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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (film)

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (L'Apprentissage de Duddy Kravitz) is Ted Kotcheff's 1974 Canadian film adapted from Mordecai Richler's 1959 novel, starring Richard Dreyfuss; it won the 1974 Berlin Golden Bear and an Oscar nomination for adapted screenplay.

The April Fools

The April Fools is a 1969 American romantic comedy directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Jack Lemmon and Catherine Deneuve in her American film debut, produced by Lemmon's Jalem Productions with Cinema Center Films, released 28 May 1969.

The Apu Trilogy

The Apu Trilogy is Satyajit Ray's three Bengali films Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956), and Apur Sansar (1959), adapting Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's novels about Apu's life from rural childhood to manhood; a Cannes- and Venice-awarded landmark restored in 2015.

The Arbor

The Arbor (2010) is Clio Barnard's debut docu-fiction film about Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and her daughter Lorraine, with actors lip-synching to real interview recordings and scenes from Dunbar's 1980 play performed on the Buttershaw Estate.

The Åre Murders

The Åre Murders (Åremorden) is a 2025 Swedish Netflix Nordic noir crime series adapted from Viveca Sten's novels Hidden in Snow and Hidden in the Shadows, starring Carla Sehn and Kardo Razzazi as Åre detectives, renewed for a 2026 second season.

The Aristocats

The Aristocats is a 1970 Disney animated musical comedy about a Parisian millionairess's cats, lost in the countryside and helped home by the alley cat Thomas O'Malley.

The Aristocrats

The Aristocrats is a 2005 documentary directed by Paul Provenza with Penn Jillette, in which over 100 comedians tell variants of the vaudeville-era obscene joke whose punchline is "The Aristocrats"; it revived attention after Gilbert Gottfried's post-9/11 Friars Club telling.

The Aristocrats (film)

The Aristocrats is a 2005 American-Canadian comedy documentary directed by Paul Provenza, conceived with Penn Jillette, in which over 100 comedians tell the same dirty joke.

The Ark (TV series)

The Ark is a SYFY space science fiction drama created by Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner, premiering February 1, 2023. Set 100 years in the future, it follows the surviving crew of the stricken colony ship Ark One; three seasons have aired, filmed in Serbia, starring Christie Burke as Captain Sharon Garnet.

The Ark and the Aardvark

The Ark and the Aardvark is an American animated adventure comedy directed by John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda), reimagining Noah's Ark from the animals' view: outcast aardvark Gilbert, voiced by Miles Teller, leads misfit animals to the ark. Unified Pictures produces with ReDefine/DNEG; release unconfirmed (2025 or April 30, 2026).

The Arrangement (1969 film)

The Arrangement (1969) is Elia Kazan's drama, adapted from his own novel, starring Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway, and Deborah Kerr; a Los Angeles adman's breakdown and suicide attempt, a critical and box-office failure.

The Arrangement (2017 TV series)

The Arrangement (2017 TV series): E! scripted drama created by Jonathan Abrahams, 2 seasons, 20 episodes, starring Josh Henderson and Christine Evangelista in a $10 million contract-marriage story; cancelled May 2018.

The Arrival (1996 film)

The Arrival is a 1996 science fiction thriller directed by David Twohy, starring Charlie Sheen as a radio astronomer who detects a signal from outer space.

The Arsenio Hall Show

The Arsenio Hall Show was a syndicated late-night talk show hosted by Arsenio Hall, running January 3, 1989 to May 27, 1994 (1,248 episodes) and revived 2013-2014. Known for the dog pound, the posse band, hip-hop bookings, and Bill Clinton's 1992 saxophone appearance.

The Art of Getting By

The Art of Getting By (Homework) is Gavin Wiesen's 2011 Sundance-premiered coming-of-age comedy-drama starring Freddie Highmore and Emma Roberts, released by Fox Searchlight June 17, 2011; it earned about $1.9 million worldwide against a $4 million budget and scored 20% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Art of Joy (TV series)

The Art of Joy (L'arte della gioia) is a 2024 Italian six-episode Sky miniseries directed by Valeria Golino, adapting the first part of Goliarda Sapienza's posthumous novel about the Sicilian orphan Modesta; premiered at Cannes 2024, on Sky Atlantic February 28, 2025.

