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

1. Burn Notice (2007–2013)

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

A spy recently disavowed by the U.S. government uses his special ops training to help others in trouble.

Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless

Votes: 79,104

2. Inherent Vice (2014)

R | 148 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston

Votes: 110,611 | Gross: $8.11M

3. The Lives of Others (2006)

R | 137 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur

Votes: 410,078 | Gross: $11.29M

4. The Way We Were (1973)

PG | 118 min | Drama, Romance

During post-WWII McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find out that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles

Votes: 27,438

5. Chaplin (1992)

PG-13 | 143 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.

Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Rhys, John Thaw

Votes: 62,169 | Gross: $9.49M

6. The Majestic (2001)

PG | 152 min | Drama, Romance

In 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.

Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn

Votes: 57,623 | Gross: $27.81M

7. Trumbo (2015)

R | 124 min | Biography, Drama

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K.

Votes: 84,741 | Gross: $7.86M

8. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

PG | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels

Votes: 101,257 | Gross: $31.56M

9. Paradise City (2022)

R | 92 min | Action, Thriller

Ryan Swan must carve his way through the Hawaiian crime world to wreak vengeance on the kingpin who murdered his father.

Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Stephen Dorff, Blake Jenner

Votes: 4,192

10. The Great Debaters (2007)

PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.

Director: Denzel Washington | Stars: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Nate Parker

Votes: 62,820 | Gross: $30.23M

11. The Front (1976)

PG | 95 min | Drama

In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy

Votes: 9,664

12. Guilty by Suspicion (1991)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama

Returning to Hollywood 1951 after working in France, a movie director meets McCarthyism head-on.

Director: Irwin Winkler | Stars: Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt, Patricia Wettig

Votes: 9,560 | Gross: $9.48M

13. The Big Knife (1955)

Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Hollywood actor Charles Castle is pressured by his studio boss into a criminal cover-up to protect his valuable career.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen

Votes: 4,080

14. Nothing But a Man (1964)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance

A black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.

Director: Michael Roemer | Stars: Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Julius Harris, Gloria Foster

Votes: 1,979 | Gross: $0.02M

15. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005 Video Game)

T | Action, Crime, Sport

A lone street racer must use his talents to rise to the top of the Blacklist, comprised of the 15 most elite drivers in the city of Rockport.

Directors: Dave 'Foots' Footman, Scott Henshaw | Stars: Paul Dzenkiw, Josie Maran, Dean McKenzie, Derek Hamilton

Votes: 7,715

16. The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)

114 min | Documentary, Biography

A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.

Directors: Peter Middleton, James Spinney | Stars: Pearl Mackie, Jeff Rawle, Paul Ryan, Matthew Wolf

Votes: 1,787

17. Force of Evil (1948)

Passed | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An unethical lawyer who wants to help his older brother becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.

Director: Abraham Polonsky | Stars: John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Beatrice Pearson, Marie Windsor

Votes: 7,661

18. The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

A tycoon goes undercover to ferret out agitators at a department store, but gets involved in their lives instead.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Edmund Gwenn

Votes: 4,762

19. Bread and Roses (2000)

R | 110 min | Drama

Two Latina sisters work as cleaners in a downtown office building, and fight for the right to unionize.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, Jack McGee

Votes: 6,064 | Gross: $0.53M

20. Salmer fra kjøkkenet (2003)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

A scientific observer's job of observing an old cantankerous single man's kitchen habits is complicated by his growing friendship with him.

Director: Bent Hamer | Stars: Tomas Norström, Joachim Calmeyer, Bjørn Floberg, Reine Brynolfsson

Votes: 8,658 | Gross: $0.35M

21. The House on Carroll Street (1988)

PG | 101 min | Thriller

In 1950s America, an FBI agent and a blacklist victim uncover a plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the country.

Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin, Jessica Tandy

Votes: 2,797 | Gross: $0.46M

22. Takedown (2000)

R | 96 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

This film is based on the story of the capture of computer hacker Kevin Mitnick.

Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Skeet Ulrich, Russell Wong, Angela Featherstone, Donal Logue

Votes: 7,166

23. Pig (2018)

104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Iranian directors are getting slaughtered by an unknown serial killer and a blacklisted director, Hasan Kasmai, is curious about only one thing: Why isn't the killer after him?

Director: Mani Haghighi | Stars: Mohammad Hassan Madjooni, Leila Hatami, Leili Rashidi, Parinaz Izadyar

Votes: 2,287

24. Pornocratie: Les nouvelles multinationales du sexe (2017 TV Movie)

77 min | Documentary

The wonders of internet has made the shady industry of pornography rich, but is now in death cramps due to the piracy ruining the market, and forcing the participants to perform more extreme sex.

Director: Ovidie | Stars: Alissiya, Leyla Bentho, Grégory Dorcel, Márton Fülöp

Votes: 925

25. Slaves (1969)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

A Kentucky slave fights for his freedom from cruel overseer whose mistress eventually joins Davis and the other slaves in their revolt.

Director: Herbert J. Biberman | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Dionne Warwick, Ossie Davis, Marilyn Clark

Votes: 214

26. Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992)

60 min | Documentary

Filmed in wartime and edited under candlelight, Mikhail Vartanov's rarely-seen masterwork tells of his friendship with the genius Sergei Parajanov who was arrested by KGB, at the height of ... See full summary »

Directors: Mikhail Vartanov, Sergei Parajanov | Stars: Sergei Parajanov, Mikhail Vartanov, Sofiko Chiaureli, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Votes: 225

27. The Heat's On (1943)

Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Musical

When his biggest star joins a rival's show, a Broadway producer bluffs and schemes to get her back.

Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Mae West, Victor Moore, William Gaxton, Lester Allen

Votes: 402

28. Trumbo (2007)

PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Biography

Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Askin | Stars: Dalton Trumbo, Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas

Votes: 1,243 | Gross: $7.85M

29. The Politician's Wife (1995)

185 min | Drama

A woman's life is turned upside down when it is revealed that her husband, a member of the British Parliament, has been having an affair with a former prostitute.

Stars: Juliet Stevenson, Anton Lesser, Trevor Eve, Frederick Treves

Votes: 552

30. Career (1959)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama

More than anything in the world, Sam Lawson wants to be a successful actor. Is he willing to sacrifice his wife, happiness and personal reputation to achieve his goal?

Director: Joseph Anthony | Stars: Dean Martin, Anthony Franciosa, Shirley MacLaine, Carolyn Jones

Votes: 708

31. Dash and Lilly (1999 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to marry, but deeply in love, the two engaged in... See full summary »

Director: Kathy Bates | Stars: Sam Shepard, Judy Davis, Bebe Neuwirth, Laurence Luckinbill

Votes: 346

32. Berlin 1933 - Tagebuch einer Großstadt (2023)

Documentary, History

Using extracts from individuals' diaries and some film records, this documentary series tells the story of the changes that occurred in Berlin (and Germany) during the pivotal year of 1933.

Stars: Tobias Büchner, Konstantin Achmed Bürger, Sophie Diernberger, August Diernberger

Votes: 70

33. Broken Silence (2001)

TV-PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Winter, 1944. Lucía at 21 returns to her small village in the mountains. She again meets Manuel, a young iron-smith who helps "those in the mountain", the "maquis", the anti-Franco ... See full summary »

Director: Montxo Armendáriz | Stars: Lucía Jiménez, Juan Diego Botto, Mercedes Sampietro, Álvaro de Luna

Votes: 705

34. Red Hollywood (1996 Video)

Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary, History

A documentary that examines the films made by the victims of the Hollywood Blacklist and offers a radically difference perspective on a key period in the history of American cinema.

Directors: Thom Andersen, Noël Burch | Stars: Paul Jarrico, Eric Johnston, Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson

Votes: 240

35. And the Oscar Goes to... (2014 TV Movie)

87 min | Documentary, History

The history of the Academy Awards.

