List of A24 films

Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan promoting their film "Swiss Army Man" in 2016.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) is A24's highest-grossing film and marks their third collaboration with the directing duo Daniels (pictured).

A24 is a film distribution company based in New York City. It was launched by Daniel Katz, David Fenkel, and John Hodges in August 2012.[1][2][3] Its first film, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, was released on February 8, 2013.[4][5][6] That same year, the company entered multi-year distribution deals with Amazon Prime and DirecTV Cinema.[7][8] The company gained recognition with their North American release of Spring Breakers (2012).[9][10] At the 2016 Academy Awards, films released the previous year by A24 received seven nominations: Amy won for Best Documentary Feature, Ex Machina won for Best Visual Effects, and Brie Larson was awarded Best Actress for her performance in Room.[11][12] A24 became a production studio in 2016 as well, fully financing its first feature film, Moonlight, in a partnership with Plan B Entertainment.[13] The film was released to acclaim and won three Academy Awards from eight nominations, including Best Picture.[14][15]

As of 2023, Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird (2017) and Bo Burnham's Eighth Grade (2018) are A24's highest-rated films on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 99% approval rating for each, and Barry Jenkins' Moonlight (2016) being one of the highest-scoring films on Metacritic with a 99 out of 100.[16][17][18][19]

In 2018 and 2019, respectively, the studio announced multi-year partnerships with Apple TV+ and Showtime Networks for the digital releases of some of its upcoming films.[20][21] Lamb (2021) was the first A24-distributed movie selected as a country's official entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.[22] Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) is A24's highest-grossing film with over $140 million worldwide in box office earnings; the film is also the recipient of numerous accolades and seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.[23][24][25]

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  21. ^ Low, Elaine (November 13, 2019). "Showtime, A24 Films Sign Exclusive Feature Output Deal". Variety. Archived from the original on August 5, 2021. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  22. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (October 18, 2021). "Oscars: Iceland Selects Lamb as International Feature Submission". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
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