Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-rock-hudson"

1. Grease (1978)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?

Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway

Votes: 300,671 | Gross: $188.76M

2. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Music

Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.

Director: Stephan Elliott | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Terence Stamp, Rebel Penfold-Russell

Votes: 55,116 | Gross: $11.22M

3. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

R | 117 min | Biography, Drama

In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn

Votes: 519,433 | Gross: $27.30M

4. Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)

Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Drama professor turned theater critic balances his home life and career when he moves to the country with his wife and their four sons.

Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Spring Byington

Votes: 4,932 | Gross: $11.10M

5. Behind the Candelabra (2013)

TV-MA | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A chronicle of the tempestuous six-year romance between megastar singer Liberace and his young lover Scott Thorson.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Eric Zuckerman

Votes: 45,407

6. Down with Love (2003)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance

In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.

Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Renée Zellweger, David Hyde Pierce, Sarah Paulson

Votes: 44,363 | Gross: $20.30M

7. Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)

R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

A journalist and his son travel to Nebraska to investigate the mysterious town of Gatlin where, unbeknownst to them, a murderous cult of children are still waiting in the corn fields.

Director: David Price | Stars: Terence Knox, Paul Scherrer, Ryan Bollman, Christie Clark

Votes: 9,525 | Gross: $6.98M

8. Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015)

Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary

A documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Paul Haggis, Jason Beghe, Spanky Taylor, David Miscavige

Votes: 40,914

9. Outside Providence (1999)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After one too many run ins with the law, a punk teenager from a working class background is sent to prep school by his frustrated dad, and learns a thing or two.

Director: Michael Corrente | Stars: Shawn Hatosy, Amy Smart, Alec Baldwin, Tommy Bone

Votes: 9,326 | Gross: $7.29M

10. Beyond the Sea (2004)

PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A swooning study of "Mack the Knife" singer Bobby Darin and specifically his relationship with wife Sandra Dee.

Director: Kevin Spacey | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman, Bob Hoskins

Votes: 15,544 | Gross: $6.32M

11. Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)

Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A salesclerk at Macy's department store finds herself pregnant after a one-night stand with a musician who does not even remember her.

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Steve McQueen, Edie Adams, Herschel Bernardi

Votes: 5,484

12. Totally F***ed Up (1993)

TV-MA | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Six queer teenagers struggle to get along with each other and with life in the face of varying obstacles.

Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid, Jenee Gill

Votes: 3,939 | Gross: $0.10M

13. Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama

A fan club of die-hard James Dean fans meet on the 20th anniversary of his death and reconnect, opening old wounds and facing new ones.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Cher, Karen Black, Sandy Dennis, Sudie Bond

Votes: 5,163 | Gross: $0.84M

14. Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Musical

Rick Richards is a helicopter pilot who wants to set up a charter flying service in Hawaii -- along the way he makes some friends, including a young Hawaiian girl and her father, romances Judy Hudson, and sings a few songs.

Director: Michael D. Moore | Stars: Elvis Presley, Suzanna Leigh, James Shigeta, Donna Butterworth

Votes: 2,467 | Gross: $2.50M

15. Rich and Famous (1981)

R | 117 min | Drama

Liz and Merry become BFFs in college. A decade later, Liz is a serious writer with writer's block, and Merry is a homemaker and a mom who has written a novel. Other bestsellers, riches, and fame follow.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner

Votes: 2,053 | Gross: $14.49M

16. The Grass Is Greener (1960)

Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Victor and Hilary have guided tours in their English mansion. A US oil tycoon "bumps" into Hilary during a tour and charms his way into her heart. Meanwhile, Hattie pursues Victor.

Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons

Votes: 5,843 | Gross: $6.00M

17. Burton and Taylor (2013 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 83 min | Biography, Drama

Legendary acting duo and married couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor prepare for a 1983 theatrical production of the play "Private Lives."

Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Dominic West, Helena Bonham Carter, Greg Hicks, Jeff Mash

Votes: 2,540

18. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)

Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, History, Music

A compilation of found footage featuring music, interviews, and stories of The Beatles' 250 concerts from 1963 to 1966.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: The Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney

Votes: 13,841 | Gross: $2.93M

19. Straight Up (I) (2019)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

Todd and Rory are intellectual soul mates. He might be gay. She might not care. A romantic-comedy drama with a twist; a love story without the thrill of copulation.

