Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "philadelphia-pennsylvania"

51. Devil (2010)

PG-13 | 80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A group of people are trapped in an elevator and the Devil is mysteriously amongst them.

Director: John Erick Dowdle | Stars: Chris Messina, Caroline Dhavernas, Bokeem Woodbine, Logan Marshall-Green

Votes: 157,324 | Gross: $33.58M

52. 42 (2013)

PG-13 | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.

Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, T.R. Knight, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie

Votes: 103,002 | Gross: $95.00M

53. Body of Proof (2011–2013)

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

Medical examiner Megan Hunt's unique approach to solving crimes puts her at odds with her superiors.

Stars: Dana Delany, Jeri Ryan, Geoffrey Arend, Windell Middlebrooks

Votes: 20,004

54. Rocky Balboa (2006)

PG | 102 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight against the reigning heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon.

Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Tarver, Milo Ventimiglia, Burt Young

Votes: 231,895 | Gross: $70.27M

55. Fat Albert (2004)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids come to life and step out of their animated, inner-city Philadelphia world.

Director: Joel Zwick | Stars: Kenan Thompson, Kyla Pratt, Omarion, Marques Houston

Votes: 12,994 | Gross: $48.12M

56. Lady in the Water (2006)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban

Votes: 103,998 | Gross: $42.29M

57. Rocky III (1982)

PG | 99 min | Drama, Sport

Rocky faces the ultimate challenge from a powerful new contender, and must turn to a former rival to help regain his throne as the undisputed fighting champion.

Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

Votes: 211,809 | Gross: $125.05M

58. Birdy (1984)

R | 120 min | Drama, War

After two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins, Sandy Baron

Votes: 25,043 | Gross: $1.46M

59. Creed II (2018)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, newly crowned heavyweight champion Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago.

Director: Steven Caple Jr. | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad

Votes: 156,068 | Gross: $115.72M

60. Rocky V (1990)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Sport

Reluctantly retired from fighting, Rocky takes charge of Mickey's gym and agrees to train a young protégé who's hungry for success.

Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Sage Stallone

Votes: 150,979 | Gross: $40.95M

61. Quiz Lady (2023)

R | 99 min | Comedy

A game-show-obsessed woman and her estranged sister work together to help cover their mother's gambling debts.

Director: Jessica Yu | Stars: Awkwafina, Sandra Oh, Will Ferrell, Holland Taylor

Votes: 19,623

62. Rocky II (1979)

PG | 119 min | Drama, Sport

Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch.

Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

Votes: 231,884

63. Thirtysomething (1987–1991)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Seven tricenarians living in Philadelphia struggle with everyday adult angst.

Stars: Timothy Busfield, Polly Draper, Mel Harris, Peter Horton

Votes: 3,069

64. Inventing the Abbotts (1997)

R | 110 min | Drama, Romance

Two working class brothers court three wealthy and beautiful sisters in a small Illinois town.

Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup

Votes: 14,064 | Gross: $5.94M

65. Marnie (1964)

PG | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Martin Gabel, Louise Latham

Votes: 54,012 | Gross: $7.00M

66. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Romance

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey

Votes: 74,028

67. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

R | 113 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell), in which he purports to have been a C.I.A. hitman.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts

Votes: 92,152 | Gross: $16.00M

68. Last Night (I) (2010)

R | 93 min | Drama, Romance

The story follows a married couple, apart for a night while the husband takes a business trip with a colleague to whom he's attracted. While he's resisting temptation, his wife encounters her past love.

Director: Massy Tadjedin | Stars: Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Eva Mendes, Guillaume Canet

Votes: 50,700 | Gross: $0.10M

69. Invincible (2006)

PG | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

Based on the story of Vince Papale, a 30-year-old bartender from South Philadelphia who overcame long odds to play for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1976.

Director: Ericson Core | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth Banks, Kevin Conway

Votes: 75,503 | Gross: $57.81M

70. The Frisco Kid (1979)

PG | 119 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A Polish rabbi wanders through the Old West on his way to lead a synagogue in San Francisco. On the way, he is nearly burned at the stake by Native Americans and almost killed by outlaws.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri, Val Bisoglio

Votes: 11,542 | Gross: $9.35M

71. In Her Shoes (2005)

PG-13 | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Strait-laced Rose breaks off relations with her party girl sister, Maggie, over an indiscretion involving Rose's boyfriend. The chilly atmosphere is broken with the arrival of Ella, the grandmother neither sister knew existed.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Toni Collette, Cameron Diaz, Shirley MacLaine, Anson Mount

Votes: 65,169 | Gross: $32.88M

72. Game Change (2012 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History

Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska becomes Senator John McCain's running mate in the 2008 Presidential election.

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Ed Harris, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Peter MacNicol

Votes: 23,260

73. Dead Reckoning (1946)

Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A soldier runs away rather than receive the Medal of Honor, so his buddy gets permission to investigate, and love and death soon follow.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane

Votes: 8,814

74. 7th Secret (2022)

100 min | Thriller

A young wife harboring a secret finds herself wrapped up in a double life.

Director: Bridget Smith | Stars: Amanda Figueroa, Lukas Hassel, Michael Patrick Lane, Natasha Henstridge

Votes: 306

75. Ragtime (1981)

PG | 155 min | Drama

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Brad Dourif

Votes: 10,585 | Gross: $21.02M

76. The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)

PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy "invisibility" experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future.

