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The Final Problem (Sherlock)

The Final Problem is the 2017 BBC Sherlock series 4 finale, episode 3, written by Moffat and Gatiss, directed by Benjamin Caron, introducing Eurus and Sherrinford; it drew a series-low 5.9 million UK viewers after a leak from Russian broadcaster Channel One.

The Final Programme

The Final Programme (1973), aka The Last Days of Man on Earth, is Robert Fuest's British sci-fi film adapting Michael Moorcock's first Jerry Cornelius novel, starring Jon Finch and Jenny Runacre; the only Moorcock novel filmed, a cult classic.

The Final Wish

The Final Wish is a 2019 American horror film directed by Timothy Woodward Jr., written by Final Destination writer Jeffrey Reddick, starring Lin Shaye and Michael Welch as a mother and son entangled with a wish-granting urn and its jinn.

The Finale (Seinfeld)

"The Finale" is the two-part 1998 series finale of NBC's Seinfeld, written by Larry David and directed by Andy Ackerman, in which the four leads are jailed under a Good Samaritan law; 76.3 million viewers watched.

The Finale (What We Do in the Shadows)

"The Finale" is the December 16, 2024 series-ending episode (season 6, episode 11) of FX's What We Do in the Shadows, directed by Yana Gorskaya, in which the documentary crew quits and the episode offers multiple endings.

The Finest Hours (2016 film)

The Finest Hours is a 2016 Disney film directed by Craig Gillespie, dramatizing the Coast Guard's 1952 rescue of the tanker SS Pendleton off Cape Cod.

The Finish Line (game show)

The Finish Line is a BBC One daytime quiz show (from 21 August 2023) hosted by Roman Kemp and Sarah Greene, in which five contestants race moving podiums by answering quick-fire questions for a £5,000 prize; made in Belfast by Potato and Nice One Productions.

The Fire and the Rain

The Fire and the Rain (Agni Mattu Male) is a 1998 play by Girish Karnad, adapted from his Kannada original and based on a Mahabharata myth.

The Fire Inside

The Fire Inside (2024) is a biographical sports drama, Rachel Morrison's directing debut from a Barry Jenkins script based on the T-Rex documentary, starring Ryan Destiny as Olympic boxing champion Claressa Shields.

The Fire Within

The Fire Within (Le feu follet) is Louis Malle's 1963 French drama about Alain Leroy's last day before suicide, adapted from Drieu la Rochelle; the title also names Werner Herzog's 2022 Krafft documentary.

The Fire Within You

The Fire Within You (Il fuoco che ti porti dentro) is a 2026 Italian drama by Edoardo De Angelis, starring Vanessa Scalera and Lino Musella, adapted from Antonio Franchini's novel, about a Neapolitan mother's Christmas Eve visit to her Milan editor son; it competed at Venice 2026.

The Firebird

The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu, Жар-птица) is Stravinsky's 1910 one-act fairy-tale ballet for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, choreographed by Michel Fokine, premiered 25 June 1910 in Paris, with suites of 1911, 1919, and 1945.

The Firefighters (소방관) (2024 film)

The Firefighters (소방관) is a 2024 South Korean disaster drama by Kwak Kyung-taek, based on the 2001 Hongje-dong fire that killed six firefighters, starring Joo Won and Kwak Do-won; released December 4, 2024 after a four-year delay, it drew over 3.8 million admissions.

The Firemen's Ball

The Firemen's Ball (Hoří, má panenko) is Miloš Forman's 1967 Czechoslovak-Italian comedy about a disastrous volunteer firemen's ball; his last Czech film, first in color, banned after 1968, Oscar-nominated in 1969.

The Fires

The Fires (Eldarnir) is a 2025 Icelandic-Polish survival thriller, Ugla Hauksdóttir's debut feature, adapted from Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir's novel; volcanologist Anna Arnardóttir faces an eruption threatening Reykjavík and an affair with Danish photographer Thomas.

The Firing Squad (2024 film)

The Firing Squad (2024) is an American faith-based prison drama directed by Timothy A. Chey, starring James Barrington, Kevin Sorbo, and Cuba Gooding Jr., inspired by the 2015 execution of Christian drug prisoners in Indonesia; released August 2, 2024, grossing $1.8 million.

