Davis Films

{{Short description|French independent film production company}}

{{about|the French independent production company|the American production company|Davis Entertainment}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Davis Films

| type = Private

| industry = Film

| founded = {{start date and age|1990}}

| founder = Samuel Hadida

| location = France

| products = Motion pictures

| services = Film production

}}

Davis Films is a French independent film production company founded by Samuel Hadida in 1990.{{Cite web|title=New Blood for Solomon Kane|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/05/19/new-blood-for-solomon-kane|website=IGN|date=19 May 2003 |language=en|access-date=2021-07-08}} It is best known for producing the Resident Evil and Silent Hill film series adapted from video games.

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

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! Year

! Film

! Distributor

! Notes

rowspan="4"|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)

|

rowspan="2"|1995

|The Expert

|New City Releasing (United States)

|

Crying Freeman

|Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

rowspan="2"|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

rowspan="2"|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

rowspan="3"|1999

|The Big Brass Ring

|Millennium Media (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

Inferno

|

|France only

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby

|

|

2001

|Brotherhood of the Wolf

|

|

rowspan="4"|2002

|Resident Evil

|Sony Pictures Releasing (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

Sweat

|

|

The Rules of Attraction

|

|France only

Spider

|

|

rowspan="5"|2004

|Turn Left at the End of the World

|

|

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

|Sony Pictures Releasing (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

Five Children and It

|

|

Battle of the Brave

|

|

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

|Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
Sony Pictures Releasing (Spain)

|

rowspan="4"|2005

|Good Night, and Good Luck

|

|

The Aura

|

|

Domino

|

|

Lassie

|

|France only

rowspan="3"|2006

|Silent Hill

|Sony Pictures Releasing (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

|

|Uncredited

The Black Dahlia

|

|France only

2007

|Resident Evil: Extinction

|Sony Pictures Releasing (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

rowspan="2"|2009

|The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

|

|

Solomon Kane

|

|

2010

|Resident Evil: Afterlife

|Sony Pictures Releasing (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

rowspan="2"|2011

|Blitz

|rowspan="2"|Lionsgate Films (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

Conan the Barbarian

|France only

rowspan="2"|2012

|Resident Evil: Retribution

|Sony Pictures Releasing (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

Silent Hill: Revelation

|Lionsgate Films (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
Alliance Films (Canada)

|

2013

|The Railway Man

|

|

rowspan="2"|2014

|The Expendables 3

|Lionsgate Films (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|rowspan="2"|France Only

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

|Dimension Films (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

2015

|Un plus une

|Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

rowspan="4"|2016

|Criminal

|Lionsgate Films (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|France Only

Fanny's Journey

|

|

Mechanic: Resurrection

|Lionsgate Films (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|France only

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

|Sony Pictures Releasing (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

rowspan="4"|2017

|Loue-moi!

|Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

The Hitman's Bodyguard

|Lionsgate Films (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|rowspan="2"|France only

Papillon

|Bleecker Street (United States)
Blitz (Serbia & Montenegro)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

Everyone's Life

|rowspan="3"|Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

rowspan="4"|2018

|Love Addict

|

Belleville Cop

|

Hunter Killer

|Lionsgate Films (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|France only

La voix humaine

|Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

rowspan="7"|2019

|Hellboy

|Lionsgate Films (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|France only

The Best Years of a Life

|rowspan="2"|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

Sisters in Arms

|Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

The Outpost

|

|rowspan="4"|France only

rowspan="4"|2021

|Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

|Lionsgate Films (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

Till Death

|

Jolt

|

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

|Sony Pictures Releasing (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

rowspan="3"|2022

|Crimes of the Future

|Sphere Films (Canada)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
Vertigo Films (United Kingdom)
Argonauts Distribution (Greece)
Neon (United States)

|France only

La Traversée

|Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

Marlowe

|Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
Open Road Films (United States)

|

rowspan="6"|2023

|The Offering

|Decal (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|rowspan="4"|France only

In the Land of Saints and Sinners

|Netflix (United Kingdom)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

Expend4bles

|Lionsgate Films (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

The Piper

|Samuel Goldwyn Films (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

Flo

|Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

The Bricklayer

|Vertical (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|France only

rowspan="7"|2024

|Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia

|Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
01 Distribution (Italy)
Signature Entertainment (United Kingdom)

|

Wanted Man

|Quiver Distribution (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|France only

Kali

|Amazon Prime Video & Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

Hellboy: The Crooked Man

|Ketchup Entertainment (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|France only

The Crow

|Lionsgate Films (United States)
Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|

Subservience

|XYZ Films (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

|rowspan="2"|France only

Dirty Angels

|Lionsgate Films (United States)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

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! Year

! Film

! Distributor

! Notes

2025

|Red Sonja

|Signature Entertainment (United Kingdom)

|

rowspan="2"|TBA

|Return to Silent Hill

|Leonine Studios (Germany)
TBA (Serbia)
TBA (United Kingdom)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
TBA (United States)

|

Untitled Fatal Frame/Project Zero film

|TBA

|

References

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