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Fantastic Voyage

Fantastic Voyage is a 1966 American science fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer, in which a miniaturized submarine and crew travel inside a scientist's body to destroy a blood clot.

Fantasy film

Fantasy film: movies with improbable or impossible characters, events, or settings pervading the whole story; treated by scholars as a mode spanning science fiction and horror, from Méliès (1902) to the 2000s Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Narnia boom.

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island is an American television drama series that ran on ABC from 1978 to 1984, starring Ricardo Montalbán as Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as Tattoo on an island where guests' fantasies come true.

Fantasy Island (2021 TV series)

Fantasy Island (2021–2023) is a Fox drama sequel to the 1977 ABC series, created by Liz Craft and Sarah Fain, starring Roselyn Sanchez as Elena Roarke, filmed in Puerto Rico, canceled after two seasons and 23 episodes.

Fantasy Island (film)

Fantasy Island (Blumhouse's Fantasy Island), 2020 American supernatural horror film by Jeff Wadlow for Blumhouse and Sony, reimagining the 1977–1984 ABC series; stars Michael Peña, Maggie Q, Lucy Hale; $7M budget, $26.4M US gross, 9% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Fantasy Life (film)

Fantasy Life (film) is a 2025 American comic drama written and directed by Matthew Shear. It stars Amanda Peet and won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at SXSW.

Fantômas (1964 film)

Fantômas (1964) is a French-Italian comedy-crime film by André Hunebelle, starring Jean Marais as Fantômas and Fandor and Louis de Funès as Juve; first of a trilogy, 4.5 million admissions.

Fantomas contre Scotland Yard

Fantômas contre Scotland Yard (Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard) is a 1967 French-Italian comedy by André Hunebelle, the third and final Fantômas film with Jean Marais and Louis de Funès, set in Scotland and shot mainly in France.

Fantômas se déchaîne

Fantômas se déchaîne (1965), also known as Fantomas Unleashed or The Return of Fantomas, is André Hunebelle's second Fantômas comedy with Jean Marais and Louis de Funès, earning 4.2 million French admissions.

Fantomex

Fantomex (Charlie Cluster-7, Weapon XIII) is a Marvel Comics thief-soldier created by Grant Morrison and Igor Kordey, debuting in New X-Men #128 (2002); a Weapon Plus product of The World with misdirection powers and the E.V.A. craft, best known from Uncanny X-Force.

Fanum (streamer)

Fanum, real name Roberto Bryan Escanio Pena (born 1997), is a Dominican-American Bronx streamer, AMP co-founder, originator of the Fanum tax meme, and Breakout Streamer Streamy winner.

Faora

Faora (Faora Hu-Ul) is a DC Comics Kryptonian supervillain and Phantom Zone criminal, created by Cary Bates and Curt Swan in Action Comics #471 (May 1977); a serial killer and Horu-Kanu martial artist, distinct from the film character Ursa, and played by Antje Traue in Man of Steel (2013).

Far and Away

Far and Away is a 1992 American romantic adventure drama directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as Irish immigrants chasing free land in Oklahoma.

Far Beyond the Stars

"Far Beyond the Stars" is a 1998 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode (S6E13) in which Captain Benjamin Sisko visions himself as Benny Russell, a Black 1950s Harlem science fiction writer whose story of a Black space-station captain is suppressed; Avery Brooks directed and starred.

Far from Heaven

Far from Heaven is Todd Haynes's 2002 melodrama starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, and Dennis Haysbert, a 1957-set homage to Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows that makes race and homosexuality explicit.

Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)

Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) is John Schlesinger's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel, starring Julie Christie as Bathsheba Everdene with Alan Bates, Peter Finch, and Terence Stamp, shot by Nicolas Roeg in Dorset.

Far from the Madding Crowd (2015 film)

Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Thomas Vinterberg's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel, screenplay by David Nicholls, starring Carey Mulligan as Bathsheba Everdene with Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, and Tom Sturridge; Fox Searchlight release, Metascore 71, 84% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Far Lands or Bust

Far Lands or Bust (FLoB) is KurtJMac's Minecraft series, begun March 2011, walking in Survival Mode in Beta 1.7.3 to the Far Lands glitch at about 12,550,821 blocks; completed October 4, 2025, raising over $530,000 for charity.

Faraar (फ़रार)

Faraar (फ़रार) is a 1975 Hindi thriller directed by Shankar Mukherjee, starring Amitabh Bachchan as fugitive Raj, Sanjeev Kumar as Inspector Sanjay, and Sharmila Tagore; story by Gulzar, music by Kalyanji-Anandji.

Faraaz (film)

Faraaz is a 2022 Hindi hostage drama directed by Hansal Mehta about the 2016 Holey Artisan Bakery attack in Dhaka, starring Zahan Kapoor and Aditya Rawal, released February 3, 2023, banned in Bangladesh, and grossing about $1,896 worldwide.

Faraaz Khan

Faraaz Khan (فراز خان, 1970–2020) was an Indian actor, son of character actor Yusuf Khan; debuted in Fareb (1996), starred with Rani Mukerji in Mehndi (1998), was replaced in Maine Pyar Kiya, and died at 50 in Bengaluru.

Farah (actress)

Farah Naaz (फरहा नाज़), also Farha Naaz Hashmi, Indian Bollywood actress born 1968 in Hyderabad; debuted in Yash Raj's Faasle (1985), sister of Tabu, known for Naseeb Apna Apna, Yateem, Muqabla, and Hulchul.

Farah Khan

Farah Khan Kunder (फराह खान), born 1965 in Mumbai, is an Indian film director, choreographer, producer and actress of Hindi cinema, known for Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar's choreography, Filmfare and National Film Awards, and directing Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om.

Farah Zeynep Abdullah

Farah Zeynep Abdullah (born 1989, Istanbul) is a Turkish actress and singer known for Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki, Kelebeğin Rüyası (Turkey's Oscar submission), Unutursam Fısılda, and the record-breaking 2022 biopic Bergen.

Faran Tahir (فران طاہر)

Faran Tahir (فران طاہر), Pakistani-American actor born 1963 in Los Angeles; played Raza in Iron Man (2008), Captain Robau in Star Trek (2009), roles in Elysium and Escape Plan, Broadway's The Kite Runner, and now Pakistani film and TV including The Martial Artist (2025).

Farce

Farce: comic dramatic genre producing laughter through ridiculous situations and physical action; from Latin farcire "to stuff," shaped in 15th-century France, culminating in Pierre Pathelin and Molière.

Fardeen Khan

Fardeen Khan, Bollywood actor (active 1998–2010, 2024–present), son of Feroz Khan; debut Prem Aggan (1998, Filmfare Best Debut), known for Jungle, No Entry, All the Best, and his 2024 comeback with Heeramandi.

Fares Fares (فارس فارس)

Fares Fares (فارس فارس), born 1973 in Beirut, is a Lebanese-Swedish actor, brother of director Josef Fares. Breakthrough in Jalla! Jalla! (2000); known as Assad in the Department Q films and for Zero Dark Thirty, Rogue One, Westworld, and Chernobyl.

Farewell My Concubine (霸王别姬) (film)

Farewell My Concubine (霸王别姬, Bawang bieji) is Chen Kaige's 1993 Mandarin epic about two Peking opera actors, based on Lilian Lee's novel; first Chinese film to win the Cannes Palme d'Or, plus Golden Globe and BAFTA, later banned then released in edited form in China.

Fargo (1996 film)

Fargo (1996) is the Coen brothers' black comedy crime film starring Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson; its 'true story' opening is fictional, and it won two Oscars.