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The Ring (2002 film)

The Ring (2002) is Gore Verbinski's DreamWorks remake of Hideo Nakata's Ringu, based on Koji Suzuki's novel, starring Naomi Watts as a reporter cursed by a videotape that kills viewers in seven days.

The Ring (franchise)

The Ring is a horror franchise based on Koji Suzuki's 1991 novel Ring, centered on a cursed videotape that kills viewers within seven days unless they pass the curse on.

The Ring Two

The Ring Two (2005) is an American supernatural horror sequel to The Ring, directed by Ringu's Hideo Nakata in his US debut, starring Naomi Watts; Samara possesses Aidan in Oregon. PG-13, 109 min, $75.9M US gross, 21% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Ringer (2005 film)

The Ringer is a 2005 Farrelly-produced Fox Searchlight comedy directed by Barry W. Blaustein, starring Johnny Knoxville as a man faking an intellectual disability to fix a Special Olympics bet; $35.4M US gross, 40% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Riot Club

The Riot Club is a 2014 British drama directed by Lone Scherfig, adapted by Laura Wade from her play Posh, about two Oxford first-years joining an elite ten-member dining club whose annual dinner turns violent; inspired by the Bullingdon Club.

The Rip (film)

The Rip is a 2026 Netflix crime thriller directed by Joe Carnahan, starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as Miami narcotics officers whose trust frays after finding over $20 million in a stash house; released January 16, 2026 by Artists Equity.

The Ripper

The Ripper is a 2020 four-part Netflix true crime documentary directed by Jesse Vile and Ellena Wood about the Yorkshire Ripper murders, in which Peter Sutcliffe killed 13 women from 1975 to 1980 during Britain's largest police manhunt.

The Rise of Ashoka

The Rise of Ashoka (ದಿ ರೈಸ್ ಆಫ್ ಆಶೋಕ), formerly Ashoka Blade, is a 2026 Kannada period action drama starring Sathish Ninasam and Sapthami Gowda, directed by the late Vinod V Dhondale and completed by editor Manu Shedgar; released 27 February 2026, streaming on Sun NXT from 5 June 2026.

The Rise of Phoenixes (天盛长歌)

The Rise of Phoenixes (天盛长歌, 凰权·弈天下) is a 2018 Chinese historical political drama adapted from Tianxia Guiyuan's novel Huang Quan, starring Chen Kun and Ni Ni, cut from 70 to 56 episodes on Hunan TV, and streamed by Netflix.

The Rising of the Moon

The Rising of the Moon (1957) is John Ford's Irish anthology film, also titled Three Leaves of the Shamrock, with three segments from Frank O'Connor, Martin J. McHugh, and Lady Gregory, starring Tyrone Power and Abbey Theatre players.

The Rising of the Shield Hero (盾の勇者の成り上がり) (TV series)

The Rising of the Shield Hero (盾の勇者の成り上がり) is a Kinema Citrus TV anime (2019–) adapting Aneko Yusagi's light novel; four seasons, 62 episodes, a fifth due 2027, following betrayed Shield Hero Naofumi Iwatani.

The Rising of the Shield Hero season 4

The Rising of the Shield Hero season 4 (盾の勇者の成り上がり Season 4), 2025 Kinema Citrus anime, 12 episodes from July 9, 2025, directed by Hitoshi Haga, adapting light novel volumes 13-15; season 5 set for 2027.

The Rite (2011 film)

The Rite is a 2011 American supernatural horror film directed by Mikael Håfström, in which a skeptical seminarian at the Vatican is apprenticed to a veteran exorcist played by Anthony Hopkins.

The Ritual (2017 film)

The Ritual is a 2017 British folk-horror film directed by David Bruckner, based on Adam Nevill's novel, about four friends lost in a Scandinavian forest.

