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Poetry (시) (2010 film)

Poetry (시, Shi) is Lee Chang-dong's 2010 South Korean drama about Mija, a grandmother with early Alzheimer's who joins a poetry class while her grandson is implicated in a schoolgirl's death. It won Best Screenplay at Cannes 2010 and starred Yoon Jeong-hee in her comeback.

Pogaru (ಪೋಗರು)

Pogaru (ಪೊಗರು), also released dubbed as Seema Thimiru in Tamil, is a 2021 Kannada action drama directed by Nanda Kishore, starring Dhruva Sarja and Rashmika Mandanna, released 19 February 2021, first big-budget Kannada film post-COVID, later cut after Brahmin community objections.

Pogumidam Vegu Thooramillai (போகுமிடம் வேகு தூரமில்லை)

Pogumidam Vegu Thooramillai (போகுமிடம் வேகு தூரமில்லை) is a 2024 Tamil road drama directed by debutant Michael K Raja, starring Vimal as mortuary driver Kumar and Karunas as koothu artist Nalinamoorthy, released 23 August 2024, streaming on Prime Video.

Poh Si Teng

Poh Si Teng, Malaysian-born (Penang) documentary filmmaker and journalist in New York; founder of Tiny Boxer Films. Producer of Oscar-nominated St. Louis Superman, Emmy-winning Patrice: The Movie, and director of the 2026 Sundance debut feature American Doctor about US doctors in Gaza.

Point Blank (1967 film)

Point Blank (1967) is John Boorman's neo-noir revenge thriller starring Lee Marvin as Walker, left for dead on Alcatraz; adapted from Westlake's The Hunter, 92 minutes, MGM, released 30 August 1967.

Point Blank (2019 film)

Point Blank (2019) is a Netflix action thriller directed by Joe Lynch, a remake of Fred Cavayé's French film À bout portant, starring Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, and Marcia Gay Harden, released July 12, 2019.

Point Break

Point Break (1991) is Kathryn Bigelow's action film in which FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) infiltrates surfing bank robbers, the Ex-Presidents, led by Bodhi (Patrick Swayze); originally titled Riders on the Storm, remade in 2015, sequel series planned.

Point Break (2015 film)

Point Break (2015) is Ericson Core's remake of the 1991 cult action film, starring Luke Bracey as FBI recruit Johnny Utah and Édgar Ramírez as Bodhi. Released December 25, 2015 by Warner Bros., it grossed $15.6 million in the US and scored 12% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Point of No Return (1993 film)

Point of No Return (The Assassin) is John Badham's 1993 American remake of Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita, starring Bridget Fonda as Maggie, a condemned killer retrained as a government assassin; it grossed $30 million domestically.

Point of Order

Point of Order! is a 1964 documentary by Emile de Antonio condensing 188 hours of kinescopes of the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings into 97 narration-free minutes, ending with Welch's decency rebuke.

Point-of-view shot

Point-of-view shot (POV shot, subjective camera): a film technique placing the camera at a character's eyeline so viewers see what the character sees, typically within a gaze/object/gaze three-shot structure; distinct from the direct-to-camera subjective shot.

Pointless

Pointless: British BBC One quiz show (first aired 24 August 2009, BBC Two) hosted by Alexander Armstrong, where teams of two seek obscure correct answers scored against a 100-person survey; pointless answers score 0.

Poison (1991 film)

Poison (1991) is Todd Haynes's feature debut, an 85-minute experimental drama intercutting three Genet-inspired tales (Hero, Horror, Homo), Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, NEA-funded, and a landmark of New Queer Cinema.

Poison 2

Poison 2 is the 2020 second season of ZEE5's Hindi crime thriller Poison, directed by Vishal Pandya, starring Aftab Shivdasani (Aditya/Jaiveer) and Raai Laxmi; 11 episodes about revenge around a Goa racecourse, released 16 October 2020.

Poison Ivy (1992 film)

Poison Ivy (1992) is a Katt Shea erotic thriller starring Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt, and Cheryl Ladd; released by New Line Cinema May 8, 1992, grossing $1,829,804 and spawning three sequels.

Poison Ivy (character)

Poison Ivy, aka Dr. Pamela Isley, is a DC Comics Batman villain and ecoterrorist debuting in Batman #181 (1966), created by Kanigher and Moldoff, with plant control, pheromones, toxin immunity, a Harley Quinn romance, and a GLAAD-winning solo series.

