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Foundation date 9 march 1984

Touchstone Pictures is an American film distribution label of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Previously, Touchstone operated as an active film production banner of The Walt Disney Studios, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Established on February 16, 1983 by then-Disney CEO Ron W. Miller as Touchstone Films, it typically releases films targeted to adult audiences with more mature themes and darker tones than those released under the flagship Walt Disney Pictures label.

Touchstone Pictures is merely a brand, not a distinct business operation, and does not exist as a separate company.

Their most commercially successful production partners in later years have been Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Caravan Pictures, Summit Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Icon Productions, Imagine Entertainment, Mandeville Films, Focus Features, Spyglass Entertainment, and DreamWorks Pictures.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures entered into a long-term, 30-picture distribution deal with DreamWorks Pictures by which DreamWorks' productions would be released through the Touchstone Pictures banner over seven years beginning in 2011. The deal is set to end in 2016.

Best films

Armageddon
Armageddon
(1998) Bruce Almighty
Bruce Almighty
(2003) Pretty Woman
Pretty Woman
(1990) National Treasure: Book of Secrets
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
(2007) Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
(2001) Signs
Signs
(2002)
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Filmography of Touchstone Pictures (311 films)

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Production

The 6th Man
The 6th Man (1997)
, 1h48
Directed by Randall Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Sports films, Basketball films, Ghost films
Actors Marlon Wayans, Kadeem Hardison, Michael Michele, David Paymer, Kevin Dunn, Gary Jones

Antoine (Kadeem Hardison) and Kenny Tyler (Marlon Wayans), two close brothers, are shown as children playing in a basketball game in the year 1986. Their motto for each other is "A&K: All the Way", created by their mother. Their father, James Tyler, is coaching the team and directs Kenny to take the last shot for the win since they are in deficit, but Kenny passes the ball to Antoine out of fright, who misses. Later that night, Kenny and Antoine are playing basketball in their front yard, where Kenny tries to cheer Antoine up, who is still upset about missing the shot. James tells them that all they have to do is stick together and anything can happen.
Jack Frost
Jack Frost (1997)
, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about families, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Serial killer films, Comedy horror films
Actors Christopher Allport, Rob LaBelle, Marsha Clark, Shannon Elizabeth, Scott MacDonald

On a snowy December night, a state execution transfer vehicle crosses into the quiet backwater town of Snowmonton. Inside is serial killer Jack Frost (Scott MacDonald), who eluded police for years and left a trail of thirty-eight bodies across five states before finally being arrested, by the sheriff of Snowmonton. Frost is scheduled to be executed at midnight but due to the weather, a tanker containing genetic material collides with the prison truck, freeing Jack. As he tries to escape, the acid contained within the tanker breaks free, melting Jack's skin and skeleton. Shortly after his death, Jack's remains are fused with the snow.
Nothing to Lose
Nothing to Lose (1997)
, 1h38
Directed by Steve Oedekerk
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Martin Lawrence, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Giancarlo Esposito, Kelly Preston, Irma P. Hall

Advertising executive Nick Beam (Tim Robbins) thinks his life is going very well—until he returns home from work and discovers that his wife Ann (Kelly Preston) is apparently having an affair with his boss, Philip Barlow (Michael McKean). On the edge of a nervous breakdown, Nick drives around the city until small-time carjacker T-Paul (Martin Lawrence) jumps into Nick's SUV and attempts to rob him. Turning the tables on his mugger, Nick accidentally kidnaps T-Paul on the spot and drives him to the desert. After T-Paul robs a gas station in the Arizona desert, the mismatched pair devises a scheme to rob Nick's boss in revenge for the affair. Nick knows the combination to a safe in his boss's office containing a large amount of cash, as well as the best time to enter, and where not to venture in the building. T-Paul knows the weaknesses of the security system, how to avoid the cameras, and how to get through any electronic locks that they might encounter.
Playing God
Playing God (1997)
, 1h34
Directed by Andrew Wilson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors David Duchovny, Timothy Hutton, Angelina Jolie, Michael Massee, Stacey Travis, Peter Stormare

Duchovny plays Eugene Sands, a surgeon who has his medical license revoked after operating under the influence of amphetamines and opiates. Hutton's character, a crime lord named Raymond Blossom, happens upon him in a bar where Sands saves someone's life with an emergency procedure to inflate a collapsed lung. Blossom hires Sands as his personal physician, patching up his accomplices when they cannot go to a hospital, and tending to the crime boss and his girlfriend, Claire (Jolie). In the final act of the film, Claire and Sands become involved, and he must face up to conflicting loyalties to Blossom, Claire, and the FBI agent who has blackmailed him into being an informant.
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres (1997)
, 1h45
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jason Robards, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Colin Firth, Keith Carradine

Larry Cook (Jason Robards), a prosperous Iowa farmer, decides to retire and split his acres of land among his three daughters, Ginny (Jessica Lange), Rose (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Caroline (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Ginny and Rose happily accept the lucrative agreement to live and work on the farm but Caroline abandons farming for a law career in Des Moines and refuses to take part in the deal.
Kazaam
Kazaam (1996)
, 1h33
Directed by Paul Michael Glaser
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Shaquille O'Neal, Francis Capra, Ally Walker, John Costelloe, Marshall Manesh, Efren Ramirez

