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Life of Brian (Family Guy)

"Life of Brian" (Family Guy season 12, episode 6, aired November 24, 2013) is the episode in which Brian Griffin is killed by a car, replaced by Vinny voiced by Tony Sirico, and revived two episodes later in "Christmas Guy" after fan backlash.

Life of Crime (documentary trilogy)

Life of Crime is Jon Alpert's documentary trilogy (One Year in a Life of Crime, 1989; Life of Crime 2, 1998; Life of Crime: 1984-2020, 2021) following Rob Steffey, Freddie Rodriguez, and Deliris Vasquez of Newark, New Jersey, filmed covertly over 36 years.

Life of Crime (film)

Life of Crime (film): 2013 American crime comedy by Daniel Schechter, adapted from Elmore Leonard's The Switch; stars Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins, Yasiin Bey; TIFF closing film, released 2014; prequel to Jackie Brown characters.

Life of Galileo

Life of Galileo (Leben des Galilei) is Bertolt Brecht's play about Galileo Galilei's recantation before the Inquisition, written in exile in three versions (1938, 1945, 1955), premiered in Zurich in 1943, and central to debates on the scientist's responsibility.

Life of Josutty

Life of Josutty (ലൈഫ് ഓഫ് ജോസൂട്ടി) is a 2015 Malayalam comedy-drama directed by Jeethu Joseph, starring Dileep as a Kattappana farmer who marries a New Zealand nurse, Rose.

Life of Pi (film)

Life of Pi is a 2012 American survival drama directed by Ang Lee, adapted from Yann Martel's novel about a shipwrecked boy adrift with a Bengal tiger.

Life of Riley

Life of Riley (Aimer, boire et chanter) is Alain Resnais's 2013 final film, adapted from Alan Ayckbourn's 2010 play: three Yorkshire couples react to the unseen George Riley's terminal illness; Berlin Alfred Bauer and FIPRESCI prizes, released 26 March 2014.

Life of the Party (2018 film)

Life of the Party (2018) is a comedy directed by Ben Falcone, co-written with Melissa McCarthy, who stars as divorced mom Deanna enrolling at her daughter's college; $30M budget, $65M gross, 38% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Life of William Shakespeare

Life of William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Stratford-born English playwright, actor, and Lord Chamberlain's Men shareholder. Covers baptism, marriage to Anne Hathaway, the lost years, London career, Stratford investments, and 1616 death.

Life on a String (边走边唱)

Life on a String (边走边唱, Bian Zou Bian Chang) is Chen Kaige's 1991 drama adapted from Shi Tiesheng's novella, about blind musicians and a thousand broken strings; it competed at Cannes 1991 and was the first Hubert Bals Fund film.

Life on Mars (British TV series)

Life on Mars: British BBC One police drama (2006–2007, 16 episodes) by Graham, Jordan, and Pharoah; John Simm's DI Sam Tyler wakes in 1973 after a car accident, under Philip Glenister's DCI Gene Hunt, with a coma-fantasy resolution, Emmy win, sequel Ashes to Ashes, and five remakes.

Life on Our Planet

Life on Our Planet (2023) is an eight-episode Netflix nature docuseries from Silverback Films and Amblin, narrated by Morgan Freeman, blending wildlife footage with ILM CGI to retell 4 billion years of life through five mass extinctions.

Life on the Line (film)

Life on the Line (2015, released 2016) is a David Hackl workplace drama-thriller starring John Travolta, Kate Bosworth, and Devon Sawa as Texas linemen battling a deadly storm; Metascore 24, $39,027 gross.

Life or Something Like It

Life or Something Like It is a 2002 Stephen Herek romantic comedy-drama starring Angelina Jolie as Seattle reporter Lanie Kerrigan, told by a prophet (Tony Shalhoub) she will die in a week; a Regency/Fox film grossing $14.4 million against a $40 million budget.

Life Sahi Hai

Life Sahi Hai is a Hindi comedy web series created by Tarun Jain, produced by Luv Ranjan and Ankur Garg (Luv Films), about four men sharing a Delhi apartment; two seasons, 2016 and 2018, later on ZEE5.

