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The Room is a 2003 romantic drama film directed, produced, and written by Tommy Wiseau. The film recounts a melodramatic love triangle involving amiable banker Johnny (Wiseau), his deceptive fiancée Lisa (Juliette Danielle), and his conflicted best friend Mark (Greg Sestero). A significant portion of the film is dedicated to a series of unrelated subplots, most of which involve at least one supporting character and are left unresolved due to the film's inconsistent narrative structure.

Wiseau wrote The Room as a play in 2001. He originally adapted it as a novel, but was unable to get it published and decided to adapt the work into a film. The Room was filmed over a period of four months and experienced a turbulent production.

The Room premiered on June 27, 2003 at the Laemmle Fairfax and Fallbrook theaters. It grossed around $1,800 during its initial run, but has since become profitable through midnight screenings across the world. The Room is frequently labeled one of the worst films ever made, with several critics describing it as "the Citizen Kane of bad movies." It quickly became a cult film in the "so bad it's good" vein, due to its bizarre and unconventional storytelling, technical and narrative flaws, and Wiseau's off-kilter performance. Although Wiseau has retrospectively described the film as an intentionally flawed black comedy, audiences generally view it as a poorly made drama, an opinion shared by some of the cast.

The Disaster Artist, Sestero's memoir about the production of The Room, was co-written with Tom Bissell and published in 2013. A film based on the book, directed by and starring James Franco, was released on December 1, 2017; the book and film received widespread acclaim and numerous award nominations.