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Cinderella II: Dreams Come True

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True is Disney's 2002 direct-to-video animated sequel to Cinderella (1950), directed by John Kafka. An anthology of three tales about Cinderella's palace life, it holds 13% on Rotten Tomatoes and streams on Disney+.

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time is Disney's 2007 direct-to-DVD animated sequel, also called Cinderella 3, in which Lady Tremaine steals the Fairy Godmother's wand, rewinds time so the slipper fits Anastasia, and Cinderella must win back Prince Charming.

Cinderella Man

Cinderella Man (2005) is Ron Howard's biographical boxing drama starring Russell Crowe as Depression-era heavyweight champion James J. Braddock, with Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, and Craig Bierko as Max Baer; it dramatizes Braddock's 1935 title upset and drew criticism for vilifying Baer.

Cinderella with Four Knights (신데렐라와 네 명의 기사)

Cinderella with Four Knights (신데렐라와 네 명의 기사, aka Cinderella and Four Knights) is a 2016 tvN pre-produced romantic comedy, 16 episodes, adapted from a web novel, starring Park So-dam with three chaebol grandsons and their bodyguard.

Cindy Beale

Cindy Beale, alias Rose Knight and Rose Sawyer, is a fictional character in the BBC soap EastEnders played by Michelle Collins since 10 May 1988; Ian Beale's first wife, imprisoned for hiring a hitman against him, supposedly dead in 1998, returned alive in 2023 from witness protection.

Cindy Busby

Cindy Busby (born 1983) is a Canadian actress and producer from Montreal, best known as Ashley Stanton on Heartland and for lead roles in Hallmark romantic comedy television movies.

Cindy Morgan

Cindy Morgan (Cynthia Ann Cichorski, 1954-2023), American actress known as Lacey Underall in Caddyshack (1980) and Lora/Yori in Tron (1982); former Chicago radio DJ and Irish Spring commercial model; distinct from the Nashville singer-songwriter of the same name.

Cindy Pickett

Cindy Pickett (born 1947, Sand Springs, Oklahoma) is an American actress, also Cindy Lou Pickett, known as Katie Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Jackie Marler-Spaulding on Guiding Light, and Dr. Carol Novino on St. Elsewhere.

Cindy Sampson

Cindy Sampson (Cindy Marie Sampson, born 1978) is a Canadian actress from Halifax, Nova Scotia, known for Lisa Braeden on Supernatural and PI Angie Everett in Private Eyes and its 2026 spinoff Private Eyes West Coast.

Cindy Starfall

Cindy Starfall (born 1989, Ho Chi Minh City) is a Vietnamese-American adult film actress and glamour model, active 2012-2023, an AVN Best New Starlet nominee and 2020 Urban X Hall of Fame inductee.

Cindy Vela

Cindy Vela (born 1979, Brownsville, Texas) is an American actress, model, and alto saxophonist, distinct from the My 600-Lb Life participant of the same name. Known for Desdemona: A Love Story, Run Hide Fight (2020), and Oak (2024); UT Brownsville music education graduate.

Cindy Williams

Cindy Williams (Cynthia Jane Williams, 1947-2023), American actress known as Shirley Feeney on Laverne & Shirley and Laurie Henderson in American Graffiti; died January 25, 2023, aged 75.

Cindy Williams (EastEnders)

Cindy Williams Jr, daughter of Cindy Beale and Nick Holland, is an EastEnders character born in prison in 1998, played by four actresses including Mimi Keene, appearing in 126 episodes until 2015 before leaving for Germany with Liam Butcher.

Cinecittà

Cinecittà (Cinecittà Studios), Rome's Via Tuscolana film studio complex founded by Mussolini and opened in 1937; Italy's largest studios, 'Hollywood on the Tiber', now state-managed by Cinecittà S.p.A. and expanding to 25 stages by 2026.

Cinema Bandi

Cinema Bandi (సినిమా బండి) is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film directed by Praveen Kandregula in his debut and produced by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.

