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Little Odessa (film)

Little Odessa (1994) is James Gray's debut crime drama, starring Tim Roth as a hit man returning to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn; it won the Venice Silver Lion and earned $1,095,885 domestically.

Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film)

Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Frank Oz's film of the Ashman-Menken Off-Broadway musical, also called the Audrey II movie musical, starring Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene, famous for its discarded $5 million original ending restored in the 2012 director's cut.

Little Trouble Girls

Little Trouble Girls (Kaj ti je deklica) is Urška Djukić's 2025 Slovenian debut drama about 16-year-old Lucija's sexual awakening at a Catholic choir convent retreat; Berlin FIPRESCI winner and Slovenia's 98th Oscar submission.

Little Vera (Маленькая Вера)

Little Vera (Маленькая Вера, Malenkaya Vera) is a 1988 Gorky Studio drama by Vasily Pichul and Maria Khmelik, the first Soviet film with erotic scenes, seen by about 56 million viewers and a defining perestroika film.

Little Voice

Little Voice is a 1998 British comedy-drama written and directed by Mark Herman, adapted from Jim Cartwright's play and starring Jane Horrocks, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Caine, and Ewan McGregor.

Little White Lies

Little White Lies (French: Les Petits Mouchoirs) is a 2010 French comedy-drama written and directed by Guillaume Canet, starring Marion Cotillard, François Cluzet, and Jean Dujardin.

Little Wing (2024 film)

Little Wing (2024) is a Paramount+ coming-of-age drama directed by Dean Israelite, written by John Gatins, based on Susan Orlean's 2006 New Yorker article; Brooklynn Prince and Brian Cox star in a Portland pigeon-racing story released March 13, 2024.

Little Women (1949 film)

Little Women (1949) is MGM's Technicolor remake of Alcott's novel, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Peter Lawford; it won the Oscar for Best Art Direction and was the first color screen version.

Little Women (1994 film)

Little Women (1994) is Gillian Armstrong's Columbia Pictures adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's 1868 novel, starring Winona Ryder as Jo March, Susan Sarandon, Christian Bale, and Claire Danes; released December 1994, grossing $48.8M with three Oscar nominations.

Little Women (2019 film)

Little Women, sometimes called Greta Gerwig's Little Women, is a 2019 American coming-of-age period drama written and directed by Gerwig, adapted from Louisa May Alcott's 1868–1869 novel.

Live action

Live action: filmmaking with real actors and animals photographed in real time, as opposed to cel, stop-motion, or computer animation; spans hybrid history from The Lost World and King Kong to CGI-era VFX, virtual production, and live-action adaptations of games and animation.

Live and Let Die (film)

Live and Let Die (1973) is the eighth James Bond film and Roger Moore's 007 debut, directed by Guy Hamilton, with Paul McCartney's Oscar-nominated title song, a $7M budget, and $161.8M worldwide gross.

Live by Night (film)

Live by Night (2016) is Ben Affleck's Prohibition-era crime drama, adapted from Dennis Lehane's 2012 novel, starring Affleck as gangster Joe Coughlin; it grossed $22.7M against a $90M budget and scored 34% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Live Flesh

Live Flesh (Carne trémula) is Pedro Almodóvar's 1997 Spanish-French thriller, loosely adapted from Ruth Rendell's 1986 novel, starring Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, and Liberto Rabal, set in post-Franco Madrid.

Live Free or Die Hard

Live Free or Die Hard, also called Die Hard 4.0, is a 2007 American action film starring Bruce Willis as detective John McClane, directed by Len Wiseman.

Live Nude Girls Unite!

Live Nude Girls Unite! is a 2000 documentary by Julia Query and Vicky Funari about Lusty Lady dancers in San Francisco forming the first US exotic dancers' union, SEIU Local 790, in 1997.

Living (2022 film)

Living (2022) is a British drama directed by Oliver Hermanus, scripted by Kazuo Ishiguro, adapting Kurosawa's Ikiru to 1953 London; Bill Nighy plays a dying civil servant, earning an Oscar nomination.

Living It Up

Living It Up is a 1954 Paramount musical comedy starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Janet Leigh, directed by Norman Taurog; a remake of Nothing Sacred via the Broadway musical Hazel Flagg, about a faked radiation-poisoning death and a free trip to New York.

Living the Land

Living the Land (生息之地) is a 2025 Chinese rural family drama written and directed by Huo Meng, about a ten-year-old boy left with his uncle in 1991 Henan.

Liz and the Blue Bird (リズと青い鳥)

Liz and the Blue Bird (リズと青い鳥) is a 2018 Kyoto Animation anime film directed by Naoko Yamada, a Sound! Euphonium spin-off about oboist Mizore Yoroizuka and flautist Nozomi Kasaki, scored by Kensuke Ushio.

Liz Callaway

Liz Callaway (born 1961, Chicago) is an American Broadway actress and singer, a Tony nominee for Baby, Emmy winner for Ready to Go, and the singing voice of Anastasia's Anya and Disney's Princess Jasmine.

Liza Marshall

Liza Marshall (Liza Louise Marshall, born 1972) is a British film and TV producer, founder of Hera Pictures, ex-Channel 4 Head of Drama and Scott Free London chief, and Oscar-nominated producer of Hamnet; distinct from singers Liz and Eliza Marshall.

Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey

Liza, Liza, Skies Are Grey (Liza Liza: Skies Are Grey) is a 2017 American coming-of-age drama directed by Terry Sanders, starring Mikey Madison in her film debut; set in summer 1966, made for $200,000, titled after Gershwin's 1929 song "Liza."

Lizzie (2018 film)

Lizzie (2018) is an American psychological thriller directed by Craig William Macneill, starring Chloë Sevigny as Lizzie Borden and Kristen Stewart as maid Bridget Sullivan, imagining the 1892 Fall River axe murders as a joint act by the two lovers.

LKG (film)

LKG (எல்கேஜி), 2019 Tamil political satire directed by K.R Prabhu, written by and starring RJ Balaji as Lalgudi Karuppiah Gandhi, a ward councillor using a Cambridge Analytica-like firm to become Tamil Nadu chief minister; released 22 February 2019.

Loaded Weapon 1

Loaded Weapon 1 is a 1993 American parody film starring Emilio Estevez and Samuel L. Jackson. It spoofs the Lethal Weapon series while detectives investigate a drug plot.

LOC: Kargil

LOC: Kargil is a 2003 Hindi war film directed and produced by J. P. Dutta, the third in his war trilogy after Border and Refugee. It dramatizes the 1999 Kargil War with over 30 leading actors, runs 4 hours 15 minutes, and earned four Filmfare nominations.

Local Hero (film)

Local Hero (1983) is a British comedy-drama written and directed by Bill Forsyth, produced by David Puttnam, starring Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert as a Texan oil boss and executive buying a Scottish village, with Mark Knopfler's debut film score.

Local Sarakku (லோக்கல் சரக்கு)

Local Sarakku (லோக்கல் சரக்கு), also spelled Lokal Sarakku, is a 2024 Tamil comedy-drama directed by S. P. Rajkumar, starring Dinesh Kumar, Yogi Babu, and Upasana RC, about an alcoholic who tries to quit drinking, released 26 January 2024.

Lock Up

Lock Up is a 1989 American prison drama directed by John Flynn, starring Sylvester Stallone as a model prisoner targeted by a vengeful warden, played by Donald Sutherland.