Fox Searchlight Pictures, established in 1998, is a film division of Fox Filmed Entertainment alongside the larger Fox studio 20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...

. It specializes in independent

Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...

 and British

Cinema of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...

 films, alongside dramedy and horror as well as non-English-language films, and is variously involved with the production and/or distribution of these films.

In the early-to-mid 1980s, prior to the creation of Searchlight, Fox previously released independent films under the banner of 20th Century-Fox International Classics; the most notable of the releases under this banner include Bill Cosby: Himself

Bill Cosby: Himself

Bill Cosby: Himself is a 1983 stand-up comedy film featuring the comedic routines of Bill Cosby. Filmed before a live audience at the Hamilton Place Theatre, in Hamilton, Ontario, Cosby gives the audience his comedic views ranging from marriage to parenthood...

, Reuben, Reuben

Reuben, Reuben

Reuben, Reuben is a 1983 comedy drama film. It stars Tom Conti, Kelly McGillis, Roberts Blossom, Cynthia Harris, and Joel Fabiani.The film was adapted by Julius J. Epstein from the play Spofford by Herman Shumlin, which in turn was adapted from the novel Reuben, Reuben by Peter De Vries. It was...

, and Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (film)

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is a 1973 documentary and concert movie by D.A. Pennebaker. It features David Bowie and his backing group The Spiders from Mars performing at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 3, 1973...

.

In 2006, a sub-label, Fox Atomic

Fox Atomic

Fox Atomic was a production label of film studio 20th Century Fox created in 2006 to generate comedy and genre films.In 2008, Fox Atomic scaled back its production operations and shut down all marketing divisions...

, was created to produce and/or distribute genre films. Its first release was Turistas

Turistas

Turistas is a 2006 American thriller film directed and produced by John Stockwell. In some regions of the world, such as France, the Republic of Ireland, Malta and the UK, the film has been released under the alternative title Paradise Lost.-Plot:Three young American tourists, Alex , his sister...

. Fox Atomic closed down in 2009.

As is the case with Fox's television unit

20th Century Fox Television

20th Century Fox Television is the television production division of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, and a production arm of the Fox Broadcasting Company...

, all copyright notices of programming produced by a Fox-related company (with some exceptions) read "© (respective year) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation".

Fox Searchlight's Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British epic romantic drama adventure film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup...

won the Academy Award for Best Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture

The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to artists working in the motion picture industry. The Best Picture category is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible not only...

 at the 81st Academy Awards

81st Academy Awards

The 81st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2008 and took place February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST...

 as well as a further 7 academy awards. Other Fox Searchlight films receiving Best Picture nominations include The Full Monty

The Full Monty

The Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy film directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber, and Hugo Speer. The screenplay was written by Simon Beaufoy...

, Sideways

Sideways

Sideways is a 2004 comedy-drama film written by Jim Taylor and Alexander Payne and directed by Payne. Adapted from Rex Pickett's 2004 novel of the same name, Sideways follows two forty-something year old men, portrayed by Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church, who take a week-long road trip to...

, Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American comedy-drama film. The road movie's plot follows a family's trip to a children's beauty pageant.Little Miss Sunshine was the directorial film debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer...

, Juno

Juno (film)

Juno is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. Michael Cera, Olivia Thirlby, J. K....

, Black Swan

Black Swan (film)

Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel and Mila Kunis. Its plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet by a prestigious New York City company. The production requires a ballerina to...

and 127 Hours

127 Hours

127 Hours is a 2010 biographical adventure drama film co-written, produced and directed by Danny Boyle. The film stars James Franco as mountain climber Aron Ralston, who became trapped by a boulder in Robbers Roost, Utah in April 2003....

.

