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Universal Classic Monsters
Universal Classic Monsters is Universal Pictures' brand for its classic monster-horror films of the 1920s to 1950s, centered on Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Wolf Man, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, distinct from later reboots and the Dark Universe.
Universal International Studios
Universal International Studios (UIS) is NBCUniversal's London-based international television production arm under Universal Studio Group, led by Beatrice Springborn, with labels Carnival Films, Monkey, Matchbox Pictures, Working Title Television, and Heyday Television, and merged into Universal Global Television in June 2026.
Universal Kids
Universal Kids, formerly PBS Kids Sprout and Sprout, was an NBCUniversal children's cable channel launched in 2005, rebranded September 9, 2017 for ages 2-11, and shut down March 6, 2025.
Universal Language (زبان مادری) (2024 film)
Universal Language (زبان مادری; Une langue universelle) is Matthew Rankin's 2024 Canadian comedy-drama set in a Farsi-speaking Winnipeg-Tehran hybrid; it won the first Cannes Directors' Fortnight Audience Award and was Canada's 97th Academy Awards International Feature submission.
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures: Hollywood film studio founded by Carl Laemmle in 1912 as Universal Film Manufacturing Company; now an NBCUniversal/Comcast division, a major studio behind Jaws, Fast & Furious, and Jurassic World franchises.
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) is NBCUniversal's home video division, distributing Universal, Focus Features, and DreamWorks titles on digital and physical formats. Formerly MCA DiscoVision (1978) and MCA/Universal Home Video (1990); led by President Justin Che; 17.8% UK home entertainment share in 2025.
Universal Soldier (1992 film)
Universal Soldier (1992) is a Roland Emmerich sci-fi action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren as Vietnam soldiers reanimated as cyborg UniSols; it grossed $36.3 million domestically on a $23 million budget and spawned a sequel franchise.
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) is John Hyams' sixth Universal Soldier film, a psychological-horror action sequel starring Scott Adkins, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Dolph Lundgren, released limitedly by Magnolia Pictures.
Universal Soldier: The Return
Universal Soldier: The Return (1999) is a sci-fi action film directed by Mic Rodgers, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as Luc Deveraux fighting the rogue supercomputer S.E.T.H. (Michael Jai White); a box-office failure, 5% on Rotten Tomatoes, later retconned from the series.
Universal Studios Beijing (北京环球影城)
Universal Studios Beijing (北京环球影城) is the theme park of Universal Beijing Resort in Tongzhou, opened 20 September 2021; China's first, Asia's third, and the largest Universal park, with seven lands, 37 rides, Kung Fu Panda and Transformers firsts, and TEA-reported attendance rising from 4.3 million in 2022 to 9.775 million in 2024.
Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Hollywood, in Universal City, Los Angeles, is a working film studio and movie-based theme park opened in 1964 around the Studio Tour, with CityWalk, Wizarding World, Super Nintendo World, and Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift.
Universal Television
Universal Television (UTV), NBCUniversal's flagship scripted television production studio under Universal Studio Group, traces to MCA Revue Studios and produces Law & Order, One Chicago, Hacks, and The Office.
Universe League
Universe League (유니버스 리그) was SBS's 2024–2025 boy group survival audition, sequel to Universe Ticket. 42 contestants in teams Rhythm, Groove, Beat competed for the Prism Cup; Team Rhythm won and debuted as AHOF.
Universe of Star Wars
Universe of Star Wars: the fictional transmedia galaxy of the Star Wars franchise, a used space-opera setting spanning the Force, films, Legends canon split of 2014, and ongoing Story Group continuity.
Universe Ticket (유니버스 티켓)
Universe Ticket (유니버스 티켓) was an SBS girl-group survival audition aired November 2023 to January 2024; 82 contestants competed, eight debuted as UNIS under F&F Entertainment, won by Filipina Elisia.
