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Wolf King

Wolf King is a 2025 British Netflix animated fantasy series adapted from Curtis Jobling's Wereworld novels, following 16-year-old Drew Ferran, the last werewolf heir fighting the Lionlords; two seasons, 16 episodes, ended September 2025.

Wolf Like Me (TV series)

Wolf Like Me is an Australian Stan/Peacock comedy-drama series (2022–2023) by Abe Forsythe, starring Isla Fisher and Josh Gad, in which new love interest Mary is secretly a werewolf; two seasons, six and seven episodes, filmed in NSW.

Wolf Man (2025 film)

Wolf Man is a 2025 American horror film directed by Leigh Whannell, in which a family man slowly transforms into a werewolf at his rural Oregon childhood home.

Wolf Pack (TV series)

Wolf Pack (TV series), Paramount+ supernatural teen drama created by Jeff Davis from Edo van Belkom's novels, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar; one season of 8 episodes aired January–March 2023 and it was canceled in January 2024.

Wolf Totem (狼图腾)

Wolf Totem (狼图腾, Lang tuteng) is Jiang Rong's 2004 semi-autobiographical novel about a Beijing student among Inner Mongolian herders during the Cultural Revolution; China's no. 2 bestseller, adapted into Jean-Jacques Annaud's 2015 film.

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, in Vienna, Virginia, is the only U.S. national park dedicated to the performing arts, established 1966 from Catherine Filene Shouse's gift, home to the Filene Center.

Wolf Warrior

Wolf Warrior (战狼) is a 2015 Chinese military action film directed by and starring Wu Jing, with Yu Nan and Scott Adkins. Made for about 10 million RMB, it earned 545 million RMB and launched the record-setting Wolf Warrior series.

Wolf Warrior 2 (战狼2)

Wolf Warrior 2 (战狼2) is Wu Jing's 2017 Chinese military action sequel set in Africa, starring Leng Feng; it grossed 5.689 billion yuan in mainland China, becoming China's then highest-grossing film and a nationalist blockbuster landmark.

Wolf's Rain (ウルフズレイン)

Wolf's Rain (ウルフズレイン), a 2003 Bones anime series created by Keiko Nobumoto and directed by Tensai Okamura: 26 Fuji TV episodes plus 4 OVAs, wolves seeking Paradise, four recap episodes 15-18, music by Yoko Kanno.

Wolfblood

Wolfblood is a British CBBC/ZDF children's fantasy drama (2012–2017, five series, 62 episodes) created by Debbie Moon, about teenage part-wolf shape-shifters Maddy Smith and Rhydian Morris who keep their abilities secret; it won RTS and BAFTA children's awards.

Wolfboy and the Everything Factory

Wolfboy and the Everything Factory is an Apple TV+ 2D animated series (2021-2022) created by Toff Mazery and Edward Jesse, developed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt's HITRECORD, about a masked boy who finds the Spryte realm creating everything on Earth.

Wolfen

Wolfen is a 1981 American horror film directed by Michael Wadleigh, based on Whitley Strieber's novel The Wolfen, in which a New York detective uncovers intelligent wolf-like predators.

Wolfgang Bodison

Wolfgang Bodison, American actor and Playhouse West acting teacher, made his debut as Lance Cpl. Harold Dawson in A Few Good Men (1992) with zero prior acting experience; Rob Reiner cast him while he worked as the film's location manager.

Wolfgang Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen (1941-2022) was a German film director from Emden whose Das Boot (1981) earned six Oscar nominations and led to Hollywood blockbusters including In the Line of Fire, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, and Troy.

Wolfgang Schaeffer

Wolfgang Schaeffer (Wolfgang Cecil Schaeffer), American child actor born 2009 or 2010, plays Lincoln Loud in Nickelodeon's The Really Loud House, A Loud House Christmas, and A Really Haunted Loud House, with credits in Criminal Minds and Pivoting.

