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

1. 12 Angry Men (1957)

Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama

The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler

Votes: 865,738 | Gross: $4.36M

2. The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History

Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.

Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess

Votes: 119,996 | Gross: $26.81M

3. 12 Angry Men (1997 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 117 min | Crime, Drama

Twelve men must decide the fate of one when one juror objects to the jury's decision.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, Hume Cronyn, Ossie Davis

Votes: 17,083

4. Angels in America (2003)

TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Several disparate but connected individuals go through the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s.

Stars: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Mary-Louise Parker

Votes: 29,807

5. MotherFatherSon (2019)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Thriller

A fractured family at the heart of politics and power is pulled together under catastrophic circumstances.

Stars: Richard Gere, Billy Howle, Helen McCrory, Paul Ready

Votes: 4,049

6. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Approved | 96 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner

Votes: 35,722

7. Cairo Conspiracy (2022)

Unrated | 126 min | Drama, Thriller

Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the center of power of Sunni Islam. Adam becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites.

Director: Tarik Saleh | Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri, Makram Khoury

Votes: 7,288

8. Untouchable (I) (2019)

Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Feature documentary about the spectacular fall from grace of media mogul Harvey Weinstein. With a cast of characters including survivors, friends and colleagues, this is a portrait of power and its abuses, spanning over forty years.

Director: Ursula Macfarlane | Stars: Harvey Weinstein, Benjamin Brafman, Hope Exiner D'Amore, Mickey Osterreicher

Votes: 3,201

9. HyperNormalisation (2016)

166 min | Documentary

Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.

Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum

Votes: 7,378

10. Vikes (2017)

86 min | Comedy, Romance

High-schooler Thorvald, influenced by Ida, a girl he likes, campaigns to change his school's mascot, the Viking, to something less offensive to the Scandinavian community. It's a love story.

Director: Tenney Fairchild | Stars: Aidan Alexander, Sydney Sweeney, Carter Hastings, Noah Munck

Votes: 185

11. Lynch/Oz (2022)

108 min | Documentary

Victor Fleming's film The Wizard of Oz (1939) is one of David Lynch's most enduring obsessions. This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this Technicolor through-line in Lynch's work.

Director: Alexandre O. Philippe | Stars: Amy Nicholson, Rodney Ascher, John Waters, Karyn Kusama

Votes: 1,063

12. Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019)

PG-13 | 97 min | Documentary

Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump.

Director: Matt Tyrnauer | Stars: Roy M. Cohn, Ken Auletta, Marie Brenner, Robert Cohen

Votes: 1,209

13. Dear Mr. Watterson (2013)

TV-PG | 89 min | Documentary

A documentary about the impact of the newspaper comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes," created by Bill Watterson.

Director: Joel Allen Schroeder | Stars: Berkeley Breathed, Jef Mallett, Stephan Pastis, Seth Green

Votes: 2,038 | Gross: $0.01M

14. The Allegation (2021)

225 min | Drama

In the small German town of Ottern, a pediatrician diagnoses "chronic sexual abuse", while examining a young girl, setting events in motion that lead to a judicial scandal of devastating proportions.

Stars: Peter Kurth, Narges Rashidi, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Katharina Marie Schubert

Votes: 556

15. Pancho Villa (1972)

PG | 92 min | Action, Biography, Comedy

A double-cross in an arms deal prompts Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to raid a US Army weapons depot in Columbus, New Mexico.

Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors, Anne Francis

Votes: 715

16. Beasts (2020)

96 min | Drama

Constance and her fiance hope to one day take over, modernize and expand her father's farm, on the verge of bankruptcy, to the large-scale farms that share the land and power. She gains the... See full summary »

Director: Naël Marandin | Stars: Diane Rouxel, Finnegan Oldfield, Jalil Lespert, Olivier Gourmet

Votes: 234

17. Midnight's Child (1992 TV Movie)

Unrated | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

Kate and her artist husband are busy working parents. Everything seems to be going fine, going about their daily lives. Then, Anna, the Swedish nanny that Kate hired to care for their ... See full summary »

Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Marcy Walker, Cotter Smith, Olivia d'Abo, Elisabeth Moss

Votes: 349

18. Vice: Deleted Scenes (2019 Video)

17 min | Short, Biography, Comedy

Three deleted scenes from Adam McKay's Vice (2018): "High School" (aka "Best of All, He Loves Me Back"), "Musical", and "Bunker".

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Cailee Spaeny, Alex MacNicoll, Stefania LaVie Owen, Dawson Fletcher

Votes: 50

19. Glass (2007)

Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Academy Award®-nominated director Scott Hicks ("Shine") documents an eventful year in the career and personal life of distinguished Western classical composer Philip Glass as he interacts ... See full summary »

Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Philip Glass, Holly Critchlow, Chuck Close, JoAnne Akalaitis

Votes: 777 | Gross: $0.02M

20. The Hearst and Davies Affair (1985 TV Movie)

94 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Story of the decades-long affair between married newspaper magnate and movie producer William Randolph Hearst and actress and former "Ziegfeld Follies" showgirl Marion Davies.

Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Virginia Madsen, Fritz Weaver, Doris Belack

Votes: 170

21. Raised on Porn (2021)

36 min | Documentary

"Raised on Porn" exposes the ways pornography has become the new sex education for children and unpacks the dangerous lifelong implications of this global phenomenon.

Director: Benjamin Nolot | Stars: Ernie Allen, Dan B. Allender, Bella Altamura, Aubrey Bader

Votes: 203

22. Daddy and the Muscle Academy (1991)

55 min | Documentary, Biography

Tom of Finland is one of the gay world's few authentic icons. His drawings have had an enormous influence on gay identity. Tom's ultimate leather men are known and seen everywhere. They are... See full summary »

Director: Ilppo Pohjola | Stars: Tom of Finland, Robert Henry Mizer, Nayland Blake, Durk Dehner

Votes: 485 | Gross: $0.11M

23. Angel 'n' Devil (2014–2015)

50 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A group of high school girls are Copper Dimension's last hope against dark forces.

Stars: Cosmos Lin, Yu-Fei Wen, Lucia Chen, Teddy Chen

Votes: 57

24. The 101 Events That Made The 20th Century (2018–2019)

TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary

The history of mankind is a never-ending story of change but no span of 100 years can claim to have claim to have changed the world so much.

Stars: Queen Elizabeth II, Judith Rowbotham, Kendrick Oliver, Daniel Golding

Votes: 33

25. Influence (I) (2020)

90 min | Documentary

It explores the dark art of geopolitical spin-doctoring.

Directors: Diana Neille, Richard Poplak | Stars: Donald Trump, Melania Trump, George W. Bush, Margaret Thatcher

Votes: 127

26. The Shanghai Story (1954)

Approved | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In post-WW2 Shanghai, expatriate Westerners are detained in the Waldorf Hotel until the Communists can identify a suspected spy among them but some prisoners try to outwit the interrogators and the armed guards and flee.

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Ruth Roman, Edmond O'Brien, Richard Jaeckel, Barry Kelley

Votes: 204

27. An Evil Streak (1999– )

54 min | Drama

Gemma, has been led astray by her godfather, Alex, ever since she was a little girl. Now she is older his obsessive influence becomes even more sinister as he manipulates her into an extra-marital affair.

Stars: Lynsey Baxter, Yana Yanezic, Trevor Eve, Rosalind Bennett

Votes: 86

28. Selon Charlie (2006)

140 min | Drama

The seemingly separate lives of a group of men intersect entwining the fates of each of them over the course of a week.

Director: Nicole Garcia | Stars: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Vincent Lindon, Benoît Magimel, Benoît Poelvoorde

Votes: 562

29. Killing Us Softly 3 (1999)

34 min | Documentary, Short

Jean Kilbourne's pioneering work helped develop and popularize the study of gender representation in advertising. Her award-winning Killing us Softly films have influenced millions of ... See full summary »

Director: Sut Jhally | Star: Jean Kilbourne

Votes: 261

30. Laboratory Greece (2019)

165 min | Documentary

A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.

Director: Jacopo Brogi | Stars: Filippo Abbate, Konrad Adenauer, Salvador Allende, Rania Antonopoulos

Votes: 32

31. Founding Brothers (2002 TV Movie)

200 min | Documentary

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Director: Melissa Jo Peltier | Stars: Peter Coyote, Brian Dennehy, Bill Doran, Joseph Ellis

Votes: 111

32. Vigor (2020)

80 min | Comedy

Oregon comes back to save Bob from a desperate situation.

Director: Ryan McGivern | Stars: Leif Gantvoort, Jacob Lyman, Joaquim Cruz, Estefania Martinez

Votes: 14

33. Kurosawa's Way (2011)

52 min | Documentary

Eleven major filmmakers from Europe, Asia and America talk about Akira Kurosawa and explore some ways on which he influenced their own work.

Director: Catherine Cadou | Stars: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Bernardo Bertolucci, Clint Eastwood, Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Votes: 152

34. The Importance of Being Morrissey (2002 TV Movie)

49 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Featuring interviews by famous fans and followers, this rare documentary encapsulates the essence of the controversial, enigmatic, and deliciously melancholic bard. This is Morrissey, the charming man with the thorn in his side.

Directors: Tina Flintoff, Ricky Kelehar | Stars: Morrissey, Christopher Eccleston, J.K. Rowling, Michael Bracewell

Votes: 204

35. In-peul-loo-eon-seu (2010)

60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Mystery online film "The Influence" revolves around promises kept even though time has passed. To keep their values, characters are at a critical juncture to act upon their promises.

