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The Village (2004 film)

The Village is a 2004 American thriller directed by M. Night Shyamalan, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Bryce Dallas Howard as villagers who fear creatures in the woods.

The Village (2013 TV series)

The Village (2013–2014) is a BBC One drama series written by Peter Moffat, also compared to Heimat, following the Derbyshire Middleton family in Hayfield through the twentieth century across two six-episode series.

The Village (2019 TV series)

The Village (2019) is a one-season NBC drama created by Mike Daniels about residents of a Brooklyn apartment building forming a chosen family; canceled May 30, 2019 after averaging 4.12 million viewers and mixed-to-negative reviews.

The Village (2023 TV series)

The Village (தி வில்லேஜ்) is a 2023 Tamil Prime Video horror series, India's first graphic-novel adaptation for OTT, directed by Milind Rau, starring Arya as Gautham in the cursed village of Kattiyal.

The Village Barber (시골 이발사)

The Village Barber (보검 매직컬, Bogum Magical) is a 2026 tvN Korean reality-variety show in which licensed-barber actor Park Bo-gum, with Lee Sang-yi and Kwak Dong-yeon, runs a real barbershop in Muju County; season 2 was announced for late 2026.

The Village of No Return (健忘村)

The Village of No Return (健忘村) is a 2017 Taiwan-China fantasy comedy directed by Chen Yu-hsun, starring Shu Qi, Wang Qianyuan, and Joseph Chang. A Taoist priest's memory-erasing helmet remakes a remote village; NT$300 million budget, Golden Horse nominations, Bucheon NETPAC Award.

The Villain (1979 film)

The Villain (1979), also known as Cactus Jack, is a Hal Needham Western comedy starring Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret, and Arnold Schwarzenegger; a live-action Road Runner-style spoof that critics panned (0% Tomatometer, Metascore 22).

The Villain (2018 film)

The Villain (ದಿ ವಿಲನ್), 2018 Kannada action drama directed by Prem, produced by C.R. Manohar for Rs 55 crore, starring Shivarajkumar, Sudeep, and Amy Jackson in a Ramayana-inspired Ram-versus-Ravan story, released 18 October 2018.

The Villainess (악녀)

The Villainess (악녀) is a 2017 South Korean action thriller directed by Jung Byung-gil, starring Kim Ok-vin as an assassin recruited by the National Intelligence Service.

The Vince Staples Show

The Vince Staples Show is a Netflix satirical comedy co-created by and starring rapper Vince Staples as a fictionalized himself in Long Beach. Two seasons (2024, 2025), 11 episodes, EP Kenya Barris; canceled January 2026 after weak viewership despite a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score.

The Viral Factor

The Viral Factor (逆戰) is a 2012 Hong Kong action film by Dante Lam starring Jay Chou and Nicholas Tse as brothers fighting a smallpox-virus plot; released Lunar New Year 2012, HKFA Best Film nominee.

The Viral Fever

The Viral Fever (TVF) is an Indian digital entertainment studio founded by Arunabh Kumar, known for Permanent Roommates, Pitchers, Kota Factory, Aspirants, and Panchayat, and for pioneering branded web series in India.

The Virgin Queen (TV serial)

The Virgin Queen (TV serial): 2005-2006 BBC1 four-part drama, also called Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen, written by Paula Milne, directed by Coky Giedroyc, starring Anne-Marie Duff as Elizabeth I with Tom Hardy as Robert Dudley, aired on PBS Masterpiece Theatre.

The Virgin Spring

The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) is Ingmar Bergman's 1960 Swedish black-and-white drama, scripted by Ulla Isaksson from the ballad Töres dotter i Wänge, starring Max von Sydow; it won the 1961 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and inspired The Last House on the Left.

The Virgin Suicides (film)

The Virgin Suicides (1999) is Sofia Coppola's feature debut, adapted from Jeffrey Eugenides's 1993 novel about the Lisbon sisters in 1970s Michigan, starring Kirsten Dunst, James Woods, Kathleen Turner, and Josh Hartnett, with an Air score and Ed Lachman cinematography.

