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World's Greatest Dad

World's Greatest Dad is a 2009 American dark comedy written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, starring Robin Williams as a teacher who fakes his son's suicide note; Sundance premiere, Magnolia Pictures, 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.

World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji

World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji is a 2020 Amazon Prime Video 10-episode reality series, hosted by Bear Grylls and produced by Mark Burnett, documenting the 2019 revival of the Eco-Challenge adventure race: 66 teams racing 671 km non-stop across Fiji for 11 days.

Worms (The Bear)

"Worms" is Season 4, Episode 4 of The Bear (June 2025), written by Ayo Edebiri and Lionel Boyce and directed by Janicza Bravo, following Sydney Adamu's day off deciding between The Bear and Adam Shapiro's job offer.

Wormwood (miniseries)

Wormwood (2017) is Errol Morris's six-part Netflix docudrama miniseries about Frank Olson's 1953 death, MKUltra, LSD dosing, and son Eric Olson's decades-long investigation; also released as a 258-minute theatrical film.

Worricker Trilogy

The Worricker Trilogy: Page Eight (2011), Turks & Caicos (2014), and Salting the Battlefield (2014), David Hare's BBC spy films starring Bill Nighy as MI5 analyst Johnny Worricker, who exposes the Prime Minister's knowledge of US rendition camps.

Worst Cooks in America season 28

Worst Cooks in America season 28, Celebrity Edition: Heroes vs. Villains, Food Network, aired January 5 to February 2, 2025; ten reality stars, mentors Jeff Mauro and Antonia Lofaso, $25,000 charity prize, first season without Anne Burrell.

Worst Cooks in America season 29

Worst Cooks in America season 29, subtitled Talented & Terrible, is the July 28 to September 1, 2025 Food Network season co-hosted by Anne Burrell and Gabe Bertaccini, Burrell's final season before her June 17, 2025 death.

Worst Cooks in America season 30

Worst Cooks in America season 30, subtitled Reality Check, is a 2026 Food Network celebrity season mentored by Jeff Mauro and Tiffany Derry after Anne Burrell's death; Reza Farahan won the $25,000 charity prize.

Worst Ex Ever

Worst Ex Ever is a Blumhouse-produced Netflix true-crime docuseries and spin-off of Worst Roommate Ever, premiering August 14, 2024. Four stories per season about violent, deceptive partners; season 2 covers the Deadpool Killer and 90 Day Fiancé's Geoffrey Paschel.

Worst Neighbor Ever

Worst Neighbor Ever is a 2026 Netflix true-crime docuseries, third in the Worst Ever franchise after Worst Roommate Ever and Worst Ex Ever. Four episodes cover deadly neighbor disputes, directed by Cynthia Childs for Blumhouse Television and ITV America.

Worst Roommate Ever

Worst Roommate Ever is a Netflix true-crime docuseries from Blumhouse Television and ITV America, premiering March 1, 2022, covering real cases of murderous, con-artist roommates across two seasons and spawning the Worst Ever franchise.

Worth (film)

Worth (2021) is a Sara Colangelo drama starring Michael Keaton as Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, based on Feinberg's memoir What Is Life Worth, released by Netflix September 3, 2021.

Worth It

Worth It is BuzzFeed's food web series (2016–2023) in which Steven Lim, Andrew Ilnyckyj, and Adam Bianchi taste the same dish at affordable, middle-tier, and luxury prices, deciding which is most worth it; 12 seasons, over one billion views.

Worzel Gummidge (TV series)

Worzel Gummidge TV series: British children's show based on Barbara Euphan Todd's books, Southern Television 1979-1981 with Jon Pertwee, plus 1953, New Zealand, and 2019 Mackenzie Crook BBC versions.

Would It Kill You to Laugh?

Would It Kill You to Laugh? is a 2022 Peacock sketch comedy special by A24, starring Kate Berlant and John Early as estranged sitcom stars reuniting on TV, directed by Andrew DeYoung, Emmy-nominated for writing.

Would You Marry Me? (TV series)

Would You Marry Me? (TV series) is a 2025 South Korean romantic comedy series. It follows a designer and a bakery heir who enter a 90-day fake marriage.

Would You Rather (film)

Would You Rather is a 2012 American psychological horror thriller directed by David Guy Levy, starring Brittany Snow and Jeffrey Combs, released theatrically February 8, 2013, about a deadly dinner-party game.

Wounds (film)

Wounds (2019) is a psychological horror film by Babak Anvari, adapted from Nathan Ballingrud's novella The Visible Filth, starring Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson, and Zazie Beetz; released on Hulu and Netflix in October 2019.

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! is an American Flash-animated preschool series created by Bob Boyle, premiering August 28, 2006 on Nick Jr./Noggin, running two seasons and 52 episodes about Wubbzy, Widget, and Walden in Wuzzleburg.

Wowowin

Wowowin is a Philippine variety-game show created and hosted by Willie Revillame, airing on GMA Network from May 10, 2015 to February 11, 2022 and on ALLTV from 2022 to 2023.

Woyzeck

Woyzeck is an unfinished play by Georg Büchner, left incomplete at his death in 1837, portraying a poor soldier exploited by superiors until he murders his mistress Marie.

Wrapped the Playboy Around My Finger (夫人她专治不服)

Wrapped the Playboy Around My Finger (夫人她专治不服) is a 2025 Chinese 69-episode vertical short drama on Hongguo, starring Li Keyi and Wang Peiyan, about an assassin's flash marriage; it passed a billion plays and spawned three sequels.

Wrath (The Walking Dead)

Wrath (2018) is the 115th episode and season 8 finale of AMC's The Walking Dead, written by Gimple, Kang, and Negrete, directed by Nicotero. It ends the All Out War arc: Rick spares Negan, Maggie vows revenge, and Morgan Jones departs for Fear the Walking Dead.

Wrath of Man

Wrath of Man is a 2021 action crime thriller directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Jason Statham as a mysterious armored-truck guard seeking his son's killers. It is a remake of the 2004 French film Le Convoyeur.

Wrath of the Titans

Wrath of the Titans is a 2012 American fantasy action film directed by Jonathan Liebesman and the sequel to Clash of the Titans, starring Sam Worthington as Perseus.

Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (高山下的花环)

Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (高山下的花环) is Xie Jin's 1984 Shanghai Film Studio war drama adapted from Li Cunbao's novella about the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War; it won Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers awards and drew 150 million admissions.

Wreck-It Ralph

Wreck-It Ralph (2012) is Disney Animation's arcade-villain comedy directed by Rich Moore, starring John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman; 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, 72 Metascore, Oscar-nominated, over $470 million worldwide, sequel Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).

Wren Zhawenim Gotts

Wren Zhawenim Gotts (born 2013) is an Anishinaabe child actress, enrolled Sokaogon Chippewa, discovered via Ojibwe-language YouTube videos; she plays young Bonnie in Marvel's Echo and Good Eagle in Netflix's Little House on the Prairie reboot.

Wrenn Schmidt

Wrenn Schmidt (Melinda Wrenn Schmidt) is an American actress known for Margo Madison in For All Mankind, Julia Sagorsky on Boardwalk Empire, Megan in Outcast, and voicing Marla McGivers in the Star Trek: Khan audio series.

Wristcutters: A Love Story

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006), also known as Pizzeria Kamikaze, is Goran Dukic's dark-comedy debut adapted from Etgar Keret's Kneller's Happy Campers, following Zia (Patrick Fugit) through an afterlife for suicides, with Tom Waits as Kneller.