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

1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.

Director: John Hughes | Stars: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean

Votes: 160,187 | Gross: $49.53M

2. Halloween Kills (2021)

R | 105 min | Action, Drama, Horror

Surviving victims of Michael Myers form a vigilante mob and vow to end his reign of terror.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney

Votes: 98,284 | Gross: $92.00M

3. News of the World (2020)

PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl taken by the Kiowa people years ago to her aunt and uncle against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Tom Astor, Travis Johnson

Votes: 95,611

4. Elizabethtown (2005)

PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

During a hometown memorial for his Kentucky-born father, a young man begins an unexpected romance with a too-good-to-be-true stewardess.

Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin

Votes: 72,681 | Gross: $26.84M

5. Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Romance

Dr. R.J. Stevens is a talk-show host who visits his family in the Deep South. While there he reunites with his brother Otis, his sister Betty, his cousin/rival Clyde, and his childhood love interest Lucinda Allen.

Director: Malcolm D. Lee | Stars: Martin Lawrence, Louis C.K., James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery

Votes: 15,728 | Gross: $42.44M

6. The Fox (2022)

118 min | Drama, History, War

At the dawn of WW2, a young soldier encounters a wounded fox cub and takes it with him to occupied France. The story of an unlikely friendship.

Director: Adrian Goiginger | Stars: Simon Morzé, Karl Markovics, Adriane Gradziel, Joseph Stoisits

Votes: 744

7. Fireworks (1997)

103 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.

Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi, Susumu Terajima

Votes: 33,159 | Gross: $0.23M

8. Bad Samaritan (2018)

R | 110 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A pair of burglars stumble upon a woman being held captive in a home they intended to rob.

Director: Dean Devlin | Stars: David Tennant, Robert Sheehan, Kerry Condon, Carlito Olivero

Votes: 26,087 | Gross: $3.44M

9. Devdas (I) (2002)

Not Rated | 185 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain.

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jackie Shroff

Votes: 46,914 | Gross: $3.50M

10. Taking Chance (2009 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 77 min | Drama, War

Based on real-life events, Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort officer, accompanies the body of 19-year-old Marine Chance Phelps back to his hometown of Dubois, Wyoming.

Director: Ross Katz | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge, Nicholas Art, Blanche Baker

Votes: 14,769

11. From the Terrace (1960)

Passed | 149 min | Drama, Romance

An ambitious young executive chooses a loveless marriage and an unfulfilling personal life in exchange for a successful Wall Street career.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Ina Balin

Votes: 3,188 | Gross: $11.34M

12. The Lucky Ones (2008)

R | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Three different soldiers - a woman and two men - return from war and facing the peaceful life's problems of each other.

Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, Michael Peña, Molly Hagan

Votes: 14,543 | Gross: $0.18M

13. Man, Woman and the Wall (2006)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Young journalist Ryo eavesdrops on neighbor Satsuki through thin walls, becoming obsessed. Satsuki receives disturbing calls. Their lives intersect, blurring reality and delusion, leading to an unthinkable event.

Director: Masashi Yamamoto | Stars: Sora Aoi, Hiroto Katô, Shô Nishino, Takashi Oda

Votes: 1,036

14. Love in the Forecast (2020 TV Movie)

TV-G | 82 min | Comedy, Romance

After swearing off dating for a full year, Leah quickly learns her new commitment has made her a magnet for men.

Director: Christie Will Wolf | Stars: Cindy Busby, Christopher Russell, Donna Benedicto, Ryan McDonell

Votes: 1,276

15. Goodbye Mother (2019)

Unrated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Nau Van returns home several years after staying in America on the anniversary of his father's death to meet his family. Unbeknownst to them, he returns with his long-term boyfriend, Ian.

Director: Trinh Dinh Le Minh | Stars: Hong Dao, Lanh Thanh, Vo Dien Gia Huy, Nsut Le Thien

Votes: 1,090

16. The Trip to Bountiful (2014 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 102 min | Drama

Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie, and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Wilson | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams, Blair Underwood, Keke Palmer

Votes: 743

17. Favorite Son (2008)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

A story of family, of dreams deferred, and of a final chance at redemption. David Paxton, nearing the end of his minor league baseball career, returns to his hometown as much less the hero ... See full summary »

Director: Howard Libov | Stars: Pablo Schreiber, Connor Paolo, Kellie Overbey, Richard Bekins

Votes: 174

18. The Woman for Joe (1955)

91 min | Drama, Romance

A sideshow owner and his main attraction, a midget, fall for the same woman.

Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Diane Cilento, George Baker, Jimmy Karoubi, David Kossoff

Votes: 131

19. Child Bride of Short Creek (1981 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama

Partially based on the true events surrounding a rural religious cult in the American Midwest, and how the members' children suffered for their parents' fanaticism.

Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Christopher Atkins, Diane Lane, Conrad Bain, Kiel Martin

Votes: 352

20. Lake City (2008)

R | 93 min | Crime, Drama

A desperate young man, on the run from a dangerous drug dealer, returns to his mother, years after a family tragedy drove them far apart, to hide. However, his old and new life are about to collide.

