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Police Woman (TV series)
Police Woman is an American television crime drama that aired from 1974 to 1978, starring Angie Dickinson as Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson, an undercover officer for the LAPD.
Police, Adjective
Police, Adjective (Polițist, adjectiv) is Corneliu Porumboiu's 2009 Romanian New Wave drama, 115 minutes, in which detective Cristi (Dragoș Bucur) resists arresting a hashish-sharing teenager; it won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at Cannes 2009 and ends with a famous dictionary scene.
Policegiri
Policegiri (पोलिसगिरी) is a 2013 Hindi action comedy film directed by K.S. Ravikumar and starring Sanjay Dutt as a police officer posing as a goon.
Polish absurdism
Polish absurdism is the Polish drama and prose allied to the Theatre of the Absurd, with Witkiewicz and Gombrowicz as precursors and Mrożek and Różewicz as principal figures.
Polish brothers
The Polish brothers are American identical twin filmmakers Mark and Michael Polish (born 1970 or 1972), creators of Twin Falls Idaho (1999), Jackpot (2001), Northfork (2003), The Astronaut Farmer (2007), and For Lovers Only (2011).
Polish Film Chronicle
The Polish Film Chronicle (Polska Kronika Filmowa) was a weekly Polish cinema newsreel produced from 1944 to 1994, serving as an instrument of state propaganda.
Political drama
Political drama: drama in film, television, or live performance addressing political issues, events, or people; also called political theatre. Spans Brechtian epic theatre, TV series like The West Wing, and the political thriller genre.
Politically Incorrect
Politically Incorrect was Bill Maher's late-night political panel talk show on Comedy Central (1993–1996) and ABC (1997–2002), featuring four nonexpert guests; it ended after Maher's controversial post-9/11 "cowards" remark and advertiser withdrawals.
Polka-Dot Man
Polka-Dot Man (Abner Krill), also Mr. Polka-Dot, is a DC Comics Batman villain created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff, debuting in Detective Comics #300 (1962) with transforming weapon dots, later reinvented tragically in The Suicide Squad (2021).
Polladhavan (பொல்லாதவன்) (2007 film)
Polladhavan (பொல்லாதவன்), 2007 Tamil action drama, Vetrimaaran's directorial debut starring Dhanush and Divya Spandana; a stolen Bajaj Pulsar drags Prabhu into Chennai's underworld, sharing its title with Rajinikanth's 1980 film.
Pollock (film)
Pollock (2000) is Ed Harris's directorial debut biographical drama about painter Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, based on the Naifeh-Smith Pulitzer biography; Marcia Gay Harden won the 2001 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Polly Bergen
Polly Bergen (Nellie Paulina Burgin, 1930-2014), American Emmy-winning actress, singer, and cosmetics entrepreneur; won the 1958 Emmy for The Helen Morgan Story on Playhouse 90, starred in The Polly Bergen Show and Cape Fear, and founded the Polly Bergen Co.
Polly Draper
Polly Draper (Polly Carey Draper, born 1955) is an American actress, writer, director, and producer known as Ellyn Warren on thirtysomething and as creator of The Naked Brothers Band, starring her sons Nat and Alex Wolff.
Polly Holliday
Polly Dean Holliday (1937-2025), American actress, played waitress Flo Castleberry on CBS's Alice (1976-1985) and its spin-off Flo, famous for 'Kiss my grits!'; two Golden Globes, four Emmy nominations, 1990 Tony nomination.
Polly Parsons (producer)
Polly Parsons (born 1967), American producer and daughter of Gram Parsons; founder of DaddyVan Productions, producer of the 2004 Return to Sin City tribute and the 2023 Last Roundup release; distinct from the British presenter of the same name.
Polly Walker
Polly Walker (born 1966, Warrington, England) is a British actress; trained in ballet then Drama Centre London; known for Atia in Rome (Golden Globe-nominated 2006), Gill Biggeloe in Line of Duty, and Lady Portia Featherington in Bridgerton.
Pollyanna (1960 film)
Pollyanna (1960) is Walt Disney Productions' live-action family drama directed and written by David Swift from Eleanor H. Porter's 1913 novel, starring Hayley Mills in her American debut, released May 19, 1960, filmed in Santa Rosa and Napa, California.
Polo (TV series)
Polo is a 2024 five-episode Netflix documentary series, executive produced by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle via Archewell, following elite players at the U.S. Open Polo Championship in Wellington, Florida; it earned poor reviews (Metascore 40, RT 25%).
Polonius
Polonius, Lord Chamberlain of Denmark in Shakespeare's Hamlet, father of Ophelia and Laertes and Claudius's chief advisor; a verbose, spying courtier killed by Hamlet behind the arras.
Polovtsian Dances (Половецкие пляски)
Polovtsian Dances (Половецкие пляски): Borodin's 1875 choral-orchestral dance scene from Act II of Prince Igor, famous as a 1909 Fokine/Roerich Ballets Russes ballet, and source of "Stranger in Paradise."
Poltergeist (1982 film)
Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and produced by Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall, in which spirits abduct a family's five-year-old daughter.
Poltergeist (2015 film)
Poltergeist is a 2015 American supernatural horror film directed by Gil Kenan and starring Sam Rockwell, a remake of the 1982 film about a family haunted by malevolent spirits.
Poltergeist (franchise)
Poltergeist is an American horror franchise of four films and one TV series centered on the Freeling family and the demon-led ghosts drawn to daughter Carol Anne. It began with the 1982 Tobe Hooper film produced by Steven Spielberg, followed by 1986 and 1988 sequels, a 2015 remake, and the unrelated Poltergeist: The Legacy series.
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) is the first Poltergeist sequel, directed by Brian Gibson, written by Grais and Victor, starring JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, and Julian Beck as Reverend Kane; 91 min, PG-13, $19M budget, $38.8M US gross, 20% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Poltergeist III
Poltergeist III is a 1988 American supernatural horror film, the third and final entry in the original Poltergeist trilogy, directed by Gary Sherman, starring Heather O'Rourke, Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, and Zelda Rubinstein, set in a mirrored Chicago high-rise and released June 10, 1988.
Polyester (film)
Polyester (1981) is John Waters's black comedy starring Divine as Baltimore housewife Francine Fishpaw, with Tab Hunter. Waters's tenth film, first in 35mm, under a $1 million New Line budget, known for its Odorama scratch-and-sniff card gimmick.
Polytechnique (film)
Polytechnique is Denis Villeneuve's 2009 black-and-white Quebec drama about the December 6, 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, told through fictional students Valérie and Jean-François; it premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight and won nine Genie Awards.
Pom Klementieff
Pom Klementieff, French actress born in Quebec in 1986, plays Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Paris in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning and The Final Reckoning; trained at Cours Florent.
Pom Poko
Pom Poko (平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ, Heisei tanuki gassen ponpoko, The Raccoon War) is Isao Takahata's 1994 Studio Ghibli animated film about shape-shifting tanuki resisting Tokyo's Tama New Town development; released July 16, 1994, 119 minutes, top Japanese film of 1994.
Pompeii (film)
Pompeii is a 2014 disaster film directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, starring Kit Harington as a gladiator during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.