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First Love (첫사랑) (1993 film)

First Love (첫사랑, Cheot sarang) is a 1993 South Korean drama-romance film directed by Lee Myung-se, starring Kim Hye-soo as a 19-year-old art student in love with an older drama lecturer; a box office failure (5,856 Seoul admissions) later reevaluated as a 1990s Korean classic.

First Man (film)

First Man (2018) is Damien Chazelle's biographical drama starring Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong, adapted from James R. Hansen's authorized biography; it won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects and the Golden Globe for Best Original Score.

First Men in the Moon (1964 film)

First Men in the Moon (1964) is a British science fiction film directed by Nathan Juran, produced by Charles H. Schneer, with Ray Harryhausen Dynamation effects, starring Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries, and Martha Hyer, adapted from H. G. Wells's 1901 novel.

First National Pictures

First National Pictures, also called Associated First National, was an American film production and distribution company founded in 1917 and absorbed by Warner Bros. in 1929.

First of His Name

"First of His Name" (Game of Thrones season 4, episode 5, aired May 4, 2014), directed by Michelle MacLaren, written by Benioff and Weiss; 35th episode overall. Tommen is crowned king, Lysa Arryn's poisoning of Jon Arryn on Littlefinger's orders is revealed, and Jon Snow raids Craster's Keep; 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.

First Order (Star Wars)

First Order: Star Wars sequel-trilogy fascist junta founded by Imperial remnants under Rae Sloane and Brendol Hux in the Unknown Regions (21-35 ABY), ruled by Snoke then Kylo Ren, armed with Starkiller Base, destroyed by the Resistance.

First Reformed

First Reformed, Paul Schrader's 2017 A24 drama starring Ethan Hawke as pastor Ernst Toller, an austere Academy-ratio crisis-of-faith film inspired by Bresson, Bergman, and Ida, Oscar-nominated for screenplay.

First Seven Kisses (첫 키스만 일곱번째)

First Seven Kisses (첫 키스만 일곱번째, Seven First Kisses) is a 2016 Lotte Duty Free promotional Korean web drama, 8 episodes on Naver TV Cast, starring Lee Cho-hee, Choi Ji-woo, and seven Hallyu stars including Lee Min-ho and Ji Chang-wook.

First Shift (film)

First Shift (2024) is a crime drama directed, written, and produced by Uwe Boll, starring Gino Anthony Pesi and Kristen Renton as mismatched NYPD partners on a 12-hour Brooklyn shift; released August 30, 2024 by Quiver Distribution.

First Squad: The Moment of Truth

First Squad: The Moment of Truth (Первый отряд) is a 2009 Japan-Russia-Canada animated film by Studio 4°C and Molot Entertainment about Soviet teen psychics fighting Nazi occultists on the WWII Eastern Front.

First Take (talk show)

First Take is ESPN's weekday 10 a.m.-noon sports debate show, launched May 7, 2007 on ESPN2 from Cold Pizza; famous for Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless, now hosted by Shae Cornette.

First They Killed My Father (film)

First They Killed My Father is Angelina Jolie's 2017 Netflix film adaptation of Loung Ung's memoir, shot in Cambodia in Khmer with an all-Cambodian cast, released September 15, 2017.

First Time Again

First Time Again is the 90-minute season 6 premiere of AMC's The Walking Dead, aired October 11, 2015; directed by Greg Nicotero, written by Scott M. Gimple and Matthew Negrete, it features Rick's quarry walker-horde plan, Morgan's return, and 19.5 million live+3 viewers.

First Wives Club (TV series)

First Wives Club is a BET+ comedy series (2019–2022) created by Tracy Oliver, adapting the 1996 film with an all-Black lead cast: Ryan Michelle Bathe, Jill Scott, and Michelle Buteau as friends Ari, Hazel, and Bree.

Fish and Elephant (今年夏天)

Fish and Elephant (今年夏天) is Li Yu's 2001 underground 16mm debut, mainland China's first lesbian-themed fiction film, following elephant keeper Qun and stall owner Ling in Beijing; it won Venice's Elvira Notari Prize and was banned at home.

