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The Emperor in August (日本のいちばん長い日)
The Emperor in August (日本のいちばん長い日) is Masato Harada's 2015 Japanese historical drama, the second adaptation of Kazutoshi Handō's nonfiction book, starring Kōji Yakusho as War Minister Anami and Masahiro Motoki as Emperor Shōwa during Japan's 1945 surrender.
The Emperor Jones
The Emperor Jones, premiered in 1920, is a landmark play by Eugene O'Neill featuring Brutus Jones, an African American lead, who rises to power on a small Caribbean island.
The Emperor: Owner of the Mask
The Emperor: Owner of the Mask (군주-가면의 주인) is a 2017 MBC Korean historical drama, 20 episodes, starring Yoo Seung-ho as masked Crown Prince Lee Sun fighting the water-controlling Pyeonsuhwe society, with Kim So-hyun and Kim Myung-soo.
The Emperor's Club
The Emperor's Club (2002) is an American drama directed by Michael Hoffman, starring Kevin Kline as classics teacher William Hundert at St. Benedict's prep school, based on Ethan Canin's short story The Palace Thief, released November 22, 2002.
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (ゆきゆきて、神軍)
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (ゆきゆきて、神軍, Yuki Yukite Shingun) is Kazuo Hara's 1987 Japanese documentary following veteran Kenzo Okuzaki's violent investigation into post-surrender executions and cannibalism in his New Guinea unit; Caligari Film Prize winner.
The Emperor's New Groove
The Emperor's New Groove (2000) is a Disney animated comedy directed by Mark Dindal, in which Emperor Kuzco (David Spade) becomes a llama; reworked from the scrapped musical Kingdom of the Sun.
The Emperor's New School
The Emperor's New School (2006–2008) is a Disney Channel animated sequel series to The Emperor's New Groove, in which teen Kuzco must graduate from Kuzco Academy to become emperor while Yzma, disguised as Principal Amzy, and Kronk try to make him fail; 52 episodes.
The Empire
The Empire (2021) is an Indian Disney+ Hotstar historical fiction series, directed by Mitakshara Kumar and showrun by Nikkhil Advani, adapting Alex Rutherford's novel Raiders from the North about Babur's rise, starring Kunal Kapoor, Dino Morea, and Shabana Azmi.
The Empire (film)
The Empire (L'Empire) is Bruno Dumont's 2024 French sci-fi comedy-drama, a Star Wars-style parody set in a northern French fishing village where the Ones and Zeros battle over a special baby; premiered at the 2024 Berlinale.
The Empire of Corpses (屍者の帝国)
The Empire of Corpses (屍者の帝国, Shisha no Teikoku) is a 2015 WIT STUDIO anime film directed by Ryutarō Makihara, adapting the novel completed by Tō Enjō from Keikaku Itō's draft; first of the Project Itoh trilogy.
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Irvin Kershner's darker sequel with Yoda and the Vader paternity twist, self-financed by George Lucas, initially mixed reviews, now widely considered the best Star Wars film.
The Empress (TV series)
The Empress (Die Kaiserin) is a German Netflix historical drama (2022–2026) starring Devrim Lingnau and Philip Froissant as Elisabeth of Austria and Franz Joseph, ending with a third season on 12 November 2026.
The Empress Dowager (倾国倾城)
The Empress Dowager (傾國傾城) is a 1975 Shaw Brothers historical drama directed by Li Han-hsiang, starring Lisa Lu as Cixi and Ti Lung as Guangxu; it won three 1975 Golden Horse Awards and was followed by The Last Tempest (1976).
The Empress of Ayodhaya (แม่หยัว)
The Empress of Ayodhaya (แม่หยัว) is a 2024 Thai One31 period drama, 10 episodes, directed by Sant Srikaewlaw, starring Davika Hoorne as Thao Sri Sudachan; record premiere ratings, cat-sedation controversy, and 2025 acting awards.
The Empress of China (武媚娘传奇)
The Empress of China (武媚娘传奇) is a 96-episode 2014-2015 Chinese historical drama starring Fan Bingbing as Wu Zetian, broadcast on Hunan TV; known for record ratings, a mid-run censorship re-edit cutting below-neck footage, and criticized historical liberties.