Life Sentence (TV series)

Life Sentence is an American comedy-drama television series created by Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith for The CW, starring Lucy Hale as a young woman whose cancer is cured.

Life Unexpected

Life Unexpected is a CW family drama (2010–2011) created by Liz Tigelaar, starring Shiri Appleby, Kristoffer Polaha, and Britt Robertson as a foster teen who finds her birth parents in Portland; 26 episodes, canceled after two seasons.

Life with Derek

Life with Derek is a Canadian teen sitcom (2005-2009, 70 episodes) created by Daphne Ballon for Family Channel and aired on Disney Channel in the US, starring Michael Seater and Ashley Leggat as rival step-siblings in a blended family, later spun off into Vacation with Derek and Life with Luca.

Life with Louie

Life with Louie, Fox animated series (1994–1998) created by and starring comedian Louie Anderson, based on his childhood; also known as Life With Louie. Three seasons, 39 episodes, two Emmys, three Humanitas Prizes, set in fictional Cedar Knoll, Wisconsin.

Life-Size

Life-Size is a 2000 ABC Wonderful World of Disney TV movie directed by Mark Rosman, starring Tyra Banks as living doll Eve and Lindsay Lohan as Casey; it spawned Life-Size 2 (2018, Freeform) and joined Disney+ in 2025.

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America (2026) is a seven-episode HBO sketch comedy limited series by Larry David and Jeff Schaffer, Higher Ground-produced, airing June 26 to August 7, 2026.

Lifeboat (1944 film)

Lifeboat (1944) is Alfred Hitchcock's Twentieth Century-Fox survival drama, from a John Steinbeck story, set entirely on a lifeboat with Tallulah Bankhead, Walter Slezak, and Canada Lee; three Oscar nominations, box-office failure, later reappraised.

Lifeforce (film)

Lifeforce is a 1985 British science fiction horror film directed by Tobe Hooper, loosely adapted from Colin Wilson's novel The Space Vampires, about space vampires attacking London.

LifeHack (film)

LifeHack is a 2025 British screenlife cyber-heist thriller, Ronan Corrigan's feature debut, starring Georgie Farmer and Yasmin Finney as teen hackers who rob a crypto billionaire and are blackmailed by his daughter. Premiered at SXSW 2025; released in US theaters May 15, 2026 and on Netflix US September 23, 2026.

Lifeline

Lifeline (2017) is an American sci-fi thriller web series, also known as a YouTube Red Original, created by Ben Freiburger and Grant Wheeler and executive produced by Dwayne Johnson. Eight 25-minute episodes follow insurance agents who jump 33 days forward in time to prevent clients' deaths; one-way time travel is its distinguishing rule.

Lifeline (2025 film)

Lifeline (2025) is an American mystery thriller directed by Feras Alfuqaha, starring Josh Stewart as a suicide hotline operator called by someone claiming to be his younger self; released February 21, 2025 by Dark Sky Films. Other 2025 works share the title.

Lifeline (十万火急) (1997 film)

Lifeline (十萬火急, Shi wan huo ji) is Johnnie To's 1997 Hong Kong firefighter drama starring Lau Ching-wan, described as the first Chinese-language firefighter film, shot with real fire, earning HK$20.76 million and two Hong Kong Film Awards.

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous was an American first-run syndicated TV series (1984–1995), created by Al Masini and hosted by Robin Leach, touring celebrity mansions and yachts and popularizing "champagne wishes and caviar dreams," a forerunner of MTV Cribs and wealth-focused reality TV.

Lift (2021 film)

Lift (Tamil: லிப்ட்) is a 2021 Tamil horror-thriller, Vineeth Varaprasad's directorial debut, starring Kavin and Amritha Aiyer as IT workers trapped in a haunted office lift; released on Disney+ Hotstar 1 October 2021.

Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach

"Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach" is the sixth episode of the first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, first aired on June 9, 2022.