Director: Stewart Raffill | Stars: Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas, Bobby Di Cicco

Votes: 16,790 | Gross: $8.10M

77. Taking Chance (2009 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 77 min | Drama, War

Based on real-life events, Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort officer, accompanies the body of 19-year-old Marine Chance Phelps back to his hometown of Dubois, Wyoming.

Director: Ross Katz | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge, Nicholas Art, Blanche Baker

Votes: 14,816

78. The Woodsman (2004)

R | 87 min | Drama

A child molester returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.

Director: Nicole Kassell | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Yasiin Bey, David Alan Grier

Votes: 35,437 | Gross: $0.04M

79. Baby Mama (2008)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.

Director: Michael McCullers | Stars: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Kinnear

Votes: 47,561 | Gross: $60.49M

80. American Dreams (2002–2005)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, History

In the 1960s, a family experiences life and the struggles of the era, accompanied by the well-known pop songs of the period.

Stars: Gail O'Grady, Tom Verica, Brittany Snow, Jonathan Adams

Votes: 3,265

81. 'Til Death (2006–2010)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Romance

Newlyweds move in next door to a veteran married couple of 25 years.

Stars: Brad Garrett, Joely Fisher, Kat Foster, Eddie Kaye Thomas

Votes: 6,674

82. Untitled Brad Ingelsby/HBO Drama Series

Crime | Filming

FBI Agent Tom leads a task force in a Philadelphia suburb to put an end to a string of drug-house robberies led by an unsuspecting family man.

Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey, Owen Teague, Emilia Jones

83. Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

Billy Pilgrim has mysteriously become unstuck in time. He goes on an uncontrollable trip back and forth from his birth in New York to life on a distant planet and back again to the horrors of the 1945 fire-bombing of Dresden.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans

Votes: 13,939 | Gross: $0.57M

84. Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

A young woman decides to make positive changes in her life by training for the New York City Marathon.

Director: Paul Downs Colaizzo | Stars: Jillian Bell, Jennifer Dundas, Patch Darragh, Alice Lee

Votes: 22,338 | Gross: $0.22M

85. Marshall (2017)

PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown

Votes: 26,881 | Gross: $10.05M

86. Crumb (1994)

R | 119 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.

Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb

Votes: 21,648 | Gross: $3.17M

87. Brotherly Love (1995–1997)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Three real-life siblings star in this series about an older brother who returns to the family business a year after his father dies.

Stars: Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence, Andrew Lawrence, Michael McShane

Votes: 1,783

88. Mikey and Nicky (1976)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama

Nicky is on the run from the mob, and he turns to old pal Mikey for help.

Director: Elaine May | Stars: Rose Arrick, Carol Grace, William Hickey, Sanford Meisner

Votes: 7,291

89. Fair Game (I) (2010)

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

CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.

Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong

Votes: 51,102 | Gross: $9.53M

90. 1776 (1972)

G | 141 min | Drama, Family, History

A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.

Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden

Votes: 10,317 | Gross: $6.10M

91. The Killers (1946)

Passed | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.

Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker

Votes: 23,709

92. Iron Jawed Angels (2004 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History

A little known, yet integral piece of American history: based on the lives of Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, two young radical women who were instrumental in getting women the right to vote in America.

Director: Katja von Garnier | Stars: Hilary Swank, Margo Martindale, Anjelica Huston, Frances O'Connor

Votes: 6,450

93. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–1985)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

The educational adventures of a group of Afro-American inner city kids.

Stars: Bill Cosby, Gerald Edwards, Lou Scheimer, Erika Scheimer

Votes: 2,627

94. The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)

R | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she has a tumultuous affair.

Director: Lee Daniels | Stars: Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Natasha Lyonne

Votes: 14,710

95. Amen (1986–1991)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Rev. Rueben Gregory, finds dealing with the headstrong, opinionated, and unethical Deacon Ernest Frye--who works as a lawyer when not tending to church business--won't make his job easy.

Stars: Sherman Hemsley, Clifton Davis, Anna Maria Horsford, Roz Ryan

Votes: 2,361

96. Dispatches from Elsewhere (2020)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery

Feeling as though there's something missing in their lives, four ordinary people stumble across a puzzle hiding just beyond the veil of everyday life, and their eyes are opened to a world of possibility and magic.

Stars: Jason Segel, André 3000, Eve Lindley, Richard E. Grant

Votes: 5,431

97. Clean and Sober (1988)

R | 124 min | Drama

A hustling drug addict checks himself into rehabilitation to escape trouble with the law and realizes that it's exactly what he needs.

Director: Glenn Gordon Caron | Stars: Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman, Tate Donovan

Votes: 7,255 | Gross: $8.67M

98. Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main

Votes: 12,416

99. The Watermelon Woman (1996)

Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.

Director: Cheryl Dunye | Stars: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson

Votes: 3,709

100. 42nd Street: The Musical (2019)

Not Rated | 155 min | Musical

Peggy Sawyer, a talented young performer with stars in her eyes gets her big break on Broadway.

Directors: Mark Bramble, Ross MacGibbon | Stars: Bonnie Langford, Tom Lister, Clare Halse, Philip Bertioli

Votes: 533 | Gross: $0.19M