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Premabhishekam (ప్రేమాభిషేకం)

Premabhishekam (ప్రేమాభిషేకం) is a 1981 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama directed by Dasari Narayana Rao, starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Sridevi, a record-setting hit remade in Tamil and Hindi.

Premada Kanike

Premada Kanike (ಪ್ರೇಮದ ಕಾಣಿಕೆ), also spelled Premada Kaanike, is a 1976 Kannada crime thriller directed by V. Somashekar, starring Rajkumar and Aarathi, story by Salim-Javed, music by Upendra Kumar; remade as Polladhavan.

Premala Conditions Apply

Premala Conditions Apply (प्रेमाला कंडिशन्स अप्लाय) is a 2026 Marathi romantic drama ZEE5 web series, directed by Gaurav Patki, starring Siddharth Menon and Janhavi Uday as office lovers Rishi and Ananya in a Mumbai IT firm with a no-dating policy; 50 episodes.

Premaloka (ಪ್ರೇಮಲೋಕ)

Premaloka (ಪ್ರೇಮಲೋಕ), also Paruva Ragam in Tamil, is a 1987 Kannada romantic musical directed, produced by, and starring V. Ravichandran with Juhi Chawla; Hamsalekha's debut score sold over 36 lakh cassettes and the film ran over a year.

Premalu (പ്രേമലു)

Premalu (പ്രേമലു) is a 2024 Malayalam romantic comedy directed by Girish A.D., starring Naslen and Mamitha Baiju as Sachin and Reenu in Hyderabad; a Bhavana Studios blockbuster grossing ₹131.50 crore worldwide, with its sequel Premalu 2 later shelved.

Premam (2016 film)

Premam (ప్రేమమ్) is a 2016 Telugu romantic comedy-drama, the official remake of the 2015 Malayalam hit, directed by Chandoo Mondeti, starring Naga Chaitanya, Shruti Haasan, Anupama Parameswaran, and Madonna Sebastian, released 7 October 2016.

Premam (പ്രേമം)

Premam (പ്രേമം, "Love") is a 2015 Malayalam romantic comedy drama written, edited, and directed by Alphonse Puthren, starring Nivin Pauly, Sai Pallavi, Madonna Sebastian, and Anupama Parameswaran; a record-breaking hit remade in Telugu in 2016.

Premante (ప్రేమంటే)

Premante (ప్రేమంటే), also styled Premante – Thrill-u Praptirasthu, is a 2025 Telugu romantic crime comedy directed by debutant Navaneeth Sriram, starring Priyadarshi and Anandhi; released 21 November 2025, streamed on Netflix from 19 December 2025, grossing over Rs 2 crore worldwide.

Premature (2014 film)

Premature (2014) is an American time-loop sex comedy directed by Dan Beers, co-written with Mathew Harawitz, starring John Karna as a high school senior reliving the day he loses his virginity; released July 2, 2014 by IFC Midnight, Metascore 34.

Premistunnaa

Premistunnaa (ప్రేమిస్తున్నా), also spelled Premisthunna, is a 2025 Telugu romantic drama directed by Bhanu, starring Sathvik Varma and Preethi Neha; released 7 November 2025, 178 minutes, A certificate, streamed on Aha from 28 November 2025.

Premium Rush

Premium Rush (2012) is a David Koepp action thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as brakeless-fixie bike messenger Wilee, chased across Manhattan by corrupt cop Michael Shannon over an envelope; 91 minutes, PG-13, $20.3M US gross.

Premonition (2007 film)

Premonition is a 2007 American supernatural thriller directed by Mennan Yapo, starring Sandra Bullock as a housewife who experiences the days around her husband's fatal car accident out of sequence.

Preparation for the Next Life (film)

Preparation for the Next Life is Bing Liu's 2025 romantic drama debut, adapted from Atticus Lish's PEN/Faulkner-winning novel, starring Sebiye Behtiyar and Fred Hechinger as an undocumented Uyghur immigrant and a PTSD-suffering US veteran in New York.

Prequel

Prequel: a film, book, or play telling events before those of an earlier work; coined from pre- + sequel (1958 Anthony Boucher usage; 1970s mainstream), exemplified by Wide Sargasso Sea and the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and rarer than sequels.

