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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 16

Law & Order: SVU season 16, the 2014–2015 NBC run of 23 episodes under showrunner Warren Leight, starring Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Kelli Giddish, Danny Pino, and Raúl Esparza, with headline-based episodes and Chicago crossovers.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 26

Season 26 of Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 2024–25): 22 episodes from "Fractured" (Oct 3, 2024) to "Post-Rage" (May 15, 2025), adding Det. Kate Silva, a Carisi hostage-trauma arc, and a Law & Order crossover.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 27

Season 27 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC, premiered September 25, 2025) ran 21 episodes under first female showrunner Michele Fazekas, with Giddish returning as a regular, Pisano and Martinez exiting, and a Season 28 renewal.

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Law & Order: Trial by Jury, the fourth Dick Wolf Law & Order series, aired one 13-episode NBC season from March 2005, following Manhattan prosecutors from arraignment through trial before cancellation.

Law & Order: UK

Law & Order: UK is a British ITV1 crime drama (2009-2014), produced by Kudos, Wolf Films, and NBC Universal, adapting every episode from a US Law & Order teleplay for English courts, running 53 episodes across 8 series.

Law Abiding Citizen

Law Abiding Citizen is a 2009 American vigilante thriller directed by F. Gary Gray, starring Jamie Foxx as a Philadelphia prosecutor and Gerard Butler as a grieving father taking revenge.

Law and Order (2026 film)

Law and Order (ലോ & ഓർഡർ), also L&O, is a 2026 Malayalam action crime drama directed by Ranjith, written by Udaykrishna, starring Prakash Varma and Abhirami, with Mammootty cameoing as Karikkamuri Shanmughan from Black (2004); released 18 September 2026.

Law and the City (서초동)

Law and the City (서초동, Seochodong) is a 2025 tvN Korean drama, 12 episodes aired July 5 to August 10, 2025, directed by Park Seung-woo, starring Lee Jong-suk and Moon Ga-young as associate lawyers in Seocho-dong, Seoul's legal district; finale rated 7.7 percent.

Law enforcement characters of The Wire

Law enforcement characters of The Wire: Baltimore Police officers and prosecutors in HBO's The Wire (2002–2008), including McNulty, Daniels, Freamon, Rawls, Colvin, and Kima, shaped by creators David Simon and Ed Burns and the 'real police' ideal.

Law of Desire

Law of Desire (La ley del deseo) is Pedro Almodóvar's 1987 Spanish melodrama-thriller, El Deseo's first production, about gay filmmaker Pablo, his lover Antonio, and trans sister Tina; it won a Berlin Teddy Award.

Law School (로스쿨) (TV series)

Law School (로스쿨) is a 2021 South Korean legal drama starring Kim Myung-min, in which a law school's students and professors become entangled in a murder case.

LaWanda Page

LaWanda Page (1920-2002), born Alberta Peal, American comedic actress who played Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son (1973-77); former fire-eating nightclub dancer billed as the Bronze Goddess of Fire and Laff Records stand-up comic.

Lawho Gouranger Naam Rey (লহো গৌরঙ্গের নাম রে)

Lawho Gouranger Naam Rey (লহ গৌরাঙ্গের নাম রে) is a 2025 Bengali period drama by Srijit Mukherji on Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's disappearance across three timelines, released 25 December 2025.

Lawless (film)

Lawless is a 2012 American crime drama directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave, about bootlegging brothers in Prohibition-era Virginia who resist a corrupt deputy.

Lawless Lawyer (무법 변호사)

Lawless Lawyer (무법 변호사) is a 2018 tvN Korean drama, 16 episodes, May 12–July 1, starring Lee Joon-gi and Seo Ye-ji, directed by Kim Jin-min, written by Yoon Hyun-ho, set in fictional Giseong City.

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

Lawmen: Bass Reeves is an eight-episode Paramount+ Western limited series premiering November 5, 2023, starring David Oyelowo as one of the first Black deputy U.S. marshals west of the Mississippi, created by Chad Feehan and executive produced by Taylor Sheridan.

