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The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear is a 2004 TNT TV movie, also called The Librarian, directed by Peter Winther, starring Noah Wyle as Flynn Carsen, who recovers a stolen piece of the Spear of Destiny.
The Librarians (2025 film)
The Librarians (2025) is Kim A. Snyder's documentary, premiering at Sundance 2025, about U.S. librarians fighting book bans sparked by Texas's 850-book Krause List; it won the 2026 Primetime Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking and aired on PBS Independent Lens.
The Lie (2018 film)
The Lie (2018 film), based on the German film Wir Monster, is a drama-thriller directed by Veena Sud. It stars Peter Sarsgaard, Mireille Enos, and Joey King.
The Life Ahead
The Life Ahead (La vita davanti a sé) is a 2020 Netflix drama directed by Edoardo Ponti, starring Sophia Loren as Holocaust survivor Madame Rosa caring for orphan Momo, adapted from Romain Gary's The Life Before Us, Oscar-nominated for "Io Sì (Seen)".
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is a 1943 British Technicolor film by Powell and Pressburger (The Archers), starring Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook, and Deborah Kerr, about General Clive Wynne-Candy; Churchill tried to suppress it, and it is now ranked among the greatest British films.
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) is an HBO biographical drama directed by Stephen Hopkins, starring Geoffrey Rush as comedian Peter Sellers, with Charlize Theron, Emily Watson, and John Lithgow; it won 9 Emmy Awards in 2005.
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd is a 2026 American prison drama thriller directed by Tim Blake Nelson. It stars Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy.
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams: 1974 Sunn Classic film and 1977-78 NBC series starring Dan Haggerty as a fugitive mountain man befriending the grizzly Ben, loosely based on John Capen Adams (1812-1860).
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is Wes Anderson's 2004 adventure-comedy, co-written with Noah Baumbach, starring Bill Murray as a Cousteau-inspired oceanographer hunting the jaguar shark that ate his friend.
The Life List
The Life List (2025) is a Netflix romantic comedy-drama directed by Adam Brooks, adapted from Lori Nelson Spielman's 2013 novel, starring Sofia Carson as Alex Rose, who must complete her teenage bucket list to inherit; 24.4 million first-week views.
The Life of Chuck
The Life of Chuck is Mike Flanagan's 2025 drama adapting Stephen King's 2020 novella from If It Bleeds, telling accountant Charles Krantz's life in reverse across three acts; it won TIFF's People's Choice Award and was released by Neon with Tom Hiddleston starring.
The Life of David Gale
The Life of David Gale (2003) is Alan Parker's drama-thriller, written by Charles Randolph, starring Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, and Laura Linney; a death-penalty opponent on Texas death row gives a reporter a final interview. Released February 21, 2003 by Universal; 19% on Rotten Tomatoes, $19.6M US gross.
The Life of Emile Zola
The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 Warner Bros. biographical drama directed by William Dieterle, starring Paul Muni as Zola and Joseph Schildkraut as Dreyfus; it won three Oscars including Best Picture and entered the National Film Registry in 2000.
The Life of Jesus
The Life of Jesus (La vie de Jésus) is Bruno Dumont's 1997 French debut feature, a 96-minute drama set in Bailleul, northern France, about epileptic unemployed youth Freddy, girlfriend Marie, and Kader; Prix Jean Vigo and Caméra d'Or Special Mention winner.
The Life of Oharu (西鶴一代女)
The Life of Oharu (西鶴一代女, Saikaku ichidai onna) is Kenji Mizoguchi's 1952 Japanese drama, adapted from Ihara Saikaku's 1686 novel, starring Kinuyo Tanaka as a woman falling from court lady-in-waiting to street prostitute; it won at the 13th Venice Film Festival.
