Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "desert", "mental-illness"

1. Gladiator (2000)

R | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed

Votes: 1,623,313 | Gross: $187.71M

2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick

Votes: 1,175,980 | Gross: $204.84M

3. Psycho (1960)

R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin

Votes: 719,440 | Gross: $32.00M

4. Eternals (2021)

PG-13 | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations.

Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek

Votes: 386,950 | Gross: $164.87M

5. The Stand (1994)

Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

After a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.

Stars: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo

Votes: 38,474

6. The Cell (2000)

R | 107 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi

An F.B.I. Agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn where he has hidden his latest kidnap victim.

Director: Tarsem Singh | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colton James

Votes: 109,227 | Gross: $61.33M

7. The Aviator (2004)

PG-13 | 170 min | Biography, Drama

A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly

Votes: 384,491 | Gross: $102.61M

8. The A-Team (2010)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A group of Iraq War veterans look to clear their name with the U.S. Military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.

Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley, Jessica Biel

Votes: 269,148 | Gross: $77.22M

9. Jarhead (2005)

R | 125 min | Biography, Drama, War

A psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom, a sense of isolation, and other issues back home.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black, Scott MacDonald

Votes: 206,976 | Gross: $62.66M

10. Kalifornia (1993)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A journalist duo goes on a tour of serial-killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.

Director: Dominic Sena | Stars: Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, Kathy Larson, David Milford

Votes: 58,327 | Gross: $2.40M

11. Wild at Heart (1990)

R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, J.E. Freeman

Votes: 101,115 | Gross: $14.56M

12. Inside Daisy Clover (1965)

Approved | 128 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon

Votes: 4,285

13. Walkabout (1971)

GP | 100 min | Adventure, Drama

Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.

Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg, John Meillon

Votes: 27,388 | Gross: $0.02M

14. Ingrid Goes West (2017)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

An unhinged social media stalker moves to LA and ingratiates herself into the life of an Instagram star.

Director: Matt Spicer | Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell

Votes: 48,006 | Gross: $3.02M

15. Altered States (1980)

R | 102 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid

Votes: 38,694 | Gross: $19.85M

16. Suspect Zero (2004)

R | 99 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A mysterious serial killer is preying on other serial killers and one FBI agent suspects there may be more to the vigilante than the obvious characteristics.

Director: E. Elias Merhige | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harry Lennix

Votes: 21,246 | Gross: $8.73M

17. Frank (II) (2014)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Jon, a young wanna-be musician, discovers he's bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.

Director: Lenny Abrahamson | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Moira Brooker

Votes: 82,405 | Gross: $0.64M

18. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

Passed | 66 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

When an abused socialite grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers, Roy Gordon

Votes: 6,299 | Gross: $0.48M

19. Aria (1987)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

10 short films by 10 different directors, set to arias by different composers.

Directors: Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge, Julien Temple | Stars: John Hurt, Theresa Russell, Stephanie Lane, Roy Hyatt

Votes: 3,107 | Gross: $1.03M

20. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.

Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price

Votes: 14,801

21. Black Sunday (1977)

R | 143 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

When a Black September terrorist group begins a plot to carry out a massive terrorist attack in the United States, an Israeli commando works with the FBI to identify the target and conspirators, and prevent the plan from succeeding.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver

Votes: 9,097 | Gross: $15.77M

22. After Dark, My Sweet (1990)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After he escapes from a mental hospital, a former boxer works for a widow. When she asks him to get involved in a kidnapping, he has second thoughts.

Director: James Foley | Stars: Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern, Rocky Giordani

Votes: 4,200 | Gross: $2.68M

23. Morvern Callar (2002)

R | 97 min | Drama

After her beloved boyfriend's suicide, a mourning supermarket worker and her best friend hit the road in Scotland, but find that grief is something that you can't run away from forever.

Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Linda McGuire, Paul Popplewell

Votes: 11,060 | Gross: $0.27M

24. Texasville (1990)

R | 126 min | Drama, Romance

The summer of 1984: 32 years after Duane Jackson captained the high school football team and Jacy Farrow was homecoming queen, the small town of Anarene, Texas prepares for its centennial ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Timothy Bottoms, Harvey Christiansen

Votes: 3,052 | Gross: $2.27M

25. Play It As It Lays (1972)

R | 99 min | Drama

A Hollywood actress undergoes a psychic breakdown and recalls the traumatic events which led to her stay at a sanitarium.

Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Tuesday Weld, Anthony Perkins, Tammy Grimes, Adam Roarke

Votes: 786 | Gross: $0.47M

26. Felicia's Journey (1999)

PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Thriller

A young woman leaves Ireland to find her boyfriend in England, and while there is helped by a man hiding unsettling secrets.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Arsinée Khanjian, Elaine Cassidy, Sheila Reid

Votes: 8,411 | Gross: $0.82M

27. Off the Map (2003)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama

An eleven-year-old girl watches her father come down with a crippling depression. Over one summer, she learns answers to several mysteries, and comes to terms with love and loss.

Director: Campbell Scott | Stars: Valentina de Angelis, Joan Allen, Sam Elliott, Amy Brenneman

Votes: 3,437 | Gross: $1.31M

28. Julia (2008)

R | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A woman tries to extort money, using a young boy as bait.

Director: Erick Zonca | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate del Castillo, Aidan Gould

Votes: 6,963 | Gross: $0.00M

29. Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

G | 72 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Daffy Duck opens a detective agency for the supernatural along side his Looney Toon buddies.

Directors: Greg Ford, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Terry Lennon, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, Mel Tormé, Roy Firestone, B.J. Ward

Votes: 2,674

30. Poodle Springs (1998 TV Movie)

95 min | Crime, Drama

An aging Phillip Marlowe gets mixed up with blackmail and murder amongst the elite social set in 1963.

Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: James Caan, Dina Meyer, David Keith, Tom Bower

Votes: 994

31. Georgia O'Keeffe (2009 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 89 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

Director: Bob Balaban | Stars: Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons, Ed Begley Jr., Kathleen Chalfant

Votes: 965

32. Echoes (I) (2014)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Struggling with horrifying, sleep-paralysis induced visions, a young writer retreats with her boyfriend to an isolated desert house. As the visions intensify, she finds herself on the verge... See full summary »

Director: Nils Timm | Stars: Kate French, Steven Brand, Steve Hanks, Billy Wirth

Votes: 1,569

33. Electric Shadows (2004)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama

For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly, she asks him to feed her fish while she is in... See full summary »

Director: Jiang Xiao | Stars: Yu Xia, Haibin Li, Yijing Zhang, Zhongyang Qi

Votes: 1,070 | Gross: $0.01M

34. Backsliding (1992)

88 min | Drama, Thriller

While in prison, Jack had two momentous experiences: he got religion, and met the woman who would become his wife. He and Alison are devoted to the idea of staying in God's good graces, so ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Target | Stars: Tim Roth, Jim Holt, Odile Le Clezio, Ross McGregor

Votes: 108

35. My Nuclear Family (2023)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Drama

Peggy lives in a desolate town in the middle of the desert. But her quiet, seemingly peaceful life is disrupted by a door-to-door salesman named Frank. He knocks, asking to come inside to make a pitch, selling free luxury vacations.

Director: Nevin George | Stars: Elena Flury, Mike Ogden, Darlington Lloyd Fischer, Till Gerber

Votes: 10

36. Curio Shop (2014)

19 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

An epic post-apocalyptic tale about two brothers who struggle to avenge the wrongs done to their family.

Directors: Eric S. Anderson, Scott Crane | Stars: Scott Crane, Christopher Sweeney, James Murray, Brittany Slattery

Votes: 32

37. Campground (2015)

23 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi

Hannah searches for her father's acceptance, hiding the secrets she knows are true until criminals from Foster's past force the family to come to terms with themselves.

Director: Cameron A Mitchell | Stars: Michaela Qvale, Jessie Pettit, Seph Dietlin, Daniel R. Murphy

38. Lapse (V) (2010)

75 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A woman wakes up one morning alone in the desert with no memory and blood on her hands. Reality and memory collide as she struggles to make sense of events.

Director: Marianne Hansen | Stars: Karolina Dryzner, Sirry Jons, Keith Roenke, Emmett J Scanlan

Votes: 11

39. Strange Fruit

Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Announced

If you try to bury your tragedy, it will come and haunt you.

Directors: Anabelle D. Munro, Huntly Munro | Star: Anabelle D. Munro

40. The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
Russia in Syria (2015 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

Erica Maison gives her 14-year-old son a dose of estrogen. Vladimir Putin exploits the weakness of President Obama.

Star: Ben Shapiro