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

1. Eastern Promises (2007)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Josef Altin

Votes: 260,998 | Gross: $17.11M

2. Agora (2009)

R | 127 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.

Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom

Votes: 73,029 | Gross: $0.62M

3. The Pillow Book (1995)

Not Rated | 126 min | Drama

A woman with a body-writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata

Votes: 13,644 | Gross: $2.29M

4. The Grand Illusion (1937)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, War

During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim

Votes: 38,855 | Gross: $0.17M

5. The Possession of Michael King (2014)

R | 83 min | Horror

After poor advice from a psychic leads to the death of his wife, a man vows to disprove the existence of the paranormal by allowing himself to be possessed by demons.

Director: David Jung | Stars: Shane Johnson, Ella Anderson, Cara Pifko, Julie McNiven

Votes: 13,263

6. The Promised Land (1975)

Not Rated | 170 min | Drama

Three friends hope to build a factory but their plans are quickly jeopardized by local politics and one of the partner's dangerous love affair.

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn, Anna Nehrebecka

Votes: 4,026

7. Paragraph 175 (2000)

Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary, History, Romance

Historian Klaus Müller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175.

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Rupert Everett, Klaus Müller, Karl Gorath, Pierre Seel

Votes: 2,192 | Gross: $0.07M

8. El año de las luces (1986)

105 min | Comedy, Drama, History

Political and religious prejudices are destroying the relationship between two teenagers in wartime Spain.

Director: Fernando Trueba | Stars: Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdú, Verónica Forqué, Manuel Alexandre

Votes: 1,127

9. Stray Dogs (2004)

93 min | Drama

The story of survival of 2 children in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Their mother has been imprisoned for "adultery" and their father is in Guantanamo Bay.

Director: Marzieh Makhmalbaf | Stars: Gol-Ghotai, Zahed, Agheleh Rezaie, Sohrab Akbari

Votes: 705

10. The Affair (2010)

115 min | Drama

An ex-seminarian/Communist runs a hotel in Baguio and meets a handsome, up-and-coming lawyer. An annual trip to Baguio by the lawyer and conversations with the hotelier develop into an ... See full summary »

Director: Adolfo Alix Jr. | Stars: Cogie Domingo, Sid Lucero, Rocky Salumbides, Max Eigenmann

Votes: 65

11. Comrades (1986)

183 min | Drama, History

The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of nineteenth century English farm laborers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.

Director: Bill Douglas | Stars: Robin Soans, William Gaminara, Stephen Bateman, Phil Davis

Votes: 933

12. Pro Krasnuyu Shapochku (1977 TV Movie)

135 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical

The Old Wolf decides to take revenge on Little Red Riding Hood and instructs the older mother wolf to catch the girl. And at the same time - to teach something to the second son, a fat and kind wolf.

Director: Leonid Nechaev | Stars: Evgeniy Evstigneev, Yana Poplavskaya, Rina Zelyonaya, Vladimir Basov

Votes: 687

13. Barjo (1992)

85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Barjo (nutcase, crap artist), the narrator, is an obsessive simpleton who fills his notebook with verbatim dialog, observed trivia, and oddball speculation on human behavior and the end of ... See full summary »

Director: Jérôme Boivin | Stars: Richard Bohringer, Anne Brochet, Hippolyte Girardot, Consuelo De Haviland

Votes: 320

14. The Red Dance (1928)

103 min | Drama, Romance

Note: Contains Spoilers

The story, set in Russia at the time of the Bolshevik Revolution, focuses on the relationship between three characters: Tasia (Dolores del Rio), a peasant girl; ... See full synopsis »

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Charles Farrell, Ivan Linow, Boris Charsky

Votes: 165

15. Front Line Assembly: The Blade (1992 Music Video)

5 min | Horror, Music, Thriller

Music video examining media's uneasy relation with violence.

Director: William Morrison | Stars: Front Line Assembly, Rhys Fulber, Bill Leeb, Chris Peterson

16. Mise-en-abyme (2006)

19 min | Short, Mystery

With three filming locations at a time, three directors and no leading actress it is not easy to shoot a movie. Especially not when you are filming an experimental piece of work...

Director: Björn Last | Stars: Nadine Steinbach, Klaus Frevert, Steven Sonntag, Suntje Freier

Votes: 72

17. Blackadder the Third (1987)
Episode: Ink and Incapability (1987)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy

Baldrick burns the only copy of Samuel Johnson's dictionary, and Blackadder has only one weekend to rewrite it.

Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Robbie Coltrane

Votes: 1,093

18. Covington Cross (1992)
Episode: Cedric Hits the Road (1992)

Adventure, History

Sir Thomas' attempts to negotiate a lumber contract to build the king's ships with Duke of Worringer hit a snag when a lover's spat with Lady Elizabeth causes her to seek a business as well... See full summary »

Director: Les Landau | Stars: Nigel Terry, Cherie Lunghi, James Faulkner, Jonathan Firth

Votes: 14

19. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: The Moth (1987)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Dying Sybil uses her last hours on Earth to curse her enemies and plan for the afterlife, much to the chagrin of her mother.

Director: Jeffrey Wolf | Stars: Debbie Harry, Jane Manning, Paul Sparer

Votes: 234

20. She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985–1987)
Episode: Book Burning (1985)

TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Freedom is threatened as Horde villains Tung and Rattlor begin to burn all the books.

Director: Ernie Schmidt | Stars: Melendy Britt, George DiCenzo, Linda Gary, John Erwin

Votes: 56

21. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: A New Germany: 1933-1939 (1973)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The rebirth of Germany and growth in power of the Nazi Party leading up to the outbreak of war.

Director: Hugh Raggett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Hans Kehrl, Georg Konrad Morgen, Heinz Reinheimer

Votes: 700

22. The Adventure of English (2002– )
Episode: The Battle for the Language of the Bible (2003)

Documentary

The Protestant Reformation changes English from the language in the street to the language on the pulpit.

Stars: Joss Ackland, Melvyn Bragg, Mark Saban

Votes: 11

23. De drabbade (2003)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2003)

59 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

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Director: Björn Stein | Stars: Eric Ericson, Lotta Karlge, Lia Boysen, Paprika Steen

Votes: 6

24. Hannibal (2013–2015)
Episode: The Wrath of the Lamb (2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Will hatches a cunning plot to slay Francis Dolarhyde, using Hannibal Lecter in his ploy. Bedelia voices concern about the perilous plan as Will continues his game with Hannibal, though Will may have to face his darkest fears.

Director: Michael Rymer | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Hugh Dancy, Caroline Dhavernas, Gillian Anderson

Votes: 15,109

25. The Magicians (2015–2020)
Episode: Thirty-Nine Graves (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

The students wake up with foggy memories and regret after a night of drinking; Penny reminds everyone that their lives depend on getting to The Neitherlands.

Director: Guy Norman Bee | Stars: Jason Ralph, Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Arjun Gupta

Votes: 914

26. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: LOTUS (2016)

TV-14 | 41 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Sam, Dean, Castiel, Crowley and Rowena band together to fight Lucifer when his search for power leads him to the White House.

Director: Philip Sgriccia | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Mark Sheppard, Misha Collins

Votes: 2,953

27. The Order (2019–2020)
Episode: Finals, Part Two (2019)

TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The Knights plot to thwart Edward's plan by kidnapping his son. Gabrielle and the Hermetic Counselor interrogate Lilith.

Director: Mathias Herndl | Stars: Jake Manley, Sarah Grey, Matt Frewer, Max Martini

Votes: 659