Directors: Hunter Hill, Perry Moore | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Jason Davis, Alina Phelan, Cheryl Fare

Votes: 953

21. Don McKay (2009)

R | 87 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Don McKay, a high school janitor who leaves his hometown after a tragedy, returns 25 years later to rekindle a romance with his old flame, who is dying, but this homecoming brings McKay more than he bargained for.

Director: Jake Goldberger | Stars: Thomas Haden Church, Elisabeth Shue, Melissa Leo, Rachel Harker

Votes: 2,476

22. Toad Road (2012)

Unrated | 76 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A portrait of contemporary youth culture, where the lines between reality and fiction are blurred with often frightening results.

Director: Jason Banker | Stars: James Davidson, Sara Anne Jones, Whitleigh Higuera, Jamie Siebold

Votes: 1,441

23. Hollidaysburg (2014)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy

Home for Thanksgiving break after their first semester at college, five friends discover just how much things change (and don't) after high school.

Director: A.M. Lukas | Stars: Rachel Keller, Tobin Mitnick, Claire Chapelli, Tristan Erwin

Votes: 1,079 | Gross: $0.00M

24. Young Man's Fancy (1952)

29 min | Short, Comedy

A visiting young man prefers the household electrical appliances over the teenage daughter! But all ends well. Thinly veiled infomercial by Edison Electrics presenting all kinds of modern electrical home appliances from the era.

Director: Donald H. Brown | Stars: Bonnie Baken, Jean Hayworth, Robert Casey, Hazen Gifford

Votes: 258

25. The Dry Land (2010)

R | 92 min | Drama

A U.S. soldier returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas.

Director: Ryan Piers Williams | Stars: Ryan O'Nan, America Ferrera, Wilmer Valderrama, Jason Ritter

Votes: 549 | Gross: $0.01M

26. Hidden (2009)

R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller

Painful memories arise when Kai Koss goes back to his childhood home after 19 years and inherits his dead mother's house.

Director: Pål Øie | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie A. Mosli, Bjarte Hjelmeland, Marko Iversen Kanic

Votes: 3,108

27. Pastor Brown (2009)

PG-13 | 88 min | Drama, Family

When her father falls terminally ill, exotic dancer Jessica Brown returns home in more than a decade. Her father's dying wish that she take over as head of Mount Olive Baptist Church turns her life and her family's life upside down.

Director: Rockmond Dunbar | Stars: Salli Richardson-Whitfield, India Arie, Nicole Ari Parker, Keith David

Votes: 333

28. Shouting Secrets (2011)

88 min | Drama

Shouting Secrets is a hopeful and heartwarming, universal story taking place in a present day Native American family. It's a story that is at once about the constancy and the fragility of love, as well as the importance of family.

Director: Korinna Sehringer | Stars: Chaske Spencer, Q'orianka Kilcher, Tyler Christopher, Gil Birmingham

Votes: 221

29. Raid (2000)

TV-14 | 504 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A police official is assassinated by a sniper through a glass window, this action and its sub sequential investigation introduces us a slew of interesting characters and gets the whole story rolling.

Stars: Kai Lehtinen, Oiva Lohtander, Pekka Huotari, Kirsti Valve

Votes: 1,472

30. Almost Normal (2005)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A gay man approaching a mid-life crisis is tired of being different because he is gay. He wants to be normal. Suddenly he is yanked back in time to when he was in high school. But this time... See full summary »

Director: Marc Moody | Stars: J. Andrew Keitch, Joan Lauckner, Tim Hammer, Nils Haaland

Votes: 1,204

31. Onsen suppon geisha (1972)

84 min | Comedy, Drama

Natsuko is so good at using that super-strong vagina of hers that she can "service" guys to death. In the end, she's pitted against a sexual superman and a showdown ensues. There's also a ... See full summary »

Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Miki Sugimoto, Yôko Mihara, Emi Jô, Yasuko Matsui

Votes: 58

32. Hotel Sorrento (1995)

R | 112 min | Drama

Meg (Caroline Goodall), Pippa (Tara Morice), and Hilary (Caroline Gillmer) are sisters who grew up in Sorrento, Australia. Meg, who has lived in England for ten years, has just written a ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Caroline Goodall, Caroline Gillmer, Tara Morice, Joan Plowright

Votes: 344 | Gross: $0.09M

33. Tamara (II) (2016)

110 min | Drama, Romance

The film is based on the real life of Teo, a distinguished, prominent, outstanding lawyer with a four-year marriage and two small children, who decides to accomplish her long-time secret: to transition into a trans woman.

Director: Elia K. Schneider | Stars: Luis Fernandez, Prakriti Maduro, Mimi Lazo, Karina Velasquez

Votes: 160

34. Sommerfest (2017)

92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Stefan, a theatre-actor, receives a phone call which informs him that his father died. He immediately returns to his hometown Bochum, where he once was growing up. There he meets old friends, acquaintances and his former love Charlie.

