Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "talking-to-dead-wife"

1. Shutter Island (2010)

R | 138 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 1,458,189 | Gross: $128.01M

2. The Old Man (2022– )

TV-MA | 61 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A retired CIA agent is hunted by both the agency he once worked for and his own nightmares, when an unknown man suddenly visits him after nearly three decades.

Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, E.J. Bonilla, Bill Heck

Votes: 48,529

3. Nanny McPhee (2005)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A governess uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven ne'er-do-well children in her charge.

Director: Kirk Jones | Stars: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury, Kelly Macdonald

Votes: 85,544 | Gross: $47.14M

4. A Man Called Ove (2015)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.

Director: Hannes Holm | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll

Votes: 68,557 | Gross: $3.48M

5. 1922 (2017)

TV-MA | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A simple yet proud farmer in the year 1922 conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to assist. But their actions have unintended consequences.

Director: Zak Hilditch | Stars: Thomas Jane, Molly Parker, Dylan Schmid, Kaitlyn Bernard

Votes: 71,717

6. The Beach Bum (2019)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

A rebellious stoner named Moondog lives life by his own rules.

Director: Harmony Korine | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Stefania LaVie Owen

Votes: 24,847 | Gross: $3.49M

7. Beau-père (1981)

13+ | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After her mother dies, fourteen-year-old Marion falls in love with her stepfather, Remy.

Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse, Maurice Ronet, Geneviève Mnich

Votes: 3,713

8. We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974)

124 min | Comedy, Drama

Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.

Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli, Stefano Satta Flores

Votes: 7,295

9. Six Shooter (2004)

Not Rated | 27 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A black and bloody Irish comedy about a sad train journey where an older man, whose wife has died that morning, encounters a strange and possibly psychotic young oddball....

Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Rúaidhrí Conroy, David Wilmot, Aisling O'Sullivan

Votes: 14,323

10. The Sensuous Nurse (1975)

R | 105 min | Comedy

As an aging widower begins suffering from cardiac trouble, his greedy heirs hire a super-seductive nurse in the hopes of inducing a heart attack, but the plan backfires when she falls in love with him.

Director: Nello Rossati | Stars: Ursula Andress, Duilio Del Prete, Mario Pisu, Daniele Vargas

Votes: 826

11. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)

GP | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A cleaver-wielding bridal designer murders various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti, Jesús Puente

Votes: 4,329

12. The Long Way Home (1998 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A depressed widower meets a 21-year-old free spirit and the unlikely pair hitchhike cross country. Learning to respect their differences, they become friends and encourage each other to embrace new beginnings and face their fears.

Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Sarah Paulson, Kristin Griffith, Garwin Sanford

Votes: 660

13. The Green Room (1978)

PG | 94 min | Drama

A French little town, at the end of the twenties. Julien Davenne is a journalist whose wife Julie died a decade ago. He gathered in the green room all Julie's objects. When a fire destroys ... See full summary »

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: François Truffaut, Nathalie Baye, Jean Dasté, Patrick Maléon

Votes: 3,314

14. Judge Priest (1934)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, uses common sense and considerable humanity to dispense justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Henry B. Walthall

Votes: 2,519

15. Perception (I) (2018)

102 min | Thriller

A chance encounter becomes a dangerous obsession when a mysterious small-time psychic offers a successful developer a way to reconnect with his dead wife.

Director: Ilana Rein | Stars: Wes Ramsey, Caitlin Mehner, Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Max Jenkins

Votes: 269

16. Amityville Exorcism (2017)

77 min | Horror

A family must put faith in a mysterious priest when a demonic force, connected to a decades-old murders in their home, possesses their daughter.

Director: Mark Polonia | Stars: Marie DeLorenzo, Jeff Kirkendall, James Carolus, Steve Diasparra

Votes: 2,167

17. After Sunset, Dawn Arrives (2022)

Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Drama, Romance

A coming of age story about a Chinese man finds peace and self-acceptance at declining years.

Director: Andy Yi Li | Stars: Jesse Wang, Todd Lien, Austin Klopfenstein, Katie Chan

Votes: 25

18. 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

19. The Five Minutes (2019)

10 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

A businessman in mourning uses a special telephone booth to have a final talk with his departed wife.

Director: Shange Zhang | Stars: Demi Ke, Eon Song, Zhan Wang

Votes: 52

20. Pan Halpern a pan Johnson (2020 TV Movie)

79 min | Comedy, Drama

Two men meet at the fresh grave of a woman in a New York cemetery. They don't know each other. Well, one doesn't know the other. Turns out they're both here to pay their respects.

Directors: Jan Brichcín, Ladislav Smocek | Stars: Petr Kostka, Frantisek Nemec

21. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: The Engagement (1998)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Maxwell is ready to propose to Fran and thanks to Niles everyone already knows it. At the big announcement dinner everyone is there except Maxwell.

Director: Dorothy Lyman | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 311

22. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: A Matter of Life and Breath (1972)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Concerned about his father's smoker's cough, Lamont brings Fred in for a free tuberculosis screening at the American Lung Association's Breathmobile. The test results take his breath away.

Director: George Tyne | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lillian Lehman, Noreen Gammill

Votes: 197

23. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: A Visit from Lena Horne (1973)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Fast-thinking Fred fools Lena Horne into visiting the Sanford home after he spins her a sob story about little lame Lamont who looks upon Lena as a second mother.

Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lena Horne, John Amos

Votes: 170

24. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Coffins for Sale (1972)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Lamont's keeping a pair of coffins in the living room spooks superstitious Fred.

Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Slappy White, James Wheaton

Votes: 207

25. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Crossed Swords (1972)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Lamont buys a porcelain figure for $15 from a silent movie star. After having it appraised, Lamont and Fred decide to sell it at an auction. They attend the auction pretending to be buyers ... See full summary »

Director: Bud Yorkin | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, William Lanteau, Robert Mandan

Votes: 284

26. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Della, Della, Della (1975)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

When two competing politicians each seek to use Fred's junkyard for a campaign headquarters, Della Reese appeals to Fred to stand by her man.

Director: Mark Warren | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Della Reese, Arnold Johnson

Votes: 106

27. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Donna Pops the Question (1975)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

After receiving a proposal from another man, Donna gives Fred one final chance to marry her.

Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley

Votes: 112

28. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Earthquake II (1975)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

An earthquake shakes up the Sanfords, and the threat of an even bigger quake sparks Fred to sell the house and seek shelter in Las Vegas.

Director: Bill Foster | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, LaWanda Page

Votes: 125

29. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Fred's Cheating Heart (1974)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

After learning about the dangers and high risk of heart disease, Lamont plots to get his heart attack-prone father to the hospital for a cardio check-up.

Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Thalmus Rasulala

Votes: 128

30. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Funny, You Don't Look It (1977)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Inspired by Alex Haley's "Roots," Fred orders a family crest and genealogical scroll that states he's African royalty and a descendant of the Jewish Ethiopian Falashas.

Director: Russ Petranto | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley

Votes: 98

31. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Lamont as Othello (1973)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Fred is uneasy with Lamont's rehearsing Othello with a white actress in their home, so Marilyn invites Fred and Lamont to come to her home in Beverly Hills.

Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Maureen Arthur, Don Bexley

Votes: 159

32. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Pops 'n' Pals (1973)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Jealous of Lamont's friendship with Julio, Fred tries to be a buddy to his son.

Director: Rick Edelstein | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Gregory Sierra, James Wheaton

Votes: 139

33. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Rated X (1973)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Fred tags along to a movie casting call that Lamont and Rollo hope will make them respected black actors, not suspecting this film is blue.

Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Nathaniel Taylor, LaWanda Page

Votes: 182

34. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Superflyer (1973)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Fred's Uncle Leotis dies and leaves him $1,500, but the catch to collecting it is Fred and Lamont must fly to St. Louis and oversee the funeral arrangements. But steady Freddy isn't sure he's ready to take his first flight in an airplane.

Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Wally Taylor, Rudy Challenger

Votes: 176

35. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: TV or Not TV (1972)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

In need of a new color television, Fred is upset when Lamont decides to spend the money instead on a new car. Lamont has a change of heart, however, when Fred wanders away from home and is ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Slappy White, Peter Bonerz

Votes: 179

36. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: The Great Sanford Siege (1972)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

The Sanfords haven't been paying their bills and now find themselves trapped in their home in a standoff with a process server and a collection agency ready to repossess their unpaid furniture.

Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Dick Van Patten, Patrick Campbell

Votes: 190

37. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: The Older Woman (1975)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Fred and Grady don disguises to discover the cougar who has her claws in Lamont's heart.

Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Kim Hamilton

Votes: 116

38. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: The Shootout (1972)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Lamont brings home an antique Revolutionary War rifle and Fred finds out whether it can still fire after 200 years.

Director: Peter Baldwin | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Leo Fuchs, Hal Williams

Votes: 167

39. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: The Will (1977)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Fred suffers amnesia after being bludgeoned with Esther's silver-plated Bible. Having looked death in the face, Fred wants to get his affairs in order and so prepares his last will and testament and summons his friends for its reading.

Director: Russ Petranto | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley

Votes: 98

40. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: We Were Robbed (1972)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

O, what a tangled web Fred weaves when he fakes a robbery to cover-up his careless destruction of Lamont's prized porcelain and glass collection.

Director: Coby Ruskin | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Noam Pitlik, Hal Williams

Votes: 193

41. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Whiplash (1972)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Fred's fine following his fender bender with a Cadillac, but Bubba convinces him to claim whiplash and then lay claim to a gold mine in monetary damages.

Director: Rick Edelstein | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Noam Pitlik, Hal Williams

Votes: 184

42. Skärgårdsdoktorn (1997–2000)
Episode: Stadsfolk och öbor (1998)

57 min | Drama

Wilma decide to cheer up a grieving widower. Dr Steen receive a young girl who may suffer from meningitis.

Director: Martin Asphaug | Stars: Samuel Fröler, Ebba Hultkvist Stragne, Sten Ljunggren, Helena Brodin

Votes: 20

43. Sanford (1980–1981)
Episode: Perfect Husband (1980)

30 min | Comedy

Fred and Eve's engagement hits a bump in the road when Eve romanticizes her late husband as an angel and a saint and flesh and blood Fred fears he can't compete.

Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Redd Foxx, Dennis Burkley, Marguerite Ray, Nathaniel Taylor

Votes: 16

44. Sanford (1980–1981)
Episode: The Meeting: Part 2 (1980)

30 min | Comedy

Fred proposes to Eve, but feels very out of place in her sophisticated social circle, especially when wearing a borrowed magician's tuxedo.

Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Redd Foxx, Dennis Burkley, Marguerite Ray, Nathaniel Taylor

Votes: 26

45. The Walking Dead (2010–2022)
Episode: Here's Negan (2021)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Carol takes Negan on a journey, hoping to minimize the increasing tension. Negan reflects on the events that led him to this point and comes to a conclusion about his future.

Director: Laura Belsey | Stars: Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan, Christian Serratos

Votes: 15,319

46. Trpaslík (2017– )
Episode: Ctvrtek (2017)

41 min | Comedy, Fantasy

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Director: Jan Prusinovský | Stars: Michal Suchánek, Marika Sarah Procházková, Jakub Sorm, Tereza Taliánová

Votes: 14