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The Road to Guantanamo
The Road to Guantánamo (2006) is a British docudrama by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross about the Tipton Three, British Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay for two years without charge; it won the Berlin Silver Bear for Best Director.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
English proverb warning that good intentions are worthless without action or can cause unintended harm. Not biblical; traced from Bernard of Clairvaux attributions through Ray (1670) to Bohn (1855).
The Road to Mandalay
The Road to Mandalay (再見瓦城, Zaijian wa cheng) is a 2016 drama by Midi Z about Burmese migrants Lianqing and Guo in Thailand; Venice Days Fedeora winner, Golden Horse closing film, Metascore 80.
The Road to Mecca
The Road to Mecca is a 1984 two-act play by Athol Fugard, set in New Bethesda, South Africa, about an elderly widow's cement sculpture garden.
The Road to Sampo
The Road to Sampo (삼포 가는 길) is a 1973 short story by Hwang Sok-yong and a 1975 film directed by Lee Man-hee, following three drifters returning home.
The Road to Serfdom
The Road to Serfdom is a 1944 book by economist Friedrich Hayek warning that full socialist central planning unintentionally destroys liberty and leads to authoritarian rule.
The Road to the Racetrack (경마장 가는 길)
The Road to the Racetrack (경마장 가는 길) is a 1991 South Korean film by Jang Sun-woo, adapted from Ha Il-ji's postmodernist novel, starring Kang Soo-youn and Moon Sung-keun; a pioneering Korean realist film added to Netflix in 2023.
The Road to Wellville (film)
The Road to Wellville is Alan Parker's 1994 satirical comedy, adapted from T. Coraghessan Boyle's novel, starring Anthony Hopkins as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg at his 1907 Battle Creek sanitarium; it grossed $6.5 million and holds 41% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Road to Wigan Pier
The Road to Wigan Pier is George Orwell's 1937 documentary book on unemployment and coal mining in northern England, commissioned by Victor Gollancz for the Left Book Club; its socialist polemic second half prompted Gollancz's dissenting foreword.
The Road Trip (TV series)
The Road Trip is a 2024 six-part Paramount+ romantic comedy adapted from Beth O'Leary's novel, starring Emma Appleton, Laurie Davidson, David Jonsson, Isabella Laughland, and Angus Imrie; produced by 42, filmed in Bristol and Gran Canaria, premiered December 26, 2024.
The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (La Route) is Manu Larcenet's 2024 comics adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer-winning novel, approved by McCarthy before his death, published by Abrams ComicArts, an Eisner winner.
The Roaring Game (film)
The Roaring Game is a 2026 American sports comedy directed and written by Tom DeNucci, starring Darin Brooks, Mickey Rourke, Justin Chatwin, and Rob Gronkowski; a janitor forms a misfit curling team to win back his hockey-player girlfriend, released February 6, 2026 by Brainstorm Media.
The Roaring Girl
The Roaring Girl is a 1611 Jacobean city comedy by Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton about Moll Cutpurse, a cross-dressing thief based on the real London figure Mary Frith.
The Roaring Lion
The Roaring Lion is a 1941 portrait photograph of Winston Churchill by Armenian-Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh, taken in Ottawa moments after Karsh removed his cigar.
The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties (1939) is Raoul Walsh's Warner Bros. gangster drama starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart as WWI friends turned Prohibition bootleggers, closing the studio's 1930s gangster cycle; based on Mark Hellinger's story "The World Moves On."
The Roast of Tom Brady
The Roast of Tom Brady (GROAT) is Netflix's 2024 live comedy special from the Kia Forum, hosted by Kevin Hart, drawing 22.6 million viewers, its most-watched live broadcast.
The Robber
The Robber (Der Räuber) is a 2010 Austrian-German thriller by Benjamin Heisenberg, based on Martin Prinz's novel about marathon-runner bank robber Johann Kastenberger, "Pumpgun Ronnie"; it competed at Berlinale 2010 and won Austrian Film Awards for direction and acting.
The Robbers
The Robbers (Die Räuber) is an 1781 five-act drama by Friedrich Schiller, premiered at Mannheim in 1782, about the rival brothers Karl and Franz von Moor.
The Robe (film)
The Robe (1953) is a Twentieth Century-Fox biblical epic directed by Henry Koster, starring Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, and Victor Mature, and the first feature film released in CinemaScope with stereophonic sound.
The Robot Report
The Robot Report is an American trade publication covering the business of robotics, founded by Frank Tobe in 2008 and owned by WTWH Media since 2017.
The Robot Revolution
"The Robot Revolution" is the Doctor Who Series 15/Season 2 premiere (12 April 2025), written by Russell T Davies and directed by Peter Hoar, introducing Varada Sethu as companion Belinda Chandra, abducted by robots ruled by her ex-boyfriend Alan Budd.
The Rock (film)
The Rock (film) is a 1996 American action thriller directed by Michael Bay. It stars Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage, and features a plot set on Alcatraz Island.
The Rock (radio station)
The Rock is MediaWorks' New Zealand rock radio network, on FM in 20+ cities (Auckland 90.2) and via rova; flagship shows The Morning Rumble and Rock Drive; first NZ station broadcasting live in Australia (Brisbane DAB+).
The Rock Garden
The Rock Garden: a garden style growing alpines and small rock plants among stones; notable Norwegian examples include Fjellhagen in Oslo (opened 1989), Bergen (2001), and Kongsvoll (1924).
The Rockafeller Skank
The Rockafeller Skank, also known as Funk Soul Brother, is Fatboy Slim's 1998 big beat hit built from samples of Lord Finesse, Just Brothers, and John Barry; Cook keeps none of its royalties.
The Rocker (film)
The Rocker is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Rainn Wilson as a drummer who joins his nephew's high school rock band.
The Rocket Record Company
The Rocket Record Company is the British record label founded by Elton John, Bernie Taupin, and Gus Dudgeon, named after "Rocket Man"; incorporated October 1972, opened 1973, distributed by Island, EMI, Phonogram, and Mercury, absorbed by Universal's Island Records in 1999. Distinct from Rocket Recordings (Bristol) and Rocket Music Entertainment.
The Rocketeer (character)
The Rocketeer (Cliff Secord) is a 1938 rocket-pack hero created by Dave Stevens, first appearing in Starslayer #2 (1982), published by Pacific, Eclipse, Comico, Dark Horse, and IDW, and adapted in Disney's 1991 film.
The Rocketeer (film)
The Rocketeer (1991) is a Disney period superhero adventure directed by Joe Johnston, based on Dave Stevens's comic, starring Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, and Timothy Dalton; it grossed $46.5M against a $40M budget and later gained a cult following.
The Rocketman (musician)
The Rocketman is an anonymous Dutch DJ and producer working in techno, 90s rave, and trance, active since 2019 and known for the 2024 breakout single "The Nighttrain".