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Churuli (ചുരുളി)
Churuli (ചുരുളി), "Spiral," is a 2021 Malayalam sci-fi mystery horror film by Lijo Jose Pellissery, written by S. Hareesh from Vinoy Thomas's story, starring Chemban Vinod Jose and Vinay Forrt as undercover cops trapped in a time-loop village, released on SonyLIV.
Chushingura
Chushingura (忠臣蔵, A Treasury of Loyal Retainers) is the 1748 puppet play Kanadehon Chūshingura and the wider body of kabuki, film, and art based on the 1701–1703 Akō incident, in which ronin avenged their lord Asano by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
Ciao UFO (再见UFO)
Ciao UFO (再見UFO, also written 再见UFO) is a 2019 Hong Kong Cantonese drama directed by Patrick Leung Pak-kin about the 1985 Wah Fu Estate UFO legend; unseen after its 2019 festival premiere, released 19 March 2026, winning five of ten Hong Kong Film Awards.
Ciara Bravo
Ciara Bravo (born 1997, Alexandria, Kentucky) is an American actress known as Katie Knight on Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush, Emma Chota on Red Band Society, Del in Wayne, and Emily opposite Tom Holland in Cherry (2021).
Cidade Baixa
Cidade Baixa (Lower City) is a 2005 Brazilian drama by Sérgio Machado, his fiction debut, about childhood friends Deco and Naldinho and the stripper Karinna in Salvador, Bahia; it won the Award of the Youth at Cannes 2005.
Cierra Ramirez
Cierra Alexa Ramirez (born 1995, Houston) is an American actress and singer. Known as Mariana Adams Foster in The Fosters (2013–2018) and Good Trouble (2019–2024); ALMA Award for Girl in Progress; EP Discreet (2016) and album Over Your Head (2020). Not Cierra Ortega or Cierra Amaya.
Cimarron
Cimarron (1931) is RKO's epic Western directed by Wesley Ruggles, adapted from Edna Ferber's novel, starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne. First Western to win Best Picture; also the 1960 MGM remake with Glenn Ford.
Cinderella (1950 film)
Cinderella (1950) is Disney's animated musical adaptation of Perrault's tale, its first single-story feature since Bambi (1942). Directed by Jackson, Luske, and Geronimi, it earned about $7 million, three Oscar nominations, and National Film Registry status.
Cinderella (1997 film)
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997 ABC TV movie), starring Brandy Norwood and Whitney Houston, a multiracial remake of the 1957 musical; 60 million viewers, seven Emmy nominations, one win, streaming on Disney+ since 2021.
Cinderella (2015 American film)
Cinderella (2015 American film) is a live-action Disney retelling of the fairy tale. It stars Lily James and Cate Blanchett, and received an 83% rating from critics.
Cinderella (2021 American film)
Cinderella (2021) is a jukebox musical film written and directed by Kay Cannon, starring Camila Cabello as a dress-maker heroine, with Billy Porter as Fab G; released on Prime Video September 3, 2021 by Amazon Studios.
Cinderella (Disney character)
Cinderella is the Disney animated heroine of the 1950 film, voiced by Ilene Woods, animated by Marc Davis and Eric Larson from Perrault's tale, a Disney Princess with sequels, a 2015 remake, and Cinderella Castle.
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True is Disney's 2002 direct-to-video animated sequel to Cinderella (1950), directed by John Kafka. An anthology of three tales about Cinderella's palace life, it holds 13% on Rotten Tomatoes and streams on Disney+.
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time is Disney's 2007 direct-to-DVD animated sequel, also called Cinderella 3, in which Lady Tremaine steals the Fairy Godmother's wand, rewinds time so the slipper fits Anastasia, and Cinderella must win back Prince Charming.
Cinderella Man
Cinderella Man (2005) is Ron Howard's biographical boxing drama starring Russell Crowe as Depression-era heavyweight champion James J. Braddock, with Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, and Craig Bierko as Max Baer; it dramatizes Braddock's 1935 title upset and drew criticism for vilifying Baer.
