Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "small-business-owner"

1. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

As a new threat to the galaxy rises, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the one hope of restoring peace.

Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson

Votes: 974,235 | Gross: $936.66M

2. You've Got Mail (1998)

PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet, both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.

Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey

Votes: 229,807 | Gross: $115.82M

3. Coming to America (1988)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Romance

An extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York and goes undercover to find a wife that he can respect for her intelligence and strong will.

Director: John Landis | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Paul Bates, Garcelle Beauvais, Feather

Votes: 223,696 | Gross: $128.15M

4. Sliding Doors (1998)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

After personal and professional setbacks, a woman experiences an alternate reality.

Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn

Votes: 71,514 | Gross: $11.88M

5. After Yang (2021)

PG | 96 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down.

Director: Kogonada | Stars: Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Justin H. Min

Votes: 23,014

6. Sunshine Cleaning (2008)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business -- a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service -- with her unreliable sister.

Director: Christine Jeffs | Stars: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Jason Spevack

Votes: 74,151 | Gross: $12.06M

7. Dogman (2018)

Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A timid dog groomer living in a poor suburb sells cocaine on the side and stays out of trouble, while trying to deal with his unstable, violent acquaintance who is a menace to the whole neighborhood.

Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano, Adamo Dionisi

Votes: 29,785 | Gross: $0.15M

8. Beauty Shop (2005)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy

A determined hairstylist (Queen Latifah) competes with her former boss (Kevin Bacon) after opening her own business in Atlanta.

Director: Bille Woodruff | Stars: Queen Latifah, Alicia Silverstone, Djimon Hounsou, Andie MacDowell

Votes: 18,683 | Gross: $36.35M

9. Maggie's Plan (2015)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Maggie wants to have a baby, raising him on her own, but when she gets romantically involved with John, a married man, things get complicated and all the balance of Maggie's plans may collapse.

Director: Rebecca Miller | Stars: Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Maya Rudolph

Votes: 18,333 | Gross: $3.35M

10. Follow That Dream (1962)

109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A family of ragtag vagabonds sets up a makeshift home on a Florida beach after becoming marooned there, prompting an uptight local bureaucrat to attempt to evict them.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Anne Helm, Joanna Moore

Votes: 2,997

11. Something New (I) (2006)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Kenya McQueen, an accountant finds love in the most unexpected place when she agrees to go on a blind date with Brian Kelly, a sexy and free-spirited landscaper.

Director: Sanaa Hamri | Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Golden Brooks, Fuzzy Fantabulous

Votes: 14,462 | Gross: $11.43M

12. Superior Donuts (2017–2018)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy

Sympathetic old-school doughnut-shop owner Arthur, his spunky young employee and aspiring artist Franco, and their friends and patrons keep the shop going in a changing culturally-mixed inner-city Chicago neighborhood.

Stars: Jermaine Fowler, David Koechner, Maz Jobrani, Katey Sagal

Votes: 3,506

13. Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)

R | 95 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The life and times of Albert Pierrepoint - Britain's most prolific hangman.

Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Eddie Marsan, Simon Armstrong

Votes: 5,693 | Gross: $0.02M

14. Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story (2019 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

High school teacher Mary Stauffer and her eight-year old daughter, Beth are held captive for 53 days by an obsessed former student. Based on a true story.

Director: Jim Donovan | Stars: Alyson Hannigan, Howie Lai, Daphne Hoskins, Daniel Nemes

Votes: 591

15. Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972–1974)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

A conservative father butts heads with his family on various social attitudes of the day.

Stars: Tom Bosley, Joan Gerber, Jack Burns, Kristina Holland

Votes: 679

16. Randy and the Mob (2007)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Crime

A good ol' boy (McKinnon) gets into trouble with some mobsters, and then must seek assistance from his estranged, identical twin gay brother.

Director: Ray McKinnon | Stars: Ray McKinnon, Walton Goggins, Lisa Blount, Tim DeKay

Votes: 408 | Gross: $0.05M

17. Kamikaze Girls (2004)

102 min | Comedy

Momoko, a strange and seemingly emotionless girl obsessed with 18th century France, befriends a Yanki biker and the two experience the ups and downs of their unusual lives in a rural Japanese town.

Director: Tetsuya Nakashima | Stars: Kyôko Fukada, Anna Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Sadao Abe

Votes: 8,094

18. Mountains May Depart (2015)

Not Rated | 126 min | Drama, Romance

The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.

Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Tao Zhao, Yi Zhang, Liang Jingdong, Zijian Dong

Votes: 6,397 | Gross: $0.08M

19. Peach Girl (2017)

116 min | Comedy, Romance

Momo Adachi is a female high school student. She appears to be a wild girl due to her tan skin and dyed hair, but she is a actually naive and sweet student. Since her days in middle school,... See full summary »

Director: Kôji Shintoku | Stars: Kei Inoo, Mizuki Yamamoto, Momoko Kikuchi, Daisuke Kikuta

Votes: 649

20. The Barber of Little Rock (2023)

35 min | Documentary, Short

The work of Arlo Washington, an African-American barber who founded a nonprofit community bank dedicated to providing economic opportunities for their community that mainstream banks will not offer.

