Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "do-gooder"

1. Afternoon Delight (2013)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

Rachel tries to spice up her marriage with a trip to a strip club. She befriends McKenna, who gave her a lapdance. McKenna moves in with Rachel's family and becomes a nanny for the son.

Director: Joey Soloway | Stars: Kathryn Hahn, Link Ruiz, Cesar Garcia, Jane Lynch

Votes: 11,486 | Gross: $0.17M

2. The Turning Point (1952)

Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Jerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include Conroy's own police detective father as a suspect.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: William Holden, Edmond O'Brien, Alexis Smith, Tom Tully

Votes: 1,778

3. A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Ishun is a wealthy but unsympathetic master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa

Votes: 4,951

4. Stalin (2006)

Not Rated | 168 min | Action, Drama

The story is about how an ex-army officer brings change in society by making people to help each other.

Director: A.R. Murugadoss | Stars: Chiranjeevi, Trisha Krishnan, Prakash Raj, Sharada

Votes: 1,574 | Gross: $0.07M

5. Good Sam (1948)

Passed | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and unable to help his own family buy the things they need--like a house.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan, Ray Collins, Edmund Lowe

Votes: 1,073

6. Jai Ho (2014)

Not Rated | 135 min | Action, Drama

An upright ex-army man, Jai fights a solitary war against corruption and injustice. With a simple mantra to pay forward, he starts off by helping one person and forms an ever growing circle of people helping each other.

Director: Sohail Khan | Stars: Salman Khan, Daisy Shah, Tabu, Danny Denzongpa

Votes: 20,804 | Gross: $1.25M

7. Salaakhen (1998)

165 min | Action, Drama

When an honest school teacher testifies in a rape case against a prominent businessman's son, he is psychologically tortured and forced to commit suicide. His young son then takes the law into his own hands in order to avenge his father.

Director: Guddu Dhanoa | Stars: Sunny Deol, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala, Anupam Kher

Votes: 555

8. Invisible Child (1999 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama

A woman from London starts working for a family as a nanny and discovers that the mother thinks she has an imaginary child called Maggie.

Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Rita Wilson, Victor Garber, Tushka Bergen, Mae Whitman

Votes: 828

9. The Gentleman (1994)

161 min | Action, Drama

Vijay runs a small business and is also a master thief who is wanted by the cops. But, his motive for committing theft is to build a school where students can get free education and become professionals in their field.

Director: Mahesh Bhatt | Stars: Chiranjeevi, Juhi Chawla, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Paresh Rawal

Votes: 247

10. Mutamestri (1993)

163 min | Action, Drama

The story of a vegetable market worker who rises to the state of a minister.

Director: A. Kodandarami Reddy | Stars: Chiranjeevi, Meena, Roja, Sharat Saxena

Votes: 411

11. The Regeneration (1915)

Passed | 72 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A boy surrounded by violence grows up to become an infamous gangster.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Rockliffe Fellowes, Anna Q. Nilsson, William Sheer, Carl Harbaugh

Votes: 1,432

12. Dreamcatcher (I) (2015)

TV-MA | 104 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama

Takes us into a hidden world of prostitution and sexual trafficking through the eyes of one of its survivors, Brenda Myers-Powell.

Director: Kim Longinotto | Stars: Brenda Myers-Powell, T.T., Keena, Temeka

Votes: 434

13. Rudra Veena (1988)

170 min | Drama, Music

A classical singer believes in changing society through his music and will power.

Director: K. Balachander | Stars: Chiranjeevi, Gemini Ganesan, Shobana, Devilalita

Votes: 2,012

14. Best Intentions (2018)

103 min | Comedy, Drama

A 50-year-old who is over-invested in humanitarian work is competing in the social center where she works. She will then embark her students in literacy class, with the help of a pretty ... See full summary »

Director: Gilles Legrand | Stars: Agnès Jaoui, Alban Ivanov, Claire Sermonne, Tim Seyfi

Votes: 374

15. Dilwaala (1986)

160 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

When a MLA's son kills his wife, a man attempts to bring him to justice and hopes that his estranged sister a Judge, will support him in the cause.

