsible for starting a scientific experiment which claimed the life of her father some years before, has plans to restart the experiment on a bigger scale. With only 24 hours, Eva must stop the experiment or the Earth will be destroyed.
Gang Tapes (2001)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Darris Love
À la suite d'un carjacking, Kris, 14 ans et déjà membre d'un gang, hérite d'une caméra vidéo volée à des touristes. Dès lors, il va s'en servir pour filmer son quotidien dans le quartier noir de East Los Angeles, entre règlements de comptes, tabassages, fusillades, trafics d'armes et de drogue...
All Over the Guy (2001)
, 1h35Directed by Julie Davis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Sasha Alexander, Dan Bucatinsky, Adam Goldberg, Joanna Kerns, Lisa Kudrow, Andrea Martin
All Over the Guy is about Eli (Dan Bucatinsky) and Tom (Richard Ruccolo). The film is told mostly in flashback, with Eli recounting his side to Esther (Doris Roberts), an HIV clinic worker as he waits for test results and Tom to a guy he meets at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Tom is the son of emotionally distant alcoholic WASP parents who never quite accepted his sexual orientation and as a result is a heavy drinker himself and has a penchant for random hookups with different men. Eli's parents are both Jewish psychiatrists who raised him to be emotionally open but ended up making him neurotic.
Final (2001)
, 1h51Directed by Campbell Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Actors Denis Leary, Hope Davis, Marin Hinkle, J. C. MacKenzie, Jim Gaffigan, Earl Hindman
Bill wakes up from a coma in a psychiatric hospital, suffering from delusions that he is about to be executed by a futuristic society which has unfrozen him from a past experiment in cryonics and tissue regeneration. Under the care of Ann, his psychiatrist, he starts remembering trauma from his pre-coma life, including the death of his father, a breakup with his fiancee, and a drunken binge while driving. He begins to recover from his mental breakdown, yet his delusions do not cease. As the truth unravels, he discovers that his delusions may be closer to the truth than the reality he was told of by his caregivers.
Arachnid (2001)
, 1h35Directed by Jack Sholder
Origin Espagne
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Natural horror films, Films about spiders, Giant monster films
Actors Alex Reid, Chris Potter, José Sancho or Pepe Sancho, Neus Asensi, Ravil Isyanov
A plane crashes on an island, and the pilot comes across a giant spider, which kills both him and an alien. One year later, Mercer (Alex Reid), the sister of the pilot, accompanies Valentine (Chris Potter) to the same island to locate her brother. On the way to a native village to examine several natives who are dying of spider bites, ticks burrow into Reyes (Luis Lorenzo Crespo). Upon reaching the village, they discover that the village has moved on. Reyes begins to cough up the ticks and Bear (Rocqueford Allen) decides to shoot him to end his suffering.
One Eyed King (2001)
, 1h45Directed by Robert Moresco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors William Baldwin, Dash Mihok, Armand Assante, Chazz Palminteri, Connie Britton, Jim Breuer
Shark Attack 2 (2001)
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about sharks, Natural horror films, Mise en scène d'un poisson
Actors Thorsten Kaye, Brian Jepson, Sean Michaels
Dr. Nick Harris (Thorsten Kaye) is a marine biologist hired to deal with the results of an experiment in genetics, a mutated breed of great white sharks have gotten loose on a South African shoreline whilst being transported to an aquarium. The mutant sharks from Dr. Craven's experiments in Shark Attack are back, this time choosing Cape Town, South Africa as their hunting ground. Two sisters, Amy (Caroline Bruins) and Samantha Peterson (Nikita Ager), while diving near a wreck in the reef are attacked by a shark; Samantha survives. One week later, Dr. Nick Harris and his assistant get the shark and install it as a new attraction at Water World - a Sea World rip-off. When the shark escapes, Nick and Samantha go to hunt it and discover that there are 6 mutant Great Whites living in a cave near the beach, and the Water World's surfing competition might be the next victim! Now they team up with Roy - a Discovery Channel shark hunter - to kill the beasts and save Cape Town. Eventually they succeed in luring the sharks into their cave and blow it up, killing them. Roy is initially believed to have perished but in reality survived.
American Psycho (2000)
, 1h41Directed by Mary Harron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, BDSM in films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Samantha Mathis
Patrick Bateman is a wealthy investment banker living in Manhattan in the late 1980s. His life revolves around dining at trendy restaurants while keeping up appearances for his fiancée, Evelyn, and for his circle of wealthy and shallow associates, most of whom he dislikes. Bateman describes the material accoutrements of his lifestyle: his daily morning exercise and beautification routine, his music collection including performers such as Huey Lewis and the News, Phil Collins, and Whitney Houston, his taste for expensive designer clothes, and the lavish couture of his apartment.
Lion of Oz (2000)
, 1h14Origin Canada
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Circus films, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Le pays d'Oz, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Henry Beckman, Jason Priestley, Tim Curry, Dom DeLuise, Bobcat Goldthwait, Kathy Griffin
The Lion simply called "Lion" is a circus lion, displayed in a cage where everyone's afraid of him. His only friend is Oscar Diggs, the Circus Balloonist, who lets Lion out of his cage and takes him up on his balloon. While they're up there, Oscar gives Lion a Badge of Courage for coming up on his balloon, but they are soon caught in a storm. Lion falls from the balloon and Oscar can't stop it from leaving and carrying him off. He reminds Lion that "true friends can never be lost" before he is carried away.