Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "knife-held-to-one's-throat"

1. The Green Knight (2021)

R | 130 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A fantasy retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Director: David Lowery | Stars: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury

Votes: 117,825

2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.

Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Caleb Landry Jones

Votes: 554,678 | Gross: $54.51M

3. First Blood (1982)

R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna, Bill McKinney

Votes: 275,371 | Gross: $47.21M

4. V for Vendetta (2005)

R | 132 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.

Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Stephen Rea

Votes: 1,178,782 | Gross: $70.51M

5. Happy Death Day (2017)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

A college student must relive the day of her murder over and over again, in a loop that will end only when she discovers her killer's identity.

Director: Christopher Landon | Stars: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken

Votes: 162,594 | Gross: $55.68M

6. Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.

Director: Robert Longo | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Dina Meyer, Ice-T

Votes: 76,143 | Gross: $19.08M

7. Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)

R | 139 min | Drama, Romance

Florentino, rejected by the beautiful Fermina at a young age, devotes much of his adult life to carnal affairs as a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt, Gina Bernard Forbes

Votes: 24,129 | Gross: $4.61M

8. Poolhall Junkies (2002)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

A talented pool hustler who has stayed out of the game for years must return to his old ways when his little brother gets involved with his enemy--the very man who held him back from greatness.

Director: Mars Callahan | Stars: Mars Callahan, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Rosenbaum, Ricky Schroder

Votes: 10,841 | Gross: $0.56M

9. In a Better World (2010)

R | 118 min | Drama, Romance

The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.

Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Markus Rygaard, Wil Johnson

Votes: 41,668 | Gross: $1.01M

10. Pet (I) (2016)

R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller

A man bumps into an old crush and holds her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works.

Director: Carles Torrens | Stars: Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, Jennette McCurdy, Da'Vone McDonald

Votes: 18,814 | Gross: $0.01M

11. Recruits (1986)

R | 90 min | Comedy

A Canadian sex comedy in the tradition of "Police Academy".

Director: Rafal Zielinski | Stars: Doug Annear, John Canada Terrell, Stephen Osmond, Alan Deveau

Votes: 393

12. Au nom de la terre (2019)

103 min | Biography, Drama

Pierre is 25 when he returns from Wyoming to his fiancée and take over the family farm. Twenty years later, the farm expanded and so did the family.

Director: Édouard Bergeon | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Veerle Baetens, Anthony Bajon, Rufus

Votes: 1,437

13. Indiscretion (2016)

Not Rated | 99 min | Thriller

A married woman's affair comes back to haunt her when her obsessed lover infiltrates every part of her life.

Director: John Stewart Muller | Stars: Mira Sorvino, Cary Elwes, Christopher Backus, Katherine McNamara

Votes: 1,150

14. Starhops (1978)

PG | 82 min | Comedy

Three carhops try to help save a failing drive-in restaurant.

Director: Barbara Peeters | Stars: Dorothy Buhrman, Sterling Frazier, Jillian Kesner, Peter Liapis

Votes: 189

15. Prospects (1986)
Episode: Running All the Way: Part 1 (1986)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

Pincy and Billy are set up and arrested for robbery. They are sent to a young offenders institute for twelve month. Pincy's attempts to make a bit, of action, on the side fall foul of the Governer. So the pair decide to breakout of jail.

Director: James Hill | Stars: Gary Olsen, Brian Bovell, Ben Howard, Nigel Davenport

16. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Steel-Eyed Death (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A family of four is brutally murdered. The investigation leads detectives to "horrorcore" culture, an accomplice who claims to have suffered from amnesia, and an accused killer with an unlikely post-traumatic stress disorder defense.

Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, S. Epatha Merkerson, Linus Roache

Votes: 284

17. Strawberry Night (2012– )
Episode: Episode #1.8 (2012)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Working out of a local precinct the investigative unit is digging into the past, actions and whereabouts of a man whose cause of death is inconclusive. Witnesses have helped, as have the ... See full summary »

Director: Jun'ichi Ishikawa | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Keisuke Koide, Ken'ichi Endô

18. Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013–2014)
Episode: Heart of the Matter (2014)

TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Knave must choose between his friends and the Red Queen when Jafar threatens her life. Alice and Cyrus launch an attempt to rescue Jafar's prisoners. In the past, Anastasia makes a new friend-Cora, who Will confronts with a request.

Director: David Boyd | Stars: Sophie Lowe, Michael Socha, Peter Gadiot, Emma Rigby

Votes: 259