Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "advertising", "family-relationships"

1. Mad Men (2007–2015)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama

A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.

Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones

Votes: 261,032

2. American Beauty (1999)

R | 122 min | Drama

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley

Votes: 1,212,307 | Gross: $130.10M

3. A Face in the Crowd (1957)

Approved | 126 min | Drama, Music

A female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau

Votes: 17,179

4. Who's the Boss? (1984–1992)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Romance

Tony Micelli, a retired baseball player, becomes the housekeeper of Angela Bower, an advertising executive in New York. Together they raise their kids, Samantha Micelli and Jonathan Bower, with help from Mona Robinson, Angela's man-crazy mother.

Stars: Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro

Votes: 15,593

5. He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

PG-13 | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

This Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.

Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Morgan Lily

Votes: 182,421 | Gross: $93.95M

6. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.

Director: John Hughes | Stars: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean

Votes: 160,500 | Gross: $49.53M

7. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

PG | 105 min | Drama

After his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple's young son deepens the wounds left by the separation.

Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, Justin Henry

Votes: 154,924 | Gross: $106.26M

8. Trust (I) (2010)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.

Director: David Schwimmer | Stars: Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato, Jason Clarke

Votes: 44,067 | Gross: $0.12M

9. Mr. Mom (1983)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

After he's suddenly laid off, a husband switches roles with his wife. She returns to the workforce, and he becomes a stay-at-home dad, and he has to take care of three young children, a job he has no clue how to do.

Director: Stan Dragoti | Stars: Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Frederick Koehler, Taliesin Jaffe

Votes: 27,886 | Gross: $64.80M

10. Home Again (2017)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.

Director: Hallie Meyers-Shyer | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Michael Sheen, Candice Bergen, Pico Alexander

Votes: 35,175 | Gross: $27.02M

11. Jack and Jill (I) (2011)

PG | 91 min | Comedy

Family guy, Jack Sadelstein, prepares for the annual event he always dreads--the Thanksgiving visit of his fraternal twin sister, the needy, and passive-aggressive Jill, who then refuses to leave.

Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino, Elodie Tougne

Votes: 90,534 | Gross: $74.16M

12. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

PG | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels

Votes: 101,360 | Gross: $31.56M

13. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)

PG | 110 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest

Votes: 21,879 | Gross: $19.65M

14. She's Having a Baby (1988)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Young newlyweds find out just how unprepared they are for their future together.

Director: John Hughes | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin, James Ray

Votes: 13,900 | Gross: $16.03M

15. Nothing in Common (1986)

PG | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.

Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Hector Elizondo

Votes: 7,895 | Gross: $32.32M

16. Fast Food Nation (2006)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama

An examination of the health risks involved in the fast food industry as well as its environmental and social consequences.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Bruce Willis, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Wilmer Valderrama

Votes: 25,167 | Gross: $1.00M

17. Private Road (1971)

89 min | Drama, Romance

Love story between a young depressive girl and a talented young writer and the first steps into their adult life.

Director: Barney Platts-Mills | Stars: Susan Penhaligon, Bruce Robinson, Michael Feast, George Fenton

Votes: 249

18. The Last Kiss (2006)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Michael, at 30, has a great job, still have his four best friends, and has a beautiful girlfriend, but his life seems predictable. Until he meets a college girl. It seems that everybody's having relationship problems.

Director: Tony Goldwyn | Stars: Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson, Casey Affleck

Votes: 42,273 | Gross: $11.60M

19. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A man and his wife decide they can afford to have a house in the country built to their specifications. It's a lot more trouble than they think.

Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny

Votes: 12,830 | Gross: $6.00M

20. The Astronaut Farmer (2006)

PG | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A NASA astronaut, forced to retire years earlier so he could save his family farm, has never given up his dream of space travel and looks to build his own rocket, despite the government's threats to stop him.

Director: Michael Polish | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern, Max Thieriot

Votes: 23,288 | Gross: $11.00M

21. The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A housewife grows smaller and smaller in reaction to chemicals found in cosmetics and household products.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson

Votes: 5,145 | Gross: $20.26M

22. The Arrangement (1969)

R | 125 min | Drama, Romance

An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway, Deborah Kerr, Richard Boone

Votes: 3,386 | Gross: $8.72M

23. Day of the Wacko (2002)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

24 hours in the bitter life of a frustrated divorced teacher who stays in the vicious circle of his numerous obsessions.