The Virginian (1946 film)

The Virginian (1946) is a Paramount Technicolor Western directed by Stuart Gilmore, starring Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Sonny Tufts, and Barbara Britton, adapted from Owen Wister's 1902 novel; released April 5, 1946, it finished 24th at the 1946 box office.

The Virginian (TV series)

The Virginian (TV series), also known as The Men from Shiloh, is an American Western series that aired from 1962 to 1971, known for being the first 90-minute Western.

The Virginity Hit

The Virginity Hit is a 2010 found-footage teen sex comedy by Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland, produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, about four New Orleans teens filming a bong-hit virginity pact; it grossed $636,706.

The Virtues (TV series)

The Virtues is a 2019 four-part Channel 4 miniseries written and directed by Shane Meadows with Jack Thorne, starring Stephen Graham as Joseph, a recovering alcoholic confronting repressed memories of care-home abuse in Ireland.

The Vision of Escaflowne (天空のエスカフローネ)

The Vision of Escaflowne (Tenkuu no Escaflowne) is a 26-episode 1996 Sunrise fantasy-mecha TV anime directed by Kazuki Akane from Shoji Kawamori's story, with Yoko Kanno's orchestral score, following schoolgirl Hitomi Kanzaki transported to Gaea; a 2000 film and several manga adapt it.

The Visit (2015 American film)

The Visit is a 2015 American found-footage horror film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, in which two teenage siblings spend a week with their estranged grandparents.

The Visitor (2024 film)

The Visitor (2024) is Bruce LaBruce's British experimental dark comedy reimagining Pasolini's Teorema: a refugee washes up on the Thames and seduces an upper-class family. Premiered at Berlinale Panorama, February 17, 2024; 101 minutes; stars Bishop Black.

The Vivienne

The Vivienne was the drag persona of James Lee Williams (died January 2025), Welsh-born winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK series one in 2019, known for celebrity impressions, musical theatre, and mainstream UK television.

The Vizier of the Lankaran Khanate

The Vizier of the Lankaran Khanate is an 1851 satirical comedy by Azerbaijani playwright Mirza Fatali Akhundov, the third of six comedies satirizing corrupt khanate rulers.

The Voice – Norges beste stemme season 10

The tenth season of The Voice – Norges beste stemme (2025), aired on TV 2 from 3 January to 23 May 2025 in 40 episodes, with mentors Espen Lind, Yosef Wolde-Mariam, Gabrielle, and Eva Weel Skram; Andrea Bredesen Holm won, with Herman Lie runner-up.

The Voice (American TV series)

The Voice is NBC's singing competition (2011–present), adapted from Holland's Talpa format, with blind-audition rotating chairs, battles, knockouts, live shows, and Carson Daly as host; Season 30 (2026) features Clarkson, Levine, Queen Latifah, and Riley Green.

The Voice (American TV series) season 10

The Voice (American TV series) season 10, the tenth season of NBC's singing competition, aired spring 2016 with coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Pharrell Williams and returning Christina Aguilera; Alisan Porter of Team Christina won, making Aguilera the show's first female winning coach, with Adam Wakefield runner-up.

The Voice (American TV series) season 25

The Voice (American TV series) season 25: twenty-fifth US NBC season, February 26 to May 21, 2024; coaches John Legend, Reba McEntire, Chance the Rapper, and first coaching duo Dan + Shay; winner Asher HaVon.

The Voice (American TV series) season 26

The Voice (American TV series) season 26, fall 2024 NBC season with coaches Gwen Stefani, Reba McEntire, Michael Bublé, and Snoop Dogg; Sofronio Vasquez of Team Bublé won on December 10, 2024, the first Filipino winner.

The Voice (American TV series) season 27

Season 27 of The Voice (American TV series), the 2025 NBC singing competition, aired February 3 to May 20, 2025 with coaches Adam Levine, John Legend, Michael Bublé, and Kelsea Ballerini; Adam David of Team Bublé won the $100,000 prize and a Universal Music Group record deal.