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A Walk to Remember

A Walk to Remember is a 2002 American romantic drama film directed by Adam Shankman. It is based on the 1999 novel by Nicholas Sparks.

A Warrior's Tragedy (边城浪子)

A Warrior's Tragedy (邊城浪子, Bian cheng lang zi, also Invincible Power of Kindness) is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film by Frankie Chan, adapted from Gu Long's novel, starring Ti Lung as Fu Hung-Suet; it earned HK$1,544,445 and was re-edited into the 1995 film Renzhe Wudi.

A Wednesday!

A Wednesday! is a 2008 Hindi thriller, Neeraj Pandey's debut, starring Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher in a Mumbai bomb-scare drama; remade as Unnaipol Oruvan, Eeenadu, and A Common Man.

A Week Away (TV series)

A Week Away: The Series is a 2025 American faith-based musical drama on Angel Studios, a sequel to the 2021 Netflix film, following foster teen Max at Camp Aweegaway; 7 episodes, created by Alan Powell.

A Werewolf Boy (늑대소년)

A Werewolf Boy (늑대소년) is Jo Sung-hee's 2012 South Korean fantasy romance, starring Song Joong-ki and Park Bo-young, set in the 1960s, and Korea's highest-grossing romantic film at about 7 million admissions.

A Whisker Away (泣きたい私は猫をかぶる)

A Whisker Away (泣きたい私は猫をかぶる) is a 2020 Studio Colorido anime film directed by Junichi Sato and Tomotaka Shibayama, written by Mari Okada, released as a Netflix exclusive June 18, 2020 after Covid-19 canceled its theatrical run.

A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou

A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou is a 52-minute Netflix musical sketch special (2023) tracing a life from womb to grave, written by and starring the four-time BAFTA-winning Stath Lets Flats creator, directed by Andrew Gaynord, with two 2024 BAFTA nominations.

A Widow's Game

A Widow's Game (La viuda negra) is a 2025 Spanish Netflix true-crime thriller directed by Carlos Sedes, starring Ivana Baquero, Carmen Machi, and Tristán Ulloa, dramatizing the 2017 Patraix murder case in Valencia.

A Wife's Nightmare

A Wife's Nightmare is a 2014 Lifetime TV thriller directed by Vic Sarin, starring Jennifer Beals, Dylan Neal, and Lola Tash. A wife recovering from a breakdown suspects a stranger claiming to be her husband's daughter; filmed in Kelowna, BC.

A Witch's Life in Mongol

A Witch's Life in Mongol (天幕のジャードゥーガル, Tenmaku no Jaadugar) is a historical manga by Tomato Soup, serialized on Akita Shoten's Souffle since 2021, about an enslaved Persian woman infiltrating the Mongol court; Yen Press publishes it in English and Science SARU adapted it as a 2026 anime.

A Woman of Affairs

A Woman of Affairs is a 1928 MGM silent drama directed by Clarence Brown, starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert, loosely adapted from Michael Arlen's novel The Green Hat after Hays Office censorship forced renamed characters and a changed plot.

A Woman of Paris

A Woman of Paris (1923) is Charlie Chaplin's first serious silent drama, made for United Artists, starring Edna Purviance, Adolphe Menjou, and Carl Miller, with Chaplin only in a porter cameo; withdrawn after release, reedited in 1976, restored in 4K in 2019.

A Woman of Substance (2026 TV series)

A Woman of Substance (2026) is Channel 4's eight-part remake of Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1979 novel, starring Jessica Reynolds and Brenda Blethyn as Emma Harte across six decades, from a 1911 Yorkshire maid to a New York mogul, with a second series commissioned.

A Woman Under the Influence

A Woman Under the Influence (1974) is John Cassavetes's independent drama starring Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk as Mabel and Nick Longhetti; self-financed, self-distributed, and nominated for two Academy Awards.

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (三枪拍案惊奇, A Simple Noodle Story) is Zhang Yimou's 2009 Chinese remake of the Coen brothers' Blood Simple, set in a desert noodle shop, starring Sun Honglei, Xiao Shenyang, Yan Ni, and Ni Dahong.

