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PM Narendra Modi
PM Narendra Modi (पी एम नरेंद्र मोदी) is a 2019 Hindi biographical drama starring Vivek Oberoi as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, directed by Omung Kumar. Barred by the Election Commission during the 2019 polls, released 24 May 2019, panned as a hagiography, grossing ₹11.51 crore.
Pocahontas (1995 film)
Pocahontas is a 1995 Disney animated musical film directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg, depicting a fictional romance between Pocahontas and Captain John Smith at Jamestown.
Point of Order
Point of Order! is a 1964 documentary by Emile de Antonio condensing 188 hours of kinescopes of the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings into 97 narration-free minutes, ending with Welch's decency rebuke.
Pollock (film)
Pollock (2000) is Ed Harris's directorial debut biographical drama about painter Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, based on the Naifeh-Smith Pulitzer biography; Marcia Gay Harden won the 2001 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Pom Poko
Pom Poko (平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ, Heisei tanuki gassen ponpoko, The Raccoon War) is Isao Takahata's 1994 Studio Ghibli animated film about shape-shifting tanuki resisting Tokyo's Tama New Town development; released July 16, 1994, 119 minutes, top Japanese film of 1994.
Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ)
Ponyo (Gake no ue no Ponyo) is a 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli about a goldfish princess who wants to become human.
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (崖の上のポニョ) is a 2008 Studio Ghibli animated fantasy by Hayao Miyazaki, released July 19, 2008 by Toho; a fish girl's stolen magic floods a seaside town, and the film topped Japan's 2008 box office.
Pope Francis – A Man of His Word
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word is Wim Wenders' 2018 Vatican co-produced documentary in which the pope speaks directly to camera via Interrotron interviews on poverty, ecology, migration, and reform; Cannes 2018 premiere, 82% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937) is the second of Fleischer Studios' three Technicolor two-reel Popeye Color Specials, directed by Dave Fleischer, pitting Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Wimpy against Bluto as the bandit Abu Hassan.
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936) is a two-reel Technicolor Fleischer Studios short, first of three Popeye Color Specials, starring Bluto as Sindbad; Oscar-nominated and in the 2004 National Film Registry.
Porco Rosso (紅の豚)
Porco Rosso (紅の豚, Kurenai no Buta) is a 1992 Studio Ghibli anime film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his manga Hikōtei Jidai, about a pig-faced WWI ace hunting air pirates in the Adriatic; released July 18, 1992 by Toho.
Porgy and Bess (film)
Porgy and Bess (1959) is Otto Preminger's Columbia Pictures film of Gershwin's folk opera, starring Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, and Sammy Davis Jr., an Oscar winner now largely unavailable after Goldwyn's rights lapsed.
Porky in Wackyland
Porky in Wackyland (1938) is a Bob Clampett Looney Tunes short in which Porky Pig hunts the last Do-Do bird in surreal Darkest Africa; noted for its surrealism, Mel Blanc voices, Carl Stalling score, 1949 color remake, and 2000 National Film Registry induction.
Pornographic film
Pornographic film: motion pictures made primarily to sexually arouse viewers, existing since cinema's beginnings. Key facts: Deep Throat (1972) mainstream breakthrough, $2 billion 1970s US industry, video and internet eras, performer labor conditions, and modern age verification regulation.
Pornographic parody film
Pornographic parody film: adult films imitating mainstream movies, TV, or literature, from 1960s sexploitation and Golden Age hardcore to modern XXX parodies like Star Wars XXX and Fifty Shades adaptations.
Post-credits scene
Post-credits scene (stinger, credit cookie): a short clip placed during or after a film's end credits, predating Marvel with The Silencers (1966) and systematized by Marvel Studios from Iron Man (2008) to tease sequels and franchise continuations.
Poster Boy: Becoming Zyzz
Poster Boy: Becoming Zyzz is a 2026 Australian documentary by Selina Miles about bodybuilder and internet icon Aziz "Zyzz" Shavershian, revealing his toxicology-based cause of death and linking his aesthetics movement to modern looksmaxxing.
Poupelle of Chimney Town (えんとつ町のプペル)
Poupelle of Chimney Town (えんとつ町のプペル) is a 2020 Japanese full-3DCG animated film by STUDIO4℃, directed by Yusuke Hirota from Akihiro Nishino's picture book; it earned 2.7 billion yen, 1.96 million admissions, and a Japan Academy Prize, with a sequel released in 2026.
Predator: Killer of Killers
Predator: Killer of Killers is a 2025 animated anthology Predator film on Hulu, directed by Dan Trachtenberg and Josh Wassung, following a Viking, a ninja, and a WWII pilot hunted by Yautja, later arena-fought on the Predator homeworld.
Predators (2025 film)
Predators (2025) is David Osit's documentary about Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator (2004-07) and Chris Hansen, premiered at Sundance 2025, released by MTV Documentary Films, streaming on Paramount+, with a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Prefontaine (film)
Prefontaine (1997) is a biographical sports drama directed by Steve James, starring Jared Leto as runner Steve Prefontaine. Shot documentary-style on Super 16mm for Hollywood Pictures, released January 24, 1997, Metascore 55, rivaling Warner Bros.' Without Limits.
Pressure (2026 film)
Pressure (2026 film), Anthony Maras war drama adapted from David Haig's 2014 play, stars Andrew Scott as D-Day meteorologist James Stagg and Brendan Fraser as Eisenhower; released May 29, 2026, 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)
Pride & Prejudice is a 2005 romantic drama directed by Joe Wright, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen in Jane Austen's story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.
Pride and Prejudice (1940 film)
Pride and Prejudice (1940) is MGM's feature film of Jane Austen's novel, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, with Aldous Huxley co-writing; it moved the story to the 1830s/40s and won the Oscar for black and white art direction.
Pride of the Marines
Pride of the Marines (1945) is a Warner Bros. war drama directed by Delmer Daves, starring John Garfield as blinded Guadalcanal Marine hero Al Schmid, based on Roger Butterfield's book; distinct from the 1936 Columbia film of the same title.
Primary
Primary (1960) is Robert Drew's landmark direct-cinema documentary following John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey through the Wisconsin Democratic primary, pioneering hand-held sync-sound filming; National Film Registry 1990.
Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫)
Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫, Mononoke Hime) is Studio Ghibli's 1997 Muromachi-era fantasy by Hayao Miyazaki about Ashitaka, San, and Lady Eboshi; it became Japan's then highest-grossing film and a landmark of animated environmental storytelling.
Production of The Lord of the Rings film series
Production of The Lord of the Rings film series (Peter Jackson trilogy, New Line Cinema, New Zealand): three Tolkien films shot back to back from October 1999 to December 2000 on a $300-400 million budget, with Weta effects and a record 11-Oscar Return of the King.
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (レイトン教授と永遠の歌姫)
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (レイトン教授と永遠の歌姫) is a 2009 Toho anime film, the first feature film based on the Level-5 Nintendo DS puzzle game series, directed by Masakazu Hashimoto with an original story about a puzzle game for eternal life.
Project A-Ko (プロジェクトA子)
Project A-Ko (プロジェクトA子) is a 1986 Japanese theatrical anime sci-fi comedy directed by Katsuhiko Nishijima, 83 minutes, about superhuman schoolgirl A-Ko, rival B-Ko, friend C-Ko, and an alien invasion of Graviton City; originally a Cream Lemon project, named after Jackie Chan's Project A.