Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "abandoned-theatre"

1. Empire of Light (2022)

R | 115 min | Drama, Romance

A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones

Votes: 24,076

2. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.

Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt

Votes: 108,072 | Gross: $1.88M

3. August Rush (2007)

PG | 114 min | Drama, Music

A musically gifted orphan, Evan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater.

Director: Kirsten Sheridan | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard

Votes: 111,057 | Gross: $31.66M

4. Batman: Arkham City (2011 Video Game)

T | Action, Crime, Mystery

When part of Gotham is turned into a private reserve for criminals known as Arkham City, all hell is sure to break loose, and the Dark Knight is the only one who can stop it.

Director: Sefton Hill | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, David Kaye, Carlos Alazraqui

Votes: 34,824

5. The Brothers Bloom (2008)

PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job - showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.

Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi

Votes: 52,575 | Gross: $3.52M

6. Veneciafrenia (2021)

R | 100 min | Horror

A group of Spanish tourists in Venecia will find themselves fighting for their lives against locals that are not too keen on foreigners.

Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Ingrid García Jonsson, Silvia Alonso, Goize Blanco, Nicolás Illoro

Votes: 3,157

7. Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)

PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Phoebe Brand, George Gaynes, Jerry Mayer

Votes: 5,155 | Gross: $1.75M

8. Big Time Operators (1957)

Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy

A young couple inherits a debt-ridden old movie theater, appropriately nicknamed "The Flea Pit", and the three eccentric senior citizens who work there.

Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Margaret Rutherford, Peter Sellers

Votes: 2,259

9. Human Capital (2013)

Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama

The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.

Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Matilde Gioli, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Guglielmo Pinelli

Votes: 13,421 | Gross: $0.16M

10. Faubourg 36 (2008)

PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Music, Musical

When Chansonia, a nightclub, is shut down by the landlord, the stage manager Pigoil is forced to look for a new job. He finds hope when he discovers a young woman with a lovely singing voice.

Director: Christophe Barratier | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad, Nora Arnezeder

Votes: 2,935 | Gross: $0.85M

11. El Fantasma de mi Novia (2018)

TV-MA | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A petty thief who can see the dead meets the ghost of an actress who has 9 days to find real love and wake up from a coma.

Director: Francis "Indio" Disla Ferreira | Stars: William Levy, Carmen Villalobos, Fausto Mata, Brandon Peniche

Votes: 243

12. The London Nobody Knows (1968)

53 min | Documentary

A trippy 45-minute documentary of late-1960s London that is a fascinating time capsule of the remnants of a bygone age before London's extensive redevelopment in the late 1960s.

Director: Norman Cohen | Star: James Mason

Votes: 393

13. The Knife Thrower (2023)

81 min | Comedy, Horror

In this found footage horror mockumentary, knife thrower Gord Bright decides the best way to stop the bank from foreclosing on his theatre is to lock its doors - with everyone inside. Can his daughter Jessie put an end to his murder spree?

Director: Mark Fend | Stars: Alexandre Paquette, Jessica Huether, Ron Sparks, Mark Fend

14. The Ultimate Survivor (2011)

60 min | Documentary, History

The untold story of a legendary cinema.

Director: Philip Hind | Stars: Brian Aldiss, John Buckley, Jane Derricott, Philippa Farrow

15. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: The Man Who Knew Too Little (1989)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man wakes up in a hotel room, with amnesia, and the only people that seem even remotely familiar to him are the hotel receptionist, a girl he spent the night with and a businessman that's staying in the hotel.

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Lewis Collins, Cynthia Belliveau, Richard Sali, Don Fenton

Votes: 80

16. The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999)
Episode: Legends of the Dark Knight (1998)

TV-PG | 20 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Several children give their widely varying opinions of who they think Batman is.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Gary Owens, Michael Ironside, Michael McKean

Votes: 955

17. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996)
Episode: The Wedding: Part I (1995)

Not Rated | 21 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Rita Repulsa drugs Lord Zedd with a love potion and launches her own attack against the Rangers.

Director: Shuki Levy | Stars: Amy Jo Johnson, David Yost, Johnny Yong Bosch, Karan Ashley

Votes: 455

18. Psych (2006–2014)
Episode: Psych: The Musical (2013)

TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Shawn and Gus dive into a world that's equal parts mystery and melody to track down a mad playwright who burnt down a theater after locking a critic inside.

Director: Steve Franks | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson

Votes: 1,470