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The Art of Joy (TV series)

The Art of Joy (L'arte della gioia) is a 2024 Italian six-episode Sky miniseries directed by Valeria Golino, adapting the first part of Goliarda Sapienza's posthumous novel about the Sicilian orphan Modesta; premiered at Cannes 2024, on Sky Atlantic February 28, 2025.

The Art of Negotiation (협상의 기술)

The Art of Negotiation (협상의 기술) is a 2025 JTBC Saturday-Sunday Korean business drama, 12 episodes, directed by Ahn Pan-seok, starring Lee Je-hoon as white-haired M&A negotiator Yoon Ju-no saving the debt-ridden Sanin Group; peaked at 10.3% Nielsen ratings.

The Art of Racing in the Rain (film)

The Art of Racing in the Rain is a 2019 American comedy-drama film directed by Simon Curtis and starring Milo Ventimiglia and Amanda Seyfried, adapted from Garth Stein's 2008 novel.

The Art of Sarah (레이디 두아)

The Art of Sarah (레이디 두아, Lady Dua) is a 2026 South Korean Netflix mystery thriller limited series, 8 episodes, directed by Kim Jin-min, written by Chu Song-yeon, starring Shin Hye-sun as con artist Sarah Kim and Lee Jun-hyuk as detective Park Mu-gyeong.

The Artful Dodger (2023 TV series)

The Artful Dodger is an Australian Disney+/Hulu series (2023) continuing Dickens's Oliver Twist: Jack Dawkins, now a surgeon in 1850s Port Victory, is pulled back into crime by Fagin while romancing Lady Belle Fox. Eight-episode seasons; third and final season announced 2026.

The Artist (film)

The Artist (2011), Michel Hazanavicius's French silent black-and-white comedy-drama starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, about a silent star's decline as talkies arrive; won five Oscars including Best Picture.

The Artist and the Model

The Artist and the Model (El artista y la modelo) is a 2012 Spanish black-and-white drama, Fernando Trueba's first film in French, starring Jean Rochefort and Aida Folch as a sculptor and his young refugee model in 1943 occupied France; it won the San Sebastián Silver Shell for Best Director and earned 13 Goya nominations.

The Ascent (Восхождение)

The Ascent (Восхождение) is Larisa Shepitko's 1976 Soviet black-and-white war drama based on Vasil Bykov's novella Sotnikov, about two captured partisans in 1942 Belorussia; it won the 1977 Berlin Golden Bear, the only Soviet film to do so.

The Ascent of Man

The Ascent of Man is a thirteen-part BBC documentary series from 1973, written and presented by Jacob Bronowski, tracing humanity's history through its understanding of science.

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) is John Huston's MGM heist film noir, adapted from W.R. Burnett's novel, starring Sterling Hayden, Sam Jaffe, and Marilyn Monroe in her first major credit; it set the template for later heist films.

The Assassin (TV series)

The Assassin is a British crime thriller series by Harry and Jack Williams (Two Brothers Pictures), starring Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore, premiering 25 July 2025 on Prime Video UK, renewed for a Malta-filmed second season due 6 November 2026.

The Assassin (刺客聂隐娘) (2015 film)

The Assassin (刺客聶隱娘) is Hou Hsiao-hsien's 2015 wuxia film adapted from Pei Xing's Tang story Nie Yinniang, starring Shu Qi and Chang Chen; it won Cannes Best Director and five Golden Horse Awards.

The Assassin (大刺客) (1967 film)

The Assassin (大刺客, Da Ci Ke) is Chang Cheh's 1967 Shaw Brothers wuxia film starring Jimmy Wang Yu as the assassin Nie Zheng, adapted from Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian and shot during the 1967 Hong Kong riots.

The Assassin(s)

The Assassin(s) (암살자(들), Amsalja(deul)) is a 2026 South Korean political thriller directed by Hur Jin-ho, starring Yoo Hae-jin, Park Hae-il, and Lee Min-ho, dramatizing the 1974 shooting of First Lady Yuk Young-soo through fictional journalists and a detective; it premiered at TIFF 2026 and opened in Korea September 23, 2026.

The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau (UK title The Assassination Bureau Limited) is a 1969 British black comedy adventure film by Basil Dearden and Michael Relph, starring Oliver Reed and Diana Rigg, based on Jack London's unfinished novel completed by Robert L. Fish.

