Image Entertainment, Inc. is an American independent licensee, producer and distributor of entertainment programming and film and television productions in North America, with approximately 3,200 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 340 exclusive CD titles in domestic release, and approximately 450 programs internationally via sublicense agreements. For many of its titles, Image has exclusive audio and broadcast rights as well as digital download rights to approximately 2,100 video programs and over 400 audio programs containing more than 6,000 tracks. The company is headquartered in Chatsworth, California.
Founded in 1981 as a public company, Image began as a distributor of Laserdiscs, whose sound and picture quality surpassed that of VHS and Beta, the dominant tape formats of the time. Image successfully secured exclusive output deals with major studios such as Universal Studios, 20th Century Fox, and the Walt Disney Company and grew to become the dominant distributor of the format.
As the 1990s came to a close and Laserdiscs gave way to DVDs, Image re-focused on the fledgling format that quickly came to dominate the home video marketplace. While studios were busy managing the transition from VHS to DVD, Image began to acquire DVD rights to long-form music concert programs, television programming, foreign films and a broad array of special interest programming, all of which were being ignored by the major studios and music labels.
In 2005, Image signed a distribution deal with Bandai Visual to distribute select anime titles under the Honneamise label. The deal ended in March 2007, when Bandai Visual switched over to Geneon USA.
Image continued to work with its long term partner, Criterion Collection, as well as hundreds of independent content producers and rights holders to bring products to the marketplace. By the 10th anniversary of the DVD, Image has once again established itself as a dominant distributor of independently produced programs. In 2008, Image began to expand its release schedule to include feature films.
On August 31, 2010, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment partnered with Image Entertainment in a multi-year agreement, marketing and distributing some DVDs and Blu-rays by Image. Image retains its own sales and marketing.
In May 2011, Image entered into an in-house film and television production agreement. Its latest theatrical film is 44 Inch Chest. Most recently, the company announced the pick-up of The Tall Man, starring Jessica Biel.
On April 2, 2012, it was announced that RLJ Acquisition, Inc. had entered into an agreement to acquire Image Entertainment as well as Acorn Media and plan to merge the two companies together. The two companies operate under the banner "RLJ Entertainment".
The Air I Breathe
Autumn Hearts
Bad Taste
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Chillerama
Beneath The Darkness
Born To Ride
Color of Freedom
Devil's Knot
The Distance
Dreamscape
Ernest movies:
Ernest Goes to Africa (part of Ernest's Wacky Adventures: Volume 2, Ernest Triple Feature, and "Ultimate Ernest Collection")
Ernest Goes to School (part of Ernest's Wacky Adventures: Volume 2 and Ernest Triple Feature)
Ernest in the Army (part of Ernest's Wacky Adventures: Volume 1, Ernest Triple Feature, and "Ultimate Ernest Collection")
Ernest Rides Again (part of Ernest's Wacky Adventures: Volume 1)
Slam Dunk Ernest (part of Ernest's Wacky Adventures: Volume 2)
Knowhutimean? Hey Vern, It's My Family Album (part of "Ernest's Wacky Adventures: Volume 2" and "Ultimate Ernest Collection")
Your World As I See It (part of "Ultimate Ernest Collection")
Far North
Freeway Killer
Hate Crime
Home Sweet Home
The Incredible Hulk Returns (paired with The Trial of the Incredible Hulk)
Joan of Arc (the complete unedited version, currently out-of-print in the U.S.)
Just Another Day
My Name is Bruce
Nobody Gets Out Alive
Passion Play
The Perfect Game
Plaguers
Re-Cycle
The Secret
Shivers
Speed-Dating
Starbomb
Stuck
Suburban Girl
Then She Found Me
Tokarev
Tracey Fragments
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (paired with The Incredible Hulk Returns)
Undead or Alive
Winnie Mandela
88 Minutes
About Last Night...