The Firm (1989 film)

The Firm (1989 film): Alan Clarke's BBC television drama, first broadcast 26 February 1989, starring Gary Oldman as estate agent and hooligan leader Bex Bissell of the Inter City Crew; Clarke's final film, remade by Nick Love in 2009.

The Firm (1993 film)

The Firm (1993) is Sydney Pollack's legal thriller, the first adaptation of a John Grisham novel, starring Tom Cruise as Mitch McDeere, a Harvard Law graduate trapped between the Mob and the FBI at a corrupt Memphis firm; it earned $145 million domestically and two Oscar nominations.

The Firm (2012 TV series)

The Firm (2012 TV series), a Canadian–American legal thriller drama by Lukas Reiter, sequel to John Grisham's 1991 novel and 1993 film, starring Josh Lucas as Mitch McDeere; premiered January 8, 2012 on NBC and Global, ran 22 episodes, canceled after one season.

The First (TV series)

The First (2018) is a Hulu and Channel 4 near-future drama created by Beau Willimon about the first crewed Mars mission, starring Sean Penn as astronaut Tom Hagerty; eight episodes, cancelled after one season.

The First 48

The First 48 is an A&E reality crime documentary series (premiered June 3, 2004; produced by ITV America) following homicide detectives during the first 48 hours after a murder; 30 seasons, 407 episodes, narrator Dion Graham, marked by city departures and wrongful-conviction controversies.

The First Frost (难哄)

The First Frost (难哄) is a 2025 Chinese urban romance drama directed by Qu Youning, starring Bai Jingting and Zhang Ruonan, adapted from Zhu Yi's novel, streaming on Youku and Netflix from February 18, 2025, 32 episodes.

The First King: Birth of an Empire

The First King: Birth of an Empire (Il primo re) is Matteo Rovere's 2019 Italian-Belgian film on Romulus and Remus, starring Alessandro Borghi and Alessio Lapice, spoken in reconstructed archaic Latin, released 31 January 2019.

The First Lady (American TV series)

The First Lady is a 2022 Showtime anthology drama created by Aaron Cooley, starring Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford, and Viola Davis as Michelle Obama; 10 episodes directed by Susanne Bier, canceled after one season.

The First Lap (초행)

The First Lap (초행, Chohaeng) is a 2017 South Korean drama by Kim Dae-hwan, starring Kim Sae-byuk and Cho Hyun-chul as a cohabiting couple visiting parents amid marriage pressure; it won Locarno's Best Emerging Director award.

The First Man (첫 번째 남자) (TV series)

The First Man (첫 번째 남자) is MBC's 2025–2026 daily revenge drama, 140 episodes, starring Ham Eun-jung in a twin dual role and Oh Hyun-kyung as villain Chae Hwa-young; peak Nielsen rating 6.1%.

The First Night with the Duke

The First Night with the Duke (남주의 첫날밤을 가져버렸다, I Took the Male Lead's First Night) is a 2025 KBS2 fantasy-romance K-drama starring Seohyun and Ok Taecyeon, adapted from Hwang Dotol's web novel and webtoon, moved from a European setting to Joseon-era Korea, 12 episodes, June–July 2025.

The First Omen

The First Omen is a 2024 American supernatural horror film directed by Arkasha Stevenson, starring Nell Tiger Free, about an American nun in Rome who uncovers a Church plot to breed the Antichrist.

The First Purge

The First Purge, also known as The Purge 4, is a 2018 American dystopian horror film, a prequel showing how the Purge began as an experiment on Staten Island.

The First Responders (소방서 옆 경찰서)

The First Responders (소방서 옆 경찰서, The First Responders) is a 2022-2023 SBS Friday-Saturday Korean drama by writer Min Ji-eun and director Shin Kyung-soo about joint police-fire emergency response, starring Kim Rae-won, Son Ho-jun, and Gong Seung-yeon; its 2023 second season adds the National Forensic Service and streams on Disney+.