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Accepted
Accepted is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Steve Pink in his directing debut, starring Justin Long and Jonah Hill as students who invent a fake university.
Accident (1967 film)
Accident is a 1967 British drama by Joseph Losey, scripted by Harold Pinter from Nicholas Mosley's novel, starring Dirk Bogarde as an Oxford professor in sexual rivalry over a student; it won the 1967 Cannes Special Jury Prize.
Accident (2009 film)
Accident (意外, Yi ngoi) is a 2009 Hong Kong psychological thriller directed by Soi Cheang, produced by Johnnie To, starring Louis Koo as a hitman who stages murders as accidents and grows paranoid that someone is staging one on him.
Accidental Love
Accidental Love, originally titled Nailed, is a 2015 American political comedy by David O. Russell, credited to pseudonym Stephen Greene, starring Jessica Biel and Jake Gyllenhaal; abandoned in 2008, released to 9% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Accused (2023 film)
Accused (2023 film), Philip Barantini British thriller starring Chaneil Kular as Harri, a young man wrongly accused on social media after a London bombing; vigilantes invade his home. Distinct from the 2026 Hindi Netflix film of the same name.
Accused (2026 film)
Accused (2026) is a Hindi-language Netflix psychological thriller directed by Anubhuti Kashyap, starring Konkona Sen Sharma as London gynecologist Dr. Geetika Sen, accused of sexual misconduct, and Pratibha Ranta as her wife Meera; released February 27, 2026.
Ace (film)
Ace (ஏஸ்) is a 2025 Tamil romantic crime comedy directed by Arumuga Kumar, starring Vijay Sethupathi as Kannan and Rukmini Vasanth, shot in Malaysia, released 23 May 2025, and streaming on Prime Video.
Ace in the Hole (1951 film)
Ace in the Hole, aka The Big Carnival, is Billy Wilder's 1951 Paramount drama starring Kirk Douglas as reporter Chuck Tatum, who exploits a New Mexico cave entrapment inspired by the 1925 Floyd Collins case into a media circus; a flop on release, later a National Film Registry classic.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Tom Shadyac, starring Jim Carrey as a Miami pet detective hired to find the Miami Dolphins' kidnapped dolphin mascot.
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) is Steve Oedekerk's sequel to Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, starring Jim Carrey as the pet detective hunting the sacred white bat Shikaka in Africa; it grossed $212.4M worldwide but scored 23% with critics.
Acecraft
Acecraft (ACECRAFT: Sky Hero) is a free-to-play two-player co-op vertical bullet-hell mobile shooter by Skystone Games and MOONTON Games, launched August 28, 2025 on iOS and Android, known for 1930s rubber-hose cartoon art, pink-bullet absorption, roguelike skills, and a Tom & Jerry launch collab.
Aces Go Places (最佳拍档)
Aces Go Places (最佳拍档, Mad Mission) is a 1982 Cinema City Hong Kong action comedy directed by Eric Tsang, starring Sam Hui, Karl Maka, and Sylvia Chang; it broke 1982 box-office records and spawned four sequels.
Aces Go Places II (最佳拍档之大显神通)
Aces Go Places II (最佳拍檔之大顯神通, Mad Mission 2) is a 1983 Cinema City Hong Kong action comedy directed by Eric Tsang, starring Sam Hui and Karl Maka; it topped the 1983 Hong Kong box office with HK$23,273,140.
Aces Go Places III (最佳拍档之女皇密令)
Aces Go Places III is a 1984 Hong Kong action comedy directed by Tsui Hark, starring Sam Hui and Karl Maka as a James Bond-style spoof.
Aces Go Places IV (最佳拍档之千里救差婆)
Aces Go Places IV (最佳拍档之千里救差婆, Mad Mission IV: You Never Die Twice) is a 1986 Cinema City action comedy directed by Ringo Lam, starring Sam Hui and Karl Maka, grossing HK$27,012,748 in Hong Kong.
