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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1926/1927) is Alfred Hitchcock's third feature, a silent thriller starring Ivor Novello as a boarding-house tenant suspected of being the Avenger, a Jack the Ripper-style killer of blonde women, adapted from Marie Belloc Lowndes's 1913 novel.
The Loft (film)
The Loft is Erik Van Looy's 2015 American remake of his 2008 Belgian hit Loft, about five married men sharing a secret affair penthouse until a dead woman appears; it flopped with $6M gross and 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Lone Ranger (2013 film)
The Lone Ranger (2013) is Disney's Gore Verbinski Western starring Armie Hammer as John Reid and Johnny Depp as Tonto. Budgeted at $215 million, it grossed $260.5 million worldwide, scored 31% on Rotten Tomatoes, and became a major box-office flop.
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner: 1962 British New Wave drama by Tony Richardson, adapted by Alan Sillitoe from his 1959 short story; borstal inmate Colin Smith (Tom Courtenay, BAFTA-winning debut) runs for Governor Michael Redgrave.
The Long Day Closes
The Long Day Closes is Terence Davies's 1992 autobiographical British film about eleven-year-old Bud in 1955-56 Liverpool, a mosaic of memory, cinema, song, and Catholic guilt, nominated for the 1992 Palme d'Or.
The Long Game (film)
The Long Game (film) refers chiefly to the 2024 Julio Quintana sports drama based on Mustang Miracle, about five Mexican American caddies in 1950s Del Rio, Texas, who won the 1957 Texas state high school golf title; a 2025 neo-noir of the same name also exists.
The Long Good Friday
The Long Good Friday: 1979-80 British gangster thriller by John Mackenzie, written by Barrie Keeffe, starring Bob Hoskins as Harold Shand and Helen Mirren; an IRA Easter-weekend rampage destroys a London mobster's Docklands redevelopment deal.
The Long Goodbye (film)
The Long Goodbye (1973) is Robert Altman's neo-noir comedy-drama adapting Raymond Chandler's 1953 Marlowe novel, with Elliott Gould as an anachronistic Philip Marlowe in 1970s Los Angeles, Leigh Brackett's screenplay, Vilmos Zsigmond's cinematography, and a recurring John Williams-Johnny Mercer title song.
The Long Haul (2026 film)
The Long Haul (2026) is David Drake's debut feature drama, formerly titled Dead Letters, starring Margo Martindale as trucker CJ Montague facing parole of her daughter's murderer; it premiered at Tribeca on June 7, 2026.
The Long Home
The Long Home is an unreleased 2015 American drama directed by James Franco, adapted from William Gay's novel, starring Josh Hutcherson, Josh Hartnett, and Ashton Kutcher; filmed in Ohio, it remains without distribution.
The Long Kiss Goodnight
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) is a Renny Harlin action comedy thriller, written by Shane Black for a record $4 million, starring Geena Davis as an amnesiac assassin and Samuel L. Jackson, released by New Line Cinema.
The Long Riders
The Long Riders (1980) is Walter Hill's Western about the James-Younger gang, notable for casting four sets of real brothers (Carradines, Keaches, Quaids, Guests) as the outlaw siblings; released 16 May 1980 by United Artists.
The Long Shot (2025 film)
The Long Shot (2025), also titled The Salamander King, is an Austin-set comedy directed by Austin Nichols, starring Ryan Hansen, Adrianne Palicki, and Dulcé Sloan as golf-course staff saving the historic Muny course from redevelopment; premiered at Dallas International Film Festival, streamed from April 10.
The Long Walk (2025 film)
The Long Walk is a 2025 American dystopian survival thriller directed by Francis Lawrence, adapting Stephen King's 1979 novel and starring Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, and Mark Hamill.
The Long, Hot Summer
The Long, Hot Summer (1958) is a Martin Ritt Southern Gothic drama starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Orson Welles, adapted from Faulkner's The Hamlet; Newman won Cannes Best Actor 1958.
The Long, Long Trailer
The Long, Long Trailer is a 1954 MGM comedy directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as honeymooners towing a 36-foot Redman New Moon trailer cross-country, adapted from Clinton Twiss's 1951 book.
The Longest Day (film)
The Longest Day (1962), Darryl F. Zanuck's black-and-white D-Day epic based on Cornelius Ryan's book, directed by Annakin, Marton, and Wicki, starring John Wayne; two Oscars, biggest hit of 1962.
The Longest Journey
The Longest Journey is an English title shared by several works: Najdolgiot pat (1976), Branko Gapo's Yugoslav-Macedonian film on Ottoman deportations; Funcom's 1999 adventure game by Ragnar Tørnquist; Peter Watkins' 14.5-hour film The Journey; and a Race Across America documentary.
The Longest Nite (暗花)
The Longest Nite (暗花) is a 1998 Hong Kong crime thriller directed by Patrick Yau and starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Lau Ching-wan, set in Macau.
The Longest Ride (film)
The Longest Ride is a 2015 American romantic drama directed by George Tillman Jr., based on Nicholas Sparks's novel. It stars Britt Robertson and Scott Eastwood.
The Longest Summer
The Longest Summer (去年煙花特別多) is Fruit Chan's 1998 Hong Kong drama, second of his handover trilogy, following Chinese ex-soldiers of the disbanded British Army who rob a bank after the 1997 handover; 128 minutes, starring Tony Ho and Sam Lee.
The Longest Yard (1974 film)
The Longest Yard (1974) is a Robert Aldrich prison football comedy-drama starring Burt Reynolds as quarterback Paul Crewe, with Eddie Albert as Warden Hazen; filmed at Georgia State Prison, remade in 2005.
The Longest Yard (2005 film)
The Longest Yard is a 2005 American prison sports comedy directed by Peter Segal, starring Adam Sandler as a former quarterback leading inmates against prison guards.
The Longshots
The Longshots is a 2008 American sports comedy-drama directed by Fred Durst, starring Ice Cube and Keke Palmer as a coach and his quarterback niece.
The Look of Silence
The Look of Silence (Senyap) is Joshua Oppenheimer's 2014 Oscar-nominated companion documentary to The Act of Killing, following optometrist Adi Rukun confronting the men who killed his brother Ramli in Indonesia's 1965-66 massacres.
The Lookout
The Lookout (2007) is Scott Frank's directorial debut, a neo-noir heist thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a brain-damaged former athlete roped into robbing the bank where he works, with Jeff Daniels; 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, Independent Spirit Award winner.
The Lorax (film)
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax is a 2012 American computer-animated musical comedy directed by Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda, loosely based on Dr. Seuss's 1971 book and grossing $349 million worldwide.
The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)
The Lord of the Rings (1978), Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation produced by Saul Zaentz, covers The Fellowship of the Ring and part of The Two Towers using full rotoscoping, shot in Spain, ending at Helm's Deep.
The Lord of the Rings (film series)
Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001-2003), a New Line Cinema adaptation of Tolkien's novel shot back-to-back in New Zealand; The Return of the King won 11 Oscars including Best Picture.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) is Peter Jackson's first Tolkien adaptation film, following Frodo Baggins and eight companions to destroy the One Ring; shot in New Zealand, it won four of thirteen Oscars.