Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-harry-houdini"

51. Leprechaun 2 (1994)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

On his one thousandth birthday, an evil leprechaun selects the descendant of one of his slaves to have as his bride, leaving it up to the girl's boyfriend to save her.

Director: Rodman Flender | Stars: Warwick Davis, Charlie Heath, Shevonne Durkin, Sandy Baron

Votes: 11,943 | Gross: $2.26M

52. The Treatment (2014)

Not Rated | 131 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A police inspector haunted by the childhood abduction of his brother becomes obsessed with the disturbing case of a dangerous serial kidnapper

Director: Hans Herbots | Stars: Geert Van Rampelberg, Ina Geerts, Johan van Assche, Laura Verlinden

Votes: 10,017

53. V/H/S Viral (2014)

R | 81 min | Adventure, Crime, Horror

A Los Angeles police chase sends a fame-obsessed man on a wild ride to save his girlfriend from a cybernetic terror.

Directors: Justin Benson, Gregg Bishop, Todd Lincoln, Aaron Moorhead, Marcel Sarmiento, Nacho Vigalondo | Stars: Patrick Lawrie, Emilia Ares, Celia K. Milius, Steve Berens

Votes: 19,284 | Gross: $0.00M

54. The Lady Eve (1941)

Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him.

Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette

Votes: 23,445

55. Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A father struggling with bipolar disorder tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.

Director: Maya Forbes | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky, Ashley Aufderheide

Votes: 17,071 | Gross: $1.43M

56. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018)

R | 78 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In an alternative Victorian Age Gotham City, Batman begins his war on crime while he investigates a new series of murders by Jack the Ripper.

Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Bruce Greenwood, Jennifer Carpenter, Chris Cox, John DiMaggio

Votes: 19,057

57. Switching Channels (1988)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Crime

A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty

Votes: 4,098 | Gross: $9.13M

58. Radioland Murders (1994)

PG | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.

Director: Mel Smith | Stars: Brian Benben, Mary Stuart Masterson, Ned Beatty, George Burns

Votes: 3,920 | Gross: $1.30M

59. Munster, Go Home! (1966)

Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The Munsters travel to England after Herman discovers he's the new Lord of the Munster Hall.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick

Votes: 3,058

60. Bloody Summer Camp (2021)

125 min | Comedy, Horror

In 1986, a group of counselors gather at Camp Trustfall to prepare for the new Summer. Soon after arriving, a killer wearing a devil mask begins killing them off one by one. Is this the boy... See full summary »

Director: David Kerr | Stars: Kay Leahy, Chanda Rawlings, Wayne Townsend, Cody Faulk

Votes: 720

61. Miss Annie Rooney (1942)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A poor teen girl falls for a rich teen boy who invites her to his gala birthday party. Her grandfather helps her to buy a party dress. The girl's father is an inventor and he wants to sell his improved synthetic rubber to the boy's father.

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Shirley Temple, William Gargan, Guy Kibbee, Dickie Moore

Votes: 603

62. Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (2009 Video)

Not Rated | 76 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The gang goes on a trip to check on Velma's younger sister, Madelyn. She's been studying stage magic at the Whirlen Merlin Magic Academy, where apparently there have been sightings of a giant griffin. The gang decides to investigate.

Directors: Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone | Stars: Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, Grey Griffin, Mindy Cohn

Votes: 3,158

63. Second Chances (2013 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance

A single mom of two rents out a ground floor room to a single, injured fireman.

Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Alison Sweeney, Greg Vaughan, Edward Asner, Benjamin Stockham

Votes: 2,035

64. The Mummy's Hand (1940)

Approved | 67 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

Archaeologists defile the tomb of mummified Kharis, who was buried alive for falling in love with an Egyptian princess.

Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford, Eduardo Ciannelli

Votes: 4,721

65. Harpoon (2019)

Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean desperate for survival.

Director: Rob Grant | Stars: Munro Chambers, Chris Gray, Emily Tyra, Brett Gelman

Votes: 6,224

66. Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)

R | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

The "bad boys of magic" go over the edge in this mind-blowing, role-switching comedy murder mystery set in the dizzying world of Atlantic City casinos.

Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Penn Jillette, Teller, Caitlin Clarke, David Patrick Kelly

Votes: 2,062

67. Uncanny (2015)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

The world's first "perfect" Artificial Intelligence begins to exhibit startling and unnerving emergent behavior when a reporter begins a relationship with the scientist who created it.

Director: Matthew Leutwyler | Stars: Mark Webber, David Clayton Rogers, Lucy Griffiths, Rainn Wilson

Votes: 5,951

68. Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a Con (2021 TV Movie)

84 min | Mystery

When one of Aida Teagarden's real estate clients is found murdered, her sleuthing daughter, Aurora sets out with her fiancé, Nick, to solve the murder.

