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The Nightingale (2018 film)
The Nightingale (2018) is Jennifer Kent's Australian period revenge thriller set in 1825 Tasmania, starring Aisling Franciosi, Baykali Ganambarr, and Sam Claflin; it won the Venice Special Jury Prize and depicts the Black War.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) is a stop-motion animated musical directed by Henry Selick, conceived by Tim Burton, with songs by Danny Elfman, about Jack Skellington of Halloween Town kidnapping Santa Claus to take over Christmas.
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974) is Robert Taylor's R-rated animated sequel to Bakshi's Fritz the Cat, following married, unemployed Fritz through catnip fantasies; it premiered at Cannes and flopped with critics.
The Nines
The Nines (2007) is John August's directorial debut, a three-part drama in which Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, and Melissa McCarthy each play three roles whose stories interlock metaphysically; Sundance premiere, limited release, $62.7K gross.
The Ninth Configuration
The Ninth Configuration (1980), also released as Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane, is William Peter Blatty's directorial debut: a castle-set military-asylum drama starring Stacy Keach and Scott Wilson, funded partly by PepsiCo and winner of a Golden Globe screenplay.
The Ninth Gate
The Ninth Gate (La Neuvième Porte, La novena puerta) is Roman Polanski's 1999 occult thriller, adapted from Arturo Pérez-Reverte's novel El club Dumas, starring Johnny Depp as rare-book dealer Dean Corso authenticating a satanic 1666 text; 133 minutes, 44% Tomatometer, $18.7M US gross.
The Normal Heart (film)
The Normal Heart (2014) is Ryan Murphy's HBO television film of Larry Kramer's 1985 play, starring Mark Ruffalo as activist Ned Weeks during New York's early AIDS crisis (1981-1984); it won two Emmys from 16 nominations and drew 1.4 million premiere viewers.
The Northman
The Northman (2022) is Robert Eggers's Viking revenge epic, co-written with Sjón, starring Alexander Skarsgård as Amleth; based on the Saxo Grammaticus legend behind Hamlet, released April 22, 2022, 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 82.
The Notebook
The Notebook (2004) is Nick Cassavetes' romantic drama adapted from Nicholas Sparks' 1996 debut novel, starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams; it grossed $81M domestically and spawned a 2024 Broadway musical.
The Notorious Bettie Page
The Notorious Bettie Page is Mary Harron's 2005 biographical drama starring Gretchen Mol as 1950s pin-up model Bettie Page, covering her fetish modeling for the Klaws, the 1955 Kefauver Senate hearings, and her later religious life.
The Novelist's Film (소설가의 영화)
The Novelist's Film (소설가의 영화) is Hong Sang-soo's 27th feature, a 2022 black-and-white Korean drama starring Lee Hye-young and Kim Min-hee; it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 72nd Berlinale, his third straight Berlin award.
The November Man
The November Man is a 2014 spy thriller directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Pierce Brosnan as ex-CIA agent Peter Devereaux, based on Bill Granger's novel There Are No Spies; released August 27, 2014, grossing $25 million domestically.
The Number 23
The Number 23 is a 2007 psychological thriller directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Jim Carrey as Walter Sparrow, an animal control officer obsessed with a novel about the 23 Enigma; released February 23, 2007 by New Line Cinema, it grossed $77.7 million worldwide but scored 7% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Nun (2018 film)
The Nun is a 2018 American supernatural horror film directed by Corin Hardy, the fifth entry in the Conjuring Universe and a prequel to The Conjuring 2.
The Nun II
The Nun II (2023) is a supernatural horror sequel directed by Michael Chaves, starring Taissa Farmiga as Sister Irene facing the demon Valak in 1956 France; ninth Conjuring Universe film, $269.7 million worldwide.
The Nun's Story (film)
The Nun's Story is Fred Zinnemann's 1959 Warner Bros. drama starring Audrey Hepburn as Sister Luke, based on Kathryn Hulme's novel about ex-nun Marie-Louise Habets; Congo nursing, Nazi-killed father, eight Oscar nominations.
The Nut Job
The Nut Job (2014) is a Canada–South Korea computer-animated heist comedy directed by Peter Lepeniotis, based on his short Surly Squirrel, starring Will Arnett's banished squirrel Surly; it earned $64.2M in the US but only 13% on Rotten Tomatoes and spawned a 2017 sequel.
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature is a 2017 animated comedy sequel in which Surly and his animal friends fight to save Liberty Park from a bulldozing mayor.
The Nutcracker (1993 film)
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, also called The Nutcracker (1993), is Emile Ardolino's film of the New York City Ballet's Balanchine staging, starring Macaulay Culkin and Darci Kistler, released November 24, 1993.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is Disney's 2018 live-action fantasy film directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston, starring Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, and Helen Mirren, inspired by Hoffmann's tale and Tchaikovsky's ballet.
The Nutty Professor (1963 film)
The Nutty Professor (1963) is a Jerry Lewis Paramount comedy, directed and co-written by Lewis with Bill Richmond, in which nerdy chemistry professor Julius Kelp's potion creates the suave Buddy Love; 107 minutes, released July 1963, remade with Eddie Murphy in 1996.
The Nutty Professor (1996 film)
The Nutty Professor is a 1996 American comedy directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Eddie Murphy as a professor whose fat-reducing serum turns him into slim Buddy Love.
The Object of My Affection
The Object of My Affection: Stephen McCauley's 1987 debut novel about gay teacher George and pregnant Nina sharing a Brooklyn apartment, and its 1998 Nicholas Hytner film with Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd.
The Odd Couple (film)
The Odd Couple (1968) is Gene Saks' Paramount comedy adapted by Neil Simon from his 1965 Broadway play, starring Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar and Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison, two divorced men sharing a New York apartment; a 1968 top-grossing hit with two Oscar nominations.
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Odd Life of Timothy Green is a 2012 Disney fantasy comedy-drama directed by Peter Hedges from Ahmet Zappa's story, starring Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, and CJ Adams as a boy grown from a couple's buried wishes.
The Odd One Dies
The Odd One Dies (兩個只能活一個) is a 1997 Hong Kong Milkyway Image crime comedy directed by Patrick Yau, written by Wai Ka-Fai, starring Takeshi Kaneshiro and Carman Lee as hitmen who fall in love; first Milkyway film, 89 minutes, 1998 HK Film Award nominee.
The Odessa File
The Odessa File (1974), Ronald Neame's film of Frederick Forsyth's novel, stars Jon Voight as journalist Peter Miller infiltrating the SS group Odessa to hunt Eduard Roschmann, the Butcher of Riga, with Simon Wiesenthal as advisor.
The Odyssey (2016 film)
The Odyssey (L'Odyssée) is Jérôme Salle's 2016 French biopic of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, starring Lambert Wilson, Audrey Tautou, and Pierre Niney; released 12 October 2016, budget 20 million euros, César for Best Sound 2017.
The Odyssey (2026 film)
The Odyssey (2026 film): Christopher Nolan's mythic action epic for Universal Pictures and Syncopy, adapting Homer's poem. First feature shot entirely on IMAX film; stars Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway; released July 17, 2026; grossed over $1.7 billion worldwide.
The Official Story
The Official Story (La historia oficial) is Luis Puenzo's 1985 Argentine drama about a history teacher who suspects her adopted daughter is a desaparecido's child; first Argentine and Latin American Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film (1986).