Vestron Pictures

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This article is about the film studio. For the parent video distributor, see Vestron Video.

Vestron Pictures was a film studio and distributor of the late 1980s, and a division of Austin Furst's Vestron Inc., best known for their 1987 release of Dirty Dancing. The company was a spin-off of the earlier video distributor, Vestron Video. Today, Lionsgate owns the rights to the Vestron library (previously owned by LIVE Entertainment, later Artisan).

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Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991)
Love Hurts (1991)
A Gnome Named Gnorm (1990)
Fear (1990)
Blue Steel (1990) (released by United Artists)
Class of 1999 (1990) (released by Taurus Entertainment Company)
Catchfire (1990)
Enid Is Sleeping (1990)
Spies on Ice (1990)
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. (1989)
Little Monsters (1989, Vestron produced the film but sold the film to United Artists due to financial problems.)
Twister (1989)
The Rainbow (1989)
Cat Chaser (1989)
Far From Home (1989)
Earth Girls Are Easy (1989, distribution only)
Dream a Little Dream (1989)
Parents (1989)
Paint It Black (1989)
The Beat (1988)
Young Guns (1987, international and video distribution only, 20th Century Fox owned North American theatrical rights)
Call Me (1988)
Midnight Crossing (1988)
And God Created Woman (1988)
Spies Inc. (1988)
Anna (1987)
China Girl (1987)
The Princess Bride (1987, distribution only; 20th Century Fox owned North American distribution rights, while Vestron owned distribution rights for the rest of the world.)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
The Adventure of the Action Hunters (1987)
Malcolm (1987, US distribution only)
Nightforce (1987)
Promised Land (1987)
Blood Diner (1987)
Slaughter High (1986)