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Frequency (2000 film)

Frequency is a 2000 American science fiction thriller directed by Gregory Hoblit, starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel as a father and son linked by ham radio.

Frequency (TV series)

Frequency (TV series), American CW science fiction drama, 2016-2017, developed by Jeremy Carver from the 2000 film; Peyton List's Raimy contacts her dead father via ham radio; 13 episodes, cancelled May 2017.

Fresa y Chocolate

Fresa y Chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate), 1993 Cuban-Mexican-Spanish film by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío, screenplay Senel Paz; friendship between a gay artist and a communist student; first Cuban Oscar nominee.

Fresh (1994 film)

Fresh is a 1994 American crime drama written and directed by Boaz Yakin, starring Sean Nelson as a twelve-year-old Brooklyn drug courier who uses chess strategy against the dealers around him.

Fresh (2022 film)

Fresh (2022) is an American horror comedy directed by Mimi Cave, written by Lauryn Kahn, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan. Premiered at Sundance January 20, 2022; released on Hulu March 4, 2022; about a woman whose new boyfriend sells human meat.

Fresh Kills (film)

Fresh Kills (2023) is Jennifer Esposito's directorial debut, a Staten Island mafia drama about the Larusso women, starring Emily Bader and Odessa A'zion; premiered at Tribeca, released theatrically June 14, 2024. Distinct from Fresh Kill (1972, 1994).

Fresh Meat (TV series)

Fresh Meat is a British Channel 4 comedy drama (2011–2016) by Peep Show writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, following six Manchester university students sharing 28 Hartnell Avenue; four series, 30 episodes, starring Jack Whitehall, Zawe Ashton, and Charlotte Ritchie.

Fresh Off the Boat

Fresh Off the Boat is an American family sitcom that aired on ABC from 2015 to 2020, following a Taiwanese American family that moves to Orlando, Florida, in 1995.

Frewaka

Fréwaka (from Irish fréamhacha, "roots") is a 2024 Irish-language folk horror film by Aislinn Clarke, the first horror film produced in Irish, about caregiver Shoo, Peig, and the Na Sídhe; premiered at Locarno 2024.

Freya Allan

Freya Allan (born 2001) is a British actress known for playing Princess Ciri in Netflix's The Witcher (2019–2025) and Mae in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024); also Baghead and the upcoming Black Palace.

Freya Mavor

Freya Mavor (born 1993, Glasgow) is a Scottish actress, fluent in French, known for Mini McGuinness in Skins, and for The White Queen, Industry, The ABC Murders, and Marie Antoinette.

Freya Parks

Freya Parks (Freya Theodora Parks) is a British actress from London known for Amy Jessop in BBC's Here We Go, Fiona in This Town, Helen Burns in Jane Eyre (2011), and Hester in The School for Good and Evil (2022).

Frida Argento

Frida Argento, Swedish actress born 2000, plays Sara in Netflix's Young Royals (2021-2024); autistic actress portraying autistic character; later credits include The Åre Murders, Fejk, and Vaka (2026).

Friday (1995 film)

Friday (1995) is an American stoner comedy directed by F. Gary Gray, written by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh, starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, and Nia Long. Released April 26, 1995 by New Line, it grossed $27.9M worldwide and spawned Next Friday and Friday After Next.

Friday (franchise)

Friday franchise: New Line comedy series Friday (1995), Next Friday (2000), Friday After Next (2002), created by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh, set in South Central Los Angeles; Last Friday in development since 2025.

Friday After Next

Friday After Next (2002) is the third Friday comedy, written by and starring Ice Cube with Mike Epps, directed by Marcus Raboy; a Christmas Eve Santa burglar steals the cousins' rent money, leading to strip-mall security jobs. Grossed $33.3 million domestic; Metascore 35.

Friday Night Baseball

Friday Night Baseball is MLB's exclusive weekly Friday doubleheader on Apple TV, launched in 2022 under a seven-year deal worth about $50 million per year, available in 60 countries, and known for iPhone-camera and Apple Immersive production firsts.

Friday night death slot

The Friday night death slot is a perceived graveyard slot in American TV where Friday prime-time shows, especially young-adult fare like Star Trek and Firefly, were expected to fail; streaming has since inverted the stigma.

Friday Night Dinner

Friday Night Dinner is a Channel 4 British sitcom (2011–2020) by Robert Popper about the secular Jewish Goodman family's weekly Shabbat meal, starring Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird and Tom Rosenthal, based on Popper's own family.

Friday Night Lights (TV series)

Friday Night Lights (2006–2011) is an American drama series about a Texas high school football team in fictional Dillon, developed by Peter Berg and showrun by Jason Katims from Bissinger's 1990 book; it ran five seasons, 76 episodes, and won a Peabody and three Emmys.

Friday the 13th (1980 film)

Friday the 13th (1980), also known by working title A Long Night at Camp Blood, is Sean S. Cunningham's slasher film written by Victor Miller, in which Mrs. Pamela Voorhees kills camp counselors; it grossed about $40 million and launched the Jason Voorhees franchise.

Friday the 13th (2009 film)

Friday the 13th, also known as Friday the 13th remake, is a 2009 American slasher film directed by Marcus Nispel, rebooting the franchise around killer Jason Voorhees.

Friday the 13th (franchise)

Friday the 13th is the American horror franchise begun by Sean S. Cunningham and Victor Miller's 1980 slasher, spanning twelve films, Pamela and Jason Voorhees, a 2018 rights ruling, and the 2026 Crystal Lake prequel series.

Friday the 13th Part 2

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) is Steve Miner's slasher sequel in which Jason Voorhees becomes the killer at Camp Crystal Lake. Released May 1, 1981, 87 minutes, R-rated, $1.4 million budget, $6.4 million opening weekend, 27% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Friday the 13th Part III

Friday the 13th Part III (1982), also called Friday the 13th Part 3 or Part 3 3D, is Steve Miner's Paramount slasher sequel in which Jason Voorhees first wears the hockey mask; it was the first 3-D film given a wide domestic release, on 1,079 screens.

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), also known as Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI, is Tom McLoughlin's sixth franchise entry in which lightning resurrects Jason Voorhees as a zombie; it introduced self-aware humor that influenced Scream.

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood is a 1988 American slasher film in which telekinetic teen Tina Shepard accidentally frees Jason Voorhees and fights him.

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan is a 1989 American slasher film in which Jason Voorhees stalks teens on a cruise to New York City.

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), also Part V, is Danny Steinmann's slasher sequel in which Tommy Jarvis faces murders at a halfway house by a killer who is not Jason Voorhees; it earned $21.9 million domestically.

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), the fourth Friday the 13th film, directed by Joseph Zito, starring Corey Feldman as Tommy Jarvis and Ted White as Jason; intended as the series finale but followed by A New Beginning.