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Friday the 13th: The Series

Friday the 13th: The Series is a horror show that aired from 1987 to 1990. It follows an antique shop that deals in cursed items, unlike the slasher films.

Fridays (TV series)

Fridays was ABC's late-night live sketch-comedy series (April 11, 1980 to April 23, 1982), an SNL competitor from Studio 55, Los Angeles, whose cast included Larry David and Michael Richards and featured the staged 1981 Andy Kaufman brawl.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Jon Avnet's directorial debut, adapts Fannie Flagg's novel about Evelyn Couch, Ninny Threadgoode, and Idgie and Ruth of Whistle Stop, Alabama; a $11–12 million drama that grossed $119.4 million and became a queer-cinema touchstone.

Frieda (Peanuts)

Frieda (Peanuts) is a Charles Schulz comic-strip character introduced March 6, 1961, named for Schulz's friend Frieda Rich, defined by her naturally curly hair, her cat Faron, and her efforts to make Snoopy chase rabbits.

Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), German poet, dramatist, historian, and aesthetic philosopher; co-founder of Weimar Classicism with Goethe; author of Die Räuber, Wallenstein, Wilhelm Tell, and An die Freude.

Friend (친구) (2001 film)

Friend (친구) is a 2001 Korean crime drama by Kwak Kyung-taek about four Busan boyhood friends split by rival gangs. It sold 8,181,377 tickets, breaking JSA's Korean box office record, and inspired a 2009 drama and 2013 sequel.

Friend 2

Friend 2 (친구 2, Friend: The Great Legacy) is Kwak Kyung-taek's 2013 South Korean neo-noir action sequel to Friend (2001), starring Yu Oh-seong, Joo Jin-mo, and Kim Woo-bin; released November 14, 2013, it drew 2,971,475 admissions in Korea.

Friend Request

Friend Request (original title Unfriend) is a 2016 German supernatural horror film directed by Simon Verhoeven, starring Alycia Debnam-Carey and Liesl Ahlers, about a college student cursed after unfriencing an outcast on Facebook; distinct from the 2014 film Unfriended.

Friendly Rivalry

Friendly Rivalry (선의의 경쟁, Seonuiui Gyeongjaeng), also called Friendly Competition, is a 2025 South Korean mystery thriller adapted from Song Chae-yoon's webtoon, starring Lee Hye-ri and Chung Su-bin at elite Chaehwa Girls' High School; 16 episodes aired on U+ Mobile TV, February 10 to March 6, 2025.

Friends

Friends (1994-2004) is the NBC sitcom by David Crane and Marta Kauffman about six twenty-somethings in New York, starring Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, LeBlanc, Perry, and Schwimmer, famed for Central Perk and its ensemble format.

Friends (2001 film)

Friends (ப்ரண்ட்ஸ்) is a 2001 Tamil comedy-drama directed by Siddique, a remake of his 1999 Malayalam film, starring Vijay, Suriya, and Ramesh Khanna, with Ilaiyaraaja's music; a Pongal release that ran 175 days and rereleased in 4K in November 2025.

Friends (2016 film)

Friends (फ्रेंड्स) is a 2016 Marathi romantic drama directed by R. Madhesh, starring Swapnil Joshi as Neel, Sachit Patil as Karan, and Gauri Nalawade as Bhairavi, released 15 January 2016.

Friends from College

Friends from College is a Netflix comedy series (2017-2019) created by Nicholas Stoller and Francesca Delbanco about six Harvard friends in their forties, starring Keegan-Michael Key and Cobie Smulders; canceled after 2 seasons, 16 episodes.

Friends with Benefits (film)

Friends with Benefits is a 2011 American romantic comedy directed by Will Gluck, starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis as friends trying a no-strings arrangement; released July 22, 2011 by Screen Gems, grossing about $149.5 million.

Friends with Kids

Friends with Kids is a 2011 American comedy-drama, Jennifer Westfeldt's directorial debut, also called FWK, about platonic friends Julie and Jason who co-parent while dating others; premiered at TIFF 2011, released March 9, 2012, Metascore 55.