1990s

Film Title	Release Date	Budget	Gross (worldwide)
The Brothers McMullen The Brothers McMullen The Brothers McMullen is a 1995 American comedy-drama film directed, written, produced by, and starring Edward Burns. It deals with the lives of the three Irish Catholic McMullen brothers from Long Island, New York, over three months, as they grapple with basic ideas and values — love, sex,...	Wednesday, August 9, 1995	$23,800	$10,426,506
Girl 6 Girl 6 (film) Girl 6 is a 1996 American film by director Spike Lee about a phone sex operator. Theresa Randle played the title character, and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks wrote the screenplay. The soundtrack is composed entirely of songs written by Prince. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section...	Friday, March 22, 1996		$4,939,939
Stealing Beauty Stealing Beauty Stealing Beauty is a 1996 drama film directed by Academy Award-winning Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci and written by Bertolucci and Susan Minot. It stars Liv Tyler, D.W. Moffett, Jeremy Irons, and Rachel Weisz...	Friday, June 14, 1996		$4,722,310
She's the One She's the One She's the One is a 1996 comedy-drama film, and the second feature film to be written and directed by New York actor and director Edward Burns...	Friday, August 23, 1996	$3.5 million	$9,538,948
Looking for Richard Looking for Richard Looking for Richard is a 1996 documentary film and the first film directed by Al Pacino. It is both a performance of selected scenes of William Shakespeare's Richard III and a broader examination of Shakespeare's continuing role and relevance in popular culture...	Friday, October 11, 1996		$1,408,575
The Secret Agent	Friday, November 8, 1996		$106,606
Blood and Wine Blood and Wine Blood and Wine is a neo-noir thriller directed by Bob Rafelson from a screenplay written by Nick Villiers and Alison Cross. It stars Jack Nicholson, Jennifer Lopez, Stephen Dorff, Judy Davis and Michael Caine...	Friday, February 21, 1997	$26 million	$1,094,668
Smilla's Sense of Snow Smilla's Sense of Snow (film) Smilla's Sense of Snow is a 1997 thriller film directed by Bille August, based on the book Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow a 1992 novel by Danish author Peter Høeg, starring Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Tom Wilkinson, Jim Broadbent, Robert Loggia and Richard Harris...	Friday, February 28, 1997	$35 million	$2,372,903
Love and Other Catastrophes Love and Other Catastrophes Love and Other Catastrophes is a quirky 1996 Australian romantic comedy film featuring Frances O'Connor, Radha Mitchell, Alice Garner, Matthew Dyktynski, Matt Day and Kym Gyngell...	Friday, March 28, 1997	$250,000	$294,212
Paradise Road	Friday, April 11, 1997		$2,007,100
The Van The Van (1996 film) The Van is a 1996 film, based on the novel by Roddy Doyle. Like The Snapper, it was directed by Stephen Frears. It was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.- Plot :...	Friday, May 16, 1997		$712,095
Intimate Relations	Friday, June 6, 1997		$53,662
Star Maps Star Maps (film) Star Maps , directed by Miguel Arteta, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. It was a critical hit, receiving five Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay.-Cast:...	Wednesday, July 23, 1997		$661,465
The Full Monty The Full Monty The Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy film directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber, and Hugo Speer. The screenplay was written by Simon Beaufoy...	Wednesday, August 13, 1997	$3.5 million	$257,938,649
The Ice Storm The Ice Storm (film) The Ice Storm is a 1997 drama film directed by Ang Lee, based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Rick Moody.The film features an ensemble cast of Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, and Sigourney Weaver...	Friday, October 31, 1997	$18 million	$8,038,061
Oscar and Lucinda Oscar and Lucinda (film) Oscar and Lucinda is a 1997 romantic drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong and starring Cate Blanchett, Ralph Fiennes, Ciarán Hinds and Tom Wilkinson. It is based on the 1988 Booker Prize-winning novel Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey.-Plot:...	Wednesday, December 31, 1997	AUD16 million	$1,897,404
