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The Worst Witch (1998 TV series)
The Worst Witch (1998 TV series): British-Canadian ITV children's show, 1998-2001, 40 episodes, based on Jill Murphy's books, starring Georgina Sherrington as Mildred Hubble, distinct from the 1986 film and 2017 CBBC reboot.
The Worst Witch (2017 TV series)
The Worst Witch (2017–2020) is a British-German CBBC/ZDF/Netflix children's fantasy series adapted from Jill Murphy's books, starring Bella Ramsey as clumsy witch Mildred Hubble at Miss Cackle's Academy; 4 seasons, 52 episodes, two 2019 BAFTA Children's Awards.
The Wounded
The Wounded (병신과 머저리) is a short story by Yi Chong-jun about two brothers scarred by the Korean War, which won the 1967 Dong-in Award.
The Wow! Signal (album)
The Wow! Signal is Muse's tenth studio album, released 26 June 2026 on Warner Records. Named for the unexplained 1977 radio burst, it was co-produced with Dan Lancaster, features Ellie Goulding on "Hush", and draws on Matt Bellamy's divorce.
The Wraith
The Wraith (1986) is a Mike Marvin action-horror film starring Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, and Sherilyn Fenn, in which a murdered man returns as a supernatural driver of a Turbo Interceptor to destroy the Arizona road-racing gang that killed him; a cult film compared to High Plains Drifter.
The Wrangler
The Wrangler names several screen works: the fifth episode of Fallout season 2 (January 14, 2026), a 1960 NBC Western starring Jason Evers, a 2020 short film, a 2024 Montana ranch reality series, and a 2026 South Korean thriller.
The Wrath of Becky
The Wrath of Becky (2023) is an American action-horror sequel to Becky, directed by Matt Angel and Suzanne Coote, starring Lulu Wilson as 16-year-old Becky fighting the extremist Noble Men; released by Quiver, later on Netflix.
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a 1976 folk-rock ballad by Gordon Lightfoot about the ore carrier that sank in Lake Superior with all 29 crew in 1975.
The Wreck of the Hesperus
The Wreck of the Hesperus is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1840 narrative ballad of a skipper, his daughter, and a fatal 1839 New England storm at Norman's Woe, collected in Ballads and Other Poems and the source of an idiom for wreckage or untidiness.
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
The Wreck of the Mary Deare is a 1959 MGM sea-adventure drama directed by Michael Anderson, starring Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston, adapted by Eric Ambler from Hammond Innes's 1956 novel about a scuttled freighter and a court of inquiry.
The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility
The Wreck of the Titan, or Futility: Morgan Robertson's 1898 novella Futility, retitled in 1912 after Titanic sank. Fictional liner Titan, deemed unsinkable, strikes an iceberg in April in the North Atlantic with too few lifeboats.
The Wrecking Crew (1968 film)
The Wrecking Crew (1968) is the fourth and final Matt Helm spy comedy, directed by Phil Karlson, starring Dean Martin, Sharon Tate, Elke Sommer, and Nancy Kwan, with Bruce Lee as karate adviser; distinct from the 2015 music documentary and the 2026 Momoa-Bautista film.
The Wrecking Crew (2026 film)
The Wrecking Crew (2026) is an Amazon MGM action comedy on Prime Video, directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, starring Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista as half-brothers in Hawaii; born from Bautista's 2021 tweet, 74% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Wrecking Crew (music)
The Wrecking Crew: informal collective of Los Angeles session musicians of the 1960s, named by drummer Hal Blaine, who backed Beach Boys, Spector, and Sinatra hits anonymously.
The Wretched (film)
The Wretched (2020), originally titled Hag, is a low-budget ($66,000) supernatural horror film by Brett and Drew Pierce about a teen battling a witch possessing his neighbor; it topped the US box office for five weeks during the COVID-19 lockdown via drive-ins.
