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The Wandering Earth (流浪地球)
The Wandering Earth (流浪地球) is a 2019 Chinese sci-fi film directed by Frant Gwo, adapted from Liu Cixin's novella, about engines pushing Earth out of orbit; it grossed about $700 million, mostly in China.
The Wandering Earth 2 (流浪地球2)
The Wandering Earth 2 (流浪地球2) is a 2023 Chinese science fiction film directed by Frant Gwo and a prequel to The Wandering Earth, starring Wu Jing and Andy Lau.
The Wandering Swordsman (游侠儿)
The Wandering Swordsman (游侠儿, You xia er) is a 1970 Shaw Brothers martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh, written by Ni Kuang, and starring David Chiang in his first lead role as a Robin Hood-style swordsman duped into robbery.
The Wanted Man (TV series)
The Wanted Man is an upcoming eight-episode Apple TV British crime drama created by George Kay (Hijack, Lupin), starring Hugh Laurie as crime boss Felix Carmichael, betrayed and imprisoned in Staplehurst prison, premiering January 6, 2027.
The War at Home (TV series)
The War at Home is a Fox family sitcom (2005–2007, 44 episodes, 2 seasons) created by Rob Lotterstein, starring Michael Rapaport and Anita Barone as Dave and Vicky Gold, Long Island parents of three teens, told through fourth-wall rants and confessionals; critically panned but renewed twice.
The War Between the Land and the Sea
The War Between the Land and the Sea is a five-part 2025 British Doctor Who spin-off miniseries by Russell T Davies and Pete McTighe, in which the Sea Devils (Homo Aqua) reveal themselves to humanity and UNIT negotiates, starring Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
The War Game
The War Game: 1965 BBC docudrama by Peter Watkins depicting a nuclear attack on Kent. Withdrawn as 'too horrifying', released in cinemas 1966, won the 1967 documentary Oscar, first televised 31 July 1985.
The War Games
The War Games is a ten-episode 1969 Doctor Who serial (production code ZZ, story 50) by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke, Patrick Troughton's final story as the Second Doctor, which introduced the Time Lords and ended with the Doctor's exile to Earth.
The War Lord
The War Lord (1965) is a Franklin J. Schaffner medieval drama starring Charlton Heston as Norman knight Chrysagon, adapted from Leslie Stevens's play The Lovers, in which the droit du seigneur custom triggers a siege; 123 minutes, Universal, 67% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The War Machines
The War Machines is a 1966 four-episode Doctor Who serial (Season 3, production code BB) in which the First Doctor defeats WOTAN, a sentient supercomputer at the Post Office Tower, and its War Machines; the first fully contemporary-set story, introducing Ben and Polly and writing out Dodo.
The War of the Roses (film)
The War of the Roses is a 1989 American black comedy film directed by Danny DeVito, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner as a divorcing couple.
The War of the Worlds (1953 film)
The War of the Worlds (1953) is a Paramount science fiction film directed by Byron Haskin and produced by George Pal, adapting H. G. Wells's 1898 novel to Cold War-era California with Gene Barry and Ann Robinson; it won the Oscar for Best Special Effects.
The War of the Worlds (British TV series)
The War of the Worlds (British TV series): 2019 BBC One three-part miniseries adapting H.G. Wells's novel in its original Edwardian setting, written by Peter Harness, directed by Craig Viveiros, starring Rafe Spall and Eleanor Tomlinson; distinct from the 2019 Fox/Canal+ contemporary series.
The War Room
The War Room (1993) is a 96-minute cinéma-vérité documentary by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker about Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign, focusing on James Carville and George Stephanopoulos; Oscar-nominated, released by October Films.
The War Wagon
The War Wagon is a 1967 American Western heist film directed by Burt Kennedy, starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas as rival gunmen robbing an armored stagecoach.
The War with Grandpa
The War with Grandpa is a 2020 American family comedy film directed by Tim Hill, starring Robert De Niro as a grandfather at prank war with his grandson.
