Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "hiding-in-plain-sight"

1. WALL·E (2008)

G | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard

Votes: 1,200,051 | Gross: $223.81M

2. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Three years into the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi pursues a new threat, while Anakin Skywalker is lured by Chancellor Palpatine into a sinister plot to rule the galaxy.

Director: George Lucas | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Samuel L. Jackson

Votes: 845,136 | Gross: $380.26M

3. The Fugitive (1993)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore

Votes: 318,552 | Gross: $183.88M

4. Night of the Comet (1984)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.

Director: Thom Eberhardt | Stars: Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran, Sharon Farrell

Votes: 24,128 | Gross: $14.42M

5. The BFG (2016)

PG | 117 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement

Votes: 93,247 | Gross: $55.48M

6. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

G | 92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe

Votes: 85,745

7. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson

Votes: 74,960

8. Experiment in Terror (1962)

Not Rated | 123 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers, Roy Poole

Votes: 6,632

9. Queen & Slim (2019)

R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A couple's first date takes an unexpected turn when a police officer pulls them over.

Director: Melina Matsoukas | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Bokeem Woodbine, Chloë Sevigny

Votes: 34,615

10. Red Joan (2018)

R | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the K.G.B.'s longest-serving British spy.

Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes

Votes: 14,414 | Gross: $1.58M

11. The Forger (2022)

116 min | Biography, Drama

Cioma Schönhaus, a 21-year-old Jewish man, escapes the Gestapo and saves lives thanks to his ability to forge passports. His other talent is forging his own identity.

Director: Maggie Peren | Stars: Louis Hofmann, Jonathan Berlin, Luna Wedler, Nina Gummich

Votes: 1,137

12. Hunt Her, Kill Her (2022)

89 min | Horror, Thriller

A janitor in a furniture factory finds herself in a fight for her life when she becomes the target of sinister masked intruders.

Directors: Greg Swinson, Ryan Thiessen | Stars: Natalie Terrazzino, JC Oakley III, Trevor Tucker, David Holt

Votes: 489

13. Beauty and the Beast (1978)

91 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

In this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.

Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Zdena Studenková, Vlastimil Harapes, Václav Voska, Jana Brejchová

Votes: 1,815

14. The Plagues of Breslau (2018)

TV-MA | 110 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Every day at 6 pm a serial killer kills a different person. Police officer Helena Rus decides to find the killer by researching about 18th century history of the city.

Director: Patryk Vega | Stars: Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Daria Widawska, Katarzyna Bujakiewicz, Andrzej Grabowski

Votes: 5,650

15. Out for Blood (2004 Video)

R | 95 min | Horror, Action, Fantasy

A police detective is investigating some mysterious disappearances and uncovers a horrible truth.

Director: Richard Brandes | Stars: Kevin Dillon, Vanessa Angel, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Lance Henriksen

Votes: 1,401

16. Girl on the Run (1953)

64 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

Police investigate a murder that occurred in a burlesque theater.

Directors: Arthur J. Beckhard, Joseph Lerner | Stars: Richard Coogan, Rosemary Pettit, Frank Albertson, Harry Bannister

Votes: 258

17. Blind Man's Bluff (1992 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 86 min | Drama, Thriller

Four years ago, professor Thomas Booker was plunged into a world of darkness, blinded by an accident that robbed him of his sight, his girlfriend and his dreams. After extensive ... See full summary »

Director: James Quinn | Stars: Robert Urich, Patricia Clarkson, Lisa Eilbacher, Ron Perlman

Votes: 158

18. Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947)

TV-G | 17 min | Comedy, Short

The stooges are tailors, and are heavily in debt to the Skin & Flint finance company. When the boys read about the big reward for a fugitive robber, they think it could be the answer to ... See full summary »

Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Virginia Hunter

Votes: 1,004

19. A Sailor-Made Man (1921)

Passed | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An idle, wealthy playboy foolishly joins the Navy when the father of the girl he wants to marry tells him to get a job to prove himself worthy.

Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young, Dick Sutherland

Votes: 1,251

20. Bumping Into Broadway (1919)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Short

Young playwright spends his last cent to pay the rent of struggling actress in a theatrical boarding house. Pursuing her, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big, just before a police raid.

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, Helen Gilmore

Votes: 1,388

21. Messiah (2000 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Third person action adventure about cherub Bob who arrives on Earth in a cyberpunk dystopian future where Satan disguised as the head of the biggest biotech corporation, rules the world in secret. God gave up on Man, but Bob won't.

Director: David Perry | Stars: Scott Barrett, Patrick Berryhill, Shawn Berryhill, Lynel Brown

Votes: 41

22. The New Member (1921)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Comedy

A street fight broken up by a secret hand signal leads to the discovery of the Royal Order of the Wriggle Fingers, a bizarre Satanic cult run by the police and endowed with magical powers.

Director: Grover Jones | Stars: Billy Franey, Charles Haefeli, Charles A. Post, E. Villipp

23. Cheating Blondes (1933)

Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A reporter sets out to prove that the woman who rejected his marriage proposal is a murderer. Meanwhile, she's hiding in plain sight: posing as her missing twin sister.

