Metro Pictures Corporation was a motion picture production company founded in 1915 in the United States. It was, along with Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation, one of the forerunners of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leased facilities in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Metro Pictures was founded as a film distribution company in February 1915 by a number of "exchange men" with Richard A. Rowland as president, George Grombacher as vice-president and Louis B. Mayer as secretary. It soon also began producing its own films, with Sealed Valley being Metro's first production, which was released on August 2, 1915.

Metro's list of stars during its existence included Mae Murray, Viola Dana, Lionel and Ethel Barrymore, Emmy Wehlen, Emily Stevens, Lillian Gish, Buster Keaton, Jackie Coogan, Marion Davies, Ramon Novarro, Wallace Beery and Lewis Stone. The romantic teams of Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne and Harold Lockwood and May Allison also worked for Metro.

In 1919, the company was purchased by Marcus Loew as a supplier of product for his theater chain. Several years later, in 1924, Loew merged it with his recently acquired Goldwyn Pictures, followed shortly thereafter with another merge with Louis B. Mayer Productions. The resulting entity was named Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925 with Mayer in charge.

Key # Considered to be lost.

1910s

Release dateFilmStatus/References March 20, 1915 The Heart of Maryland Distribution. March 29, 1915 Satan Sanderson Distribution. April 12, 1915 The Cowboy and the Lady Distribution. April 19, 1915 The Heart of a Painted Woman Distribution. April 26, 1915 The High Road Distribution. May 2, 1915 The Shooting of Dan McGrew Distribution. May 9, 1915 Cora Distribution. May 24, 1915 Four Feathers Distribution. May 31, 1915 Her Own Way Distribution. June 7, 1915 Fighting Bob Distribution. June 14, 1915 My Best Girl Distribution. June 21, 1915 Always in the Way Distribution. June 28, 1915 The Flaming Sword Distribution. July 5, 1915 Greater Love Hath No Man Distribution. July 12, 1915 Marse Covington Distribution. July 19, 1915 The Right of Way Distribution. July 26, 1915 The Second in Command Distribution. August 2, 1915 Sealed Valley First film produced by Metro August 9, 1915 The Vampire Distribution. August 16, 1915 A Royal Family Distribution. August 30, 1915 Her Great Match September 6, 1915 Destiny incomplete, 3 reels out of 5 September 13, 1915 The Silent Voice September 15, 1915 An Enemy to Society September 20, 1915 The Bigger Man October 4, 1915 The Song of the Wage Slave October 11, 1915 Emmy of Stork's Nest October 18, 1915 The Final Judgment October 25, 1915 My Madonna November 1, 1915 Her Reckoning November 8, 1915 Pennington's Choice November 15, 1915 The Woman Pays November 22, 1915 One Million Dollars November 28, 1915 Barbara Frietchie December 6, 1915 A Yellow Streak December 13, 1915 The House of Tears December 20, 1915 Rosemary December 28, 1915 Black Fear January 3, 1916 What Will People Say? January 10, 1916 The Turmoil January 17, 1916 Rose of the Alley January 17, 1916 The Lure of Heart's Desire January 24, 1916 Her Debt of Honor January 31, 1916 Man and His Soul February 7, 1916 The Upstart February 13, 1916 Dimples February 21, 1916 The Price of Malice February 21, 1916 A Corner in Cotton February 21, 1916 The Red Mouse March 6, 1916 The Blindness of Love March 12, 1916 The Soul Market March 13, 1916 Lovely Mary March 20, 1916 The Wall Between incomplete, one reel missing March 27, 1916 Her Great Price April 3, 1916 The Kiss of Hate April 10, 1916 The Half Million Bribe incomplete April 16, 1916 Vanity April 17, 1916 Playing with Fire April 24, 1916 The Come-Back May 1, 1916 The Snowbird May 8, 1916 A Million a Minute May 15, 1916 The Spell of the Yukon May 22, 1916 Notorious Gallagher May 29, 1916 The Scarlet Woman June 5, 1916 Dorian's Divorce June 12, 1916 The Masked Rider June 26, 1916 The Flower of No Man's Land June 26, 1916 The Purple Lady July 3, 1916 The Eternal Question July 10, 1916 The Quitter July 17, 1916 The River of Romance July 24, 1916 The Child of Destiny July 31, 1916 The Devil at His Elbow August 1, 1916 God's Half Acre August 20, 1916 The Weakness of Strength August 21, 1916 The Pretenders August 28, 1916 The Upheaval September 4, 1916 The Light of Happiness September 11, 1916 Mister 44 September 18, 1916 The Wheel of the Law September 25, 1916 The Dawn of Love October 2, 1916 The Iron Woman October 9, 1916 Life's Shadows October 16, 1916 In the Diplomatic Service October 19, 1916 Romeo and Juliet October 23, 1916 The Brand of Cowardice October 30, 1916 The Gates of Eden November 6, 1916 Extravagance November 13, 1916 The Wager November 20, 1916 Big Tremaine November 27, 1916 The Sunbeam December 4, 1916 The Black Butterfly December 11, 1916 The Stolen Triumph December 18, 1916 The Awakening of Helena Richie December 25, 1916 Pidgin Island January 6, 1917 A Wife by Proxy January 14, 1917 The White Raven January 22, 1917 Threads of Fate Fragment January 29, 1917 The End of the Tour February 5, 1917 Bridges Burned February 12, 1917 One of Many February 12, 1917 The Promise