The War Zone
The War Zone is Tim Roth's 1999 feature directorial debut, a British drama adapted from Alexander Stuart's 1989 novel, starring Ray Winstone, Tilda Swinton, Lara Belmont, and Freddie Cunliffe, about a Devon family torn apart by incest; 84% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Ward (film)
The Ward is John Carpenter's 2010 psychological horror film, starring Amber Heard as a 1966 psychiatric patient stalked by a ghost. Premiered at TIFF, released July 8, 2011; his last feature to date.
The Warlord (1972 film)
The Warlord (大軍閥, Da jun fa) is a 1972 Shaw Brothers Mandarin satirical comedy directed by Li Han-hsiang, starring Michael Hui in his debut as warlord Pang Ta Fu; it earned HK$3,464,724, Hong Kong's second-highest 1972 gross.
The Warlords (投名状)
The Warlords (投名状, Tau ming chong) is Peter Chan's 2007 Chinese-Hong Kong war epic starring Jet Li, Andy Lau, and Takeshi Kaneshiro, based on the Qing-era assassination of general Ma Xinyi; it won 8 Hong Kong Film Awards.
The Warped Ones (狂熱の季節)
The Warped Ones (狂熱の季節, Kyonetsu no kisetsu) is Koreyoshi Kurahara's 1960 Nikkatsu crime drama about delinquent Akira (Tamio Kawachi) taking revenge on the journalist who jailed him, a jazz-scored early Japanese New Wave landmark.
The Warriorr
The Warriorr (ది వారియర్) is a 2022 Telugu-Tamil bilingual action film directed by N. Lingusamy, starring Ram Pothineni as doctor-turned-DSP Satya fighting gangster Guru (Aadhi Pinisetty) in Kurnool; released July 14, 2022, with music by Devi Sri Prasad.
The Warriors (film)
The Warriors is Walter Hill's 1979 Paramount action film, also known as a cult classic, adapted from Sol Yurick's 1965 novel and Xenophon's Anabasis. A Coney Island gang framed for a gang leader's murder fights home across New York; its release sparked a 1979 cinema-violence panic.
The Warriors Gate (勇士之门)
The Warriors Gate (勇士之门), aka Enter the Warriors Gate, is a 2016 China-France action fantasy co-production by EuropaCorp and Fundamental Films, directed by Matthias Hoene, written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, starring Mark Chao, Ni Ni, Dave Bautista, and Uriah Shelton; a box-office and critical failure.
The Warriors of Qiugang (仇岗卫士)
The Warriors of Qiugang (仇岗卫士) is a 2010, 39-minute documentary short by Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon, nominated for the 83rd Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, about Qiugang villagers in Anhui led by farmer Zhang Gongli who forced polluting chemical plants to shut down and relocate.
The Wars to Come
"The Wars to Come" is the season 5 premiere of Game of Thrones, the 41st episode overall, aired April 12, 2015 on HBO. Written by Benioff and Weiss, directed by Michael Slovis, it features the show's first flashback, Cersei's Maggy the Frog prophecy, and drew nearly 8 million viewers.
The Wash (2001 film)
The Wash is a 2001 American action-comedy film directed by DJ Pooh, starring Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg as roommates working at a Los Angeles car wash.
The Wasp (2024 film)
The Wasp (2024 film) is a British-American psychological thriller directed by Guillem Morales, starring Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer, and involves a housewife in Bath.
The Wasted Times (ワンス・アポン・ア・タイム・イン・上海)
The Wasted Times (羅曼蒂克消亡史, Japan title ワンス・アポン・ア・タイム・イン・上海) is Cheng Er's 2016 Chinese crime drama set in 1937 Shanghai, starring Ge You, Zhang Ziyi, and Tadanobu Asano in a nonlinear wartime gangster story; distinct from the 2014 film Once Upon a Time in Shanghai.
The Watch (2012 film)
The Watch is a 2012 American science-fiction comedy directed by Akiva Schaffer, starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and Richard Ayoade as suburban men fighting aliens.