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Wolfgang Bodison
Wolfgang Bodison, American actor and Playhouse West acting teacher, made his debut as Lance Cpl. Harold Dawson in A Few Good Men (1992) with zero prior acting experience; Rob Reiner cast him while he worked as the film's location manager.
Wolfgang Petersen
Wolfgang Petersen (1941-2022) was a German film director from Emden whose Das Boot (1981) earned six Oscar nominations and led to Hollywood blockbusters including In the Line of Fire, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, and Troy.
Wolfgang Schaeffer
Wolfgang Schaeffer (Wolfgang Cecil Schaeffer), American child actor born 2009 or 2010, plays Lincoln Loud in Nickelodeon's The Really Loud House, A Loud House Christmas, and A Really Haunted Loud House, with credits in Criminal Minds and Pivoting.
Wolfoo
Wolfoo is a Vietnamese animated preschool web series about a young wolf cub, produced by SConnect from 2018 and distributed on YouTube in about 20 languages. In 2026 a UK High Court found it copied Peppa Pig sound recordings and ordered all videos removed worldwide.
Wolfram (film)
Wolfram is a 2025 Australian western by Warwick Thornton, a sequel to Sweet Country, set in 1932 at a tungsten mine where Aboriginal child labourers escape their masters; it premiered at Adelaide and competed at Berlinale 2026.
Wolfsbane (character)
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair), Marvel Comics mutant with lycanthropy who transforms at will into a wolf; first New Mutant, debut Marvel Graphic Novel #4 (1982); later X-Factor and Excalibur member, played by Maisie Williams in the 2020 film.
Wolfwalkers
Wolfwalkers is a 2020 hand-drawn animated fantasy by Cartoon Saloon, directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, set in 1650 Kilkenny; the third Irish Folklore Trilogy film, Oscar-nominated and streaming on Apple TV+.
Wolverine (character)
Wolverine (Logan, James Howlett) is a Marvel Comics mutant created by Len Wein and John Romita Sr., debuting in The Incredible Hulk #180 (1974), defined by a healing factor, adamantium claws and skeleton, X-Men membership, and Hugh Jackman's film portrayal.
Wolverine and the X-Men (TV series)
Wolverine and the X-Men (also Wolverine & The X-Men) is a 26-episode Marvel animated series airing 2008–2009, in which Wolverine leads a reformed X-Men team against the MRD after Professor X warns of an apocalyptic future; cancelled after one season.
Wolves (2014 film)
Wolves (2014) is an action-horror werewolf film, David Hayter's directorial debut, starring Lucas Till as Cayden Richards alongside Jason Momoa and Stephen McHattie; released November 14, 2014 by Ketchup Entertainment, it earned $491,154 worldwide and 16% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Woman and Child (زن و بچه)
Woman and Child (زن و بچه, Zan o bacheh) is a 2025 Iranian-French drama by Saeed Roustaee, starring Parinaz Izadyar and Payman Maadi, that premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2025; it completes his trilogy on Iranian women after Life and a Day and Leila's Brothers.
Woman in Gold (film)
Woman in Gold (2015), Simon Curtis drama starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds, dramatizes Maria Altmann and Randol Schoenberg's real legal battle to recover Klimt's Nazi-looted Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I from Austria.
Woman in the Dunes (砂の女)
Woman in the Dunes (砂の女, Suna no onna) is a 1964 Japanese black-and-white film by Hiroshi Teshigahara, scripted by Kobo Abe from his 1962 novel, starring Eiji Okada and Kyoko Kishida; it won the Cannes Special Jury Prize and earned Academy Award nominations.
Woman in the Lake
Woman in the Lake (女のみづうみ, Onna no mizumi, also Woman of the Lake) is Yoshishige Yoshida's 1966 Japanese psychological drama starring Mariko Okada, freely adapted from Kawabata's novel The Lake and the first Gendai Eigasha production.
Woman in the Moon
Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond) is Fritz Lang's 1929 German silent science fiction film about the first lunar expedition, written by Thea von Harbou, advised by Hermann Oberth and Willy Ley, and the origin of the rocket-launch countdown.
Woman Is the Future of Man (여자는 남자의 미래다)
Woman Is the Future of Man (여자는 남자의 미래다) is Hong Sang-soo's 2004 South Korean drama, his fifth feature, in competition at Cannes 2004; two men revisit a former lover, Seon-hwa, in Bucheon after seven years.
