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Ishqbaaaz (इश्क़बाज़)

Ishqbaaaz (इश्क़बाज़) is a Star Plus Hindi romantic drama about the Oberoi brothers Shivaay, Omkara, and Rudra, produced by Gul Khan, aired June 27, 2016 to March 15, 2019, starring Nakuul Mehta and Surbhi Chandna, later renamed Pyaar Ki Ek Dhinchak Kahani.

Ishqiya (عشقیہ) (TV series)

Ishqiya (عشقیہ) is a 2020 Pakistani ARY Digital drama serial, 28 episodes, written by Mohsin Ali Shah, directed by Badar Mehmood, starring Feroze Khan, Ramsha Khan, and Hania Aamir in a revenge-marriage romance, later banned from re-broadcast by PEMRA.

Ishqiya (इश्क़िया)

Ishqiya (इश्क़िया) is a 2010 Hindi black comedy directed by Abhishek Chaubey in his debut, starring Naseeruddin Shah, Vidya Balan, and Arshad Warsi; set in Gorakhpur, it won four National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards and spawned Dedh Ishqiya (2014).

Ishtar (film)

Ishtar is Elaine May's 1987 Columbia Pictures comedy starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as inept songwriters caught in CIA intrigue in a fictional Middle Eastern country; a notorious $51 million box-office bomb, later reappraised.

Ishwak Singh (ईश्वक सिंह)

Ishwak Singh (ईश्वक सिंह), born 1989 in New Delhi, is an Indian actor; former architect and Asmita Theatre Group member known for Imran Ansari in Paatal Lok, Vikram Sarabhai in Rocket Boys, Berlin, and Gandhari.

Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Isiah Whitlock Jr. (1954-2025), American character actor from South Bend, Indiana; played corrupt state senator Clay Davis on The Wire, Secretary of Defense George Maddox on Veep, and appeared in Spike Lee films including 25th Hour and Da 5 Bloods.

Isidora Goreshter

Isidora Goreshter (Isidora Miriam Goreshter) is an American actress, born 1981 in Long Beach, California, best known as Svetlana Yevgenivna on Shameless (2013–2018, 53 episodes), also in Paranoia, Clara's Ghost, and Condor.

Isis (DC Comics)

Isis (DC Comics): superheroine from Filmation's 1975 TV series The Secrets of Isis (Andrea Thomas) and DC's 2006 reimagining as Adrianna Tomaz, Black Adam's partner in the Black Marvel Family, empowered by a magic amulet.

Isla Blair

Isla Blair (Isla Blair Glover), British actress and singer born 1944 in Bangalore, India; RADA-trained, married to Julian Glover since 1968; known for Taste the Blood of Dracula, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and TV roles in When the Boat Comes In and The History Man.

Isla Fisher

Isla Fisher (Isla Lang Fisher, born 1976, Muscat, Oman) is an Australian actress and author known for Home and Away, Wedding Crashers, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Rango, and The Great Gatsby.

Isla Johnston

Isla Johnston is a British actress who played young Beth Harmon in Netflix's The Queen's Gambit (2020) and is cast as Joan of Arc in Baz Luhrmann's Jehanne d'Arc. Also known for Invasion and The Carpenter's Son opposite Nicolas Cage.

Island (아일랜드) (South Korean TV series)

Island (아일랜드, Aillaendeu) is a 2022–2023 South Korean TVING fantasy exorcism web series starring Kim Nam-gil, Lee Da-hee, Cha Eun-woo, and Sung Joon, adapted from Yoon In-wan and Yang Kyung-il's webtoon, set on Jeju Island and streamed globally on Prime Video.

Island Etude (练习曲)

Island Etude (練習曲) is a 2007 Taiwanese drama directed by Chen Huai-en about a hearing-impaired student cycling around Taiwan's coast for seven days; it topped 2007 Taiwanese box office and sparked a bicycle touring boom.

Island Nation (国际桥牌社)

Island Nation (國際橋牌社) is Taiwan's first political drama series, a 'Taiwanese House of Cards' by producer-director Wang Yi-hsin; season 1 covers 1990–1994 democratization and season 2 the 1996 missile crisis, with a spin-off, Hoping, on the 2003 SARS outbreak.

Island of Bryan

Island of Bryan (US title Renovation Island) is a Canadian HGTV/Home Network reality series begun April 7, 2019, following contractor Bryan and designer Sarah Baeumler renovating a 22-villa 1960s Bahamas resort into the Caerula Mar Club.

