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

1. E.T. (1982)

PG | 115 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace

Votes: 437,315 | Gross: $435.11M

2. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

PG-13 | 166 min | Western

A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.

Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards

Votes: 348,966 | Gross: $5.32M

3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

PG | 138 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon

Votes: 216,772 | Gross: $132.09M

4. Inland Empire (2006)

R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern

Votes: 61,899 | Gross: $0.75M

5. Supergirl (1984)

PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After losing a powerful orb, Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter O'Toole, Mia Farrow

Votes: 24,013 | Gross: $13.60M

6. Superman II (1980)

PG | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.

Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty

Votes: 114,585 | Gross: $108.19M

7. Throne of Blood (1957)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura

Votes: 55,911

8. Shadowlands (1993)

PG | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.

Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Julian Fellowes, Roddy Maude-Roxby

Votes: 20,438 | Gross: $25.84M

9. The Night Belongs to Lovers (2021)

88 min | Drama, Romance

Strangers meet at night near cliffs before his impending marriage. Despite her disbelief in pleasure, they connect intimately and unconditionally for one night, exploring desire and vulnerability on the edge before parting ways.

Director: Julien Hilmoine | Stars: Laura Müller, Schemci Lauth

Votes: 257

10. Angel-A (2005)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A beautiful woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Rie Rasmussen, Jamel Debbouze, Gilbert Melki, Serge Riaboukine

Votes: 35,651 | Gross: $0.20M

11. Spirits of the Dead (1968)

R | 121 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.

Directors: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim | Stars: Jane Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Terence Stamp

Votes: 6,944

12. Area 51 (2015)

R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Three young conspiracy theorists attempt to uncover the mysteries of Area 51, the government's secret location rumored to have hosted encounters with alien beings. What they find at this hidden facility exposes unimaginable secrets.

Director: Oren Peli | Stars: Reid Warner, Darrin Bragg, Ben Rovner, Jelena Nik

Votes: 15,163

13. The Beekeeper (1986)

122 min | Drama

A bee keeper, Spiros, travels from the north to the south of Greece with his bees to meet the spring.

Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Nadia Mourouzi, Serge Reggiani, Jenny Roussea

Votes: 2,931

14. Straight on Till Morning (1972)

R | 96 min | Thriller

A timid, withdrawn woman meets a man she believes is finally the love of her life, unaware that he is a vicious serial killer.

Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant, James Bolam, Katya Wyeth

Votes: 1,423

15. The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972)

101 min | Drama, Sport

Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is ejected during a game for foul play. He leaves the field and goes to spend the night with a cinema cashier.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Arthur Brauss, Kai Fischer, Erika Pluhar, Libgart Schwarz

Votes: 2,256

16. The Aviator's Wife (1981)

PG | 106 min | Comedy, Romance

A young student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her lover.

Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Philippe Marlaud, Marie Rivière, Anne-Laure Meury, Mathieu Carrière

Votes: 5,177

17. Sonic the Hedgehog (I) (1991 Video Game)

K-A | Action, Adventure, Family

A blue hedgehog with supersonic speed must rescue animals from being turned into robots by a mad scientist.

Votes: 3,634

18. Brief Encounter (1974 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 74 min | Drama

Two strangers, both married to others, meet in a railroad station and find themselves in a brief but intense affair.

Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Jack Hedley, Rosemary Leach

Votes: 702

19. Beyond the Walls (2012)

Unrated | 98 min | Drama, Romance

Paulo, a young pianist, meets Ilir, a bartender and bass guitar player originally from Albania. They become lovers. Confronted by his girlfriend Anka, Paulo finds himself out on the street.... See full summary »

Director: David Lambert | Stars: Matila Malliarakis, Guillaume Gouix, David Salles, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin

Votes: 1,605

20. Macadam Stories (2015)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation.

Director: Samuel Benchetrit | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Gustave Kervern, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Tassadit Mandi

Votes: 3,600

21. Devilish Education (1995)

29 min | Short

After taking a dip in the lake, an innocent maiden encounters an enigmatic stranger dressed in black. Soon, he will introduce her to the secret pleasures of the flesh and the mysterious ways of the world.

Director: Janusz Majewski | Stars: Renata Dancewicz, Marek Kondrat, Anna Dymna, Stanislaw Brudny

Votes: 554

22. Batla House (2019)

Not Rated | 146 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In 2008, a violent shootout with terror suspects leaves one police officer struggling to hunt down the fugitives and justify the police action.

