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{{Short description|British film production and distribution company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}}{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox company
| name        = HandMade Films
| logo        = HandMade Films logo.svg
| logo_size   = 220px
| type        = Private company
| industry    = Filmmaking, distribution
| successor   = GFM Films<br />GFM Animation
| foundation  = {{Start date and age|1978}}
| founder     = [[George Harrison]]<br />[[Denis O'Brien (producer)|Denis O'Brien]]
| defunct     = {{End date and age|2013}}
| fate        = [[Liquidation]]
| location    = London, England
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people  = David Francis
| parent         = [[Paragon Entertainment Corporation]] (1994–1999)<br />Cartier Investments (1999–2006)<br />Almorah Services Ltd (2010–2013)
| homepage    = {{URL|handmadefilms.com}}
}}

'''HandMade Films''' was an English [[Filmmaking|film production]] and distribution company based in London, active between 1978 and 2013. Notable films from the studio include ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]'' (1979), ''[[The Long Good Friday]]'' (1980), ''[[Time Bandits]]'' (1981) and ''[[Withnail and I]]'' (1987).<ref name="grdn">{{cite news |last=Barber |first=Nicholas |title=How George Harrison – and a very naughty boy – saved British cinema |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/03/george-harrison-beatle-monty-python-life-of-brian-handmade-studios |access-date=3 April 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=3 April 2019}}</ref>

==History==

=== Foundation ===
HandMade Films was formed by former [[The Beatles|Beatle]] [[George Harrison]] and business partner [[Denis O'Brien (producer)|Denis O'Brien]] in 1978 to finance the controversial [[Monty Python]] film ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian|Life of Brian]]''.<ref name="grdn"/> Harrison had been introduced to O'Brien by actor [[Peter Sellers]] in 1973. Soon afterward the two went into business together.{{sfn|Harry|2003|p=211}} The HandMade logo was drawn by Python's animator [[Terry Gilliam]].<ref>''An Accidental Studio'' (2019)</ref>

When the original financiers of ''Brian'', [[EMI Films]], pulled out of the project less than a week before filming was to commence, the creators had to find other financing.<ref name="screenonline">{{Screenonline title|id=499846|name=Handmade studio biography and associate films}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Davies|2009|pp=362–363}}; {{harvnb|Doggett|2009|p=262}}.</ref> Harrison, a friend and fan of the Pythons, mortgaged his [[Friar Park]] home to finance the feature.<ref name="grdn"/> [[Eric Idle]] of the Pythons later called it "the most anybody's ever paid for a cinema ticket in history".{{sfn|Doggett|2009|p=262}} ''Life of Brian'' grossed $21&nbsp;million at the box office in the US.{{sfn|Harry|2003|p=211}}

Harrison explained: "The name of the company came about as a bit of a joke. I'd been to [[Wookey Hole]] in Somerset&nbsp;... [near] an old paper mill where they show you how to make old underpants into paper. So I bought a few rolls, and they had this watermark 'British Handmade Paper'&nbsp;... So we said&nbsp;... we'll call it Handmade Films."{{sfn|Harry|2003|p=211}} 

=== First film and growth of productions ===
The first film distributed by HandMade Films was ''[[The Long Good Friday]]'' (1980), and the first it produced was ''[[Time Bandits]]'' (1981), a co-scripted project by [[Monty Python]]{{'}}s [[Terry Gilliam]] and [[Michael Palin]].{{sfn|Harry|2003|p=212}} The film featured a new song by Harrison, "[[Dream Away (George Harrison song)|Dream Away]]", in the closing credits.{{sfn|Inglis|2010|p=83}} ''Time Bandits'' became one of HandMade's most successful and acclaimed efforts; with a budget of $5&nbsp;million, it earned $35&nbsp;million in the US within ten weeks of its release.{{sfn|Inglis|2010|p=83}}

