Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reading-a-diary"

1. Sisters (III) (2015)

R | 118 min | Comedy

Two sisters decide to throw one last house party before their parents sell their family home.

Director: Jason Moore | Stars: Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, Ike Barinholtz

Votes: 69,501 | Gross: $87.04M

2. The Dark and the Wicked (2020)

Not Rated | 95 min | Horror

On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.

Director: Bryan Bertino | Stars: Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., Julie Oliver-Touchstone, Lynn Andrews

Votes: 22,763

3. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

R | 87 min | Horror

A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.

Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler

Votes: 77,685 | Gross: $30.00M

4. Betty Blue (1986)

Unrated | 119 min | Drama, Romance

A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.

Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland

Votes: 23,392 | Gross: $2.00M

5. 10 to Midnight (1983)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An LAPD detective and his rookie partner are on the trail of a psychopathic young man who is murdering young women.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens, Gene Davis

Votes: 9,410 | Gross: $7.10M

6. LOL (2012)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

As a new year at school begins, Lola's heart is broken by her boyfriend, though soon she's surprised by her best friend, promising musician Kyle, who reveals his feelings for her.

Director: Lisa Azuelos | Stars: Miley Cyrus, Douglas Booth, Ashley Greene, Demi Moore

Votes: 58,200 | Gross: $0.05M

7. Poison Ivy II (1996 Video)

R | 106 min | Drama, Thriller

First time out of Michigan, Lily starts art school in LA and shares a house with other young artistic people. Both her teacher and a roomie/classmate show interest in her.

Director: Anne Goursaud | Stars: Alyssa Milano, Johnathon Schaech, Xander Berkeley, Belinda Bauer

Votes: 6,340

8. Pet (I) (2016)

R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller

A man bumps into an old crush and holds her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works.

Director: Carles Torrens | Stars: Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, Jennette McCurdy, Da'Vone McDonald

Votes: 18,879 | Gross: $0.01M

9. When Calls the Heart (2013 TV Movie)

TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Elizabeth Thatcher, a cultured young teacher in 1910, fears leaving her comfortable world in the city. But when she accepts a teaching position in a frontier town, she finds new purpose and love with a handsome Royal Canadian Mountie.

Director: Michael Landon Jr. | Stars: Maggie Grace, Stephen Amell, Poppy Drayton, Daniel Sharman

Votes: 2,257

10. A Bay of Blood (1971)

R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, Anna Maria Rosati

Votes: 12,767

11. The Turning (2020)

PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young governess is hired to look after an orphaned girl, but the return of the girl's problematic brother uncovers secrets from their past. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw."

Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten

Votes: 16,186

12. Next of Kin (1982)

Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery

In a rest home for elderly people, a daughter reads her mother's diary. Soon events that are mentioned in the mother's diary begin to happen to the daughter.

Director: Tony Williams | Stars: Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott, Gerda Nicolson

Votes: 4,256

13. Mirror Mirror (I) (1990)

R | 104 min | Horror, Thriller

A teenage girl begins receiving black magic power through an antique mirror that drips blood, not realizing the mirror is controlled by demonic forces.

Director: Marina Sargenti | Stars: Karen Black, Yvonne De Carlo, William Sanderson, Rainbow Harvest

Votes: 2,209

14. The Apartment (1996)

R | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A recently engaged man sees a former lover and becomes obsessed with meeting her again.

Director: Gilles Mimouni | Stars: Romane Bohringer, Vincent Cassel, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Monica Bellucci

Votes: 15,943

15. Gemma Bovery (2014)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After moving to the French countryside with her husband, the British beauty Gemma Bovery draws the attention of a local baker who finds in the moving couple a resemblance to the heroes of Madame Bovary.

Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, Isabelle Candelier

Votes: 6,883 | Gross: $0.19M

16. Cardboard Boxer (2016)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama

Gentle and broken, a homeless man is coerced by two teens to fight other men on video for cash but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.

Director: Knate Lee | Stars: Thomas Haden Church, Terrence Howard, Boyd Holbrook, Rhys Wakefield

Votes: 2,974

17. Nobody Else But You (2011)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A bestselling crime novelist who is desperately looking for a new story hones his focus on the apparent suicide of a small-town woman, an aspiring model who thought she was the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe.

Director: Gérald Hustache-Mathieu | Stars: Jean-Paul Rouve, Sophie Quinton, Guillaume Gouix, Arsinée Khanjian

Votes: 2,965 | Gross: $0.04M

18. Lake of the Dead (1958)

76 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery

A group of friends travel to a cabin in the Norwegian forest. It's a rumor that at night a crazy man can be heard screaming at a lake nearby the cabin.

Director: Kåre Bergstrøm | Stars: Erling Lindahl, Bjørg Engh, Henny Moan, André Bjerke

Votes: 2,599

19. Les amazones du temple d'or (1986)

Not Rated | 86 min | Adventure

A woman, raised by an Amazon tribe after they killed her parents, seeks revenge on the tribe for their deaths by joining an expedition looking for the tribe's secret golden temple.

