List of Imagine Entertainment productions

This is a list of films and television series produced by American independent production company Imagine Entertainment, currently based in Beverly Hills, California. The feature-film division was established in November 1985 by producer Brian Grazer and director Ron Howard, and has participated in over sixty productions and is associated with Universal Pictures,^[1] which has distributed many of Imagine's productions, some with other studios.^[2] Its television division, Imagine Television Studios (formerly Imagine Television), was also founded around the same time and has participated in at least twenty productions and has been frequently associated with 20th Century Fox Television.

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Year	Title	Distributor	Notes	References
1987	Like Father Like Son	TriStar Pictures	First film
1988	Willow	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	With Lucasfilm
	Vibes	Columbia Pictures
	Clean and Sober	Warner Bros.
1989	The 'Burbs	Universal Pictures		^[3]
	The Dream Team
	Parenthood			^[4]

Year	Title	Distributor	Notes	References
1990	Cry-Baby	Universal Pictures
	Opportunity Knocks		With Brad Grey Productions and The Meledandri-Gordon Company
	Kindergarten Cop			^[3]
	Problem Child		With Robert Simonds Productions	^[3]
1991	The Doors	Tri-Star Pictures	With Carolco Pictures
	Closet Land	Universal Pictures
	Backdraft		With Trilogy Entertainment Group
	Problem Child 2		With Robert Simonds Productions
	My Girl	Columbia Pictures
1992	Far and Away	Universal Pictures		^[3]
	Housesitter	Universal Pictures
	Boomerang	Paramount Pictures	With Eddie Murphy Productions
1993	CB4	Universal Pictures	Uncredited
	Cop and a Half
	For Love or Money
1994	My Girl 2	Columbia Pictures
	Greedy	Universal Pictures
	The Paper
	The Cowboy Way
1995	Apollo 13		Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2023
1996	Sgt. Bilko
	Fear
	The Nutty Professor		With Eddie Murphy Productions	^[5]
	Ransom	Buena Vista Pictures	With Touchstone Pictures; uncredited
	The Chamber	Universal Pictures	With Davis Entertainment
1997	Liar Liar	Universal Pictures
1997	Inventing the Abbotts	20th Century Fox
1998	Mercury Rising	Universal Pictures
1998	Psycho
1999	EDtv
	Life
	Bowfinger
	Beyond the Mat	Lions Gate Films		^[6]

Year	Title	Distributor	Notes	References
2000	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal Pictures	With Eddie Murphy Productions
2000	How the Grinch Stole Christmas		With Dr. Seuss Enterprises
2001	A Beautiful Mind		With DreamWorks Pictures	^[4]
2002	Undercover Brother
	Blue Crush
	Stealing Harvard	Sony Pictures Releasing	With Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios
	8 Mile	Universal Pictures	With Mikona Productions GmbH & Co. KG	^[5]
2003	Intolerable Cruelty	Universal Pictures	With Mike Zoss Productions
	The Missing	Sony Pictures Releasing	With Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios
	The Cat in the Hat	Universal Pictures	With DreamWorks Pictures and Dr. Seuss Enterprises
2004	The Alamo	Buena Vista Pictures	With Touchstone Pictures
2004	Friday Night Lights	Universal Pictures		^[4]
2005	Inside Deep Throat		With HBO Documentary Films and World of Wonder
	Cinderella Man		With Miramax Films and Parkway Productions
	Flightplan	Buena Vista Pictures	With Touchstone Pictures
	Fun with Dick and Jane	Sony Pictures Releasing	With Columbia Pictures and JC 23 Entertainment
2006	Curious George	Universal Pictures	With Universal Animation Studios; first animated film
	Inside Man	Universal Pictures	With 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks	^[4]
	The Da Vinci Code	Sony Pictures Releasing	With Columbia Pictures and Skylark Productions
2007	American Gangster	Universal Pictures	With Relativity Media and Scott Free Productions
2008	Changeling		With Relativity Media and Malpaso Productions
2008	Frost/Nixon		With StudioCanal, Relativity Media and Working Title Films
2009	Angels & Demons	Sony Pictures Releasing	With Columbia Pictures and Skylark Productions

