List of Amblin Entertainment films

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This is a list of films produced by U.S. independent production company Amblin Entertainment, currently based in Universal City, California and owned by media-entertainment company Amblin Partners, and associated with Universal Pictures. Amblin Entertainment was established in 1980 by filmmaker Steven Spielberg with two producers, Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall.

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Films

Released films

TitleDirector(s)Release dateU.S. distributorInternational distributorCo-production companies
Continental Divide Michael Apted September 18, 1981 Universal Pictures as Amblin Productions
Poltergeist Tobe Hooper June 4, 1982 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as Amblin Productions
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg June 11, 1982 Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment uncredited
Gremlins Joe Dante June 8, 1984 Warner Bros. Pictures N/A
Fandango Kevin Reynolds January 25, 1985
The Goonies Richard Donner June 7, 1985
Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis July 3, 1985 Universal Pictures U-Drive Productions
Young Sherlock Holmes Barry Levinson December 4, 1985 Paramount Pictures N/A
The Color Purple Steven Spielberg December 18, 1985 Warner Bros. Pictures The Guber-Peters Company
Quincy Jones Productions
The Money Pit Richard Benjamin March 26, 1986 Universal Pictures U-Drive Productions
An American Tail Don Bluth November 21, 1986 Sullivan Bluth Studios
David Kirschner Productions
U-Drive Productions
Harry and the Hendersons William Dear June 5, 1987U-Drive Productions
Innerspace Joe Dante July 1, 1987 Warner Bros. Pictures The Guber-Peters Company
Empire of the Sun Steven Spielberg December 9, 1987Robert Shapiro Productions
Batteries Not Included Matthew Robbins December 18, 1987 Universal Pictures U-Drive Productions
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Robert Zemeckis June 22, 1988 Buena Vista Pictures Touchstone Pictures
Silver Screen Partners III
The Land Before Time Don Bluth November 18, 1988 Universal Pictures Lucasfilm
Sullivan Bluth Studios
U-Drive Productions
Dad Gary David Goldberg October 27, 1989 Ubu Productions
Back to the Future Part II Robert Zemeckis November 22, 1989U-Drive Productions
Always Steven Spielberg December 22, 1989 United Artists
U-Drive Productions
Joe Versus the Volcano John Patrick Shanley March 9, 1990 Warner Bros. Pictures N/A
Back to the Future Part III Robert Zemeckis May 25, 1990 Universal Pictures U-Drive Productions
Gremlins 2: The New Batch Joe Dante June 15, 1990 Warner Bros. Pictures Michael Finnell Productions
Arachnophobia Frank Marshall July 18, 1990 Buena Vista Pictures Hollywood Pictures
Tangled Web Productions
Cape Fear Martin Scorsese November 13, 1991 Universal Pictures Cappa Films
TriBeCa Productions
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells November 22, 1991credited under Amblimation
Hook Steven Spielberg December 11, 1991 TriStar Pictures N/A
Noises Off * Peter Bogdanovich March 20, 1992 Buena Vista Pictures Touchstone Pictures
Nothing On Productions
Touchwood Pacific Partners
A Far Off Place * Mikael Salomon March 12, 1993 Walt Disney Pictures
Touchwood Pacific Partners
Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg June 11, 1993 Universal Pictures N/A
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag, Phil Nibbelink, and Simon Wells November 24, 1993credited under Amblimation
A Dangerous Woman * Stephen Gyllenhaal December 3, 1993 Gramercy Pictures (distributing label)
Island World
Rollercoaster Productions
Schindler's List Steven Spielberg December 15, 1993N/A
The Flintstones Brian Levant May 27, 1994 Hanna-Barbera Productions
The Little Rascals * Penelope Spheeris August 5, 1994 King World Productions
Little Giants * Duwayne Dunham October 14, 1994 Warner Bros. Pictures under Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