University (The Sopranos)
"University" is episode 32 of The Sopranos (S3E6, aired April 1, 2001), directed by Allen Coulter, in which Ralph Cifaretto murders Bada Bing dancer Tracee while Meadow's college romance collapses; it caused HBO subscription cancellations and drew an NBC complaint.
University Challenge
University Challenge is a British television quiz show, based on College Bowl, first broadcast 21 September 1962 by Granada for ITV, hosted by Bamber Gascoigne, then Jeremy Paxman, then Amol Rajan, on BBC Two since 1994.
University Challenge 2025–26
University Challenge 2025–26, the 55th BBC Two student quiz series, ran 14 July 2025 to 20 April 2026, hosted by Amol Rajan. Manchester beat Edinburgh 145–105 for a record-equaling fifth title; captain Kai Madgwick answered all nine starters.
University Challenge 2026–27
University Challenge 2026–27 (Series 56) is the current BBC Two student quiz series hosted by Amol Rajan, starting 13 July 2026 with Bristol v Imperial, with Manchester defending the title won in the 2025–26 final.
Univision
Univision, the Spanish-language television network renamed from the Spanish International Network in 1987, is the most-watched Spanish-language network in the United States and the flagship of TelevisaUnivision.
Unknown (2011 film)
Unknown (2011), also released as Unknown Identity (Sans identité), is a Jaume Collet-Serra action-thriller starring Liam Neeson as Dr. Martin Harris, a Berlin coma patient whose identity has been stolen; it grossed $135.7 million worldwide on a $30 million budget.
Unknown (关于未知的我们)
Unknown (關於未知的我們) is a 2024 Taiwanese BL drama adapted from Priest's novel Da Ge, starring Chris Chiu and Kurt Huang as adoptive brothers Wei Qian and Wei Zhi-yuan; 12 episodes on Youku, February to April 2024.
Unknown Pleasures (2002 film)
Unknown Pleasures (Ren xiao yao) is Jia Zhangke's 2002 drama, his third feature and first digital film, following unemployed youths Xiao Ji and Bin Bin in Datong, Shanxi; third in the trilogy with Xiao Wu and Platform.
Unko Sweater (ऊनको स्वीटर)
Unko Sweater (ऊनको स्वीटर, The Woolen Sweater) is a 2025 Nepali romantic social drama directed by debutant Nabin Chauhan, produced by Artmandu, starring Bipin Karki and Miruna Magar in an intercaste love story set in Panchthar; it earned over 12 crore rupees and four Critics Film Awards.
Unlawful Entry (film)
Unlawful Entry is a 1992 American psychological crime thriller directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, and Madeleine Stowe as a couple stalked by an obsessed Los Angeles police officer.
Unleashed (2005 film)
Unleashed, released in some markets as Danny the Dog, is a 2005 action thriller directed by Louis Leterrier, written by Luc Besson, and starring Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, and Bob Hoskins.
Unlocked (2017 film)
Unlocked is a 2017 spy thriller directed by Michael Apted, starring Noomi Rapace as a CIA interrogator racing to stop a biological attack on London.
Unlocked (스마트폰을 떨어뜨렸을뿐인데) (2023 film)
Unlocked (스마트폰을 떨어뜨렸을뿐인데) is a 2023 South Korean Netflix thriller, Kim Tae-joon's debut, remaking the Japanese film Stolen Identity. Chun Woo-hee's Na-mi loses her phone; Yim Si-wan's Jun-yeong installs spyware and stalks her.
Unlucky Bae (จุดจบสายมู)
Unlucky Bae (จุดจีบสายมู) is a 2026 GMMTV Thai BL romantic comedy-fantasy, 10 episodes on GMM25, adapted from LuaAimei's novel จุดจบสายมู, starring Tham and Mac as Khobfah and Rin in a mistaken-curse romance.
Unmadham
Unmadham (ഉന്മാദം), 2026 Malayalam psychological crime thriller, debut director Kiran Das, script by Shahi Kabir, starring Kunchacko Boban and Lijomol Jose; constable reopens a cursed cold case; released July 31, 2026, SonyLIV from September 4, 2026.