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The Accused (1988 film)

The Accused is a 1988 Paramount legal drama directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Jodie Foster as rape survivor Sarah Tobias and Kelly McGillis as her attorney, loosely based on the 1983 Cheryl Araujo New Bedford case; Foster won the 1989 Best Actress Oscar.

The Acid House

The Acid House (1998) is a British anthology film, Paul McGuigan's feature debut, scripted by Irvine Welsh from three stories in his 1994 collection: The Granton Star Cause, A Soft Touch, and The Acid House, starring Stephen McCole, Maurice Roëves, Kevin McKidd, and Ewen Bremner.

The Acolyte (TV series)

Star Wars: The Acolyte is a Disney+ mystery-thriller series created by Leslye Headland, set 100 years before The Phantom Menace in the High Republic era. Eight 2024 episodes starring Amandla Stenberg; canceled after one season.

The Act (TV series)

The Act is a 2019 Hulu true crime anthology series, also called a limited series, created by Nick Antosca and Michelle Dean from Dean's 2016 BuzzFeed article, dramatizing the Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee Blanchard case in eight episodes; Patricia Arquette won an Emmy and Golden Globe.

The Act of Killing

The Act of Killing (Jagal) is Joshua Oppenheimer's 2012 documentary in which Indonesian death-squad leader Anwar Congo and other 1965–66 massacre perpetrators reenact their killings as gangster films, westerns, and musicals; Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning, made with anonymous Indonesian crew.

The Adam Friedland Show

The Adam Friedland Show (TAFS) is a weekly comedy interview podcast and YouTube video series hosted by Adam Friedland, formerly of Cum Town, launched in 2022 as a Dick Cavett-style long-form talk show with a center-left political bent.

The Adam Project

The Adam Project is a 2022 Netflix sci-fi action-comedy directed by Shawn Levy, starring Ryan Reynolds as a 2050 pilot who crash-lands in 2022 and teams with his 12-year-old self (Walker Scobell) and father (Mark Ruffalo); 68% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 55.

The Adamant Girl

The Adamant Girl (Kottukkaali, கொட்டுக்காளி) is a 2024 Tamil road drama by P.S. Vinothraj starring Soori and Anna Ben. A family takes possessed-seeming Meena to a shaman; premiered at Berlinale 2024, won Filmfare and Transilvania awards.

The Addams Family (1964 TV series)

The Addams Family (1964 TV series), also called La familia Addams, was a 64-episode black-and-white ABC sitcom (September 18, 1964 to September 2, 1966) developed by David Levy from Charles Addams's New Yorker cartoons, starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, and Ted Cassidy, canceled after two seasons opposite The Munsters.

The Addams Family (1991 film)

The Addams Family (1991) is Barry Sonnenfeld's directorial debut, a Paramount dark comedy starring Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, and Christina Ricci, about an impostor Fester scheming to raid the Addams fortune; it earned $24.2 million its opening weekend.

The Addams Family (1992 TV series)

The Addams Family (1992) is a Hanna-Barbera animated series, the second Addams cartoon, airing on ABC from September 12, 1992 to November 6, 1993, with John Astin reprising Gomez and Carol Channing as Grandmama.

The Addams Family (2019 film)

The Addams Family is a 2019 American computer-animated comedy directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon, based on Charles Addams's macabre New Yorker cartoons characters.

The Addams Family 2

The Addams Family 2 (2021) is MGM's animated comedy sequel directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon, following Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, and Pugsley on a haunted-camper road trip across America, released October 1, 2021, grossing $56.5 million in the U.S. with 28% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Adderall Diaries (film)

The Adderall Diaries (film), 2016 A24 drama directed by Pamela Romanowsky, adapts Stephen Elliott's memoir. James Franco stars as the blocked writer; Ed Harris plays his father; Metacritic 42, Tomatometer 26%.

The Adjustment Bureau

The Adjustment Bureau (2011) is George Nolfi's directorial debut, a sci-fi romantic thriller starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, loosely adapted from Philip K. Dick's 1954 short story Adjustment Team, released by Universal Pictures.

The Admiral: Roaring Currents

The Admiral: Roaring Currents (명량, Myeong-ryang) is Kim Han-min's 2014 South Korean war film about Admiral Yi Sun-sin's 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang, starring Choi Min-sik; it set Korean box office records with 17.6 million admissions.

The Adventurers

The Adventurers (侠盗联盟) is a 2017 Hong Kong and Chinese action-heist film directed by Stephen Fung, starring Andy Lau, Shu Qi, Zhang Jingchu, and Jean Reno.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is Terry Gilliam's 1988 fantasy film starring John Neville, with Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Uma Thurman, and Robin Williams; a famously over-budget production released in 1989 that grossed $8.6 million in the US.

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. is a Fox weird-western sci-fi series (1993–1994, 27 episodes) created by Jeffrey Boam and Carlton Cuse, starring Bruce Campbell as a Harvard-educated bounty hunter chasing John Bly and a mysterious Orb.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is a 1984 W.D. Richter sci-fi comedy starring Peter Weller, John Lithgow, and Jeff Goldblum; a box office flop that became a cult classic.

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland is a 1999 American family musical film in which Elmo journeys to Grouchland to rescue his blanket from Huxley.

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane is a 1990 American action comedy directed by Renny Harlin, starring Andrew Dice Clay as a rock 'n' roll detective; a critical and commercial failure that won a Razzie for Worst Picture and later gained a cult following.

The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film)

The Adventures of Huck Finn is a 1993 American adventure drama film from Walt Disney Pictures, written and directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Elijah Wood as Huck.

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad is Disney's 1949 package feature, 68 minutes, adapting The Wind in the Willows and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, narrated by Basil Rathbone and Bing Crosby, released October 5, 1949.

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: American CGI Nicktoon created by John A. Davis and Steve Oedekerk, direct sequel to the 2001 film; three seasons on Nickelodeon, July 20, 2002 to November 25, 2006, now on Paramount+.

The Adventures of Kid Danger

The Adventures of Kid Danger: 2018 Nickelodeon animated spin-off of Henry Danger, created by Dan Schneider, 10 episodes (20 segments), TV-Y7, with the original cast voicing; poorly received (IMDb 2.8/10).

The Adventures of Mark Twain

The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985), also listed as released in 1986, is Will Vinton's claymation feature and the first feature-length clay-animated film, following Twain and his characters toward Halley's Comet.

The Adventures of Milo and Otis (子猫物語)

The Adventures of Milo and Otis (子猫物語, Koneko Monogatari) is a 1986 Japanese live-action animal film by Masanori Hata with Kon Ichikawa, starring kitten Chatran and puppy Pusuke; Columbia's 1989 US cut added Dudley Moore narration.

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: American radio (1944) and ABC television (1952–1966) sitcom starring the real Nelson family, Ozzie, Harriet, David, and Ricky, in 435 episodes, a template of the idealized 1950s nuclear family.

The Adventures of Pete & Pete

The Adventures of Pete & Pete: 1990s Nickelodeon live-action comedy by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi about two brothers both named Pete Wrigley in the surreal town of Wellsville; 18 shorts, five specials, 34 episodes, Polaris theme "Hey Sandy."