Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "spurned-woman"

1. 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: 718,036 | Gross: $32.00M

2. Mulholland Drive (2001)

R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Jeanne Bates

Votes: 383,679 | Gross: $7.22M

3. The Blues Brothers (1980)

R | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.

Director: John Landis | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway, John Candy

Votes: 214,407 | Gross: $57.23M

4. Fatal Attraction (1987)

R | 119 min | Drama, Thriller

A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Latzen

Votes: 97,050 | Gross: $156.65M

5. The Crush (1993)

R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A journalist becomes the unwanted center of attention for a 14-year-old girl, who proceeds to sabotage his life after he refuses her sexual advances.

Director: Alan Shapiro | Stars: Cary Elwes, Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Rubin, Kurtwood Smith

Votes: 22,286 | Gross: $13.61M

6. Splendor in the Grass (1961)

Not Rated | 124 min | Drama, Romance

The love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie

Votes: 22,641 | Gross: $8.72M

7. Dark Shadows (2012)

PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter

Votes: 280,425 | Gross: $79.73M

8. Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (2017)

181 min | Comedy, Romance

A teen boy comes back to his hometown during summer vacation in 1994, searching for love.

Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Shaïn Boumedine, Ophélie Bau, Salim Kechiouche, Lou Luttiau

Votes: 4,030

9. Poison Ivy (1992)

R | 93 min | Drama, Thriller

A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.

Director: Katt Shea | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd

Votes: 20,152 | Gross: $1.83M

10. Tess (1979)

PG | 186 min | Drama, Romance

A strong-willed young peasant girl attracts the affection of two men.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin

Votes: 18,259

11. Swimfan (2002)

PG-13 | 85 min | Drama, Thriller

A high school senior with a promising swimming career has a one-night stand with consequences.

Director: John Polson | Stars: Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby, Kate Burton

Votes: 21,202 | Gross: $28.56M

12. Madame Bovary (2014)

R | 118 min | Drama, Romance

Bored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost.

Director: Sophie Barthes | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Rhys Ifans, Ezra Miller, Logan Marshall-Green

Votes: 8,859

13. My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

When a regular guy dumps a superhero for her neediness, she uses her powers to make his life a living hell.

Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris, Rainn Wilson

Votes: 67,001 | Gross: $22.53M

14. 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: 4,248

15. Another Year (2010)

PG-13 | 129 min | Comedy, Drama

A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville, Oliver Maltman

Votes: 30,872 | Gross: $3.21M

16. A Heart in Winter (1992)

105 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Stéphane is an emotionally distant but professionally dedicated violin restorer whose cold heart is tested when his employer's new girlfriend, a beautiful violinist, falls for him.

Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, André Dussollier, Elizabeth Bourgine

Votes: 10,642 | Gross: $1.67M

17. The Story of Adele H (1975)

PG | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Adèle Hugo's unrequited love for a lieutenant.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Joseph Blatchley

Votes: 8,969

18. Anne of the Indies (1951)

Approved | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In order to recover his ship impounded by the British, former pirate captain LaRochelle agrees to spy on the notorious Caribbean Sea pirates Blackbeard and Anne Providence.

Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget, Herbert Marshall

Votes: 1,493

19. The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

Approved | 116 min | Drama, Romance

An American journalist returns to Paris - a city that gave him true love and deep grief.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed

Votes: 4,265

20. Senso (1954)

Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Romance, War

An Italian Countess is allied with Nationalists during the Italian-Austrian war of unification. However, she risks betraying their cause when she falls in love with an Austrian lieutenant.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Farley Granger, Alida Valli, Massimo Girotti, Heinz Moog

Votes: 7,517 | Gross: $0.03M

21. Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)

Approved | 122 min | Biography, Drama

The life and career of vaudevillian and silent-screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Marjorie Rambeau

Votes: 2,961

22. Madame Bovary (1991)

PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance

In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire marries a dull country doctor. To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner and a law student, and runs up ruinous debts.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy, Jean Yanne

Votes: 4,481 | Gross: $1.94M

23. Erotic Confessions (1994– )

R | 30 min | Drama

Anthology series wherein each episode, Jacqueline Stone reads a letter sent in from women recounting their erotic experiences.