Harrison served as [[Film producer|executive producer]] for 23 films with HandMade, including the Oscar-nominated ''[[Mona Lisa (film)|Mona Lisa]]'', ''[[Shanghai Surprise]]'' and ''[[Withnail and I]]''. He made several [[cameo appearance]]s in these films, including a role as a [[nightclub singer]] in ''Shanghai Surprise'',<ref>[https://www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/2019/10/23/control-nathan-rabin-40-73-shanghai-surprise Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #73 Shanghai Surprise —— Nathan Rabin's Happy Place]</ref> for which he recorded five new songs.{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=244}} According to Ian Inglis, Harrison's "executive role in HandMade Films helped to sustain British cinema at a time of crisis, producing some of the country's most memorable movies of the 1980s."{{sfn|Inglis|2010|p=xvi}} In 1987, HandMade Films made an agreement with independent motion picture distributor [[Island Records|Island Pictures]] to distribute four films for limited theatrical release from 1987 to mid-1988: ''[[The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne]]'', ''[[Track 29]]'', ''[[The Raggedy Rawney]]'' and ''[[Bellman and True]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 April 1987|title=Island Gets 4 Handmades|page=5|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

===Changes of ownership and recent history===
Following a series of [[box office bomb]]s in the late 1980s and excessive debt incurred by O'Brien, which was [[Loan guarantee|guaranteed]] by Harrison, HandMade's financial situation became precarious.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sellers |first=Robert |date=2013 |title=Very Naughty Boys: The Amazing True Stories of HandMade Films |location=London |publisher=Titan Books |isbn=9781781167083}}</ref>{{sfn|Dawtrey|2002|p=207}} The company ceased operations in 1991<ref name="grdn"/> and was sold three years later to [[Paragon Entertainment Corporation]] of Toronto, Canada.{{sfn|Harry|2003|pp=214–15}} Afterward, Harrison sued O'Brien for $25&nbsp;million for fraud and negligence, resulting in an $11.6&nbsp;million judgment in 1996.<ref>Morris, Chris. "George Harrison Wins $11.6 Mill. In Suit Vs. Ex-Partner", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', 3 February 1996: 13</ref><ref name="grdn"/> Following this event, the company was completely taken over by the Canadian investors.

New owner [[Paragon Entertainment Corporation]] restarted production under the HandMade name in 1996–1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=13047|title=PARAGON/HANDMADE FILMS TO MAKE FIVE FEATURES IN FIRST HALF OF 1997|first=Paragon|last=Entertainment|website=www.prnewswire.co.uk|access-date=14 December 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214125056/http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/paragonhandmade-films-to-make-five-features-in-first-half-of-1997-156329145.html |archive-date=14 December 2017}}</ref> The company's most notable release of that era was ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]'' (1998). In 1999, [[Patrick Meehan (producer)|Patrick Meehan]] and Cartier Investments acquired HandMade from Paragon.<ref name=variety>{{cite news |title=HandMade offering |url=https://variety.com/2006/scene/news/handmade-offering-1200336260/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=17 May 2006 |access-date=21 November 2014}}</ref><ref name=ftblackwell>{{cite news |last=Blackwell |first=David |title=HandMade set for Aim after £15m deal |url=https://www.ft.com/content/51a5cc9e-e478-11da-8ced-0000779e2340 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210211255/https://www.ft.com/content/51a5cc9e-e478-11da-8ced-0000779e2340#axzz3JjIjNcTx |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |work=[[Financial Times]] |date=16 May 2006 |access-date=21 November 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In June 1999, The Equator Group plc became the exclusive distributor and manager of the HandMade Films library,<ref>{{cite web |title=Equator Group PLC Interim Results – 6 months ended 30 June 1999 |url=https://www.investegate.co.uk/equator-group-plc--hmf-/rns/interim-results---6-months-ended-30-june-1999/199910281204027796W/ |website=Investigate.co.uk |publisher=FE fundinfo |date=28 October 1999 |access-date=3 May 2020 |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101065645/https://www.investegate.co.uk/equator-group-plc--hmf-/rns/interim-results---6-months-ended-30-june-1999/199910281204027796W/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and attempted to purchase the company from Cartier outright, but negotiations were unsuccessful until a [[reverse takeover]] agreement with Hand Made Holdings Ltd<ref>{{cite web |title=Equator Group PLC EGM Results and Board Changes |url=https://www.investegate.co.uk/equator-group-plc--hmf-/rns/egm-results-and-board-changes/200606081128052644E/ |website=Investegate.co.uk |publisher=FE fundinfo |date=8 June 2006 |access-date=3 May 2020 |archive-date=2 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102094750/https://www.investegate.co.uk/equator-group-plc--hmf-/rns/egm-results-and-board-changes/200606081128052644E/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> announced on 15 May 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=Equator Group PLC re-Admission to trading |url=https://www.investegate.co.uk/equator-group-plc--hmf-/rns/re-admission-to-trading/200605150800089336C/ |website=Investigate.co.uk |publisher=FE fundinfo |date=15 May 2006 |access-date=3 May 2020 |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024204311/https://www.investegate.co.uk/equator-group-plc--hmf-/rns/re-admission-to-trading/200605150800089336C/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

