Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "assignment"
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
51. Christmas Mail (2010)
TV-PG | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
In this holiday romantic comedy, a mysterious woman who works at the post office answering Santa's mail captures the heart of a disillusioned postal carrier
Director: John Murlowski | Stars: Ashley Scott, A.J. Buckley, Lochlyn Munro, Rolonda Watts
Votes: 1,952
52. Sadie's Last Days on Earth (2016)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy
Everything in high school is like the world ending and Sadie Mitchell's crippling fear of the coming apocalypse is the heightened version of that. Undeterred by the naysayers, Sadie has two... See full summary »
Director: Michael Seater | Stars: Morgan Taylor Campbell, Clark Backo, Ricardo Hoyos, Munro Chambers
Votes: 487
53. A Heavenly Christmas (2016 TV Movie)
TV-G | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Upon her untimely death, a workaholic who never put much value into the joys of Christmas finds herself recruited to be a Christmas Angel -- and is assigned a hard luck case that she accidentally falls in love with.
Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Kristin Davis, Eric McCormack, Shirley MacLaine, Jaeda Lily Miller
Votes: 2,099
54. On Her Majesty's Secret Service: The Radio Play (2014 Video)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
James Bond meets Tracy, emotionally disturbed daughter of mafia boss Draco. Now he has a double motive: seek and destroy Blofeld, and prevent Tracy killing herself.
Director: Martin Jarvis | Stars: Toby Stephens, Alfred Molina, Lisa Dillon, Joanna Lumley
Votes: 21
55. Christmas Magic (2011 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
After a fatal car accident, Carrie must earn her way into heaven when she's assigned as a guardian angel to struggling restaurant owner Scott and his daughter Abby.
Director: John Bradshaw | Stars: Lindy Booth, Paul McGillion, Derek McGrath, Kiara Glasco
Votes: 1,617
56. Real Girl (2018)
114 min | Comedy, Romance
Hikaru Tsutsui is a high school student. He enjoys animation and video games in the virtual world, but he doesn't enjoy his real life. People at his school don't even know he exists. One ... See full summary »
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Ayami Nakajô, Hayato Sano, Hiroya Shimizu, Yuri Tsunematsu
Votes: 353
57. The Avengers (1942)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, War
A British journalist working in Norway during WWII finds himself hunted by the Germans when he's tasked with a secret combat mission, while the daughter of a Norwegian sea captain helps the Brits combat the Nazi menace.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Hugh Williams, Griffith Jones, Deborah Kerr, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 593
58. Destination Gobi (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1944, US Navy specialists run a weather station in the Gobi desert where they are harassed by Japanese warplanes but aided by local Mongol nomads.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Max Showalter, Murvyn Vye
Votes: 1,134
59. Chasing Holden (2003)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama
A troubled young man (Qualls) goes on a journey to meet an author whom he feels has a strong hold on his life.
Director: Malcolm Clarke | Stars: DJ Qualls, Rachel Blanchard, Colin Fox, Sean Kanan
Votes: 485
60. The Item (1999)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Four convicts become embroiled in what seems like an easy way to get a million dollars. Enlisted to pick up a sealed box and guard it for one day, the four men let their curiosity take over and decide to look at its contents.
Director: Dan Clark | Stars: DawnMarie Ferrara, Dan Clark, Dave Pressler, Dan Lake
Votes: 961
61. Bitter Sweet (2016)
96 min | Comedy, Romance
Maki, a creative executive with a deep-seated loathing for vegetables, meets Nagisa, a closeted gay vegetarian with amazing cooking skills and they end up as roommates. Being complete ... See full summary »
Director: Shôgo Kusano | Stars: Haruna Kawaguchi, Kento Hayashi, Yasushi Fuchikami, Hiyori Sakurada
Votes: 246
62. Goldfinger: The Radio Play (2010 Video)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Martin Jarvis | Stars: Toby Stephens, Ian McKellen, Rosamund Pike, Jon David Yu
Votes: 28
63. The Anthem of the Heart (2017)
119 min | Drama, Family
Takumi is on his class' community outreach group. His teacher assigns more students to the group including a student who, due to a mishap, has foregone speaking. The class has to perform a ... See full summary »
Director: Naoto Kumazawa | Stars: Anna Ishii, Kento Nakajima, Kyôko Yoshine, Kan'ichirô Satô
Votes: 202
64. We Were There: First Love (2012)
123 min | Drama, Romance
It chronicles the love relationship between a boy called Motoharu Yano and a girl called Nanami Takahashi, starting from their teenage years and continuing during their early twenties.