Two Girls and a Guy Two Girls and a Guy Two Girls and a Guy is a film produced in 1997 by Edward R. Pressman and Chris Hanley. The director was James Toback, who also wrote the screenplay.-Plot:...	Friday, April 24, 1998	$1 million	$2,057,193
Shooting Fish Shooting Fish Shooting Fish is a 1997 British film co-written by Richard Holmes and Stefan Schwartz. Holmes produced and Schwartz directed. It co-starred Dan Futterman and Stuart Townsend as two con men with Kate Beckinsale as their unwilling assistant. It was produced by Winchester Films and partly funded by...	Friday, May 1, 1998		$375,261
Slums of Beverly Hills Slums of Beverly Hills The Slums of Beverly Hills is a 1998 motion picture, written and directed by Tamara Jenkins. Its hero is a teenage girl struggling to grow up in a lower-middle-class family that moves every few months in the late 1970s....	Thursday, May 21, 1998	$5 million	$5,502,773
Cousin Bette	Friday, June 12, 1998		$1,295,144
Polish Wedding Polish Wedding Polish Wedding is a 1998 comedy/drama film written and directed by Theresa Connelly.It was screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 16, 1998 and at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 12...	Friday, July 17, 1998		$692,588
The Impostors The Impostors The Impostors is a 1998 farce motion picture written and directed by Stanley Tucci, starring Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, Alfred Molina, Tony Shalhoub, Steve Buscemi, and Billy Connolly....	Friday, October 2, 1998		$2,198,044
Waking Ned Devine Waking Ned Waking Ned is a 1998 comedy film by English writer and director Kirk Jones. It stars Ian Bannen, David Kelly and Fionnula Flanagan. Kelly was nominated for a Screen Actors' Guild award for his role as Michael O'Sullivan. The film is set in Ireland but was filmed on location in the Isle of Man...	Friday, November 20, 1998	$3 million	$55,257,450
20 Dates 20 Dates 20 Dates is a 1998 American mockumentary film. Myles Berkowitz directs and stars as the film's protagonist trying to find love and start a film career at the same time by filming himself going out on 20 dates with different women.-Cast:...	Friday, February 26, 1999	$60,000	$541,636
Among Giants	Friday, March 26, 1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film) A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1999 American film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Michael Hoffman. The ensemble cast features Kevin Kline as Bottom, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Everett as Titania and Oberon, and Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel,...	Monday, April 26, 1999	$11 million	$16,071,990
Best Laid Plans Best Laid Plans Best Laid Plans is a 1999 American crime film directed by Mike Barker.-Plot:Bryce is a successful man who returns to his tiny hometown for a visit. While there, he runs into his old friend Nick . The two decide to go out for the night. When they enter a bar, Bryce encounters Lissa , a blonde...	Friday, September 10, 1999	$7 million	$27,816
Whiteboyz	Friday, September 10, 1999		$38,738
Boys Don't Cry Boys Don't Cry (film) Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American independent romantic drama film directed by Kimberly Peirce and co-written by Andy Bienen. The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena, a transgender man played by Hilary Swank, who pursues a relationship with a young woman, played by Chloë...	Friday, October 8, 1999	$2 million	$11,540,607
Dreaming of Joseph Lees Dreaming of Joseph Lees Dreaming of Joseph Lees is a 1999 British romantic drama film directed by Eric Styles and starring Rupert Graves, Samantha Morton and Nicholas Woodeson. It is an adaptation of a story written by Catherine Linstrum set in rural England in the late 1950s. The film was distributed by the Fox...	Friday, October 29, 1999		$12,044
Titus Titus (film) Titus is a 1999 film adaptation of Shakespeare's revenge tragedy Titus Andronicus, about the downfall of a Roman general. It was the first film of the play . The film was made by Overseas Filmgroup and Clear Blue Sky Productions and released by Fox Searchlight Pictures...	Sunday, December 26, 1999	$20 million	$2,007,290

