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Kindergarten Cop 2

Kindergarten Cop 2 (2016) is a direct-to-video action comedy starring Dolph Lundgren as FBI agent Reed, undercover as a kindergarten teacher to recover stolen data; directed by Don Michael Paul, co-starring Bill Bellamy.

Kinetoscope

Kinetoscope: Edison and W.K.L. Dickson's 1891 peephole motion-picture viewer, nickel-in-the-slot, 35mm continuous film loop, first parlor New York April 14, 1894; superseded by projection.

King (2008 film)

King (కింగ్) is a 2008 Telugu action comedy directed by Sreenu Vaitla, starring Nagarjuna Akkineni in a triple role as a royal heir, gangster Bottu Seenu, and engineer Sarath, with Trisha, Srihari, and Mamta Mohandas; released 25 December 2008 by Kamakshi Kala Movies.

King (2026 film)

King (2026) is an upcoming Hindi action film directed by Siddharth Anand, starring Shah Rukh Khan with Suhana Khan, Deepika Padukone, and Abhishek Bachchan; produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and Marflix Pictures, releasing 24 December 2026.

King & Country

King & Country is a 1964 British antiwar drama by Joseph Losey, also known as King and Country, in which Tom Courtenay's WWI private faces court-martial for desertion and Dirk Bogarde defends him; distinct from the for KING & COUNTRY duo and the WorldService Project album.

King Arthur (2004 film)

King Arthur is a 2004 historical adventure film directed by Antoine Fuqua and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, with Clive Owen as Arthur and Keira Knightley as Guinevere.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is Guy Ritchie's 2017 Warner Bros. fantasy action film starring Charlie Hunnam and Jude Law, intended to launch a six-film Arthurian franchise but a $175 million-budget box-office flop with a projected $150 million loss.

King Charles III (film)

King Charles III (film) is a 2017 BBC Two television drama, also called the Mike Bartlett adaptation, directed by Rupert Goold, imagining Charles's accession and a constitutional crisis over royal assent, starring Tim Pigott-Smith.

King Cobra (2016 film)

King Cobra is Justin Kelly's 2016 true-crime drama, premiered at Tribeca, starring James Franco, Christian Slater, Garrett Clayton, and Keegan Allen, based on Brent Corrigan's porn career and Bryan Kocis's 2007 murder, released by IFC Films October 21, 2016.

King Creole

King Creole (1958) is a Paramount musical drama directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Elvis Presley as New Orleans singer Danny Fisher, adapted from Harold Robbins' novel A Stone for Danny Fisher; widely considered his best film.

King Ivory

King Ivory is a 2024 American crime thriller by John Swab about fentanyl trafficking in Tulsa, Oklahoma, starring James Badge Dale, Ben Foster, and Melissa Leo; it premiered at Venice 2024 and opened in US theaters November 14, 2025.

King Kong

King Kong is the giant film gorilla introduced in RKO's 1933 classic by Cooper and Schoedsack, famous for Willis O'Brien's stop-motion effects and the Empire State Building finale, later remade in 1976 and 2005 and now a Monsterverse franchise star.

King Kong (1933 film)

King Kong (1933), RKO's monster film directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack with Willis O'Brien stop-motion effects, Fay Wray, and the Empire State Building finale; a 1933 hit revived in 1952.

King Kong (1976 film)

King Kong (1976), also called the Dino De Laurentiis remake, is John Guillermin's contemporary reworking of the 1933 film, starring Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, and Charles Grodin, with a 40-foot mechanical Kong, the World Trade Center climax, and a Special Achievement Oscar for visual effects.

King Kong (2005 film)

King Kong is a 2005 epic adventure film directed and produced by Peter Jackson, a remake of the 1933 classic about a gigantic gorilla captured on Skull Island.

King Kong Lives

King Kong Lives is a 1986 American adventure film, also known as a sequel to the 1976 King Kong remake, directed by John Guillermin, starring Linda Hamilton and Brian Kerwin, reviving Kong with an artificial heart.

King Kong vs. Godzilla (キングコング対ゴジラ)

King Kong vs. Godzilla (キングコング対ゴジラ) is Toho's 1962 kaiju comedy, the third Godzilla film, directed by Ishiro Honda with Eiji Tsuburaya effects; Kong wins in both Japanese and 1963 US cuts.

King Lear (1987 film)

King Lear (1987) is Jean-Luc Godard's experimental Cannon Films adaptation of Shakespeare, starring Burgess Meredith, Molly Ringwald, and Peter Sellars in a post-Chernobyl story about restoring lost art; it premiered at Cannes 1987, opened in the US January 1988, and was initially derided.

King Liar

King Liar (കിംഗ് ലയർ) is a 2016 Malayalam comedy directed by Lal, written by Siddique-Lal, starring Dileep as compulsive liar Sathyanarayanan; released 2 April 2016, a Siddique-Lal reunion hit.

King of Beggars (武状元苏乞儿)

King of Beggars (武状元苏乞儿) is a 1992 Hong Kong martial arts comedy directed by Gordon Chan and starring Stephen Chow as the folk hero Beggar So.

King of Killers

King of Killers is a 2023 action thriller written and directed by Kevin Grevioux from his Darkstorm Comics graphic novel, starring Alain Moussi as hitman Marcus Garan in a $10 million Tokyo assassin competition with Frank Grillo and Stephen Dorff.

King of Kings (1961 film)

King of Kings (1961) is an American biblical epic directed by Nicholas Ray, written by Philip Yordan, and produced by Samuel Bronston, starring Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus, with Orson Welles narrating, a Miklós Rózsa score, and a $6 million budget shot in Spain.

King of Kotha

King of Kotha (KOK) is a 2023 Malayalam period gangster action drama, Abhilash Joshiy's directorial debut, produced by Dulquer Salmaan's Wayfarer Films and Zee Studios, released 24 August 2023 and later on Disney+ Hotstar.

King of New York

King of New York: 1990 Abel Ferrara crime film, written by Nicholas St. John, starring Christopher Walken as drug lord Frank White; Italian-funded, New Line-distributed cult classic.

King of the Children (孩子王)

King of the Children (孩子王, Hai zi wang) is Chen Kaige's 1987 Xi'an Film Studio drama, adapted from Ah Cheng's novella, about a sent-down youth teaching in Yunnan during the Cultural Revolution who abandons rote textbook instruction and is dismissed; it competed at Cannes 1988.

King of Thieves (2018 film)

King of Thieves is a 2018 British crime film directed by James Marsh, starring Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, and Tom Courtenay as the retirees behind the 2015 Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary; released 14 September 2018 by StudioCanal, Metascore 48, RT 32%.

King of Thorn (いばらの王 king of Thorn)

King of Thorn (Ibara no Ō, いばらの王) is a 2010 Sunrise anime film directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama, adapting Yuji Iwahara's manga about Medusa-virus survivors waking in a thorn-covered Scottish cold sleep facility.

King Ralph

King Ralph is a 1991 American comedy directed by David S. Ward, adapted from Emlyn Williams's novel Headlong, in which John Goodman's Las Vegas lounge singer becomes King of England after the royal family dies; it grossed about $52 million worldwide.

King Richard (film)

King Richard (2021) is a biographical drama directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, written by Zach Baylin, starring Will Smith as Richard Williams, father of Venus and Serena; six Oscar nominations, Smith won Best Actor.

King Snake (film)

King Snake is an upcoming Jeff Nichols Southern gothic supernatural horror film starring Margaret Qualley, Drew Starkey, and Michael Shannon. Filmed in Arkansas in 2026, financed by FilmNation, and acquired by Neon for a 2027 U.S. theatrical release.