Directors: Alain Payet, Jesús Franco | Stars: Analía Ivars, William Berger, Antonio Mayans, Stanley Kapoul

Votes: 606

20. Love, Gilda (2018)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary

In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career. Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and ... See full summary »

Director: Lisa D'Apolito | Stars: Andrew Alexander, Anne Beatts, Chevy Chase, Bill Hader

Votes: 1,800 | Gross: $0.63M

21. Trap for Cinderella (2013)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young girl suffering from amnesia after surviving a house fire that takes her childhood friend's life, begins a tormented road to recovery.

Director: Iain Softley | Stars: Tuppence Middleton, Alexandra Roach, Kerry Fox, Frances de la Tour

Votes: 1,721

22. In the Name of the Italian People (1971)

103 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A judge investigates the death of a young woman, possibly a murder. He suspects a famous industry tycoon with high political connections. But to what extent do the latter's lies and frauds influence the magistrate's opinion?

Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Ely Galleani, Yvonne Furneaux

Votes: 1,712

23. The One You Feed (2020)

86 min | Drama, Thriller

A Stranger finds himself injured and being cared for, by a Man and Woman, who are not your everyday people, in a secluded home that time has somehow forgotten.

Director: Drew Harwood | Stars: Rebecca Fraiser, Gareth Koorzen, Drew Harwood, Richard Watson

Votes: 241

24. The Sublet (2015)

TV-14 | 82 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

The Sublet is a suspense driven psychological thriller about Joanna, a new mom coping with her baby alone in an odd sublet apartment. As her husband neglects her to focus on his career, ... See full summary »

Director: John Ainslie | Stars: Tianna Nori, Mark Matechuk, Krista Madison, Porter Randell

Votes: 1,224

25. The Dreaming (1988)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A doctor treats a sick aboriginal person, who had defied a tribal taboo and visited a sacred cave. The doctor soon finds herself having disturbing dreams and finds herself involved in a 200-year-old mystery.

Director: Mario Andreacchio | Stars: Arthur Dignam, Penny Cook, Gary Sweet, Laurence Clifford

Votes: 386

26. Spy Time (2015)

93 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

Adolfo, a thirty something security guard, is going through a bad patch. Not only his lifetime girlfriend has just to finished with him to be a guy with no ambition, but he becomes the ... See full summary »

Director: Javier Ruiz Caldera | Stars: Imanol Arias, Quim Gutiérrez, Alexandra Jiménez, Berto Romero

Votes: 4,420

27. The Monsters (1963)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy

The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.

Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Lando Buzzanca, Marino Masé

Votes: 2,785

28. Families (2015)

113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jérôme Varenne, a French financier, lives and works in Shanghai with Chen-Li, his life and business partner. One day, during a short stay in Paris, while paying a call to his mother, he is ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Marine Vacth, Gilles Lellouche, Nicole Garcia

Votes: 1,034

29. Angels Don't Sleep Here (2002)

Not Rated | 88 min | Thriller

A man is accused of murder and manipulated into a web of deceit as his thought-to-be dead twin brother plots revenge on those who tried to kill him.

Director: Paul Cade | Stars: Dana Ashbrook, Kelly Rutherford, Roy Scheider, Robert Patrick

Votes: 633

30. Yellow Elephant (2013)

131 min | Drama, Romance

Movie adaptation of the Japanese novel "Kiroi Jou". A married couple Ayumu Muko (Mukai) and Aiko Tsumari (Miyazaki) live a peaceful life in a cozy old house in the countryside. Ayumu works ... See full summary »

Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Osamu Mukai, Tatsuomi Hamada, Himeka Asami

Votes: 249

31. My 13 (2008)

11 min | Short, Drama

Jonathan is in love with Julie, the most beautiful girl of his school... However, Julie doesn't even know him. He becomes friend with Charles, Julie's brother. One day, he sneaks in Julie's... See full summary »

Director: Rudi Rosenberg | Stars: Jérémie Quaegebeur, Audrey Cayo, Alexis Maçon-Dauxerre, Mathilde Blache

Votes: 119

32. Muj vysvlecenej denik (2012)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Bittersweet teenage comedy based upon the best-selling novel written by a seventeen year old girl, Johana Rubinova. Johana (Veronika Khek Kubarová) lives with her father and stepmother. Her... See full summary »

Director: Martin Dolenský | Stars: Igor Bares, Sandra Cernodrinská, Jana Dopitová, Jan Antonín Duchoslav

Votes: 83

33. The Red Cell (2008)

87 min | Horror, Thriller

A terminally ill patient, wakes up in a dark, decrepit underground chamber. An IV pumps an unknown liquid into his body and adorning his head is a crown of wires. His last memories lead him... See full summary »

Director: Chris Schwartz | Stars: Donovan Schwartz, Brett Wilson, John Kramkowski, Chris Schwartz

Votes: 160

34. Strawberry Night (2013)

127 min | Crime, Thriller

A female detective investigates a homicide involving the murder of a gang member. The police suspect the murder came about from gang disputes, but evidence is lacking and the case is deadlocked.