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Sôsuke Takaoka, Yuika Motokariya
Votes: 701
65. Diamonds Are Forever: The Radio Play (2015 Video)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
James Bond is sent undercover by MI6 to New York to follow the illegal diamond pipeline. Masquerading as a courier he meets enticing, ice-cold, Tiffany Case.
Director: Martin Jarvis | Stars: Toby Stephens, Lisa Dillon, Jared Harris, Alan Shearman
Votes: 19
66. Abandoned Dead (2015)
TV-MA | 77 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A security guard, trapped in a run-down inner-city medical clinic, is terrorized by supernatural forces which threaten to overtake her.
Director: Mark W. Curran | Stars: Ivan Adame, Hannah Johnson, Sarah Nicklin, Judith O'Dea
Votes: 1,851
67. Live and Let Die: The Radio Play (2019 Video)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Bond tracks down monstrous Mr Big in Harlem. Big is importing priceless gold coins to finance Russian spy operations and captures Bond
Director: Martin Jarvis | Stars: Toby Stephens, Kevin Daniels, Rutina Wesley, John Standing
Votes: 19
68. Mr. Miracle (2014 TV Movie)
TV-G | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A Guardian Angel, posing as an English teacher, helps a young woman find her way before Christmas.
Director: Carl Bessai | Stars: Rob Morrow, Michelle Harrison, Britt Irvin, Sarah-Jane Redmond
Votes: 622
69. The Wings of the Kirin (2011)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man is stabbed to death in Tokyo's Nihonbashi area. The victim staggers with the knife still in the wound for eight minutes before collapsing under the winged statues of two Kirin on the ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Yui Aragaki, Junpei Mizobata, Tôri Matsuzaka
Votes: 889
70. Undersea Girl (1957)
Approved | 74 min | Crime, Drama
A woman reporter, a navy investigator, and a heavyset police detective come across a gang which scuttled a ship in order to loot her later, underwater, for a Navy money consignment.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Mara Corday, Pat Conway, Florence Marly, Dan Seymour
Votes: 50
71. From Russia with Love: The Radio Play (2012 Video)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
It's 1955 and the Russians plan an act of terrorism. Choice of target? James Bond. To be 'killed with ignominy': a major sex scandal will leave his reputation, and that of MI6, in tatters.
Director: Martin Jarvis | Stars: Toby Stephens, Olga Fedori, Nathaniel Parker, Lisa Dillon
Votes: 21
72. To Be King (2012)
125 min | Adventure, Family
The seventeen year old Stach is faced with five impossible assignments he has to complete in order to become king. Things do not go as easily as the boisterous Stach had expected, ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Abbey Hoes, Camilla Diana, Peter Post, Francesco Rossini
Votes: 743
73. Final Assignment (1980)
PG | 98 min | Drama, Thriller
Nicole is a broadcast journalist in Canada who is working on an assignment in the U.S.S.R. She is to oversee a visit by the prime minister but she finds a unethical experiment on children using the use of steroids.
Director: Paul Almond | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Michael York, Burgess Meredith, Colleen Dewhurst
Votes: 171
74. Queen's Messenger (2001)
94 min | Action
Captain Strong is given a dangerous assignment to deliver a delicate communication to the British Ambassador in Kazakhstan. Captain Strong must pledge to protect his diplomatic cargo with his life.
Director: Mark Roper | Stars: Gary Daniels, Trie Donovan, John Standing, David Westhead
Votes: 325
75. Dr. No: The Radio Play (2008 Video)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
'Dr No' is a parody of Barry Strutzman's and Albert R. Broccoli's 'Dr.No', revolving around a man with the intent of destroying the Earth's Moon with American space rockets.
