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Le Jouet
Le Jouet (The Toy) is Francis Veber's 1976 French comedy-drama starring Pierre Richard as journalist François Perrin, chosen as a living toy by billionaire Michel Bouquet's son; 1,249,452 French admissions, remade in 1982.
Le Jour se lève
Le Jour se lève (Daybreak) is Marcel Carné's 1939 French poetic-realist drama, scripted by Jacques Viot with dialogues by Jacques Prévert, starring Jean Gabin, Arletty and Jules Berry; told in flashbacks during a police siege, banned under Vichy, restored in 4K in 2014.
Le Mans (film)
Le Mans (film) is a 1971 American sports drama directed by Lee H. Katzin, starring Steve McQueen, focusing on the 24 Hours of Le Mans with minimal dialogue.
Le Père Noël est une ordure
Le Père Noël est une ordure is a French farce by the troupe Le Splendid, first staged in 1979 and best known through its 1982 film.
Le Placard
Le Placard (The Closet) is Francis Veber's 2001 French comedy starring Daniel Auteuil and Gérard Depardieu, in which an accountant facing dismissal fakes being gay to keep his job; it drew 5.29 million French admissions.
Le Quai des brumes
Le Quai des brumes (Port of Shadows) is Marcel Carné's 1938 French poetic-realist drama, scripted by Jacques Prévert from Pierre Mac Orlan's novel, starring Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan, Michel Simon, and Pierre Brasseur, censored yet hugely successful, restored in 4K in 2025.
Le Samouraï
Le Samouraï (1967) is a French-Italian film noir by Jean-Pierre Melville starring Alain Delon as hitman Jef Costello; released 25 October 1967, it shaped the modern solitary-hitman film and influenced Woo, Jarmusch, and Tarantino.
Le Trou
Le Trou (The Hole) is Jacques Becker's 1960 French-Italian prison-escape film, adapted from José Giovanni's novel about a real 1947 La Santé escape, with escapee Jean Keraudy among the nonprofessional cast; Becker's last film, later hailed by Melville.
Le Week-End
Le Week-End (2013) is a British comedy-drama by Roger Michell and Hanif Kureishi, their fourth collaboration, starring Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, and Jeff Goldblum as a couple revisiting Paris.
Leader (2010 film)
Leader (లీడర్) is a 2010 Telugu political drama written and directed by Sekhar Kammula, marking Rana Daggubati's acting debut as idealistic chief minister Arjun Prasad, produced by AVM Productions, released 19 February 2010 with music by Mickey J Meyer.
Leader (2026 film)
Leader (லீடர்) is a 2026 Tamil action drama thriller directed and written by R.S. Durai Senthilkumar, starring Legend Saravanan in his second lead role after The Legend (2022); released 3 April 2026, streaming on Prime Video from 29 May 2026.
League of Gods (封神传奇)
League of Gods (封神传奇) is a 2016 Chinese fantasy action film directed by Koan Hui, starring Jet Li, Fan Bingbing and Tony Leung Ka Fai; a 500-million-RMB effects-heavy adaptation of Investiture of the Gods that flopped critically and commercially.
Leap (夺冠)
Leap (夺冠), also known as China Women's Volleyball Team, is Peter Chan's 2020 sports drama starring Gong Li as Lang Ping, covering the Chinese women's volleyball team from 1981 to Rio 2016; Golden Rooster Best Feature Film and China's 2021 Oscar submission.
Leap Year (2010 film)
Leap Year (2010) is an American romantic comedy directed by Anand Tucker, starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode, about an Irish leap-day proposal tradition. Released January 8, 2010 by Universal; grossed $32.7 million but scored 24% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Lear Rex
Lear Rex is an unreleased film adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, written and directed by Bernard Rose, starring Al Pacino as Lear and Jessica Chastain as Goneril; filmed in Los Angeles from August 2024, still in post-production.
Leatherface (2017 film)
Leatherface (2017) is a horror prequel to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the eighth franchise film, directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, starring Stephen Dorff and Lili Taylor, released October 20, 2017 to poor reviews.
