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The Atticus Institute

The Atticus Institute is a 2015 American faux-documentary horror film, the directorial debut of Chris Sparling, starring William Mapother and Rya Kihlstedt in a story of a 1976 Pennsylvania lab where the military tries to weaponize a possessed woman.

The Attorney (변호인)

The Attorney (변호인) is Yang Woo-suk's 2013 South Korean courtroom drama starring Song Kang-ho, based on the 1981 Burim case and Roh Moo-hyun's early law career; it passed 10 million admissions in 33 days and won the Paeksang Best Film award.

The Atypical Family (히어로는 아닙니다만)

The Atypical Family (히어로는 아닙니다만) is a 2024 JTBC fantasy-romance K-drama, 12 episodes, starring Jang Ki-yong and Chun Woo-hee, about a family losing superpowers to depression, insomnia, and obesity; streamed on Netflix, distinct from the US series Atypical.

The Audacity

The Audacity is a 2026 AMC dark comedy-drama series created by Jonathan Glatzer (Succession), starring Billy Magnussen as Silicon Valley data-mining CEO Duncan Park; premiered April 12, 2026, eight episodes, renewed for a second season before its premiere.

The Audition (2015 film)

The Audition (2015) is Martin Scorsese's 16-minute comedy short starring Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Brad Pitt as themselves, made for about $70 million to promote Melco Crown's Studio City casino resort in Macau.

The Auditors (감사합니다)

The Auditors (감사합니다, "Thank You") is a 2024 tvN Korean office drama starring Shin Ha-kyun and Lee Jung-ha as construction-company auditors fighting embezzlement; 12 episodes, aired July 6–August 11, 2024, on Netflix internationally.

The Aura

The Aura (El aura) is Fabián Bielinsky's 2005 Argentine neo-noir heist thriller starring Ricardo Darín as an epileptic taxidermist who takes over a dead man's armored-car robbery plan in Patagonia; his final film, an Oscar submission and multi-award winner.

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a 2016 supernatural horror film directed by André Øvredal, starring Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch, and Olwen Catherine Kelly as coroners examining a mysterious corpse; premiered at TIFF 2016, released by IFC Films.

The Autumn Ballad (嫣语赋)

The Autumn Ballad (嫣语赋, Yan Yu Fu) is a 2022 34-episode Chinese historical romance-suspense drama on Tencent Video, directed by Ding Yingzhou, starring Qiao Xin as Qiu Yan and Xu Zhengxi as Liang Yi; notable for its original screenplay, six-writer team, and screenwriter's post-finale apology.

The Avengers (1998 film)

The Avengers (1998) is Jeremiah Chechik's Warner Bros film adaptation of the 1960s British spy series, starring Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, and Sean Connery; it cost $60 million, grossed $48.6 million worldwide, and scored 5% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Avengers (2012 film)

Marvel's The Avengers (2012), Joss Whedon's Marvel Studios superhero crossover, united Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, and Hawkeye against Loki; it earned about $1.5 billion worldwide, the highest-grossing film of 2012.

The Avengers (TV series)

The Avengers (TV series): British spy-fi series, ITV 1961–1969, created by Sydney Newman, starring Patrick Macnee as John Steed with partners Cathy Gale, Emma Peel, and Tara King; 161 episodes.

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes is an American Marvel Animation series that aired on Disney XD from 2010 to 2013, following the Avengers' formation after a mass supervillain breakout.

The Avenging Eagle (冷血十三鹰)

The Avenging Eagle (冷血十三鹰) is a 1978 Shaw Brothers wuxia film directed by Sun Chung, written by Ni Kuang from a Qin Hong novel, starring Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng, and Ku Feng as assassins of the Iron Boat Gang.

The Aviator (2004 film)

The Aviator is a 2004 American biographical drama directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes and Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn, and winning 5 Oscars.

The Awakening (2011 film)

The Awakening (2011) is a British supernatural drama directed by Nick Murphy, starring Rebecca Hall as hoax-debunker Florence Cathcart investigating a boarding-school haunting in 1921 England; released 11 November 2011, produced by Origin Pictures with StudioCanal and BBC Films.