Casper Brad Silberling May 26, 1995 Universal Pictures The Harvey Entertainment Company
The Bridges of Madison County * Clint Eastwood June 2, 1995 Warner Bros. Pictures Malpaso Productions
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar * Beeban Kidron September 8, 1995 Universal Pictures N/A
How to Make an American Quilt * Jocelyn Moorhouse October 6, 1995
Balto Simon Wells December 22, 1995credited under Amblimation
Twister Jan de Bont May 17, 1996 Warner Bros. Pictures Universal Pictures Constant c Productions
The Trigger Effect * David Koepp August 30, 1996 Universal Pictures Gramercy Pictures (distributing label)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg May 19, 1997N/A
Men in Black Barry Sonnenfeld July 2, 1997 Columbia Pictures Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Deep Impact Mimi Leder May 8, 1998 Paramount Pictures DreamWorks Pictures The Manhattan Project
Zanuck/Brown Productions
Small Soldiers * Joe Dante July 10, 1998 DreamWorks Pictures Universal Pictures N/A
The Mask of Zorro Martin Campbell July 17, 1998 TriStar Pictures
Saving Private Ryan Steven Spielberg July 24, 1998 DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Pictures Mark Gordon Productions
The Mutual Film Company
In Dreams * [1] Neil Jordan January 15, 1999 DreamWorks Pictures N/A
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas * Brian Levant April 28, 2000 Universal Pictures Hanna-Barbera Productions
A.I. Artificial Intelligence Steven Spielberg June 29, 2001 Warner Bros. Pictures (also international home video) DreamWorks Pictures (also US home video) Stanley Kubrick Productions
Jurassic Park III Joe Johnston July 18, 2001 Universal Pictures N/A
Minority Report Steven Spielberg June 21, 2002 20th Century Fox (also international home video) DreamWorks Pictures (also US home video) Blue Tulip Productions
Cruise/Wagner Productions Amblin uncredited
Men in Black II Barry Sonnenfeld July 3, 2002 Columbia Pictures Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Catch Me If You Can Steven Spielberg December 25, 2002 DreamWorks Pictures Kemp Company
Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Splendid Pictures
The Terminal June 18, 2004 Parkes/MacDonald Productions
War of the Worlds June 29, 2005 Paramount Pictures (also international home video) DreamWorks Pictures (also US home video) Cruise/Wagner Productions
The Legend of Zorro Martin Campbell October 28, 2005 Columbia Pictures Spyglass Entertainment
Tornado Productions
Memoirs of a Geisha Rob Marshall December 9, 2005 Columbia Pictures Buena Vista International under Miramax Films DreamWorks Pictures
Red Wagon Productions
Spyglass Entertainment
Munich Steven Spielberg December 23, 2005 Universal Pictures DreamWorks Pictures Alliance Atlantis
Barry Mendel Productions
The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Peninsula Films
Monster House Gil Kenan July 21, 2006 Columbia Pictures ImageMovers
Relativity Media
Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood October 20, 2006 Paramount Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures DreamWorks Pictures
Malpaso Productions
Letters from Iwo Jima December 20, 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures
Hereafter October 22, 2010 Malpaso Productions
The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Super 8 J. J. Abrams June 10, 2011 Paramount Pictures Bad Robot
The Adventures of Tintin Steven Spielberg December 21, 2011 Paramount Pictures (also UK, Australia and Canada) Columbia Pictures The Kennedy/Marshall Company
WingNut Films
Nickelodeon Movies
War Horse December 25, 2011 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (via Touchstone Pictures) DreamWorks Pictures
Reliance Entertainment
The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Men in Black 3 Barry Sonnenfeld May 25, 2012 Columbia Pictures Parkes/MacDonald ImageNation
Media Magik Entertainment
Hemisphere Media Capital
Lincoln Steven Spielberg November 16, 2012 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (via Touchstone Pictures) 20th Century Fox DreamWorks Pictures