Director: James Sweeney | Stars: James Sweeney, Katie Findlay, Dana Drori, James Scully

Votes: 3,318

20. Touch of Pink (2004)

R | 91 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance

A gay Canadian living in London has his perfectly crafted life upset when his devoutly Muslim mother comes to visit.

Director: Ian Iqbal Rashid | Stars: Jimi Mistry, Kris Holden-Ried, Suleka Mathew, Kyle MacLachlan

Votes: 4,467 | Gross: $0.56M

21. Arde Madrid (2018)

30 min | Comedy, Drama

A right-wing party loyalist poses as a domestic, sent to spy on Hollywood actress Ava Gardner during her wild stay in Madrid in the early 1960s.

Stars: Inma Cuesta, Paco León, Debi Mazar, Anna Castillo

Votes: 1,739

22. Norwood (1970)

G | 96 min | Comedy

A Vietnam veteran returns to his Texas home but feels restless and decides to become a radio singer. Based on the novel by Charles Portis.

Director: Jack Haley Jr. | Stars: Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Joe Namath, Carol Lynley

Votes: 304

23. Historias lamentables (2020)

126 min | Comedy

An anthology of four stories about very miserable people.

Director: Javier Fesser | Stars: Pol López, Chani Martín, Laura Gómez-Lacueva, Janick

Votes: 1,919

24. Test (I) (2013)

TV-MA | 89 min | Drama, History, Romance

In 1985, a gay dance understudy hopes for his on-stage chance while fearing the growing AIDS epidemic.

Director: Chris Mason Johnson | Stars: Scott Marlowe, Matthew Risch, Evan Boomer, Kevin Clarke

Votes: 1,732 | Gross: $0.02M

25. I Am Burt Reynolds (2020)

91 min | Documentary, Biography

The ups and downs of Burt Reynolds' career and private life, especially with Loni Anderson and his adopted son.

Director: Adrian Buitenhuis | Stars: Adam Rifkin, Alfie Wise, Ann Scurry, Ariel Winter

Votes: 357

26. Crime in the Streets (1956)

Passed | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Social worker tries to befriend local slum gang.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, Mark Rydell

Votes: 1,388

27. Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)

79 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A collection of profiles of people dead from AIDS who are remembered in the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Sara Lewinstein, David Mandell, Suzi Mandell, Sallie Perryman

Votes: 1,084

28. Casting By (2012)

TV-14 | 89 min | Documentary, Biography

The surprising, never-before-told tale of the indispensable yet unsung Casting Director - Iconoclasts whose keen eye, exquisite taste and gut instincts redefined Hollywood.

Director: Tom Donahue | Stars: Deborah Aquila, Risa Bramon Garcia, Ellen Chenoweth, Marion Dougherty

Votes: 1,639 | Gross: $0.01M

29. Strip Jack Naked: Nighthawks II (1991)

Unrated | 91 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Ron Peck talks about his experiences of growing up as a gay man, the attitudes to homosexuality in Britain, and his journey towards making his film Nighthawks (1978).

Director: Ron Peck | Stars: Ron Peck, John Brown, John Daimon, Nick Bolton

Votes: 124

30. Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance

The love story between British writer, Christopher Isherwood (whose book 'The Berlin Stories' inspired the musical and film Cabaret) and Don Bachardy, American portrait artist.

Directors: Tina Mascara, Guido Santi | Stars: W.H. Auden, Don Bachardy, Ted Bachardy, James Berg

Votes: 990 | Gross: $0.21M

31. Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)

81 min | Documentary

A chronological look at films by, for, or about (or 'by, for, and about') gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, from Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to Ang Lee's "Brokeback... See full summary »

Directors: Lisa Ades, Lesli Klainberg | Stars: Randy Barbato, Dan Bucatinsky, Jonathan Caouette, Ash Christian

Votes: 840

32. We Are Dad (2005)

Not Rated | 71 min | Documentary, History, Reality-TV

A gay couple who are pediatric AIDS nurses become foster parents to infants who are HIV positive, and decide to challenge the State of Florida's law banning adoption by gay people

Director: Michel Horvat | Stars: Roger Croteau, Steven Lofton, Alan Ball, Ron Brenesky

Votes: 100

33. The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)

91 min | Documentary

Following one of the world's most beloved storyteller's evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired millions to re-claim their lives.

