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Pop icon

Pop icon (popular or pop culture icon): a person, fictional character, or object widely recognized as a symbol of a culture or era, spanning celebrities like Michael Jackson and characters like Mickey Mouse, Darth Vader, and Hello Kitty, defined by image distinctness, durability, reproducibility, and tragic-dramatic narrative.

Pop Idol

Pop Idol was a British ITV singing competition created by Simon Fuller, airing 2001–2003; Will Young won its 2002 final and it launched the global Idol franchise.

Pop Kaun?

Pop Kaun? (Baap Kaun) is a 2023 Hindi comedy-drama web series created and directed by Farhad Samji for Disney+ Hotstar, starring Kunal Kemmu as an adopted politician's son searching for his biological father.

Pop Team Epic (ポプテピピック)

Pop Team Epic (ポプテピピック, Poputepipikku) is a 4-koma absurdist gag manga by bkub, serialized on Manga Life Win since 2014, starring Popuko and Pipimi; its 2018 anime aired each episode twice with different voice actors.

Pop the Balloon or Find Love

Pop the Balloon or Find Love is a YouTube dating series created by Bolia Matundu and host Arlette Amuli, launched December 7, 2023, where singles pop red balloons to reject suitors; it passed 100 million views and spawned a canceled Netflix live adaptation.

Popcorn (1991 film)

Popcorn (1991) is an American-Canadian horror comedy directed by Mark Herrier, also known as Phantom of the Cinema, about film students stalked by a masked killer during a horror-movie marathon, filmed in Jamaica with Jill Schoelen and Dee Wallace.

Pope Francis – A Man of His Word

Pope Francis: A Man of His Word is Wim Wenders' 2018 Vatican co-produced documentary in which the pope speaks directly to camera via Interrotron interviews on poverty, ecology, migration, and reform; Cannes 2018 premiere, 82% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Popeye (film)

Popeye, also known as Popeye The Movie, is a 1980 American live-action musical comedy directed by Robert Altman, starring Robin Williams as Popeye and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl.

Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves

Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937) is the second of Fleischer Studios' three Technicolor two-reel Popeye Color Specials, directed by Dave Fleischer, pitting Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Wimpy against Bluto as the bandit Abu Hassan.

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936) is a two-reel Technicolor Fleischer Studios short, first of three Popeye Color Specials, starring Bluto as Sindbad; Oscar-nominated and in the 2004 National Film Registry.

Popeye the Slayer Man

Popeye the Slayer Man (2025) is an American slasher horror film directed by Robert Michael Ryan, made after Popeye's 1929 comic version entered the US public domain; released March 21, 2025 by Vantage Media, one of three 2025 Popeye horror films.

Popeye's Revenge

Popeye's Revenge is a 2025 British slasher horror film directed by William Stead for ITN Studios, one of three 2025 Popeye horror films made after the character entered the US public domain, released digitally February 2025.

PopoloCrois (ポポロクロイス)

PopoloCrois (ポポロクロイス) is Yohsuke Tamori's fantasy franchise about Prince Pietro of the Kingdom of Popolocrois, spanning a 1978 manga, PlayStation RPGs from 1996, two TV anime series (1998, 2003), and PSP and 3DS releases.

Poppa's House

Poppa's House is a CBS multi-camera family sitcom (2024-2025) starring Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. as father and son; 18 episodes, canceled April 2025 after one season.

Popples

Popples is a toy and cartoon franchise created by Those Characters From Cleveland (American Greetings) in 1985: plush creatures that reverse from balls into furry friends. Mattel toys sold over $444 million; cartoons ran 1986–1988 and on Netflix 2015–2016.

Poppy Liu (柳波)

Poppy Liu (柳波), born 1991 in Xi'an, China, is a Chinese American actress known as Kiki on Hacks, lead Jianhu in Boots Riley's I Love Boosters (2026), and roles in Sunnyside, Dead Ringers, No Good Deed, and His & Hers; also a doula and SisterSong board member.

