Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "beating-heart"

1. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

R | 121 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Barry G. Bernson, Herb Caillouet, Bill Camp, Raffey Cassidy

Votes: 187,538 | Gross: $2.29M

2. Airplane! (1980)

PG | 88 min | Comedy

After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.

Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Votes: 261,256 | Gross: $83.40M

3. Jennifer's Body (2009)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror

A newly-possessed high-school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?

Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody, Johnny Simmons

Votes: 151,369 | Gross: $16.20M

4. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure

In 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri

Votes: 535,448 | Gross: $179.87M

5. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

R | 123 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hulce

Votes: 59,362 | Gross: $22.01M

6. Antlers (2021)

R | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with an ancestral creature.

Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene

Votes: 44,548

7. Tale of Tales (2015)

R | 134 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.

Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, John C. Reilly

Votes: 31,218 | Gross: $0.08M

8. Little Manhattan (2005)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

A 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl find love in New York City.

Director: Mark Levin | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Charlotte Ray Rosenberg, Bradley Whitford, Cynthia Nixon

Votes: 24,791 | Gross: $0.38M

9. La Jetée (1962)

Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Drama, Romance

The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.

Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Étienne Becker, Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich

Votes: 37,072

10. The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016)

TV-14 | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Thomas unexpectedly inherits a property with a mysterious curse.

Director: Pearry Reginald Teo | Stars: Ethan Peck, India Eisley, Natalie Hall, Bruce Davison

Votes: 3,926

11. Restoration (1995)

R | 117 min | Biography, Drama, History

The exiled royal doctor to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman.

Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill, David Thewlis, Polly Walker

Votes: 9,924 | Gross: $4.10M

12. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)

R | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

After his father dies, a disturbed young boy plots to take revenge on the new man in his mother's life.

Director: Lewis John Carlino | Stars: Sarah Miles, Kris Kristofferson, Jonathan Kahn, Margo Cunningham

Votes: 1,644

13. Mood Indigo (2013)

Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Wealthy, inventive bachelor Colin endeavors to find a cure for his lover Chloe after she's diagnosed with an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Omar Sy

Votes: 16,724 | Gross: $0.30M

14. Tales of Terror (1962)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Three tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage, Peter Lorre

Votes: 8,385

15. Frankenstein Unbound (1990)

R | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

The ultimate weapon which was meant to be safe for the mankind produces global side effects including time slides and disappearances.The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817's Switzerland.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: John Hurt, Raul Julia, Nick Brimble, Bridget Fonda

Votes: 4,136 | Gross: $0.33M

16. Truth About Demons (2000)

Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Thriller, Fantasy

An Anthropologist's life and reality are ripped apart by a Satanic cult.

Director: Glenn Standring | Stars: Karl Urban, Katie Wolfe, Jonathon Hendry, Sally Stockwell

Votes: 1,472

17. Ma ma (2015)

R | 111 min | Drama

In the aftermath of a tragedy a woman, Magda, reacts with a surge of newfound life that engulfs her circle of family and friends.

Director: Julio Medem | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Luis Tosar, Asier Etxeandia, Teo Planell

Votes: 4,744 | Gross: $0.05M

18. Howl (2010)

R | 84 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit

Votes: 13,407 | Gross: $0.62M

19. Gulliver's Travels (1939)

Passed | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky, Orestes Calpini, Roland Crandall, William Henning, Winfield Hoskins, Thomas Johnson, Frank Kelling, Seymour Kneitel, Robert G. Leffingwell, Grim Natwick, Tom Palmer | Stars: Jessica Dragonette, Lanny Ross, Pinto Colvig, Cal Howard

Votes: 4,853 | Gross: $7.13M

20. Maniac (1934)

Not Rated | 51 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A former vaudevillian gifted at impersonation assists a mad scientist in reanimating corpses and soon goes mad himself.

Director: Dwain Esper | Stars: Bill Woods, Horace B. Carpenter, Ted Edwards, Phyllis Diller

Votes: 2,706

21. Chinese Box (1997)

R | 99 min | Drama, Romance

The story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of China.

Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung, Michael Hui

Votes: 3,595 | Gross: $2.20M

22. The Blood of a Poet (1932)

Not Rated | 55 min | Fantasy

Told in four episodes - an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios.

Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton, Odette Talazac

Votes: 7,369

23. Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)

R | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A doctor tries to save his son's life through a complicated heart transplant operation, the involuntary donor being a gorilla. Eventually, the young man turns into a violent hybrid beast.

Director: René Cardona | Stars: José Elías Moreno, Carlos López Moctezuma, Armando Silvestre, Norma Lazareno

Votes: 1,229

24. Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles (2012)

TV-MA | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

Makoy, a soon-to-be-father, is suddenly forced to protect his pregnant wife from an onslaught of hungry aswang monsters. He must not just fight for his love, but fight for their very ... See full summary »

Director: Erik Matti | Stars: Dingdong Dantes, Joey Marquez, Lovi Poe, Janice De Belen

Votes: 313

25. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Musical

A musical of sorts set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, where a beer baroness organizes a contest to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to try and win the $25,000 prize.

Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox

Votes: 6,322 | Gross: $0.67M

26. My Brother Loves Me Too Much (2017)

99 min | Drama, Family, Romance

She is a high school girl, but not any school girl. She is cute, attractive and popular. Many boys and men want her and go to great lengths to grab her. They will do whatever it takes. One ... See full summary »

Director: Hayato Kawai | Stars: Tao Tsuchiya, Ryôta Katayose, Yûdai Chiba, Towa Araki

Votes: 338

27. From Conception to Birth (2005 TV Movie)

Documentary

This program follows the pregnancies of several woman and the development of their unborn babies in state of the art detail using new imaging technology.

Director: Jonathan Grupper | Star: Jude Corbett

Votes: 24

28. Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

In medieval France, the Devil intervenes when one of his two envoys, sent to seduce and deceive mortals, falls instead for a victim.

Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Arletty, Marie Déa, Fernand Ledoux, Alain Cuny

Votes: 2,465

29. Blood Scarab (2008 Video)

Not Rated | 81 min | Horror

Countess Elizabeth Bathory, history's infamous lesbian vampire who, centuries ago, bathed in the blood of virgins to preserve her youth, arrives from Transylvania to take over the Los ... See full summary »

Director: Donald F. Glut | Stars: Monique Parent, Del Howison, Brinke Stevens, Tony Clay

Votes: 284

30. Doctors' Wives (1971)

R | 101 min | Drama

The dysfunctional marriages of several unhappy rich doctors who work at a private clinic and their neglected wives who deal with their own unhappiness in various ways enter crisis mode when one of them murders his cheating wife.

Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Dyan Cannon, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, Carroll O'Connor

Votes: 418 | Gross: $1.39M

31. Under the Paris Sky (1951)

114 min | Crime, Drama

Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris. And it all happens in one day.

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Brigitte Auber, Jean Brochard, René Blancard, Paul Frankeur

Votes: 278

32. The Stay Awake (1988)

R | 85 min | Horror

The ghost of a serial killer, executed for murdering students at a Catholic girls' school, returns to the school to take revenge on the current student body.

Director: John Bernard | Stars: Shirley Jane Harris, Tanya Gordon, Jayne Hutton, Heath Porter

Votes: 367

33. Jennifer's Shadow (2004)

R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Shaken by the recent, unexpected death of her twin sister, Jennifer travels to Buenos Aires to execute the will and claim her inheritance. There, she encounters her remarkably well-preserved grandmother, who might be hiding something.

Directors: Daniel de la Vega, Pablo Parés | Stars: Faye Dunaway, Gina Philips, Duilio Marzio, Nicolás Pauls

Votes: 593

34. The Tell-Tale Heart (1941)

Approved | 20 min | Crime, Mystery, Short

In this classic Edgar Allan Poe story, a man commits a murder, but afterward the victim's beating heart torments the murderer's mind.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Joseph Schildkraut, Roman Bohnen, Oscar O'Shea, Will Wright

Votes: 987

35. GirlFight: inVite (2016)

Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure

Sinister fatal femme Rachel inVites four unlikely model hopefuls into an underground death fight inside a barbaric steel cage surrounded by razor-sharp barb-wire. An all-female nightmare horror concept short film inspired by true events.

Director: Kelcey Coe | Stars: Becca Chanay, Kelly Culbertson, Brianna Culp, Amanda Dicapo

Votes: 380

36. Nickelodeon Presents: Inside-Out Boy (1989–1993)

Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

A series of plot-driven short commercials for Nickelodeon television channel, focusing on the gross out adventures of a nice schoolboy who accidentally swung over the bar so fast it made his body flip inside out.

