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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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Slap Her... She's French (2002)
, 1h32Directed by Melanie Mayron
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Teen movie
Actors Piper Perabo, Jane McGregor, Trent Ford, Brandon Mychal Smith, Alexandra Adi, Nicki Aycox
High school student Starla Grady is the popular head cheerleader and pageant queen of the small town of Splendona, Texas. She hosts a French foreign exchange student, an orphan named Genevieve Le Plouff. After winning the affections of Starla's parents, friends, and boyfriend, Genevieve soon begins to take over Starla's life.
Jerry and Tom (1998)
, 1h47Directed by Saul Rubinek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, Maury Chaykin, Ted Danson, Charles Durning, William H. Macy
Hit men Tom and Jerry wait in a Chicago bar for the go-ahead to kill Stanley. Anxious to get the hit done, Jerry suggests they perform the hit immediately; Tom refuses, and Stanley entertains them with jokes. As the phone rings, the film shifts to a flashback set ten years earlier, in 1984. Jerry, a youth employed at Billy's used car dealership, joins Tom as he walks with Karl. Karl describes how a local gangster bit off the nose of Karl's nephew. Disturbed by the audaciousness and brutality of the attack, Tom promises to look into the issue. However, Karl becomes spooked when they enter Tom's car, and Karl begins bargaining with Tom, to Jerry's confusion. Tom agrees that the two are friends with a long history but strangles Karl after an apology. Jerry throws up but insists that he is otherwise fine.
Stag (1997)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Mario Van Peebles, Jerry Stiller, Lawrence Leritz, Kevin Dillon, Taylor Dayne, William McNamara
At a bachelor party, a group of men are partying with two stripper sisters named Serena (Taylor Dayne) and Kelly (Jenny McShane). Serena steals one of the men and makes love to her, while a group of men party with her sister Kelly until Kelly accidentally falls onto the stone floor and dies. Another person, who is her bodyguard, dies too in an accident. Arriving and witnessing the accidental deaths of Kelly and her bodyguard, Serena begins crying over her sister's death and confronts a group of men, who almost apologize. Two men kidnap Serena and hold her hostage upstairs. A group of men cover the tracks and eliminate the bodies of two people who are deceased. One rescuer frees Serena, but he and Serena are kidnapped by their captors. He and Serena are later rescued. Grabbing the two guns in her hands, Serena shoots and murders her kidnappers. The kidnappers later die in a gunshot thanks to her.
The Keeper (1976)
, 1h28Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Christopher Lee, Ian Tracey
Christopher Lee is The Keeper, the sinister and crippled administrator of the secluded and exclusive Underwood Asylum in 1947 British Columbia where the community's wealthiest families have entrusted their mentally-disturbed relatives to his unique care. However, these families soon begin to die under grisly and unusual circumstances, leaving large inheritances to The Keeper's deranged patients.
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Blood Father (2016)
, 1h28Directed by Jean-François Richet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Elisabeth Röhm, William H. Macy, Dale Dickey, Thomas Mann
A celebration at a musical theatre society hosted by an American ex-con goes terribly wrong when drug dealers plan to kill his daughter.
Criminal (2016)
, 1h53Directed by Ariel Vromen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Spy films, Films about computing, Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Costner, Gal Gadot, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Alice Eve
The story of the right man in the wrong body. In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets and skills are implanted into a former death row inmate in hopes that he will complete the operative’s mission.
The Limehouse Golem (2016)
, 1h45Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Olivia Cooke, Douglas Booth, Bill Nighy, Eddie Marsan, Adam Brown, María Valverde
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical so-called Golem – must be responsible.
A Hologram for the King (2016)
, 1h37Directed by Tom Tykwer
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Tom Skerritt, Tom Hanks, Sarita Choudhury, Ben Whishaw, Dhafer El Abidine, Rolf Saxon
The film tells the story of a washed-up, desperate American salesman who travels to Saudi Arabia to secure the IT contract for a massive new complex being built in the middle of the desert.
London Has Fallen (2016)
, 1h39Directed by Babak Najafi
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Spy films, Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Gerard Butler, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Melissa Leo
The story picks up in London, where the British Prime Minister has died under mysterious circumstances and his funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the Western world. What starts out as the most protected event on Earth turns into a deadly plot to kill the world's most powerful leaders and unleash a terrifying vision of the future. The only hope of stopping it rests on the shoulders of the U.S. President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart), his formidable Secret Service lead agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler), and a British MI6 agent (Charlotte Riley) who rightly trusts no one.
Now You See Me 2 (2016)
, 2h9Directed by Jon Chu
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Dave Franco, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine
Three years after the events of the first film, Arthur Tressler's son, Walter (Daniel Radcliffe), seeks to bring "The Four Horsemen" to justice, after his father's imprisonment.
She's Funny That Way (2015)
, 1h33Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Brie Larson, Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Imogen Poots, Will Forte, Kathryn Hahn
The film centers on a call girl/escort-turned-Broadway-thespian Isabella/Izzy/Glowstick (Imogen Poots) and follows the “recurring intersection between these two facets of her life”.
The Age of Adaline (2015)
, 1h52Directed by Lee Toland Krieger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Blake Lively Reynolds, Angela Lansbury, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford, Amanda Crew, Anthony Ingruber
Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) is seen purchasing fake IDs at an apartment in San Francisco. Later that day, at work, she opens a film reel and the narrator explains her life, including her death in a car accident when she swerved into a ravine and died in the frigid water. A lightning strike revived her. As her daughter Flemming (Ellen Burstyn) grows older, it becomes apparent that Adaline is not aging. One day she is pulled over by a police officer, who takes away her ID as it says she is in her mid-40s.
Vendetta (2015)
, 1h30Directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Dean Cain, Michael Eklund, Ben Hollingsworth, Kyra Zagorsky, Ed Helms, Adrian Holmes
When his wife is killed by a criminal that he put away, Mason, a hard-nosed detective, deliberately gets arrested in order to get revenge. While inside, Mason discovers a new criminal enterprise that those behind it would kill to protect.
Miss You Already (2015)
, 1h52Directed by Catherine Hardwicke
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston, Toni Collette, Dominic Cooper, Paddy Considine, Tyson Ritter
Miss You Already follows two best friends, Milly (Toni Collette) and Jess (Drew Barrymore), as they navigate life’s highs and lows. Inseparable since they were young girls, they can’t remember a time they didn’t share everything — secrets, clothes, even boyfriends — but nothing prepares them for the day Milly is hit with life-altering news.
12 Rounds 3: Lockdown (2015)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Daniel Cudmore, Lochlyn Munro, Roger Cross, Ty Olsson, Sarah Smyth, Sharon Taylor
Detective Burke and his two men infiltrate the house of a drug dealer George Freemont to ask where the evidence is containing Burke is distributing narcotics. One of the men shoots Freemont's laptop that contains evidence. While the men searching for back-up evidence, Burke shoots Freemont, killing him.