Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "truth-serum"

51. Little City (1997)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

San Francisco is a little city, where you keep running into the same 6 people, here 5 around 30 y.o. and a cougar on the prowl for young women, all going in and out of relationships.

Director: Roberto Benabib | Stars: Jon Bon Jovi, Penelope Ann Miller, Joe Bellan, Robert Elross

Votes: 1,139

52. Synomosia sti Mesogeio (1975)

95 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

After a failed mission, a British ex-spy accepts one last assignment, against the backdrop of a rare meeting between an Israeli and an Arab diplomat. In this dirty ballet of spies, two alluring women pose as friends. Can they be trusted?

Director: Vasilis Georgiadis | Stars: Lakis Komninos, Nicole Calfan, Anne Lonnberg, Andreas Filippides

Votes: 66

53. High Wall (1947)

Approved | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

After a brain-damaged man confesses to murder and is committed, Dr. Ann Lorrison tries to prove his innocence.

Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Herbert Marshall, Dorothy Patrick

Votes: 1,936

54. We Who Are About to Die (1936)

Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama

An innocent man (John Beal) sits on death row in colorful company, as friends race to save his life.

Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, John Beal, Ray Mayer

Votes: 238

55. Spy Time (2015)

93 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

Adolfo, a thirty something security guard, is going through a bad patch. Not only his lifetime girlfriend has just to finished with him to be a guy with no ambition, but he becomes the ... See full summary »

Director: Javier Ruiz Caldera | Stars: Imanol Arias, Quim Gutiérrez, Alexandra Jiménez, Berto Romero

Votes: 4,420

56. I Was a 7th Grade Dragon Slayer (2010)

PG | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Arthur Lyle miraculously discovers the secret to stopping an evil dragon named Lord Darksmoke who threatens to destroy all civilization.

Director: Andy Lauer | Stars: Lea Thompson, Hunter Allan, Eric Lutes, Richard Sellers

Votes: 745

57. Decrypted (2021)

112 min | Comedy, Drama

An outrageous and provocative dark comedy about a mismatched NSA team who kidnap Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, and attempt to torture him for the information they need to destroy cryptocurrencies.

Director: Tom Sands | Stars: Sophia Myles, David Hoflin, Amanda Abbington, Kevin McNally

Votes: 1,989

58. Guns in the Heather (1969)

144 min | Adventure, Family

Walt Disney's 3-part made-for-TV feature, The Secret of Boyne Castle (1969), originally shown on "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (the new title for "Disneyland"), re-edited into feature film form for European theatrical release.

Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Glenn Corbett, Alfred Burke, Kurt Russell, Patrick Barr

Votes: 131

59. The Secret Partner (1961)

91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A wealthy London-based shipping magnate is blackmailed by an evil dentist which threatens to reveal an old case of fraud, while the dentist himself is threatened by a mysterious masked man.

Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Stewart Granger, Bernard Lee, Haya Harareet, Hugh Burden

Votes: 794

60. Supreme Sanction (1999 TV Movie)

R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An assassin for the U.S. government becomes the next target of her employers when she spares the life of a nationally known TV reporter.

Director: John Terlesky | Stars: Michael Madsen, Kristy Swanson, David Dukes, Ron Perlman

Votes: 793

61. The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938)

Approved | 204 min | Adventure

The US marine corps must battle a would-be world conqueror who uses electricity as a weapon.

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Lee Powell, Bruce Bennett, Eleanor Stewart, Montagu Love

Votes: 126

62. Golden Earring: Twilight Zone (1982 Music Video)

4 min | Action, Music, Mystery

Music video for Golden Earring's hit song 'Twilight Zone.' Both the song and the video were inspired by the book 'The Bourne Identity.' The band's singer Barry Hay plays a secret agent on the run from enemy agents played by his bandmates.

Director: Dick Maas | Stars: Rinus Gerritsen, Golden Earring, Barry Hay, George Kooymans

Votes: 58

63. Blondie Knows Best (1946)

Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Family

In order to close a business deal, Dagwood impersonates Mr. Dithers. While doing so he must avoid the nearly blind process server Jim Gray.

Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie

Votes: 227

64. Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949)

Approved | 167 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Government agent Chris Calvert and lady sidekick Joan battle the evil spy Baroda, despite a regular barrage of shootouts, car crashes, and cliffhangers, in this routine Republic serial.

Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Kirk Alyn, Jean Dean, Anthony Warde, George J. Lewis

Votes: 231

65. Clipped Wings (1953)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Family

Slip and Sach mistakenly enlist in the Air Force where Sach is mistakenly assigned to the WACs.

Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Renie Riano

Votes: 323

66. Dark Delusion (1947)

Approved | 90 min | Drama, Mystery

Dr. Leonard Gillespie, for several reasons and not all medically related, asks a young surgeon, Dr. Tommy Coalt, to go to a small town and replace a local doctor while he is on vacation. ... See full summary »

Director: Willis Goldbeck | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, James Craig, Lucille Bremer, Jayne Meadows

Votes: 274

67. Agent Mr. Chan (2018)

101 min | Comedy, Crime

A disgraced agent is forced to come back for one last undercover assignment.

Director: Jeff Cheung | Stars: Dayo Wong, Charmaine Sheh, Cecilia So, Sze-Kwan Cheng

Votes: 573 | Gross: $0.21M

68. Divin enfant (2014)

84 min | Comedy

En épousant Sarah, une viticultrice de St Emilion qui a déjà eu deux maris, trois filles et dont le premier amour est aujourdhui le mari de sa propre ex-femme et le beau-père de sa fille, ... See full synopsis »

Director: Olivier Doran | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, Sami Bouajila, Géraldine Pailhas, Guillaume de Tonquédec

Votes: 131

69. Thornwell (1981 TV Movie)

Unrated | 97 min | Biography, Drama, History

True story about James Thornwell, who was serving the Army in Europe when some military documents went missing. He was wrongfully accused of the theft, brutally interrogated and given drugs... See full summary »

Director: Harry Morgan Moses | Stars: Glynn Turman, Vincent Gardenia, Craig Wasson, Howard E. Rollins Jr.

Votes: 63

70. The Whole Truth (1923)

10 min | Short, Comedy

Wallingford (Stan Laurel) is taken into divorce court and must explain his prolonged absences from home. After telling one far-fetched tale, the judge orders a truth serum to be used, hoping the real story will emerge.

Director: Ralph Ceder | Stars: Stan Laurel, James Finlayson, Earl Mohan, Helen Gilmore

Votes: 41

71. The Reunion Experiment (2009)

21 min | Short, Comedy

Carl Horngreen, the one time biggest geek at Central High, is now a Secret Agent for a covert counterintelligence agency. Tonight is his class reunion. Carl has big plans for his old classmates.

Director: Gayle Saunders | Stars: Cheryl Puente, Von Decarlo, Marissa Moss, Aubrey Anderson

72. Thriller (1973–1976)
Episode: Anatomy of Terror (1973)

TV-14 | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

An American visiting London becomes confused about the facts of his life, particularly those related to a mysterious Theresa.

Director: Peter Jefferies | Stars: Polly Bergen, Paul Burke, Dinsdale Landen, Basil Henson

Votes: 237

73. Imogène (1989–1996)
Episode: Imogène: Les légumes maudits (1992)

87 min

Imogène Ledantec has a new mission: the professor Binder has invented a product that allows to produce vegetables on every ground: with the patent of this product a group of people can ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Dominique Lavanant, Jean Benguigui, Riton Liebman, Louba Guertchikoff

74. The Baron (1966–1967)
Episode: Enemy of the State (1966)

TV-PG | 49 min | Crime, Drama

Mannering and Cordelia are in an Iron Curtain country where they are about to hand over some money at a secret rendezvous. However Mannering's contact has been caught by the police and ... See full summary »

Director: Jeremy Summers | Stars: Steve Forrest, Anton Diffring, Joseph Fürst, Sue Lloyd

Votes: 27

75. Bonkers (1993–1994)
Episode: Trains, Toons, and Toon Trains (1993)

TV-Y | Animation, Short, Action

Bonkers and Miranda transport a prisoner, Vic 'Stiff-Lips' Sullivan, to the state pen via train.

