Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "confession", "stranger"

1. The House That Jack Built (2018)

R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

In five episodes, failed architect and vicious sociopath Jack recounts his elaborately orchestrated murders -- each, as he views them, a towering work of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Votes: 91,931 | Gross: $0.09M

2. Megan Is Missing (2011)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Two teenage girls encounter an Internet child predator.

Director: Michael Goi | Stars: Amber Perkins, Rachel Quinn, Dean Waite, Jael Elizabeth Steinmeyer

Votes: 15,452

3. The Two Faces of January (2014)

PG-13 | 96 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

A thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who flee Athens after one of them is caught up in the death of a private detective.

Director: Hossein Amini | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Oscar Isaac, Daisy Bevan

Votes: 33,651 | Gross: $0.51M

4. Three Colors: Red (1994)

R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A model discovers a retired judge is keen on invading people's privacy.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit

Votes: 109,978 | Gross: $4.04M

5. 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: 44,009 | Gross: $0.12M

6. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Passed | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger

Votes: 24,247

7. Man Up (I) (2015)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A single woman takes the place of a stranger's blind date and finds the perfect man for her.

Director: Ben Palmer | Stars: Lake Bell, Rory Kinnear, Ken Stott, Harriet Walter

Votes: 56,433

8. Let Us Prey (2014)

Not Rated | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

Held in a remote police station, a mysterious stranger takes over the minds and souls of everyone inside.

Director: Brian O'Malley | Stars: Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh, Bryan Larkin, Hanna Stanbridge

Votes: 10,743

9. Happy Hour (2015)

Not Rated | 317 min | Drama

A slow-burning epic chronicling the emotional journey of four thirty something women in the misty seaside city of Kobe.

Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Rira Kawamura

Votes: 2,933

10. The Dark Valley (2014)

Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Drama, Western

Through a hidden path, a lone rider reaches a little town high up in the Alps. Nobody knows where the stranger comes from, nor what he wants there. But everyone knows that they don't want him to stay.

Director: Andreas Prochaska | Stars: Sam Riley, Tobias Moretti, Paula Beer, Thomas Schubert

Votes: 14,300

11. L'Argent (1983)

Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama

A counterfeit bill that starts off as a schoolboy prank leads to incarceration and violence.

Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Christian Patey, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Michel Briguet, Vincent Risterucci

Votes: 11,828

12. What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)

R | 101 min | Crime, Horror, Musical

Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.

Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver, Micheál MacLiammóir

Votes: 2,297

13. Joshua (I) (2002)

G | 91 min | Drama

"Joshua" tells the story of a possible second coming of Christ to a small U.S. town.

Director: Jon Purdy | Stars: Tony Goldwyn, F. Murray Abraham, Kurt Fuller, Stacy Edwards

Votes: 2,063 | Gross: $1.37M

14. The King (2005)

R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller

A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father Dave, whom he's never met. He is the pastor at a Christian community church. He tells Elvis ... See full summary »

Director: James Marsh | Stars: Gael García Bernal, William Hurt, Laura Harring, Derek Alvarado

Votes: 7,470 | Gross: $0.28M

15. Harmonium (2016)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama

Toshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.

Director: Kôji Fukada | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Mariko Tsutsui, Taiga Nakano, Momone Shinokawa

Votes: 2,905 | Gross: $0.02M

16. Before We Vanish (2017)

R | 129 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Three aliens travel to Earth in preparation for a mass invasion, taking possession of human bodies.

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Masami Nagasawa, Ryûhei Matsuda, Hiroki Hasegawa, Masahiro Higashide

Votes: 2,824 | Gross: $0.05M

17. Istanbul (1985)

90 min | Thriller, Drama

While traveling through Belgium, an American named Martin befriends a waiter named Willy when he saves Willy from a fight with a customer. They get drunk together and Martin invites Willy ... See full synopsis »

Director: Marc Didden | Stars: Brad Dourif, Dominique Deruddere, Ingrid De Vos, François Beukelaers

Votes: 260

18. High Lonesome (1950)

Approved | 81 min | Western

When a sudden spurt of murders occurs in Texas Big Bend country, suspicion immediately falls on a young drifter who just moved to the area.

Director: Alan Le May | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Chill Wills, John Archer, Lois Butler

Votes: 330

19. Secret of the Blue Room (1933)

Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Twenty years after 3 murders occur in a castle's "blue room", three men who each want to marry a beautiful girl decide to spend a night in the room to prove their bravery to her.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Gloria Stuart, Paul Lukas, Edward Arnold

Votes: 1,167

20. Kings & Queen (2004)

Unrated | 150 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Parallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Geoffrey Carey, Thierry Bosc, Olivier Rabourdin

Votes: 4,015 | Gross: $0.29M

21. Hospitality (2010)

Unrated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

The film follows the follies that ensue when a man and his wife shack up with a family that owns a printing press in their building, the husband takes it over, and the couple begin inviting a motley crew of friends.

Director: Kôji Fukada | Stars: Kenji Yamauchi, Kiki Sugino, Kanji Furutachi, Bryerly Long

Votes: 539

22. A House for Kuzka (1984 TV Short)

18 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

An underage house spirit named Kuzya finds his way into a typical Soviet flat and turns the life of a little girl Natasha into a fairy tale.

Director: Aida Zyablikova | Stars: Aleksandr Lenkov, Eleonora Prokhnitskaya, Svetlana Travkina, Georgiy Vitsin

Votes: 509

23. Kreytserova sonata (1987)

158 min | Drama, Romance

During a discussion about love and marriage on a train, Poznyshev (Oleg Yankovsky) announces that he murdered his wife. He then begins to tell another passenger his story and the ... See full summary »

Directors: Sofiya Milkina, Mikhail Shvejtser | Stars: Oleg Yankovskiy, Aleksandr Trofimov, Irina Seleznyova, Dmitriy Pokrovskiy

Votes: 280

24. Saturday Night (2000)

88 min | Drama

One night - two people - and the phone line to save their lives. Talking to a stranger on the phone is rarely a moving experience, but when you work for a telephone counseling service, it can be that and much more.

Director: James Balian | Stars: Alison Whyte, Aaron Pedersen

Votes: 30

25. Der gläserne Blick (2003)

Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

A police inspector witnesses a male body being washed ashore at a beach near Lisbon/Portugal. He follows the tracks of the deceased, finds a deserted car, a video camera and encounters a ... See full summary »

Director: Markus Heltschl | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Miguel Guilherme, Klaus Pohl, Ana Bustorff

Votes: 69

26. This Is the Life (1935)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

After obtaining her from an orphanage a couple exploit entertainer Withers till she runs away and later becomes a professional.

Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Jane Withers, John McGuire, Sally Blane, Sidney Toler

Votes: 60

27. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Stranger in the Night (2008)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

Suspected in the murder of his mother, a Delaware man tries to convince detectives that the real killer is a hitchhiker he had picked up.

Stars: Peter Thomas, Diana Abbott, Jeff Brown, Gilbert Cannon

Votes: 86

28. Se solicita príncipe azul (2005–2007)
Episode: Episode #1.26 (2005)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Romance

Maria Corina is bitten by a snake. Maria Carlota has a suspicion. Librada confides in Padre Dativo. Ricardo catches Manaure in his pajama. Camila gets into a girl fight. India meets Miriam.

Directors: Luis Alberto Lamata, Arquímedes Rivero, Omar Hurtado, Édgar Liendo | Stars: Gaby Espino, Rafael Novoa, Daniela Alvarado, Adrián Delgado