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Close (2022 film)
Close (2022) is Lukas Dhont's drama about 13-year-old friends Léo and Rémi, whose bond breaks under peer suspicion. Cannes Grand Prix winner, Oscar-nominated Belgian film starring Eden Dambrine and Gustav De Waele, distinct from the 2019 Noomi Rapace thriller of the same name.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is Steven Spielberg's 1977 Columbia Pictures science fiction film starring Richard Dreyfuss and François Truffaut, titled from J. Allen Hynek's UFO encounter classification, with a 1980 Special Edition and 1998 director's cut.
Close Personal Friends
Close Personal Friends is an upcoming Amazon MGM Studios comedy directed by Jason Orley, written by Isaac Aptaker, starring Brie Larson, Lily Collins, Jack Quaid, and Henry Golding as two couples who befriend each other in Santa Barbara; Meghan Markle cameos as herself.
Close to Me (film)
Close to Me (Muori di lei) is a 2025 Italian-Serbian erotic thriller by Stefano Sardo, starring Riccardo Scamarcio, Maria Chiara Giannetta, and Mariela Garriga, about a lockdown-era obsession with a neighbor; distinct from the 2021 miniseries and 2009 Taiwanese film of the same name.
Close Your Eyes (2022 film)
Close Your Eyes (Cerrar los ojos) is Víctor Erice's 2022-shot, 2023-premiered Spanish-Argentine drama about a director probing a lead actor's 1990 disappearance; his first feature in 31 years, starring Manolo Solo, José Coronado, and Ana Torrent.
Close-up
Close-up (CU): a camera shot tightly framing a subject, usually a face, to emphasize emotion or detail; subtypes include medium close-up, extreme close-up, insert, and choker; used since early silent film, notably The Great Train Robbery (1903) and Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928).
Close-Up (کلوزآپ، نمای نزدیک) (1990 film)
Close-Up (کلوزآپ، نمای نزدیک; Nema-ye Nazdik) is Abbas Kiarostami's 1990 Iranian fiction-documentary hybrid about Hossain Sabzian, who impersonated director Mohsen Makhmalbaf; the real participants reenact the 1989 fraud case and trial.
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains (Ostře sledované vlaky), 1966 Czechoslovak tragicomedy by Jiří Menzel from Bohumil Hrabal's novella; apprentice dispatcher Miloš Hrma in occupied Bohemia; won the 1968 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Closer (film)
Closer is a 2004 drama film directed by Mike Nichols, adapted by Patrick Marber from his stage play, starring Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and Clive Owen.
Closing Night (film)
Closing Night is a 2026 drama, Cody Fern's directorial debut co-written with Devon Bostick, starring Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, and Dianne Wiest as an estranged family; it premiered at TIFF 2026 seeking distribution.
Cloud (film)
Cloud (クラウド, Kuraudo) is a 2024 Japanese thriller by Kiyoshi Kurosawa starring Masaki Suda as online reseller Ryosuke Yoshii, alias Ratel, whose cheated customers turn to violent revenge; Venice 2024, Japan's 97th Oscars submission.
Cloud Atlas (film)
Cloud Atlas (2012) is a science fiction drama by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, adapted from David Mitchell's 2004 novel, cross-cutting six stories from 1849 to a post-apocalyptic future with a multi-role ensemble cast.
Clouds (2020 film)
Clouds (2020) is a Justin Baldoni Disney+ biographical drama about singer-songwriter Zach Sobiech, who wrote the viral song "Clouds" before dying of osteosarcoma in 2013, starring Fin Argus, Sabrina Carpenter, and Neve Campbell.
Clouds of Sils Maria
Clouds of Sils Maria (Sils Maria) is Olivier Assayas's 2014 French-German-Swiss drama starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, and Chloë Grace Moretz; Cannes competition film, Prix Louis-Delluc winner, and Stewart's historic César.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 2009 American animated science-fiction comedy film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, adapted from the 1978 children's book.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) is Sony Pictures Animation's sequel directed by Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn, in which Flint Lockwood's FLDSMDFR creates foodimals; grossed $119.8M US, 71% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Cloverfield
Cloverfield is a 2008 American found-footage monster film directed by Matt Reeves. It follows New Yorkers documenting a giant creature's attack on Manhattan, earning $171 million worldwide.
Clown (film)
Clown (2014) is a supernatural body horror film directed by Jon Watts and produced by Eli Roth, originating from a 2010 fake trailer falsely credited to Roth. Andy Powers plays a father transformed by a cursed clown suit made from the Nordic demon Clöyne; released in the U.S. June 17, 2016.
Clown in a Cornfield (film)
Clown in a Cornfield is Eli Craig's 2025 slasher film adapting Adam Cesare's Bram Stoker Award-winning 2020 YA novel, starring Katie Douglas as Quinn in Kettle Springs, stalked by Frendo the clown; released May 9, 2025 by RLJE Films and Shudder.
Clownhouse
Clownhouse is a 1988 American horror film and Victor Salva's directorial debut, financed by Francis Ford Coppola, about three brothers menaced by escaped patients posing as circus clowns.
Clu Gulager
Clu Gulager (William Martin Gulager, 1928-2022), American character actor of Cherokee descent; starred as Billy the Kid in The Tall Man and Emmett Ryker in The Virginian, later a horror icon in The Return of the Living Dead and his son John's Feast films.
Club Dread
Club Dread (Broken Lizard's Club Dread) is a 2004 comedy-horror film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, starring Bill Paxton as resort owner Coconut Pete; a slasher whodunit that grossed $5.0M and scored 45 on Metacritic.
Club Kid (film)
Club Kid is Jordan Firstman's 2026 feature directorial debut, a comedy-drama starring Firstman as a New York club promoter who discovers he has a 10-year-old British son; premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard and released by A24 for $17 million.
Clue (film)
Clue (1985) is a Paramount comedy-mystery directed by Jonathan Lynn, the first film based on a board game (Parker Brothers' Clue/Cluedo). It starred Tim Curry and an ensemble cast and was released with three different theatrical endings; a box-office failure that became a cult classic.
Clueless
Clueless (1995): Amy Heckerling's teen comedy, a loose adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma set in Beverly Hills, starring Alicia Silverstone as Cher Horowitz; grossed $56.6 million domestic and entered the National Film Registry.
Coach Carter
Coach Carter is a 2005 American sports drama directed by Thomas Carter, starring Samuel L. Jackson as coach Ken Carter, who benched his undefeated team over grades.
Coal Miner's Daughter (film)
Coal Miner's Daughter is a 1980 Universal biographical drama directed by Michael Apted, starring Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn; based on Lynn's 1976 autobiography, it won Spacek the Best Actress Oscar and was 1980's sixth biggest moneymaker.
Coastal (film)
Neil Young: Coastal (2025) is a black-and-white music documentary directed by Daryl Hannah following Neil Young's 2023 solo West Coast tour, his post-Covid return to the stage, released one night only April 17, 2025 by Trafalgar Releasing.
Cobb (film)
Cobb (1994) is Ron Shelton's biographical drama starring Tommy Lee Jones as Ty Cobb and Robert Wuhl as sportswriter Al Stump, based on Stump's biography, filmed at Rickwood Field, a box office failure with mixed reviews.
Cobra (1986 film)
Cobra is a 1986 American action film directed by George P. Cosmatos, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone as an LAPD officer protecting a witness.