Dune Entertainment
Participant Media
Reliance Entertainment
The Kennedy/Marshall Company
The Hundred-Foot Journey Lasse Hallström August 8, 2014 Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA) DreamWorks Pictures
Reliance Entertainment
Participant Media
Image Nation
Harpo Films
Jurassic World Colin Trevorrow June 12, 2015 Universal Pictures Legendary Pictures
Bridge of Spies Steven Spielberg October 16, 2015 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (via Touchstone Pictures) 20th Century Fox DreamWorks Pictures
Participant Media
Reliance Entertainment
Fox 2000 Pictures
Marc Platt Productions
TSG Entertainment
Afterworks Limited
Studio Babelsberg
The BFG July 1, 2016 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA) Walt Disney Pictures
Walden Media
Reliance Entertainment
The Kennedy/Marshall Company
A Dog's Purpose * Lasse Hallström January 27, 2017 Universal Pictures Reliance Entertainment
Walden Media
Pariah Entertainment Group
The Post Steven Spielberg December 22, 2017 20th Century Fox Universal Pictures (elsewhere)
Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA)
DreamWorks Pictures
Participant Media
Pascal Pictures
Star Thrower Entertainment
TSG Entertainment
Ready Player One March 29, 2018 Warner Bros. Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures
Access Entertainment
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
De Line Pictures
Farah Films & Management [2]
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom J. A. Bayona June 22, 2018 Universal Pictures Legendary Pictures
Perfect World Pictures
The House with a Clock in Its Walls* Eli Roth September 21, 2018 Universal Pictures Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA)Mythology Entertainment
A Dog's Journey* Gail Mancuso May 17, 2019 Reliance Entertainment
Walden Media
Alibaba Pictures
Pariah Entertainment Group
Men in Black: International F. Gary Gray June 14, 2019 Columbia Pictures Parkes+MacDonald Productions
Image Nation Abu Dhabi
Cats * Tom Hooper December 20, 2019 Universal Pictures Monumental Pictures
The Really Useful Group
Working Title Films
Perfect World Pictures
The Turning * Floria Sigismondi January 24, 2020 Universal Pictures Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA) DreamWorks Pictures
Reliance Entertainment
Vertigo Entertainment
Chislehurst Entertainment; uncredited
Finch * Miguel Sapochnik November 5, 2021 Apple TV+ Dutch Angle
ImageMovers
Playtone
Alibaba Pictures
Misher Films
Walden Media
West Side Story [3] Steven Spielberg December 10, 2021 [4] 20th Century Studios TSG Entertainment
Jurassic World Dominion Colin Trevorrow June 10, 2022 [5] [6] [7] Universal Pictures Perfect World Pictures
The Fabelmans Steven Spielberg November 11, 2022 Universal Pictures Entertainment One (United Kingdom and Ireland)
StudioCanal (Australia and New Zealand)
Reliance Entertainment (India)
01 Distribution and Leone Film Group (Italy)
Nordisk Film (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden)
N/A
Maestro [8] Bradley Cooper November 22, 2023 Netflix Sikelia Productions
Fred Berner Films
Joint Effort
The Color Purple [9] Blitz Bazawule December 25, 2023 Warner Bros. Pictures OW Films
SGS Pictures
Quincy Jones Productions
Domain Entertainment

Upcoming films

TitleRelease dateU.S. distributorInternational distributorCo-production companies
Twisters *July 19, 2024 Universal Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Carry-On * [10] 2024 [11] Netflix Dylan Clark Productions
Untitled Jurassic World film [12] July 2, 2025 Universal Pictures The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Untitled Bee Gees biopic2025 [13] Paramount Pictures Scott Free Productions
GK Films
Sister Films
The Thursday Murder Club [14] TBA Netflix N/A
A Guilty ConscienceTBA A24 Edko Films
Gracie Films

Note: The films marked with "*" are ones that Spielberg un-involved with.

Short films

Direct-to-video

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