Director: Yûichi Satô | Stars: Shôta Sometani, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yûko Takeuchi, Renji Ishibashi

Votes: 296

35. Pink (V) (2021)

Short, Romance

A young woman writes in her diary about her girlfriend.

Director: Ky Baldwin | Stars: Lilia Buckingham, Jillian Shea Spaeder

Votes: 23

36. Tréfa (2009)

93 min | Comedy, Drama

It is 1912 and war looms on the horizon. The school year begins in a boarding school run by priests. Zoltán's father, is one of the masters and struggling with questions that challenge ... See full summary »

Director: Péter Gárdos | Stars: Lóránd Váta, Tamás Lengyel, Mihály Kovács, Zsolt Kovács

Votes: 174

37. Irène (2009)

83 min | Drama

A video diary shot and recorded by the filmmaker, using little more than his imagination and the happenstance and flow of the everyday, finally layering in a lifetime of memories.

Director: Alain Cavalier | Stars: Alain Cavalier, Catherine Deneuve, Vanessa Widhoff

Votes: 220

38. Puberdagboek (2016)

4 min | Animation, Short

In this series of short animations, adults read from their teenage diaries.

Stars: Willem Bosch, Markoesa Hamer, Alma Mathijsen, Lisette Smeets

39. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Archie Goes Too Far (1973)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama

Archie snoops through Mike and Gloria's room, sparking a debate over privacy and prompting everyone - Edith included - to storm out of the house.

Directors: Bob LaHendro, John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 235

40. Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode: Beloved Infidel (1993)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy

After seeing an emotional meeting between Martin and an old family friend, Frasier and Niles begin to suspect that their father had an affair when they were boys.

Director: Andy Ackerman | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin

Votes: 1,226

41. Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000)
Episode: The Diary (2000)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama

Lindsay's parents are convinced Kim is leading their daughter down a path toward drugs and sex, so they consider taking a peek in her diary. Meanwhile, Bill is tired of the same jocks ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Olin | Stars: Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine

Votes: 1,809

42. Northern Exposure (1990–1995)
Episode: The Body in Question (1991)

TV-PG | Comedy, Drama

While fishing, Chris finds the body of a man frozen in ice. Maurice looks upon this as a business opportunity as a battle begins over the body. Ed takes a job at Ruth Anne's store. Joel explores his Jewish faith.

Director: David Carson | Stars: Rob Morrow, Barry Corbin, Janine Turner, John Cullum

Votes: 299

43. Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996–1999)
Episode: The Tenement (1996)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Alex testifies against a slum lord, who is sentenced to "do time" in his own dilapidated building. She stumbles upon the building's tragic history, and is forced to help him fight the evil forces that haunt it.

Director: Jerry Ciccoritti | Stars: Derek de Lint, Robbi Chong, Martin Cummins, Helen Shaver

Votes: 63

44. Koskinen (2021–2023)
Episode: Siimamies 1/2 (2021)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As if Koskinen wasn't busy enough, a nightmare scenario takes place in the Hervanta area, Tampere: a 16-year-old girl is found strangled with a fishing line.

Director: Riku Suokas | Stars: Eero Aho, Maria Ylipää, Turkka Mastomäki, Jon-Jon Geitel

Votes: 36

45. Baby Daddy (2012–2017)
Episode: A Wheeler Family Christmas Outing (2012)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Ben tries to bring everyone together for Emma's first Christmas photo.

Director: Michael Lembeck | Stars: Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Tahj Mowry, Derek Theler, Melissa Peterman

Votes: 213

46. How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014)
Episode: P.S. I Love You (2013)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Robin's past as a Canadian pop star is revisited when Barney uncovers the lost episode of a music documentary series in which she was featured as Robin Sparkles. Marshall and Lily have some concerns about Ted's latest girlfriend.

Director: Pamela Fryman | Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris

Votes: 3,880

47. Vinari (2014– )
Episode: Zápisník (2014)

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Director: Dan Wlodarczyk | Stars: Václav Postránecký, Tereza Kostková, Hynek Cermák, Pavel Liska

48. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: Miles McGrath (No. 65) (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Red and the Task Force take extreme measures to hunt down one of Alexander Kirk's allies, Miles McGrath, a "criminal incubator" who finances crimes for profit. Meanwhile, Liz learns more about her family.

Director: John Terlesky | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold

Votes: 1,503

49. Boku wa Mari no naka (2017– )
Episode: Episode #1.8 (2017)

30 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Mari and Yori look to resolve the mystery of the switches bodies and identities after getting their hands on Isao's diary. The girls leave Tokyo to visit Isao who has returned to his ... See full summary »

Directors: Smith, Hiroto Totsuka, Hatsuki Yokoo | Stars: Elaiza Ikeda, Ryô Yoshizawa, Yurika Nakamura, Naomi Nishida