List of VistaVision films

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The following is a list of films filmed using the VistaVision process for the majority of their runtime.

Contents

Films are live-action color features except where noted.

Films shot in VistaVision

1954–61: Original

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

2024–present: Revival

FilmYearStudioNotesRef.
The Brutalist 2024 A24 Majorly shot with Beaucam, partially with 4-perf Arri cameras [11]
One Battle After Another 2025Warner Bros. PicturesBeaucam used as primary camera [12]
Bugonia Focus Features Wilcam and Beaucam used as primary cameras [13]
Wuthering Heights 2026Warner Bros. PicturesBeaucam
Untitled Alejandro G. Iñárritu film Beaucam used for select sequences [14]
Remain Wilcam used for select sequences
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew Netflix VistaVision used for Narnia scenes; first streaming service film to use VistaVision cameras.
Switzerland TBA [15]

Films using VistaVision for visual effects process work or minor scenes only

References

  1. ↑ "The Story". American WideScreen Museum. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  2. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1954-10-23. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  3. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1955-12-21. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  4. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1955-02-19. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  5. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1953-04-30. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  6. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1953-12-15. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  7. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1955-05-07. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  8. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1955-10-01. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  9. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1952-08-10. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  10. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1955-03-26. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  11. ↑ Hemphill, Jim (December 12, 2024). "Why 'The Brutalist' Revived Alfred Hitchcock's Favorite Format — and Why You Should See the Movie in 70mm to Appreciate It". Indiewire . Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  12. ↑ https://definitionmagazine.com/features/taking-stock/
  13. ↑ https://definitionmagazine.com/features/taking-stock/
  14. ↑ https://definitionmagazine.com/features/taking-stock/
  15. ↑ "DP Robbie Ryan ISC BSC made the most of shooting 2-perf KODAK 35mm…". Kodak. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
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