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Up the Yangtze
Up the Yangtze (2007) is Yung Chang's EyeSteelFilm and NFB documentary following teenagers Yu Shui (Cindy) and Chen Bo Yu (Jerry) working a Three Gorges Farewell Cruise; 93 minutes, Sundance selection, 96% Rotten Tomatoes.
Upadhyaksha (ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ)
Upadhyaksha (ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ) is a 2024 Kannada comedy, sequel to Adhyaksha (2014), directed by Anil Kumar, starring Chikkanna in his lead debut as Narayana, released 26 January 2024.
Upasana Singh
Upasana Singh (उपासना सिंह), Indian actress of Hindi, Punjabi, and regional film and TV; Pinky Bua on Comedy Nights with Kapil; PTC and Indian Telly Award winner; also producer and CINTAA General Secretary.
Upen Patel
Upen Patel (born 1980, London) is a British-Indian model and actor; debut 36 China Town (2006, Filmfare Best Debut Male), films include Namastey London, I (Tamil debut), and reality shows Bigg Boss 8 and Nach Baliye.
Upendra (ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ) (actor)
Upendra (ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ), also Upendra Rao, Kannada film director and actor born 1967 or 1968; directed eight films including A, Upendra, Super; known for reverse-screenplay storytelling; founded Uttama Prajakeeya Party in 2018.
Upendra (ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ) (film)
Upendra (ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ) is a 1999 Kannada psychological thriller written, directed by, and starring Upendra as Naanu, with Raveena Tandon, Prema, and Damini; released 22 October 1999, music by Gurukiran, a box office success now considered a Kannada classic with sequel Uppi 2 (2015).
Upendra Limaye (उपेंद्र लिमये)
Upendra Limaye (उपेंद्र लिमये), Marathi stage-trained Indian actor, National Film Award Best Actor winner for Jogwa (2009); films include Mukta, Chandni Bar, Page 3, Mulshi Pattern, and Freddy Patil in Animal (2023).
Upgrade (film)
Upgrade (2018) is a cyberpunk action-thriller written and directed by Leigh Whannell, starring Logan Marshall-Green as Grey Trace, a paralyzed widower whose AI implant STEM grants superhuman abilities for revenge; a $3 million Blumhouse film that grossed $16.7 million.
Upgraded
Upgraded is a 2024 American romantic comedy on Prime Video, directed by Carlson Young, starring Camila Mendes as intern Ana Santos, Archie Renaux, and Marisa Tomei; released February 9, 2024, rated R, 104 minutes, 76% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Upkar (उपकार)
Upkar (उपकार) is a 1967 Hindi patriotic drama directed, written, and starring Manoj Kumar as farmer Bharat, inspired by Shastri's 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' slogan; it was 1967's biggest hit, winning seven Filmfare Awards and National Awards, with the anthem 'Mere Desh Ki Dharti'.
Uppena (ఉప్పేన)
Uppena (ఉప్పేన), 2021 Telugu romantic drama directed by Buchi Babu Sana, debuting Panja Vaisshnav Tej and Krithi Shetty opposite Vijay Sethupathi; released 12 Feb 2021, music by Devi Sri Prasad, a caste-honor love story that earned about 47 crore share on a 21 crore budget.
Uppi 2 (ಉಪ್ಪಿ ೨)
Uppi 2 (ಉಪ್ಪಿ ೨), also known as Upendra 2, is a 2015 Kannada psychological thriller written, directed by, and starring Upendra, sequel to his 1999 film Upendra, released 14 August 2015 with a same-day Telugu dub.
Uppu Kappurambu (ఉప్పు కప్పురంబు)
Uppu Kappurambu (ఉప్పు కప్పురంబు, "Salt and Camphor") is a 2025 Telugu satirical comedy-drama directed by Ani I.V. Sasi, starring Keerthy Suresh and Suhas, released July 4, 2025 on Prime Video, set in fictional 1990s village Chitti Jayapuram facing a graveyard space crisis.
Uprising (2024 film)
Uprising (전,란) is a 2024 South Korean action war film directed by Kim Sang-man, written by Shin Chul and Park Chan-wook, starring Gang Dong-won and Park Jeong-min as friends turned enemies during the Imjin War; released on Netflix October 11, 2024.
