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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is a 2021 British biographical drama directed by Will Sharpe, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as cat artist Louis Wain and Claire Foy as Emily Richardson; released by Amazon Studios, 68% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Elephant Whisperers
The Elephant Whisperers is a 2022 Netflix documentary short, 41 minutes, in Tamil, directed by Kartiki Gonsalves and produced by Guneet Monga; it follows the Kattunayakan couple Bomman and Bellie raising orphaned elephants Raghu and Ammu at Theppakadu Elephant Camp, Mudumalai, and won the 2023 Oscar for Best Documentary Short, the first for an Indian production.
The Emoji Movie
The Emoji Movie (2017) is a Sony Pictures Animation animated comedy directed by Tony Leondis about Gene, a multi-expressional emoji in Textopolis. It grossed $217.8 million on a $50 million budget but won four Razzies including Worst Picture.
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (ゆきゆきて、神軍)
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (ゆきゆきて、神軍, Yuki Yukite Shingun) is Kazuo Hara's 1987 Japanese documentary following veteran Kenzo Okuzaki's violent investigation into post-surrender executions and cannibalism in his New Guinea unit; Caligari Film Prize winner.
The Emperor's New Groove
The Emperor's New Groove (2000) is a Disney animated comedy directed by Mark Dindal, in which Emperor Kuzco (David Spade) becomes a llama; reworked from the scrapped musical Kingdom of the Sun.
The Empire of Corpses (屍者の帝国)
The Empire of Corpses (屍者の帝国, Shisha no Teikoku) is a 2015 WIT STUDIO anime film directed by Ryutarō Makihara, adapting the novel completed by Tō Enjō from Keikaku Itō's draft; first of the Project Itoh trilogy.
The End of the Tour
The End of the Tour (2015), James Ponsoldt's A24 drama with Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg, adapts David Lipsky's memoir of his five-day 1996 Rolling Stone interview with David Foster Wallace after Infinite Jest.
The Endless Summer
The Endless Summer is Bruce Brown's 1964 surf documentary, released worldwide in 1966, following Mike Hynson and Robert August around the world chasing the perfect wave; made for $50,000, it grossed over $20 million and entered the National Film Registry in 2002.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021 film)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) is a Michael Showalter biopic starring Jessica Chastain as televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker and Andrew Garfield as Jim Bakker, adapted from the 2000 RuPaul-narrated documentary; Chastain won the Best Actress Oscar.
The Fabelmans
The Fabelmans (2022) is Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama, co-written with Tony Kushner, starring Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, and Paul Dano; Golden Globe winner for Best Drama and Best Director.
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), John Schlesinger's spy drama adapted from Robert Lindsey's book, stars Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn as real CIA-traitors Boyce and Lee; Orion Pictures release, R, 131 minutes.
The Fall (2006 film)
The Fall (2006) is Tarsem Singh's self-financed fantasy drama starring Lee Pace and Catinca Untaru, about a stuntman telling a hospitalized girl an epic tale. Shot in over twenty countries, it premiered at TIFF 2006, reached US theaters in 2008, and was re-released in a 4K restoration from 2024.
The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography
The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography is a 1998 video essay by William E. Jones compiling Eastern European gay adult videos made 1993-1998, focusing on faces and screen tests to document post-communist economic exploitation.
The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (Падение династии Романовых)
The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (Падение династии Романовых) is Esfir Shub's 1927 Soviet silent documentary, compiled entirely from pre-revolutionary newsreels and Nicholas II's palace archive, founding documentary-historical cinema.
The Fantastic Four (unreleased film)
The Fantastic Four is Roger Corman's 1994 low-budget Marvel adaptation, directed by Oley Sassone, completed and promoted but shelved to retain film rights, never officially released, known through bootlegs and the 2015 documentary Doomed!.
The Fighter
The Fighter (2010) is David O. Russell's biographical sports drama about boxers Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund, starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and Melissa Leo; it won two of seven Oscar nominations.
The Fire Within You
The Fire Within You (Il fuoco che ti porti dentro) is a 2026 Italian drama by Edoardo De Angelis, starring Vanessa Scalera and Lino Musella, adapted from Antonio Franchini's novel, about a Neapolitan mother's Christmas Eve visit to her Milan editor son; it competed at Venice 2026.
The First Slam Dunk
The First Slam Dunk is a 2022 Japanese animated sports film written and directed by Slam Dunk manga creator Takehiko Inoue, produced by Toei Animation, focusing on Ryota Miyagi during the Sannoh match; it grossed $279 million worldwide and won the 2023 Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year.
The Flight of Dragons
The Flight of Dragons is a 1982 Rankin/Bass animated TV film, also called A Flight of Dragons, directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., combining Peter Dickinson's 1979 dragon-flight book with Dickson's The Dragon and the George, animated by Topcraft, voiced by John Ritter and James Earl Jones.
The Fog of War
The Fog of War (2003) is Errol Morris's Oscar-winning documentary interview with former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, covering the Tokyo firebombing, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Vietnam, organized as eleven lessons.
The Force is with Cristal Beer
The Force is with Cristal Beer (La Fuerza está con Cerveza Cristal): 2003 Chilean Cerveza Cristal TV commercials spliced into Canal 13's Star Wars trilogy broadcasts, Cannes-winning, banned after Lucasfilm's CONAR complaint, viral again in 2024.
The Fox and the Hound
The Fox and the Hound (1981) is a Walt Disney animated drama, directed by Berman, Rich, and Stevens from Daniel P. Mannix's novel, about the fox Tod and hound Copper, released July 10, 1981.
The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Karel Reisz film with Harold Pinter screenplay from John Fowles's novel, starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons; dual film-within-a-film narrative, Streep Oscar nomination, Criterion restoration.
The Front Runner (film)
The Front Runner is a 2018 biographical political drama directed by Jason Reitman, starring Hugh Jackman as Senator Gary Hart, based on Matt Bai's book All the Truth Is Out, dramatizing Hart's 1987 campaign collapse over the Donna Rice affair.
The Game Changers
The Game Changers is a 2019 documentary, also called Game Changers film, directed by Louie Psihoyos and produced by James Cameron, following James Wilks's case for plant-based athlete diets and the scientific criticism it received.
The Garden of Words (言の葉の庭)
The Garden of Words (言の葉の庭, Kotonoha no Niwa) is Makoto Shinkai's 2013 46-minute anime film from CoMix Wave Films, released May 31, 2013 by Toho, about shoemaker-aspiring teen Takao and teacher Yukino meeting on rainy mornings in Shinjuku Gyoen.
The Garfield Movie
The Garfield Movie is a 2024 American computer-animated comedy directed by Mark Dindal and distributed by Sony, based on Jim Davis's comic strip, with Chris Pratt voicing Garfield.
The General (1998 film)
The General (1998) is John Boorman's black-and-white biographical crime film starring Brendan Gleeson as Dublin gangster Martin Cahill, based on Paul Williams's book; it won Best Director at Cannes 1998.
The Girl Next Door (2007 film)
The Girl Next Door (2007), aka Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door, is a Gregory M. Wilson drama adapted from Ketchum's 1989 novel, fictionalizing the 1965 Sylvia Likens murder; it opened in New York on 3 October 2007, runs 91 minutes, and stars Blythe Auffarth and Blanche Baker.
The Girl on the Train (2016 film)
The Girl on the Train (2016) is Tate Taylor's film adaptation of Paula Hawkins' thriller, starring Emily Blunt as alcoholic commuter Rachel Watson. Released by Universal on October 7, 2016; grossed $75.2M in the US; mixed reviews (44% RT, Metascore 48).