The Empress Yang Kwei Fei
The Empress Yang Kwei Fei (楊貴妃, Yokihi) is Kenji Mizoguchi's 1955 first color film, the first Japan–Hong Kong co-production with Shaw Brothers, starring Machiko Kyo as the Tang consort Yang Guifei, based on Bai Juyi's Song of Everlasting Sorrow.
The Empty Child
The Empty Child is a 2005 Doctor Who episode (Series 1, Episode 9, BBC One, 21 May 2005) written by Steven Moffat, set in Blitz-era London, introducing Captain Jack Harkness and the gas-masked child; it won a 2006 Hugo Award with The Doctor Dances.
The Empty Hands
The Empty Hands (空手道) is a 2017 Hong Kong karate drama directed by Chapman To, starring Stephy Tang as Mari Hirakawa, who must fight to reclaim her father's dojo from ex-yakuza Chan Keung.
The Empty Hearse
The Empty Hearse: Sherlock season 3 episode 1 (aka The Empty House adaptation), BBC One, 1 January 2014, written by Mark Gatiss, resolving how Sherlock faked his death via the LAZARUS plan and fan-club theories.
The Empty Man (film)
The Empty Man (2020) is David Prior's supernatural horror film, adapted from Cullen Bunn's Boom! Studios graphic novel, starring James Badge Dale as a retired cop investigating a cult; released by 20th Century Fox, it bombed but became a cult classic.
The Enchanted Forest
The Enchanted Forest (El bosque animado) is a 1987 Spanish comedy by José Luis Cuerda, scripted by Rafael Azcona from Wenceslao Fernández Flórez's 1943 novel, starring Alfredo Landa as a Galician bandit; it won five Goyas including Best Film.
The End
The End refers to several unrelated films: a 1978 Burt Reynolds black comedy about a man planning his suicide, Joshua Oppenheimer's 2024 post-apocalyptic musical with Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon, and Jorge Torregrossa's 2012 Spanish drama Fin.
The End (1978 film)
The End (1978) is an American black comedy directed by and starring Burt Reynolds as a terminally ill man whose suicide attempts keep failing; written by Jerry Belson, with Dom DeLuise and Sally Field, released by United Artists.
The End (Fallout)
"The End" is the April 11, 2024 series premiere of Prime Video's Fallout, directed by Jonathan Nolan and written by Robertson-Dworet and Wagner; it opens in 2077 at Cooper Howard's birthday-party bombing and jumps to Vault 33 in 2296.
The End (Lost)
"The End" is the two-part 2010 series finale of ABC's Lost, written by Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. It killed Jack, made Hurley the island's protector, revealed the flash-sideways as an afterlife, and drew 13.5 million US viewers amid lasting polarized debate.
The End of Evangelion
The End of Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン劇場版 Air／まごころを、君に) is Hideaki Anno's 1997 anime film remaking Neon Genesis Evangelion's final two episodes, produced by Production I.G and GAINAX, released July 19, 1997, grossing ¥2.47 billion and winning the Japan Academy Popularity Award.
The End of It
The End of It is a 2026 sci-fi drama, the feature debut of Maria Martinez Bayona, premiering at Cannes Premiere. Rebecca Hall plays Claire, a 250-year-old artist who chooses death in a world where ageing is cured, co-starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Noomi Rapace, and Beanie Feldstein.
The End of Oak Street
The End of Oak Street (formerly Flowervale Street) is a 2026 American sci-fi survival film directed by David Robert Mitchell, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor as parents whose 1982 suburban street is transported to a dinosaur-inhabited prehistoric world; released by Warner Bros. August 14, 2026.
The End of Summer (小早川家の秋)
The End of Summer (小早川家の秋, Kohayagawa-ke no Aki) is Yasujiro Ozu's 1961 color family drama, his only Toho film, about a Kyoto sake-brewing family whose patriarch secretly visits a former mistress before dying suddenly.
The End of the Affair (1999 film)
The End of the Affair (1999) is Neil Jordan's film adaptation of Graham Greene's 1951 novel, starring Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, and Stephen Rea; it earned two Oscar nominations and grossed under $11 million.