Lawnmower Dog

"Lawnmower Dog" is the second episode of Rick and Morty season 1 (Adult Swim, December 9, 2013), written by Ryan Ridley. It parodies Inception and The Lawnmower Man, introduces Scary Terry, and features Snuffles becoming Snowball, a sapient dog who returns in season 9's "Jer Bud".

Lawrence Bender

Lawrence Bender (born 1957, The Bronx) is an American producer of Tarantino films (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds), Good Will Hunting, and An Inconvenient Truth; also activist and Global Zero founder.

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Lawrence Gilliard Jr., also credited as Larry Gilliard Jr., is an American actor born in New York City in 1971, best known for D'Angelo Barksdale on The Wire and Bob Stookey on The Walking Dead.

Lawrence Kasdan

Lawrence Kasdan (born 1949) is an American screenwriter and director, co-writer of The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Return of the Jedi, and writer-director of The Big Chill, Silverado, The Accidental Tourist, Grand Canyon, and The Force Awakens.

Lawrence Kutner (House)

Lawrence Kutner is a fictional diagnostic fellow on House, M.D., played by Kal Penn; born Lawrence Choudhary, hired in season 4, he dies by suicide in season 5's "Simple Explanation" after Penn joined the Obama White House.

Lawrence of Arabia (film)

Lawrence of Arabia, David Lean's 1962 British epic starring Peter O'Toole as T.E. Lawrence, based on Seven Pillars of Wisdom; shot in Super Panavision 70, it won seven Oscars including Best Picture and was restored in 1988 and 2012.

Lawrence Tierney

Lawrence Tierney (1919-2002), American character actor from Brooklyn, Hollywood tough guy of noir classics Dillinger (1945), Born to Kill (1947), The Devil Thumbs a Ride; late revival as Joe Cabot in Reservoir Dogs, Seinfeld and Star Trek roles.

Laws of Attraction

Laws of Attraction is a 2004 romantic comedy directed by Peter Howitt, starring Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore as rival New York divorce lawyers who marry in Ireland; New Line release grossing $30 million worldwide.

Lawyer Lawyer (算死草)

Lawyer Lawyer (算死草) is a 1997 Hong Kong comedy directed by Joe Ma, starring Stephen Chow as litigation master Chan Mong-gut, who defends his apprentice in a British courtroom.

Laxman Utekar

Laxman Utekar, Indian film director and cinematographer from Mumbai, known for Luka Chuppi, Mimi, Zara Hatke Zara Bachke, and the ₹800-crore historical Chhaava (2025); upcoming Eetha (2026).

Laxmii

Laxmii (लक्ष्मी), originally Laxmmi Bomb, is a 2020 Hindi horror-comedy directed by Raghava Lawrence, remaking his Tamil film Kanchana. Akshay Kumar plays a man possessed by a murdered transgender woman's ghost; released on Disney+ Hotstar, it scored 2.6/10 on IMDb.

Laxmikant Berde (लक्ष्मीकांत बेर्डे)

Laxmikant Berde (लक्ष्मीकांत बेर्डे), nickname Lakshya (1954–2004), was an Indian actor of Marathi theatre and cinema and Hindi comic supporting roles; star of Tur Tur, Dhoom Dhadaka, Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi, and Maine Pyar Kiya, paired famously with Ashok Saraf.

Laya (actress)

Laya (Telugu actress లయ), born 1981 in Vijayawada, is a Telugu film actress and classical dancer, lead debut in Swayamvaram (1999), consecutive Nandi Awards for Manoharam and Preminchu; left after 2006 marriage, returned with Thammudu (2025). Not the singer, Laya DeLeon Hayes, or Laya Lewis.

Layer Cake (film)

Layer Cake is a 2004 British crime thriller, Matthew Vaughn's directorial debut, adapted from J.J. Connolly's novel and starring Daniel Craig as a London cocaine dealer trying to retire.