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

1. Zodiac (2007)

R | 157 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards

Votes: 598,614 | Gross: $33.08M

2. King Kong (2005)

PG-13 | 187 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann

Votes: 447,041 | Gross: $218.08M

3. Matilda (1996)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to get even with her callous family and free her kindly schoolteacher from the tyrannical grip of a sadistic headmistress.

Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz

Votes: 174,689 | Gross: $33.08M

4. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Approved | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen

Votes: 192,202

5. Take Shelter (2011)

R | 120 min | Drama, Thriller

Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, Tova Stewart

Votes: 108,172 | Gross: $1.73M

6. The Dry (2020)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.

Director: Robert Connolly | Stars: Eric Bana, Genevieve O'Reilly, Keir O'Donnell, John Polson

Votes: 32,804

7. Mr. Holmes (2015)

PG | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Family

An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes deals with dementia, as he tries to remember his final case, and a mysterious woman, whose memory haunts him. He also befriends a fan, the young son of his housekeeper, who wants him to work again.

Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan

Votes: 67,903 | Gross: $17.74M

8. Whisper of the Heart (1995)

G | 111 min | Animation, Drama, Family

A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.

Director: Yoshifumi Kondô | Stars: Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi

Votes: 72,687

9. J. Edgar (2011)

R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Hamilton

Votes: 133,649 | Gross: $37.31M

10. Rabbit Hole (2010)

PG-13 | 91 min | Drama

Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.

Director: John Cameron Mitchell | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest, Miles Teller

Votes: 51,131 | Gross: $2.23M

11. Z for Zachariah (2015)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

In the wake of a disaster that wipes out most of civilization, two men and a young woman find themselves in an emotionally charged love triangle as the last known survivors.

Director: Craig Zobel | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine, Margot Robbie

Votes: 32,751 | Gross: $0.12M

12. Sonic Drone Home (2022 Video)

TV-Y7 | 6 min | Animation, Short, Action

Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles are on a quest to return Maddie's books to the library when they encounter one of Dr. Robotnik's drones at Green Hills Junkyard. The trio must stop the drone from upgrading itself and taking over the world.

Director: David Nelson | Stars: Ben Schwartz, Fred Tatasciore, Alicyn Packard, Aaron Landon

Votes: 312

13. The History Boys (2006)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.

Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Clive Merrison, Samuel Anderson

Votes: 21,413 | Gross: $2.71M

14. This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young woman who dreams of becoming a children's book author makes an unlikely friendship with a cantankerous, rich old widower.

Director: Simon Aboud | Stars: Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 13,229 | Gross: $0.04M

15. Ondine (2009)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

An Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net whom his precocious daughter believes to be a selkie.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Dervla Kirwan, Alison Barry

Votes: 22,644 | Gross: $0.55M

16. Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.

Director: Christopher Petit | Stars: Joan Hickson, Donald Pleasence, Adrian Lukis, Sophie Ward

Votes: 2,389

17. Goodbye, Columbus (1969)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An intelligent graduate and working-class Army veteran has an affair and clashes with a 'nouveau riche' young woman who cares not for birth control or the use of any other precautions to avoid pregnancy.

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Richard Benjamin, Ali MacGraw, Jack Klugman, Nan Martin

Votes: 2,322 | Gross: $22.94M

18. Mister 880 (1950)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Gentle romantic comedy about a Secret Service Agent trying to catch a cold case counterfeiter and a United Nations translator.

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Edmund Gwenn, Dorothy McGuire, Millard Mitchell

Votes: 1,968

19. Waterland (1992)

R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery

In 1974 Pittsburgh, a high-school history teacher seeking closure tells his class about his experiences as teenager in England during World War II.

Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack, Ethan Hawke, Grant Warnock

Votes: 2,458 | Gross: $1.03M

20. Avalon (2001)

R | 107 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

In a dystopian world, a woman spends her time playing an illegal and dangerous game, hoping to find meaning in her world.

Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Malgorzata Foremniak, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Jerzy Gudejko, Dariusz Biskupski

Votes: 13,700

21. Mercy Black (2019)

TV-14 | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A woman is sent to a mental institution after stabbing her classmate in an attempt to conjure an evil spirit called, Mercy Black. Fifteen years later she's released, and must save her nephew, who has become obsessed with the phenomenon.

Director: Owen Egerton | Stars: Daniella Pineda, Austin Amelio, Elle LaMont, Lee Eddy

Votes: 4,060

22. Twist and Shout (1984)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Denmark, 1963: Teenagers Bjørn and Erik are into girls and being in a band helps Bjørn meet Anna. Erik likes Kirsten but she likes Bjørn. Having a mentally ill mom at home also ruins Erik's chances. Anna's pregnancy changes everything.

