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The Panic in Central Park

"The Panic in Central Park" is the sixth episode of Girls season 5 (HBO, March 27, 2016), written by Lena Dunham and directed by Richard Shepard, a Marnie-centric bottle episode riffing on The Panic in Needle Park, reuniting Marnie with Christopher Abbott's Charlie.

The Panic in Needle Park

The Panic in Needle Park is Jerry Schatzberg's 1971 drama starring Al Pacino and Kitty Winn as addicts around Sherman Square, Manhattan, from James Mills's novel, scripted by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne; Winn won Best Actress at Cannes 1971.

The Paper (1994 film)

The Paper (1994) is a Ron Howard comedy-drama, also called a newsroom drama, about one day at the fictional New York Sun tabloid, starring Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, and Marisa Tomei, released by Universal on March 18, 1994.

The Paper (2025 TV series)

The Paper (2025 TV series), Peacock mockumentary comedy spinoff of The Office by Greg Daniels and Michael Koman, set at the fictional Toledo Truth Teller newspaper in Ohio, starring Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, and Oscar Nuñez; premiered September 4, 2025.

The Paper Chase (film)

The Paper Chase (1973) is a James Bridges comedy-drama, adapted from John Jay Osborn Jr.'s novel, starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, and Oscar-winning John Houseman as Professor Kingsfield at Harvard Law School.

The Paper Crane

The Paper Crane (Hana no Orizurugasa, 花の折鶴笠) is a 1962 Toei Japanese period drama directed by Toshikazu Kōno, starring Hashizō Ōkawa, about a vagrant protecting a blind girl from con artists on the road to Edo.

The Paperboy (2012 film)

The Paperboy is a 2012 American crime drama directed by Lee Daniels, based on Pete Dexter's 1995 novel, starring Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, and John Cusack.

The Parade

The Parade (Parada) is a 2011 Serbian comedy-drama directed by Srđan Dragojević about a homophobic gangster protecting Belgrade Pride; Berlinale Panorama Audience Award winner, four-country co-production.

The Paradine Case

The Paradine Case is Alfred Hitchcock's 1947 courtroom drama for David O. Selznick, his last film under the Selznick contract, starring Gregory Peck, Alida Valli, Charles Laughton, and Ann Todd, adapted from Robert Hichens' 1933 novel.

The Paradise (film)

The Paradise is a 2026 Telugu action drama by Srikanth Odela, starring Nani as Jadal, a Savaari tribal fighting for citizenship in 1980s Secunderabad; released September 24, 2026, panned by critics but a Rs 173 crore grosser, streaming on Netflix from October 22.

The Paradise (TV series)

The Paradise is a BBC period drama (2012-2013, two eight-episode series) created by Bill Gallagher, loosely adapting Zola's 1883 novel Au Bonheur des Dames and set in England's first department store in the 1870s, starring Joanna Vanderham and Emun Elliott.

The Parallax View

The Parallax View (1974) is Alan J. Pakula's conspiracy thriller starring Warren Beatty as reporter Joe Frady, adapted from Loren Singer's 1970 novel, shot by Gordon Willis, the middle film of Pakula's paranoia trilogy.

The Parent Trap (1961 film)

The Parent Trap (1961) is a Walt Disney comedy directed by David Swift, starring Hayley Mills as twin sisters Susan Evers and Sharon McKendrick who scheme to reunite divorced parents Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith; remade in 1998 with Lindsay Lohan.

The Parent Trap (1998 film)

The Parent Trap is a 1998 American family comedy directed by Nancy Meyers, starring Lindsay Lohan in a dual role as twins who plot to reunite their divorced parents.

The Parkers

The Parkers is a UPN sitcom (1999-2004), a Moesha spin-off created by Ralph Farquhar, Sara Finney, and Vida Spears, starring Mo'Nique and Countess Vaughn as a mother and daughter attending the same college.

The Parole Officer

The Parole Officer is a 2001 British comedy-crime film directed by John Duigan, starring Steve Coogan as probation officer Simon Garden, framed for murder who robs a bank vault with three reformed clients to recover CCTV evidence.

The Partisan (film)

The Partisan (Skarbek) is a 2024 Polish-British spy thriller directed by James Marquand, starring Morgane Polanski as WWII SOE agent Krystyna Skarbek, with Malcolm McDowell; premiered at Gdynia 2024, released theatrically October 3, 2025.

The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family, ABC sitcom 1970–1974, 96 episodes, created by Bernard Slade, inspired by the Cowsills. Widowed mom Shirley Jones and five kids form a pop band; "I Think I Love You" sold four million copies; David Cassidy became a teen idol.

The Party (1968 film)

The Party (1968) is a Blake Edwards comedy starring Peter Sellers as Hrundi V. Bakshi, an Indian actor accidentally invited to a Hollywood party; his only non-Pink Panther film with Sellers, largely dialogue-free and an early video-assist production.

The Party (2017 film)

The Party is Sally Potter's 2017 British black-and-white comedy-drama, 71 minutes, in which Janet's promotion dinner party collapses after Bill's announcement; premiered in competition at Berlin 2017.

The Party at Kitty and Stud's

The Party at Kitty and Stud's, also known as The Italian Stallion, is a 1970 American softcore erotic film directed by Morton M. Lewis, starring Sylvester Stallone in his film debut as Stud, made for about $5,000 and re-released after Rocky.

The Party's Over

The Party's Over is a 1965 British drama directed by Guy Hamilton, written by Marc Behm, starring Oliver Reed, Ann Lynn, Clifford David, and Louise Sorel; banned by censors, cut by 18 minutes, and released uncredited, later restored by the BFI.

The Passage (TV series)

The Passage (TV series) is a 2019 Fox science fiction drama created by Liz Heldens, based on Justin Cronin's vampire-apocalypse trilogy, starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Saniyya Sidney, canceled after one 10-episode season.

The Passenger (1975 film)

The Passenger (Professione: reporter) is Michelangelo Antonioni's 1975 Italy-France-Spain drama starring Jack Nicholson as journalist David Locke, who assumes a dead gunrunner's identity; known for its seven-minute final shot and 2005 restoration.

The Passenger (2026 film)

The Passenger (2026 film): Vadim Perelman thriller starring Djimon Hounsou and Kodi Smit-McPhee, from Bennett Fisher's play Damascus; a Minneapolis shuttle driver takes a dangerous fare to Chicago. Distinct from the 2026 horror film Passenger.

The Passion of Anna

The Passion of Anna (En passion) is Ingmar Bergman's 1969 Swedish color drama, third of his Fårö island trilogy with Hour of the Wolf and Shame, starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann, with documentary-style actor interviews and an animal-killer subplot.

The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc) is Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 French silent film about Joan of Arc's trial and execution, starring Renée Falconetti, famous for its close-ups, censorship history, and 1981 rediscovery.

The Passion of the Christ

The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 drama directed by Mel Gibson, starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus, spoken in Aramaic and Latin, and released Ash Wednesday 2004.

The Passion of the Christ (film series)

The Passion of the Christ film series comprises Mel Gibson's 2004 biblical drama about Jesus's final twelve hours and its planned two-part sequel The Resurrection of the Christ (2027–2028), starring Jim Caviezel, a record-setting R-rated release.

The Passionate Friends

The Passionate Friends is a 1949 British romantic drama directed by David Lean, adapted by Eric Ambler from H.G. Wells's 1913 novel, starring Ann Todd, Claude Rains, and Trevor Howard in a love triangle.