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Top 25 Arthouse film distributors based in Los Angeles, United States
RevenueBase identified 62 arthouse film distributors headquartered in Los Angeles, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 326 professional contacts across them, including 80 with verified work emails. Across the United States, Los Angeles is the largest hub for this category.
This list covers arthouse film distributors headquartered in Los Angeles, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 30, 2026.
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The 25 largest arthouse film distributors based in Los Angeles, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Roadside Attractions has released over 200 movies since its founding in 2003, with a combined box office exceeding $600 million.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Laemmle Theatres specializes is showcasing arthouse, independent, and foreign films.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Viva Pictures Distribution, LLC is an independent film production studio and all-rights distributor with a focus on Kids & Family, Spanish-Language, and Horror content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Archstone is a sales and distribution company focused on delivering high quality theatrical films and documentaries around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “One of the largest all rights independent film distributors in the world - bringing you the movies you want in theaters and On Demand!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “THE FILM COLLABORATIVE is the first non-profit, full-service provider dedicated to the distribution of independent film.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Launched in 2014, Saban Films is a boutique North American acquisition and distribution company based in Los Angeles, California that has built an impressive slate of high-quality…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Picturehouse is a film distribution and marketing company focused on the future of how independent cinema is created, shared and experienced worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Beginning as a creative film financier, LA based Ketchup Entertainment launched a domestic distribution label in summer of 2012.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Indie Rights a global digital distribution company with a growing catalog of independent films that are available on all the premium digital channels such as HULU, Amazon, Google…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dark Star Pictures is a new-age North American distribution company, focused on bringing unique and targeted content to audiences across the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Providing best-in-class film distribution services and more, Atlas Distribution Company provides independent film distributors and studios alike transparent end-to-end film…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Starline Films is a bi-coastal NY/LA independent production and distribution company specializing in feature films, documentaries, and high-profile events.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Flicker Alley, LLC was founded in 2002 with the goal of bringing film history to new audiences by offering an ever-expanding selection of new digital editions of cinema classics…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “New World Distribution is the Independent filmmakers choice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sublimity Entertainment is a dedicated Film Sales Agency with a unique focus on Independent Film Distribution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “DADA Films is a full-service film marketing, distribution, and publicity agency specializing in U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “FilmmakerLife is a global film media platform covering cinema, filmmakers, industry news, and film culture for a highly engaged audience of creatives and industry professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “New Generation Films executive offices for production and distribution are located in Hollywood, California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Automatic Entertainment is a Los Angeles based independent motion picture financing and distribution management company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Film Arcade is an independent film distribution company that recently released Lake Bell's I Do.Until I Don't starring Lake Bell and Ed Helms, Mike Birbiglia's Don't Think…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Distributor for film and tv, specializing in indies” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Screen Indie is a revolutionary social streaming platform that redefines the relationship between filmmaking and community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Deaf Crocodile was founded by two experienced arthouse veterans, Dennis Bartok and Craig Rogers, with nearly 30 years’ experience in specialized exhibition, programming…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: arthouse film distributors. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names arthouse film distributors.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of arthouse film distributors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name arthouse film distributors. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Arthouse film distributors based in Los Angeles, United States at a glance
As of Sep 30, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Los Angeles, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Los Angeles, over 62 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among arthouse film distributors, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Los Angeles, United States whose own description of what they do matches “arthouse film distributors”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names arthouse film distributors), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among arthouse film distributors, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Los Angeles are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 80 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 30, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names arthouse film distributors, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many arthouse film distributors are there based in Los Angeles, United States?
RevenueBase identified 62 arthouse film distributors headquartered in Los Angeles, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Roadside Attractions, headquartered in Los Angeles, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city in the United States has the most arthouse film distributors?
Los Angeles leads the United States with 62 headquartered companies, followed by New York (58) and Brooklyn (9).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 80 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 62 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 30, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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