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List of VistaVision films

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The following is a list of films filmed using the VistaVision process for the majority of their runtime.

Films are live-action color features except where noted.

Films shot in VistaVision

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1954–61: Original

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FilmYearStudioNotesRef.
Paramount Presents VistaVision1954Paramount19-minute promo film
VistaVision Visits NorwayShort film
White ChristmasFirst VistaVision release[1]
3 Ring Circus[2]
An Alligator Named Daisy1955Rank
Artists and ModelsParamount[3]
The Desperate HoursFirst B&W film shot in VistaVision[4]
Doctor at SeaRank
The Far HorizonsParamount[5]
The Girl Rush[6]
Hell's Island[7]
Lucy Gallant[8]
Richard IIILondon Films
The Rose TattooParamountBlack & white[9]
Run for Cover[10]
The Seven Little Foys
Simon and LauraRank
Strategic Air CommandParamount
To Catch a Thief
The Trouble with Harry
VistaVision Visits HawaiiShort film
VistaVision Visits Japan
VistaVision Visits Mexico
VistaVision Visits Spain
VistaVision Visits Sun Trails
We're No Angels
You're Never Too Young
Anything Goes1956
The Battle of the River PlateRank
The Birds and the BeesParamount
The Black TentRank
The Court JesterParamount
Away All BoatsUniversal Pictures
High SocietyMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
House of SecretsRank
The SearchersWarner Bros.
Hollywood or BustParamount
The Leather SaintBlack & white
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Mountain
Pardners
The Proud and ProfaneBlack & white
The Rainmaker
The Scarlet HourBlack & white
The Search for Bridey Murphy
The Spanish GardenerRank
The Ten CommandmentsParamount
That Certain Feeling
Three Violent People
The Vagabond King
VistaVision Visits AustriaShort film
VistaVision Visits Gibralter
VistaVision Visits Panama
War and Peace
Beau James1957
The Buster Keaton StoryBlack & white
The Pride and the PassionUnited Artists
The Delicate DelinquentParamountBlack & white
The Devil's Hairpin
Doctor at LargeRank
Fear Strikes OutParamountBlack & white
Funny Face
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Hear Me GoodBlack & white
Hell DriversRank
Ill Met by Moonlight
The Joker Is WildParamount
The Lonely Man
Loving You
Omar Khayyam
The Sad SackBlack & white
Short Cut to Hell
Spanish Affair
The Tin StarBlack & white
Wild Is the Wind
Williamsburg: The Story of a PatriotShort produced for Colonial Williamsburg
Another Time, Another Place1958Black & white
The Big MoneyRank
The Black OrchidParamountBlack & white
The Buccaneer
Desire Under the ElmsBlack & white
The Geisha Boy
Hot SpellBlack & white
Houseboat
King CreoleBlack & white
Maracaibo
The MatchmakerBlack & white
Rock-a-Bye Baby
St. Louis BluesBlack & white
Teacher's Pet
Vertigo
But Not for Me1959Black & white
The Five Pennies
The Jayhawkers!
Last Train from Gun Hill
Li'l Abner
North by NorthwestMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
That Kind of WomanParamountBlack & white
The Trap
Heller in Pink Tights1960
It Started in Naples
One-Eyed Jacks1961Last classic Hollywood VistaVision release

2024–present: Revival

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FilmYearStudioNotesRef.
The Brutalist2024A24Selected portions and wide shots filmed with Beaucam[11]
One Battle After Another2025Warner Bros. PicturesBeaucam used as primary camera for “somewhere between 70 and 80 percent” of the film[12]
BugoniaFocus FeaturesWilcam and Beaucam used as primary cameras; “shot 95 percent” on Vistavision[12]
Digger2026Warner Bros. PicturesBeaucam used for select sequences[13]
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew 2027NetflixVistaVision used for Narnia scenes; first streaming service film to use VistaVision cameras.
RemainWarner Bros. PicturesBeaucam used for select sequences

Films using or processed in VistaVision

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Starting in the 1970s, several films made using or processed in VistaVision format for visual effects and partially modified works or minor scenes only.[14]

References

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  1. ↑ "The Story". American WideScreen Museum. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  2. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1954-10-23. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  3. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1955-12-21. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  4. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1955-02-19. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  5. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1953-04-30. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  6. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1953-12-15. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  7. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1955-05-07. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  8. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1955-10-01. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  9. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1952-08-10. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  10. ↑ "Catalog". AFI. 1955-03-26. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  11. ↑ "How This Epic Was Shot in 5 Different Formats: The Brutalist". In Depth Cine. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
  12. 1 2 Wakeman, Gregory. "Why Are Some of the World's Best Directors Reviving This Special Film Format Created in the 1950s?". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
  13. ↑ "Taking stock – Shooting on film". Definition Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
  14. ↑ Atad, Corey (2025-11-04). "How VistaVision Became 2025's Hottest Film Format". GQ. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
  15. ↑ https://theasc.com/articles/who-framed-roger-rabbit
  16. ↑ https://www.uninflected.com/post/why-we-re-shooting-mascotland-on-the-only-silent-vistavision-camera-in-the-world

Notes

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