Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "based-on-novel", "clerk"

1. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

R | 128 min | Fantasy, Horror, Romance

The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves

Votes: 238,724 | Gross: $82.52M

2. Anna Karenina (I) (2012)

R | 129 min | Drama, Romance

In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.

Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Matthew Macfadyen

Votes: 106,623 | Gross: $12.82M

3. From Russia with Love (1963)

PG | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya, Daniela Bianchi

Votes: 145,478 | Gross: $24.80M

4. Nosferatu (1922)

Not Rated | 94 min | Fantasy, Horror

Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.

Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder

Votes: 105,559

5. Anne of Green Gables (1985)

TV-G | 100 min | Drama, Family

An orphan girl, sent to an elderly brother and sister by mistake, charms her new home and community with her fiery spirit and imagination.

Stars: Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth, Patricia Hamilton

Votes: 22,679

6. Single White Female (1992)

R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller

A woman advertising for a new roommate finds that something very strange is going on with the tenant who decides to move in.

Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Peter Friedman

Votes: 42,007 | Gross: $47.92M

7. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

PG | 107 min | Drama, Horror

Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor

Votes: 40,596

8. In Secret (2013)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Thérèse grows up with her aunt and cousin. Around 1860 the aunt decides they move to Paris and that her son and Thérèse get married. The joy- and loveless life changes when her husband brings a friend home. The affair turns ugly for all.

Director: Charlie Stratton | Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Tom Felton, Jessica Lange, Oscar Isaac

Votes: 9,680 | Gross: $0.42M

9. Nicholas Nickleby (2002)

PG | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-heartedly grasping uncle.

Director: Douglas McGrath | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Christopher Plummer, Jim Broadbent

Votes: 13,681 | Gross: $1.59M

10. Great Expectations (1946)

Approved | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

A humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Director: David Lean | Stars: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager, Jean Simmons

Votes: 26,432

11. David Copperfield (1999–2000)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama

A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.

Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Trevor Eve, Pauline Quirke, Laura Harling

Votes: 5,047

12. A Promise (2013)

R | 98 min | Drama, Romance

A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's protégé. Separated first by duties and then by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.

Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, Richard Madden, Toby Murray

Votes: 4,520

13. The World of Apu (1959)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama

This final installment in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows Apu's life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer.

Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee

Votes: 16,775 | Gross: $0.02M

14. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

G | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The Muppets present their own touching rendition of Charles Dickens' classic tale.

Director: Brian Henson | Stars: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson

Votes: 70,678 | Gross: $27.28M

15. Experiment in Terror (1962)

Not Rated | 123 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers, Roy Poole

Votes: 6,643

16. A Christmas Carol (1951)

TV-PG | 86 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways.

Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns

Votes: 25,738

17. Flower and Snake (1974)

74 min | Drama, Thriller

The elderly Senzô Tôyama orders his employee, Makoto Katagiri, to kidnap and train his wife Shizuko in order to break her pride so that she will submit to his desires.

Director: Masaru Konuma | Stars: Naomi Tani, Nagatoshi Sakamoto, Hijiri Abe, Willie Dorsey

Votes: 547

18. A Christmas Carol (1984 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

A bitter old miser who rationalizes his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.

Director: Clive Donner | Stars: George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Angela Pleasence, Edward Woodward

Votes: 18,348

19. Billy Liar (1963)

Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne

Votes: 7,108 | Gross: $0.04M

20. A Christmas Carol (1999 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy

An old bitter miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.

Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey, Ian McNeice

Votes: 10,923

21. The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)

Passed | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Mystery writer Cornelius Leyden becomes intrigued after the murdered body of a vicious career criminal washes up in the Bosphorus.

Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson

Votes: 3,965

22. My Stupid Boss (2016)

TV-14 | 108 min | Comedy

Diana (Bunga Citra Lestari) lives in Kuala Lumpur following her husband who works there. Diana then applied to work at a company owned by Bossman. Bossman happened to be her husband's college friend while in America.

Director: Upi Avianto | Stars: Bunga Citra Lestari, Reza Rahadian, Alex Abbad, Bront Palarae

Votes: 1,774

23. Alice Adams (1935)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Evelyn Venable

Votes: 4,569

24. Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)

Not Rated | 152 min | Drama, Musical

A lowly servant, Bhootnath gets close to the wife of his employer and narrates her story through his eyes and perspective.

Director: Abrar Alvi | Stars: Meena Kumari, Guru Dutt, Rehman Khan, Waheeda Rehman

Votes: 1,853

25. Trap for Cinderella (2013)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young girl suffering from amnesia after surviving a house fire that takes her childhood friend's life, begins a tormented road to recovery.

Director: Iain Softley | Stars: Tuppence Middleton, Alexandra Roach, Kerry Fox, Frances de la Tour

Votes: 1,720

26. Good Morning, Night (2003)

106 min | Drama

The 1978 kidnapping of politician Aldo Moro as seen from the perspective of one of his assailants: a conflicted young woman in the ranks of the Red Brigade.

Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Maya Sansa, Luigi Lo Cascio, Roberto Herlitzka, Paolo Briguglia

Votes: 4,047 | Gross: $0.01M

27. Scrooge (1935)

PG | 78 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean old miser who wants nothing to do with Christmas. The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come visit Scrooge on Christmas Eve, taking him on a journey into the very spirit and magic of Christmas itself.

