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Close-Up (کلوزآپ، نمای نزدیک) (1990 film)

Close-Up (کلوزآپ، نمای نزدیک; Nema-ye Nazdik) is Abbas Kiarostami's 1990 Iranian fiction-documentary hybrid about Hossain Sabzian, who impersonated director Mohsen Makhmalbaf; the real participants reenact the 1989 fraud case and trial.

Closely Watched Trains

Closely Watched Trains (Ostře sledované vlaky), 1966 Czechoslovak tragicomedy by Jiří Menzel from Bohumil Hrabal's novella; apprentice dispatcher Miloš Hrma in occupied Bohemia; won the 1968 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Closer (film)

Closer is a 2004 drama film directed by Mike Nichols, adapted by Patrick Marber from his stage play, starring Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and Clive Owen.

Closing Night (film)

Closing Night is a 2026 drama, Cody Fern's directorial debut co-written with Devon Bostick, starring Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, and Dianne Wiest as an estranged family; it premiered at TIFF 2026 seeking distribution.

Cloud (film)

Cloud (クラウド, Kuraudo) is a 2024 Japanese thriller by Kiyoshi Kurosawa starring Masaki Suda as online reseller Ryosuke Yoshii, alias Ratel, whose cheated customers turn to violent revenge; Venice 2024, Japan's 97th Oscars submission.

Cloud Atlas (film)

Cloud Atlas (2012) is a science fiction drama by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, adapted from David Mitchell's 2004 novel, cross-cutting six stories from 1849 to a post-apocalyptic future with a multi-role ensemble cast.

Cloudco Entertainment

Cloudco Entertainment (Those Characters From Cleveland, LLC), formerly American Greetings Entertainment, is a Los Angeles-based children's IP studio owning Care Bears, Holly Hobbie, and Madballs; founded 1981, owned by IVEST from 2023 and acquired by Authentic Brands Group in 2026.

Clouds (2020 film)

Clouds (2020) is a Justin Baldoni Disney+ biographical drama about singer-songwriter Zach Sobiech, who wrote the viral song "Clouds" before dying of osteosarcoma in 2013, starring Fin Argus, Sabrina Carpenter, and Neve Campbell.

Clouds of Sils Maria

Clouds of Sils Maria (Sils Maria) is Olivier Assayas's 2014 French-German-Swiss drama starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, and Chloë Grace Moretz; Cannes competition film, Prix Louis-Delluc winner, and Stewart's historic César.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 2009 American animated science-fiction comedy film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, adapted from the 1978 children's book.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) is Sony Pictures Animation's sequel directed by Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn, in which Flint Lockwood's FLDSMDFR creates foodimals; grossed $119.8M US, 71% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Clover (creature)

Clover, also called the Cloverfield Monster, is a fictional giant monster first appearing in the 2008 American science-fiction film Cloverfield, directed by Matt Reeves and produced by J.J. Abrams.

Cloverfield

Cloverfield is a 2008 American found-footage monster film directed by Matt Reeves. It follows New Yorkers documenting a giant creature's attack on Manhattan, earning $171 million worldwide.

Cloverfield (franchise)

Cloverfield franchise: Bad Robot/Paramount anthology of sci-fi horror films, also called the Cloververse, begun by Cloverfield (2008), followed by 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) and The Cloverfield Paradox (2018); a fourth film with director Babak Anvari remains in development.

Clown

Clown: a comic performer defined by physical comedy, an eccentric persona, and direct audience complicity. Also known as circus clown, Auguste, red nose. Descends from ancient jesters, consolidated in 19th-century circus, with training lineages of Lecoq, Gaulier, and Pochinko.

Clown (film)

Clown (2014) is a supernatural body horror film directed by Jon Watts and produced by Eli Roth, originating from a 2010 fake trailer falsely credited to Roth. Andy Powers plays a father transformed by a cursed clown suit made from the Nordic demon Clöyne; released in the U.S. June 17, 2016.

Clown in a Cornfield (film)

Clown in a Cornfield is Eli Craig's 2025 slasher film adapting Adam Cesare's Bram Stoker Award-winning 2020 YA novel, starring Katie Douglas as Quinn in Kettle Springs, stalked by Frendo the clown; released May 9, 2025 by RLJE Films and Shudder.

Clownhouse

Clownhouse is a 1988 American horror film and Victor Salva's directorial debut, financed by Francis Ford Coppola, about three brothers menaced by escaped patients posing as circus clowns.

Clu Gulager

Clu Gulager (William Martin Gulager, 1928-2022), American character actor of Cherokee descent; starred as Billy the Kid in The Tall Man and Emmett Ryker in The Virginian, later a horror icon in The Return of the Living Dead and his son John's Feast films.

Club Chalamet

Club Chalamet is a fan forum and social media account dedicated to actor Timothée Chalamet, run by Simone Cromer since 2017.

Club de Cuervos

Club de Cuervos is a Mexican comedydrama television series for Netflix, running from 2015 to 2019. It told the story of a family fighting for control of a local football team.

Club Dread

Club Dread (Broken Lizard's Club Dread) is a 2004 comedy-horror film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, starring Bill Paxton as resort owner Coconut Pete; a slasher whodunit that grossed $5.0M and scored 45 on Metacritic.

Club Kid (film)

Club Kid is Jordan Firstman's 2026 feature directorial debut, a comedy-drama starring Firstman as a New York club promoter who discovers he has a 10-year-old British son; premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard and released by A24 for $17 million.

Club Shay Shay

Club Shay Shay is Shannon Sharpe's weekly video-first interview podcast, launched September 2020 on Fox Sports, later on The Volume; its January 2024 Katt Williams episode drew over 83 million YouTube views.

Clubber Lang

Clubber Lang (James "Clubber" Lang) is the fictional Chicago heavyweight boxer in Rocky III (1982), played by Mr. T, who takes Rocky Balboa's title before losing the rematch; his "I pity the fool" catchphrase and brawling style prefigure Mike Tyson.

Clue (film)

Clue (1985) is a Paramount comedy-mystery directed by Jonathan Lynn, the first film based on a board game (Parker Brothers' Clue/Cluedo). It starred Tim Curry and an ensemble cast and was released with three different theatrical endings; a box-office failure that became a cult classic.

Clue: On Stage

Clue: On Stage is Sandy Rustin's stage farce adapted from Jonathan Lynn's 1985 film Clue and the Hasbro board game, with Hunter Foster and Eric Price; premiered 2017 at Bucks County Playhouse, toured North America, over 4,000 productions.

Cluedo (British game show)

Cluedo was a British ITV game show (1990–1993) based on the board game, also called Clue. Celebrity teams solved murders at Arlington Grange across 4 series plus a Christmas special, hosted by Bellini, Tarrant, and Madeley.

Clueless

Clueless (1995): Amy Heckerling's teen comedy, a loose adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma set in Beverly Hills, starring Alicia Silverstone as Cher Horowitz; grossed $56.6 million domestic and entered the National Film Registry.

Clueless (TV series)

Clueless (TV series): American sitcom adapted from Amy Heckerling's 1995 film, aired on ABC (1996-97) and UPN (1997-99) for three seasons; Rachel Blanchard replaced Alicia Silverstone as Cher while Stacey Dash and Donald Faison reprised film roles; a Paramount+ sequel series with Silverstone was greenlit in 2026.