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Othello (1995 film)
Othello is a 1995 drama film directed and adapted by Oliver Parker from Shakespeare's play, starring Laurence Fishburne as Othello, Kenneth Branagh as Iago, and Irène Jacob as Desdemona.
Our Friend
Our Friend (2021) is a drama directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, adapted from Matthew Teague's Esquire essay "The Friend". Casey Affleck, Dakota Johnson, and Jason Segel star in the true story of a friend who moves in to help a family facing terminal cancer.
Ouran High School Host Club (film)
Ouran High School Host Club (映画 桜蘭高校ホスト部) is a 2012 Japanese live-action comedy film directed by Han Chul, continuing the 2011 TBS drama adaptation of Bisco Hatori's manga, starring Haruna Kawaguchi and Yusuke Yamamoto with Mariko Shinoda and 2PM's Nichkhun as film-original characters.
Outlander (film)
Outlander is a 2008 science-fiction action film directed by Howard McCain, in which a space traveler crash-lands in Viking-era Norway and joins local warriors to hunt an alien predator.
Outlaw King
Outlaw King (2018) is a Netflix historical action-drama directed by David Mackenzie, starring Chris Pine as Robert the Bruce. It premiered at TIFF 2018, runs 137 minutes, and depicts Bruce's outlaw years from 1304 to Loudoun Hill (1307).
Over the Hedge (2006 film)
Over the Hedge (2006) is a DreamWorks Animation CGI comedy directed by Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick, adapted from Michael Fry and T. Lewis's comic strip, starring Bruce Willis as RJ; it grossed about $340 million worldwide.
Oxhide (牛皮)
Oxhide (牛皮, Niu pi) is Liu Jiayin's 2005 Chinese independent debut: 23 static shots, 110 minutes, filmed with her parents in their Beijing apartment about a failing leather shop; it won FIPRESCI and Caligari awards at the 2005 Berlinale.
Oz the Great and Powerful
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) is Sam Raimi's Disney prequel to The Wizard of Oz, starring James Franco as Oscar Diggs with Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, and Michelle Williams; 56% on Rotten Tomatoes, $493.3 million worldwide.
Ozi: Voice of the Forest
Ozi: Voice of the Forest is a 2023 CGI animated family film directed by Tim Harper about an orphaned orangutan influencer fighting deforestation; produced by GCI Film, Appian Way, and Mike Medavoy, premiered at Annecy 2023.
Paan Singh Tomar (पान सिंह तोमर) (film)
Paan Singh Tomar (पान सिंह तोमर) is Tigmanshu Dhulia's 2012 Hindi biographical film starring Irrfan Khan as the seven-time national steeplechase champion who became a Chambal Valley rebel; it won Best Feature Film and Best Actor at the 60th National Film Awards.
Padatik (পদাতিক) (2024 film)
Padatik (পদাতিক) is a 2024 Bengali biographical drama directed by Srijit Mukherji about filmmaker Mrinal Sen, starring Chanchal Chowdhury; released 15 August 2024, it won festival honors and topped 2024 Bengali drama critic rankings.
Paint Your Wagon (film)
Paint Your Wagon (1969) is a Joshua Logan musical western, adapted by Alan Jay Lerner and Paddy Chayefsky from the 1951 Lerner and Loewe Broadway show, starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, and Jean Seberg; filmed in Oregon, it cost about $20 million and flopped.
Palme d'Or du Court Métrage
Palme d'Or du Court Métrage (Short Film Palme d'Or): Cannes Film Festival's top jury prize for short films under 15 minutes in the Official Selection; 2026 winner Federico Luis's Para Los Contrincantes, chosen from 3,184 entries.
Palo Alto (2013 film)
Palo Alto (2013) is Gia Coppola's directorial debut drama, adapted from James Franco's short story collection, starring Emma Roberts, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, and Franco; Metascore 69, released May 9, 2014.
