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Vincente Minnelli

Vincente Minnelli (Lester Anthony Minnelli, 1903–1986), American MGM director of musicals and melodramas; directed Meet Me in St. Louis, An American in Paris, The Band Wagon, and Oscar-winning Gigi; Judy Garland's husband, Liza Minnelli's father.

Vincenzo Natali

Vincenzo Natali (born 1969), Canadian director and writer of Cube, Cypher, Nothing, and Splice; Detroit-born, Toronto-based; later directed Hannibal, Westworld, Cabinet of Curiosities, and The Peripheral.

Vindicta (film)

Vindicta (2023 film), also called VINDICTA, is an American horror thriller directed by Sean McNamara starring Elena Kampouris, Jeremy Piven, and Sean Astin; a masked killer leaves Latin phrases in blood, released October 2023, distinct from the 1923 Feuillade silent and Sedlar's 2025 WWII film.

Vindu Dara Singh (दारा सिंह)

Vindu Dara Singh (विंदू दारा सिंह), born Virender Singh Randhawa in 1964, is an Indian film and TV actor, son of wrestler-actor Dara Singh, winner of Bigg Boss 3 (2009), and a recurring portrayer of Hanuman on television.

Vineet Kumar (विनीत कुमार)

Vineet Kumar (विनीत कुमार) names several Indian actors: chiefly Vineet Kumar Singh (b. Varanasi, MD in Ayurveda, Mukkabaaz co-writer-lead, Chhaava's Kavi Kalash) and a veteran NSD-trained character actor (b. 1957, Patna, Drohkaal, Masaan).

Vineeth

Vineeth, also known as Vineeth Radhakrishnan, is an Indian actor and Bharatanatyam dancer in Malayalam cinema, born in 1969 in Kannur, Kerala; he is a nephew of the Travancore sisters.

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (VTV), a 2010 Tamil romantic drama by Gautham Vasudev Menon starring Silambarasan and Trisha with A. R. Rahman's music; record-holding Indian film re-release.

Vinod Khanna (विनोद खन्ना)

Vinod Khanna (विनोद खन्ना), 1946-2017, Indian Hindi-film star, producer and BJP politician; debuted as villain in Man Ka Meet (1968), peaked with Qurbani (1980), joined Osho Rajneesh in 1982, served as Gurdaspur MP and union minister, and received the posthumous Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

Vinod Mehra (विनोद मेहरा)

Vinod Mehra (विनोद मेहरा), 1945–1990, Indian Hindi-film actor, director, and producer; child artist from 1958, lead from Ek Thi Reeta (1971), three Filmfare supporting-actor nominations, directed Gurudev (1993) posthumously.

Vinod Raj (Tamil actor)

Vinod Raj (John Albert Victor, 1937–2017) was a Tamil supporting actor and father of star Vikram, known for Ghilli, Thirupaachi, and Kanthaswamy; distinct from the Kannada actor of the same name.

Vinodhaya Sitham

Vinodhaya Sitham (விநோதய சித்தம்) is a 2021 Tamil ZEE5 Original fantasy comedy-drama directed by and starring Samuthirakani as Time, with Thambi Ramaiah as Parasuram, a man granted 90 extra days of life; remade in Telugu as Bro (2023).

Vinodhini Vaidyanathan

Vinodhini Vaidyanathan (வினோதினி வைத்தியநாதன்), Tamil theatre, film and web-series actor, playwright and director; Koothu-p-Pattarai-trained, known as Kalamma in Game Over (2019) and Vikatan Award winner for Aandavan Kattalai.

Vinu Chakravarthy

Vinu Chakravarthy (வினு சக்ரவர்த்தி, 1945-2017) was a Tamil actor, screenwriter, and director in over 1,000 South Indian films, villain and character roles, discoverer of Silk Smitha, and 1,000th film Muni (2007).

Violence (2025 film)

Violence (2025 film), Connor Marsden's Canadian punk crime thriller, 84 min, starring Rohan Campbell as Henry Violence in an alternate 1980s drug war; premiered Brooklyn Horror Film Festival October 19, 2025.

Violent Cop (その男、凶暴につき)

Violent Cop (その男、凶暴につき) is Takeshi Kitano's 1989 directorial debut, a 103-minute Shochiku-Fuji crime film in which Beat Takeshi plays a rogue detective investigating drug corruption; originally planned with Kinji Fukasaku directing.

