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

1. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Peter Parker balances his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens with his superhero alter-ego Spider-Man, and finds himself on the trail of a new menace prowling the skies of New York City.

Director: Jon Watts | Stars: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei

Votes: 720,208 | Gross: $334.20M

2. Tom and Jerry (II) (2021)

PG | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A chaotic battle ensues between Jerry Mouse, who has taken refuge in the Royal Gate Hotel, and Tom Cat, who is hired to drive him away before the day of a big wedding arrives.

Director: Tim Story | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña, Colin Jost, Tom

Votes: 39,908 | Gross: $46.54M

3. The Walk (II) (2015)

PG | 123 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

In 1974, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recruits a team of people to help him realize his dream: to walk the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Kingsley, James Badge Dale

Votes: 135,580 | Gross: $10.14M

4. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

PG | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.

Directors: Patrick Gilmore, Tim Johnson | Stars: Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joseph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer

Votes: 59,516 | Gross: $26.48M

5. Tale of Tales (2015)

R | 134 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.

Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, John C. Reilly

Votes: 31,228 | Gross: $0.08M

6. The Circus (1928)

Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Al Ernest Garcia, Harry Crocker

Votes: 36,082

7. After the Sunset (2004)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The story of what happens after a master thief achieves his last big score, when the F.B.I. Agent who promised he'd capture him, is about to do just that.

Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Don Cheadle

Votes: 49,873 | Gross: $28.33M

8. The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002 Video)

G | 68 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Quasimodo goes into action when a magician seeks to steal one of the bells of Notre Dame.

Director: Bradley Raymond | Stars: Jason Alexander, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tom Hulce, Paul Kandel

Votes: 7,961

9. Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Family

Third grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life.

Director: John Schultz | Stars: Jordana Beatty, Heather Graham, Parris Mosteller, Janet Varney

Votes: 3,448 | Gross: $15.00M

10. The King and the Clown (2005)

PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, History

Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.

Director: Lee Joon-ik | Stars: Kam Woo-seong, Jung Jin-young, Kang Seong-yeon, Lee Joon-gi

Votes: 5,989

11. O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985)

88 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man searches for survival after nuclear war forces people into an underground bunker. The inhabitants await rescue while their refuge decays around them.

Director: Piotr Szulkin | Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Krystyna Janda, Kalina Jedrusik, Mariusz Dmochowski

Votes: 1,706

12. Iloinen Linnanmäki (1960)

81 min | Comedy

THE SHAMPOO WARS. Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, using celebrities from television, the hottest new media of the early 1960s.

Director: Jack Witikka | Stars: Niilo Tarvajärvi, Tea Ista, Ismo Kallio, Matti Aulos

Votes: 81

13. Undersea Kingdom (1936)

Approved | 226 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Crash Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, and Diana, a go-getting reporter, join Professor Norton for a search for the source of a string of earthquakes, Atlantis. They ride Prof. ... See full summary »

Directors: B. Reeves Eason, Joseph Kane | Stars: Ray Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Monte Blue, William Farnum

Votes: 634

14. The Monster (1925)

Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

A meek clerk who doubles as an amateur detective investigates some very strange goings-on at a remote mental sanitarium.

Director: Roland West | Stars: Lon Chaney, Gertrude Olmstead, Hallam Cooley, Johnny Arthur

Votes: 1,365

15. One Froggy Evening (1955)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A man futilely struggles to make his fortune with a frog that sings and dances, but only when it is alone with the owner.

Director: Chuck Jones | Star: William Roberts

Votes: 6,110

16. Invitation to the Dance (1956)

93 min | Animation, Fantasy, Musical

Three different stories are told through a notably unusual way - no words, just dance.

Directors: Gene Kelly, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Gene Kelly, Igor Youskevitch, Claire Sombert, Tamara Toumanova

Votes: 1,016 | Gross: $0.60M

17. Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)

Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Mystery, War

With Jane still away for the war effort, Tarzan and Boy set off to retrieve rare medicinal herbs, only to run into an American messenger, German spies, and the mysterious desert's treacherous fauna and flora.

Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Nancy Kelly, Johnny Sheffield, Otto Kruger

Votes: 2,254

18. Man on a Tightrope (1953)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, Thriller

A Czech circus owner/clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame, Cameron Mitchell

Votes: 1,842

19. Cat Burglar (2022)

TV-14 | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Interactive Tex Avery-inspired cartoon where the viewer answers questions with a scenario about a guard dog named Peanut protecting a priceless work of art and a cat burglar named Rowdy trying to steal it from the art museum.

