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The World Won't Listen
The World Won't Listen is a 1987 Rough Trade compilation by The Smiths, second of three issued while active, peaking at UK number 2; the US instead received the expanded Louder Than Bombs.
The World: A Naive Poem
The World: A Naive Poem (Polish: Świat – poema naiwne) is a cycle of twenty short poems by Czesław Miłosz, written in occupied Warsaw in 1943.
The World's 50 Best Restaurants
The World's 50 Best Restaurants (now The 50 Best Restaurants) is an annual fine-dining ranking founded in 2002 by Restaurant magazine, published by William Reed, voted by a 1,100-plus expert Academy in 28 regions, adjudicated by Deloitte.
The World's Best
The World's Best names two subjects: a 2019 CBS global talent competition hosted by James Corden with judges Drew Barrymore, RuPaul and Faith Hill, and theworlds.best, an independent hotel, restaurant and cruise rating publication using GEM, Fork and Anchor marks.
The World's Billionaires
The World's Billionaires is Forbes' annual ranking of everyone worth $1 billion or more, published since 1987; its 2026 edition counts a record 3,428 billionaires worth $20.1 trillion.
The World's End (film)
The World's End (2013) is Edgar Wright's sci-fi comedy, third in the Cornetto trilogy, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as friends repeating a 12-pub crawl in Newton Haven amid an alien takeover.
The World's Fastest Indian
The World's Fastest Indian is Roger Donaldson's 2005 biographical drama starring Anthony Hopkins as New Zealander Burt Munro, who set a 1967 Bonneville land-speed record of 184.037 mph on his modified 1920 Indian Scout, a record still standing.
The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat (世界最高の暗殺者、異世界貴族に転生する)
Japanese light novel series by Rui Tsukiyo and Reia (Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko, 2019), also called Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha. A betrayed assassin is reborn as noble Lugh Tuatha Dé to kill the hero; adapted into manga and a Silver Link anime, Season 2 due January 2027.
The World's Greatest First Love (世界一初恋)
Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi (The World's Greatest First Love) is a BL manga by Shungiku Nakamura, serialized since 2006, set at Marukawa Books' shoujo manga editorial department; adapted into a 2011 Studio DEEN anime and two films.
The World's Hardest Game
The World's Hardest Game (TWHG, WHG1) is a 2007-2008 Flash browser game by Snubby Land (Stephen Critoph): a red square dodges blue circles across 30 one-hit-restart levels, spawning sequels, speedruns, and ports.
The World's Strictest Parents
The World's Strictest Parents: British BBC Three reality series (2008–2011, 33 episodes) sending two unruly teens to strict host families abroad for a week; adapted for CMT in the US in 2009 with an Online Parenting Survival Guide.
The World's Strongest Rearguard
The World's Strongest Rearguard (世界最強の後衛, Sekai Saikyou no Kouei) is a Tôwa isekai light novel with Huuka Kazabana illustrations, published by Kadokawa Books since 2017, about office worker Arihito Atobe reborn as a Labyrinth Country Seeker with the support-only Rearguard class; adapted to manga by Rikizo and a 2026 Maho Film anime.
The World's Strongest Witch
The World's Strongest Witch (Sekai Saikyou no Majo, Hajimemashita) is a Japanese fantasy comedy light novel by Mochimaru Sakaki and riritto. Lorna Hermit, expelled for an SSS-rank skill called Internet, uses the world's strategy guide to become the strongest witch; six SQEX Novel volumes, a Tamaki Toga manga, and a Bridge/Aisle anime aired October 2026.
The World's Wife
The World's Wife is a 1999 poetry collection by the Scottish poet Carol Ann Duffy, retelling famous stories in the voices of women like Mrs Midas and Queen Kong.
The Worm Ouroboros
The Worm Ouroboros, E.R. Eddison's 1922 heroic high fantasy novel, depicts the war between King Gorice of Witchland and the Lords of Demonland, written in sixteenth-century English and ending with the world rewound to its opening.
