Control is Anton Corbijn's 2007 black-and-white biopic about the late Ian Curtis (1956-1980), lead singer of post-punk band Joy Division. The screenplay written by Matt Greenhalgh is based on the book Touching from a Distance, by Curtis's wife, Deborah, who is also a co-producer of the film.

The film details the life of the troubled young musician, who forged a new kind of music out of the punk rock scene of 1970s Britain, and the band Joy Division, which he headed from 1977 to 1980. It also deals with his rocky marriage and extramarital affairs, as well as his increasingly frequent seizures, which were thought to contribute to the circumstances leading to his suicide on the eve of Joy Division's first U.S. tour.

The title is a reference to the Joy Division song, "She's Lost Control"—believed to be a reference to an epileptic client befriended by Curtis while employed at a Job Centre in Manchester, who later died during a seizure.

The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, on 17 May 2007 where it was received well by critics, especially for Sam Riley's performance. The film was winner of the Director's Fortnight, the CICAE Art & Essai prize for best film, the Regards Jeunes Prize for best first/second directed feature film and the Europa Cinemas Label prize for best European film in the sidebar. It won five awards in the British Independent Film Awards, including "Best British Independent Film", "Best Director of a British Independent Film" for Corbijn and "Most Promising Newcomer" for Riley. It also won Best Film award in the Evening Standard British Film Awards for 2007. In 2008, writer Matt Greenhalgh won BAFTA's "Carl Foreman award for special achievement by a British director, writer or producer in their first feature film".

The DVD was released in the U.K. on February 11, 2008. A date for the U.S. DVD release hasn't been set, but Amazon's online store claims the scheduled release date to be March 25, 2008. The Australian DVD store lists a release date as March 12 on their website.

Control is a 2004 direct-to-video movie.

Ray Liotta replaced Matt Dillon (I) in the lead role.

One tattoo in the opening credits shows the name "Karsen". This is the name of Ray Liotta' s child in real life.

Tyler's (Teddy Chen Culver) world has just been turned upside down. What started off as an innocent night of drinking, fun, and debauchery has quickly turned into something horrific. His best friend Kieran (Edwin Hodge) has been murdered, and all the evidence points to him. As Tyler, Rommie (Renee Darmiento), and Jillian (Emily Coker) try to figure our how everything happened, it slowly becomes clear that everyone in the room has their own agenda. What's even worse is that all three have motive to kill. As time quickly passes by, these once close friends fight and struggle to can control of the situation and survive the night. Are You In Control? Written by Anonymous

A kidnapping is a truly terrifying experience, and for this lady, the attacker is not shy about tormenting her. He almost suffocates her, then whips out a flick knife, almost takes out her eye, then puts it to her throat... With one clean sweep, he appears to have cut her throat. Her eyes flutter closed Her hands relax He walks slowly round his victim, looking down at her. Peels the tape away from her mouth, and she pulls in a breath Her neck still fully intact, and very much alive, she looks up at her supposed attacker, and with a demure look, asks him "Same time next week?" He agrees and leaves; but he has forgotten one thing; to untie her. And with her parents coming for dinner in a few hours, she is going to have a lot of explaining to do. Written by J D

The actors playing Joy Division learned how to play the songs themselves. So the scenes where the band is playing live is not from tape, but actually the actors playing live.

James Anthony Pearson, who plays Bernard Sumner, learned to play guitar in two months for his role in the film.

Sam Riley (II) previously played The Fall singer Mark E Smith in 24 Hour Party People (2002) hence the in-joke after Curtis' onstage fit when Rob Gretton tells him things could be worse, he could be the singer in The Fall.

The black-and-white film was actually shot in color, then transferred to black and white because, according to the director, the black and white film "was so grainy it looked like Super-8 even in 35 millimeter."

When Joy Division are about to make their first television appearance they are warned by Tony Wilson that he will cut them off if they swear at any point. He also tells them to trust him as he knows when you can and can't swear on TV. This is probably a nod to years later, when in real life Tony Wilson (II) was suspended from his job at Granada for swearing into a microphone that he didn't realize was on.

After the exhausting filming of Boot, Das (1981) German pop star Herbert Grönemeyer swore he'd never act in a movie again. He made an exception for his good friend Anton Corbijn and appeared in this movie, though.

The scene showing Tony Wilson (II) talking to Ian Curtis (I) in the empty Derby Hall in Bury after the April 1980 riot features a large equipment case on which the number "501" prominently appears. When Tony Wilson was buried in August, 2007, his coffin was marked with the number 501, the last number in the Factory Records catalog.