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Sony Pictures Classics was founded in 1992 by Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, and Marcie Bloom. The trio established the division as an autonomous unit within Sony Pictures Entertainment to operate with fewer staff than major studios.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon became the first film to cross the 100 million dollar mark globally for the company. The film earned over 213 million dollars worldwide on a budget of 17 million dollars and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Sony Pictures Classics promoted The Lives of Others to an Oscar and BAFTA despite the film being rejected by the Cannes, Berlin, Venice, and New York Film Festivals. The film went on to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006.
Midnight in Paris released in 2011 became the company's largest commercial success of the 2010s. The film grossed over 56 million dollars in the United States and became Allen's highest-grossing film ever in the country.
As of 2015, the company had released films that won 38 Academy Awards and received 164 nominations. The list of Best Picture nominations included titles such as I'm Still Here, The Father, and Call Me By Your Name.
Ten titles released by Sony Pictures Classics made the 2025 New York Times list of the 100 greatest films of the 21st century. The selected films included Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, A Separation, and Amélie which was re-released by the company in 2024.