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The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 film)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) is David O. Selznick's black-and-white swashbuckler directed by John Cromwell, starring Ronald Colman in a double role with Madeleine Carroll, Oscar-nominated and in the National Film Registry.
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952 film)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952), MGM Technicolor swashbuckler directed by Richard Thorpe, starring Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason; near shot-for-shot color remake of the 1937 Selznick film, same script and Alfred Newman score.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) is a Warner Bros. Technicolor historical romance directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Bette Davis as Elizabeth I and Errol Flynn as Essex, based on Maxwell Anderson's play, with five Oscar nominations.
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Rebecca Miller from her own novel, starring Robin Wright Penn as Pippa Lee.
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio is a 2005 biographical drama directed by Jane Anderson, starring Julianne Moore as 1950s contest-winning mother Evelyn Ryan, adapted from Terry Ryan's memoir; it grossed $627,844 domestically.
The Problem with Apu
The Problem with Apu is Hari Kondabolu's 2017 truTV documentary, directed by Michael Melamedoff, critiquing the Simpsons character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon as a harmful stereotype and examining South Asian American media representation, leading to Hank Azaria stepping down and Apu's 2026 recast return.
The Prodigal Son (败家仔)
The Prodigal Son (敗家仔, Bai ga jai), also released as Pull No Punches, is Sammo Hung's 1981 Hong Kong kung-fu comedy starring Yuen Biao as Wing Chun figure Leung Jan, whose father bribes opponents to lose; it won Best Action Choreography at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards.
The Prodigy (film)
The Prodigy is a 2019 American supernatural horror film directed by Nicholas McCarthy, starring Taylor Schilling as a mother who fears her young son is a reincarnated killer.
The Producers (1967 film)
The Producers (1967) is Mel Brooks's directorial debut comedy, starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder as producers overselling a surefire flop, Springtime for Hitler; it won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar and entered the National Film Registry in 1996.
The Producers (2005 film)
The Producers (2005) is Susan Stroman's film of the Mel Brooks Broadway musical, starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick as Bialystock and Bloom; it earned four Golden Globe nominations but grossed about $19 million.
The Professional
The Professional (Le Professionnel, 1981) is a Georges Lautner French action thriller starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as betrayed agent Joss Beaumont, adapted from Patrick Alexander, with Ennio Morricone's "Chi Mai" theme and over five million French admissions.
The Professionals (1966 film)
The Professionals is a 1966 American Western directed by Richard Brooks, starring Burt Lancaster and Lee Marvin as soldiers of fortune hired to rescue a kidnapped woman.
The Professor (2018 film)
The Professor, also known as Richard Says Goodbye, is a 2018 comedy-drama film written and directed by Wayne Roberts, starring Johnny Depp as a dying professor.
The Professor and the Madman (film)
The Professor and the Madman (2019) is a biographical drama directed by Farhad Safinia (credited P.B. Shemran), based on Simon Winchester's 1998 book The Surgeon of Crowthorne, starring Mel Gibson as OED editor James Murray and Sean Penn as asylum contributor William Chester Minor; its production was marked by a Gibson-Voltage Pictures lawsuit over Oxford location shooting and final cut.
The Program (1993 film)
The Program (1993) is an American college football drama directed by David S. Ward, starring James Caan, Halle Berry, and Omar Epps; released September 24, 1993, and recut after a highway stunt scene prompted copycat deaths.
The Program (2015 film)
The Program (2015) is a Stephen Frears biographical drama, written by John Hodge from David Walsh's book Seven Deadly Sins, starring Ben Foster as doped cyclist Lance Armstrong and Chris O'Dowd as the journalist who exposed him; premiered at TIFF 2015, 103 minutes.
The Projectionist (2026 film)
The Projectionist (2026 film): Alexandre Rockwell's black-and-white American crime drama, Slamdance 2026 opening night film, starring Vondie Curtis-Hall as a haunted projectionist; distinct from Dean Dezara's 2026 horror short of the same name.
The Prom (film)
The Prom (2020) is Ryan Murphy's Netflix film adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical, starring Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Jo Ellen Pellman, and Ariana DeBose, inspired by the 2010 Itawamba County prom controversy.
The Promise (2005 film)
The Promise (无极, Wuji) is a 2005 Chinese fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige, starring Cecilia Cheung as an orphan whose pact with a goddess grants beauty and wealth but dooms her love.
The Promise (2016 film)
The Promise (2016 film), directed by Terry George, is a US-Spanish historical drama starring Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, and Christian Bale in a love triangle during the 1915 Armenian genocide; Metascore 49, released April 2017.
The Promised Land (1975 film)
The Promised Land (Ziemia obiecana) is Andrzej Wajda's 1974 Polish epic drama adapted from Reymont's novel about three friends building a textile factory in Łódź; premiered 21 February 1975, it won Golden Lions, a Golden Hugo, and a 1976 Oscar nomination.
The Promised Land (2023 film)
The Promised Land (Bastarden) is a 2023 Danish historical drama by Nikolaj Arcel, starring Mads Mikkelsen as captain Ludvig Kahlen, who colonizes the 1755 Jutland heath; Venice premiere, Denmark's Oscar entry, 9 Robert Awards.
The Prophecy
The Prophecy (1995) is Gregory Widen's supernatural horror film in which Christopher Walken's archangel Gabriel hunts a human soul hidden in a schoolgirl; released September 1, 1995 by Dimension Films, grossing about $16.1 million domestically, and followed by four sequels.
The Proposal (2009 film)
The Proposal (2009) is an American romantic comedy directed by Anne Fletcher, starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds as a fake-engaged boss and assistant; Touchstone release that grossed $314.7 million worldwide.
The Proposition (2005 film)
The Proposition is a 2005 Australian western directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave, starring Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Emily Watson, and John Hurt; set in the 1880s outback, it follows a captain's offer to Charlie Burns to kill his brother Arthur or see Mikey hanged.
The Prosecutor (检察官的罪)
The Prosecutor (检察官的罪) is a 2024 Hong Kong action drama directed by and starring Donnie Yen, in which a prosecutor fights to overturn a wrongful drug-trafficking conviction.
The Protégé
The Protégé is a 2021 American action thriller directed by Martin Campbell, starring Maggie Q as a contract killer avenging her mentor, with Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Keaton.
The Proud Ones
The Proud Ones is a 1956 Twentieth Century-Fox Western directed by Robert D. Webb, starring Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, and Jeffrey Hunter, adapted from Verne Athanas's 1952 novel about a Kansas marshal with failing eyesight.
The Prowler
The Prowler (1951) is a Joseph Losey film noir starring Van Heflin and Evelyn Keyes, written covertly by blacklisted Dalton Trumbo under Hugo Butler's name, produced by Sam Spiegel, and restored in 2007 by UCLA and the Film Noir Foundation.
The Punisher (1989 film)
The Punisher (1989), Spanish title El vengador, is Mark Goldblatt's vigilante action film starring Dolph Lundgren as Marvel's Frank Castle; shot in Australia, denied a US theatrical release, and issued on American home video in June 1991.