Poppy Montgomery

Poppy Montgomery (birth name Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue) is an Australian actress, born in Sydney in 1972, known for playing Samantha Spade on Without a Trace and Carrie Wells on Unforgettable.

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, also known as Never Stop Never Stopping, is a 2016 American mockumentary comedy by The Lonely Island, starring Andy Samberg as a pop star whose album flops.

Popular (TV series)

Popular (1999-2001) is a WB teen comedy-drama, Ryan Murphy's first TV series, co-created with Gina Matthews, starring Leslie Bibb and Carly Pope as rival stepdaughters-to-be; two seasons, GLAAD-nominated cult favorite.

Population 11

Population 11 is a 2024 Australian dark comedy crime thriller series (Stan, 14 March 2024, 12 episodes) starring Ben Feldman as an American searching for his vanished father in the outback town of Bidgeegud, loosely inspired by the 2017 Paddy Moriarty Larrimah disappearance.

Por la Libre

Por la libre (Dust to Dust), 2000 Mexican coming-of-age road comedy-drama by Juan Carlos de Llaca (Altavista Films); cousins Rodrigo and Rocco take their Spanish grandfather's ashes to Acapulco; Ariel winner, Netflix.

Por Thozhil (போர் தொழில்)

Por Thozhil (போர் தொழில்), The Art of War, is a 2023 Tamil crime thriller directed by Vignesh Raja, starring Ashok Selvan and R. Sarathkumar as rookie and veteran cops hunting a serial killer; a Rs. 7.75 crore blockbuster streaming on Sony LIV.

Porco Rosso (紅の豚)

Porco Rosso (紅の豚, Kurenai no Buta) is a 1992 Studio Ghibli anime film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his manga Hikōtei Jidai, about a pig-faced WWI ace hunting air pirates in the Adriatic; released July 18, 1992 by Toho.

Porgy and Bess (film)

Porgy and Bess (1959) is Otto Preminger's Columbia Pictures film of Gershwin's folk opera, starring Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, and Sammy Davis Jr., an Oscar winner now largely unavailable after Goldwyn's rights lapsed.

Pori Moni (পরী মনি)

Pori Moni (পরী মনি), birth name Shamsunnahar Smrity, born 1992, is a Bangladeshi film actress who debuted with Bhalobasha Shimaheen (2015), signed about two dozen films that year, won CJFB and BAIFA awards, married and separated from Sariful Razz, and was jailed 27 days in a 2021 drug case later dismissed.

Porinju Mariam Jose

Porinju Mariam Jose (പൊറിഞ്ചു മറിയം ജോസ്) is a 2019 Indian Malayalam period action thriller directed by Joshiy, starring Joju George, Nyla Usha, and Chemban Vinod Jose as three childhood friends.

Pork Chop Hill (1959 film)

Pork Chop Hill (1959) is Lewis Milestone's Korean War drama starring Gregory Peck as Lt. Joe Clemons, based on S.L.A. Marshall's book about the April 1953 battle during Panmunjom truce talks, released by United Artists.

Porky in Wackyland

Porky in Wackyland (1938) is a Bob Clampett Looney Tunes short in which Porky Pig hunts the last Do-Do bird in surreal Darkest Africa; noted for its surrealism, Mel Blanc voices, Carl Stalling score, 1949 color remake, and 2000 National Film Registry induction.

Porky Pig

Porky Pig, Warner Bros. Looney Tunes stuttering pig, debuted 2 March 1935 in I Haven't Got a Hat; studio's first cartoon star, voiced by Joe Dougherty, then Mel Blanc 1937-1989, later Bob Bergen; introduced Daffy Duck in Porky's Duck Hunt.

Porky's

Porky's (1981), Bob Clark's teen sex comedy about 1950s Florida high schoolers seeking revenge on strip-club owner Porky; a Canadian-produced blockbuster that grossed over $100 million and launched the 1980s raunch-comedy cycle.