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The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone (CBS, 1959-1964) is Rod Serling's anthology series of self-contained science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories with ironic twist endings, unified by his on-screen narration. Over five seasons and about 155-156 episodes it won three Emmys and three Hugos and was revived in 1985, 2002, and 2019.

The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)

The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series): Rod Serling's CBS science-fiction/fantasy anthology, five seasons, 1959-1964, about 156 episodes, hosted and largely written by Serling, with twist endings, social commentary, three Emmys and three Hugos, and later revivals including the 2019 Jordan Peele series.

The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)

The Twilight Zone (1985), also The New Twilight Zone, was the first revival of Rod Serling's CBS anthology, running three seasons and 65 episodes from 1985 to 1989, with Harlan Ellison as consultant.

The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series)

The Twilight Zone (2002) is the third TV series of the franchise, an UPN anthology revival aired 2002-2003, 44 episodes in two half-hour stories per hour, hosted by Forest Whitaker, theme by Korn's Jonathan Davis, canceled after one season.

The Twilight Zone (2019 TV series)

The Twilight Zone (2019) is a CBS All Access anthology revival of Rod Serling's series, hosted and narrated by Jordan Peele, executive produced with Simon Kinberg, 20 episodes over two seasons (2019–2020), cancelled after mixed reviews.

The Twins Effect (千机变)

The Twins Effect (千机变), aka The Vampire Effect, is a 2003 Hong Kong vampire action-comedy directed by Dante Lam with action by Donnie Yen, starring pop duo Twins, Ekin Cheng, and Edison Chen; it was 2003's top Hong Kong film and won six Hong Kong Film Awards.

The Twins Effect II (千机变II之花都大战)

The Twins Effect II (千機變II花都大戰; The Huadu Chronicles: Blade of the Rose) is a 2004 Hong Kong fantasy action film by Patrick Leung and Corey Yuen starring Twins, Jaycee Chan and Jackie Chan, set in a queendom where men are slaves.

The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox

The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox is an eight-part Hulu true-crime limited series (2025) dramatizing Amanda Knox's wrongful conviction for Meredith Kercher's 2007 murder, created by KJ Steinberg with Knox and Monica Lewinsky as executive producers, starring Grace Van Patten.

The Twister: Caught in the Storm

The Twister: Caught in the Storm is a 2025 Netflix documentary directed by Alexandra Lacey about the May 22, 2011 EF5 Joplin, Missouri tornado, told through teenage survivors on graduation day, with Lux Aeterna VFX and a March 19, 2025 release.

The Two Faces of January (film)

The Two Faces of January is Hossein Amini's 2014 directorial debut, a thriller adapted from Patricia Highsmith's 1964 novel, starring Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, and Oscar Isaac as Americans entangled in murder and flight in 1962 Greece.

The Two Jakes

The Two Jakes (1990) is Jack Nicholson's sequel to Chinatown, directed by Nicholson from Robert Towne's screenplay, with Harvey Keitel as Jake Berman; set in 1948 Los Angeles, its oil-plot murder case flopped at the box office.

The Two Ronnies

The Two Ronnies, BBC1 British sketch show 1971–1987 (93 episodes, 12 series, 5 specials) starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett; wordplay sketches, monologues, Four Candles, Mastermind, ended by Barker's 1987 retirement.

The Tyrant (폭군)

The Tyrant (폭군) is a 2024 Disney+ Korean action thriller miniseries, four episodes, written and directed by Park Hoon-jung as a spinoff of The Witch films, about a stolen bioweapon sample; starring Cha Seung-won, Kim Seon-ho, Kim Kang-woo, and Jo Yoon-su.

The Uglies

Uglies (2024 Netflix film), based on Scott Westerfeld's 2005 YA dystopian novel, directed by McG, starring Joey King as Tally Youngblood; mandatory surgery at 16 turns Uglies into Pretties; 15% on Rotten Tomatoes but topped Netflix charts.