Director: Martin Jarvis | Stars: Toby Stephens, Lisa Dillon, David Suchet, John Standing
Votes: 19
76. Till We Meet Again (1936)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, Romance, War
In August 1914 London, Austrian star Elsa Duranyi (Gertrude Michael) and English matinee idol Alan Barclay (Herbert Marshall) are in love and plan to marry immediately. But the War comes ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Herbert Marshall, Gertrude Michael, Lionel Atwill, Rod La Rocque
Votes: 71
77. Chô Akunin (2011)
90 min | Crime, Drama
In an editorial office the staff write about murders and other crimes. A video tape arrives one day. It features a man who calls himself 'a bad person' who claims he has raped 107 women ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Eri Aoki, Hiroaki Kawatsure, Yaeko Kiyose, Chika Kuboyama
Votes: 50
78. Lessons for an Assassin (2003)
84 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Criminal Gavin Matthews finds himself an unwilling recruit, who's identity and past has been erased by "The Corporation," a secret underground organization that acts as a rogue "Justice ... See full summary »
Director: James Glenn Dudelson | Stars: Shannon Lee, Robert Vitelli, Michael Dorn, Marianna Elliott
Votes: 132
79. Black Dahlia (1998 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Crime, Fantasy
As WWII approaches, special agent Jim Pearson is assigned to investigate US industrialist's ties to the occult German pro-Nazi Thule Society. This leads to Jim's perilous decades-long search for the apocalyptic Black Dahlia gemstone.
Directors: Eric Trow, Lance Laspina | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Teri Garr, Darren Eliker, Michael Battista
Votes: 162
80. Bjørnis (2021– )
10 min | Family
Bjørnis isn't just your typical cozy teddy bear. He is in fact a real hero in a real fire station, and loves driving a fire truck and putting out fires. Together with his colleagues, he solves assignments every day.
Stars: John F. Brungot, Annemarie Fernholt, Tone Sutterø, Anniken Lie
Votes: 5
82. O papatrehas (1966)
90 min | Comedy
With six sisters on the verge of marriage, a desperate spinster aunt, and an entire block of flats depending on him, an indefatigable concierge is making plans for the future; however, he must first find suitable husbands for his siblings.
Director: Errikos Thalassinos | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Souli Sabah, Iro Kyriakaki, Maria Soldatou
Votes: 899
83. The Secret of Treasure Island (1938)
Approved | 300 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In the Prologue, pirates hide a treasure on an island off the Mexican coast. And the pirates, the map and the treasure disappear in a volcanic eruption. The legend of the island draws ... See full summary »
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Don Terry, Gwen Gaze, Walter Miller, Grant Withers
Votes: 226
84. Garter Snake (2011)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Vares gets a client who needs private investigations. Despite the beautiful wife, Vares smells a rat.
Director: Lauri Törhönen | Stars: Antti Reini, Matti Onnismaa, Eppu Salminen, Jasper Pääkkönen
Votes: 882
85. Beware of Ladies (1936)
Approved | 64 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A female reporter with marital problems is sent by her boss to cover the campaign of a young political neophyte who's running against the local crooked political boss.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Donald Cook, Judith Allen, George Meeker, Goodee Montgomery
Votes: 106
86. O Tamtakos sto Naftiko (1988 Video)
Comedy
To avoid marriage, a spirited Romani lover-boy puts on his utility uniform to begin a rigorous training as the Navy's newest recruit. But, will he ever settle down?
Director: Takis Vougiouklakis | Stars: Mihalis Mosios, Yiouli Stamoulaki, Spiros Misthos, Vilma Tsakiri
Votes: 40
87. Akko's Secret (2012)
120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Young Atsuko Kagami comes into possession of a magical mirror that lets her transform into anything she wishes. Atsuko Kagami then attempts to save a company which is about to be sold by ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuhiro Kawamura | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Ai Yoshikawa, Masaki Okada, Takeshi Kaga
Votes: 328
88. Court-Martial (1928)
Passed | 65 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the American Civil War, A Union-Army officer is ordered by U. S. President Abraham Lincoln to bring in Belle Starr, the leader of a Missouri guerrilla band, dead or alive. However, ... See full summary »
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Jack Holt, Betty Compson, Pat Harmon, Doris Hill
Votes: 30
89. Kimi ni shika kikoenai (2007)
107 min | Drama, Romance
Ryou is a girl isolated by everyone else in her class, she doesn't even have a cell phone because no one would call her anyway. One day, she suddenly starts hearing voices of Shinya, who lives in a different prefecture.
