Films featured on the Earwulf Podcast, How Did This Get Made?
Icon Productions is an Australian-American production company founded in August 1989 by actor/director Mel Gibson and Australian producing partner Bruce Davey, which, unlike most other independent production companies, funds most of its development and production costs, allowing it to retain creative control of its projects. Its headquarters are in Santa Monica, California.
In 2008–2009, the company's UK operations were sold to Access Industries. After the acquisition of Dendy Cinemas, a separate company involved in film distribution only in Australia continued to operate as Icon Film Distribution, using the original logo and still owned by Gibson and Davey.
In November 2011, Icon announced it was closing its UK distribution wing to focus on financing and producing films, with Lionsgate taking over distribution and was said to be in talks to buy its back catalogue. In late 2012, Icon UK re-acquired the Producers Sales Organization library from Lionsgate.[citation needed] In 2013, it was announced that Icon UK could get backing from film fund Prescience. Earlier, the unit hired Exclusive Media (later AMBI Group) to represent its library. In September 2013, Icon Film Distribution UK was purchased by investment company New Sparta.
Missing from List
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection 1995
Finding Fatimah 2017
Warner Bros. Pictures is an American film studioand distribution arm of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group division of Warner Bros., which are both owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complexin Burbank, California. Animated films produced by Warner Bros. Pictures Animation are also released under the studio banner.
Founded on April 4, 1923 by brothers Harry Warner, Albert Warner, Sam Warner, and Jack L. Warner, in addition to producing its own films, it handles filmmaking operations, theatrical distribution, marketing and promotion for films produced and released by other Warner Bros. labels, including Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, New Line Cinemaand Castle Rock Entertainment, as well as various third-party producers.
Warner Bros. Pictures is currently one of four live-action film studios within the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, the others being New Line Cinema, Castle Rock Entertainment, and a minority stake in Spyglass Media Group. The most commercially successful film franchises from Warner Bros. includes Harry Potter, DC Universe (formerly DC Extended Universe), Batman, The Lord of the Rings,and Monsterverse; Barbie is the studio's highest-grossing film worldwide with $1.4 billion.
Teenage Wasteland: A Comprehensive List of Coming-of-Age films
<p>[after his parents have left, thinking he is ill]<i> "They bought it. Incredible! One of the worst performances of my career and they never doubted it for a second. How could I possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this? This is my ninth sick day this semester. It's getting pretty tough coming up with new illnesses. If I go for ten, I'm probably gonna have to barf up a lung, so I'd better make this one count. The key to faking out the parents is the clammy hands. It's a good non-specific symptom. I'm a big believer in it. A lot of people will tell you that a good phony fever is a dead lock, but, uh, you get a nervous mother, you could wind up in a doctor's office. That's worse than school. You fake a stomach cramp, and when you're bent over, moaning and wailing, you lick your palms. It's a little childish and stupid, but then, so is high school." - Ferris Bueller in</i> <a href="http://letterboxd.com/film/ferris-buellers-day-off/" rel="nofollow">Ferris Bueller's Day Off</a></p><p><i>"Dear Mr. Vernon: We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But, we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But, what we found out is that each one of us is: a brain . . . <br />Andrew Clark: And an athlete . . . <br />Allison Reynolds: And a basket case . . . <br />Claire Standish: A princess . . . <br />John Bender: And a criminal. <br />Brian Johnson: Does that answer your question? <br />Sincerely yours, <br />The Breakfast Club."</i> - <a href="http://letterboxd.com/film/the-breakfast-club/" rel="nofollow">The Breakfast Club</a></p><p>There is something about a good coming-of-age story. I can never get enough of these films. A lot of these movies are my guilty pleasures. I would not necessarily admit to liking some of these movies in public, but I can relate to many of the characters and there is a bit of nostalgia in a lot of these films that take me back to my younger days, when life was simple (at times). There is also a connection that I established with many of these movies to periods in my life, which also enrich my viewing experience. I hope you enjoy and make the most of of this list, even if you only find one or two movies on here that you never saw and find it worth a watch. This list is in no particular order.</p>
How Did This Get Made? Podcast
The films of the podcast "How Did This Get Made?".
UPDATED: November 9, 2026
The Best Movie You Never Saw
Based on the list by Jo Blo: https://www.joblo.com/tag/the-best-movie-you-never-saw
Movies You Forgot Exist ('90s Edition)
<p>Millions of dollars spent on their budgets and marketing them to millions across the world, these movies (theatrical releases) became blips on actors' résumés. No notable awards, little to no box-office/DVD profits.</p><p>Little to nothing would merit any reference to these films in conversation, except to wonder if anyone remembered them. Good, bad - irrelevant. Utterly forgettable.</p><p>Feel free to suggest potential additions/subtractions.</p><p>I'm sure these films mean something to someone somewhere ... but I can't imagine why.</p>
Family Movies (Top Rated From 1980 to Today)