Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "back-story"

1. Puss in Boots (2011)

PG | 90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

An outlaw cat, his childhood egg-friend, and a seductive thief kitty set out in search for the eggs of the fabled Golden Goose to clear his name, restore his lost honor, and regain the trust of his mother and town.

Director: Chris Miller | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton

Votes: 192,200 | Gross: $149.26M

2. How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.

Director: Daniel Goldhaber | Stars: Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck

Votes: 10,049

3. Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)

R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

In the 22nd century, a scientist attempts to right the wrong his ancestor created: the puzzle box that opens the gates of Hell and unleashes Pinhead and his Cenobite legions.

Director: Kevin Yagher | Stars: Bruce Ramsay, Valentina Vargas, Doug Bradley, Charlotte Chatton

Votes: 24,572 | Gross: $16.68M

4. The Maxx (1995)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Confused hulking homeless superhero The Maxx tries to protect his social worker and friend Julie from an omniscient serial killer Mr. Gone both in the real world, which may or may not actually be real, and the subconscious fantasy world.

Stars: Amy Danles, Glynnis Talken, Tony Fucile, Michael Haley

Votes: 4,065

5. Regular Show: The Movie (2015)

TV-PG | 70 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

To save the universe, and their friendship, Mordecai and Rigby must defeat an evil volleyball coach.

Director: J.G. Quintel | Stars: J.G. Quintel, William Salyers, Sam Marin, Mark Hamill

Votes: 6,065

6. Happy Accidents (2000)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Romance

New Yorker Ruby Weaver believes she has found the man of her dreams in Sam Deed, who is her best catch in some time--except that he assures her that he came from the future.

Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Marisa Tomei, Vincent D'Onofrio, Holland Taylor, Mick Weber

Votes: 10,226 | Gross: $0.69M

7. Slattery's Hurricane (1949)

83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A former WW2 naval pilot employed by a Miami civilian company reminisces about his past and present sins while flying a plane into an incoming hurricane.

Director: André De Toth | Stars: Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Veronica Lake, John Russell

Votes: 545

8. Naughty Nurse (1969)

9 min | Comedy, Short

A doctor and nurse sneak away for a kinky encounter, only to be interrupted by a cop...with a secret of his own.

Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Valorie Armstrong, Ron Grathwohl, Christopher St. John, Alix Elias

Votes: 225

9. Darkstar: The Interactive Movie (2010)

Action, Adventure, Mystery

With the help of opinionated robots, a spaceship captain must travel back in time to prevent the destruction of planet earth while fighting alien beings and uncovering rogue adversaries along the way to reach Darkstar.

Director: J. Allen Williams | Stars: Clive Robertson, Trace Beaulieu, Alan Bryce, Frank Conniff

Votes: 72

10. Gall Force: Stardust War (1988 Video)

60 min | Animation, Action, Drama

The sequel to Gall Force: Destruction (1987). Solnoids and Paranoids plan to use their Planet Destroyer weapons to wipe each other out. Lufy and her crew try to make them see reason even if they have to sacrifice themselves to do it.

Director: Katsuhito Akiyama | Stars: Hiromi Tsuru, Yuriko Yamamoto, Mayumi Shô, Naoko Watanabe

Votes: 103

11. No Time to Die: Rami Malek, Cary Joji Fukunaga and Barbara Broccoli in Conversation with Director Guillermo del Toro (2022 Video)

35 min | Short, Talk-Show

No Time to Die's Rami Malek, Cary Joji Fukunaga and Barbara Broccoli in conversation with director Guillermo del Toro.

Stars: Guillermo del Toro, Rami Malek, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Barbara Broccoli

12. Treasure Quest (1996 Video Game)

Adventure, Fantasy, Musical

Professor Jonathon Faulkner has died and left $1,000,000 to the first of his students who solves all of the enigmatic puzzles and riddles he created in his mansion. Terry Farrel plays a guiding spirit who assists the player.

Director: Casey K. Sipes | Stars: Terry Farrell, Steve Trella, Jack Dean, Jody Marie Gnant

Votes: 17

13. Shivers (1995 Video Game)

T | Adventure, Horror, Mystery

On a dare from your friends, you spend the night in an old museum. It turns out, the museum is haunted by evil spirits.

Director: Tony Ober | Stars: Kaefan Shaw, Chandra Cogburn, Ned Harkness, Meg Davis

Votes: 83

14. Bad Day on the Midway (1995 Video Game)

Adventure, Crime, Mystery

The player must switch between characters, who are at the surreal Midway amusement park for one reason or another, to solve some puzzles and stop Ted, the psycho-killer on rampage there. The game has a time limit and no save option.