Year	Title	Distributor	Notes	References
2010	Robin Hood	Universal Pictures	With Relativity Media and Scott Free Productions
2011	The Dilemma	Universal Pictures	With Spyglass Entertainment and Wild West Picture Show Productions	^[5]
	Take Me Home Tonight	Relativity Media	With Rogue
	Cowboys & Aliens	Universal Pictures	With DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, K/O Paper Products, Fairview Entertainment and Platinum Studios; international distribution by Paramount Pictures	^[5]
	Restless	Sony Pictures Classics	With Columbia Pictures
	Tower Heist	Universal Pictures	With Relativity Media and Eddie Murphy Productions	^[5]
	J. Edgar	Warner Bros. Pictures	With Malpaso Productions and Wintergreen Productions
2012	Katy Perry: Part of Me	Paramount Pictures	With AEG Live, EMI Music, Perry Productions, Pulse Films, Magical Elves Productions, Splinter Films, MTV Films and Insurge Pictures
2013	Rush	Universal Pictures	Independently financed; with Exclusive Media, Cross Creek Pictures, Working Title Films and Revolution Films
2013	Made in America	Phase 4 Films	With Participant Media, RadicalMedia and Jay-Z	^[7]
2014	Get On Up	Universal Pictures	With Jagged Films and Wyolah Films
2014	The Good Lie	Warner Bros. Pictures	With Alcon Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment and Black Label Media
2015	In the Heart of the Sea	Warner Bros. Pictures	With Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, COTT Productions, Enelmar Productions A.I.E., Roth Films, Spring Creek Pictures and Kia Jam	^[4]
	Prophet's Prey	Showtime^[8]	With Artemis Rising Foundation and Disarming Films	^[9]
	Love the Coopers	CBS Films (via Lionsgate)	With Groundswell Productions	^[10]
2016	Pelé: Birth of a Legend	IFC Films	With Seine Pictures
	Inferno	Sony Pictures Releasing	With Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital, LSG Productions and Mid Atlantic Films
	The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years	Hulu	With Apple Corps and White Horse Pictures	^[11]
2017	Lowriders	Universal Pictures	With BH Tilt and Telemundo
	The Dark Tower	Sony Pictures Releasing	With Columbia Pictures, Weed Road Pictures and MRC
	American Made	Universal Pictures	With Cross Creek Pictures, Hercules Film Fund, Quadrant Pictures and Vendian Entertainment
2018	The Spy Who Dumped Me	Lionsgate	With Bron Studios	^[12]
2019	Pavarotti	CBS Films	With PolyGram Entertainment, Decca Records and White Horse Pictures
2019	Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band	Magnolia Pictures	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Bell Media Studios and White Pine Pictures	^[13]^[14]

Year	Title	Distributor	Notes	References
2020	Rebuilding Paradise	National Geographic Documentary Films	Under Imagine Documentaries	^[15]
	Breakthrough: Virus Fighters	National Geographic Documentary Films	Under Imagine Documentaries; with National Geographic Studios, Lincoln Square Productions, DDCD & Partners, Inc., Asylum Entertainment and General Electric	^[16]
	D. Wade: Life Unexpected	ESPN Films	Under Imagine Documentaries	^[17]^[18]
2021	Julia	Sony Pictures Classics	Under Imagine Documentaries; with CNN Films and Storyville Films	^[19]
2021	Paper & Glue	Abromarama and MSNBC Films	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Impact Partners, TIME Studios and Shark Island Productions	^[20]
2022	Thirteen Lives	United Artists Releasing and Amazon Studios	With Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Bron Creative, Magnolia Mae Films and Storyteller Productions	^[21]
2023	Carlos	Sony Pictures Classics	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Sony Music Entertainment	^[22]
2025	Eden	Vertical	With AGC Studios, Library Pictures International and Medan Productions	^[23]
2025	After the Hunt	Amazon MGM Studios	With Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Frenesy Film Company and Big Indie Pictures; international distribution by Sony Pictures Releasing International	^[24]