Director: Marek Koterski | Stars: Marek Kondrat, Janina Traczykówna, Andrzej Grabowski, Michal Koterski

Votes: 11,829

24. The Great Waltz (1972)

G | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Composer Johann Strauss becomes the "Waltz-King" and woos a baron's mistress in 19th-century Austria.

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Horst Buchholz, Mary Costa, Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell

Votes: 288 | Gross: $0.89M

25. Miami Rhapsody (1995)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

Gwyn begins doubting her "yes" to Matt's wedding proposal, when she hears about her parents' and brother's adultery.

Director: David Frankel | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Mia Farrow, Antonio Banderas, Gil Bellows

Votes: 3,521 | Gross: $5.22M

26. Filmworker (2017)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography

A documentary about how English actor Leon Vitali came to work as an assistant to American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick for over 30 years.

Director: Tony Zierra | Stars: Leon Vitali, Ryan O'Neal, Brian Capron, Mike Alfreds

Votes: 3,511 | Gross: $0.10M

27. Christmas in July (1940)

Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After the co-workers of an ambitious clerk trick him into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan contest, he begins to use the money to fulfill his dreams. What will happen when the ruse is discovered?

Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn, Alexander Carr

Votes: 4,273

28. Ruben Guthrie (2015)

93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ruben Guthrie is the story of one man not only battling the bottle, but the city that won't let him put it down.

Director: Brendan Cowell | Stars: Patrick Brammall, Alex Dimitriades, Abbey Lee, Harriet Dyer

Votes: 679

29. Behind the Red Door (2003)

R | 105 min | Drama

A dying man must reunite with his sister to face their family's violent past and find peace in their lives.

Director: Matia Karrell | Stars: Kyra Sedgwick, Kiefer Sutherland, Stockard Channing, Chuck Shamata

Votes: 1,662

30. Just Do It (2022)

12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Mark's trying to finish his novel but everyone tells him long-form content's dead. 'Make a film instead,' they say. 'Just do it. Shoot something short. Shoot something funny.' Mark follows ... See full summary »

Directors: Laurence Dobiesz, Antonia Kinlay | Stars: Ravi Aujla, Laurence Dobiesz, Grant Gillespie, Lisa Kerr

Votes: 13

31. Mermaid (2007)

115 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

In Moscow, a young woman disappears after falling in love with a new man.

Director: Anna Melikyan | Stars: Mariya Shalayeva, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Mariya Sokova, Anastasiya Dontsova

Votes: 3,644

32. What Men Talk About (2010)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy

Four long-time friends take a two day road trip from Moscow to Odessa to attend a friend's party. While traveling, they discuss with one another the negatives about being married men.

Director: Dmitriy Dyachenko | Stars: Leonid Barats, Aleksandr Demidov, Kamil Larin, Rostislav Khait

Votes: 6,771

33. Trench Road (2004)

111 min | Comedy, Drama

Matti Virtanen is trying to get his family back by buying a house.

Director: Veikko Aaltonen | Stars: Eero Aho, Tiina Lymi, Ella Lymi, Kari Väänänen

Votes: 937

34. I Want to Get Married (2011)

Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Romance

Can Paul get married in just 6 days? Paul Roll is a lovable nerd who's achieved everything he's set his mind to, except...he's never been successful at finding a man. After witnessing the ... See full summary »

Director: William Clift | Stars: Matthew Montgomery, Ashleigh Sumner, Emrhys Cooper, Jane Wiedlin

Votes: 219

35. According to Spencer (2001)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young man moves to Los Angeles to make something of himself -- but finds that such a task might take a little more work than he thought -- in this hilarious romantic comedy.

