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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is Sherman Alexie's 2007 semi-autobiographical YA novel about Arnold 'Junior' Spirit, a Spokane teen who transfers to an all-white school; National Book Award winner, illustrated by Ellen Forney, frequently banned.

The Abyss

The Abyss is a 1989 American underwater science fiction film directed and written by James Cameron, in which oil rig divers investigating a sunken submarine encounter alien life.

The Acacia Strain

The Acacia Strain: American deathcore/metalcore band formed 2001 in Massachusetts, fronted by Vincent Bennett; 13 albums on Rise Records, from Continent (2008) to You Are Safe From God Here (2025), plus the 2023 double release Step Into the Light and Failure Will Follow.

The Academy of Fine Arts (film)

The Academy of Fine Arts is a 2025 Bengali black comedy heist film, the directorial debut of Jayabrata Das, about criminals stealing an antique wine bottle.

The Access Group

The Access Group is a British provider of business management software for mid-market organizations, founded in 1991 and headquartered in Loughborough, England, with over 160,000 customers.

The Accident (Mexican TV series)

The Accident (Accidente) is a Mexican Netflix drama-thriller created by Leonardo Padrón, premiering 21 August 2024 with 10 episodes. A bouncy-castle accident at a child's birthday party kills three children, pitting four grieving families against each other; a six-episode second and final season arrived 10 December 2025.

The Accidental Billionaires

The Accidental Billionaires is Ben Mezrich's 2009 narrative nonfiction book on Facebook's founding, told largely from Eduardo Saverin's perspective and written without Zuckerberg's cooperation; it was adapted into the 2010 film The Social Network.

The Accidental Husband

The Accidental Husband is a 2008 romantic comedy directed by Griffin Dunne, starring Uma Thurman, Colin Firth, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, about a radio love guru accidentally married via a forged license; it grossed $22.7 million internationally and skipped US theaters.

The Accidental Influencer (何百芮的地狱毒白)

The Accidental Influencer (何百芮的地狱毒白) is a 2024 Taiwanese HBO GO comedy series, 13×25 min, directed by Hsieh Pei-ju, starring Kuo Shu-yao, inspired by blogger Jhai Nyu Siao Hong, with a 2026 sequel.

The Accidental Prime Minister (film)

The Accidental Prime Minister (2019) is a Hindi political drama directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte, adapted from Sanjaya Baru's memoir, starring Anupam Kher as Manmohan Singh and Akshaye Khanna as Baru; released 11 January 2019, it was widely panned as propaganda.

The Accidental Tourist (film)

The Accidental Tourist is a 1988 American comedy-drama directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring William Hurt and Geena Davis, who won an Academy Award for the film.

The Accolade (painting)

The Accolade (1901) is an oil-on-canvas painting by British Victorian artist Edmund Blair Leighton showing a queen knighting a kneeling young man. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1901, 182.3 x 108 cm, held in a private collection and known mainly through reproductions.

The Accompanist (2026 film)

The Accompanist (2026) is Zach Woods's feature directorial debut, an American magical-realist foster-care drama starring Susan Sarandon, Everly Carganilla, and Aubrey Plaza; it premiered June 4, 2026 at Tribeca.

The Accountant (2016 film)

The Accountant is a 2016 American action thriller directed by Gavin O'Connor and written by Bill Dubuque, starring Ben Affleck as a math savant who keeps the books for criminal organizations.

The Accountant 2

The Accountant 2 (2025) is Gavin O'Connor's sequel to The Accountant, starring Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff and Jon Bernthal as Brax. Released April 25, 2025 by Amazon MGM; 74% on Rotten Tomatoes; $65.5M domestic gross.

The Accursed Kings

The Accursed Kings (Les Rois maudits) is Maurice Druon's seven-volume historical novel series (1955–1977) on the fall of the Capetians from Philip IV to John II, built on Jacques de Molay's legendary Templar curse and praised by George R. R. Martin as the original Game of Thrones.

