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

1. Twin Peaks (1990–1991)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.

Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook

Votes: 215,283

2. The Prestige (2006)

PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine

Votes: 1,440,519 | Gross: $53.09M

3. Twin Peaks (2017)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.

Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Michael Horse, Chrysta Bell

Votes: 75,825

4. Mulholland Drive (2001)

R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Jeanne Bates

Votes: 383,652 | Gross: $7.22M

5. Fargo (1996)

R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller

Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare

Votes: 726,346 | Gross: $24.61M

6. Us (II) (2019)

R | 116 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Adelaide Wilson and her family are attacked by mysterious figures dressed in red. Upon closer inspection, the Wilsons realize that the intruders are exact lookalikes of them.

Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker

Votes: 340,874 | Gross: $175.08M

7. Batman Forever (1995)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure

Batman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman

Votes: 266,488 | Gross: $184.03M

8. Batman Returns (1992)

PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken

Votes: 327,354 | Gross: $162.83M

9. The Thin Red Line (1998)

R | 170 min | Drama, History, War

Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Kirk Acevedo

Votes: 199,546 | Gross: $36.40M

10. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

R | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Laura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook

Votes: 105,111 | Gross: $4.16M

11. Miller's Crossing (1990)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden

Votes: 142,103 | Gross: $5.08M

12. 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: 96,790 | Gross: $0.88M

13. Contempt (1963)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance

A French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli, Giorgia Moll

Votes: 36,023 | Gross: $0.04M

14. Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009 Video Game)

T | Action, Crime, Mystery

Batman battles his archenemy, the Joker, who instigates an elaborate plot to seize control of Arkham Asylum, trap Batman inside with many of his incarcerated foes, and threaten Gotham City with hidden bombs.

Director: Sefton Hill | Stars: Mark Hamill, Kevin Conroy, Arleen Sorkin, Tom Kane

Votes: 31,456

15. El embarcadero (2019–2020)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery

When Alexandra discovers that her late husband led a double life, she secretly befriends the other woman, Veronica, to uncover what really happened at the pier the night that he died.

Stars: Álvaro Morte, Verónica Sánchez, Irene Arcos, Roberto Enríquez

Votes: 3,775

16. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)

G | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn join Mark Twain on his airship to meet Halley's Comet.

Director: Will Vinton | Stars: James Whitmore, Michele Mariana, Gary Krug, Chris Ritchie

Votes: 3,400 | Gross: $0.85M

17. Mary Reilly (1996)

R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Henry Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Edward Hyde.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, George Cole, Michael Gambon

Votes: 15,815 | Gross: $5.71M

18. The Last Metro (1980)

PG | 131 min | Drama, Romance, War

In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Germans while doing both of their jobs.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol

Votes: 15,813

19. Lynch/Oz (2022)

108 min | Documentary

Victor Fleming's film The Wizard of Oz (1939) is one of David Lynch's most enduring obsessions. This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this Technicolor through-line in Lynch's work.

Director: Alexandre O. Philippe | Stars: Amy Nicholson, Rodney Ascher, John Waters, Karyn Kusama

Votes: 1,058

20. Into the Deep (2020)

TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

When journalist Kim Wall disappears after boarding inventor Peter Madsen's submarine, his changing story about her fate masks a terrifying truth.

Director: Emma Sullivan | Star: Peter Madsen

Votes: 4,133

21. Another Me (2013)

PG-13 | 86 min | Mystery, Thriller

A teenager finds her perfect life upended when she's stalked by a mysterious doppelganger who has her eyes set on assuming her identity.

Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sophie Turner, Claire Forlani, Rhys Ifans, Eugenio Pérez

Votes: 6,068

22. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (I) (1920)

Unrated | 69 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield, Brandon Hurst, Charles Lane

Votes: 6,043

23. Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)

Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Two bumbling American cops hunt for the mysterious Mr. Hyde in London, England.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Craig Stevens

Votes: 4,994 | Gross: $2.62M

24. Luz: The Flower of Evil (I) (2019)

104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In the thickness of the mountains, in an isolated community led by a preacher known as El Señor, a presumed new Messiah is brought unleashing a wave of violence and pain.

