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The Nun's Story (film)

The Nun's Story is Fred Zinnemann's 1959 Warner Bros. drama starring Audrey Hepburn as Sister Luke, based on Kathryn Hulme's novel about ex-nun Marie-Louise Habets; Congo nursing, Nazi-killed father, eight Oscar nominations.

The Nut Job

The Nut Job (2014) is a Canada–South Korea computer-animated heist comedy directed by Peter Lepeniotis, based on his short Surly Squirrel, starring Will Arnett's banished squirrel Surly; it earned $64.2M in the US but only 13% on Rotten Tomatoes and spawned a 2017 sequel.

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature is a 2017 animated comedy sequel in which Surly and his animal friends fight to save Liberty Park from a bulldozing mayor.

The Nutcracker (1993 film)

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, also called The Nutcracker (1993), is Emile Ardolino's film of the New York City Ballet's Balanchine staging, starring Macaulay Culkin and Darci Kistler, released November 24, 1993.

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is Disney's 2018 live-action fantasy film directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston, starring Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, and Helen Mirren, inspired by Hoffmann's tale and Tchaikovsky's ballet.

The Nutty Professor (1963 film)

The Nutty Professor (1963) is a Jerry Lewis Paramount comedy, directed and co-written by Lewis with Bill Richmond, in which nerdy chemistry professor Julius Kelp's potion creates the suave Buddy Love; 107 minutes, released July 1963, remade with Eddie Murphy in 1996.

The Nutty Professor (1996 film)

The Nutty Professor is a 1996 American comedy directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Eddie Murphy as a professor whose fat-reducing serum turns him into slim Buddy Love.

The O.C.

The O.C. is a Fox teen drama (2003–2007) created by Josh Schwartz, set in Newport Beach, Orange County, following Ryan Atwood and the Cohen family; famous for its indie soundtrack, Chrismukkah, and influence on Laguna Beach and Gossip Girl.

The OA

The OA is a Netflix science-fiction mystery drama (2016–2019) created by and starring Brit Marling with Zal Batmanglij, about Prairie Johnson, a blind woman who returns after seven years with restored sight; canceled after two eight-episode parts despite a planned five-season arc.

The Oath

The Oath is a 2018-2019 Crackle crime drama series (also known as Söz for the Turkish series) created by Joe Halpin about the Ravens, a gang of corrupt cops, starring Ryan Kwanten and Sean Bean, produced by 50 Cent.

The Object of My Affection

The Object of My Affection: Stephen McCauley's 1987 debut novel about gay teacher George and pregnant Nina sharing a Brooklyn apartment, and its 1998 Nicholas Hytner film with Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd.

The Oblongs

The Oblongs is an American animated sitcom created by Angus Oblong and Jace Richdale. It depicts a family deformed by industrial pollution under a wealthy neighborhood.

The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)

The Odd Couple (1970 TV series): ABC sitcom, September 24, 1970 to March 7, 1975, with Tony Randall as Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison, adapted by Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson from Neil Simon's play; 114 episodes, syndication staple.

The Odd Couple (2015 TV series)

The Odd Couple (2015-2017) is a CBS multi-camera sitcom reboot starring Matthew Perry as Oscar Madison and Thomas Lennon as Felix Unger, produced with Garry Marshall's consultation; 38 episodes, weak reviews (Metacritic 42, RT 26%).

The Odd Couple (film)

The Odd Couple (1968) is Gene Saks' Paramount comedy adapted by Neil Simon from his 1965 Broadway play, starring Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar and Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison, two divorced men sharing a New York apartment; a 1968 top-grossing hit with two Oscar nominations.

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

The Odd Life of Timothy Green is a 2012 Disney fantasy comedy-drama directed by Peter Hedges from Ahmet Zappa's story, starring Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, and CJ Adams as a boy grown from a couple's buried wishes.

The Odd One Dies

The Odd One Dies (兩個只能活一個) is a 1997 Hong Kong Milkyway Image crime comedy directed by Patrick Yau, written by Wai Ka-Fai, starring Takeshi Kaneshiro and Carman Lee as hitmen who fall in love; first Milkyway film, 89 minutes, 1998 HK Film Award nominee.

The Odessa File

The Odessa File (1974), Ronald Neame's film of Frederick Forsyth's novel, stars Jon Voight as journalist Peter Miller infiltrating the SS group Odessa to hunt Eduard Roschmann, the Butcher of Riga, with Simon Wiesenthal as advisor.

The Odyssey (2016 film)

The Odyssey (L'Odyssée) is Jérôme Salle's 2016 French biopic of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, starring Lambert Wilson, Audrey Tautou, and Pierre Niney; released 12 October 2016, budget 20 million euros, César for Best Sound 2017.

The Odyssey (2026 film)

The Odyssey (2026 film): Christopher Nolan's mythic action epic for Universal Pictures and Syncopy, adapting Homer's poem. First feature shot entirely on IMAX film; stars Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway; released July 17, 2026; grossed over $1.7 billion worldwide.

The Off Weeks

The Off Weeks is an eight-episode Apple TV+ limited drama ordered September 17, 2025, starring Ben Stiller as divorced professor Gus Adler and Jessica Chastain as Stella West, directed by Michael Showalter, showrun by Alissa Nutting, filmed in New York and Jersey City, with no premiere date announced.

The Offer

The Offer is a 2022 Paramount+ 10-episode limited series, created by Michael Tolkin with showrunner Nikki Toscano, dramatizing producer Al Ruddy's making of The Godfather, starring Miles Teller, Matthew Goode, and Juno Temple; critics scored it 48 on Metacritic.

The Office

The Office: British BBC mockumentary sitcom (2001–2003) by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, set at Wernham Hogg in Slough, and its NBC American remake (2005–2013) at Dunder Mifflin, Scranton; the format has been adapted in 15 countries and spawned the Peacock spinoff The Paper.

The Office (American TV series)

The Office (American TV series), NBC workplace mockumentary 2005-2013 adapted by Greg Daniels from the BBC original by Gervais and Merchant; Steve Carell's Michael Scott leads Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch in a single-camera, no-laugh-track format that popularized TV mockumentaries.

The Office (Australian TV series)

The Office (The Office Australia) is an Australian Prime Video mockumentary comedy, premiered 18 October 2024, starring Felicity Ward as the franchise's first female boss, Hannah Howard of Flinley Craddick; cancelled after one season in October 2025.

The Office (British TV series)

The British Office, also known as the UK Office, is a BBC Two mockumentary sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant in 2001, starring Gervais as deluded manager David Brent.

The Office (Indian TV series)

The Office (Indian TV series) is a 2019 Hindi-language Hotstar mockumentary comedy, the tenth official remake of The Office, set at Wilkins Chawla paper company in Faridabad with Mukul Chadda as boss Jagdeep Chaddha; two seasons, 27 episodes, poorly received as a near shot-for-shot US remake.

The Office Movers

The Office Movers is a Canadian Crave comedy (2024–) created by and starring Brampton brothers Jae and Trey Richards as Everett and Eric Saunders, who run Toronto's fictional Shazam Moving while hoping to sell out to Zenithon Logistics.

The Official Story

The Official Story (La historia oficial) is Luis Puenzo's 1985 Argentine drama about a history teacher who suspects her adopted daughter is a desaparecido's child; first Argentine and Latin American Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film (1986).

The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House (1932) is a James Whale pre-Code Universal horror-comedy adapted from J.B. Priestley's Benighted, starring Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton, and Gloria Stuart; once considered lost, it was rediscovered and restored in 4K.