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The Punisher (2004 film)
The Punisher (2004) is Jonathan Hensleigh's directorial-debut action film starring Thomas Jane as Frank Castle opposite John Travolta's Howard Saint; budgeted at $31 million, shot in Tampa, based on Welcome Back, Frank, grossing $54 million with 30% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Punisher: One Last Kill
The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026) is a Marvel Television Special Presentation on Disney+, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and co-written with Jon Bernthal, following Frank Castle hunted by Ma Gnucci (Judith Light) after his revenge ends; TV-MA, 50 minutes, Certified Fresh at 73%.
The Puppetmaster (戏梦人生)
The Puppetmaster (戲夢人生, Hsimeng Rensheng) is Hou Hsiao-hsien's 1993 Taiwanese biographical film about puppeteer Li Tien-lu, covering 1909–1945 Japanese-ruled Taiwan; first of his history trilogy, Cannes Jury Prize winner.
The Purge
The Purge is a Blumhouse horror franchise created by James DeMonaco: America legalizes all crime for 12 hours annually under the NFFA. Five films (2013-2021) plus a USA Network TV series, over half a billion dollars grossed, with a sixth film in development.
The Purge (2013 film)
The Purge is a 2013 American dystopian horror thriller written and directed by James DeMonaco, starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey as a family surviving a Purge-night home invasion.
The Purge: Anarchy
The Purge: Anarchy, also known as The Purge 2, is a 2014 American dystopian action horror film directed by James DeMonaco, set on Purge night on the streets of Los Angeles.
The Purge: Election Year
The Purge: Election Year is a 2016 dystopian action-horror film, the third Purge installment, written and directed by James DeMonaco. Frank Grillo's Leo Barnes protects presidential candidate Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), who campaigns to abolish the annual Purge, against the NFFA; it grossed $118.6 million on a $10 million budget.
The Purity of Vengeance
The Purity of Vengeance (Journal 64) is a 2018 Danish Department Q thriller directed by Christoffer Boe, starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares, linking mummified bodies in Copenhagen to the Sprogø institution; it set a Danish opening record.
The Purple Heart
The Purple Heart is a 1944 Twentieth Century-Fox war drama directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Dana Andrews, dramatizing the fictional trial of captured Doolittle Raid fliers, made against a War Department atrocity-film ban.
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) is Woody Allen's comedy-drama in which Depression-era waitress Cecilia (Mia Farrow) falls for Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels), a movie character who steps off the screen. BAFTA Best Film, Golden Globe screenplay, Cannes FIPRESCI.
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama directed by Gabriele Muccino, starring Will Smith as salesman Chris Gardner, based on his real life.
The Pye-Dog
The Pye-Dog (野．良犬) is Derek Kwok Chi-Kin's 2007 Hong Kong drama debut, starring Eason Chan as a triad gofer posing as a school janitor to kidnap a mute boy, with Siu Yam-Yam winning the 27th Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.
The Pyramid (film)
The Pyramid (2014) is a horror film directed by Grégory Levasseur, produced by Alexandre Aja, starring Ashley Hinshaw, Denis O'Hare, and James Buckley as archaeologists trapped in a three-sided Egyptian pyramid.
The Python Hunt
The Python Hunt is a 2025 Xander Robin documentary about Florida's Python Challenge, following amateur hunters removing invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades; SXSW Special Jury Award winner released by Oscilloscope in May 2026.
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), aka The Creeping Unknown, is Hammer Films' Val Guest-directed adaptation of Nigel Kneale's BBC serial, starring Brian Donlevy; its X certificate and success launched the British horror boom.
The Queen (2006 film)
The Queen (2006 film), Stephen Frears drama written by Peter Morgan, dramatizes Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Blair during the week after Princess Diana's death; Helen Mirren won the 2007 Best Actress Oscar.
The Queen of Versailles
The Queen of Versailles is Lauren Greenfield's 2012 documentary about Jackie and David Siegel, whose planned $100 million, 90,000-square-foot Orlando mansion stalled when the 2008 financial crisis hit their Westgate Resorts timeshare empire.
The Queen's Corgi
The Queen's Corgi is a 2019 Belgian animated comedy by nWave Pictures directed by Kesteloot and Stassen, about the Queen's corgi Rex, featuring Trump satire and Matt Lucas; 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Queen's Guards
The Queen's Guards is Michael Powell's 1961 British drama about a Grenadier Guards officer (Daniel Massey) preparing for the Trooping of the Colour; his last major British feature, made for £280,000 with Fox funding and a commercial failure.
The Quest
The Quest is a 1996 American martial arts adventure film, the directorial debut of Jean-Claude Van Damme, who stars as a New York street criminal.
The Quick and the Dead (1995 film)
The Quick and the Dead is a 1995 American Western directed by Sam Raimi, in which Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio star in a deadly quick-draw tournament.
The Quiet
The Quiet is a 2005 American psychological thriller, also known as Dot, directed by Jamie Babbit, starring Camilla Belle as a deaf orphan and Elisha Cuthbert; released 2006 by Sony Pictures Classics, grossing $381,420. Distinct from The Quiet Man, The Quiet Girl, and Quiet Earth.
The Quiet American (2002 film)
The Quiet American (2002 film), Phillip Noyce adaptation of Graham Greene's 1955 novel, starring Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen; 1952 Saigon love triangle, delayed post-9/11, Metacritic 84, Caine Oscar-nominated.
The Quiet Earth (film)
The Quiet Earth (1985) is a New Zealand science fiction film directed by Geoff Murphy, based on Craig Harrison's 1981 novel, starring Bruno Lawrence as scientist Zac Hobson, last survivor of the Operation Flashlight disaster.
The Quiet Family (조용한 가족)
The Quiet Family (조용한 가족, Jo-yonghan gajok) is Kim Jee-woon's 1998 South Korean black comedy horror debut: a family running a mountain lodge buries guests who keep dying; it ranked 6th at the 1998 Korean box office and was remade by Takashi Miike as The Happiness of the Katakuris.
The Quiet Girl
The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) is Colm Bairéad's 2022 Irish-language drama adapted from Claire Keegan's Foster, about nine-year-old Cáit in 1981 rural Ireland; first Irish-language Oscar nominee and highest-grossing Irish-language film.
The Quiet Maid
The Quiet Maid (Calladita) is a 2023 Spanish satirical drama, Miguel Faus's debut feature, about a Colombian maid in a Costa Brava mansion; the first European feature funded by NFT sales, premiering at Tallinn 2023.
The Quiet Man
The Quiet Man (1952), John Ford's Technicolor romantic comedy starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, adapted from Maurice Walsh's 1933 Saturday Evening Post story, set in the fictional village of Innisfree (filmed in Cong, County Mayo), winner of Oscars for Best Director and Color Cinematography.
The Quiet Ones (2014 film)
The Quiet Ones is a 2014 supernatural horror film directed by John Pogue, in which an Oxford professor tries to create a poltergeist by experimenting on a disturbed young woman.
The Rabbi's Cat
The Rabbi's Cat (Le Chat du rabbin) is a 2011 French 3D animated film by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux, adapted from Sfar's comic series about a talking cat in 1920s Algiers; it won the Annecy Cristal and the 2012 César for Best Animated Film.