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Culprits

Culprits is a 2023 British heist thriller series created by J Blakeson for Disney+ and Hulu, starring Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Gemma Arterton. Eight episodes follow a heist crew hunted by a masked assassin across three timelines; one season, 79% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Cult (2026 film)

Cult (Kannada: ಕಲ್ಟ್) is a 2026 Indian Kannada romantic drama directed by Anil Kumar, starring Zaid Khan, Rachita Ram, and Malaika Vasupal; released 23 January 2026, CBFC A certificate, 163.48 minutes, distinct from Vishwak Sen's Telugu #CULT.

Cult film

Cult film: a movie with a devoted, niche following that grows after an unsuccessful mainstream release; also called cult movie or cult classic. Known for midnight screenings, repeat viewings, quoting, and audience participation (e.g., Rocky Horror Picture Show, Eraserhead).

Cult following

Cult following: an intensely devoted minority fanbase for a film, TV series, band, or other work, distinct from a general audience. Studied via midnight movies like Rocky Horror, aftermarket hits like The Big Lebowski, neo-cult revivals, and the pejorative religious sense of "cult".

Cult Killer

Cult Killer is a 2024 crime thriller directed by Jon Keeyes, written by Charles Burnley, starring Alice Eve, Antonio Banderas, and Shelley Hennig. A PI investigates her mentor's murder in Ireland and allies with his killer against a wealthy family's abuse ring; Saban Films released it January 19, 2024.

Cult of Chucky

Cult of Chucky (2017) is the seventh Child's Play film, written and directed by Don Mancini, released direct-to-video. Nica Pierce is institutionalized as multiple Chuckys emerge; its cliffhanger set up the Chucky TV series.

Cultural impact of David Lynch

Cultural impact of David Lynch (1946–2025), American surrealist filmmaker: the term 'Lynchian,' Twin Peaks' TV revolution, influence on independent cinema and underground music, art exhibitions, and posthumous retrospectives.

Cultural impact of Dragon Ball

Dragon Ball (ドラゴンボール), Akira Toriyama's 1984–1995 manga and its anime, is a global franchise with 260+ million manga sold, mass international reach, and influence on shōnen, memes, games, and popular culture.

Cum shot

Cum shot, also called the "money shot": a filmed depiction of male ejaculation that ends a hardcore sex scene. Emerged as a required porn genre convention in the early 1970s via Deep Throat and Behind the Green Door, distinct from earlier stag films and meat shots.

Cunk on Earth

Cunk on Earth is a five-part British mockumentary created by Charlie Brooker, starring Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk, first airing on BBC Two in September 2022.

Cunning Single Lady (앙큼한 돌싱녀)

Cunning Single Lady (앙큼한 돌싱녀, Sly and Single Again) is a 2014 MBC Korean romantic comedy drama, 16 episodes, starring Lee Min-jung and Joo Sang-wook as divorced exes; ratings 5.4% to 9.2%, remade in Turkey in 2021.

Cup (film)

Cup (കപ്പ്), also Cup: Love All Play, is a 2024 Malayalam sports drama directed by Sanju V Samuel, starring Mathew Thomas as a badminton-dreaming Idukki teenager; released 27 September 2024, streaming on Manorama Max and Prime Video.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO, 2000–2024) is Larry David's improvised comedy series in which he plays a fictionalized himself; 12 seasons, outlines instead of scripts, Metacritic 84, cringe-comedy landmark.

Curb Your Enthusiasm season 3

Curb Your Enthusiasm season 3: third season of Larry David's HBO improvised comedy, premiered September 15, 2002, 10 episodes, restaurant-investment arc, Metascore 93, 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Curd Jürgens

Curd Jürgens (Curt Jurgens), German-Austrian stage and film actor (1915–1982); breakthrough 1955 with Des Teufels General and the Venice Coppa Volpi; Bond villain Karl Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

Cure (キュア) (film)

Cure (キュア, Kyua) is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 1997 Japanese psychological thriller, starring Koji Yakusho and Masato Hagiwara, about identical motiveless murders linked to a hypnotic amnesiac; his international breakthrough and a J-horror landmark.

Curfew (2024 TV series)

Curfew (2024 TV series) is a British crime thriller based on Jayne Cowie's 2022 novel After Dark. It follows DI Pamela Green investigating a murder under a nightly male curfew.

Curious George (film)

Curious George is a 2006 animated comedy film directed by Matthew O'Callaghan, based on the children's books by Margret and H.A. Rey, starring the voices of Will Ferrell and Drew Barrymore.

Curious George (franchise)

Curious George is an American children's franchise begun with the 1941 Houghton Mifflin picture book by Margret and H.A. Rey, who fled Paris in 1940 with the manuscript; it spans seven original books, a 2006 Universal film, and the PBS Kids series.

Curious George (TV series)

Curious George (2006) is a PBS KIDS animated preschool series by Universal, Imagine Entertainment, and WGBH, running 15 seasons and 389 episodes from September 4, 2006 to March 17, 2022, teaching science, engineering, and math.

Curiouser and Curiouser!

"Curiouser and Curiouser!" is Ted Lasso Season 4, Episode 2 (Apple TV, August 12, 2026), written by Leann Bowen, directed by MJ Delaney, in which Ted returns to Richmond to coach the Lady Greyhounds.

Curly Howard

Curly Howard (Jerome Lester Horwitz, 1903–1952), American comedian, the bald, high-voiced third Stooge of the Three Stooges 1932–1946, famous for "nyuk nyuk nyuk" and the Curly Shuffle; career ended by a 1946 stroke.

Curly Sue

Curly Sue is a 1991 American comedy-drama written, directed, and produced by John Hughes, starring James Belushi and Alisan Porter as a drifter and orphan girl.

Curon

Curon is a 2020 Italian Netflix supernatural thriller series, also known as a Lake Resia doppelganger drama, created by Ezio Abbate and others; seven episodes in which teen twins investigate their mother's disappearance in the South Tyrol village flooded in 1950.

Curran Walters

Curran Walters (born 1998, Oak Park, California) is an American actor known for playing Jason Todd/Robin/Red Hood on Titans (2018–2023), with credits including 20th Century Women and Girl Meets World.

Current Theega (కరెంట్ తీగ)

Current Theega (కరెంట్ తీగ) is a 2014 Telugu action comedy romance directed by G. Nageswara Reddy, produced by Manchu Vishnu under 24 Frames Factory, remaking Tamil film Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam, starring Manchu Manoj, Rakul Preet Singh, Jagapathi Babu, and Sunny Leone.

Currie Graham

Currie Graham (born 1967, Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian actor, distinct from the evangelist Billy Graham, writer Graham Greene, or actor Graham Greene. Known for Lt. Thomas Bale on NYPD Blue, DA Mario Siletti on Murder in the First, Calvin Chadwick on Agent Carter, and Kliner Sr. in Reacher.

Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case

Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case is Christo Tomy's 2023 Malayalam-language Netflix true-crime documentary on the Koodathayi cyanide poisoning of six family members by Jolly Joseph, released 22 December 2023.

Curry and Pepper (咖喱辣椒)

Curry and Pepper (咖喱辣椒) is a 1990 Hong Kong action comedy directed by Blackie Ko, starring Jacky Cheung and Stephen Chow as Hong Kong police detectives.

Curry Barker

Curry Barker (born 1999, Mobile, Alabama) is an American filmmaker and actor behind the YouTube channel That's a Bad Idea, the $800 found-footage hit Milk & Serial, and the 2026 horror blockbuster Obsession, sold to Focus Features for $15 million.