Director: Henry Edwards | Stars: Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Robert Cochran, Mary Glynne

Votes: 2,641

28. Notes from Underground (1995)

88 min | Drama

Society will always present problems--we can look for the best outcome within our beliefs.

Director: Gary Walkow | Stars: Henry Czerny, Seth Green, Sheryl Lee, Vic Polizos

Votes: 455

29. A Christmas Carol (1971 TV Short)

28 min | Animation, Short, Drama

An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.

Director: Richard Williams | Stars: Alastair Sim, Michael Redgrave, Melvyn Hayes, Michael Hordern

Votes: 1,922

30. Sisters of the Gion (1936)

95 min | Drama

Two geisha sisters lead a hard life in the Gion district of Kyoto. After one of them feels obliged to support a bankrupt businessman, the other sister sets up various schemes to get rid of him.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Yôko Umemura, Benkei Shiganoya, Namiko Kawashima

Votes: 3,013

31. ...and the Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1965)

TV-MA | 100 min | Drama, War

A Jewish doctor in Nazi-occupied Prague risks his life by assisting a gravely injured member of the resistance.

Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Miroslav Machácek, Olga Scheinpflugová, Zdenka Procházková, Jirí Adamíra

Votes: 646

32. Dark Hazard (1934)

Passed | 73 min | Drama

Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie, Marge leaves him. After a few years ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell, Robert Barrat

Votes: 590

33. The Assistant (1997)

116 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

It's the turn of the century and jobs are hard to find. A young man assigns himself the job of a store clerk, without pay, only a place to sleep and eat, after he was manipulated by a ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Gil Bellows, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Joan Plowright, Jaimz Woolvett

Votes: 184

34. Massey Sahib (1986)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama

Francis Massey works as a clerk in deputy commissioner's office in the colonial administration of British India. He aspires to become one of the rulers and does everything he can to impress his boss.

Director: Pradip Krishen | Stars: Raghubir Yadav, Barry John, Arundhati Roy, Veerendra Saxena

Votes: 152

35. Double Suicide of Sonezaki (1978)

112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A poor merchant and a prostitute plan to commit suicide together after being pressured and betrayed by their surroundings.

Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Ryûdô Uzaki, Hisashi Igawa, Sachiko Hidari

Votes: 193

36. Bartleby (I) (1976)

96 min | Drama

A bailiff's study engages a young man, Bartleby, pale, stiff, not speaking and expressing no emotion. One fine day Bartleby refuses certain tasks, then all work.

Director: Maurice Ronet | Stars: Michael Lonsdale, Maxence Mailfort, Maurice Biraud, Dominique Zardi

Votes: 96

37. For Them That Trespass (1949)

Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama

Christy Drew, an aspiring young writer trying to broaden his experience, gets involved with Frankie Ketchen and her two suitors, Herb Logan and Jim Heal. One night, Jim finds Frankie has ... See full summary »

Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Stephen Murray, Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett, Rosalyn Boulter

Votes: 139

38. The Mystery of Mr. X (1934)

Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A jewel thief suspected of being a local serial killer targeting police officers decides to solve the mystery himself to clear his name.

Directors: Edgar Selwyn, Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allan, Lewis Stone, Ralph Forbes

Votes: 496

39. Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)

Approved | 97 min | Drama

An American, working for his oil company in China, disregards all but the company's interests. " The characters and the institution portrayed in the story are not actual but the product of ... See full summary »

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Jean Muir, Lyle Talbot

Votes: 329

40. Three Sons (1939)

Approved | 72 min | Drama

A poor merchant grows a highly successful department store in Chicago with the purpose of providing for his four children's future. He is misguided in thinking that giving them everything ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Edward Ellis, William Gargan, Kent Taylor, J. Edward Bromberg

Votes: 114

41. A Christmas Carol (1910)

Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

Based on the story by Charles Dickens: Ebenezer Scrooge is well known for his harsh, miserly ways, until he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, and then by three other spirits.

Directors: J. Searle Dawley, Charles Kent, Ashley Miller | Stars: Marc McDermott, Charles Ogle, William Bechtel, Viola Dana

Votes: 829

42. Lady Tubbs (1935)

Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Romance

A cook in a railroad construction camp inherits $500,000. She pretends to be English royalty and barges into the New York social scene.

Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Alice Brady, Douglass Montgomery, Anita Louise, Alan Mowbray

Votes: 37

43. Vremya-ne-zhdyot (1975 TV Movie)

154 min | Adventure

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Director: Vitaliy Chetverikov | Stars: Juozas Budraitis, Mikhail Matveev, Viktor Plyut, Vaiva Mainelyte

Votes: 13

44. Demokrati (1980)

77 min | Comedy, Drama

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Director: Jozef Zachar | Stars: Josef Abrhám, Nada Konvalinková, Kamila Magálová, Leon Niemczyk

Votes: 14

45. Zalár nejtemnejsí (1969 TV Movie)

62 min | Drama

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Director: Miloslav Zachata | Stars: Otto Budín, Felix Cerný, Jan Faltýnek, Zdenek Formánek