The Equator Group reincorporated as HandMade Plc on 8 June 2006<ref>{{cite web |title=Certificate of Incorporation on Change of Name, Company No. 3270629 |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03270629/filing-history/MTYxOTE4MDE3YWRpcXprY3g/document?format=pdf&download=0 |format=PDF |publisher=[[Companies House]] |date=8 June 2006 |access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref> and the new company was traded on the [[Alternative Investment Market]] (AIM) stock exchange (changing its [[ticker symbol]] from EQG to HMF). Trading of HandMade plc shares was suspended several times, notably June to October 2009, after the company failed to provide 2008 audit results to shareholders.<ref>{{cite web |title=HandMade Plc shares suspended as it fails to produce accounts |first=Geoffrey |last=McNabb |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/production/uk-ireland/-handmade-plc-shares-suspended-as-it-fails-to-produce-accounts/5003014.article |website=[[ScreenDaily]] |date=1 July 2009 |access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Allen |first=Katie |title=Aim-listed HandMade films asks for share suspension |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/jan/07/handmade-shares-suspended |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=7 January 2010 |access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref>

On 29 April 2010, Almorah Services Ltd tendered a takeover bid, priced at £0.01 per share in cash<ref>{{cite web |title=Almorah Services Ltd Offer for Handmade plc |url=https://www.investegate.co.uk/almorah-services-ltd/rns/offer-for-handmade-plc/201004300700070921L/ |website=Investegate.co.uk |publisher=FE fundinfo |date=29 April 2010 |access-date=3 May 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and HMF was [[Listing (finance)#Delisting|delisted]] from the AIM on 29 June 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cancellation – Handmade plc |url=https://www.investegate.co.uk/aim/rns/cancellation---handmade-plc/201006290700053356O/ |website=Investegate.co.uk |publisher=FE fundinfo |date=29 June 2010 |access-date=3 May 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> HandMade plc was re-registered as HandMade Limited, a private company, on 2 February 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03270629/filing-history/MzAzMTUzNjk1M2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 |format=PDF |title=Certificate of Incorporation on Re-Registration of a Public Company as a Private Company, Company No. 3270629 |publisher=Companies House |date=2 February 2011 |access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref> Handmade Limited entered administration on 11 July 2012, [[liquidation]] on 24 April 2013,<ref name="Insolvency">{{cite press release |title=Handmade film directors disqualified for misleading investors |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/handmade-film-directors-disqualified-for-misleading-investors |url-status=live |agency=[[Insolvency Service|The Insolvency Service]] |date=14 February 2017 |access-date=3 May 2020 |id=020 7596 6187 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214193247/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/handmade-film-directors-disqualified-for-misleading-investors |archive-date=14 February 2017}}</ref> and was dissolved on 22 February 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dissolved |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03270629/filing-history/MzE5ODQwMzU3MmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 |format=PDF |publisher=Companies House |date=22 February 2018 |access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref>

