25,183 articles
Larry Hankin
Larry Hankin (born 1937, New York City) is an American character actor, comedian, writer, and director; co-founder of The Committee improv troupe, Oscar-nominated for Solly's Diner, known as Mr. Heckles on Friends, Tom Pepper on Seinfeld, and Old Joe in Breaking Bad and El Camino.
Lars and the Real Girl
Lars and the Real Girl is a 2007 American comedy-drama directed by Craig Gillespie, starring Ryan Gosling as a shy man whose plastic doll girlfriend becomes real to his town.
Las Hurdes
Las Hurdes: mountainous comarca in northern Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, bordering Salamanca; 470 km², 40 alquerías in five municipalities. Known for Buñuel's 1933 documentary Tierra sin pan, its poverty stigma, and modern tourism revival.
Las Oscuras Primaveras
Las Oscuras Primaveras (The Obscure Spring) is a 2014 Mexican drama by Ernesto Contreras, written by Carlos Contreras, starring José María Yazpik, Cecilia Suárez, and Irene Azuela as lovers trapped in unfulfilling lives; it premiered at Morelia 2014 and won 2015 Ariel awards for editing and sound.
Laser Mission
Laser Mission (1989), also released as Soldier of Fortune and Battle Dragon, is a West German-South African-US direct-to-video action film directed by BJ Davis, starring Brandon Lee as a CIA agent rescuing laser expert Ernest Borgnine from the KGB; it contains no lasers.
Laskar Pelangi
Laskar Pelangi (The Rainbow Troops) is a 2008 Indonesian film directed by Riri Riza, adapted from Andrea Hirata's 2005 novel about ten poor students on Belitung.
Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero (1993) is a John McTiernan fantasy action comedy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jack Slater, a fictional cop pulled into reality by a boy's magic ticket; it opened June 18, 1993, grossed $137.3 million worldwide on an $85 million budget, and was Sony's first SDDS film.
Last Child (살아남은 아이)
Last Child (살아남은 아이, Sal-a-nam-eun A-i) is Shin Dong-seok's 2017 debut South Korean drama about a bereaved couple who take in the boy their son died saving. Premiered at Busan (FIPRESCI), screened at Berlinale Forum 2018, released August 30, 2018.
Last Christmas (film)
Last Christmas (2019) is a Paul Feig romantic comedy starring Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, and Emma Thompson, written by Emma Thompson and Bryony Kimmings, built on George Michael's music, with a twist in which dead donor Tom's heart saves Kate.
Last Days (2005 film)
Last Days (2005) is Gus Van Sant's drama, final film of his Death Trilogy with Gerry and Elephant, loosely inspired by Kurt Cobain's final days; Michael Pitt stars as Blake, and the film won Cannes' Technical Grand Prize for sound design.
Last Flag Flying
Last Flag Flying is a 2017 Richard Linklater comedy-drama, co-written with Darryl Ponicsan from his 2005 novel, starring Cranston, Fishburne, and Carell as Vietnam vets burying a son killed in Iraq.
Last Holiday (2006 film)
Last Holiday (2006) is a Wayne Wang comedy-drama starring Queen Latifah as Georgia Byrd, a New Orleans salesclerk who spends her savings at Karlovy Vary's Grandhotel Pupp after a terminal diagnosis; remake of the 1950 Alec Guinness film, released January 13, 2006 by Paramount.
Last Knights
Last Knights (ラスト・ナイツ) is a 2015 action drama film directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, starring Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman, and loosely retelling the forty-seven rōnin legend.
Last Life in the Universe
Last Life in the Universe (เรื่องรัก น้อยนิด มหาศาล) is a 2003 Thai art-house film by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, starring Tadanobu Asano and Sinitta Boonyasak, shot by Christopher Doyle, trilingual, Venice Best Actor winner.
Last Looks
Last Looks (2022) is a crime comedy thriller directed by Tim Kirkby, written by Howard Michael Gould from his novel, starring Charlie Hunnam as ex-cop Charlie Waldo investigating Mel Gibson's Alastair Pinch; Metascore 49, Rotten Tomatoes 70%.
