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Rinko Kikuchi (菊地凛子)

Rinko Kikuchi (菊地凛子), Japanese actress from Kanagawa, Oscar-nominated for Babel (2006), known for Pacific Rim's Mako Mori, Tokyo Vice, and 658km, Yoko no Tabi.

Rio (2011 film)

Rio (2011) is a Blue Sky Studios 3D animated musical comedy directed by Carlos Saldanha, starring the voices of Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway as Spix's macaws Blu and Jewel; it grossed $483.9 million worldwide and spawned Rio 2 (2014).

Rio 2

Rio 2 is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated musical comedy directed by Carlos Saldanha, the sequel to Rio, in which Blu and Jewel leave Rio de Janeiro for the Amazon.

Rio Bravo (film)

Rio Bravo (1959) is Howard Hawks's Western starring John Wayne as Sheriff Chance, made as a rebuttal to High Noon; 141 minutes, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Metascore 93.

Rio Grande (1950 film)

Rio Grande (1950) is John Ford's black-and-white cavalry Western starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, the third film of Ford's cavalry trilogy, made for Republic Pictures as part of a deal to finance The Quiet Man.

Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo (1970) is Howard Hawks's final Western, starring John Wayne as Union Col. Cord McNally hunting Civil War traitors in a corrupt Texas town, the third variation on Rio Bravo after El Dorado, with Jorge Rivero and Jennifer O'Neill.

Riot Women

Riot Women is a 2025 BBC One and BritBox six-part drama by Sally Wainwright about five menopausal women in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, who form a punk band for a talent contest, starring Joanna Scanlan, Rosalie Craig, Tamsin Greig, Lorraine Ashbourne, and Amelia Bullmore, with music by ARXX; renewed for a second series in November 2025.

Rip Hunter

Rip Hunter, DC Comics time-traveling hero created by Jack Miller and Ruben Moreira, debuting in Showcase #20 (1959); Time Masters and Linear Men member, Time Sphere inventor, secret son of Booster Gold, and Legends of Tomorrow character.

Rip Taylor

Rip Taylor (Charles Elmer Taylor Jr., 1931–2019), American confetti-throwing comedian, host of The $1.98 Beauty Show, Emmy-nominated voice of Uncle Fester, over 2,000 TV appearances.

Rip Torn

Rip Torn, born Elmore Rual Torn Jr. (1931–2019), was an American actor who won an Emmy as Artie on The Larry Sanders Show and played Agent Zed in Men in Black.

Ripley (TV series)

Ripley is Steven Zaillian's eight-episode 2024 Netflix limited series adapting Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley, starring Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, and Johnny Flynn, shot in black and white by Robert Elswit, winner of four Emmys and a Peabody Award.

Ripley's Game (film)

Ripley's Game (Il gioco di Ripley) is Liliana Cavani's 2002 thriller adapting Patricia Highsmith's third Ripley novel, starring John Malkovich as Tom Ripley, with Dougray Scott and Ray Winstone; it premiered at Venice 2002 and went direct-to-video in the US.

Ripper Street

Ripper Street is a 2012-2016 BBC and Amazon Victorian crime drama set in Whitechapel, 1889, after the Jack the Ripper murders, following H Division detectives Reid, Drake, and Jackson across five series and 37 episodes.

Ripple (TV series)

Ripple is a 2025 Canadian ensemble drama series created by Michele Giannusa, also known as the Hallmark+ series that moved to Netflix. Eight 42-minute TV-PG episodes follow four New York strangers, Walter, Kris, Nate, and Aria, whose lives interconnect through small chance events.

Ripples of Life

Ripples of Life (永安镇故事集) is a 2021 Chinese meta-comedy drama by Wei Shujun, 123 minutes, premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight, about a film crew disrupting a small Hunan town in three chapters.

Riptide (American TV series)

Riptide (1984–1986) is an NBC detective drama created by Stephen J. Cannell and Frank Lupo, starring Perry King, Joe Penny, and Thom Bray as Vietnam-veteran private eyes working from a boat, with a pink helicopter and robot.

Risa Mei

Risa Mei is an American voice actress and singer in Los Angeles, English voice of Sangonomiya Kokomi (Genshin Impact), Burnice White (Zenless Zone Zero), Lynx (Honkai: Star Rail), and Beelzebub (Sand Land).

Risa Taneda (種田梨沙)

Risa Taneda (種田梨沙, born 1988) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo with Osawa, known for Saki Watanabe in From the New World, Rize in Is the Order a Rabbit?, Mirai Kuriyama, Ai Mizuno in Zombieland Saga, and her 2016–17 treatment hiatus and return.

Rise and Fall (Indian TV series)

Rise and Fall is an Indian reality competition series on Amazon MX Player, adapted from Studio Lambert's UK format, hosted by Ashneer Grover (season 1) and Virender Sehwag (season 2), with celebrity Rulers in a penthouse and Workers in a basement.

Rise of Empires: Ottoman

Rise of Empires: Ottoman (İmparatorlukların Yükselişi: Osmanlı) is a Netflix docudrama, six episodes each season, on Mehmed II's 1453 conquest of Constantinople (2020) and his war with Vlad Dracula (2022), produced by Karga Seven Pictures and STXtv.

Rise of the Footsoldier

Rise of the Footsoldier is a 2007 British crime film by Julian Gilbey about hooligan-turned-gangster Carlton Leach, which spawned a seven-film franchise centered on Craig Fairbrass's Pat Tate, culminating in Retribution (2026).

Rise of the Guardians

Rise of the Guardians is a 2012 DreamWorks animated film in which Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and Jack Frost battle the Boogeyman.

Rise of the Legend

Rise of the Legend (黃飛鴻之英雄有夢) is a 2014 Hong Kong-China martial arts film directed by Roy Chow, starring Eddie Peng as a young Wong Fei-hung.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a 2011 American science fiction film. It tells the story of Caesar, a chimpanzee who gains human intelligence from an experimental drug.

Rise of the Raven

Rise of the Raven (Hungarian title Hunyadi) is a 10-episode Hungarian-Austrian historical drama about János Hunyadi and the 1456 Battle of Belgrade, based on Bán Mór's novels, produced by Robert Lantos, premiering on TV2 March 8, 2025.

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Rise of the TMNT) is Nickelodeon's 2018–2020 2D-animated TMNT reimagining by Ant Ward and Andy Suriano, with Raphael as leader, mystic powers, and a Hidden City, ending with the 2022 Netflix movie.

Risen (2016 film)

Risen is a 2016 American biblical drama film directed by Kevin Reynolds and starring Joseph Fiennes as a Roman tribune who investigates Jesus's disappearance from the tomb.

Rishab Shetty (ಋಷಭ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ)

Rishab Shetty (Kannada: ಋಷಭ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ), birth name Prashanth Shetty, is a Kannada actor, director, and producer. Known for Kirik Party and for writing, directing, and starring in Kantara (2022), which won him the 2024 National Film Award for Best Actor.

Rishabh Sawhney

Rishabh Sawhney (ऋषभ साहनी), Indian actor, model, and entrepreneur from Delhi; played antagonist Azhar Akhtar in Fighter (2024), Ahmad Shah Abdali in his Telugu debut Nagabandham (2026), and partner at One8 Commune.

Rishi Kapoor (ऋषि राज कपूर)

Rishi Kapoor (ऋषि राज कपूर), Rishi Raj Kapoor, Hindi cinema actor (1952–2020), second son of Raj Kapoor; child artist debut in Mera Naam Joker, National Award; star of Bobby, later character actor in Mulk and Kapoor & Sons.