Director: Juan Diego Escobar Alzate | Stars: Yuri Vargas, Andrea Esquivel, Jim Muñoz, Conrado Osorio

Votes: 819

25. 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: 2,091

26. The Visitation (2006)

PG-13 | 103 min | Horror, Thriller

The Visitation reveals a small town torn apart by supernatural events involving a mysterious stranger and his unsolved past.

Director: Robby Henson | Stars: Martin Donovan, Edward Furlong, Kelly Lynch, Randy Travis

Votes: 2,778

27. The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2010)

109 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Profile of Robert Oppenheimer, controversial father of the atomic bomb.

Director: David Grubin | Stars: Marvin L. Goldberger, Priscilla McMillan, Richard Rhodes, Martin Sherwin

Votes: 222

28. Opposing Force (1986)

R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A group of soldiers, including a female for the first time, enroll in the ultimate training mission. They parachute onto an island in the Philippines, only to find that the commandant will stop at nothing to try and break his trainees.

Director: Eric Karson | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Lisa Eichhorn, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Roundtree

Votes: 953

29. Anitta: Envolver (2021 Music Video)

3 min | Music

Anitta turns up the heat in a symbolic dualism and seductive jam with her women's empowerment signature and goes straight to the point - she's proud of her sexual nature and knows she's so good her partners will come back for more.

Director: Anitta | Stars: Anitta, Ayoub Mutanda

Votes: 48

30. Angel's Dance (1999)

R | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A young hitman is asked to prove himself by killing an innocent woman.

Director: David L. Corley | Stars: Jim Belushi, Sheryl Lee, Kyle Chandler, Frank John Hughes

Votes: 1,456

31. Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (1999 Video Game)

M | Adventure, Drama, Horror

The investigation of a kidnapping leads Gabriel Knight (Tim Curry) to the French village of Rennes-Le-Chateau where a dark and sinister mystery lies ready to be solved.

Stars: Tim Curry, Charity James, David Thomas, Philippe Bergeron

Votes: 562

32. Liz (1976)

99 min | Drama

Elizabeth and David are getting married. One day a sailboat anchor outside their villa in the archipelago. Elisabeth feels a vague threat from the unknown sailor aboard.

Director: Paul Gerber | Stars: Elona Glenn, Ulf Brunnberg, Per-Axel Arosenius, Marie Ekorre

Votes: 70

33. Vesper (2017)

23 min | Short, Mystery, Thriller

Marge asks her nephew Christian for help to protect herself against her sinister husband Walter. Christian will soon discover dark secrets and that Walter is not who he's intended to be.

Director: Keyvan Sheikhalishahi | Stars: Götz Otto, Agnès Godey, Keyvan Sheikhalishahi

Votes: 24

34. My Good Hans (2015)

110 min | Drama, War

It is a story of love and friendship, proclaiming the triumph of the universal human values. Unaware of the approaching war, Russian and German engineers find themselves united by one common goal at the glass manufacturing plant in USSR.

Director: Aleksandr Mindadze | Stars: Sebastian Anton, Andryus Daryala, Jakob Diehl, Marc Hosemann

Votes: 212

35. Pure Air of the Mountain: For All and None (2023)

100 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Allegory: Two wanderers with opposing personalities play with the nature of an unknown who responds to both characters and becomes the fulcrum of a strange drama that leads his fellow players to reveal their true natures.

Director: Mika'Ela Fisher | Stars: Mika'Ela Fisher, Laurens Walter, Aurélie Lamachère, Philippe Matic-Arnauld des Lions

36. Night Corridor (2003)

73 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

When Sam searches for answers in the mysterious accident that has befallen his twin, he soon wonders if anyone close to him can be trusted.

Director: Chi-Chiu Lee | Stars: Daniel Wu, Kara Wai, Feng Ku, Eddy Ko

Votes: 220

37. Duels (2014– )

55 min | Documentary, Biography, History

For 50 years, Berlin was the symbol of the Cold War. The city at the heart of the intelligence war between the US and the Soviet bloc. Thousands of KGB orCIA, agents observed each other, cogs in the biggest information war in history.

Stars: Annick Cojean, Jean-Noël Jeanneney, Robert Solé, Laurent Stocker

Votes: 44

38. Fire Eater (2017)

Short

A young woman reveals her feelings about love and life in a poetic series of surreal vignettes that culminate in an unforgettable dinner party.

