Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "newport-rhode-island"

1. The Gilded Age (2022– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

The series follows the conflicts surrounding the new money Russell family and their old money neighbors, the van Rhijn family, in 1880s New York City high society.

Stars: Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton

Votes: 38,292

2. Heaven's Gate (1980)

R | 219 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

During the Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, a sheriff born into wealth does his best to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.

Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston

Votes: 17,177 | Gross: $3.48M

3. Ray (I) (2004)

PG-13 | 152 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.

Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell

Votes: 157,488 | Gross: $75.33M

4. I'm Not There (2007)

R | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.

Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw

Votes: 61,217 | Gross: $4.02M

5. High Society (1956)

Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.

Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm

Votes: 17,551 | Gross: $13.00M

6. Another Period (2013–2018)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, History

A mockumentary-style period piece comedy that follows members of the wealthy Bellacourt family and their servants in early 20th-century Newport, Rhode Island.

Stars: Natasha Leggero, Riki Lindhome, Armen Weitzman, Michael Ian Black

Votes: 5,454

7. The Buccaneers (1995)

TV-14 | 48 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Four American girls go to England to find husbands.

Stars: Carla Gugino, Alison Elliott, Mira Sorvino, Rya Kihlstedt

Votes: 2,618

8. Evening (2007)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance

Suffering from a terminal illness, an elderly woman recalls in delirium a tragedy from her youth, when her brief romance with a young doctor has unforeseeable consequences for a mutual friend secretly in love with her.

Director: Lajos Koltai | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Patrick Wilson

Votes: 14,075 | Gross: $12.41M

9. Wind (I) (1992)

PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Romance and adventure happen during the America's Cup series of yachting races.

Director: Carroll Ballard | Stars: Matthew Modine, Jennifer Grey, Cliff Robertson, Jack Thompson

Votes: 3,104 | Gross: $5.52M

10. Love, Once and Always (2018 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Lucy clashes with Duncan, an ex from her teens, when they both inherit a historic mansion/estate. She wants to save it and Duncan wants to cash in.

Director: Allan Harmon | Stars: Amanda Schull, Peter Porte, Anna Van Hooft, Brittney Wilson

Votes: 1,395

11. At the Circus (1939)

Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Musical

The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job.

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kenny Baker

Votes: 6,472

12. Bernard and Doris (2006)

TV-14 | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of the twilight years of tobacco billionairess Doris Duke who develops an unlikely friendship with her butler, Bernard Lafferty.

Director: Bob Balaban | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes, Peter Asher, Don Harvey

Votes: 4,482

13. Mr. North (1988)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

After gaining a reputation as a mysterious healer, a charming Yale graduate must defend his honor before his unique talent lands him in jail.

Director: Danny Huston | Stars: Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, Lauren Bacall, Harry Dean Stanton

Votes: 1,612 | Gross: $1.22M

14. Sunshine State (2002)

PG-13 | 141 min | Drama, Romance

A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.

Director: John Sayles | Stars: Angela Bassett, Edie Falco, Alex Lewis, Alan King

Votes: 4,243 | Gross: $3.06M

15. Art for Teachers of Children (1995)

82 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Jennifer, an intelligent but insecure 14-year-old student at a boarding school, seduces her married dormitory counselor, a photographer who has offered to teach her about his art and winds ... See full summary »

Director: Jennifer Montgomery | Stars: Lisa Anomaiprasert, Coles Burroughs, Duncan Hannah, Bryan Keane

Votes: 100

16. Unhinged (1982)

Unrated | 79 min | Horror

Three young women who crash their car during a rainstorm are taken in by a bizarre family at their large, rural estate.

Director: Don Gronquist | Stars: Laurel Munson, Janet Penner, Sara Ansley, Virginia Settle

Votes: 1,979

17. Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Music

The highlights of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.

Directors: Bert Stern, Aram Avakian | Stars: Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Chuck Berry, Chico Hamilton

Votes: 1,947

18. Cafe Society (1995)

R | 107 min | Drama, Mystery

A society playboy with a taste for the lowlife is set up for exploitation by an unscrupulous undercover cop and his shadowy political masters.

Director: Raymond De Felitta | Stars: Frank Whaley, Peter Gallagher, Lara Flynn Boyle, John Spencer

Votes: 425 | Gross: $0.01M

19. Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)

Approved | 82 min | Drama, Romance

An 1890s widow has two daughters and two sons. The daughters fall in love with the same gentleman.

Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison, Fay Bainter

Votes: 340

20. Festival (1967)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Music

Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival from 1963 to 1966. The headliners are Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and ... See full summary »

Director: Murray Lerner | Stars: Joan Baez, Horton Barker, Fiddler Beers, Theodore Bikel

Votes: 700

21. You Can't Buy Everything (1934)

Passed | 82 min | Drama, Romance

Hannah is so tight with her money that she takes her son, Donnie, to the charity ward a week after he hurts his leg. But she has always hoarded her money since her late husband wasted most ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: May Robson, Jean Parker, Lewis Stone, Mary Forbes

Votes: 225

22. The Awful Truth (1925)

60 min | Comedy

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings.

Director: Paul Powell | Stars: Agnes Ayres, Warner Baxter, Phillips Smalley, Raymond Lowney

Votes: 24

23. Off the Curb: The Heart of Hip-Hop (2000 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

An award-winning feature-length television documentary following the middle and high school-aged members of Off the Curb, an afterschool hip-hop dance troupe, as they struggle through ... See full summary »

Director: Susan Cobey Williamson | Stars: Lydell Cannon, Ashley Dugan, Keith Edwards, Grace Harold

24. Newport Castle (2019)

Romance

In 1964, pre-med student Carrie's life is smooth sailing until a mysterious older man blows onto her path like a tempest. Can Carrie sustain in the storm, or will the Newport man twist her off course?

Director: Karen Iacobbo | Stars: Kristina Horan, Kevin Cahill, Kayla Caulfield, Connor Holden

25. Newport Halloween the Movie 3 by Spiffy Darko (2023)

7 min | Short, Drama, Horror

The Newport Halloween saga continues as Spiffy and crew set out to find the Masked Killer who has now had their friend hostage for 364 days

Director: Spiffy Darko | Stars: Alexander Hoggy Beats, Spiffy Darko, Jennifer Del Cid, Lia Lanzo

26. Let's Talk It Over (1934)

Passed | 68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music

A young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress; unfortunately for the sailor, she was only pretending to be drowning so that another young man she had her eye on would save her.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Chester Morris, Mae Clarke, Frank Craven, John Warburton

Votes: 15

27. Roosevelt's Operative (2014)

10 min | Short, Drama, War

A Navy recruiter (Nathaniel Grant) recalls the enlistment of sailors during the Navy Sex Scandal in Newport, RI, during 1919.

Director: Michael Van Devere | Star: Nathaniel Grant

Votes: 12

28. The Dangerous Paradise (1920)

60 min | Comedy

To avoid marrying the elderly suitor her aunt has chosen for her, young socialite Ivis Van Astor decides to hire Horatio Worthington to pose as her husband. She hopes that as a "married ... See full summary »

Director: William P.S. Earle | Stars: Louise Huff, Harry Benham, Ida Darling, John Raymond

29. The Marriage of Kitty (1915)

50 min | Comedy

For the first time in her life Katherine Silverton--Kitty to her friends--hesitated about spending carfare to ride six blocks to the law office of her godfather, John Travers. She was not ... See full summary »

Director: George Melford | Stars: Fannie Ward, Richard Morris, Jack Dean, Cleo Ridgely

30. The Woman of Lies (1919)

50 min | Drama

Olive Sherman's fiancé, Tracy Norton, breaks their engagement when her father dies leaving her penniless, and it is revealed that he had been tampering with his company's funds. After Olive... See full summary »

Director: Gilbert P. Hamilton | Stars: June Elvidge, Earl Metcalfe, Charles Mackay, Gaston Glass

31. The Outsider (1917)

60 min | Crime, Drama

After complaining about her dull life, shop girl Sally Manvers falls asleep on the roof of her apartment. Drenched from a downpour, Sally awakens and finds the roof entrance locked. She ... See full summary »

Director: William C. Dowlan | Stars: Emmy Wehlen, Herbert Heyes, Florence Short, Virginia Palmer

32. Selig World Library, No. 17 (1917)

Documentary, Short

This pictures the famous beach resorts on our Atlantic Coast and the homes of millionaires at Newport. The mussel pearl industry is another interesting picture. Fishermen drag mussels from ... See full summary »

33. Counterfeit (1919)

50 min | Drama

To secretly replenish the family's failing fortunes, Virginia Griswold secures a position in the Secret Service to apprehend a group of counterfeiters and gain the reward money. Virginia ... See full summary »

Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Elsie Ferguson, David Powell, Helen Montrose, Charles Kent

34. Biography (1987– )
Episode: The Astors: High Society (1996)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Their name is synonymous with wealth and glamour. Their saga is marked by five generations of tragedy, family feuds and philanthropy.

