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Warren Worthington III

Warren Worthington III, also called Angel or Archangel, is a Marvel Comics mutant superhero with feathered wings; a wealthy founding member of the X-Men, debuting in X-Men #1 (1963), later transformed by Apocalypse into the Horseman of Death.

Warrior (2011 film)

Warrior is a 2011 American sports drama directed by Gavin O'Connor, starring Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy as estranged brothers who fight in the same MMA tournament.

Warrior Baek Dong-soo (무사 백동수)

Warrior Baek Dong-soo (무사 백동수, Moosa Baek Dong Soo) is a 2011 SBS Korean martial-arts sageuk, 29 episodes, July 4–October 10, 2011, starring Ji Chang-wook and Yoo Seung-ho, based on Lee Jae-hyun's manhwa and the real Muyedobotongji-era swordsman Baek Dong-soo.

Warrior Nun (TV series)

Warrior Nun is a 2020 Netflix supernatural drama created by Simon Barry, based on Ben Dunn's Warrior Nun Areala comics. It follows Ava Silva (Alba Baptista), revived with an angel's halo, fighting demons with the Order of the Cruciform Sword; canceled December 2022 after two seasons.

Warriors of Virtue

Warriors of Virtue is a 1997 children's fantasy adventure film directed by Ronny Yu, about a disabled American teenager transported to a magical world of kangaroo warriors.

Warriors Two (赞先生与找钱华)

Warriors Two (贊先生與找錢華, Mr. Tsang and Cashier Hua) is a 1978 Golden Harvest Hong Kong martial arts comedy directed by and starring Sammo Hung, telling how cashier Chan Wah becomes the Wing Chun disciple of master Leung Jan, historically Ip Man's teacher.

Warwick Davis

Warwick Davis (Warwick Ashley Davis), British actor born 1970 in Epsom, Surrey, with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita; Wicket in Star Wars, star of Willow, Leprechaun, and Flitwick in Harry Potter; 2025 BAFTA Fellowship recipient.

Wasabi (2001 film)

Wasabi (2001), French title Wasabi, la petite moutarde qui monte au nez, is a Luc Besson-written action comedy directed by Gérard Krawczyk, starring Jean Reno as a Paris cop who inherits guardianship of an unknown teenage daughter (Ryoko Hirosue) in Tokyo.

Washington Black (TV series)

Washington Black is an eight-episode Hulu limited series premiered July 23, 2025, adapted from Esi Edugyan's Booker-shortlisted 2018 novel. Created by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, it stars Ernest Kingsley Jr., Tom Ellis, and Sterling K. Brown, following an enslaved Barbados boy's globe-spanning 1830s adventure.

Wasp Network (film)

Wasp Network (La Red Avispa) is a 2019 spy drama directed by Olivier Assayas about the Cuban Five infiltrating anti-Castro groups in Miami, released by Netflix in June 2020.

Wassup Rockers

Wassup Rockers is Larry Clark's 2005 drama about Latino punk-rock skateboarders from South Central Los Angeles whose Beverly Hills trip turns into misadventure, starring non-actors Jonathan Velasquez and Francisco Pedrasa.

Waste Land

Waste Land (Lixo Extraordinário) is a 2010 UK-Brazil documentary by Lucy Walker, João Jardim, and Karen Harley following artist Vik Muniz creating portraits with catadores at Rio's Jardim Gramacho landfill; Sundance and Berlinale audience award winner, 2011 Oscar nominee.

Wasteman

Wasteman is a 2025 British prison drama, Cal McMau's debut feature, starring David Jonsson as parole-bound inmate Taylor and Tom Blyth as cellmate Dee; premiered at TIFF 2025, released UK February 2026, 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Wataru Katoh (加藤 渉)

Wataru Katoh (加藤 渉) is a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo known for playing Rentarou Aijou in The 100 Girlfriends and Reno Ichikawa in Kaiju No. 8.

Watch Dogs (film)

Watch Dogs is an upcoming live-action film adaptation of Ubisoft's hacking game series, produced by New Regency with Ubisoft Film & Television. Announced in 2013, directed by Mathieu Turi, starring Tom Blyth and Sophie Wilde, it wrapped filming in September 2024 with no release date announced.