Stars: Ava Fabian, Bobby Johnston, Kim Yates, Cory Lane

Votes: 348

24. Point of Terror (1971)

R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A nightclub singer has nightmares about being involved in adultery and murder, only to wake up and find that they may not be nightmares.

Director: Alex Nicol | Stars: Peter Carpenter, Dyanne Thorne, Lory Hansen, Leslie Simms

Votes: 615

25. Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971)

Not Rated | 151 min | Action, Drama

When Ajit, a former prisoner, learns of Jabbar who is terrorising the people of his village, he decides to stand up against him. However, things take a turn when Jabbar abducts Ajit's lover.

Director: Raj Khosla | Stars: Asha Parekh, Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Laxmi Chhaya

Votes: 383

26. Weird Woman (1944)

Passed | 63 min | Horror, Mystery

While on a South Seas trip, a professor falls in love and marries an exotic native woman. What he doesn't know is that she was raised by superstitious natives who believe her to be some ... See full summary »

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 1,153

27. Boomerang! (1947)

Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The true story of a prosecutor's fight to prove the innocence of a man accused of a notorious murder.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams

Votes: 5,058

28. Pardon Mon Affaire (1976)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Romance

As loyal as a dove, a family man is about to tell his first lie to his wife when he falls for an enchanting woman in a billowy red dress. With a bit of help, he just might get what he wishes for; however, is love always a bed of roses?

Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Claude Brasseur, Guy Bedos, Victor Lanoux

Votes: 2,353

29. The Last Queen (2022)

110 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Insipired in the legendary Princess Zaphira, wife of the last King of Algiers Salim Toumi, and his fight to defend her community from pirate Barbarossa.

Directors: Adila Bendimerad, Damien Ounouri | Stars: Adila Bendimerad, Dali Benssalah, Mohamed Tahar Zaoui, Imen Nouel

Votes: 1,165

30. In the Name of My Daughter (2014)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama

Agnès Le Roux, a young independent woman, returns to Nice in 1976 to have a new start in her life after a failed marriage. All while falling in love with an older lawyer.

Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Catherine Deneuve, Adèle Haenel, Judith Chemla

Votes: 1,868 | Gross: $0.28M

31. An Unfinished Affair (1996 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Thriller

Art professor Alex had an affair with student Sheila because he thought he lost his wife to cancer. But then his wife goes into complete remission, and he dumps Sheila. However, Sheila ... See full summary »

Director: Rod Hardy | Stars: Jennie Garth, Tim Matheson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Peter Facinelli

Votes: 428

32. Venus Beauty Institute (1999)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Employees of a beauty parlor in search of love and happiness.

Director: Tonie Marshall | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Samuel Le Bihan, Jacques Bonnaffé

Votes: 4,408 | Gross: $0.42M

33. Erika's Hot Summer (1971)

65 min | Drama, Romance

Sleazeball photographer Steve is busy taking pictures of beautiful young women, bedding them and then dumping them. One day he meets the woman of his dreams on the beach: Erika. Once he's ... See full summary »

Director: Gary Graver | Stars: Erica Gavin, Walt Phillips, Merci Montello, Lynn Harris

Votes: 109

34. 75 (2017)

97 min | Crime, Drama

A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.

Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith

Votes: 60

35. The Girl He Met Online (2014 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man's relationship with a bipolar woman becomes dangerous.

Director: Curtis Crawford | Stars: Yvonne Zima, Shawn Roberts, Mary-Margaret Humes, Gary Hudson

Votes: 698

36. Paris Frills (1945)

Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Philippe Clarence, a famous Parisian dressmaker, seduces his friend's fiancee. But, for the first time in his life, this is for real. The film is also a sharp picture of the fashion world.

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Raymond Rouleau, Micheline Presle, Jean Chevrier, Gabrielle Dorziat

Votes: 721

37. Tangier (1946)

Approved | 74 min | Adventure, Drama

A war-weary newsman (Robert Paige) joins a Spanish dancer (Maria Montez) hunting down a Nazi puppet in North Africa.

