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The Physician (2013 film)
The Physician (German: Der Medicus) is a 2013 German historical adventure film directed by Philipp Stölzl, based on Noah Gordon's novel, about an 11th-century English apprentice who travels to Persia to study medicine under Ibn Sina.
The Physicists
The Physicists (Die Physiker) is a two-act comedy by the Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt, first staged at the Schauspielhaus Zürich in 1962, set in a psychiatric clinic.
The Pianist (2002 film)
The Pianist (2002) is Roman Polanski's WWII drama starring Adrien Brody as Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman, adapted from Szpilman's memoir. It won the 2002 Palme d'Or and three Oscars, with Brody the youngest Best Actor winner.
The Piano
The Piano (La Leçon de piano) is a 1993 period drama written and directed by Jane Campion, about a mute Scottish woman in 19th-century New Zealand.
The Piano Accident
The Piano Accident (L'Accident de piano) is Quentin Dupieux's 2025 French black comedy, 88 minutes, starring Adèle Exarchopoulos as a pain-insensitive influencer blackmailed by Sandrine Kiberlain's journalist; released in France 2 July 2025.
The Piano in a Factory (钢的琴)
The Piano in a Factory (钢的琴, Gang de qin) is Zhang Meng's 2010 Chinese comedy-drama about laid-off steelworker Chen Guilin, who builds a steel piano in an abandoned Anshan factory to win custody of his daughter; a 2011 festival award winner with weak box office.
The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson is a 1987 play by August Wilson, fourth in his Pittsburgh Cycle, set in 1936 Pittsburgh, where Berniece and Boy Willie clash over selling their carved heirloom piano. It won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was adapted for CBS in 1995 and Netflix in 2024.
The Piano Lesson (2024 film)
The Piano Lesson (2024) is Malcolm Washington's feature directorial debut for Netflix, adapting August Wilson's Pulitzer-winning 1987 play about the Charles family's 1936 Pittsburgh battle over an heirloom piano, starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, and Danielle Deadwyler.
The Piano Teacher (film)
The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) is Michael Haneke's 2001 Austrian-French drama adapting Elfriede Jelinek's novel Die Klavierspielerin, starring Isabelle Huppert as repressed Vienna Conservatory piano teacher Erika Kohut; it won the 2001 Cannes Grand Prix plus Best Actress and Best Actor.
The Pickup (film)
The Pickup is a 2025 American action-comedy heist film directed by Tim Story, starring Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, and Keke Palmer, released on Prime Video August 6, 2025 to negative reviews (Metascore 38, 24% on Rotten Tomatoes).
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) is MGM's Albert Lewin adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel, starring Hurd Hatfield, George Sanders, and Angela Lansbury, with Technicolor portrait inserts, an Oscar for black-and-white cinematography, and portraits by Ivan Albright.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (play)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (play): stage adaptations of Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel, chiefly Kip Williams' 2020 Sydney Theatre Company one-actor cine-theatre version with 26 roles, which won Olivier and Tony Awards for Sarah Snook on the West End and Broadway.
The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon (周处除三害)
The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon (周处除三害) is a 2023 Taiwanese crime film by Huang Ching-fu starring Ethan Juan as wanted criminal Chen Kuei-lin, who hunts Taiwan's two most-wanted men after a false terminal cancer diagnosis; a mainland box-office hit.
The Pilgrim
The Pilgrim (1923) is Charlie Chaplin's silent comedy, also titled At Large, in which an escaped convict poses as a Texas pastor; his final First National film, starring Edna Purviance, later reissued in The Chaplin Revue.
The Pillars of the Earth (miniseries)
The Pillars of the Earth (2010) is an eight-part Starz/Channel 4 miniseries adapted from Ken Follett's 1989 novel, directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, starring Ian McShane, Eddie Redmayne, and Hayley Atwell; it won one Emmy from seven nominations.