The Accused (1988 film)

The Accused is a 1988 Paramount legal drama directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Jodie Foster as rape survivor Sarah Tobias and Kelly McGillis as her attorney, loosely based on the 1983 Cheryl Araujo New Bedford case; Foster won the 1989 Best Actress Oscar.

The Ace Family

The Ace Family (The ACE Family) is a family vlog YouTube channel launched January 10, 2016 by Austin McBroom and Catherine Paiz, named for Austin, Catherine, Elle. It reached 17.9M subscribers and 4.6B views, drew lawsuits and cheating controversies, and ended with the couple's January 2024 divorce.

The Acharnians

The Acharnians (Ἀχαρνεῖς, Acharneis) is a comedy by Aristophanes, produced in 425 BC, where it won first prize; it is the earliest surviving comedy, about the farmer Dikaiopolis, who makes a private peace with Sparta.

The Acid House

The Acid House (1998) is a British anthology film, Paul McGuigan's feature debut, scripted by Irvine Welsh from three stories in his 1994 collection: The Granton Star Cause, A Soft Touch, and The Acid House, starring Stephen McCole, Maurice Roëves, Kevin McKidd, and Ewen Bremner.

The Acidophillic Beds

The Acidophillic Beds (Surbundsbedene) are acid-soil garden beds in the Aarhus Botanical Gardens, Denmark, planted for ericaceous plants such as rhododendron, saved by volunteers after a 2011 closure plan.

The Acolyte (TV series)

Star Wars: The Acolyte is a Disney+ mystery-thriller series created by Leslye Headland, set 100 years before The Phantom Menace in the High Republic era. Eight 2024 episodes starring Amandla Stenberg; canceled after one season.

The Act (TV series)

The Act is a 2019 Hulu true crime anthology series, also called a limited series, created by Nick Antosca and Michelle Dean from Dean's 2016 BuzzFeed article, dramatizing the Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee Blanchard case in eight episodes; Patricia Arquette won an Emmy and Golden Globe.

The Act of Killing

The Act of Killing (Jagal) is Joshua Oppenheimer's 2012 documentary in which Indonesian death-squad leader Anwar Congo and other 1965–66 massacre perpetrators reenact their killings as gangster films, westerns, and musicals; Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning, made with anonymous Indonesian crew.

The Adam Friedland Show

The Adam Friedland Show (TAFS) is a weekly comedy interview podcast and YouTube video series hosted by Adam Friedland, formerly of Cum Town, launched in 2022 as a Dick Cavett-style long-form talk show with a center-left political bent.

The Adam Project

The Adam Project is a 2022 Netflix sci-fi action-comedy directed by Shawn Levy, starring Ryan Reynolds as a 2050 pilot who crash-lands in 2022 and teams with his 12-year-old self (Walker Scobell) and father (Mark Ruffalo); 68% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 55.

The Adamant Girl

The Adamant Girl (Kottukkaali, கொட்டுக்காளி) is a 2024 Tamil road drama by P.S. Vinothraj starring Soori and Anna Ben. A family takes possessed-seeming Meena to a shaman; premiered at Berlinale 2024, won Filmfare and Transilvania awards.

The Addams Family

The Addams Family is Charles Addams' macabre fictional family, first drawn nameless for The New Yorker in 1938, named for the 1964 ABC sitcom, and since expanded through 1990s films, animation, a musical, and Netflix's Wednesday.

The Addams Family (1964 TV series)

The Addams Family (1964 TV series), also called La familia Addams, was a 64-episode black-and-white ABC sitcom (September 18, 1964 to September 2, 1966) developed by David Levy from Charles Addams's New Yorker cartoons, starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, and Ted Cassidy, canceled after two seasons opposite The Munsters.

The Addams Family (1991 film)

The Addams Family (1991) is Barry Sonnenfeld's directorial debut, a Paramount dark comedy starring Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, and Christina Ricci, about an impostor Fester scheming to raid the Addams fortune; it earned $24.2 million its opening weekend.