Director: Bille August | Stars: Adam Tønsberg, Lars Simonsen, Camilla Søeberg, Ulrikke Bondo

Votes: 1,955

23. Mimi wo sumaseba (2022)

114 min | Drama

Shizuku Tsukishima is a middle school student in the 3rd grade. She likes to read books. Shizuku meets Seiji Amasawa, who goes to the same class and school as Shizuku.

Director: Yûichirô Hirakawa | Stars: Nana Seino, Tôri Matsuzaka, Towa Araki, Takashi Kobayashi

Votes: 151

24. American Fable (2016)

Not Rated | 96 min | Thriller

After 11-year-old Gitty discovers a man who can grant wishes hiding in her family's silo, she is forced to choose between saving the man's life and protecting her family.

Director: Anne Hamilton | Stars: Peyton Kennedy, Richard Schiff, Kip Pardue, Marci Miller

Votes: 4,672

25. A Season for Miracles (1999 TV Movie)

G | 100 min | Drama, Romance

Forced to take charge of her niece and nephew, Emilie Thompson needs a miracle to keep their family together.

Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Carla Gugino, Kathy Baker, David Conrad, Laura Dern

Votes: 1,921

26. The Library (1990 TV Short)

9 min | Short, Comedy

Mr. Bean visits a rare book library (possibly the British Library), where he reads a rare tome that must be handled with gloves. Soon after he uses a pencil and a crayon to copy a page of ... See full summary »

Director: François Reczulski | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Paul Brooke, Rex Doyle

Votes: 758

27. Romola (1924)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, History

In Renaissance Florence, Tito, a no-good young man pretending to be a scholar, wins the admiration of a blind man who has long looked for someone to finish his scholarly work. He has a ... See full summary »

Director: Henry King | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, William Powell, Ronald Colman

Votes: 250 | Gross: $0.50M

28. The Mad Librarian and Other Tales (2002 Video)

90 min | Adventure

Four story lines in this bondage anthology: In the first a library patron can't pay her fines, a zealous librarian takes her out of circulation. In the second, rivalry between slaves leads ... See full summary »

Director: Jon Woods | Stars: Dorothy Laine, Kelsie Chambers, Shannan Leigh, Goldie Blair

29. Sleep Furiously (2008)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary

A poetic and profound journey into a world of endings and beginnings; a world of stuffed owls, sheep and fire.

Director: Gideon Koppel

Votes: 384

30. Young Bride (1932)

Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance

A shy, naive New York children's librarian must become stronger and wiser after she discovers that her new husband is a liar, a cheat, and a fraud.

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Helen Twelvetrees, Eric Linden, Arline Judge, Roscoe Ates

Votes: 253

31. Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy (2009 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew goes undercover at a prestigious all-girls academy to investigate a series of accidents committed by someone known as the "Black Cat".

Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Samara Lerman, Adrienne MacIain, Emilie Rommel Shimkus

Votes: 66

32. The Styxhexenhammer666 Channel (2010– )
Episode: Melania Trump Books Rejected Because 'Dr Seuss is Racist' but Remember FDR Is Heroic (2017)

9 min | News

Melania Trump donates Dr. Seuss books to a Cambridge, Massachusetts, library; the head librarian rejects them, claiming that Dr. Seuss is racist. Styx brings FDR into the discussion.

Star: Styxhexenhammer666

33. The Library Terminator (2016)

4 min | Short, Comedy

A student rents a book from the library but never brings it back. And that summons the Library Terminator.

Director: Mike Judy | Stars: David Burris, Jacob Fish, Mike Judy

34. The Styxhexenhammer666 Channel (2010– )
Episode: Liberals Praise George W Bush; I Denounce Genocidal George and His Warmonger Buddies (2017)

12 min | News

Styx is annoyed by the liberals who are now praising George W. Bush, someone he still considers to be a warmonger and an enemy of free speech.

Star: Styxhexenhammer666

35. Batman (1966–1968)
Episode: The Purr-fect Crime (1966)

TV-G | 25 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

Catwoman initiates a series of thefts that cause Commissioner Gordon to summon Batman and Robin. But the importance of the crimes go beyond the taking of the objects involved. The Dynamic ... See full summary »

Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton

Votes: 584

36. The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969–1972)
Episode: The Library Card (1969)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Because Eddie's progress at reading is going slowly, Tom thinks a good solution is to get Eddie a library card. It does the trick as Eddie is enthralled both with his very own library card ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: Bill Bixby, Miyoshi Umeki, Brandon Cruz, Kristina Holland

Votes: 18

37. Friends (1994–2004)
Episode: The One with Ross's Library Book (2000)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Ross and Chandler discovers that Ross's book is in the section of the library where students go to have sex. Monica and Chandler run into Janice and she immediately invites herself to the ... See full summary »

Director: David Schwimmer | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc

Votes: 4,590

38. Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964–1969)
Episode: Love Letters to the Sarge (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, War

Carter receives anonymous love letters.