Stars: John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Vincent Astor, Nancy Astor, Winston Churchill

Votes: 72

35. Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
Episode: Sharon Osbourne (2019)

Documentary, Biography, History

Sharon follows the story of her grandparents discovering what they got up to during wartime and she traces the steps of her great grandparents as they settled in America and how tragedy brought her grandmother to England.

Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Sharon Osbourne, Phil Davis

Votes: 54

36. Invitation au voyage (2016– )
Episode: Chamonix, le vertige du premier de cordée/Newport, les grandes heures des milliardaires/L'incontournable: en Italie, le val d'Orcia (2018)

38 min | Documentary

Add a Plot

Directors: Fabrice Michelin, Sonia Dauger, François Grandjacques, Antoinette Jeanson-Martin | Stars: Linda Lorin, Chantal Allès, François Jenny, Sarah Kempin

37. Affairs of the Heart (1974–1975)
Episode: Bessie (1974)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Bessie and Lord Lambeth meet in Newport and both seem smitten. Everyone assumes that when Bessie visits London the next spring, she is set on marrying him.

Director: John Sichel | Stars: Sinéad Cusack, Anna Palk, Christopher Cazenove, Geoffrey Whitehead

Votes: 8

38. Kennedy (2023)
Episode: Into the Political Jungle (1946-1956) (2023)

Documentary, Biography, History

Coming home after the Second World War, Kennedy begins a career in politics, running for the House of Representatives in Massachusetts.

Director: Ashton Gleckman | Stars: Peter Coyote, David Nasaw, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, John T. Shaw

Votes: 30

39. Ghost Hunters (2004– )
Episode: Soul Searching (2009)

TV-PG | 44 min | Reality-TV, Thriller

Join the TAPS team as they travel to Newport, RI to investigate Belcourt Castle, a home filled with rich history and a myriad of unexplained activity. Originally constructed in 1891 legend ... See full summary »

Stars: Amy Bruni, Steve Gonsalves, Jason Hawes, Dave Tango

Votes: 33

40. Donna Salerno Travel (2011– )
Episode: Newport, Rhode Island - Top Ten Things To Do (2018)

3 min | Documentary

Newport is one of the busiest yachting centers in the northeast. It is a popular transit port for cruising the area and off shore islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Newport is also... See full summary »

Star: Donna Salerno

41. Dirty Jobs (2005– )
Episode: Rum Distiller (2011)

TV-PG | 44 min | Reality-TV

You would think that working in a distillery that provides free drinks to its employees would be Mike's dream job. But he quickly learns there is a great deal of work to do before enjoying the fruits of his labor.

Stars: Mike Rowe, Doug Glover, Derek Luke, Brent Ryan

Votes: 32

42. The Gilded Age (2022– )
Episode: Never the New (2022)

TV-MA | Drama

In 1882, Marian arrives at the home of her "old money" aunts Agnes and Ada, whose neighbors vie to break into New York high society.

Director: Michael Engler | Stars: Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton

Votes: 2,046

43. The Gilded Age (2022– )
Episode: Tucked Up in Newport (2022)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama

A wide-eyed young scion of a conservative family embarks on a mission to infiltrate the wealthy neighboring clan dominated by ruthless railroad tycoon George Russell, his rakish son, Larry, and his ambitious wife, Bertha.

Director: Michael Engler | Stars: Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton

Votes: 1,285

44. SEAL Team (2017–2024)
Episode: Paradise Lost (2019)

TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Drama, War

While Bravo Team is deployed to train Filipino SEALs, a surprise bomb attack in Manila leaves them in peril.

Director: Allison Liddi-Brown | Stars: David Boreanaz, Max Thieriot, Jessica Paré, Neil Brown Jr.

Votes: 505