October Films, Inc. was an American independent film production company 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.

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. In 1999, Universal sold October, Interscope Communications, and Gramercy Pictures to Barry Diller, who merged the three companies to form USA Films. 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 TwentyFourSeven 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

References

External links October Films at IMDb Focus Features October Films UK