Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "writing-on-skin"

1. Mulan (1998)

G | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.

Directors: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook | Stars: Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong, Miguel Ferrer

Votes: 316,390 | Gross: $120.62M

2. Memory (I) (2022)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An assassin-for-hire finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Liam Neeson, Guy Pearce, Taj Atwal, Harold Torres

Votes: 35,047

3. Colombiana (2011)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A young girl in Bogotá witnesses her parents' murder and grows up to be a stone-cold assassin.

Director: Olivier Megaton | Stars: Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Callum Blue, Jordi Mollà

Votes: 107,632 | Gross: $36.67M

4. 100 Girls (2000)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

Matt spends the night with a girl in an elevator during power outage in a girls' college dorm. He never sees her. Waking up in the morning, panties are all that's left of her. How does he find her in a building with 100 girls?

Director: Michael Davis | Stars: Jonathan Tucker, Emmanuelle Chriqui, James DeBello, Katherine Heigl

Votes: 23,629

5. Knights of Badassdom (2013)

R | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Live-action role players conjure up a demon from Hell by mistake and they must deal with the consequences.

Director: Joe Lynch | Stars: Ryan Kwanten, Steve Zahn, Peter Dinklage, Summer Glau

Votes: 21,523 | Gross: $0.09M

6. Savage Streets (1984)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and killed her best friend.

Directors: Danny Steinmann, Tom DeSimone | Stars: Linda Blair, John Vernon, Robert Dryer, Johnny Venokur

Votes: 5,695

7. Black Box (II) (2020)

Not Rated | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an agonizing experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is.

Director: Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour | Stars: Mamoudou Athie, Phylicia Rashad, Amanda Christine, Tosin Morohunfola

Votes: 17,239

8. Kwaidan (1964)

Not Rated | 183 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.

Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Kenjirô Ishiyama

Votes: 19,978

9. Cube²: Hypercube (2002)

R | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Eight strangers awaken with no memory, in a puzzling cube-shaped room where the laws of physics do not always apply.

Director: Andrzej Sekula | Stars: Kari Matchett, Geraint Wyn Davies, Grace Lynn Kung, Matthew Ferguson

Votes: 70,387

10. Book of Blood (2009)

R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A paranormal expert discovers a house that is at the intersection of so-called "highways" transporting souls in the afterlife.

Director: John Harrison | Stars: Jonas Armstrong, Sophie Ward, Clive Russell, Paul Blair

Votes: 8,289

11. The River Murders (2011)

R | 92 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

While investigating a series of murders, a homicide detective becomes the prime suspect when the FBI uncovers his close personal ties to all the victims.

Director: Rich Cowan | Stars: Ray Liotta, Gisele Fraga, Michael Rodrick, Sarah Ann Schultz

Votes: 5,161

12. This Is Not Berlin (2019)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama

In the 1980s, an outsider gets invited to a mythical nightclub where he's unleashed to punk, sexual liberty and drugs.

Director: Hari Sama | Stars: Lumi Cavazos, Marina de Tavira, Ximena Romo, Dalia Xiuhcoatl

Votes: 1,430

13. The Exorcism of Anna Ecklund (2016)

Not Rated | 79 min | Horror

A Priest and a Vatican investigator take a possessed housewife to a convent to perform an Exorcism.

Director: Andrew Jones | Stars: Lee Bane, Tiffany Ceri, Jeff Raggett, Judith Haley

Votes: 1,202

14. The Possession of Michael D. (1995 TV Movie)

105 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Michael and Jenny want to start to live together but the presence of a dark force begins to destroy their happiness forever. Everything seems to focus on Michael who has terrible nightmares... See full summary »

Director: Michael Kennedy | Stars: Phylicia Rashad, Stephen Lang, Sheila McCarthy, Michael Riley

Votes: 222

15. Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (2016)

90 min | Documentary

Documentary about the American dancer Wendy Whelan

Directors: Linda Saffire, Adam Schlesinger | Stars: Peter Martins, David Prottas, Wendy Whelan

Votes: 383 | Gross: $0.13M

16. M (I) (2017)

100 min | Drama

Lila and Mo meet at a bus stop. Lila has a paralyzing speech impediment. Mo is chatty, exuberant. Lila is preparing for her exams. Mo illegally races cars for a living. Opposites attract, they fall in love. But Mo carries a secret burden.

Director: Sara Forestier | Stars: Sara Forestier, Redouanne Harjane, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Liv Andren

Votes: 473

17. How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014)
Episode: The Pineapple Incident (2005)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After an alcohol-induced blackout, Ted awakens to find a strange woman and a pineapple in his bed.

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

Votes: 6,821

18. The Hunger (1997–2000)
Episode: The Diarist (1999)

R | 26 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

After a witch casts a death spell on her fiancé, a woman must learn the art of witchcraft to save his soul.

Director: Alain Desrochers | Stars: David Bowie, Lisa Ann Hadley, Daniela Olivieri, Ian M. Watson

Votes: 67

19. Sex and the City (1998–2004)
Episode: The Freak Show (1999)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Carrie ponders the theory that all Manhattan men are freaks. After Samantha found out an eligible lawyer has a masochistic closet, she decides too cheer up herself by scheduling having her ... See full summary »

Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon

Votes: 829

20. That '70s Show (1998–2006)
Episode: Kitty's Birthday (That's Today?!) (2001)

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

Eric and Red forgot Kitty's birthday. Kelso has a plan to win Jackie back.

