Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "lead-character-dies-in-the-middle-of-the-story"

1. The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

R | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Two men and their sons must deal with the unforeseen consequences of their actions.

Director: Derek Cianfrance | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Craig Van Hook

Votes: 290,067 | Gross: $21.38M

2. Psycho (1960)

R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin

Votes: 717,531 | Gross: $32.00M

3. The Cowboys (1972)

GP | 134 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers and a gang of cattle rustlers is trailing them.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst

Votes: 15,845 | Gross: $16.35M

4. Red White & Blue (2010)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Thriller

A woman attracts the attention of a psychopathic former Army interrogator and an emotionally fragile young man caring for his depressed mother.

Director: Simon Rumley | Stars: Amanda Fuller, Marc Senter, Jon Michael Davis, Nick Holden

Votes: 6,145

5. So Sweet... So Perverse (1969)

92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A bored, married Parisian socialite is pulled into a web of lust and deception after he seemingly rescues a woman from her abusive boyfriend.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Erika Blanc, Horst Frank

Votes: 1,237

6. Assassin(s) (1997)

128 min | Crime, Drama

Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Michel Serrault, Mathieu Kassovitz, Mehdi Benoufa, Robert Gendreu

Votes: 2,227

7. Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983)

PG | 86 min | Drama, Western

When gold is found on Sioux lands, crooked men attempt to provoke the Sioux into a war with the army and the prospectors.

Director: John Hough | Stars: Richard Harris, Michael Beck, Ana De Sade, Vaughn Armstrong

Votes: 706

8. Les Cowboys (2015)

R | 104 min | Drama

When his daughter goes missing from their prairie town east of France, Alain and his young son, Kid, head out to find her. The journey takes the men to some far-off and unsettling places in what begins to feel like an endless quest.

Director: Thomas Bidegain | Stars: François Damiens, Finnegan Oldfield, Agathe Dronne, Ellora Torchia

Votes: 2,231 | Gross: $0.07M

9. Un printemps à Paris (2006)

95 min | Crime, Thriller

Georges (Eddy Mitchell) and Pierrot (Sagamore Stévenin) are two thiefs working in a team. Their last coup hasn't worked out, but when Georges goes free after five years in prison, Pierrot ... See full synopsis »

Director: Jacques Bral | Stars: Eddy Mitchell, Sagamore Stévenin, Pierre Santini, Pascale Arbillot

Votes: 209

10. Magindanao (1982)

Action, War

A MUSLIM REBEL LEADER DREAMS OF A SEPARATE MUSLIM STATE FOR HIS PEOPLE.

Director: Diego Cagahastian | Stars: Dante Varona, Muhammad Faisal, Rex Lapid, Laarni Enriquez

11. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode: I'll Be Judge - I'll Be Jury (1963)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Relatives of a murdered newlywed decide to bring the killer to justice themselves.

Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Peter Graves, Albert Salmi, Ed Nelson

Votes: 390

12. Leyla and Mecnun (2011–2023)
Episode: Kimi Vedalarda Hoscakal Denilmez! (2011)

TV-PG | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Zeynep abandons the neighborhood and moves to a different city. Leyla has a big traffic accident.

Director: Eyüp Boz | Stars: Ezgi Asaroglu, Ali Atay, Sebahat Adalar, Neslihan Aker

Votes: 412