Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "banging-on-a-door"

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

R | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.

Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan

Votes: 533,494 | Gross: $72.86M

2. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the cause of death of a young woman who was apparently harboring dark secrets.

Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch, Ophelia Lovibond, Michael McElhatton

Votes: 139,401 | Gross: $0.01M

3. The House That Jack Built (2018)

R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

In five episodes, failed architect and vicious sociopath Jack recounts his elaborately orchestrated murders -- each, as he views them, a towering work of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Votes: 92,086 | Gross: $0.09M

4. Lady Macbeth (2016)

R | 89 min | Drama, Romance

In 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.

Director: William Oldroyd | Stars: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie

Votes: 27,300 | Gross: $1.13M

5. A Ghost Story (2017)

R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.

Director: David Lowery | Stars: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, McColm Cephas Jr., Kenneisha Thompson

Votes: 79,686 | Gross: $1.60M

6. The Paperboy (2012)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.

Director: Lee Daniels | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack, Zac Efron

Votes: 39,666 | Gross: $0.69M

7. Dead Calm (1989)

R | 96 min | Horror, Thriller

After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, Rod Mullinar

Votes: 43,715 | Gross: $7.83M

8. It Comes at Night (2017)

R | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son. Then a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.

Director: Trey Edward Shults | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Riley Keough

Votes: 103,143 | Gross: $13.99M

9. Killer Joe (2011)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church

Votes: 83,345 | Gross: $1.99M

10. The Celebration (1998)

R | 105 min | Drama

At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.

Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen

Votes: 93,910 | Gross: $1.65M

11. The Snowman (2017)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.

Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonas Karlsson

Votes: 71,681 | Gross: $6.67M

12. Sea of Love (1989)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.

Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker

Votes: 44,915 | Gross: $58.57M

13. Frankenstein (1931)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles

Votes: 79,738

14. Big Eyes (I) (2014)

PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter

Votes: 99,132 | Gross: $14.48M

15. Mikey and Nicky (1976)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama

Nicky is on the run from the mob, and he turns to old pal Mikey for help.

Director: Elaine May | Stars: Rose Arrick, Carol Grace, William Hickey, Sanford Meisner

Votes: 7,207

16. Gloria Bell (2018)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A free-spirited woman in her 50s seeks out love at L.A. dance clubs.

Director: Sebastián Lelio | Stars: Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Caren Pistorius, Michael Cera

Votes: 12,927 | Gross: $5.61M

17. Igby Goes Down (2002)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.

Director: Burr Steers | Stars: Kieran Culkin, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Goldblum, Claire Danes

Votes: 35,241 | Gross: $4.68M

18. The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, officer Marshall struggles to remind himself there's no such thing as werewolves.

Director: Jim Cummings | Stars: Jim Cummings, Riki Lindhome, Robert Forster, Chloe East

Votes: 24,277

19. A Lonely Place to Die (2011)

R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A group of mountaineers in the Scottish Highlands discover a kidnapped girl and are pursued by her captors.

Director: Julian Gilbey | Stars: Alec Newman, Ed Speleers, Melissa George, Kate Magowan

Votes: 30,710

20. Darkness (2002)

PG-13 | 88 min | Horror

A teenage girl moves into a remote country house with her family, only to discover that their gloomy new home has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy the family.

Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini

Votes: 20,356 | Gross: $22.16M

21. Good People (2014)

R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Discovering a stash of cash in their dead tenant's apartment, a couple in debt take the money and find themselves the target of a deadly adversary - the thief who stole it.

Director: Henrik Ruben Genz | Stars: James Franco, Kate Hudson, Tom Wilkinson, Omar Sy

Votes: 17,286

22. Alice (1988)

Not Rated | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

A surrealistic revision of Alice in Wonderland.

Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Kristýna Kohoutová, Camilla Power

Votes: 13,993

23. Retroactive (1997)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.

Director: Louis Morneau | Stars: Jim Belushi, Kylie Travis, Shannon Whirry, Frank Whaley

Votes: 6,707

24. Oh Lucy! (2017)

95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A lonely woman living in Tokyo decides to take an English class, where she discovers her alter-ego, Lucy.

