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

1. Carlito's Way (1993)

R | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo

Votes: 232,950 | Gross: $36.95M

2. What Happens Later (2023)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Romance

Willa and Bill are ex-lovers that will see each other for the first time in years when they both find themselves snowed in, in-transit, at an airport overnight.

Director: Meg Ryan | Stars: Meg Ryan, David Duchovny, Hal Liggett, Rob Gilchrist

Votes: 2,934

3. Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)

PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Comedy

"Rambo" parody in which Topper Harley leads a rescue team into Iraq to save Iraqi war prisoners and all of their previous rescue teams.

Director: Jim Abrahams | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna

Votes: 97,612 | Gross: $38.91M

4. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.

Director: Kerry Conran | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi

Votes: 87,551 | Gross: $37.76M

5. Ponniyin Selvan: Part I (2022)

Not Rated | 167 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Vandiyathevan crosses the Chola land to deliver a message from the Crown Prince Aditha Karikalan, while Kundavai attempts to establish political peace as vassals and petty chieftains plot against the throne.

Directors: Mani Ratnam, Sruti Harihara Subramanian | Stars: Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Karthi

Votes: 36,464

6. The Yakuza (1974)

R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama

American private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Eiji Okada, Herb Edelman

Votes: 10,480

7. Don 2 (2011)

Not Rated | 148 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Don turns himself in and escapes with Vardhaan from prison, following which he recruits a team to steal currency printing plates from a bank in Berlin.

Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Florian Lukas, Om Puri, Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Votes: 58,490 | Gross: $3.68M

8. The Honey Pot (1967)

Not Rated | 150 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy ex-girlfriends into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Cliff Robertson, Capucine

Votes: 2,881

9. Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two (2023)

Not Rated | 164 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Arulmozhi Varman continues on his journey to become Rajaraja I, the greatest ruler of the historic Chola empire of south India.

Directors: Mani Ratnam, Sruti Harihara Subramanian | Stars: Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Votes: 18,171

10. Raincoat (2004)

Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance

All he wanted was to see her just once. Manu was from a village in the backwoods. Neeru was the girl next door, his lost love.

Director: Rituparno Ghosh | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Annu Kapoor, Mouli Ganguly

Votes: 5,070

11. Return to Montauk (2017)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Romance

The author Max Zorn, now in his early 60s, is on a promotional book tour in New York when he meets up again with the woman he could never forget. They spend a weekend together. 17 years have passed. Can there be a future for their past?

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Bronagh Gallagher, Nina Hoss, Niels Arestrup

Votes: 1,363

12. Purple Violets (2007)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Patti Petalson (Blair) struggles with the pressure of becoming the next important American writer.

Director: Edward Burns | Stars: Annette Arnold, Max Baker, Selma Blair, James Biberi

Votes: 3,475

13. Fog Island (1945)

Approved | 72 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

An investor recently released from prison invites a group of former business associates to a holiday in his island home, intending to exact revenge on them.

Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: George Zucco, Lionel Atwill, Jerome Cowan, Sharon Douglas

Votes: 994

14. The ComDads (1983)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Crime

A woman, whose troubled son has left home, informs two different men from her past that each of them is a real father. Too different men.

Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Anny Duperey, Michel Aumont

Votes: 6,736

15. Bardaasht (2004)

155 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A young man gets wrongly framed for drug trafficking and killed in a fake encounter by corrupt police force, the victim's brother vows to bring the killers to justice and to end the tyranny of their corrupt system.

Director: Eeshwar Nivas | Stars: Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta, Rahul Dev, Riteish Deshmukh

Votes: 796

16. Woman Is the Future of Man (2004)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama

Two college friends get together and reminisce on the woman they both fell in love with at different times in their past, and are thus propelled to find her.

Director: Hong Sang-soo | Stars: Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Tae-woo, Sung Hyun-ah, Kim Ho-jung

Votes: 1,906 | Gross: $0.01M

17. Chain Lightning (1950)

Approved | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial aircraft corporation and bumps into his old girlfriend, Jo Holloway, who now works as a receptionist for the company.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Eleanor Parker, Raymond Massey, Richard Whorf

Votes: 1,684

18. June Bride (1948)

Approved | 96 min | Comedy

A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong...

Director: Bretaigne Windust | Stars: Bette Davis, Robert Montgomery, Fay Bainter, Betty Lynn

Votes: 2,092

19. Inspector Lavardin (1986)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Inspector Lavardin investigates on the murder of a famous writer, whose widow happens to be Helen, a woman Lavardin once loved. She has a daughter from a first marriage, who actually killed her stepfather, as he was trying to abuse her.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Luc Bideau

Votes: 1,599

20. Butley (1974)

R | 129 min | Drama, Romance

An English professor finds his life crumbling around him.

