Fox Searchlight Pictures is a film division of
20th Century Fox, established in 1994. It specialises in
indie and
British films, alongside
dramedy and horror, and is variously involved with the
production and/or
distribution of these films.
In the early-to-mid 1980s, prior to the creation of Searchlight, Fox previously released independent films under the banner of
20th Century-Fox International Classics; the most notable of the releases under this banner include
Bill Cosby: Himself,
Reuben, Reuben, and
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
In 2006, a sub-label,
Fox Atomic, was created to produce and/or distribute genre films. Its first release was
Turistas. Fox Atomic closed down in 2009.