Director: Atsuko Hirayanagi | Stars: Shinobu Terajima, Soseki Yamatoya, Miyu Yagyu, Kayano Masuyama

Votes: 3,359 | Gross: $0.38M

25. A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)

PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.

Director: Natalie Portman | Stars: Natalie Portman, Gilad Kahana, Amir Tessler, Moni Moshonov

Votes: 4,352 | Gross: $0.57M

26. The Princess and the Warrior (2000)

R | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Two enamoured strangers look for a warm place in a cold world.

Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Król, Lars Rudolph

Votes: 14,947 | Gross: $0.87M

27. Tom of Finland (2017)

Not Rated | 117 min | Biography, Drama

Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.

Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Pekka Strang, Seumas F. Sargent, Chris Myland, Alf Myreen

Votes: 6,415 | Gross: $0.38M

28. America America (1963)

Approved | 174 min | Adventure, Drama

A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam, Harry Davis

Votes: 5,995

29. Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

A 15-year-old girl runs away from home and arrives in Hollywood, but winds up becoming a prostitute to support herself and gets involved with a tough-talking pimp.

Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Eve Plumb, Leigh McCloskey, Lynn Carlin, William Schallert

Votes: 400

30. Come Early Morning (2006)

R | 97 min | Drama, Romance

A thirty-something southern woman searches for love, despite the burdens she carries with her.

Director: Joey Lauren Adams | Stars: Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Donovan, Tim Blake Nelson, Jason T. Davis

Votes: 2,772 | Gross: $0.12M

31. Altar (2014)

Not Rated | 95 min | Horror, Mystery

A young family moves to an isolated house which the wife has been hired to restore, only to discover that the previous owner is reputed to have murdered his wife.

Director: Nick Willing | Stars: Olivia Williams, Matthew Modine, Antonia Clarke, Adam Thomas Wright

Votes: 4,251

32. The Pusher (1960)

Not Rated | 81 min | Crime, Drama

A detective investigating the murder of a heroin addict discovers that there is a connection between the junkie and his fiance, who is his boss' daughter.

Director: Gene Milford | Stars: Kathy Carlyle, Robert Lansing, Felice Orlandi, Douglas Rodgers

Votes: 158

33. The Brain Man (2013)

123 min | Crime, Mystery

A not-too-bright cop searches for a serial bomber.

Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Shôta Sometani, Yôsuke Eguchi, Renji Ishibashi

Votes: 1,127

34. Dil Ek Mandir (1963)

148 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Dr. Dharmesh (Rajendra Kumar) and Sita (Meena Kumari) are in love, and hope to marry on Dharmesh's return from abroad. When Dharmesh returns, he is devastated to find that Sita has married ... See full summary »

Director: C.V. Sridhar | Stars: Meena Kumari, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Raaj Kumar, Mehmood

Votes: 160

35. In the Sweet Pie and Pie (1941)

18 min | Comedy, Short

The stooges are convicts about to be executed for some murders they didn't commit. The day before the execution they are tricked into marrying three rich girls who need husbands to collect ... See full summary »

Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dorothy Appleby

Votes: 589

36. Inshite miru: 7-kakan no desu gêmu (2010)

107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Ten people who agree to take the same lucrative "job" find themselves locked in an underground complex and forced to play a murder game for seven days.

Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Kin'ya Kitaôji, Nagisa Katahira, Shinji Takeda, Masanori Ishii

Votes: 1,388

37. Blank 13 (2017)

70 min | Drama, Family

A son discovers the unknown life of his deserted father's after his death.

Director: Takumi Saitô | Stars: Cookie, Yoshikazu Ebisu, Lily Franky, Seiji Fukushi

Votes: 246

38. Love Strikes! (2011)

118 min | Comedy, Romance

31 years old, broke, single and lonely Yukio encounters four beautiful women suddenly appearing in his life. Will he be able to escape his "Moteki" status?

