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The National Anthem (Black Mirror)

The National Anthem is the 2011 debut episode of Black Mirror, written by Charlie Brooker, directed by Otto Bathurst, in which a PM (Rory Kinnear) is blackmailed into bestiality on live TV to save a kidnapped princess.

The National Health

The National Health, or Nurse Norton's Affair, is a 1973 Jack Gold film adapted by Peter Nichols from his 1969 National Theatre play, satirizing the NHS by contrasting a rundown London hospital with the soap opera Nurse Norton's Affair, starring Lynn Redgrave and Jim Dale.

The Nativity Story

The Nativity Story (2006) is a New Line Cinema drama directed by Catherine Hardwicke, written by Mike Rich, starring Keisha Castle-Hughes and Oscar Isaac; first film to premiere at the Vatican, grossing $37.6 million in the US.

The Navigators (film)

The Navigators is Ken Loach's 2001 comedy-drama about South Yorkshire rail workers facing the privatisation of British Rail, scripted by former railwayman Rob Dawber, who died of mesothelioma before completion; it aired on Channel 4 in Britain and won a BAFTA for Best New Writer.

The Necessary Stage

The Necessary Stage is a Singapore nonprofit theater company founded by Alvin Tan in 1987, led by two Cultural Medallion recipients and known for Off Centre.

The Negotiation (협상) (film)

The Negotiation (협상) is a 2018 South Korean crime thriller, the first feature directed by Lee Jong-suk, in which Son Ye-jin's police negotiator confronts Hyun Bin's hostage-taker through phone and video talks, released in September 2018.

The Negotiator

The Negotiator is a 1998 American crime thriller directed by F. Gary Gray, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey as police hostage negotiators on opposite sides of a stand-off.

The Neighborhood (TV series)

The Neighborhood is a CBS multi-camera sitcom created by Jim Reynolds, airing 2018-2026 over 8 seasons and 155 episodes. Cedric the Entertainer and Max Greenfield star as neighbors Calvin Butler and Dave Johnson in Pasadena, California.

The Neighbors (2012 TV series)

The Neighbors (2012 TV series): ABC single-camera sitcom created by Dan Fogelman, 2012-2014, in which the Weaver family moves to Hidden Hills, New Jersey, whose residents are Zabvronian aliens named after sports figures.

The Neighbors (2015 TV series)

The Neighbors (2015), also Tommy Wiseau's The Neighbors, is a Hulu sitcom created, written, directed by and starring The Room's Tommy Wiseau, set in the Glasgow Apartment Complex of Los Angeles; six to eight episodes, IMDb rating 2.6/10.

The Neighbourhood (TV series)

The Neighbourhood (ITV, 2026) was a British reality game show hosted by Graham Norton in which six households competed on a purpose-built Peak District street, KeepYourEnemies Close, for £250,000; it was moved from primetime after low ratings and cancelled after one series.

The Neon Bible (1995 film)

The Neon Bible (1995) is Terence Davies's third feature and first literary adaptation, from John Kennedy Toole's novel written at 16, starring Gena Rowlands as Aunt Mae in 1940s rural Georgia; poorly received on release, later reassessed.

The Neon Demon

The Neon Demon (2016) is a horror thriller by Nicolas Winding Refn, his first film after Only God Forgives, starring Elle Fanning as teenage model Jesse in Cannes Competition, with Cliff Martinez's Cannes-winning score.

The Nest (2020 film)

The Nest (2020) is Sean Durkin's drama starring Jude Law and Carrie Coon as Rory and Allison O'Hara, an American family unraveling in a Surrey mansion in 1986; Sundance premiere, IFC Films release, 107 minutes.

The Net (1995 film)

The Net is a 1995 Columbia Pictures techno-thriller directed by Irwin Winkler, starring Sandra Bullock as analyst Angela Bennett, whose identity is erased by a conspiracy involving the Gatekeeper program; released July 1995 with Hackers and Johnny Mnemonic.

