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Chief of War

Chief of War is a 2025 Apple TV+ nine-episode historical drama created by Jason Momoa and Thomas Pa'a Sibbett about the unification of Hawai'i, starring Momoa as Ka'iana, largely in the Hawaiian language, with a predominantly Polynesian cast; no second season has been announced.

Chihayafuru (ちはやふる)

Chihayafuru (ちはやふる) is Yuki Suetsugu's 50-volume josei manga, serialized in Be-Love since 2007, about Chihaya Ayase and competitive karuta; adapted into a three-season anime from 2011, live-action films, and Meguri.

Chihwaseon (취화선)

Chihwaseon (취화선, Painted Fire) is Im Kwon-taek's 2002 biographical drama about Joseon painter Jang Seung-up (Ohwon), starring Choi Min-sik; it won Best Director at Cannes 2002, the first Korean film to win a Cannes competition award.

Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island (映画ちいかわ ニンジョの島の秘密)

Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island (映画ちいかわ 人魚の島のひみつ) is the first Chiikawa theatrical anime film, released July 24, 2026 by Toho; directed by Kei Oikawa, scripted by Nagano, animated by CygamesPictures, adapting the manga's Siren arc, grossing over 18.1 billion yen in Japan.

Chika Anzai (安済 知佳)

Chika Anzai (安済 知佳, born 1990) is a Japanese voice actress from Fukui Prefecture with Avex Pictures, known for Chisato Nishikigi in Lycoris Recoil and Reina Kousaka in Sound! Euphonium, and winner of the 17th Seiyu Awards Lead Voice Actor Award.

Chikhai Bardo

"Chikhai Bardo" is the seventh episode of Severance season 2, written by Dan Erickson and Mark Friedman and directed by cinematographer Jessica Lee Gagné in her debut.

Chikn Nuggit

Chikn Nuggit is a BuzzFeed Animation Lab short-form animated web series created by Kyra Kupetsky, premiering October 15, 2020 on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram, about a long-eared dog and fast-food-named friends, with over 300 episodes, LGBTQ representation, a 2023 Frederator TV deal, and a 2026 AI dispute.

Chiko

Chiko is a 2008 German gangster drama, the feature debut of Hamburg director Özgür Yildirim, produced by Fatih Akin. Denis Moschitto plays a Turkish German drug dealer; it won two 2009 German Film Awards.

Child 44 (film)

Child 44 is a 2015 thriller directed by Daniel Espinosa, based on Tom Rob Smith's novel, starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and Gary Oldman as Soviet investigators hunting a child killer in 1953; it was banned in Russia and flopped critically and commercially.

Child actor

Child actor: a minor performing in film, TV, or theater. US child performers are exempt from FLSA labor protections, relying on state laws like California's Coogan Act (15% trust), while the UK uses council performance licences and chaperones.

Child Catcher

The Child Catcher is a villain created for the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (not in Fleming's book, credited to Roald Dahl), played by ballet dancer Robert Helpmann and retained in the stage musical.

Child of Rage

Child of Rage is a 1992 American fact-based television drama directed by Larry Peerce, starring Ashley Peldon and Mel Harris, about a couple who adopt a disturbed girl.

Child Star (film)

Child Star (2024) is a Hulu documentary, Demi Lovato's directorial debut co-directed with Nicola Marsh, interviewing former child stars like Drew Barrymore, Christina Ricci, and JoJo Siwa about childhood fame's harms and child-performer protections.

Child-interview comedy format

Child-interview comedy format: adults ask children open-ended questions on adult topics for humor, from Art Linkletter's House Party and CTV's Just Kidding to Recess Therapy and viral clips like the Apparently Kid.

Child's Play (1988 film)

Child's Play is a 1988 American horror film directed by Tom Holland, in which dying serial killer Charles Lee Ray transfers his soul into a doll named Chucky.

Child's Play (2019 film)

Child's Play (2019), Japanese チャイルド・プレイ, is a Lars Klevberg horror reboot of the 1988 killer-doll film, with Mark Hamill voicing an AI Buddi doll; non-canon to Don Mancini's Chucky continuity, it opened June 21, 2019 with $14.1 million.

Child's Play (franchise)

Child's Play is an American horror franchise about Chucky, a doll possessed by serial killer Charles Lee Ray, begun by the 1988 film; it spans six sequels by Don Mancini, a non-canon 2019 AI-doll remake, and the Chucky TV series.

Child's Play 2

Child's Play 2 (1990) is a Universal horror sequel directed by John Lafia, written by Don Mancini, in which the rebuilt Chucky doll hunts Andy Barclay in a foster home; $12 million budget, $26.9 million US gross.

Child's Play 3

Child's Play 3 is a 1991 American supernatural horror film, the third in the Child's Play franchise, directed by Jack Bender and released by Universal Pictures.

Children (The Bear)

"Children" is season 3, episode 5 of The Bear, written and directed by Christopher Storer, aired June 26, 2024 on FX/Hulu. The team prepares for a Tribune photographer; Ever closes; John Cena cameos as a Fak; IMDb 7.5/10.

Children of a Lesser God (film)

Children of a Lesser God (1986), Randa Haines's Paramount drama adapted from Mark Medoff's Broadway play, stars William Hurt and Marlee Matlin as a hearing teacher and a deaf woman; Matlin's Oscar made her the first Deaf Academy Award winner.

Children of Blood and Bone (film)

Children of Blood and Bone is an upcoming American fantasy film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, adapting Tomi Adeyemi's 2018 novel for a January 2027 Paramount release.

Children of Heaven

Children of Heaven (Bacheha-ye Aseman) is Majid Majidi's 1997 Iranian drama about siblings sharing one pair of shoes after Ali loses his sister Zahra's. It was the first Iranian Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and won Montreal's Grand Prix.

Children of Heaven (بچه‌های آسمان) (1997 film)

Children of Heaven (بچه‌های آسمان) is Majid Majidi's 1997 Persian-language Iranian drama in which Ali loses sister Zahra's shoes and the siblings secretly share one pair; first Iranian film nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.

Children of Men

Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian sci-fi thriller directed by Alfonso Cuarón, loosely adapted from P.D. James's 1992 novel, set in 2027 Britain amid 18 years of global infertility, starring Clive Owen and known for Emmanuel Lubezki's long takes.

Children of Paradise

Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du paradis) is Marcel Carné's 1945 French romantic drama, written by Jacques Prévert, starring Arletty and Jean-Louis Barrault, made under Nazi occupation and often ranked the greatest French film.

Children of the Corn (1984 film)

Children of the Corn (1984), Fritz Kiersch's adaptation of Stephen King's Night Shift short story, follows a couple trapped in Gatlin, Nebraska, by a child cult worshipping He Who Walks Behind the Rows; a New World Pictures release that spawned a long franchise.

Children of the Corn (2009 film)

Children of the Corn (2009) is Donald P. Borchers' Syfy TV remake of the 1984 film, adapting Stephen King's short story with David Anders and Kandyse McClure, set in 1975 with a Vietnam-veteran Burt and King's original ending.

Children of the Corn (2020 film)

Children of the Corn (2020 film), also dated 2023, is Kurt Wimmer's horror reimagining of Stephen King's short story, starring Elena Kampouris and Kate Moyer; shot in Australia during COVID-19, released by RLJE Films and Shudder in March 2023.

Children of the Corn (film series)

Children of the Corn is an American horror film series adapted from Stephen King's 1977 short story, running to 11 films between 1984 and 2020.