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story is FX's second American Crime Story season (2018), a nine-episode drama based on Maureen Orth's Vulgar Favors, starring Darren Criss as Andrew Cunanan, told in reverse chronology, and winner of seven Emmys including Outstanding Limited Series.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2007 Western drama by Andrew Dominik, adapted from Ron Hansen's 1983 novel, starring Brad Pitt as Jesse James and Casey Affleck as Robert Ford; Deakins shot it, Cave and Ellis scored it, $3.9M US gross.

The Assassins (铜雀台)

The Assassins (铜雀台, Tong Que Tai) is Zhao Linshan's 2012 Chinese historical drama, starring Chow Yun-fat as an aging Cao Cao targeted by trained assassins Ling Ju and Mu Shun; 107 minutes, released 26 September 2012.

The Assessment

The Assessment is a 2024 dystopian sci-fi drama, Fleur Fortuné's feature debut, starring Elizabeth Olsen, Himesh Patel, and Alicia Vikander as an assessor testing a couple's fitness for parenthood over seven days.

The Asset (TV series)

The Asset (Danish: Legenden) is a 2025 Danish Netflix crime thriller in which cadet Tea Lind goes undercover as a jeweler to befriend a cocaine trafficker's girlfriend; six episodes, renewed for a second season in January 2026.

The Assignment (2016 film)

The Assignment (2016), also titled (re)Assignment and formerly Tomboy: A Revenger's Tale, is a Walter Hill action thriller starring Michelle Rodriguez as hitman Frank Kitchen, forcibly given gender reassignment surgery by Sigourney Weaver's Dr. Rachel Kay; released by Saban Films in 2017.

The Assistant (2019 film)

The Assistant is Kitty Green's 2019 workplace drama starring Julia Garner as Jane, assistant to an unseen film mogul inspired by Harvey Weinstein; premiered at Telluride, released by Bleecker Street, 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Astra Awards

The Astra Awards, formerly the Hollywood Critics Association awards, are annual honors from the Hollywood Creative Alliance covering film, TV, creative arts, podcasts, and books, with platform-balanced TV nominations and recent wins for Sinners and The Pitt.

The Astronaut (2025 film)

The Astronaut (프로젝트 아스트로 in South Korea) is a 2025 sci-fi horror film written and directed by Jess Varley, starring Kate Mara as astronaut Sam Walker with Laurence Fishburne; premiered at SXSW, released October 17, 2025 by Vertical, 38% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Astronaut's Wife

The Astronaut's Wife (1999) is a sci-fi horror thriller directed by Rand Ravich, starring Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron; an astronaut changes after two minutes of lost contact, and his pregnant wife fears an alien influence. New Line Cinema; 109 min; 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Asunta Case

The Asunta Case (El caso Asunta): the 2013 murder of 12-year-old Asunta Basterra Porto in Santiago de Compostela by her adoptive parents Rosario Porto and Alfonso Basterra, and the 2024 Netflix series about it.

The Asylum

The Asylum is a Burbank, California film studio founded in 1997 by David Michael Latt, David Rimawi, and Sherri Strain, known for low-budget mockbusters like Transmorphers and the Sharknado franchise, plus Z Nation and Black Summer TV series.

The Atheist Experience

The Atheist Experience (AxP, TAE) is a weekly live call-in TV show and podcast from the Atheist Community of Austin, Texas, running since October 1997, airing Sundays 4:30-6:00 pm CT, prioritizing believer callers on evidence for gods.

The Attack (الهجوم)

The Attack (الهجوم) is Ziad Doueiri's 2012 drama, adapted from Yasmina Khadra's novel, about an Israeli Palestinian surgeon whose wife is a suicide bomber; it won San Sebastián and Marrakech prizes but was boycotted by the Arab League and banned in Lebanon for being shot in Israel.

The Attacks of 26/11

The Attacks of 26/11 is a 2013 Hindi film by Ram Gopal Varma about the 2008 Mumbai attacks, starring Nana Patekar as police commissioner Rakesh Maria and Sanjeev Jaiswal as Ajmal Kasab; released 1 March 2013 to mixed-negative reviews.