Directors: Jennifer M. Kroot, Bill Weber | Stars: Armistead Maupin, Laura Linney, Ian McKellen, Richard Thieriot

Votes: 825

34. The Battle of Amfar (2013)

TV-14 | 41 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

When AIDS struck in the early 1980s, a scientist and a movie star did not have to respond - but they did. Dr. Mathilde Krim and Elizabeth Taylor joined forces to create amfAR, the ... See full summary »

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Richard Berkowitz, Timothy Ray Brown, Michael Callen, Kenneth Cole

Votes: 79

35. Sex, Death & The Hollywood Mystique (1999)

155 min | Documentary

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Director: Larry Wessel | Stars: Jonathan Gilmore, Curtis Harrington, Forrest J. Ackerman, Kelly Monroe

36. Bass on Titles (1982)

32 min | Documentary, Short

Saul Bass discusses his most notable work in his own words.

Stars: Saul Bass, Herbert Yager

Votes: 110

37. Members Only (2021)

13 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A conversation about phallic symbolism steers a doubt in a man. Crisis ensues.

Director: Pate Duncan | Stars: Parker Myers, Vincent Prince, Pate Duncan, Cash Robinson

38. Rocky & Hudson - os cowboys gays (2020)

Animation, Comedy, Western

The Old West hasn't been the same since the arrival of Rocky and Hudson, two gay cowboys who don't go a day without experiencing strong emotions.

Stars: Matheus Nachtergaele, Paulo Tiefenthaler, Janaína Kreme, Otto Guerra

Votes: 35

39. Everybody Is Having Sex... But Ryan (2009)

Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

Ryan is a dancer who just can't seem to get laid. When his best friend Dustin tries to intervene, everything gets tipped on its head and what Ryan was really looking for all along was right in front of him.

Director: Brian Pelletier | Stars: Jeremy Lucas, Mark Strano, Joseph Andreas, Meki Blackwell

Votes: 89

40. Catching the Gay (2006)

3 min | Short, Comedy

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Director: Jim Fath | Stars: James Asmus, John Bohan, Colleen Doyle, Jim Fath

41. Blutgeld (2013 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

In the 1980s a young man fights against the pharma industry when he and his brothers become infected with HIV from contaminated blood products.

Director: René Heisig | Stars: Max Riemelt, Lavinia Wilson, David Rott, Fabian Busch

Votes: 65

42. Tuxedo Terrace (2021)

Short, Comedy

At a dinner party in the Hollywood Hills, Lorenzo and Kitty (with the help of some Hollywood legends and a few unexpected guests) must convince an immigration officer that their phony ... See full summary »

Director: Carmine Bicchetti | Stars: Carmine Bicchetti, Paul Fox, Alexandra Grossi, Alexandra LeMosle

Votes: 14

43. Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk (1979 TV Special)

57 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

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Director: Sue Mallinson | Stars: Mark Shivas, Douglas Sirk

44. No Sleep Till Sheffield: Pulp Go Public (1995 TV Movie)

36 min | Documentary, Music

Rockumentary following British rock band Pulp on their 1995 UK tour.

Director: Mike Connolly | Stars: Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Christine Connelly, Candida Doyle

45. Rhonda Fleming: A Cinderella Story (2008 Video)

10 min | Documentary, Short

Rhonda Fleming discusses her Cinderella-like story in Hollywood, which began with her first significant movie role in Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945).

Director: John Cork | Star: Rhonda Fleming

Votes: 13

46. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: Publish or Perish (1974)

TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A publisher hires a bomb enthusiast to murder a bestselling author of detective novels. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Peter Falk, Jack Cassidy, Mickey Spillane, Mariette Hartley

Votes: 2,504

47. Adam-12 (1968–1975)
Episode: Hollywood Division (1973)

TV-PG | 25 min | Crime, Drama

A new dispatcher with a sexy voice has Pete's interest. A hit and run accident has a little girl seriously injured, however, her brother caught the license of the car that hit her. A ... See full summary »

Director: Dennis Donnelly | Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Marie Windsor, Roger Torrey

Votes: 93

48. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: Aunt Bee on TV (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Aunt Bee wins big on a TV quiz show.

Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, George Lindsey

Votes: 211

49. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: Mayberry Goes Hollywood (1961)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

Mayberry gussies up for a Hollywood film crew - exactly what the visiting Hollywood producer and Andy don't want.

Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier

Votes: 430

50. The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)
Episode: Jed Becomes a Movie Mogul (1964)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Mr. Drysdale buys Mammoth Pictures, a movie studio. Jed, Granny, Elly and Jethro try to "help" the studio, which is losing money, by working at the studio.

Director: Joseph Depew | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr.

Votes: 102