Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "jumping-into-a-river"

1. La La Land (2016)

PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.

Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons

Votes: 671,870 | Gross: $151.10M

2. 1917 (2019)

R | 119 min | Action, Drama, History

April 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays, Colin Firth

Votes: 675,984 | Gross: $159.23M

3. Sherlock Holmes (2009)

PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong

Votes: 671,231 | Gross: $209.03M

4. Alone (V) (2020)

R | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.

Director: John Hyams | Stars: Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, Anthony Heald, Jonathan Rosenthal

Votes: 28,656

5. 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: 327,563 | Gross: $162.83M

6. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

PG | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

In 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. After considering their options, they escape to South America.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin

Votes: 226,765 | Gross: $102.31M

7. Kiss the Girls (1997)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur

Votes: 81,229 | Gross: $60.53M

8. Harriet (I) (2019)

PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Biography, Drama

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn

Votes: 30,733

9. Our Friend (2019)

R | 124 min | Drama, Romance

After receiving life-altering news, a couple finds unexpected support from their best friend, who puts his own life on hold and moves into their family home, bringing an impact much greater and more profound than anyone could have imagined.

Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Stars: Jason Segel, Isabella Kai, Violet McGraw, Casey Affleck

Votes: 15,305

10. The Chase (1966)

Passed | 134 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The citizens of a Texan town become concerned and panicked when a local bad boy escapes prison and heads for his hometown.

Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall

Votes: 13,410 | Gross: $5.00M

11. Surviving the Game (1994)

R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Ice-T, Charles S. Dutton, Gary Busey

Votes: 13,168 | Gross: $7.73M

12. The General (1926)

Passed | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.

Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley

Votes: 98,167 | Gross: $1.03M

13. Jules and Jim (1962)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance

Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino

Votes: 44,426

14. Code of Silence (1985)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take down an irresponsible cop.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen, Mike Genovese

Votes: 9,399 | Gross: $20.35M

15. Mogambo (1953)

Passed | 116 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner, Donald Sinden

Votes: 9,175

16. Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A father struggling with bipolar disorder tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.

Director: Maya Forbes | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky, Ashley Aufderheide

Votes: 17,044 | Gross: $1.43M

17. Robin Hood (1991)

TV-14 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled England with an iron fist.

Director: John Irvin | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Uma Thurman, Jürgen Prochnow, Edward Fox

Votes: 5,870

18. The Frisco Kid (1979)

PG | 119 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A Polish rabbi wanders through the Old West on his way to lead a synagogue in San Francisco. On the way, he is nearly burned at the stake by Native Americans and almost killed by outlaws.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri, Val Bisoglio

Votes: 11,502 | Gross: $9.35M

19. Without Warning (1980)

R | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Sandy and Greg are teenagers who go camping, despite warnings not to, with their friends. They soon encounter aliens, who are using the area as a hunting ground.

Director: Greydon Clark | Stars: Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Tarah Nutter, Christopher S. Nelson

Votes: 4,705

20. The Last Escape (1970)

G | 90 min | Action, Drama, War

During the final days of WW2, an Allied commando team races toward a German rocket base to abduct a Nazi scientist before the fast advancing Soviet troops could reach him.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Stuart Whitman, John Collin, Martin Jarvis, Pinkas Braun

Votes: 288

21. Son of Rambow (2007)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

During a long English summer in the early 1980s, two schoolboys from differing backgrounds set out to make a film inspired by First Blood (1982).

Director: Garth Jennings | Stars: Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Hynes, Anna Wing

Votes: 32,973 | Gross: $1.78M

22. Turkey Shoot (1982)

R | 80 min | Action, Drama, Horror

In a dystopian future where deviants are held in "re-education" camps, a freedom fighter and an innocent prisoner try to survive their decadent oppressors' game of kill-or-be-killed.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Steve Railsback, Olivia Hussey, Michael Craig, Carmen Duncan

Votes: 4,265

23. Prefontaine (1997)

PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Based on the life of Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine, a long distance runner who lived in Oregon and died young.

Director: Steve James | Stars: Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Neill, Breckin Meyer

Votes: 7,672 | Gross: $0.53M

24. Walking with the Enemy (2013)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Drama, History

A young man, separated from his family in World War II, disguises himself as a Nazi S.S. Officer and uncovers more than just his family whereabouts.

