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Whisky Galore!

Whisky Galore! (1949), also released as Tight Little Island, is Alexander Mackendrick's Ealing Studios comedy debut based on Compton Mackenzie's 1947 novel about Hebridean islanders salvaging whisky from a shipwreck, inspired by the 1941 SS Politician wreck off Eriskay.

Whisper (귓속말) (TV series)

Whisper (귓속말, Gwitsotmal) is a 2017 SBS Korean legal thriller, 17 episodes, written by Park Kyung-soo, starring Lee Bo-young and Lee Sang-yoon, finale rated 20.3% nationwide.

Whisper of the Heart (耳をすませば)

Whisper of the Heart (耳をすませば, Mimi o Sumaseba) is Studio Ghibli's 1995 animated film directed by Yoshifumi Kondo, scripted by Hayao Miyazaki from Aoi Hiiragi's manga, about reader Shizuku and Seiji Amasawa in Tama, Tokyo.

Whispering Smith

Whispering Smith is Frank H. Spearman's 1906 railroad-detective character, adapted into films from 1916 (J. P. McGowan, Helen Holmes) through the 1948 Alan Ladd Technicolor Paramount Western, plus a 1952 RKO film and 1961 Audie Murphy NBC series.

Whispers of Fate (水龙吟)

Whispers of Fate (水龙吟, Shui Long Yin) is a 2025 Chinese fantasy wuxia drama adapted from Teng Ping's novel Qianjie Mei, starring Luo Yunxi as Tang Lici, directed by Chen Zhoufei and Qian Jingwu, premiered October 24, 2025 on MangoTV and Migu Video in 40 episodes.

Whistle (2025 film)

Whistle (2025) is a Corin Hardy supernatural horror film, written by Owen Egerton, starring Dafne Keen and Sophie Nélisse; teens find an Aztec death whistle that accelerates their fated deaths. TIFF premiere, 2026 release, mixed reviews.

Whistle Down the Wind

Whistle Down the Wind: 1961 British film directed by Bryan Forbes, produced by Richard Attenborough, from Mary Hayley Bell's story, in which Lancashire children mistake fugitive Alan Bates for Jesus; also a 1996 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.

Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell (Whitner Nutting Bissell), American character actor (1909-1996) of film and television, known for 1950s sci-fi mad-scientist roles in I Was a Teenage Werewolf and Creature from the Black Lagoon, and as Lt. Gen. Heywood Kirk in The Time Tunnel.

White Bear (Black Mirror)

White Bear is season 2, episode 2 of Black Mirror (Channel 4, 18 February 2013), written by Charlie Brooker, directed by Carl Tibbetts, starring Lenora Crichlow as amnesiac Victoria Skillane, hunted in the White Bear Justice Park punishment facility.

White Bird (film)

White Bird (White Bird: A Wonder Story) is a 2024 Marc Forster drama adapted from R.J. Palacio's graphic novel, a Wonder companion film starring Helen Mirren, Ariella Glaser, and Gillian Anderson about a Jewish girl hidden in Nazi-occupied France; released October 4, 2024, Metascore 54, RT 75%.

White Bird in a Blizzard

White Bird in a Blizzard is Gregg Araki's 2014 drama adapted from Laura Kasischke's 1999 novel, premiering at Sundance; Shailene Woodley's Kat copes with mother Eva Green's 1988 disappearance. Not the 2024 Holocaust film White Bird.

White Boy Rick

White Boy Rick is a 2018 American crime drama directed by Yann Demange, starring Matthew McConaughey and Richie Merritt, about Detroit teen informant Richard Wershe Jr., his life sentence, and 2017 parole.

White Cat Legend (大理寺少卿游)

White Cat Legend (大理寺少卿游) is a 2024 iQiyi live-action costume mystery comedy adapted from RC's manhua Da Li Si Ri Zhi, starring Ding Yuxi as cat-faced Dali Temple assistant minister Li Bing; 36 episodes, Douban 6.8.

White Chicks

White Chicks is a 2004 American comedy directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans as Black FBI brothers who disguise themselves as white socialite sisters.