Director: Harold Pinter | Stars: Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O'Callaghan, Georgina Hale

Votes: 881

21. Come Sweet Death (2000)

107 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

Ex-detective Brenner wants to keep himself out of trouble but several murder cases and his ex-girlfriend Klara finally get him involved. But making decisions is not one his strengths.

Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Josef Hader, Simon Schwarz, Barbara Rudnik, Michael Schönborn

Votes: 3,472

22. The Life of Fish (2010)

84 min | Drama, Romance

Andrés returns to Santiago after several years to face a tragic event.

Director: Matías Bize | Stars: Santiago Cabrera, Blanca Lewin, Víctor Montero, Sebastián Layseca

Votes: 1,668

23. The Girl from Manhattan (1948)

Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Tom Walker,former All-American fullback who gave up football to enter the ministry, returns to his old home town for his first assignment under the church Bishop , an old friend of his ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, George Montgomery, Charles Laughton, Ernest Truex

Votes: 132

24. La familia de mi ex (2017 TV Movie)

PG | 87 min | Comedy, Family

Linda y Ángel mantuvieron una relación en el pasado. Ahora, con matrimonios fallidos y tres hijos cada uno, la vida y sus casualidades los reencuentran llevándolos a compartir unos días ... See full summary »

Director: Rodrigo Vidal | Stars: Ana Patricia Rojo, Fernando del Solar, Bea Ranero, Toni Balardi

Votes: 18

25. Savage Harvest 2: October Blood (2006 Video)

Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Horror

Tyge Murdock, a successful director of low-budget horror films, has been chasing monsters his whole life. When an actor is accidentally killed on the set of his latest production, Tyge ... See full summary »

Director: Jason Christ | Stars: Emily Haack, Benjamin Gaa, Eric Stanze, David Propst

Votes: 328

26. The Undressing (1986)

87 min | Drama

A prominent minister and his old flame share a night in a hotel room. Through passion and rejection, they undress the past together.

Director: Lauri Törhönen | Stars: Erkki Saarela, Eeva Eloranta, Aarno Laitinen, Alpo Suhonen

Votes: 183

27. Eteenpäin - elämään (1939)

110 min | Drama

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Directors: Yrjö Norta, T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Regina Linnanheimo, Tauno Palo, Emmi Jurkka, Elsa Rantalainen

Votes: 62

28. Mieletön elokuu (2013)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

August Fools is a romantic comedy set against the political background of the Cold War. Elsa (Kati Outinen), a middle-aged hat maker and part-time clairvoyant, is apparently in total ... See full summary »

Director: Taru Mäkelä | Stars: Kati Outinen, Miroslav Etzler, Elena Leeve, Krystof Hádek

Votes: 295

29. Heartbreak and Other Sharp Things

Drama, Romance | Post-production

A five part mini-series examining five relationships that all deal with heartbreak in different ways.

Stars: Shantiel Alexis Vazquez, Veronica Roy, Kelly Kristofferson, Caitlin Cardile

30. Autuas eversti (1958)

74 min | Comedy

Colonel Carolus Rutger Von Haestman awakens from his deathbed and sets out to find his youthful love, Amelie. Meanwhile, the children and grandchildren set out to find the runaway lovers. ... See full summary »

Director: William Markus | Stars: Pentti Siimes, Hillevi Lagerstam, Anneli Sauli, Martti Romppanen

Votes: 45

31. Den bez anjela (1981 TV Movie)

39 min | Drama

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Director: Frantisek Palonder | Stars: Ida Rapaicová, Pavol Mikulík

32. Une visite de noces (1964 TV Movie)

47 min | Drama, Romance

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Director: Claude Dagues | Stars: François Chaumette, Jacques Toja, Hélène Perdrière, Myriam Feune de Colombi

33. Disappearing Enemies (1931)

21 min | Short, Comedy

A pair of newlyweds discover his Uncle/her Aunt were once engaged to be married and are now enemies. Both are coming over to visit and spend the night.

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Dot Farley, Edward McWade, Rex Bell, Marion Shockley

Votes: 14

34. Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode: The Hollow (2004)

TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Poirot stumbles on the murder scene of philandering Dr Christow in a country house as his wife stands next to him with a revolver in her hand.

Director: Simon Langton | Stars: David Suchet, Jonathan Cake, Megan Dodds, Sarah Miles

Votes: 2,569

35. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode: Die Tote aus Riga (2004)

88 min | Crime

It's Christmas and in this Sunday morning the team has been called for the corpse of a woman. The medical examiner says that she is about 25 years old and that she has been hit by a car. They don't know her name.

Director: Patrick Winczewski | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke

Votes: 10

36. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: User Deadly (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A grumpy luddite detective facing retirement investigates a string of brutal serial killings committed by a sadistic computer freak.