Pan (2015 film)
Pan (2015) is Joe Wright's Peter Pan origin-story prequel, written by Jason Fuchs for Warner Bros., starring Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, and Rooney Mara. It cost $150 million, earned $151.5 million worldwide, scored 27% on Rotten Tomatoes, and drew whitewashing criticism for Mara's Tiger Lily.
Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) is Guillermo del Toro's 2006 Spanish-Mexican dark fantasy about young Ofelia in 1944 Francoist Spain set three tasks by a faun; it premiered at Cannes 2006 and won three Oscars.
Papillon (2017 film)
Papillon (2017) is Michael Noer's remake of the 1973 prison drama, starring Charlie Hunnam as Henri Charrière and Rami Malek as Louis Dega, based on Charrière's memoirs; released by Bleecker Street in 2018, it grossed $2.3 million in the US.
Paprika (パプリカ) (2006 film)
Paprika (パプリカ) is Satoshi Kon's 2006 Madhouse anime adaptation of Yasutaka Tsutsui's novel, about a stolen dream-entering device, screened in competition at Venice and Kon's final completed feature.
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills is a 1996 HBO documentary by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky about the West Memphis Three trials, which won Emmy and Peabody awards and sparked the movement to free the accused.
ParaNorman
ParaNorman is LAIKA's 2012 stop-motion 3D horror-comedy directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell, about Norman Babcock, a boy who speaks to the dead, notable for 3D-printed puppet faces and an Oscar nomination.
Parineeta (2005 film)
Parineeta (পরিণীতা), 2005 Hindi romantic musical drama directed by Pradeep Sarkar, produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, adapting Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1914 novel; Vidya Balan's debut with Saif Ali Khan and Sanjay Dutt, set in 1962 Kolkata.
Paris Is Burning (film)
Paris Is Burning (1990) is Jennie Livingston's 76-minute documentary on New York's Harlem drag-ball scene, its houses, voguing, and slang; Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, 2016 National Film Registry honoree, subject of lasting representation controversies.
Parkland (film)
Parkland (2013) is a historical drama directed by Peter Landesman, based on Vincent Bugliosi's Four Days in November, produced by Tom Hanks, depicting the JFK assassination aftermath at Parkland Hospital; Metascore 51, $10 million budget.
Parody film
Parody film (also spoof film, spoof movie): a comedy that comically imitates serious films by exaggerating their conventions, from silent-era send-ups and Brooks's 1974 reinvention to ZAZ's Airplane! and the Scary Movie franchise.
Partner (1968 film)
Partner. is Bernardo Bertolucci's 1968 Italian drama, freely adapted from Dostoevsky's The Double, starring Pierre Clémenti as a drama teacher and his revolutionary double, with Stefania Sandrelli, Tina Aumont, and music by Ennio Morricone.
Party Monster (film)
Party Monster (2003) is a biographical drama by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, starring Macaulay Culkin as club promoter Michael Alig, based on Disco Bloodbath and their 1998 documentary about Alig's murder of Angel Melendez.
Patch Adams (film)
Patch Adams (1998) is a Universal comedy-drama directed by Tom Shadyac, starring Robin Williams as the clowning physician Hunter Adams; it grossed $202 million but scored 22% with critics and was rejected by Adams himself.
Paterno (film)
Paterno is a 2018 HBO television drama directed by Barry Levinson, starring Al Pacino as Penn State coach Joe Paterno during the two weeks after the Jerry Sandusky indictment, with Riley Keough as reporter Sara Ganim; 69% on Rotten Tomatoes, Emmy-nominated.
Patterson–Gimlin film
Patterson–Gimlin film: 16mm footage shot by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin at Bluff Creek, California, on October 20, 1967, showing the figure 'Patty'; the most famous disputed Bigfoot evidence, argued to be either an unknown primate or a costumed hoax, revisited by the 2026 documentary Capturing Bigfoot.
Patton (film)
Patton (1970), also released as Patton, Blood and Guts, is a Franklin J. Schaffner biographical war film starring George C. Scott as General George S. Patton Jr., written by Coppola and North, filmed in Spain, and winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture.