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V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta: British graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, serialized in Warrior 1982–1985 and completed by DC 1988–1989, depicting anarchist V against the fascist Norsefire regime; 2005 McTeigue film adaptation.
V for Vendetta (film)
V for Vendetta (2006) is James McTeigue's Warner Bros. adaptation of Alan Moore and David Lloyd's graphic novel, written and produced by the Wachowskis, starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving; Moore disowned it, it grossed $131,411,035, and its Guy Fawkes mask became a protest symbol.
V Love (微时代)
V Love (微时代, formerly 微时代之恋·初恋篇) is a 2014 40-episode Chinese youth romance web drama, Yang Mi's first producing credit, starring Yang Mi, Shawn Yue, Zhou Bichang, Tan Weiwei, Monica Chan, and Kim Bum, streamed exclusively on Tencent Video from July 21, 2014.
V Recordings
V Recordings is a British jungle and drum and bass record label founded in London in 1993 by Bryan Gee and Jumpin' Jack Frost, still run by Gee.
V Wars
V Wars is a 2019 Netflix sci-fi vampire series, 10 TV-MA episodes, based on Jonathan Maberry and Alan Robinson comics, starring Ian Somerhalder and Adrian Holmes; cancelled after one season in March 2020.
V.
V. is Thomas Pynchon's first novel, published in 1963, an open-ended, fragmented narrative of about 150 characters centered on Herbert Stencil's quest for the mysterious V.; it won the William Faulkner Foundation best first novel award and stands among Pynchon's 'big four' novels.
V. C. Andrews
V.C. Andrews, pen name of Cleo Virginia Andrews (1923–1986), American Gothic novelist, author of Flowers in the Attic and the Dollanganger series; over 107 million copies sold, continued posthumously by ghostwriter Andrew Neiderman.
V. E. Schwab
V. E. Schwab, also known as Victoria Schwab, is an American fantasy author known for the Shades of Magic series and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.
V. G. Siddhartha
V. G. Siddhartha (Veerappa Siddhartha Hegde) was an Indian coffee planter who founded Café Coffee Day, India's largest coffee chain, and chaired Coffee Day Enterprises; he died in July 2019 amid group debt after selling the Mindtree stake to Larsen & Toubro.
V. Harikrishna
V. Harikrishna (ವಿ. ಹರಿಕೃಷ್ಣ) is a Kannada film composer and director in Sandalwood who debuted with Jothe Jotheyali in 2006 and won three consecutive Filmfare Awards.
V. J. Chitra (சித்ரா காமராஜ்)
V. J. Chitra (சித்ரா காமராஜ்), born Chitra Kamaraj (1992–2020), was a Tamil television actress and anchor famous as Mullai in Pandian Stores; she died in December 2020, with a postmortem finding suicide and no foul play.
V. K. Gokak
V. K. Gokak (Vinayak Krishna Gokak) was an Indian writer in Kannada and English who won the 1990 Jnanpith Award for his epic Bharata Sindhurashmi.
V. K. N.
V. K. N., born Vadakke Koottala Narayanankutty Nair, was a Malayalam writer known for highbrow satire, and won the Sahitya Akademi Award before dying in 2004.
V. K. Ramasamy (வி. கே. ராமசாமி) (actor)
V. K. Ramasamy (வி. கே. ராமசாமி), aka Virudhunagar Kanthan Ramasamy or VKR, Tamil actor, comedian and producer (1947–2002), nearly 500 films, debuted in AVM's first film Naam Iruvar, known for dialogue-driven comedy.
V. Manohar
V. Manohar (ವಿ. ಮನೋಹರ್), full name Vitla Manohar, is an Indian music director, lyricist, and film director in Kannada cinema, best known for the soundtrack of Janumada Jodi (1996).
V. S. Gaitonde
V. S. Gaitonde (Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde, 1924–2001) was an Indian modernist painter who pioneered non-objective art and was a member of the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group.
V. S. Naipaul
V. S. Naipaul (Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul), Trinidadian-born British novelist and travel writer, Nobel laureate 2001 and Booker winner 1971 for In a Free State, author of A House for Mr Biswas.
V. Shantaram (शांताराम राजाराम वांकुड्रे)
V. Shantaram (Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, 1901–1990), Indian filmmaker, co-founder of Prabhat Film Company and founder of Rajkamal Kalamandir; directed Do Aankhen Barah Haath and Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje.
V. T. Bhattathiripad
V. T. Bhattathiripad (1896–1982) was a Kerala social reformer, dramatist, and writer who campaigned against casteism among Namboothiri Brahmins and wrote the landmark 1929 play Adukkalayil Ninnu Arangathekku.
V. V. Vinayak (వి. వి. వినాయక్)
V. V. Vinayak is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor in Telugu cinema, known for his successful directorial debut Aadi (2002) and directing Khaidi No. 150 (2017).
V. Vijayendra Prasad (కొడూరి విశ్వ విజయేంద్ర ప్రసాద్)
V. Vijayendra Prasad (Koduri Vishwa/Venkata Vijayendra Prasad), born 1942 in Kovvur, is an Indian Telugu and Bollywood screenwriter, Rajya Sabha member, and father of S.S. Rajamouli, who wrote Baahubali, RRR, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and Magadheera.
V. Y. Mudimbe
V. Y. Mudimbe, born Valentin-Yves Mudimbe (1941–2025), was a Congolese philosopher, philologist, and novelist best known for The Invention of Africa (1988), a critique of Western knowledge about Africa.
V/H/S
V/H/S is an American found-footage horror anthology film franchise begun in 2012 by Bloody Disgusting's Brad Miska, comprising nine anthology features, spin-offs SiREN and Kids vs. Aliens, a Snapchat miniseries, and Shudder-era entries through V/H/S/Mixtape (2026).
V/H/S (franchise)
V/H/S is an American found-footage horror anthology franchise whose films frame short horror stories with characters watching VHS tapes, beginning at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
V/H/S: Viral
V/H/S: Viral (2014) is the third found-footage horror anthology in the V/H/S series, directed by Benson, Moorhead, Bishop, Sarmiento, Vigalondo, and Lincoln, with segments Dante the Great, Parallel Monsters, Bonestorm, and the Blu-ray-only Gorgeous Vortex; it was poorly received.
V/H/S/2
V/H/S/2 (2013) is a found-footage horror anthology, sequel to V/H/S, with a Tape 49 frame story and four segments including Safe Haven and A Ride in the Park; Metascore 49, 69% on Rotten Tomatoes, $21,833 box office.
V/H/S/85
V/H/S/85 is a 2023 found-footage horror anthology, the sixth V/H/S film, directed by David Bruckner, Scott Derrickson, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Natasha Kermani, and Mike P. Nelson, released on Shudder October 6, 2023.
V/H/S/94
V/H/S/94 (2021) is the fourth V/H/S found-footage horror anthology, a Shudder Original released October 6, 2021, with segments by Barrett, Tjahjanto, Reeder, Prows, and Okuno set in 1994.
V/H/S/99
V/H/S/99 is a 2022 found-footage horror anthology, the fifth V/H/S film, streaming on Shudder from October 20, 2022. Five segments set in 1999, directed by Flying Lotus, Maggie Levin, Tyler MacIntyre, Johannes Roberts, and the Winters; 75% on Rotten Tomatoes.
V/H/S/Beyond
V/H/S/Beyond is a 2024 found-footage horror anthology, the seventh V/H/S film, released on Shudder October 4, 2024. Six sci-fi-themed segments directed by Jay Cheel, Jordan Downey, Kate Siegel and others; 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.