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The Lobster

The Lobster is Yorgos Lanthimos's 2015 absurdist dystopian film, his first in English, in which singles must find a mate in 45 days or become an animal. It won the Cannes Jury Prize and an Oscar screenplay nomination.

The Local Train

The Local Train is a Hindi rock band formed in Chandigarh in 2008, based in New Delhi since 2015, known for Aalas Ka Pedh (2015), Vaaqif (2018), and Choo Lo; frontman Raman Negi left in 2021.

The Loch (TV series)

The Loch (Loch Ness in the US) is a 2017 six-part ITV crime drama written by Stephen Brady, starring Laura Fraser, Siobhan Finneran, and Don Gilet, set near Loch Ness; it topped the UK Netflix chart in 2025.

The Locket Tour

The Locket Tour was Madison Beer's 2026 concert tour supporting her album locket: 32 shows from May 11 in Kraków to July 13 at Madison Square Garden, a three-act, 24-song set with rotating surprise songs.

The Loco-Motion

The Loco-Motion: 1962 pop song by Brill Building writers Gerry Goffin and Carole King, recorded by their babysitter Little Eva. Hit No. 1 twice (Little Eva 1962, Grand Funk 1974) and again via Kylie Minogue in 1987.

The Lodge (film)

The Lodge (2019) is a psychological horror film by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, their English-language debut for Hammer Films and FilmNation. Premiered at Sundance 2019; Riley Keough plays a cult survivor snowed in with her fiancé's children.

The Lodge (TV series)

The Lodge (TV series) is a 2016–2017 British Disney Channel musical teen drama, an adaptation of the Israeli series North Star, starring Sophie Simnett as Skye, Luke Newton, and Thomas Doherty; 25 episodes, filmed in Northern Ireland.

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1926/1927) is Alfred Hitchcock's third feature, a silent thriller starring Ivor Novello as a boarding-house tenant suspected of being the Avenger, a Jack the Ripper-style killer of blonde women, adapted from Marie Belloc Lowndes's 1913 novel.

The Loft (film)

The Loft is Erik Van Looy's 2015 American remake of his 2008 Belgian hit Loft, about five married men sharing a secret affair penthouse until a dead woman appears; it flopped with $6M gross and 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Logic of Scientific Discovery

The Logic of Scientific Discovery, Karl Popper's 1959 English rewriting of his 1934 Logik der Forschung, sets out falsifiability as the criterion distinguishing science from pseudo-science.

The Logical Song

The Logical Song: 1979 Supertramp single from Breakfast in America, written by Roger Hodgson about his boarding school years; UK No. 7, US No. 6, Ivor Novello Award winner, later covered by Scooter.

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (Act 1 of 2014) is India's law creating a central Lokpal ombudsman and state Lokayuktas to inquire into corruption by the Prime Minister, ministers, MPs, and central government officers, in force from 16 January 2014.

The London Gazette

The London Gazette, founded November 1665 as the Oxford Gazette, is the UK's oldest continuously published newspaper and an official journal of record, publishing statutory, insolvency, honours and military notices under TSO and The National Archives.

The London Magazine

The London Magazine is a British monthly magazine of literature and the arts, first founded in 1732 and best known for its celebrated 1820 to 1829 series.

The London Merchant

The London Merchant, or the History of George Barnwell, is a 1731 tragedy in five acts by George Lillo, widely treated as the founding work of domestic tragedy.

The London Studios

The London Studios (TLS), formerly the South Bank Television Centre and LWT, was an ITV television studio complex on London's South Bank, opened 1972, closed 2018, sold to Mitsubishi Estate London in 2019.

The Lone Gunmen

The Lone Gunmen: 2001 Fox comedy-drama spin-off of The X-Files following hackers Byers, Frohike, and Langly; 13 episodes, 13-million-viewer pilot, canceled after a move to Fridays, famous for its World Trade Center pilot plot.

The Lone Gunmen (TV series)

The Lone Gunmen is Fox's 2001 comedy-drama spin-off of The X-Files following Byers, Frohike, and Langly. One 13-episode season, 13 million pilot viewers, canceled after a move to Friday nights.

The Lone Ranger (2013 film)

The Lone Ranger (2013) is Disney's Gore Verbinski Western starring Armie Hammer as John Reid and Johnny Depp as Tonto. Budgeted at $215 million, it grossed $260.5 million worldwide, scored 31% on Rotten Tomatoes, and became a major box-office flop.

The Lone Ranger (TV series)

The Lone Ranger (1949-1957) is ABC's five-season, 221-episode filmed TV Western starring Clayton Moore and John Hart as the masked Ranger with Jay Silverheels as Tonto, adapted from the 1933 WXYZ Detroit radio series; ABC's first hit, themed on Rossini's William Tell Overture.

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is a 1993 short story collection by Sherman Alexie, chronicling daily life on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington State.

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is Kiran Desai's 2025 novel (Hamish Hamilton, Hogarth, Knopf Canada), her first since the 2006 Booker-winning The Inheritance of Loss; it follows Sonia Shah and Sunny Bhatia, was shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize, and took about 20 years to write.

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner: 1962 British New Wave drama by Tony Richardson, adapted by Alan Sillitoe from his 1959 short story; borstal inmate Colin Smith (Tom Courtenay, BAFTA-winning debut) runs for Governor Michael Redgrave.

The Lonely Island

The Lonely Island is an American comedy trio of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone, formed in 2001 in Berkeley. Known for SNL Digital Shorts like "Lazy Sunday" and "Dick in a Box" and comedy hip-hop albums Incredibad, Turtleneck & Chain, and The Wack Album.

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, published as Judith Hearne, is a 1955 first novel by Brian Moore about a lonely Belfast piano teacher whose marriage hopes collapse.

The Lonely Warrior (三大队 (网络剧))

The Lonely Warrior (三大队), also translated as Man Hunt, is a 2023 Chinese suspense crime web drama directed by Xing Jianjun, starring Qin Hao as detective Cheng Bing.

The Lonely White Sail

The Lonely White Sail is a 1936 coming-of-age novella by Valentin Kataev about two Odessa boys caught up in revolutionary politics after the 1905 Potemkin mutiny.

The Long and Winding Road

The Long and Winding Road: Paul McCartney ballad (Lennon-McCartney) on Let It Be, Phil Spector-produced, last Beatles US number one (13 June 1970), central to the band's breakup and Let It Be... Naked.

The Long Ballad (长歌行)

The Long Ballad (长歌行, Chang Ge Xing), also The Long March of Princess Changge, is a 2021 49-episode Tencent Chinese historical drama adapted from Xia Da's manhua, starring Dilraba Dilmurat and Leo Wu, set after the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

The Long Dark

The Long Dark: first-person exploration-survival game by Canada's Hinterland Studio, Kickstarter 2013, Steam Early Access 2014, 1.0 release August 1, 2017. Survival Mode sandbox plus five-episode WINTERMUTE story; Episode Five launched March 31, 2026; sequel Blackfrost announced.