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The Rhetoric of Fiction
The Rhetoric of Fiction is a 1961 book of narrative criticism by Wayne C. Booth, arguing that every technique a novelist uses controls the reader's response.
The Rhymes of Li Youcai
The Rhymes of Li Youcai is a 1943 novella by the Chinese writer Zhao Shuli, in which the peasant Li Youcai's rhymed verse helps villagers fight a landlord.
The Rhythm of the Night
"The Rhythm of the Night" is a 1993 Eurodance single by Italy's Corona, produced by Francesco Bontempi with vocals by Jenny B; it topped the Italian chart, hit UK number 2 and US number 11, and was later sampled in "RITMO."
The Rhythm Section
The Rhythm Section is a 2020 action thriller directed by Reed Morano, starring Blake Lively as Stephanie Patrick, adapted from Mark Burnell's 1999 novel and produced by EON's Broccoli and Wilson; it grossed about $6 million worldwide on a $50 million budget.
The Ribbon Hero
The Ribbon Hero (THE RIBBON HERO リボンヒーロー) is a 2026 Netflix anime film based on Osamu Tezuka's Princess Knight, directed by Yuki Igarashi at studio OUTLINE. Sapphire fights the calamity Nergal in Goldland; released August 8, 2026, with a limited Japanese theatrical run from September 4.
The Richest Man in Babylon
The Richest Man in Babylon is a 1926 personal-finance book by George S. Clason that began as bank thrift pamphlets and teaches saving at least a tenth of earnings through parables set in ancient Babylon.
The Richest Woman in the World
The Richest Woman in the World (La Femme la plus riche du monde) is a 2025 French-Belgian drama by Thierry Klifa, starring Isabelle Huppert, freely inspired by the Bettencourt affair; Cannes 2025 Out of Competition, French release 29 October 2025.
The Ricky Gervais Show
The Ricky Gervais Show: Gervais, Merchant, and Karl Pilkington's Xfm radio show (2001–2005), record-breaking Guardian podcasts (2005–2008, 300 million downloads), and HBO/Channel 4 animated series (2010–2012, 39 episodes, Emmy winner).
The Rider (film)
The Rider is Chloé Zhao's 2017 drama, premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight, in which real rodeo rider Brady Jandreau plays a fictionalized self recovering from a near-fatal head injury on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
The Rider on the White Horse
The Rider on the White Horse (Der Schimmelreiter) is an 1888 ghostly novella by Theodor Storm, his last and best known, set on the North Frisian coast.
The Riders (film)
The Riders (film): upcoming Edward Berger drama starring Brad Pitt as Fred Scully, adapted by David Kajganich from Tim Winton's 1994 novel; A24-financed, filmed in Ireland and Greece, slated for 2027.
The Ridge (TV series)
The Ridge is a 2025 six-part Scottish–New Zealand psychological thriller made by Sinner Films and Great Southern Studios for BBC Scotland and Sky New Zealand Originals, starring Lauren Lyle and Jay Ryan, premiered 21 October 2025 on BBC iPlayer.
The Ridgeway
The Ridgeway is an 87-mile (139 km) National Trail from Avebury, Wiltshire, to Ivinghoe Beacon, Buckinghamshire, following a chalk-hills route used for at least 5,000 years and often called Britain's oldest road.
The Ridiculous 6
The Ridiculous 6 (also styled The Ridiculous Six) is a 2015 Netflix Western comedy spoofing The Magnificent Seven, directed by Frank Coraci, starring Adam Sandler; it drew a Native American actor walkoff, 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, and record Netflix viewership.
The Rifleman
The Rifleman: American TV Western (ABC, 1958–1963) starring Chuck Connors as widower Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as son Mark, set in North Fork, New Mexico Territory; also the English release title of Latvia's 2019 war film Blizzard of Souls.
The Rifles
The Rifles is the British Army's largest infantry regiment, formed 1 February 2007 from four regiments including the Royal Green Jackets and Light Infantry. Four regular and three reserve battalions; rifle-green uniform, bugle badge, 140-pace march, motto Swift and Bold.
The Riftwar Cycle
The Riftwar Cycle is Raymond E. Feist's epic-fantasy series of about 31 novels (1982-2013) set on Midkemia and Kelewan, opening with Magician and ending with Magician's End, rooted in a UCSD roleplaying campaign.
The Rig (TV series)
The Rig is a British supernatural thriller on Prime Video, created by David Macpherson, about the Kinloch Bravo oil rig crew cut off by a mysterious fog; two seasons (2023, 2025), filmed in Leith, Edinburgh, later cancelled.
The Right Hand of the Grand Master
The Right Hand of the Grand Master (დიდოსტატის მარჯვენა) is a 1939 historical novel by Georgian writer Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, built on the legend of Svetitskhoveli Cathedral.
The Right Honourable
The Right Honourable (Rt Hon) is a Commonwealth honorific prefix, chiefly for Privy Counsellors in the UK, and for life in Canada for the governor general, prime minister and chief justice; entitlement varies by country and office.
The Right Stuff (book)
Published in 1979, The Right Stuff is a narrative nonfiction work by Tom Wolfe that chronicles postwar test pilots at Edwards Air Force Base and Project Mercury.
The Right Stuff (film)
The Right Stuff (1983) is Philip Kaufman's adaptation of Tom Wolfe's book about Chuck Yeager and the Mercury Seven astronauts; a box-office flop that won four Oscars, earned a 96% Tomatometer, and became a classic.
The Right Stuff (TV series)
The Right Stuff is a 2020 American historical drama series on Disney+ and National Geographic, based on Tom Wolfe's 1979 book about NASA's Mercury Seven astronauts, running eight episodes.
The Righteous & the Butterfly
The Righteous & the Butterfly is a 2014 album by masked Cleveland metal band Mushroomhead, their eighth studio album on Megaforce Records, 14 tracks including an Adele cover, dedicated to late guitarist J.J. Righteous and photographer Vanessa Solowiow.
The Righteous Brothers
The Righteous Brothers: American blue-eyed soul duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield, formed 1962 in Los Angeles; hits "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and "Unchained Melody"; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2003.
The Righteous Gemstones
The Righteous Gemstones is Danny McBride's HBO comedy (2019-2025, four seasons) about a greedy televangelist family led by Eli Gemstone (John Goodman), satirizing megachurch hypocrisy and the prosperity gospel rather than faith itself.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Coleridge's longest major poem (1797–98), opens Lyrical Ballads (1798). A mariner kills an albatross, is cursed, and must retell his tale; revised through the 1834 text.
The Ring (1927 film)
The Ring (1927) is Alfred Hitchcock's silent boxing love-triangle drama, his sixth film, first for British International Pictures, and his only original screenplay, starring Carl Brisson, Lillian Hall-Davis, and Ian Hunter.
The Ring (2002 film)
The Ring (2002) is Gore Verbinski's DreamWorks remake of Hideo Nakata's Ringu, based on Koji Suzuki's novel, starring Naomi Watts as a reporter cursed by a videotape that kills viewers in seven days.
The Ring (franchise)
The Ring is a horror franchise based on Koji Suzuki's 1991 novel Ring, centered on a cursed videotape that kills viewers within seven days unless they pass the curse on.