The Art of Negotiation (협상의 기술)

The Art of Negotiation (협상의 기술) is a 2025 JTBC Saturday-Sunday Korean business drama, 12 episodes, directed by Ahn Pan-seok, starring Lee Je-hoon as white-haired M&A negotiator Yoon Ju-no saving the debt-ridden Sanin Group; peaked at 10.3% Nielsen ratings.

The Art of Racing in the Rain (film)

The Art of Racing in the Rain is a 2019 American comedy-drama film directed by Simon Curtis and starring Milo Ventimiglia and Amanda Seyfried, adapted from Garth Stein's 2008 novel.

The Art of Sarah (레이디 두아)

The Art of Sarah (레이디 두아, Lady Dua) is a 2026 South Korean Netflix mystery thriller limited series, 8 episodes, directed by Kim Jin-min, written by Chu Song-yeon, starring Shin Hye-sun as con artist Sarah Kim and Lee Jun-hyuk as detective Park Mu-gyeong.

The Artful Dodger (2023 TV series)

The Artful Dodger is an Australian Disney+/Hulu series (2023) continuing Dickens's Oliver Twist: Jack Dawkins, now a surgeon in 1850s Port Victory, is pulled back into crime by Fagin while romancing Lady Belle Fox. Eight-episode seasons; third and final season announced 2026.

The Artist (film)

The Artist (2011), Michel Hazanavicius's French silent black-and-white comedy-drama starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, about a silent star's decline as talkies arrive; won five Oscars including Best Picture.

The Artist and the Model

The Artist and the Model (El artista y la modelo) is a 2012 Spanish black-and-white drama, Fernando Trueba's first film in French, starring Jean Rochefort and Aida Folch as a sculptor and his young refugee model in 1943 occupied France; it won the San Sebastián Silver Shell for Best Director and earned 13 Goya nominations.

The Ascent (Восхождение)

The Ascent (Восхождение) is Larisa Shepitko's 1976 Soviet black-and-white war drama based on Vasil Bykov's novella Sotnikov, about two captured partisans in 1942 Belorussia; it won the 1977 Berlin Golden Bear, the only Soviet film to do so.

The Ascent of Man

The Ascent of Man is a thirteen-part BBC documentary series from 1973, written and presented by Jacob Bronowski, tracing humanity's history through its understanding of science.

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) is John Huston's MGM heist film noir, adapted from W.R. Burnett's novel, starring Sterling Hayden, Sam Jaffe, and Marilyn Monroe in her first major credit; it set the template for later heist films.

The Assassin (TV series)

The Assassin is a British crime thriller series by Harry and Jack Williams (Two Brothers Pictures), starring Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore, premiering 25 July 2025 on Prime Video UK, renewed for a Malta-filmed second season due 6 November 2026.

The Assassin (刺客聂隐娘) (2015 film)

The Assassin (刺客聶隱娘) is Hou Hsiao-hsien's 2015 wuxia film adapted from Pei Xing's Tang story Nie Yinniang, starring Shu Qi and Chang Chen; it won Cannes Best Director and five Golden Horse Awards.

The Assassin (大刺客) (1967 film)

The Assassin (大刺客, Da Ci Ke) is Chang Cheh's 1967 Shaw Brothers wuxia film starring Jimmy Wang Yu as the assassin Nie Zheng, adapted from Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian and shot during the 1967 Hong Kong riots.

The Assassin(s)

The Assassin(s) (암살자(들), Amsalja(deul)) is a 2026 South Korean political thriller directed by Hur Jin-ho, starring Yoo Hae-jin, Park Hae-il, and Lee Min-ho, dramatizing the 1974 shooting of First Lady Yuk Young-soo through fictional journalists and a detective; it premiered at TIFF 2026 and opened in Korea September 23, 2026.

The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau (UK title The Assassination Bureau Limited) is a 1969 British black comedy adventure film by Basil Dearden and Michael Relph, starring Oliver Reed and Diana Rigg, based on Jack London's unfinished novel completed by Robert L. Fish.