Friends with Money

Friends with Money is a 2006 American comedy-drama written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, starring Jennifer Aniston, Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener, and Frances McDormand as friends divided by income; 88 minutes, Sony Pictures Classics, $13.4M US gross.

Friends, Romans, Countrymen (Yellowjackets)

Friends, Romans, Countrymen is the season 2 premiere of Yellowjackets, also called the Yellowjackets S2E1 premiere. Written by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, it aired March 24, 2023 on streaming and March 26 on Showtime, ending with Shauna eating Jackie's ear.

Friends: The Reunion

Friends: The Reunion (2021), an unscripted HBO Max special directed by Ben Winston, reunited Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer on Stage 24 on May 27, 2021, with celebrity guests and no scripted scenes.

Friendship (2024 film)

Friendship is a 2024 American cringe comedy, Andrew DeYoung's directorial debut, starring Tim Robinson as suburban dad Craig Waterman and Paul Rudd as neighbor Austin Carmichael. Premiered at TIFF 2024, released by A24 on May 9, 2025; Metacritic 72, Rotten Tomatoes 88%.

Friendship Is Witchcraft

Friendship Is Witchcraft (FiW) is a fan-made abridged parody series of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic by Jenny Nicholson and Griffin Lewis as Sherclop Pones, on YouTube 2011–2016, nine episodes plus specials, original songs, and the robot Sweetie Bot.

Frieren (TV series)

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (葬送のフリーレン) is a Madhouse TV anime adapted from Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe's manga. Season 1 (28 episodes, 2023–24, dir. Keiichiro Saitō) and season 2 (January 2026, dir. Tomoya Kitagawa) aired on Nippon TV; season 3 is set for October 2027.

Frieren (葬送のフリーレン)

Frieren (葬送のフリーレン, Beyond Journey's End) is a Shogakukan Weekly Shonen Sunday fantasy manga by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe, serialized since April 2020 about an elven mage traveling after her hero party's era; Manga Taisho 2021 winner with 35 million copies and a hit Madhouse anime.

Frieza (フリーザ)

Frieza (フリーザ, also Freeza) is Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball villain, the 'Emperor of the Universe' who destroyed Planet Vegeta; four forms, first-form power level 530,000, Golden Frieza, and the roughly 3.5-hour Namek fight.

Fright Krewe

Fright Krewe is a DreamWorks Animation 2D animated horror series created by Eli Roth and James Frey, streaming on Hulu and Peacock since October 2, 2023, about five New Orleans teens given Loa powers to fight the demon Belial.

Fright Night

Fright Night (1985) is Tom Holland's directorial debut, a Columbia Pictures vampire horror-comedy starring William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, and Roddy McDowall; it grossed $24.9 million, won three Saturn Awards, and was remade in 2011.

Fright Night (2011 film)

Fright Night is a 2011 American horror-comedy film directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Anton Yelchin and Colin Farrell, a remake of Tom Holland's 1985 film of the same name.

Fright Night Part 2

Fright Night Part 2 (1988/1989) is Tommy Lee Wallace's horror-comedy sequel to Fright Night, with Roddy McDowall and William Ragsdale returning as Peter Vincent and Charley Brewster against vampire Regine Dandridge; it grossed $2,983,784 domestically on a reported $8 million budget.

Fringe (TV series)

Fringe (2008–2013) is an American Fox science fiction series by Abrams, Kurtzman, and Orci: 5 seasons, 100 episodes, FBI Fringe Division, Olivia Dunham, Walter and Peter Bishop, and a parallel-universe war, often compared with The X-Files.

Fringe theatre

Fringe theater is a platform for productions with political content or experimental nature that are unlikely to succeed in conventional surroundings, a term dating from the late 1960s.

Frisco Jones and Felicia Cummings

Frisco Jones and Felicia Cummings are a divorced supercouple from ABC's General Hospital: Frisco, a singer-turned-cop and WSB spy (Jack Wagner, from January 1984), and Felicia, an Aztec princess (Kristina Wagner, from September 1984). They wed June 23, 1986, had daughters Maxie and Georgie, and separated; Felicia later married Mac Scorpio.