Davis Films

This article is about the French independent production company. For the American production company, see Davis Entertainment.

Davis Films

Company type	Private
Industry	Film
Founded	1990 (1990)
Founder	Samuel Hadida
Headquarters	France
Products	Motion pictures
Services	Film production

Davis Films is a French independent film production company founded by Samuel Hadida in 1990. It is best known for producing the Resident Evil and Silent Hill film series adapted from video games.

It has been acting since the 1990s in partnership with other independent film companies in Hollywood, including Lionsgate, New Line Cinema, Screen Gems and Millennium Media.

Films

Year	Film	Distributor	Notes
1993	Only the Strong	20th Century Studios (United States) PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (International) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	True Romance	Warner Bros. Pictures (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Killing Zoe	October Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Necronomicon	New Line Cinema (United States) BAC Films (France) Pioneer LDC (Japan)
1995	The Expert	New City Releasing (United States)
	Crying Freeman	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
1996	Freeway	Republic Pictures (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	The Adventures of Pinocchio	New Line Cinema (United States) Barrandov Biografia (Czech Republic) Metropolitan Filmexport (France) PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (United Kingdom & International) Warner Bros. Pictures (Germany & Austria)	France only
1997	Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Nirvana	Cecchi Gori Distribution (Italy) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
1998	Legionnaire	Sterling Home Entertainment (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only
1999	The Big Brass Ring	Millennium Media (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Inferno		France only
	Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
2001	Brotherhood of the Wolf
2002	Resident Evil	Sony Pictures Releasing (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Sweat
	The Rules of Attraction		France only
	Spider
2004	Turn Left at the End of the World
	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Sony Pictures Releasing (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Five Children and It
	Battle of the Brave
	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Sony Pictures Releasing (Spain)
2005	Good Night, and Good Luck
	The Aura
	Domino
	Lassie		France only
2006	Silent Hill	Sony Pictures Releasing (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer		Uncredited
	The Black Dahlia		France only
2007	Resident Evil: Extinction	Sony Pictures Releasing (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2009	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
	Solomon Kane
2010	Resident Evil: Afterlife	Sony Pictures Releasing (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2011	Blitz	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Conan the Barbarian		France only
2012	Resident Evil: Retribution	Sony Pictures Releasing (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Silent Hill: Revelation	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Alliance Films (Canada)
2013	The Railway Man
2014	The Expendables 3	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France Only
	Sin City: A Dame to Kill For	Dimension Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2016	Criminal	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Fanny's Journey
	Mechanic: Resurrection	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only
	Resident Evil: The Final Chapter	Sony Pictures Releasing (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2017	Loue-moi!	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	The Hitman's Bodyguard	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only
	Papillon	Bleecker Street (United States) Blitz (Serbia & Montenegro) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Everyone's Life	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2018	Love Addict
	Belleville Cop
	Hunter Killer	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only
	La voix humaine	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2019	Hellboy	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only
	The Best Years of a Life	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Andy
	Lucky Day	Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Elevation Pictures (Canada) Lionsgate Films (United States)
	Rambo: Last Blood	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only
	Sisters in Arms	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	The Outpost		France only
2021	Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Till Death
	Jolt
	Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City	Sony Pictures Releasing (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
2022	Crimes of the Future	Sphere Films (Canada) Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Vertigo Films (United Kingdom) Argonauts Distribution (Greece) Neon (United States)	France only
	La Traversée	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Marlowe	Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Open Road Films (United States)
2023	The Offering	Decal (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only
	In the Land of Saints and Sinners	Netflix (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Expend4bles	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	The Piper	Samuel Goldwyn Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Flo	Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	The Bricklayer	Vertical (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only
2024	Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia	Metropolitan Filmexport (France) 01 Distribution (Italy) Signature Entertainment (United Kingdom)
	Wanted Man	Quiver Distribution (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only
	Kali	Amazon Prime Video & Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Hellboy: The Crooked Man	Ketchup Entertainment (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only
	The Crow	Lionsgate Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Subservience	XYZ Films (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	France only

Upcoming

Year	Film	Distributor	Notes
TBA	Return to Silent Hill	TBA (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
	Untitled Fatal Frame/Project Zero film	TBA

External links

• Davis Films on Facebook