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Force Majeure (film)

Force Majeure (Turist) is Ruben Östlund's 2014 Swedish comedy-drama about a father, Tomas, who flees a controlled avalanche at a French Alps resort, abandoning his family; it won the Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Prize and the European Film Award for Best Film.

Force of Evil

Force of Evil (1948) is Abraham Polonsky's film noir directorial debut, starring John Garfield as lawyer Joe Morse in an adaptation of Ira Wolfert's Tucker's People about the New York numbers racket; a box office failure later named to the National Film Registry in 1994.

Force of Nature (2020 film)

Force of Nature is a 2020 American action thriller directed by Michael Polish, in which police fight thieves staging a $55 million art heist during a hurricane.

Forces of Nature

Forces of Nature is a 1999 American romantic comedy directed by Bronwen Hughes, starring Ben Affleck as a groom racing to his Savannah wedding with Sandra Bullock.

Ford v Ferrari

Ford v Ferrari (Le Mans '66) is James Mangold's 2019 drama starring Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as Ken Miles, dramatizing Ford's GT40 victory over Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans; it won two Oscars from four nominations.

Foreign Correspondent (film)

Foreign Correspondent (1940) is Alfred Hitchcock's spy thriller about American reporter Johnny Jones (Joel McCrea), directed for producer Walter Wanger, based loosely on Vincent Sheean's Personal History, with an anti-isolationist message and a 95% Tomatometer rating.

Forensic (2020 film)

Forensic (ഫോറന്‍സിക്) is a 2020 Malayalam-language Indian crime thriller, the directorial debut of Akhil Paul and Anas Khan, starring Tovino Thomas as forensic expert Samuel John Kaattookaran and Mamta Mohandas, released 28 February 2020 and remade in Hindi on Zee5 in 2022.

Forensic (2022 film)

Forensic (2022), also Forensic: The Truth Lies Within, is a Hindi ZEE5 original crime thriller directed by Vishal Furia, starring Radhika Apte and Vikrant Massey, remaking the 2020 Malayalam film Forensic, released 24 June 2022.

Forest (2025 film)

Forest (ಫಾರೆಸ್ಟ್) is a 2025 Kannada comedy thriller directed by Chandra Mohan, starring Chikkanna, Gurunandan, and Rangayana Raghu, about villagers hunting treasure guarded by a ghost; released 24 January 2025, later on Prime Video.

Forever My Girl

Forever My Girl is a 2018 American romantic drama film directed by Bethany Ashton Wolf, starring Alex Roe and Jessica Rothe, adapted from Heidi McLaughlin's novel.

Forever Young (1992 film)

Forever Young is a 1992 American science-fiction romance film directed by Steve Miner and written by J. J. Abrams, starring Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Elijah Wood.

Forever, Darling

Forever, Darling (1956) is an American fantasy romantic comedy directed by Alexander Hall, starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, and James Mason as a guardian angel; the second and final Ball-Arnaz film, a Zanra Productions/MGM box office disappointment.

Forge (film)

Forge is a 2025 American crime comedy-drama, Jing Ai Ng's debut feature, premiering at SXSW 2025. Kelly Marie Tran, Andie Ju, and Brandon Soo Hoo star as an FBI agent and Miami sibling art forgers; limited May 2026 release, $56,963 gross, 83% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Forgetting Sarah Marshall, also released as I Hate Sarah Marshall, is a 2008 American romantic comedy directed by Nicholas Stoller, written by and starring Jason Segel alongside Kristen Bell and Mila Kunis.

Forgive Us All

Forgive Us All is a 2025 New Zealand post-apocalyptic neo-Western horror, Jordana Stott's feature debut, starring Lily Sullivan, Callan Mulvey, and Richard Roxburgh, shot in Queenstown, released May 8, 2025 in NZ.

Forgotten (2017 film)

Forgotten (기억의 밤, Night of Memory) is a 2017 South Korean mystery thriller directed by Jang Hang-jun, in which a man's abducted brother returns after 19 days seeming a stranger.

Forgotten Island

Forgotten Island (2026) is a DreamWorks Animation animated fantasy film directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado, following best friends Jo and Raissa transported to the Filipino folklore island of Nakali, where their friendship memories are the price of returning home.

Formosa Betrayed

Formosa Betrayed is a 2009 American political thriller directed by Adam Kane, starring James Van Der Beek as an FBI agent investigating a Taiwanese-American professor's murder in 1980s Taiwan under KMT martial law; produced by Will Tiao, shot in Thailand, released 2010.

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, adapted from Winston Groom's 1986 novel; it won six Oscars, including Best Picture.

Forsaken (2015 film)

Forsaken (2015) is a Canadian Western drama directed by Jon Cassar, written by Brad Mirman, starring Kiefer and Donald Sutherland together on screen for the first time, with Demi Moore and Brian Cox; released by Momentum Pictures in 2016.

Fort Apache (film)

Fort Apache (1948), John Ford's Western with John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and Shirley Temple, first of his Cavalry trilogy; based on Bellah's "Massacre," shot in Monument Valley, notable for portraying whites, not Apaches, as villains.

Fort Apache, The Bronx

Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981) is a Daniel Petrie crime drama starring Paul Newman as veteran cop Murphy in the NYPD's 41st Precinct, with Edward Asner, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello, Rachel Ticotin, and Pam Grier; it sparked community protests and lawsuits.

Fortress

Fortress is a 1992 science fiction prison-break film directed by Stuart Gordon, starring Christopher Lambert, Loryn Locklin, and Kurtwood Smith, and filmed in Queensland, Australia.

Fortunata y Jacinta

Fortunata y Jacinta is Benito Pérez Galdós's 1887 four-tome realist novel about two Madrid women of different classes linked to Juanito Santa Cruz. Adapted for stage by López Aranda (1969), film by Angelino Fons (1970), and a landmark 1980 TVE series by Mario Camus.

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (漁港の肉子ちゃん)

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (漁港の肉子ちゃん, Gyokou no Nikuko-chan) is a 2021 Studio 4°C anime film directed by Ayumu Watanabe, adapted from Kanako Nishi's novel, produced by Sanma Akashiya, released June 11, 2021, and a Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Prize winner.

Forty Guns

Forty Guns (1957), also known by its working title Woman with a Whip, is a Samuel Fuller black-and-white CinemaScope Western starring Barbara Stanwyck as rancher Jessica Drummond, who rules Cochise County with forty hired guns, and Barry Sullivan as marshal Griff Bonnell.

Foul Play (1978 film)

Foul Play (1978) is a Colin Higgins comedy-thriller starring Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase as a librarian and detective facing a plot to assassinate the Pope in San Francisco; a Hitchcock homage that ranked among 1978's top-grossing films.

Found (2012 film)

Found (2012) is an American coming-of-age horror film directed by Scott Schirmer, based on Todd Rigney's novel, starring Gavin Brown and Ethan Philbeck; it played 40+ festivals, won 15 best-film awards, and holds 71% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Founders Day (film)

Founders Day is a 2024 American political slasher film directed by Erik Bloomquist and co-written with Carson Bloomquist, about a masked killer terrorizing the town of Fairwood during a mayoral election; released by Dark Sky Films, it scored 50% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Fountain of Youth (film)

Fountain of Youth (2025) is a Guy Ritchie action-adventure film for Apple TV+, written by James Vanderbilt, starring John Krasinski and Natalie Portman as estranged siblings hunting the mythical Fountain of Youth; filmed in Bangkok, Liverpool, Vienna, and Giza; 125 minutes, PG-13, 35% on Rotten Tomatoes.