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Amjad Khan (अमजद ख़ान) (actor)

Amjad Khan (अमजद ख़ान), 1940–1992, Hindi film actor and director, son of actor Jayant; played Gabbar Singh in Sholay (1975), won Filmfare awards for Dada, Yaarana, Maa Kasam, died at 48.

Amma Kanakku (அம்மா கணக்கு)

Amma Kanakku (அம்மா கணக்கு), 2016 Tamil drama remake of Nil Battey Sannata, directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, produced by Dhanush and Anand L. Rai, starring Amala Paul, Revathi, Samuthirakani, music by Ilaiyaraaja, released 24 June 2016.

Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi

Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi (అమ్మ నాన్న ఓ తమిళ అమ్మాయి) is a 2003 Telugu sports drama directed by Puri Jagannadh, starring Ravi Teja, Asin, Jayasudha, and Prakash Raj; released 19 April 2003, it won five awards and was remade in Tamil as M. Kumaran S/o Mahalakshmi.

Amman Kovil Kizhakale (அம்மன் கோயில் கிழக்காலே)

Amman Kovil Kizhakale (அம்மன் கோயில் கிழக்காலே), also spelled Amman Koil Kizhakkaalae, is a 1986 Tamil romantic drama directed by R. Sundarrajan, starring Vijayakanth and Radha, with Ilaiyaraaja's hit music and a 150-plus-day theatrical run.

Ammonite (film)

Ammonite is Francis Lee's 2020 British romantic drama starring Kate Winslet as fossil hunter Mary Anning and Saoirse Ronan as Charlotte Murchison, a fictional 1840s Lyme Regis romance premiered at TIFF 2020.

Amol Palekar

Amol Palekar (अमोल पालेकर), born 1944 in Mumbai, is an Indian actor, director, producer and painter known as Hindi cinema's 1970s middle-class everyman (Rajnigandha, Chhoti Si Baat, Gol Maal) and director of Paheli, India's 2006 Oscar entry.

Amole Gupte (अमोल गुप्ते)

Amole Gupte (अमोल गुप्ते), born 1962 in Mumbai, is an Indian screenwriter, actor, and director of Taare Zameen Par, Stanley Ka Dabba, Hawaa Hawaai, Sniff, and Saina, known for workshop-based films with children and his credit dispute with Aamir Khan.

Among Giants

Among Giants is a 1998 British romantic drama directed by Sam Miller, written by Simon Beaufoy before The Full Monty, starring Pete Postlethwaite and Rachel Griffiths as pylon painters in a Sheffield love triangle.

Amores perros

Amores perros (Love's a Bitch), 2000 Mexican drama, feature debut of Alejandro González Iñárritu, screenplay by Guillermo Arriaga; three Mexico City stories collide in a car crash; Cannes, BAFTA, Oscar-nominated.

Amour (2012 film)

Amour (2012) is Michael Haneke's French-language drama starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, and Isabelle Huppert about an elderly Paris couple after Anne's stroke. It won the 2012 Palme d'Or and the 2013 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Amphibian Man (Человек-амфибия)

Amphibian Man (Человек-амфибия): Alexander Belyaev's 1927 science-fiction novel of Ichthyander, a youth with shark gills, in Argentina; famous chiefly through the 1961 Lenfilm film by Chebotarev and Kazansky with 65 million viewers and Trieste awards.

Amri (film)

Amri is an upcoming 2027 American biographical drama directed by Mira Nair, co-written with Clara Royer, about painter Amrita Sher-Gil (1915-1941) across Hungary, France, and India, starring Anjali Sivaraman with Emily Watson, Jaideep Ahlawat, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas.

Amrish Puri (अमरीश पुरी)

Amrish Puri (अमरीश पुरी), 1932–2005, Indian stage and film actor, Bollywood's best-known villain: Mogambo in Mr India, Mola Ram in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Baldev Singh in DDLJ; three Filmfare Best Supporting Actor awards.

Amrita Arora (अमृता अरोड़ा लाडक)

Amrita Arora Ladak (अमृता अरोड़ा लाडक), Indian actress, model, TV presenter and MTV VJ, sister of Malaika Arora; debuted in Kitne Door Kitne Paas (2002), appeared in Awara Paagal Deewana and Golmaal Returns, married Shakeel Ladak 2009, now owns a Goa restaurant.

