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The Rabbit Is Me

The Rabbit Is Me (Das Kaninchen bin ich) is a 1965 East German film by Kurt Maetzig, banned by the SED until 1989 and 1990.

The Racket

The Racket (1928) is a silent American gangster film directed by Lewis Milestone, produced by Howard Hughes, starring Thomas Meighan and Louis Wolheim; adapted from Cormack's Broadway play, nominated at the first Academy Awards, long lost, restored in 2016.

The Rage: Carrie 2

The Rage: Carrie 2 is a 1999 supernatural horror sequel to Carrie (1976), directed by Katt Shea, starring Emily Bergl as telekinetic teen Rachel Lang with Amy Irving returning; a critical and box-office failure later reassessed.

The Raid (2011 film)

The Raid (Serbuan maut), released in the US as The Raid: Redemption, is a 2011 Indonesian martial-arts action film directed by Gareth Huw Evans, starring Iko Uwais, about a police squad trapped in a crime lord's apartment block; made for about $1.1 million, it grossed $9.3 million worldwide.

The Raid 2

The Raid 2, also known as Berandal, is a 2014 Indonesian action crime film directed by Gareth Huw Evans, starring Iko Uwais as an undercover Jakarta police officer.

The Railway Children (1970 film)

The Railway Children (1970) is Lionel Jeffries' British film adaptation of E. Nesbit's 1906 novel, starring Jenny Agutter, Dinah Sheridan, and Bernard Cribbins, filmed at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Oakworth.

The Railway Man (film)

The Railway Man (2013) is a Jonathan Teplitzky drama starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, and Hiroyuki Sanada, adapted from Eric Lomax's memoir of torture on the Death Railway and his reconciliation with Takashi Nagase.

The Rainmaker (1997 film)

The Rainmaker, also known as John Grisham's The Rainmaker, is a 1997 American legal drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Matt Damon as a young lawyer battling an insurance company.

The Rains Came

The Rains Came is a 1939 Twentieth Century-Fox drama directed by Clarence Brown, starring Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, and George Brent, based on Louis Bromfield's novel, and winner of the first Best Special Effects Oscar.

The RajaSaab (ప్రభాస్)

The RajaSaab (ది రాజా సాబ్), also called The Raja Saab, is a 2026 Telugu fantasy horror comedy directed by Maruthi, starring Prabhas in a dual role with Sanjay Dutt, released January 9, 2026, on a ₹400 crore budget.

The Ramen Girl (ラーメンガール)

The Ramen Girl (ラーメンガール) is a 2008 comedy-drama starring Brittany Murphy as an American stranded in Tokyo who apprentices to ramen chef Maezumi (Toshiyuki Nishida), directed by Robert Allan Ackerman, a Tampopo homage that grossed $179,590 internationally.

The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma

The Rapists of Pepsi Paloma (retitled Pepsi Paloma in the Philippines) is Darryl Yap's 2025 biographical drama about actress Pepsi Paloma's 1982 rape case, which drew a P35 million cyberlibel suit from Vic Sotto, a teaser takedown order, and a postponed release.

The Rare Breed

The Rare Breed is a 1966 Universal Western directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, starring James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, and Juliet Mills, about an English widow bringing a Hereford bull to Texas.

The Raven (1935 film)

The Raven (1935) is a Universal horror film directed by Louis Friedlander (Lew Landers), starring Bela Lugosi as Poe-obsessed surgeon Dr. Richard Vollin and Boris Karloff as Edmond Bateman; released 8 July 1935, suggested by Poe's poem, budget $109,750.

The Raven (1963 film)

The Raven is a 1963 American comedy-horror film directed by Roger Corman, loosely adapted from Poe's 1845 poem and starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff.

The Raven (2012 film)

The Raven is a 2012 thriller directed by James McTeigue, starring John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe hunting a serial killer who stages murders from Poe's stories.

The Ravine of Goodbye

The Ravine of Goodbye (さよなら渓谷, Sayonara Keikoku) is a 2013 Japanese drama-mystery film by Tatsushi Omori, adapted from Shuichi Yoshida's novel, starring Yoko Maki and Shima Onishi; it won the Moscow IFF Special Jury Prize and Japan Academy Best Actress.

The Razor's Edge (1946 film)

The Razor's Edge (1946), Twentieth Century-Fox drama directed by Edmund Goulding, adapting W. Somerset Maugham's 1944 novel; stars Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Oscar-winning Anne Baxter; Fox's biggest hit to date, remade in 1984 with Bill Murray.

The Razor's Edge (1984 film)

The Razor's Edge is a 1984 American drama directed by John Byrum, with a screenplay by Byrum and Bill Murray, adapted from Maugham's 1944 novel about a seeker named Larry Darrell.

The Razor's Edge (upcoming film)

The Razor's Edge is an upcoming American action thriller directed by Demian Lichtenstein, starring James Franco and Tommy Lee Jones as a hitman and his pursuer. Announced May 2024, shot in Columbus, Georgia from June 25, 2024; distinct from the Maugham adaptations and the Detroit homelessness documentary of the same name.

The Reader (2008 film)

The Reader is a 2008 drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, adapted from Bernhard Schlink's novel about an affair with a woman tried as a Nazi guard; Kate Winslet won the Best Actress Oscar.

The Reading (film)

The Reading is a 2023 American supernatural thriller, Courtney Glaude's feature debut, starring Mo'Nique as widowed author Emma Leeden; a staged psychic reading by Sky Brown unleashes real evil. BET+ original, February 2, 2023, executive produced by Lee Daniels.

The Real Full Monty (American TV special)

The Real Full Monty is a two-hour American Fox special premiering December 9, 2024, in which Anthony Anderson, Taye Diggs, Chris Jones, Tyler Posey, Bruno Tonioli, and James Van Der Beek perform a striptease for cancer awareness.

The Realm

The Realm (El reino) is a 2018 Spanish-French political thriller by Rodrigo Sorogoyen starring Antonio de la Torre as a corrupt politician scapegoated by his party; it won seven Goya Awards.

The Reaping

The Reaping is a 2007 American horror thriller directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Hilary Swank as a former missionary investigating apparent biblical plagues in a Louisiana town.

The Rebound

The Rebound is a 2009 American romantic comedy written and directed by Bart Freundlich, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones as a single mother who dates her younger nanny, played by Justin Bartha.

The Reckoning

The Reckoning (1970) is a Jack Gold British drama, John McGrath screenplay from Patrick Hall's novel The Harp That Once, starring Nicol Williamson as London businessman Mick Marler returning to Liverpool to avenge his father's death; often compared with Get Carter.

The Recruit (film)

The Recruit is a 2003 American spy thriller directed by Roger Donaldson, in which CIA trainee Colin Farrell is trained by instructor Al Pacino and assigned to find a mole.

The Red Balloon

The Red Balloon (Le Ballon rouge) is Albert Lamorisse's 1956 French 34-minute short in which a sentient red balloon follows a boy, played by the director's son Pascal, through Paris; it won the 1956 Short Film Palme d'Or and the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

The Red Detachment of Women (红色娘子军)

The Red Detachment of Women (红色娘子军) is a 1961 color feature by director Xie Jin, written by Liang Xin for Tianma Film Studio, starring Zhu Xijuan as Wu Qionghua; it won the first Hundred Flowers Best Feature Film award and inspired the 1964 model ballet.