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White Mars

White Mars is an upcoming British sci-fi thriller directed by Martin Owen, starring Lucy Hale as microbiologist Sammie and Luke Newton as Leo, set at an Antarctic research facility; filmed at Cinecittà, Rome, release date unannounced.

White Material

White Material is a 2009 drama by Claire Denis (with Marie N'Diaye), starring Isabelle Huppert as Maria Vial, a French coffee-plantation manager in an unnamed African country amid civil war; screened in competition at Venice 66.

White Men Can't Jump (2023 film)

White Men Can't Jump (2023) is a Hulu sports comedy remake of the 1992 film, directed by Calmatic, starring Jack Harlow (film debut) and Sinqua Walls as streetball hustlers in Los Angeles; critics gave it 26% on Rotten Tomatoes.

White Mischief

White Mischief is a 1987 Michael Radford British crime drama, also known by its source book title by James Fox, about the unsolved 1941 Happy Valley murder of the Earl of Erroll in Kenya, starring Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance, and Joss Ackland.

White Nights (1985 film)

White Nights (1985) is a Taylor Hackford Cold War drama starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines as defectors plotting an escape from the Soviet Union; Columbia Pictures release, $41.5M gross, Oscar-winning song "Say You, Say Me".

White Noise (2022 film)

White Noise (2022) is Noah Baumbach's Netflix adaptation of Don DeLillo's 1985 novel, starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig, opening Venice and NYFF, scoring 64% on Rotten Tomatoes and 66 on Metacritic.

White Oleander (film)

White Oleander is a 2002 American drama film directed by Peter Kosminsky, adapted from Janet Fitch's 1999 novel, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Alison Lohman, Robin Wright Penn, and Renée Zellweger; released by Warner Bros. on October 11, 2002, grossing $16.3 million.

White Palace (film)

White Palace is a 1990 American romantic drama directed by Luis Mandoki, starring Susan Sarandon and James Spader, adapted from Glenn Savan's novel, released by Universal Pictures October 19, 1990, 103 minutes, rated R.

White Rose (2024 film)

White Rose (வைட் ரோஸ்) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film directed by K Rajashekar, starring Kayal Anandhi and R. K. Suresh, released on 5 April 2024.

White Sands

White Sands (1992) is an American neo-noir thriller directed by Roger Donaldson, written by Daniel Pyne, starring Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, and Samuel L. Jackson; a New Mexico sheriff impersonates a dead man with $500,000 and enters an FBI sting.

White savior narrative in film

White savior narrative in film: a cinematic trope where a white protagonist saves or redeems non-white characters, also called the white savior film genre, studied by Matthew Hughey across 50 films from 1987 to 2011, criticized for centering white agency and sidelining non-white characters.

White Shadows in the South Seas

White Shadows in the South Seas (1928) is an MGM drama directed by W. S. Van Dyke with Robert Flaherty, based on Frederick O'Brien's 1919 book, MGM's first prerecorded-soundtrack film, starring Monte Blue and Raquel Torres, Oscar winner for cinematography.

White Snake (白蛇:缘起) (film)

White Snake (白蛇:缘起) is a 2019 Chinese computer-animated fantasy romance film from Light Chaser Animation, a prequel to the Legend of the White Snake folk tale.

White Snake: Afloat (白蛇:浮生)

White Snake: Afloat (白蛇:浮生) is a 2024 Chinese 3D animated fantasy romance by Light Chaser Animation, the third White Snake film, retelling the Xu Xian legend in Southern Song Hangzhou; it earned about 425 million yuan and opened in Japan in 2026.

White Squall (film)

White Squall is a 1996 American adventure drama film directed by Ridley Scott, based on the 1961 sinking of the school sailing ship Albatross and starring Jeff Bridges.

White Sun of the Desert (Белое солнце пустыни)

White Sun of the Desert (Белое солнце пустыни), 1969 Soviet "Eastern" by Vladimir Motyl: Red Army soldier Sukhov guards a bandit's harem in the Civil War desert; 34 million viewers, cosmonaut good-luck film.

White Valentine (화이트 발렌타인)

White Valentine (화이트 발렌타인) is a 1999 South Korean romance film directed by Yang Yun-ho, starring Park Shin-yang and Jun Ji-hyun in her debut, about a dove-carried letter correspondence between reunited childhood pen pals.

White Vengeance (鸿门宴)

White Vengeance (鸿门宴传奇, Hong Men Yan) is Daniel Lee's 2011 Chinese historical action film about the Hongmen Banquet between Liu Bang (Leon Lai) and Xiang Yu (Feng Shaofeng), released 29 November 2011, grossing about 160 million yuan in China and $992,195 internationally.

White Zombie (film)

White Zombie (1932), Victor Halperin's pre-Code horror film starring Bela Lugosi as voodoo master Murder Legendre, is widely regarded as the first feature-length zombie film, adapted from Seabrook's The Magic Island, budgeted at about $50,000, and released by United Artists.

Whiteout (2009 film)

Whiteout is a 2009 Antarctic murder mystery thriller directed by Dominic Sena, starring Kate Beckinsale as a U.S. Marshal solving Antarctica's first homicide before winter sets in.

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody is a 2022 American musical biopic directed by Kasi Lemmons and written by Anthony McCarten, starring Naomi Ackie as Whitney Houston.

Whitney Springs

Whitney Springs (working title) is an undated Paramount musical comedy directed by Trey Parker, written by Vernon Chatman, and produced by Kendrick Lamar, Dave Free, Parker, and Matt Stone, about a slave-reenactor intern; delayed from July 2025 and March 2026.

Who Am I – Kein System ist sicher

Who Am I – Kein System ist sicher is a 2014 German techno-thriller film directed by Baran bo Odar about a young hacker pursued by police.

Who Am I (2014 film)

Who Am I – Kein System ist sicher (No System Is Safe) is a 2014 German techno-thriller by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, the later Dark creators, starring Tom Schilling as hacker Benjamin of group CLAY; it won three 2015 Lolas.

Who Am I? (我是谁) (1998 film)

Who Am I? (我是谁) is a 1998 Hong Kong action comedy directed by Jackie Chan and Benny Chan, starring Chan as a commando with amnesia in South Africa.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Robert Rabbit, no, Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 1988 Robert Zemeckis film blending live action and hand-drawn animation, based on Gary K. Wolf's novel, starring Bob Hoskins; won four Oscars and joined the National Film Registry in 2016.

Who Invited Them

Who Invited Them is a 2022 Shudder horror-comedy, Duncan Birmingham's feature debut, in which housewarming hosts Adam and Margo (Ryan Hansen, Melissa Tang) are trapped by neighborly strangers Tom and Sasha (Timothy Granaderos, Perry Mattfeld).

Who Killed Captain Alex?

Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010) is Uganda's first action movie, made by Nabwana IGG in Wakaliga, Kampala for about $85–$200, narrated by VJ Emmie, and a viral cult hit after its 2015 free YouTube release.

Who Killed Cock Robin

Who Killed Cock Robin? is an English nursery rhyme first published in 1744 as Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin, in which a sparrow confesses to the killing; adapted by Disney (1935), detective fiction, children's books, and a 2017 Taiwanese neo-noir film.

Who Killed Teddy Bear?

Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965) is a Joseph Cates black-and-white exploitation thriller starring Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, and Jan Murray, about a busboy stalking a disco hostess in Times Square; censored after release and restored uncut in 2024.