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The Keeper (2018 film)
The Keeper (German title Trautmann) is a 2018 German-British-Irish biographical drama by Marcus H. Rosenmüller starring David Kross as German POW turned Manchester City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, who played the 1956 FA Cup final with a broken neck.
The Kennedys (miniseries)
The Kennedys (2011) is an eight-part US-Canadian miniseries starring Greg Kinnear, Katie Holmes, Barry Pepper, and Tom Wilkinson. Commissioned by History, dropped January 2011 amid reported Kennedy family pressure, it aired on ReelzChannel and won four Emmys from ten nominations.
The Kid Who Would Be King
The Kid Who Would Be King is Joe Cornish's 2019 family fantasy film for 20th Century Fox, in which schoolboy Alex finds Excalibur and, with young and adult Merlin (Angus Imrie, Patrick Stewart), fights Morgana (Rebecca Ferguson).
The Kids Are Alright (1979 film)
The Kids Are Alright (1979) is Jeff Stein's rock documentary on The Who, built from 1964–1978 TV, concert, and promo footage; it captures Keith Moon's final May 1978 Shepperton performance and premiered at Cannes in May 1979.
The Killer (2023 film)
The Killer (2023) is David Fincher's Netflix neo-noir thriller starring Michael Fassbender as an assassin whose botched Paris hit triggers a manhunt. Adapted from the Nolent/Jacamon graphic novel; 118 minutes; 85% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Killing Fields (film)
The Killing Fields (1984) is Roland Joffé's British drama, based on Sydney Schanberg's article "The Death and Life of Dith Pran," about journalists during Cambodia's Khmer Rouge takeover; it won three Oscars, including Haing S. Ngor as Best Supporting Actor.
The King (2019 film)
The King (2019) is a Netflix historical drama directed by David Michôd, co-written with Joel Edgerton, starring Timothée Chalamet as Henry V; loosely adapted from Shakespeare's Henriad, premiered at Venice 2019, Metascore 62.
The King and I (1999 film)
The King and I (1999) is a Warner Bros. animated musical adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage show, directed by Richard Rich, starring Miranda Richardson and Martin Vidnovic; it grossed about $12 million on a $25 million budget and holds 13% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The King's Daughter (2022 film)
The King's Daughter (2022), directed by Sean McNamara, is a fantasy film based on Vonda N. McIntyre's novel The Moon and the Sun, starring Pierce Brosnan as Louis XIV. Shot in 2014, shelved until Gravitas Ventures released it in 2022 to $2.2 million worldwide.
The Krays (film)
The Krays (1990) is a British biographical crime drama directed by Peter Medak, written by Philip Ridley, starring Spandau Ballet brothers Gary and Martin Kemp as the Kray twins with Billie Whitelaw as Violet Kray.
The Lady in the Van
The Lady in the Van (2015) is a British comedy-drama directed by Nicholas Hytner, written by Alan Bennett from his memoir and play, starring Maggie Smith as Miss Shepherd, who lived 15 years in a van in Bennett's driveway.
The Lair of the White Worm (film)
The Lair of the White Worm is Ken Russell's 1988 horror comedy, loosely adapting Bram Stoker's 1911 final novel, starring Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, and Peter Capaldi; released by Vestron Pictures, grossing $22.0K in the US.
The Lake (2026 film)
The Lake (2026) is Abby Ellis's Sundance documentary about the shrinking Great Salt Lake, following scientists Bonnie Baxter and Ben Abbott and commissioner Brian Steed; it won a Special Jury Award and holds 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Last Days of Left Eye
The Last Days of Left Eye is Lauren Lazin's 2007 VH1 documentary on TLC rapper Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, built from footage she shot in Honduras before dying in a car crash on April 25, 2002.
