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The Problem with Apu

The Problem with Apu is Hari Kondabolu's 2017 truTV documentary, directed by Michael Melamedoff, critiquing the Simpsons character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon as a harmful stereotype and examining South Asian American media representation, leading to Hank Azaria stepping down and Apu's 2026 recast return.

The Problem with Jon Stewart

The Problem with Jon Stewart: Apple TV+ current affairs series (2021-2023), also called The Problem, hosted by Jon Stewart; single-issue episodes, two seasons, 20 episodes, canceled over China and AI disputes.

The Prodigal Son (败家仔)

The Prodigal Son (敗家仔, Bai ga jai), also released as Pull No Punches, is Sammo Hung's 1981 Hong Kong kung-fu comedy starring Yuen Biao as Wing Chun figure Leung Jan, whose father bribes opponents to lose; it won Best Action Choreography at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards.

The Prodigy (film)

The Prodigy is a 2019 American supernatural horror film directed by Nicholas McCarthy, starring Taylor Schilling as a mother who fears her young son is a reincarnated killer.

The Producer (接招吧!制作人)

The Producer (接招吧!制作人) is a 2026 Taiwanese HBO Max music-industry drama, 12 episodes, starring Yang Yu-ning and 9m88, set in the millennium-era Mandarin pop business; filmed in 2021, released 28 August 2026.

The Producers (1967 film)

The Producers (1967) is Mel Brooks's directorial debut comedy, starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder as producers overselling a surefire flop, Springtime for Hitler; it won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar and entered the National Film Registry in 1996.

The Producers (2005 film)

The Producers (2005) is Susan Stroman's film of the Mel Brooks Broadway musical, starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick as Bialystock and Bloom; it earned four Golden Globe nominations but grossed about $19 million.

The Producers (프로듀사) (TV series)

The Producers (프로듀사, Peurodyusa) is a 2015 KBS2 Korean variety drama, 12 episodes, May 15–June 20, 2015, written by Park Ji-Eun, starring Kim Soo-Hyun, Cha Tae-Hyun, Kong Hyo-Jin, and IU, the first drama made by KBS's entertainment division.

The Professional

The Professional (Le Professionnel, 1981) is a Georges Lautner French action thriller starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as betrayed agent Joss Beaumont, adapted from Patrick Alexander, with Ennio Morricone's "Chi Mai" theme and over five million French admissions.

The Professionals (1966 film)

The Professionals is a 1966 American Western directed by Richard Brooks, starring Burt Lancaster and Lee Marvin as soldiers of fortune hired to rescue a kidnapped woman.

The Professionals (TV series)

The Professionals is a British crime-action TV series (ITV, 1977-1983), created by Brian Clemens, about CI5 agents Bodie (Lewis Collins) and Doyle (Martin Shaw) under George Cowley (Gordon Jackson); 57 episodes, peak 17.6 million viewers.

The Professor (2018 film)

The Professor, also known as Richard Says Goodbye, is a 2018 comedy-drama film written and directed by Wayne Roberts, starring Johnny Depp as a dying professor.

The Professor and the Madman (film)

The Professor and the Madman (2019) is a biographical drama directed by Farhad Safinia (credited P.B. Shemran), based on Simon Winchester's 1998 book The Surgeon of Crowthorne, starring Mel Gibson as OED editor James Murray and Sean Penn as asylum contributor William Chester Minor; its production was marked by a Gibson-Voltage Pictures lawsuit over Oxford location shooting and final cut.

The Profit (TV series)

The Profit (CNBC, 2013–2021) is an American business reality series in which Marcus Lemonis invests his own money for equity stakes in struggling small businesses; known for its people-process-product framework, record CNBC ratings, and later litigation and a $14.1 million arbitration award.

The Profitable Post

The Profitable Post (Russian: «Доходное место») is an 1856 comedy in five acts by Alexander Ostrovsky about a young official trying to live honestly in a bureaucracy built on bribes.

The Profligate

"The Profligate" is the third episode of the second season of the Fallout television series, written by Chaz Hawkins and released on December 31, 2025.

The Program (1993 film)

The Program (1993) is an American college football drama directed by David S. Ward, starring James Caan, Halle Berry, and Omar Epps; released September 24, 1993, and recut after a highway stunt scene prompted copycat deaths.

The Program (2015 film)

The Program (2015) is a Stephen Frears biographical drama, written by John Hodge from David Walsh's book Seven Deadly Sins, starring Ben Foster as doped cyclist Lance Armstrong and Chris O'Dowd as the journalist who exposed him; premiered at TIFF 2015, 103 minutes.

The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping

The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping is a 2024 three-episode Netflix docuseries directed by Katherine Kubler about abuse at the Academy at Ivy Ridge in Ogdensburg, New York, and the troubled teen industry.

The Projectionist (2026 film)

The Projectionist (2026 film): Alexandre Rockwell's black-and-white American crime drama, Slamdance 2026 opening night film, starring Vondie Curtis-Hall as a haunted projectionist; distinct from Dean Dezara's 2026 horror short of the same name.

The Prom (film)

The Prom (2020) is Ryan Murphy's Netflix film adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical, starring Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Jo Ellen Pellman, and Ariana DeBose, inspired by the 2010 Itawamba County prom controversy.

The Promise (2005 film)

The Promise (无极, Wuji) is a 2005 Chinese fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige, starring Cecilia Cheung as an orphan whose pact with a goddess grants beauty and wealth but dooms her love.

The Promise (2016 film)

The Promise (2016 film), directed by Terry George, is a US-Spanish historical drama starring Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, and Christian Bale in a love triangle during the 1915 Armenian genocide; Metascore 49, released April 2017.

The Promise of Chang'an (长安诺)

The Promise of Chang'an (长安诺, Chang'an Nuo) is a 2020 Chinese costume web drama directed by Yin Tao, starring Cheng Yi and Zhao Yingzi, a licensed remake of Xiaozhuang Mishi set in the fictional Dasheng kingdom, streamed on Tencent Video in 56 episodes.

The Promised Land (1975 film)

The Promised Land (Ziemia obiecana) is Andrzej Wajda's 1974 Polish epic drama adapted from Reymont's novel about three friends building a textile factory in Łódź; premiered 21 February 1975, it won Golden Lions, a Golden Hugo, and a 1976 Oscar nomination.

The Promised Land (2023 film)

The Promised Land (Bastarden) is a 2023 Danish historical drama by Nikolaj Arcel, starring Mads Mikkelsen as captain Ludvig Kahlen, who colonizes the 1755 Jutland heath; Venice premiere, Denmark's Oscar entry, 9 Robert Awards.

The Promised Neverland (約束のネバーランド)

The Promised Neverland (約束のネバーランド) is a dark-fantasy manga by Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump 2016–2020 in 20 volumes, about orphans at Grace Field House raised as demon food; adapted into a 2019 CloverWorks anime, a 2020 live-action film, and a 2026 musical.

The Prophecy

The Prophecy (1995) is Gregory Widen's supernatural horror film in which Christopher Walken's archangel Gabriel hunts a human soul hidden in a schoolgirl; released September 1, 1995 by Dimension Films, grossing about $16.1 million domestically, and followed by four sequels.

The Proposal (2009 film)

The Proposal (2009) is an American romantic comedy directed by Anne Fletcher, starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds as a fake-engaged boss and assistant; Touchstone release that grossed $314.7 million worldwide.

The Proposition (2005 film)

The Proposition is a 2005 Australian western directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave, starring Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Emily Watson, and John Hurt; set in the 1880s outback, it follows a captain's offer to Charlie Burns to kill his brother Arthur or see Mikey hanged.