Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "dramatic-irony"

1. Smallville (2001–2017)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A young Clark Kent struggles to find his place in the world as he learns to harness his alien powers for good and deals with the typical troubles of teenage life in Smallville, Kansas.

Stars: Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Allison Mack, Kristin Kreuk

Votes: 138,226

2. Spider-Man (2002)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After being bitten by a genetically-modified spider, a shy teenager gains spider-like abilities that he uses to fight injustice as a masked superhero and face a vengeful enemy.

Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco

Votes: 880,802 | Gross: $403.71M

3. The Truman Show (1998)

PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama

An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich

Votes: 1,197,951 | Gross: $125.62M

4. Labyrinth (1986)

PG | 101 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Sixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King.

Director: Jim Henson | Stars: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson

Votes: 149,758 | Gross: $12.73M

5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins

Votes: 314,638 | Gross: $44.82M

6. Groundhog Day (1993)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.

Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky

Votes: 685,710 | Gross: $70.91M

7. The Hurt Locker (2008)

R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller, War

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce

Votes: 474,100 | Gross: $17.02M

8. Sleepaway Camp (1983)

R | 84 min | Horror

Bunks and showers are a mad stabber's beat at a summer camp strictly for teens.

Director: Robert Hiltzik | Stars: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet

Votes: 38,113 | Gross: $11.00M

9. U Turn (1997)

R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt before the Russian mafia kills him is forced to stop in an Arizona town where everything that can go wrong does go wrong.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Billy Bob Thornton

Votes: 54,796 | Gross: $6.63M

10. Black Christmas (1974)

R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.

Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon

Votes: 48,395 | Gross: $4.05M

11. Fantasia 2000 (1999)

G | 75 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

An update of the original film with new interpretations of great works of classical music.

Directors: James Algar, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Hendel Butoy, Francis Glebas, Eric Goldberg, Don Hahn, Pixote Hunt | Stars: James Levine, Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones

Votes: 41,450 | Gross: $60.66M

12. One Froggy Evening (1955)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A man futilely struggles to make his fortune with a frog that sings and dances, but only when it is alone with the owner.

Director: Chuck Jones | Star: William Roberts

Votes: 6,109

13. Amigo (2010)

R | 124 min | Drama, War

A fictional account of events during the Philippine-American War.

Director: John Sayles | Stars: Joel Torre, Chris Cooper, Garret Dillahunt, Arthur Acuña

Votes: 667 | Gross: $0.18M

14. Strangers Within (2017)

95 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Sam, the daughter of a famous artist, left alone for the weekend, throws a party with her friends, but it quickly turns dangerous when unexpected guests with ulterior motives arrive.

Director: Liam Hooper | Stars: Elana Di Troya, Owen Bleach, Rosie Taylor-Ritson, Flynn Horne

Votes: 193

15. Hopeless (2010)

17 min | Short, Crime, Drama

Two young lovers on the run.

Director: Andrew Napier | Stars: Amanda Fuller, Joe Williamson, Ross Alden, Cenk Uygur

Votes: 22

16. Southern dysComfort (2012)

37 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A white male from the South, reared and mentored by a black nanny, navigates his way through upscale excess while surrounded by dysfunctional family and friends.

Director: Patrick McEveety | Stars: Michael Alton Lowder, Lynne Newton, Kathy Bell Denton, Robin Alden Douglass

Votes: 36

17. Simply Untitled (2004)

Unrated | 25 min | Drama, Short

Two sisters, both creative. Only one may survive when the obstacles of life challenge them in ways they never expected.

Director: Robert X. Golphin | Stars: Nikia Kali, Bella Nabiyah, Robert X. Golphin, Lloyd Morgan

18. An Apology to the Dead (2006)

87 min | Drama, Thriller

An ethics professor ironically finds himself caught in a dangerous ethical dilemma when he attempts to intervene on behalf of a bright but troubled student who appears to be a victim of physical abuse.

Directors: Tim Gunn, Jon Worful | Stars: Rockey Black, Tonya Chapman, Lisa Sodman Elzinga, Mark A. France

Votes: 25

19. Room of Ghosts (2008)

12 min | Short, Drama

Carol, suffers from amnesia and believes that she is being haunted by the Ghost of her recently dead husband, Elliot. The story is an artistic drama about a woman who lives trapped in her ... See full summary »

Director: Mario Morales | Stars: Angela Ware, Steven Chester Prince, Terah Belle Burnett, Joe Azzato

20. How to Make Your Writing Suspenseful (2017)

5 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

Add a Plot

Director: Silvia Prietov | Star: Addison Anderson

21. Historias para no dormir (1966–1982)
Episode: El asfalto (1966)

34 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A man walks down the street and is stuck to the asphalt without being able to move. It is useless to ask for help to those who pass and little by little it is sinking more and more.

Director: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador | Stars: Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Joaquín Dicenta, Manuel Aguado, Ángel Álvarez

Votes: 101

22. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: Secrets (1998)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While O'Neill and Carter head to Washington to be decorated by the President and find a security leak, Jackson and Teal'c go to Abydos (after they unbury their stargate) to see Sha're's ... See full summary »

Director: Duane Clark | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge

Votes: 1,293

23. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode: Miss Forrest (1973)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama

In the spring of 1912, Lady Marjorie prepares to visit Elizabeth in New York and James takes an interest in Richard's comely and respectable new secretary, Miss Forrest.

Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Simon Williams, Gordon Jackson, Jean Marsh, Rachel Gurney

Votes: 118

24. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: Unending (2007)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

General Landry accompanies SG-1 on a mission to collect the knowledge of the Asgard. When the Ori show up, however, Sam is forced to evacuate the crew. Landry and SG-1 stay aboard, but are ... See full summary »

Director: Robert C. Cooper | Stars: Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Claudia Black

Votes: 1,802