In 2016, [[Park Circus (company)|Park Circus]] purchased distribution rights to the HandMade film library.<ref>{{cite web |last=McNabb |first=Geoffrey |title=Park Circus to sell Handmade Films library |url=https://www.screendaily.com/cannes/park-circus-to-sell-handmade-films-library/5103859.article |website=[[ScreenDaily]] |date=13 May 2016 |access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref>

In 2017, following an investigation by the [[Insolvency Service]], three HandMade Limited directors were disqualified from acting as a director of a company: Patrick Anthony Meehan for 13 years, David Bernard Ravden for five-and-a-half years, and Peter William Parkinson for four years. The directors misused funds to "pay off relatives" and "on matters undisclosed to advisers, shareholder or potential investors".<ref name="Insolvency"/>

==Filmography==
{{Category see also |HandMade Films films}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Director
![[Rotten Tomatoes]]
![[Metacritic]]
|-
! colspan="5" |1970s
|-
| rowspan="2" |1979
|''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]''
|[[Terry Jones]]
|95% (64 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/monty_pythons_life_of_brian/ |title=Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|77% (15 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/life-of-brian |title=Monty Python's Life of Brian Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
|''[[A Sense of Freedom]]''
|[[John Mackenzie (film director)|John Mackenzie]]
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
! colspan="5" |1980s
|-
|1980
|''[[The Long Good Friday]]''
||John Mackenzie
|96% (28 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_long_good_friday/ |title=The Long Good Friday (1982) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |1981
|''[[Time Bandits]]''
|[[Terry Gilliam]]
|89% (46 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/time_bandits/ |title=Time Bandits (1981) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|79% (18 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/time-bandits |title=Time Bandits Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Tattoo (1981 film)|Tattoo]]''
|[[Bob Brooks (film director)|Bob Brooks]]
|33% (6 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1020906_tattoo |title=Tattoo (1981) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Venom (1981 film)|Venom]]''
|[[Piers Haggard]]
|43% (7 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1022537_venom |title=Venom (1981) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[The Burning (1981 film)|The Burning]]''
|[[Tony Maylam]]
|86% (7 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1184756_burning |title=The Burning (1981) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |1982
|''[[Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl]]''
|[[Terry Hughes (director)|Terry Hughes]] (live segments)<br/>[[Ian MacNaughton]] (film segments)
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Scrubbers]]''
|[[Mai Zetterling]]
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[The Missionary]]''
|[[Richard Loncraine]]
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Privates on Parade (film)|Privates on Parade]]''
|[[Michael Blakemore]]
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|1983
|''[[Bullshot (film)|Bullshot]]''
|[[Dick Clement]]
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|1984
|''[[A Private Function]]''
|[[Malcolm Mowbray]]
|88% (8 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_private_function |title=A Private Function (1985) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|-
|1985
|''[[Water (1985 film)|Water]]''
|Dick Clement
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |1986
|''[[Mona Lisa (film)|Mona Lisa]]''
|[[Neil Jordan]]
|97% (30 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mona_lisa |title=Mona Lisa (1986) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Shanghai Surprise]]''
|[[Jim Goddard]]
|13% (8 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shanghai_surprise |title=Shanghai Surprise (1986) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |1987
|''[[Withnail and I]]''
|[[Bruce Robinson]]
|94% (31 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/withnail_and_i |title=Withnail and I (1987) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Bellman and True]]''
|Richard Loncraine
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne]]''
|[[Jack Clayton]]
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |1988
|''[[Track 29]]''
|[[Nicolas Roeg]]
|67% (6 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/track_29 |title=Track 29 (1988) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Five Corners (film)|Five Corners]]''
|[[Tony Bill]]
|78% (9 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/five_corners |title=Five Corners (1987) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[The Raggedy Rawney]]''
|[[Bob Hoskins]]
