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Electric Dreams (film)

Electric Dreams is a 1984 Virgin Pictures romantic sci-fi comedy directed by Steve Barron, starring Lenny Von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, and Bud Cort as the voice of sentient computer Edgar, a love-triangle film later compared to Her.

Elektra (2005 film)

Elektra is a 2005 American superhero film directed by Rob Bowman, starring Jennifer Garner as the Marvel Comics assassin Elektra Natchios in a spin-off of Daredevil (2003).

Elemental (2023 film)

Elemental (2023) is a Disney-Pixar animated romantic comedy-drama directed by Peter Sohn, set in Element City where fire, water, land and air residents live together; Ember (Leah Lewis) and Wade (Mamoudou Athie) lead a $496 million-grossing, Oscar-nominated immigration allegory.

Elena (Эле́на) (2011 film)

Elena (Эле́на) is Andrey Zvyagintsev's 2011 Russian drama, his third feature, in which former nurse Elena (Nadezhda Markina) murders her wealthy husband Vladimir (Andrey Smirnov) to secure her son's inheritance; it won the Cannes Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize.

Elephant (1989 film)

Elephant (1989) is Alan Clarke's BBC Northern Ireland short film showing eighteen motiveless sectarian shootings in Belfast, without dialogue or explanation; title from Bernard MacLaverty's 'elephant in the living room' remark; produced by Danny Boyle; inspired Gus Van Sant's 2003 film of the same name.

Elephant (2003 film)

Elephant (2003) is Gus Van Sant's 81-minute drama about an ordinary American high school day ending in a Columbine-like shooting; it won the 2003 Cannes Palme d'Or and Best Director, grossed about $10 million, and scored 70 on Metacritic.

Elephants in the Fog

Elephants in the Fog (Tiniharu, तिनीहरू) is a 2026 Nepali drama-thriller, Abinash Bikram Shah's debut feature, about a Kinnar transgender matriarch in a village stalked by wild elephants; it won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at Cannes 2026 and is Nepal's Oscar submission.

Elevator to the Gallows

Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud) is Louis Malle's 1958 debut feature, a French noir starring Jeanne Moreau and Maurice Ronet with an improvised one-night Miles Davis score; Prix Louis-Delluc 1957.

Eleven (film)

Eleven is a 2025 Indian Tamil-Telugu bilingual slasher film directed by Lokkesh Ajls. It stars Naveen Chandra as a cop investigating a nyctophobic serial killer.

Eleven Days (film)

Eleven Days refers to two films: a 2018 Australian adventure drama by Jaginder Singh about a boy searching the outback for his brother, and a 2026 Peter Landesman prison siege thriller starring Taylor Kitsch and Diego Luna, based on the 1974 Carrasco siege in Huntsville, Texas.

Eleven Missing Days

Eleven Missing Days is an upcoming British noir mystery drama film directed by Bertie Ellwood, starring Felicity Jones as Agatha Christie and Vincent Cassel, dramatizing her real eleven-day 1926 disappearance, based on Jared Cade's 1998 book, in post-production as of October 2026.

Elf (film)

Elf is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau, starring Will Ferrell as Buddy, a human raised among Santa's elves who searches New York for his birth father.

Eli (2019 film)

Eli (2019) is an American supernatural horror film directed by Ciarán Foy, starring Charlie Shotwell as a boy with an autoimmune disorder haunted at an isolated clinic. Sold by Paramount to Netflix, released October 18, 2019.

Eli Roth

Eli Roth, born 1972 in Boston, is an American horror director, actor, and producer of Cabin Fever, Hostel, Thanksgiving, and The Horror Section studio; known for Inglourious Basterds and the torture porn label.

Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan (Elia Kazanjoglous, 1909–2003), American stage and film director of A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, and East of Eden; Actors Studio co-founder, two Best Director Oscars, and the 1952 HUAC naming-names controversy.

Elie Samaha (إيلي سماحة)

Elie Samaha (إيلي سماحة), born 1955, is a Lebanese-American film producer who founded Franchise Pictures, made low-budget star films including Battlefield Earth and The Whole Nine Yards, and later lost a $121.5 million fraud judgment.

Elijah Wood filmography

Elijah Wood filmography: screen credits of the American actor (born 1981), from Back to the Future Part II and child roles to Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings, SpectreVision indies, Wilfred, Dirk Gently, and Yellowjackets.

Eliminators

Eliminators (1986 film), also known simply as Eliminators, is a Peter Manoogian science fiction action film from Charles Band's Empire Pictures about the cyborg Mandroid, released 31 January 1986.

Elio (film)

Elio is Pixar's 2025 animated sci-fi comedy about an 11-year-old boy mistaken for Earth's leader in the Communiverse. Directed by Sharafian, Shi, and Molina, it earned $152 million worldwide, Pixar's worst opening, and a 2026 Oscar nomination.

Elisa & Marcela

Elisa & Marcela (Elisa y Marcela) is Isabel Coixet's 2019 Spanish black-and-white Netflix drama about Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, teachers who married in A Coruña in 1901 in Spain's first recorded same-sex marriage; it competed at the 2019 Berlinale.

Elisa K

Elisa K is a 2010 Catalan-language Spanish drama co-directed by Jordi Cadena and Judith Colell, adapted from Lolita Bosch's novel Elisa Kiseljak, about repressed memory of child rape; it won the San Sebastián Special Jury Prize.

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) was an American stage, film, and television character actor. He appeared in more than 100 films and was known particularly for villainous.

Elite Squad

Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) is José Padilha's 2007 Brazilian drama about Rio's BOPE police unit, starring Wagner Moura as Captain Nascimento; it won the 2008 Berlin Golden Bear and sparked national controversy over police brutality.

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (Tropa de Elite 2) is a 2010 Brazilian crime-political film directed by José Padilha, starring Wagner Moura as Colonel Nascimento.

Elizabeth (film)

Elizabeth is a 1998 British historical drama directed by Shekhar Kapur and starring Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I, dramatizing her accession to a divided England.

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (born 1978, New York City) is an American documentary filmmaker; with husband Jimmy Chin she directed Meru, the Oscar- and BAFTA-winning Free Solo, The Rescue, and her first narrative film Nyad (2023).

Elizabeth Harvest

Elizabeth Harvest (2018) is a sci-fi thriller by Sebastian Gutierrez, reimagining Bluebeard: newlywed Elizabeth (Abbey Lee) discovers her scientist husband Henry (Ciarán Hinds) clones her. IFC Films release, SXSW 2018 premiere, shot in Colombia.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age is Shekhar Kapur's 2007 sequel to Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I, covering the Babington plot, Mary Queen of Scots' execution, and the 1588 Spanish Armada.

Elizabethtown (film)

Elizabethtown is Cameron Crowe's 2005 comedy-drama-romance starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst, about a fired shoe designer returning to Kentucky for his father's funeral; it flopped commercially ($52 million worldwide), scored 27% on Rotten Tomatoes, and inspired the term Manic Pixie Dream Girl.

Elize: Shadows of a Woman

Elize: Shadows of a Woman (Elize: Sombras de uma Mulher) is a 2026 Brazilian Netflix psychological thriller directed by Felipe Vellas, starring Lorena Comparato as Elize Matsunaga, dramatizing her 2012 murder of husband Marcos Matsunaga.