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Yuma Asami (麻美ゆま)
Yuma Asami (麻美ゆま, born 1987, Takasaki, Gunma) is a Japanese entertainer, former AV actress, and second leader of Ebisu Muscats who survived ovarian cancer in 2013 and rebuilt her career as a singer and cancer advocate.
Yunan (film)
Yunan (يونان) is a 2025 German-Arabic drama by Ameer Fakher Eldin, second in his Homeland trilogy, about an exiled Syrian writer on a North Sea Hallig island; it competed at Berlinale 2025 for the Golden Bear and won Arab Critics' Award honors.
Yurizan Beltran
Yurizan Beltran (Yurizan Beltrán Lebanue, Yuri Luv, Sweet Yurizan), 1986–2017, American adult film actress and model of Mexican descent from Long Beach; multi-nominated AVN performer who also acted in two mainstream films and died accidentally of hydrocodone overdose in December 2017.
Yuva (युवा)
Yuva (युवा) is Mani Ratnam's 2004 Hindi political drama, released 21 May 2004, about three young men, Michael, Arjun, and Lallan, linked by a bridge accident in Kolkata; made in Tamil as Aayitha Ezhuthu, starring Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, and Vivek Oberoi.
Yuvaraja (film)
Yuvaraja (ಯುವರಾಜ, Prince) is a 2001 Kannada action drama directed by Puri Jagannadh, starring Shivarajkumar, a remake of Telugu film Thammudu, with music by Ramana Gogula; distinct from the 2024 film Yuva.
Yuvarathnaa (ಯುವರತ್ನ)
Yuvarathnaa (ಯುವರತ್ನ) is a 2021 Kannada action drama directed by Santhosh Ananddram, starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Sayyeshaa, produced by Hombale Films; released 1 April 2021, about a college fighting privatization, streaming on Prime Video.
Yuvika Chaudhary (युविका चौधरी)
Yuvika Chaudhary (युविका चौधरी), Indian actress born 1983 in Baraut, Uttar Pradesh; known as Dolly in Om Shanti Om (2007), Bigg Boss 9 contestant, wife of Prince Narula, Nach Baliye 9 winner, and The 50 (2026) participant.
Yuvvraaj (युवराज)
Yuvvraaj (युव्वराज) is a 2008 Hindi musical drama directed by Subhash Ghai, starring Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Zayed Khan, and Katrina Kaif, with music by A.R. Rahman; released 21 November 2008, it flopped with Rs 16.67 crore India net.
Yvette Vickers
Yvette Vickers (Yvette Vedder, 1928-2010), American actress and July 1959 Playboy Playmate, played Honey Parker in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and Liz Walker in Attack of the Giant Leeches; her mummified body was found in 2011.
Z (1969 film)
Z (1969), Costa-Gavras's French-Algerian political thriller from Vassilikos's novel on Grigoris Lambrakis's 1963 assassination; won two Oscars, Cannes Jury Prize, banned in Greece.
Z for Zachariah (film)
Z for Zachariah (2015) is a post-apocalyptic drama directed by Craig Zobel, written by Nissar Modi, starring Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Chris Pine, adapted from Robert C. O'Brien's 1974 novel; Caleb was invented for the film.
Zabriskie Point (film)
Zabriskie Point is Michelangelo Antonioni's 1970 MGM drama, his first US-made feature, starring non-professionals Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin amid 1960s counterculture, with a Pink Floyd-linked soundtrack, a $7 million cost, commercial failure, and later cult status.
Zachary Scott
Zachary Scott (Zachary Thomson Scott Jr., 1914–1965), Austin-born American film actor known for suave villains in The Mask of Dimitrios, Mildred Pierce, and The Southerner; distinct from the modern actor Zachary T. Scott and Austin's Zach Theatre namesake.
Zachery Ty Bryan
Zachery Ty Bryan (born 1981, Aurora, Colorado) is an American actor and producer, known as Brad Taylor on ABC's Home Improvement (1991-1999, 203 episodes), later a film producer (The Kindergarten Teacher), now notable for repeated domestic violence and DUI arrests and prison sentences.
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Zack and Miri Make a Porno is a 2008 American romantic comedy directed by Kevin Smith, starring Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks as friends making an adult film.
