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Waterloo Road (TV series)
Waterloo Road is a BBC One British school drama created by Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus, first broadcast in 2006, set in a failing comprehensive, running ten series to 2015 before a 2023 revival after lockdown iPlayer success.
Waterloo Road series 17
Waterloo Road series 17: seventeenth BBC school drama series, 8 episodes aired 6–27 January 2026 on BBC One and iPlayer; Darius (Jon Richardson) arrested in the finale, NSPCC-backed grooming storyline, last series filmed at Nicholls Campus.
Watermelon Pictures
Watermelon Pictures is a Chicago-based American film production and distribution company founded in April 2024 by Palestinian-American brothers Hamza and Badie Ali, a unit of MPI Media Group, releasing Palestinian and marginalized-community films and running the Watermelon+ streaming service.
Waterpark Simulator
Waterpark Simulator is a first-person waterpark management simulation by CayPlay, in Steam Early Access from 22 August 2025 and released 31 July 2026 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with co-op, ragdoll physics, and 96% positive Steam reviews; distinct from Waterpark Simulator 2025 by Aldi Pratama.
Watership Down (film)
Watership Down (1978 film), Martin Rosen's British animated adaptation of Richard Adams' 1972 novel; 92 minutes, John Hurt as Hazel, "Bright Eyes" a 1979 UK No. 1, BFI 4K restoration released 2024.
Waterworld
Waterworld (1995) is a Kevin Reynolds post-apocalyptic sci-fi action film starring Kevin Costner as a gilled Mariner on a flooded Earth. Green-lit at $100 million, it cost up to $235 million, grossed $264 million worldwide, and later turned a profit.
Watson (TV series)
Watson is a CBS medical drama (2025-2026) created by Craig Sweeny, starring Morris Chestnut as Dr. John Watson, who treats rare diseases in Pittsburgh while Moriarty plots; canceled after two seasons.
Watto
Watto is the Toydarian junk dealer and slave owner in Mos Espa, Tatooine, in Star Wars Episodes I and II, voiced by Andrew Secombe; he lost Anakin Skywalker to Qui-Gon Jinn in the Boonta Eve podrace bet and was later killed by Darth Vader in the Legacy of Vader comic.
Wattstax
Wattstax: 1973 Mel Stuart documentary of the August 20, 1972 Stax Records benefit concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the 'Black Woodstock' with 100,000-plus attendees, Jesse Jackson's 'I Am Somebody' speech, and Richard Pryor.
Wave Makers (人选之人-造浪者)
Wave Makers (人選之人—造浪者) is a 2023 eight-episode Taiwanese political workplace drama on Netflix by DaMou Entertainment and PTS, following fictional campaign staffers; it won four Golden Bell Awards and helped spark Taiwan's #MeToo movement.
Waves (2019 film)
Waves (2019) is an American drama written and directed by Trey Edward Shults, released by A24 on November 15, 2019. It stars Kelvin Harrison Jr., Sterling K. Brown, and Taylor Russell as a South Florida family facing loss; scored by Reznor and Ross.
Wavy Gravy
Wavy Gravy, born Hugh Nanton Romney Jr. (May 15, 1936), American entertainer and peace activist; Hog Farm leader and Woodstock 1969 'Please Force' chief; co-founder of Seva Foundation and Camp Winnarainbow; named by B.B. King.
Waxwork
Waxwork is a 1988 American horror comedy, the feature debut of writer-director Anthony Hickox, distributed by Vestron Pictures. Teens enter wax displays of evil figures; grossed $808,114; sequel Waxwork II (1992).
Way Back Love (내가 죽기 일주일 전)
Way Back Love (내가 죽기 일주일 전, A Week Before I Die) is a 2025 TVING original fantasy romance, 6 episodes, adapted from Seo Eun-chae's 2018 novel, starring Kim Min-ha and Gong Myoung as a dying woman and her first love returned as a grim reaper.
