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Liger (film)

Liger is a 2022 Hindi-Telugu bilingual sports action film directed by Puri Jagannadh, starring Vijay Deverakonda as a stuttering MMA fighter, with Ananya Panday and a Mike Tyson cameo; a heavily promoted pan-India release that flopped.

Light & Magic

Light & Magic is a Disney+ documentary series, directed by Lawrence Kasdan (season 1, 2022) and Joe Johnston (season 2, 2025), chronicling the history of Industrial Light & Magic, the visual effects company George Lucas founded in 1975 for Star Wars.

Light as a Feather (TV series)

Light as a Feather is an American supernatural teen thriller series on Hulu, based on Zoe Aarsen's Wattpad story, in which girls die as a party game predicted.

Light of My Life (film)

Light of My Life is a 2019 post-apocalyptic drama written, directed by, and starring Casey Affleck, with Anna Pniowsky and Elisabeth Moss; a father disguises his daughter as a boy after a plague kills nearly all women. Premiered at the 69th Berlinale Panorama; released August 9, 2019 by Saban Films.

Light of Ten Thousand Homes

Light of Ten Thousand Homes (Wanjia denghuo, Myriad of Lights) is a 1948 Chinese realist drama directed by Shen Fu for Kunlun Film Company, about a Shanghai clerk whose family collapses when rural relatives arrive; a ranked classic of Chinese cinema.

Light of the World (film)

Light of the World is a 2025 American hand-drawn animated film retelling the story of Jesus through the eyes of the Apostle John as a boy, released in September 2025.

Light on Me (새빛남고 학생회)

Light on Me (새빛남고 학생회, Saebit Boys' High School Council) is a 2021 South Korean BL web drama, 16 episodes about 26 minutes each, directed by Lee Yoo Yeon for WhyNot Media and adapted from a mobile game; it aired June 29 to August 19, 2021, starring Lee Sae-on and Kang You-seok.

Light Shop (조명가게)

Light Shop (조명가게, Jomyeonggage) is a 2024 Disney+ Korean supernatural mystery drama, 8 episodes, directed by Kim Hee-won and written by Kang Full from his 2011 webtoon, starring Ju Ji-hoon and Park Bo-young as the living and dead cross paths at a lamp shop.

Light the Night (华灯初上)

Light the Night (华灯初上) is a 2021–2022 Taiwanese Netflix mystery drama, 24 episodes in three parts, set in 1988 Taipei's tiaotong nightclub district, starring and produced by Ruby Lin with Cheryl Yang, directed by Lien Yi-chi.

Light to the Night

Light to the Night (黑夜告白) is a 2026 Chinese suspense crime drama directed by Wang Zhi, starring Pan Yueming and Dylan Wang as detectives on an 18-year elevator disappearance case; 28 episodes on Youku and Netflix, distinct from Light the Night and Light the Dark.

Light Yagami (夜神月)

Light Yagami (夜神月), also known as Kira, is the protagonist of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Death Note manga, an ace student who kills criminals with the Shinigami notebook and is hunted by detective L.

Lighter and Princess (点燃我,温暖你)

Lighter and Princess (点燃我,温暖你), originally titled 打火机与公主裙, is a 2022 Youku Chinese youth romance drama adapted from Twentine's novels, directed by Liu Junjie, starring Chen Feiyu and Zhang Jingyi, 36 episodes, Douban 7.6.

Lightning (DC Comics)

Lightning (Jennifer Pierce) is a DC Comics superheroine, youngest daughter of Black Lightning and sister of Thunder. Debuting in Kingdom Come (1996) and mainstream JSA #12 (2008), she generates electricity, unlike her father who siphons it.

Lightning McQueen

Lightning McQueen (Rayo McQueen, ライトニング・マックィーン) is Pixar's anthropomorphic stock car, #95, voiced by Owen Wilson in Cars (2006), Cars 2, and Cars 3; an original NASCAR/Corvette/Viper-influenced design named for animator Glenn McQueen.

Lights Out (2016 film)

Lights Out is a 2016 American supernatural horror film directed by David F. Sandberg in his feature debut, starring Teresa Palmer and Maria Bello as a family terrorized by a figure that attacks only in darkness.

