25,183 articles
The Way of the Dragon (猛龙过江)
The Way of the Dragon (猛龍過江), also released as Return of the Dragon, is Bruce Lee's 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film, his only completed work as writer-director, set in Rome and famous for the Colosseum duel with Chuck Norris.
The Way of the Gun
The Way of the Gun is a 2000 American crime thriller directed by Christopher McQuarrie, starring Ryan Phillippe and Benicio Del Toro as criminals who kidnap a surrogate mother.
The Way of the Wind
The Way of the Wind is an unfinished Terrence Malick film retelling episodes from the life of Jesus, shot in 2019 under the title The Last Planet.
The Way to the Stars
The Way to the Stars (1945), also released as Johnny in the Clouds, is a British war drama directed by Anthony Asquith from a Terence Rattigan screenplay, starring Michael Redgrave and John Mills at an RAF bomber base from 1940 onward.
The Way We Are (天水围的日与夜)
The Way We Are (天水圍的日與夜) is Ann Hui's 2008 Cantonese drama set in Tin Shui Wai's public housing estates, following a widowed supermarket worker, her son, and a neighbor; shot on HD digital on a low budget, it won four 2009 Hong Kong Film Awards.
The Way We Dance
The Way We Dance (狂舞派) is a 2013 Hong Kong youth dance film by Adam Wong about student dancer Fleur, the crew BombA, rivals the Rooftoppers, and a tai-chi-inspired style; it won three Hong Kong Film Awards.
The Way We Were
The Way We Were (1973), Sydney Pollack's romantic drama starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford as Katie Morosky and Hubbell Gardiner, written by Arthur Laurents, Oscar-winning music by Marvin Hamlisch, set against the Hollywood blacklist.
The Way West
The Way West (1967) is a 122-minute Western directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, starring Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, and Richard Widmark, adapted from A.B. Guthrie Jr.'s Pulitzer-winning novel, filmed in Oregon, and panned by critics.
The Way, Way Back
The Way, Way Back is a 2013 American coming-of-age comedy-drama, the directorial debut of Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, starring Liam James, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, and Sam Rockwell; filmed at Water Wizz in Wareham, Massachusetts, it premiered at Sundance 2013 and grossed $21.4 million.
The Wayward Cloud (天边一朵云)
The Wayward Cloud (天邊一朵雲) is Tsai Ming-liang's 2005 Taiwan-France erotic musical drama, sequel to What Time Is It There?, set in a water-shortage city; it won the 2005 Berlinale Silver Bear and sparked censorship controversy in Taiwan.
The Weather Man
The Weather Man is a 2005 American comedy-drama film directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Nicolas Cage as a Chicago television weatherman whose success coexists with a failing personal life, with Michael Caine as his father.
The Wedding Banquet
The Wedding Banquet (喜宴) is Ang Lee's 1993 Taiwan-US comedy-drama about a gay New Yorker's sham marriage; Golden Bear winner, Oscar-nominated, most profitable 1993 film, remade by Andrew Ahn in 2025.
The Wedding Banquet (2025 film)
The Wedding Banquet (결혼 피로연) is a 2025 American queer romantic comedy directed by Andrew Ahn, co-written with James Schamus, reimagining Ang Lee's 1993 film. Set in Seattle, it stars Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, and Han Gi-chan in a green-card marriage plot; released by Bleecker Street April 18, 2025.
The Wedding Date
The Wedding Date (2005 film), directed by Clare Kilner, a romantic comedy starring Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney, based on Elizabeth Young's novel Asking for Trouble; earned $47 million worldwide but scored 12% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Wedding Guest (2018 film)
The Wedding Guest (2018 film): Michael Winterbottom thriller starring Dev Patel, Radhika Apte, Jim Sarbh; a hired man abducts a bride from an arranged wedding in Pakistan; TIFF 2018 premiere, UK release 19 July 2019. Distinct from the 2018 Cobie Smulders romantic comedy of the same name.
The Wedding March
The Wedding March (1928) is Erich von Stroheim's silent melodrama of pre-WWI Vienna, starring Fay Wray and ZaSu Pitts; its lost second part, The Honeymoon, burned in 1959.
The Wedding Party
The Wedding Party is a 2016 Nigerian romantic comedy directed by Kemi Adetiba, starring Adesua Etomi and Banky W. Produced by the Elfike collective, it premiered at TIFF 2016 and became Nigeria's highest-grossing film with ₦452M.
The Wedding Planner
The Wedding Planner is a 2001 American romantic comedy directed by Adam Shankman, starring Jennifer Lopez as a wedding planner who falls for a client's groom, Matthew McConaughey.
The Wedding Ringer
The Wedding Ringer is a 2015 American comedy directed by Jeremy Garelick, starring Kevin Hart and Josh Gad as a hired best man and friendless groom.
The Wedding Singer
The Wedding Singer is a 1998 American romantic comedy directed by Frank Coraci, written by Tim Herlihy, and starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Set in 1985, released by New Line Cinema, it grossed $80.2 million in the US and spawned a 2006 Broadway musical.
The Wedding Year
The Wedding Year is a 2019 American romantic comedy, also released as Um Casamento a Mais, directed by Robert Luketic and starring Sarah Hyland and Tyler James Williams as a couple attending seven weddings in one year; released September 20, 2019, rated R, 90 minutes.
The Week Of
The Week Of is a 2018 American comedy film directed by Robert Smigel, starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock as two fathers before their children's wedding.
The Weekend Away
The Weekend Away is a 2022 Netflix psychological thriller directed by Kim Farrant, adapted by Sarah Alderson from her 2020 novel, starring Leighton Meester as Beth, whose friend Kate vanishes on a Croatian getaway.
The Weight (2026 film)
The Weight is a 2026 action-adventure crime film directed by Padraic McKinley in his feature debut, starring Ethan Hawke as a 1930s convict who smuggles stolen gold through the Oregon wilderness for his freedom.
The Well (2023 film)
The Well (2023) is an Italian horror film by Federico Zampaglione, starring Lauren LaVera as art restorer Lisa Gray, who restores a medieval painting in an Italian village and faces a curse and a well-dwelling monster; premiered at Sitges 2023.
The Westerner
The Westerner (1940) is a William Wyler Western starring Gary Cooper as Cole Harden and Walter Brennan as Judge Roy Bean; Brennan won his third Best Supporting Actor Oscar for it.
The Whale (2022 film)
The Whale is a 2022 A24 drama directed by Darren Aronofsky, adapted by Samuel D. Hunter from his 2012 play, starring Brendan Fraser as Charlie, a 600-pound reclusive English teacher reconnecting with his estranged daughter; it won Oscars for Best Actor and Makeup despite fatphobia criticism.
The Whales of August
The Whales of August (1987) is a Lindsay Anderson drama adapted from David Berry's play, starring Bette Davis and Lillian Gish as elderly widowed sisters in Maine, with Vincent Price and Ann Sothern; Gish's and Sothern's final film.
The Whisper (film)
The Whisper (El susurro) is a 2025 Uruguayan-Argentine horror film by Gustavo Hernández about siblings fleeing their vampire father; Sitges premiere, Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre and Mórbido festival winner, distinct from The Whisper Man.
The Whisper Man
The Whisper Man is a 2026 Netflix crime thriller directed by James Ashcroft, adapted from Alex North's 2019 novel, starring Robert De Niro, Adam Scott, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Keaton; released August 28, 2026, it reached #1 on Netflix despite mixed reviews.