Wolfoo

Wolfoo is a Vietnamese animated preschool web series about a young wolf cub, produced by SConnect from 2018 and distributed on YouTube in about 20 languages. In 2026 a UK High Court found it copied Peppa Pig sound recordings and ordered all videos removed worldwide.

Wolfram (film)

Wolfram is a 2025 Australian western by Warwick Thornton, a sequel to Sweet Country, set in 1932 at a tungsten mine where Aboriginal child labourers escape their masters; it premiered at Adelaide and competed at Berlinale 2026.

Wolfsbane (character)

Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair), Marvel Comics mutant with lycanthropy who transforms at will into a wolf; first New Mutant, debut Marvel Graphic Novel #4 (1982); later X-Factor and Excalibur member, played by Maisie Williams in the 2020 film.

Wolfwalkers

Wolfwalkers is a 2020 hand-drawn animated fantasy by Cartoon Saloon, directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, set in 1650 Kilkenny; the third Irish Folklore Trilogy film, Oscar-nominated and streaming on Apple TV+.

Wolverine (character)

Wolverine (Logan, James Howlett) is a Marvel Comics mutant created by Len Wein and John Romita Sr., debuting in The Incredible Hulk #180 (1974), defined by a healing factor, adamantium claws and skeleton, X-Men membership, and Hugh Jackman's film portrayal.

Wolverine and the X-Men (TV series)

Wolverine and the X-Men (also Wolverine & The X-Men) is a 26-episode Marvel animated series airing 2008–2009, in which Wolverine leads a reformed X-Men team against the MRD after Professor X warns of an apocalyptic future; cancelled after one season.

Wolves (2014 film)

Wolves (2014) is an action-horror werewolf film, David Hayter's directorial debut, starring Lucas Till as Cayden Richards alongside Jason Momoa and Stephen McHattie; released November 14, 2014 by Ketchup Entertainment, it earned $491,154 worldwide and 16% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Wolves and Sheep

Wolves and Sheep (Волки и овцы) is an 1875 comedy in five acts by the Russian playwright Alexander Ostrovsky, set in a provincial town where schemers hunt a naive young widow's money.

Woman and Child (زن و بچه)

Woman and Child (زن و بچه, Zan o bacheh) is a 2025 Iranian-French drama by Saeed Roustaee, starring Parinaz Izadyar and Payman Maadi, that premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2025; it completes his trilogy on Iranian women after Life and a Day and Leila's Brothers.

Woman in Gold (film)

Woman in Gold (2015), Simon Curtis drama starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds, dramatizes Maria Altmann and Randol Schoenberg's real legal battle to recover Klimt's Nazi-looted Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I from Austria.

Woman in the Dunes (砂の女)

Woman in the Dunes (砂の女, Suna no onna) is a 1964 Japanese black-and-white film by Hiroshi Teshigahara, scripted by Kobo Abe from his 1962 novel, starring Eiji Okada and Kyoko Kishida; it won the Cannes Special Jury Prize and earned Academy Award nominations.

Woman in the Lake

Woman in the Lake (女のみづうみ, Onna no mizumi, also Woman of the Lake) is Yoshishige Yoshida's 1966 Japanese psychological drama starring Mariko Okada, freely adapted from Kawabata's novel The Lake and the first Gendai Eigasha production.

Woman in the Moon

Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond) is Fritz Lang's 1929 German silent science fiction film about the first lunar expedition, written by Thea von Harbou, advised by Hermann Oberth and Willy Ley, and the origin of the rocket-launch countdown.

Woman Is the Future of Man (여자는 남자의 미래다)

Woman Is the Future of Man (여자는 남자의 미래다) is Hong Sang-soo's 2004 South Korean drama, his fifth feature, in competition at Cannes 2004; two men revisit a former lover, Seon-hwa, in Bucheon after seven years.

Woman of the Hour

Woman of the Hour is a 2024 Netflix crime thriller and Anna Kendrick's directorial debut, based on serial killer Rodney Alcala's real 1978 Dating Game appearance alongside Cheryl Bradshaw, whom Kendrick plays; Daniel Zovatto co-stars.