# Fine Line Features

Fine Line Features was the specialty films division of New Line Cinema. From 1991 to 2005, under founder and president Ira Deutchman, Fine Line acquired, distributed and marketed independent films. In 2005, New Line teamed up with fellow Time Warner subsidiary HBO to form Picturehouse, a new specialty film label into which Fine Line was folded.
Fine Line Features DVD releases were split between HBO Video and New Line Home Entertainment. When New Line Home Entertainment ceased to exist in 2010, it was folded into Warner Home Video.

## Selected films released

Warner Bros. owns the distribution rights to the Fine Line Features' films unless otherwise mentioned.

### 1990s

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| March 10, 1991 | Shadow of China | North American distribution only |
| May 19, 1991 | An Angel at My Table | North American distribution only; produced by Film4 Productions |
| July 26, 1991 | Trust | North American distribution only; produced by Republic Pictures |
| September 29, 1991 | My Own Private Idaho | distribution only Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2024 |
| October 4, 1991 | The Rapture | North American distribution only |
| December 6, 1991 | Let Him Have It | North American distribution only |
| February 28, 1992 | Where Angels Fear to Tread | U.S. distribution only |
| March 20, 1992 | Edward II | North American distribution only |
| March 20, 1992 | Proof | North American distribution only |
| March 27, 1992 | Roadside Prophets | |
| April 10, 1992 | The Player | |
| May 2, 1992 | Night on Earth | North American distribution only; produced by JVC |
| May 15, 1992 | Monster in a Box | |
| July 24, 1992 | Afraid of the Dark | |
| August 7, 1992 | London Kills Me | North American distribution only; produced by PolyGram and Working Title Films |
| August 21, 1992 | Light Sleeper | North American distribution only; produced by Carolco Pictures |
| September 11, 1992 | Swoon | North American distribution only |
| October 14, 1992 | Simple Men | |
| October 30, 1992 | Waterland | North American distribution only; co-production with Film4 Productions |
| February 3, 1993 | To Want to Fly | North American distribution only |
| February 12, 1993 | Riff-Raff | North American distribution only; produced by Film4 Productions |
| February 26, 1993 | The Last Days of Chez Nous | North American distribution only |
| April 2, 1993 | Léolo | U.S. distribution only |
| April 9, 1993 | Bodies, Rest & Motion | |
| April 16, 1993 | Wide Sargasso Sea | North American distribution only |
| July 23, 1993 | Amongst Friends | North American distribution only |
| August 20, 1993 | The Ballad of Little Jo | North American distribution only |
| September 15, 1993 | Household Saints | North American distribution only; produced by Jones Entertainment |
| October 8, 1993 | Short Cuts | North American distribution only |
| December 15, 1993 | Naked | North American distribution only; produced by Film4 Productions |
| February 2, 1994 | Fiorile | North American distribution only |
| March 11, 1994 | Bitter Moon | U.S. distribution only; produced by Le Studio Canal+ |
| April 13, 1994 | Naked in New York | North American distribution only |
| May 13, 1994 | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | |
| May 13, 1994 | Widows' Peak | |
| July 15, 1994 | Spanking the Monkey | |
| July 29, 1994 | Barcelona | North American distribution only; produced by Castle Rock Entertainment |
| September 30, 1994 | Caro diario | North American distribution only |
| October 14, 1994 | Hoop Dreams | North American distribution only |
| November 23, 1994 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | North American distribution only |
| December 23, 1994 | Death and the Maiden | North American distribution only |
| May 3, 1995 | Once Were Warriors | North American distribution only |
| May 19, 1995 | Little Odessa | distribution only; produced by LIVE Entertainment |
| June 16, 1995 | The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love | North American distribution only |
| July 21, 1995 | An Awfully Big Adventure | North American distribution only |
| July 28, 1995 | Double Happiness | U.S. distribution only |
| November 3, 1995 | The Promise | North American distribution only |
| November 3, 1995 | Total Eclipse | North American distribution only |
| November 22, 1995 | Frankie Starlight | North American distribution only |
| February 9, 1996 | Pie in the Sky | |
| March 29, 1996 | Carried Away | |
| August 16, 1996 | Kansas City | North American distribution only |
| September 13, 1996 | Feeling Minnesota | co-production with Jersey Films |
| October 11, 1996 | The Grass Harp | |
| October 25, 1996 | Normal Life | |
| October 25, 1996 | Twelfth Night | North American distribution only |
| November 1, 1996 | Mother Night | |
| November 20, 1996 | Shine | North American distribution only |
| March 21, 1997 | Crash | U.S. distribution only; produced by Alliance Communications, The Movie Network, Telefilm Canada and Recorded Picture Company |
| March 21, 1997 | The Quiet Room | North American distribution only |
| April 11, 1997 | Pink Flamingos | 25th anniversary re-release |
| May 9, 1997 | Nowhere | |
| May 16, 1997 | Love! Valour! Compassion! | |
| June 18, 1997 | For Roseanna | North American distribution only |
| June 25, 1997 | Head Above Water | co-production with Tig Productions |
| July 10, 1997 | Desperate Living | 20th anniversary re-release |
| July 16, 1997 | All Over Me | |
| September 5, 1997 | Julian Po | |
| October 17, 1997 | Gummo | with Independent Pictures |
| November 21, 1997 | The Sweet Hereafter | U.S. distribution only; produced by Alliance Communications |
| December 24, 1997 | The Winter Guest | North American distribution only |
| January 2, 1998 | Deconstructing Harry | North American distribution only; produced by Sweeetland Films and Jean Doumanian Productions |
| April 17, 1998 | Wild Man Blues | North American distribution only; produced by Sweetland Films |
| June 12, 1998 | Passion in the Desert | North American distribution only |
| July 10, 1998 | When I Close My Eyes | U.S. distribution only |
| September 11, 1998 | Let's Talk About Sex | North American distribution only |
| September 18, 1998 | Esmeralda Comes by Night | U.S. distribution only |
| September 25, 1998 | Pecker | |
| December 25, 1998 | Hurlyburly | North American distribution only |
| December 25, 1998 | The Legend of 1900 | distribution outside Italy only |
| January 22, 1999 | The Theory of Flight | North American distribution only |
| January 24, 1999 | Man of the Century | U.S. distribution only |
| April 9, 1999 | Lovers of the Arctic Circle | U.S. distribution only |
| May 21, 1999 | Besieged | North American distribution only; produced by BBC Films |
| July 23, 1999 | Trick | North American distribution only; produced by Roadside Attractions and Good Machine |
| October 15, 1999 | Julien Donkey-Boy | with Independent Pictures |
| December 10, 1999 | Tumbleweeds | distribution only |
| December 15, 1999 | Simpatico | North American distribution only |