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Year	Title	Distributor	Notes	References
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2020	Dads	Apple TV+	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Dove Men + Care and Nine Muses Entertainment	^[42]
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2022	Downfall: The Case Against Boeing	Netflix	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Moxie Films
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	We Feed People	Disney+	Under Imagine Documentaries; with National Geographic Documentary Films	^[50]
	Leave No Trace	Hulu	Under Imagine Documentaries; with ABC News Studios and Vermilion Films	^[51]
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	Wedding Season	Netflix	With Jax Media and Samosa Stories
	Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues	Apple TV+	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Polygram Entertainment
	The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari	Netflix	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Appian Way and Moxie Films	^[53]
2023	Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming, with Dave Letterman	Disney+	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Tremolo Productions and Worldwide Pants Productions	^[54]
	Judy Blume Forever	Amazon Prime Video	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Amazon Studios	^[55]
	The Beanie Bubble	Apple TV+	With Apple Studios	^[56]
	Candy Cane Lane	Amazon Prime Video	With Amazon MGM Studios, Bubble Pictures and Big Indie Pictures	^[57]
2024	Frida	Amazon Prime Video	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Amazon MGM Studios, Time Studios and Storyville Films	^[58]
	Stormy	Peacock	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Apatow Productions and Carr Lot Productions	^[59]
	Jim Henson Idea Man	Disney+	Under Imagine Documentaries; with The Jim Henson Company, Disney Original Documentary, Diamond Docs and Fifth Season	^[60]^[61]
	Music by John Williams	Disney+	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Lucasfilm Ltd., Amblin Documentaries and Nedland Media	^[62]
	The Lost Children	Netflix	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Grain Media, Caracol Televisión, Teletigre and One Day's Walk	^[63]
2025	Pets	Disney+	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Nine Muses Entertainment	^[64]
	Stewart 27	ESPN+	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Andscape, Rockstar Energy Drink, PepsiCo Content Studio	^[65]
	Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything	Hulu	Under Imagine Documentaries, with ABC News Studios and Latchkey Films	^[66]

Year	Title	Distributor	Notes	References
2026	The Mosquito Bowl	Netflix	with Film 44	^[67]^[68]
2026	The Shrinking of Treehorn	Netflix	With Animal Logic, Paramount Animation and Paramount Pictures	^[69]

Year	Title	Distributor	Notes	References
2023	Personality Crisis: One Night Only	Showtime	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Showtime Documentary Films and Sikelia Productions
2023	The Slumber Party	Disney Channel	Under Imagine Kids+Family; with Jax Media	^[70]

Year(s)	Title	Network/Channel	Notes
1986–87	Gung Ho	ABC	First television series; with Four Way Productions and Paramount Television
1987–88	Ohara	ABC	With M'ass Production and Warner Bros. Television
1987	Take Five	CBS	With Empire City Presentations and Tri-Star Television
1989	Knight & Daye	NBC

Year(s)	Title	Network/Channel	Notes
1990–91	Parenthood	NBC	With Universal Television
1990–91	My Talk Show	Syndication	With Second City Entertainment and MCA TV
1997–98	Hiller and Diller	ABC	With Touchstone Television
1998	From the Earth to the Moon	HBO
1998–2000	Sports Night	ABC	With Touchstone Television
1998–2002	Felicity	The WB	With Touchstone Television
1999–2001	The PJs	FOX/The WB	With The Murphy Company, Will Vinton Studios, Touchstone Television (seasons 1–2) and Warner Bros. Television (season 3)