Director: Coby Ruskin | Stars: Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton, Ronnie Schell, Larry Hovis

Votes: 65

39. Kim Possible (2002–2007)
Episode: Overdue (2005)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Ron searches for a lost library book of Kim's while she is in "library lock-up".

Director: Steve Loter | Stars: Christy Carlson Romano, Will Friedle, Nancy Cartwright, Tahj Mowry

Votes: 128

40. Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963)
Episode: Beaver's Library Book (1960)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Eddie Haskell convinces Beaver that the "library police" will soon come to arrest Ward after Beaver ignores the late notices for a lost library book he checked out with his father's library card.

Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers

Votes: 124

41. Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode: The Wise Woman of Worksop (1994)

24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The gang are suffering from insomnia and keeping everybody else awake so Gladys gives them a cure, Sleepy Cake, though it only succeeds in making them look like the Beatles. Gladys says her... See full summary »

Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis

Votes: 19

42. Mr. & Mrs. North (1952–1954)
Episode: Formula for Trouble (1953)

Not Rated | 26 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Hidden inside the library book that Pam checks out is a breakthrough formula placed there for safekeeping by a researcher. It must be a valuable property because someone's willing to kill ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Barbara Britton, Richard Denning, Francis De Sales, Jeanette Nolan

Votes: 19

43. Seinfeld (1989–1998)
Episode: The Library (1991)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

The library asks Jerry about a book he checked out in 1971 and never returned, so Jerry looks up an old girlfriend for his defense against a library cop.

Director: Joshua White | Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander

Votes: 5,187

44. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Tales from the Public Domain (2002)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer reads three stories from an overdue library book, imagining himself as Odysseus, Lisa as Joan of Arc, and Bart as Hamlet.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Mike B. Anderson | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,722

45. Top Cat (1961–1962)
Episode: The Long Hot Winter (1962)

TV-G | 26 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime

Refusing to spend a freezing winter in the alley, Top Cat comes up with a plan for him and the gang to move into Officer Dibble's apartment as house guests for the entire winter.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Arnold Stang, Maurice Gosfield, Marvin Kaplan, Leo DeLyon

Votes: 99

46. The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991)
Episode: Once Upon a Slime (1987)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

One night Slimer hides his favourite book of fairytales under one of Egon's newest machines to stop Ray taking it back to the library. Only when the Ghostbusters wake they find that the ... See full summary »

Directors: Masakazu Higuchi, Richard Raynis | Stars: Dave Coulier, Arsenio Hall, Maurice LaMarche, Kath Soucie

Votes: 66

47. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (1976)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Mary musters the courage to check out sex books from the library; Grampa Larkin visits psychiatric social worker Roberta Wolashek; a strange man follows Heather home from school.

Director: Joan Darling | Stars: Louise Lasser, Greg Mullavey, Mary Kay Place, Graham Jarvis

Votes: 36

48. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977)
Episode: Episode #1.7 (1976)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Mary turns to the police after Heather confesses that she saw the killer; Loretta is arrested for picketing; Charlie stumbles on Mary's sex ed books.

Director: Joan Darling | Stars: Louise Lasser, Greg Mullavey, Mary Kay Place, Graham Jarvis

Votes: 36

49. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977)
Episode: Episode #1.8 (1976)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Grampa Larkin's social worker confesses that she's fallen in love with him; Mary's washing machine is broken, Martha's no-stick starch is sticking, and Heather's story makes the evening news.

Director: Joan Darling | Stars: Louise Lasser, Greg Mullavey, Mary Kay Place, Graham Jarvis

Votes: 31

50. Arthur (1996–2022)
Episode: D.W.'s Imaginary Friend/Arthur's Lost Library Book (1996)

TV-Y | 27 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

D.W.'s Imaginary Friend: Arthur doesn't like D.W.'s imaginary friend Nadine. When Arthur and Buster want to go on this new ride at Wonder World, D.W. begs to go on the ride also. But Arthur... See full summary »

Director: Greg Bailey | Stars: Michael Yarmush, Michael Caloz, Bruce Dinsmore, Sonja Ball

Votes: 96