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The American President
The American President is a 1995 romantic comedy directed by Rob Reiner, starring Michael Douglas as a widowed US president who falls for lobbyist Annette Bening.
The American Revolution (TV series)
The American Revolution is a 2025 six-part, 12-hour PBS documentary series directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, written by Geoffrey Ward, narrated by Peter Coyote, covering the 1775-1783 War for Independence.
The American Society of Magical Negroes
The American Society of Magical Negroes is a 2024 satirical comedy-fantasy film by Kobi Libii, starring Justice Smith as Aren, recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who ease white discomfort; released by Focus Features March 15, 2024, with mixed reviews.
The Americanization of Emily
The Americanization of Emily is a 1964 black-and-white satirical anti-war romantic comedy directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Paddy Chayefsky from William Bradford Huie's novel, starring James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, and James Coburn, released by MGM.
The Americans
The Americans is an FX period spy drama (2013–2018) created by former CIA officer Joe Weisberg, starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as KGB deep-cover agents posing as a married American couple in 1980s Virginia. It won 4 Emmys from 18 nominations and is noted for realistic tradecraft.
The Americas (TV series)
The Americas is a 10-part NBC nature documentary series (2025) narrated by Tom Hanks with music by Hans Zimmer, produced by BBC Studios Natural History Unit and Universal Television Alternative Studio, covering the Americas from Arctic to Patagonia over 180 expeditions.
The Amityville Horror (1979 film)
The Amityville Horror (1979 film), Stuart Rosenberg supernatural horror film starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder, and Rod Steiger, adapted from Jay Anson's 1977 book; a 1979 AIP box-office hit whose true-story basis is widely disputed, spawning sequels, the 2005 remake, and 2025 reimaginings.
The Amityville Horror (2005 film)
The Amityville Horror is a 2005 American supernatural horror film directed by Andrew Douglas, starring Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George, a remake of the 1979 film.
The Ancient Magus' Bride (魔法使いの嫁)
The Ancient Magus' Bride (魔法使いの嫁, Mahō Tsukai no Yome) is Kore Yamazaki's dark fantasy manga about Chise Hatori, sold at auction to the inhuman magus Elias Ainsworth. Serialized since 2014, now on Comic Growl; Seven Seas publishes it in English.
The Anderson Tapes
The Anderson Tapes is a 1971 Sidney Lumet heist film starring Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, and Martin Balsam, adapted from Lawrence Sanders's novel, about a robber whose building heist is unknowingly recorded by multiple surveillance agencies.
The Andromeda Strain (film)
The Andromeda Strain (1971): Robert Wise's Universal adaptation of Michael Crichton's 1969 novel, a documentary-style techno-thriller in which four scientists at the Wildfire underground lab contain an alien microorganism; two Oscar nominations, $6.5 million budget.
The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show: American CBS sitcom (1960-1968), 249 episodes in eight seasons, set in Mayberry, North Carolina, starring Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor with Don Knotts as Barney Fife; never below seventh in the Nielsen ratings, number one in its final season.
The Andy Warhol Diaries
The Andy Warhol Diaries is a 2022 six-part Netflix documentary series directed by Andrew Rossi and executive produced by Ryan Murphy, built on Warhol's diaries dictated to Pat Hackett, narrated by an AI recreation of his voice, and centered on his private relationships.
The Angelic Conversation
The Angelic Conversation is Derek Jarman's 1985 British experimental film: Judi Dench reads 14 Shakespeare sonnets over Super-8 imagery of a gay love affair, with music by Coil, produced by the BFI.
The Angels' Share
The Angels' Share is Ken Loach's 2012 comedy-drama, written by Paul Laverty, about Glaswegian Robbie's whisky-fueled escape from crime; it won the 2012 Cannes Jury Prize.
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn is a 2014 American comedy-drama directed by Phil Alden Robinson, starring Robin Williams and Mila Kunis, a remake of Assi Dayan's 1997 Israeli film The 92 Minutes of Mr. Baum, released by Lionsgate to 9% on Rotten Tomatoes and $615,198 worldwide.
The Angry Beavers
The Angry Beavers is a Nickelodeon animated series created by Mitch Schauer, premiering April 19, 1997, about beaver brothers Daggett (Richard Horvitz) and Norbert (Nick Bakay) living as bachelors near Wayouttatown, Oregon.
The Angry Birds Movie
The Angry Birds Movie is a 2016 3D computer-animated comedy based on the Angry Birds game, the first feature film adapted from a mobile game, grossing $352 million worldwide.
The Angry Birds Movie 2
The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) is a Sony/Columbia-Rovio animated comedy directed by Thurop Van Orman in which birds and pigs ally against Leslie Jones's Zeta; 72% on Rotten Tomatoes, sequel set for 2026.
The Angry Birds Movie 3
The Angry Birds Movie 3 is an animated threequel directed by John Rice, released by Paramount Pictures on December 23, 2026 after moving from January 29, 2027. Produced by Rovio, SEGA, and Prime Focus Studios at DNEG; Jason Sudeikis and Josh Gad return.
The Angry Red Planet
The Angry Red Planet (1959/1960) is an Ib Melchior-directed, Sid Pink and Norman Maurer-produced AIP Mars mission film, notable for the red-tinted Cinemagic optical process and the Rat-Bat-Spider Crab.
The Angry Silence
The Angry Silence (1960) is a British drama directed by Guy Green, Beaver Films' first release, in which Richard Attenborough's factory worker is ostracized for refusing an unofficial strike; it won the BAFTA for Best British Screenplay and earned an Oscar nomination.
The Animal
The Animal is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Luke Greenfield, starring Rob Schneider as Marvin Mange, an evidence clerk rebuilt with animal organs after a car crash. Released June 1, 2001 by Columbia Pictures; grossed about $85 million worldwide despite poor reviews.
The Animals of Farthing Wood (TV series)
The Animals of Farthing Wood is a 39-episode EBU/BBC animated series (1993–1995) adapted from Colin Dann's 1979 books, following woodland animals fleeing to White Deer Park, known for its unusually high character death toll.
The Animatrix (アニマトリックス)
The Animatrix (アニマトリックス) is a 2003 anthology of nine animated short films set in the Matrix universe, supervised by the Wachowskis with Japanese studios Studio4°C and Madhouse; released on DVD June 3, 2003, runtime 1h 42m.
The Anime Man
The Anime Man is Joey Bizinger, a Japanese-Australian YouTuber (channel started 2013, moved to Tokyo 2016, about 3.3 million subscribers) who co-hosts Trash Taste and founded the brand NØИSENSE, distinct from the group TheAnimeMen.
The Answer Studio
The Answer Studio (株式会社アンサー・スタジオ) is a Tokyo animation studio founded June 2004 by ex-Walt Disney Animation Japan staff under Motoyoshi Tokunaga; producer of Golgo 13, Flag, and Anne Shirley, and support contractor on Suzume and Dragon Ball Daima.
The Ant Bully (film)
The Ant Bully is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy film directed by John A. Davis, based on John Nickle's picture book about a boy shrunk to ant size.
The Anthem of the Heart (心が叫びたがってるんだ。)
The Anthem of the Heart (心が叫びたがってるんだ。, Kokosake) is a 2015 A-1 Pictures original anime film by the Anohana trio Nagai, Okada, and Tanaka, about a girl cursed to silence who finds her voice through a class musical; it earned over 1 billion yen and got a 2017 live-action remake.
The Anthropocene Reviewed
The Anthropocene Reviewed is a podcast and 2021 Dutton book by John Green reviewing facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale; Complexly and WNYC Studios co-produced the show, and the book became a #1 New York Times bestseller.