Amrita Prakash

Amrita Prakash (अमृता प्रकाश), born 1987 in Jaipur, is an Indian actress who began at age four, played Mili in Tum Bin (2001) and Chhoti in Vivah (2006), earned a National Award nomination for the Malayalam film Manjupoloru Penkutty, and later founded a production house.

Amrita Singh (अमृता सिंह)

Amrita Singh (अमृता सिंह), born 1958 in Hadali, is a Hindi film actress, 1980s leading lady after Betaab (1983), ex-wife of Saif Ali Khan, and later character actor in Kalyug, 2 States, and Badla.

Amritha Aiyer

Amritha Aiyer, Indian actress in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam cinema; played Thendral in Bigil (2019) and Meenakshi in the Telugu blockbuster Hanu-Man (2024); born 1994, Bengaluru.

Amrum (film)

Amrum is a 2025 German historical drama directed by Fatih Akin and co-written with Hark Bohm, based on Bohm's childhood in spring 1945 on the North Sea island of Amrum; it premiered at Cannes and stars Jasper Billerbeck, Laura Tonke, and Diane Kruger.

Amruta Khanvilkar (अमृता खानविलकर मल्होत्रा)

Amruta Khanvilkar (अमृता खानविलकर मल्होत्रा) is an Indian actress who started her career in 2004, becoming widely known through the Lavani number "Wajale Ki Bara" in Natarang (2010).

Amruta Subhash

Amruta Subhash (अमृता सुभाष), Indian actress in Marathi and Hindi films, TV, and theatre; NSD graduate, National Film Award winner for Astu, known for Gully Boy, Sacred Games 2, Bombay Begums, and Jarann.

Amsterdam (2022 film)

Amsterdam (2022) is David O. Russell's period mystery-comedy starring Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington as 1933 friends framed for murder, loosely based on the Business Plot; it earned $6.5 million on an $80 million budget and 32% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Amsterdamned II

Amsterdamned II (2025) is Dick Maas's Dutch thriller-horror sequel to his 1988 cult classic Amsterdamned, starring Huub Stapel as retired detective Eric Visser and Holly Mae Brood as Tara Lee, released 4 December 2025.

Amulya (ಅಮೂಲ್ಯ)

Amulya (ಅಮೂಲ್ಯ), born Moulya in 1993, Kannada film actress; child artist debut in Parva, lead debut in Cheluvina Chittara (2007), Filmfare-winning Shravani Subramanya (2013), retired after Maasthi Gudi (2017), comeback with Peekaboo.

Amy (2015 film)

Amy is a 2015 British documentary by Asif Kapadia about singer Amy Winehouse, built from archival footage; it won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Amy Heckerling

Amy Heckerling (born 1954) is an American film director and writer of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Look Who's Talking, and Clueless, the Emma adaptation in the National Film Registry, now tied to a Paramount+ Clueless sequel series.

Amy Jackson

Amy Jackson (Amy Louise Jackson, born 1992) is a British actress and model known for Indian cinema: Madrasapattinam (2010), I, Singh Is Bliing, Theri, and 2.0, plus Saturn Girl in Supergirl. Distinct from the casting director and film producer of the same name.

An Action Hero

An Action Hero is a 2022 Hindi-language action comedy drama, Anirudh Iyer's directorial debut, starring Ayushmann Khurrana as a Bollywood action star who flees to England after accidentally killing a fan, pursued by Jaideep Ahlawat; released 2 December 2022, grossing ₹10.89 crore in India.

An Actor's Revenge (雪之丞変化)

An Actor's Revenge (雪之丞変化, Yukinojo henge) is Kon Ichikawa's 1963 Daiei color melodrama in which kabuki onnagata Yukinojo, played by Kazuo Hasegawa in a dual role marking his 300th film, avenges his parents; it remakes Kinugasa's 1935 version.

An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember (1957) is a Leo McCarey romantic melodrama starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, remaking his 1939 Love Affair; four Oscar nominations, AFI's #5 love story.

An Almost Christmas Story

An Almost Christmas Story is a 2024 Disney+ animated holiday short directed by David Lowery and produced by Alfonso Cuarón, inspired by Rocky the owl rescued from the 2020 Rockefeller Center tree; it premiered November 15, 2024.