The major commercial film industry in the United States is in Hollywood, while much of the independent film industry is in New York City. The following studios are considered to be the most prevalent of the independent studios (they are used to produce/release independent films and foreign-language films):

Lions Gate Films

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Focus Features/Rogue Pictures

Sony Pictures Classics

IFC Films

Samuel Goldwyn Films

Warner Independent Pictures

The Weinstein Company/Dimension Films

Magnolia Pictures

Paramount Vantage

Palm Pictures

Tartan Films

Newmarket Films

Picturehouse (formerly Fine Line Features, before Time Warner acquired Newmarket's distribution arm, and merged it with Fine Line to form Picturehouse, a joint venture of HBO and New Line Cinema)

ThinkFilm

Miramax Films

Troma Entertainment

 

 

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