Director: Jim Ludtke | Stars: Diana Alden, Ollie Gordon, Molly Harvey, Seymore Hodges

Votes: 7

15. Kshay (2020)

15 min | Short, Drama

In the quest for a better afterlife, Vishwas is compelled to take a life-changing decision to meet his departed wife and daughter. Kshay is a motion picture that takes the audience through ... See full summary »

Director: Aditya Arvind Chavan | Stars: Tejaswini Barve, Rohit Kokate, Mukta Patwardhan, Saanvi Pofali

16. Suuret pienet elokuvat (2021– )

Documentary

"Big Small Movies" is a documentary series where we follow story behind feature film Kontakti and reasons how the project became to be a decade-long journey.

Star: Jermu Mäkinen

17. No Time to Die: Q&A with Bong Joon-ho and Cast and Crew (2022 Video)

40 min | Short, Talk-Show

Director Bong Joon-ho in conversation with actor Daniel Craig, director Cary Joji Fukunaga, producer Barbara Broccoli and cinematographer Linus Sandgren about 'No Time To Die' and the James Bond film franchise.

Stars: Bong Joon Ho, Daniel Craig, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Barbara Broccoli

18. Genesis of Jeff (2014 Video)

11 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

Actor/director Jethro Randell gives an exclusive view into the making of Don't Hurt My Cat and the creation of Jeff Michelson.

Director: Jethro Randell | Star: Jethro Randell

19. Mode (1996 Video Game)

Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Interactive experimental FMV game about the who's who party of eccentric artist Vito Brevis. Crash the party, get a guest pin that only the invitees have and discover what Brevis' latest masterwork, the Mode Machine, actually is.

Director: Jeff Green | Stars: Chip Chuipka, Natalie Gray, Daniel Richer, Quinn

20. The Awesome Adventures of Victor Vector & Yondo: The Cyberplasm Formula (1995 Video Game)

Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Fourth in the series of four interactive comic book adventure games featuring Victor Vector and Yondo. In the future, the world is still recovering from the tech crash of 2093 that wiped ... See full summary »

Stars: Beth Agnew, Ian James Corlett, Michael Donovan, Philip Maurice Hayes

21. Hysteria Project (2009 Video Game)

Adventure, Horror, Mystery

A man wakes up only to realize he's been taken, tied up and watched by a masked killer. He manages to escape, but his relentless kidnapper pursues him. The only thing he remembers is something called Project H.

Director: Guillaume Lebrasseur

22. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode: Ghost Train (1985)

Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Opa Globe is convinced it is his destiny to board a train he inadvertently caused to crash 75 years ago, and tells his nine-year old grandson the old Highball Express will careen through their house.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Roberts Blossom, Scott Paulin, Gail Edwards, Lukas Haas

Votes: 870

23. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode: No Day at the Beach (1986)

PG | 24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Scorned by his troop of poker-playing teen-aged soldiers, Arnold Skamp becomes a war hero by miraculously saving their lives when they charge the battle-torn beaches of Port Nuovo, Italy. ... See full summary »

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Larry Spinak, Ralph Seymour, Philip McKeon

Votes: 356

24. House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode: Three Stories (2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery

House's ex Stacy Warner asks him to treat her husband. House takes over a diagnostics class for a day and presents the class with three case studies of leg pain. As House tells his story and the class gradually fills up with listeners, the class learns a lot about how to be better doctors, and Chase, Foreman and Cameron learn some important details of House's past.

Director: Paris Barclay | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard

Votes: 8,848

25. The English (2022)
Episode: The Wounded Wolf (2022)

TV-MA | Drama, Western

Fifteen years earlier, Trafford witnesses a violent massacre in America which triggers another tragedy across the ocean in England setting the course of Eli and Cornelia's destiny.

Director: Hugo Blick | Stars: Christian Patterson, Tom Hughes, Rafe Spall, Steve Wall

Votes: 933

26. Ben 10: Alien Force (2008–2010)
Episode: The Secret of Chromastone (2010)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A celestial alignment and the true function of a power shard leads Tetrax to throttle ChromaStone right out of Ben Tennyson for a time-sensitive assignment.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: Yuri Lowenthal, Ashley Johnson, Greg Cipes, Dee Bradley Baker

Votes: 355

27. Ben 10: Alien Force (2008–2010)
Episode: Vendetta (2010)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Ragnarok, the villain who killed Kevin's father, is out to complete the mission he started years ago. Kevin is determined to stop him and get revenge.

