Touchstone Pictures

Touchstone Pictures is a film division, of The Walt Disney Company. Its releases are typically more adult orientated than those under the Disney label, although the features, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Nightmare Before Christmas, which used to be released under the Touchstone banner, are now considered as "Disney" movies (the former featured Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and many other Disney characters, though it also featured characters from other studios while the latter was featured in Kingdom Hearts, which is essentially a Disney crossover, and the latter was released under Walt Disney Pictures upon its theatrical re-release in 2007).

The origins of Touchstone Pictures can be traced to the 1979 release of The Black Hole, a science fiction film that sparked controversy due to the fact that it was the first Disney film to receive a PG rating (although Disney had already distributed its first PG rated film, Take Down, without the Disney name visible). Over the next few years, Disney experimented with more PG-rated fare, such as the 1981 film Condorman,1982's Tron and 1983's Trenchcoat. The latter film attracted major criticism for including adult themes that were considered inappropriate for a Disney film. The controversy over Trenchcoat is generally considered the catalyst that sparked the creation of Touchstone Pictures. One title considered for the new company was "Hyperion Pictures," named after the location of the studio in the 1930s before the move to Burbank.

Ironically, some critics complained that the creation of Touchstone in order to distribute more adult content was itself inappropriate for Disney. Founded by Disney CEO Ron W. Miller in 1984, Touchstone's first release was Splash, a huge hit for the studio. The film included brief nudity on the part of star Daryl Hannah and adult language.

The unit became a top source of income for Disney during the 1980s. Touchstone/Disney's first R-rated film, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, came in January 1986 and was another smash. Ruthless People followed in April of 1986 and was also huge. One example of a recent release is Signs (2002). Touchstone is still an active unit of the company today. The studio's sister company, ABC Studios currently produces the smash hits Alias Desperate Housewives and Lost, as well as Scrubs.

In 2009, Dreamworks Pictures entered a long-term deal with Walt Disney Pictures by which the next films made by Dreamworks will be released through the Touchstone banner starting in 2011. However, in September 2015, it was announced that the contract with Disney would expire in 2016, as DreamWorks signs a contract with Universal Pictures. The last film from the DreamWorks-Disney contract will be The BFG (which will be distributed under the Walt Disney Pictures banner).

1980s

 * Splash (1984) (PG)
 * Country (1985) (PG)
 * Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985) (PG)
 * My Science Project (1985) (PG)
 * Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) (R)
 * Off Beat (1986) (PG)
 * Ruthless People (1986) (R)
 * Tough Guys (1986) (PG)
 * The Color of Money (1986) (R)
 * Outrageous Fortune (1987) (R)
 * Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) (R)
 * Tin Men (1987) (R)
 * Three Men and a Baby (1987) (PG)
 * Adventures in Babysitting (1987) (PG)
 * Stakeout (1987) (R)
 * Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) (PG)
 * Can't Buy Me Love (1987) (PG-13)
 * Hello Again (1987) (PG)
 * Shoot to Kill (1988) (R)
 * D.O.A. (1988) (R)
 * Big Business (1988) (PG)
 * Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (PG)
 * Cocktail (1988) (R)
 * The Rescue (1988) (PG)
 * Heartbreak Hotel (1988) (PG-13)
 * The Good Mother (1988) (R)
 * Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) (PG)
 * Beaches (1988) (PG-13)
 * Three Fugitives (1989) (PG-13)
 * New York Stories (1989) (PG)
 * Disorganized Crime (1989) (R)
 * Dead Poets Society (1989) (PG)
 * Turner & Hooch (1989) (PG)
 * An Innocent Man (1989) (R)
 * Gross Anatomy (1989) (PG-13)
 * Blaze (1989) (R)