Director: Allan King | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Peter Spence, Harry Guardino, Geordie Johnson

Votes: 85

37. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Der Filmriss (2005)

Crime, Drama

Judith Berg, the spouse of Christian Berg, has a love affair with Stefan Körner.This day Dominik Körner, the son of Stefan, has gone to the college where Judith is his English professor and... See full summary »

Director: Hartmut Griesmayr | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 16

38. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Nanette Fabray and Steve Lawrence (1970)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights of this show include: a salute to Columbia Pictures, featuring the famous "Golda" (spoof of "Gilda") and also parodies of such films as "From Here to Eternity" and "Middle of the... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 47

39. Dynasty (1981–1989)
Episode: The Birthday Party (1981)

TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, Romance

Michael tells Blake what Krystle did with her necklace. Fallon tells Jeff why she married him. Ted comes back into Steven's life.

Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: John Forsythe, Linda Evans, Pamela Sue Martin, Pamela Bellwood

Votes: 108

40. Hec Ramsey (1972–1974)
Episode: Mystery of the Yellow Rose (1973)

75 min | Drama, Mystery, Western

Hec pursues a check forger to Santa Rita, New Mexico, where he meets and rekindles an old flame. Hec plays attorney to free a friend being framed for murder, which puts him afoul of Henry T. Madden, a tyrant who holds the town in fear.

Directors: Douglas Benton, Charles Ziarko | Stars: Richard Boone, Rick Lenz, Diana Muldaur, Claude Akins

Votes: 38

41. Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode: The Lady and the Tiger (1993)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Immortal Amanda plans a high-stakes burglary, but a dangerous partner from her past has escaped prison and wants her head.

Director: Robin Davis | Stars: Adrian Paul, Alexandra Vandernoot, Stan Kirsch, Amanda Wyss

Votes: 235

42. Remington Steele (1982–1987)
Episode: Vintage Steele (1983)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Laura is reunited with a former lover when he seeks the help of Remington Steele investigations after finding a corpse in vat of wine. The investigation eventually leads to a nearby ... See full summary »

Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, James Read, Janet DeMay

Votes: 182

43. Sherlock Holmes (1954–1955)
Episode: The Case of the Winthrop Legend (1954)

Not Rated | 27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes seeks a rational explanation for the Winthrop family legend, which foretells the death of any family member who unexpectedly finds silver coins in his possession.

Director: Jack Gage | Stars: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford, Ivan Desny, Peter Copley

Votes: 164

44. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode: A Song at Twilight (1982)

83 min | Drama

A famous writer finds that a long-suppressed secret is about to be revealed by his former mistress.

Director: Cedric Messina | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Paul Scofield, Bruce Lidington, June Tobin

Votes: 70

45. The Last Kingdom (2015–2022)
Episode: Episode #5.7 (2022)

TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Drama, History

Edward offers a role to Stiorra that would restore her to power. Aethelhelm meets with a Saxon enemy. Uhtred has a long-overdue reckoning with Brida.

Director: Anthony Philipson | Stars: Eysteinn Sigurðarson, Ruby Hartley, Alexander Dreymon, Micki Stoltt

Votes: 2,732

46. The Julie Andrews Hour (1972–1973)
Episode: Don Rickles, Alice Ghostley and Rich Little (1972)

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Director: Bill Davis | Stars: Julie Andrews, Don Rickles, Alice Ghostley, Rich Little

47. Maalaala Mo Kaya (1991–2022)
Episode: Dancing Shoes (1994)

TV-14 | Biography, Drama, Romance

Every man has his one great love. But before Ramil could even get close to his, he witnesses his grandfather Cirilo hold on to his great love. During their youth, Cirilo and Dolores were ... See full summary »

Director: Eddie Rodriguez | Stars: Nida Blanca, Nestor De Villa, Ryan Soler, Eva Darren

48. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: The Wild Rover (2013)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The corpse of Jimmy, a baker popular for cup cakes, is found in his industrial dough mixer. His apprentice, Todd, noticed someone in a vintage muscle car, before being sent away. The car ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Hardy | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas

Votes: 1,362

49. Banshee (2013–2016)
Episode: Little Fish (2014)

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

The fallout from the rescue of Sheriff Lucas is at hand. Special Agent Racine is in town to investigate. He holds a hearing for all involved. Carrie is not allowed to see her children. Job, Lucas, Sugar, and Carrie rob an armored truck.

Director: Greg Yaitanes | Stars: Antony Starr, Ivana Milicevic, Ulrich Thomsen, Frankie Faison

Votes: 2,315

50. Backstrom (2015)
Episode: Enemy of My Enemies (2015)

TV-14 | 46 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Backstrom and his team works with his estranged father to find a suspected eco-terrorist.

Director: Jace Alexander | Stars: Rainn Wilson, Genevieve Angelson, Kristoffer Polaha, Page Kennedy

Votes: 265