Woman of the Hour
Woman of the Hour is a 2024 Netflix crime thriller and Anna Kendrick's directorial debut, based on serial killer Rodney Alcala's real 1978 Dating Game appearance alongside Cheryl Bradshaw, whom Kendrick plays; Daniel Zovatto co-stars.
Woman of the Year
Woman of the Year (1942) is an MGM romantic comedy directed by George Stevens, the first of nine Spencer Tracy–Katharine Hepburn films, written by Ring Lardner Jr. and Michael Kanin, Oscar-winning screenplay, based loosely on columnist Dorothy Thompson.
Woman of Tokyo (東京の女)
Woman of Tokyo (東京の女, Tokyo no Onna) is Yasujiro Ozu's 1933 silent Shochiku melodrama in which typist Chikako secretly works as a dance-hall hostess to pay her brother Ryoichi's tuition, with tragic results.
Woman Sesame Oil Maker (香魂女)
Woman Sesame Oil Maker (香魂女, Xiang hun nü) is Xie Fei's 1993 Chinese drama, adapted from Zhou Daxin's novella, starring Siqin Gaowa; it shared the 1993 Berlin Golden Bear with The Wedding Banquet.
Woman Unknown (film)
Woman Unknown (Kvinde ukendt) is a 2026 Danish-Swedish-Latvian drama by May el-Toukhy about a post-WWII Danish housemaid hiding an affair with a German soldier; it won the 2026 Venice Golden Lion and the Volpi Cup for Mathilde Arcel.
Woman Walks Ahead
Woman Walks Ahead is a 2017 Western drama directed by Susanna White, starring Jessica Chastain, Michael Greyeyes, and Sam Rockwell, about Caroline Weldon painting Sitting Bull; released by A24 in 2018.
Womb (2025 film)
Womb (2025 film) most commonly denotes the American horror thriller directed by Bridget Smith, written by Mike Walsh, starring Taylor Hanks and Myles Clohessy, released digitally February 11, 2025; the title was also used by 2025 shorts from New Zealand, South Korea, and Czechia.
Womb (film)
Womb (2010), also released as Clone, is a German-Hungarian-French sci-fi drama by Benedek Fliegauf starring Eva Green and Matt Smith, about a woman who bears and raises a clone of her dead lover.
Women (女人心)
Women (女人心, Nüren xin) is Stanley Kwan's 1985 Hong Kong directorial debut, a Shaw Brothers drama starring Chow Yun-fat, Cora Miao, and Cherie Chung about a divorcée and her single friends; it earned nine Hong Kong Film Award nominations.
Women in Beijing (北京女子图鉴)
Women in Beijing (北京女子图鉴) is a 2018 Youku web drama, an authorized adaptation of Tokyo Women's Journal, starring Qi Wei as Chen Ke, a Sichuan woman building a career in Beijing over 2008-2018; 20 episodes, screenwriter Zhang Jia, Douban 6.2, distinct from Wang Xin's same-title novel and its four seasonal web films.
Women in Blue (TV series)
Women in Blue (Las Azules) is a Mexican Spanish-language Apple TV+ crime drama created by Fernando Rovzar and Pablo Aramendi, premiering July 31, 2024, about four women in Mexico's first female police force hunting a serial killer; season 2 premiered August 12, 2026.
Women in Love (film)
Women in Love (1969) is Ken Russell's British film adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's 1920 novel, written and produced by Larry Kramer, starring Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Jennie Linden, and Oscar-winning Glenda Jackson, famous for its nude wrestling scene.
Women in Shang Hai (上海女子图鉴)
Women in Shang Hai (上海女子图鉴, Women in Shanghai) is a 2018 Youku web drama, 20 episodes, adapted from Tokyo Girl, starring Wang Zhen'er as Luo Haiyan, an Anhui graduate climbing Shanghai's workplace, directed by Cheng Liang.
Women in Taipei (台北女子图鉴)
Women in Taipei (台北女子圖鑑) is a 2022 Disney+ Taiwanese drama, a licensed adaptation of Tokyo Girl, starring Gwei Lun-mei as Tainan native Lin I-shan over 11 episodes spanning 20 years; it drew major backlash for north-south stereotypes.