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The Love Light

The Love Light (1921) is a silent melodrama, Frances Marion's directorial debut, starring and produced by Mary Pickford as an Italian lighthouse keeper who unknowingly marries a German spy; restored by UCLA in 4K.

The Love of Sumako the Actress (女優須磨子の恋)

The Love of Sumako the Actress (女優須磨子の恋, Joyū Sumako no koi) is Kenji Mizoguchi's 1947 Shochiku drama starring Kinuyo Tanaka as pioneering actress Matsui Sumako and her affair with Shimamura Hogetsu, rivaling Kinugasa's The Actress.

The Love Suicides at Amijima

The Love Suicides at Amijima (心中天網島) is a 1720 Japanese puppet play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, dramatizing the real double suicide of a paper merchant and a courtesan in Osaka.

The Love That Remains

The Love That Remains (Ástin Sem Eftir Er) is a 2025 Icelandic drama directed by Hlynur Pálmason, following a separated couple co-parenting their three children on the Icelandic coast.

The Love Witch

The Love Witch is a 2016 horror-comedy film written, directed, produced, edited, designed, and scored by Anna Biller, starring Samantha Robinson as Elaine, a witch whose love spells kill her suitors; shot on 35mm in 1960s Technicolor style.

The Love You Give Me (你给我的喜欢)

The Love You Give Me (你给我的喜欢) is a 2023 Chinese urban romance web series on Tencent Video, adapted from Shi Dingrou's novel, starring Wang Yuwen and Wang Ziqi as reunited ex-lovers; 28 episodes, April 24 to May 17, 2023, distinct from the 2026 micro-drama of the same name.

The Lovebirds (2020 film)

The Lovebirds (2020) is an American romantic comedy directed by Michael Showalter, starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae as a New Orleans couple entangled in a murder. Planned for Paramount theatrical release April 3, 2020, it went straight to Netflix on May 22, 2020, amid COVID-19 theater closures.

The Loved One (2026 film)

The Loved One (2026) is a Filipino romantic drama directed and written by Irene Villamor, starring Anne Curtis and Jericho Rosales as former lovers Ellie and Eric who reunite and retrace their relationship; released February 11, 2026 by Viva Films and Cornerstone Studios.

The Loved Ones (film)

The Loved Ones is a 2009 Australian horror film, Sean Byrne's debut, in which Xavier Samuel's Brent is kidnapped and tortured by Robin McLeavy's Lola and her father after he declines her school-dance invitation; TIFF Midnight Madness People's Choice winner, 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Lovely Bones (film)

The Lovely Bones (2009) is Peter Jackson's adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel, starring Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, and Stanley Tucci; a murdered girl watches her family from the afterlife. Mixed reviews, Metacritic 42, $93 million gross on a $65 million budget.

The Lover (1992 film)

The Lover (L'Amant) is Jean-Jacques Annaud's 1992 film adaptation of Marguerite Duras's novel, starring Jane March and Tony Leung Ka-fai, narrated by Jeanne Moreau. Shot in Vietnam, it drew over 3.5 million French admissions, won Gabriel Yared a César, and was disavowed by Duras.

The Lovers

The Lovers (Les Amants) is Louis Malle's 1958 French black-and-white romantic drama starring Jeanne Moreau as a bored bourgeois wife who leaves her husband for a stranger; it won the Venice Special Jury Prize, caused an obscenity scandal, and prompted the US Potter Stewart censorship ruling.

The Lowdown (American TV series)

The Lowdown is an FX neo-noir comedy-drama created by Sterlin Harjo, starring Ethan Hawke as Tulsa citizen journalist Lee Raybon. Season 1 premiered September 23, 2025; renewed January 2026; season 2 with Tommy Lee Jones and Betty Gilpin premiered October 14, 2026.

The Lower Depths (どん底)

The Lower Depths (どん底, Donzoko) is Akira Kurosawa's 1957 Toho film adapting Maxim Gorky's 1902 play, set in an Edo tenement with Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, and Kyoko Kagawa; distinct from Renoir's 1936 version.

The Loyal 47 Ronin (忠臣蔵)

The Loyal 47 Ronin (忠臣蔵) is Kunio Watanabe's 1958 Daiei color Daieiscope film of the Chushingura revenge legend, starring Kazuo Hasegawa as Oishi, distinct from Mizoguchi's 1941 version and the 2013 Hollywood 47 Ronin.

