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World Cinema Project
The World Cinema Project, founded by Martin Scorsese in 2007 under The Film Foundation, restores and preserves neglected films from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East; 72 films from 34 countries restored, released via Criterion box sets.
World Famous Lover (వర్ల్డ్ ఫేమస్ లవర్)
World Famous Lover (వర్ల్డ్ ఫేమస్ లవర్) is a 2020 Telugu romantic drama written and directed by Kranthi Madhav, starring Vijay Deverakonda, Raashi Khanna, Aishwarya Rajesh, Catherine Tresa, and Izabelle Leite; released 14 February 2020, it was a critical and box-office failure.
World War Z (film)
World War Z (2013), Marc Forster's American zombie pandemic action horror film starring Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, loosely adapted from Max Brooks's novel; $540 million worldwide, troubled reshoots, sequel with Edward Berger announced.
World's Biggest Gang Bang
The World's Biggest Gang Bang (世界第一群交會) is a 1995 John T. Bone pornographic video starring Annabel Chong (Grace Quek), billed as 300 men but actually about 70 participants and 251 sex acts in 10 hours; she was never paid the promised $10,000.
World's Greatest Dad
World's Greatest Dad is a 2009 American dark comedy written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, starring Robin Williams as a teacher who fakes his son's suicide note; Sundance premiere, Magnolia Pictures, 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Worricker Trilogy
The Worricker Trilogy: Page Eight (2011), Turks & Caicos (2014), and Salting the Battlefield (2014), David Hare's BBC spy films starring Bill Nighy as MI5 analyst Johnny Worricker, who exposes the Prime Minister's knowledge of US rendition camps.
Worth (film)
Worth (2021) is a Sara Colangelo drama starring Michael Keaton as Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, based on Feinberg's memoir What Is Life Worth, released by Netflix September 3, 2021.
Would It Kill You to Laugh?
Would It Kill You to Laugh? is a 2022 Peacock sketch comedy special by A24, starring Kate Berlant and John Early as estranged sitcom stars reuniting on TV, directed by Andrew DeYoung, Emmy-nominated for writing.
Would You Rather (film)
Would You Rather is a 2012 American psychological horror thriller directed by David Guy Levy, starring Brittany Snow and Jeffrey Combs, released theatrically February 8, 2013, about a deadly dinner-party game.
Wounds (film)
Wounds (2019) is a psychological horror film by Babak Anvari, adapted from Nathan Ballingrud's novella The Visible Filth, starring Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson, and Zazie Beetz; released on Hulu and Netflix in October 2019.
Woyzeck
Woyzeck is an unfinished play by Georg Büchner, left incomplete at his death in 1837, portraying a poor soldier exploited by superiors until he murders his mistress Marie.
Wrath of Man
Wrath of Man is a 2021 action crime thriller directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Jason Statham as a mysterious armored-truck guard seeking his son's killers. It is a remake of the 2004 French film Le Convoyeur.
Wrath of the Titans
Wrath of the Titans is a 2012 American fantasy action film directed by Jonathan Liebesman and the sequel to Clash of the Titans, starring Sam Worthington as Perseus.
Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (高山下的花环)
Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (高山下的花环) is Xie Jin's 1984 Shanghai Film Studio war drama adapted from Li Cunbao's novella about the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War; it won Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers awards and drew 150 million admissions.
Wreck-It Ralph
Wreck-It Ralph (2012) is Disney Animation's arcade-villain comedy directed by Rich Moore, starring John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman; 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, 72 Metascore, Oscar-nominated, over $470 million worldwide, sequel Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006), also known as Pizzeria Kamikaze, is Goran Dukic's dark-comedy debut adapted from Etgar Keret's Kneller's Happy Campers, following Zia (Patrick Fugit) through an afterlife for suicides, with Tom Waits as Kneller.
Written & Directed by God
Written & Directed by God (എഴുതിയതും സംവിധാനം ചെയ്തതും ദൈവം) is a 2025 Malayalam comedy-fantasy directed by Febi George Stonefield, starring Saiju Kurup as filmmaker Jijo and Sunny Wayne as God; released 5 June 2025, streaming on Manorama Max from 20 March 2026.
Written on the Wind
Written on the Wind: 1956 Douglas Sirk Technicolor melodrama (Universal-International, Albert Zugsmith) about a decaying Texas oil dynasty, starring Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, and Oscar winner Dorothy Malone.
Wrong Reasons
Wrong Reasons: 2022 American dark comedy thriller, also billed as a punk rock thriller, directed by Josh Roush, his feature debut. A bear-masked man (James Parks) kidnaps punk singer Kat Oden (Liv Roush), triggering a police investigation (Ralph Garman) and media circus; executive produced by Kevin Smith.
Wrong Turn (2003 film)
Wrong Turn is a 2003 American horror film directed by Rob Schmidt and starring Desmond Harrington and Eliza Dushku, about travelers stalked by cannibals in West Virginia.
Wrong Turn (2021 film)
Wrong Turn (2021) is a horror reboot directed by Mike P. Nelson, written by original creator Alan B. McElroy, starring Charlotte Vega and Matthew Modine; hikers on the Appalachian Trail cross into The Foundation's territory, the seventh franchise film with no cannibal villains.
Wrong Turn (film series)
Wrong Turn is an American slasher film series created by Alan B. McElroy, beginning with the 2003 West Virginia backwoods cannibal film and spanning seven entries including prequels and the 2021 Foundation reboot.
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End is a 2007 direct-to-video horror sequel directed by Joe Lynch, starring Henry Rollins as reality-show host Dale Murphy, hunted with contestants by West Virginia cannibals; RT 67%, IMDb 5.5.
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead is a 2009 direct-to-video slasher, the third Wrong Turn film, directed by Declan O'Brien, starring Tom Frederic and Janet Montgomery, with Three Finger hunting bus-crash survivors in West Virginia.
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011) is a direct-to-video slasher prequel written and directed by Declan O'Brien, the fourth Wrong Turn film, showing how cannibals Three Finger, One Eye, and Saw-Tooth escaped a 1974 sanatorium and stalk college students there in 2003.
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines is a 2012 direct-to-video slasher, the fifth Wrong Turn film, directed by Declan O'Brien, starring Doug Bradley as Maynard, filmed in Sofia, Bulgaria, rated 4.1/10 on IMDb.
Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort
Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort (Wrong Turn VI: Last Resort) is a 2014 direct-to-video American slasher, the sixth Wrong Turn film, directed by Valeri Milev, about Danny inheriting the Hillicker cannibal family's Hobb Springs resort; recalled in Ireland in 2014.
Wu Xia
Wu Xia (武俠), also released as Dragon or Swordsmen, is Peter Chan's 2011 martial arts thriller starring Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Tang Wei, set in 1917 Yunnan, notable for only three fight scenes and a forensic, medical take on the genre.
Wu Yen (钟无艳)
Wu Yen (鍾無艷, Chung Mou Yim) is a 2001 Hong Kong Lunar New Year comedy-fantasy by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, starring Anita Mui as a cross-dressed Emperor Qi, Sammi Cheng as the warrior Wu Yen, and Cecilia Cheung as a gender-shifting fox fairy.
Wuthering Heights (1939 film)
Wuthering Heights (1939 film), William Wyler's Hollywood adaptation produced by Samuel Goldwyn, stars Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier. Eight Oscar nominations, one win for Gregg Toland's cinematography; covers only the first half of Brontë's novel.