White Christmas (Black Mirror)

White Christmas (2014) is Black Mirror's 90-minute Channel 4 Christmas special, written by Charlie Brooker, directed by Carl Tibbetts, starring Jon Hamm and Rafe Spall; it introduced cookie consciousness copies and Z-Eye blocking, and was the series' last Channel 4 episode.

White Christmas (film)

White Christmas (1954) is a Paramount Technicolor musical directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen; the first VistaVision film and 1954's top-grossing release.

White Collar (TV series)

White Collar is a USA Network crime drama (2009–2014, six seasons) created by Jeff Eastin, starring Matt Bomer as con artist Neal Caffrey consulting for FBI agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay); a sequel, White Collar Renaissance, remains unproduced.

White Deer Plain (白鹿原)

White Deer Plain (白鹿原) is Wang Quan'an's 2012 film adapting Chen Zhongshi's Mao Dun Prize novel about the Bai and Lu families in Shaanxi; Berlin Silver Bear, multiple censored cuts, 2017 TV remake.

White Fang (1991 film)

White Fang (1991) is a Walt Disney adventure drama directed by Randal Kleiser, loosely adapting Jack London's novel, starring Ethan Hawke as Yukon prospector Jack Conroy and the dog Jed as the wolf-dog; it grossed $34.7 million domestically and spawned a 1994 sequel.

White Girl (2016 film)

White Girl (2016) is Elizabeth Wood's debut drama, starring Morgan Saylor and Brian Marc, premiered at Sundance 2016, acquired by Netflix, distributed by FilmRise, grossing $200,242 worldwide.

White God

White God (Fehér Isten, 2014) is Kornél Mundruczó's Hungarian-German-Swedish drama in which a tax on mixed-breed dogs triggers a canine revolt in Budapest; it won Cannes' Un Certain Regard Prize and the Palm Dog.

White Gold (TV series)

White Gold is a BBC Two sitcom (2017–2019, 12 episodes) by Damon Beesley about 1983 Essex double-glazing salesmen, led by Ed Westwick's Vincent Swan, loosely based on Beesley's salesman father.

White House Down

White House Down is a 2013 American action thriller directed by Roland Emmerich, in which Channing Tatum's Capitol policeman must rescue President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) from an armed takeover.

White House Farm (TV series)

White House Farm (The Murders at White House Farm on HBO Max) is a six-part ITV 2020 factual drama about the August 1985 Bamber family murders in Essex, based on Carol Ann Lee's book, starring Freddie Fox, Cressida Bonas, Stephen Graham, and Mark Addy.

White House Plumbers (miniseries)

White House Plumbers is a five-episode HBO limited series (May 1, 2023) from Veep's David Mandel, Alex Gregory, and Peter Huyck, starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux as Watergate operatives E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy, based on Bud Krogh's memoir Integrity.

White Lightning (1973 film)

White Lightning (1973), also known by working titles McKluskey and McKlusky, is a Joseph Sargent action film starring Burt Reynolds as moonshine runner Gator McKlusky, shot in Arkansas, with Ned Beatty and Laura Dern's film debut.

White Lines (TV series)

White Lines is a 2020 Netflix crime drama created by Money Heist's Álex Pina, produced by Left Bank Pictures and Vancouver Media. One 10-episode bilingual English-Spanish season follows Zoe Walker (Laura Haddock) investigating her DJ brother's death in Ibiza; canceled after one season.

White Mars

White Mars is an upcoming British sci-fi thriller directed by Martin Owen, starring Lucy Hale as microbiologist Sammie and Luke Newton as Leo, set at an Antarctic research facility; filmed at Cinecittà, Rome, release date unannounced.

White Material

White Material is a 2009 drama by Claire Denis (with Marie N'Diaye), starring Isabelle Huppert as Maria Vial, a French coffee-plantation manager in an unnamed African country amid civil war; screened in competition at Venice 66.

White Men Can't Jump (2023 film)

White Men Can't Jump (2023) is a Hulu sports comedy remake of the 1992 film, directed by Calmatic, starring Jack Harlow (film debut) and Sinqua Walls as streetball hustlers in Los Angeles; critics gave it 26% on Rotten Tomatoes.