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{{short description|American film and television and distribution label}}
{{distinguish|Dimension (film)}}
{{Redirect-distinguish|Dimension Pictures|Dimension Pictures (1970s company)}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Dimension Films
| logo = [[File:Dimension Films logo.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| logo_caption = 
| type = Label
| industry = [[Film industry|Film]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1992}}
| defunct = {{End date and age|2018|7|16}}
| fate = [[Bankruptcy|Bankruptcy]]
| successors = Library:<br>[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>{{small|(through [[Miramax]])}}<br>(pre-2005, with some exceptions)<br>[[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]]<br>(post-2005, with some exceptions)
| founder = [[Bob Weinstein]]
| hq_location_city = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| hq_location_country = U.S.
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = [[Bob Weinstein]] (chairman)<br>Robert Katz (president)
| products = [[Motion picture]]s
| parent = [[Miramax]] (1992–2005)<br>[[The Weinstein Company]] (2005–2018)<br>[[Lantern Entertainment]] (2018–2019)
| divisions = Dimension Home Video (pre-2005 titles)<br>Dimension Home Entertainment (post-2005 titles)<br>[[#Dimension Extreme|Dimension Extreme]]<br>Dimension Television
| website = 
}}

'''Dimension Films''' was an American independent [[Film production|film]] and [[television production]] and [[Film distribution|distribution]] label founded in 1992, and currently owned by independent studio [[Lantern Entertainment]]. Formally one of the American "[[Major_film_studios#Mini-majors|mini-majors]]" (i.e., small to medium independent television and motion picture production studios), Dimension Films produced and released [[independent films]] and genre titles; specifically [[horror film|horror]] and [[science fiction film|science fiction]] films.

Dimension Films was used as [[Harvey Weinstein|Harvey]] and [[Bob Weinstein]]'s label within the brothers' own [[Miramax|Miramax Films]] studio, which was acquired by [[The Walt Disney Company]] on June 30, 1993. The Weinsteins took the Dimension Films label with them when they separated from Miramax Films on October 1, 2005, and paired it under their new company, [[The Weinstein Company]] (TWC). However, the firing of Harvey Weinstein following [[Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases|allegations of sexual harassment and rape against him]], as well as financial troubles that followed, led to TWC's decline. TWC eventually declared bankruptcy in February 2018, with Lantern acquiring a majority of its film library and assets, and was shut down on July 16, 2018 following [[The Weinstein Company]]'s Liquidation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/07/the-weinstein-company-bankruptcy-sale-lantern-entertainment-1201983272/|title=The Weinstein Company Is No More: Buyer Lantern Capital Partners Rebrands as Lantern Entertainment|last=Marotta|first=Jenna|date=2018-07-16|work=IndieWire|access-date=2018-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718130756/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/07/the-weinstein-company-bankruptcy-sale-lantern-entertainment-1201983272/|archive-date=July 18, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kilday |first=Gregg |title=Weinstein Co. Saga Comes to an End as $289 Million Sale to Lantern Closes |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weinstein-lantern-sale-closes-ending-chapter-movie-company-1126833 |access-date=July 28, 2018 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=July 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718022555/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weinstein-lantern-sale-closes-ending-chapter-movie-company-1126833 |archive-date=July 18, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> 

All films released by Dimension Films before 2005 (as part of Miramax) are currently owned and distributed by [[Paramount Pictures]] through [[Paramount Global]]'s acquisition of a 49% stake in Miramax that was closed on April 3, 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scary-movie-best-easter-debut-ever/|title='Scary Movie': Best Easter Debut Ever|date=2006-04-16|work=CBS News|access-date=2011-02-20|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>