Violent Ends

Violent Ends (2025) is an Ozark-set crime thriller written and directed by Arkansas native John-Michael Powell, starring Billy Magnussen, James Badge Dale, Kate Burton, and Alexandra Shipp, released by IFC on October 31, 2025.

Violent Night

Violent Night (2022) is a Universal holiday action-comedy directed by Tommy Wirkola, starring David Harbour as Santa Claus battling mercenaries led by John Leguizamo's Scrooge; 74% on Rotten Tomatoes, $50.1M US gross, sequel slated 2026.

Violent Night 2

Violent Night 2 is the 2026 Universal Pictures action-comedy sequel to Violent Night, directed by Tommy Wirkola, starring David Harbour as a depowered Santa defending New Jersey's Silver Bell Mall, with Kristen Bell as Mrs. Claus; released December 4, 2026, rated R.

Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll (ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 外伝 - 永遠と自動手記人形 -)

Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll (ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 外伝) is a 2019 Kyoto Animation side-story film, also called the Gaiden movie, directed by Haruka Fujita, released September 6, 2019, about Violet tutoring Isabella York and reconnecting her with Taylor Bartlett.

Violet Evergarden: The Movie (劇場版 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン)

Violet Evergarden: The Movie (劇場版 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン) is Kyoto Animation's 2020 finale film to the Violet Evergarden anime, directed by Taichi Ishidate, released September 18, 2020 by Shochiku, and a Japan Academy Prize and Media Arts Festival award winner.

Violette (2026 film)

Violette (original French title Changer l'eau des fleurs) is a 2026 French-Italian drama directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, adapted from Valérie Perrin's novel Fresh Water for Flowers.

Vipul Amrutlal Shah (વિપુલ અમૃતલાલ શાહ)

Vipul Amrutlal Shah (વિપુલ અમૃતલાલ શાહ), also Vipul Shah, is an Indian Hindi-Gujarati film producer-director, founder of Sunshine Pictures (Aankhen, Namastey London, Force, Commando, The Kerala Story), with conflicting recorded birth years (1967 Dakor vs 1973 Kutch).

Virasat (विरासत) (1997 film)

Virasat (विरासत) is a 1997 Hindi action drama directed by Priyadarshan, a remake of Thevar Magan, starring Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Amrish Puri, and Pooja Batra, with music by Anu Malik.

Virata Parvam (విరాట పర్వం)

Virata Parvam (విరాట పర్వం) is a 2022 Telugu period romantic action drama directed by Venu Udugula, starring Rana Daggubati and Sai Pallavi, set in 1992 during the Telangana Naxalite movement; released 17 June 2022, streamed on Netflix.

Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (오! 수정)

Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (오! 수정, Oh! Soo-jung) is Hong Sang-soo's 2000 black-and-white Korean romantic comedy, his third feature, told in five chapters from contradictory viewpoints of a love triangle, screened at Cannes Un Certain Regard 2000.

Virgin Territory

Virgin Territory (2007) is a David Leland comedy-drama loosely based on Boccaccio's Decameron, starring Hayden Christensen, Mischa Barton, and Tim Roth in plague-era Tuscany; it cost $38 million, grossed about $5.4 million, and went straight to US DVD.

Virginia Cherrill

Virginia Cherrill (1908–1996), American actress and Countess of Jersey, played the blind flower girl in Chaplin's City Lights (1931), her debut; also Cary Grant's first wife (1934–1935).

Virginia Weidler

Virginia Weidler was an American child film actress who appeared in roughly 40 motion pictures between 1933 and 1945. She is best known for her role in The Philadelphia Story.

Virginia Woolf's Night and Day

Virginia Woolf's Night and Day (2026 film), aka Night & Day, is Tina Gharavi's 95-minute adaptation of Woolf's 1919 novel, starring Haley Bennett as astronomer Katharine Hilbery; premiered at SXSW London, released June 19, 2026 in the UK.

Viridiana

Viridiana (1961) is Luis Buñuel's Spanish-Mexican drama about a novice nun, her lecherous uncle, and a household of beggars; it won the 1961 Cannes Palme d'Or, was denounced by the Vatican, and banned in Franco's Spain until 1977.