Pokémon (ポケットモンスター) (TV series)

Pokémon (ポケットモンスター) is TV Tokyo's long-running anime based on the 1996 Pokémon games, launched April 1997 with Ash and Pikachu, and since April 2023 following new leads Liko and Roy.

Pokémon 3: The Movie

Pokémon 3: The Movie, released in Japan as Emperor of the Crystal Tower Entei, is a 2000 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, reaching North America in 2001.

Pokémon 4Ever

Pokémon 4Ever: Celebi – Voice of the Forest (劇場版ポケットモンスター セレビィ 時を超えた遭遇), the fourth Pokémon film, directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, released in Japan July 7, 2001; Ash protects time-traveling Celebi from Team Rocket's Iron-Masked Marauder; 4Kids/Miramax English version, 16% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Pokémon Chronicles

Pokémon Chronicles, partly Pocket Monsters Side Stories (ポケットモンスター サイドストーリー), is a 22-episode English dub spin-off of the Pokémon anime focusing on characters other than Ash, drawn from Japan's Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station (2002–2004) and aired in the UK (2005) and on Cartoon Network US (2006).

Pokémon Concierge

Pokémon Concierge (ポケモンコンシェルジュ) is a Netflix and The Pokémon Company stop-motion series by dwarf studios, following concierge Haru and Psyduck at the Pokémon Resort; four episodes debuted December 28, 2023, four more on September 4, 2025.

Pokémon episodes removed from rotation

Pokémon episodes removed from rotation: unaired or pulled episodes of the Pokémon anime, chiefly the December 16, 1997 Dennō Senshi Porygon (EP038) seizure incident, plus Western bans for firearms, Jynx, and blackface content.

Pokémon Evolutions

Pokémon Evolutions (ポケモンエボリューションズ) is an eight-episode 2021 web anime miniseries by The Pokémon Company International celebrating the franchise's 25th anniversary, covering the Galar through Kanto regions in reverse order, distinct from Pokémon Generations and the main anime.

Pokémon Generations (ポケモンジェネレーションズ)

Pokémon Generations (ポケモンジェネレーションズ) is a 2016 OLM-produced anthology ONA of 18 YouTube shorts retelling game moments from Kanto through Kalos, distinct from the Ash anime and from the unrelated 2013 fan game Pokemon: Generations.

Pokémon Heroes (劇場版ポケットモンスター 水の都の護神 ラティアスとラティオス)

Pokémon Heroes (劇場版ポケットモンスター 水の都の護神 ラティアスとラティオス), the fifth Pokémon film, released July 13, 2002 in Japan and May 16, 2003 in the US, follows Ash and Pikachu in Venice-inspired Altomare as Latias and Latios guard the Soul Dew from thief sisters Zanna and Lyon.

Pokémon Horizons – Rising Hope

Pokémon Horizons: Season 3—Rising Hope is the third season of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, following Liko, Roy, Dot, and Ult one year after Laqua as they fight Laquium and the Explorers; it streamed on Netflix in four parts in 2026 and on BBC iPlayer from October 2025.

Pokémon Horizons – The Search for Laqua

Pokémon Horizons – The Search for Laqua, also called Pokémon Horizons season 2, is the second season of the Pokémon animated series, following trainers Liko, Roy, and Dot.

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Pokémon Horizons: The Series (ポケットモンスター) is the 26th Pokémon animated season, the first with an all-new cast after Ash Ketchum: Liko and Roy aboard the Rising Volt Tacklers' airship, pursued by the Explorers. US Netflix from March 7, 2024; Season 4 premieres February 27, 2027.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Pokémon Journeys: The Series, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters (2019), is the 23rd Pokémon anime season (2019–2023), 136 TV Tokyo episodes, following Ash and Goh as research fellows traveling all regions, split into Journeys, Master Journeys, and Ultimate Journeys.

Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series

Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series is season 24 of the Pokémon anime, the second of three Pokémon Journeys seasons, with 42 episodes (JN049–JN090) aired in Japan December 2020–December 2021 and streamed on US Netflix from September 10, 2021, following Ash's World Coronation climb, Goh's catching quest, and Chloe's first catch, Eevee.