Preschool (film)

Preschool (2026) is a comedy film directed by and starring Josh Duhamel, with Michael Socha and Antonia Thomas, about two rival London fathers competing for the last spot at an elite preschool; released digitally March 17, 2026 via Republic Pictures.

Presence (2024 film)

Presence (2024) is a Steven Soderbergh haunted-house film, written by David Koepp, shot entirely from a ghost's first-person POV. Premiered at Sundance 2024, released by NEON January 24, 2025, starring Lucy Liu and Callina Liang.

Presence (DC Comics)

The Presence is DC Comics' supreme being, a fictionalized counterpart of the Abrahamic God, first appearing as "The Voice" in More Fun Comics #52 (1940), later featured in Vertigo's Sandman and Lucifer titles.

President Curtis (TV series)

President Curtis is a 2026 Adult Swim adult animated sci-fi comedy, a Rick and Morty spinoff co-created by Dan Harmon and James Siciliano, starring Keith David as President Andre Curtis alongside Stephanie Beatriz and Jim Rash, renewed for season 2 before its July 26, 2026 premiere.

Press Gang

Press Gang is a British ITV comedy drama (1989–1993, 43 episodes) about teenagers running the Junior Gazette newspaper; all episodes written by Steven Moffat, starring Julia Sawalha and Dexter Fletcher.

Press Your Luck

Press Your Luck is an American game show created by Bill Carruthers and Jan McCormack, aired on CBS 1983-1986 with Peter Tomarken, famous for the Whammy and Michael Larson's $110,237 win, revived on ABC in 2019 with Elizabeth Banks.

Press Your Luck scandal

The Press Your Luck scandal saw contestant Michael Larson win $110,237 in 1984 on the CBS game show by memorizing its Big Board's supposedly random patterns.

Pressure (2026 film)

Pressure (2026 film), Anthony Maras war drama adapted from David Haig's 2014 play, stars Andrew Scott as D-Day meteorologist James Stagg and Brendan Fraser as Eisenhower; released May 29, 2026, 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Pressure Cooker

Pressure Cooker is a 2023 Netflix reality cooking competition in which 11 American chefs live together, cook timed challenges, judge each other's dishes, and vote for the $100,000 winner; Robbie Jester won the eight-episode first season.

Preston Burke

Preston Burke is a fictional cardiothoracic surgeon on Grey's Anatomy, played by Isaiah Washington in seasons 1-3 and 10. He left Cristina Yang at the altar, won a Harper Avery, founded the Klausman Institute in Zurich, and exited when Washington was fired in 2007.

Preston Lacy

Preston Lacy (born 1969, Carthage, Missouri) is an American stunt performer, actor, and screenwriter, an original cast member of MTV's Jackass and writer on its five theatrical films, known for sketches with Wee Man.

Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges (Edmund Preston Biden, 1898–1959) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director, Hollywood's first prominent screenwriter to direct his own scripts, selling The Great McGinty to Paramount for $10 and winning its first Best Original Screenplay Oscar.

Prestupleniye i nakazaniye (2024 TV series)

Prestupleniye i nakazaniye (Преступление и наказание), 2024 Kinopoisk Russian series by Vladimir Mirzoev adapting Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment in modern St. Petersburg; 10 episodes, released 2 November 2024, rated 5.8 on Kinopoisk.

Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent (2024) is an Apple TV+ eight-episode legal thriller limited series starring Jake Gyllenhaal as prosecutor Rusty Sabich, based on Scott Turow's 1987 novel, renewed as an anthology with Rachel Brosnahan leading season 2.

Presumed Innocent (film)

Presumed Innocent (1990) is Alan J. Pakula's courtroom thriller starring Harrison Ford as prosecutor Rusty Sabich, tried for murdering his colleague and lover Carolyn Polhemus; adapted from Scott Turow's 1987 bestseller, it grossed $59.6 million in five weeks and was remade as a 2024 Apple TV+ series.

Prêt-à-Porter (film)

Prêt-à-Porter (Ready to Wear) is Robert Altman's 1994 satirical ensemble comedy-mystery set during Paris Fashion Week, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, and Kim Basinger, with real designers and supermodels as themselves; critically panned but Golden Globe-nominated.