Director: George Waggner | Stars: Maria Montez, Robert Paige, Sabu, Preston Foster

Votes: 213

38. A View of Love (2010)

107 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Happily married with a daughter, Marc is a successful real estate agent in Aix-en-Provence. One day, he has an appointment with a woman to view a traditional country house. A few hours ... See full summary »

Director: Nicole Garcia | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Marie-Josée Croze, Toni Servillo, Sandrine Kiberlain

Votes: 1,778

39. Lights of New York (1928)

Passed | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Music

A gangster frames two bootleggers for the shooting of a police officer in New York during the prohibition.

Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Mary Carr, Wheeler Oakman

Votes: 943 | Gross: $1.20M

40. Cradle of Lies (2006 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Thriller

Following a whirlwind romance, a woman begins to unravel the dark secrets of her husband's past when his obsession to produce a male heir turns deadly.

Director: Oley Sassone | Stars: Dylan Neal, Shannon Sturges, Natalie Brown, Martin Roach

Votes: 351

41. It's a Pleasure (1945)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Don Martin is a star hockey player with the Wildcats until he is barred from the game for hitting a referee. Through the actions of Chris, Don is able to get a job with Buzz Fletcher's ... See full summary »

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Sonja Henie, Michael O'Shea, Marie McDonald, Bill Johnson

Votes: 247

42. The White Sister (1923)

143 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman becomes a nun when she believes her sweetheart has been killed, then things get complicated when he returns alive.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Lillian Gish, Ronald Colman, Gail Kane, J. Barney Sherry

Votes: 539 | Gross: $0.66M

43. The Lion of Thebes (1964)

Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Hercules being heroic in ancient Greece.

Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Mark Forest, Yvonne Furneaux, Massimo Serato, Pierre Cressoy

Votes: 240

44. The Gambler and the Lady (1952)

Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A social-climbing American with a business in illegal gambling falls in love with a blue blood, but gangsters and a jealous ex-girlfriend stand in the way of happiness.

Directors: Patrick Jenkins, Sam Newfield | Stars: Dane Clark, Kathleen Byron, Naomi Chance, Meredith Edwards

Votes: 353

45. The Devil's Messenger (1962)

Approved | 72 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Satan enlists the help of a suicide victim in Hell to lure unsuspecting earthly victims to their eternal doom. Contains three somewhat unrelated Twilight Zone-esque stories.

Directors: Herbert L. Strock, Curt Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Karen Kadler, Michael Hinn, Ralph Brown

Votes: 535

46. Uran Khatola (1955)

151 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

A man's plane crashes in a city that is ruled by women and he starts liking the peasant girl who rescues him. However, the queen of the city also likes him but discovers that he likes someone else.

Director: S.U. Sunny | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Surya Kumari, Jeevan Dhar

Votes: 84

47. Strictly Dishonorable (1951)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

An Italian opera singer (Ezio Pinza) has a marriage of convenience with an innocent fan (Janet Leigh) from Mississippi

Directors: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | Stars: Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh, Millard Mitchell, Gale Robbins

Votes: 210

48. The Last Express (1938)

Approved | 63 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Underworld boss Frank Hoefle has evidence against him stolen, by his henchman Pinky, from the office of District Attorney Meredith, but is then stolen from Pinky, and the thief demands a ... See full summary »

Director: Otis Garrett | Stars: Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Greta Granstedt, Don Brodie

49. The Next Mrs. Jacob Anderson (2009)

18 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A wine store, a Friday afternoon and a chance encounter. What happens when two women meet and find that they are being played by the same man? Reality and fantasy collide. Who will be the next Mrs. Jacob Anderson?

Director: Dennis LaValle | Stars: Stephanie Beran, Elisabeth Hayward, Ronn Moss, Kim Mclaughlin

50. Unmarried Mothers (1953)

88 min | Drama

At a summer-evening dance a young girl meets a man who tells her he is a doctor. They go off together, and after that she never sees him again. She learns that she is pregnant and inquires ... See full summary »

Directors: Hans Dahlin, Bengt Logardt | Stars: Eva Stiberg, Bengt Logardt, Öllegård Wellton, Lennart Lindberg

Votes: 28