Entertainment Film Distributors

Entertainment Film Distributors (now known as EFD Pictures since 2019) is a British distributor of independent films in the UK and Ireland for various production companies, currently run by Nigel and Trevor Green.

Michael L. Green, their father, was a veteran producer/distributor involved in the film industry since the 1930s when he was a teenager. In 1972 he formed Variety the prolific film distributor. In 1978 Green closed Variety and with his two sons Nigel and Trevor formed Entertainment Film Distributors (and later its video arm Entertainment in Video), and was one of the leading forces in UK distribution. Michael L. Green died on 17 June 2003 aged 84.

Their first big success was Teen Wolf (1985) starring Michael J. Fox. Entertainment also released films for Empire Pictures and New World Pictures.

Most notably, between 1990 and 2010, Entertainment distributed films made by New Line Cinema along with films from other independent production companies. One of the most notable series of films distributed to date is The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Beginning in 2008, Entertainment Film Distributors become The Weinstein Company's main United Kingdom distributor, In 2010, distribution rights for New Line Cinema films in the UK and Ireland were folded into New Line's parent company Warner Bros. Entertainment Film Distributors have released many BAFTA- and Oscar-winning films including The Departed, Million Dollar Baby, Gosford Park, Brokeback Mountain and The Artist.

Film releases
List of films distributed include:

1972:
 * Pink Flamingos

1974:
 * Flesh Gordon

1978:
 * Quel maledetto treno blindato
 * What's Up Superdoc!
 * Terror

1981:
 * The Prowler

1982:
 * Funny Money
 * Starstruck
 * Island of Blood
 * Tuxedo Warrior

1984:
 * Mutant
 * Real Life
 * Code Name: Wild Geese

1985:
 * Teen Wolf
 * Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
 * Creator

1986:
 * The Adventures of Mark Twain
 * The Adventures of the American Rabbit
 * GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
 * House

1987:
 * It Couldn't Happen Here
 * Hellraiser

1989:
 * The Return of the Musketeers
 * Kickboxer
 * Slipstream

1990:
 * Best of the Best
 * Dark Angel
 * Wild Orchid
 * Bad Influence
 * The Nutcracker Prince
 * Shadowzone

1991:
 * Men at Work
 * Pump Up the Volume
 * Suburban Commando
 * Highlander II: The Quickening
 * Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

1992:
 * Once Upon a Crime
 * Kuffs
 * Split Second
 * Until the End of the World
 * Peter's Friends
 * Into The West

1993:
 * Damage
 * Sniper
 * Stalingrad
 * Mr. Nanny
 * Best of the Best 2
 * Boxing Helena
 * Super Mario Bros.
 * Much Ado About Nothing
 * Surf Ninjas
 * The Piano
 * Weekend at Bernie's II

1994:
 * The Man Without a Face
 * Tombstone
 * The House of the Spirits
 * Tom & Viv
 * What's Eating Gilbert Grape
 * The Crow
 * Sugar Hill
 * Airborne
 * Once Were Warriors
 * The Mask
 * Bad Boy Bubby
 * Monkey Trouble
 * Rapa Nui
 * Highlander III: The Sorcerer
 * Princess Caraboo
 * A Feast at Midnight

1995:
 * The Road to Wellville
 * Immortal Beloved
 * Once Were Warriors
 * Fresh
 * Don Juan DeMarco
 * Death Machine
 * Haunted
 * In the Mouth of Madness
 * Friday
 * The City of Lost Children
 * Mortal Kombat
 * Living in Oblivion
 * The Scarlet Letter
 * Mad Dogs and Englishmen

1996:
 * Se7en
 * Leaving Las Vegas
 * Bed of Roses
 * Nixon
 * Ging chaat goo si 4: Ji gaan daan yam mo aka (Jackie Chan's First Strike)
 * Angus
 * Up Close and Personal (film)
 * A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
 * Kingpin
 * The Substitute
 * Theodore Rex
 * Last Man Standing
 * 2 Days in the Valley
 * The Fan
 * Evita
 * Space Truckers
 * Twelfth Night
 * Hard Men

1997:
 * Shooting Fish
 * Seven Years in Tibet
 * Private Parts
 * Dangerous Ground
 * Boogie Nights
 * An American Werewolf in Paris
 * Love Jones
 * Trial and Error
 * Preaching to the Perverted
 * Spawn
 * One Night Stand
 * Photographing Fairies
 * I Know What You Did Last Summer

1998:
 * Rush Hour
 * The Wedding Singer
 * Lost in Space
 * The Wisdom of Crocodiles
 * Up 'n' Under

1999:
 * You're Dead...
 * Mad Cows
 * This Year's Love
 * Ride with the Devil
 * Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
 * Swing
 * Detroit Rock City
 * The Trench

2000:
 * Complicity
 * Dungeons & Dragons
 * U-571
 * Little Nicky
 * Bring It On
 * Lost Souls
 * Next Friday
 * The Luzhin Defence
 * Traffic
 * American Psycho
 * Cherry Falls

2001:
 * Monster's Ball
 * Town & Country
 * The Anniversary Party
 * Spy Game
 * Gosford Park
 * Blow
 * Hedwig and the Angry Inch
 * One Night at McCool's
 * The Man Who Wasn't There
 * Rush Hour 2
 * Storytelling
 * The Prime Gig
 * The Safety of Objects
 * Ali
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
 * Mike Bassett: England Manager

2002:
 * Austin Powers in Goldmember
 * Ripley's Game
 * About Schmidt
 * Far from Heaven
 * Unconditional Love
 * Before You Go
 * Friday After Next
 * S1m0ne
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
 * The Emperor's Club
 * My Big Fat Greek Wedding
 * Boat Trip

2003:
 * Freddy vs. Jason
 * Gangs of New York
 * The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
 * Elf
 * The Reckoning
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2004:
 * Saw
 * Million Dollar Baby
 * Fat Slags
 * Charlie
 * Beyond the Sea
 * After the Sunset
 * Boo, Zino and the Snurks
 * Birth
 * Ladies in Lavender
 * Cellular
 * Blade: Trinity
 * Around the World in 80 Days
 * The Phantom of the Opera
 * Dawn of the Dead
 * The Notebook

2005:
 * The Mistress of Spices
 * Son of the Mask
 * Lassie
 * The Cave
 * Keeping Mum
 * The Long Weekend
 * Saw II
 * White Noise
 * Wedding Crashers
 * Valiant
 * Brokeback Mountain
 * Domino
 * Assault on Precinct 13
 * Mike Bassett: Manager

2006:
 * Snakes on a Plane
 * The Black Dahlia
 * Final Destination 3
 * Running Scared
 * Hoot
 * Underworld: Evolution
 * The Nativity Story
 * Stormbreaker
 * The Departed
 * Little Children

2007:
 * White Noise 2: The Light
 * Blood and Chocolate
 * Because I Said So
 * The Number 23
 * Premonition
 * The Last Mimzy
 * Fracture
 * Next
 * Goya's Ghosts
 * Hairspray
 * Lonely Hearts
 * Rush Hour 3
 * Death Sentence
 * Run Fatboy Run
 * Shoot 'Em Up
 * Mr. Woodcock
 * Feast of Love
 * Rendition
 * Silk
 * August Rush
 * Martian Child
 * The Golden Compass
 * Code Name: The Cleaner
 * St. Trinian's

2008:
 * Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
 * Over Her Dead Body
 * Semi-Pro
 * The Reader
 * Pathology
 * Deception
 * Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
 * Sex and the City
 * Journey to the Center of the Earth
 * Space Chimps
 * Elegy
 * Bangkok Dangerous
 * The Women
 * Appaloosa
 * City of Ember
 * The Mutant Chronicles
 * Pride and Glory
 * Zack and Miri Make a Porno
 * Four Christmases
 * Inkheart

2009:
 * 17 Again
 * The Final Destination
 * Fame
 * The Time Traveler's Wife
 * My Sister's Keeper
 * Crossing Over
 * Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
 * Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
 * The Fourth Kind
 * Planet 51
 * Halloween II
 * Gamer
 * Nine

2010:
 * The Book of Eli
 * Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
 * Hachiko: A Dog's Story
 * Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
 * Burke and Hare
 * Unbound Captives
 * Wild Target
 * Piranha 3-D
 * London Boulevard
 * The Warrior's Way
 * Animals United
 * Arthur and the Great Adventure

2011:
 * Something Borrowed
 * The Lincoln Lawyer
 * A Little Bit of Heaven
 * Hugo
 * Anonymous
 * Scream 4
 * The Artist
 * The Rum Diary
 * Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
 * My Week with Marilyn
 * The Inbetweeners Movie (theatrical release only)
 * Killer Elite

2012:
 * The Grey
 * Underworld: Awakening
 * One for the Money
 * Gone

2013:
 * Beautiful Creatures
 * Her
 * The Butler
 * American Hustle
 * The Harry Hill Movie
 * Romeo & Juliet
 * Escape from Planet Earth
 * Sunshine on Leith

2014:
 * Big Eyes
 * Devil's Knot
 * I, Frankenstein
 * St. Vincent
 * Transcendence
 * The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
 * The Prodigies

2015:
 * Southpaw
 * The Hateful Eight

2016:
 * Lion