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Natchez (film)
Natchez is a 2025 documentary by Suzannah Herbert about Natchez, Mississippi's antebellum tourism and contested memory; it won Best Documentary Feature at Tribeca 2025 and aired on Independent Lens in 2026.
Nathalia Kaur
Nathalia Kaur (Nathalia Pinheiro Felipe Martins, born 1993, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian model and actress in Indian cinema; Kingfisher Calendar Model Hunt 2012 winner, item number 'Dan Dan' in Department (2012), acting roles in Rocky Handsome and Guns of Banaras.
National Amusements
National Amusements (NAI), formerly Northeast Theatre Corporation, is a Norwood, Massachusetts theater operator (Showcase, Cinema de Lux, Multiplex brands) and former Redstone family holding company that controlled Viacom, CBS and Paramount Global until the 2025 Skydance acquisition.
National Board of Review
National Board of Review (NBR), founded 1909 in New York as a film censorship-review board, is a film honors organization best known for its December awards and January gala; its Best Film pick rarely matches the Oscar winner.
National documentary film traditions and classification by country and year
National documentary film traditions: country-specific nonfiction filmmaking shaped by state institutions, from Grierson's British movement (1926–1948) and Canada's NFB to Iranian ethnographic film, plus how catalogs and databases classify documentaries by country of origin and year.
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), Australia's national audiovisual archive and statutory authority under the 2008 NFSA Act, based in Canberra. Founded 1935, independent 1984, briefly ScreenSound Australia; holds about 3.3 million items and runs the AVA mass digitisation program.
National Film Archive
National film archive: state institution collecting, preserving, restoring, and giving access to a nation's film heritage. Examples include NFAJ (90,875 film elements), NFAP, NFAI, BFI National Archive, and NFSA; governed by deposit agreements, FIAF ethics, and UNESCO 2015 guidelines.
National Film Award for Best Feature Film
National Film Award for Best Feature Film, or President's Gold Medal: India's top cinema honor since 1954, Swarna Kamal trophy plus Rs 3,00,000 to producer and director; Bengali films lead with 23 wins.
National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer
National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer: annual Government of India feature-film award honoring a female playback singer, carrying a Rajat Kamal and Rs 2,00,000; 70th edition won by Bombay Jayashri.
National Film Awards (राष्ट्रीय फ़िल्म पुरस्कार)
National Film Awards (राष्ट्रीय फ़िल्म पुरस्कार), India's government film honors since 1954, presented by the President, jury-selected across all official languages, with the Dadasaheb Phalke lifetime award.
National Film Board of Canada
National Film Board of Canada (NFB, Office national du film du Canada): Canada's federal public film producer and distributor, founded 1939, making documentaries, animation, and interactive works, with six production units and a 14,000-title collection.
National Film Development Corporation of India
National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), set up 1975 under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; merged FFC and IMPEC in 1980; funded 300+ films in 21+ languages; absorbed Films Division, DFF, NFAI, CFSI in 2023; runs Film Bazaar and IFFI.
National Film Registry
The National Film Registry is a Library of Congress list of American films deemed culturally, historically or aesthetically significant; 25 titles are added yearly under the 1988 National Film Preservation Act, reaching 925 films as of 2026.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) is the third Griswold family comedy, directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik and written by John Hughes from his story "Christmas '59." Chevy Chase's Clark seeks a perfect Christmas; it grossed $71.3 million domestically and became a holiday staple.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure is a 2003 NBC made-for-TV comedy, the only Vacation film without Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo, starring Randy Quaid as Cousin Eddie shipwrecked in the South Pacific.
National Lampoon's European Vacation
National Lampoon's European Vacation is a 1985 American comedy directed by Amy Heckerling and the second entry in the National Lampoon Vacation series, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo.
National Lampoon's Vacation
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) is a Harold Ramis road comedy, scripted by John Hughes from his National Lampoon story "Vacation '58," starring Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold driving his family from Chicago to Walley World; it earned over $61 million and spawned a franchise.
National Security (2003 film)
National Security is a 2003 American buddy cop action comedy directed by Dennis Dugan, starring Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn as security guards who uncover a smuggling operation.
National Treasure (film)
National Treasure (2004), Jon Turteltaub's Disney/Bruckheimer adventure starring Nicolas Cage as Ben Gates, who steals the Declaration of Independence to find a Templar treasure; $347.5 million worldwide, 47% on Rotten Tomatoes.
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
National Treasure: Book of Secrets, also known as National Treasure 2, is a 2007 American action-adventure film directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Nicolas Cage.
Native Son (2019 film)
Native Son (2019) is an HBO drama film directed by Rashid Johnson, written by Suzan-Lori Parks, and starring Ashton Sanders as Bigger Thomas, adapting Richard Wright's 1940 novel to present-day Chicago; it premiered at Sundance and aired April 2019.
Nativity!
Nativity! is a 2009 British Christmas comedy directed by Debbie Isitt, starring Martin Freeman, largely improvised without a script, a UK box office hit that spawned sequels and stage adaptations.
Natpe Thunai (நாட்பே துணை)
Natpe Thunai (நட்பே துணை) is a 2019 Tamil hockey sports comedy-drama, Parthiban Desingu's directorial debut, starring Hiphop Tamizha Aadhi as Prabakaran, produced by Sundar C's Avni Movies, released 4 April 2019, later remade as A1 Express.
Natpukkaga (நட்புக்காக)
Natpukkaga (நட்புக்காக, For Friendship) is a 1998 Tamil drama directed by K. S. Ravikumar, starring Sarathkumar in dual father-son roles with Simran and Vijayakumar; it won Filmfare and Tamil Nadu State Best Film and Best Actor awards and was remade as Sneham Kosam and Diggajaru.
Natsamrat
Natsamrat (नटसम्राट), 2016 Marathi drama by Mahesh Manjrekar starring Nana Patekar as retired Shakespearean actor Ganpat Belwalkar, adapted from Kusumagraj's 1970 play; highest-grossing Marathi film per Zee, IMDb 8.8, distinct from the 2018 Gujarati film of the same name.
Nattamai (நாட்டாமை)
Nattamai (நாட்டாமை), also Naattamai, is a 1994 Tamil drama directed by K. S. Ravikumar starring Sarathkumar in a dual role as a village chief and his brother, with Khushbu and Meena; a 175-day Diwali blockbuster remade in Telugu, Hindi, and Kannada.
Natura contro
Natura contro (Cannibal Holocaust 2, The Green Inferno) is a 1988 Italian Amazon adventure film directed by Antonio Climati, about a journalist searching for the missing Professor Korenz; it is considered the last film of the Italian cannibal cycle.
Natural Born Killers
Natural Born Killers is Oliver Stone's 1994 satirical crime drama, from a Quentin Tarantino story, starring Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis as killer-celebrities Mickey and Mallory Knox; noted for MPAA cuts, UK censorship battles, and copycat-crime controversy.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ) (film)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ) is Hayao Miyazaki's 1984 animated film based on his Animage manga, produced by Isao Takahata at Topcraft; its success founded Studio Ghibli, and its cut US version Warriors of the Wind shaped Ghibli's no-edits policy.
Nautanki Saala! (नौटंकी साला!)
Nautanki Saala! (नौटंकी साला!) is a 2013 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Rohan Sippy, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Kunaal Roy Kapur, adapted from the French film Après Vous, released 12 April 2013.