Way Down East
Way Down East, 1920 D.W. Griffith silent melodrama starring Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess, adapted from Lottie Blair Parker's play, famous for its real blizzard and ice-floe rescue sequence.
Way of the Warrior Kid
Way of the Warrior Kid is a 2026 American family action-drama film starring Chris Pratt, based on Jocko Willink's children's book series and released on Apple TV.
Way Out West (1937 film)
Way Out West (1937) is a Laurel and Hardy comedy-western directed by James W. Horne, released by MGM on 16 April 1937. Stan and Ollie deliver a gold mine deed in Brushwood Gulch; its score was Oscar-nominated and 'The Trail of the Lonesome Pine' hit UK number two in 1975.
Wayang
Wayang: Indonesian umbrella term for puppet and figure theatre, including wayang kulit shadow puppets, wayang golek rod puppets, and wayang wong dance drama, narrated by a dalang with gamelan, UNESCO-inscribed in 2003/2008.
Wayang golek
Wayang golek is a form of rod-puppet theater from western Java, performed with carved wooden puppets, a dalang who speaks the lines, and Sundanese gamelan.
Wayang kulit
Wayang kulit is Indonesian leather shadow puppet theatre from Java and Bali: buffalo-hide figures behind a backlit screen, performed all night by a dalang with gamelan; UNESCO-inscribed in 2003/2008.
Wayang Kulit Kelantan
Wayang Kulit Kelantan, also called Wayang Kulit Siam, is the traditional Malay shadow puppet theater of Kelantan, Malaysia, in which a single puppeteer voices all characters behind an illuminated screen.
Wayans family
The Wayans family, an American comedy dynasty of ten siblings from Manhattan's Fulton housing projects, created In Living Color, The Wayans Bros., My Wife and Kids, and the Scary Movie parody franchise, returning for Scary Movie 6 in 2026 and joining the NAACP Hall of Fame in 2025.
Waylon Smithers
Waylon Smithers Jr. is a fictional character from The Simpsons, Mr. Burns' devoted assistant, voiced by Harry Shearer, first appearing in "Homer's Odyssey" (1990), originally drawn with darker skin, and coming out as gay in "The Burns Cage" (2016).
Wayne (TV series)
Wayne (2019) is an American action-comedy series created by Shawn Simmons for YouTube Premium, starring Mark McKenna and Ciara Bravo; one 10-episode season, canceled in 2019, later on Prime Video and Netflix from October 2026.
Wayne Allwine
Wayne Anthony Allwine (1947-2009), American voice actor and sound effects editor, third official voice of Mickey Mouse from 1977 until his death, Emmy winner for Amazing Stories, husband of Minnie Mouse voice Russi Taylor, Disney Legend 2008.
Wayne Brady
Wayne Brady (Wayne Alphonso Brady, born 1972) is an American improvisational comedian, actor, singer, and five-time Emmy-winning host of Let's Make a Deal, known for Whose Line Is It Anyway?, The Wayne Brady Show, and Broadway roles in Chicago, Kinky Boots, Hamilton, and The Wiz.
Wayne Enterprises
Wayne Enterprises (formerly WayneCorp) is the fictional DC Comics conglomerate owned by Bruce Wayne and run by Lucius Fox, funding Batman's operations; founded in-universe as a 17th-century merchant house and ranked 11th on Forbes's fictional-companies list.
Wayne Knight
Wayne Knight (born 1955, raised in Cartersville, Georgia) is an American character actor known as Newman on Seinfeld and Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park, with voice roles in Toy Story 2, Tarzan, and Hercules.
Wayne Mallory
Wayne Mallory, stage name of Wayne Wiley Moseley (1924–2020), American film and TV actor from Bakersfield, brother of Guy Madison; 1950s Western and sci-fi roles, later prop and special effects crew work. Distinct from the later actor of Day Labor (2008).
Wayne Manor
Wayne Manor is a fictional mansion in Gotham City that serves as the home of Bruce Wayne. It is the surface entrance to the Batcave, the hidden base for Batman.