Absence of Malice
Adaptation
Against All Odds
The Age of Innocence
...And Justice for All
Arlington Road
Armed and Dangerous
Awakenings
Baby Geniuses
The Big Hit
Blind Date
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
California Suite
Chances Are
The China Syndrome
Darkness Falls
Desperate Measures
Dick
Eye of the Beholder
The Fisher King
Gattaca
Half Past Dead
Hideaway
The Hollywood Knights
I Love You to Death
Jagged Edge
Jawbreaker
Johnny Mnemonic
The Medallion
Money Train
Nowhere to Run
Peggy Sue Got Married
Quicksilver
Random Hearts
Red Rock West
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Short Circuit
Short Circuit 2
Sleepwalkers
A Soldier's Story
St. Elmo's Fire
Stealing Harvard
Stir Crazy
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
The Tailor of Panama
To Die For
The Toy
Under Suspicion
White Water Summer
The Criterion Collection
IMAX programming
The Adventures of Black Beauty
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Combat!
Conan the Adventurer
Crime Story
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Father Murphy
Friday: The Animated Series
Ghost Hunters
Hearts Afire
I Spy
Naked City
The New Adventures of Black Beauty
Nowhere Man
Pee-wee's Playhouse
The Prisoner
Rags to Riches
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Scruff
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World
Sledge Hammer!
Starhunter
TekWar
Thriller
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1985)
Stand-up comedy
Adam Hunter: Dysfunctional
Al Ducharme: Spineless And Lovin' It
Artie Lange: It's The Whiskey Talkin'
Bill Burr: Why Do I Do This?
Bill Engvall: Here's Your Sign: Live!
Bill Maher: I'm Swiss
Daniel Tosh: Completely Serious
Doug Stanhope: No Refunds
Drew Hastings: Irked & Miffed
Eddie Griffin: Voodoo
Eddie Izzard: We Know Where You Live
Finesse Mitchell: Snap Famous
Gabriel Iglesias: Hot And Fluffy
Gilbert Gottfried: Dirty Jokes
Howie Mandel: The First Special
Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security
Jamie Foxx: Unleashed: Lost Stolen, And Leaked!
Jamie Kennedy: Unwashed
Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself
Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity
Jeff Dunham: A Very Special Christmas Special
Jeff Foxworthy: You Might Be A Redneck If...And Check Your Neck
Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale
Jimmy Dore: Citizen Jimmy
Joe Rogan: Live
John Pinette: I'm Starvin'!
John Witherspoon: You Got To Coordinate
Katt Williams: Live
Kevin Downey, Jr.: I'm Not Gay, But Don't Stop
Kyle Cease: Weirder. Blacker. Dimpler
Larry The Cable Guy: Git-R-Done
Michael Winslow: Comedy Sound Slapdown!
Mike Marino: New Jersey's Bad Boy Of Comedy
Pablo Francisco: Ouch! Live From San Jose
Paul Mooney: Know Your History: Jesus Was Black; So Was Cleopatra
The Pee-Wee Herman Show: Live from the Sunset Strip's Roxy Theatre
Richard Lewis: Concerts From Hell
Rita Rudner: Live From Las Vegas
Ron White: They Call Me Tater Salad
Ron White: You Can't Fix Stupid
Steve Byrne: Happy Hour
Steven Wright: When The Leaves Blow Away
Tommy Tiernan: Something Mental
Wanda Sykes: Sick & Tired
Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Cher: The Farewell Tour
Chicago And Earth, Wind & Fire: Live at The Greek
Daryl Hall & John Oates: Our Kind of Soul: Live
David Allan Coe: Live At Billy Bob's, Texas
Dinosaur Jr.: Live in the Middle East
Electric Light Orchestra: Zoom Tour Live
Elvis Presley: The Ed Sullivan Shows
Farm Aid: 20th Anniversary
Gigantour 1 & 2
Gram Parsons: Return to Sin City
Heart: Alive In Seattle
Kidsongs: Music Video Stories
Kiss: Rock The Nation: Live!
Korn: Live on the Other Side
Mariah Carey: The Adventures of Mimiv
Megadeth: That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires
Moody Blues: Lovely to See You: Live
Phil Lesh and Friends: Live at the Warfield Theater
Phish: Bittersweet Motel
Ramones: Raw
Ray Charles: 50 Years in Music
Ringo Starr: The Best Of Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band: So Far
Roy Orbison: A Black & White Night
Sammy Hagar and The Wabos: Livin' It Up! In St. Louis
Sheryl Crow: Rockin' The Globe Live
The Who: At Kilburn 1977 & Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Yes: YesSongs
