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Elden Ring (film)

Elden Ring (film): upcoming live-action A24/Bandai Namco adaptation of FromSoftware's 2022 action RPG, written and directed by Alex Garland, starring Kit Connor, releasing March 3, 2028 in IMAX.

Elemental (2023 film)

Elemental (2023) is a Disney-Pixar animated romantic comedy-drama directed by Peter Sohn, set in Element City where fire, water, land and air residents live together; Ember (Leah Lewis) and Wade (Mamoudou Athie) lead a $496 million-grossing, Oscar-nominated immigration allegory.

Elephant (1989 film)

Elephant (1989) is Alan Clarke's BBC Northern Ireland short film showing eighteen motiveless sectarian shootings in Belfast, without dialogue or explanation; title from Bernard MacLaverty's 'elephant in the living room' remark; produced by Danny Boyle; inspired Gus Van Sant's 2003 film of the same name.

Ella Enchanted (film)

Ella Enchanted (2004 film), also known simply as Ella Enchanted, is a Miramax fantasy romantic comedy directed by Tommy O'Haver, starring Anne Hathaway as a girl cursed with obedience; loosely based on Levine's 1997 Newbery Honor novel, released April 9, 2004, grossing $22.9M in the US.

Elmer Gantry (film)

Elmer Gantry (1960), Richard Brooks's United Artists drama adapted from Sinclair Lewis's 1927 novel, stars Burt Lancaster as a revivalist con man with Jean Simmons and Oscar winner Shirley Jones; it won three Academy Awards.

Elsa (Frozen)

Elsa is the snow-powered queen of Arendelle in Disney's Frozen (2013), voiced by Idina Menzel and loosely adapted from Andersen's "The Snow Queen" (1844); originally written as a villain, she became a sympathetic heroine after "Let It Go" was written.

Elton John: Never Too Late

Elton John: Never Too Late is a 2024 Disney+ music documentary directed by R.J. Cutler and David Furnish, framing Elton John's 1970–1975 rise against his 2022 Dodger Stadium farewell, with the Brandi Carlile title song.

Elvis (2022 film)

Elvis is a 2022 biographical drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann that traces Elvis Presley's life, starring Austin Butler as Presley and Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker.

Elvis & Nixon

Elvis & Nixon is a 2016 historical comedy directed by Liza Johnson, starring Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley and Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon, dramatizing their real December 21, 1970 Oval Office meeting behind the National Archives' most requested photograph.

Emancipation (2022 film)

Emancipation (2022) is an Apple Original Films historical drama directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring Will Smith as Peter, an escaped Louisiana slave inspired by the 1863 "Whipped Peter" photographs; released December 2, 2022 in theaters and December 9 on Apple TV+.

Emil und die Detektive

Emil und die Detektive (Emil and the Detectives) is Erich Kästner's 1929 children's novel about Emil Tischbein, robbed on a train to Berlin, who recovers his money with a children's gang; first filmed in 1931 by Gerhard Lamprecht with a Billy Wilder screenplay, and adapted repeatedly since.

Emma (1996 theatrical film)

Emma (1996 theatrical film) is Douglas McGrath's Miramax romantic comedy adapting Jane Austen's novel, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, and Toni Collette; it won Rachel Portman an Academy Award and grossed about $22 million.

Emma (2020 film)

Emma. is a 2020 period romantic comedy film directed by Autumn de Wilde, adapted from Jane Austen's 1815 novel and starring Anya Taylor-Joy as Emma Woodhouse.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup (トマトケチャップ皇帝)

Emperor Tomato Ketchup (トマトケチャップ皇帝, Tomato Kecchappu Kōtei) is Shūji Terayama's 1970/1971 Japanese experimental film in which children overthrow adults and found a ketchup-symbol state; 75-minute director's cut released 1996.

Empire of Dust

Empire of Dust is a 2011 Belgian documentary by Bram Van Paesschen following CREC logistics manager Lao Yang and Congolese interpreter Eddy rebuilding a 300 km road between Kolwezi and Lubumbashi, DRC; it won Docville 2012's Best Belgian Documentary award.

Encanto

Encanto (2021) is Walt Disney Animation Studios' 60th animated feature, a Lin-Manuel Miranda musical about the Colombian Madrigal family, whose magic and intergenerational trauma, rooted in Abuela's forced displacement, drive the story.

Enchanted (film)

Enchanted is a 2007 American musical fantasy comedy film directed by Kevin Lima and starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, and James Marsden, blending animation with live action in Manhattan.

Eno (2024 film)

Eno is a 2024 Gary Hustwit generative documentary about Brian Eno, Roxy Music founder and ambient pioneer. Built with software by Brendan Dawes, each screening differs; it earned 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 74 Metascore.

Enola Holmes (film)

Enola Holmes (2020) is a Netflix mystery-adventure directed by Harry Bradbeer, starring Millie Bobby Brown as Sherlock's teenage sister, adapted from Nancy Springer's novels, set in 1884, released September 2020, spawning sequels in 2022 and 2026.

Enola Holmes 2

Enola Holmes 2 is a 2022 Netflix mystery film directed by Harry Bradbeer, starring Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill, based on Nancy Springer's books and the 1888 matchgirls' strike; it debuted at #1 with 64.08M hours viewed.

Epic (2013 film)

Epic is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated fantasy-adventure film directed by Chris Wedge, produced by Blue Sky Studios and loosely based on William Joyce's picture book.

Epic film

An epic film is a large-scale motion picture with sweeping historical, biblical, or mythological subject matter, from Italy's early epics and The Birth of a Nation (1915) to Gladiator (2000).

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert is Baz Luhrmann's 2026 documentary concert film about Elvis Presley's 1970s Vegas residency, built from 59 hours of lost footage found in Kansas salt mines and restored by Peter Jackson's team, released by NEON.

Eragon (film)

Eragon is a 2006 fantasy adventure film directed by Stefen Fangmeier, starring Ed Speleers as a farm boy who becomes a Dragon Rider; it earned $249 million worldwide.

Erin Brockovich (film)

Erin Brockovich (2000), Steven Soderbergh legal drama starring Julia Roberts and Albert Finney, based on the Hinkley, California PG&E hexavalent chromium water case; five Oscar nominations, Roberts won Best Actress, $125M+ U.S. gross.

Ernest & Celestine

Ernest & Celestine (Ernest et Célestine), 2012 French-Belgian animated film by Renner, Patar, and Aubier from Gabrielle Vincent's picture books; César winner and Oscar nominee.

Ernest et Célestine

Ernest et Célestine (Ernest & Celestine) is a 2012 French-Belgian-Luxembourgish hand-drawn animated film by Renner, Patar, and Aubier, adapted from Gabrielle Vincent's albums, with a César win and an Oscar nomination.

Eros (2004 film)

Eros (愛神) is a 2004 three-part anthology film on love and sex by Wong Kar-wai (The Hand), Steven Soderbergh (Equilibrium), and Michelangelo Antonioni (The Dangerous Thread of Things), conceived as a tribute and Antonioni's final film.

Erotic thriller

The erotic thriller, also called erotic thriller film, is a film subgenre in which erotic desire fuels suspense, flourishing in American cinema from the early 1980s to the late 1990s.

Escaflowne (エスカフローネ) (film)

Escaflowne (エスカフローネ), aka Escaflowne: The Movie or A Girl in Gaea, is a 2000 Sunrise/BONES anime film directed by Kazuki Akane, retelling the 1996 Vision of Escaflowne TV series with darker, redesigned characters, music by Yoko Kanno, and a 2002 US theatrical release.