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

1. Blow Out (1981)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz

Votes: 63,243 | Gross: $13.75M

2. Black Book (2006)

R | 145 min | Drama, Thriller, War

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn

Votes: 80,499 | Gross: $4.40M

3. Sisters (1972)

R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A small-time reporter tries to convince the police she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley

Votes: 20,683 | Gross: $0.35M

4. Stakeout (1987)

R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn

Votes: 28,516 | Gross: $65.67M

5. That Evening Sun (2009)

PG-13 | 109 min | Drama

An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.

Director: Scott Teems | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Barlow Jacobs, Mia Wasikowska, Carrie Preston

Votes: 2,907 | Gross: $0.28M

6. 711 Ocean Drive (1950)

Passed | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered. His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger, Barry Kelley

Votes: 2,045

7. Eating Out (I) (2004)

Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After getting dumped by his slutty girlfriend, Caleb falls in love with Gwen. However, thanks to Caleb's roommate, Gwen thinks he's gay and sets him up with her roommate, Marc.

Director: Q. Allan Brocka | Stars: Scott Lunsford, Jim Verraros, Emily Brooke Hands, Rebekah Kochan

Votes: 6,385 | Gross: $0.16M

8. Little Voice (1998)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A shy reclusive lady is convinced by an invisible entity to sing. Subsequently, she finds herself noticed by a sleazy talent agent and her talent being showcased on-stage. She also meets a kind but nervous man who becomes her best friend.

Director: Mark Herman | Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine, Ewan McGregor

Votes: 17,181 | Gross: $4.60M

9. Phantasmagoria (1995 Video Game)

M | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young successful author and her photographer husband buy a stunning and mysterious mansion on the outskirts of a small town in New England, but soon enough start to experience maddening horrors of its previous owner.

Director: Peter Maris | Stars: Victoria Morsell, David Homb, Robert Miano, Taylor Bernard

Votes: 780

10. Four Days in September (1997)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama, History

Brazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.

Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso, Fernanda Torres, Luiz Fernando Guimarães

Votes: 5,363 | Gross: $0.31M

11. Beware, My Lovely (1952)

Approved | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A mentally disturbed handyman on the run, for reasons even he doesn't understand, takes a job at the house of a lonely war widow in 1918.

Director: Harry Horner | Stars: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes, Barbara Whiting

Votes: 2,346

12. A Bullet for Joey (1955)

Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

-In Montreal (Canada), a police inspector slowly discovers a plot to kidnap a nuclear physicist, American mobsters, foreign spies, and a blonde seductress, are all involved.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, George Raft, Audrey Totter, George Dolenz

Votes: 1,228

13. The Whistler (1944)

Passed | 59 min | Film-Noir, Mystery

A depressed man hires an assassin to kill him when he least expects it, but when his life takes an upward turn, he finds he now wishes to live.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Richard Dix, Gloria Stuart, J. Carrol Naish, Alan Dinehart

Votes: 1,120

14. Joe's So Mean to Josephine (1996)

89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A man and woman meet and find out they have trouble with their relationship.

Director: Peter Wellington | Stars: Eric Thal, Sarah Polley, Don McKellar, Waneta Storms

Votes: 336

15. Working Boys (1985)

114 min | Comedy

The wacky trio of Tito, Vic and Joey became a quartet with the addition of the Bagets (1984) film actor, Herbert Bautista. They played jack of all trades and masters of none in this spin off of the film Working Girls (1984).

Director: Mike Relon Makiling | Stars: Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, Joey De Leon, Herbert Bautista

Votes: 33

16. Flatbush Luck (2016)

93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Telephone repairmen plan to get insider stock info by tapping a client's line. The plan quickly goes south when they overhear a murder plot.

Director: Casper Andreas | Stars: Tanner Novlan, Robby Stahl, Briana Marin, Alex McKenna

Votes: 125

17. Grand Exit (1935)

Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A dashing insurance company investigator tries to catch an arsonist before he...or she...can strike again.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Ann Sothern, Onslow Stevens, Robert Middlemass

Votes: 283

18. Blind Fear (1989)

R | 87 min | Crime, Thriller

Alone, unarmed, and blind, a beautiful young woman awakes to a deadly terror. The abandoned country inn where she is spending the night has become a way station for three psychopathic killers.