Year(s)	Title	Network/Channel	Notes	References
2000	Wonderland	ABC/The 101 Network	With Touchstone Television
2000	Rat Bastard	UPN	Pilot; with Epoch Ink
2001	The Beast	ABC	With Touchstone Television
2001–10	24	FOX	With Real Time Productions, Teakwood Lane Productions, and 20th Century Fox Television	^[4]
2003	Miss Match	NBC	With Darren Star Productions and 20th Century Fox Television
2003–06 2013–19	Arrested Development	FOX/Netflix	With The Hurwitz Company and 20th Century Fox Television	^[71]
2004	The Big House	ABC	With 20th Century Fox Television
2004–05	Quintuplets	FOX	With Mark Reisman Productions and 20th Century Fox Television
2005	The Inside	FOX	With Reamworks and 20th Century Fox Television
2006	Saved	TNT	With Sarabande Productions and Fox 21
2006–15 2021–22	Curious George	PBS Kids/Family Jr./Peacock	Credited as Imagine Entertainment; seasons 1–9, 12 and 14–15; with WGBH Boston (seasons 1–9 and 12), Universal 1440 Entertainment (seasons 12, 14–15) and Universal Animation Studios
2006	Treasure Hunters	NBC	With Magical Elves, Inc., Madison Road Entertainment and NBCUniversal Television Studio
2006–08	Shark	CBS	With Deforestation Services and 20th Century Fox Television
2006–11	Friday Night Lights	NBC	With Film 44 and Universal Television	^[71]
2008	24: Redemption	FOX	With Teakwood Lane Productions and 20th Century Fox Television
2009–11	Lie to Me	FOX	With Pagoda Pictures, Samuel Baum Productions, MiddKid Productions, and 20th Century Fox Television

Year(s)	Title	Network/Channel	Notes	References
2010–15	Parenthood	NBC	With True Jack Productions, Open 4 Business Productions and Universal Television
2011	Friends with Benefits		With Big Kid Pictures, Pickle Films, and 20th Century Fox Television
2011	The Playboy Club		With Alta Loma Entertainment, Storyland Entertainment, and 20th Century Fox Television
2012	The 84th Academy Awards	ABC	With The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	^[72]
2012	The Great Escape	TNT	With Profiles Television Productions, The Hochberg Ebersol Company, and Fox Television Studios
2013	How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)	ABC	With Hot Lava Girl Productions and 20th Century Fox Television
2014	Those Who Kill	A&E/Lifetime Movie Network	With One Two One Three Pictures, Miso Film, and Fox 21
	24: Live Another Day	FOX	With Teakwood Lane Productions and 20th Century Fox Television
	Gang Related		With Chris Morgan Productions, Skeeter Rosenbaum Productions, and 20th Century Fox Television
2015–20	Empire		With Lee Daniels Entertainment, Danny Strong Productions, Little Chicken Inc., and 20th Century Fox Television	^[4]
2015	The Bastard Executioner	FX	With Sutter Ink, FX Productions, and Fox 21 Television Studios
2015–present	Breakthrough	National Geographic Channel		^[16]
2016–18	Mars	National Geographic Channel	With RadicalMedia	^[73]
2017	24: Legacy	FOX	With Coto/Katz Productions, Teakwood Lane Productions and 20th Century Fox Television	^[74]
2017	Shots Fired	FOX	With Undisputed Cinema and 20th Century Fox Television
2017–2024	Genius	National Geographic Channel	With Paperboy Productions, OddLot Entertainment, EUE/Sokolow and 20th Television	^[75]
2019–21	Why Women Kill	CBS All Access/Paramount+	With Black Lamb, Acme Productions, Cherry Productions and CBS Studios
2019–23	Wu-Tang: An American Saga	Hulu	With RZA Productions, Minute Drill Productions and 20th Television (seasons 2–3)

