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List of fighting games

List of fighting games: overview of the fighting game genre, from Heavyweight Champ (1976) and Street Fighter II to SF6, MK1, and Tekken 8, covering subgenres, franchise sales (Mortal Kombat 83M+), rollback netcode, and esports.

List of figure skaters (women's singles)

Women's singles figure skating: Olympic and elite female skaters. Held since 1908 (Madge Syers first champion); Sonja Henie won three golds; US leads medals; Alysa Liu won 2026 gold, first American champion since 2002.

List of file formats

The list of file formats, also called binary and text files, surveys major format families and explains how files are identified by extensions, MIME types, and internal byte signatures.

List of file signatures

The list of file signatures covers magic numbers, the byte sequences at the start of a file that identify its format, such as GIF and MIDI signatures.

List of file systems

An overview of file systems by category: Windows formats like NTFS and exFAT, Linux systems like ext4, Btrfs, and F2FS, network file systems like SMB and NFS, and special-purpose ones.

List of Filipino actresses

Filipino actresses across Philippine cinema history, from silent-era Atang de la Rama through studio-era queens Gloria Romero and Nora Aunor to Cinemalaya and international film performers.

List of Filipino Americans

Filipino Americans (Fil-Ams), people in the U.S. of Philippine ancestry, about 4.1-4.4 million strong, one of the largest Asian origin groups; sources also name figures such as Pablo Manlapit, Carlos Bulosan, Kevin Nadal, and Maniya Barredo.

List of Filipino composers

List of Filipino composers: notable Philippine music creators across indigenous, Spanish-colonial, and American-influenced traditions, from Julian Felipe, Abelardo, Santiago, and National Artists like Maceda and Cayabyab to FILSCAP songwriters.

List of Filipino inventions and discoveries

The list of Filipino inventions and discoveries covers products, devices, and findings by Filipinos, including banana ketchup, the karaoke sing-along system, bamboo incubators, and conotoxin research.

List of Filipinos by net worth

The list of Filipinos by net worth is Forbes Asia's annual ranking of the Philippines' 50 richest, topped in 2026 by Enrique Razon Jr. at $21.8 billion.

List of film and television accidents

Serious workplace accidents during film and television production, including stunt, firearm, vehicle, and fall incidents. Key measures: at least 194 serious US accidents and 43 deaths from 1990 to 2014 per the Associated Press; landmark fatalities include Twilight Zone (1982), The Crow (1993), and Rust (2021).

List of film awards

Film awards recognize cinematic achievement and fall into critics', festival, industry, and audience categories. Major examples include the Oscars, BAFTA Film Awards (since 1949), Golden Globes (since 1944), and Cannes' Palme d'Or (since 1955).

List of film distributors by country

List of film distributors by country: directories of theatrical and streaming film distributors, also called film distribution companies, compiled per territory. Key sources include Cineuropa's 2,253-file European database, national associations like the UK FDA with 51 members, and Africa's roughly 20 theatrical distributors.

List of film noir titles

Lists of film noir titles: catalogs of the dark Hollywood crime style named by French critics in 1946, spanning Keaney's 745 classic-era films, Selby's worldwide filmography, TSPDT's 1,000 most-cited noirs, and crowd-ranked web lists.

List of films about animals

Films about animals: live-action, animated, and documentary works with animal protagonists or central subjects. Key facts: Jurassic World tops worldwide grosses at $1.67 billion; American Humane's No Animals Were Harmed program monitors animal actors since 1940.

List of films about nuclear issues

Films about nuclear issues: nuclear war, weapons, and power in cinema, from The Beginning or the End (1947) and Dr. Strangelove to The Day After, Threads, Oppenheimer, and A House of Dynamite (2025).

List of films about the Russo-Ukrainian war

Films about the Russo-Ukrainian war, from 2014 Donbas documentaries like Mariupolis and Winter on Fire to Oscar-winning 20 Days in Mariupol, Intercepted, Russians at War, and Russian state-funded fiction such as Crimea.

List of films and television series featuring Robin Hood

Robin Hood screen adaptations: roughly 120-150 film and TV versions since the 1908 British short Robin Hood and His Merry Men, including the 1922 Fairbanks and 1938 Flynn classics, Disney's 1973 animated fox, the 2025 MGM+ series, and A24's 2026 The Death of Robin Hood.

List of films banned in Germany

The List of films banned in Germany details cinematic prohibitions enacted under various regimes, such as the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, and the Allied occupation.

List of films banned in India

Films banned in India: titles refused CBFC certification under Section 5B of the Cinematograph Act 1952 or blocked by government order, including Aandhi, Bandit Queen, Fire, Parzania, Satluj, and India: The Modi Question.

List of films based on actual events

List of films based on actual events, also called true-story films or docudramas: feature films whose central stories draw on real people and occurrences. Distinguishes "based on" from "inspired by" labeling, compilation methods, notable titles like 12 Years a Slave, and accuracy debates.

List of films based on DC Comics publications

Films based on DC Comics publications: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman adaptations from the 1943 Batman serial and 1951's Superman and the Mole Men through the DCEU, the DCU, animated features, and Vertigo and WildStorm imprint films.

List of films based on television programs

Films based on television programs: feature films continuing, remaking, or adapting TV series such as The Simpsons Movie, Serenity, and Mission: Impossible - Fallout, with UK box-office and European adaptation production data.

List of films based on the Bible

Films based on the Bible, spanning the Bible on film (retellings such as The Ten Commandments, The Prince of Egypt) and the Bible in film (allusive use), from 1898 Lumière passion films through the 1950s epic era to The Chosen and The King of Kings.

List of films based on video games

Films based on video games, from Super Mario Bros. (1993) to The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($1.36B) and A Minecraft Movie; covers failures, cult classics, and upcoming adaptations.

List of films considered as New Hollywood

List of films considered as New Hollywood, the American New Wave or Hollywood Renaissance, roughly 1967–1982: Bonnie and Clyde through Heaven's Gate, character-driven films by film-school-trained directors like Coppola, Scorsese, Altman, and Spielberg.

List of films considered the best

List of films considered the best: rankings such as the BFI's decennial Sight & Sound poll (Bicycle Thieves 1952, Citizen Kane 1952-2002, Vertigo 2012, Jeanne Dielman 2022) and AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies, with methods and differences.

List of films considered the worst

List of films considered the worst: rankings of cinema's most panned films via Rotten Tomatoes' 100-worst list (0% Tomatometer films like Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever), the Golden Raspberry Awards since 1981, Metacritic, and the Medveds' Golden Turkey Awards canon.

List of films directed by Mani Ratnam featuring A. R. Rahman

The films directed by Mani Ratnam featuring A. R. Rahman's music, a director-composer partnership in Indian cinema that began with Roja (1992) and ran through Thug Life (2025).

List of films featuring giant monsters

List of films featuring giant monsters (kaiju, daikaiju): chronicles the genre from The Lost World (1925) and King Kong (1933) through Toho's Godzilla series, The Host, Pacific Rim, and the MonsterVerse, with a chronological table of representative films.