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

1. Incendies (2010)

R | 131 min | Drama, Mystery, War

Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.

Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Mustafa Kamel

Votes: 200,643 | Gross: $6.86M

2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Approved | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.

Directors: William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell

Votes: 215,605 | Gross: $184.93M

3. The Sound of Fury (1950)

Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A man who is down on his luck falls in with a criminal.

Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson, Lloyd Bridges

Votes: 1,952

4. Ashfall (2019)

TV-14 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Stagnant since 1903, at an elevation of 2,744 m, a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.

Directors: Kim Byung-seo, Lee Hae-jun | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Ha Jung-woo, Jeon Hye-jin, Ma Dong-seok

Votes: 6,000

5. Man in the Wilderness (1971)

GP | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

Left for dead after a bear attack, a fur-trapper recuperates and pursues his former companions through dangerous Indian territory.

Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Richard Harris, John Huston, Henry Wilcoxon, Percy Herbert

Votes: 3,478

6. The Distinguished Citizen (2016)

118 min | Comedy, Drama

A winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, who has been living in Europe for decades, accepts an invitation to receive another award. In Argentina he finds both similarities and irreconcilable differences with the people of his hometown.

Directors: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat | Stars: Oscar Martínez, Dady Brieva, Andrea Frigerio, Nora Navas

Votes: 13,355

7. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History

Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard

Votes: 2,061

8. Love's Portrait (2022 TV Movie)

84 min | Drama, Romance

It follows Lily, a museum curator who discovers a painting that looks just like her. She goes to find where the painting came from and who painted it.

Director: John Lyde | Stars: Aubrey Reynolds, Richard McWilliams, Kathryn McKiernan, Tamari Dunbar

Votes: 807

9. Southside with You (2016)

PG-13 | 84 min | Biography, Drama, History

Chronicles the 1989 summer afternoon when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady, Michelle Obama, on a first date across Chicago's South Side.

Director: Richard Tanne | Stars: Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Phillip Edward Van Lear

Votes: 10,138 | Gross: $6.30M

10. Passion in the Desert (1997)

PG-13 | 91 min | Adventure, Drama

Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Napoleon sent de Paradis to record Egypt's great monuments ... See full summary »

Director: Lavinia Currier | Stars: Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli, Paul M. Meston, Kenneth Collard

Votes: 919 | Gross: $0.25M

11. Model Behaviour (2013)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A detective hunts a serial killer who resides within the fashion and modeling industry.

Director: Nathan Hill | Stars: Nathan Hill, Stacey McMahon, Michael Fenemore Cocks, Samira Amira

Votes: 112

12. Young Aphrodites (1963)

88 min | Drama, History, Romance

200 BC. During a merciless drought, the brute nature of man and the delicate essence of woman become inextricably intertwined, as the omnipotence of the carnal instinct demands the total surrender of the flesh.

Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Eleni Prokopiou, Takis Emmanuel, Kleopatra Rota, Vangelis Ioannidis

Votes: 842

13. Broadway Rhythm (1944)

Passed | 115 min | Music, Romance

A reluctantly-retired vaudevillian clashes with his producer son, who thinks his father's entertainment is passe'--audiences need something more sophisticated. Meanwhile, the producer's father and sister secretly produce their own show.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: George Murphy, Ginny Simms, Charles Winninger, Gloria DeHaven

Votes: 341

14. The Silver Star (1955)

Approved | 73 min | Western

A frontier marshal doubts his own courage when three gunmen threaten his town.

Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: Edgar Buchanan, Marie Windsor, Lon Chaney Jr., Earle Lyon

Votes: 130

15. Wedding Rehearsal (1932)

84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Young man fights off attempts to marry him off to a series of available girls. Intersting glimpses of London in 1930.

Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Roland Young, George Grossmith, John Loder, Wendy Barrie

Votes: 328

16. María y los niños pobres (2010)

80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Due to different circumstances several kids work in the streets of La Paz (Bolivia). While a group of Catholic priests help them they are endangered by organ thieves and drug dealers. When ... See full summary »

Director: Leonidas Zegarra | Stars: Mariana Liquitaya, Sebastián Obermaier, Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato, Mauricio Aparicio

Votes: 23

17. Awans (1975)

75 min | Comedy, Drama

After getting a university degree, Marek Grzyb comes back to his village and does his best to persuade its inhabitants to modernize their surroundings.

Director: Janusz Zaorski | Stars: Marian Opania, Bozena Dykiel, Józef Nalberczak, Malgorzata Rozniatowska

Votes: 69

18. The Stigma of Corruption (1966)

88 min | Drama, Romance

An unusual proposition and a reluctant agreement bring together a man living on the margins of society and a statuesque young streetwalker. Is this chance encounter the prelude to a deep, passionate love?

Director: Kostas Andritsos | Stars: Giorgos Foundas, Maro Kodou, Pantelis Zervos, Nikos Tsachiridis

Votes: 30

19. A Leaf Anew (2017)

13 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A resentful young woman searches for her missing mother while she struggles to find the culprit behind an illicit package - all the while suspecting her ex-boyfriend who works for her mother.

Director: Billy Moon | Stars: January Lim, Cameron Fay, Diep Tran, Vana Kim

20. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Abitur (1978)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Robert Becker's father wants his son to continue the family legacy and take up the practice after him. But first Robert must pass the abitur, and his father has got him a mentor.

Director: Theodor Grädler | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Peter Dirschauer

Votes: 93

21. Super Friends (1973–1985)
Episode: The Seeds of Doom (1985)

TV-PG | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When Darkseid threatens to ravage Earth with monster plants, Cyborg reluctantly agrees to help the Super Powers Team thwart the scheme.

Directors: Oscar Dufau, Bill Hutten, Tony Love, Rudy Zamora, Ray Patterson | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Casey Kasem, Jack Angel, Rene Auberjonois

Votes: 69

22. The Booth at the End (2011–2012)
Episode: Start. See What Happens (2010)

23 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A mysterious man offers to solve people's problems if they do a task for him. Some tasks aren't too bad - some are horrific.

Director: Jessica Landaw | Stars: Xander Berkeley, Matt Boren, Sarah Clarke, Jack Conley

Votes: 166

23. The Windsors (2016– )
Episode: Episode #2.3 (2017)

TV-MA | 23 min | Comedy

Kate is reluctant to join a pheasant shoot at Sandringham, Harry seeks revenge on Johnny and Wills stumbles across his father's identical twin, Chuck.

Director: Adam Miller | Stars: Celeste Dring, Dafydd Emyr, Harry Enfield, Louise Ford

Votes: 71