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |1989
|''[[Checking Out (1989 film)|Checking Out]]''
|[[David Leland]]
|20% (5 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1003972_checking_out |title=Checking Out (1989) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[How to Get Ahead in Advertising]]''
|Bruce Robinson
|57% (14 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/how_to_get_ahead_in_advertising |title=How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Powwow Highway]]''
|[[Jonathan Wacks]]
|100% (9 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/powwow_highway |title=Powwow Highway (1989) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|-
! colspan="5" |1990s
|-
|rowspan="2" |1990
|''[[Cold Dog Soup (film)|Cold Dog Soup]]''
|[[Alan Metter]]
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Nuns on the Run]]''
|[[Jonathan Lynn]]
|42% (26 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nuns_on_the_run |title=Nuns on the Run (1990) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|{{N/A}}
|-
|1996
|''[[Intimate Relations (1996 film)|Intimate Relations]]''
|Philip Goodhew
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|1997
|''[[The Wrong Guy]]''
|[[David Steinberg]]
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|1998
|''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]''
|[[Guy Ritchie]]
|75% (65 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lock_stock_and_two_smoking_barrels |title=Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (1999) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
|66% (30 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels |title=Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="7" |2000s
|-
| rowspan="2" |2003
|''[[Eloise at the Plaza]]''
|[[Kevin Lima]]
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Eloise at Christmastime]]''
|Kevin Lima
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|2006
|''[[Eloise: The Animated Series]]''
|[[Wes Archer]]
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2008
|''[[Manolete (film)|Manolete]]''
|[[Menno Meyjes]]
|colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Fifty Dead Men Walking]]''
|[[Kari Skogland]]
|84% (51 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1216067_fifty_dead_men_walking |title=Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=26 July 2018 }}</ref>
|57% (16 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/fifty-dead-men-walking |title=Fifty Dead Men Walking Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=26 July 2018 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2009
|''[[Planet 51]]''
|Jorge Blanco
|22% (108 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/planet_51 |title=Planet 51 (2009) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=23 October 2019 }}</ref>
|39% (21 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/planet-51 |title=Planet 51 Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=26 July 2018 }}</ref>
|-
|''[[Cracks (2009 film)|Cracks]]''
|[[Jordan Scott (filmmaker)|Jordan Scott]]
|43% (49 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cracks |title=Cracks (2011) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=26 July 2018 }}</ref>
|54% (12 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/cracks |title=Cracks Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=26 July 2018 }}</ref>
|-
! colspan="5" |2010s
|-
|2010
|''[[127 Hours]]''
|[[Danny Boyle]]
|93% (224 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/127_hours |title=127 Hours (2010) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=26 July 2018 }}</ref>
|82% (38 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/127-hours |title=127 Hours Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=26 July 2018 }}</ref>
|-
! colspan="5" |2020s (credited under GFM Films)
|-
|2024
|''[[Time Bandits (TV series)|Time Bandits]]''
|[[Jemaine Clement]]<br>[[Iain Morris]]<br>[[Taika Waititi]]
|76% (51 reviews)<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=time_bandits|title=Time Bandits|type=tv|season=1|access-date=7 March 2025|publisher_hide=y}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|66% (28 reviews)<ref>{{Cite Metacritic|id=time-bandits|title=Time Bandits|type=tv|season=1|access-date=7 March 2025|publisher_hide=y}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|}

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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.handmadefilms.film/}}
* [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03270629 HANDMADE LIMITED (03270629)] company overview (1996–2018) at [[Companies House]]
* [http://www.filmcomment.com/article/handmade-man-an-interview-with-george-harrison/ 1988 Interview with George Harrison] at Film Comment
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4843040/reference An Accidental Studio] documentary about the history of HandMade films

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