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The Namesake (film)
The Namesake (2006) is Mira Nair's drama adapting Jhumpa Lahiri's novel, with screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, starring Kal Penn, Tabu, and Irrfan Khan as the Bengali-American Ganguli family, released by Fox Searchlight in March 2007.
The Nativity Story
The Nativity Story (2006) is a New Line Cinema drama directed by Catherine Hardwicke, written by Mike Rich, starring Keisha Castle-Hughes and Oscar Isaac; first film to premiere at the Vatican, grossing $37.6 million in the US.
The NeverEnding Story (film)
The NeverEnding Story (Die unendliche Geschichte) is Wolfgang Petersen's 1984 German-American fantasy film adapting the first half of Michael Ende's 1979 novel, starring Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, and Tami Stronach; the author disowned it, and it spawned two sequels.
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter is a 1990 German-American fantasy film directed by George T. Miller, starring Jonathan Brandis as Bastian, who returns to Fantasia to face the sorceress Xayide.
The NeverEnding Story III
The NeverEnding Story III (Die unendliche Geschichte III – Rettung aus Phantásien) is a 1994 US-German fantasy film, third in the series, directed by Peter MacDonald, starring Jason James Richter as Bastian and Jack Black as bully Slip, with a 20% Rotten Tomatoes score.
The Nickel Boys (film)
The Nickel Boys (film): 2024 American drama directed by RaMell Ross, adapting Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer-winning novel; shot in first-person POV; stars Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson; Oscar-nominated Best Picture.
The Night House (upcoming film)
The Night House is an upcoming horror-thriller film directed by Jesper Ganslandt, based on a best-selling novel by Jo Nesbø, and starring Aaron Paul, Jacob Trembly, and Charlie Murphy.
The Night of the Iguana (film)
The Night of the Iguana is John Huston's 1964 black-and-white drama adapted from Tennessee Williams's 1961 play, starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, and Deborah Kerr, filmed at Mismaloya near Puerto Vallarta and credited with launching that city's tourism boom.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) is a stop-motion animated musical directed by Henry Selick, conceived by Tim Burton, with songs by Danny Elfman, about Jack Skellington of Halloween Town kidnapping Santa Claus to take over Christmas.
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974) is Robert Taylor's R-rated animated sequel to Bakshi's Fritz the Cat, following married, unemployed Fritz through catnip fantasies; it premiered at Cannes and flopped with critics.
The Ninth Configuration
The Ninth Configuration (1980), also released as Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane, is William Peter Blatty's directorial debut: a castle-set military-asylum drama starring Stacy Keach and Scott Wilson, funded partly by PepsiCo and winner of a Golden Globe screenplay.
The Northman
The Northman (2022) is Robert Eggers's Viking revenge epic, co-written with Sjón, starring Alexander Skarsgård as Amleth; based on the Saxo Grammaticus legend behind Hamlet, released April 22, 2022, 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 82.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is Disney's 2018 live-action fantasy film directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston, starring Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, and Helen Mirren, inspired by Hoffmann's tale and Tchaikovsky's ballet.
The Odyssey (2016 film)
The Odyssey (L'Odyssée) is Jérôme Salle's 2016 French biopic of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, starring Lambert Wilson, Audrey Tautou, and Pierre Niney; released 12 October 2016, budget 20 million euros, César for Best Sound 2017.
The Old Guard (2020 film)
The Old Guard (2020) is a Netflix action film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, adapted by Greg Rucka from his and Leandro Fernández's Image Comics graphic novel. Charlize Theron leads immortal mercenaries; 78 million households watched in four weeks; sequel released 2025.
The Old Man & the Gun
The Old Man & the Gun is David Lowery's 2018 Fox Searchlight film starring Robert Redford as real bank robber Forrest Tucker, based on David Grann's 2003 New Yorker article, with Casey Affleck and Sissy Spacek; Redford's announced final role.
The Old Man and the Sea (1958 film)
The Old Man and the Sea (1958) is John Sturges's Warner Bros. adaptation of Hemingway's novella, starring Spencer Tracy as Santiago. Over budget at $5 million, it won an Oscar for Tiomkin's score but failed at the box office.
The Old Mill
The Old Mill (1937) is Disney's 68th Silly Symphony, directed by Wilfred Jackson with music by Leigh Harline. It was the first film to use the multiplane camera and won the 1937 Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
The One and Only Ivan (film)
The One and Only Ivan is a 2020 Disney+ family film directed by Thea Sharrock, adapted from Katherine Applegate's Newbery-winning novel, with Sam Rockwell voicing Ivan; MPC's virtual production earned an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects.
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008 film)
The Other Boleyn Girl is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Justin Chadwick, adapted from Philippa Gregory's 2001 novel and starring Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, and Eric Bana.
The Pagemaster
The Pagemaster is a 1994 American live-action/animated family film, released by 20th Century Fox, in which Macaulay Culkin plays a fearful boy who journeys through classic literature.
The Passion of the Christ
The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 drama directed by Mel Gibson, starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus, spoken in Aramaic and Latin, and released Ash Wednesday 2004.
The Pearl
The Pearl (La perla) is John Steinbeck's 1947 novella about Mexican pearl diver Kino, whose great pearl brings tragedy; expanded from a 1945 short story and filmed by Emilio Fernández, winning the 1947 Venice Golden Lion.
The Pebble and the Penguin
The Pebble and the Penguin is a 1995 Don Bluth and Gary Goldman animated musical from MGM and Invicom, starring Martin Short, Tim Curry, and Jim Belushi, about penguin Hubie's pebble courtship of Marina; it grossed $2.9 million in the US.
The People vs. Larry Flynt
The People vs. Larry Flynt is Miloš Forman's 1996 Columbia Pictures biographical comedy-drama starring Woody Harrelson as Hustler publisher Larry Flynt, with Courtney Love and Edward Norton, culminating in the 1988 Supreme Court case Hustler v. Falwell.
The Perfect Neighbor
The Perfect Neighbor is Geeta Gandbhir's 2025 Netflix documentary about Susan Lorincz's 2023 fatal shooting of neighbor Ajike Owens in Ocala, Florida, built almost entirely from police bodycam footage; it won the Sundance Directing Award and an Oscar nomination.
The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Personal History of David Copperfield is a 2019 comedy-drama film directed by Armando Iannucci, adapting Dickens's 1849 novel, starring Dev Patel with Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, and Peter Capaldi.
The Phantom (1996 film)
The Phantom (1996) is a Simon Wincer action-adventure film starring Billy Zane as Kit Walker, the 21st Phantom, fighting Xander Drax for the Skulls of Touganda; a US flop that succeeded in Australia.
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall is the 2011 fully staged 25th-anniversary production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, produced by Cameron Mackintosh, starring Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess with a cast and orchestra of over 200, screened live in cinemas and released on DVD and Blu-ray.
The Phantom Tollbooth (1970 film)
The Phantom Tollbooth (1970) is MGM's first feature-length animated film, directed by Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, and David Monahan from Norton Juster's 1961 novel, with Butch Patrick as Milo and voices by Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, and Hans Conried.