The Worm Valley (云南虫谷)
The Worm Valley (云南虫谷, Candle in the Tomb: The Worm Valley) is a 2021 Chinese web drama adapted from Tianxia Bachang's novel, directed by Fei Zhenxiang, starring Pan Yueming, Zhang Yuqi, and Jiang Chao; 16 episodes on Tencent Video, Douban 7.9 falling to 6.7.
The Worst Movie Ever!
The Worst Movie Ever! (2011), also styled The Worst Movie EVER!, is Glenn Berggoetz's $1,100 micro-budget spoof comedy that sold one ticket, grossed $11 on opening weekend, and finished at $25,450 worldwide.
The Worst of Evil (최악의 악)
The Worst of Evil (최악의 악) is a 2023 Disney+ Korean crime noir, 12 episodes, Sept 27–Oct 25, 2023. Directed by Han Dong-wook; produced by Kakao Entertainment, Baram Pictures, Sanai Pictures; stars Ji Chang-wook, Wi Ha-joon, Im Se-mi, Bibi; set in 1995 Gangnam drug trade; IMDb 8.6.
The Worst Person in the World (film)
The Worst Person in the World (Verdens verste menneske) is a 2021 Norwegian romantic comedy-drama by Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt, starring Renate Reinsve as Julie in 12 chapters; it won Cannes Best Actress and earned two Oscar nominations.
The Worst Witch
The Worst Witch is Jill Murphy's eight-book children's series (1974–2018) about clumsy trainee witch Mildred Hubble at Miss Cackle's Academy, a forerunner of the magical school genre, adapted into a 1986 TV movie, 1998 and 2017 TV series, and an Olivier-winning stage show.
The Worst Witch (1998 TV series)
The Worst Witch (1998 TV series): British-Canadian ITV children's show, 1998-2001, 40 episodes, based on Jill Murphy's books, starring Georgina Sherrington as Mildred Hubble, distinct from the 1986 film and 2017 CBBC reboot.
The Worst Witch (2017 TV series)
The Worst Witch (2017–2020) is a British-German CBBC/ZDF/Netflix children's fantasy series adapted from Jill Murphy's books, starring Bella Ramsey as clumsy witch Mildred Hubble at Miss Cackle's Academy; 4 seasons, 52 episodes, two 2019 BAFTA Children's Awards.
The Wounded
The Wounded (병신과 머저리) is a short story by Yi Chong-jun about two brothers scarred by the Korean War, which won the 1967 Dong-in Award.
The Wow! Signal (album)
The Wow! Signal is Muse's tenth studio album, released 26 June 2026 on Warner Records. Named for the unexplained 1977 radio burst, it was co-produced with Dan Lancaster, features Ellie Goulding on "Hush", and draws on Matt Bellamy's divorce.
The Wraith
The Wraith (1986) is a Mike Marvin action-horror film starring Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, and Sherilyn Fenn, in which a murdered man returns as a supernatural driver of a Turbo Interceptor to destroy the Arizona road-racing gang that killed him; a cult film compared to High Plains Drifter.
The Wrangler
The Wrangler names several screen works: the fifth episode of Fallout season 2 (January 14, 2026), a 1960 NBC Western starring Jason Evers, a 2020 short film, a 2024 Montana ranch reality series, and a 2026 South Korean thriller.
The Wrath of Becky
The Wrath of Becky (2023) is an American action-horror sequel to Becky, directed by Matt Angel and Suzanne Coote, starring Lulu Wilson as 16-year-old Becky fighting the extremist Noble Men; released by Quiver, later on Netflix.
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a 1976 folk-rock ballad by Gordon Lightfoot about the ore carrier that sank in Lake Superior with all 29 crew in 1975.
The Wreck of the Hesperus
The Wreck of the Hesperus is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1840 narrative ballad of a skipper, his daughter, and a fatal 1839 New England storm at Norman's Woe, collected in Ballads and Other Poems and the source of an idiom for wreckage or untidiness.
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
The Wreck of the Mary Deare is a 1959 MGM sea-adventure drama directed by Michael Anderson, starring Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston, adapted by Eric Ambler from Hammond Innes's 1956 novel about a scuttled freighter and a court of inquiry.