type division industry entertainment founded hollywood los angeles california u.s. 1992 ; 24 years ago 1992 headquarters new york city new york u.s. key people michael barker co president tom bernard co president products motion pictures owner sony number of employees 25 1 parent sony pictures entertainment website www.sonyclassics.com sony pictures classics is a film production and distribution studio division of sony pictures entertainment founded in 1992 by former orion classics heads michael barker tom bernard and marcie bloom similar to fox searchlight pictures and focus features . 2 it distributes produces and acquires specialty films especially of documentaries independent films and art films from the united states and around the world . as of 2015 barker and bernard are co presidents of the division . contents 1 history 2 select releases 2.1 1990s 2.2 2000s 2.3 2010s 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit sony pictures classics was founded on january 1 1992 by michael barker tom bernard and marcie bloom set up as an autonomous division of sony pictures entertainment . 2 the model of the company is to produce acquire and or distribute independent films from the united states and internationally . 3 sony pictures classics has a history of making reasonable investments for small films and getting a decent return . 2 4 5 it has a history of not overspending . 2 6 its largest commercial success of the 2010s is woody allen s midnight in paris 2011 which grossed over 56 million in the u.s. becoming allen s highest grossing film ever in the united states . occasionally sony pictures classics agrees to release films for all other film studio divisions of sony ; however under sony pictures classics structure within sony all other divisions of sony including the parent company can not force sony pictures classics to release any film that the division does not want to release . 2 7 select releases edit co founder and co president michael barker 1990s edit release date title march 13 1992 howard s end september 25 1992 danzon october 30 1992 van gogh december 23 1992 indochine march 3 1993 olivier olivier april 16 1993 the story of qiu ju may 28 1993 the long day closes june 9 1993 orlando june 25 1993 jacquot de nantes august 6 1993 house of angels december 21 1993 faraway so close december 23 1993 the accompanist february 25 1994 belle poque march 31 1994 germinal april 15 1994 in custody june 3 1994 the slingshot july 15 1994 mi vida loca october 19 1994 vanya on 42nd street october 21 1994 i don t want to talk about it december 22 1994 a man of no importance february 17 1995 window to paris march 8 1995 martha & ethel march 17 1995 farinelli april 21 1995 burnt by the sun april 28 1995 crumb may 19 1995 amateur may 26 1995 a pure formality june 8 1995 anne frank remembered june 16 1995 wings of courage imax june 23 1995 love & human remains june 30 1995 safe july 21 1995 living in oblivion september 15 1995 mute witness september 27 1995 persuasion october 20 1995 across the sea of time december 15 1995 the city of lost children december 22 1995 shanghai triad january 24 1996 caught march 8 1996 the flower of my secret march 15 1996 the celluloid closet march 29 1996 denise calls up may 3 1996 madame butterfly may 17 1996 ashes of time may 24 1996 welcome to the dollhouse june 21 1996 lone star july 26 1996 manny & lo september 13 1996 brother of sleep october 9 1996 beautiful thing december 20 1996 the whole wide world december 25 1996 thieves january 31 1997 waiting for guffman february 7 1997 suburbia april 23 1997 a chef in love may 2 1997 broken english june 20 1997 dream with the fishes when the cat s away august 1 1997 in the company of men september 17 1997 the myth of fingerprints october 3 1997 fast cheap & out of control november 14 1997 the tango lesson december 26 1997 afterglow ma vie en rose february 6 1998 nil by mouth march 27 1998 character men with guns april 3 1998 the spanish prisoner may 1 1998 a friend of the deceased wilde may 22 1998 the opposite of sex june 19 1998 henry fool marie from the bay of angels july 2 1998 mark twain s america in 3d imax july 10 1998 whatever july 31 1998 the governess november 13 1998 dancing at lughnasa november 20 1998 central station december 18 1998 the general february 12 1999 tango april 2 1999 the dreamlife of angels april 16 1999 slc punk the winslow boy may 7 1999 this is my father may 28 1999 the loss of sexual innocence june 18 1999 run lola run july 30 1999 twin falls idaho october 22 1999 one day in september november 5 1999 american movie december 17 1999 the emperor and the assassin december 29 1999 the third miracle 2000s edit release date title february 18 2000 not one less february 25 2000 mifune s last song march 10 2000 sweet and lowdown march 31 2000 all about my mother the color of paradise april 7 2000 me myself i may 5 2000 est ouest may 12 2000 bossa nova may 26 2000 kikujiro june 9 2000 groove june 28 2000 trixie july 7 2000 shower august 4 2000 the tao of steve august 25 2000 solomon & gaenor september 15 2000 goya in bordeaux september 29 2000 the broken hearts club a romantic comedy october 13 2000 just looking december 8 2000 crouching tiger hidden dragon december 22 2000 the house of mirth january 22 2001 haiku tunnel february 6 2001 pollock march 2 2001 me you them april 6 2001 brother shadow magic april 27 2001 the luzhin defence the princess and the warrior june 8 2001 divided we fall june 15 2001 the road