Director: Tatsuya Hagishima | Stars: Riko Narumi, Keisuke Koide, Mika Hada, Shinichirô Ishikawa
Votes: 252
90. Tip-Off Girls (1938)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A federal agent goes after a hijacking ring that uses beautiful women to help it hijack the rigs of unsuspecting truckers.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Mary Carlisle, Lloyd Nolan, Roscoe Karns, Buster Crabbe
Votes: 77
91. They Wanted to Marry (1937)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Newspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister (mad-cap heiress Sheila Hunter) decides she prefers him to her upper-crust suitors. She even likes his pigeon, who travels everywhere with him.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Betty Furness, Gordon Jones, E.E. Clive, Patsy Parsons
Votes: 147
92. Captured in Chinatown (1935)
Approved | 54 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A feud between two gangs in Chinatown breaks out into a tong war.
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Tarzan, Marion Shilling, Charles Delaney, Philo McCullough
Votes: 90
93. 'Fraidy Cat (1951)
Approved | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
Hired as guards to protect an antique shop, Joe and Jim run into a gorilla who has been trained by a gang of thieves to rob the store.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Joe Besser, Jim Hawthorne, Ray Corrigan, Eddie Baker
Votes: 47
94. Continental Express (1939)
Approved | 73 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A mystery thriller set aboard the Orient Express bound for Istanbul. A girl is blackmailed into throwing a bomb at the President of a fictional Balkan state with the intention of starting another major war.
Director: Herbert Mason | Stars: Rex Harrison, Valerie Hobson, John Loder, Muriel Aked
Votes: 28
95. Rhythm in the Ranks (1941)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A toy soldier, distracted by a beautiful ice skater, is derelict in his duty and gets discharged. Later, when the screwball army declares war, he lucks into a chance to redeem himself.
Director: George Pal | Star: Billy Bletcher
Votes: 97
96. You Only Live Twice: The Radio Play (1990 Video)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A dramatisation for radio by Michael Bakewell of Ian Fleming's classic story. James Bond 's wife Tracey has been murdered by his deadly enemy, Blofeld. He has gone completely to pieces and ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Bakewell, Gordon House | Stars: Michael Jayston, Ronald Herdman, Sayo Inaba, Maxine Audley
Votes: 10
97. Five Nights at Treasure Island (2020 Video Game)
Horror
Your name is Jake Smith. You are a university student who joined the SSA through an educational program, mainly for your lack of money. The SSA has given you a rather strange assignment: ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Guzikowski | Stars: Matthew Phoenix Rodriguez, Njjepson, Swirlhead, Meg The Lovable Dork
Votes: 10
98. Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation Havoc (1969)
94 min | Comedy
Thou-Vou and his new partner, MAP31, accept three imaginary tasks from a cunning director who is only interested in filming the unsuspecting duo for his upcoming movie feature. Will the agents manage to squeeze success out of failure?
Director: Thanasis Vengos | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Antonis Papadopoulos, Vasilis Andreopoulos, Sassa Kazeli
Votes: 1,186
99. Rattle-Can (2021)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A reclusive college student finds social media fame as a disguised street artist who reveals his story through vandalism.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Kyle Abraham, Shawn Abraham, Hannah Bailey, Rebecca Bottorff
Votes: 70
100. The Confidence Man (2001)
94 min | Crime, Mystery
Trust, loyalty and betrayal. Don't even trust your best friend! Policeman Stevie Grimes never lost his trust in the police force but has been suspended a few months for accidentally ... See full summary »
Director: Tripp Reed | Stars: Tommy Redmond Hicks, Jack Conley, Barbara Alyn Woods, Amir Abou-Rass
Votes: 64