Director: David Trainer | Stars: Topher Grace, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson

Votes: 953

21. Better Call Saul (2015–2022)
Episode: Axe and Grind (2022)

TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama

Kim and Jimmy enlist a knowledgeable contact; Howard scrutinizes Jimmy's business practices.

Director: Giancarlo Esposito | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian

Votes: 16,931

22. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode: The Financial Permeability (2009)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Romance

Leonard and Sheldon try to help out Penny when she can't afford to pay her rent.

Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg

Votes: 4,141

23. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: The Drowned and the Saved (2009)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A murder investigation uncovers connections to the governor's wife, and perhaps a scandal involving the governor and an appointment for an open US Senate seat. But can Jack McCoy ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Berner | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, S. Epatha Merkerson, Linus Roache

Votes: 286

24. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Bloodshot (2009)

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

Patrick is temporarily blinded by a bomb blast just before the CBI are called in to investigate the murder of a stock-broker.

Director: Chris Long | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,820

25. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: The Performer (2009)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The BAU team follows a trail of murders that seems to align with the tour schedule of a rock star.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler

Votes: 2,143

26. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Fed (2009)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Lupo and Bernard discover that a murdered member of a progressive community activist group may have been a conservative trying to expose the group's wrongdoings. Meanwhile, Van Buren gets bad news from former detective Rey Curtis.

Director: Alex Chapple | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, S. Epatha Merkerson, Linus Roache

Votes: 292

27. The Triangle (2005)
Episode: Episode 2 (2005)

Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The team is taken in by the men in black and later released. Howard and Stan search for the plane crash survivor's grandfather, while Bruce and Emily look for the source of the anomalies in the Triangle. Confused Meeno becomes suicidal.

Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Catherine Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bruce Davison

Votes: 202

28. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Bloodstream (2011)

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

LaRoche's unwelcome presence at a crime scene puts pressure on the team as they investigate the murder of a transplant doctor at a golf club.

Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,277

29. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode: The Good Guy Fluctuation (2011)

TV-PG | 20 min | Comedy, Romance

Sheldon tries to get into the spirit of Halloween by trying to scare the guys after they prank him. Leonard seeks Penny's advice when an attractive comic book artist takes an interest in him.

Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg

Votes: 4,477

30. The Following (2013–2015)
Episode: Pilot (2013)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

In the series premiere episode, FBI Agent Ryan Hardy is called out of retirement to track down serial killer Joe Carroll who's escaped from prison.

Director: Marcos Siega | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Jeananne Goossen, Natalie Zea, Shawn Ashmore

Votes: 2,422

31. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode: The Date Night Variable (2012)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Romance

Raj crashes Sheldon and Amy's second anniversary and interferes in Leonard and Penny's relationship. Howard gets caught in the middle of an argument between Bernadette and his mother.

Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg

Votes: 4,526

32. New Girl (2011–2018)
Episode: Control (2012)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

After Jess realizes that Schmidt is unfairly doing all of the housework, she pushes him to "go on strike," and the entire ecosystem of the loft is thrown off balance. Meanwhile, Nick ... See full summary »

Director: Jesse Peretz | Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Lamorne Morris

Votes: 1,449

33. Psych (2006–2014)
Episode: A Touch of Sweevil (2014)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Shawn is ecstatic when he discovers he's finally been invited to participate in a prestigious paranormal convention for police consultants.

Director: Richard Coleman | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson

Votes: 736

34. Bates Motel (2013–2017)
Episode: The Escape Artist (2014)

TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Norman trusts Cody with a family secret. Dylan finds himself fighting for his life as Zane's drug war escalates. Norma makes a deal with a mysterious man to help stop the bypass while Norman faces some of his childhood demons.

Director: Christopher Nelson | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke

Votes: 1,801

35. The Young Pope (2016)
Episode: Episode #1.8 (2016)

TV-MA | 61 min | Drama

The Pope deals with his grief after experiencing a personal loss, and he travels to Africa where his eyes are opened to wider suffering.

Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Javier Cámara

Votes: 1,424

36. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: The Djinn (No. 43) (2015)

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

Red enlists a task force to locate the Djinn, an enigmatic woman who fulfills revenge fantasies. Red and Liz believe the Djinn can lead them to the Cabal and help them exonerate Liz.

Director: Omar Madha | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold

Votes: 1,922

37. Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023)
Episode: Eye of the Beholder (2017)

TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

The Clark family find themselves in a dire predicament and must work together to discover a path to safety.

Director: Andrew Bernstein | Stars: Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey

Votes: 4,510

38. Crazyhead (2016)
Episode: A Very Trippy Horse (2016)

TV-MA | 45 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

When bowling alley attendant Amy realises that her best mate is harbouring a foul-mouthed, hell-raised demon she knows she has to act. Fortunately she is not alone, she has an ally in Raquel and the pair prepare for their first exorcism.

Director: Al Mackay | Stars: Cara Theobold, Susan Wokoma, Luke Allen-Gale, Tony Curran

Votes: 281

39. MenT (2012– )
Episode: To nejlepsí za leden (2018)

17 min | Comedy, Game-Show, Reality-TV

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Director: Jan Macák | Stars: Stepán Buchta, Radion Drozdov, Artur Kokstejn, Jan Macák