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The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah is John Ford's 1958 Columbia Pictures comedy-drama starring Spencer Tracy as Mayor Frank Skeffington, adapted from Edwin O'Connor's 1956 novel loosely based on Boston mayor James Curley.

The Last King of Scotland (film)

The Last King of Scotland (2006) is Kevin Macdonald's drama, adapted from Giles Foden's novel, in which fictional Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) becomes Idi Amin's (Forest Whitaker, Oscar-winning) personal physician.

The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die

The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die is a 2023 Netflix film concluding the series The Last Kingdom, based on Bernard Cornwell's Warlord, directed by Edward Bazalgette, starring Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred at the Battle of Brunanburh, 937.

The Last Kiss (2006 film)

The Last Kiss is a 2006 American comedy-drama-romance directed by Tony Goldwyn, written by Paul Haggis, and starring Zach Braff, a remake of the Italian film L'ultimo bacio (2001).

The Last Kumite

The Last Kumite is a 2024 German-American martial arts film by Ross W. Clarkson, Kickstarter-funded, starring Mathis Landwehr, Matthias Hues, Billy Blanks, and Cynthia Rothrock as fighters forced into an illegal Bulgarian tournament.

The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh (Der letzte Mann, 1924) is F.W. Murnau's German silent film for UFA, starring Emil Jannings as a hotel doorman demoted to washroom attendant; landmark for Karl Freund's unchained camera and near-absence of intertitles.

The Last Letter from Your Lover

The Last Letter from Your Lover: Jojo Moyes dual-timeline romance novel (1960s letters signed "B"; Jennifer Stirling, Ellie Haworth) and its 2021 Netflix film directed by Augustine Frizzell, starring Shailene Woodley and Felicity Jones.

The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)

The Last Man on Earth (L'ultimo uomo della Terra), 1964 Italian-American sci-fi horror film by Sidney Salkow and Ubaldo Ragona, starring Vincent Price as plague survivor Robert Morgan; first and most faithful adaptation of Matheson's I Am Legend.

The Last Metro

The Last Metro (Le Dernier Métro) is François Truffaut's 1980 French drama about a Paris theater troupe under Nazi occupation, starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu; it won ten César Awards and was Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.

The Last Mimzy

The Last Mimzy is a 2007 American science fiction family film directed by Robert Shaye, about two children who find futuristic toys that give them extraordinary abilities.

The Last Movie Star

The Last Movie Star (aka Dog Years) is a 2017 Adam Rifkin comedy-drama starring Burt Reynolds as aging star Vic Edwards, with Ariel Winter and Chevy Chase, released by A24 in March 2018.

The Last of England

The Last of England (1987) is Derek Jarman's experimental collage film, made from Super 8, home movies and found footage, starring Tilda Swinton; an angry lament for Thatcher-era Britain, titled after Ford Madox Brown's 1855 painting and accompanied by Jarman's book Kicking the Pricks.

The Last of Sheila

The Last of Sheila is a 1973 American whodunit directed by Herbert Ross, written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins, in which producer James Coburn's Riviera yacht mystery game turns deadly.

The Last of the Mohicans (1920 film)

The Last of the Mohicans (1920) is a silent American adventure film, the first feature-length adaptation of Cooper's novel, co-directed by Maurice Tourneur and Clarence Brown, starring Wallace Beery as Magua and Harry Lorraine as Hawkeye.

The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)

The Last of the Mohicans (1992) is Michael Mann's historical adventure film starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Hawkeye, adapted from Cooper's 1826 novel and the 1936 screenplay, set in the 1757 French and Indian War; released September 25, 1992, grossing $72.2 million.

The Last of the Sea Women

The Last of the Sea Women (마지막 해녀들), also known as The Last Haenyeo, is a 2024 Apple TV+ documentary by Sue Kim, produced with Malala Yousafzai's Extracurricular and A24, about Jeju's haenyeo divers; it won the NETPAC Award at TIFF 2024.

The Last One for the Road

The Last One for the Road (Le città di pianura) is Francesco Sossai's 2025 Italian-German road movie about two fiftysomething drinkers and a student, a Cannes Un Certain Regard premiere and eight-time David di Donatello winner.

The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show is Peter Bogdanovich's 1971 black-and-white Columbia Pictures drama adapted from Larry McMurtry's 1966 novel, set in fictional Anarene, Texas, 1951-52; shot in Archer City, it earned eight Oscar nominations with wins for Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman.

The Last Princess (film)

The Last Princess (덕혜옹주, Deokhyeongju) is a 2016 South Korean historical drama directed by Hur Jin-ho, starring Son Ye-jin as Princess Deokhye, the last Joseon princess taken to Japan, with Park Hae-il; released August 3, 2016, about 5.6 million admissions.

The Last Resort (2027 film)

The Last Resort (2027 film): upcoming romantic comedy directed by Donald Petrie, written by Karen McCullah, starring Daisy Ridley, Alden Ehrenreich, Sam Neill, and Tia Carrere; shot in the Philippines, released by Vertical in 2027.

The Last Rodeo

The Last Rodeo is a 2025 Angel Studios drama directed by Jon Avnet, starring and co-written by Neal McDonough as retired bull rider Joe Wainwright, who reenters the PBR Legends Competition to fund his grandson's surgery; released May 23, 2025.

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai (ラスト サムライ) is Edward Zwick's 2003 Warner Bros. epic starring Tom Cruise as Nathan Algren and Ken Watanabe as Katsumoto, loosely based on the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion; Metascore 55, $454.6M worldwide, four Oscar nominations.

The Last Seduction

The Last Seduction (1994) is John Dahl's neo-noir erotic thriller starring Linda Fiorentino as femme fatale Bridget Gregory, who steals her husband's drug money; Peter Berg and Bill Pullman co-star; Metascore 85, RT 94%.

The Last Sharknado: It's About Time

The Last Sharknado: It's About Time (Sharknado 6) is the 2018 Syfy TV movie that ended the Sharknado franchise: Fin Shepard time-travels to stop the first sharknado, reviving April, Nova, and Skye.

The Last Showgirl

The Last Showgirl is a 2024 drama directed by Gia Coppola, starring Pamela Anderson as Shelly, a Vegas showgirl whose 30-year revue Le Razzle Dazzle closes; with Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Billie Lourd; San Sebastián Special Jury Award winner.

The Last Song (2010 film)

The Last Song is a 2010 American drama film directed by Julie Anne Robinson, starring Miley Cyrus as a rebellious teenager reconnecting with her estranged father through music.

The Last Stand (2013 film)

The Last Stand (2013) is Kim Jee-woon's English-language debut, an action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as border sheriff Ray Owens stopping escaped drug lord Gabriel Cortez; Lionsgate release, 107 minutes, R.

The Last Summer (2019 film)

The Last Summer (2019) is a Netflix teen romantic comedy directed by William Bindley, starring K.J. Apa and Maia Mitchell, about Chicago high school graduates in their final summer before college; released May 3, 2019, shot in Cleveland, and poorly reviewed (33% on Rotten Tomatoes).

The Last Sunrise

The Last Sunrise is a 2026 Prime Video romantic drama directed by Carlson Young, adapted from Anna Todd's 2025 novel, starring Maia Reficco, Fernando Lindez, and Eva Longoria; a Spain-US co-production set in Mallorca.

The Last Sunset

The Last Sunset (1961) is a Robert Aldrich Western starring Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, and Dorothy Malone, written by Dalton Trumbo from Howard Rigsby's novel Sundown at Crazy Horse, filmed in Mexico, and noted for its incest plot and Sirkian melodrama.