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A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)
A Shot in the Dark (1964) is Blake Edwards's comedy, the second Pink Panther film and the first centered on Peter Sellers's Inspector Clouseau, adapted from Achard's L'Idiote, introducing Herbert Lom's Dreyfus and Burt Kwouk's Cato.
A Simple Favor (film)
A Simple Favor (2018) is a Paul Feig black comedy thriller starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, adapted by Jessica Sharzer from Darcey Bell's novel; a vlogger investigates her friend's disappearance. Lionsgate release, 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, sequel Another Simple Favor (2025).
A Simple Life (桃姐)
A Simple Life (桃姐, Tao jie) is Ann Hui's 2011 Hong Kong drama starring Deanie Ip and Andy Lau, based on producer Roger Lee's real story of a family amah of 60 years who enters a nursing home after a stroke; it won Venice Best Actress and top Golden Horse and Hong Kong Film Awards.
A Simple Plan (film)
A Simple Plan (1998) is a Sam Raimi crime thriller adapted by Scott B. Smith from his 1993 novel, starring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda as Minnesotans who find millions in a crashed plane.
A Simple Wish
A Simple Wish is a 1997 American family fantasy-comedy directed by Michael Ritchie. It stars Martin Short as the first male fairy godmother, alongside Mara Wilson.
A Single Man
A Single Man (2009) is Tom Ford's directorial debut film, adapted from Christopher Isherwood's 1964 novel, starring Colin Firth as a grieving gay professor in 1962 Los Angeles; BAFTA winner, Oscar-nominated, later a Royal Ballet adaptation.
A Single Spark (아름다운 청년 전태일)
A Single Spark (아름다운 청년 전태일) is Park Kwang-su's 1995 Korean drama about labor activist Jeon Tae-il, who self-immolated in 1970, intercut with a fugitive writer's biography project; Blue Dragon Best Film, Berlin competition.
A Soldier's Story
A Soldier's Story is a 1984 Norman Jewison mystery drama adapted by Charles Fuller from his Pulitzer-winning A Soldier's Play, starring Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, and Denzel Washington; a 1944 Louisiana murder investigation earned three Oscar nominations.
A Soul Haunted by Painting (画魂)
A Soul Haunted by Painting (画魂) is Huang Shuqin's 1994 biographical film starring Gong Li as painter Pan Yuliang, adapted from Shi Nan's novel, censored, restored in 4K in 2018.
A Sound of Thunder (film)
A Sound of Thunder (2005) is Peter Hyams's film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's 1952 short story, starring Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack, and Ben Kingsley; a time-safari butterfly kill alters history via time waves, and the film flopped badly.
A Special Day
A Special Day (Una giornata particolare) is Ettore Scola's 1977 Italian-Canadian drama starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni as two outsiders who meet in Rome on the day of Hitler's 1938 visit; Cannes competitor, Golden Globe and Cesar winner, double Oscar nominee.
A Special Memory
A Special Memory (Espesyal na Alaala) is a 2026 Viva Films Philippine romance-drama directed by Jerry Lopez Sineneng, written by Ricky Lee, starring Bela Padilla and Carlo Aquino; it adapts the Japanese series Pure Soul and depicts early-onset Alzheimer's.
A Star Is Born (1937 film)
A Star Is Born (1937) is the original Hollywood-set version of the story, a William A. Wellman Technicolor drama starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, produced by David O. Selznick, which won the Best Original Story Oscar and was remade in 1954, 1976, and 2018.
A Star Is Born (1954 film)
A Star Is Born (1954) is George Cukor's musical remake of the 1937 film, starring Judy Garland and James Mason, with an Arlen-Gershwin score, cut after premiere and restored in 1983.
A Star Is Born (1976 film)
A Star Is Born (1976) is Frank Pierson's rock-musical remake starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, the third version of the story. It grossed $80 million in the US, won the Best Original Song Oscar for Evergreen, and five Golden Globes despite mixed reviews.
A Star Is Born (2018 film)
A Star Is Born (2018) is Bradley Cooper's directorial debut musical drama, starring Cooper and Lady Gaga as lovers on opposite career paths; fourth film version (after 1937, 1954, 1976), grossing about $436 million and winning the Best Original Song Oscar for "Shallow".