The Life of Wu Xun (武训传)
The Life of Wu Xun (武训传, Wu Xun Zhuan) is Sun Yu's 1950 two-part biographical film starring Zhao Dan about the beggar-educator Wu Xun; praised on release, it was condemned in Mao Zedong's May 1951 People's Daily editorial and became the PRC's first banned film.
The Lifeguard
The Lifeguard (2013) is Liz W. Garcia's debut comedy-drama, premiered at Sundance, starring Kristen Bell as an AP reporter who returns to Connecticut and affairs with a 16-year-old; critically panned (16% RT, Metascore 34).
The Light (2025 film)
The Light (Das Licht) is Tom Tykwer's 2025 German drama, Berlinale opening film, about the fractured Berlin family Engels and the mysterious Syrian housekeeper Farrah; 162 minutes, released 20 March 2025.
The Light Between Oceans (film)
The Light Between Oceans is a 2016 period drama directed by Derek Cianfrance, adapted from M. L. Stedman's novel, starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, and Rachel Weisz; a lighthouse-keeping couple in post-WWI Western Australia raise a baby from an adrift rowboat, with devastating consequences.
The Light in the Forest
The Light in the Forest is Walt Disney's 1958 Technicolor drama directed by Herschel Daugherty, adapted from Conrad Richter's 1953 novel about Johnny Butler/True Son, a white captive returned by the Delaware in 1764, starring James MacArthur, Fess Parker, and Carol Lynley.
The Light Shines Only There (そこのみにて光輝く)
The Light Shines Only There (そこのみにて光輝く) is a 2014 Japanese drama by director O Mipo, adapted from Yasushi Sato's only full-length novel. Set in Hakodate, it stars Ayano Go, Ikewaki Chizuru, and Suda Masaki, and won Best Director at the 2014 Montreal World Film Festival.
The Lighthouse (1998 film)
The Lighthouse (Spanish: El faro) is a 1998 drama film directed by Eduardo Mignogna about two Argentine sisters orphaned by a car accident, starring Ingrid Rubio and Ricardo Darín.
The Lighthouse (2019 film)
The Lighthouse (2019) is Robert Eggers' black-and-white psychological horror film starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as 1890s lighthouse keepers descending into madness, shot in 1.19:1 on 35mm, released by A24, and nominated for the Best Cinematography Oscar.
The Lighthouse of the Orcas
The Lighthouse of the Orcas (El faro de las orcas) is a 2016 Spanish-Argentine drama by Gerardo Olivares, based on ranger Roberto Bubas's book Agustín corazón abierto, starring Maribel Verdú and Joaquín Furriel, about an autistic boy and Patagonian orcas.
The Limehouse Golem
The Limehouse Golem is a 2016 British gothic murder mystery directed by Juan Carlos Medina, written by Jane Goldman from Peter Ackroyd's novel, starring Bill Nighy and Olivia Cooke as a detective and accused music-hall star in 1880 London.
The Limey
The Limey is a 1999 American crime drama directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Terence Stamp as an English ex-convict who flies to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death.
The Limits of Control (حدود السيطرة)
The Limits of Control (Los límites del control) is Jim Jarmusch's 2009 slow-cinema crime film starring Isaach de Bankolé as a near-silent hitman crossing Spain, shot by Christopher Doyle, with Tilda Swinton and Bill Murray cameos.
The Lincoln Lawyer (film)
The Lincoln Lawyer is a 2011 American legal thriller directed by Brad Furman, adapted from Michael Connelly's 2005 novel and starring Matthew McConaughey as defense attorney Mickey Haller.
The Lineup
The Lineup (1958) is a Don Siegel film noir, spun off from the CBS TV series, starring Eli Wallach as killer Dancer recovering heroin hidden in travelers' luggage in San Francisco.
The Lion
The Lion (1962) is a Jack Cardiff adventure drama starring William Holden, Capucine, Trevor Howard, and Pamela Franklin, adapted from Joseph Kessel's novel Le Lion, filmed entirely in East Africa about a girl and her lion King.