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Zack Snyder's Justice League, the "Snyder Cut", is Zack Snyder's 242-minute 2021 HBO Max director's cut of the 2017 film Justice League, released after the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut fan campaign, costing over $70 million with 1,000+ new VFX shots.
Zack Ward
Zack Ward (Zacharias Ward), Canadian actor born 1970 in Toronto, played bully Scut Farkus in A Christmas Story (1983) and its 2022 sequel, Dave Scouvel on Titus, and the Postal Dude in Postal (2007); directed The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms (2024).
Zahan Kapoor (ज़ाहन पृथ्वीराज कपूर)
Zahan Kapoor (ज़ाहन पृथ्वीराज कपूर) is an Indian actor, grandson of Shashi Kapoor and Ramesh Sippy's grandson, who debuted with Hansal Mehta's Faraaz and broke out as Sunil Gupta in Netflix's Black Warrant (2025), while serving as a Prithvi Theatre trustee.
Zakhm
Zakhm (ज़ख़्म, "Wound") is Mahesh Bhatt's 1998 Hindi drama, produced by Pooja Bhatt, starring Ajay Devgn, about a Muslim mother's burial wish during the 1993 Bombay riots; autobiographical, National Award winner.
Zakir Hussain (ज़ाकिर हुसैन) (actor)
Zakir Hussain (ज़ाकिर हुसैन), Hindi film, TV and streaming character actor, NSD-trained, distinct from the tabla maestro; known for Sarkar, Johnny Gaddaar, Andhadhun and Farzi (2023).
Zal Batmanglij
Zal Batmanglij, American film director and screenwriter born in France to Iranian parents; co-writer with Brit Marling of Sound of My Voice (2011), The East (2013), The OA (2016–19), and A Murder at the End of the World (2023).
Zama (2017 film)
Zama (2017) is Lucrecia Martel's fourth feature, an adaptation of Antonio Di Benedetto's 1956 novel, premiering at Venice. It stars Daniel Giménez Cacho as a colonial magistrate waiting for a royal transfer that never comes.
Zameer (ज़मीर)
Zameer (ज़मीर) is a 1975 Hindi action-drama directed by Ravi Chopra, produced by B.R. Chopra, starring Shammi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, and Saira Banu; a criminal poses as a horse-breeder's lost son. Distinct from the 1997 film of the same name.
Zanjeer (ज़ंजीर) (1973 film)
Zanjeer (ज़ंजीर), 1973 Hindi action film directed by Prakash Mehra, written by Salim-Javed, starring Amitabh Bachchan as Inspector Vijay Khanna; established the Angry Young Man persona and was a blockbuster.
Zanjeer (ज़ंजीर) (2013 film)
Zanjeer (ज़ंजीर), also Thoofan in Telugu, is Apoorva Lakhia's 2013 remake of the 1973 Amitabh Bachchan classic, starring Ram Charan in his Bollywood debut with Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt, and Prakash Raj; released 6 September 2013 to mixed-to-negative reviews.
Zapatlela (झपाटलेला)
Zapatlela (झपाटलेला) is a 1993 Marathi horror comedy directed, written, and produced by Mahesh Kothare, inspired by Child's Play, starring Laxmikant Berde and Dilip Prabhavalkar as Tatya Vinchu; a 2013 3D sequel followed.
Zapped!
Zapped! is a 1982 American teen sex comedy directed by Robert J. Rosenthal, starring Scott Baio as a student who gains telekinetic powers from a lab accident.
Zapruder film
The Zapruder film, also called the Zapruder movie, is Abraham Zapruder's 26-second, 486-frame 8mm home movie of President Kennedy's assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963, sold to Life for $150,000, bought by the US government for $16 million in 1999, and held at the National Archives with copyright at the Sixth Floor Museum.
Zara Hatke Zara Bachke (ज़रा हटके ज़रा बचके)
Zara Hatke Zara Bachke (ज़रा हटके ज़रा बचके) is a 2023 Hindi romantic comedy by Laxman Utekar starring Vicky Kaushal and Sara Ali Khan as an Indore couple faking divorce for a housing scheme; sleeper hit over 85 crore nett.
Zardoz
Zardoz (1974) is a science fiction film written, produced and directed by John Boorman, starring Sean Connery as Zed and Charlotte Rampling; its title contracts The Wizard of Oz, and it depicts immortals ruling post-apocalyptic Brutals in 2293.