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Rituals of Signs and Transformations
Rituals of Signs and Transformations (Tuqus al-isharat wa-l-tahawwulat) is a 1994 play by the Syrian playwright Sa'd Allah Wannus, set in 1880s Damascus during a feud between the city's mufti and the leader of the ashraf.
Rituparna Sengupta
Rituparna Sengupta (ঋতুপর্ণা সেনগুপ্তা), born 1970 or 1971 in Calcutta, is a Bengali film actress and producer; debut Shwet Patharer Thala, National Award winner for Dahan, over 100 films.
Rituparno Ghosh (ঋতুপর্ণ ঘোষ)
Rituparno Ghosh (ঋতুপর্ণ ঘোষ), 1963–2013, Bengali film director from Kolkata; nearly 20 films, a dozen National Film Awards, Unishe April breakthrough, queer trilogy, first queer star of Bengal.
Ritwik Ghatak (রিত্বিক কুমার ঘটক)
Ritwik Kumar Ghatak (রিত্বিক কুমার ঘটক, 1925–1976), Bengali filmmaker born in Dhaka, Communist Party and IPTA member, chronicler of the 1947 Partition of Bengal; made eight features including Meghe Dhaka Tara, Subarnarekha, and Titash Ekti Nadir Naam.
Riv4lries
Riv4lries (RIV4LI) is a 2025 Italian Netflix coming-of-age series by Simona Ercolani, a spin-off of DI4RI set at a Pisa middle school, 14 episodes, ended with the 2026 YouTube special One Last Adventure.
Rivals (TV series)
Rivals is a British period comedy-drama adapted from Jilly Cooper's 1988 Rutshire Chronicles novel, streaming on Disney+ and Hulu since October 18, 2024; set in 1986 Rutshire, it dramatizes the ITV franchise war between Tony Baddingham's Corinium and Rupert Campbell-Black's Venturer, with season 2 (12 episodes) and a greenlit season 3.
River (2026 film)
River (2026) is a survival slasher and the feature debut of writer-director Joshua Giuliano, starring Jane Levy, Jessica Rothe, and Max Mattern as siblings hunted by Dane DiLiegro's masked killer; it premiered at TIFF's Midnight Madness and opens theatrically January 15, 2027 via Universal and Blumhouse.
River (TV series)
River (2015) is a six-part BBC One crime drama created by Abi Morgan, starring Stellan Skarsgård as DI John River, a detective haunted by manifestations of the dead, with Nicola Walker, Adeel Akhtar, Lesley Manville, and Eddie Marsan; made by Kudos.
River Joseph
River Joseph (River Iye Manalo Joseph), born 2001 in Muntinlupa City, is a Filipino actor and entrepreneur under Star Magic, known for Pamilya Sagrado, Love at First Spike, The Secrets of Hotel 88, and Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition, and founder of CASSA.
River Monsters
River Monsters is an Animal Planet documentary series (2009–2017, nine seasons) in which angler-biologist Jeremy Wade investigates legends of fish attacks on humans, becoming the network's most successful show.
River of No Return
River of No Return is a 1954 American Western directed by Otto Preminger, starring Robert Mitchum as a frontier farmer and Marilyn Monroe as a saloon singer.
River Phoenix
River Phoenix (River Jude Bottom, 1970-1993) was an American actor known for Stand by Me, Running on Empty (Oscar-nominated), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and My Own Private Idaho (Volpi Cup, Independent Spirit Award); died of an overdose at 23.
River Song (Doctor Who)
River Song (Melody Pond), a Doctor Who character created by Steven Moffat and played by Alex Kingston: archaeologist, the Doctor's wife and assassin, meeting him in reverse timeline order, from 2008's Silence in the Library to Big Finish audio dramas.
River Sunset
River Sunset (长河落日, Chang He Luo Ri) is a 2026 Chinese 44-episode WWII espionage drama directed by Zhao Yilong and Shaun Piccinino, starring Zhang Luyi and Janine Chang, dramatizing the Chinese rescue operation behind the 1942 Doolittle Raid on Tokyo.