Director: Hitoshi Ône | Stars: Mirai Moriyama, Masami Nagasawa, Kumiko Asô, Riisa Naka

Votes: 1,192

39. Should Married Men Go Home? (1928)

Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short

When Laurel visits Hardy at home, hi-jinx occur and the Mrs. orders them out. They go to a golf course where they try to impress two young ladies and wind up in a mud-slinging fight with other golfers.

Directors: Leo McCarey, James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, John Aasen

Votes: 817

40. Kettle (2014)

Not Rated | 38 min | Short, Drama

A teenage boy struggles to find acceptance and love within the confines of the repressive catholic school he attends and from his mother who is emotionally cold and completely lacks any ... See full summary »

Director: Maximilian Homaei | Stars: Christian Byers, James Fraser, Jai Koutrae, Kelly Butler

Votes: 38

41. West Bottoms (2022)

21 min | Short, Drama

A father tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter when he receives bad news.

Director: Gregory Sheffer | Stars: Raleigh Dean Craighead, Brett Epp, George Forbes, Gary Neal Johnson

42. Dr. Hoffmann - Die russische Spende (2022 TV Movie)

88 min | Crime, Drama

Urgent call from the clinic: Not for the first time, Dr. Felix Hoffmann the comfortable TV evening for use in the emergency room. He spontaneously takes over the night shift for a colleague... See full summary »

Director: Max Zähle | Stars: Kai Wiesinger, Isabell Polak, Rainer Strecker, Brigitte Zeh

Votes: 24

43. CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984–1996)
Episode: What If I'm Gay? (1987)

45 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

The popular and macho captain of the high-school soccer team is forced to confront his homosexuality, after his buddies discover a male-pornography magazine in his bedroom.

Director: Jeffrey D. Brown | Stars: Richard Joseph Paul, Evan Handler, Manfred Melcher, Gabrielle Carteris

Votes: 154

44. Tatort (1970– )
Episode: Vorstadtballade (2004)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

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Director: Martin Enlen | Stars: Udo Wachtveitl, Miroslav Nemec, Michael Fitz, Anna Brüggemann

Votes: 98

45. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. (2002)

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

Jack has a final confrontation with Gaines as a CTU chopper heads to the compound. Nina and Tony talk to Jamey's mother in order to learn why she was helping the assassins. Carl Webb ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert

Votes: 1,848

46. Batman Beyond (1999–2001)
Episode: April Moon (2000)

Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Batman must battle a gang of cyborgs made possible by blackmailing a bionics specialist.

Director: Butch Lukic | Stars: Will Friedle, Kevin Conroy, Ed Begley Jr., Jason Nash

Votes: 488

47. Batman Beyond (1999–2001)
Episode: Rats (1999)

Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Terry and Dana's relationship is strained when Terry's Batman duties get in the way of their relationship. Receiving a flower, Dana believes it's from Terry but comes to realize it's from ... See full summary »

Director: Curt Geda | Stars: Will Friedle, Kevin Conroy, Lauren Tom, Taran Noah Smith

Votes: 512

48. Becker (1998–2004)
Episode: Chris-Mess (2002)

TV-PG | Comedy

Chris is jealous when Becker plans to spend Christmas in Vermont with a magazine editor he is dating. Margaret invites Linda to go caroling with her church group. Bob fears that a street-corner Santa is out to get him.

Director: Gail Mancuso | Stars: Ted Danson, Nancy Travis, Hattie Winston, Alex Désert

Votes: 93

49. Becker (1998–2004)
Episode: Panic on the 86th (2000)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Reggie's celebration after earning an A in her psychology exam turns to panic when she suddenly considers her uncertain future. John entertains one of his neighbors, who turns out to be a prostitute.

Director: Andy Ackerman | Stars: Ted Danson, Terry Farrell, Hattie Winston, Shawnee Smith

Votes: 105

50. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Ark in Space: Part One (1975)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The Doctor's attempt to give Harry a trip in the TARDIS sees the two of them and Sarah arriving onboard a space station in the far future, with some rather deadly security mechanisms.

Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Gladys Spencer

Votes: 912