The Ugly (얼굴) (2025 film)

The Ugly (얼굴, Eolgul) is a 2025 South Korean mystery thriller by Yeon Sang-ho, adapted from his 2018 graphic novel Face, in which a son investigates his mother's disappearance 40 years earlier; premiered at TIFF, starred Park Jeong-min in a dual role.

The Ugly American (film)

The Ugly American, 1963 Universal International Pictures political drama directed by George Englund, starring Marlon Brando as U.S. Ambassador MacWhite in fictional Sarkhan, adapted loosely from the 1958 Lederer-Burdick novel.

The Ugly Dachshund

The Ugly Dachshund is a 1966 Walt Disney live-action comedy directed by Norman Tokar, starring Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette, about a Great Dane raised as a dachshund, based on G. B. Stern's 1938 novel.

The Ugly Stepsister

The Ugly Stepsister (Den stygge stesøsteren) is a 2025 Norwegian body-horror comedy, Emilie Blichfeldt's debut, retelling Cinderella from stepsister Elvira's view; Sundance premiere, Oscar-nominated makeup, 50,675 Norwegian admissions.

The Ugly Truth

The Ugly Truth is a 2009 American romantic comedy directed by Robert Luketic, starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler as a producer and a chauvinistic TV relationship guru. It grossed $205.6 million worldwide but scored only 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Cormier vs. Team Sonnen

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Cormier vs. Team Sonnen (TUF 33) is the UFC reality show's 20th anniversary season, premiering May 27, 2025 on ESPN2/ESPN+, with retired Hall of Famers Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen coaching 16 flyweight and welterweight prospects; no coach fight, finalists Idiris, Morales, Sezinando, Donchenko.

The Ultimate Gift

The Ultimate Gift is a 2006 American drama film directed by Michael O. Sajbel, adapted from Jim Stovall's novel, starring Drew Fuller, James Garner, and Abigail Breslin; released by Fox Faith in March 2007, it earned $3.4 million and mixed reviews.

The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On

The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On is a Netflix reality series (2022, created by Chris Coelen, hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey) in which six couples at a marriage impasse enter three-week trial marriages with new partners before choosing engagement or breakup.

The Ultimatum: Queer Love

The Ultimatum: Queer Love is a Netflix reality dating spinoff of The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On, created by Chris Coelen, following women and non-binary couples through trial marriages; two seasons (2023, 2025), then canceled.

The Umbrella Academy (TV series)

The Umbrella Academy is a Netflix superhero drama (2019-2024, 36 episodes, 4 seasons) developed by Steve Blackman from Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's Dark Horse comics, about the Hargreeves siblings reuniting after their father's death.

The Umbrella Academy season 4

The Umbrella Academy season 4 is the six-episode final season of the Netflix superhero series, released August 8, 2024; it stars Elliot Page and Aidan Gallagher, tells an original story apart from Gerard Way's comics, and drew mixed critical and negative audience scores.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) is Jacques Demy's 1964 all-sung French musical with music by Michel Legrand, starring Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo; it won the 1964 Cannes top prize and five Oscar nominations.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Philip Kaufman's adaptation of Milan Kundera's novel, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, and Lena Olin in 1968 Prague, produced by Saul Zaentz, shot by Sven Nykvist, and restored in 4K by the Academy Film Archive.

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a 2022 meta action-comedy directed by Tom Gormican, starring Nicolas Cage as a fictionalized himself opposite Pedro Pascal's superfan Javi, released by Lionsgate.

The Unborn (2009 film)

The Unborn (2009) is an American supernatural horror film written and directed by David S. Goyer, starring Odette Annable and Gary Oldman, about a teenager haunted by a dybbuk tied to a family curse from Nazi-era experiments; it grossed $42.6 million and scored 11% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Uncanny Counter (경이로운 소문)

The Uncanny Counter (경이로운 소문, Wonderful Rumors) is a Korean supernatural drama adapted from Jang Yi's webtoon; Counters posing as noodle-shop staff hunt evil spirits, airing on OCN 2020 and tvN/Netflix 2023.