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Crooklyn

Crooklyn is Spike Lee's 1994 semi-autobiographical comedy-drama about the Carmichael family in 1970s Brooklyn, written with siblings Joie and Cinqué Lee, starring Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, and Zelda Harris.

Cropsey (film)

Cropsey (2009) is an 84-minute documentary by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio linking the Staten Island Cropsey urban legend to Andre Rand and five missing children, including Jennifer Schweiger, released theatrically in June 2010.

Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron is Sam Peckinpah's 1977 British-West German war film, based on Willi Heinrich's novel The Willing Flesh, starring James Coburn as Sergeant Steiner and Maximilian Schell as Stransky during the 1943 German retreat on the Eastern Front.

Crossing (2024 film)

Crossing (2024) is a drama by Swedish-Georgian director Levan Akin, also known from And Then We Danced. Retired teacher Lia searches Istanbul for her trans niece Tekla with neighbor Achi, meeting lawyer Evrim. It won the Teddy Jury Award at the 2024 Berlinale and holds 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Crossing (2026 film)

Crossing (四渡) is a 2026 Chinese war epic directed by Xu Zhanxiong, executive produced by Andrew Lau, starring Liu Ye as Mao Zedong, dramatizing the Four Crossings of the Chishui River; released June 26, 2026, it earned 289 million yuan. Distinct from the American faith drama The Crossing: Shoulders of Mercy.

Crossing Delancey

Crossing Delancey (1988) is Joan Micklin Silver's romantic comedy, from Susan Sandler's play, starring Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, and Reizl Bozyk, about a matchmaker, a pickle seller, and the Jewish Lower East Side.

Crossing Hennessy (月满轩尼诗)

Crossing Hennessy (月满轩尼诗) is a 2010 Hong Kong romantic comedy-drama written and directed by Ivy Ho, starring Jacky Cheung and Tang Wei as Wan Chai singles pushed into matchmaking; it opened the 2010 HKIFF and won HKFCS Best Screenplay.

Crossing Over (film)

Crossing Over is a 2009 American ensemble drama written and directed by Wayne Kramer, a remake of his 1995 short film, starring Harrison Ford as an ICE agent in Los Angeles; it earned $455,654 domestically and a Metascore of 38.

Crossroads (1986 film)

Crossroads (1986) is a Walter Hill drama starring Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, and Jami Gertz, written by John Fusco with a Ry Cooder soundtrack, about a Juilliard guitarist seeking a lost Robert Johnson song and dueling the devil's guitarist Steve Vai at a Mississippi crossroads.

Crossroads (2002 film)

Crossroads is a 2002 American coming-of-age road-trip film directed by Tamra Davis, written by Shonda Rhimes, and starring Britney Spears in her first starring film role.

Crossroads (十字街头) (1937 film)

Crossroads (十字街头, Shizi jietou) is a 1937 Shanghai comedy-drama directed and written by Shen Xiling for Mingxing Film Company, starring Zhao Dan and Bai Yang as neighbors who fall in love unknowingly; a classic of 1930s Chinese cinema, remade in Hong Kong in 1955.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (臥虎藏龍) is Ang Lee's 2000 Mandarin-language wuxia film adapted from Wang Dulu's novel, starring Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, and Zhang Ziyi; it won four Oscars and became the highest-grossing foreign-language film in U.S. history.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (卧虎藏龙:青冥宝剑)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (卧虎藏龙:青冥宝剑) is Yuen Woo-ping's 2016 Netflix sequel to Ang Lee's 2000 wuxia film, starring Michelle Yeoh and Donnie Yen defending the Green Destiny sword from Hades Dai.

Crows and Sparrows (乌鸦与麻雀)

Crows and Sparrows (乌鸦与麻雀, Crow and Sparrow) is a 1949 Kunlun Film Company satirical comedy directed by Zheng Junli, written by Chen Baichen and others, starring Zhao Dan, about Shanghai tenants resisting the KMT official who seized their house; awarded first prize in 1957 after Zhou Enlai's intervention.