Watch My Chops!

Watch My Chops! (Corneil et Bernie) is a French 2003 Millimages/France 3 animated comedy about a talking dog hiding his genius, aired on CBBC, France 3, and Nickelodeon; 52 episodes plus a 2014 Flash season, Pulcinella Award 2004.

Watch Out I'm the Lady Boss

Watch Out, I'm The Lady Boss (我才是女老板) is a 2025 DramaBox microdrama, 64 short episodes, about Eleanor, a secret CEO betrayed by the man she built up. Stars Candace Mizga and Brando White; IMDb 6.7/10.

Watcher (comics)

Uatu the Watcher (ウアトゥ, ウォッチャー), Marvel Comics cosmic entity created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, debuting in Fantastic Four #13 (1963); Moon-based observer bound by non-interference, What If? narrator, killed in Original Sin (2014).

Watcher (film)

Watcher (2022) is a psychological thriller and the feature debut of director Chloe Okuno, starring Maika Monroe as Julia, an American in Bucharest who believes a neighbor is watching her. Premiered at Sundance 2022, released by IFC Midnight June 3, 2022; distinct from the Netflix series The Watcher.

Watcher (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

The Watcher, Uatu, is the cosmic, oath-bound observer of the Marvel multiverse, voiced by Jeffrey Wright as narrator of What If...? (Disney+, 2021), adapting the 1963 Fantastic Four character to the MCU.

Watchers

Watchers is a 1988 American horror film based on Dean Koontz's novel, starring Corey Haim as a teen who adopts Einstein, an intelligent golden retriever, while Michael Ironside's agent hunts it and a rampaging mutant beast.

Watching You (TV series)

Watching You is a 2025 six-episode Australian erotic psychological thriller on Stan, adapted from J.P. Pomare's novel The Last Guests by Alexei Mizin and Ryan van Dijk; Aisha Dee stars as Lina, blackmailed over a secretly filmed affair. Sold to Hulu and Disney+ in 2026.

Watchmen (2009 film)

Watchmen (2009) is Zack Snyder's film adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' DC graphic novel, released March 6, 2009 by Warner Bros. It runs 162 minutes, earned $107.5 million in the US, scored 64% on Rotten Tomatoes, and replaced the comic's squid ending with a Dr Manhattan-framed attack.

Watchmen (2024 film)

Watchmen (2024) is a two-part animated film, Watchmen: Chapter I and Chapter II, directed by Brandon Vietti and written by J. Michael Straczynski, adapting Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' 1986 graphic novel; released digitally August 2024, outside the DCU.

Watchmen (TV series)

Watchmen is HBO's 2019 nine-episode limited series created by Damon Lindelof, a sequel-remix of Moore and Gibbons' comic set in alternate 2019 Tulsa with Regina King; it won 11 Emmys and a Peabody.

Water (2005 film)

Water (2005) is Deepa Mehta's Hindi-language drama, third in her elemental trilogy after Fire and Earth, about Hindu widows in 1938 Varanasi; its 2000 set was destroyed by protestors before completion in Sri Lanka, earning an Oscar nomination.

Water for Elephants (film)

Water for Elephants is a 2011 American romantic drama directed by Francis Lawrence, based on Sara Gruen's 2006 novel, starring Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon.

Water Lilies (2007 film)

Water Lilies (Naissance des pieuvres) is Céline Sciamma's 2007 debut feature, a French drama about three teenage girls' first desires around a synchronized swimming team in Cergy; it premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard and won the 2007 Prix Louis-Delluc for first film.

Water Park Shark

Water Park Shark is a 2026 American horror-comedy directed by Sharknado's Anthony C. Ferrante, in which mutated great whites invade a Cape Cod water park; released digitally July 3, 2026, 91 minutes, PG-13, starring David Chokachi, Chelsea Gilson, and Matthew Dame.

Waterboys (ウォーターボーイズ)

Waterboys (ウォーターボーイズ) is a Japanese franchise about high school boys doing synchronized swimming: a 2001 Shinobu Yaguchi film starring Satoshi Tsumabuki, based on Kawagoe High School's real men's synchro performance, followed by Fuji TV dramas in 2003, 2004, 2005, and the new Waterboys 2027 series.