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

1. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Passed | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy

Votes: 61,987 | Gross: $4.05M

2. The Lodge (2019)

R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé's two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place.

Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage

Votes: 57,955

3. Chloe (2009)

R | 96 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Suspecting her husband of infidelity, gynecologist Dr. Catherine Stewart hires an escort named Chloe in order to test his faithfulness. Soon, the relationships between all three intensify.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson, Max Thieriot

Votes: 77,942 | Gross: $3.07M

4. The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–2023)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

A divorced mom tries to keep pace with everyone around her.

Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Clark Gregg, Hamish Linklater, Trevor Gagnon

Votes: 14,217

5. The Rain People (1969)

R | 101 min | Drama

When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: James Caan, Shirley Knight, Robert Duvall, Marya Zimmet

Votes: 3,989 | Gross: $0.16M

6. Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)

R | 99 min | Drama

Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year ... See full summary »

Director: Joan Chen | Stars: Xiaolu Li, Lopsang, Zheng Qian, Jie Gao

Votes: 3,677 | Gross: $1.00M

7. No Man of Her Own (1950)

Passed | 98 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

A pregnant woman adopts the identity of a railroad-crash victim and starts a new life with the woman's wealthy in-laws, but is soon blackmailed by her devious ex.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl, Phyllis Thaxter

Votes: 2,907

8. A Bag of Hammers (2011)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama

Ben and Alan, two misfit best friends incapable of growing up, find direction for their lives by taking in an abandoned child and creating the family they've always needed.

Director: Brian Crano | Stars: Jason Ritter, Jake Sandvig, Chandler Canterbury, Rebecca Hall

Votes: 3,139

9. Dummy (1977 TV Movie)

79 min | Drama

Sandra is a deaf girl whose life descends into prostitution and degradation on the streets of Bradford.

Director: Franc Roddam | Stars: Geraldine James, Lara Crooks, Manda Naylor, Janet Sugden

Votes: 473

10. Groom from London (1967)

78 min | Comedy

A skilful electrical appliances salesman decides to help a young damsel in distress who was recently dumped by her British fiancé, by taking part in a desperate last-minute scheme where a youthful flaxen wig is simply indispensable.

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Kostas Voutsas, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Periklis Hristoforidis, Eleni Zafeiriou

Votes: 548

11. Astragal (1968)

103 min | Drama, Romance

Albertine was sentenced to prison for theft. On the escape she gets help from Julien, who manages to lodge the girl at a friend's house. He goes to jail and she will have to do whatever it takes to survive on the streets of Paris.

Director: Guy Casaril | Stars: Horst Buchholz, Marlène Jobert, Magali Noël, Claude Génia

Votes: 98

12. Silenci (2007)

12 min | Short, Drama, Romance

After thirty years of being a daughter, wife and mother, Dolors decides to see what happens when she tries thinking of herself for the first time. Dolors has to learn how to follow her own ... See full summary »

Director: Sergi Rubió | Stars: Montse Caminal, Xavier Serrat, Jordi Domènech, Josep Maria Bacardit

Votes: 35

13. Ça ne se refuse pas (1998)

90 min | Crime, Drama

Marthe, an aging queen of the night, roams the streets of a city haunted by the presence of an invisible murderer in search of money to pay a large gambling debt.

Director: Eric Woreth | Stars: Isabelle Renauld, Jean-Marc Barr, Stéphane Rideau, Julie Gayet

Votes: 27

14. Delicate Gravity (2013)

32 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Paul receives an emotional message from Claire. He can hear the deep sadness behind her words and believes she might commit suicide. But Paul does not know Claire. This is a message left on... See full summary »

Director: Philippe Andre | Stars: Yvan Attal, Anne Parillaud, Jade Phan-Gia, Grégoire Bonnet

Votes: 41

15. Static (II) (2020)

12 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi

Set in an isolated dystopian Perth, Australia, corporate empires rule globally and civil liberty has become a distant memory. When a bio-chemical weapon attacks the city, a Baltic woman is ... See full summary »

Director: Georgia Jardine | Stars: Priiya Taylor, Andre Rodrigues, Jeremy Darling, Angelina Curtis

16. The 4400 (2004–2007)
Episode: Carrier (2005)

TV-14 | 41 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After living for 8 years in an alternate world that only Tom and Alana remember the world with the 4400 has returned as it was at the second the 8 years started. A 30 year old 4400 woman ... See full summary »

Director: Leslie Libman | Stars: Joel Gretsch, Jacqueline McKenzie, Mahershala Ali, Laura Allen

Votes: 436

17. Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode: The Rebirth (1959)

TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A cleaning woman, tired of her hardscrabble life, robs a bank in an attempt to buy happiness.

Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: James Franciscus, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Betty Sinclair

Votes: 65

18. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: The Taxman Cometh (1996)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Fran is watching Jay Leno's dog and getting audited by the Internal Revenue Service.

Director: Dorothy Lyman | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 302

19. P.J. (1997–2009)
Episode: Enlèvement (2001)

54 min | Crime, Thriller

A woman and her daughter arrive at the police station: the woman says that she has killed her husband who has beaten her for many times, the daughter was sleeping in another room and ... See full summary »

Director: Gérard Vergez | Stars: Bruno Wolkowitch, Charles Schneider, Marc Betton, Valérie Bagnou-Beido

20. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Chinga (1998)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Rumors of witchcraft and sorcery surrounding a bizarre murder at a supermarket in a small New England fishing town lead Scully, who's on vacation, to a little girl and a cursed doll that may be hiding a murderous presence.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Susannah Hoffmann, Larry Musser

Votes: 4,137

21. P.J. (1997–2009)
Episode: Spiritisme (2001)

53 min | Crime, Thriller

Franck and Agathe go to a construction site with a man has fallen from the scaffolding: the boss of the painting company says that the man entered in the construction site to steal ... See full summary »

Director: Gérard Vergez | Stars: Bruno Wolkowitch, Charles Schneider, Marc Betton, Valérie Bagnou-Beido

22. JJ Villard's Fairy Tales (2020)
Episode: Little Red Riding Hood (2020)

TV-MA | 11 min | Animation, Comedy, Horror

A girl must transport illegal drugs over the border to save her boyfriend's life.

Director: J.J. Villard | Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Kevin VanHentenryck, David Patrick Kelly, Linda Blair

Votes: 28

23. The Control Room (2022)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2022)

57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Ambulance Service call handler Gabe receives a desperate call from a woman who appears to know him. Under pressure to work out who she is, he makes a decision that may have devastating consequences.

Director: Amy Neil | Stars: Iain De Caestecker, Daniel Portman, Rona Morison, Conor McLeod

Votes: 132

24. CSI: Cyber (2015–2016)
Episode: Heart Me (2015)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Raven sets out to prove a friend's innocence in the murder of a man she met through a dating app.

Director: Matt Earl Beesley | Stars: Patricia Arquette, James Van Der Beek, Shad Moss, Charley Koontz

Votes: 238

25. Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014–2020)
Episode: What's That Gnoise? (2015)

TV-14 | 11 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

In the Season Two premiere, a harried soccer mom is being driven insane by a mystery sound coming from somewhere in her minivan. Can the team solve the mystery or will they be driven insane... See full summary »

Director: Jeff Siergey | Stars: Mike Tyson, Norm MacDonald, Rachel Ramras, Jim Rash

Votes: 130

26. La inolvidable (1996)
Episode: Episode #1.15 (1996)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance

Francisco de Paula learns about Argimiro's arrest. Maria Teresa attends Simon's wound. Leonor pushes Virginia for an explanation. Maximiliano gets bad news.

Directors: Tony Rodríguez, Rafael Suárez | Stars: Christianne Gout, Rafael Romero, Amalia Pérez Díaz, Eduardo Serrano

27. La inolvidable (1996)
Episode: Episode #1.91 (1996)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance

Maximiliano is invited to a wedding. Sagrario refuses to believe Candida is her daughter. Francisco de Paula presses Dr. Pered to double the dosage of Leonor's syrup. Funes decides to hand Jacinta the film.

Directors: Tony Rodríguez, Rafael Suárez | Stars: Christianne Gout, Rafael Romero, Flor Núñez, Eduardo Serrano

28. Niña mimada (1998)
Episode: Episode #1.79 (1998)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Federica blames Patricia. Eme Eme files a complaint. Rosalia is hot and cold. Cecilia lies.

Director: José Alcalde | Stars: Eileen Abad, Marcelo Cézan, Jean Carlo Simancas, Scarlet Ortiz

29. Room 104 (2017–2020)
Episode: The Plot (2019)

TV-MA | 24 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An estranged brother and sister reunite at the site of their future joint investment - the hotel where the Room 104 will eventually be located. However, things soon take a grim supernatural turn.

Director: Macon Blair | Stars: Christine Woods, Luke Wilson, Eric Edelstein

Votes: 289