Cinema City

Cinema City names several subjects: a Grade I listed three-screen Picturehouse cinema in Norwich (Suckling House and Stuart Hall); the Cinema City International cinema chain founded 1930 in Haifa; and a Tbilisi residential project around a 1930 film-studio pavilion.

Cinema of Bangladesh

Cinema of Bangladesh (Dhallywood): Bengali-language film industry centered in Dhaka. Begins with Mukh o Mukhosh (1956) and the 1957 EPFDC/BFDC; marked by Eid-driven box office, the 2023 Film Certification Act, a shrinking hall base, and 2025 hits like Borbaad.

Cinema of France

Cinema of France (French cinema, le cinéma français): national film industry born with the Lumière brothers in 1895, funded by the CNC's 10.72% ticket levy, with 181.5 million 2024 admissions and a 44.8% French market share.

Cinema of Germany

Cinema of Germany: national film tradition from the Skladanowsky brothers' 1895 Berlin screenings through Weimar Expressionism, Nazi-controlled Ufa, the New German Cinema, and today's FFA/DFFF-subsidized industry with the Berlinale festival and roughly 220 features a year.

Cinema of Hong Kong

Cinema of Hong Kong: the territory's film industry, begun in 1913 with Brodsky's Variety Film companies, dominated by Cantonese and Mandarin production, wuxia and kung fu genres, the 1979 New Wave, a 1980s-1990s golden age, and later decline and mainland co-production.

Cinema of India

Cinema of India, also known as Indian cinema, is the world's largest film industry by output, producing about 1,800 to 2,000 films a year in more than twenty languages.

Cinema of Italy

Cinema of Italy: the national film industry from early silent epics like Cabiria, Fascist-era Cinecittà, neorealism and 1960s-70s genres, to today's state-supported sector; 2025 box office 496.5M euros, Italian share 32.7%.

Cinema of Japan

Cinema of Japan (日本映画, nihon eiga), the Japanese film industry: studio era with Toho, Shochiku, Toei, Daiei, Nikkatsu; two Showa golden ages; today a production committee financing model alongside an independent sector of about 90% of releases.

Cinema of Nigeria

Cinema of Nigeria, known internationally as Nollywood, spans from the 1903 Lagos debut to today's second-largest film industry by output, over 2,500 films a year, low budgets, piracy, 68 cinemas, and 2025 Cannes recognition.

Cinema of Pakistan

Cinema of Pakistan, or Lollywood, is the Urdu- and regional-language film industry centered in Lahore and Karachi since 1948. It peaked at 111 films in 1975, declined under Zia-era Islamization, and revived partially after 2000.

Cinema of Poland

Cinema of Poland: national film tradition from 19th-century beginnings and 'iluzjon' era through the Polish Film School (Wajda, Munk, Kanał), Cinema of Moral Concern, censorship, Ida's 2015 Oscar, and today's 534 cinemas.

Cinema of South India

Cinema of South India covers the Telugu (Tollywood), Tamil (Kollywood), Kannada, and Malayalam film industries, historically centered in Madras, now known for pan-Indian blockbusters like Baahubali, KGF, RRR, and Pushpa.

Cinema of the Philippines

Cinema of the Philippines: national film tradition from the 1897 Manila screening and Dalagang Bukid (1919) through the 1950s Big Four studios, the martial-law Second Golden Age, and today's festival-driven digital indie scene.

Cinema of the Soviet Union

Cinema of the Soviet Union: the state-run film industry of the USSR, 1917-1991, also called Soviet cinema. Nationalized by Lenin in 1919; known for 1920s montage (Eisenstein, Vertov), Socialist Realism, Goskino control, and perestroika-era reform.

Cinema of the United Kingdom

Cinema of the United Kingdom: Britain's national film industry, from early London studios and the 1927 Films Act to today's £6.8 billion production sector, Hollywood dominance, BFI funding, and BAFTA awards.