1990s

 * Stella (1990) (PG-13)
 * Where the Heart Is (1990) (R)
 * Pretty Woman (1990) (R)
 * Three Men and a Little Lady (1990) (PG)
 * Ernest Goes to Jail (1990) (PG)
 * Spaced Invaders (1990) (PG)
 * Fire Birds (1990) (PG-13)
 * Dick Tracy (1990) (PG)
 * Betsy's Wedding (1990) (R)
 * Mr. Destiny (1990) (PG-13)
 * Green Card (1990) (PG-13)
 * Scenes from a Mall (1991) (R)
 * Oscar (1991) (PG)
 * What About Bob? (1991) (PG)
 * The Doctor (1991) (PG)
 * True Identity (1991) (R)
 * Paradise (1991) (PG-13)
 * Deceived (1991) (PG-13)
 * Ernest Scared Stupid (1991) (PG)
 * Billy Bathgate (1991) (R)
 * Father of the Bride (1991) (PG)
 * Noises Off (1992) (PG-13)
 * Sister Act (1992) (PG)
 * 3 Ninjas (1992) (PG)
 * The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992) (PG-13)
 * Crossing the Bridge (1992) (R)
 * Captain Ron (1992) (PG-13)
 * Alive (1993) (R)
 * The Cemetery Club (1993) (PG-13)
 * Indian Summer (1993) (PG-13)
 * Life with Mikey (1993) (PG)
 * What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) (R)
 * Another Stakeout (1993) (PG-13)
 * My Boyfriend's Back (1993) (PG-13)
 * The Program (1993) (R)
 * The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (PG) (Original 1993 release only; Disney handles the reissue releases after the 2006 3D re-release)
 * Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) (PG)
 * Cabin Boy (1994) (PG-13)
 * My Father the Hero (1994) (PG)
 * The Ref (1994) (R)
 * The Inkwell (1994) (R)
 * When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) (R)
 * Renaissance Man (1994) (PG)
 * I Love Trouble (1994) (PG)
 * It's Pat (1994) (PG-13)
 * A Simple Twist of Fate (1994) (PG-13)
 * Ed Wood (1994) (R)
 * Bad Company (1995) (R)
 * The Jerky Boys (1995) (R)
 * Two Much (1995) (PG-13)
 * Jefferson in Paris (1995) (PG-13)
 * Mad Love (1995) (PG-13)
 * Feast of July (1995) (R)
 * Father of the Bride Part II (1995) (PG)
 * Slam Dunk Ernest (1995) (PG)
 * Mr. Wrong (1996) (PG-13)
 * Up Close & Personal (1996) (PG-13)
 * Little Indian, Big City (1994) (PG)
 * Last Dance (1996) (R)
 * Boys (1996) (PG-13)
 * Phenomenon (1996) (PG)
 * Kazaam (1996) (PG)
 * Ransom (1996) (R)
 * The War at Home (1996) (R)
 * The Preacher's Wife (1996) (PG)
 * Metro (1997) (R)
 * The 6th Man (1997) (PG-13)
 * Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) (R)
 * Con Air (1997) (R)
 * Face/Off (1997) (R) (Non-US distribution only; Paramount Pictures owns the North American rights)
 * Nothing to Lose (1997) (R)
 * Air Force One (1997) (R) (Released under the Buena Vista International banner; Columbia Pictures distributes this film in North America)
 * A Thousand Acres (1997) (R)
 * Playing God (1997) (R)
 * Starship Troopers (1997) (R)
 * Kundun (1997) (PG-13)
 * Krippendorf's Tribe (1998) (PG-13)
 * He Got Game (1998) (R)
 * The Horse Whisperer (1998) (PG-13)
 * Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
 * Armageddon (1998) (PG-13)
 * Mafia! (1998) (PG-13)
 * Holy Man (1998) (PG)
 * Rushmore (1998) (R)
 * Beloved (1998) (R)
 * The Waterboy (1998) (PG-13)
 * Enemy of the State (1998) (R)
 * A Civil Action (1998) (PG-13)
 * The Other Sister (1999) (PG-13)
 * 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) (PG-13)
 * Instinct (1999) (R)
 * Summer of Sam (1999) (R)
 * Runaway Bride (1999) (PG) (International distribution only; Paramount Pictures owns the distribution rights)
 * The 13th Warrior (1999) (R)
 * Mumford (1999) (PG-13)
 * Bringing Out the Dead (1999) (R) (Non-US prints only; Paramount Pictures owns the North American rights)
 * The Insider (1999) (R)
 * Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) (R)
 * Cradle Will Rock (1999) (R)
 * Bicentennial Man (1999) (PG) (Columbia Pictures handles the international rights to this film)
 * Play It to the Bone (1999) (R)

2000s

 * Mission to Mars (2000) (PG)
 * High Fidelity (2000) (R)
 * Keeping the Faith (2000)
 * Shanghai Noon (2000) (PG-13)
 * Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) (PG-13)
 * Coyote Ugly (2000) (PG-13)
 * The Crew (2000)
 * Unbreakable (2000) (PG-13)
 * O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) (PG-13)
 * Pearl Harbor (2001) (PG-13)
 * Bubble Boy (2001) (PG-13)
 * Signs (2002) (PG-13)
 * Insomnia (2002) (R) (Released under the Buena Vista International banner; Warner Bros. Pictures distributes this in North America)
 * Sweet Home Alabama (2002) (PG-13)
 * The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) (PG-13)
 * Sorority Boys (2002) (R)
 * The Hot Chick (2002) (PG-13)
 * Gangs of New York (2002) (R)
 * Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) (PG-13)
 * Shanghai Knights (2003) (PG-13)
 * The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) (R)
 * King Arthur (2004) (R)
 * Ladder 49 (2004) (PG-13)
 * Dark Water (2005) (PG-13)
 * Flightplan (2005) (PG-13)
 * Shopgirl (2005) (R) (20th Century Fox owns the international rights)
 * Casanova (2005) (R)
 * Stick It (2006) (PG-13)
 * The Prestige (2006) (PG-13) (Warner Bros. Pictures owns the international rights)
 * Step Up (2006) (PG-13)
 * Wild Hogs (2007) (PG-13)
 * Swing Vote (2008) (PG-13)
 * Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) (PG-13)
 * Miracle at St. Anna (2008) (R)
 * Surrogates (2009) (PG-13)
 * The Proposal (2009) (PG-13)

2010s

 * When In Rome (2010) (PG-13)
 * The Last Song (2010) (PG)
 * Step Up 3D (2010) (PG-13) (Final Step Up film to be released under the Touchstone banner; the next Step Up films would be distributed by Summit Entertainment, whom they co-distributed for the first three)
 * You Again (2010) (PG)
 * Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) (G)
 * I Am Number Four (2011) (PG-13)
 * The Help (2011) (PG-13)
 * Fright Night (2011) (R)
 * Reel Steel (2011) (PG-13)
 * War Horse (2011) (PG-13)
 * People Like Us (2012) (PG-13)
 * Lincoln (2012) (PG-13)
 * The Fifth Estate (2013) (R)
 * Delivery Man (2013) (PG-13)
 * The Wind Rises (2014) (PG-13)
 * Need For Speed (2014) (PG-13)
 * The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) (PG)
 * Strange Magic (2015) (PG)
 * Bridge of Spies (2015) (PG-13)
 * The Light Between Oceans (2016)

Roger Rabbit Short

 * Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990) (short)