Director: Nikkhil Advani | Stars: Mrunal Thakur, John Abraham, Nora Fatehi, Ravi Kishan

Votes: 12,561 | Gross: $0.49M

23. This Crazy Heart (2017)

104 min | Comedy, Drama

An irresponsible man is forced by his father to take care of one of his ailing patients.

Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Elyas M'Barek, Philip Schwarz, Nadine Wrietz, Uwe Preuss

Votes: 3,694

24. An eheis tyhi... (1964)

108 min | Comedy

By a curious twist of fate, a perpetually impecunious teacher finds a winning lottery ticket; however, brief encounters with perfect strangers threaten his fantasy. Who is friend and who is foe in this peculiar case of sheer serendipity?

Director: Giorgos Petridis | Stars: Dimitris Papamichael, Lilian Miniati, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Hristos Tsaganeas

Votes: 169

25. DumbLand (2002)

TV-MA | 35 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A series of 5-minute line animations (drawn in the rough style and with the minimalist plots of David Lynch's The Angriest Dog in the World comic strip) featuring an angry and violent Neanderthal, and his family and neighbors.

Star: David Lynch

Votes: 3,149

26. Bittersweet Love (1976)

PG | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Young married couple expecting a baby suddenly discover they are half-brother and sister.

Director: David Miller | Stars: Lana Turner, Robert Lansing, Celeste Holm, Robert Alda

Votes: 209

27. Out of the Blue (2003 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, History

The definitive investigation on the UFO phenomenon narrated by Peter Coyote.

Directors: Tim Coleman, James Fox, Boris Zubov | Stars: Peter Coyote, Amir D. Aczel, Bernhard Haisch, John Samford

Votes: 861

28. Puccini for Beginners (2006)

82 min | Comedy, Romance

A recently-singled New York writer finds herself in two surprising and complicated relationships.

Director: Maria Maggenti | Stars: Ken Barnett, Julianne Nicholson, Brian Letscher, Elizabeth Reaser

Votes: 2,504 | Gross: $0.09M

29. Tit for Tat (1935)

Approved | 19 min | Comedy, Short, Family

After the events in Them Thar Hills (1934), Stan and Ollie encounter their old nemesis, whose grocery shop is next to their home-appliances store. Nobody can let bygones be bygones, and a war breaks out. Will those tit-for-tat battles ever end?

Director: Charley Rogers | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Charlie Hall

Votes: 2,477

30. Alien Visitor (1996)

PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In this sci-fi adventure a gorgeous alien woman is sent to Earth by mistake from the planet Epsilon. Landing in the Australian outback she meets a surveyor and they cross the continent ... See full summary »

Director: Rolf de Heer | Stars: Ullie Birve, Syd Brisbane, Alethea McGrath, Chloe Ferguson

Votes: 663

31. Little Green Men (IV)

Drama, Sci-Fi | Announced

A documentary filmmaker meets a descendant of a farmer family, who had a traumatic alien encounter in 1955. The filmmaker is shaken, when he notices ominous similarities between the encounter and his twin brother's past disappearance.

Director: Martyn Pick

32. Affairs of the Heart (1974–1975)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A series of TV plays based on stories or novels by Henry James.

Stars: Georgina Hale, Anton Rodgers, Diana Rigg, Sinéad Cusack

Votes: 63

33. Tatlo, dalawa, isa (1974)

Not Rated | 156 min | Drama

(Tagalog with English subtitles) Filipino cinema lenged, Lino Brocka, directs this compilation of three intimate stories about the perseverance of hope featuring a drug addict, an abandoned daughter and a repressed catholic.

Director: Lino Brocka | Stars: Jay Ilagan, Perla Bautista, Laurice Guillen, Soxy Topacio

Votes: 415

34. A World Without Women (2011)

56 min | Comedy, Drama

Confused feelings for Sylvain when he meets Patricia and Juliette on their one-week holiday by the sea.

Director: Guillaume Brac | Stars: Vincent Macaigne, Laure Calamy, Constance Rousseau, Laurent Papot

Votes: 858

35. Haridas (2013)

146 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller

Sivadas (Kishore) is tough-talking encounter specialist in the police department. He has a mission to pin down a gangster and mercenary and is hot on his trail. But life changes for the ... See full summary »

Director: Kumaravelan | Stars: Kishore Kumar G., Sneha, Prithviraj Das, Soori

Votes: 228

36. Our Father's Keeper (2020)

TV-PG | 92 min | Drama

A story that tests the limits of a family when tragedy strikes, and a film that encourages viewers to grow in love and understanding of one another.

