Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "ball-bearing"

1. The Caine Mutiny (1954)

Not Rated | 124 min | Drama, War

When a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardises the ship, the first officer is urged to consider relieving him of command.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray

Votes: 30,054 | Gross: $21.75M

2. Swordfish (2001)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A covert counter-terrorist unit called Black Cell led by Gabriel Shear wants the money to help finance their war against international terrorism, but it's all locked away. Gabriel brings in convicted hacker Stanley Jobson to help him.

Director: Dominic Sena | Stars: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle

Votes: 196,599 | Gross: $69.77M

3. Paycheck (2003)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

What seemed like a breezy idea that would net an engineer millions of dollars ends up leaving him on the run for his life and trying to piece together why he's being chased.

Director: John Woo | Stars: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Michael C. Hall

Votes: 113,450 | Gross: $53.79M

4. Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, War

A tough-as-nails general (Gregory Peck as General Savage) takes over a B-17 bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell

Votes: 15,856

5. Iron Monkey (1993)

PG-13 | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A martial artist/doctor steals from the corrupt authorities as a masked thief to give to the poor while another martial artist/doctor is forced to hunt him down. But a major threat unites them as a powerful and traitorous shaolin monk takes over the authorities.

Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Rongguang Yu, Donnie Yen, Jean Wang, Sze-Man Tsang

Votes: 17,257 | Gross: $14.68M

6. 8 ½ Women (1999)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama

Following the death of a mother, a father and son open up their very own harem in their Genevan estate after watching 8½ (1963).

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: John Standing, Matthew Delamere, Vivian Wu, Toni Collette

Votes: 4,184 | Gross: $0.42M

7. The Inheritor (1973)

PG | 112 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A heir of media empire investigates who the enemy of his family is.

Director: Philippe Labro | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Carla Gravina, Jean Rochefort, Charles Denner

Votes: 1,389

8. 27 Missing Kisses (2000)

98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The summer adventures of teenaged Sybilla, who falls in love with a middle-aged father while being romanced by his teenaged son.

Director: Nana Dzhordzhadze | Stars: Nutsa Kukhianidze, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Shalva Iashvili, Pierre Richard

Votes: 1,522

9. 13 West Street (1962)

Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama

An aerospace engineer (Ladd) ignores a policeman (Steiger) and hunts down a gang of juvenile delinquents.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Alan Ladd, Rod Steiger, Michael Callan, Dolores Dorn

Votes: 842

10. Pellet (2000)

88 min | Drama

Alfredo is a kid who begins in a new new school where he makes a friend, Pablo. Alfredo realizes that Pablo is a victim of home abuse by his father, and decides to involve his own family in order to help his friend.

Director: Achero Mañas | Stars: Juan José Ballesta, Pablo Galán, Alberto Jiménez, Manuel Morón

Votes: 6,990

11. Her Majesty, Love (1931)

Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Wealthy man falls in love with a poor girl and proposes to her, going against the wishes of his family.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Marilyn Miller, Ben Lyon, W.C. Fields, Leon Errol

Votes: 224

12. The Case of the Tremendous Trifle (1944)

20 min | Documentary, Short

This documentary short film depicts the importance of tiny ball bearings in the ability of a nation to carry out warfare. As ball bearings are necessary for the operation of almost all ... See full summary »

Stars: William Forrest, Russell Hicks, Kurt Kreuger, Emory Parnell

Votes: 8

13. Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode: Is There a Traitor in the House? (1969)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War

Newkirk poses as a traitor to send information via a propaganda radio broadcast.

Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary

Votes: 168

14. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Acts of Contrition (2005)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

At a church which tries to liberate young prostitutes from their pimps, a nun is murdered. Goren and Eames must dig deep to find the truth, not only in the eyes of men, but also in the eyes of God.

Director: Frank Prinzi | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 366

15. Wiseguy (1987–1990)
Episode: Player to Be Named Now (1988)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mel Profitt uses a former girlfriend as a sexual pawn in a power game with a rival to gain ownership of a basketball team.