Director: Tony Dean Smith | Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Niall Matter, Marilu Henner, Lexa Doig

Votes: 816

69. Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)

Unrated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Zhenia, a Russian-speaking immigrant from the East, works as a masseur in Poland and becomes a guru-like figure in a wealthy gated community of his clients.

Directors: Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert | Stars: Alec Utgoff, Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Weronika Rosati

Votes: 2,770

70. An Honest Liar (2014)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

The life and career of the renowned stage magician turned scientific skeptic of the paranormal, James Randi.

Directors: Tyler Measom, Justin Weinstein | Stars: James Randi, Penn Jillette, Teller, Ray Hyman

Votes: 10,521 | Gross: $0.12M

71. The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)

Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy

Young Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Dick Bentley, Peter Cook

Votes: 929

72. Out of the Blue (1947)

Approved | 84 min | Comedy

Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type married to the beautiful-but-domineering Mae; a Bohemian artist, David Galleo and his ... See full summary »

Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: George Brent, Virginia Mayo, Turhan Bey, Ann Dvorak

Votes: 483

73. Oxygen (1999)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two guys kidnap the wife of a rich man and bury her in a box with 24 hours of oxygen. Tough NYPD Detective Maddy and others get the case. Will they get to her in time?

Director: Richard Shepard | Stars: Maura Tierney, Adrien Brody, James Naughton, Laila Robins

Votes: 4,709

74. Cops (1922)

Unrated | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Family

A series of mishaps manages to make a young man get chased by a big city's entire police force.

Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Virginia Fox, Steve Murphy

Votes: 6,961

75. The Great Buster (2018)

Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

Documentary on the life and works of comic genius Buster Keaton, directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Dick Cavett, Frank Capra, Jim Curtis

Votes: 2,395 | Gross: $0.14M

76. The House Next Door (2002)

R | 95 min | Thriller, Drama

A nightmare-prone children's book illustrator and her weak-willed husband move next door to an ex-marine bar owner and his timid wife. A gunshot and a backyard burial lead the artist to suspect murder.

Director: Joey Travolta | Stars: James Russo, Theresa Russell, Sean Young, A.J. Cook

Votes: 806

77. Murder by Natural Causes (1979 TV Movie)

100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Allison, the unfaithful wife of a famous mentalist with a heart problem, wants her lover to try to kill her husband by scaring him to death, but the whole thing goes downhill.

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Richard Anderson, Katharine Ross, Hal Holbrook, Barry Bostwick

Votes: 876

78. Double Tap (1997)

R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A drug-lord targets an undercover FBI agent and the hit man she falls in love with while tracking.

Director: Greg Yaitanes | Stars: Stephen Rea, Heather Locklear, Peter Greene, Mykelti Williamson

Votes: 658

79. The Heavenly Body (1944)

Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

The neglected wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a new dream man in her life will come true.

Directors: Alexander Hall, Vincente Minnelli | Stars: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, James Craig, Fay Bainter

Votes: 1,039

80. My Brother the Devil (2012)

Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Two teenage brothers must face their own prejudices head on if they are to survive the perils of being Egyptians growing up on the streets of gangland London.

Director: Sally El Hosaini | Stars: James Krishna Floyd, Elarica Johnson, Fady Elsayed, Saïd Taghmaoui

Votes: 3,365 | Gross: $0.01M

81. DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Their Time Is Now (2016 TV Movie)

22 min | Documentary, Action, Sci-Fi

The producers introduce audiences to the characters and concepts of "Legends of Tomorrow", the upcoming spin-off of superhero series "Arrow" and "The Flash".

Stars: Victor Garber, Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Phil Klemmer

Votes: 4,540

82. Man of the Century (1999)

R | 77 min | Comedy, Romance

Fantasy-comedy about a young man who lives as if it is 1928 or so, and his encounters with modern-day women and modern-day criminals.

Director: Adam Abraham | Stars: Gibson Frazier, Cara Buono, Ian Edwards, Brian Davies

Votes: 1,271 | Gross: $0.03M

83. Man on the Run (1949)

82 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In post-war Britain, an army deserter unwittingly gets involved in murder and armed robbery and enlists the aid of a war widow to help clear his name.

Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Edward Chapman, Laurence Harvey

Votes: 451

84. Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Mystery

With a ruthless gang terrorizing London, Scotland Yard calls Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond out of retirement. With the help of detective Helen Smith, Drummond infiltrates the gang under an ... See full summary »

Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Margaret Leighton, Robert Beatty, David Tomlinson

Votes: 473

85. Beyond and Back (1978)

G | 93 min | Documentary

A documentary that explores the subject of near death experiences.

Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Brad Crandall, Vern Adix, Linda Bishop, Janet Bylund

Votes: 186 | Gross: $23.78M

86. I've Got Your Number (1934)

Unrated | 69 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery

Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Joan Blondell, Pat O'Brien, Allen Jenkins, Glenda Farrell

Votes: 521

87. Love, Gloria (2012)

85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An actress with anger issues has to save not only her fledgling career, but her own life, when she gets abducted after an audition.