Director: Tom Berry | Stars: Shelley Hack, Jack Langedijk, Kim Coates, Heidi von Palleske

Votes: 214

19. I've Got Your Number (1934)

Unrated | 69 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery

Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Joan Blondell, Pat O'Brien, Allen Jenkins, Glenda Farrell

Votes: 519

20. Secrets of a Nurse (1938)

Approved | 75 min | Drama, Mystery, Sport

When battered prize-fighter Lee Burke is taken to the West Side hospital, nurse Katherine MacDonald leaves her romantically-inclined patient, wealthy attorney John Dodge to take care of ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Helen Mack, Dick Foran, Samuel S. Hinds

Votes: 22

21. Kurpe (1998)

83 min | Drama, Comedy

The Shoe is set in a seaside Latvian town in the 1950s and deals with absurd laws of life in a border state. The intriguing black-and-white is a contemporary retro tale about Cinderella's ... See full summary »

Director: Laila Pakalnina | Stars: Igors Buraks, Vadims Grossmans, Jaan Tätte, Ivars Brakovskis

Votes: 199

22. Doc's Full Service (1994)

85 min | Comedy, Drama

The comings and goings in a small-town service station in Texas.

Director: Eagle Pennell | Stars: Bronwyn Andrus, Travis Baker, James Belcher, David Born

Votes: 21

23. Take It Big (1944)

Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A rancher puts on a show to raise money so he can save his dude ranch from bankruptcy.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Jack Haley, Harriet Nelson, Mary Beth Hughes, Richard Lane

Votes: 34

24. The A-Team (1983–1987)
Episode: Till Death Do Us Part (1983)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The A-Team is hired to find an heiress and Face marries her so she won't have to marry a corrupt businessman.

Director: Guy Magar | Stars: George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Melinda Culea, Dwight Schultz

Votes: 413

25. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: Mother, Meet What's His Name (1964)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Darrin meets his magical mother-in-law Endora for the first time.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Alice Pearce

Votes: 517

26. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Daddy's Little Girl (2006)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The murder of a man in a garage leads the CSI team to the daughter of the man who abducted and buried Nick alive earlier.

Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 733

27. The Honeymooners (1955–1956)
Episode: Funny Money (1955)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Ralph, finds a suitcase full of money and goes on a spending spree. However, the money was counterfeit and Ralph had to force to fear for his life and, told the police the truth about the ugly situation.

Director: Frank Satenstein | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, Joyce Randolph

Votes: 291

28. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
Episode: The Knightly Murders (1975)

TV-PG | 50 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Plans to turn a failing medieval museum into a party center animates the bewitched black armor of an infamously misanthropic knight.

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, John Dehner, Hans Conried

Votes: 429

29. Sky King (1951–1962)
Episode: A Mickey for Sky (1959)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Family

Young Mickey, a distant relative of Sky's, is traveling to visit the Flying Crown Ranch while his guardian is out of the country. En route, he overhears two men discuss shooting a foreign ... See full summary »

Director: William Witney | Stars: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Gary Hunley, John Mylong

30. T.J. Hooker (1982–1986)
Episode: Death on the Line (1984)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The latest victim of the Marina Rapist - and the first to survive - is known to Hooker, but she resists his request to admit what really happened for fear of losing her boyfriend. Even when... See full summary »

Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: William Shatner, Adrian Zmed, Heather Locklear, James Darren

Votes: 63

31. The Twilight Zone (2002–2003)
Episode: The Lineman (2002)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Telephone-repairman Tyler Ward is struck by lightning and gains telepathy for strong emotions.

Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Piven, Olivia d'Abo, Vincent Laresca

Votes: 339

32. Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode: Gambling (1955)

TV-PG | 25 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dan Mathews and his officers assist a county sheriff in closing down a club that offers illicit gambling.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Morgan Jones, Robert Knapp, Russ Whiteman

Votes: 96

33. Person of Interest (2011–2016)
Episode: YHWH (2015)

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

Finch and Root race to save The Machine, which has been located by the rival AI, Samaritan.

Director: Chris Fisher | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Kevin Chapman, Amy Acker, Michael Emerson

Votes: 7,238