General articles: Arts and culture

The Young Pope

The Young Pope: Paolo Sorrentino's 2016 Sky-HBO-Canal+ ten-episode limited series starring Jude Law as Lenny Belardo, Pius XIII, the first American and youngest pope; followed by The New Pope (2020).

The Young Riders

The Young Riders is an American Western series about young Pony Express riders, aired on ABC from 1989 to 1992 with Josh Brolin as Wild Bill Hickok.

The Young Savages is a 1961 John Frankenheimer courtroom drama starring Burt Lancaster as an assistant DA prosecuting three Italian-American teens for killing a blind Puerto Rican boy in East Harlem, adapted from Evan Hunter's novel A Matter of Conviction.

The Young Stranger

The Young Stranger is a 1957 American black-and-white drama, John Frankenheimer's first theatrical feature, adapted from his CBS Climax! teleplay "Deal a Blow". James MacArthur plays a producer's son arrested after a theater fight whom neither police nor father believe.

The Young Victoria

The Young Victoria (2009) is a historical drama directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, written by Julian Fellowes, starring Emily Blunt as the young Queen Victoria and Rupert Friend as Prince Albert; produced by Scorsese, Graham King, and Sarah Ferguson, it won the Oscar for Best Costume Design.

The Youngbloods

The Youngbloods: American folk-rock band formed 1965 (New York or Boston per differing sources), led by Jesse Colin Young; best known for "Get Together," #5 on the Hot 100 in 1969; disbanded 1972.

The Youth Memories (梦中的那片海)

The Youth Memories (梦中的那片海) is a 38-episode Chinese period drama premiered June 1, 2023 on CCTV-8 and Tencent Video, directed by Fu Ning, starring Xiao Zhan and Li Qin as 1970s Beijing youths spanning 30 years; Douban 7.5, Tencent heat over 30,000.

The Zafarani Files

The Zafarani Files (وقائع حارة الزعفراني) is a 1976 novel by Egyptian writer Gamal al-Ghitani, set in old Cairo and told through files compiled by a mysterious observer.

The Zanuck Company

The Zanuck Company, also the Zanuck Co., is a Beverly Hills film production company formed in 1988 by Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck, and Jerry Perenchio after the Zanuck/Brown partnership ended; its debut was Driving Miss Daisy, Best Picture winner.

The Zelmenyaners

The Zelmenyaners (Yiddish: Zelmenyaner) is a satirical Yiddish novel by Moyshe Kulbak, following four generations of a Jewish family in a Minsk courtyard, published 1929–1935.

The Zero Theorem

The Zero Theorem is Terry Gilliam's 2013 dystopian sci-fi film, written by Pat Rushin, starring Christoph Waltz as Qohen Leth, a hacker tasked with proving life is meaningless; shot in Bucharest for $8.5 million, released 2014.

The Zeta Project

The Zeta Project is a 2001–2002 Kids' WB animated series, a Batman Beyond spin-off created by Robert Goodman, following the conscience-stricken NSA synthoid assassin Zeta (Diedrich Bader) and runaway Ro Rowan fleeing Agent Bennet while searching for Dr. Selig; cancelled after 26 episodes in two seasons.

The Zombies

The Zombies are an English rock band formed in St Albans in 1961, led by Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent, known for "She's Not There" and Odessey and Oracle.

The Zone (YTV)

The Zone (YTV): flagship weekday 4-6 p.m. afterschool block on Canada's YTV, begun as the Afterschool Zone on September 2, 1991, hosted by program jockeys (PJs) such as PJ Phil and Carlos Bustamante; hosting ended April 28, 2023.

The Zone of Interest (film)

The Zone of Interest (2023), Jonathan Glazer's Holocaust drama starring Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel as the Höss family beside Auschwitz, loosely based on Martin Amis's 2014 novel; Cannes Grand Prix winner and Oscar winner for Best International Feature and Best Sound.

The Zone: Survival Mission (더 존: 버터야 산다)

The Zone: Survival Mission (더 존: 버텨야 산다) is a Disney+ Korean reality game show from the Running Man producers, starring Yoo Jae-suk, Lee Kwang-soo, and Kwon Yuri surviving four-hour disaster simulations; three seasons ran 2022–2024.

The Zoo (动物园)

The Zoo (動物園) is a 2026 Taiwanese 10-episode workplace romantic comedy on Disney+, directed by Su Wen-sheng, starring Shao Yu-wei and Wang Po-chieh as an ad executive turned trainee zookeeper and a keeper at Kaohsiung's Shoushan Zoo.

The Zoo Story

The Zoo Story is a one-act play by Edward Albee, written in 1958 and premiered in Berlin in 1959, in which the stranger Jerry forces a conversation on the publishing executive Peter in Central Park.

The Zookeeper's Wife

The Zookeeper's Wife is a 2007 nonfiction book by Diane Ackerman about Polish zookeepers who sheltered roughly 300 Jews in the Warsaw Zoo during World War II.

The Zookeeper's Wife (film)

The Zookeeper's Wife is a 2017 Focus Features historical drama directed by Niki Caro, starring Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, and Daniel Brühl, adapted from Diane Ackerman's 2007 book about the Żabińskis sheltering about 300 Jews at the Warsaw Zoo.

The Zoya Factor (film)

The Zoya Factor is a 2019 Hindi romantic comedy-drama directed by Abhishek Sharma, adapted from Anuja Chauhan's 2008 novel, starring Sonam Kapoor as lucky charm Zoya Solanki and Dulquer Salmaan as cricket captain Nikhil Khoda; released 20 September 2019 by Fox Star Studios and a box-office failure.

The Zulu newspaper serial tradition

The Zulu newspaper serial tradition, begun with John L. Dube's Ilanga lase Natal in 1903, is the practice of publishing serialized Zulu-language literature in newspapers.

The Zutons

The Zutons, Liverpool indie rock band formed 2001, known for Who Killed The Zutons? and the song Valerie, later a hit for Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson; disbanded 2009, returned with The Big Decider in 2024.

The-Dream

The-Dream, born Terius Youngdell Nash in 1977, is an American singer, songwriter, and producer who wrote Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Beyoncé's "Single Ladies" and won eight Grammy Awards.

The8

The8 (徐明浩), born Xu Minghao in 1997 in Haicheng, Liaoning, is a Chinese singer-dancer in SEVENTEEN's Performance Team under Pledis; solo EP Stardust (2024) and V8 duo with Vernon (2026).

Thea Austin

Thea Austin (Thea Tereese Austin) is an American house/dance singer from Pittsburgh, lead vocalist and co-writer of Snap!'s 1992 chart-topping "Rhythm Is a Dancer"; later Soulsearcher and Hot Dance Club Songs number ones with Pusaka.

Thea Queen

Thea Dearden Queen, also called Mia or Speedy, is Oliver Queen's half-sister in The CW's Arrow (2012–2020), played by Willa Holland; an original Arrowverse character adapted from DC's Mia Dearden who becomes the vigilante Speedy after Lazarus Pit revival.