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Priest (1994 film)

Priest (1994) is a British drama directed by Antonia Bird, written by Jimmy McGovern, starring Linus Roache as a gay Liverpool Catholic priest; Toronto People's Choice and Berlin Teddy Award winner, boycotted by the Catholic League.

Priest (2011 film)

Priest (2011) is a Screen Gems 3D post-apocalyptic vampire action film directed by Scott Stewart, starring Paul Bettany, adapted from Min-Woo Hyung's Korean manhwa; first Hollywood adaptation of a Korean graphic novel, 87 minutes, $29.1M US gross.

Primal (2019 film)

Primal (2019 film): Nicolas Cage action thriller directed by Nick Powell; hunter Frank Walsh battles an escaped assassin and freed animals, including a white jaguar, aboard a freighter; Lionsgate, 97 minutes, R.

Primal (TV series)

Primal, broadcast as Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal, is an American adult animated series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Adult Swim, premiering in 2019 and running for three seasons.

Primal Fear (film)

Primal Fear is a 1996 Paramount legal thriller directed by Gregory Hoblit, based on William Diehl's novel, starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, and Edward Norton, whose debut as Aaron Stampler earned an Oscar nomination.

Primary

Primary (1960) is Robert Drew's landmark direct-cinema documentary following John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey through the Wisconsin Democratic primary, pioneering hand-held sync-sound filming; National Film Registry 1990.

Primary Colors (film)

Primary Colors is a 1998 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and starring John Travolta, based on the anonymous novel about a Clinton-like presidential campaign.

Primate (2025 film)

Primate (2025 film) is a Johannes Roberts horror film for Paramount about a rabid pet chimp attacking friends at a Hawaiian villa; premiered at Fantastic Fest, released January 9, 2026, grossing $41.2 million.

Primavera (film)

Primavera (2025) is an Italian-French historical drama, Damiano Michieletto's feature debut, freely based on Tiziano Scarpa's Stabat Mater. Tecla Insolia plays orphan violinist Cecilia opposite Michele Riondino's Vivaldi at Venice's Ospedale della Pietà; released 25 December 2025, it won the Chicago Audience Award and four David di Donatello Awards.

Prime Directive

Prime Directive (General Order 1) is Star Trek's Starfleet rule forbidding interference with other civilizations' development, especially pre-warp ones. First mentioned in "The Return of the Archons" (1967); frequently violated, studied as a colonialism critique.

Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect is a British ITV police procedural (1991-2006, seven series) created by Lynda La Plante, starring Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison, modeled on real detective Jackie Malton, and a BAFTA- and Emmy-winning landmark in female-led crime drama.

Prime Target (TV series)

Prime Target is an eight-episode Apple TV+ conspiracy thriller created by Steve Thompson, premiering January 22, 2025, starring Leo Woodall as Cambridge mathematician Edward Brooks and Quintessa Swindell as NSA agent Taylah Sanders; it ended March 5, 2025 with no second season confirmed.

Primer (film)

Primer (2004) is Shane Carruth's ~$7,000 indie time-travel film about two engineers whose box-like machine lets them revisit hours of their own past, winning Sundance's Grand Jury Prize and becoming famous for its deliberately impenetrable plot.

Primetime (film)

Primetime is a 2026 A24 crime drama thriller directed by Lance Oppenheim, written by Ajon Singh, starring Robert Pattinson as To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen; premiered at Venice, released September 25, 2026.

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series: top Television Academy series award, given since 1952. Frasier and Modern Family lead with 5 wins; current winner is Apple TV+'s Widow's Bay (2026), which set a single-season comedy record of 14 Emmys.

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series: top Television Academy honor for a dramatic primetime series, voted by National Active peer-group members; six-episode minimum, about 60-minute episodes, seven nominees since 2015; recent winners Succession and The Pitt.

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, a Television Academy honor for lead comedy performances. Most wins: four each for O'Connor, Fox, Grammer, Parsons; 2026 winner Matthew Rhys for Widow's Bay.

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: annual Television Academy honor for lead male dramatic TV acting; Noah Wyle won 2025 and 2026 for The Pitt; peer-judged in two voting rounds.

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series honors an actress for a continuing performance in a comedy series, first awarded in 1954 to Eve Arden.

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: annual Television Academy honor for leading drama performances. Recent winners include Anna Sawai (Shōgun, 2024) and Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus, 2026).

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Television Academy prize for a continuing supporting performance in a comedy series, first awarded 1959; recent winners include Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jeff Hiller, and Stephen Root.

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, first given in 1959; honors male supporting performers in drama series. Recent winners include Billy Crudup (2024) and Tom Pelphrey (2026).

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, Television Academy Category 67, honors a continuing supporting performance in a comedy series; first awarded in 1959, with Doris Roberts and Rhea Perlman holding four wins each and Kate O'Flynn winning for Widow's Bay in 2026.

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Television Academy category 68, honors a continuing supporting performance in a drama series; first awarded 1959; recent winners Jennifer Coolidge, Elizabeth Debicki, Katherine LaNasa, Allison Janney.

Primetime Emmy Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards: annual American TV awards from the Television Academy (ATAS), first held 1949; peer-voted by National Active members; distinct from NATAS Daytime and International Emmys; moves to Prime Video in 2027.

Primeval (film)

Primeval is a 2007 American horror film directed by Michael Katleman, in which an American news crew travels to Burundi to capture a legendary man-eating crocodile named Gustave.

Primeval (TV series)

Primeval (2007-2011) is a British ITV science fiction drama by Tim Haines and Adrian Hodges about scientists containing creatures entering through time anomalies; 5 series, 23 episodes on ITV, spin-off Primeval: New World.

Primitive Technology

Primitive Technology is an Australian wordless documentary web series created by John Plant, first posted on YouTube in 2015 and filmed in far north Queensland, Australia.

Primitive War

Primitive War (2025) is an Australian independent action sci-fi film directed by Luke Sparke, adapted from Ethan Pettus's 2017 novel, in which a 1968 Vietnam recon squad battles dinosaurs unleashed by a Soviet experiment; made for about $7 million, released by Fathom Entertainment, with a sequel planned.

Primo

Primo is a 2023 American single-camera coming-of-age sitcom created by Shea Serrano, loosely based on his San Antonio childhood, following teen Rafa Gonzales raised by his single mother and five uncles; it ran one eight-episode season on Amazon Freevee.