Director: Mark Schmidt | Stars: Jonas Armstrong, Ben Kingsley, Hannah Tointon, Simon Kunz

Votes: 2,638 | Gross: $0.36M

25. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

Unrated | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

After being reanimated, Baron Frankenstein transfers the soul of an executed young man into the body of his lover, prompting her to kill the men who wronged them.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg, Thorley Walters, Robert Morris

Votes: 5,451

26. The Return of the Native (1994 TV Movie)

PG | 101 min | Drama

Reddleman Diggory Venn drives slowly across the heath, carrying a hidden passenger in the back of his van. When darkness falls, the country folk light bonfires on the hills, emphasizing the pagan spirit of the heath and its denizens.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Clive Owen, Ray Stevenson, Steven Mackintosh

Votes: 760

27. Emperor (2020)

PG-13 | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History

An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green.

Director: Mark Amin | Stars: Mykelti Williamson, James Cromwell, Bruce Dern, Kat Graham

Votes: 1,539

28. Company Business (1991)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A retired CIA agent is recruited to participate in a prisoner exchange with the Russians.

Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kurtwood Smith, Terry O'Quinn

Votes: 3,296 | Gross: $1.50M

29. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy

A bookseller saves a tramp from drowning and shelters him, but the tramp's odd behavior starts to wear everyone down.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Michel Simon, Marcelle Hainia, Sévérine Lerczinska, Jean Gehret

Votes: 6,209

30. Edges of the Lord (2001)

R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A twelve-year-old Jewish boy hides with a family of Catholic peasant farmers to escape the Nazis.

Director: Yurek Bogayevicz | Stars: Haley Joel Osment, Willem Dafoe, Richard Banel, Liam Hess

Votes: 3,693

31. Lulu on the Bridge (1998)

PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Music, Mystery

A famous jazz saxophonist's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.

Director: Paul Auster | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, Richard Edson, Don Byron

Votes: 4,197

32. Sssshhh... (2003)

163 min | Horror, Mystery

A serial killer is around which is responsible for taking many lives including that of Malini and her boyfriend. The police are unable to comprehend especially when this killer leaves no evidence at every crime scene.

Director: Pavan Kaul | Stars: Tanishaa Mukerji, Dino Morea, Karan Nath, Gaurav Kapoor

Votes: 410

33. LenaLove (2016)

95 min | Drama, Thriller

When her life crumbles around her, teenager Lena loses herself in the depths of the internet and social media, as she begins to chat with the mysterious Noah.

Director: Florian Gaag | Stars: Emilia Schüle, Jannik Schümann, Kyra Sophia Kahre, Sina Tkotsch

Votes: 591

34. Queen Kelly (1932)

Passed | 101 min | Drama

A convent girl is abducted and seduced by a prince before being sent off to a brothel in East Africa.

Directors: Erich von Stroheim, Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Walter Byron, Seena Owen, Sylvia Ashton

Votes: 3,364

35. Graduation (2007)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Four best friends plot to rob a bank during their high school graduation ceremony in order to help out one of the teen's sick relatives.

Director: Michael Mayer | Stars: Catherine L. Albers, Adam Arkin, Greg Benson, Alice Eisner

Votes: 1,752

36. Tout ça... pour ça! (1993)

PG-13 | 120 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Marie, a young lawyer, leaves with her husband Fabrice and a couple of friends, Francis and Alessandra. They are engaged in a dangerous sentimental game together, from which their relations will not come out unseemly.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Marie-Sophie L., Francis Huster, Fabrice Luchini, Alessandra Martines

Votes: 817

37. Hatsuyuki no koi (2007)

102 min | Romance

Min is a Korean boy moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he meets Nanae, a beautiful Japanese girl with stunning eyes who is aspiring to be a painter. ... See full summary »

Director: Han Sang-hee | Stars: Lee Joon-gi, Aoi Miyazaki, Seon-Yeong Baek, Yeon-hui Gu

Votes: 971

38. The Last Border: Viimeisellä rajalla (1993)

105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

One man's quest for revenge in a post-apocalyptic world

Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Jolyon Baker, Jürgen Prochnow, Fanny Bastien, Kari Väänänen

Votes: 508

39. Wala nang iibigin pang iba (1997)

117 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Daniel, a mercenary, is hired to save and protect archaeologist Sarah from treasure smugglers. The race to the cave of treasure follows and Daniel promises to help Sarah at all cost - as long as the price is right.