The Last Emperor
The Last Emperor (末代皇帝, L'ultimo imperatore) is Bernardo Bertolucci's 1987 biographical epic on Puyi, China's last emperor, based on his autobiography. First Western film shot in the Forbidden City; won all nine of its Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
The Last First: Winter K2
The Last First: Winter K2 is a 2026 Amir Bar-Lev Apple TV documentary about the 2021 race to make the first winter ascent of K2, focusing on John Snorri Sigurjónsson and the Sadparas, in which five climbers died.
The Last Five Years (film)
The Last Five Years (2014 film), Richard LaGravenese's adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's stage musical, starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan as a couple whose five-year romance is sung in opposing timelines.
The Last King of Scotland (film)
The Last King of Scotland (2006) is Kevin Macdonald's drama, adapted from Giles Foden's novel, in which fictional Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) becomes Idi Amin's (Forest Whitaker, Oscar-winning) personal physician.
The Last of the Sea Women
The Last of the Sea Women (마지막 해녀들), also known as The Last Haenyeo, is a 2024 Apple TV+ documentary by Sue Kim, produced with Malala Yousafzai's Extracurricular and A24, about Jeju's haenyeo divers; it won the NETPAC Award at TIFF 2024.
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)
The Last Temptation of Christ is a 1988 American historical drama directed by Martin Scorsese, adapted from Nikos Kazantzakis's 1955 novel and starring Willem Dafoe as Jesus.
The Last Whale Singer
The Last Whale Singer (Der letzte Walsänger) is a 2025 German-Czech-Canadian CGI animated feature by Reza Memari about teenage humpback whale Vincent, who must find his own mystical song to stop the Leviathan; released theatrically from February 2026.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) is a Stephen Norrington film for 20th Century Fox, based on Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's comic, starring Sean Connery as Allan Quatermain; it grossed $66.4 million against a $78 million budget and scored 16% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Legend of Bhagat Singh
The Legend of Bhagat Singh (द लीज़ेंड ऑफ़ भगत सिंह) is Rajkumar Santoshi's 2002 Hindi biopic starring Ajay Devgn as the revolutionary hanged in 1931; it clashed with 23rd March 1931 Shaheed, flopped commercially, but won two National Film Awards.
The Legend of Boggy Creek
The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972) is a docudrama horror film by Charles B. Pierce about the Fouke Monster of Fouke, Arkansas; made for about $160,000, it grossed over $20 million and influenced The Blair Witch Project.
The Legend of Hercules
The Legend of Hercules is Renny Harlin's 2014 3-D action-fantasy starring Kellan Lutz as the demigod son of Zeus, an origin-story take on the myth that grossed $59 million worldwide on a $70 million budget and holds 5% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Librarians (2025 film)
The Librarians (2025) is Kim A. Snyder's documentary, premiering at Sundance 2025, about U.S. librarians fighting book bans sparked by Texas's 850-book Krause List; it won the 2026 Primetime Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking and aired on PBS Independent Lens.
The Life of Chuck
The Life of Chuck is Mike Flanagan's 2025 drama adapting Stephen King's 2020 novella from If It Bleeds, telling accountant Charles Krantz's life in reverse across three acts; it won TIFF's People's Choice Award and was released by Neon with Tom Hiddleston starring.
The Life of Emile Zola
The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 Warner Bros. biographical drama directed by William Dieterle, starring Paul Muni as Zola and Joseph Schildkraut as Dreyfus; it won three Oscars including Best Picture and entered the National Film Registry in 2000.
The Life of Wu Xun (武训传)
The Life of Wu Xun (武训传, Wu Xun Zhuan) is Sun Yu's 1950 two-part biographical film starring Zhao Dan about the beggar-educator Wu Xun; praised on release, it was condemned in Mao Zedong's May 1951 People's Daily editorial and became the PRC's first banned film.
The Light Between Oceans (film)
The Light Between Oceans is a 2016 period drama directed by Derek Cianfrance, adapted from M. L. Stedman's novel, starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, and Rachel Weisz; a lighthouse-keeping couple in post-WWI Western Australia raise a baby from an adrift rowboat, with devastating consequences.