Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-leonard-bernstein"

1. Top Secret! (1984)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

An American rock and roll singer is invited to a cultural festival in East Germany in order to distract from a plot to destroy NATO submarines, but he accidentally becomes involved in a resistance plot to rescue an imprisoned scientist.

Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Stars: Val Kilmer, Omar Sharif, Jeremy Kemp, Warren Clarke

Votes: 73,290 | Gross: $20.50M

2. Tár (2022)

R | 158 min | Drama, Music

Set in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and the very first female director of a major German orchestra.

Director: Todd Field | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer

Votes: 94,369

3. Imperium (I) (2016)

R | 109 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A young FBI agent, eager to prove himself in the field, goes undercover as a white supremacist.

Director: Daniel Ragussis | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts, Sam Trammell

Votes: 50,081

4. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)

Unrated | 113 min | Documentary

Follows the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty who was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic's unfathomable death toll.

Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Nan Goldin, David Velasco, Megan Kapler, Marina Berio

Votes: 7,879

5. Prescription: Murder (1968 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.

Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Peter Falk, Gene Barry, Katherine Justice, William Windom

Votes: 5,573

6. The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)

R | 95 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Based on real life events, Assassination is set in 1974 and centers on a businessman who decides to take extreme measures to achieve his American dream.

Director: Niels Mueller | Stars: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson

Votes: 26,119 | Gross: $0.70M

7. Bells Are Ringing (1960)

Not Rated | 126 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A Brooklyn answering service operator becomes involved in the lives of her clients, including a struggling playwright with whom she begins to fall in love.

Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark, Eddie Foy Jr.

Votes: 3,822 | Gross: $6.16M

8. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."

Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Schackman

Votes: 14,853

9. Bill Cunningham New York (2010)

Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A profile of the noted and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer.

Director: Richard Press | Stars: Bill Cunningham, Anna Wintour, Michael Kors, Editta Sherman

Votes: 5,678 | Gross: $1.51M

10. Mary, Mary (1963)

126 min | Comedy, Romance

Nine months after they split up Bob and Mary meet at his New York apartment to sort out some tax matters. He's getting married to healthy-eating Tiffany as soon as the divorce becomes final... See full summary »

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Barry Nelson, Diane McBain, Hiram Sherman

Votes: 481

11. Honolulu (1939)

Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, George Burns, Gracie Allen

Votes: 761

12. R.E.M.: It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) (1987 Music Video)

PG-13 | Music

The music video for R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)", showing a skateboarder rummaging through the junk in a half-collapsed abandoned farmhouse.

Director: James Herbert | Stars: R.E.M., Noah Ray

Votes: 82

13. Designing Women (1986–1993)
Episode: Nightmare from Hee Haw (1989)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy

While camping in a rural area, a family of hillbillies in a nearby bar asks the ladies to dance. J.D., Bill, and Reese's jealousy leads to a fight.

Director: David Trainer | Stars: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart

Votes: 116

14. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: The Sleeping Brother (1962)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Rob's shy brother Stacey has a problem. He's a somnambulist! And Stacey's a great performer when he's asleep. How can Rob get Stacey to perform a great audition for Alan Brady while Stacey is awake?

Director: John Rich | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Mary Tyler Moore

Votes: 271

15. Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode: Everyone's a Critic (1999)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

When Niles lands a job as a magazine art critic, Frasier is jealous.

Director: Pamela Fryman | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin

Votes: 815

16. Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode: Frasier's Imaginary Friend (1997)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

Frasier brings back a supermodel girlfriend from his trip to Acapulco. Unfortunately, he has some trouble convincing his friends and family that she is real.

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

Votes: 1,120

17. Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode: The Doctor Is Out (2003)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy

A misunderstanding leads the town to believe that Frasier is gay.

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

Votes: 1,467

18. Green Acres (1965–1971)
Episode: Music to Milk By (1967)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

Eb becomes obsessed over winning a contest on a Pixley radio station. To win, he has to listen around the clock and identify all the groovy tunes. That becomes even harder after Eleanor the... See full summary »

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Frank Cady, Tom Lester

Votes: 115

19. Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
Episode: Mr Botibol's First Love (1980)

TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Mr Botibol is socially inept and, by his own admission, a failure. But he's a rich man who has dreams of being a great conductor.

Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Roald Dahl, Jack Weston, Anna Massey, Alan Rowe

Votes: 242

20. Vox (2014– )
Episode: What a conductor actually does on stage (2018)

5 min | Documentary

A conductor's main role is "to do justice to the composer". That begins by anticipating the music and signaling the beat to the orchestra. That's the right hand's job. The left hand ... See full summary »

Stars: James Gaffigan, Carlos Kleiber

21. CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979– )
Episode: Episode #45.58 (2023)

TV-PG | News, Talk-Show

Lee Cowan on the changing role of men and boys in American society; Mo Rocca interviews filmmaker Bradley Cooper, writer/director of "Maestro", based on Leonard Bernstein, and a ... See full summary »

Stars: Jane Pauley, Leonard Bernstein, Margaret Brennan, Bradley Cooper

22. Grace and Frankie (2015–2022)
Episode: The Earthquake (2015)

TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy

Sol takes care of Frankie after she has an earthquake freak-out, while Grace goes on her first date. Coyote pays Mallory a surprise visit.

Director: Tristram Shapeero | Stars: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston, Martin Sheen

Votes: 864

23. Show Jana Krause (2010– )
Episode: Episode dated 14 September 2016 (2016)

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Stars: Jan Kraus, Vojtech Dyk, Katerina Daczická, Radek Ptácek

24. Red Oaks (2014–2017)
Episode: Memories (2017)

TV-MA | 26 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Sam and Shirley run into trouble during a night on the town. Following a dressing-down from his boss Derek and a fight with Wheeler, David goes in search of a friendly face.

Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Craig Roberts, Ennis Esmer, Oliver Cooper, Richard Kind

Votes: 145

25. Arena (1975– )
Episode: Tony Bennett 's New York (1996)

86 min | Documentary

Once dubbed the 'king of cool', a look behind the silky voice as Tony Bennett - civil rights activist, jazz enthusiast, painter and New Yorker - takes a tour around his native city.

Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Tony Bennett, Reggie Nadelson, Mary Chiappa, Mario Cuomo

Votes: 11

26. Výzva (2017– )
Episode: Vojtech Dyk (2018)

26 min | Talk-Show

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Stars: Vojtech Dyk, Blanka Kubíková