The film begins with a very big wrecking ball destroying an abandoned building. The impact knocks over a magic lamp inside of the building, causing it to land on a boombox. The genie inside decides to make residence inside the boombox from there on in.
Mr. Wrong
Mr. Wrong (1996)
, 1h36
Directed by Nick Castle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack, Dean Stockwell, Hope Davis, Joan Plowright

The film begins with Martha Alston (DeGeneres) in a wedding gown incarcerated in a Mexican prison. The investigators call her Mrs. Crawford and listen to her explain why she committed murder on her wedding day.
The War at Home
The War at Home (1996)
, 1h59
Directed by Emilio Estevez
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Documentary
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, Martin Sheen, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Corin Nemec, Ann Hearn

Estevez plays Jeremy Collier, a returning Vietnam War hero whose experiences leave him unable to adjust to the quiet realities of small town life. The film discusses the hidden costs of war on those who fight.
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
, 1h19
Directed by Henry Selick
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Horror, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about children, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Simon Callow, Paul Terry, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Jane Leeves, Miriam Margolyes

James Henry Trotter is a young boy who lives with his parents by the sea in England. On James' birthday, they plan to go to New York City and visit the Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world. However, before that happens, his parents are killed by a ghostly rhinoceros from the sky and James finds himself living with his two neglectful and cruel aunts, Spiker and Sponge.
Ransom
Ransom (1996)
, 2h1
Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about families
Actors Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Nick Nolte, Delroy Lindo, Lili Taylor

While multi-millionaire Tom Mullen and his wife Kate attend a science fair, their son Sean is kidnapped. Sean is taken to an apartment by Maris, a caterer for the Mullens, along with criminals Clark, Cubby and Miles. Tom and Kate receive an e-mail from the kidnappers demanding $2,000,000. Tom calls the FBI, which begins operating from his New York City penthouse.
Boys
Boys (1996)
, 1h26
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Winona Ryder, Lukas Haas, John C. Reilly, James LeGros, Skeet Ulrich, Matt Malloy

John Baker Jr. (Lukas Haas) is a boy bored with his life at an upper middle class boarding school, and the prospect of his future running the family grocery store chain. He no longer sees the point in school, stating what's the difference if he gets a zero attendance for being three minutes late or skipping the whole class so he might as well skip the class. Now close to graduating from boarding school, his life is turned upside down when he rescues Patty Vare (Winona Ryder), a young woman he finds lying unconscious in a field. Patty regains consciousness that evening in John's dormitory. She stays awake long enough to tell him she will not go to a doctor, and then passes out and does not awaken until the next morning. She seems to recover completely and to be grateful for John's assistance; the two begin a romantic voyage of self-discovery. This is not without its problems, as other boys in the dorm quickly find out she is being hidden in his room, leading up to a dramatic confrontation with Baker's close friends where his 'best friend' becomes enraged and punches a wall, breaking his hand, while the two continue to argue over the reason as to why Baker has hidden her in his room.
Last Dance
Last Dance (1996)
, 1h43
Directed by Bruce Beresford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid, Peter Gallagher, Jack Thompson, Jayne Brook

Cindy Liggett (Sharon Stone) is waiting on death row for a brutal double murder she committed in her teens, 12 years earlier. Clemency lawyer Rick Hayes (Rob Morrow) tries to save her, based on the argument that she was under the influence of crack cocaine when she committed the crime of which she was found guilty and that she is no longer the same person she had been at the time of the murder.
Phenomenon
Phenomenon (1996)
, 1h22
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Romance
Actors John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Terry O'Quinn, Robert Duvall, Jeffrey DeMunn

George Malley (John Travolta) is an amiable auto mechanic who lives in a small friendly town in northern California. While celebrating his 37th birthday at a local bar, he steps outside and notices what appear to be a ball and shining bright white lights moving around in the sky. The ball then hits him in the head, making a loud sound and knocking him off his feet. When he recovers and re-enters the bar, he learns that nobody else saw the lights or heard the loud sound. His friends playfully suggest that he has had too much to drink.
Up Close & Personal
Up Close & Personal (1996)
, 2h4
Directed by Jon Avnet
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing, Joe Mantegna, Fabian Forte, Kate Nelligan

Sally 'Tally' Atwater (Michelle Pfeiffer) is an ambitious, aspiring news reporter, who is hired by Miami local news director Warren Justice (Robert Redford) when she sends in a homemade audition tape. He carefully guides her career to new heights, all the while becoming increasingly attracted to her. Tally soon rises through the ranks of network news to become successful, while Warren's once-stellar career sinks into mediocrity. Furthermore, Tally's ascension takes her away from Warren when she is forced to relocate to Philadelphia. Tally struggles at her new post, in no small part due to the hostility of veteran reporter Marcia McGrath (Stockard Channing), who jealously protects her position as the top reporter. Warren turns up to inspire Tally, and the two partners begin a new career together. However, on a routine assignment in a Philadelphia prison, Tally and her cameraman are taken hostage in a prison riot and forced to endure hours of intense violence. Tally covers the groundbreaking story from within the walls of the collapsing prison as Warren looks on from outside, guiding her through her first national broadcast. This incredible act of bravery leads to Tally's eagerly anticipated advancement to a national network newscaster position and the continuation of the dynamic duo's rise to fame - but shortly after, disaster strikes when Warren is killed during an assignment.