List of VistaVision films

The following is a list of films filmed using the VistaVision process.

Films are live-action color features except where noted.

Films shot entirely in VistaVision

Film	Year	Studio	Notes
VistaVision Visits Norway	1954	Paramount	Short film
White Christmas	1954	Paramount	First VistaVision release	^[1]
3 Ring Circus	1954	Paramount		^[2]
An Alligator Named Daisy	1955	Rank
Artists and Models	1955	Paramount		^[3]
The Desperate Hours	1955	Paramount	First B&W film shot in VistaVision	^[4]
Doctor at Sea	1955	Rank
The Far Horizons	1955	Paramount		^[5]
The Girl Rush	1955	Paramount		^[6]
Hell's Island	1955	Paramount		^[7]
Lucy Gallant	1955	Paramount		^[8]
Richard III	1955	London Films
The Rose Tattoo	1955	Paramount	Black & white	^[9]
Run for Cover	1955	Paramount		^[10]
The Seven Little Foys	1955	Paramount
Simon and Laura	1955	Rank
Strategic Air Command	1955	Paramount
To Catch a Thief	1955	Paramount
The Trouble with Harry	1955	Paramount
VistaVision Visits Hawaii	1955	Paramount	Short film
VistaVision Visits Japan	1955	Paramount	Short film
VistaVision Visits Mexico	1955	Paramount	Short film
VistaVision Visits Spain	1955	Paramount	Short film
VistaVision Visits Sun Trails	1955	Paramount	Short film
We're No Angels	1955	Paramount
You're Never Too Young	1955	Paramount
Anything Goes	1956	Paramount
The Battle of the River Plate	1956	Rank
The Birds and the Bees	1956	Paramount
The Black Tent	1956	Rank
The Court Jester	1956	Paramount
Away All Boats	1956	Universal Pictures
High Society	1956	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
House of Secrets	1956	Rank
The Searchers	1956	Warner Bros.
Hollywood or Bust	1956	Paramount
The Leather Saint	1956	Paramount	Black & white
The Man Who Knew Too Much	1956	Paramount
The Mountain	1956	Paramount
Pardners	1956	Paramount
The Proud and Profane	1956	Paramount	Black & white
The Rainmaker	1956	Paramount
The Scarlet Hour	1956	Paramount	Black & white
The Search for Bridey Murphy	1956	Paramount	Black & white
The Spanish Gardener	1956	Rank
The Ten Commandments	1956	Paramount
That Certain Feeling	1956	Paramount
Three Violent People	1956	Paramount
The Vagabond King	1956	Paramount
VistaVision Visits Austria	1956	Paramount	Short film
VistaVision Visits Gibralter	1956	Paramount	Short film
VistaVision Visits Panama	1956	Paramount	Short film
War and Peace	1956	Paramount
Beau James	1957	Paramount
The Buster Keaton Story	1957	Paramount	Black & white
The Pride and the Passion	1957	United Artists
The Delicate Delinquent	1957	Paramount	Black & white
The Devil's Hairpin	1957	Paramount
Doctor at Large	1957	Rank
Fear Strikes Out	1957	Paramount	Black & white
Funny Face	1957	Paramount
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral	1957	Paramount
Hear Me Good	1957	Paramount	Black & white
Hell Drivers	1957	Rank	Black & white
Ill Met by Moonlight	1957	Rank	Black & white
The Joker Is Wild	1957	Paramount	Black & white
The Lonely Man	1957	Paramount	Black & white
Loving You	1957	Paramount
Omar Khayyam	1957	Paramount
The Sad Sack	1957	Paramount	Black & white
Short Cut to Hell	1957	Paramount	Black & white
Spanish Affair	1957	Paramount
The Tin Star	1957	Paramount	Black & white
Wild Is the Wind	1957	Paramount	Black & white
Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot	1957	Paramount	Short produced for Colonial Williamsburg
Another Time, Another Place	1958	Paramount	Black & white
The Big Money	1958	Rank
The Black Orchid	1958	Paramount	Black & white
The Buccaneer	1958	Paramount
Desire Under the Elms	1958	Paramount	Black & white
The Geisha Boy	1958	Paramount
Hot Spell	1958	Paramount	Black & white
Houseboat	1958	Paramount
King Creole	1958	Paramount	Black & white
Maracaibo	1958	Paramount
The Matchmaker	1958	Paramount	Black & white
Rock-a-Bye Baby	1958	Paramount
St. Louis Blues	1958	Paramount	Black & white
Teacher's Pet	1958	Paramount	Black & white
Vertigo	1958	Paramount
But Not for Me	1959	Paramount	Black & white
Death by Hanging	1959		Japan, black and white
The Five Pennies	1959	Paramount
The Jayhawkers!	1959	Paramount
Last Train from Gun Hill	1959	Paramount
Li'l Abner	1959	Paramount
North by Northwest	1959	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sampo	1959		USSR-Finland
That Kind of Woman	1959	Paramount	Black & white
The Trap	1959	Paramount
Heller in Pink Tights	1960	Paramount
It Started in Naples	1960	Paramount
One-Eyed Jacks	1961	Paramount
Ellston Bay	2016		Short film	^[11]
The Brutalist	2024			^[12]

Films using VistaVision for special effects process work only

Star Wars (1977)
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)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
The Abyss (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Jurassic Park (film) (1993)
Forrest Gump (1994)
True Lies (1994)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Jumanji (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)
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 Parts 1 & 2 (2010/2011)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Captain Phillips (2013)
Interstellar (2014)
Spectre (2015)
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
Poor Things (2023)^[13]

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.
^ "British filmmakers resurrect VistaVision for their short film 'Ellston Bay'". Eastman Kodak Company. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
^ Hemphill, Jim (December 12, 2024). "Why 'The Brutalist' Revived Alfred Hitchcock's Favorite Format — and Why You Should See the Movie in 70mm to Appreciate It". Indiewire. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
^ Pennington, Adrian (2024-11-21). "Behind the Scenes: Poor Things". IBC. Retrieved 2024-11-21.

[q135-1] "The Story". American WideScreen Museum. Retrieved 2024-11-21.

[2] "Catalog". AFI. 1954-10-23. Retrieved 2024-11-21.

[3] "Catalog". AFI. 1955-12-21. Retrieved 2024-11-21.

[4] "Catalog". AFI. 1955-02-19. Retrieved 2024-11-21.

[5] "Catalog". AFI. 1953-04-30. Retrieved 2024-11-21.

[w736-6] "Catalog". AFI. 1953-12-15. Retrieved 2024-11-21.

[7] "Catalog". AFI. 1955-05-07. Retrieved 2024-11-21.

[8] "Catalog". AFI. 1955-10-01. Retrieved 2024-11-21.

[9] "Catalog". AFI. 1952-08-10. Retrieved 2024-11-21.

[10] "Catalog". AFI. 1955-03-26. Retrieved 2024-11-22.

[11] "British filmmakers resurrect VistaVision for their short film 'Ellston Bay'". Eastman Kodak Company. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2024.

[12] Hemphill, Jim (December 12, 2024). "Why 'The Brutalist' Revived Alfred Hitchcock's Favorite Format — and Why You Should See the Movie in 70mm to Appreciate It". Indiewire. Retrieved December 18, 2024.

[13] Pennington, Adrian (2024-11-21). "Behind the Scenes: Poor Things". IBC. Retrieved 2024-11-21.

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