A Story of Floating Weeds (浮草物語)
A Story of Floating Weeds (浮草物語, Ukigusa monogatari) is Yasujiro Ozu's 1934 Shochiku silent drama about troupe leader Kihachi, his former lover and secret son; remade by Ozu in color in 1959 as Floating Weeds.
A Story of Yonosuke (横道世之介)
A Story of Yonosuke (横道世之介, Yokomichi Yonosuke) is a 2013 Japanese drama directed by Shuichi Okita, adapted from Shuichi Yoshida's Mainichi Shimbun serialized novel, starring Kengo Kora and Yuriko Yoshitaka as an ordinary 1987 Tokyo student and the friends who remember him.
A Street Cat Named Bob (film)
A Street Cat Named Bob is a 2016 British biographical drama directed by Roger Spottiswoode, adapted from James Bowen's memoir, starring Luke Treadaway and the real cat Bob; released 4 November 2016 in the UK, grossing about $16-17 million worldwide.
A Summer Place (film)
A Summer Place (1959) is a Warner Bros. melodrama written, produced, and directed by Delmer Daves from Sloan Wilson's novel, starring Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, and Troy Donahue, famous for Percy Faith's Grammy-winning theme.
A Sun (阳光普照)
A Sun (陽光普照) is a 2019 Taiwanese family drama by Chung Mong-hong, starring Chen Yi-wen, Ko Shu-chin, Wu Chien-ho, and Greg Han Hsu. It won six Golden Horse Awards including Best Feature Film and Best Director and made the Oscar international feature shortlist.
A Tale of Love and Darkness (סיפור על אהבה וחושך) (film)
A Tale of Love and Darkness (סיפור על אהבה וחושך) is Natalie Portman's 2015 Hebrew-language directorial debut, adapted from Amos Oz's memoir about his Jerusalem childhood and his mother Fania; Cannes 2015, US release 2016.
A Tale of Two Sisters
A Tale of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon; 장화, 홍련) is Kim Jee-woon's 2003 South Korean psychological horror film starring Lim Soo-jung and Moon Geun-young, loosely adapted from a Joseon-era folktale, a major Korean box-office hit remade as The Uninvited.
A Taste of Honey (film)
A Taste of Honey (1961) is a British New Wave drama directed by Tony Richardson, adapted by Shelagh Delaney from her play, starring Rita Tushingham; shot on Salford locations, it won Cannes and BAFTA awards and broke taboos on race, sexuality, and unwed motherhood.
A Taxi Driver (택시 운전사)
A Taxi Driver (택시 운전사, Taeksi Woonjunsa) is Jang Hoon's 2017 South Korean historical drama starring Song Kang-ho and Thomas Kretschmann, based on German reporter Jürgen Hinzpeter and driver Kim Sa-bok during the 1980 Gwangju Uprising; it sold over 12 million admissions and was South Korea's Oscar submission.
A Taxing Woman (マルサの女)
A Taxing Woman (マルサの女, Marusa no onna) is Juzo Itami's 1987 Japanese comedy-suspense film about tax investigator Ryoko Itakura of the National Tax Agency's Marusa division pursuing evader Gondo; it won six Japan Academy Prizes and spawned a 1988 sequel.
A Teacher
A Teacher is a 2013 American independent drama, Hannah Fidell's debut feature, starring Lindsay Burdge as a Texas English teacher obsessed with her student Eric (Will Brittain); Sundance 2013 premiere, later adapted into the 2020 FX on Hulu series.
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate is a 1996 American romantic comedy-thriller, Martin Lawrence's directorial debut, starring him as a womanizing Los Angeles club promoter.
A Thousand Words (film)
A Thousand Words is a 2012 American comedy-drama starring Eddie Murphy as a literary agent who must stop talking or die, directed by Brian Robbins.
A Thursday
A Thursday is a 2022 Hindi vigilante thriller directed by Behzad Khambata, a spiritual sequel to A Wednesday!, in which playschool teacher Naina Jaiswal (Yami Gautam Dhar) takes 16 students hostage demanding ₹5 crore and a meeting with the Prime Minister; it premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on 17 February 2022.