The Pillowman
The Pillowman is Martin McDonagh's 2003 play about writer Katurian, interrogated in a totalitarian state over child murders imitating his stories. Premiered at the National Theatre's Cottesloe with David Tennant; won the 2004 Olivier for Best New Play; 2023 West End revival starred Lily Allen.
The Pilot (Friends)
"The Pilot (Friends)", also known as "The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate", is the first episode of the NBC sitcom Friends, aired September 22, 1994. Written by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, directed by James Burrows, it drew about 22 million viewers despite poor test-audience ratings.
The Pilot (It: Welcome to Derry)
The Pilot is the October 26, 2025 premiere episode of HBO's IT: Welcome to Derry, Andy Muschietti's 1962-set prequel to the It films, following Teddy, Phil, Lilly, and Ronnie as they investigate missing children in Derry, Maine, ending in a demon-baby massacre that kills three of the four leads.
The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix
The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (Flåklypa Grand Prix), 1975 Norwegian stop-motion feature by Ivo Caprino from Kjell Aukrust's characters; inventor Reodor Felgen races the Il Tempo Gigante; Norway's most-watched film, 5.5 million tickets.
The Pink Panther
The Pink Panther is a comedy franchise begun with the 1963 Blake Edwards film about Inspector Jacques Clouseau, Peter Sellers's bumbling French detective, and a famous pink diamond.
The Pink Panther (1963 film)
The Pink Panther (1963) is Blake Edwards' comedy caper starring David Niven, Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau, Capucine, and Claudia Cardinale, about a diamond theft; it spawned the Pink Panther franchise, animated character, and Mancini theme.
The Pink Panther (2006 film)
The Pink Panther (2006) is a Shawn Levy comedy starring Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau, a prequel to the 1963 Sellers film. PG-rated after $5M Sony reshoots; $82.2M US gross, 21% Tomatometer, Metascore 38.
The Pink Panther 2
The Pink Panther 2 is a 2009 American comedy directed by Harald Zwart, starring Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau in a sequel to the 2006 film.
The Pink Panther Show
The Pink Panther Show: NBC/ABC Saturday-morning anthology (1969–1979) of DePatie-Freleng Pink Panther and Inspector shorts, expanded to 90 minutes in 1976, later The All New Pink Panther Show on ABC.
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) is Blake Edwards's fifth Pink Panther comedy, starring Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau, hunted by Herbert Lom's insane Dreyfus with a doomsday device; released December 15, 1976, Oscar-nominated song "Come to Me."
The Pirate Fairy
The Pirate Fairy (2014) is DisneyToon Studios' fifth Disney Fairies film, directed by Peggy Holmes, in which dust-keeper fairy Zarina (Christina Hendricks) steals the Blue Pixie Dust and joins pirates led by young James Hook (Tom Hiddleston).
The Pirates (해적) (2014 film)
The Pirates (해적: 바다로 간 산적) is a 2014 Korean period action-adventure comedy by Lee Seok-hoon starring Son Ye-jin and Kim Nam-gil, about pirates and bandits hunting a whale that swallowed Joseon's royal seal; it drew 8.67 million admissions, second only to Roaring Currents in 2014.
The Pirates of Dark Water
The Pirates of Dark Water is a Hanna-Barbera animated fantasy series created by David Kirschner, aired 1991–1993 in 21 episodes; prince Ren's quest for the Thirteen Treasures of Rule ended unfinished with eight collected.
The Pirates of Penzance (film)
The Pirates of Penzance (1983) is Wilford Leach's film of Joseph Papp's Broadway revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, starring Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, and Rex Smith; released by Universal on 18 February 1983, it earned $694,497 domestically but drew favorable reviews and a lasting home-video following.
The Pirates of Somalia (film)
The Pirates of Somalia (Dabka) is Bryan Buckley's 2017 biographical drama starring Evan Peters as journalist Jay Bahadur, with Barkhad Abdi and Al Pacino, based on Bahadur's 2011 book about embedding with Somali pirates in Puntland.