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The Vanishing (2018 film)

The Vanishing is a 2018 British psychological thriller directed by Kristoffer Nyholm, starring Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, and Connor Swindells as lighthouse keepers who find gold.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter: 2014 first-person detective narrative game by The Astronauts (ex-People Can Fly, Bulletstorm), photogrammetry-built Red Creek Valley, no combat, BAFTA Game Innovation winner, ~2 million copies.

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017) is an A24 drama directed by Shawn Christensen, starring Logan Lerman as a novelist who vanishes after his bestselling debut, with Elle Fanning and Kyle Chandler; Metascore 18, RT 12%.

The Vanity Project (professional wrestling)

The Vanity Project is a WWE NXT and Evolve wrestling stable (2025–2026) of wealthy-heel characters: Jackson Drake, Brad Baylor, Ricky Smokes, Myka Lockwood, Bryce Donovan, Zayda Steel; two-time NXT Tag Team Champions.

The Varieties of Religious Experience

The Varieties of Religious Experience is a 1902 book by William James, collecting his Gifford Lectures at Edinburgh and studying religion through personal experience rather than institutions.

The Vast of Night

The Vast of Night (2019) is Andrew Patterson's debut indie sci-fi film, written by James Montague and Craig W. Sanger, about a 1950s New Mexico DJ and switchboard operator tracing a mysterious frequency; Slamdance Audience Award winner released by Amazon Studios.

The Vaster Wilds

The Vaster Wilds is a 2023 historical survival novel by Lauren Groff, following a servant girl who flees a settlement modeled on Jamestown during the starving time of 1609.

The Vatican Tapes

The Vatican Tapes is a 2015 demon-possession horror film directed by Mark Neveldine, starring Olivia Taylor Dudley, Michael Peña, and Dougray Scott, in which a possessed young woman turns out to carry the antichrist; it grossed $1.8 million and scored 20% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Vault (2021 film)

The Vault (original title Way Down) is a 2021 Spanish heist thriller directed by Jaume Balagueró, starring Freddie Highmore, about thieves robbing Francis Drake's treasure from the Bank of Spain vault during the 2010 World Cup final.

The Vegetarian

The Vegetarian (채식주의자) is Han Kang's 2007 three-part Korean novel about Yeong-hye, who stops eating meat after violent dreams; Deborah Smith's 2015 English translation won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize, the first for a Korean work, amid a mistranslation controversy.

The Veil

The Veil is a 2024 six-episode FX/Hulu spy thriller miniseries created by Steven Knight, starring Elisabeth Moss as MI6 agent Imogen Salter and Yumna Marwan as Adilah El Idrissi; Metascore 52, ended May 28, 2024.

The Veil (2016 film)

The Veil (2016 film) refers chiefly to a Blumhouse horror film directed by Phil Joanou, written by Robert Ben Garant, starring Jessica Alba, Thomas Jane, and Lily Rabe, about a cult mass suicide survivor; a separate 2016 sci-fi film of the same name stars William Levy.

The Veil (검은 태양) (South Korean TV series)

The Veil (검은 태양, Geomeun Taeyang) is a 2021 MBC Korean spy-action thriller, 12 episodes, starring Namgoong Min as NIS agent Han Ji-hyuk; Grand Prize winner with a Moebius spin-off.

The Veiled Suite

The Veiled Suite: The Collected Poems is a 2009 posthumous collection of the Kashmiri-American poet Agha Shahid Ali's poetry, published by W. W. Norton and Penguin Books India.

The Veldt (short story)

"The Veldt," also "The World the Children Made," is Ray Bradbury's 1950 science fiction short story of the Hadley family, whose automated Happylife Home and virtual nursery with fatal lions destroy them; collected in The Illustrated Man.

The VelociPastor

The VelociPastor is a 2018 American micro-budget ($35,000) comedy-horror film by Brendan Steere about a priest who turns into a dinosaur and fights ninjas; it grew from a viral 2011 fake trailer born of an autocorrect typo.

The Velvet Rope

The Velvet Rope is Janet Jackson's sixth studio album, released October 7, 1997 on Virgin Records, produced with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. A dark, confessional concept album on depression, sexuality, and homophobia, it topped the Billboard 200 and sold over 10 million copies.

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground, American rock band formed in New York in December 1965 by Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker, managed by Andy Warhol; debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) flopped commercially but became a foundational influence on punk, glam, and alternative rock.

The Velvet Underground (2021 film)

The Velvet Underground (2021) is Todd Haynes's Apple TV+ documentary on the Velvet Underground band, told through 1960s New York underground art and experimental film, with split-screen Warhol-style montage, Cale and Tucker interviews, and a Metacritic score of 87.

The Velvet Underground (album)

The Velvet Underground (album): the Velvet Underground's self-titled third studio album, also called the 1969 album, released March 1969 on MGM after John Cale's departure, quieter than its predecessors, later reissued in UMe's Vinylphyle series.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico: 1967 debut album by the Velvet Underground with German singer Nico, produced by Andy Warhol. Banana peel cover, Scepter Studio sessions, Tom Wilson co-production, Billboard No. 179, and lasting influence on punk and alternative rock.

The Velvet Underground discography

The Velvet Underground discography: four studio albums (The Velvet Underground & Nico 1967, White Light/White Heat, The Velvet Underground 1969, Loaded 1970), the 1973 Squeeze album, live albums, box sets, and reissues.

The Velveteen Rabbit

The Velveteen Rabbit, or How Toys Become Real is a 1922 children's classic by Margery Williams Bianco, illustrated by William Nicholson, about a toy rabbit made Real by a child's love; first serialized in Harper's Bazaar in 1921.

The Velveteen Rabbit (2023 film)

The Velveteen Rabbit (2023) is a 44-minute Apple TV+ special adapting Margery Williams' 1922 book, directed by Jennifer Perrott and Rick Thiele, mixing live action with 2D, 3D, and stop-motion-style animation, starring Phoenix Laroche, Alex Lawther, and Helena Bonham Carter.

The Venetian Las Vegas

The Venetian Las Vegas: Venice-themed all-suite casino resort opened May 1999 by Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands for $1.5 billion; sold to Apollo/VICI in 2022; sister tower The Palazzo.

The Venetian Macao (澳门威尼斯人)

The Venetian Macao (澳门威尼斯人) is a Venetian-themed all-suite casino resort on Macao's Cotai Strip, opened 28 August 2007 by Sands China. About 3,000 suites, one of the world's largest casino floors, indoor canals with gondolas, and a 14,000-seat arena.

The Vengeance Trilogy

The Vengeance Trilogy (복수 3부작) is Park Chan-wook's informal trilogy of Korean revenge films: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Oldboy (2003), and Lady Vengeance (2005), linked by theme, not plot.

The Venture Bros.

The Venture Bros. (also The Venture Brothers) is an Adult Swim animated series by Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer, a Jonny Quest parody running 2003-2018, cancelled 2020, concluded by the 2023 film Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart.

The Ventures

The Ventures, American instrumental rock band formed 1958 in Tacoma, Washington, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle; known for "Walk, Don't Run" and "Hawaii Five-O," 110 million records sold, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2008.

The Verdict

The Verdict (1982) is Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama, scripted by David Mamet from Barry Reed's novel, starring Paul Newman as alcoholic Boston lawyer Frank Galvin in a medical malpractice trial against the Archdiocese of Boston; five Oscar nominations including Best Picture.