Year(s)	Title	Network/Channel	Notes	References
2020	68 Whiskey	Paramount Network	With yes Studio, Little City and CBS Television Studios
2020	Filthy Rich	FOX	With Wyolah Films and Fox Entertainment
2020–21	The Astronauts	Nickelodeon	Under Imagine Kids+Family; with UnMovies and Nickelodeon Productions	^[76]^[77]
2020	On Pointe	Disney+	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Downtown Community Television Center
2021	We Are: The Brooklyn Saints	Netflix	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Disarming Films	^[78]
	Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel	Netflix	Under Imagine Documentaries; with RadicalMedia and Third Eye Motion Picture Company	^[79]
	Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine	Showtime	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Rolling Stone and Lightbox	^[79]^[80]
	Gossip	Showtime	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Showtime Documentary Films
	The Lost Symbol	Peacock	With Dworkin/Beattie, Universal Television and CBS Studios
	Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer	Netflix	Under Imagine Documentaries; with RadicalMedia and Third Eye Motion Picture Company	^[79]
2021–23	Swagger	Apple TV+	With Undisputed Cinema, Thirty Five Ventures and CBS Studios
2021–present	The Ms. Pat Show	BET+	With Lee Daniels Entertainment, DAE Light Media and BET Original Productions
2022	Under the Banner of Heaven	FX on Hulu	Credited as Imagine Television; with Hungry Jackal Productions, Aggregate Films and FXP
2022	Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet	Netflix	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Luminant Media
2022–25	Light & Magic	Disney+	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Lucasfilm and Kasdan Pictures (season 1)	^[81]
2022	Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields	Netflix	Under Imagine Documentaries; with RadicalMedia and Third Eye Motion Picture Company	^[79]
2022–25	The Tiny Chef Show	Nickelodeon	Under Imagine Kids+Family; with Factory (season 1), ShadowMachine (season 2), Dunshire Productions, Tiny Chef Productions and Nickelodeon Animation Studio	^[82]
2023	Murf the Surf	MGM+	With This Machine Filmworks
2023–24	Bossy Bear	Nickelodeon	Under Imagine Kids+Family; with Renegade Animation and Nickelodeon Animation Studio	^[83]
2023	The Super Models	Apple TV+	Under Imagine Documentaries; with One Story Up	^[84]
2023	Taiwan Crime Stories	Disney+	With CalFilms Asia and Sixty Percent Productions	^[85]
2024	Choir	Disney+	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Blumhouse Television and Maniac Productions	^[86]
	The Truth About Jim	Max	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Investigation Discovery and Freak Magnet	^[87]
	The Dynasty: New England Patriots	Apple TV+	Under Imagine Documentaries	^[88]
	I Am Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders	HBO	Under Imagine Documentaries; with HBO Documentary Films and Carr Lot Productions	^[89]
	Churchill at War	Netflix	Under Imagine Documentaries	^[90]
2025	Faces the Music	Hulu	Under Imagine Documentaries; with Mazu films, Sephora and Digitas Pictures	^[91]
	Harlem Ice	Disney+	Under Imagine Documentaries	^[92]
	David Blaine: Do Not Attempt	National Geographic Channel	Under Imagine Documentaries	^[93]
	Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series	Apple TV+	Under Imagine Documentaries; with This Machine Filmworks, Cap 2 Productions and MLB	^[94]^[95]
	Earnhardt	Amazon Prime Video	Under Imagine Documentaries; with NASCAR Studios, Everyone Else and Dirty Mo Media	^[96]
	Gringo Hunters	Netflix	With The Washington Post, Woo Films and Redrum	^[97]
2026	The 'Burbs	Peacock	Credited as Imagine Entertainment; with Fuzzy Door Productions, Out of the Blue Productions, and Universal Content Productions	^[98]

Year(s)	Title	Network/Channel	Notes	References
TBA	Wild Things	Apple TV	with Apple Studios	^[99]
	Untitled musical comedy	Amazon Prime Video	With Amazon MGM Studios	^[100]
	Fear	Peacock	With Universal Television	^[101]