FilmNation Entertainment


FilmNation Entertainment, LLC is an American entertainment company focused on film production, financing, and distribution.

History

2008–2012: Founding

FilmNation Entertainment is an independent film production and distribution company co-founded in 2008 by Glen Basner and Steven Samuels. Initially, the company was a foreign sales firm, selling distribution right in various international markets.

2012–2018: Early growth

In 2012, FilmNation produced its first film, Mud, which competed at the Cannes Film Festival. On November 6, 2013, FilmNation Entertainment became part of the American Film Market for the first time. In December 2014, Village Roadshow invested $18 million for 33% stake in the company to make film production a regular part of operations. With growing success, the Los Angeles Times labeled FilmNation as "the emerging Oscar powerhouse you've never heard of."

2018–present: Expansion

In April 2018, FilmNation agreed to a $120 million revolving multi-bank credit facility with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and co-led by MUFG Union Bank. The funds would be used to give films larger budgets, take on additional films and enter the TV film, theater, digital and VR content markets plus other strategic investment areas.
In early 2019, FilmNation and Nordic Entertainment Group formed a television joint venture based in the United Kingdom that will operate under the FilmNation name. Nordic Entertainment Group will have first option on exclusive distribution rights to all of the joint venture's productions in the Nordic countries. FilmNation hired Kirstie Macdonald to spearhead the London division.
In September 2022, FilmNation Entertainment announced it had established its production label that would produce & finance feature films with potential turn into franchise build called Infrared Pictures as Drew Simon had served as president of production of FilmNation Entertainment's new production label Infrared Pictures whilst the new production label had appointed Sam Speiser as vice president of production at the new production unit.
In November 2025, FilmNation Entertainment signed a long-term distribution deal with 101 Studios to handle international distribution sales of films distributed by 101 Studios's newly distribution division while FilmNation Entertainment would manage international sales to 101 Studios' upcoming feature films.

Filmography

2009

  • The Joneses
  • ''The Road''

    2010

  • Ceremony
  • Frozen
  • I Love You Too
  • The King's Speech
  • ''The Ward''

    2011

  • The Flowers of War
  • The Oranges
  • Sanctum
  • Seeking Justice
  • The Skin I Live In
  • ''Take Shelter''

    2012

  • Act of Valor
  • Aftershock
  • Chernobyl Diaries
  • Gambit
  • House at the End of the Street
  • Lawless
  • Lola Versus
  • Looper
  • Magic Mike
  • Midnight's Children
  • Mirror Mirror
  • Mud
  • The Raven
  • Red Dawn
  • To the Wonder
  • ''To Rome with Love''

    2013

  • 21 & Over
  • All Is Lost
  • The Bling Ring
  • Blue Jasmine
  • Crush
  • I'm So Excited!
  • Nebraska
  • Side Effects
  • Safe Haven
  • ''Under the Skin''

    2014

  • Clown
  • The Imitation Game
  • Magic in the Moonlight
  • A Most Violent Year
  • A Most Wanted Man
  • Premature
  • The Rewrite
  • The Rover
  • Top Five
  • ''While We're Young''

    2015

  • American Ultra
  • Life
  • Knight of Cups
  • Mr. Holmes
  • Room
  • Solace
  • Regression
  • Self/less
  • Tracers
  • ''Truth''

    2016

  • Arrival
  • Army of One
  • Café Society
  • The Founder
  • Genius
  • Indignation
  • Julieta
  • Midnight Special
  • Miss Sloane
  • The Promise
  • Sing Street
  • Sully
  • The Whole Truth
  • ''Zero Days''

    2017

  • The Big Sick
  • Beatriz at Dinner
  • The Children Act
  • Disobedience
  • Gifted
  • Kill Switch
  • Last Flag Flying
  • Logan Lucky
  • The Man with the Iron Heart
  • The Only Living Boy in New York
  • The Sense of an Ending
  • Sleepless
  • Song to Song
  • The Wall
  • Wonderstruck
  • ''Wonder Wheel''

    2018

  • Beautiful Boy
  • The Catcher Was a Spy
  • Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
  • City of Lies
  • Gloria Bell
  • Life Itself
  • The Nightingale
  • Suspiria
  • ''Wildlife''

    2019

  • 47 Meters Down: Uncaged
  • 7500
  • The Aeronauts
  • The Day Shall Come
  • The Irishman
  • Late Night
  • The Lodge
  • Lucky Day
  • ''Pain and Glory''

    2020

  • Bad Hair
  • The Courier
  • The Glorias
  • Greyhound
  • The Human Voice
  • The Nest
  • Palm Springs
  • The Personal History of David Copperfield
  • ''Promising Young Woman''

    2021

  • Larry Flynt for President
  • The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
  • Operation Mincemeat
  • Parallel Mothers
  • Red Rocket
  • Reminiscence
  • ''Spencer''

    2022

  • The 355
  • Dog
  • Emancipation
  • The Good House
  • The Good Nurse
  • Happening
  • The Outfit
  • The People We Hate at the Wedding
  • Sharp Stick
  • ''Three Thousand Years of Longing''

    2023

  • You Hurt My Feelings
  • Asphalt City
  • Down Low
  • Finally Dawn
  • Fingernails
  • Firebrand
  • Flora and Son
  • Knock at the Cabin
  • Knox Goes Away
  • One Life
  • To Catch a Killer
  • Waitress: The Musical
  • ''The Young Wife''

    2024

  • Anora
  • Babes
  • Conclave
  • The Crow
  • The Life of Chuck
  • Maria
  • The Room Next Door
  • Small Things like These
  • Treasure
  • ''Without Blood''

    2025

  • Alpha
  • Bad Apples
  • Carolina Caroline
  • In the Lost Lands
  • Last Breath
  • Novocaine
  • ''Roofman''

    2026

  • The Invite
  • ''Melania''

    Upcoming

  • 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
  • 47 Meters Down: The Wreck
  • Bad Bridgets
  • Brides
  • I Play Rocky
  • King Snake
  • La Ola
  • Painter
  • Reykjavik
  • Switzerland
  • The Uprising
  • ''Wildwood''