Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "man-rescues-a-woman"

1. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

G | 84 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.

Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Stars: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jesse Corti, Rex Everhart

Votes: 479,753 | Gross: $218.97M

2. The Purge: Anarchy (2014)

R | 103 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Three groups of people intertwine and are left stranded in the streets on Purge Night, trying to survive the chaos and violence that occurs.

Director: James DeMonaco | Stars: Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford, Kiele Sanchez

Votes: 162,318 | Gross: $71.96M

3. The World Made Straight (2015)

R | 119 min | Drama

In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.

Director: David Burris | Stars: Noah Wyle, Jeremy Irvine, Minka Kelly, Adelaide Clemens

Votes: 2,056

4. Two on a Guillotine (1965)

Not Rated | 107 min | Mystery, Horror

The daughter of a psychotic magician must stay in his mansion for seven nights in order to inherit his fortune.

Director: William Conrad | Stars: Connie Stevens, Dean Jones, Cesar Romero, Parley Baer

Votes: 1,427

5. Many Rivers to Cross (1955)

Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance, Western

Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anything interfere with her plans to marry him in this humorous romantic adventure through the American Frontier of 1798.

Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Victor McLaglen, Jeff Richards

Votes: 1,324

6. Rocky Mountain (1950)

Passed | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In California during the Civil War, a Confederate patrol and a Union troop must set their differences aside in order to survive a Shoshone attack.

Director: William Keighley | Stars: Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Votes: 1,317

7. How Much Loving Does a Normal Couple Need? (1967)

R | 70 min | Comedy

A man runs a broken down tourist trap along the Colorado River along with his French wife and his daughter. Business is so bad that he must pay a local alcoholic to entice tourists, called "suckers", to spend some time and money there.

Director: Russ Meyer | Stars: Jackie Moran, Babette Bardot, Adele Rein, Frank Bolger

Votes: 762

8. Wild Thing (1987)

PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A child witnesses drug dealers murder his parents. He escapes and grows up wild in the city's slums. Years later he emerges to help the residents of the area who are being terrorized by street gangs and drug dealers.

Director: Max Reid | Stars: Robert Knepper, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Davi, Maury Chaykin

Votes: 722

9. The Main Attraction (1962)

Approved | 90 min | Drama

A guitar-playing traveler on the run from a murder charge joins a circus, where falling for two different women complicates his life.

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Pat Boone, Nancy Kwan, Mai Zetterling, Yvonne Mitchell

Votes: 187

10. Stolen Hearts (1998 Video)

85 min | Crime, Fantasy, Romance

A psychic night club waitress and a private investigator, who may or may not be her soulmate, must find her boss' double-crossing boyfriend who robbed her before he flees the country.

Director: Ralph E. Portillo | Stars: Landon Hall, Paula Aletonis, Vincent Dale, James Bonn

Votes: 76

11. The Devil Horse (1926)

Passed | 68 min | Drama, Western

A boy's family is wiped out in an Indian massacre of a wagon train and he is captured. He befriends a wild colt. Years later, following his escape, he is recaptured by Indians who force him... See full summary »

Director: Fred Jackman | Stars: Rex, Yakima Canutt, Gladys McConnell, Bob Kortman

Votes: 65

12. Shattered Memories (2019 TV Movie)

85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A married painter and gallery owner is pushed thru a window at home. She escapes in her car but is forced off the road, waking up in hospital with amnesia. Who can she trust?

Director: John Lyde | Stars: Helena Mattsson, Corey Sevier, Melanie Stone, Jake Stormoen

Votes: 290

13. Flaming Feather (1952)

Approved | 77 min | Western

In Arizona,during the 1870s, rancher Tex McCloud and cavalry Lt. Tom Blaine race to capture the famous renegade outlaw Ute leader known as the Sidewinder.

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Forrest Tucker, Arleen Whelan, Barbara Rush

Votes: 439

14. The Eyes of the Mummy (1918)

Approved | 63 min | Drama, Horror

A girl is kidnapped and held captive in an ancient Egyptian temple. She is rescued and flees to England, but soon finds that her mysterious captor is still haunting her.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke, Emil Jannings, Max Laurence

Votes: 735

15. So Near, Yet So Far (1912)

17 min | Short, Crime, Romance

A very pretty girl is always surrounded by many male admirers, much to the dismay of one very shy fellow, who gets his chance to impress her when two burglars break in.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Walter Miller, Mary Pickford, L.M. Wells, Robert Harron

Votes: 132

16. Men of the North (1930)

Passed | 61 min | Adventure, Drama

Part of a gold shipment has been stolen and the Sergeant (Robert Elliott) suspects Louis LeBey (Gilbert Roland). When Louis is attracted to newly arrived Nedra Ruskin (Barbara Leonard), ... See full summary »

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Gilbert Roland, Barbara Leonard, Arnold Korff, Robert Elliott

Votes: 140

17. Through the Breakers (1928)

55 min | Drama

An American man on a South Pacific Island receives a dear John letter from his fiancee. A lovely native girl decides to console him. Then, fate washes a woman ashore from a sinking ship.

Director: Joseph Boyle | Stars: Margaret Livingston, Holmes Herbert, Clyde Cook, Natalie Joyce

Votes: 32

18. Monsieur Le Fox (1930)

66 min | Western

Part of a gold shipment has been stolen and the Sergeant (Robert Elliott) suspects Louis LeBey (Gilbert Roland). When Louis is attracted to newly arrived Nedra Ruskin (Barbara Leonard), ... See full summary »

Directors: Roberto E. Guzmán, Hal Roach | Stars: Gilbert Roland, Rosita Ballesteros, Pablo Álvarez Rubio, Ralph Navarro

19. Renegade (1992–1997)
Episode: The Ballad of D.B. Cooper (1995)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Bobby and Reno go in search of D.B. Cooper, while another bounty hunter follows their trail.

Director: Gary Winter | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Kathleen Kinmont, Branscombe Richmond, Max Gail

Votes: 74

20. Robin Hood (1984–1986)
Episode: The Inheritance (1986)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Friar Tuck saves a young woman from being attacked in the forest and brings her back to the outlaws' camp. In the middle of the night, the woman wakes Robert and identifies herself as the ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Cyril Cusack, Cathryn Harrison, Jeremy Sinden, Derrick O'Connor

Votes: 121

21. Route 66 (1960–1964)
Episode: The Cage Around Maria (1963)

TV-Y7 | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Tod, still alone, is in Texas working as a tour guide at the Houston Zoo. He rescues a dazed young woman from the bear "pit". Later she explains to Tod that she made a spectacle of herself ... See full summary »

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Martin Milner, Elizabeth Ashley, Mario Alcalde, Beatrice Straight

Votes: 59

22. Sex/Life (2021–2023)
Episode: The Wives Are in Connecticut (2021)

TV-MA | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Frustrated by the waning passion in her marriage, Billie starts journaling about and obsessing over her wild erotic exploits with ex-boyfriend Brad.

Director: Patricia Rozema | Stars: Sarah Shahi, Mike Vogel, Adam Demos, Margaret Odette

Votes: 822

23. Heirs to the Land (2022)
Episode: Talión (2022)

TV-MA | Drama

Hugo is advised to forget his feelings for Dolça and seeks out his family. Meanwhile, horrors abound as Jews are persecuted across the kingdom.

Director: Jordi Frades | Stars: Yon González, Elena Rivera, David Solans, Maria Rodríguez Soto

Votes: 60