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The Children Act (film)

The Children Act is a 2017 British drama directed by Richard Eyre, adapted by Ian McEwan from his 2014 novel, starring Emma Thompson as High Court judge Fiona Maye, Stanley Tucci, and Fionn Whitehead; premiered at TIFF 2017, released 2018.

The Children's Hour (film)

The Children's Hour (1961), William Wyler's drama starring Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine, adapts Lillian Hellman's 1934 play about two schoolteachers ruined by a lesbian accusation; his second adaptation after These Three (1936).

The Children's Hour (play)

The Children's Hour is Lillian Hellman's 1934 Broadway drama, her first, in which a girls' boarding school is ruined by a student's lie that headmistresses Karen Wright and Martha Dobie are lovers; notable for its 691-performance run, Boston and Lord Chamberlain censorship, and the 1936 and 1961 film adaptations.

The Children's Train

The Children's Train (Il treno dei bambini) is Cristina Comencini's 2024 Netflix drama adapted from Viola Ardone's 2019 novel, about a boy sent north on Italy's postwar Happiness Trains, which relocated about 70,000 children.

The China Probrem

"The China Probrem" (also known as "The China Problem") is South Park Season 12, Episode 8, aired October 8, 2008, written by Trey Parker. It pairs Cartman's fear of a Chinese invasion after the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a parody of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

The China Syndrome

The China Syndrome is a 1979 James Bridges thriller starring Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, and Michael Douglas about a nuclear plant accident and cover-up; released twelve days before Three Mile Island, it earned four Oscar nominations.

The Chinatown Kid (唐人街功夫小子)

The Chinatown Kid (唐人街功夫小子) is a 1977 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh, starring Alexander Fu Sheng as Tan Tung, who flees Hong Kong gang trouble for San Francisco's Chinatown; known for its 115-minute and 90-minute alternate cuts.

The Chinese Feast (金玉满堂)

The Chinese Feast (金玉满堂, also 满汉全席) is a 1995 Hong Kong comedy by Tsui Hark, released 28 January 1995, starring Leslie Cheung, Anita Yuen, and Kenny Bee, staging a Manchu-Han Imperial Feast cooking duel as a wuxia showdown.

The Chinese Restaurant

The Chinese Restaurant is a 1991 Seinfeld episode where the characters wait for a table at a Chinese restaurant, a premise that initially caused NBC executives to object.

The Chipmunk Adventure

The Chipmunk Adventure is a 1987 American animated musical comedy in which Alvin, Simon, Theodore, and the Chipettes enter an around-the-world balloon race run by diamond smugglers.

The Choice (2016 film)

The Choice (2016) is a romantic drama directed by Ross Katz, adapted from Nicholas Sparks' 2007 novel, starring Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer as neighbors in coastal North Carolina; released by Lionsgate February 5, 2016, it grossed about $23 million worldwide and was panned by critics (11% on Rotten Tomatoes).

The Choral

The Choral (2025) is a British WWI drama directed by Nicholas Hytner, written by Alan Bennett, starring Ralph Fiennes as choirmaster Dr. Henry Guthrie in Ramsden, Yorkshire, 1916; Sony Pictures Classics release, 113 minutes, TIFF 2025 premiere.

The Chorus (2004 film)

The Chorus (French: Les Choristes) is a 2004 French drama, Christophe Barratier's first feature, about a music teacher who founds a choir at a reform school.

The Chosen (TV series)

The Chosen is a seven-season American historical drama about the life of Jesus, created by Dallas Jenkins, crowdfunded via a record $10 million first season, distributed through Angel Studios, then Amazon MGM, with over 300 million viewers.

The Chosen Adventures

The Chosen Adventures is a 2025 animated children's spin-off of The Chosen, set in first-century Capernaum, following nine-year-old Abby, Joshua, a talking Sheep (Paul Walter Hauser), and Jesus; 14 eleven-minute episodes premiered October 17, 2025 on Prime Video.

The Chosen One

The Chosen One (El Elegido) is a 2023 American-Mexican supernatural fantasy series on Netflix, adapted from Mark Millar's comic American Jesus and starring Bobby Luhnow and Dianna Agron.

The Christmas Chronicles

The Christmas Chronicles (クリスマス・クロニクル) is a 2018 Netflix Christmas comedy directed by Clay Kaytis, produced by Chris Columbus, starring Kurt Russell as Santa with Darby Camp and Judah Lewis; released November 22, 2018, with a 2020 sequel.

The Christmas Chronicles 2

The Christmas Chronicles 2 (The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two) is a 2020 Netflix Christmas fantasy comedy sequel directed by Chris Columbus, starring Kurt Russell as Santa, Goldie Hawn as Mrs. Claus, Darby Camp as Kate Pierce, and Julian Dennison as villain Belsnickel, released November 25, 2020.

The Christmas Letter

The Christmas Letter is a 2024 American holiday comedy directed by Tori Hunter, starring Angus Benfield, Regina Schneider, and Christmas Vacation alumni Chevy Chase and Randy Quaid.

The Christophers (film)

The Christophers is a 2025 Steven Soderbergh comedy-drama written by Ed Solomon, starring Ian McKellen as painter Julian Sklar and Michaela Coel as forger Lori Butler, hired by his children to secretly finish his unfinished paintings; NEON released it in 2026.

The Chronicles of Narnia (film series)

The Chronicles of Narnia film series: Walden Media's 2005-2010 trilogy (Lion Witch Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, Dawn Treader, $1.58B total) and Netflix's Greta Gerwig reboot, Narnia: The Magician's Nephew, due 2027 with Meryl Streep as Aslan.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a 2008 fantasy adventure film, the second in the Walden Media and Disney series, adapted from C.S. Lewis's 1951 book Prince Caspian.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson, adapting C.S. Lewis's 1950 novel about four siblings who enter Narnia.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, also known as The Chronicles of Narnia 3, is a 2010 fantasy film directed by Michael Apted.

The Chronicles of Riddick

The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction action film written and directed by David Twohy, a sequel to Pitch Black starring Vin Diesel as Riddick.

The Chronicles of Riddick (franchise)

The Chronicles of Riddick franchise: sci-fi series centered on Vin Diesel's Riddick, spanning Pitch Black (2000), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Riddick (2013), the Escape from Butcher Bay games, and the planned Riddick: Furya.

The Chronicles of the 4.5 Gang

The Chronicles of the 4.5 Gang (Sambhavavivaranam Nalara Sangham) is a 2025 Malayalam crime comedy series directed by Krishand on SonyLIV: six episodes about five slum friends, led by Arikuttan (Sanju Sivram), whose ghostwritten memoir retells their petty-crime rise in Thiruvanchipuram.

The Chronology of Water

The Chronology of Water (2025) is Kristen Stewart's feature directorial debut, adapted from Lidia Yuknavitch's 2011 memoir, starring Imogen Poots; premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard and released by The Forge and BFI Distribution.

The Church on Ruby Road

The Church on Ruby Road is the Doctor Who 2023 Christmas special, broadcast 25 December 2023. Written by Russell T Davies, it is the first full episode of Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor and introduces companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) and baby-eating goblins.

The Cider House Rules (film)

The Cider House Rules (1999), Lasse Hallström's drama adapted by John Irving from his 1985 novel, stars Tobey Maguire as orphan Homer Wells and Michael Caine as Dr. Larch; it won Oscars for adapted screenplay and supporting actor.