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The Ugly Dachshund

The Ugly Dachshund is a 1966 Walt Disney live-action comedy directed by Norman Tokar, starring Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette, about a Great Dane raised as a dachshund, based on G. B. Stern's 1938 novel.

The Ugly Stepsister

The Ugly Stepsister (Den stygge stesøsteren) is a 2025 Norwegian body-horror comedy, Emilie Blichfeldt's debut, retelling Cinderella from stepsister Elvira's view; Sundance premiere, Oscar-nominated makeup, 50,675 Norwegian admissions.

The Ugly Truth

The Ugly Truth is a 2009 American romantic comedy directed by Robert Luketic, starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler as a producer and a chauvinistic TV relationship guru. It grossed $205.6 million worldwide but scored only 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Ultimate Gift

The Ultimate Gift is a 2006 American drama film directed by Michael O. Sajbel, adapted from Jim Stovall's novel, starring Drew Fuller, James Garner, and Abigail Breslin; released by Fox Faith in March 2007, it earned $3.4 million and mixed reviews.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) is Jacques Demy's 1964 all-sung French musical with music by Michel Legrand, starring Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo; it won the 1964 Cannes top prize and five Oscar nominations.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Philip Kaufman's adaptation of Milan Kundera's novel, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, and Lena Olin in 1968 Prague, produced by Saul Zaentz, shot by Sven Nykvist, and restored in 4K by the Academy Film Archive.

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a 2022 meta action-comedy directed by Tom Gormican, starring Nicolas Cage as a fictionalized himself opposite Pedro Pascal's superfan Javi, released by Lionsgate.

The Unborn (2009 film)

The Unborn (2009) is an American supernatural horror film written and directed by David S. Goyer, starring Odette Annable and Gary Oldman, about a teenager haunted by a dybbuk tied to a family curse from Nazi-era experiments; it grossed $42.6 million and scored 11% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Underground Comedy Movie

The Underground Comedy Movie is a 1999 American sketch comedy film written, directed by, and starring Vince Offer, later the ShamWow pitchman. It grossed $856 in one theater, holds 33% on Rotten Tomatoes and 2.0/10 on IMDb, and starred Gena Lee Nolin, Slash, and Michael Clarke Duncan.

The Unfaithful Wife

La Femme infidèle (The Unfaithful Wife) is Claude Chabrol's 1969 French thriller starring Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, and Maurice Ronet, in which a husband murders his wife's lover; remade as Unfaithful (2002).

The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable (2021) is a Netflix drama directed by Nora Fingscheidt, starring Sandra Bullock as ex-convict Ruth Slater, adapted from the 2009 British miniseries Unforgiven; released November 24, 2021 in theaters and December 10 on Netflix.

The Unforgiven (1960 film)

The Unforgiven (1960) is John Huston's Western, from Alan LeMay's novel, starring Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn as siblings in a Texas family accused of harboring a stolen Kiowa girl; a troubled, commercially failed HHL production.

The Unholy (2021 film)

The Unholy (2021 film) is an American supernatural horror film directed by Evan Spiliotopoulos. It is based on James Herbert's 1983 novel Shrine and stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

The Unholy Three

The Unholy Three: 1925 MGM silent crime melodrama directed by Tod Browning, starring Lon Chaney as ventriloquist Professor Echo; first of eight Browning-Chaney MGM collaborations, remade with sound in 1930 as Chaney's only talkie.

The Uninvited (1944 film)

The Uninvited (1944) is a Paramount haunted-house film, Lewis Allen's directorial debut, adapted from Dorothy Macardle's Uneasy Freehold, starring Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, and Gail Russell, with Victor Young's Stella by Starlight.

The Uninvited (2009 film)

The Uninvited (2009) is an American psychological horror thriller directed by Charles and Thomas Guard, a remake of Kim Jee-woon's A Tale of Two Sisters, starring Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel, and David Strathairn; released January 30, 2009, grossing $28.6M.

The Uninvited (2024 film)

The Uninvited (2024 film), not to be confused with the Filipino Uninvited or the 2009 thriller, is Nadia Conners' SXSW-premiering comedy drama starring Elizabeth Reaser, Walton Goggins, Lois Smith, and Pedro Pascal, about a Hollywood Hills party upended by an elderly stranger.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

The United States vs. Billie Holiday is Lee Daniels' 2021 Hulu biographical drama starring Andra Day as Billie Holiday, dramatizing the Federal Bureau of Narcotics' campaign against her over "Strange Fruit," with Trevante Rhodes as agent Jimmy Fletcher.

The Unjust (부당거래)

The Unjust (부당거래) is a 2010 South Korean crime thriller directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, starring Hwang Jung-min and Ryoo Seung-bum, about a fabricated culprit for a serial murder case.

The Unknown (2026 film)

The Unknown (L'Inconnue) is Arthur Harari's 2026 French body-swap drama starring Léa Seydoux and Niels Schneider, adapted from the graphic novel Le Cas David Zimmerman; it premiered in Cannes Competition in May 2026 and opened in France on 26 August 2026.

The Unknown Soldier (2017 film)

The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas, 2017) is Aku Louhimies' third film adaptation of Väinö Linna's Finnish novel, depicting a machine gun company in the Continuation War 1941–1944; it premiered October 27, 2017 and set Finnish box office records.

The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)

The Unsinkable Molly Brown, 1964 MGM musical comedy directed by Charles Walters, starring Debbie Reynolds as Titanic survivor Margaret Brown; adapted from Meredith Willson's 1960 Broadway musical, six Oscar nominations, third highest-grossing film of 1964.

The Unspeakable Act

The Unspeakable Act is a 2012 American indie drama by Dan Sallitt, his third feature, about teenager Jackie Kimball's unrequited love for her brother Matthew; 91 minutes, starring Tallie Medel, dedicated to Eric Rohmer, Metascore 76.

The Untamed (2016 film)

The Untamed (La región salvaje) is a 2016 Mexican sci-fi drama by Amat Escalante, starring Ruth Ramos and Simone Bucio, about a couple encountering a creature from a meteorite; it won the Venice Silver Lion for Best Director.

The Untold Story (八仙饭店之人肉叉烧饱)

The Untold Story (八仙飯店之人肉叉燒飽) is a 1993 Hong Kong Category III crime-horror film by Herman Yau, starring Anthony Wong as killer Wong Chi Hang, based on the unsolved 1985 Macau Eight Immortals Restaurant murders; it won Wong the HK Film Award for Best Actor.

The Untold Story 2 (人肉叉烧包II之天诛地灭)

The Untold Story 2 (人肉叉燒包II之天誅地滅) is a 1998 Hong Kong Category III horror film directed by Ng Yiu-Kuen, starring Paulyn Sun, Emotion Cheung, and Anthony Wong, an in-name-only sequel based on the 1993 Tai Po burning-body case.

The Untouchables (film)

The Untouchables is a 1987 American crime drama directed by Brian De Palma and starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro as Eliot Ness fighting Al Capone.

The Uprising (1999 film)

The Uprising (이재수의 난) is a 1999 South Korean historical action film directed by Park Kwang-su, starring Lee Jung-jae and set during the 1901 Jeju rebellion.

The Uprising (2026 film)

The Uprising (2026) is a Paul Greengrass historical drama starring Andrew Garfield as a peasant leader in the 1381 Peasants' Revolt, released by Focus Features and controversially marketed as a Robin Hood origin story.

The Upside

The Upside is a 2017 American comedy-drama directed by Neil Burger, starring Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston, that remakes the 2011 French hit Intouchables and opened in January 2019.