2000s

Film Title	Release Date	Budget	Gross (worldwide)
The Closer You Get	Friday,February 25, 2000
Soft Fruit	Friday, March 17, 2000
Chinese Coffee Chinese Coffee Chinese Coffee is a play by Ira Lewis which was made into an independent film and released in New York as part of the Tribeca Film Festival, starring Al Pacino and Jerry Orbach...	Saturday, September 2, 2000
Woman on Top Woman on Top Woman on Top is a 2000 fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Fina Torres. It is set in Salvador, Brazil and San Francisco, United States. The film stars Penélope Cruz, Murilo Benício, Harold Perrineau Jr. and Mark Feuerstein. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes...	Friday, September 22, 2000	$8 million	$10,194,274
Bootmen Bootmen Bootmen is a 2000 Australian comedy-drama film, directed by Dein Perry. It was distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures in Canada and USA and 20th Century Fox Distribution in Australia and funded by the Australian Film Finance Corporation...	Friday, October 6, 2000		$21,172
Quills Quills Quills is a 2000 period film directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted from the Obie award-winning play by Doug Wright, who also wrote the original screenplay. Inspired by the life and work of the Marquis de Sade, Quills re-imagines the last years of the Marquis' incarceration in the insane asylum at...	Wednesday, November 22, 2000		$17,989,227
Kingdom Come Kingdom Come (2001 film) Kingdom Come is a 2001 comedy-drama film, written by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones, and directed by Doug McHenry. This film stars LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A...	Wednesday, April 11, 2001	$7 million	$23,396,049
Sexy Beast Sexy Beast Sexy Beast is a 2000 British-Spanish crime drama film directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, and Ian McShane. Produced by Jeremy Thomas, it was Glazer's debut feature film, who had previously been a music video director for videos such as Rabbit in Your Headlights for...	Wednesday, June 13, 2001	£3 million ($4.9 million)	$10,045,677
The Deep End The Deep End (film) The Deep End is a 2001 film that was written and directed by David Siegel and Scott McGehee. It stars Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Tucker and Josh Lucas and was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures. The film was very loosely adapted from the novel The Blank Wall by Elizabeth Sanxay...	Wednesday, August 8, 2001	$2 million	$10,031,529
Waking Life Waking Life Waking Life is an American animated film , directed by Richard Linklater and released in 2001. The entire film was shot using digital video and then a team of artists using computers drew stylized lines and colors over each frame.The film focuses on the nature of dreams, consciousness, and...	Friday, October 19, 2001		$3,176,880
Super Troopers Super Troopers Super Troopers is a 2001 crime-comedy film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, written by and starring the Broken Lizard comedy group . Marisa Coughlan, Daniel von Bargen and Brian Cox co-star while Lynda Carter has a cameo appearance...	Friday, February 15, 2002	$1.2 million	$23,182,223
Kissing Jessica Stein Kissing Jessica Stein Kissing Jessica Stein is a 2001 independent romantic comedy film, written and co-produced by the film's stars, Jennifer Westfeldt and Heather Juergensen. The film also stars Tovah Feldshuh and is directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld...	Wednesday, March 13, 2002	$1 million	$10,013,424
The Good Girl The Good Girl The Good Girl is a 2002 black comedy-drama film directed by Miguel Arteta from a script by Mike White, and stars Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal and John C. Reilly.-Plot:...	Wednesday, August 7, 2002	$5 million	$16,856,124
One Hour Photo One Hour Photo One Hour Photo is a 2002 American psychological thriller written and directed by Mark Romanek and starring Robin Williams. Fox Searchlight Pictures distributed the film in the United States. One Hour Photo also starred Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Gary Cole, and Eriq La Salle. Williams won a...	Wednesday, August 21, 2002	$12 million	$52,223,306
Brown Sugar	Friday, October 11, 2002	$8 million	$28,316,451
Antwone Fisher Antwone Fisher (film) Antwone Fisher is a 2002 American drama film directed by Denzel Washington, marking his directorial debut. He also stars in the film as the psychiatrist Jerome Davenport, alongside Hollywood newcomer Derek Luke, who plays the title role , and ex-model Joy Bryant, as Fisher's girlfriend.The film is...	Thursday, December 19, 2002	$12.5 million	$23,367,586
Bend It Like Beckham Bend It Like Beckham Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 comedy-drama film starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis, and Archie Panjabi first released in the United Kingdom. The film was directed by Gurinder Chadha...	Wednesday, March 12, 2003	£3 million ($4.9 million)	$76,583,333
L'Auberge espagnole	Friday, March 21, 2003	£5.01 million ($8.2 million)	£24.4 million
The Good Thief	Wednesday, April 2, 2003	$25 million	$5,756,945
The Dancer Upstairs The Dancer Upstairs (film) The Dancer Upstairs is a 2002 film starring Javier Bardem, and the directorial debut of John Malkovich. The film is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Nicholas Shakespeare.- Plot :...	Friday, May 2, 2003		$5,227,348
28 Days Later 28 Days Later 28 Days Later is an acclaimed 2002 British horror film directed by Danny Boyle. The screenplay was written by Alex Garland, and the film stars Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, and Christopher Eccleston...	Friday, June 27, 2003	£5 million ($8.2 million)	$82,719,885
