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Promare (プロメア)
Promare (プロメア, Puromea) is a 2019 Japanese animated action film, Studio Trigger's first original feature, directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by Kazuki Nakashima, about firefighter Galo Thymos versus Mad Burnish leader Lio Fotia.
Propaganda film
Propaganda film is a motion picture whose primary purpose is persuasion rather than entertainment or record-keeping. It is used by governments, such as Russia, to promote specific political narratives.
Prospero's Books
Prospero's Books (1991) is Peter Greenaway's experimental film adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest, starring John Gielgud as Prospero, structured around 24 books and pioneering high-definition television imagery.
Public Access (2026 film)
Public Access (2026) is David Shadrack Smith's documentary debut about New York City's Manhattan Cable public access TV, premiering at Sundance 2026, executive produced by Steve Buscemi and Benny Safdie.
Public Enemies (2009 film)
Public Enemies is a 2009 American crime drama directed by Michael Mann, starring Johnny Depp as bank robber John Dillinger and Christian Bale as FBI agent Melvin Purvis.
Pumping Iron
Pumping Iron is a 1977 American documentary by George Butler and Robert Fiore, based on the 1974 Gaines-Butler book, following Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, and others toward the 1975 Mr. Olympia in Pretoria; partly staged, it launched Schwarzenegger's film career.
Punisher in film
Punisher in film: screen adaptations of Marvel vigilante Frank Castle (comics debut 1974), covering The Punisher (1989, Dolph Lundgren), The Punisher (2004, Thomas Jane), Punisher: War Zone (2008, Ray Stevenson), the Netflix series, the 2026 Disney+ special One Last Kill, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Puss Gets the Boot
Puss Gets the Boot (1940) is MGM's first Tom and Jerry cartoon, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, featuring Jasper, the unnamed mouse, and Mammy Two-Shoes, and an Oscar nomination.
Puss in Boots (Кот в сапогах) (1969 film)
Puss in Boots (長靴をはいた猫, Nagagutsu o haita neko) is Toei Animation's 1969 anime feature directed by Kimio Yabuki, whose cat hero Pero became the studio's mascot; it won a Moscow festival children's prize and spawned 1972 and 1976 sequels.
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is a 2025 documentary by Sepideh Farsi built on a year of video calls with Gaza photojournalist Fatma Hassona, killed in an Israeli airstrike on April 16, 2025, a day after the film's Cannes ACID selection was announced.
Pygmalion (1938 film)
Pygmalion (1938) is a British film of Shaw's 1913 play, directed by Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard, produced by Gabriel Pascal, starring Howard and Wendy Hiller, edited by David Lean; Shaw's Oscar-winning screenplay inspired My Fair Lady.
Quartet (2012 film)
Quartet (2012 film) is a British comedy-drama directed by Dustin Hoffman. It stars Maggie Smith and Tom Courtenay in a story set in an English opera home.
Quattro Hong Kong 2
Quattro Hong Kong 2 (香港四重奏 II) is a 2011 Hong Kong omnibus of four shorts by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Brillante Mendoza, Ho Yuhang, and Stanley Kwan, commissioned by Brand Hong Kong and premiered as an opening film of the 35th HKIFF.
Queen of Katwe
Queen of Katwe is a 2016 Disney biographical drama directed by Mira Nair, based on Tim Crothers' book about Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi, starring Lupita Nyong'o, David Oyelowo, and Madina Nalwanga.
Queen of the Desert (film)
Queen of the Desert (Königin der Wüste) is Werner Herzog's 2015 biographical drama starring Nicole Kidman as Gertrude Bell, with James Franco and Robert Pattinson; a Berlin premiere, 2017 US release, and 17% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Queer China (志同志)
Queer China, 'Comrade' China (誌同志, Zhi tongzhi) is a 2008 documentary by Cui Zi'en interviewing over 30 Chinese LGBT community figures about homosexuality's decriminalization, depathologization, and queer movement history; it won the 2009 Torino GLBT audience award.
Quest for Camelot
Quest for Camelot is a 1998 American animated musical film in which young Kayley sets out to recover the stolen sword Excalibur and save Camelot.
Quezon (film)
Quezon is a 2025 Filipino historical biopic by Jerrold Tarog, starring Jericho Rosales as Manuel L. Quezon; the final TBA Studios Bayaniverse film, released October 15, 2025, about the 1935 Commonwealth election against Aguinaldo.
Quick Draw McGraw
Quick Draw McGraw is a slow-witted horse sheriff cartoon character created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, title character of Hanna-Barbera's 1959 syndicated show with Baba Looey and the El Kabong alter ego, 45 episodes, voiced by Daws Butler.
Quiz Show (film)
Quiz Show is Robert Redford's 1994 drama about the rigged NBC quiz show Twenty One, starring John Turturro, Ralph Fiennes, and Rob Morrow; it earned four Oscar nominations and the 1994 New York Film Critics Circle Best Picture award.
Quo Vadis (1951 film)
Quo Vadis (1951) is MGM's Roman epic directed by Mervyn LeRoy, adapted from Sienkiewicz's 1895 novel, starring Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, and Peter Ustinov's Nero; eight Oscar nominations, no wins, a runaway production shot at Cinecittà.
R.I.P.D.
R.I.P.D., short for Rest In Peace Department, is a 2013 American supernatural action-comedy film in which Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds play deceased officers hunting hidden spirits.
Rabbit Hole (2010 film)
Rabbit Hole (2010) is a drama directed by John Cameron Mitchell, adapted by David Lindsay-Abaire from his Pulitzer Prize-winning 2006 play, starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart as parents grieving their son's death; Kidman earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination.
Rabbit of Seville
Rabbit of Seville (1950) is an 8-minute Warner Bros. Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones, written by Michael Maltese, starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd set to Rossini's Barber of Seville overture.
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002), Phillip Noyce's Australian drama based on Doris Pilkington Garimara's book, follows three Aboriginal girls removed in 1931 to Moore River Settlement who escape and walk home along the rabbit-proof fence; AFI Best Film winner.
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977) is the third theatrical Peanuts animated feature, directed by Bill Melendez, written by Charles M. Schulz, scored by Ed Bogas, set at Camp Remote with a river-raft race against cheating bullies.
Radio (2003 film)
Radio is a 2003 American sports drama directed by Michael Tollin, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. as Radio Kennedy and Ed Harris as the coach who befriends him.
Radioactive (film)
Radioactive is a 2019 biographical drama directed by Marjane Satrapi, starring Rosamund Pike as Marie Curie, based on Lauren Redniss's graphic novel. It premiered at TIFF 2019, released on Amazon Prime in July 2020, and received mixed reviews (63% Tomatometer, Metascore 56).
Raging Bull
Raging Bull (1980), Martin Scorsese's black-and-white biographical drama starring Robert De Niro as boxer Jake La Motta, with Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarty; a box-office failure that became one of the most acclaimed American films.
Ramanujan (film)
Ramanujan (ராமானுஜன்) is a 2014 Tamil-English biographical film directed by Gnana Rajasekaran, starring Abhinay Vaddi as mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan; distinct from the 2015 Dev Patel film The Man Who Knew Infinity.