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Cinematography
Cinematography is the art and craft of filming motion pictures through camerawork, lighting, and framing, led by the director of photography. It spans the 1890 Kinetograph, 24 fps sound-era standards, film-to-digital transition, and the VistaVision revival.
Cinephilia
Cinephilia is the love of and enthusiasm for cinema as an art form. Also cinephile (French cinéphile); traced to the early 1910s Parisian film press, codified in Larousse 1928, theorized by Metz 1977, and declared dead by Sontag 1996.
Cinépix
Cinépix Inc., also C/FP Distribution and Cinépix Film Properties, was a Montreal film production and distribution company founded in 1962 by John Dunning and André Link, known for Meatballs, My Bloody Valentine, and the Ilsa series, and renamed Lions Gate Films in 1998.
Cineplex Entertainment
Cineplex Entertainment, the operating arm of Cineplex Inc. (TSX: CGX), is Canada's largest film exhibitor, formed in 2005 when Cineplex Galaxy acquired Famous Players, operating 1,606 screens in 154 theatres with about 74% of Canadian box office.
Cinépolis
Cinépolis is a Mexican cinema exhibition company, the largest in Mexico, founded in Morelia in 1971 and operating more than 6,700 screens across 19 countries.
Cinespace Film Studios
Cinespace Film Studios (Cinespace Studios) is a Toronto-founded, TPG-owned operator of sound stages in Toronto, Chicago, Atlanta, Wilmington, Los Angeles, and Studio Babelsberg, with 115+ stages and 4.3 million square feet.
Cineverse
Cineverse Corp. (formerly Cinedigm, NASDAQ: CNVS) is a streaming technology and entertainment company: owned genre channels (Screambox, RetroCrush), film distribution, and the Matchpoint OTT platform; released Terrifier 3.
Cineworld
Cineworld is a UK and Ireland cinema chain under the Regal Cineworld Group, founded in 1995, parent of Picturehouse, Cinema City, Yes Planet, and Regal; it listed in 2007, filed Chapter 11 in 2022, and delisted in 2023.
Circle (2015 film)
Circle is a 2015 American psychological science-fiction thriller written and directed by Aaron Hann and Mario Miscione, the directing debut for both, about fifty strangers forced to vote on who is killed.
Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends is a 1995 romantic comedy-drama directed by Pat O'Connor, adapted from Maeve Binchy's novel, starring Minnie Driver and Chris O'Donnell as Irish college students.
Circus
Circus: live entertainment combining acrobatics, aerial acts, clowning, and equestrian skills in a ring, created by Philip Astley in London in 1768; spread globally in the 19th century and now split between traditional and contemporary animal-free forms.
Cirie Fields
Cirie Fields (born 1970), American operating room nurse and four-time Survivor contestant (Panama, Micronesia, Heroes vs. Villains, Game Changers), famed strategist never to win Survivor; won The Traitors US season 1 ($250,000) and played Big Brother 25 with son Jared.
Cirkus (सर्कस) (film)
Cirkus (सर्कस) is a 2022 Hindi comedy directed by Rohit Shetty, starring Ranveer Singh in a double role; a remake of Gulzar's Angoor from The Comedy of Errors, it flopped with ₹35.65 crore India net and 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Ciro's
Ciro's was a Hollywood celebrity nightclub at 8433 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, opened by Billy Wilkerson in January 1940 and run by Herman Hover 1942-1957. Not the 1934 Hollywood Boulevard Ciro's; later It's Boss and, since 1972, The Comedy Store.
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, also known as the Cirque Du Freak film, is a 2009 American vampire dark fantasy film directed by Paul Weitz.
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil, the Canadian (Quebec) contemporary circus company founded by Guy Laliberté in 1984, known for animal-free theatrical acrobatic shows, Las Vegas resident productions, and over 400 million spectators worldwide.
Citadel (TV series)
Citadel (TV series): Prime Video American spy thriller created by Josh Appelbaum, Bryan Oh, and David Weil, produced by the Russo brothers' AGBO. Stars Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas as memory-wiped agents; ~$300M budget; two late-2024 spin-offs later canceled; season 2 premiered May 6, 2026.
Citadel Theatre
Citadel Theatre (Edmonton, Alberta): major Canadian not-for-profit professional theatre founded 1965 by Shoctor and colleagues; moved to a five-theatre Diamond, Myers and Wilkin complex in 1976, Canada's largest when completed in 1989.
Citadel: Diana
Citadel: Diana is a 2024 Italian spy thriller series, the first spin-off of Prime Video's Citadel, starring Matilda De Angelis as agent Diana Cavalieri in 2030 Milan; six episodes, canceled in 2025.
Citadel: Honey Bunny
Citadel: Honey Bunny is a 2024 Hindi-language Prime Video spy thriller, an Indian prequel spin-off of Citadel by Raj & DK, starring Varun Dhawan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu as parents of Nadia Sinh, cancelled in 2025.
Citizen (சிட்டிசன்) (film)
Citizen (சிட்டிசன்) is a 2001 Tamil action thriller directed by Saravana Subbiah, starring Ajith Kumar in multiple disguises with Meena, Vasundhara Das, and Nagma; a vigilante kidnaps three officials tied to the vanished village Athipatti.
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane (1941) is Orson Welles's RKO debut drama about press baron Charles Foster Kane and the word "Rosebud", known for Gregg Toland's deep-focus cinematography, the Hearst controversy, and its Sight & Sound poll reign.
Citizen Khan
Citizen Khan: BBC One British sitcom (2012–2016, five series) created by and starring Adil Ray as self-appointed Muslim community leader Mr Khan in Sparkhill, Birmingham; the channel's first Asian sitcom, drawing complaints and five-series popularity.
Citizen of a Kind (시민덕희)
Citizen of a Kind (시민덕희) is a 2024 South Korean crime comedy-drama directed by Park Young-ju, starring Ra Mi-ran and Gong Myoung, based on the 2016 Kim Sung-ja voice-phishing case in Hwaseong; it sold about 1.72 million admissions.
Citizen Smith
Citizen Smith: BBC One British sitcom (1977-1980) written by John Sullivan, starring Robert Lindsay as Wolfie Smith of the Tooting Popular Front; 30 episodes, catchphrase "Power to the people".
Citizen Vigilante
Citizen Vigilante is a 2026 Uwe Boll action thriller starring Armie Hammer as Michael Sanders, an American vigilante targeting migrant criminals in a European city; blocked from German distribution, boosted by Elon Musk on X, and split between 14% critic and 95% audience scores.
Citizen X
Citizen X is a 1995 HBO television film by Chris Gerolmo, based on Robert Cullen's The Killer Department, dramatizing the Soviet hunt for serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, starring Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow, and Jeffrey DeMunn.
Citizenfour
Citizenfour (2014) is Laura Poitras's Oscar-winning documentary, also known as Citizen Four, recording Edward Snowden's NSA leak disclosures in a Hong Kong hotel room with Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill.
City comedy
City comedy is a genre of satirical English Renaissance drama set in London among citizens, usurers, prostitutes, and swindlers, flourishing chiefly under James I; leading dramatists include Middleton, Jonson, and Dekker.
City Heat
City Heat is a 1984 American action comedy crime film directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds as former partners in 1933 Kansas City.