Achanak (अचानक) (1973 film)
Achanak (अचानक) is a 1973 Hindi crime drama directed by Gulzar, adapted from Khwaja Ahmad Abbas's story "The Thirteenth Victim" and inspired by the 1959 K.M. Nanavati case, starring Vinod Khanna as a condemned army officer.
Achanak (अचानक) (1998 film)
Achanak (अचानक) is a 1998 Hindi action thriller directed by Naresh Malhotra, starring Govinda, Manisha Koirala, Farha Naaz, and Rahul Roy, with uncredited Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt cameos; released 12 June 1998, it flopped with a 4.07 crore India net.
Achari America Yatra
Achari America Yatra (ఆచారి అమెరికా యాత్ర) is a 2018 Telugu comedy film directed by G. Nageswara Reddy, starring Vishnu Manchu, Brahmanandam, and Pragya Jaiswal, about pandits who flee to America after a homam death; released 27 April 2018, streaming on ZEE5.
Acharya (ఆచార్య) (2022 film)
Acharya (ఆచార్య) is a 2022 Telugu action drama directed by Koratala Siva, starring Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan as Naxalite protectors of the temple town Dharmasthali. Released 29 April 2022, it grossed ₹73.50 crore worldwide against a ₹140 crore budget and was a box-office disaster.
Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (அச்சம் என்பது மடமையடா)
Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (அச்சம் என்பது மடமையடா), also called AYM, is a 2016 Tamil romantic thriller by Gautham Vasudev Menon starring Silambarasan TR and Manjima Mohan, with A.R. Rahman's music, released 11 November 2016.
Achhut Kanya
Achhut Kanya (अछूत कन्या), also called The Untouchable Girl, is a 1936 Bombay Talkies Hindi film directed by Franz Osten, starring Devika Rani and Ashok Kumar, about a Dalit-Brahmin love story sundered by caste.
Acrimony (film)
Acrimony, also known as Tyler Perry's Acrimony, is a 2018 American psychological thriller written and directed by Tyler Perry and starring Taraji P. Henson as a vengeful wife.
Across 110th Street
Across 110th Street (1972) is a Barry Shear crime film, also called a Blaxploitation police procedural, starring Anthony Quinn and Yaphet Kotto, from Wally Ferris's novel, famous for Bobby Womack's title song used in Jackie Brown.
Across the Universe (film)
Across the Universe is a 2007 Julie Taymor jukebox musical using 33 Beatles songs to tell a Vietnam-era love story of Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood). Metascore 56, Tomatometer 53% versus 82% audience, $29.4 million gross on a $70.8 million budget.
Act of Valor
Act of Valor is a 2012 American action film directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, starring active-duty Navy SEALs playing themselves; it earned $82 million worldwide.
Action (2019 film)
Action (ஆக்ஷன்), 2019 Tamil action film by Sundar C., produced by R. Ravindran for Trident Arts, starring Vishal as army colonel Subhash with Tamannaah Bhatia and Aishwarya Lekshmi; released 15 November 2019, a commercial failure whose Hindi dub drew 74 million YouTube views.
Action figure
Action figure: poseable articulated character toy, category created with Hasbro's G.I. Joe in 1964 (term coined by Don Levine, concept by Stanley Weston). Now a licensed, collector-driven market; U.S. market about USD 2.0 billion in 2025.
Action film
An action film, also called an action movie, is a movie driven by physical conflict under immediate danger, with chases, fights, escapes, and stunts that move the plot forward.
Action Hero Biju (ആക്ഷൻ ഹീറോ ബിജു)
Action Hero Biju (ആക്ഷൻ ഹീറോ ബിജു) is a 2016 Malayalam police procedural comedy directed by Abrid Shine, starring Nivin Pauly as Sub Inspector Biju Paulose; released 4 February 2016, a commercial success that won Pauly a Filmfare Award.
Action in the North Atlantic
Action in the North Atlantic is a 1943 Warner Bros. war film directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey as Merchant Marine officers surviving U-boat attacks on a convoy to Murmansk; also known by the working titles Heroes Without Uniforms and Torpedoed.