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The Butler
Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) is a historical drama by director Lee Daniels and writer Danny Strong, loosely based on White House butler Eugene Allen, who served eight presidents 1952–1986; fictional Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker) anchors a civil rights family saga.
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect is a 2004 psychological thriller directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber, starring Ashton Kutcher as Evan Treborn, who rewrites his traumatic past through his journals; also the chaos-theory term from Lorenz's 1972 talk.
The Butterfly Effect 2
The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006) is a direct-to-DVD sci-fi thriller directed by John R. Leonetti, starring Eric Lively as Nick Larson, who alters the past via photographs with tragic consequences.
The Bye Bye Man
The Bye Bye Man is a 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by Stacy Title, adapted by Jonathan Penner from Robert Damon Schneck's story "The Bridge to Body Island," about college students hunted by an entity spread through thinking or saying his name.
The Cabin in the Woods
The Cabin in the Woods is a 2012 American horror comedy directed by Drew Goddard and written with Joss Whedon, following five college friends at a remote cabin.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) is Robert Wiene's 1920 German Expressionist silent horror film about a hypnotist and his sleepwalker Cesare, premiering 26 February 1920 in Berlin, with painted distorted sets and a landmark 2014 4K restoration.
The Cable Guy
The Cable Guy is a 1996 American black comedy directed by Ben Stiller and starring Jim Carrey as a cable installer whose overtures of friendship turn into stalking and violence.
The Cackling of the Dodos
The Cackling of the Dodos is an upcoming Netflix crime-comedy film directed by Jason Bateman, written by Rye Curtis, starring Sam Rockwell as farmer George and Woody Harrelson as boss Denny; filmed in New Jersey June-July 2026, expected 2027.
The Caddy
The Caddy (1953) is a Norman Taurog comedy starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis as golfers driven into show business, the first York Pictures release, and the film that introduced Martin's Oscar-nominated signature song That's Amore.
The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)
"The Cage" is the unaired 1964 first pilot of Star Trek: The Original Series, written by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Robert Butler, starring Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Pike. Rejected by NBC as too cerebral, its footage was reused in "The Menagerie" and it first aired complete in 1988.
The Caine Mutiny (1954 film)
The Caine Mutiny (1954) is a Columbia Pictures naval drama directed by Edward Dmytryk, produced by Stanley Kramer, adapted from Herman Wouk's Pulitzer-winning novel, starring Humphrey Bogart as Captain Queeg, with seven Oscar nominations including Best Picture.
The Call (2013 film)
The Call (2013) is a Brad Anderson thriller starring Halle Berry as 911 operator Jordan Turner and Abigail Breslin as kidnapped Casey Welson; released March 15, 2013 by TriStar, Metascore 51.
The Call (콜) (2020 South Korean film)
The Call (콜, Kol) is a 2020 South Korean time-crossing thriller directed by Lee Chung-hyun, starring Park Shin-hye and Jeon Jong-seo, released on Netflix November 27, 2020, remade from The Caller (2011).
The Call of the Void
The Call of the Void (Call of the Void) is an English title shared by two US indie films: Dustin Kahia's 2016 black-and-white psychological thriller set in 1949 Los Angeles, and J.M. Stelly's German-Expressionist-styled horror film about The Painter, digitally released April 15, 2025.
The Call of the Wild (2020 film)
The Call of the Wild is a 2020 American adventure drama directed by Chris Sanders, based on Jack London's 1903 novel, with Harrison Ford as adventurer John Thornton.
The Calling
The Calling (2022 Peacock crime drama), David E. Kelley adaptation of Dror Mishani's Avraham Avraham novels, starring Jeff Wilbusch as Orthodox Jewish NYPD detective Avraham Avraham; one 8-episode season, 18% Tomatometer, 85% audience score.
The Cameraman
The Cameraman (1928) is Buster Keaton's first MGM silent comedy, directed by Edward Sedgwick, about a tintype photographer who buys a movie camera to woo newsreel secretary Sally (Marceline Day); it grossed $797,000 and is considered his last great silent feature.
The Camp on Blood Island
The Camp on Blood Island is a 1958 Hammer war drama directed by Val Guest, starring Andre Morell, about Allied POWs in Malaya hiding Japan's surrender from a commandant sworn to kill them; controversial and a box-office hit.
The Campaign (film)
The Campaign is a 2012 American political satire comedy directed by Jay Roach, in which Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis play rival House candidates in a North Carolina race.
The Canal (2014 film)
The Canal (2014) is an Irish psychological horror film written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh, starring Rupert Evans, Hannah Hoekstra, Antonia Campbell-Hughes and Steve Oram; it premiered at Tribeca 2014 and was made for just under €1 million in Dublin.
The Candidate (1972 film)
The Candidate is a 1972 American political satire directed by Michael Ritchie, written by Eugene McCarthy speechwriter Jeremy Larner, and starring Robert Redford as Bill McKay, an idealistic lawyer running a long-shot California US Senate campaign who wins after compromising his ideals.
The Cannonball Run
The Cannonball Run is a 1981 American comedy directed by Hal Needham, in which Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, and other stars play competitors in an illegal cross-country race.
The Canterville Ghost (2023 film)
The Canterville Ghost is a 2023 animated fantasy comedy film adapted from Oscar Wilde's story, directed by Kim Burdon and released in the UK in September 2023.
The Canyons (film)
The Canyons (2013) is a Paul Schrader erotic thriller written by Bret Easton Ellis, starring Lindsay Lohan and James Deen. A $250,000 Kickstarter-funded, day-and-date VOD release by IFC Films, it earned a 36 Metascore and 21% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Captain (2017 film)
The Captain (Der Hauptmann) is Robert Schwentke's 2017 German-French-Polish black-and-white war drama about deserter Willi Herold, the Executioner of Emsland, who impersonated a Luftwaffe captain and murdered over 120 people in April 1945.
The Captain's Paradise
The Captain's Paradise is a 1953 British comedy directed by Anthony Kimmins, starring Alec Guinness as a bigamous Gibraltar-to-Morocco ferry captain with wives played by Celia Johnson and Yvonne De Carlo; Oscar-nominated story by Alec Coppel.
The Captive (2014 film)
The Captive (2014) is a Canadian psychological thriller by Atom Egoyan, starring Ryan Reynolds, Mireille Enos, Rosario Dawson, and Scott Speedman, about a father searching for his daughter Cassandra eight years after her abduction; it competed at Cannes 2014, was booed, and earned about $2 million worldwide.
The Captive (2025 film)
The Captive (El cautivo), 2025 Spanish-Italian historical drama by Alejandro Amenábar about Miguel de Cervantes' 1575-1580 captivity in Algiers, starring Julio Peña and Alessandro Borghi; premiered at Toronto 2025, second most-viewed Spanish film of 2025, on Netflix January 2026.
The Capture (TV series)
The Capture is a British BBC One surveillance thriller created, written and directed by Ben Chanan, starring Holliday Grainger and Callum Turner, about faked CCTV, the 'Correction' programme, and deepfakes; a third series was commissioned in 2025.
The Car (1977 film)
The Car (1977), originally scripted as Wheels, is a Universal horror film directed by Elliot Silverstein, starring James Brolin as a sheriff fighting a demonic black Lincoln Mark III built by George Barris; released 13 May 1977, PG, 96 minutes.