Director: Shane Edelman | Stars: Jesse Bradford, Mia Kirshner, David Krumholtz, Adam Goldberg

Votes: 735

36. Hinterholz 8 (1998)

90 min | Comedy

Herbert Krcal lives with his wife and son in a small apartment in Vienna. He dreams of owning his own house but houses are expensive. During a walk in the woods, he finds an old run-down ... See full summary »

Director: Harald Sicheritz | Stars: Roland Düringer, Nina Proll, Rudolf Rohaczek, Wolfgang Böck

Votes: 1,372

37. The Delicious Little Devil (1919)

Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Drama

A poor hat-check girl loses her job and is forced to get a job as a dancer at a roadhouse. There she falls in love with the son of a rich businessman. The boy's father, believing her to be ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Mae Murray, Richard Cummings, Harry L. Rattenberry, Edward Jobson

Votes: 919

38. Absolute Trust (2009)

90 min | Drama, Romance

Top photojournalist David Marshall endures a failed marriage rather than leave the children he loves. His wife Diane, abused in childhood, depressed, drinking and fearful, files unfounded ... See full summary »

Director: Harvey Mandlin | Stars: David Kener, Michele Harris, Megan Corry, Derek Aspenberg

Votes: 25

39. Oh Happy Day (2007)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two guys battle through the consequences of having had a one-night stand just before they started working together, and learn that to make a relationship work, you have to reveal everything... See full summary »

Director: Ian Poitier | Stars: Christopher Colquhoun, Jo Smith, Pooky Quesnel, Gerald Lepkowski

Votes: 332

40. Black on White (1968)

95 min | Drama

Juha is a sales manager of a refrigerator company. His perfect-looking family and glittering array of modern kitchen appliances have just been featured in a magazine article, but in reality... See full summary »

Director: Jörn Donner | Stars: Kristiina Halkola, Liisamaija Laaksonen, Jörn Donner, Jukka Virtanen

Votes: 298

41. Being Nice (2014)

85 min | Drama, Romance

Recently-dumped and on the verge of admitting she'll never make any money doing something she loves, a young artist takes a job in a top London advertising agency and, much to her surprise,... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Blackburn | Stars: Jessica Francis, Alex Warren, James Clossick, Patric Deony

Votes: 11

42. The Backbone of America (1953 TV Movie)

60 min | Comedy

An account executive tried to find the perfect American family to use in a forthcoming advertising campaign.

Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Scotty Beckett, Wendell Corey, Yvonne De Carlo, Gene Lockhart

43. I'll Tell the World (1939)

Approved | 40 min | Short, Family

This 40-minute short, produced for MacFadden Publications, is basically a plug for the selling power of ads placed in the pages of "Liberty Magazine," a MacFadden publication. It tells a ... See full summary »

Director: Lynn Shores | Stars: Jed Prouty, Patricia Murray, Frank Albertson, Billy Mauch

44. Si ge qiu bi te (2010)

Comedy, Romance

Advertising exec Qi Bolin, commitment-phobic and afraid of children, must deal with mischievous quadruplets and their strong-willed single mother to produce an ad campaign. Does romance have any chance?

Director: Caitao Wang | Stars: Alec Su, Danchen Yan, Ming Fan, Ailing Huang

Votes: 24

45. Menestyksen maku (1983)

107 min | Drama

Martti A. Joenpää, a serious young man and son of a poor single mother in Finnish Lapland, marries a local girl and moves south to Helsinki after landing his first job as a copywriter at a ... See full summary »

Director: Maunu Kurkvaara | Stars: Jukka-Pekka Palo, Pekka Laiho, Kaija Kangas, Soili Markkanen

Votes: 25

46. Oma koti (1956)

11 min | Short

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Directors: Aimo Jäderholm, Pekka Kotkavuori | Stars: Helge Herala, Marja Korhonen

47. Dairy Queen: Daughter (2019 Video)

1 min | Short, Comedy

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Stars: Alison Becker, Ryan Churchill, Alexis Curry

48. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Treehouse of Horror VI (1995)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

A lightning storm causes giant advertising mascots to come to life; The children are terrorized by Groundskeeper Willie in their dreams; Homer finds himself trapped in another dimension.

Directors: Bob Anderson, David Mirkin | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,775

49. The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022)
Episode: Smoke Signals (2022)

Unrated | Documentary, Biography

Art offers an opening for expression and reinvention as Andy rises from grim Pittsburgh origins to become an innovative force in the New York art world.

Director: Andrew Rossi | Stars: Andy Warhol, Bill Irwin, Alan Wanzenberg, Andre Walker

Votes: 165