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, a 1990 New Line slasher directed by Jeff Burr, the first non-Tobe Hooper sequel, starring Kate Hodge, Ken Foree, and R.A. Mihailoff; cut from an X to an R rating, released January 12, 1990, grossing $5.8 million.
Leave Her to Heaven
Leave Her to Heaven (1945), John M. Stahl's Technicolor melodrama-noir adapted from Ben Ames Williams's novel, stars Gene Tierney as the murderous, obsessively jealous Ellen Berent; Fox's biggest 1940s hit, it won Leon Shamroy a color cinematography Oscar.
Leave No Trace (film)
Leave No Trace (2018) is Debra Granik's drama, adapted with Anne Rosellini from Peter Rock's novel My Abandonment, starring Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie as an off-grid father and daughter near Portland, Oregon; released by Bleecker Street with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Leave the World Behind (film)
Leave the World Behind (2023) is Sam Esmail's Netflix apocalyptic thriller adapted from Rumaan Alam's novel, starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali, and Myha'la; executive produced by the Obamas, it was Netflix's most-viewed 2023 film.
Leaving Las Vegas
Leaving Las Vegas, 1995 drama by Mike Figgis adapted from John O'Brien's semi-autobiographical novel; Nicolas Cage as alcoholic Ben Sanderson and Elisabeth Shue as Sera; Cage won the 1996 Best Actor Oscar; shot on Super 16mm for $4 million.
Lee Cronin's The Mummy
Lee Cronin's The Mummy is a 2026 Blumhouse and New Line horror film directed by Lee Cronin, starring Jack Reynor and Natalie Grace, about a girl possessed by an Egyptian demon, released April 17, 2026.
Left Behind (2014 film)
Left Behind (2014 film), directed by Vic Armstrong, starring Nicolas Cage as Rayford Steele; a $16 million reboot of the 2000 Kirk Cameron Rapture film, grossing $14 million domestically with a 2% Rotten Tomatoes critics score.
Left-Handed Girl
Left-Handed Girl (左撇子女孩) is a 2025 Taiwanese drama, Shih-Ching Tsou's solo directorial debut co-written and edited by Sean Baker, about a Taipei night-market family and a left-handed girl's 'devil hand'; Cannes Critics' Week, Netflix, Taiwan's 98th Oscars entry.
Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde (2001) is an MGM comedy directed by Robert Luketic, starring Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods, a sorority president who follows her ex to Harvard Law School; based on Amanda Brown's novel, it grossed $142 million and spawned sequels, a musical, and the Elle prequel series.
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), MGM comedy sequel directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, written by Kate Kondell, starring Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods fighting animal testing in Congress; 35% Tomatometer, Metascore 47.
Legally Blondes
Legally Blondes (2009) is a direct-to-video Legally Blonde franchise comedy, also known as Legally Blonde 3 in some markets, directed by Savage Steve Holland and starring twins Milly and Becky Rosso as Elle Woods' British cousins Annie and Izzy Woods.
Legally Declared Dead
Legally Declared Dead (死因無可疑, Sei Jan Mou Ho Ji) is a 2019 Hong Kong psychological thriller directed by Yuen Kim-wai, starring Anthony Wong, Karena Lam, and Carlos Chan, adapted from Yusuke Kishi's novel The Black House about a suspected insurance-fraud murder.
Legend (1985 film)
Legend (1985) is Ridley Scott's fantasy film, written by William Hjortsberg, starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, and Tim Curry. Released in Europe in 1985 with Jerry Goldsmith's score and in the US in 1986 recut to 89 minutes with Tangerine Dream music, it flopped but became a cult classic.
Legend (లెజెండ్) (2014 film)
Legend (లెజెండ్) is a 2014 Telugu masala action drama directed by Boyapati Srinu, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna in a double role with Jagapathi Babu, Radhika Apte, and Sonal Chauhan; released 28 March 2014, it became Balakrishna's highest grosser and won eight Nandi Awards.