Director: J.Q. Lee | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Han Chae-young, Cho Jae-hyun, Jeon No-min

Votes: 264

36. Le premier rasta (2010)

86 min | Documentary

Going far beyond the standard imagery of Rasta-ganja, reggae, and dreadlocks-this cultural history offers an uncensored vision of a movement with complex roots and the exceptional journey ... See full summary »

Directors: Hélène Lee, Christophe Farnarier | Stars: The Abyssinians, Marcus Garvey, Leonard Percival Lowell, Max Romeo

Votes: 36

37. Ladder of Philosophy

Documentary, History | Announced

Four philosophers - an atheist, an agnostic, a Christian, and a Hindu - settle down to discuss life, reason, faith, and whatever else comes to mind.

Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher

38. Rose of the Rancho (1914)

Passed | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Esra Kincaid takes land by force, and having taken the Espinoza land, he sets his sight on the Castro rancho U.S. Government Agent Kearney holds him off until the cavalry shows up and he ... See full summary »

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Bessie Barriscale, Jane Darwell, Dick La Reno, Jack W. Johnston

Votes: 45 | Gross: $0.09M

39. Sexy inc. Nos enfants sous influence (2007)

35 min | Documentary, Short

Are children being pushed prematurely into adulthood? Sophie Bissonnette's documentary 'Sexy Inc. Our Children under Influence' analyzes the hypersexualization of our environment and its ... See full summary »

Director: Sophie Bissonnette | Stars: Susan Glover, Jennifer Seguin

40. Russian Godfathers (2005 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

This BBC documentary series examines the relationship between Russia's richest men ("the oligarchs") and Putin's administration in the Kremlin. The series follows each one in turn to find ... See full summary »

Director: Patrick Forbes | Stars: Boris Berezovsky, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Gusinsky, Roman Abramovich

Votes: 54

41. Counsel for Crime (1937)

Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Law school graduate Paul Maddox, adopted son of Senator Robert Maddox, accepts an offer to join the law firm of William "Bill" Mellon, brilliant but unscrupulous criminal attorney. Mrs. ... See full summary »

Director: John Brahm | Stars: Otto Kruger, Douglass Montgomery, Julie Bishop, Thurston Hall

Votes: 33

42. Bergmans video (2012)

44 min | Documentary

Directors such as Martin Scorsese and Wes Anderson discuss Ingmar Bergman and his films.

Stars: Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Alexander Payne, Ridley Scott

Votes: 81

43. Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (2003 TV Movie)

27 min | Documentary

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Director: Serge Le Péron | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Lita Grey

Votes: 132

44. The Golden Globes: Hollywood's Dirty Little Secret (2003 TV Special)

Documentary

Less than 100 film critics wield enormous power in deciding the financial success of Hollywood's major motion pictures. The film takes a humorous look at one of the industry's most important award shows.

Director: Vikram Jayanti | Stars: Alysha Cohen, Phil Berk, Bill Higgins, Vikram Jayanti

Votes: 42

45. Tadao Ando/Koshino Talo (2009)

59 min | Documentary

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Director: Rax Rinnekangas | Stars: Pekka Milonoff, Tadao Andô

Votes: 6

46. O Debate (2022)

100 min | Drama

A chief editor of a newsroom and a TV host, who were married for a long time, must try to conciliate their personal distinct views while working together during the coverage of a political ... See full summary »

Director: Caio Blat | Stars: Débora Bloch, Paulo Betti, Luisa Arraes, Caio Blat

Votes: 34

47. Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman (2017 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

Waldemar Januszczak explores the impact of Mary Magdalene's myth on art and artists. In art all Christian saints are inventions but Mary Magdalene has been the subject of more invention and re-invention than any other.

Director: Waldemar Januszczak | Star: Waldemar Januszczak

Votes: 75

48. Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk? (2016 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary

With the 2016 election shaping up to be the most expensive in U.S. history, candidates from both political parties are relying on big donors to get their message out to the American people.... See full summary »

Director: Alexandra Pelosi | Stars: Alexandra Pelosi, Julian Robertson, Bernard L. Schwartz, Carolyn Maloney

Votes: 165

49. Carry Harry (1942)

Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short

After getting into a compromising situation with a woman and her angry boyfriend, Harry uses a fire escape to hide in a friend's apartment, but finds that he climbed into the woman's one by mistake.

Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: Harry Langdon, Elsie Ames, Barbara Pepper, Marjorie Deanne

Votes: 18

50. Swooped: Based on a Real Life Occurrence (2011)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Romance

Two friends chase after the girls of their dreams. Through a series of events, each guy gets with the other's girl.

Directors: Shaun Paul Costello, Joe Gariffo, Charlie Anderson | Stars: Shaun Paul Costello, Joe Gariffo, Greg Bell, Whitney Nielsen

Votes: 98