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The April Fools
The April Fools is a 1969 American romantic comedy directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Jack Lemmon and Catherine Deneuve in her American film debut, produced by Lemmon's Jalem Productions with Cinema Center Films, released 28 May 1969.
The Apu Trilogy
The Apu Trilogy is Satyajit Ray's three Bengali films Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956), and Apur Sansar (1959), adapting Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's novels about Apu's life from rural childhood to manhood; a Cannes- and Venice-awarded landmark restored in 2015.
The Arbor
The Arbor (2010) is Clio Barnard's debut docu-fiction film about Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and her daughter Lorraine, with actors lip-synching to real interview recordings and scenes from Dunbar's 1980 play performed on the Buttershaw Estate.
The Aristocats
The Aristocats is a 1970 Disney animated musical comedy about a Parisian millionairess's cats, lost in the countryside and helped home by the alley cat Thomas O'Malley.
The Aristocrats (film)
The Aristocrats is a 2005 American-Canadian comedy documentary directed by Paul Provenza, conceived with Penn Jillette, in which over 100 comedians tell the same dirty joke.
The Ark and the Aardvark
The Ark and the Aardvark is an American animated adventure comedy directed by John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda), reimagining Noah's Ark from the animals' view: outcast aardvark Gilbert, voiced by Miles Teller, leads misfit animals to the ark. Unified Pictures produces with ReDefine/DNEG; release unconfirmed (2025 or April 30, 2026).
The Arrangement (1969 film)
The Arrangement (1969) is Elia Kazan's drama, adapted from his own novel, starring Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway, and Deborah Kerr; a Los Angeles adman's breakdown and suicide attempt, a critical and box-office failure.
The Arrival (1996 film)
The Arrival is a 1996 science fiction thriller directed by David Twohy, starring Charlie Sheen as a radio astronomer who detects a signal from outer space.
The Art of Getting By
The Art of Getting By (Homework) is Gavin Wiesen's 2011 Sundance-premiered coming-of-age comedy-drama starring Freddie Highmore and Emma Roberts, released by Fox Searchlight June 17, 2011; it earned about $1.9 million worldwide against a $4 million budget and scored 20% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Art of Racing in the Rain (film)
The Art of Racing in the Rain is a 2019 American comedy-drama film directed by Simon Curtis and starring Milo Ventimiglia and Amanda Seyfried, adapted from Garth Stein's 2008 novel.
The Artist (film)
The Artist (2011), Michel Hazanavicius's French silent black-and-white comedy-drama starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, about a silent star's decline as talkies arrive; won five Oscars including Best Picture.
The Artist and the Model
The Artist and the Model (El artista y la modelo) is a 2012 Spanish black-and-white drama, Fernando Trueba's first film in French, starring Jean Rochefort and Aida Folch as a sculptor and his young refugee model in 1943 occupied France; it won the San Sebastián Silver Shell for Best Director and earned 13 Goya nominations.
The Ascent (Восхождение)
The Ascent (Восхождение) is Larisa Shepitko's 1976 Soviet black-and-white war drama based on Vasil Bykov's novella Sotnikov, about two captured partisans in 1942 Belorussia; it won the 1977 Berlin Golden Bear, the only Soviet film to do so.
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) is John Huston's MGM heist film noir, adapted from W.R. Burnett's novel, starring Sterling Hayden, Sam Jaffe, and Marilyn Monroe in her first major credit; it set the template for later heist films.
The Assassin (刺客聂隐娘) (2015 film)
The Assassin (刺客聶隱娘) is Hou Hsiao-hsien's 2015 wuxia film adapted from Pei Xing's Tang story Nie Yinniang, starring Shu Qi and Chang Chen; it won Cannes Best Director and five Golden Horse Awards.
The Assassin (大刺客) (1967 film)
The Assassin (大刺客, Da Ci Ke) is Chang Cheh's 1967 Shaw Brothers wuxia film starring Jimmy Wang Yu as the assassin Nie Zheng, adapted from Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian and shot during the 1967 Hong Kong riots.
