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

1. House (1985)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A troubled writer moves into a haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt.

Director: Steve Miner | Stars: William Katt, Kay Lenz, George Wendt, Richard Moll

Votes: 30,063 | Gross: $19.44M

2. Tess (1979)

PG | 186 min | Drama, Romance

A strong-willed young peasant girl attracts the affection of two men.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin

Votes: 18,327

3. Private Parts (1972)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Young Cheryl moves into her estranged aunt Martha's rundown King Edward Hotel. One of its offbeat residents, disturbed photographer George, takes special interest in her. Cheryl begins suspecting that a resident was murdered.

Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Ayn Ruymen, Lucille Benson, John Ventantonio, Laurie Main

Votes: 1,876

4. Halloween at Aunt Ethel's (2019)

80 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Everyone in town knows the story of Old Aunt Ethel. It's said she makes Halloween candy and pumpkin pie out of the kids that trick-or-treat at her house. This Halloween, the neighborhood teens are going to find out the truth.

Director: Joseph Mazzaferro | Stars: Chris Cavalier, Melissa Daddio, Sean Michael Gloria, Jason Henne

Votes: 1,463

5. The Hidden Hand (1942)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Peter Thorne (Craig Stevens)is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing (Cecil Cunningham), who uses her insane brother, John Channing (Milton Parsons), to ... See full summary »

Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Craig Stevens, Elisabeth Fraser, Julie Bishop, Willie Best

Votes: 680

6. Christmas Eve (1947)

Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

To save her fortune from a designing nephew, Matilda Reed must locate her three long-lost adopted sons in time for a Christmas Eve reunion.

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: George Raft, George Brent, Randolph Scott, Joan Blondell

Votes: 830

7. Cagney & Lacey (1981–1988)
Episode: Different Drummer (1987)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An eccentric, older woman who claims she's a witch is getting in the way of a lucrative real estate deal.

Director: Sharron Miller | Stars: Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Al Waxman, Martin Kove

Votes: 54

8. Harry O (1973–1976)
Episode: The Last Heir (1975)

52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Letty owns a gold mine in the desert. Letty's two sisters, a brother, and a grand-nephew and his wife come for their annual visit. Trapped in the house in the middle of the desert, they start getting killed off, one by one.

Director: Richard Lang | Stars: David Janssen, Jeanette Nolan, Katherine Justice, Clifford David

Votes: 59

9. Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode: The Healer (1969)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The Mod Squad sets to work busting an extortion racket run by a self-styled healer responsible for the death of Linc's friend. Julie befriends a wheelchair-bound man paying large sums for empty promises that his paralysis will be cured.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews

Votes: 30

10. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Fiery Fingers (1958)

TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Louise Gordon believes husband George is having an affair and will not allow him into her room. Only cousin Vicky Braxton and nurse Nora Mae Quincey may see Louise. When Louise dies of arsenic poisoning, Nora Mae is charged with murder.

Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 401

11. Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode: The Last of the Sommervilles (1961)

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

Dragging a murder victim to burial is just one chore a servant undertakes to become the last Sommerville standing, to win a wealthy old woman's inheritance. As a distant relative, Ursula ... See full summary »

Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Boris Karloff, Phyllis Thaxter, Martita Hunt, Chet Stratton

Votes: 166

12. My World and Welcome to It (1969–1970)
Episode: Darn That Dream (1970)

Comedy

When his young daughter has nightmares, John Monroe eases her fears with a soothing story about their unusual ghostly relatives who filled their house with the creaks and odd noises that ... See full summary »

Director: John Rich | Stars: William Windom, Joan Hotchkis, Lisa Gerritsen, Ruth McDevitt

Votes: 13

13. Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie (1994– )
Episode: Sentimentalitäten (2007)

28 min | Drama, Family

Sophie doesn't want to see her favourite cow go for slaughter and offers pay the vet bills even though from a financial point of view it doesn't make any sense to keep the animal any longer... See full summary »

Director: Alexander Wiedl | Stars: Wolfgang Hepp, Ursula Cantieni, Peter Schell, Christiane Brammer

14. Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie (1994– )
Episode: Regeln (2007)

28 min | Drama, Family

Lioba needs to get some documents out of her old house but is afraid to go in.

Director: Dagmar von Chappuis | Stars: Wolfgang Hepp, Ursula Cantieni, Peter Schell, Christiane Brammer

15. Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie (1994– )
Episode: Abwechslung (2007)

28 min | Drama, Family

Karl decides to help Bea with her work because he wants them to go out together for an evening and Johanna goes into Lioba's old house to retrieve some documents and is appalled by the sorry state of the inside.

Director: Dagmar von Chappuis | Stars: Wolfgang Hepp, Ursula Cantieni, Peter Schell, Christiane Brammer

16. She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018–2020)
Episode: Razz (2018)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Led to Bright Moon, Bow and Glimmer's hopes for a proper introduction of She-Ra to the Rebellion is complicated by Adora's difficulties summoning the power.

Director: Stephanie Stine | Stars: Aimee Carrero, Karen Fukuhara, AJ Michalka, Marcus Scribner

Votes: 1,429