River Where the Moon Rises (달이 뜨는 강)
River Where the Moon Rises (달이 뜨는 강, also Moonlit River) is a 2021 KBS2 Goguryeo-era historical romance drama in 20 episodes starring Kim So-hyun as Princess Pyeonggang, with On Dal played by Ji Soo and then Na In-woo after a bullying-scandal recast, followed by a 3 billion won lawsuit.
River's Edge
River's Edge is a 1986 American crime drama directed by Tim Hunter, written by Neal Jimenez, starring Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, and Dennis Hopper; loosely based on the 1981 Marcy Conrad murder in Milpitas, California, it won Independent Spirit Awards for Best Feature and Best Screenplay.
Riverdale (American TV series)
Riverdale is an American CW teen drama (2017-2023) created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa from Archie Comics characters, a dark Archie adaptation; origin involved a cease-and-desist over Aguirre-Sacasa's play, and its final seventh season was set in the 1950s.
Riverdale season 4
Riverdale season 4, the fourth season of The CW teen drama, aired October 9, 2019 to May 6, 2020 in 19 episodes cut short by COVID-19, opening with a Luke Perry tribute and ending without prom or graduation.
Riverdale season 5
Riverdale season 5: The CW teen drama's 19-episode 2021 season featuring a seven-year time jump in episode 4, opening with the pandemic-displaced season 4 finale episodes, 78% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Riverdance
Riverdance is an Irish theatrical show that began as a seven-minute interval act at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin. It spread Irish step dance globally.
Riverside Code at Qingming Festival (清明上河图密码)
Riverside Code at Qingming Festival (清明上河图密码) is a 2024 Chinese costume mystery drama adapted from Ye Wenbiao's novel series, starring Zhang Songwen and Bai Baihe as a Northern Song family solving cases in Dongjing, premiered December 16, 2024 on CCTV-8 and Youku.
Riviera (TV series)
Riviera is a Sky Atlantic drama-thriller (2017–2020, three seasons) created from Paul McGuinness's idea with Neil Jordan and John Banville, starring Julia Stiles as widow Georgina Clios; filmed on the French Riviera on a ~€40–45 million season-1 budget, later disowned by Jordan.
Riya Sen (রিয়া সেন)
Riya Sen (রিয়া সেন), born Riya Dev Varma in 1981, is an Indian film actress and model from Kolkata, part of a three-generation family of Bengali cinema actresses.
Riya Shibu
Riya Shibu, born 2004, is an Indian film producer and actress in Malayalam and Tamil cinema, daughter of producer Shibu Thameens. She produced Thugs, Mumbaikar, Mura, and Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2, and broke through as Delulu in Sarvam Maya (2025).
Riyadh Comedy Festival
Riyadh Comedy Festival, a Saudi state-organized stand-up comedy event in Riyadh. First edition 26 September to 9 October 2025 at Boulevard City with 50+ international comedians; drew human rights criticism and performer withdrawals.
Riz Ahmed
Riz Ahmed (Rizwan Ahmed, born 1982, Wembley, London) is a British Pakistani actor and rapper, also known as Riz MC. First Muslim Best Actor Oscar nominee (Sound of Metal), Emmy winner for The Night Of, Oscar-winning producer of The Long Goodbye.
Riza Aziz
Riza Aziz (Riza Shahriz bin Abdul Aziz), Malaysian film producer born 1980, co-founder and chairman of Red Granite Pictures; produced The Wolf of Wall Street; stepson of Najib Razak; central figure in 1MDB-related settlements and charges.
Rizana – A Caged Bird
Rizana – A Caged Bird, later renamed Rihanna, is a Sri Lankan film by Chandran Rutnam and Sumathi Studios starring Jeremy Irons, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, and Vidushika Reddy, dramatizing the 2005 arrest and 2013 execution of domestic worker Rizana Nafeek in Saudi Arabia.
Rizwan Manji
Rizwan Manji (born 1974, Toronto) is a Canadian actor famous as Rajiv Gidwani on NBC's Outsourced and Ray Butani on Schitt's Creek, with film credits including Transformers, The Dictator, and Shazam! Fury of the Gods.
Rizzoli & Isles
Rizzoli & Isles, TNT police procedural developed by Janet Tamaro from Tess Gerritsen's novels, starring Angie Harmon as detective Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as medical examiner Maura Isles; ran seven seasons 2010-2016, was basic cable's number 1 series, and streams on Netflix and Peacock.