Garage Days Garage Days Garage Days is a 2002 Australian film directed by Alex Proyas and written by Proyas, Dave Warner and Michael Udesky. The Garage Days soundtrack includes the song "Garage Days" featuring Katie Noonan, David McCormack and Andrew Lancaster.-Plot:...	Friday, July 18, 2003		$32,500
Lucia, Lucia Lucía, Lucía Lucía, Lucía, also known as La hija del caníbal, is a Mexican film and the second by Antonio Serrano. The story is based on Spanish journalist Rosa Montero's novel of the same name, 1997 in Spain. The film stars Argentine actress Cecilia Roth , Mexican actor Kuno Becker and Spanish actor Carlos...	Friday, July 25, 2003	€3.3 million ($4.7 million)	$267,495
Le Divorce Le Divorce Le Divorce is a 2003 Merchant Ivory Productions' film directed by James Ivory and the screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and Ivory, based on Diane Johnson's bestselling novel.-Summary:...	Friday, August 8, 2003		$12,991,996
Thirteen Thirteen (film) Thirteen is a 2003 American drama film directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and written by Hardwicke and Nikki Reed, the film's co-star. The film also stars Evan Rachel Wood and Holly Hunter. It is a semi-autobiographical film inspired by Reed's life at age 12 and 13 with Wood's character "Tracy" being...	Thursday, August 21, 2003	$2 million	$10,128,960
In America	Wednesday, November 26, 2003		$25,382,911
The Dreamers	Friday, February 6, 2004	$15 million	$15,121,165
Club Dread Club Dread Club Dread is a 2004 comedy horror film written by the comedy group Broken Lizard, who also created Super Troopers...	Friday, February 27, 2004	$8.55 million	$7,565,807
Never Die Alone Never Die Alone Never Die Alone is a 2004 crime thriller film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name, written by Donald Goines.-Plot:...	Friday, March 26, 2004	$3 million	$5,923,000
Johnson Family Vacation Johnson Family Vacation Johnson Family Vacation is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Christopher Erskin. It stars Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa Williams, Bow Wow, Gabby Soleil, Shannon Elizabeth, Solange Knowles, and Steve Harvey...	Wednesday, April 7, 2004	$12 million	$31,462,753
Napoleon Dynamite Napoleon Dynamite Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 comedy film co-written and directed by Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess and stars Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite. The film was Jared Hess' first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, Peluca....	Friday, June 11, 2004	$400,000	$46,118,097
The Clearing The Clearing The Clearing is a 2004 American drama film and the directorial debut of Pieter Jan Brugge, who has worked as a film producer. The film is loosely based on the real-life kidnapping of Gerrit Jan Heijn that took place in the Netherlands in 1987...	Friday, July 2, 2004		$12,520,799
Garden State Garden State (film) Garden State is a 2004 comedy-drama film written by, directed by, and starring Zach Braff, with Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, and Sir Ian Holm. The film centers on Andrew Largeman , a 26-year-old actor/waiter who returns to his hometown in New Jersey after his mother dies...	Wednesday, July 28, 2004	$2.5 million	$35,825,316
I ♥ Huckabees	Friday, October 1, 2004	$22 million	$20,072,172
Sideways Sideways Sideways is a 2004 comedy-drama film written by Jim Taylor and Alexander Payne and directed by Payne. Adapted from Rex Pickett's 2004 novel of the same name, Sideways follows two forty-something year old men, portrayed by Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church, who take a week-long road trip to...	Friday, October 22, 2004	$16 million	$109,706,931
Kinsey Kinsey (film) Kinsey is a 2004 biographical film written and directed by Bill Condon. It describes the life of Alfred Kinsey , a pioneer in the area of sexology. His 1948 publication, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male was one of the first recorded works that tried to scientifically address and investigate...	Friday, November 12, 2004	$11 million	$16,918,723
Millions Millions Millions is a 2004 British comedy-drama film, directed by Academy Award–winning director Danny Boyle, and starring Alex Etel, Lewis McGibbon, and James Nesbitt. The screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce adapted his novel while the film was in the process of being made...	Friday, March 11, 2005		$11,782,282
Melinda and Melinda Melinda and Melinda Melinda and Melinda is a 2004 film written and directed by Woody Allen. It was premiered at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The film is set in Manhattan and stars Radha Mitchell as the protagonist Melinda, in two storylines; one comic, one tragic...	Friday, March 18, 2005		$20,085,825
Separate Lies Separate Lies Separate Lies is a 2005 British drama film directed by Julian Fellowes who also wrote the screenplay, updating the 1951 novel A Way Through the Wood by Nigel Balchin that had already been turned into a stage play under the title Waiting for Gillian in 1957. The film stars Tom Wilkinson, Emily...	Friday, September 16, 2005		$923,347
Roll Bounce Roll Bounce Roll Bounce is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written by Norman Vance Jr. and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. The film stars hip hop artist Bow Wow as the leader of a roller skating crew in 1970s Chicago. The film also stars Nick Cannon, Meagan Good, Brandon T...	Friday, September 23, 2005		$17,500,866
Bee Season Bee Season (film) Bee Season is a 2005 American drama film adaptation of the 2000 novel of the same name by Myla Goldberg. The film was directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel and written by Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal. It stars Richard Gere and Juliette Binoche.-Plot:...	Friday, November 11, 2005	$14 million	$6,856,989