Director: Ron Rapiel | Stars: Ken Wahl, Jonathan Banks, Jim Byrnes, William Russ

Votes: 65

16. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: Umbrella Assassin (2006)

TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, History, War

The mysteries behind the apparent Cold War murder of political dissident and author, Georgi Markov, a vocal anti-communist Bulgarian defector assassinated in London in 1979, are revealed.

Director: Mark Radice | Stars: Dimitar Botschev, Rufus Crompton, Ole Damkjær, Christopher Green

Votes: 29

17. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996)
Episode: Rocky Just Wants to Have Fun (1994)

Not Rated | 21 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Lord Zedd casts a spell on Rocky, causing him to become obsessed with playing a pachinko game.

Director: Terence H. Winkless | Stars: Amy Jo Johnson, David Yost, Johnny Yong Bosch, Karan Ashley

Votes: 454

18. Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode: Part Three (2024)

TV-MA | 48 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The group participates in its largest mission to date - the bombing of vital aircraft manufacturing plants deep within Germany.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Barry Keoghan, Dean Ridge, Thomas Flynn, Spike White

Votes: 2,884

19. Mr. Wizard (1951–1972)
Episode: Everyday Illusions

29 min | Family

Mr. Wizard demonstrates illusions one sees everyday including weight, volume and visual tricks that challenge our senses.

Director: Frank Pacelli | Stars: Don Herbert, Rita Walter

20. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: The Glory That Was... (2009)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A former Olympian now working in the Belgian consulate is killed. Her death is soon linked to an aspiring Olympian, a blackmail DVD, and the owner of a private security firm.

Director: Norberto Barba | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Nicholson, Eric Bogosian, Ritchie Coster

Votes: 158

21. Nova (1974– )
Episode: The Pluto Files (2010)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson gives the facts on Pluto and examines the controversy over whether it is a planet.

Director: Terri Randall | Stars: Mike Brown, Kenneth Chang, Stephen Colbert, Gary G. Dahl

Votes: 79

22. MythBusters (2003–2018)
Episode: Boomerang Bullet (2010)

TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, Mystery, Reality-TV

Adam and Jamie test the myth that a ricocheting bullet could kill the shooter. Tori, Grant and Jesi want to fling a corpse over a castle wall using a tree as a catapult.

Stars: Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Tory Belleci, Kari Byron

Votes: 129

23. Leverage (2008–2012)
Episode: The Queen's Gambit Job (2011)

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

Sterling asks Nate to steal a nuclear reactor component which someone intends to use to produce uranium which will then be sold to terrorists. Nate thinks Sterling is holding something back... See full summary »

Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf

Votes: 632

24. Homeland (2011–2020)
Episode: The Vest (2011)

TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Saul finds Carrie hospitalized and manic, but realizes her chaotic theories have merit; before his congressional campaign begins, Brody takes his family on a weekend trip to Gettysburg.

Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Morena Baccarin, David Harewood

Votes: 3,461

25. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Invention Convention (2012)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An obnoxious but brilliant inventor who is thoroughly disliked by his colleagues wins First Prize at an 'invention convention' but is shot in the forehead by an unknown killer as he accepts the award.

Director: Cal Coons | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Georgina Reilly, Jonny Harris

Votes: 338

26. Steve Mould (2009– )
Episode: How Gas Pumps Know When to Turn Themsleves Off (2022)

14 min | Documentary

Gas pump handles make clever use of physics and engineering to turn off automatically. Steve created some models and cut a pump handle in half to demonstrate.

Star: Steve Mould

27. Echo (2023–2024)
Episode: Tuklo (2024)

TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Maya learns the meaning of collateral damage when Fisk's army arrives in Tamaha.

Director: Catriona McKenzie | Stars: Alaqua Cox, Chaske Spencer, Graham Greene, Tantoo Cardinal

Votes: 3,243

28. Steve Mould (2009– )
Episode: The Golf Ball Paradox (2023)

12 min | Documentary

Steve does his best to explain why (or rather when) it's impossible to hit a golf ball into a hole so you don't have to wade through the math like he did..

Star: Steve Mould