A Working Man

A Working Man is a 2025 American action thriller directed by David Ayer. It stars Jason Statham as Levon Cade, a former commando, investigating his boss's daughter's abduction.

A World Without Thieves (天下无贼)

A World Without Thieves (天下无贼) is Feng Xiaogang's 2004 Chinese crime drama adapted from Zhao Benfu's story, starring Andy Lau, Rene Liu, Ge You, and Wang Baoqiang; thieves guard a worker's 60,000 yuan on a train, grossing about 120 million yuan.

A Wrinkle in Time (2003 film)

A Wrinkle in Time (2003 film), also aired 2004 on ABC's Wonderful World of Disney: Canadian-made TV fantasy directed by John Kent Harrison, starring Katie Stuart, David Dorfman, Gregory Smith, and Alfre Woodard, adapted from L'Engle's 1962 novel.

A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)

A Wrinkle in Time is a 2018 Disney science fantasy film directed by Ava DuVernay, based on Madeleine L'Engle's 1962 novel about Meg Murry searching space and time for her missing scientist father.

A Writer's Odyssey (刺杀小说家)

A Writer's Odyssey (刺杀小说家), also known as Assassin in Red, is Lu Yang's 2021 Chinese fantasy action film adapted from Shuang Xuetao's short story, starring Lei Jiayin and Dong Zijian; it passed 1 billion yuan and spawned a 2025 sequel.

A Year of School

A Year of School (Un anno di scuola) is Laura Samani's 2025 Italian-French coming-of-age film, freely adapted from Giani Stuparich's 1929 novella, set in 2007 Trieste, premiered in Venice Orizzonti where Giacomo Covi won Best Actor.

A Young Doctor's Notebook (TV series)

A Young Doctor's Notebook is a British Sky Arts black comedy drama (2012–2013, 8 episodes) starring Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm as the same doctor at different ages, adapted from Mikhail Bulgakov's semi-autobiographical Russian short stories.

A Yurt of One's Own

"A Yurt of One's Own" is the ninth episode of Shameless season 6, aired March 13, 2016 on Showtime; written by Davey Holmes, directed by Ruben Garcia, and the last episode featuring Mandy Milkovich.

A-Channel

A-Channel was a Canadian television system launched by Craig Media in Edmonton and Calgary in September 1997, joined by MTN Manitoba in 1999; sold to CHUM in 2004, rebranded Citytv in 2005, with the name moving to NewNet stations, later A, then CTV Two in 2011.

A-list

A-list: top tier of celebrity and bankability in Hollywood film, derived from the classical studio system's star system; A-listers' names can greenlight films, commanding $15-25 million per picture.

A-TEEN (에이틴)

A-TEEN (에이틴, Eighteen) is a 2018–2019 South Korean high-teen romance web drama by Playlist, directed by Han Su-ji, starring Shin Ye-eun and Lee Na-eun; season 1 drew over 200 million views.

A-TEEN 2 (에이틴 2)

A-TEEN 2 (에이틴 2) is a 2019 Korean teen romance web drama, sequel to A-TEEN, made by Playlist, directed by Han Soo Ji; 20 episodes on Naver V Live and Naver TV, April 21 to June 27, 2019, about 19-year-old students facing the CSAT, with over 52 million V Live views.

A. J. Buckley

A.J. Buckley (Alan John Buckley, born 1977, Dublin) is an Irish-born Canadian actor known as Adam Ross on CSI: NY, Ed Zeddmore on Supernatural, and Sonny Quinn on SEAL Team.

A. J. Cook

A. J. Cook, also known as Andrea Joy Cook, is a Canadian actress and director. She is best known for playing FBI Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau on Criminal Minds.

A. K. Hangal (अवतार किशन हंगल)

A. K. Hangal (अवतार किशन हंगल, 1914–2012), also Avtar Kishan Hangal, was an Indian character actor and freedom fighter who joined IPTA with Balraj Sahni and Kaifi Azmi, debuted in Teesri Kasam (1966), played Imaam Saheb in Sholay, and received the Padma Bhushan in 2006.