The Awakening (upcoming film)

The Awakening (El Despertar) is an upcoming 2026 Colombian supernatural action-horror film by the late Jaime Osorio Márquez, completed by Federico Durán and José Luis Rugeles, about soldiers facing the guardian spirit Mobuya; released in Colombia October 29 and digitally in the US November 10, 2026.

The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch

The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (Wolkenbruchs wunderliche Reise in die Arme einer Schickse) is a 2018 Swiss-German comedy by Michael Steiner, adapted by Thomas Meyer from his 2012 novel, starring Joel Basman as an Orthodox Jew in Zurich who falls for a non-Jewish student; it won the 2019 Swiss Film Award for Best Actor and streamed worldwide on Netflix.

The Awesomes

The Awesomes is a Hulu adult animated superhero comedy (2013-2015) created by Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker, about Prock leading a team of second-string superheroes, 3 seasons, 30 episodes.

The Awful Truth

The Awful Truth (1937) is a Columbia Pictures screwball comedy directed by Leo McCarey, starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne as divorcing spouses Jerry and Lucy Warriner; it won McCarey the Best Director Oscar.

The Ba***ds of Bollywood

The Ba*ds of Bollywood (द बाड्स ऑफ़ बॉलीवुड) is Aryan Khan's 2025 seven-episode Netflix satire on the Hindi film industry, starring Bobby Deol and Lakshya, produced by Red Chillies Entertainment, premiered September 18, 2025.

The Baader Meinhof Complex

The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) is Uli Edel's 2008 German drama, adapted by Bernd Eichinger from Stefan Aust's 1985 book, dramatizing the Red Army Faction from 1967 to the German Autumn of 1977.

The Babadook

The Babadook is a 2014 Australian psychological horror film, Jennifer Kent's feature directorial debut, starring Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman as a mother and son haunted by a pop-up-book monster. Premiered at Sundance 2014; 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Baby Blue Movie

The Baby Blue Movie (Baby Blue 2) was Citytv Toronto's late-night softcore film strand, launched September 29, 1972 with I Am Curious (Yellow), drawing 250,000 viewers, obscenity charges in 1975, and revivals in 1992 and the late 1990s.

The Baby of Mâcon

The Baby of Mâcon (Das Wunder von Mâcon) is Peter Greenaway's 1993 avant-garde drama about a staged miracle virgin birth exploited by a sister and the Church; premiered at Cannes 1993, critically reviled, never US-distributed.

The Baby-Sitters Club (2020 TV series)

The Baby-Sitters Club (2020 TV series), also called the Netflix BSC reboot, is a live-action comedy-drama adapted from Ann M. Martin's books, showrun by Rachel Shukert, starring Sophie Grace and Alicia Silverstone, two seasons 2020-2021, cancelled after 18 episodes.

The Baby-Sitters Club (film)

The Baby-Sitters Club is a 1995 American comedy-drama directed by Melanie Mayron. It follows seven girls in Stoneybrook, Connecticut, as they run a summer camp and face personal crises.

The Babysitter (1995 film)

The Babysitter (1995) is Guy Ferland's direct-to-video drama-thriller starring Alicia Silverstone, adapted from Robert Coover's short story in Pricksongs & Descants, about a babysitter who becomes the obsession of two boys and the children's father.

The Babysitter (2017 film)

The Babysitter (2017) is a Netflix horror comedy directed by McG from Brian Duffield's Black List screenplay, starring Samara Weaving and Judah Lewis; a boy discovers his babysitter leads a satanic cult. Released October 13, 2017; sequel Killer Queen followed in 2020.

The Babysitter: Killer Queen

The Babysitter: Killer Queen (ザ・ベビーシッター キラークイーン) is McG's 2020 Netflix horror-comedy sequel to The Babysitter, in which Cole again faces the resurrected satanic cult; released September 10, 2020, 101 minutes, 46% on Rotten Tomatoes.