Stars: Jeff Bennett, William Callaway, Mary Jo Catlett, Jim Cummings

Votes: 14

76. The Honeymooners (1955–1956)
Episode: The Sleepwalker (1955)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

When Norton's sleepwalking through Ralph's apartment disturbs Ralph one time too many, Ralph decides to get to the root of Norton's trouble.

Director: Frank Satenstein | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, Joyce Randolph

Votes: 362

77. Hot Pursuit (1984–1985)
Episode: Portrait of a Lady Killer (1984)

Action, Drama, Thriller

Jim and Kate abduct Mrs. Modrian after luring her by exhibiting a painting of Kate posing as her lookalike. The couple use a drug to put the woman under hypnosis so they can draw out some ... See full summary »

Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Kerrie Keane, Eric Pierpoint, Michael Preston, Dina Merrill

78. International Detective (1959–1961)
Episode: The Brenner Case (1960)

26 min | Crime, Drama

When a woman engaged to be married to a pilot repeatedly flees from her home, her fiance engages the International Detective Agency to find her and learn what is causing her fear. They ... See full summary »

Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Art Fleming, Julia Arnall, Frederick Schiller, Ingeborg von Kusserow

79. Knight Rider (1982–1986)
Episode: Goliath: Part 1 (1983)

TV-PG | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Wilton Knight's estranged son Garthe has returned from Africa where he had been sentenced to three lifetime imprisonments. Together with his mother Elizabeth (Wilton's fourth wife) he ... See full summary »

Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Rebecca Holden, Barbara Rush

Votes: 363

80. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Repression (2001)

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

The false memories of a girl's childhood molestation by her father lead to a tragedy.

Director: Henry Bronchtein | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March

Votes: 1,122

81. Logan's Run (1977–1978)
Episode: Stargate (1978)

TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

Logan, Jessica, and Rem meet some people who are actually aliens who have assumed human form by taking the body of people they encountered. Logan and Jessica are held captive. The aliens ... See full summary »

Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Gregory Harrison, Heather Menzies-Urich, Donald Moffat, Randy Powell

Votes: 69

82. The Man Called X (1956–1957)
Episode: Truth Serum (1956)

30 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Thurston must get word to a Czech underground leader that his cover has been blown and, if he goes ahead with an important operation, his entire spy network will be captured. When the agent... See full summary »

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Barry Sullivan, John Banner, Gorday Clifton, Richard Gardner

83. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968)
Episode: The Girls of Nazarone Affair (1965)

TV-G | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

UNCLE and Thrush seek a formula that accelerates healing. The Thrush forces are led by Dr. Egret.

Director: Alvin Ganzer | Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, Kipp Hamilton

Votes: 132

84. Manimal (1983)
Episode: Night of the Scorpion (1983)

TV-PG | Adventure, Crime, Fantasy

A man is found dead on a ship with a venomous spider next to him. Jonathan is brought in and he doesn't think the spider is the cause of death. An autopsy is done and it's discovered that ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Simon MacCorkindale, Melody Anderson, Michael D. Roberts, Reni Santoni

Votes: 39

85. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Double Dead (1972)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The IMF is charged with discouraging the mob's expansion plans. But Murphy's Law makes another unexpected appearance and Willy is captured. Now Jim has to improvise a plan that includes ... See full summary »

Director: Barry Crane | Stars: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Lynda Day George, Peter Lupus

Votes: 140

86. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Underground (1972)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A gang specializing in smuggling criminals out of the country manages to free Gunther Schell, a Syndicate finance man who knows the location of $27 million in Syndicate money. But this same... See full summary »

Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Lynda Day George, Peter Lupus

Votes: 127

87. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Underwater (1971)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The mission: intercept an exchange of smuggled diamonds for $75 million cash. Capture the crooks, the cash and the diamonds. A simple job for the IMF except one of the crooks stole the ... See full summary »

Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Lynda Day George, Peter Lupus

Votes: 128

88. My Favorite Martian (1963–1966)
Episode: Russians R in Season (1963)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Martin reads about a $2 billion American space program, one he knows is doomed. Tim fabricates a letter to the paper which includes Martin's nighttime musings, thinking they will fix the program. Tim is questioned under a lie detector.

Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Ray Walston, Bill Bixby, Richard Deacon, Frank Aletter

Votes: 83

89. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Demure Defendant (1958)

TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Nadine, a demure young woman, confesses to her psychiatrist on tape under a truth serum that she poisoned her uncle. Evidence has been tampered with and planted, and Perry is in hot water as the police believe he is responsible.

Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 414

90. Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode: Remembering Rosemary (1992)

47 min | Crime, Drama, Family

On Halloween, the only witness to a 10-year-old suicide case breaks her silence to announce "murder" which sends Maxine off to dig into a local history of the victim's life. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »

Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly

Votes: 100

91. Point Pleasant (2005)
Episode: Swimming with Boyd (2005)

TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Christina and Judy take drastic steps to get the goods on Boyd by drugging him and holding him hostage in the Kramer household to roughly interrogate him about why he's in Point Pleasant ... See full summary »

Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Elisabeth Harnois, Grant Show, Sam Page, Aubrey Dollar

Votes: 67

92. The Powers of Matthew Star (1982–1983)
Episode: 36 Hours (1983)

46 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Parkland Space Center takes over guidance control for the space shuttle landing. Terrorists attack and steal the guidance module. The center has 36 hours to recover the module before the shuttle crashes. Wymore calls in Matt and Walt.

Director: Barry Crane | Stars: Peter Barton, James Karen, Louis Gossett Jr., Scott Hylands

Votes: 42

93. Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode: Star Light, Star Bright - May 21, 1966 (1992)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Sam leaps into a 79-year-old man who claims to have seen UFOs to save him from being committed and his grandson from dying of a drug overdose.

Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Morgan Weisser, H. Richard Greene

Votes: 416

94. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Sergeant Gork (1976)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Fred regales young Roger with tall tales of his World war II exploits that draw more from the late movie than the history books.

Director: William R. Wyse | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley

Votes: 107

95. Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
Episode: Barrier of Silence (1955)

30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A pilot loses his memory of what happened during a top-secret flight, most likely due to intense sound. Scientists hope to retrieve his memory by subjecting him to intense silence.

Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Truman Bradley, Adolphe Menjou, Warren Stevens, Phyllis Coates

Votes: 32

96. Search (1972–1973)
Episode: Live Men Tell Tales (1972)

60 min | Adventure

Probe agent Peter Kubica drowns scuba diving in Dubrovnik. Bianco has the body exhumed which isn't Kubica. Bianco follows the trail to Kubica's mistress in Paris.

Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Doug McClure, Anthony Franciosa, Burgess Meredith

Votes: 13

97. They Came from Outer Space (1990–1991)
Episode: Animal Magnetism (1991)

Comedy, Sci-Fi

Bo and Abe are fired from their new job and hauled to jail for ice cream embezzlement. Due to their odd behavior at the police station they are sent to a mental hospital.

Director: Dennis Donnelly | Stars: Stuart Fratkin, Dean Cameron, Allan Royal, Christopher Carroll

98. The Twilight Zone (1985–1989)
Episode: Examination Day/A Message from Charity (1985)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Puritan Charity Payne in the year 1700 and modern teenager Peter Wood, residents of the same Massachusetts town, are psychically connected due to delirium induced by a bacterial infection, and can see the world through each other's eyes.

Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Christopher Allport, David Mendenhall, Elizabeth Norment, Jeffrey Alan Chandler

Votes: 581

99. Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode: The Path to the Black Lodge (1991)

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

Bobby and Shelly reaffirm their love. Cooper calls Shelly, Donna and Audrey together to warn them about Earle. Briggs shows Cooper a tape of Windom Earle making a report on his quest for the Black Lodge.

Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook

Votes: 3,886

100. The Venture Bros. (2003–2018)
Episode: The Incredible Mr. Brisby (2004)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Dr. Venture takes the X1 to "Brisbyland" for a meeting with the theme park owner Roy Brisby. But the boys get kidnapped by the "Orange County Liberation Front" and Brock and his former ... See full summary »

Directors: Christopher McCulloch, Ki-Yong Bai | Stars: James Urbaniak, Michael Sinterniklaas, Patrick Warburton, Christopher McCulloch

Votes: 420