The Ringer	Friday, December 23, 2005		$40,442,437
Imagine Me & You Imagine Me & You Imagine Me & You is a 2005 British-American comedy-romance film written and directed by Ol Parker. It centres on the relationship between Rachel, played by Piper Perabo and Luce, played by Lena Headey, who meet on Rachel's wedding day. The movie takes its title from a line in the song "Happy...	Friday, January 27, 2006		$2,635,305
Night Watch Night Watch (2004 film) Night Watch is a 2004 Russian supernatural thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov. It is loosely based on the novel The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko, and is the first part of a trilogy, followed by Day Watch and ending supposedly with Twilight Watch .-Plot:In the prologue, which...	Friday, February 17, 2006	$4.2 million	$33,899,078
The Hills Have Eyes The Hills Have Eyes (2006 film) The Hills Have Eyes is a 2006 horror film and remake of Wes Craven's 1977 film The Hills Have Eyes. Written by filmmaking partners Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur of the French horror film Haute Tension, and directed by Aja, the film follows a family who becomes the target of a group of...	Friday, March 10, 2006	$15 million	$69,623,713
Thank You for Smoking	Friday, March 17, 2006	$6.5 million	$39,323,027
Phat Girlz Phat Girlz Phat Girlz is a 2006 comedy film released in North America on April 7, 2006. The DVD and its soundtrack was released on August 22, 2006.-Box office:...	Friday, April 7, 2006	$3 million	$7,403,491
Water	Friday, April 28, 2006		$10,422,387
Little Miss Sunshine Little Miss Sunshine Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American comedy-drama film. The road movie's plot follows a family's trip to a children's beauty pageant.Little Miss Sunshine was the directorial film debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer...	Wednesday, July 26, 2006	$8 million	$100,523,181
Trust the Man Trust the Man Trust the Man is a 2006 romantic comedy film, starring David Duchovny, Billy Crudup, Julianne Moore, and Maggie Gyllenhaal. It was directed and written by Bart Freundlich. The film primarily deals with three relationships, and a realization of just how important those relationships are...	Friday, August 18, 2006	$10 million	$7,353,118
Confetti	Friday, September 15, 2006		$4,903,131
The Last King of Scotland The Last King of Scotland (film) The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 British drama film based on Giles Foden's novel of the same name, adapted by screenwriters Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock, and directed by Kevin Macdonald...	Wednesday, September 27, 2006	$6 million	$48,363,516
Fast Food Nation Fast Food Nation (film) Fast Food Nation is a 2006 American/British drama film directed by Richard Linklater. The screenplay was written by Linklater and Eric Schlosser, loosely based on the latter's bestselling 2001 non-fiction book of the same name...	Friday, November 17, 2006		$2,209,322
The History Boys The History Boys (film) The History Boys is a 2006 British comedy-drama film adapted by Alan Bennett from his play of the same name, which won the 2005 Olivier Award for Best New Play and the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play...	Tuesday, November 21, 2006	£2 million	$13,401,952
Notes on a Scandal Notes on a Scandal (film) Notes on a Scandal is a 2006 British psychological thriller film, adapted from the 2003 novel of the same name by Zoë Heller. The screenplay was written by Patrick Marber and the film was directed by Richard Eyre. Many parts of the film were shot in Islington Arts and Media School...	Monday, December 25, 2006	£15 million	$49,752,391
The Namesake The Namesake (film) The Namesake is a 2006 film which was released in the United States on March 9, 2007, following screenings at film festivals in Toronto and New York City. It was directed by Mira Nair and is based upon the novel of the same name by Jhumpa Lahiri, who appeared in the movie. Sooni Taraporevala...	Friday, March 9, 2007	$12 million	$20,138,836
I Think I Love My Wife I Think I Love My Wife I Think I Love My Wife is a romantic comedy-drama 2007 film directed by and starring Chris Rock and Kerry Washington. Rock co-wrote and produced the film...	Friday, March 16, 2007	$11 million	$13,196,245
28 Weeks Later 28 Weeks Later 28 Weeks Later is a 2007 British/Spanish film sequel to the 2002 post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Days Later. 28 Weeks Later was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and released in the United Kingdom and United States on 11 May 2007...	Friday, May 11, 2007	$15 million	$64,238,440
Once Once (film) Once is a 2006 Irish musical film written and directed by John Carney. Set in Dublin, this naturalistic drama stars musicians Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová as musicians...	Wednesday, May 16, 2007	€130,000 ($160,000)	$20,710,513
Waitress Waitress (film) Waitress is a 2007 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, who also appears in a supporting role. The film debuted at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and went into limited theatrical release in the US on May 2, 2007.-Plot:...	Friday, May 25, 2007	$2 million	$22,179,430
Day Watch	Friday, June 1, 2007	116.2 RUB ($4.2 million)	$38,862,712
Joshua Joshua (film) Joshua is a 2007 American psychological horror/thriller film about an affluent young Manhattan family and how they are torn apart by the increasingly sadistic behavior of their disturbed son, Joshua. The film was directed by George Ratliff and stars Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga and Jacob Kogan...	Friday, July 6, 2007		$482,355