Director: Sönke Wortmann | Stars: Lucas Gregorowicz, Anna Bederke, Nicholas Bodeux, Peter Jordan

Votes: 375

35. Nina of the Woods (2020)

91 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A meditative new take on the thriller genre that follows Nina, an aspiring actress, after she agrees to lend her "local authenticity" to a supernatural reality TV show filming in the tiny ... See full summary »

Director: Charlie Griak | Stars: Daniel Bielinski, Megan Hensley, Andrew Stecker, Emily Fradenburgh

Votes: 192

36. The Real Thing (2017)

8 min | Short, Drama

A soldier returns home to meet his daughter, who transitioned while he was on tour.

Director: B Kelley | Stars: Sophie Giannamore, Nia Minott, Michael Torpey

Votes: 155

37. Arizona Sky (2008)

Unrated | 92 min | Drama, Romance

Jake and Kyle are two boys who grew up together in rural Arizona. They are best friends, and they begin to take their relationship to the next level when Jake's father moves him and his ... See full summary »

Director: Jeff London | Stars: Blaise Godbe Lipman, Kyle Buckland, Eric Dean, Evan Cuthbert

Votes: 636

38. Bathing Franky (2012)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama

When an ex-con falls under the spell of a backyard magician, the illusion is shattered.

Director: Owen Elliott | Stars: Henri Szeps, Maria Venuti, Shaun Goss, Bree Bain

Votes: 145

39. Welcome Paisano (2006)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy

After being living in the USA a Mexican gardener with his family returns to his country of origin.

Director: Rafael Villaseñor Kuri | Stars: Rafael Inclán, María Sorté, Teresa Ruiz, Giovani Florido

Votes: 55

40. Almost Home (2022)

30 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi

When they learn of an outbreak of a dangerous virus shortly before their long-awaited return to Earth, a teenager and his mother struggle to decide whether to land or return to space aboard their confined spaceship.

Director: Nils Keller | Stars: Susanne Wolff, Jeremias Meyer, Stephan Kampwirth, Patricia Meeden

Votes: 85

41. Father Knows... (2007 Video)

Not Rated | 76 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Father Knows... is a bittersweet comedy-drama that tells the story of Love Family and personal estrangements spanning over 15 years in the life of what seem like a simple American Family. ... See full summary »

Director: Toby Ross | Stars: Cort Donovan, Luke Aulwurm, Larry Filas, Debra Langland

Votes: 78

42. Signos (2007)

96 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A man receives a prank text message about his father in the province. He arrives at the province and notices strange happenings and starts dreaming things that are bound to happen.

Director: Aloy Adlawan | Stars: Adrian Alandy, Ricky Davao, Irma Adlawan, Lauren Novero

Votes: 42

43. Meet the Morecocks (2015 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 34 min | Documentary, Adventure, History

In July of 2012, burgeoning art-house porn studio CockyBoys was pushed to the forefront of the mainstream when its trio of owners/boyfriends -- 25-year-old tech wiz Benny Morecock, CEO and ... See full summary »

Directors: Jake Jaxson, R.J. Sebastian | Stars: Benny Morecock, Cj Kut, R.J. Sebastian, Jake Jaxson

Votes: 24

44. Tarnished (1950)

Approved | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Bud Dolliver, a former WWII hero and an ex-convict, returns to his hometown in an effort to make a new life for himself, but even with help from cannery worker Lou Jellison he finds living ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Dorothy Patrick, Arthur Franz, Barbra Fuller, Jimmy Lydon

Votes: 81

45. A Woman Possessed (1958)

Not Rated | 68 min | Drama

John and Ann want to marry but John's possessive mother is a bit overbearing and jealous. How far will mother go to come between them?

Director: Max Varnel | Stars: Margaretta Scott, Francis Matthews, Kay Callard, Alison Leggatt

Votes: 132

46. Home (2013)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Lou mostly keeps to herself, grandmother Frida grieves for her husband's death, Tom isn't good at anything, and Henrik always finds the right book in his second-hand bookshop.

Director: Maximilian Hult | Stars: Moa Gammel, Anita Wall, Simon J. Berger, Erik Lundqvist

Votes: 373

47. Canta y no llores... (1949)

79 min | Drama, Musical

Rosario, a provincial beauty, decides to forget about love and embarks on a singing career.

Director: Alfonso Patiño Gómez | Stars: Irma Vila, Carlos López Moctezuma, Rodolfo Landa, Nelly Montiel

Votes: 11

48. Hexed! (2000 Video)

Short, Adventure, Mystery

When Rosamunde returns home one day she finds a mysterious parcel in front of her door. Opening it inside her flat it reveals a strange figurine. Only moments later Rosamunde's hands are ... See full summary »

Star: Rosamunde

49. The Tuna Goddess

Drama | Announced

A Boston ad-exec is forced to partner with her childhood best friend when she learns they have both inherited her estranged father's commercial tuna fishing boat.

Director: Paul Schuyler | Stars: Christopher McDonald, Kathleen Quinlan, Xavier Samuel

50. Ishmael (2010)

Action, Drama

An ex-convict who is ostracized by his neighborhood. Little does he know that this neighborhood he once knew is set to awaken his past. Ishmael decided to come back home to find peace and ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Somes | Stars: Ronnie Lazaro, Mark Gil, Ria Garcia, Pen Medina

Votes: 15