Cindy Vela
Cindy Vela (born 1979, Brownsville, Texas) is an American actress, model, and alto saxophonist, distinct from the My 600-Lb Life participant of the same name. Known for Desdemona: A Love Story, Run Hide Fight (2020), and Oak (2024); UT Brownsville music education graduate.
Cinema Bandi
Cinema Bandi (సినిమా బండి) is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film directed by Praveen Kandregula in his debut and produced by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.
Cinema City
Cinema City names several subjects: a Grade I listed three-screen Picturehouse cinema in Norwich (Suckling House and Stuart Hall); the Cinema City International cinema chain founded 1930 in Haifa; and a Tbilisi residential project around a 1930 film-studio pavilion.
Cinema of Bangladesh
Cinema of Bangladesh (Dhallywood): Bengali-language film industry centered in Dhaka. Begins with Mukh o Mukhosh (1956) and the 1957 EPFDC/BFDC; marked by Eid-driven box office, the 2023 Film Certification Act, a shrinking hall base, and 2025 hits like Borbaad.
Cinema of France
Cinema of France (French cinema, le cinéma français): national film industry born with the Lumière brothers in 1895, funded by the CNC's 10.72% ticket levy, with 181.5 million 2024 admissions and a 44.8% French market share.
Cinema of Hong Kong
Cinema of Hong Kong: the territory's film industry, begun in 1913 with Brodsky's Variety Film companies, dominated by Cantonese and Mandarin production, wuxia and kung fu genres, the 1979 New Wave, a 1980s-1990s golden age, and later decline and mainland co-production.
Cinema of India
Cinema of India, also known as Indian cinema, is the world's largest film industry by output, producing about 1,800 to 2,000 films a year in more than twenty languages.
Cinema of Japan
Cinema of Japan (日本映画, nihon eiga), the Japanese film industry: studio era with Toho, Shochiku, Toei, Daiei, Nikkatsu; two Showa golden ages; today a production committee financing model alongside an independent sector of about 90% of releases.
Cinema of Nigeria
Cinema of Nigeria, known internationally as Nollywood, spans from the 1903 Lagos debut to today's second-largest film industry by output, over 2,500 films a year, low budgets, piracy, 68 cinemas, and 2025 Cannes recognition.
Cinema of Poland
Cinema of Poland: national film tradition from 19th-century beginnings and 'iluzjon' era through the Polish Film School (Wajda, Munk, Kanał), Cinema of Moral Concern, censorship, Ida's 2015 Oscar, and today's 534 cinemas.
Cinema of South India
Cinema of South India covers the Telugu (Tollywood), Tamil (Kollywood), Kannada, and Malayalam film industries, historically centered in Madras, now known for pan-Indian blockbusters like Baahubali, KGF, RRR, and Pushpa.
Cinema of the Philippines
Cinema of the Philippines: national film tradition from the 1897 Manila screening and Dalagang Bukid (1919) through the 1950s Big Four studios, the martial-law Second Golden Age, and today's festival-driven digital indie scene.
Cinema of the Soviet Union
Cinema of the Soviet Union: the state-run film industry of the USSR, 1917-1991, also called Soviet cinema. Nationalized by Lenin in 1919; known for 1920s montage (Eisenstein, Vertov), Socialist Realism, Goskino control, and perestroika-era reform.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
Cinema of the United Kingdom: Britain's national film industry, from early London studios and the 1927 Films Act to today's £6.8 billion production sector, Hollywood dominance, BFI funding, and BAFTA awards.
Cinema of the United States
Cinema of the United States (Hollywood): the American film industry, from Edison's 1893 kinetoscope and the 1910s move to Los Angeles through the studio oligopoly to today's $8.6 billion domestic box office, production offshoring, and Library of Congress preservation.