List of VistaVision films
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The following is a list of films filmed using the VistaVision process for the majority of their runtime.
Films are live-action color features except where noted.
1954–61: Original
2024–present: Revival
| Film | Year | Studio | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Brutalist | 2024 | A24 | Selected portions and wide shots filmed with Beaucam | [11] |
| One Battle After Another | 2025 | Warner Bros. Pictures | Beaucam used as primary camera for “somewhere between 70 and 80 percent” of the film | [12] |
| Bugonia | Focus Features | Wilcam and Beaucam used as primary cameras; “shot 95 percent” on Vistavision | [12] | |
| Digger | 2026 | Warner Bros. Pictures | Beaucam used for select sequences | [13] |
| Narnia: The Magician's Nephew | Netflix | VistaVision used for Narnia scenes; first streaming service film to use VistaVision cameras. | ||
| Remain | 2027 | Warner Bros. Pictures | Beaucam used for select sequences |
Films using or processed in VistaVision
Starting in the 1970s, several films made using or processed in VistaVision format for visual effects and partially modified works or minor scenes only.[14]
- Star Wars (1977)
- Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo (1978)
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Caveman (1981)
- The Fox and the Hound (1981)
- Tron (1982)
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
- Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Back to the Future (1985)
- Aliens (1986)
- RoboCop (1987)
- Coming to America (1988)
- Moonwalker (1988)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (approximately 80 percent of the entire movie shot on Vistavision)[15]
- Back to the Future Part II (1989)
- The Abyss (1989)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Back to the Future Part III (1990)
- Die Hard 2 (1990)
- Dances with Wolves (1990)
- Newsies (1992)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Speed (1994)
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- True Lies (1994)
- Apollo 13 (1995)
- Jumanji (1995)
- The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
- Twister (1996)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- Contact (1997)
- Men in Black (1997)
- Meet Joe Black (1998)
- The Matrix (1999)
- The Mummy (1999)
- Gladiator (2000)
- The Perfect Storm (2000)
- Pearl Harbor (2001)
- The Mummy Returns (2001)
- Jurassic Park III (2001)
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Men in Black II (2002)
- 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
- A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Batman Begins (2005)
- Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
- Flightplan (2005)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007)
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- Blindness (2008)
- Watchmen (2009)
- Inception (2010)
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
- Captain Phillips (2013)
- Interstellar (2014)
- Spectre (2015)
- First Man (2018)
- Tenet (2020)
- Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
- White Noise (2022)
- Poor Things (2023)
- Chapter 51 (2025)
- Wuthering Heights (2026)
- Mascotland (TBA)[16]
References
- ↑ "The Story". American WideScreen Museum. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1954-10-23. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1955-12-21. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1955-02-19. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1953-04-30. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1953-12-15. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1955-05-07. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1955-10-01. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1952-08-10. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1955-03-26. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ↑ "How This Epic Was Shot in 5 Different Formats: The Brutalist". In Depth Cine. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
- 1 2 Wakeman, Gregory. "Why Are Some of the World's Best Directors Reviving This Special Film Format Created in the 1950s?". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
- ↑ "Taking stock – Shooting on film". Definition Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
- ↑ Atad, Corey (2025-11-04). "How VistaVision Became 2025's Hottest Film Format". GQ. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ↑ https://theasc.com/articles/who-framed-roger-rabbit
- ↑ https://www.uninflected.com/post/why-we-re-shooting-mascotland-on-the-only-silent-vistavision-camera-in-the-world