The Assassin(s)
The Assassin(s) (암살자(들), Amsalja(deul)) is a 2026 South Korean political thriller directed by Hur Jin-ho, starring Yoo Hae-jin, Park Hae-il, and Lee Min-ho, dramatizing the 1974 shooting of First Lady Yuk Young-soo through fictional journalists and a detective; it premiered at TIFF 2026 and opened in Korea September 23, 2026.
The Assassination Bureau
The Assassination Bureau (UK title The Assassination Bureau Limited) is a 1969 British black comedy adventure film by Basil Dearden and Michael Relph, starring Oliver Reed and Diana Rigg, based on Jack London's unfinished novel completed by Robert L. Fish.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007 Western drama by Andrew Dominik, adapted from Ron Hansen's 1983 novel, starring Brad Pitt as Jesse James and Casey Affleck as Robert Ford; Deakins shot it, Cave and Ellis scored it, $3.9M US gross.
The Assassins (铜雀台)
The Assassins (铜雀台, Tong Que Tai) is Zhao Linshan's 2012 Chinese historical drama, starring Chow Yun-fat as an aging Cao Cao targeted by trained assassins Ling Ju and Mu Shun; 107 minutes, released 26 September 2012.
The Assessment
The Assessment is a 2024 dystopian sci-fi drama, Fleur Fortuné's feature debut, starring Elizabeth Olsen, Himesh Patel, and Alicia Vikander as an assessor testing a couple's fitness for parenthood over seven days.
The Assignment (2016 film)
The Assignment (2016), also titled (re)Assignment and formerly Tomboy: A Revenger's Tale, is a Walter Hill action thriller starring Michelle Rodriguez as hitman Frank Kitchen, forcibly given gender reassignment surgery by Sigourney Weaver's Dr. Rachel Kay; released by Saban Films in 2017.
The Assistant (2019 film)
The Assistant is Kitty Green's 2019 workplace drama starring Julia Garner as Jane, assistant to an unseen film mogul inspired by Harvey Weinstein; premiered at Telluride, released by Bleecker Street, 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Astronaut (2025 film)
The Astronaut (프로젝트 아스트로 in South Korea) is a 2025 sci-fi horror film written and directed by Jess Varley, starring Kate Mara as astronaut Sam Walker with Laurence Fishburne; premiered at SXSW, released October 17, 2025 by Vertical, 38% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Astronaut's Wife
The Astronaut's Wife (1999) is a sci-fi horror thriller directed by Rand Ravich, starring Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron; an astronaut changes after two minutes of lost contact, and his pregnant wife fears an alien influence. New Line Cinema; 109 min; 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Attack (الهجوم)
The Attack (الهجوم) is Ziad Doueiri's 2012 drama, adapted from Yasmina Khadra's novel, about an Israeli Palestinian surgeon whose wife is a suicide bomber; it won San Sebastián and Marrakech prizes but was boycotted by the Arab League and banned in Lebanon for being shot in Israel.
The Attacks of 26/11
The Attacks of 26/11 is a 2013 Hindi film by Ram Gopal Varma about the 2008 Mumbai attacks, starring Nana Patekar as police commissioner Rakesh Maria and Sanjeev Jaiswal as Ajmal Kasab; released 1 March 2013 to mixed-negative reviews.
The Atticus Institute
The Atticus Institute is a 2015 American faux-documentary horror film, the directorial debut of Chris Sparling, starring William Mapother and Rya Kihlstedt in a story of a 1976 Pennsylvania lab where the military tries to weaponize a possessed woman.
The Attorney (변호인)
The Attorney (변호인) is Yang Woo-suk's 2013 South Korean courtroom drama starring Song Kang-ho, based on the 1981 Burim case and Roh Moo-hyun's early law career; it passed 10 million admissions in 33 days and won the Paeksang Best Film award.
The Audition (2015 film)
The Audition (2015) is Martin Scorsese's 16-minute comedy short starring Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Brad Pitt as themselves, made for about $70 million to promote Melco Crown's Studio City casino resort in Macau.