Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "chairman-of-the-board"

1. Basic Instinct (1992)

R | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn

Votes: 219,544 | Gross: $117.73M

2. Paprika (2006)

R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.

Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya

Votes: 97,226 | Gross: $0.88M

3. A Man Called Ove (2015)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.

Director: Hannes Holm | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll

Votes: 68,620 | Gross: $3.48M

4. Rollerball (1975)

Approved | 125 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Sport

In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.

Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck

Votes: 29,354 | Gross: $30.00M

5. The Family That Preys (2008)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama

Two families from different walks of life learn to work together.

Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Rockmond Dunbar

Votes: 8,013 | Gross: $37.02M

6. The Believers (1987)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Cal Jamison, a police psychologist, is forced to deal with a series of ritualistic murders and a malevolent cult.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia

Votes: 8,121 | Gross: $18.75M

7. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander

Votes: 23,244

8. Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

A gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles

Votes: 16,226 | Gross: $1.04M

9. Putney Swope (1969)

R | 84 min | Comedy

The board of directors at a Madison Avenue ad agency must elect a new chairman. In the maneuvering to make sure that enemies don't get votes, all the members accidentally cast their ballot for the board's token black man, Putney Swope.

Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Arnold Johnson, Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield, Archie Russell

Votes: 4,372 | Gross: $2.73M

10. Sex and the Single Girl (1964)

Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Romance

A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Lauren Bacall, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Henry Fonda

Votes: 4,703 | Gross: $9.27M

11. Coin Heist (2017)

TV-14 | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

United by dire circumstances, four unlikely allies from a Philadelphia prep school - the hacker, the slacker, the athlete, and the perfect student - band together to attempt the impossible: steal from the U.S. Mint.

Director: Emily Hagins | Stars: Alex Saxon, Alexis G. Zall, Sasha Pieterse, Jay Walker

Votes: 2,992

12. The Cobweb (1955)

Passed | 134 min | Drama

At a private psychiatric clinic, the daily dramas and interactions between the doctors, nurses, administrators, benefactors and patients are accentuated by the personal and family crises of these individuals.

Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Gloria Grahame

Votes: 2,100

13. Life at the Top (1965)

117 min | Drama

In this sequel to Room at the Top (1958), Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey) thinks he has really made it by marrying the boss's daughter in his northern mill town. But he finds he is being sidelined at work and his private life manipulated by his father-in-law.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman, Michael Craig

Votes: 704

14. Paid to Kill (1954)

Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama

A failed business deal forces James Nevill to blackmail his weak-willed friend into murdering him so that his wife can collect his insurance, but circumstances suddenly change.

Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Dane Clark, Cecile Chevreau, Paul Carpenter, Thea Gregory

Votes: 383

15. All in a Night's Work (1961)

Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

Tony Ryder takes over his dead uncle's media empire while trying to keep quiet the mysterious circumstances of his death in a Palm Beach hotel room.

Director: Joseph Anthony | Stars: Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Cliff Robertson, Charles Ruggles

Votes: 973

16. Den enskilde medborgaren (2006)

104 min | Comedy

Insurance Director Stig Roxby is worth a hundred times more than a regular high school teacher. But he does not think it's enough.

Director: Claes Eriksson | Stars: Örjan Ramberg, Anders Eriksson, Claes Eriksson, Kerstin Granlund

Votes: 340

17. Too Tough to Kill (1935)

Approved | 58 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Mining engineer John O'Hara (Victor Jory) is sent to Nevada to investigate why the construction of a tunnel is progressing too slowly. Using his fist to find many of the answers, he quickly... See full summary »

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Victor Jory, Sally O'Neil, Thurston Hall, Johnny Arthur

Votes: 36

18. Good Luck - Best Wishes (1934)

Approved | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Music

Solly (Solly Ward) is in love with Jane ('Jane PIckens')but Jame's father can't afford a big wedding. So he schemes with Solly's father, his business partner, to stage a big quarrel that ... See full summary »

Director: William Watson | Stars: The Pickens Sisters, Jane Pickens, Helen Pickens, Patti Pickens

19. Animaniacs (1993–1998)
Episode: De-Zanitized/The Monkey Song/Nighty-Night Toon (1993)

Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Dr. Scratchansniff attempts to "de-zani-tize" the Warners./ Dr. Scratchansniff sings "The Monkey Song" with the Animaniacs./ The Warners and others give their version of a children's bedtime storybook.

Directors: Rich Arons, Gary Hartle, David Marshall, Rusty Mills | Stars: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Frank Welker

Votes: 359

20. Animaniacs (1993–1998)
Episode: Taming of the Screwy (1993)

Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Mr. Plotz tasks Scratchansniff with bringing the Warners in line so they might appear at a huge gala to schmooze some Japanese investors.

Director: Alfred Gimeno | Stars: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Frank Welker

Votes: 253

21. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: The Battle of Burning Oak (1969)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Samantha takes on the snooty Burning Oaks Country Club after Endora turns Darrin into a snob.

Director: R. Robert Rosenbaum | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Edward Andrews

Votes: 282

22. Dynasty (2017–2022)
Episode: But I Don't Need Therapy (2021)

TV-PG | Drama

Fallon and Sam are faced with a very difficult task. Kirby wants to jump back into modeling, ignoring the concerns of her friends. Adam turns to drastic measures to impress the hospital board. Culhane and Sam receive a surprise.

Director: Brandi Bradburn | Stars: Elizabeth Gillies, Daniella Alonso, Elaine Hendrix, Rafael de la Fuente

Votes: 324

23. Batman: The Audio Adventures (2021–2022)
The Whale of Damocles (2021 Podcast Episode)

TV-14 | 41 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

The Riddler gets his groove back, and The Joker interrupts Bruce's night at the opera. Bruce and Dick go to the Museum's big unveiling, where Penguin intends to settle an old grudge.

Director: Dennis McNicholas | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Ike Barinholtz, Heidi Gardner, Toby Huss

Votes: 19

24. Devil's Dust (2012)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2012)

85 min | Biography, Drama

Bernie's newfound purpose can't stave off his own deteriorating health. The Medical Research Compensation Fund is running out of money and when the news becomes public, Bernie continues to ... See full summary »

Director: Jessica Hobbs | Stars: Anthony Hayes, Don Hany, Ewen Leslie, Alexandra Schepisi

Votes: 6

25. Bedrag (2016–2019)
Episode: Episode #1.10 (2016)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The media is in a frenzy after Evergreen files for bankruptcy. Alf and Mads frantically dig for evidence to close the case. Meanwhile, Nicky and Bisme hide from the Swede.

Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Thomas Bo Larsen, Natalie Madueño, Esben Smed, Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Votes: 161