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L'Avare
L'Avare (1980) is a French comedy film co-directed by Jean Girault and Louis de Funès, adapting Molière's play, with de Funès as Harpagon; released 5 March 1980, 123 min, Films Christian Fechner.
La Casa de Bernarda Alba (1987 film)
La casa de Bernarda Alba (1987), Mario Camus's Spanish film adaptation of Lorca's final play, starring Irene Gutiérrez Caba and Ana Belén; premiered 3 April 1987, opened Cannes Un certain regard, and was critically panned.
La Fée aux Choux
La Fée aux Choux (The Cabbage Fairy) is a one-minute French silent film attributed to Alice Guy at Gaumont, claimed as her 1896 directorial debut; the surviving 1900 version shows a fairy harvesting babies from cabbages, with a 1902 remake, Sage-femme de première classe.
La Folie des grandeurs
La Folie des grandeurs (Delusions of Grandeur) is Gérard Oury's 1971 French comedy adapting Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas, starring Louis de Funès as Don Salluste and Yves Montand as Blaze, with Alice Sapritch; it drew about 5.6 million admissions in France.
La Ronde
La Ronde (1950) is Max Ophuls's French film adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's play Reigen, a circular chain of ten love affairs in 1900 Vienna narrated by Anton Walbrook, starring Simone Signoret, and censored in the United States.
La Vie en Rose (2007 film)
La Vie en Rose (La Môme) is Olivier Dahan's 2007 France-UK-Czech biopic of Édith Piaf, starring Marion Cotillard, who won the 2008 Best Actress Oscar; shot in Prague for about $25 million, it earned about $86 million worldwide.
Labyrinth (2026 film)
Labyrinth (Meikyu no Shiori, 迷宮のしおり) is a 2026 Japanese original anime film, Shoji Kawamori's first feature, about a girl trapped in her smartphone's labyrinth while her digital double SHIORI takes over her life; released January 1, 2026, 115 minutes, Gaga.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney (Mesdames et Messieurs, Brian Mulroney) is Matthew Rankin's 2026 NFB archival collage documentary on Brian Mulroney's rise from the 1976 PC leadership race to his 1984 election, which won TIFF's Midnight Madness People's Choice Award.
Lady and the Tramp
Lady and the Tramp: 1955 Disney animated romance about pampered cocker spaniel Lady and stray Tramp; first CinemaScope animated feature, $4 million cost, $25 million gross, 2019 live-action remake.
Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015 film)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015) is a BBC One television film adapted and directed by Jed Mercurio from D.H. Lawrence's 1928 novel, starring Holliday Grainger, Richard Madden, and James Norton, broadcast 6 September 2015.
Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022 film)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022) is a Netflix romantic drama directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, adapted from D.H. Lawrence's 1928 novel, starring Emma Corrin and Jack O'Connell, released theatrically November 23 and on Netflix December 2, 2022.
Lady Macbeth (film)
Lady Macbeth (2016) is William Oldroyd's debut feature, adapted by Alice Birch from Leskov's 1865 novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, relocating the story to Victorian northern England with Florence Pugh as Katherine, Cosmo Jarvis as Sebastian, and Naomi Ackie as Anna.
Lady Sings the Blues (film)
Lady Sings the Blues is a 1972 biographical drama directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Diana Ross as Billie Holiday with Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor; based on Holiday's 1956 autobiography, it earned five Oscar nominations and Motown's fastest-selling soundtrack to that time.
Larceny (1996 film)
Larceny is Christopher Nolan's unreleased 1996 British black-and-white 16 mm short film, about eight minutes long, about an apartment burglary, screened at the 1996 Cambridge Film Festival and never publicly released.
Las Hurdes
Las Hurdes: mountainous comarca in northern Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, bordering Salamanca; 470 km², 40 alquerías in five municipalities. Known for Buñuel's 1933 documentary Tierra sin pan, its poverty stigma, and modern tourism revival.
Laskar Pelangi
Laskar Pelangi (The Rainbow Troops) is a 2008 Indonesian film directed by Riri Riza, adapted from Andrea Hirata's 2005 novel about ten poor students on Belitung.
Last Days (2005 film)
Last Days (2005) is Gus Van Sant's drama, final film of his Death Trilogy with Gerry and Elephant, loosely inspired by Kurt Cobain's final days; Michael Pitt stars as Blake, and the film won Cannes' Technical Grand Prize for sound design.
Lava (2014 film)
Lava is a 2014 Pixar animated musical short directed by James Ford Murphy, telling a love story between the volcanoes Uku and Lele through a single ukulele song; it premiered in 2014 and opened before Inside Out on June 19, 2015.
Le Plaisir
Le Plaisir (1952) is Max Ophüls's French black-and-white anthology film adapting three Guy de Maupassant stories, Le Masque, La Maison Tellier, and Le Modèle, narrated in Maupassant's voice, with Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, and Simone Simon, famous for its tracking shots and the closing line "Le bonheur n'est pas gai".
Lean on Me (film)
Lean on Me is a 1989 Warner Bros. biographical drama directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Morgan Freeman as real Paterson, New Jersey principal Joe Clark of Eastside High; released March 3, 1989, grossed $28.9M.
Leaving Neverland
Leaving Neverland is Dan Reed's 2019 two-part HBO documentary in which Wade Robson and James Safechuck allege Michael Jackson abused them as children; Emmy-winning, later removed from streaming after a Jackson estate settlement.
Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson
Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson is a 2025 Channel 4 documentary by Dan Reed following Wade Robson and James Safechuck's decade-long court quest against Michael Jackson's companies, ahead of a planned late-2026 trial.
Lee (2023 film)
Lee (2023) is a biographical war drama directed by Ellen Kuras, starring Kate Winslet as WWII Vogue war correspondent Lee Miller; premiered at TIFF 2023, released 2024, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated.
Left Behind: The Movie
Left Behind: The Movie is a 2000 Christian apocalyptic thriller directed by Vic Sarin, adapted from the 1995 novel by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, starring Kirk Cameron.
Legend (2015 film)
Legend (2015) is Brian Helgeland's biographical crime thriller about Kray twins Reggie and Ronnie, both played by Tom Hardy, based on John Pearson's The Profession of Violence; Metascore 55, mixed reviews.
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole is a 2010 computer-animated fantasy adventure film directed by Zack Snyder, adapting the first three books of Kathryn Lasky's Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return is a 2014 computer-animated musical sequel to The Wizard of Oz, based on Roger S. Baum's Dorothy of Oz, directed by Will Finn and Dan St. Pierre, a $70 million critical and box-office flop tied to a $103 million investor fundraising controversy.
Lego Disney Princess: Magical Mayhem
LEGO Disney Princess: Magical Mayhem is a 26-minute 2026 Disney+ animated special, the third in the LEGO Disney Princess series, in which Ariel, Jasmine, Mulan, Moana, Rapunzel, Snow White, and Tiana battle Cheshire Cat chaos in their castle.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is Brad Silberling's 2004 gothic comedy film adapting the first three Snicket (Daniel Handler) novels, starring Jim Carrey as Count Olaf, with Jude Law voicing the narrator; it grossed $211.5 million worldwide and was later followed by Netflix's 2017 series.
Lenny (film)
Lenny (1974) is Bob Fosse's black-and-white biographical drama of comedian Lenny Bruce, starring Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine, adapted from Julian Barry's Tony-winning play, with a mock-documentary structure and six Oscar nominations including Best Picture.