Director: Nick Scown | Stars: Heather McComb, Danny Woodburn, Stephanie Hodes, Jillian Bell

Votes: 60

88. O Beautiful (2002)

29 min | Short, Drama

Being gay bashed and left in a corn field in rural America takes an unusual turn when one of the bashers returns with remorse and a secret.

Director: Alan Brown | Stars: Jay Gillespie, David Clayton Rogers

Votes: 656

89. Miracles for Sale (1939)

Not Rated | 71 min | Crime, Mystery

Retired performer Mike Morgan sells original illusions to fellow magicians, and although he believes in the supernatural, likes to expose sham psychics. This involves him in some mysterious murders.

Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Robert Young, Florence Rice, Frank Craven, Henry Hull

Votes: 846

90. Maldito Amor (2014)

TV-MA | 100 min | Comedy, History, Horror

This story involves prom night, high school unrequited love, love triangles, and mysterious murders.

Directors: Gonzalo Badilla, Sebastián Badilla | Stars: Sebastián Badilla, Kel Calderón, Trinidad de la Noi, Steffi Méndez

Votes: 268

91. Colors of Wind (2017)

119 min | Drama, Romance

Before Ryo's girlfriend dies, she tells him that a woman who looks identical to her is in Hokkaido. To find out, Ryo travels to Hokkaido.

Director: Jae-young Kwak | Stars: Takemi Fujii, Yûki Furukawa, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Maiko Itô

Votes: 199

92. The Magic of David Copperfield VI: Floating Over the Grand Canyon (1984 TV Special)

50 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

This is the 6th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by the host Ricardo Montalban. It is officially titled "THE MAGIC OF David Copperfield VI" but is better known as "The Magic of David ... See full summary »

Directors: David Copperfield, Jeff Margolis | Stars: David Copperfield, Ricardo Montalban, Bonnie Tyler, Heather Thomas

Votes: 44

93. The Magic of David Copperfield II (1979 TV Special)

50 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

This is the second CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by the host Bill Bixby, but is still titled "THE MAGIC OF DAVID COPPERFIELD", without the number "II" with which is better known. ... See full summary »

Director: Stan Harris | Stars: David Copperfield, Loni Anderson, Valerie Bertinelli, Robert Stack

Votes: 81

94. The Magic of David Copperfield XV: Fires of Passion (1993 TV Special)

48 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

This is the 15th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced from Caesars Palace by David Copperfield himself, who describes an escapology number which would be performed in this location as the... See full summary »

Directors: David Copperfield, Michael Dimich | Stars: David Copperfield, Wayne Gretzky, Harry Houdini

Votes: 47

95. R.I.P., Rest in Pieces (1997)

Documentary, Biography, War

R.I.P Rest in Pieces is an intimate portrait of artist Joe Coleman, who is known around the world as a shamanic, moral voice diagnosing the ills of 21st century America.

Director: Robert-Adrian Pejo | Stars: Hasil Adkins, Bill Coleman, Joe Coleman, Manuel De Landa

Votes: 146

96. Cinematic Titanic: The Oozing Skull (2007 Video)

Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy

Cinematic Titanic dissects The Oozing Skull, aka _Brain of Blood (1972)_.

Stars: Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson, Mary Jo Pehl

Votes: 308

97. Vaudeville (1924)

6 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

Ko-Ko hosts a vaudeville revue featuring rope tricks, an equestrian act, trained seals, and stage magic.

Director: Dave Fleischer | Star: Max Fleischer

Votes: 59

98. Mosquito (2010)

12 min | Short, Drama

A coming of age story about a 13-year old Dominican boy -- nicknamed Mosquito by his tormentors -- who fights to win their respect on a memorable Halloween night in 1974. MOSQUITO captures ... See full summary »

Director: Jeremy Engle | Stars: Vaughn Bowman, James Cartwright, John Diaz, Marion Matthias

Votes: 23

99. d'ILLUSION: The Houdini Musical (2021)

53 min | Biography, Drama, Musical

The University of Cincinnati - College-Conservatory of Music's Musical Theater Program presents their filmed production of Bálint Varga's new original musical about the life of Erik Weiss, the man who became the legendary Harry Houdini.

Director: Julia Schick | Stars: Christian Feliciano, Alloria Frayser, Jamal Stone, Jack Brewer

100. The World's Most Dangerous Magic (1998 TV Special)

60 min | Fantasy

Leading magicians perform tricks and escape feats that threaten death or horrific injury should they fail. Robert Gallup escapes from a strait jacket while suspended from burning ropes and ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Carter | Stars: Robert Gallup, Dean Gunnarson, Mark Kalin, Gary Kurtz