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

1. Waves (I) (2019)

R | 135 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Traces the journey of a suburban family - led by a well-intentioned but domineering father - as they navigate love, forgiveness, and coming together in the aftermath of a loss.

Director: Trey Edward Shults | Stars: Taylor Russell, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Alexa Demie, Bill Wise

Votes: 30,699

2. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)

NC-17 | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles León, Julieta Serrano

Votes: 31,926 | Gross: $4.09M

3. Good Time (2017)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.

Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Buddy Duress

Votes: 140,191 | Gross: $2.03M

4. The Dark Tower (2017)

PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell.

Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert

Votes: 145,783 | Gross: $50.70M

5. The Last Boy Scout (1991)

R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A private detective's protected female witness is murdered, prompting him and the victim's boyfriend to investigate the crime that leads to a corrupt politician and a crooked football team owner.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham

Votes: 112,010 | Gross: $59.51M

6. Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

R | 116 min | Drama

An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett

Votes: 46,436

7. Halloween Kills (2021)

R | 105 min | Action, Drama, Horror

Surviving victims of Michael Myers form a vigilante mob and vow to end his reign of terror.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney

Votes: 98,258 | Gross: $92.00M

8. 99 Homes (2014)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama

A recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration.

Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Clancy Brown

Votes: 38,218 | Gross: $1.41M

9. CHIPS (2017)

R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An inexperienced rookie is teamed up with a hardened pro at the California Highway Patrol in Los Angeles; the newbie officer soon learns his partner is really an undercover Fed investigating a heist which may involve some crooked cops.

Director: Dax Shepard | Stars: Michael Peña, Dax Shepard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rosa Salazar

Votes: 50,700 | Gross: $18.60M

10. Bacurau (2019)

Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.

Directors: Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho | Stars: Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Thardelly Lima

Votes: 30,673

11. Vox Lux (2018)

R | 114 min | Drama, Music

An unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star.

Director: Brady Corbet | Stars: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Stacy Martin, Jennifer Ehle

Votes: 19,570 | Gross: $0.73M

12. Ordinary Love (2019)

R | 92 min | Drama, Romance

An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.

Directors: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn | Stars: Lesley Manville, Liam Neeson, Esh Alladi, Melanie Clark Pullen

Votes: 5,233

13. Beyond Borders (2003)

R | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

The world's cruelty is confronted with the love of two different people who try to save humanity from poverty and war.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Clive Owen, Angelina Jolie, Linus Roache, Teri Polo

Votes: 29,056 | Gross: $4.43M

14. Drunken Angel (1948)

Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Reizaburô Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure

Votes: 13,359

15. Duffle Bag Boy (2024)

Action, Adventure, Crime

Lost and forgotten, a homeless veteran hitchhikes his way into becoming an outlaw and goes to war with the kingpin of a criminal empire.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, Cheryce Livingston, James Anthony Perez, Don Tempesta

16. Naked Blood (1996)

Unrated | 76 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A scientist taints his mother's scientific experiment with his own drug that transforms pain into a pleasurable experience. Unfortunately for the three women involved in the experiment, the drug works a little bit too well.

Director: Hisayasu Satô | Stars: Misa Aika, Yumika Hayashi, Mika Kirihara, Sadao Abe

Votes: 2,262

17. Bernard and Doris (2006)

TV-14 | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of the twilight years of tobacco billionairess Doris Duke who develops an unlikely friendship with her butler, Bernard Lafferty.

Director: Bob Balaban | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes, Peter Asher, Don Harvey

Votes: 4,478

18. The Shiny Shrimps (2019)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic champion, makes a homophobic statement on TV. His punishment: coach the Shiny Shrimps, an amateur gay water-polo team. They have only one thing in mind: to qualify for the Gay Games in Croatia.

Directors: Maxime Govare, Cédric Le Gallo | Stars: Nicolas Gob, Alban Lenoir, Michaël Abiteboul, David Baïot

Votes: 2,987

19. Kandahar (2001)

Not Rated | 81 min | Drama

After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.

Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Ike Ogut, Sadou Teymouri

Votes: 7,064 | Gross: $0.02M

20. Mad Mom (2019 TV Movie)

90 min | Comedy, Thriller

Amber Vickers is ecstatic that she will finally be making the walk down the aisle with her prince charming Luke. After multiple failed relationships, she was beginning to think that ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-François Rivard | Stars: Romy Rosemont, Kari Matchett, Victoria Diamond, Matthew Raudsepp

Votes: 807

21. 75 (2017)

97 min | Crime, Drama

A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.

Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith

Votes: 60

22. The Russian Bride (2018)

101 min | Horror, Thriller

A Russian woman meets an older man on a dating site. She travels to America with her daughter to marry the man, who is a reclusive billionaire. He turns out to be a psycho, who sends their lives spiraling into a living hell.

Director: Michael S. Ojeda | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Oksana Orlan, Kristina Pimenova, Lisa Goodman

Votes: 4,175

23. Underwater (V) (2016)

15 min | Short, Drama

A susceptible teenager, in trying to escape the tumult of his home, drowns himself in alcohol, drugs, and parties. Based on a true story.

Directors: Bryan Fitzgerald, Valéry Lessard | Stars: Bryan Fitzgerald, Valéry Lessard, Monica Palmieri, Andrew Gelles

Votes: 22

24. Painkiller (III) (2014)

15 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi

Two scientists (Kelly Rae LeGault, Thomas Mendolia) develop a radical solution for pain: an organism that thrives on suffering and rewards its host with pleasure. When one of the scientists... See full summary »

Director: Jeremiah Kipp | Stars: Kelly Rae LeGault, Thomas Mendolia, Jill di Donato, Jerry Janda

Votes: 24

25. Painkiller (II) (2022)

13 min | Short, Drama, Horror

An intern doctor is being sent to assist a doctor to examine and cure a patient. Later he finds out the past of the girl and the way she was really treated and what is the meaning of his existence.

Director: Vaibhav Tiwari | Stars: Saee Joshi, Devashish Boralkar, William Tast, Abhay Sharma

Votes: 12

26. Taste the Difference (2021)

5 min | Short, Comedy

The Pepsi challenge for painkillers.

Director: Sohale Dezfoli | Stars: Mark Prendergast, Houston Rhines, Kevin M. Walsh, Ali Rothschild

Votes: 19

27. Painkiller (Video)

Short, Action | Filming

Alan Gesic, left orphaned after his parents were cruelly taken from him by the troubles, dons the guise of Painkiller and exacts revenge with clinical and deadly precision.

Director: Sam Knox | Stars: Luke McIlroy, Sam Knox, Andy Shaw, Cathy Ross

28. Laulava sydän (1948)

71 min | Musical, Comedy

Aarno Harjus wife Niina leaves her family for life in the world of crime. Aarno is left alone with his daughter Annika.

Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Tauno Palo, Mirjami Kuosmanen, Eila Peitsalo, Elna Hellman

Votes: 59

29. Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode: Back Talk (1999)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

On his birthday, Frasier is seized with crippling back pain. Niles wonders if he's stressed, and while recovering at home, Frasier muses aloud about why he's unhappy.

Director: Pamela Fryman | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin

Votes: 1,034

30. House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode: Detox (2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery

A girl crashes a Porsche after her boyfriend starts coughing up blood and continues to have unexplained bleeds. Clinic Cases: Cuddy gives House a month off clinic duties if he can spend a week off his pain meds.

Director: Nelson McCormick | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard

Votes: 3,899

31. SEAL Team (2017–2024)
Episode: The Strength of the Wolf (2019)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Drama, War

Tensions boil over among Bravo members when they disagree while training for a mission, and Jason must select a new candidate to join the team.

Director: Allison Liddi-Brown | Stars: David Boreanaz, Max Thieriot, Jessica Paré, Neil Brown Jr.

Votes: 452

32. SEAL Team (2017–2024)
Episode: Siege Protocol: Part 2 (2020)

TV-14 | Action, Drama, War

Amid several life-altering moments on the home front, Bravo Team travels overseas to extract a CIA agent who is being held hostage. As the situation escalates, the Tactical Operations ... See full summary »

Director: Gonzalo Amat | Stars: David Boreanaz, Max Thieriot, Jessica Paré, Neil Brown Jr.

Votes: 472

33. Horizon (1964– )
Episode: Addicted to Painkillers? Britain's Opioid Crisis (2020)

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Director: Dan Murdoch | Star: Michael Mosley

Votes: 13

34. Ross Kemp Living with... (2019– )
Episode: Painkiller Addiction (2020)

23 min | Documentary

Ross investigates opioids used in powerful prescription painkillers. He meets a woman who became addicted, a drug-dealer who cuts heroin with fentanyl to make it more addictive and a man whose daughter died from taking the lethal cocktail.

Director: Charlie Mole | Star: Ross Kemp

35. The Boarding School (2007–2010)
Episode: La traición (2009)

73 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A mix-up in bottles exposes the fact of a mole among the teens, but it also leaves Ivan without his daily dosage. As Jacques and Hugo seek the identity of the invasive killer creature, Lucas lays hands on Jacques' cash.

