33 Miramax films you didn’t know were actually Disney movies

After the difficulties the Walt Disney Company faced in the 1980s, the 1990s required change. In 1990, Team Disney (Frank Wells, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Michael Eisner) declared it would be “The Disney Decade” and in 1993, The Walt Disney Company acquired Miramax Films for $60 million. Harvey and Bob Weinstein remained at the helm of the company, operating independently of the Disney company but Disney had final say on what was released. The acquisition allowed Disney to further expand their reach. With Miramax, they were able to venture into a market for a slightly older demographic. The purchase also came with Dimension Films, a subsidiary of Miramax.

Disney maintained control of the company until 2010 when it was sold to Filmyard Holdings. During those 17 years, many films were released. Some of the most notable films include:

Pulp Fiction  (1994)Jane Eyre (1996)

Scream (1996)Good Will Hunting (1997)

Scream 2 (1997)

Shakespeare In Love (1998)

Armageddon (1998)She’s All That (1999)Princess Mononoke* Mansfield Park (1999)

Scary Movie (2000)

Scream 3 (2000)

Spy Kids (2001)

Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001)Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

Amelie (2001)

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)40 Days & 40 Nights (2002)Frida (2002)

Chicago (2002)

Gangs of New York (2002)

Scary Movie 3 (2003)View from the Top (2003)Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)

Jersey Girl (2004)Ella Enchanted (2004)

Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)

Garden State (2004)Finding Neverland (2004)Cinderella Man (2004)Underclassman (2005)No Country for Old Men (2007)Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

*Miramax distributed Princess Mononoke in 1999. Later, Disney would release more Studio Ghibli films.

Technically, all of these films are Disney films. Which do you find most surprising?

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Sources:

Wasko, J. (2012). Understanding Disney: The manufacture of fantasy. Malden, MA: Polity Press.

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