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Holdbacks & Special Permission Titles

From time to time, it may be necessary for Filmbankmedia to withdraw certain films for screenings. These can be on a permanent exclusion basis or temporarily (in moratorium). Some films may also require a special permission for booking.

Please review the sections below (separated by licence) and ensure the films you wish to screen are not on any of these lists. This page is accurate to the best of Filmbankmedia's knowledge and may be updated from time to time.

 For more information, please contact us at info@filmbankmedia.com or call us on 0207 984 5957.

TITLES TEMPORARILY IN MORATORIUM

The following titles are temporarily excluded for screening under the Public Video Screening License (PVSL) and Single Title Screening License (STSL):

  • Abyss, The (1989)
  • Alien Vs. Predator (2004)
  • Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (2006)
  • Amazing Spider-Man, The (2012)
  • Amazing Spider-Man 2, The (2014)
  • An Inspector Calls (1954)
  • Amateur, The (1981)
  • Annie Hall (1977)
  • Attack the Block (2011)
  • Avengers: Endgame (2019)
  • Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
  • Bad Boys (1995)
  • Bad Boys II (2003)
  • Bad Boys For Life (2020)
  • Bad Guys, The (2022) - On hold from 01.06.2025 to 01.10.2025
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) - On hold from 01.01.2023 to 31.12.2024
  • Beneath The Planet Of The Apes (1970)
  • Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
  • Black Phone, The (2022) - On hold 16.08.2025 to 16.12.2025
  • Blade Runner - Original (1982)
  • Blade Runner - Director's Cut (1992)
  • Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) - On hold from 13.12.2024 to 13.04.2025
  • Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason, The (2004) - On hold from 13.12.2024 to 13.04.2025
  • Bridget Jones's Baby (2016) - On hold from 13.12.2024 to 13.04.2025
  • Conversation, The (1974)
  • Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes (1972)
  • Damien: Omen II (1978)
  • Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014)
  • Dragons: Legends of the Nine Realms (2022)
  • Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (1972)
  • Get Him to the Greek (2010)
  • Gladiator (2000) - On hold from 01.11.2024 to 30.11.2024
  • Gone with the Wind (1939)
  • Fight Club (1999) - On hold from 01.01.2024 to 31.12.2024
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
  • Freaky Friday (1976) - On hold from 25.10.2024 to 31.10.2025
  • Freaky Friday (2003) - On hold from 24.10.2024 to 31.10.2025
  • Haunted Mansion, The (2003)
  • Havoc (2005)
  • Hop (2011)
  • How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - On hold from 01.01.2025
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) - On hold from 01.01.2025
  • Ice Storm, The (1997)
  • Inside Out (2015)
  • Interstellar (2014) - On hold from 22.03.2024 to 31.12.2024
  • Italian Job, The (1969) - On hold from 13.03.2024 to 03.01.2025
  • Italian Job, The (2003) - On hold from 13.03.2024 to 03.01.2025
  • Jackie Brown (1997)
  • Jaws (1975) - On hold from 01.01.2025
  • Justice League (2017) - On hold from 01.01.2023 to 31.12.2024
  • Jurassic Park (1993) - On hold from 01.01.2025
  • Jurassic Park: Lost World, The (1997) - On hold from 01.01.2025