Votes: 14

37. La Verrue (2021)

24 min | Short

Salomé has a wart on her nose. She's disgusted by her own reflection. At night, she spies on her parents through the keyhole. Strange things are afoot, which no one speaks of. A spell will be cast.

Director: Sarah Lasry | Stars: Valentine Carette, Sébastien Houbani, India Lonis, Inès Angelina Mnafek-Amandio

Votes: 25

38. Don't Look Outside (2021)

Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Mystery, Thriller

One night, a man looks outside his window to see the stars. But it wasn't what he'd expect.

Director: Ethan Trinh | Star: Ethan Trinh

39. Dragonheart: Fire & Steel (1996 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Hack'n'slash action adventure set in medieval times that's based on the movie of the same name. Dragon hunter Bowen fights dragons as well as the forces of the evil King Einon with occasional help from dragon Draco.

Votes: 13

40. Holiday of Chocolates (2016)

3 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A candy wrapper wanders the road, while unreliable narrator tells us his story through the subtitles, comparing him to Valentine's Day.

Director: Mykola Yeriomin | Star: Jack the Wrapper

Votes: 9

41. Sístole/Diástole (2006)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Drama

Systolic/diastolic are the beats of the heart and it is this organ, which, more or less, symbolically tells the story of Ángel and Toño; a couple who have to face a terrible situation: Ángel's death.

Director: Pelayo Muñiz | Stars: Paco Racionero, Francisco Vidal, Ana Petite

Votes: 17

42. Die Herz-OP (2021)

88 min | Documentary

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Director: Philipp Sennhenn | Stars: Hans Sigl, Johannes Albes

43. Her Heart Still Beats (2011)

Not Rated | 25 min | Short, Drama, Horror

A man becomes possessed by his wife's eyes and struggles to cope with the evil that comes over him.

Director: Christopher Di Nunzio | Stars: Fiore Leo, Leighsa Burgin, William Bloomfield, John Martellucci

Votes: 50

44. The Bionic Woman (1976–1978)
Episode: Biofeedback (1977)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Jaime teams up with Darwin Jones, an expert in meditation and biofeedback to stop his brother Payton from selling a code analyzer to foreign powers. If they get their hands on the analyzer, the identities of every OSI agent are at stake.

Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Martin E. Brooks, Granville Van Dusen

Votes: 112

45. The Dana Carvey Show (1996)
Episode: The Taco Bell Dana Carvey Show (1996)

23 min | Comedy

Host and creator Dana Carvey begins this first show with his portrayal of President Bill Clinton giving his assessment of challengers vying for the 1996 Republican Party nomination for ... See full summary »

Director: John Fortenberry | Stars: Dana Carvey, Steve Carell, Bill Chott, Stephen Colbert

Votes: 78

46. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Die Hand Die Verletzt (1995)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The agents investigate a murder in a small town populated by devil worshippers.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Dan Butler, Susan Blommaert

Votes: 5,338

47. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.710 (1969)

TV-G | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Edith's ghost terrorizes Quentin. Quentin and Evan get Sandor to forge the will. Later Quentin and Evan decide to perform a supernatural ceremony to summon help against Barnabas. A skull appears in the flames.

Director: Henry Kaplan | Stars: Thayer David, Humbert Allen Astredo, David Selby, Isabella Hoopes

Votes: 33

48. House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode: Family (2007)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery

Wilson is preparing his 14-year-old patient, Nick, for a bone marrow transplant when the donor, Nick's younger brother Matty, suddenly starts sneezing. Since Nick's immune system has been ... See full summary »

Director: David Straiton | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard

Votes: 2,722

49. Taboo (2002–2014)
Episode: Food (2002)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary

Taboo investigates the fine line between what is food and what is forbidden. It looks at the eating of durian, insects, cobra, fugu, and dog.

Stars: Kamari Clarke, Kenji, Carolyn Marvin, David McCallum

Votes: 7

50. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: Aztec Massacre (2008)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, History, War

A grisly discovery of more than 400 mutilated bodies in Mexico is turning history on its head. Aztec Massacre paints a new picture of the violent relations between the Aztecs and the ... See full summary »

Director: Karen Kelly | Stars: Elizabeth Baquedano, Shady Blackwold, Mario Garcia, Ivan Lowenberg

Votes: 24