Lightsaber

Lightsaber: the fictional energy-bladed sword of the Jedi and Sith in Star Wars, created by George Lucas, powered in canon by kyber crystals; real physics deems it implausible, and screen-used props sell for millions.

Lightyear (film)

Lightyear (2022) is a Pixar/Disney animated sci-fi film, the origin story of the Buzz Lightyear character who inspired the Toy Story toy, directed by Angus MacLane, voiced by Chris Evans, released June 17, 2022.

Lijo Jose Pellissery (ലിജോ ജോസ് പെല്ലിശ്ശേരി)

Lijo Jose Pellissery (ലിജോ ജോസ് പെല്ലിശ്ശേരി, LJP) is an Indian Malayalam film director born 1979, known for Angamaly Diaries, Jallikattu, long takes, chaotic ensemble films, and two Kerala State Best Director awards.

Likay

Likay (ลิเก) is a form of Thai folk theater combining singing, dancing, and improvised dialogue with live music, popular at temple fairs and festivals nationwide.

Like a Boss (film)

Like a Boss (film) is an American comedy directed by Miguel Arteta. It stars Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne, who run a cosmetics company facing a buyout offer.

Like a Dragon: Yakuza (龍が如く~Beyond the Game~)

Like a Dragon: Yakuza (龍が如く ~Beyond the Game~) is a 2024 six-episode Amazon Original live-action crime drama adapting Sega's Yakuza games with an original screenplay, starring Ryoma Takeuchi as Kazuma Kiryu in Kamurocho across 1995 and 2005 timelines.

Like a Keith in the Night

Like a Keith in the Night is a television episode of the Peacemaker series. It explores the reality of Earth-X, a world where Nazis won World War II.

Like Crazy

Like Crazy is a 2011 American romantic drama directed by Drake Doremus, starring Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones as college lovers separated by a visa ban.

Like Father

Like Father (2018) is a Netflix comedy-drama, Lauren Miller Rogen's directorial debut, starring Kristen Bell and Kelsey Grammer as an estranged father and daughter on a Caribbean honeymoon cruise; 48% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Like Father, Like Clown

Like Father, Like Clown (German: Der Vater eines Clowns) is a 1991 Simpsons season 3 episode in which Krusty, born Herschel Krustofsky, reconciles with Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky, voiced by former rabbi Jackie Mason, who won an Emmy for the role.

Like Father, Like Son (そして父になる)

Like Father, Like Son (そして父になる, Soshite Chichi ni Naru) is Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2013 Japanese drama about two couples whose sons were switched at birth, starring Masaharu Fukuyama; it won the 2013 Cannes Jury Prize and topped Japan's box office that year.

Like Flowers in Sand (모래에도 꽃이 핀다)

Like Flowers in Sand (모래에도 꽃이 핀다) is a 12-episode ENA South Korean drama, aired December 20, 2023 to January 31, 2024, directed by Kim Jin-woo and written by Won Yoo-jung, about faded ssireum wrestling prodigy Kim Baek-du (Jang Dong-yoon) reuniting with his first love Oh Yoo-kyung (Lee Ju-myoung), streamed on Netflix.

Like Someone in Love (ライク・サムワン・イン・ラブ)

Like Someone in Love (ライク・サムワン・イン・ラブ) is Abbas Kiarostami's 2012 French-Japanese drama set in Tokyo, starring Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno, and Ryo Kase; it premiered in competition at Cannes 2012 and holds an 83% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Like Water for Chocolate (film)

Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate), 1992 Mexican romantic drama by Alfonso Arau from Laura Esquivel's novel, starring Lumi Cavazos; won 10 Ariel Awards and earned $14 million in the US, distinct from the 2024 HBO series.

Like You Know It All (잘 알지도 못하면서)

Like You Know It All (잘 알지도 못하면서, Jal Aljido Mothamyeonseo) is Hong Sang-soo's 2009 South Korean comedy-drama, his ninth feature, starring Kim Tae-woo as an art-film director at a Jecheon festival jury and lecturing on Jeju; premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight.