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Instinct (ИCT) (American TV series)

Instinct (CBS, 2018-2019), also known as ИCT, an American police procedural adapted from James Patterson's Murder Games, starring Alan Cumming as ex-CIA professor Dylan Reinhart; first hour-long US broadcast drama with a gay lead, canceled after two seasons.

Instructions Not Included

Instructions Not Included, also known as No se aceptan devoluciones, is a 2013 Mexican comedy-drama directed by and starring Eugenio Derbez in his directing debut, about a playboy unexpectedly raising a daughter.

Insurgent (2015 film)

The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015) is Robert Schwentke's dystopian sci-fi sequel to Divergent, adapted from Veronica Roth's novel, starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet; it grossed $297 million worldwide but scored 29% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Intelligence (British TV series)

Intelligence (British TV series), working title GCHQ, is a Sky One workplace sitcom created by Nick Mohammed, starring David Schwimmer as NSA agent Jerry Bernstein at GCHQ, 2020-2023, distinct from the 2014 CBS and 2006 CBC series of the same name.

Intense Love (韫色过浓)

Intense Love (韫色过浓, Yun Se Guo Nong) is a 2020 Mango TV Chinese urban romance drama, 24 episodes, starring Zhang Yuxi and Ding Yuxi, adapted from Liu Mang Xing's novel, premiering May 2, 2020.

Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder (赤い殺意, Akai Satsui; also Unholy Desire) is Shohei Imamura's 1964 Nikkatsu film in which housewife Sadako, raped by a burglar, transforms into a strong woman; 150 minutes, black and white, starring Masumi Harukawa.

Inter Alia (play)

Inter Alia is a 2025 play by Suzie Miller, follow-up to Prima Facie, about judge Jessica Parks whose son is accused of rape. Premiered at the National Theatre with Rosamund Pike, won a 2026 Olivier, transfers to Broadway in 2026.

Interactive theatre

Interactive theatre (also medspilsteater, Mitspieltheater) is live performance in which audience members participate, choose, or co-create, breaking the actor-spectator barrier; spans forum, playback, participatory, immersive, and digital forms.

Interceptor (film)

Interceptor (2022) is an Australian action thriller on Netflix, Matthew Reilly's directorial debut co-written with Stuart Beattie, starring Elsa Pataky as Captain JJ Collins defending a Pacific missile interceptor base from Luke Bracey's mercenaries amid 16 stolen nuclear missiles; RT 47%, Metacritic 51.

Interior Chinatown (TV series)

Interior Chinatown is a 2024 Hulu limited series, 10 episodes, created by Charles Yu from his National Book Award-winning novel; Jimmy O. Yang stars as Willis Wu, a background actor in a police procedural, with Chloe Bennet and Taika Waititi producing.

Interlaced Scenes (错位)

Interlaced Scenes (错位, original title 交错的场景) is a 2024 15-episode iQIYI Mist Theater suspense crime drama adapted from Seichō Matsumoto's 1976 novel, starring Ma Yili, Tong Dawei, and Gao Zhiting as detectives and a novelist whose fiction matches a real murder.

Interlude

An interlude is a short English dramatic piece of the 15th and 16th centuries that grew out of the morality play, introducing realistic characters and farcical humor.

Intermission (film)

Intermission (2003) is an Irish ensemble black comedy-drama, John Crowley's feature debut, written by Mark O'Rowe, starring Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy, Kelly Macdonald, Shirley Henderson and Colm Meaney; a Dublin breakup triggers interlinked crime and romance stories.

Intermittent-motion film advance mechanism

Intermittent-motion film advance mechanism: the claw, Geneva (Maltese cross), or pin-driven device that steps motion-picture film one frame at a time past a camera or projector gate, synchronized with a rotary shutter, at 24 fps with 48 light interruptions per second.

Internal Affairs (film)

Internal Affairs is a 1990 American police thriller directed by Mike Figgis, written by Henry Bean, starring Richard Gere as corrupt LAPD officer Dennis Peck and Andy Garcia as investigator Raymond Avila; released January 12, 1990 by Paramount, grossing $25.8 million, and unrelated to Hong Kong's Infernal Affairs.

Internal Medicine Park Won Jang (내과 박원장)

Internal Medicine Park Won Jang (내과 박원장, Dr. Park's Clinic) is a South Korean webtoon by physician-turned-cartoonist Jang Bong-su and its 2022 TVING medical comedy adaptation, 12 episodes starring Lee Seo-jin, about a struggling new clinic owner.

International Affiliation of Writers Guilds

The International Affiliation of Writers Guilds is an international organization of professional screenwriters' guilds. It represents approximately 65,000 writers across 15 member guilds in 13 countries.

International Assassin

International Assassin is best known as the title of the eighth episode of the second season of the HBO drama The Leftovers, first aired in 2015.

International Association of Theatre Critics

The International Association of Theatre Critics, in French Association Internationale des Critiques de Théâtre, is a non-profit organization of drama, opera, and dance critics founded in Paris in 1956.

International Federation of Actors

International Federation of Actors (FIA, Fédération Internationale des Acteurs), global federation of performers' trade unions founded 1952 by British Equity and the French SFA; about 80 member organisations in over 60 countries; president Gabrielle Carteris; Secretariat in Brussels.

International Film Festival of India

International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded 1952, South Asia's oldest film festival; FIAPF-accredited, run by NFDC and Ministry of I&B with Goa; permanent venue Goa since 2004; 57th edition 20–28 November 2026, Panaji.

International Indian Film Academy Awards

The International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA), founded in 2000 by Wizcraft, honor Hindi cinema through a touring international ceremony decided by industry and public voting; distinct from jury-based National Film Awards.

International School of Theatre Anthropology

International School of Theatre Anthropology (ISTA), founded 1979 by Eugenio Barba in Holstebro, Denmark: an itinerant school studying performers' pre-expressive stage presence across traditions, distinct from ISTA Global schools charity.

Internet Adult Film Database

The Internet Adult Film Database (IAFD), founded online in 1999 from message-board efforts, is a free reference cataloging performers, directors, studios, and films of the US pornography industry.

Internet celebrity

Internet celebrity: a person famous through the internet rather than professional media channels; Chinese term wanghong (网红). Key facts: three wanghong generations since the 1990s, 580亿元 2016 Chinese market, virality driven by celebrity broadcasts, influencer marketing evidence, and creator-economy scale.

Internet pornography

Internet pornography: sexually explicit content distributed online, also called online porn or web pornography. Covers tube and user-generated platforms, prevalence and effects research, and age-verification laws in the US, UK, France, and EU.

Interrogation (1982 film)

Przesłuchanie (Interrogation), 1982 Polish political drama by Ryszard Bugajski; Stalinist-era cabaret singer Tonia Dziwisz jailed and tortured to sign a false confession; banned seven years, premiered December 1989, Krystyna Janda won Cannes Best Actress 1990.

Interrogation (2020 TV series)

Interrogation is a 2020 American non-linear true-crime drama on CBS All Access, created by John Mankiewicz and Anders Weidemann, based on the Bruce Lisker case; its 10 episodes can be watched in any order except first and last.

Interrogation (पूछताछ) (2025 film)

Interrogation (पूछताछ) is a 2025 Hindi psychological thriller directed by Ajoy Varma Raja, released on ZEE5 on 30 May 2025, about four suspects interrogated after a retired judge's death; stars Rajpal Yadav and Manu Singh.

Interstate 60

Interstate 60 (Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road) is a 2002 fantasy-comedy road movie, Bob Gale's directorial debut, starring James Marsden and Gary Oldman; released direct-to-DVD in 2003 after festival screenings.