Last Man Standing (1996 film)
Last Man Standing is a 1996 American action film directed by Walter Hill, starring Bruce Willis as a gunman who pits two bootlegging gangs against each other.
Last Mile (ラストマイル) (2024 film)
Last Mile (ラストマイル) is a 2024 Japanese mystery thriller film by director Tsukahara Ayuko and writer Nogi Akiko, a shared-universe film with the dramas Unnatural and MIU404, starring Mitsushima Hikari and Okada Masaki in a parcel-bombing story set at a logistics warehouse before Black Friday.
Last Night (2010 film)
Last Night (2010) is Massy Tadjedin's directorial debut drama, starring Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Eva Mendes, and Guillaume Canet as a New York married couple facing temptation during one night apart; released via Tribeca Film in 2011.
Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes
Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes (Anoche conquisté Tebas) is Gabriel Azorín's 2025 Spanish-Portuguese debut drama, set at the Roman baths of Bande, Galicia, linking present-day Portuguese boys and first-century Roman soldiers; Venice 2025 premiere, Bisato d'Oro winner.
Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho (2021) is Edgar Wright's psychological horror-thriller, co-written with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, starring Thomasin McKenzie as Eloise, who visions 1960s Soho singer Sandie (Anya Taylor-Joy); premiered at Venice, released 29 October 2021.
Last of the Wolves (孤狼の血 LEVEL2)
Last of the Wolves (孤狼の血 LEVEL2, Korou no Chi LEVEL2) is a 2021 Japanese crime thriller directed by Kazuya Shiraishi, a sequel to Blood of the Wolves, starring Tori Matsuzaka and Ryohei Suzuki.
Last Seen Alive
Last Seen Alive is a 2022 American action thriller directed by Brian Goodman, starring Gerard Butler and Jaimie Alexander as a couple whose gas-station disappearance plot earned 14% on Rotten Tomatoes; distinct from Apple TV's 2026 series Last Seen.
Last Sentinel
Last Sentinel (Viimane vahipost) is a 2023 Estonian-British-German sci-fi drama by Tanel Toom starring Kate Bosworth, Lucien Laviscount, Martin McCann, and Thomas Kretschmann: four soldiers on a flooded 2063 Earth await overdue relief at a mid-ocean outpost. Distinct from the 2007 film and the Tencent game of the same name.
Last Shift
Last Shift is a 2014 American horror film directed by Anthony DiBlasi and written with Scott Poiley, starring Juliana Harkavy as a rookie cop on the final shift at a closing police station haunted by the cult leader Paymon; DiBlasi remade it as Malum in 2023.
Last Straw
Last Straw (2024) is Alan Scott Neal's debut siege horror, written by Taylor Sardoni, starring Jessica Belkin as Nancy and Jeremy Sisto; a waitress fights masked killers alone in her father's roadside diner. 79% on Rotten Tomatoes; streams on Prime Video, AMC+, and Shudder.
Last Tango in Paris
Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi; Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is Bernardo Bertolucci's 1972 Italian-French erotic drama starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, premiered October 14, 1972, censored in Italy and Britain, and later central to consent controversies.
Last Train from Gun Hill
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) is a John Sturges Western starring Kirk Douglas as a marshal and Anthony Quinn as the cattle baron father of his wife's killer, climaxing at the 9 o'clock train.
Last Vegas
Last Vegas is a 2013 American comedy directed by Jon Turteltaub, starring Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline as old friends reuniting in Las Vegas.
Last Year at Marienbad
Last Year at Marienbad (L'année dernière à Marienbad), 1961 French-Italian art film by Alain Resnais from an Alain Robbe-Grillet screenplay, starring Delphine Seyrig and Giorgio Albertazzi; Golden Lion winner, famous for fractured time and ambiguity.
Late Autumn (秋日和)
Late Autumn (秋日和, Akibiyori) is Yasujiro Ozu's 1960 Shochiku color drama, released November 13, 1960, starring Setsuko Hara as a widow whose remarriage scheme frees her daughter to marry; it reworks Late Spring with a mother-daughter pair.