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The Philadelphia Story (film)
The Philadelphia Story (1940) is George Cukor's MGM screwball comedy starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart, adapted from Philip Barry's Broadway play; it won two Oscars and revived Hepburn's career.
The Pianist (2002 film)
The Pianist (2002) is Roman Polanski's WWII drama starring Adrien Brody as Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman, adapted from Szpilman's memoir. It won the 2002 Palme d'Or and three Oscars, with Brody the youngest Best Actor winner.
The Piano Lesson (2024 film)
The Piano Lesson (2024) is Malcolm Washington's feature directorial debut for Netflix, adapting August Wilson's Pulitzer-winning 1987 play about the Charles family's 1936 Pittsburgh battle over an heirloom piano, starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, and Danielle Deadwyler.
The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix
The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (Flåklypa Grand Prix), 1975 Norwegian stop-motion feature by Ivo Caprino from Kjell Aukrust's characters; inventor Reodor Felgen races the Il Tempo Gigante; Norway's most-watched film, 5.5 million tickets.
The Pink Panther Show
The Pink Panther Show: NBC/ABC Saturday-morning anthology (1969–1979) of DePatie-Freleng Pink Panther and Inspector shorts, expanded to 90 minutes in 1976, later The All New Pink Panther Show on ABC.
The Pirate Fairy
The Pirate Fairy (2014) is DisneyToon Studios' fifth Disney Fairies film, directed by Peggy Holmes, in which dust-keeper fairy Zarina (Christina Hendricks) steals the Blue Pixie Dust and joins pirates led by young James Hook (Tom Hiddleston).
The Pirates of Penzance (film)
The Pirates of Penzance (1983) is Wilford Leach's film of Joseph Papp's Broadway revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, starring Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, and Rex Smith; released by Universal on 18 February 1983, it earned $694,497 domestically but drew favorable reviews and a lasting home-video following.
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (US title The Pirates! Band of Misfits) is Aardman's 2012 stop-motion feature directed by Peter Lord, based on Gideon Defoe's 2004 novel, starring Hugh Grant, with an Oscar nomination and $123.1 million box office.
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (雲のむこう、約束の場所, aka Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place) is Makoto Shinkai's 2004, 91-minute debut feature anime from CoMix Wave Films, set in a divided alternate-history Japan where three teens promise to fly to a mysterious Union tower in Hokkaido.
The Plague Dogs (film)
The Plague Dogs (1982) is Martin Rosen's adult animated drama adapted from Richard Adams's 1977 novel, following lab dogs Snitter and Rowf, voiced by John Hurt and Christopher Benjamin, hunted as plague carriers after escaping an animal research facility.
The Plow That Broke the Plains
The Plow That Broke the Plains is Pare Lorentz's 1936 Resettlement Administration documentary on the Dust Bowl, scored by Virgil Thomson, costing $19,260, seen by 10 million people in 1937, and controversial for blaming mechanized farming.
The Polar Express (film)
The Polar Express is a 2004 American computer-animated Christmas film directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks and adapted from Chris Van Allsburg's picture book.
The Polka King
The Polka King is a 2017 biographical comedy directed by Maya Forbes, starring Jack Black as Jan Lewan, the Pennsylvania polka bandleader who ran a Ponzi scheme; Sundance premiere, Netflix release January 12, 2018.
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981 film)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) is Bob Rafelson's neo-noir adaptation of James M. Cain's 1934 novel, written by David Mamet, starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange; fourth film version, 123 minutes, R, Paramount, mixed reviews, box-office bomb domestically.
The Pout-Pout Fish (film)
The Pout-Pout Fish (2026), animated family film by Ricard Cussó and Rio Harrington, based on Deborah Diesen's book; Nick Offerman voices Mr. Fish questing with Pip for wish-granting Shimmer; US release March 20, 2026.
The Pride of the Yankees
The Pride of the Yankees (1942) is Samuel Goldwyn's Lou Gehrig biopic, directed by Sam Wood, starring Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, and Babe Ruth as himself; 128 minutes, 11 Oscar nominations, National Film Registry 2024.
The Prince of Egypt
The Prince of Egypt is DreamWorks' 1998 animated musical retelling the Book of Exodus, directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells, with Val Kilmer and Ralph Fiennes.
The Princess and the Frog
The Princess and the Frog (2009) is Disney's hand-drawn animated musical directed by Clements and Musker, featuring Tiana, Disney's first African American princess, set in 1920s New Orleans with Randy Newman songs, 86% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 film)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) is David O. Selznick's black-and-white swashbuckler directed by John Cromwell, starring Ronald Colman in a double role with Madeleine Carroll, Oscar-nominated and in the National Film Registry.
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio is a 2005 biographical drama directed by Jane Anderson, starring Julianne Moore as 1950s contest-winning mother Evelyn Ryan, adapted from Terry Ryan's memoir; it grossed $627,844 domestically.
The Problem with Apu
The Problem with Apu is Hari Kondabolu's 2017 truTV documentary, directed by Michael Melamedoff, critiquing the Simpsons character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon as a harmful stereotype and examining South Asian American media representation, leading to Hank Azaria stepping down and Apu's 2026 recast return.
The Producers (2005 film)
The Producers (2005) is Susan Stroman's film of the Mel Brooks Broadway musical, starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick as Bialystock and Bloom; it earned four Golden Globe nominations but grossed about $19 million.
The Professor and the Madman (film)
The Professor and the Madman (2019) is a biographical drama directed by Farhad Safinia (credited P.B. Shemran), based on Simon Winchester's 1998 book The Surgeon of Crowthorne, starring Mel Gibson as OED editor James Murray and Sean Penn as asylum contributor William Chester Minor; its production was marked by a Gibson-Voltage Pictures lawsuit over Oxford location shooting and final cut.
The Program (2015 film)
The Program (2015) is a Stephen Frears biographical drama, written by John Hodge from David Walsh's book Seven Deadly Sins, starring Ben Foster as doped cyclist Lance Armstrong and Chris O'Dowd as the journalist who exposed him; premiered at TIFF 2015, 103 minutes.
The Punisher (2004 film)
The Punisher (2004) is Jonathan Hensleigh's directorial-debut action film starring Thomas Jane as Frank Castle opposite John Travolta's Howard Saint; budgeted at $31 million, shot in Tampa, based on Welcome Back, Frank, grossing $54 million with 30% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Puppetmaster (戏梦人生)
The Puppetmaster (戲夢人生, Hsimeng Rensheng) is Hou Hsiao-hsien's 1993 Taiwanese biographical film about puppeteer Li Tien-lu, covering 1909–1945 Japanese-ruled Taiwan; first of his history trilogy, Cannes Jury Prize winner.
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama directed by Gabriele Muccino, starring Will Smith as salesman Chris Gardner, based on his real life.
The Python Hunt
The Python Hunt is a 2025 Xander Robin documentary about Florida's Python Challenge, following amateur hunters removing invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades; SXSW Special Jury Award winner released by Oscilloscope in May 2026.
The Queen (2006 film)
The Queen (2006 film), Stephen Frears drama written by Peter Morgan, dramatizes Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Blair during the week after Princess Diana's death; Helen Mirren won the 2007 Best Actress Oscar.
The Queen of Versailles
The Queen of Versailles is Lauren Greenfield's 2012 documentary about Jackie and David Siegel, whose planned $100 million, 90,000-square-foot Orlando mansion stalled when the 2008 financial crisis hit their Westgate Resorts timeshare empire.