Uproar (film)
Uproar is a 2023 New Zealand coming-of-age comedy-drama directed by Hamish Bennett and Paul Middleditch, starring Julian Dennison, Minnie Driver, Rhys Darby, and James Rolleston, set in Dunedin in 1981 during the anti-Springbok tour protests.
Upside Down (2012 film)
Upside Down (2012) is a French-Canadian sci-fi romance by Juan Solanas starring Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst as lovers on twinned worlds with opposite gravities. Budgeted $50-60 million, it grossed about $22-26 million worldwide and earned 29% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Upstream Color
Upstream Color (2013) is Shane Carruth's experimental sci-fi follow-up to Primer, starring Amy Seimetz; a parasite links a woman, pigs, and orchids in a looping narrative that won Sundance's Sound Design award.
Uptight
Uptight (Up Tight!), 1968 American drama by blacklisted director Jules Dassin; all-Black remake of Ford's The Informer set in Cleveland after MLK's assassination; Paramount; box-office failure; Booker T. Jones score.
Uptown Girls
Uptown Girls is a 2003 American comedy-drama film directed by Boaz Yakin, in which Brittany Murphy plays a spoiled rock star's daughter who becomes nanny to Dakota Fanning's precocious eight-year-old.
Uranus 2324
Uranus 2324 (ยูเรนัส 2324) is a 2024 Thai sci-fi romance GL film, Thailand's first space movie, directed by Thanadol Nualsuth, starring Freen Sarocha Chankimha and Becky Armstrong as an astronaut and free diver reunited across parallel worlds; released 4 July 2024.
Urban Legend (film)
Urban Legend (1998) is a slasher horror film directed by Jamie Blanks, written by Silvio Horta, starring Alicia Witt, Jared Leto, and Rebecca Gayheart; campus murders staged as urban legends, $38.1M US gross.
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) is a horror slasher sequel to Urban Legend (1998), John Ottman's directorial debut, starring Jennifer Morrison as film student Amy Mayfield at Alpine University, where thesis-film crew members die in staged accidents; scored 16 on Metacritic.
Urchin (2025 film)
Urchin is a 2025 British drama and directorial debut of Harris Dickinson, following Frank Dillane as a young homeless man in London, which premiered at Cannes, winning the FIPRESCI Prize.
Urga
Urga (Close to Eden) is a 1991 France–Soviet drama directed by Nikita Mikhalkov about a Mongolian herder and a Russian trucker; it won the Venice Golden Lion and an Oscar nomination.
Uri: The Surgical Strike (उरी: द सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक)
Uri: The Surgical Strike (उरी: द सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक) is Aditya Dhar's 2019 Hindi war film on the 2016 Uri attack and India's cross-LoC strike, starring Vicky Kaushal; it earned about Rs 106.84 crore in ten days and four National Film Awards.
Uriyadi
Uriyadi (உறியடி) is a 2016 Tamil political action thriller written, directed, produced by and starring Vijay Kumar, released 27 May 2016; four engineering students are dragged into caste politics. Not the 2020 Malayalam film of the same name.
Urmila Matondkar (उर्मिला मातोंडकर)
Urmila Matondkar (उर्मिला मातोंडकर), Indian actress and politician born 1974 in Mumbai, star of Rangeela, Satya, Bhoot, and Pinjar; Congress 2019 Mumbai North candidate, later Shiv Sena MLC nominee.
Urumi (film)
Urumi (ഉറുമി) is a 2011 Malayalam historical action film directed by Santosh Sivan, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran as Kelu Nayanar plotting to kill Vasco da Gama in 1524 Kerala.
Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (うる星やつら2 ビューティフル・ドリーマー)
Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (うる星やつら2 ビューティフル・ドリーマー) is a 1984 anime film by Mamoru Oshii, second theatrical adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's manga, in which Tomobiki-cho is trapped in an endlessly repeating dream before the school festival.
Urusei Yatsura: Only You (うる星やつら オンリー・ユー)
Urusei Yatsura: Only You (うる星やつら オンリー・ユー) is the first theatrical film of Rumiko Takahashi's Urusei Yatsura, released February 11, 1983 by Toho; Mamoru Oshii's feature debut, about Ataru's betrothal to the alien queen Elle.