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Joseph (ജോസഫ്) (2018 film)

Joseph (ജോസഫ്) is a 2018 Malayalam drama-thriller directed by M. Padmakumar, written by policeman Shahi Kabir, starring Joju George as a retired Kerala cop investigating his ex-wife's death; it won Kerala State and Filmfare awards.

Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson

Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, 343 U.S. 495 (1952), the Miracle Decision, held motion pictures protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments and voided New York's 'sacrilegious' film-censorship standard as an unconstitutional prior restraint.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909-1993), American screenwriter, producer, and director; won back-to-back Best Director and Screenplay Oscars for A Letter to Three Wives and All About Eve, and directed the $34-million Cleopatra (1963).

Joseph: King of Dreams

Joseph: King of Dreams is DreamWorks Animation's 2000 direct-to-video animated biblical musical, a prequel to The Prince of Egypt adapting the Genesis Joseph story, directed by Rob LaDuca and Robert C. Ramirez with Ben Affleck voicing Joseph.

Josephine (2026 film)

Josephine is a 2026 American drama by Beth de Araújo, based on her childhood, in which eight-year-old Mason Reeves witnesses a sexual assault in Golden Gate Park; it won Sundance 2026's Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award, starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan.

Josh (जोश) (2000 film)

Josh (जोश), 2000 Hindi romantic action film by Mansoor Khan, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai as twins in gang-rival Goa, inspired by West Side Story; released 9 June 2000, Venus Records & Tapes, average verdict.

Josh Evans (film producer)

Josh Evans, born Joshua Evans, is an American filmmaker, son of Ali MacGraw and Robert Evans, who produced films including Glam and Death in the Desert.

Josh Robert Thompson

Josh Robert Thompson (born 1975) is an American voice actor and comedian, the voice of Geoff Peterson on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Fake Arnold on The Howard Stern Show, known for Morgan Freeman and George Lucas impressions on Family Guy.

Josh Trank

Josh Trank, American film director of Chronicle (2012), the 2015 Fantastic Four reboot, and Capone (2020). His Chronicle hit led to a troubled Fox tentpole he disowned; his Star Wars Boba Fett film was scrapped.

Joshiy (ജോഷി)

Joshiy (ജോഷി), born Joshy Matthew in 1952 in Varkala, Kerala, is an Indian film director of more than 80 Malayalam films, including the blockbuster New Delhi (1987).

Joshua Oppenheimer

Joshua Lincoln Oppenheimer is an American documentary filmmaker based in Copenhagen, known for The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence, which document the 1965–66 Indonesian mass killings.

Joshy

Joshy is a 2016 American dark comedy-drama directed and written by Jeff Baena, starring Thomas Middleditch, Adam Pally, Nick Kroll, and Jenny Slate. After his fiancée's suicide, Josh proceeds with his bachelor party in Ojai, California; the dialogue was improvised from a 20-page outline over a 15-day shoot, and the film premiered at Sundance 2016.

Josie and the Pussycats (film)

Josie and the Pussycats (2001) is a live-action musical comedy by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont, based on Archie Comics, starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, and Rosario Dawson; a box-office flop that became a cult satire of music-industry commercialism.

Jour de fête

Jour de fête (1949) is Jacques Tati's debut feature comedy, starring Tati as village postman François who attempts an American-style mail round by bicycle; shot in 1947 at Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre, with a lost Thomsoncolor version restored in 1995.

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is a 2012 American 3D family adventure film directed by Brad Peyton and the sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008).

Journey Back to Oz

Journey Back to Oz is a 1972/1974 Filmation animated musical sequel to The Wizard of Oz, with Liza Minnelli as Dorothy, Ethel Merman as Mombi, and Margaret Hamilton as Aunt Em; production began in 1962 and it later aired as a 1976 ABC Bill Cosby special. Distinct from the 1964 and 1985 films titled Return to Oz.

Journey of Hope

Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung) is Xavier Koller's 1990 Swiss-Italian-German drama about a Turkish family's illegal journey to Switzerland, based on a real 1988 death at the Splügen Pass; it won the 1991 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) is a Twentieth Century-Fox adventure film directed by Henry Levin, starring James Mason, Pat Boone, and Arlene Dahl, adapted from Verne's 1864 novel, released December 1959, with four Oscar nominations.

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 theatrical film)

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 theatrical film), also released as Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D, is a Brendan Fraser family adventure directed by Eric Brevig, the first live-action narrative feature shot and released in digital stereoscopic 3D, grossing about $243 million worldwide.

Journey to the West (西游) (2015 film)

Journey to the West is a 2015 French-Taiwanese slow-cinema art film directed by Tsai Ming-liang, starring Lee Kang-sheng and Denis Lavant, largely wordless at 56 minutes.

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (西游·降魔篇)

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (西游·降魔篇), also called Saiyuki, is Stephen Chow and Derek Kwok's 2013 fantasy comedy prequel to A Chinese Odyssey, starring Wen Zhang, Shu Qi, and Huang Bo; it earned 1.246 billion yuan, the 2013 mainland box-office champion.

Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (西游伏妖篇)

Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (西游伏妖篇) is a 2017 Chinese fantasy comedy directed by Tsui Hark, written and produced by Stephen Chow, sequel to Conquering the Demons; it topped the 2017 Spring Festival box office with 1.176 billion yuan.

Journey's End (2017 film)

Journey's End (2017) is Saul Dibb's British WWI drama adapted by Simon Reade from R.C. Sherriff's 1928 play, starring Sam Claflin, Asa Butterfield, and Paul Bettany; 107 minutes, Metascore 73, fifth film version of the play.

Joy (2015 film)

Joy is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama written and directed by David O. Russell, starring Jennifer Lawrence as Long Island inventor Joy Mangano, creator of the Miracle Mop.

Joy Baba Felunath

Joy Baba Felunath (জয় বাবা ফেলুনাথ, The Elephant God) is Satyajit Ray's 1979 Bengali mystery film, the second Feluda adaptation after Sonar Kella, set in Varanasi during Durga Puja and winner of the 1978 National Award for Best Children's Film.

Joy Mukherjee

Joy Mukherjee (जॉय मुखर्जी), 1939–2012, Hindi cinema actor, director, and producer, son of Filmalaya co-founder Sashadhar Mukherjee; star of 1960s romances Love in Simla, Love in Tokyo, Ziddi, and Shagird, also known as Hindi cinema's first chocolate boy.

Joy Ride (2001 film)

Joy Ride (2001) is an American road thriller directed by John Dahl, written by Clay Tarver and J.J. Abrams, starring Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, and Leelee Sobieski as travelers hunted by CB-radio trucker Rusty Nail; released October 5, 2001 as Roadkill in the UK.

Joy Ride (2023 film)

Joy Ride is a 2023 American R-rated comedy directed by Adele Lim, starring Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu as four Asian American friends on a trip to China.

Joyeux Noël

Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas), 2005 war drama by Christian Carion about the 1914 WWI Christmas truce; Oscar-nominated French co-production starring Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, and Guillaume Canet; distinct from the unrelated 2023 Hallmark film of the same name.

Joyful Noise (film)

Joyful Noise is a 2012 American musical comedy-drama directed by Todd Graff, starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton as rivals leading a small-town Georgia church choir.