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The Professional (1994, 110 min., R) 
Enigmatic hitman becomes unlikely caretaker of and mentor to the girl next door. The film features wonderful performances and lots of visual panache.
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017, 108 min., R)
The origins of the iconic Amazon princess
Profile (2021, 106 min., R)
Undercover screenlife political thriller isn't fooling anyone
The Program (1993)
This hodgepodge of little stories about the members of a college football team contending for a championship is flaccid seasonal fare that will do all right its first few weeks at the box office amongst those ...
Project A -- Part II (1987)
Apparently quite a few people think this is one of Chan's best films. I guess I'm not one of them, because I still think that honor goes to Police Story III: Supercop. Nevertheless, Project A -- ...
Project Almanac (2015, 106 min., PG-13)
Teens discover plans for a time machine within found footage, but things go awry when they begin to construct it.
Project Nim (2011, 93 min., PG-13)
The story of a science experiment in which a chimpanzee was raised as a human child is recounted in this heartbreaking documentary.
Project S (aka Once a Cop) (1993, 104 min., R)
Hong Kong film lesson time again, just so you know what you're seeing: Once a Cop (or Project S, its Asian title) is actually Supercop 2, which was, in turn, Police Story 3, the huge Jackie ...
Project X (2012, 88 min., R)
In the vein of John Hughes, this movie celebrates that innocent time of life when a badass backyard party is the ultimate key to social success.
Prom (2011, 103 min., PG)
Friday Night Lights' Aimee Teegarden stars in this tween wish-fulfillment movie.
Prom Night (2008, 88 min., PG-13) 
A remake of the Eighties horror film in name only, Prom Night is a nearly bloodless slasher film with few surprises.
Promare (2019, 111 min., PG-13)
DayGlo anime explosion makes firefighters cool and kinetic
La Promesse (1996, 97 min., R)
Which of our traits are socially ingrained and which are genetically imbued? And what about morality, that most personal of all characteristics? How is it acquired, adapted, shed, and reconfigured? The Belgian film La Promesse, by ...
Prometheus (2012, 123 min., R)
In his return to science fiction, Ridley Scott's stunning, ambitious visuals are waylaid by his quasi-metaphysics.
The Promise (2017, 132 min., PG-13)
The Armenian Genocide as seen through a love triangle
The Promise (2005, 102 min., NR)
This fantastical story from the Chinese director Chen Kaige mixes battles, magic, romance, and mistaken identities for a lovely but unsatisfying blend.
Promised Land (2012, 106 min., R)
Matt Damon and John Krasinski star in this modern morality tale about fracking in America; Gus Van Sant directs.
The Promised Land (2024, 128 min., R)
Wildly ahistorical Danish epic adds an intriguing level of court intrigue and class aspiration to a familiar plot.
Promising Young Woman (2020, 113 min., R)
Unevenness sabotages this takedown of "nice guy" culture
The Promotion (2008, 85 min., R)
Forgettably bland, this comic film features Seann William Scott and John C. Reilly vying for the same job promotion.
Proof (1992, 91 min., R)
A blind photographer takes pictures and asks other people to describe them for him – the hook is charming and better yet, the movie follows through. Blind since birth, Martin (Weaving) relies on other people to ...
Proof (2005, 99 min., PG-13)
As with many film adaptations of stage successes, David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about mathematics and madness loses something in its translation to celluloid.
Proof of Life (2000, 135 min., R)
I seem to remember hearing something about romantic sparks flying between the two co-stars of Proof of Life, Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe. I suppose we'll have to trust the gossip on this one because the ...
The Prophecy (1995, 98 min., R)
A theological film noir with Walken in a shaggy black Beatles mop-top is the best way to describe The Prophecy. When an NYPD detective with the doubtful name of Thomas and a previous life as ...
A Prophet (2009, 155 min., R)
This riveting French film is the best prison/crime saga to come along in quite a while.
The Proposal (2009, 107 min., PG-13)
The Proposal doesn't reinvent the romantic-comedy wheel, but Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds ensure that it's a likable cut above the usual fare.
The Proposition (1998, 96 min., R)
It must be rough being Kenneth Branagh. Eventually, the poor guy's going to run out of Shakespeare to work with, and assuming that, he must have signed on to this convoluted, neo-gothic, faux-feminist folderol hoping that ...
The Proposition (2005, 104 min., R)
The Western is alive and well in the Australian outback, as this gritty film with a screenplay and score by musician Nick Cave demonstrates.
Prospect (2018, 98 min., R)
Lo-fi sci-fi drama is driven by performances and ingenuity
Prospero's Books (1991, 124 min., R)
This Greenaway film deconstructs Shakespeare's The Tempest with egotistical fervor – the play's not the thing, but Greenaway's vanity is.
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