Director: Toto Natividad | Stars: Sharon Cuneta, Cesar Montano, Bembol Roco, Ricardo Cepeda

Votes: 50

40. 26 Men (1957–1959)
Episode: The Slater Brothers (1957)

27 min | Western

When Clint Travis is falsely accused of Murder. Rynning sends him into Galioro Mountains to prove his innocence by finding the cattle rustlers who actually committed the crime.

Director: Oliver Drake | Stars: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson, Stanley Andrews, Monte Blue

Votes: 14

41. The Fall Guy (1981–1986)
Episode: Devil's Island (1983)

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Colt and Howie go to Mexico to arrest Mary Connors. A corrupt colonel too is interested in Mary who spurns his advances. The colonel then imprisons her in the Devil's Island prison. Colt and his team plot to rescue Mary from the prison.

Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas, Markie Post

Votes: 65

42. Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode: The Savage Hills (1958)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

A beautiful con woman convinces Bart that a fellow hotel guest is really the leader of a counterfeit ring in possession of the plates to print the phony money. After Bart helps steal the ... See full summary »

Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Jack Kelly, Diane Brewster, Peter Whitney, Thurston Hall

Votes: 115

43. Close Calls: On Camera (2014– )
Episode: Episode #8.7 (2020)

29 min | Drama, Reality-TV

An eight-year-old boy taking part in a karting race clips the wheel of a rival, sending his own kart somersaulting through the air. A man leaps into a river to save a drowning dog and ends up having to be rescued too.

Star: Nick Knowles

44. Pysäyttäkää Nyqvist (2022)
Episode: Sodoma ja Gomorra (2022)

43 min | Comedy, Thriller

Nyqvist seeks assistance from Bodin, which proves to be a regrettable idea; Bergenskjöld obtains damning evidence regarding Nyqvist's true history; Härkönen's responsibilities become even more intricate.

Director: Juha Lankinen | Stars: Antti Tuomas Heikkinen, Marc Gassot, Sonja Kuittinen, Andrea Björkholm

Votes: 27

45. Maalaala Mo Kaya (1991–2022)
Episode: Kulungan (2013)

TV-14 | Biography, Drama, Romance

Susana (AiAi Delas Alas) is a loving wife and mother who suffers from nervous breakdown after continuous financial tragedies. While Susana is enduring from it, Dodoy (Joseph Marco), her ... See full summary »

Director: Mae Czarina Cruz | Stars: AiAi Delas Alas, Maliksi Morales, Joseph Marco, Emilio Garcia

46. Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode: Deep Breath (2014)

TV-PG | 76 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

When the newly-regenerated doctor arrives in Victorian London, he finds a dinosaur rampant in the Thames and a spate of deadly spontaneous combustions.

Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Neve McIntosh, Dan Starkey

Votes: 8,731

47. La belle équipe (1958–1962)
Episode: La loterie nationale (1960)

17 min | Short, Comedy, Family

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Director: Ange Casta | Stars: Isaac Alvarez, Philippe Avron, Claude Evrard, Jean-Marie Bonnet

48. The Detour (2016–2019)
Episode: The Search (2019)

TV-MA | 21 min | Adventure, Comedy

The Parkers follow the trail of Delilah's globetrotting Youtube vlogs ending up in various harsh places including Tibet.

Director: Brennan Shroff | Stars: Jason Jones, Natalie Zea, Ashley Gerasimovich, Liam Carroll

Votes: 140

49. The Paradise (2020– )
Episode: Tilinteon hetki (2020)

45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Hilkka and Luisa track the murderer, while Andrés is moved aside from the investigation. Aarne has found his way up north, to his favourite fishing grounds. Darkness is inevitably falling, both in Spain and in Finland.

Director: Marja Pyykkö | Stars: Riitta Havukainen, Fran Perea, María Romero, Risto Tuorila

Votes: 31