The Loyal Pin (ปิ่นภักดิ์)

The Loyal Pin (ปิ่นภักดิ์) is a 2024 Thai GL period drama starring Freen Chankimha and Becky Armstrong as two women in love in 1950s Thailand, Thailand's first GL period drama.

The Loyalty Game

The Loyalty Game is a 2026 Philippine psychological thriller series on Amazon Prime Video, starring Jericho Rosales and Janine Gutierrez as a couple whose marriage is tested by loyalty testers.

The Luck of the Irish (2001 film)

The Luck of the Irish (2001) is a Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Paul Hoen, starring Ryan Merriman as Kyle Johnson, a teen who learns his family are leprechauns after Seamus McTiernan steals his lucky gold coin.

The Luckiest Man in America

The Luckiest Man in America is a 2024 drama directed by Samir Oliveros, starring Paul Walter Hauser as Michael Larson, who won over $110,000 on Press Your Luck in 1984; released by IFC Films in April 2025.

The Lucky Guy (行运一条龙)

The Lucky Guy (行運一條龍) is a 1998 Hong Kong Lunar New Year comedy directed by Lee Lik-Chi, starring Stephen Chow as the Prince of Egg Tarts in a cha chaan teng romance; it earned HK$27.7 million, ranking third for 1998.

The Lucky One (film)

The Lucky One (2012) is a Scott Hicks romantic drama, the seventh Nicholas Sparks adaptation, starring Zac Efron as Marine Logan Thibault, who credits a found photograph with his survival; released April 20, 2012 by Warner Bros., grossing $60.4M US with 20% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show, CBS sitcom 1962–1968, Lucille Ball as widow Lucy Carmichael, her follow-up to I Love Lucy; Vivian Vance co-star until 1965, Gale Gordon as Mr. Mooney, 156 half-hour episodes, Danfield New York then Los Angeles bank setting.

The Luminaries (miniseries)

The Luminaries (2020 miniseries), a six-part BBC-TVNZ adaptation of Eleanor Catton's Man Booker Prize-winning 832-page novel, set in 1860s New Zealand's gold rush, starring Eve Hewson, Eva Green, and Himesh Patel, directed by Claire McCarthy.

The Lunatics

The Lunatics (癲佬正傳, The Story of Maniacs) is Derek Yee's 1986 Hong Kong drama debut for D & B Films about a social worker and mentally ill street people; Paul Chun won Best Supporting Actor at the Hong Kong Film and Golden Horse Awards.

The Lunchbox (द लंचबॉक्स)

The Lunchbox (द लंचबॉक्स) is Ritesh Batra's 2013 India-France-Germany romance-drama in which a misdelivered Mumbai dabbawala lunchbox links housewife Ila (Nimrat Kaur) and retiring widower Saajan (Irrfan Khan) through exchanged notes; Cannes Grand Rail d'Or winner.

The Lure (2015 film)

The Lure (Córki dancingu), 2015 Polish musical-horror debut by Agnieszka Smoczyńska; mermaid sisters Silver and Golden in 1980s Warsaw nightclubs; Sundance Special Jury Award, Fantasporto Best Film, Criterion Spine #896.

The Lusty Men

The Lusty Men is a 1952 RKO rodeo drama directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Robert Mitchum, Susan Hayward, and Arthur Kennedy, adapted from Claude Stanush's 1946 Life article about champion Bob Crosby.

The Lychee Road (长安的荔枝)

The Lychee Road (长安的荔枝) is a 2025 Chinese film by Da Peng, adapted from Ma Boyong's novella, about Tang clerk Li Shande racing to deliver fresh lychees from Lingnan to Chang'an; a separate Tencent TV series starring Lei Jiayin aired from June 2025.

The Lying Detective

"The Lying Detective" is the second episode of Sherlock series 4 (BBC One, 8 January 2017), written by Steven Moffat and directed by Nick Hurran, featuring Toby Jones as serial-killer Culverton Smith and the Eurus Holmes twist; 81% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Lying Game

The Lying Game refers to Ruth Ware's 2017 adult thriller about four schoolfriends and bones on a beach, and Sara Shepard's 2010 YA twin-swap series adapted as the ABC Family drama (2011–2013).