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Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey (Raymond Hart Massey, 1896-1983), Canadian-born American actor of Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Santa Fe Trail, East of Eden, and Dr. Kildare's Dr. Gillespie; Oscar-nominated Lincoln portrayer, brother of Governor General Vincent Massey.

Raymond Reddington

Raymond "Red" Reddington, played by James Spader, is the criminal-mastermind protagonist of NBC's The Blacklist (2013–2023), an FBI informant whose true identity, including the Katarina Rostova implication, stays unresolved until his death in the 2023 finale.

Rayna Jaymes

Rayna Jaymes is the fictional country superstar played by Connie Britton in Nashville (2012–2018), created by Callie Khouri; a two-decade queen of country music, Highway 65 founder, killed off in season 5 when Britton left.

Rayveness

Rayveness, also known as Gina-Raye Carter, is an American adult film actress born in 1972 who is in both the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame.

Raza Jaffrey

Raza Jaffrey (born 1975, Liverpool) is a British actor trained at Bristol Old Vic, known for Spooks' Zaf Younis, Smash's Dev Sundaram, Homeland's Aasar Khan, and West End leads in Bombay Dreams and Mamma Mia!.

Raza Murad (रज़ा मुराद)

Raza Murad (रज़ा मुराद) is a veteran Indian character actor of Hindi cinema, son of actor Murad, with 250-plus films, known for Jodhaa Akbar, Bajirao Mastani, and Padmaavat villain roles.

Razakar (film)

Razakar: The Silent Genocide of Hyderabad (రజాకార్), 2024 Telugu historical drama by Yata Satyanarayana, produced by BJP leader Gudur Narayana Reddy; depicts 1948 Hyderabad Razakar violence and Operation Polo; released 15 March 2024, flopped at the box office, and drew historical-distortion criticism.

Razia Sultan (TV series)

Razia Sultan is a 2015 Hindi historical drama TV series on &TV by Swastik Productions, starring Pankhuri Awasthy as the first woman ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, 170 episodes, narrated by Shah Rukh Khan, later streamed on ZEE5 and Netflix.

RBG (film)

RBG (2018) is a documentary about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen, released by Magnolia Pictures, grossing $14.0M, and nominated for two Academy Awards while winning a Primetime Emmy.

RDA (Avatar)

RDA (Resources Development Administration) is the fictional Earth corporation and main antagonist of James Cameron's Avatar franchise, mining unobtanium on Pandora, running the Avatar Program, and returning under General Ardmore in the sequels.

Re-Animator

Re-Animator (1985) is Stuart Gordon's cult horror-comedy, loosely adapted from H.P. Lovecraft's Herbert West–Reanimator serial, starring Jeffrey Combs as a medical student whose glowing green serum reanimates the dead; released unrated, it spawned two sequels and a 2011 Broadway musical.

Re-Animator (film series)

Re-Animator film series: horror-comedy franchise launched 1985 by Brian Yuzna and Stuart Gordon, adapting Lovecraft's Herbert West–Reanimator; three films (1985, 1989, 2003) starring Jeffrey Combs, plus a musical and 2026 reboot.

Re-Election (film)

Re-Election is a 2025 American comedy written, directed by, and starring Adam Saunders, about a 42-year-old who re-enrolls in high school to rerun a lost class president election.

Re:Creators (Re:クリエイターズ)

Re:Creators (Re:クリエイターズ) is a 2017 original TV anime by Rei Hiroe and director Ei Aoki at Studio TROYCA, in which fictional characters summoned by Altair, the Military Uniform Princess, confront their creators in the real world.

Re:Mind

Re:Mind (リマインド) is a 2017 Japanese locked-room suspense drama starring 12 members of Hiragana Keyakizaka46 as themselves, planned by Yasushi Akimoto, aired on TV Tokyo and streamed on Netflix, later removed from Netflix in several regions.