  • Jurassic Park III (2001) - On hold from 01.01.2025
  • Jurassic World (2015) - On hold from 01.01.2025
  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) - On hold from 01.01.2025
  • Jurassic World: Dominion (2022) - On hold from 01.01.2025
  • Karate Kid (1984)
  • Karate Kid: Part II (1986)
  • Karate Kid: Part III (1989)
  • Karate Kid (2010)
  • Kimi (2022) - On hold from 30.03.2023
  • Lavender Hill Mob, The (1951)
  • Let Them All Talk (2020) - On hold from 30.03.2023
  • Lion In Winter, The (1968)
  • Lion King, The (1994) - On hold from 01.08.2024 to 28.03.2025
  • Lion King, The (2019) - On hold from 01.08.2024 to 28.03.2025
  • Lion King II, The: Simba's Pride (1998) - On hold from 01.08.2024 to 28.03.2025
  • Lion King 1 1/2 (2004) - On hold from 01.08.2024 to 28.03.2025
  • Lord Of The Rings, The: Fellowship Of The Ring, The (2001) - On hold 01.10.2024 to 31.12.2024
  • Lord Of The Rings, The: Two Towers, The (2002) - On hold 01.10.2024 to 31.12.2024
  • Lord Of The Rings, The: Return Of The King (2003) - On hold 01.10.2024 to 31.12.2024
  • Luca (2021)
  • M3gan (2023) - On hold from 26.04.2025 to 26.08.2025
  • Made in Italy (2020)
  • Man With All the Balloons, The (1968)
  • Moana (2016) - On hold from 01.05.2024 to 31.01.2025
  • Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
  • Mystic River (2003)
  • Naked Gun, The (1988) - On hold from 17.05.2025 to 17.09.2025
  • Near Dark (1987)
  • Next Karate Kid, The (1994)
  • No Sudden Move (2021) - On hold from 30.03.2023
  • Omen, The (1976)
  • Omen, The (2006)
  • Omen 4: Awakening, The (1991)
  • One From The Heart
  • Paddington (2014) - On hold from 01.01.2024
  • Paddington 2 (2017) - On hold from 01.01.2024
  • Planet of the Apes (1968)
  • Planet of the Apes (2001)
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • Railway Children, The (1970) - On hold from 15.02.2022 until further notice
  • Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (2011)
  • Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975) - On hold from 01.01.2025 to 31.12.2025
  • Saludos Amigos (1943)
  • Schindler's List (1993)
  • Shaun Of The Dead (2004) - On hold from 15.10.2024 to 27.11.2024
  • Small Back Room, The (1949)
  • Smile (2022) - On hold from 18.08.2024 to 18.12.2024
  • Snow White (1937) - On hold from 01.12.2022
  • Soul (2020)
  • Spider-Man (2002)
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  • Spider-Man 3 (2007)
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse (2023)
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse (2018)
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
  • Spinout (1966)
  • Super Mario Bros. Movie, The (2023)
  • This Is It (2009)
  • Third Man, The (1949)
  • Three Caballeros, The (1945)
  • Thunderbolt (1995)
  • Tickle Me (1965)
  • Titanic (1997)
  • Transformers (2007) - On hold from 11.08.2024 to 11.12.2024
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) - On hold from 11.08.2024 to 11.12.2024
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) - On hold from 11.08.2024 to 11.12.2024
  • Transformers: Age of the Extinction (2014) - On hold from 11.08.2024 to 11.12.2024
  • Transformers: The Last Knights (2017) - On hold from 11.08.2024 to 11.12.2024
  • Turning Red (2022)
  • War Of The Planet Of The Apes (2017)

