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Female gaze
Female gaze: feminist media-theory term for visual media depicting a female view of the world, derived from Laura Mulvey's 1975 male gaze; contested, with no single agreed definition or confirmed direct equivalent.
Female Trouble
Female Trouble is John Waters's 1974 Baltimore cult film starring Divine as Dawn Davenport, a delinquent whose "crime is beauty" pursuit of fame leads to the electric chair; restored by Criterion in 2018.
Feminichi Fathima
Feminichi Fathima (ഫെമിനിച്ചി ഫാത്തിമ, Feminist Fathima), 2025 Malayalam satire directed by debutant Fasil Muhammed; Shamla Hamza as a Ponnani housewife fighting for a mattress; IFFK 2024 five awards, Kerala release 10 October 2025.
Femme Fatale (2002 film)
Femme Fatale is a 2002 erotic thriller written and directed by Brian De Palma, starring Rebecca Romijn as a con woman pursued by paparazzo Antonio Banderas.
Fences (film)
Fences (2016) is Denzel Washington's film adaptation of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1985 play, starring Washington and Viola Davis as Troy and Rose Maxson in 1950s Pittsburgh; Davis won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Ferdinand (film)
Ferdinand is a 2017 American computer-animated comedy film directed by Carlos Saldanha, based on Munro Leaf's 1936 children's book, about a peace-loving bull who prefers flowers to bullfighting.
Fernando Lamas
Fernando Lamas, born Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos, was an Argentine-born actor and director who played suave Latin lover leads in Hollywood from 1951 and later directed TV series.
Fernando Meirelles
Fernando Meirelles (Fernando Ferreira Meirelles), Brazilian director born 1955 in São Paulo, co-directed City of God (2002) with Kátia Lund, directed The Constant Gardener, Blindness, The Two Popes, and the Rio 2016 Olympic opening ceremony, and co-founded O2 Filmes.
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
FernGully: The Last Rainforest is a 1992 animated musical fantasy directed by Bill Kroyer, about fairies, logger Zak, and pollution spirit Hexxus; grossed over US$65 million and screened at the UN Earth Summit.
Feroz Khan (actor)
Feroz Khan (फ़िरोज़ ख़ान), Indian actor-producer-director of Hindi cinema (1939 or 1935 – 27 April 2009), star and maker of Dharmatma, Qurbani, and Jaanbaaz; distinct from TV actor Feroz Khan (Mahabharat's Arjun) and Pakistani actor Feroze Khan.
Ferrari (2023 film)
Ferrari is a 2023 biographical drama directed by Michael Mann, starring Adam Driver as Enzo Ferrari and Penélope Cruz as his wife Laura, set in 1957 as his company nears bankruptcy.
Ferrari Ki Sawaari (फेरारी की सवारी)
Ferrari Ki Sawaari (फेरारी की सवारी), 2012 Hindi sports comedy-drama by Rajesh Mapuskar, produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra; Sharman Joshi's Rusy borrows Sachin Tendulkar's Ferrari for son Kayo's Lord's cricket dream; released 15 June 2012.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is John Hughes's 1986 Paramount teen comedy starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, and Mia Sara, about a fake sick day spent touring Chicago; it grossed over $70 million and joined the National Film Registry in 2014.
Festen
Festen (The Celebration) is Thomas Vinterberg's 1998 Danish Dogme 95 drama, the first Dogme film, in which a son's birthday toast exposes his father's abuse; it won the Cannes Jury Prize.
Festival (축제) (1996 film)
Festival (축제, Chukje) is Im Kwon-taek's 1996 Korean family drama, adapted from Lee Cheong-jun's novel, about a novelist's mother's funeral; it won Blue Dragon Best Film and Director and screened at Busan, Berlin, and Rotterdam.
Festival of the Living Dead
Festival of the Living Dead is a 2024 Tubi original zombie horror film directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska, starring Ashley Moore and Camren Bicondova, set 55 years after the 1968 zombie attack.
Fever (2016 film)
Fever (2016) is a Hindi suspense thriller written, directed, and edited by Rajeev Jhaveri, starring Rajeev Khandelwal as an amnesiac assassin, with Gauahar Khan, Gemma Atkinson, and Caterina Murino; shot entirely in Switzerland, released 5 August 2016, and critically panned.
Fever Pitch (1997 film)
Fever Pitch (1997) is a British romantic comedy directed by David Evans, adapted by Nick Hornby from his 1992 Arsenal memoir, starring Colin Firth and Ruth Gemmell; remade in 2005 as a US baseball film.
Fida (फ़िदा)
Fida (फ़िदा), 2004 Hindi romantic thriller directed by Ken Ghosh; Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Fardeen Khan; bank-hacking con plot, 20 Aug 2004 release, Tips Films, 16.21 crore worldwide gross.
Fidaa (ఫిదా)
Fidaa (ఫిదా) is a 2017 Telugu romantic comedy-drama directed by Sekhar Kammula, starring Varun Tej and Sai Pallavi in her Telugu debut as lovers from different worlds; a Dil Raju production released 21 July 2017 that became a blockbuster and popularized the Telangana dialect.
Fiddler on the Roof (film)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Norman Jewison's film of the Bock-Harnick-Stein Broadway musical, stars Topol as Tevye the milkman in Tsarist Russia; it won three Oscars from eight nominations and grossed over $38 million.
Fiend Without a Face
Fiend Without a Face (1958) is a British sci-fi horror film directed by Arthur Crabtree, adapted from Amelia Reynolds Long's "The Thought-Monster", about invisible atomic thought-creatures that suck out brains, with celebrated stop-motion effects.
Fifty Shades Darker (film)
Fifty Shades Darker is a 2017 American erotic romantic drama directed by James Foley, with Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan returning as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey.
Fifty Shades Freed (film)
Fifty Shades Freed is a 2018 American erotic romantic drama directed by James Foley, the third and final film in the Fifty Shades trilogy, starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan.
Fifty Shades of Black
Fifty Shades of Black (2016) is an American parody comedy spoofing Fifty Shades of Grey, directed by Michael Tiddes and written, produced by, and starring Marlon Wayans with Kali Hawk. Released by Open Road on January 29, 2016, it grossed $22.1 million on a sub-$5 million budget and scored 4% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Fifty Shades of Grey (film)
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) is Sam Taylor-Johnson's film adaptation of E.L. James's erotic novel, starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan. It grossed $569.7M worldwide but scored 25% on Rotten Tomatoes and won five Razzies.
Fight Back to School (逃学威龙)
Fight Back to School (逃學威龍) is a 1991 Hong Kong action comedy directed by Gordon Chan, starring Stephen Chow as an undercover SDU cop posing as a student; it broke Hong Kong's box-office record with HK$43,829,449 and spawned two sequels.
Fight Back to School II (逃学威龙2)
Fight Back to School II (逃学威龙2) is a 1992 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Stephen Chow as undercover policeman Chow Sing Sing.
Fight Club
Fight Club (1999), David Fincher's adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel, stars Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter; an underground fight club becomes Project Mayhem, flopping at the box office before becoming a cult classic.
Fight Club (2023 film)
Fight Club (பயிட் கிளப்) is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language action thriller directed by Abbas A Rahmath in his debut, starring Vijay Kumar and produced by Aditya.