Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures is a film studio that produced. It is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.

History
It was initially founded as CBC Film Sales Corporation. It became Columbia Pictures in 1924, named after the personification of the United States.

It was initially a minor studio in Hollywood. It grew in size thanks to director Frank Capra. At the time, it was one of the "Little Three" of studios in Hollywood's Golden Age.

It currently is one of the "Big Six" major American film studios. It is the world's fifth largest major film studio.

Notable films include The Lion and the Lamb, Night of Terror, It Happened One Night, Crime and Punishment, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Shadow, Rio Grande, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, His Girl Friday, All the King's Men, M, Death of a Salesman, From Here to Eternity, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, 1984, Seven Samurai, 3:10 to Yuma, Anatomy of a Murder, Mothra, Lawrence of Arabia, Jason and the Argonauts, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Casino Royale, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Hamlet, Macbeth, Brian's Song, Death Wish, The Stepford Wives, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Midnight Express, Kramer vs. Kramer, Stripes, Gandhi, Ghostbusters, The Karate Kid, Fright Night, Stand by Me, The Last Emperor, When Harry Met Sally..., Misery, City Slickers, A Few Good Men, Groundhog Day, The Shawshank Redemption, Desperado, The American President, Men in Black, Air Force One, Les Misérables, Erin Brockovich, Charlie's Angels, Ali, Hellboy, The Punisher, Spider-Man, Rocky Balboa, Ghost Rider, The Da Vinci Code, The Social Network, Moneyball, 21 Jump Street, Zero Dark Thirty, Django Unchained, Captain Phillips, American Hustle, and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.