Director: James Bowman | Stars: Alan Lee, James Adomian, Trevor Devall

Votes: 648

20. Tea for Two Hundred (1948)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Donald is preparing a little picnic when he sees some ants passing by. He decides to tease one, ultimately by piling lots of food onto it. The ant eventually stumbles, but realizes Donald ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash

Votes: 819

21. Clock Cleaners (1937)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are cleaning a large clock. Among the complications: Mickey fights a sleeping stork that doesn't want to leave, Donald gets tangled up in the main-spring, and Goofy is inside the bell when the clock strikes four.

Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash

Votes: 2,942

22. Raaj Tilak (1984)

Action, Drama

The local King has surrounded himself with enemies, which include his own trusted men: Bhavani Singh, and Ranjeet, who plot to overthrow him, in vain, as the King's loyal employee, Samadh ... See full summary »

Director: Rajkumar Kohli | Stars: Dharmendra, Sunil Dutt, Hema Malini, Kamal Haasan

Votes: 168

23. Cue Ball Cat (1950)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Tom is in a pool hall after hours; as he soon discovers, Jerry is sleeping in the corner pocket. Tom chases Jerry around the table and the rest of the pool hall.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Star: William Hanna

Votes: 1,289

24. Dad in Training (2015)

97 min | Comedy, Drama

Following the breakdown of his marriage, a self-involved man begins to embrace fatherhood.

Director: Cyril Gelblat | Stars: Manu Payet, Audrey Lamy, Aure Atika, Pascal Demolon

Votes: 581

25. Canary Row (1950)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Sylvester spots Tweety Bird in an apartment and tries to gain access but cannot make it past Granny or the cat-hating desk clerk. He tries climbing up the drainpipe, posing as an organ ... See full summary »

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet

Votes: 1,278

26. The Watchmaker's Apprentice (2019)

99 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Urban, an orphan, serves a greedy master watchmaker as an apprentice. When Urban grows up, he falls in love with the watchmaker's daughter Laura and wants to marry her. Before this can ... See full summary »

Director: Jitka Rudolfová | Stars: Viktor Preiss, Michael Balcar, Dana Droppová, Éva Bandor

Votes: 179

27. The Up-Standing Sitter (1948)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Daffy Duck is sent to a hen house to baby-sit an egg. While he is there, the egg hatches a little chick who's afraid of strangers. The chick runs away from Daffy, who must chase him all over the barnyard.

Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert Clampett

Votes: 456

28. Dog Pounded (1954)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Sylvester Cat tries to catch Tweety Bird, who is up in a tree in the middle of the city dog pound.

Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 436

29. Tag til marked i Fjordby (1957)

94 min | Comedy, Crime, Family

The creepy villain Lasse Larsen has a fantastic power over one of his half-sister lineage dancer Lillian. He has a dangerous hypnotic grip on her and forces her - under hypnosis - to commit burglary.

Director: Poul Bang | Stars: Dirch Passer, Ove Sprogøe, Lily Broberg, Buster Larsen

Votes: 117

30. Cowboy Jimmy (1957)

10 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

Cowboy Jimmy is the prototypical Western hero, over the top. After a bit of his adventures, we see him jump off the screen and interact with a young fan. The fan takes him home to a ... See full summary »

Director: Dusan Vukotic

Votes: 74

31. The Dresden Doll (1922)

7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

Ko-Ko, the Inkwell Clown leaps off the paper and follows a telephone wire to the cinema projectionist. Once inside the projector, the clown draws a mechanical dancing girl and soon falls in love. But the romance is not to be.

Director: Dave Fleischer | Stars: Dave Fleischer, Max Fleischer

Votes: 115

32. Mess Production (1945)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Olive Oyl, a regular Rosie the Riveter, receives a blow to the head from a swinging grappling hook, sending her into a sleepwalking state. Popeye and Bluto, two rival factory workers, fight each other for privilege of saving her life.

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Graham Place | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 157

33. Pink Outs (1967)

G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

This cartoon consists of a series of bizarre black-out gags with the Pink Panther. In one, he is a painter who finds that his paint bucket is dry and screws a hole in the scaffolding above ... See full summary »

Director: Gerry Chiniquy

Votes: 198

34. Lulu's Birthday Party (1944)

7 min | Animation, Short

Little Lulu fantasizes about a birthday party in a candy land.