The Ritual (2025 film)

The Ritual (2025) is a horror film directed by David Midell, starring Al Pacino and Dan Stevens as priests performing the 1928 Emma Schmidt exorcism in Earling, Iowa; released June 6, 2025, grossing $525.9K.

The Rivals of Amziah King

The Rivals of Amziah King is a 2025 Andrew Patterson crime thriller starring Matthew McConaughey as an Oklahoma beekeeper and bluegrass musician; premiered at SXSW 2025, released by Black Bear August 14, 2026.

The River (1938 film)

The River (1938) is Pare Lorentz's Farm Security Administration documentary short about the Mississippi River, soil erosion, and floods, with music by Virgil Thomson; it premiered in New Orleans in 1937 and won Best Documentary at Venice 1938.

The River (1951 film)

The River (1951) is Jean Renoir's first color feature, a Technicolor coming-of-age drama adapted from Rumer Godden's novel, shot on the Hooghly River in Calcutta, winner of the 1951 Venice First International Prize.

The River (1984 film)

The River (1984) is a Mark Rydell drama starring Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, and Scott Glenn about Tennessee farmers fighting floods and a dam scheme; Universal release, John Williams score, Oscar for sound effects editing.

The River (1997 film)

The River (河流, He liu) is Tsai Ming-liang's 1997 Taiwanese drama, his third feature, about Hsiao-Kang's incurable neck pain after floating in the polluted Tanshui River; it won the Berlin Silver Bear Jury Award.

The River and Death

The River and Death (El río y la muerte) is Luis Buñuel's 1954 Mexican drama about a generations-old blood feud between the Anguiano and Menchaca families, adapted from Miguel Álvarez Acosta's novel Muro blanco sobre roca negra; it competed at Venice 1954 and won a 1956 Ariel for music.

The River Train

The River Train (El tren fluvial) is a 2026 Argentine debut feature by Lorenzo Ferro and the late Lucas A. Vignale, following nine-year-old malambo dancer Milo Barría as he runs away by train to Buenos Aires; it premiered in Berlinale Perspectives.

The River Wild

The River Wild is a 1994 Universal action thriller directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Meryl Streep as rafting guide Gail Hartman, with Kevin Bacon and David Strathairn; released September 30, 1994, it opened No. 1 with $10.2 million.

The Road (2009 film)

The Road (2009) is John Hillcoat's film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer-winning novel, starring Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and son surviving a post-apocalyptic America; it earned $8.1 million and mixed-to-favorable reviews.

The Road Home (我的父亲母亲)

The Road Home (我的父亲母亲) is Zhang Yimou's 1999 Chinese romance film, adapted from Bao Shi's novel Remembrance, starring Zhang Ziyi; it won the Berlin Silver Bear and uses black-and-white present, color memory.

The Road to El Dorado

The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 DreamWorks animated musical comedy about two Spanish con men who find the legendary city of gold and are mistaken for gods.

The Road to Guantanamo

The Road to Guantánamo (2006) is a British docudrama by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross about the Tipton Three, British Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay for two years without charge; it won the Berlin Silver Bear for Best Director.

The Road to Mandalay

The Road to Mandalay (再見瓦城, Zaijian wa cheng) is a 2016 drama by Midi Z about Burmese migrants Lianqing and Guo in Thailand; Venice Days Fedeora winner, Golden Horse closing film, Metascore 80.

The Road to the Racetrack (경마장 가는 길)

The Road to the Racetrack (경마장 가는 길) is a 1991 South Korean film by Jang Sun-woo, adapted from Ha Il-ji's postmodernist novel, starring Kang Soo-youn and Moon Sung-keun; a pioneering Korean realist film added to Netflix in 2023.

The Road to Wellville (film)

The Road to Wellville is Alan Parker's 1994 satirical comedy, adapted from T. Coraghessan Boyle's novel, starring Anthony Hopkins as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg at his 1907 Battle Creek sanitarium; it grossed $6.5 million and holds 41% on Rotten Tomatoes.