List of VistaVision films

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The following is a list of films filmed using the VistaVision process.

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Films are live-action color features except where noted.

Films shot entirely in VistaVision

FilmYearStudioNotes 
Paramount Presents VistaVision1954 Paramount 19-minute promo film
VistaVision Visits Norway1954 Paramount Short film
White Christmas 1954 Paramount First VistaVision release [1]
3 Ring Circus 1954 Paramount [2]
An Alligator Named Daisy 1955 Rank
Artists and Models 1955 Paramount [3]
The Desperate Hours 1955 Paramount First B&W film shot in VistaVision [4]
Doctor at Sea 1955 Rank
The Far Horizons 1955 Paramount [5]
The Girl Rush 1955 Paramount [6]
Hell's Island 1955 Paramount [7]
Lucy Gallant 1955 Paramount [8]
Richard III 1955 London Films
The Rose Tattoo 1955 Paramount Black & white [9]
Run for Cover 1955 Paramount [10]
The Seven Little Foys 1955 Paramount
Simon and Laura 1955 Rank
Strategic Air Command 1955 Paramount
To Catch a Thief 1955 Paramount
The Trouble with Harry 1955 Paramount
VistaVision Visits Hawaii1955 Paramount Short film
VistaVision Visits Japan1955 Paramount Short film
VistaVision Visits Mexico1955 Paramount Short film
VistaVision Visits Spain1955 Paramount Short film
VistaVision Visits Sun Trails1955 Paramount Short film
We're No Angels 1955 Paramount
You're Never Too Young 1955 Paramount
Anything Goes 1956 Paramount
The Battle of the River Plate 1956 Rank
The Birds and the Bees 1956 Paramount
The Black Tent 1956 Rank
The Court Jester 1956 Paramount
Away All Boats 1956 Universal Pictures
High Society 1956 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
House of Secrets 1956 Rank
The Searchers 1956 Warner Bros.
Hollywood or Bust 1956 Paramount
The Leather Saint 1956 Paramount Black & white
The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 Paramount
The Mountain 1956 Paramount
Pardners 1956 Paramount
The Proud and Profane 1956 Paramount Black & white
The Rainmaker 1956 Paramount
The Scarlet Hour 1956 Paramount Black & white
The Search for Bridey Murphy 1956 Paramount Black & white
The Spanish Gardener 1956 Rank
The Ten Commandments 1956 Paramount
That Certain Feeling 1956 Paramount
Three Violent People 1956 Paramount
The Vagabond King 1956 Paramount
VistaVision Visits Austria1956 Paramount Short film
VistaVision Visits Gibralter1956 Paramount Short film
VistaVision Visits Panama1956 Paramount Short film
War and Peace 1956 Paramount
Beau James 1957 Paramount
The Buster Keaton Story 1957 Paramount Black & white
The Pride and the Passion 1957 United Artists
The Delicate Delinquent 1957 Paramount Black & white
The Devil's Hairpin 1957 Paramount
Doctor at Large 1957 Rank
Fear Strikes Out 1957 Paramount Black & white
Funny Face 1957 Paramount
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 Paramount
Hear Me Good 1957 Paramount Black & white
Hell Drivers 1957 Rank Black & white
Ill Met by Moonlight 1957 Rank Black & white
The Joker Is Wild 1957 Paramount Black & white
The Lonely Man 1957 Paramount Black & white
Loving You 1957 Paramount
Omar Khayyam 1957 Paramount
The Sad Sack 1957 Paramount Black & white
Short Cut to Hell 1957 Paramount Black & white
Spanish Affair 1957 Paramount
The Tin Star 1957 Paramount Black & white
Wild Is the Wind 1957 Paramount Black & white
Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot 1957 Paramount Short produced for Colonial Williamsburg
Another Time, Another Place 1958 Paramount Black & white
The Big Money 1958 Rank
The Black Orchid 1958 Paramount Black & white
The Buccaneer 1958 Paramount
Desire Under the Elms 1958 Paramount Black & white
The Geisha Boy 1958 Paramount
Hot Spell 1958 Paramount Black & white
Houseboat 1958 Paramount
King Creole 1958 Paramount Black & white
Maracaibo 1958 Paramount
The Matchmaker 1958 Paramount Black & white
Rock-a-Bye Baby 1958 Paramount
St. Louis Blues 1958 Paramount Black & white
Teacher's Pet 1958 Paramount Black & white
Vertigo 1958 Paramount
But Not for Me 1959 Paramount Black & white
The Five Pennies 1959 Paramount
The Jayhawkers! 1959 Paramount
Last Train from Gun Hill 1959 Paramount
Li'l Abner 1959 Paramount
North by Northwest 1959 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sampo 1959USSR-Finland
That Kind of Woman 1959 Paramount Black & white
The Trap 1959 Paramount
Heller in Pink Tights 1960 Paramount
It Started in Naples 1960 Paramount
One-Eyed Jacks 1961 Paramount
Ellston Bay2016Short film [11]
The Brutalist 2024 [12]

Films using VistaVision for special effects process work only

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