Directors: Izzy Sparber, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Amanda Randolph

Votes: 58

35. Hold the Wire (1936)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Popeye is wooing Olive on the phone when Bluto comes over. He overhears, taps into the line, and impersonates Popeye. They proceed to have a high-wire fight on the telephone lines outside Olive's house.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke

Votes: 269

36. Un caballo llamado Elefante (2016)

TV-PG | 80 min | Adventure, Biography, Family

Inspired by narrations of Lalo Parra's childhood with his brother, Roberto Parra. This is a story of real accounts mixed with fantasy tales from one of Violeta Parra 's siblings, Lalo Parra.

Director: Andrés Waissbluth | Stars: Tomás Arriagada, Salvatore Basile, Ana Sofía Durán, Patricia Ercole

Votes: 38

37. Piknik (2014 TV Movie)

80 min | Drama

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Director: Hynek Bocan | Stars: Ludek Munzar, Jan Tríska, Petr Nározný, Leopold Haverl

Votes: 24

38. Trick or Tweet (1959)

7 min | Animation, Family, Short

Sylvester Cat and a goony orange cat pretend not to let their rivalry over trying to catch Tweety Bird interfere with their friendship, while each secretly makes an attempt to grab and eat the canary while the other isn't looking.

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler

Votes: 206

39. Dov'è Meneghetti? (1988)

12 min | Short, Comedy, History

In 1926, the famous thief Gino Meneghetti (Luiz Ramalho) escapes from the police running on the roofs of the houses in São Paulo.

Director: Beto Brant | Stars: Luiz Ramalho, Gilberto Caetano, Rosi Campos, Lígia Cortez

Votes: 38

40. Daredevil of the Movies (1923)

8 min | Comedy, Short

A woman performs a series of dangerous stunts, many of which involve precarious climbs at tremendous heights, including riding down a windmill and hanging from the landing gear of a biplane.

Star: Emilie Sannom

Votes: 27

41. Petit fil(s) (2015)

23 min | Short

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Director: Romuald Beugnon | Stars: Lucas Bergandi, Roger Decugis, Julie Douine

42. Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010–2012)
Episode: Hit 'Em Where They Live (2010)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

With Ben's identity known, some of his enemies (such as Zombozo, Rojo, Charmcaster, Vulkanus, and SevenSeven) team up to try to attack his family. Now Ben and friends have to protect them no matter what.

Director: Matt Youngberg | Stars: Yuri Lowenthal, Ashley Johnson, Greg Cipes, Dee Bradley Baker

Votes: 323

43. Johnny Bravo (1997–2004)
Episode: I Dream of Johnny/One Angry Bravo/Carnival of the Darned (2000)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Johnny finds a magic lamp and is given three wishes. Johnny is forced into jury service. Johnny becomes the star attraction at the circus when he runs away from home.

Directors: Nathan Chew, Kirk Tingblad | Stars: Jeff Bennett, Tara Strong, Debi Derryberry, Grey Griffin

Votes: 70

44. Dance Academy (2010–2013)
Episode: Catch Me If I Fall (2012)

TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Family, Music

During an excursion to the circus, Christian's dad makes promises he's unable to keep. Tara tries to repair her friendship with Kat and Sammy goes public about his new romance.

Director: Ian Watson | Stars: Xenia Goodwin, Alicia Banit, Dena Kaplan, Isabel Durant

Votes: 32

45. Lost Girl (2010–2016)
Episode: Fae-de to Black (2013)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Bo and Dyson take on a case involving new age psychology, and Bo suffers the consequences of denying her ravenous hunger. Kenzi feels the weight of trying to find her place in her friends' ... See full summary »

Director: Ron Murphy | Stars: Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Ried, Ksenia Solo, Zoie Palmer

Votes: 289

46. Heer & Meester (2014–2016)
Episode: Spoken bestaan niet (2016)

50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Hugo Twaalfhoven, a wealthy antique car dealer, appears to have been murdered by a mechanic. But Floor suspects the case may be more complicated than that.

Director: Marc Willard | Stars: Daan Schuurmans, Sophie van Winden, Hubert Fermin, Ferdi Stofmeel

Votes: 12

47. Gotham (2014–2019)
Episode: Mad City: Beware the Green-Eyed Monster (2016)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Mario and Gordon face off before the wedding, Selina meets an unexpected face and Barbara comes to Nygma with information about Isabella.

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Morena Baccarin

Votes: 2,469