Director: Drew Hagen | Stars: Alexandra Loreth, Hannah Utecht, Tyler Barrett, Cortni Boos

39. Shepard & Dark (2012)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, Biography

Shepard & Dark is the remarkable story of a friendship in letters.

Director: Treva Wurmfeld | Stars: Sam Shepard, Johnny Dark, O-Lan Jones, Scarlett Jones

Votes: 204 | Gross: $0.01M

40. Thoth (2002)

40 min | Documentary, Short, Music

Thoth is a street performer currently in New York. Thoth is an individual with a complicated life and background. Thoth plays on opera with a violin in a loincloth in Central Park. Thoth is.

Director: Sarah Kernochan | Stars: S.K. Thoth, Robert Janoff, Elayne Jones, George Kaufman

Votes: 243

41. Burning Daylight (2010)

TV-MA | 102 min | Crime

Three Wall Street bankers, a pair of crooks, and a millionaire are betrayed, manipulated and exploited by the efforts of a ruthless woman.

Director: Sanzhar Sultan | Stars: Robert Knepper, Paul Calderon, Adrian Cowan, Sanzhar Sultan

Votes: 260

42. The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)

TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.

Directors: Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu | Stars: Hoon Lee, Mae Ngai, Jean Pfaelzer, David Lei

Votes: 104

43. The Klatos Paradox (2020)

117 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

An incompetent time traveler must team up with his unpredictable alternate self, to fix a paradox which is now slowly destroying the universe.

Director: Mars Fargo | Stars: Mars Fargo, Kennedi Hobbs, Reagan Kacmar, Blake Laisure

Votes: 94

44. Nervosa (2019)

12 min | Short, Drama

Jade lives with her friends Rex and Bo in a secluded mobile home, surrounded by a dense conifer hedge. At first sight, it seems like a normal friendship, but soon it turns out to be more like a hostage situation.

Director: Thessa Geertse Meijer | Stars: Nora El Koussour, Merel Pauw, Sarah Janneh, Souad Elaidi Keehnen

Votes: 40

45. The Projectionist (I) (2008)

91 min | Drama, Thriller

A young Mayoral candidate compromises his campaign when a lovers jealous ex-boyfriend begins a deadly competition between the two of them.

Director: Mattson Tomlin | Stars: Matthew Arnold, Jody Bird, John Colby, Dana Cooley

Votes: 25

46. Duets (2015)

Comedy, Drama

Two writing couples on a creative retreat in Spain brainstorm vignettes for their screenplay.

Director: Graham Cantwell | Stars: Barry John Kinsella, Alison McGirr, Sinead O'Riordan, Tim McDonnell

47. Speed of Light (2007)

R | 74 min | Drama, Thriller

When it travels at the speed of light, the power of the sun's rays can play tricks with the eyes and brain and then we can live a story that may be real or not real. It's the game the speed of light is playing.

Director: Nick Peterson | Stars: Jenia Emmanuelle, Alex Hall, Vincent X. Hall, Tony Henden

Votes: 14

48. Rest Stop (IV) (2018)

Short, Thriller

When a mild-mannered English professor, John Dykstra, faces a challenge that shakes him to his core, he has to make a choice - leave an innocent woman to die, or summon his alter-ego, the hardboiled mystery writer Rick Hardin to save her.

Director: Stephen Baxter | Stars: Eric Davis, Adam Alberts, Lorraine-Noelle Pellicone, Kevin Woodhouse

Votes: 9

49. A House Is Not A Home: Wright or Wrong (2020)

73 min | Documentary

"This intimate saga links the filmmaker's long-lost family home in Tehran, a historic Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama, and the formative years of renowned film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum... See full summary »

Director: Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa | Stars: Alvin Rosenbaum, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Michael Rosenbaum

Votes: 25

50. Lapse (V) (2010)

75 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A woman wakes up one morning alone in the desert with no memory and blood on her hands. Reality and memory collide as she struggles to make sense of events.

Director: Marianne Hansen | Stars: Karolina Dryzner, Sirry Jons, Keith Roenke, Emmett J Scanlan

Votes: 11