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Young Adam (film)

Young Adam: 2003 David Mackenzie film adapting Alexander Trocchi's 1954 novel; Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer; Cannes Un Certain Regard; BAFTA Scotland Best Film.

Young Adult (film)

Young Adult is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody, starring Charlize Theron as a ghost-writer of young adult novels.

Young and Dangerous

Young and Dangerous (古惑仔之人在江湖) is a 1996 Hong Kong triad film by Andrew Lau, adapted from Cowman's Teddy Boy comic, starring Ekin Cheng and Jordan Chan; it earned over HK$21 million and spawned a six-film series (1996–2000).

Young and Dangerous 2 (古惑仔2之猛龙过江)

Young and Dangerous 2 (古惑仔2之猛龙过江) is a 1996 Hong Kong triad film directed by Andrew Lau, released two months after the first film and starring Ekin Cheng and Jordan Chan.

Young and Dangerous 3 (古惑仔3之只手遮天)

Young and Dangerous 3 (古惑仔3之只手遮天) is a 1996 Hong Kong triad film, third in the series, directed by Andrew Lau, starring Ekin Cheng and Jordan Chan, produced by Golden Harvest, released 29 June 1996.

Young and Dangerous 4 (97古惑仔之战无不胜)

Young and Dangerous 4 (97古惑仔之战无不胜) is a 1997 Hong Kong action and gangster film directed by Andrew Lau, the fourth installment of the six-film Young and Dangerous series.

Young and Dangerous 5 (98古惑仔之龙争虎斗)

Young and Dangerous 5 (98古惑仔之龙争虎斗) is a 1998 Hong Kong triad action film, the fifth mainline Young and Dangerous entry, directed by Andrew Lau, written by Manfred Wong, starring Ekin Cheng, Shu Qi, and Mark Cheng, released January 1998.

Young and Dangerous: The Prequel (新古惑仔之少年激斗篇)

Young and Dangerous: The Prequel (新古惑仔之少年激鬥篇) is a 1998 Hong Kong Category III triad film directed by Andrew Lau, starring Nicholas Tse as teenage Chan Ho-nam; a Young and Dangerous prequel released 5 June 1998.

Young and Innocent

Young and Innocent (US title The Girl Was Young) is Alfred Hitchcock's 1937 British thriller based on Josephine Tey's novel A Shilling for Candles, starring Nova Pilbeam and Derrick De Marney as a wrongly accused man and the constable's daughter who help him, famous for its ballroom crane shot.

Young Artist Award

Young Artist Award names several distinct honors: Singapore's national YAA for practitioners 35 and under (est. 1992, 187 recipients, $20,000 grant), Hollywood's Young Artist Awards for child performers (founded 1978 as Youth in Film Awards), plus children's contests and music prizes.

Young Cassidy

Young Cassidy is a 1965 biographical film about Sean O'Casey's early life, begun by John Ford, completed by Jack Cardiff after Ford fell ill, starring Rod Taylor, Julie Christie, and Maggie Smith.

Young David (miniseries)

Young David is a 2023-2024 five-part animated miniseries prequel to Angel Studios' DAVID film, produced by Slingshot, Minno, and Sunrise Animation Studios, with monthly episodes Warrior, King, Shepherd, Poet, and Worshipper about young King David.

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (狄仁杰之神都龙王)

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (狄仁杰之神都龙王) is Tsui Hark's 2013 3D prequel to Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, starring Mark Chao as the young Di Renjie; it earned about 601 million yuan, China's third-highest-grossing film of 2013.

Young Doctors in Love

Young Doctors in Love is a 1982 American comedy film spoofing hospital soap operas, directed by Garry Marshall and starring Michael McKean and Sean Young.

Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein (1974) is Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder's black-and-white comedy horror parody of James Whale's Universal Frankenstein films, starring Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, and Cloris Leachman; it grossed $40 million on a $2.8 million budget and earned two Oscar nominations.