Crows Are White

Crows Are White is a 2022 documentary by Ahsen Nadeem about a Muslim-born filmmaker who befriends a rebellious monk, Ryushin, at Japan's Mount Hiei Tendai monastery while hiding his relationship with a non-Muslim woman from his devout parents.

Crows Zero

Crows Zero (クローズZERO, Crows: Episode 0) is Takashi Miike's 2007 live-action prequel to Hiroshi Takahashi's Crows manga, starring Shun Oguri as Genji Takiya; it earned 2.5 billion yen and spawned Crows Zero II and Crows Explode.

Crows Zero II (クローズZERO II)

Crows Zero II (クローズZERO II) is a 2009 Japanese action film by Takashi Miike, sequel to Crows Zero, based on Hiroshi Takahashi's Crows manga; Suzuran High fights Hosen Academy, grossing about 3.02 billion yen.

Crrush

Crrush (Telugu: క్రష్) is a 2021 Telugu adult comedy film written, directed, and produced by Ravi Babu under Flying Frogs, starring Abhay Simha, Krishna Burugula, and Charan Sai; it premiered on ZEE5 on 9 July 2021.

Crude Oil (采油日记)

Crude Oil (采油日记, Caiyou riji) is Wang Bing's 2008, 14-hour documentary video installation about oil workers in the Gobi Desert of Qinghai, China; premiered at Rotterdam 2008, originally planned at 70 hours.

Cruel Intentions 2

Cruel Intentions 2 (Cruel Intentions II) is a 2000 direct-to-video prequel to Cruel Intentions, directed by Roger Kumble, starring Robin Dunne and Amy Adams, assembled from the cancelled Fox series Manchester Prep.

Cruel Intentions 3

Cruel Intentions 3 is a 2004 direct-to-video drama, the third film in the Cruel Intentions series, directed by Scott Ziehl, written by Rhett Reese, starring Kerr Smith, Kristina Anapau, and Nathan Wetherington as wagering college students.

Cruel Story of Youth (青春残酷物語)

Cruel Story of Youth (青春残酷物語, Seishun zankoku monogatari) is Nagisa Oshima's 1960 Shochiku film about a delinquent schoolgirl and student whose affair ends in ruin; its hit status coined the term Shochiku Nouvelle Vague.

Cruella (film)

Cruella (film), also known as Disney's Cruella, is a 2021 American crime comedy. It stars Emma Stone and Emma Thompson, and is set in 1970s London.

Cruising (film)

Cruising (1980) is William Friedkin's thriller starring Al Pacino as an undercover cop in New York's gay S&M leather bars hunting a serial killer; protested by gay activists, cut by about 40 minutes, later reappraised as a cult classic.

Crumb (film)

Crumb (1994) is Terry Zwigoff's documentary portrait of underground cartoonist Robert Crumb, his brothers Charles and Maxon, and wife Aline Kominsky-Crumb. Shot over six years, presented by David Lynch, it won Sundance's Grand Jury Prize and holds 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Crush (2013 film)

Crush (2013) is an American horror-thriller directed by Malik Bader, written by Sonny Mallhi, starring Lucas Till, Crystal Reed, and Sarah Bolger; a stalker thriller about a high school athlete, distinct from the 2013 Antwon Tanner video film of the same name.

Cry Freedom

Cry Freedom (1987) is Richard Attenborough's biographical drama about Steve Biko and Donald Woods, starring Denzel Washington and Kevin Kline; three Oscar nominations, banned in South Africa in 1988.

Cry Macho (film)

Cry Macho is a 2021 American neo-Western drama directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as a former rodeo star hired to retrieve a boy from Mexico.

Cry to Heaven (film)

Cry to Heaven is Tom Ford's upcoming film adaptation of Anne Rice's 1982 novel about 18th-century Italian castrati, starring Adele in her acting debut with Nicholas Hoult and Aaron Taylor-Johnson; filmed in Italy in early 2026.

Cry-Baby

Cry-Baby (1990) is John Waters' musical comedy starring Johnny Depp as Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker, a 1954 Baltimore drape who romances a Square girl; Universal-backed, $7.5M gross, later a 2008 Broadway musical.