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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 2003 American horror film directed by Marcus Nispel, a remake of Tobe Hooper's 1974 classic that opened at number one.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise: American horror series launched in 1974 by Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel, built around Leatherface; nine films, over $252 million worldwide, rights as of 2025 with A24.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), Tobe Hooper's black-comedy sequel to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, written by L.M. Kit Carson for Cannon Films, starring Dennis Hopper and Caroline Williams, released unrated, grossing $6.2 million.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a 2006 American horror film directed by Jonathan Liebesman and starring Andrew Bryniarski as Leatherface, a prequel to the 2003 remake.

The Thaw (Polish TV series)

The Thaw (Odwilż) is a Polish crime drama series created by Marta Szymanek and directed by Xawery Żuławski, the first Polish HBO Max original, premiering April 1, 2022. Set in Szczecin, it follows detective Katarzyna Zawieja (Katarzyna Wajda) across three six-episode seasons (2022–2025).

The The

The The is the British band of singer-songwriter Matt Johnson, formed in London in 1979; known for Soul Mining (1983), Infected (1986), and the 2024 comeback album Ensoulment.

The Theater and Its Double

The Theater and Its Double is a 2022 episode of Euphoria where Lexi Howard stages a play called Our Life, featuring fictionalized versions of her friends and family.

The Theatre and Its Double

The Theatre and Its Double (Le théâtre et son double) is Antonin Artaud's 1938 Gallimard collection of essays and Theatre of Cruelty manifestos; English 1958, Grove Press; foundational modern theatre theory.

The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism

The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, also called Goldstein's Book, is the fictional treatise by Emmanuel Goldstein inside Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, given to Winston by O'Brien, arguing society splits into High, Middle, and Low under perpetual war among three superstates.

The Theory of Everything (2014 film)

The Theory of Everything (2014) is a James Marsh biographical drama starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, adapted from Jane Hawking's memoir Travelling to Infinity, depicting Stephen Hawking's marriage, ALS diagnosis, and physics career; Redmayne won the Best Actor Oscar.

The Theory of the Formal Method

The Theory of the "Formal Method" (Теория «формального метода») is a 1925 essay by Boris Eikhenbaum describing OPOIAZ's first decade and remaining a standard introduction to Russian Formalism.

The Thick of It

The Thick of It: British satirical political sitcom by Armando Iannucci, BBC Two/Four 2005-2012, 23 episodes, 4 series, set in fictional DoSAC; starred Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker, coined "omnishambles", spun off In the Loop and Veep.

The Thief (Вор)

The Thief (Вор) is a 1997 Russian-French drama by Pavel Chukhrai starring Vladimir Mashkov, Ekaterina Rednikova, and Misha Philipchuk; Venice prize winner, Oscar and Golden Globe nominee, six Nika Awards.

The Thief and the Cobbler

The Thief and the Cobbler, aka Arabian Knight, is Richard Williams's unfinished hand-drawn animated feature, begun in 1964, seized in 1992, released altered in 1993/1995, and later restored by fans as the Recobbled Cut.

The Thief and the Dogs

The Thief and the Dogs (اللص والكلاب) is a 1961 short novel by the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, in which the thief Said Mahran hunts the people who betrayed him.

The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)

The Thief of Bagdad (1924) is Raoul Walsh's silent Arabian Nights fantasy starring and produced by Douglas Fairbanks, released by United Artists in March 1924, famed for its Art Nouveau sets, magic-carpet spectacle, and 1996 National Film Registry induction.

The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)

The Thief of Bagdad (1940) is Alexander Korda's Technicolor Arabian Nights fantasy, directed by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, and Tim Whelan, starring Sabu, Conrad Veidt, June Duprez, and John Justin; it pioneered bluescreen effects and won three Academy Awards.

The Thieves (도둑들)

The Thieves (도둑들) is a 2012 South Korean-Hong Kong heist film directed by Choi Dong-hoon, about rival thief teams stealing the $20 million 'Tear of the Sun' diamond from a Macau casino; it drew about 12.98 million Korean admissions, then a national record.

The Thin Blue Line (1988 film)

The Thin Blue Line (1988) is Errol Morris's documentary investigating Randall Dale Adams's wrongful conviction for the 1976 murder of Dallas officer Robert Wood; its release led to Adams's 1989 exoneration.

The Thin Man (film)

The Thin Man (1934) is an MGM comic detective film directed by W.S. Van Dyke, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, adapted from Dashiell Hammett's novel; it earned four Oscar nominations and spawned five sequels.

The Thin Red Line (1998 film)

The Thin Red Line (1998) is Terrence Malick's war film adapted from James Jones's 1962 Guadalcanal novel, starring Sean Penn, Jim Caviezel, and Nick Nolte; Golden Bear winner with seven Oscar nominations, compared with Saving Private Ryan.

The Thin White Duke

The Thin White Duke was David Bowie's 1975-1976 persona, tied to the Station to Station album and Isolar Tour, an emotionless aristocrat figure later infamous for fascism-controversy interviews and the Victoria Station photograph.

The Thing (1982 film)

The Thing (1982) is John Carpenter's sci-fi horror film, also known as John Carpenter's The Thing, adapting Campbell's Who Goes There? about a shape-shifting alien at Antarctic Outpost 31, famous for Rob Bottin's practical effects and its re-evaluation after a poor 1982 reception.

The Thing (2011 film)

The Thing is a 2011 science-fiction horror film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., a prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

The Thing About Pam

The Thing About Pam is a 2022 NBC six-episode true-crime limited series starring Renée Zellweger as Pam Hupp, adapted from Dateline's 2019 podcast about the 2011 Betsy Faria murder and Russ Faria's wrongful conviction.

The Thing Called Love

The Thing Called Love (1993) is a Paramount comedy-drama directed by Peter Bogdanovich, written by Carol Heikkinen, starring River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Dermot Mulroney, and Sandra Bullock as aspiring Nashville singer-songwriters; Phoenix's final completed film, grossing $1,029,721 against a $14 million budget.

The Thing from Another World

The Thing from Another World (1951) is an RKO black-and-white sci-fi horror film directed by Christian Nyby and produced by Howard Hawks, adapted loosely from John W. Campbell's "Who Goes There?"; an Arctic crew thaws a humanoid alien (James Arness) from a crashed saucer.

The Thing in the Dark

"The Thing in the Dark" is episode 2 of It: Welcome to Derry (HBO, aired October 31, 2025), directed by Andy Muschietti and written by Austin Guzman. It follows the Capitol Theatre massacre aftermath, Hank Grogan's arrest, the womb and supermarket horror set pieces, and the Operation Precept military subplot with Dick Hallorann.

The Things They Believe

The Things They Believe is the 2021 album by British metal band Loathe on SharpTone Records: a 35-minute, 12-track fully instrumental ambient companion to I Let It In And It Took Everything, featuring saxophonist John Waugh.

The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried (1990) is Tim O'Brien's linked-story book about an American platoon in Vietnam, a Pulitzer and NBCC finalist blending memoir and metafiction around story-truth versus happening-truth.