General articles: Arts and culture
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The Wire
The Wire is an HBO crime drama (2002–2008) created by David Simon with Ed Burns, set in Baltimore, with five seasons each centered on one city institution; critically acclaimed but never Emmy-winning.
The Wisdom of China and India
The Wisdom of China and India is a 1942 Random House anthology of classical Chinese and Indian philosophical and religious texts, compiled and edited by Lin Yutang.
The Wise Man's Fear
The Wise Man's Fear (2011) is Patrick Rothfuss's second Kingkiller Chronicle novel, sequel to The Name of the Wind, following Kvothe from the University to Vintas, the Adem, and the Fae; a #1 New York Times bestseller and David Gemmell Legend Award winner.
The Wishing Tree
The Wishing Tree (Natvris khe, ნატვრის ხე) is Tengiz Abuladze's 1976 Georgian drama, second in his trilogy, adapting Giorgi Leonidze's stories about Marita's forced marriage; Karlovy Vary 1978 Special Prize winner.
The Wishing-Chair (series)
The Wishing-Chair series by Enid Blyton: children's fantasy books about Mollie, Peter and a flying, wish-granting chair, beginning with The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair (1937), followed by The Wishing-Chair Again (1950) and later collections and spin-offs.
The Wishsong of Shannara
The Wishsong of Shannara is Terry Brooks's 1985 epic fantasy novel, third in the original Shannara trilogy, in which Brin and Jair Ohmsford inherit the voice magic wishsong and quest to destroy the evil book Ildatch.
The Witch (2015 film)
The Witch (2015 film), or The VVitch, is a historical horror film directed by Robert Eggers. It stars Anya Taylor-Joy and won Best Director at Sundance.
The Witch (마녀) (TV series)
The Witch (마녀, Manyeo) is a 2025 Channel A Korean mystery romance drama adapted from Kang Full's 2013 webtoon, starring Park Jin-young and Roh Jeong-eui, airing 10 episodes from February 15 to March 16, 2025, with a record 2.4% Channel A premiere rating.
The Witch of Edmonton
The Witch of Edmonton is a 1621 English tragicomedy by William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, and John Ford, based on the real witchcraft trial and execution of Elizabeth Sawyer that year.
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (마녀, Manyeo) is a 2018 South Korean mystery-action film written and directed by Park Hoon-jung, starring Kim Da-mi as Ja-yoon, a girl who escaped a secret laboratory as a child.
The Witch: Part 2. The Other One
The Witch: Part 2. The Other One (마녀 Part2) is Park Hoon-jung's 2022 Korean sci-fi action sequel to The Subversion, starring Shin Si-ah as Ark 1, a lab-raised superhuman hunted after surviving a raid on the Witch Program facility; second of a planned trilogy.
The Witch's Diner (마녀식당으로 오세요)
The Witch's Diner (마녀식당으로 오세요) is a 2021 TVING original Korean fantasy drama, 8 episodes, starring Song Ji-hyo, Nam Ji-hyun, and Chae Jong-hyeop, adapted from Goo Sang-hee's award-winning novel about a wish-granting witch's restaurant.
The Witch's Familiar
The Witch's Familiar is the second episode of Doctor Who series 9 (2015), written by Steven Moffat and directed by Hettie Macdonald. It concludes The Magician's Apprentice: the Doctor faces dying Davros on Skaro, who drains his regeneration energy, while Missy and Clara infiltrate the Dalek city.
The Witcher
The Witcher, also known as Wiedźmin, is a cycle of fantasy short stories and novels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski about the monster hunter Geralt of Rivia.
The Witcher (TV series)
The Witcher is a Netflix fantasy drama created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich from Andrzej Sapkowski's novels, starring Henry Cavill then Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia; it premiered December 20, 2019 and ends with a fifth and final season expected in 2027.
The Witcher: Blood Origin
The Witcher: Blood Origin is a four-episode Netflix prequel miniseries (premiered December 25, 2022) set 1,200 years before The Witcher, following seven outcasts, the first prototype witcher, and the Conjunction of the Spheres; created by Declan de Barra, starring Michelle Yeoh, Sophia Brown, and Laurence O'Fuarain.
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf is a 2021 Netflix animated prequel film about young Vesemir, directed by Kwang Il Han, animated by Studio Mir, written by Beau DeMayo, released August 23, 2021.
The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep
The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep (2025) is a Netflix animated fantasy film directed by Kang Hei Chul, based on Sapkowski's short story A Little Sacrifice, with Doug Cockle voicing Geralt of Rivia; received mixed critical reception (Metacritic 54) and is the second Witcher anime after Nightmare of the Wolf.
The Witches (1966 film)
The Witches (1966), US title The Devil's Own, is a Hammer folk horror film directed by Cyril Frankel, written by Nigel Kneale from Norah Lofts' novel, starring Joan Fontaine in her last big-screen role as a schoolteacher uncovering a village witch coven.
The Witches (1990 film)
The Witches (1990) is Nicolas Roeg's dark fantasy adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1983 book, starring Anjelica Huston as the Grand High Witch. Jim Henson's last project, it changed the book's ending, which Dahl called utterly appalling.
The Witches (2020 film)
The Witches (2020), Robert Zemeckis's HBO Max adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1983 novel, starring Anne Hathaway and Octavia Spencer, set in 1960s Alabama, restoring Dahl's mouse ending and drawing a disability-representation apology from Warner Bros.
The Witches (novel)
The Witches, Roald Dahl's 1983 children's fantasy novel, follows a boy and his grandmother battling disguised child-hating witches; Whitbread Award winner, frequently challenged, revised by Puffin in 2023.
The Witches of Eastwick
The Witches of Eastwick is a 1984 John Updike novel about three divorced Rhode Island women whose coven powers awaken when a mysterious stranger, possibly the devil, arrives.
The Witches of Eastwick (film)
The Witches of Eastwick is a 1987 American comedy-fantasy film directed by George Miller, adapted from John Updike's novel, starring Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer.
The Witness (1969 film)
The Witness (A tanú) is Péter Bacsó's 1969 Hungarian satirical feature film about a naive dyke-reeve made star witness in a 1950s show trial; banned for a decade, it premiered at Cannes in 1981 and became Hungary's leading cult film.
The Witness (2026 TV series)
The Witness (2026 TV series): British three-part Netflix crime drama limited series by STV Studios Drama, created by Rob Williams, directed by Alex Winckler, starring Jordan Bolger; adapted from Alex Hanscombe's memoir about the 1992 Rachel Nickell murder; premiered 4 June 2026.
The Witness for the Prosecution
The Witness for the Prosecution (originally Traitor Hands) is Agatha Christie's 1925 courtroom short story about Leonard Vole, tried for murdering Emily French, whose wife Romaine testifies against him; rewritten by Christie as a 1953 play and filmed by Billy Wilder in 1957.
The Witness of Poetry
The Witness of Poetry (Świadectwo poezji) is a 1983 book of literary criticism by the Polish Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz, collecting his six Charles Eliot Norton Lectures at Harvard.
The Wives (TV series)
The Wives (TV series) is a 2024 six-part British Channel 5 mystery thriller by Helen Black, produced by Gaumont, starring Jo Joyner, Tamzin Outhwaite, and Angela Griffin as sisters-in-law investigating a death in Malta; distinct from the Nigerian series and the Tarryn Fisher adaptation of the same title.
The Wiz
The Wiz is a 1975 Broadway musical, book by William F. Brown and score by Charlie Smalls, retelling The Wizard of Oz with an all-Black cast; it ran 1,672 performances, won seven Tonys, and led to a 1978 film and 2024 revival.