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The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons
The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons (文心雕龙) is a fifty-chapter work of literary theory by Liu Xie, completed around 501 during the Southern dynasties.
The Little Ball God Is Not Easy to Mess With (小小球神不好惹)
The Little Ball God Is Not Easy to Mess With (小小球神不好惹) is a 2025 58-episode Chinese micro short drama by Maiya Media, directed by Jian Dan, in which billiards champion Bai Yan's soul enters child Zhou Miao; it topped DataEye's 2025 annual chart at 90.744 million heat value.
The Little Couple
The Little Couple is a TLC reality series (2009–2019, twelve seasons) following businessman Bill Klein and neonatologist Dr. Jen Arnold, both under four feet tall, through marriage, adoption, cancer, and a lawsuit that ended production.
The Little Deer
The Little Deer (La venadita), also known as The Wounded Deer, is a 1946 oil painting by Frida Kahlo showing herself as an arrow-pierced stag.
The Little Drummer Boy
The Little Drummer Boy, originally "Carol of the Drum", is a 1941 Christmas carol by Katherine Kennicott Davis, popularized by the 1958 Harry Simeone Chorale recording and the 1977 Crosby-Bowie duet.
The Little Drummer Girl
The Little Drummer Girl (1983) is John le Carré's tenth spy novel, his first with a female protagonist: actress Charlie, recruited by Israeli intelligence to trap Palestinian bomber Khalil; adapted as a 1984 film and a 2018 Park Chan-wook miniseries.
The Little Drummer Girl (1984 film)
The Little Drummer Girl (1984) is George Roy Hill's film of John le Carre's spy novel, starring Diane Keaton as actress Charlie, recruited by Israeli intelligence; Klaus Kinski, Yorgo Voyagis, Sami Frey co-star; released 19 October 1984, 130 minutes, Warner Bros.
The Little Engine That Could
The Little Engine That Could is a 1930 Platt & Munk children's book credited to Watty Piper, a pseudonym for publisher Arnold Munk, retold from Mabel C. Bragg's 1916 "The Pony Engine," famous for the refrain "I think I can."
The Little Foxes
The Little Foxes (1941) is William Wyler's film of Lillian Hellman's play, starring Bette Davis as the ruthless Regina Giddens; nine Oscar nominations, no wins, Gregg Toland deep-focus cinematography.
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane: 1976 Canadian-French psychological thriller by Nicolas Gessner, from Laird Koenig's 1974 novel, starring Jodie Foster as Rynn Jacobs hiding her father's death; Saturn Award winner.
The Little Golden Calf
The Little Golden Calf (Zolotoi telyonok) is a 1931 satirical novel by Ilf and Petrov, sequel to The Twelve Chairs, following the con man Ostap Bender.
The Little Hours
The Little Hours is a 2017 Jeff Baena comedy, loosely adapted from Boccaccio's Decameron, starring Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, and John C. Reilly as medieval nuns and a fugitive servant posing as a deaf-mute; Sundance premiere, 78% Tomatometer, $1.6M US gross.
The Little House in Kolomna
The Little House in Kolomna (Домик в Коломне) is a humorous narrative poem in octaves by Alexander Pushkin, written in 1830 and published in 1833.
The Little Humpbacked Horse
The Little Humpbacked Horse (Konyok-Gorbunok) is a verse fairy tale by Pyotr Yershov, first published in 1834 and centered on Ivan and his magical horse.
The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl (Den lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne), Hans Christian Andersen's 1845 Danish fairy tale: a barefoot girl freezes on New Year's Eve, sees visions in her matches, and dies; first published December 1845.
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid (Den lille Havfrue), Hans Christian Andersen's literary fairy tale first published 7 April 1837 in Eventyr, fortalte for Born; a mermaid trades her voice for legs to win a prince and an immortal soul; Disney's 1989 film gave it a happy ending.
The Little Mermaid (1989 film)
Disney's 1989 animated musical The Little Mermaid, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker with songs by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, launched the Disney Renaissance and won two Academy Awards.
The Little Mermaid (2018 film)
The Little Mermaid (2018) is a live-action fantasy film directed by Blake Harris and Chris Bouchard, starring William Moseley and Poppy Drayton, about a reporter and his niece who find a captive mermaid at a Mississippi circus; released August 17, 2018, distinct from Disney's 1989 and 2023 films.
The Little Mermaid (2023 film)
The Little Mermaid is a 2023 American live-action musical fantasy directed by Rob Marshall, reimagining Disney's 1989 animated film and starring Halle Bailey as Ariel.
The Little Mermaid (musical)
The Little Mermaid is Disney's 2008 Broadway musical adapted from the 1989 animated film and Andersen's tale, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater, book by Doug Wright; 685 performances at the Lunt-Fontanne, later revised and licensed worldwide.
The Little Mermaid (statue)
The Little Mermaid (Den lille Havfrue) is Edvard Eriksen's bronze statue at Langelinie, Copenhagen, installed 23 August 1913 from Carl Jacobsen's commission, inspired by Andersen's 1837 fairy tale and ballerina Ellen Price, repeatedly vandalized and briefly moved to Shanghai EXPO 2010.
The Little Mermaid (TV series)
The Little Mermaid, also known as Ariel's Undersea Adventures, is a 1992 American animated series on CBS and a prequel to Disney's 1989 film, following Ariel's undersea adventures.
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea is Disney's 2000 direct-to-video animated sequel to the 1989 film, directed by Jim Kammerud, following Ariel's daughter Melody versus Ursula's sister Morgana, with Jodi Benson and Pat Carroll returning.
The Little Mermaid Live!
The Little Mermaid Live! (The Wonderful World of Disney presents The Little Mermaid Live!) was a 2019 ABC hybrid TV special marking the 1989 film's 30th anniversary, interweaving live musical numbers by Auli'i Cravalho, Queen Latifah, Shaggy, John Stamos and Graham Phillips into the animated film; 9 million viewers, mixed reviews.
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008) is a DisneyToon Studios direct-to-DVD animated prequel to The Little Mermaid, directed by Peggy Holmes, in which King Triton bans music after Queen Athena's loss and Ariel fights to restore it.
The Little Nyonya (小娘惹)
The Little Nyonya (小娘惹) is a 2008 MediaCorp Singapore drama about Yue Niang, a Peranakan woman; its 33.8% finale broke a 15-year ratings record and it was remade in 2018 and 2020.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 1943 illustrated philosophical fable of a Sahara-stranded pilot and a boy from asteroid B 612, first published in New York, with about 400 translations and nearly 200 million copies sold.
The Little Prince (2015 film)
The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) is Mark Osborne's 2015 French animated film adapting Saint-Exupéry's 1943 novella via a framing story about a girl and the Aviator, using CGI and stop-motion; Cannes 2015, Netflix US 2016, César winner.
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon (わんぱく王子の大蛇退治)
わんぱく王子の大蛇退治 (The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon) is Toei Doga's 1963, 86-minute sixth color anime feature, directed by Yūgo Serikawa, adapting the Kojiki Susanoo/Yamata no Orochi myth; it won a Venice children's bronze award and the Ofuji Award.
The Little Rascals (film)
The Little Rascals (1994) is a Universal/Amblin family comedy directed by Penelope Spheeris, remaking Hal Roach's Our Gang shorts. Spanky's He-Man Womun Haters Club, Alfalfa's crush on Darla, a go-cart race, $51.7M gross, 31% Tomatometer.