home july 6 2001 the vertical ray of the sun july 27 2001 jackpot september 29 2001 who knows october 5 2001 grateful dawg november 21 2001 the devil s backbone december 7 2001 last orders december 28 2001 dark blue world january 25 2002 beijing bicycle march 15 2002 pauline and paulette march 22 2002 son of the bride april 5 2002 crush april 19 2002 nine queens may 8 2002 lagaan may 10 2002 the lady and the duke may 20 2002 dogtown and z boys july 5 2002 thirteen conversations about one thing july 12 2002 my wife is an actress july 26 2002 happy times august 9 2002 secret ballot august 30 2002 mad love september 13 2002 quitting october 18 2002 auto focus november 22 2002 talk to her december 20 2002 spider december 30 2002 love liza january 17 2003 big shot s funeral january 24 2003 blind spot hitler s secretary february 14 2003 all the real girls march 7 2003 laurel canyon april 4 2003 the man without a past levity april 18 2003 winged migration may 2 2003 owning mahowny may 23 2003 respiro june 20 2003 the legend of suriyothai july 11 2003 the cuckoo july 24 2003 masked and anonymous august 29 2003 once upon a time in the midlands september 26 2003 my life without me november 26 2003 the triplets of belleville december 3 2003 monsieur ibrahim december 12 2003 the statement december 19 2003 the fog of war december 25 2003 the company february 27 2004 good bye lenin march 12 2004 broken wings march 19 2004 broken wings april 2 2004 spring summer fall winter ... and spring april 16 2004 young adam may 14 2004 carandiru may 28 2004 baadasssss the mother june 18 2004 facing windows july 9 2004 riding giants july 16 2004 touch of pink zhou yu s train july 28 2004 she hate me september 3 2004 warriors of heaven and earth september 17 2004 head in the clouds elary october 15 2004 being julia october 22 2004 lightning in a bottle november 19 2004 bad education december 3 2004 house of flying daggers december 17 2004 imaginary heroes december 29 2004 the merchant of venice february 25 2005 up and down march 11 2005 in my country april 1 2005 look at me april 8 2005 kung fu hustle april 1 2005 look at me april 29 2005 3 iron may 13 2005 layer cake may 27 2005 saving face august 5 2005 2046 august 5 2005 junebug august 26 2005 the memory of a killer september 16 2005 thumbsucker september 30 2005 capote 2006 cach the devil and daniel johnston american hardcore curse of the golden flower driving lessons l enfant the child friends with money the house of sand joyeux no l the quiet co release with destination films quincea era riding alone for thousands of miles volver why we fight who killed the electric car 2007 black book interview jindabyne the jane austen book club my kid could paint that the lives of others paprika co release with sony pictures worldwide acquisitions persepolis sleuth the valet youth without youth 2008 ashes of time redux the band s visit brick lane cj7 co release with columbia pictures asia the class the counterfeiters frozen river i served the king of england it might get loud i ve loved you so long married life co release with sony pictures worldwide acquisitions rachel getting married redbelt standard operating procedure synecdoche new york the wackness 2009 adoration broken embraces coco before chanel the damned united co release with columbia pictures easy virtue an education the imaginarium of doctor parnassus co release with sony pictures worldwide acquisitions lorna s silence moon co release with stage 6 films o horten paris 36 rudo y cursi soul power sugar the white ribbon 2010s edit 2010 animal kingdom another year chloe co release with sony pictures worldwide acquisitions coco chanel & igor stravinsky get low inside job the last station lebanon made in dagenham mother and child please give a prophet un prophete the secret in their eyes tamara drewe wild grass a woman a gun and a noodle shop you will meet a tall dark stranger 2011 barney s version carnage a dangerous method the guard higher ground in a better world incendies life above all midnight in paris neil young journeys of gods and men pom wonderful presents the greatest movie ever sold co release with stage 6 films restless co release with columbia pictures a separation the skin i live in take shelter winter in wartime 2012 amour celeste and jesse forever chicken with plums damsels in distress darling companion footnote in darkness neil young journeys the raid redemption co release with stage 6 films rust and bone smashed searching for sugar man to rome with love west of memphis where do we go now 2013 austenland at any price before midnight blue jasmine the company you keep fill the void the gatekeepers i m so excited the invisible woman kill your darlings love is all you need no the past the patience stone wadjda 2014 for no good reason foxcatcher co production with annapurna pictures island dreams jodorowsky s dune land ho leviathan love is strange the lunchbox magic in the moonlight mr. turner only lovers left alive the raid 2 co release with stage 6 films still alice third person tim s vermeer whiplash 2015 aloft coming home the diary of a teenage girl grandma irrational man the lady in the van merchants of doubt red army saint laurent the salt of the earth son of saul truth wild tales 2016 the bronze elle equity i saw the light julieta maggie s plan the meddler miles ahead toni erdmann 2017 the comedian the red turtle see also edit mongrel media the exclusive canadian 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