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Island Pictures was a Los Angeles-based film company founded by producer Chris Blackwell.^[1] It was acquired by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment in July 1989 for $270 million.^[2]^[1] As of 1994, it had produced 120 films,^[1] including the Oscar-nominated Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) and Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It.^[1] PolyGram closed Island Pictures in 1997 following Blackwell's resignation.^[2]

This is a list of films produced, co-produced, or distributed by Island Pictures.

1980s

Release date	Title	Notes	Ref.
November 6, 1985	Subway	US distribution only, produced by Gaumont Film Company and TF1
January 24, 1986	The Trip to Bountiful
June 13, 1986	Mona Lisa	US distribution only, produced by HandMade Films
August 8, 1986	She's Gotta Have It	produced by 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2019	^[1]
September 20, 1986	Down by Law
November 7, 1986	Nobody's Fool
February 20, 1987	Square Dance	produced in association with NBC Productions and Pacific Arts Corporation
April 17, 1987	Heaven
May 8, 1987	River's Edge	produced in association with Hemdale Film Corporation
June 26, 1987	Straight to Hell	US distribution only
October 2, 1987	Slam Dance
November 6, 1987	Dark Eyes	US distribution only
December 23, 1987	The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne	US distribution only, produced by HandMade Films
February 26, 1988	A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon	distributed by 20th Century Fox
April 1, 1988	Bellman and True	US distribution only, produced by HandMade Films and Thames Television
April 22, 1988	Bagdad Cafe	US distribution only
July 12, 1988	Track 29	US distribution only, produced by HandMade Films
March 31, 1989	Crusoe
October 13, 1989	From Hollywood to Deadwood
November 3, 1989	Sidewalk Stories
November 3, 1989	Sweet Lies	distributed by CBS/Fox Video

Release date	Title	Notes	Ref.
February 7, 1992	The Lunatic	distributed by Triton Pictures
May 28, 1992	Time Will Tell	distributed by IRS Media
April 21, 1995	The Basketball Diaries	distributed by New Line Cinema	^[1]
January 12, 1996	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	distributed by Miramax Films
March 26, 1996	The Little Death	distributed by PolyGram Video
May 31, 1996	Eddie	produced in association with Hollywood Pictures
March 21, 1997	Mandela
March 28, 1997	B.A.P.S.	distributed by New Line Cinema
August 6, 1997	Def Jam's How to Be a Player	distributed by Gramercy Pictures
January 23, 1998	The Gingerbread Man	distributed by PolyGram Films	^[2]
April 28, 1998	Body Count	distributed by PolyGram Video

Release date	Title	Notes	Ref.
March 1982	Forty Deuce
July 1982	Countryman
June 14, 1983	Koyaanisqatsi	produced by Zoetrope Studios
November 23, 1983	Return Engagement	distributed by Atlantic Releasing Corporation
January 27, 1984	El Norte	distributed by Cinecom Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1995
February 10, 1984	Android	US distribution only
August 29, 1984	Choose Me	US distribution only
October 18, 1984	Stop Making Sense	distributed by Cinecom
November 30, 1984	Ski Country	produced by Warren Miller Entertainment
January 11, 1985	The Inheritors	US distribution only
March 1, 1985	A Private Function	US distribution only, produced by HandMade Films
March 8, 1985	The Hit	US distribution only, produced by Zenith Productions
March 29, 1985	The Lift	US distribution only
July 26, 1985	Kiss of the Spider Woman		^[2]
August 2, 1985	Insignificance	US distribution only, produced by Zenith Productions
August 28, 1985	Bullshot Crummond	US distribution only, produced by HandMade Films
October 18, 1985	A Sense of Freedom	US distribution only, produced by HandMade Films and Scottish Television