Director: K. Muralimohana Rao | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Smita Patil, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Shakti Kapoor

Votes: 1,167

16. Peculiar Patients' Pranks (1915)

10 min | Comedy, Short

In pursuit of a pretty miss,Luke gets admitted to a hospital.

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, 'Snub' Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Gene Marsh

Votes: 26

17. Your Uncle Dudley (1935)

Approved | 70 min | Comedy

Horton is a good citizen with lots of citations for good works--and also lots of debts.

Directors: Eugene Forde, James Tinling | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson, John McGuire, Rosina Lawrence

Votes: 27

18. The Canary Comes Across (1938)

Approved | 21 min | Short, Music

A prisoner with a good singing voice escapes, only to grow jealous when an opera singer who looks like him is delivered back to the prison and receives attention, especially from Ann, the warden's daughter who leads the prison glee club.

Director: Will Jason | Stars: Erik Rhodes, Virginia Grey, Maurice Black, Oscar O'Shea

Votes: 80

19. Sub Rosa (I) (2011)

20 min | Short, Drama, Mystery

Laurel, a suburban woman, comes to believe her neighbor may be a criminal. By paying close watch over him and taking note of his activities, she convinces her friend Karen that the man is a... See full summary »

Director: J.D. Dickey | Stars: Suzanne Tufan, Amy G. Newman, Teresa Decher, Madeleine Young

20. Robin Goodhood (1970)

G | 6 min | Animation, Short

Roland is "Roland Hood" and takes money from the evil tax-collector (Rattfink) to give to the poor. Rattfink however has other ideas.

Director: Gerry Chiniquy | Stars: Lennie Weinrib, Marvin Miller, Athena Lorde

Votes: 28

21. Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode: The Zoo Story (1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

It's contract renegotiation time at Seattle's KACL, so Frasier hires a new, ethical agent who plans to raise Frasier's profile by having the zoo name a new crane after him. Taking a ... See full summary »

Director: Pamela Fryman | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin

Votes: 894

22. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005– )
Episode: Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad (2006)

TV-MA | 24 min | Comedy

When Dennis and Dee discover their mother has lied to them about Frank being their dad, they get to know their real father. Meanwhile, Mac and Charlie attempt to impress Mac's imprisoned father by becoming hardened criminals.

Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson

Votes: 3,510

23. Faking It: Tears of a Crime (2017– )
Episode: Faking It - Jimmy Savile (2020)

45 min | Documentary, Crime, News

Experts examine how one of the biggest stars in British showbusiness got away with decades of sexual abuse.

Stars: Cliff Lansley, Dawn Archer, Kerry Daynes, Rob Warner

Votes: 32

24. The Ghost and Molly McGee (2021–2024)
Episode: Game Night/The Don't-Gooder (2022)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

The McGees lets competition get the best of them during family game night. When Andrea steals credit for Molly's volunteer work, Molly tries to expose her.

Directors: David Knott, Stephen Heneveld, Sam King | Stars: Ashly Burch, Dana Snyder, Jordan Klepper, Sumalee Montano

Votes: 127

25. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Red Letter (2010)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man is murdered right before he is to deliver an important speech about human trafficking at a conference. Psychic Kristina Frye is brought in to help CBI solve the case, even though Patrick remains skeptical about her "gift."

Director: John F. Showalter | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,368

26. Call Me Fitz (2010–2013)
Episode: Pulling a Polanski (2013)

TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy

Larry is convinced that loneliness is at the root of Ken's strange behavior. Pat Childs encroaching on their business and Fitz enlists his help to take down Pat Childs using a classic pedophile scam. Fitz discovers a family secret.

Director: James Allodi | Stars: Jason Priestley, Peter MacNeill, Donavon Stinson, Joanna Cassidy

Votes: 12