Sunshine Sunshine (2007 film) Sunshine is a 2007 British science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland about the crew of a spacecraft on a dangerous mission to the Sun. In 2057, with the Earth in peril from the dying Sun, the crew is sent to reignite the Sun with a massive stellar bomb with the mass...	Friday, July 27, 2007	£20 million	$32,017,803
The Darjeeling Limited The Darjeeling Limited The Darjeeling Limited is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson, and starring Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman. It was written by Anderson, Schwartzman, and Roman Coppola...	Friday, October 26, 2007	$17.5 million	$35,078,918
Hotel Chevalier Hotel Chevalier Hotel Chevalier is a short film written and directed by Wes Anderson and released in 2007. Starring Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman as former lovers who reunite in a Paris hotel room, the 13-minute film acts as a prologue to Anderson's 2007 feature The Darjeeling Limited...	Friday, October 26, 2007
The Savages The Savages (film) The Savages is a 2007 American comedy-drama film, written and directed by Tamara Jenkins. It stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.-Plot:...	Wednesday, November 28, 2007	$9 million	$10,642,023
Juno Juno (film) Juno is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. Michael Cera, Olivia Thirlby, J. K....	Wednesday, December 5, 2007	$6.5 million	$231,411,584
La Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon) La Misma Luna La misma luna is a 2007 Mexican-American drama film in Spanish and English directed by Patricia Riggen and starring Adrian Alonso, Kate del Castillo, and Eugenio Derbez.-Plot:...	Wednesday, March 19, 2008		$23,311,391
Young@Heart Young@Heart (film) Young@Heart is a 2008 British documentary film directed by Stephen Walker. Its focus is Young@Heart, a New England chorus of senior citizens that sings contemporary and classic rock and pop songs.-Synopsis:...	Wednesday, April 9, 2008		$7,097,002
Street Kings	Friday, April 11, 2008	$20 million	$65,572,887
The Onion Movie The Onion Movie The Onion Movie is a comedy film written by The Onion writers Robert D. Siegel and Todd Hanson along with the Chicago-based writing staff of the paper...	Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Choke Choke (film) Choke is a 2008 American black comedy film directed by Clark Gregg. The film stars Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston. Production took place in New Jersey in 2007. It premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was purchased by Fox Searchlight Pictures for distribution...	Friday, September 26, 2008	$3.4 million	$3,982,459
The Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees (film) The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 American drama film, adapted from the novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. The film was directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and produced by Will Smith, with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, as executive producer. The film is noted for Queen Latifah's critically...	Friday, October 17, 2008	$11 million	$39,947,322
Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British epic romantic drama adventure film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup...	Wednesday, November 12, 2008	£9.2 million ($15 million)	$377,910,544
The Wrestler	Wednesday, December 17, 2008	$6 million	$44,703,995
Notorious Notorious (2009 film) Notorious is a 2009 American biographical film about the life of iconic hip hop star The Notorious B.I.G. who is played by Jamal Woolard. The film co-stars Angela Bassett as his mother Voletta Wallace, Derek Luke as Sean Combs, and Anthony Mackie as Tupac Shakur...	Friday, January 16, 2009	$20 million	$40,484,427
Miss March Miss March Miss March is a 2009 comedy film directed by and starring Trevor Moore and Zach Cregger, stars of the IFC show The Whitest Kids U' Know. The film was released in the United States on March 13, 2009.- Plot :...	Friday, March 13, 2009		$4,591,629
My Life in Ruins My Life in Ruins My Life in Ruins is a 2009 romantic comedy film set amongst the ruins of ancient Greece, starring Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis, Rachel Dratch, Harland Williams and British comedy actor and impressionist Alistair McGowan...	Friday, June 5, 2009	$17 million	$20,455,276
(500) Days of Summer	Friday, July 17, 2009	$7.5 million	$60,722,734
Adam	Wednesday, July 29, 2009	$3.2 million	$2,549,605
Post Grad	Friday, August 21, 2009	$15 million	$6,414,729
Whip It	Friday, October 2, 2009	$15 million	$16,633,035
Amelia Amelia (film) Amelia is a 2009 English-language biographical film of the life of Amelia Earhart, starring Hilary Swank as Earhart along with a cast that includes Richard Gere, Christopher Eccleston and Ewan McGregor. It is directed by Mira Nair based on a script initially written by Ronald Bass...	Friday, October 23, 2009	$40 million	$19,642,013
Gentlemen Broncos Gentlemen Broncos Gentlemen Broncos is a 2009 comedy film written by Jared and Jerusha Hess, and directed by Jared Hess. The film stars Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Sam Rockwell and Jennifer Coolidge.-Plot:...	Friday, October 30, 2009	$10 million	$118,492
Crazy Heart Crazy Heart Crazy Heart is a 2009 American musical-drama film, written and directed by Scott Cooper and based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb. Jeff Bridges plays a down-and-out country music singer-songwriter who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young...	Wednesday, December 16, 2009	$7 million	$47,405,566