### 2000s

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| January 28, 2000 | The Cup | co-distribution with Palm Pictures |
| March 24, 2000 | Buddy Boy | |
| March 29, 2000 | The Filth and the Fury | |
| July 14, 2000 | The Five Senses | U.S. distribution only; produced by Alliance Atlantis |
| August 11, 2000 | An Affair of Love | distribution in the U.S. and English-speaking Canada only |
| September 1, 2000 | Saving Grace | North American distribution only |
| October 6, 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | North American distribution only; co-production with Zentropa Entertainments, Canal+ and FilmFour |
| January 12, 2001 | State and Main | North American distribution only; produced by Filmtown Entertainment, Green/Renzi and El Dorado Pictures |
| January 26, 2001 | Before Night Falls | North American distribution only |
| January 26, 2001 | Tomorrow | North American distribution only |
| February 2, 2001 | The Invisible Circus | |
| June 14, 2001 | The Anniversary Party | |
| July 20, 2001 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | with New Line Cinema |
| September 14, 2001 | The Prime Gig | with Independent Pictures |
| January 25, 2002 | Storytelling | co-production with Good Machine |
| April 12, 2002 | Human Nature | co-production with StudioCanal and Good Machine; distributed by Pathé in UK |
| June 7, 2002 | Cherish | North American distribution only |
| September 20, 2002 | Invincible | |
| February 18, 2003 | The Sleeping Dictionary | distribution only |
| September 7, 2003 | Ripley's Game | |
| September 12, 2003 | American Splendor | with HBO Films |
| October 24, 2003 | Elephant | with HBO Films |
| July 16, 2004 | Maria Full of Grace | with HBO Films |
| September 24, 2004 | A Dirty Shame | distribution only; replaced by New Line Cinema on international prints |
| October 22, 2004 | Vera Drake | |
| October 29, 2004 | Birth | with New Line Cinema |
| December 17, 2004 | The Sea Inside | distribution in English-speaking territories only; replaced by New Line Cinema on international prints |
| April 29, 2005 | The Holy Girl | US theatrical distribution only; with HBO Films |
| April 29, 2005 | The Year of the Yao | distribution only; produced by Endgame Entertainment and NBA Entertainment |
| June 10, 2005 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | co-production with Metropolitan Films and Davis Films |