The Writing's on the Wall
The Writing's on the Wall (1999) is Destiny's Child's second studio album on Columbia, with Bills Bills Bills and Say My Name hitting number one, 13 million copies sold, and two 2001 Grammys for Say My Name.
The Wrong Arm of the Law
The Wrong Arm of the Law is a 1963 British comedy crime film directed by Cliff Owen, starring Peter Sellers as crime boss Pearly Gates, Lionel Jeffries, and Bernard Cribbins, about police and crooks uniting against impostor robbers.
The Wrong Girls
The Wrong Girls is a 2026 American stoner comedy directed by Dylan Meyer, starring Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat as roommates who gain telepathy from an experimental drug; Neon released it August 14, 2026.
The Wrong Man
The Wrong Man (1956) is Alfred Hitchcock's black-and-white docudrama starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles, based on the true 1953 false arrest of New York bassist Manny Balestrero, sourced from Maxwell Anderson's book and Herbert Brean's Life article.
The Wrong Missy
The Wrong Missy is a 2020 Netflix romantic comedy from Happy Madison Productions, directed by Tyler Spindel, starring David Spade and Lauren Lapkus. A texting mix-up sends the wrong Missy to a Hawaii corporate retreat; critics scored it 33% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Wrong Paris
The Wrong Paris is a 2025 Netflix romantic comedy directed by Janeen Damian, starring Miranda Cosgrove and Pierson Fodé. A dating show advertised for Paris, France is staged in Paris, Texas; released September 12, 2025.
The Wrong Trousers
The Wrong Trousers (1993) is Nick Park's Oscar-winning Aardman stop-motion short, the second Wallace & Gromit film, in which the penguin criminal Feathers McGraw hijacks robotic trousers for a diamond heist.
The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic (治癒魔法の間違った使い方)
The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic (治癒魔法の間違った使い方, Chiyu Mahou no Machigatta Tsukaikata) is Kurokata's isekai light novel series, with manga by Rei Kugayama and a 2024 Studio Add/Shin-Ei anime, about accidental summon Usato weaponizing healing magic under Rescue Team captain Rose.
The X Factor
The X Factor: British TV singing-competition franchise created by Simon Cowell in 2004 with Syco and FremantleMedia; category-based judge-mentoring, million-pound recording-contract prize, 15 UK series to 2018, global format sold to 147 territories.
The X Factor (album)
The X Factor (1995) is Iron Maiden's tenth studio album and the first with vocalist Blaze Bayley, produced by Steve Harris and Nigel Green at Barnyard Studios. It peaked at number 8 in the UK and remains the band's darkest, most divisive record.
The X Factor (American TV series)
The X Factor (American TV series), also called The X Factor USA, was Simon Cowell's Fox singing competition, 2011 to 2013, three seasons, $5 million Syco/Sony recording contract prize, won by Melanie Amaro, Tate Stevens, and Alex & Sierra, cancelled over poor ratings.
The X Factor (Australian TV series)
The X Factor (Australia) was the Seven Network's adaptation of Simon Cowell's singing competition, running 2005-2016 with four judge-mentored categories and a Sony Music Australia recording contract; winners included Dami Im and Samantha Jade before its 2017 axing.
The X Factor (British TV series)
The X Factor (British TV series): ITV singing competition created by Simon Cowell, airing 2004-2018 across 15 series and 445 episodes, produced by Thames and Syco; peaked near 20 million viewers, launched One Direction and Little Mix, shelved in 2021, reboot unconfirmed.
The X Factor (British TV series) series 13
The X Factor series 13 (2016) was the ITV singing competition's 13th run, 27 August to 11 December 2016, with judges Cowell, Osbourne, Walsh and Scherzinger, host Dermot O'Leary, winner Matt Terry, runner-up Saara Aalto, and record-low ratings.
The X Factor: Celebrity
The X Factor: Celebrity is a 2019 ITV singing competition spin-off of The X Factor, judged by Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, and Nicole Scherzinger, hosted by Dermot O'Leary, and won by Megan McKenna.