Fish Hooks

Fish Hooks is a Disney Channel animated series created by Noah Z. Jones, running 2010–2014 in three seasons, about fish tweens Bea, Milo, and Oscar at Freshwater High School in Bud's Pet Shop, voiced by Chelsea Kane, Kyle Massey, and Justin Roiland.

Fish Mooney

Fish Mooney, real name Maria Mercedes Mooney, is a fictional Gotham crime boss and nightclub owner in the Fox series Gotham, played by Jada Pinkett Smith. Created by Bruno Heller for the show and not from the comics, she was Penguin's employer and returned with a draining mind-control touch power.

Fish Story (フィッシュストーリー)

Fish Story (フィッシュストーリー) is a 2009 Japanese comedy-drama directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura, adapted from Kotaro Isaka's short story, in which a forgotten 1975 punk single by the band Gekirin connects strangers across decades and helps save Earth from a comet in 2012.

Fish Tank (film)

Fish Tank is Andrea Arnold's 2009 British social-realist drama about 15-year-old Mia (Katie Jarvis), her mother's boyfriend Connor (Michael Fassbender), and dance as escape; it won the Cannes Jury Prize (tied with Thirst) and the BAFTA for Best British Film.

Fisher Stevens

Fisher Stevens (born 1963, Chicago) is an American actor, director, and producer, born Steven Fisher. Known for Short Circuit, Succession, Hackers; Oscar-winning producer of The Cove (2010) and director of Before the Flood (2016).

Fisherman's Friends (film)

Fisherman's Friends is a 2019 British comedy-drama directed by Chris Foggin, starring Daniel Mays and James Purefoy, inspired by the Port Isaac sea shanty band's Island Records deal, top-ten album, and Glastonbury performance.

Fishes (The Bear)

"Fishes" is the sixth episode of season 2 of FX's The Bear, a 66-minute Christmas Eve flashback written by Joanna Calo and Christopher Storer; it depicts the Berzatto family's Feast of the Seven Fishes dinner and won three Creative Arts Emmys in 2024.

Fishsticks (South Park)

"Fishsticks" is a 2009 South Park episode in which Jimmy Valmer invents a fishsticks joke that only Kanye West fails to get, airing April 8, 2009.

Fishtank Live

Fishtank Live (fishtank.live) is a 24/7 interactive livestreamed reality competition created by Sam Hyde and Jet Neptune, streaming since April 18, 2023, where viewers pay to prank housebound contestants.

Fisk (TV series)

Fisk is an Australian ABC TV comedy (2021– ) created by and starring Kitty Flanagan as lawyer Helen Tudor-Fisk at the Melbourne wills-and-probate firm Gruber & Gruber, with Julia Zemiro, Marty Sheargold, and Aaron Chen; a Netflix international hit, distinct from Marvel's Wilson Fisk.

Fist & Faith

Fist & Faith (青禾男高) is a 2017 Chinese action film directed by Jiang Zhuoyuan and starring Jing Tian and Ou Hao, set in Japanese-occupied 1930s Manchuria.

Fist Fight

Fist Fight is a 2017 American comedy directed by Richie Keen, starring Ice Cube and Charlie Day as teachers set to brawl in the parking lot after school.

Fist of Fury (精武门)

Fist of Fury (精武門, Jingwu Men), released in the US as The Chinese Connection, is a 1972 Golden Harvest kung fu film directed by Lo Wei, starring Bruce Lee as Chen Zhen avenging master Huo Yuanjia in Shanghai; it broke Hong Kong box office records and introduced Lee's nunchaku.

Fist of the North Star

Fist of the North Star (北斗の拳, Hokuto no Ken) is a 1983–1988 postapocalyptic martial arts manga by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara about Kenshiro, heir of Hokuto Shinken, fighting his brother Raoh; adapted into 1984/2026 anime, films, games, and a record-selling pachislot.

Fist of the White Lotus

Fist of the White Lotus (洪文定三破白蓮教), aka Clan of the White Lotus, is a 1980 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by and starring Lo Lieh, with Gordon Liu and Kara Hui; a loose sequel to Executioners from Shaolin in which the hero learns embroidery kung fu and acupuncture.