Director: Joseph Levering | Stars: Thelma Todd, Ralf Harolde, Inez Courtney, Milton Wallis

Votes: 75

24. Christmas Coming Out (2021)

Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

An action figure from a young gay man's Christmas Past comes to life to help him find the courage he needs to come out.

Director: Art Arutyunyan | Stars: Ford Nelson, Tyler Horn, Arthur Marroquin, Katryn Schmidt

Votes: 30

25. Bucking the Tiger (1917)

25 min | Comedy, Short

Squire Laurie, the village skinflint, takes a circus tiger as security for a loan. Arthur, who loves Lillian, the old man's daughter, hates tigers, having bucked them, but when Laurie's ... See full summary »

Director: Robin Williamson | Stars: Ben Turpin, Arthur Currier, Lillian Hamilton, Edward J. Laurie

Votes: 12

26. There Ain't No Santa Claus (1926)

22 min | Short, Comedy

Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless landlord Noah and his family. He wants to get an expensive wristwatch for his wife, but his landlord... See full summary »

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Charley Chase, Eugenia Gilbert, Noah Young, Kay Deslys

Votes: 52

27. Fifteen Minutes (1921)

9 min | Comedy, Short

While his wife is shopping, Snub attempts to take a fifteen minute break.

Director: Charley Chase | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marie Mosquini, George Rowe, Vera White

Votes: 39

28. She Loved Him Plenty (1918)

20 min | Comedy, Short

Polly conducts a pawn shop with Ben and Charles as her appraisers and clerks. Ben is her sweetheart and Polly sure does love him, but Ben is not quite so enthusiastic, excepting when the ... See full summary »

Directors: Hampton Del Ruth, F. Richard Jones | Stars: Ben Turpin, Heinie Conklin, Polly Moran, Edgar Kennedy

Votes: 19

29. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: Dead Weight (1971)

TV-PG | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A war hero shoots and kills his business partner; an easily manipulated young divorcée is the only witness.

Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Peter Falk, Eddie Albert, Kate Reid, Suzanne Pleshette

Votes: 3,335

30. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Gitano (1970)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The teen-aged king of a small central European principality has been convinced, falsely, that his regent intends to harm him, and so he has taken refuge in a neighboring country where he is... See full summary »

Director: Barry Crane | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Votes: 166

31. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode: The Duplicate Man (1964)

TV-14 | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A man illegally clones himself to quietly hunt down a pregnant predatory alien monster he illegally brought to Earth, hoping a second wrong will make things right.

Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Ron Randell, Constance Towers, Mike Lane, Steven Geray

Votes: 419

32. The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode: The Contract (1965)

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

An American airman is seeking revenge against The Saint and starts by putting a 5,000-pound bounty on his head.

Director: Roger Moore | Stars: Roger Moore, Dick Haymes, Robert Hutton, Elizabeth Weaver

Votes: 140

33. As the World Turns (1956–2010)
Episode: Episode dated 7 March 2002 (2002)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

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Stars: Shelley Bennett, Hunt Block, Larry Bryggman, Martha Byrne

34. Seven Days (1966– )
Episode: Love Is Love (1966)

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Director: Peter Westerway | Stars: Anne Deveson, Neil McConaghty, Jane X., Dawn O'Donnell

35. Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Episode: I See You (2010)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Hank ends up in the hospital after being attacked by Tuco's cousins. Walt spends too much time by his family's side when he should be cooking meth.

Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris

Votes: 23,821

36. Rabbit Hole (2023)
Episode: At Any Given Moment (2023)

TV-MA | 44 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Triggered by the suicide of his friend and framed for the murder of Edward Homm, Weir tries to piece together what went wrong. The mysterious Hailey is sucked further into Weir's world as he tries to determine what role she played.

Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Meta Golding, Enid Graham, Rob Yang

Votes: 1,074

37. Gangsters: America's Most Evil (2012– )
Episode: The Ultimate Outlaw: Harry 'Taco' Bowman (2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Bowman, as international president of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, ordered kidnappings, firebombings, assaults and murders. He joined another exclusive club in 1997, the "FBI Ten Most ... See full summary »

Stars: Mickey Powers, Mike Lynn, Steve Cook, Tim Donovan

Votes: 22

38. Codes and Conspiracies (2014–2016)
Episode: Freemasons (2014)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary

The most secret of secret societies, The Freemasons, are intertwined with American history. Most of the Founding Fathers and 14 Presidents were Freemasons. Some say Washington DC is laid ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Evans | Stars: Dan Nachtrab, Warren Getler, Akram Elias, Christopher L. Hodapp

Votes: 24

39. Westworld (2016–2022)
Episode: The Bicameral Mind (2016)

TV-MA | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Ford unveils his bold new narrative; Dolores embraces her identity; Maeve sets her plan in motion.

Director: Jonathan Nolan | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Thandiwe Newton, Jeffrey Wright, James Marsden

Votes: 31,783

40. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Four: The Sauna Test (2019)

TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A code red brings the gang back together to face a frighteningly familiar evil. Karen urges Nancy to keep digging, and Robin finds a useful map.

Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown

Votes: 21,587