The Lion King franchise: 

  • Lion King, The (1994)
  • Lion King, The (2019)
  • Lion King, The 2: Simba's Pride (1998)
  • Lion King, The 11/2 (2004)

Sonic the Hedgehog franchise:

  • Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)

On hold from 20.10.2024 to 20.02.2025

Back to the Future franchise:

  • Back to the Future (1985)
  • Back to the Future: Part II (1989)
  • Back to the Future: Part III (1990)

On hold from 01.01.2025

Mission Impossible franchise:

  • Mission Impossible (1996)
  • Mission Impossible 2 (2000)
  • Mission Impossible 3 (2006)
  • Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol (2011)
  • Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015)
  • Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018)
  • Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part One (2023)

On hold from 22/03/2025 to 22/07/2025

PERMISSIONS REQUIRED

The following titles are excluded under the Public Video Screening Licence (PVSL) only. However, a request must be submitted for screenings under the Single Title Screening Licence (STSL).

Please complete the Screening Application Form.

  • All Saints (2017)
  • Amistad (1997)
  • Ant-Man (2015)
  • Ant-Man And The Wasp (2018)
  • Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
  • Avengers Assemble (2012)
  • Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015)
  • Balloon (2019)
  • Beatles: Eight Days a Week, The (2016)
  • Before The Flood (2016)
  • Big Hero 6 (2015)
  • Black Panther (2015)
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
  • Black Widow (2021)
  • Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
  • Captain America: Civil War (2016)
  • Captain Marvel (2019)
  • Catch Me If You Can (2002)
  • Courageous (2011)
  • Daredevil (2003)
  • Doctor Strange (2016)
  • Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (2022)
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  • Eternals (2021)
  • Facing The Giants (2006)
  • Fantastic Four (2005)
  • Fantastic 4 (2015)
  • Fascination (1931)
  • Fireproof (2008)
  • Grace Card, The (2010)
  • Grizzly Man (2005)
  • Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)
  • Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
  • Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
  • Incredible Hulk, The (2008)
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
  • Iron Man (2008)
  • Iron Man 2 (2010)
  • Iron Man 3 (2013)
  • Jurassic Park (1993)
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
  • Le Trou (1960)
  • Legally Blonde (2001)
  • Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
  • Legally Blondes (2009)
  • Mom's Night Out (2014)
  • Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)
  • Morbius (2022)
  • Mulholland Drive (2001)
  • New Mutants, The (2018)
  • Paddington (2014) - Title can be requested until 31.12.23
  • Paddington 2 (2017)
  • Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  • Red Tails (2012)
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  • Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (2021)
  • Sorcerer (1977)
  • Strawberry Statement, The (1970)
  • Superman: The Movie (1978)
  • Superman II (1981)
  • Superman III (1983)
  • Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987)
  • Superman Returns (2006)
  • The Death of Superman / Reign of the Supermen (2019)
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) 
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
  • The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
  • The Silent Twins (2022)
  • Thor (2011)
  • Thor: The Dark World (2013)
  • Thor: Ragnorok (2017)
  • Thor: Love And Thunder (2022)
  • Till (2023)
  • Twilight (2008)
  • War Room (2015)
  • Willow (1988)
  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
  • Women Talking (2023)

James Bond franchise:

  • Dr. No (1962)
  • From Russia with Love (1963)
  • Goldfinger (1964)
  • Thunderball (1965)
  • Casino Royale (1967)
  • You Only Live Twice (1967)
  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
  • Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
  • Live and Let Die (1973)
  • The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
  • The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
  • Moonraker (1979)
  • For Your Eyes Only (1981)
  • Octopussy (1983)
  • Never Say Never Again (1983)
  • A View to Kill (1985)
  • The Living Daylights (1987)
  • Licence to Kill (1989)
  • Golden Eye (1995)
  • Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
  • The World is not Enough (1999)
  • Die Another Day (2002)
  • Casino Royale (2006)
  • Quantum of Solace (2008)
  • Skyfall (2012)
  • Spectre (2015)
  • No Time To Die (2021)

Star Wars franchise:

  • Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
  • Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
  • Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
  • Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
  • Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  • Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
  • Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
  • Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
  • Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
  • Rogue One (2016)
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

SPECIAL PRICING

Please note that special pricing applies to the following franchises:

Kubrick Titles:

  • The Killing
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Barry Lyndon
  • Full Metal Jacket
  • Lolita
  • The Shining
  • Spartacus
  • Eyes Wide Shut

Steven Spielberg directed titles:

  • 1941 (1979)
  • The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)
  • Always (1989)
  • Amistad (1997)
  • Catch Me If You Can (2002)
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  • Jaws (1975)
  • Munich (2005)
  • Schindler's List (1993)
  • The Sugarland Express (1974)
  • The Terminal (2004)
  • War of the Worlds (2005)

Participating Studios and Distributors

Filmbankmedia represents many of the leading Hollywood, Bollywood and independent film studios and distributors, licensing films for non-theatrical screenings.

Industry Relationships

Over the past 30 years, Filmbankmedia has cultivated a number of relationships with key organisations within a number of industries, including education, film societies and hospitality.

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