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Billy Crystal, Tom Hanks, Cher

Votes: 1,523

36. Fear on Trial (1975 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

The story of John Henry Faulk, a radio/TV personality of the 1950s, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Faulk sued the organization that was behind the blacklisting, and the ... See full summary »

Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: William Devane, George C. Scott, Dorothy Tristan, William Redfield

Votes: 151

37. Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979)

Not Rated | 30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

The life of actor and activist Paul Robeson.

Director: Saul J. Turell | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Paul Robeson, Margaret Webster

Votes: 496

38. The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (1981)

PG | 78 min | Documentary, Music

Documentary about the blacklisted folk group, "The Weavers," and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.

Director: Jim Brown | Stars: Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Arlo Guthrie

Votes: 221

39. One of the Hollywood Ten (2000)

Not Rated | 109 min | Drama

Herbert Biberman struggles as a Hollywood writer and director blacklisted as one of The Hollywood Ten in the 1950s.

Director: Karl Francis | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Greta Scacchi, Ángela Molina, Christopher Fulford

Votes: 378

40. Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary

A documentary look at the confluence of the Red scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles on radio, television, and ... See full summary »

Director: Alexandra Isles | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Rosetta LeNoire, Dick Campbell, Frederick O'Neal

Votes: 137

41. All-American Sex Offender

Short, Comedy | Completed

Mackenzie, an all-American single lady, gets caught publicly urinating and is added to the sex-offenders registry. Things move from complicated to perilous when she meets Mr.Right, who ... See full summary »

Stars: Chloe Lenihan, Patrese McClain, Sam Guinan-Nyhart, Mickey O'Sullivan

42. Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood (2004 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary

Republicans in Hollywood is a 2004 American television documentary film about politically conservative members of Hollywood, exploring whether they face discrimination within the industry.

Director: Jesse Moss | Stars: Jesse Moss, Julie Haener, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barbra Streisand

Votes: 250

43. Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)

PG | 93 min | Documentary, Music

Interviews, archival footage and home movies are used to illustrate a social history of folk artist and activist Pete Seeger.

Director: Jim Brown | Stars: Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Bill Clinton, Bob Dylan

Votes: 479 | Gross: $0.18M

44. Sing Your Song (2011)

Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.

Director: Susanne Rostock | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Marge Champion, Fran Scott Attaway

Votes: 501 | Gross: $0.05M

45. Not 4 Sale (2013)

12 min | Short, Biography, Drama

The 1950's at the height of the 'Red Scare'.

Director: Roger Melvin | Stars: Craig Archibald, Marcus Chong, Kim Estes, Louis B. Jack

Votes: 17

46. The Hollywood Ten (1950)

15 min | Documentary, Short, History

A brief look at The Hollywood Ten, a group of screenwriters and directors charged of contempt of court after challenging the House of Anti-American Activities and their controversial and ... See full summary »

Director: John Berry | Stars: J. Parnell Thomas, Albert Maltz, Lester Cole, Samuel Ornitz

Votes: 264

47. My Father Moves Mountains

126 min | Documentary | Completed

In the 1960s, agent George Litto represented several of the Hollywood 10 and put them back to work under their own names and gave them their lives and careers back, ending 2 decades of censorship.

Director: Andria Litto | Stars: Kate Lardner, George Litto, John Ptak, Alan K. Rode

48. Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget (2009)

86 min | Documentary

Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas shares stories about his life, his family, his work, and his philosophy after living 92 years.

Director: Jeff Kanew | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Anne Douglas, Diana Douglas, Eric Douglas

Votes: 81

49. Buzz (2005)

PG-13 | 118 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A journey to places, where the overseen Hollywood screenwriter Albert Isaac "Buzz" Bezzerides lived and worked, revealing the operation of Hollywood's production system in the 40ies, 50ies, 60ies and more ...

Director: Spiro Taraviras | Stars: A.I. Bezzerides, Jules Dassin, Gregory Patrick Karr, Maria P. Koufopoulou

Votes: 54

50. Seeing Red (1983)

100 min | Documentary, History

A unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party in the early to mid-twentieth century.

Directors: Jim Klein, Julia Reichert | Stars: Oscar Hunter, Rose Podmaka, Sylvia Woods, Howard 'Stretch' Johnson

Votes: 171