October Films

October Films, Inc. was an American independent film production company^[1] and distributor founded in 1991 by Bingham Ray and Jeff Lipsky as a means of distributing the 1990 film Life Is Sweet in the United States.

October Films, Inc.

Industry	Independent film
Founded	1991; 34 years ago (1991)
Founder	Bingham Ray Jeff Lipsky
Defunct	1999; 26 years ago (1999)
Fate	Sold to USA Networks and merged with Gramercy Pictures and Interscope Communications to form USA Films
Successor	Focus Features
Headquarters	Beverly Hills, California , United States
Parent	Universal Studios (1997–1999)
Subsidiaries	Rogue Pictures

A series of mergers and acquisitions began when Universal Studios (then a division of the Seagram Company) bought a majority stake in October Films in 1997.^[2] In 1999, Universal sold October, Interscope Communications, and Gramercy Pictures to Barry Diller, who merged the three companies to form USA Films.^[3] Vivendi then acquired USA Films, which acquired Good Machine in 2002 and merged it with USA Films and Universal Focus, forming Focus Features.

Filmography

1990s

Release date	Films	Notes
October 25, 1991	Life Is Sweet
May 8, 1992	Adam's Rib
August 21, 1992	The Living End
September 4, 1992	The Tune
November 13, 1992	Tous les matins du monde (All the Mornings of the World)
March 31, 1993	Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
June 4, 1993	Un coeur en hiver (A Heart in Winter)
June 25, 1993	Chain of Desire
September 3, 1993	Bad Behaviour
October 8, 1993	Ruby in Paradise
November 3, 1993	The War Room
February 11, 1994	The Cement Garden
March 30, 1994	Cronos
May 6, 1994	Kika
August 19, 1994	Killing Zoe
October 26, 1994	The Last Seduction
December 23, 1994	Colonel Chabert
January 31, 1995	The Silence of the Hams
May 5, 1995	Search and Destroy
May 19, 1995	Moving the Mountain
June 2, 1995	Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker
September 1, 1995	Nadja
October 6, 1995	The Addiction
November 10, 1995	The Kingdom
November 17, 1995	When Night Is Falling
December 7, 1995	Man with a Gun
January 24, 1996	The White Balloon
April 26, 1996	Cemetery Man
May 2, 1996	Celestial Clockwork
May 10, 1996	Someone Else's America
June 18, 1996	Haunted
August 14, 1996	Small Faces
August 21, 1996	Girls Town
September 27, 1996	Secrets & Lies
October 22, 1996	Hollow Point
November 1, 1996	The Funeral
November 13, 1996	Breaking the Waves
January 10, 1997	Natural Enemy
February 21, 1997	Lost Highway
April 18, 1997	Traveller
April 25, 1997	Female Perversions
August 8, 1997	Career Girls
September 26, 1997	Kicked in the Head
October 8, 1997	Year of the Horse
November 14, 1997	Kiss or Kill
December 12, 1997	The Peacekeeper
February 20, 1998	The Apostle
May 1, 1998	Still Breathing
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May 6, 1998	The Kingdom II
June 12, 1998	High Art
August 7, 1998	Safe Men
August 21, 1998	The Best Man
August 1998	The Naked Man
September 11, 1998	Touch of Evil	40th anniversary re-release
September 18, 1998	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
October 9, 1998	The Celebration
October 23, 1998	The Last Days
November 8, 1998	The Death Train
December 30, 1998	Hilary and Jackie
January 28, 1999	Thick as Thieves
April 2, 1999	Cookie's Fortune
April 30, 1999	Three Seasons
May 12, 1999	Trippin'
June 18, 1999	The Phantom of the Opera
July 9, 1999	Autumn Tale
August 27, 1999	The Muse
September 10, 1999	Black Cat, White Cat	distributed by USA Films
September 17, 1999	Sugar Town	distributed by USA Films
September 24, 1999	Lucie Aubrac	distributed by USA Films
October 5, 1999	Detour	distributed by USA Home Entertainment
November 5, 1999	Rosetta	distributed by USA Films
December 15, 1999	Topsy-Turvy	distributed by USA Films

2000s

Release date	Title	Notes
March 3, 2000	Agnes Browne	distributed by USA Films
March 10, 2000	Condo Painting	distributed by USA Films
April 28, 2000	The Idiots	distributed by USA Films
May 5, 2000	Up at the Villa	distributed by USA Films
May 26, 2000	Joe Gould's Secret	distributed by USA Films
June 21, 2000	Boricua's Bond	copyright holder; distributed by USA Films
August 30, 2000	Alice and Martin	distributed by USA Films
October 20, 2000	A Room for Romeo Brass	distributed by USA Films
October 20, 2000	Cherry Falls	copyright holder; distributed by USA Films
March 2, 2001	Series 7: The Contenders	copyright holder; distributed by USA Films
April 27, 2001	One Night at McCool's	distributed by USA Films
June 8, 2001	Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?	distributed by USA Films
August 10, 2001	Session 9	copyright holder; distributed by USA Films