The Net (그물) (2016 film)

The Net (그물) is a 2016 South Korean drama by Kim Ki-duk, his 22nd film, starring Ryu Seung-beom as a North Korean fisherman who drifts across the inter-Korean border; released October 6, 2016, 113 minutes.

The NeverEnding Story (film)

The NeverEnding Story (Die unendliche Geschichte) is Wolfgang Petersen's 1984 German-American fantasy film adapting the first half of Michael Ende's 1979 novel, starring Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, and Tami Stronach; the author disowned it, and it spawned two sequels.

The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter

The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter is a 1990 German-American fantasy film directed by George T. Miller, starring Jonathan Brandis as Bastian, who returns to Fantasia to face the sorceress Xayide.

The NeverEnding Story III

The NeverEnding Story III (Die unendliche Geschichte III – Rettung aus Phantásien) is a 1994 US-German fantasy film, third in the series, directed by Peter MacDonald, starring Jason James Richter as Bastian and Jack Black as bully Slip, with a 20% Rotten Tomatoes score.

The Nevers

The Nevers is an HBO science fiction fantasy series (2021-2023) created by Joss Whedon, about Victorian Londoners, mostly women called the Touched, who gain supernatural abilities; Laura Donnelly and Ann Skelly star, 12 episodes, mixed reviews.

The New Addams Family

The New Addams Family (1998–1999) is a Canadian-American live-action sitcom revival of the 1960s Addams Family series, 65 episodes on Fox Family Channel, starring Glenn Taranto and Ellie Harvie, with John Astin as Grandpapa Addams.

The New Adventures of Old Christine

The New Adventures of Old Christine is an American television sitcom that ran on CBS from 2006 to 2010, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a divorced mother.

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a Disney Television Animation series (1988–1991, ABC and Disney Channel, 4 seasons, 82 episodes) following Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and friends in the Hundred Acre Wood, voiced by Jim Cummings, Paul Winchell, and John Fiedler, now streaming on Disney+.

The New Avengers (TV series)

The New Avengers (1976-77) is the ITV revival of The Avengers, reuniting Patrick Macnee's John Steed with new partners Purdey (Joanna Lumley) and Gambit (Gareth Hunt) in 26 episodes, a UK-France-Canada co-production made at Pinewood by Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell.

The New Batman Adventures

The New Batman Adventures (1997-1999) is the Kids' WB continuation of Batman: The Animated Series, with 24 episodes, redesigned characters and red skies, Tim Drake as Robin, Batgirl as a recurring ally, and Dick Grayson as Nightwing.

The New Daughter

The New Daughter is a 2009 American horror film, Luiso Berdejo's directorial debut, adapted from a John Connolly short story in Nocturnes. Kevin Costner plays a divorced father in South Carolina whose daughter (Ivana Baquero) changes near a burial mound; it grossed $579,626 worldwide.

The New Edition Story

The New Edition Story is BET's 2017 three-part, six-hour biographical miniseries about the Boston R&B group New Edition, directed by Chris Robinson, written by Abdul Williams, and produced with all six members' participation.

The New Force

The New Force (Skiftet) is Netflix's 2025 Swedish period drama, six episodes set in 1958 Stockholm about the first female police officers in the Klara district, created by Patrik Ehrnst and Rojda Sekersöz, inspired by true events with fictional characters.

The New Guy

The New Guy (2002) is an American teen comedy directed by Ed Decter, starring DJ Qualls as Dizzy Harrison, who reinvents himself as Gil Harris with help from inmate Luther (Eddie Griffin). Grossed $29M domestic on a $13M budget; Metascore 24.

The New Leave It to Beaver

The New Leave It to Beaver, also called Still the Beaver, is the 1983–1989 American sitcom sequel to Leave It to Beaver, reuniting Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, and Barbara Billingsley as adult Cleavers on Disney Channel and TBS.