February 26, 1917 The Secret of Eve March 5, 1917 The Barricade March 12, 1917 The Mortal Sin March 19, 1917 His Father's Son March 26, 1917 The Hidden Children April 2, 1917 The Waiting Soul April 9, 1917 The Power of Decision April 18, 1917 A Magdalene of the Hills April 23, 1917 God's Law and Man's April 29, 1917 The Millionaire's Double May 7, 1917 Sowers and Reapers May 14, 1917 The Soul of a Magdalen May 21, 1917 May 27, 1917 The Call of Her People May 28, 1917 June 4, 1917 Lady Barnacle June 11, 1917 The Haunted Pajamas June 25, 1917 Aladdin's Other Lamp July 2, 1917 Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp July 9, 1917 The Trail of the Shadow July 16, 1917 The Hidden Spring July 16, 1917 July 30, 1917 Miss Robinson Crusoe August 6, 1917 August 13, 1917 Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2018 August 27, 1917 To the Death September 3, 1917 Under Handicap September 10, 1917 September 17, 1917 Their Compact September 24, 1917 October 1, 1917 Paradise Garden October 15, 1917 A Sleeping Memory October 22, 1917 More Truth Than Poetry October 29, 1917 November 5, 1917 November 8, 1917 Life's Whirlpool November 12, 1917 Outwitted November 15, 1917 Draft 258 November 19, 1917 November 26, 1917 December 3, 1917 The Square Deceiver December 10, 1917 Blue Jeans December 10, 1917 Alias Mrs. Jessop December 10, 1917 December 17, 1917 December 24, 1917 Red, White and Blue Blood December 31, 1917 January 7, 1918 Daybreak January 14, 1918 January 21, 1918 January 27, 1918 Lest We Forget January 1918 January 28, 1918 Her Boy February 4, 1918 Under Suspicion February 11, 1918 Broadway Bill February 17, 1918 Revelation February 18, 1918 February 25, 1918 Revenge March 4, 1918 March 11, 1918 March 18, 1918 March 25, 1918 Breakers Ahead April 1, 1918 The Landloper April 6, 1918 Social Hypocrites April 7, 1918 My Own United States April 15, 1918 With Neatness and Dispatch April 22, 1918 Treasure of the Sea April 29, 1918 Riders of the Night May 6, 1918 Fragment May 12, 1918 Toys of Fate May 13, 1918 Cyclone Higgins, D.D. May 20, 1918 May 25, 1918 The Million Dollar Dollies May 27, 1918 Lend Me Your Name June 3, 1918 To Hell with the Kaiser! June 10, 1918 Social Quicksands June 17, 1918 June 24, 1918 June 24, 1918 July 1, 1918 Opportunity July 8, 1918 No Man's Land July 15, 1918 July 22, 1918 July 29, 1918 August 5, 1918 August 12, 1918 Flower of the Dusk August 12, 1918 In Judgement Of Incomplete August 26, 1918 Boston Blackie's Little Pal September 2, 1918 September 9, 1918 Our Mrs. McChesney September 16, 1918 Kildare of Storm September 23, 1918 September 24, 1918 Pals First September 30, 1918 Unexpected Places October 7, 1918 Secret Strings October 14, 1918 His Bonded Wife November 25, 1918 Five Thousand an Hour December 2, 1918 December 9, 1918 Hitting the High Spots December 16, 1918 Sylvia on a Spree December 22, 1918 Eye for Eye December 23, 1918 December 30, 1918 Her Inspiration January 1, 1919 The Great Victory William Darby. Michael T. Isenberg. War on Film: The American Cinema and World War I, 1914–1941. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1981. p.253 January 6, 1919 January 6, 1919 January 19, 1919 The Great Romance William Darby. Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films. Scarecrow Press, 1991. p.43 January 20, 1919 January 27, 1919 In for Thirty Days February 3, 1919 Faith February 8, 1919 Out of the Fog February 10, 1919 As the Sun Went Down February 17, 1919 Johnny-on-the-Spot February 23, 1919 Shadows of Suspicion Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 2011. p.179 February 24, 1919 Peggy Does Her Darndest March 3, 1919 Satan Junior incomplete, one reel missing March 10, 1919 Blind Man's Eyes March 17, 1919 March 24, 1919 That's Good March 31, 1919 April 1, 1919 A Man of Honor William Darby. Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films. Scarecrow Press, 1991. p.176 April 7, 1919 April 14, 1919 Blackie's Redemption April 21, 1919 False Evidence April 28, 1919 May have been released on May 5, 1919. April 28, 1919 After His Own Heart May 4, 1919 The Red Lantern Christine Leteux. Albert Capellani: Pioneer of the Silent Screen. University Press of Kentucky, 2015. p.110 May 12, 1919 Castles in the Air May 19, 1919 May 26, 1919 Full of Pep June 2, 1919 Almost Married June 9, 1919 Some Bride June 16, 1919 Fools and Their Money June 23, 1919 One-Thing-at-a-Time O'Day June 30, 1919 July 6, 1919 The Man Who Stayed at Home Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 2011. p.456 July 7, 1919 God's Outlaw July 14, 1919 In His Brother's Place July 21, 1919 July 28, 1919 August 4, 1919 Easy To Make Money August 18, 1919 August 18, 1919 September 1, 1919 The Brat Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 2011. p.169 October 1, 1919 Lombardi, Ltd. Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 2011. p.211 October 25, 1919 Please Get Married Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 2011. p.59 November 1, 1919 Fair and Warmer Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 2011. p.228 December 28, 1919 Should a Woman Tell? Eve Golden. John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars. University Press of Kentucky, 2013. p.301

1920s