Based in Paris, the company was founded in 1986 by Jean Labadie, Éric Heumann, and Stéphane Sorlat.

The releases of Barton Fink and Tous les matins du monde in 1991, Indochine and Le Zèbre in 1992, and La Leçon de piano in 1993 placed BAC Films at the top of the independent film distribution industry in France.

In 1994, BAC Films started diversifying its activities with the creation of a movie theater subsidiary named -Les Écrans de Paris, in association with Simon Simsi.

[1] Two years later, StudioCanal bought an 80% stake in the company while BAC Films retained management control.

Two years later, BAC Majestic was affected by the stock market downturn and was forced to give up its movie theater business.