Re:Zero (TV series)

Re:Zero (Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活), also Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu, is the White Fox TV anime adapting Tappei Nagatsuki's light novels: four seasons from 2016 to 2026 covering Arcs 1–6, plus two OVAs and a Director's Cut, following Subaru's Return by Death loops.

Re:Zero season 3

Re:Zero season 3 (Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 3rd season), 16 episodes in Attack Arc and Counterattack Arc, aired October 2024 to March 2025; WHITE FOX, director Masahiro Shinohara; won Best Isekai at the 10th Crunchyroll Anime Awards.

Re:Zero season 4

Re:Zero season 4 (Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 4th season) is the 2026 White Fox anime season adapting arc 6: 19 episodes split into the Loss Arc (April 8) and Recapture Arc (August 12), following Subaru to the Pleiades Watchtower.

Reach for the Sky

Reach for the Sky is a 1956 British biographical war film directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Kenneth More as legless RAF ace Douglas Bader; based on Paul Brickhill's 1954 biography, it topped the 1956 British box office and won the BAFTA for Best British Film.

Reacher (TV series)

Reacher is a Prime Video action crime series developed by Nick Santora, adapting Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels one per season with Alan Ritchson starring; renewed through season 6 with the Neagley spinoff.

Reacher season 1

Reacher season 1 is the eight-episode 2022 Prime Video debut of the series Reacher, adapting Lee Child's first Jack Reacher novel, Killing Floor; Alan Ritchson stars as Reacher, arrested for murder in Margrave, Georgia, with Nick Santora showrunning and a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Reacher season 2

Reacher season 2 is the Prime Video crime drama's 2023 sophomore season, adapting Lee Child's 11th Jack Reacher novel Bad Luck and Trouble, reuniting Reacher with his 110th MP unit; it scored 98% on Rotten Tomatoes and was Prime Video's most viewed 2023 release.

Reacher season 3

Reacher season 3, Prime Video action season adapting Lee Child's Persuader, premiered February 20, 2025 with eight episodes; new villains Quinn (Brian Tee) and 7'2" Paulie (Olivier Richters); received as a return to form.

Reacher season 4

Reacher season 4, the 2026 Prime Video season adapting Lee Child's Gone Tomorrow (book 13), sets Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) in Philadelphia after a subway encounter; eight episodes, 66 million viewers in 28 days, Tamara Green replaces the novel's Theresa Lee.

Read It and Weep

Read It and Weep is a 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Paul Hoen, starring Kay Panabaker as Jamie Bartlett and her sister Danielle Panabaker as alter ego Is, adapted from Julia DeVillers' novel, premiered July 21, 2006.

Read My Lips (2001 film)

Read My Lips (Sur mes lèvres) is Jacques Audiard's 2001 French crime romance starring Emmanuelle Devos and Vincent Cassel, about a hard-of-hearing secretary and an ex-convict trainee; it won three 2002 César Awards.

Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow: American PBS children's literacy series, premiered 1983, produced by WNED-TV Buffalo, hosted by LeVar Burton, 155 episodes to 2006, Peabody and 26 Emmys, revived 2025 with Mychal Threets on YouTube.

Ready (रेडी) (2011 film)

Ready (रेडी) is a 2011 Hindi romantic comedy directed by Anees Bazmee, starring Salman Khan and Asin, remaking Srinu Vytla's 2008 Telugu hit; it earned about ₹185 crore worldwide on a ₹40 crore budget and was declared a blockbuster despite poor reviews.

Ready (రెడీ) (2008 film)

Ready (రెడీ) is a 2008 Telugu romantic comedy directed by Sreenu Vaitla, starring Ram Pothineni as Chandu and Genelia as Pooja, with music by Devi Sri Prasad; released 19 June 2008, it won three Nandi Awards and was remade in Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi.

Ready Jet Go!

Ready Jet Go! is a PBS KIDS animated series (2016–2019) created by Craig Bartlett in which alien boy Jet Propulsion from Bortron 7 and Earth friends Sean, Sydney, and Mindy learn space science, with NASA astronomer Amy Mainzer as science advisor.