Director: Rob Diamond | Stars: Kyler Steven Fisher, Shayla McCaffrey, Link Lindquist, Tara Berrett

Votes: 176

37. Koritsia ston ilio (1968)

80 min | Drama, Romance

A shepherd falls in love with an English tourist in Greece.

Director: Vasilis Georgiadis | Stars: Giannis Voglis, Anne Lonnberg, Kostas Bakas, Miranta Myrat

Votes: 632

38. X-Men (1992 Video Game)

Action, Sci-Fi

Marvel's mutants face off against their nemesis Magneto in the popular arcade game from Konami.

Director: C. Lee | Stars: Kyle Hebert, Mela Lee

Votes: 123

39. Kagekiha opera (2016)

90 min | Drama, Romance

A Japanese LGBT love story set in a small female only theater group, based on a semi-autobiographical novel "Kokan" by Junko Emoto.

Director: Junko Emoto | Stars: Saori, Arisa Nakamura, Yuki Sakurai, Suzuka Morita

Votes: 26

40. Chot [Aaj Isko, Kal Tereko] (2004)

Musical, Action, Crime

Corrupt Mumbai policeman aids local property developer to force two brothers who own a dairy farm off their land.

Director: Nabh Kumar 'Raju' | Stars: Ashutosh Rana, Sharad S. Kapoor, Nethra Raghuraman, Ganesh Yadav

Votes: 43

41. Those Dirty Dogs (1973)

PG | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, War

Captain Chadwell, Lieutenant Junger and Sergeant Smith are sent by Washington to help their colleagues of Fort Apache to recover stolen arms. A bounty hunter accompanies them.

Director: Giuseppe Rosati | Stars: Gianni Garko, Stephen Boyd, Howard Ross, Simón Andreu

Votes: 230

42. Soleil (1997)

104 min | Drama

Algiers, 1940. MAMAN TITINE has lived alone with her five children ever since her husband JOSEPH, a Jewish post office employee, set off for Paris with forged papers to find work. Maman ... See full summary »

Director: Roger Hanin | Stars: Sophia Loren, Philippe Noiret, Marianne Sägebrecht, Roger Hanin

Votes: 188

43. Absurd Encounter with Fear (1967)

2 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror

A man approaches a woman in a field.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Jack Fisk, Peggy Reavey

Votes: 1,407

44. Lola Pater (2017)

95 min | Drama

When his mother dies, Zino decides to find his father, Farid. But 25 years ago, Farid became Lola.

Director: Nadir Moknèche | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Tewfik Jallab, Nadia Kaci, Véronique Dumont

Votes: 468

45. Tera Kya Hoga Johnny (2009)

155 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An abused boy who sells coffee on a bicycle gets involved in a robbery.

Director: Sudhir Mishra | Stars: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sikandar Agarwal, Aditya Bhattacharya, Abhay Deol

Votes: 242

46. The Kiss of the Tiger (1988)

105 min | Thriller

With the dangerous smoothness of a tiger stalking his prey, Peter (Stéphane Ferrara) has circled the au pair Michèle (Beate Jensen). She quickly succumbs to his fascinating charisma and ... See full summary »

Director: Petra Haffter | Stars: Stéphane Ferrara, Beate Jensen, Yves Beneyton, Kristina van Eyck

Votes: 54

47. Blue Lips (2014)

92 min | Drama

Six people's lives come together.

Directors: Daniela De Carlo, Julieta Lima, Gustavo Lipsztein, Antonello Novellino, Nacho Ruipérez, Nobu Shima | Stars: Dudu Azevedo, Malena Sánchez, Simone Castano, Avi Rothman

Votes: 86

48. Junk Head 1 (2013)

30 min | Animation, Short, Mystery

In the distant future, mankind begins research on clones that live underground in search of lost genetic information.

Director: Takahide Hori

Votes: 280

49. Encounter in the Air (2019)

90 min | Drama

Blerim, an employee of a TV station, takes on a highly unusual side gig - one that immerses him in a world of mental illness, paranoia, and blurred reality.

Director: Ardit Sadiku | Stars: Herton Meta, Todi Kasemi, Auron Mimaj, Sebina Matlija

Votes: 109

50. Makrykostas and Kondogiorgis (1960)

83 min | Comedy

An 80 year old vendetta finally lands on the hands of two peace loving, and not so brave men, who both fear each others intent.!

Director: Alekos Sakellarios | Stars: Dinos Iliopoulos, Kostas Hatzihristos, Pantelis Zervos, Lavrentis Dianellos

Votes: 1,075