Director: Rick Morales | Stars: Yuri Lowenthal, Ashley Johnson, Greg Cipes, Dee Bradley Baker

Votes: 362

28. Hochelaga (2020– )
Episode: The Dark Side of Nursery Rhymes (2021)

12 min

Nursrey rhymes sound meaningless. Historians often believe they are tied to historical events but their cryptic lyrics can make identify the event challenging. Often the events ascribed to ... See full summary »

Star: Tommie Trelawny

29. Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010–2012)
Episode: Escape from Aggregor (2010)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The team encounters another alien who escaped from Aggregor and, through him, learns more about Aggregor's goals.

Director: Butch Lukic | Stars: Yuri Lowenthal, Ashley Johnson, Greg Cipes, Dee Bradley Baker

Votes: 332

30. Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010–2012)
Episode: ...Nor Iron Bars a Cage (2010)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Kevin's out for payback on anyone who has ever crossed him. His next stop is a prison in the Null Void. Ben and Gwen try to stop him, where Ben comes to a grim decision.

Director: Butch Lukic | Stars: Yuri Lowenthal, Ashley Johnson, Greg Cipes, Dee Bradley Baker

Votes: 312

31. Let the Right One In (2022)
Episode: More Than You'll Ever Know (2022)

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Horror

The mystery of Eleanor's origin story as a vampire is revealed.

Director: Sarah Boyd | Stars: Demián Bichir, Anika Noni Rose, Grace Gummer, Madison Taylor Baez

Votes: 289

32. Pawn Stars (2009– )
Episode: That Sinking Feeling (2012)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

The tension is sky-high for the Pawn Stars, when a book signed by Charles Lindbergh flies into focus. Then, a medal commemorating the sinking of the Lusitania torpedoes into the shop.

Director: Jairus Cobb | Stars: Corey Harrison, Richard Harrison, Rick Harrison, Austin 'Chumlee' Russell

Votes: 41

33. Salvage Hunters (2011– )
Episode: Different Visions (2024)

44 min | Reality-TV

Drew meets dealers who see antiques in different ways. He finds a carved lion with a mysterious back-story, and four chairs by his design hero, Pugin.

Director: Simon Phillips | Stars: Drew Pritchard, John Tee, Ralph Ineson

34. O Negócio (2013–2018)
Episode: Tudo Sobre Karin (2013)

TV-MA | 51 min | Comedy, Drama

Karin meets up with her old friend, Augusto, and tells him she is an escort girl. Luna and Magali make a bet with each other about their clients.

Directors: Júlia Pacheco Jordão, Michel Tikhomiroff | Stars: Rafaela Mandelli, Juliana Schalch, Michelle Batista, João Gabriel Vasconcellos

Votes: 50

35. American Horror Story (2011– )
Episode: Chapter 1 (2016)

TV-MA | 42 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Matt and Shelby, a couple from Los Angeles, leave the city and move into a mysterious house in North Carolina, where strange things begin to occur.

Director: Bradley Buecker | Stars: Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lily Rabe

Votes: 5,112

36. Power Rangers Ninja Steel (2017–2018)
Episode: Return of the Prism (2017)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Brody escapes to Earth from an alien spaceship with a special artifact called the Ninja Nexus Prism. Brody and his two new friends must unlock an artifact's secrets to defend it from the villainous champion Galvanax.

Director: Peter Burger | Stars: William Shewfelt, Nico Greetham, Zoë Robins, Peter Adrian Sudarso

Votes: 75

37. Berlin Station (2016–2019)
Episode: Do the Right Thing (2017)

TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

BB Yates's past is revealed while she juggles keeping Berlin Station's Far Right operation covert or revealing it to Ambassador Hanes; Daniel discovers a lack of trust between Otto Ganz and his daughter.

Director: Bronwen Hughes | Stars: Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, Leland Orser, Keke Palmer

Votes: 267

38. Watchmen (2019)
Episode: Little Fear of Lightning (2019)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The origin story of Looking Glass is revealed, as is the truth behind the greatest hoax in American history; The Smartest Man In The World plots a daring escape.

Director: Steph Green | Stars: Regina King, Jean Smart, Tim Blake Nelson, Andrew Howard

Votes: 7,998

39. Watchmen (2019)
Episode: This Extraordinary Being (2019)

TV-MA | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Deep under the influence of Nostalgia, Angela gets a firsthand account of her grandfather's journey.

Director: Stephen Williams | Stars: Regina King, Jean Smart, Don Johnson, Hong Chau

Votes: 9,569