Davis Films

This article is about the French independent production company. For the American production company, see Davis Entertainment.

Davis Films is a French independent film production company founded by Samuel Hadida in 1990.^[1] It is best known for producing the Resident Evil and Silent Hill film series adapted from video games.

Davis Films

Company type	Private
Industry	Film
Founded	1990; 35 years ago (1990)
Founder	Samuel Hadida
Headquarters	France
Products	Motion pictures
Services	Film production

It has been acting since the 1990s in partnership with other independent film companies in Hollywood, including Lionsgate, New Line Cinema, Screen Gems and Millennium Media. They were also in partnership with bigger Hollywood companies as well, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Studios and DreamWorks Pictures.

Films

Year	Film	Distributor	Notes
1993	Only the Strong	20th Century Fox (United States) PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (International) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	True Romance	Warner Bros. Pictures (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Killing Zoe	October Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Necronomicon	New Line Cinema (United States) BAC Films (France) Pioneer LDC (Japan)
1995	The Expert	New City Releasing (United States)
	Crying Freeman	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
1996	Freeway	Republic Pictures (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	The Adventures of Pinocchio	New Line Cinema (United States) Barrandov Biografia (Czech Republic) Metropolitan Filmexport (France) PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (United Kingdom & International) Warner Bros. Pictures (Germany & Austria)	France only; Uncredited in the US
1997	Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Nirvana	Cecchi Gori Distribution (Italy) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
1998	Legionnaire	Sterling Home Entertainment (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only; Uncredited in the US
1999	The Big Brass Ring	Millennium Films (United States)	Uncredited; under Samuel Hadida
	Inferno	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only; Uncredited in the US
	Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby	Full Moon Features (United States)
2001	Brotherhood of the Wolf	Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Focus Features (United States)
2002	Resident Evil	Constantin Film (Germany) Pathé and FilmFour (United Kingdom) Sony Pictures Releasing (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Sweat	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Spider	Odeon Films (Canada) Helkon UK (United Kingdom) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2004	Turn Left at the End of the World	Metro Communications (Israel) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Constantin Film (Germany) Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Alliance Atlantis (Canada) Sony Pictures Releasing (United States and United Kingdom)
	Five Children and It	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Battle of the Brave	Pathé (United Kingdom) Warner Home Video Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Capitol Films (International)
	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Sony Pictures Releasing (Spain)
2005	Good Night, and Good Luck	Warner Independent Pictures (United States) Redbus Film Distribution (United Kingdom) Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Tohokushinsha (Japan)
	The Aura	Buena Vista International (Argentina) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Domino	Metropolitan Filmexport (France) New Line Cinema (United States) Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom) Summit Entertainment (International)
	Lassie	Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom) Roadside Attractions and IDP Distribution (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2006	Silent Hill	Alliance Atlantis (Canada) Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Sony Pictures Releasing (United States)
	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Constantin Film (Germany) Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Filmax (Spain) DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures (United States) Summit Entertainment (International)
	The Black Dahlia	Universal Pictures (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Warner Bros. Pictures (Germany)	France only; Uncredited in the US
2007	Resident Evil: Extinction	Constantin Film (Germany) Alliance Atlantis (Canada) Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Sony Pictures Releasing (United States and United Kingdom)
2009	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Lionsgate UK (United Kingdom) Metropolitan Filmexport (France) E1 Entertainment (Canada)
	Solomon Kane	Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom) Radius-TWC (United States)
2010	Resident Evil: Afterlife	Constantin Film (Germany) Sony Pictures Releasing (United States and United Kingdom) Alliance Films (Canada) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2011	Blitz	Lionsgate UK (United Kingdom) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Conan the Barbarian	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only; Uncredited in the US
	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen	Lionsgate UK (United Kingdom) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2012	Resident Evil: Retribution	Constantin Film (Germany) Sony Pictures Releasing (United States) Alliance Films (Canada) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Silent Hill: Revelation	Alliance Films (Canada) Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Lionsgate Films (United States)
2013	The Railway Man	Paramount Pictures and Transmission Films (Australia) Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (Switzerland) Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Lionsgate UK (United Kingdom)
2014	The Expendables 3	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only; Uncredited in the US
	Sin City: A Dame to Kill For	Dimension Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2015	The Scent of Mandarin	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Un plus une
2016	Criminal	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only; Uncredited in the US
	Fanny's Journey	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Mechanic: Resurrection	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only; Uncredited in the US
	Resident Evil: The Final Chapter	Constantin Film (Germany) Sony Pictures Releasing (United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2017	Loue-moi!	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	The Hitman's Bodyguard	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only; Uncredited in the US
	Papillon	Bleecker Street (United States) Blitz (Serbia & Montenegro) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Everyone's Life	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2018	Love Addict
	Belleville Cop
	Hunter Killer	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only; Uncredited in the US
	La voix humaine	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2019	Hellboy	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only; Uncredited in the US
	The Best Years of a Life	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Andy
	Lucky Day	Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Elevation Pictures (Canada) Lionsgate Films (United States)
	Rambo: Last Blood	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only; Uncredited in the US
	Sisters in Arms	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	The Outpost	Screen Media (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only; Uncredited in the US
2021	Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Till Death	Screen Media (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Jolt	Amazon Studios (United States)	Uncredited; under Victor Hadida
	Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City	Sony Pictures Releasing (United States and United Kingdom) Constantin Film (Germany) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2022	Crimes of the Future	Sphere Films (Canada) Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Vertigo Films (United Kingdom) Argonauts Distribution (Greece)	France only; Uncredited in the US, UK, Canada and Greece
	La Traversée	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Marlowe	Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Open Road Films (United States)
2023	The Offering	Decal (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only; Uncredited in the US
	In the Land of Saints and Sinners	Netflix (United Kingdom and Ireland) Samuel Goldwyn Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only; Uncredited in the US, UK and Ireland
	Expend4bles	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only; Uncredited in the US
	The Piper	Samuel Goldwyn Films (United States)	Uncredited; under Victor Hadida
	Flo	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	The Bricklayer	Vertical (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only; Uncredited in the US
2024	Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia	Metropolitan Filmexport (France) 01 Distribution (Italy) Signature Entertainment (United Kingdom)
	Wanted Man	Quiver Distribution (United States)	Uncredited; under Victor Hadida
	Kali	Amazon Prime Video & Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Hellboy: The Crooked Man	Ketchup Entertainment (United States)	Uncredited; under Victor Hadida
	The Crow	Lionsgate Films (United States) Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Subservience	XYZ Films (United States)	Uncredited; under Victor Hadida
	Dirty Angels	Lionsgate Films (United States)
2025	The Ice Tower	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Guns Up	Vertical (United States)	Uncredited; under Victor Hadida
	Red Sonja	Samuel Goldwyn Films (United States)

Upcoming

Year	Film	Distributor	Notes
2026	Return to Silent Hill	Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Cineverse (United States)	[2]
	Shelter	Black Bear Pictures (United States)
	Untitled Resident Evil film	Sony Pictures Releasing (United States) Constantin Film (Germany) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	[3]
TBA	Trompe-La-Mort	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	House of Night	Highland Film Group (United States)
	Untitled Fatal Frame/Project Zero film	TBA