2010s

Film Title	Release Date	Budget	Gross (worldwide)
My Name Is Khan My Name is Khan My Name Is Khan ; commonly referred to as MNIK, is a 2010 Bollywood film directed by Karan Johar, with a screenplay by Shibani Bathija, produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Gauri Khan, and starring Shahrukh Khan and Kajol, who reunite after nine years...	February 12, 2010	$8.4 million	$42,345,360
Our Family Wedding Our Family Wedding Our Family Wedding is a romantic comedy film starring Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera, Carlos Mencia, Lance Gross, Shannyn Sossamon and Regina King...	March 12, 2010		$21,409,028
Just Wright Just Wright Just Wright is a 2010 romantic comedy film starring Common and Queen Latifah that tells the story of a physical therapist who falls in love with a pro basketball player. The film received mixed reviews.-Plot:...	May 14, 2010		$21,570,263
Cyrus Cyrus (film) Cyrus is a 2010 comedy-drama film written and directed by brothers Jay and Mark Duplass and starring John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, and Catherine Keener.-Plot:...	June 18, 2010	$7 million	$9,923,855
Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go (2010 film) Never Let Me Go is a 2010 British dystopian drama film based on Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Mark Romanek from a screenplay by Alex Garland. Never Let Me Go is set in an alternate history and centers on Kathy, Ruth and Tommy who are portrayed by Carey...	September 15, 2010	$15 million	$9,455,232
Conviction	October 15, 2010	$12.5 million	$9,710,055
127 Hours 127 Hours 127 Hours is a 2010 biographical adventure drama film co-written, produced and directed by Danny Boyle. The film stars James Franco as mountain climber Aron Ralston, who became trapped by a boulder in Robbers Roost, Utah in April 2003....	November 5, 2010 (limited); November 24, 2010 (wide)	$18 million	$57,335,230
Black Swan Black Swan (film) Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel and Mila Kunis. Its plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet by a prestigious New York City company. The production requires a ballerina to...	December 3, 2010	$13 million	$329,398,046
Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids (film) Cedar Rapids is a 2011 American comedy film directed by Miguel Arteta. The script, written by Phil Johnston, was included on the 2009 Blacklist, a Hollywood list of the most popular unproduced screenplays of the year.-Plot:...	February 11, 2011		$6,861,102
Win Win Win Win (film) Win Win is a 2011 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Thomas McCarthy. Based on the story written by Joe Tiboni and Thomas McCarthy, it stars Paul Giamatti, Alex Shaffer and Amy Ryan.-Plot:...	March 18, 2011		$10,831,173
Dum Maro Dum	April 22, 2011	20 crore ($4.4 million)	49.5 crore ($11 million)
The Tree of Life	May 27, 2011	$32 million	$53,173,563
The Art of Getting By	June 17, 2011		$1,430,241
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (film) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a 2011 historical drama film based on the novel of the same name by the Chinese-American author Lisa See. Directed by Wayne Wang, the film stars Gianna Jun, Li Bingbing, Archie Kao, Vivian Wu, and Hugh Jackman....	July 15, 2011	$6 million	$1,645,327
Another Earth Another Earth Another Earth is a 2011 American science fantasy/drama film directed by Mike Cahill in his feature film debut. The film stars William Mapother and Brit Marling. It premiered at the 27th Sundance Film Festival in January 2011 and is being distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.-Synopsis:Rhoda...	July 22, 2011	$200,000	$1,297,710
Margaret	September 30, 2011	$6.2 million
Martha Marcy May Marlene Martha Marcy May Marlene Martha Marcy May Marlene is a 2011 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Sean Durkin, and starring Elizabeth Olsen , John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, and Hugh Dancy...	October 21, 2011
The Descendants The Descendants (film) The Descendants is a 2011 comedy-drama film based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings. The film stars George Clooney, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard and Shailene Woodley and it was released in the United States on November 18, 2011. It is directed by Alexander Payne, with a screenplay by Payne, Nat...	November 16, 2011
Shame Shame (2011 film) Shame is an erotic drama film co-written and directed by Steve McQueen, starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan. Shame was co-produced by Film4 and See-Saw Films...	December 2, 2011	$6.5 million
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is an upcoming British comedy-drama film directed by John Madden and written by Ol Parker. The film stars Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson and Maggie Smith. The plot follows the life of a group of British retirees staying in an elderly home in...	March 9, 2012
He Loves Me	TBA 2012
Lola Versus	TBA 2012
Stoker Stoker (film) Stoker is an upcoming 2012 drama film directed by Park Chan-wook and written by Wentworth Miller. It stars Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, and Matthew Goode.-Cast:*Mia Wasikowska as India Stoker*Nicole Kidman as Evelyn Stoker...	TBA 2012
The Sweeney	TBA 2012

Logo

The Fox Searchlight logo is quite similar to the Twentieth-Century Fox one, and even uses Alfred Newman

Alfred Newman

Alfred Newman was an American composer, arranger, and conductor of music for films.In a career which spanned over forty years, Newman composed music for over two hundred films. He was one of the most respected film score composers of his time, and is today regarded as one of the greatest...

's famous fanfare, originally composed for the studio Twentieth Century , and used in most Twentieth-Century Fox films (notable exceptions include Patton

Patton (film)

Patton is a 1970 American biographical war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, and Karl Michael Vogler. It was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a script by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H...

, The Robe

The Robe (film)

The Robe is a 1953 American Biblical epic film that tells the story of a Roman military tribune who commands the unit that crucifies Jesus. The film was made by 20th Century Fox and is notable for being the first film released in the widescreen process CinemaScope.It was directed by Henry Koster...

, The Song of Bernadette

The Song of Bernadette (film)

The Song of Bernadette is a 1943 drama film which tells the story of Saint Bernadette Soubirous, who, from February to July 1858 in Lourdes, France, reported 18 visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was directed by Henry King....

, and The Longest Day

The Longest Day (film)

The Longest Day is a 1962 war film based on the 1959 history book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan, about "D-Day", the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during World War II....

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