Island of Greed (黑金)

Island of Greed (黑金, also The Island of Greed) is a 1997 Hong Kong political thriller by Michael and Johnny Mak, starring Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Andy Lau, about Taiwanese black-gold politics; distinct from the 2026 iQIYI TV series of the same name.

Island of Lost Souls

Island of Lost Souls (1932) is Erle C. Kenton's Paramount pre-Code horror adaptation of H. G. Wells's The Island of Dr. Moreau, starring Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, and Kathleen Burke; banned in twelve countries and later acclaimed as the novel's best screen version.

Islanders (亲密之海)

Islanders (亲密之海) is a 2025 Taiwanese drama series adapted from Hu Ching-fang's novel Archipelago (群島), directed by Ler Jiyuan and Tsai Po-chang, starring Christopher Lee, Wu Kang-ren, Rima Zeidan, and Yu Tzu-yu; 7 episodes, premiered July 18, 2025 on CATCHPLAY+, with ten Golden Bell Award nominations.

Islands (2025 German film)

Islands is a 2025 German thriller directed by Jan-Ole Gerster, starring Sam Riley as a washed-up tennis coach on Fuerteventura; premiered at Berlinale Special 2025 and won the German Film Award for Best Film Music. Not the Spanish film Islas by Marina Seresesky.

Isle of Dogs (film)

Isle of Dogs (犬ヶ島) is Wes Anderson's 2018 stop-motion animated film, his second after Fantastic Mr Fox, about Atari's search for his exiled dog Spots on Trash Island; 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, two Oscar nominations.

Ismail Merchant (اسماعیل مرچنٹ)

Ismail Merchant (اسماعیل مرچنٹ), born Ismail Noormohamed Abdul Rehman (1936–2005), Indian-born producer; co-founded Merchant Ivory Productions with James Ivory, famed for A Room with a View, Howards End, The Remains of the Day, and his final film The White Countess.

ISmart Shankar

iSmart Shankar (ఇస్మార్ట్ శంకర్) is a 2019 Telugu sci-fi action film by Puri Jagannadh starring Ram Pothineni as a contract killer given a slain officer's memories via a brain chip; hit film with 2024 sequel Double iSmart.

Isn't It Romantic (2019 film)

Isn't It Romantic is a 2019 American romantic comedy directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson, in which Rebel Wilson plays a New York architect who despises rom-coms and wakes up inside one.

Isn't She Great

Isn't She Great (2000) is a Universal biographical comedy directed by Andrew Bergman, written by Paul Rudnick, starring Bette Midler as novelist Jacqueline Susann and Nathan Lane as Irving Mansfield; a critical and commercial flop.

Isobel Jesper Jones

Isobel Jesper Jones is a British actress, distinct from Australian producer Isobel Jones, trained at RADA (BA Acting, 2020). Known for Jessica in The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself (2022), Mayfair Lipp in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), Edith in The Serpent Queen season 2 (2024), and Pamela Mitford in Outrageous (2025).

Isobel Waller-Bridge

Isobel Waller-Bridge (Isobel Noeline Waller-Bridge), British composer born 1984 in London, sister of Phoebe Waller-Bridge; scored Fleabag, Emma., The Boy the Mole the Fox and the Horse, and ABT's Crime and Punishment; albums include Music for Strings, VIII, and Objects.

Isobel Yeung

Isobel Yeung is a British journalist who joined CNN in 2024 as an international correspondent, after nearly a decade at VICE News, winning 10 Emmys and a Peabody.

Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum (இஸ்பேட் ராஜாவும் இதய ராணியும்)

Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum (இஸ்பேட் ராஜாவும் இதய ராணியும்), IRIR, is a 2019 Tamil romantic drama directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi, starring Harish Kalyan and Shilpa Manjunath, released 15 March 2019, music by Sam C.S.

Israel Broussard

Israel Broussard (Isaiah Israel Broussard), American actor born 1994 in Gulfport, Mississippi; played Marc in Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring (2013), Carter Davis in Happy Death Day and its 2019 sequel, and Josh in To All the Boys I've Loved Before.

Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3

Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3 (इस प्यार को क्या नाम दूं 3), a 2017 Star Plus Hindi romantic drama by Gul Khan's 4 Lions Films, starred Barun Sobti and Shivani Tomar for 70 episodes and ended early over low TRPs.