Directors: John Hoffman, Christine Turner | Stars: Cocoa Broadway, Arlo Washington

Votes: 1,275

21. Blind Woman's Curse (1970)

Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Crime, Horror

The head of a yakuza gang is being trailed by a mysterious, vengeful blind woman.

Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Satô, Hideo Sunazuka

Votes: 1,636

22. Lost in Beijing (2007)

112 min | Drama

A look at modern-day life in China's capital centered on a ménage-a-quatre involving a young woman, her boss, her husband and her boss's wife.

Director: Yu Li | Stars: Bingbing Fan, Dawei Tong, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Elaine Jin

Votes: 2,398 | Gross: $0.01M

23. Father of the Milky Way Railroad (2023)

128 min | Drama

Masajiro Miyazawa owns and runs a pawn shop for generations. His first son is Kenji and his daughter is Toshi Miyazawa. Kenji is supposed to take over the pawn shop as the first son, but he... See full summary »

Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Nana Mori, Maki Sakai, Masaki Suda, Min Tanaka

Votes: 146

24. Pumpkin Everything (2022 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Amy a novelist returns to her hometown to look after her stubborn grandfather, Tom and his pumpkin themed store. While staying there she crosses paths with a man from her past.

Director: Jeff Beesley | Stars: Taylor Cole, Corey Sevier, Michael Ironside, Paula Boudreau

Votes: 853

25. Adrift in Tokyo (2007)

101 min | Comedy

Takemura has no friends and no family. He's a law student but he doesn't have any particular ambitions. A thug offers to pay Takemura's considerable gambling debt if the student accompanies him on a trip across Tokyo.

Director: Satoshi Miki | Stars: Joe Odagiri, Tomokazu Miura, Kyôko Koizumi, Yuriko Yoshitaka

Votes: 3,089

26. A Bit of a Do (1989)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

The television comedy followed two families in a Yorkshire town, the working-class Simcocks and middle-class Rodenhursts, through social events. It was based on books by David Nobbs, who also created Reginald Perrin.

Stars: David Jason, Gwen Taylor, Nicola Pagett, Stephanie Cole

Votes: 230

27. Vincent, François, Paul and the Others (1974)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama

Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money. The charming Vincent faces bankruptcy and his wife, from whom he's separated, wants a divorce.

Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge Reggiani, Gérard Depardieu

Votes: 2,686

28. A Christmas Arrangement (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

A flower shop owner enters the local Holiday Floral Show in an effort to win a cash prize to help keep her struggling business afloat, but she starts to fall for one of her direct competitors.

Director: Jake Helgren | Stars: Nicky Whelan, Miles Fisher, Daphne Zuniga, Julie McNiven

Votes: 632

29. The Makioka Sisters (1983)

Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Romance

The orphaned Makioka sisters look for a husband for their third sister, Yukiko, as the rebellious youngest sister, Taeko, is kept waiting her turn.

Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Yoshiko Sakuma, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yûko Kotegawa, Jûzô Itami

Votes: 1,717

30. Ace of Cakes (2006–2011)

21 min | Reality-TV

Chef and owner of Charm City Cakes in Baltimore, Maryland, Duff Goldman, and his crew of decorators attempt to create amazing and awe-inspiring cakes for their clients each week.

Stars: Erica Reid Harrison, Duff Goldman, Geoffry Manthorne, Mary Alice Fallon Yeskey

Votes: 1,261

31. Baby for Sale (2004 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 89 min | Drama

A couple discover that the baby girl they're trying to adopt is being auctioned off to the highest bidder. The couple become part of a sting operation to bust the baby-selling ring.

Director: Peter Svatek | Stars: Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Bruce Ramsay, Romano Orzari

Votes: 356

32. Hospitality (2010)

Unrated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

The film follows the follies that ensue when a man and his wife shack up with a family that owns a printing press in their building, the husband takes it over, and the couple begin inviting a motley crew of friends.

Director: Kôji Fukada | Stars: Kenji Yamauchi, Kiki Sugino, Kanji Furutachi, Bryerly Long

Votes: 539

33. A Ghost of a Chance (2011)

142 min | Comedy, Crime

When a not-so-stellar lawyer is in need of something to help her case she has to rely on an unconventional witness for testimony. Will the court agree to hear testimony from and will the ... See full summary »

Director: Kôki Mitani | Stars: Eri Fukatsu, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hiroshi Abe, Kyôko Fukada

Votes: 1,250

34. One Peace at a Time (2009)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary

Filmed in 20 countries, with the insights of Nobel Laureates: Muhammad Yunus (Nobel Peace Prize), Steve Chu (Nobel Prize Physics and President Obama's Secretary of Energy) & Desmond Tutu (... See full summary »

Director: Turk Pipkin | Stars: Donna Berber, Philip Berber, Caroline Boudreaux, Steve Chu

Votes: 71 | Gross: $0.01M

35. Love at Least (2018)

109 min | Drama, Romance

Yasuko is a hikikomori and has hypersomnia which means she has trouble staying awake during the day. She lives with her boyfriend Tsunagi, who works in the editorial department at a ... See full summary »

Director: Kôsai Sekine | Stars: Shizuka Ishibashi, Yutaka Matsushige, Riisa Naka, Naomi Nishida

Votes: 348

36. Detropia (2012)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

A documentary on the city of Detroit and its woes, which are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base.

Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Noah Stewart, Rachele Gilmnore, Michael Wanko, Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra

Votes: 1,626 | Gross: $0.36M

37. Recall (2018)

120 min | Drama

Tokuro Akamatsu (Tomoya Nagase) runs a transport company. One day, a truck owned by Tokuro Akamatsu is involved in an accident. A tire came off the truck and killed a pedestrian - a mother ... See full summary »

Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Dean Fujioka, Issei Takahashi, Kyôko Fukada

Votes: 337

38. The Land of Rain Trees (I) (2015)

Drama

Nobuyuki found a review website of his favorite book. He felt the same way as the website owner (Rika) about the book's story. Since then, he has interested in Rika with sensorineural hearingloss.

Director: Yoshishige Miyake | Stars: Mariya Nishiuchi, Yûta Tamamori, Jôji Abe, Yumi Asô

Votes: 84

39. Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave (2006 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew teams up with the Hardy Boys to investigate a legendary creature that may be causing the strange things happening in the Hawaiian rain forest.

Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Jonah Von Spreecken, Robert Jones, Scott Carty

Votes: 84

40. Tokyo Sentimental (2016– )

40 min | Drama, Romance

Tokyo-born Kururi Takuzo creates a sweet rice treat called dango at his family's traditional Japanese confectionery that has been there for decades. In his spare time the divorcee roams the... See full summary »

Stars: Kôtarô Yoshida, Mitsuki Takahata, Nene Ôtsuka, Jin Katagiri

Votes: 15

41. Choki (2016)

96 min | Drama, Romance

Naoto is a middle-aged man who lost his wife to cancer five years ago. He's a hairstylist; his wife was a calligrapher who had a studio above his shop, and also taught calligraphy. She was ... See full summary »

Director: Jun'ichi Kanai | Stars: Riko Masuda, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Sô Hirosawa, Aya Enjôji

Votes: 77

42. My Long Awaited Love Story (2016 TV Movie)

108 min | Romance

Riko Shirono doesn't have any big expectations for a man in her life, but she works as a love simulation game planner. She receives a request for a new love game from app company TIMEIS. ... See full summary »

Director: Takafumi Hatano | Stars: Mikako Tabe, Issei Takahashi, Aya Ohmasa, Jun Shison

Votes: 217

43. If Looks Could Kill: The Power of Behaviour (2000 Video)

29 min | Short, Mystery

A woman is driven to suicide by the careless behavior of staff at the doctor's, the shoe shop, the post office and the railway station, and a detective must piece together her movements to see how their behavior led to her death.

Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Dawn French, Patrick Malahide, David Bamber, Bobby Barry

44. House of Glam (2010– )

Reality-TV

B Lynn Group is one of the hottest image agencies in the entertainment business: agents to the top fashion stylists, makeup artists and hairstylists around--with Brandi Simpkins at the helm... See full summary »

Stars: Christian Siriano, Crystal Lee Brown

45. Internet Killed the Video Store

Documentary, Short, Comedy | Pre-production

A lament on the decline of neighborhood video/DVD rental stores in Australia, in the wake of the rise of streaming services such as Netflix.

Director: Martin Horlacher | Stars: Martin Horlacher, Gareth James, Michael Lambeth, Guirong Wu

46. Morena(s) (2022)

70 min | Documentary, Drama

A Dominican immigrant in Buenos Aires struggles to maintain afloat her business and the dream of bringing her teenage son to Argentina.

Directors: Vicky Apolinario, Iván de Lara | Stars: Keilyn Fernández, Sabrina Fernández, Hugo Gabriel Francisco, Alberto Lezcano

47. Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake (2002 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates sightings of ghost dogs at the former home of a 1920s gangster.

Director: Max Holechek | Stars: Lani Minella, Katie Klein, Scott Plusquellec, David S. Hogan

Votes: 121

48. Paperback Dreams (2008)

Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary

In a time of increasing competition from mega-chains and online retailers, many local businesses are fighting for survival. Through the tumultuous story of two beloved Bay Area booksellers,... See full summary »

Director: Alex Beckstead | Stars: Joan Baez II, Clark Kepler, Gabriel Marin, Ralph Nader

Votes: 15

49. Peperoncino (2021 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama, Romance

It has been ten years since the earthquake and tsunami that devastated much of coastal eastern Japan. Many died. Many of the survivors do not wish to remember. A couple send out special ... See full summary »

Stars: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Jun Kunimura, Yoh Yoshida, Akiko Yada

Votes: 8

50. Columbus Neighborhoods: King-Lincoln (2011 TV Movie)

57 min | Documentary

A history and profile of the King-Lincoln neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, situated around Mount Vernon Avenue and Long Street on the east side of town.

Star: Angela Pace