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Fallen Angels (堕落天使) (1995 film)

Fallen Angels (堕落天使, Do lok tin si) is a 1995 Hong Kong drama film by Wong Kar Wai, following a contract killer, his agent, and a mute ex-convict.

Fallen Astronaut

Fallen Astronaut is a small aluminum figurine placed on the Moon in 1971 by Apollo 15 commander David Scott, beside a plaque honoring 14 dead astronauts and cosmonauts.

Fallibilism

Fallibilism (fallibilisme) is the epistemological thesis that no belief is conclusively justified, originating with Peirce; fallibilists claim fallible knowledge, unlike skeptics, and deny infallibilist evidence requirements.

Fallières Coast

The Fallières Coast, also called Fallières Land, is part of Graham Land's western shoreline on the Antarctic Peninsula, stretching from Bourgeois Fjord to Cape Jeremy and fronting Marguerite Bay.

Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)

"Fallin'" by Alicia Keys, debut single from Songs in A Minor (2001); six weeks at Billboard Hot 100 number one, three Grammys in 2002 including Song of the Year, UK number 3.

Fallin' (Chris Brown song)

Fallin' is a 2026 bluesy R&B single by Chris Brown featuring Leon Thomas, with Tank on background vocals, released May 1, 2026 ahead of the album BROWN; it charted at number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Falling (2020 film)

Falling (2020 film): drama written and directed by Viggo Mortensen in his directorial debut, starring Lance Henriksen as Willis, a farmer with dementia, with Laura Linney; Sundance 2020 premiere, 112 minutes, Canada-UK co-production.

Falling (TV series)

Falling is a British romantic drama broadcast on Channel 4. It follows a nun and a priest who must confront their vows and faith after falling in love.

Falling before Fireworks (最食人间烟火色)

Falling before Fireworks (最食人间烟火色) is a 2023 Chinese iQiyi urban romance web drama, 23 episodes, starring Lu Yangyang and Chen Xinhai as a bank loan manager and a Wuyi craftsman in a flash marriage, filmed at Jingyuan, Zhejiang.

Falling Down

Falling Down is Joel Schumacher's 1993 Warner Bros. thriller starring Michael Douglas as D-Fens, a laid-off defense worker whose walk across Los Angeles to his daughter's birthday party becomes a violent odyssey; it earned $40.9 million and sparked debate over race and masculinity.

Falling for Christmas

Falling for Christmas (2022) is a Netflix holiday rom-com directed by Janeen Damian, starring Lindsay Lohan as an amnesiac heiress and Chord Overstreet as a lodge owner; 62% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 40, filmed in Utah.

Falling for Figaro

Falling for Figaro is a 2021 romantic comedy directed by Ben Lewin, starring Danielle Macdonald, Joanna Lumley, and Hugh Skinner, about a fund manager training as an opera singer in the Scottish Highlands; released October 1, 2021 by IFC Films.

Falling in Reverse

Falling in Reverse is a Las Vegas rock band formed in 2008 by Ronnie Radke (ex-Escape the Fate) while imprisoned, known for genre-blending post-hardcore, pop punk, and hip-hop, the gold debut The Drug in Me Is You, and the multi-platinum 2019 single Popular Monster.

Falling Inn Love

Falling Inn Love is a 2019 Netflix romantic comedy directed by Roger Kumble, starring Christina Milian and Adam Demos, about a San Francisco executive who wins a rundown New Zealand inn and renovates it with a local contractor.

Falling into Infinity

Falling into Infinity, Dream Theater's fourth studio album (EastWest, 1997), the only one with Derek Sherinian; Kevin Shirley production, label-driven radio push, Billboard No. 52, least-selling besides the debut.

Falling into You

Falling into You is Céline Dion's fourth English-language studio album, released March 12, 1996. It sold over 30 million copies, won the Grammy for Album of the Year, and spawned "Because You Loved Me."

Falling into You (炽道)

Falling into You (炽道) is a 2022 Chinese youth sports romance drama on Youku, adapted from Twentine's novel, directed by Yi Zheng, starring Jin Chen and Wang Anyu as coach Luo Na and high jumper Duan Yucheng in 26 episodes.

Falling Into Your Smile (你微笑时很美)

Falling Into Your Smile (你微笑时很美) is a 2021 31-episode Chinese esports romance drama adapted from Qing Wan's novel, starring Xu Kai and Cheng Xiao; it premiered June 23, 2021 on Tencent and Youku and drew a record-low Douban 2.9 score over plagiarism and esports-accuracy controversies.

Falling on a grenade

Falling on a grenade, also called covering a grenade, is a self-sacrificial act of shielding comrades from a grenade blast with one's body, usually fatal, recognized by awards such as the Medal of Honor; survivors include Carlton Rouh and Kyle Carpenter.

Falling Skies

Falling Skies is an American post-apocalyptic science fiction television series that aired on TNT for five seasons from 2011 to 2015, set after an alien invasion.

Falling Slowly

Falling Slowly, by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, is the Oscar-winning Best Original Song from the 2007 film Once, first released on 2006 albums, later featured in the Tony-winning Broadway musical.

Falling weight deflectometer

A falling weight deflectometer (FWD) is a nondestructive pavement testing device that drops a weight onto the surface to simulate a moving truck and measure deflections.

Fallingwater

Fallingwater is a Frank Lloyd Wright house built between 1936 and 1939 over a waterfall on Bear Run in southwestern Pennsylvania for the Kaufmann family of Pittsburgh.

Fallon

Fallon is an Irish house and tech-house producer and DJ from Dublin, known for vocal sample flips and the 2020 breakout single 'Yup', which led to an Atlantic Records deal.

Fallon Carrington

Fallon Carrington is the Carrington heiress from Dynasty (1981-89), played by Pamela Sue Martin then Emma Samms, featured in The Colbys (1985-87), and reimagined by Elizabeth Gillies as Blake's ambitious CEO-aspiring daughter in The CW's 2017-2022 Atlanta-set reboot.

Fallon Fox

Fallon Fox (born 1975) is a retired American MMA fighter, the first openly transgender athlete in professional mixed martial arts; she came out in March 2013, fought to a 5-1 record, and retired in 2014.

Fallon R Goodman

Fallon R. Goodman is a clinical psychologist who studies social connection, social anxiety, and loneliness, and directs the Emotion and Resilience Laboratory at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Fallon Sherrock

Fallon Sherrock is an English professional darts player who became the first woman to win a PDC World Championship match, beating Ted Evetts at Alexandra Palace in December 2019.

Fallopia multiflora

Fallopia multiflora (何首乌, he shou wu; syn. Polygonum multiflorum, Reynoutria multiflora) is a Polygonaceae twining herb whose root tuber is the TCM tonic Heshouwu, used for anti-aging and hair-darkening but a leading herbal cause of idiosyncratic liver injury since 1996.

Fallopian tube

Fallopian tube (uterine tube, oviduct): one of a pair of 11-12 cm conduits from ovary to uterus, site of fertilization, named for Gabriele Falloppio; common site of ectopic pregnancy and origin of high-grade serous ovarian cancer.