Young Guns (film)

Young Guns is a 1988 American Western directed by Christopher Cain, written by John Fusco, and starring Emilio Estevez as Billy the Kid during the Lincoln County War; the first Morgan Creek film, it grossed $44.7 million domestically and led to Young Guns II (1990).

Young Guns II

Young Guns II (1990) is a Western sequel to Young Guns (1988), directed by Geoff Murphy, written by John Fusco, starring Emilio Estevez as Billy the Kid fleeing Pat Garrett; released 1 August 1990, with Bon Jovi's Oscar-nominated song Blaze of Glory.

Young Hearts (2024 film)

Young Hearts (2024) is Anthony Schatteman's Belgian-Dutch debut feature, a queer coming-of-age drama starring Lou Goossens and Marius De Saeger; it premiered at the Berlinale's Generation Kplus section and won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film.

Young Hercules

Young Hercules is a 1998-1999 Fox Kids live-action series, a prequel to Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, starring 17-year-old Ryan Gosling (replacing Ian Bohen) in one 50-episode season filmed in New Zealand by Raimi and Tapert's Renaissance Pictures.

Young Justice (TV series)

Young Justice is an American animated DC superhero series by Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti about teen sidekicks on Earth-16; premiered 2010 on Cartoon Network, canceled after two seasons, revived for Outsiders (2019) and Phantoms (2021), 98 episodes.

Young Justice: Outsiders

Young Justice: Outsiders is the third season of the animated series Young Justice, premiered January 4, 2019 on DC Universe; 26 episodes follow metahuman trafficking and the Beast Boy-led public hero team, distinct from the comics Outsiders.

Young Lady and Gentleman (신사와 아가씨)

Young Lady and Gentleman (신사와 아가씨) is a 2021-2022 KBS2 Korean weekend drama, 52 episodes, starring Ji Hyun-woo and Lee Se-hee, peaking at 38.2% ratings and topping Netflix's non-English charts after release.

Young Love

Young Love (2023) is Matthew A. Cherry's 12-episode 2D animated Max series continuing Hair Love, following Chicago millennial parents Stephen and Angela Young, daughter Zuri, and cat Rocky; premiered September 21, 2023, ended after one season.

Young Mazino

Young Mazino (Christopher Young Kim) is an American actor from Maryland, known for Emmy-nominated Paul Cho in Beef (2023) and Jesse in The Last of Us, with upcoming roles in Steps and Modern Warfare 4.

Young Mothers

Young Mothers (Jeunes Mères) is a 2025 social-realist drama by Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne about five teenage mothers in a Liège shelter; it won Best Screenplay and the Ecumenical Jury Prize at Cannes 2025 and was Belgium's 2026 Oscar submission.

Young Mr. Lincoln

Young Mr. Lincoln is John Ford's 1939 Twentieth Century-Fox biographical drama starring Henry Fonda as a young lawyer Abraham Lincoln, fictionalizing the 1858 Duff Armstrong almanac murder trial and later the subject of a landmark 1970 Cahiers du Cinéma analysis.

Young People Fucking

Young People Fucking (YPF) is a 2007 Canadian sex comedy directed by Martin Gero and co-written with Aaron Abrams: five bedroom storylines in six chapters, $1.5 million budget, TIFF 2007 Best First Feature winner.

Young Rock

Young Rock is an American NBC single-camera sitcom created by Nahnatchka Khan and Jeff Chiang, telling Dwayne Johnson's early life through flashbacks from a fictional 2032 presidential campaign.

Young Royals

Young Royals is a Swedish Netflix teen drama (2021–2024, three six-episode seasons) created by Lisa Ambjörn, Lars Beckung, and Camilla Holter, following Prince Wilhelm's romance with Simon at the Hillerska boarding school.

Young Sheldon

Young Sheldon is a CBS single-camera comedy (2017-2024, seven seasons) created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro as a prequel to The Big Bang Theory, following 9-year-old Sheldon Cooper (Iain Armitage) in fictional Medford, East Texas, narrated by Jim Parsons, ending May 16, 2024, and continuing in Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage.