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The Wooden Horse
The Wooden Horse (1950) is a British black-and-white POW escape film directed by Jack Lee, adapted by Eric Williams from his novel about the real Stalag Luft III tunnel escape hidden under a vaulting horse, starring Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, and Anthony Steel.
The Woods
The Woods, also known as W głębi lasu, is a 2020 Polish-language Netflix crime thriller miniseries in six episodes, adapted from Harlan Coben's 2007 novel.
The Words (film)
The Words is a 2012 American drama film starring Bradley Cooper as a young writer who publishes a found manuscript as his own, directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal.
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso, aka Lulu the Tool) is Elio Petri's 1971 Italian drama starring Gian Maria Volonté as piece worker Lulù Massa; it shared the 1972 Cannes Palme d'Or with The Mattei Affair.
The World (世界) (2004 film)
The World (世界, Shijie) is Jia Zhangke's 2004 Chinese drama, his fourth feature and first government-approved film, set in Beijing World Park among migrant dancers and guards, starring Zhao Tao and Cheng Taishen, Metascore 81.
The World According to Garp (film)
The World According to Garp (1982) is George Roy Hill's Warner Bros. comedy-drama adapting John Irving's novel, starring Robin Williams, Glenn Close, and John Lithgow; screenplay by Steve Tesich, released July 23, 1982.
The World According to Jeff Goldblum
The World According to Jeff Goldblum is a Disney+ docuseries from National Geographic and Nutopia, hosted by Jeff Goldblum, exploring everyday objects like sneakers and ice cream; 22 episodes, 2019-2022.
The World at War
The World at War is a 1973 British documentary series about the Second World War, produced by Thames Television for ITV, with 26 episodes narrated by Laurence Olivier.
The World God Only Knows (神のみぞ知るセカイ)
The World God Only Knows (神のみぞ知るセカイ, Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai) is Tamiki Wakaki's 2008–2014 Weekly Shonen Sunday romantic comedy manga in 26 volumes, about dating-sim master Keima Katsuragi, adapted into three Manglobe anime seasons (2010–2013).
The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough is a 1999 James Bond film, the nineteenth in the Eon series and the third starring Pierce Brosnan, directed by Michael Apted.
The World Is Still Beautiful
Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii (それでも世界は美しい, The World Is Still Beautiful) is Dai Shiina's shōjo manga serialized in Hana to Yume 2012–2020, 25 volumes, 3 million copies, with a 12-episode 2014 Studio Pierrot anime.
The World of Apu
The World of Apu (Apur Sansar, 1959) is Satyajit Ray's Bengali drama closing the Apu Trilogy, adapted from Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's Aparajita, starring Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore.
The World of Fantasy (灵域)
The World of Fantasy (灵域, also Spirit Realm) is a 2021 iQIYI Chinese fantasy drama, 36 episodes, adapted from Ni Cangtian's web novel, starring Fan Chengcheng as amnesiac Qin Lie and Cheng Xiao as Ling Yushi.
The World of Kanako
The World of Kanako (渇き。, Kawaki) is Tetsuya Nakashima's 2014 Japanese thriller adapting Akio Fukamachi's prize-winning novel Hateshinaki Kawaki, starring Koji Yakusho as an ex-detective searching for his missing daughter, played by debutante Nana Komatsu.
The World of Love
The World of Love (세계의 주인, Sagyeui Juin) is Yoon Ga-eun's 2025 South Korean drama about teen survivor Jooin, starring Seo Su-bin; Toronto Platform premiere, Montgolfière d'Or winner, first Korean film released in China after the 2016 hallyu ban.
The World of the Married (부부의 세계)
The World of the Married (부부의 세계) is a 2020 JTBC Korean drama remaking BBC One's Doctor Foster, starring Kim Hee-ae, Park Hae-joon, and Han So-hee; its finale hit 28.371%, a Korean cable drama record.
The World to Come
The World to Come (2020) is Mona Fastvold's period romance drama, adapted by Ron Hansen and Jim Shepard from Jim Shepard's short story, starring Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Christopher Abbott, and Casey Affleck as 1850s upstate New York farm couples; it competed at Venice 77, won the Queer Lion, and was released by Bleecker Street in 2021.
The World Will Tremble
The World Will Tremble is a 2025 Lior Geller war drama, also called Świat będzie drżał, dramatizing the 1942 Chełmno camp escape of Szlama Ber Winer and Michał Podchlebnik, who delivered the first Holocaust eyewitness account.
The World's Best
The World's Best names two subjects: a 2019 CBS global talent competition hosted by James Corden with judges Drew Barrymore, RuPaul and Faith Hill, and theworlds.best, an independent hotel, restaurant and cruise rating publication using GEM, Fork and Anchor marks.
The World's End (film)
The World's End (2013) is Edgar Wright's sci-fi comedy, third in the Cornetto trilogy, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as friends repeating a 12-pub crawl in Newton Haven amid an alien takeover.
The World's Greatest First Love (世界一初恋)
Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi (The World's Greatest First Love) is a BL manga by Shungiku Nakamura, serialized since 2006, set at Marukawa Books' shoujo manga editorial department; adapted into a 2011 Studio DEEN anime and two films.
The World's Hardest Game
The World's Hardest Game (TWHG, WHG1) is a 2007-2008 Flash browser game by Snubby Land (Stephen Critoph): a red square dodges blue circles across 30 one-hit-restart levels, spawning sequels, speedruns, and ports.
The World's Strictest Parents
The World's Strictest Parents: British BBC Three reality series (2008–2011, 33 episodes) sending two unruly teens to strict host families abroad for a week; adapted for CMT in the US in 2009 with an Online Parenting Survival Guide.
The Worm Valley (云南虫谷)
The Worm Valley (云南虫谷, Candle in the Tomb: The Worm Valley) is a 2021 Chinese web drama adapted from Tianxia Bachang's novel, directed by Fei Zhenxiang, starring Pan Yueming, Zhang Yuqi, and Jiang Chao; 16 episodes on Tencent Video, Douban 7.9 falling to 6.7.
The Worst Movie Ever!
The Worst Movie Ever! (2011), also styled The Worst Movie EVER!, is Glenn Berggoetz's $1,100 micro-budget spoof comedy that sold one ticket, grossed $11 on opening weekend, and finished at $25,450 worldwide.
The Worst of Evil (최악의 악)
The Worst of Evil (최악의 악) is a 2023 Disney+ Korean crime noir, 12 episodes, Sept 27–Oct 25, 2023. Directed by Han Dong-wook; produced by Kakao Entertainment, Baram Pictures, Sanai Pictures; stars Ji Chang-wook, Wi Ha-joon, Im Se-mi, Bibi; set in 1995 Gangnam drug trade; IMDb 8.6.
The Worst Person in the World (film)
The Worst Person in the World (Verdens verste menneske) is a 2021 Norwegian romantic comedy-drama by Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt, starring Renate Reinsve as Julie in 12 chapters; it won Cannes Best Actress and earned two Oscar nominations.
The Worst Witch (1998 TV series)
The Worst Witch (1998 TV series): British-Canadian ITV children's show, 1998-2001, 40 episodes, based on Jill Murphy's books, starring Georgina Sherrington as Mildred Hubble, distinct from the 1986 film and 2017 CBBC reboot.
The Worst Witch (2017 TV series)
The Worst Witch (2017–2020) is a British-German CBBC/ZDF/Netflix children's fantasy series adapted from Jill Murphy's books, starring Bella Ramsey as clumsy witch Mildred Hubble at Miss Cackle's Academy; 4 seasons, 52 episodes, two 2019 BAFTA Children's Awards.
The Wraith
The Wraith (1986) is a Mike Marvin action-horror film starring Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, and Sherilyn Fenn, in which a murdered man returns as a supernatural driver of a Turbo Interceptor to destroy the Arizona road-racing gang that killed him; a cult film compared to High Plains Drifter.