Director: Antonio Díaz Huerta | Stars: Natalia Millán, Marta Torné, Cristina Marcos, Martiño Rivas

Votes: 37

36. WION: Gravitas Plus (2020– )
Episode: Self-Medication and Why you should Avoid it (2022)

9 min | Documentary, Short, News

In this 120th episode of the "WION: Gravitas Plus", Palki Sharma will tell you why Self-medication is deadly.

Star: Palki Sharma Upadhyay

37. Banshee (2013–2016)
Episode: Little Fish (2014)

TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The fallout from the rescue of Sheriff Lucas is at hand. Special Agent Racine is in town to investigate. He holds a hearing for all involved. Carrie is not allowed to see her children. Job, Lucas, Sugar, and Carrie rob an armored truck.

Director: Greg Yaitanes | Stars: Antony Starr, Ivana Milicevic, Ulrich Thomsen, Frankie Faison

Votes: 2,298

38. Morning Wire (2021– )
Prescription for Disaster: Purdue Pharma's Role in America's Opioid Crisis | 11.25.23 (2023 Podcast Episode)

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39. Dr Xand's Con or Cure (2023– )
Episode: Episode #2.4 (2024)

29 min | Documentary

Can a public toilet seat cause infectious diseases? Are non-branded painkillers OK? Also, the woman who spent £25,000 on a cure that was a con and the dangers of low-cost cosmetic surgery.

Director: John F.D. Northover | Stars: Xand van Tulleken, Ashley John-Baptiste

40. Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2014– )
Episode: Elvis Presley (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Biography

Explains in a cogent timelime the step by step progression of how the person passes from life to death and how their lifestyle and personal conduct contributed to their demise.

Director: Ros Edwards | Stars: Iain Glen, Ben Portsmouth, Nadia Cavelle, Marian Cocke

Votes: 68

41. The Investigators (2000– )
Episode: Pretty Poison (2004)

Documentary, Crime, Drama

The case of Greg deVillers, who died of a drug overdose in an apparent suicide in San Diego, California in 2000.

Stars: Gene Galusha, Laurie Agnew, Kevin Cox, Stefan Gruenwald

42. BBC News 8pm Summary (2007– )
Episode: Episode dated 15 January 2016 (2016)

1 min | Short, News

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Stars: Sima Kotecha, Waseem Mirza, Tim Peake

43. Granada Reports (1992– )
Episode: 17 August 2017: Evening Bulletin (2017)

27 min | News

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Stars: Tony Morris, Lucy Meacock, Sharon Marsden, Oliver Sutcliffe

44. Vermont Issues (2017– )
Episode: State So Desperate for Substance Abuse Counselors It's Streamlining the Process (2017)

10 min | News, Talk-Show

Styx is surprised that Gov. Phil Scott is willing to cut some red tape to get more drug counselors.

Star: Styxhexenhammer666

45. Line of Duty (2012–2021)
Episode: Episode #6.2 (2021)

TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

AC-12 suspect a cover-up as an officer on DCI Davidson's team appears to have sabotaged the inquiry into Gail Vella's murder.

Director: Daniel Nettheim | Stars: Adrian Dunbar, Martin Compston, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Anneika Rose

Votes: 1,103

46. The Naked Truth (2016– )
Episode: Death by Fentanyl (2016)

Documentary

Drug overdoses are soaring to new highs in America. The epidemic is a hot-button issue in the New Hampshire Presidential Primaries. But while heroin blankets the headlines, an even deadlier... See full summary »

Stars: Mariana van Zeller, David Harak, Andrew Kolodny, Patty Nixon

Votes: 18

47. Holding Back the Years (2017–2018)
Episode: Episode #2.3 (2018)

44 min | Documentary

Fiona Phillips looks at how we can get our motoring mojo back via driving refresher courses. Dr Rangan Chatterjee asks if Britain is a nation addicted to painkillers.

Director: Mat Callaghan | Stars: Fiona Phillips, Bill Turnbull, Rangan Chatterjee, Ainsley Harriott

48. BoJack Horseman (2014–2020)
Episode: The Amelia Earhart Story (2018)

TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Painful memories come rushing back when Princess Carolyn visits her hometown and meets a pregnant teen. A stunt goes awry on the "Philbert" set.

Director: Adam Parton | Stars: Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins

Votes: 4,183

49. Good Morning Britain (2014– )
Episode: Episode dated 25 June 2018 (2018)

TV-14 | 150 min | News, Talk-Show

Reaction to England's 6-1 victory against Panama; Boris Johnson comes underfire for missing the vote on Heathrow's 3rd runway; plus Fiona Phillips on the excessive use of painkillers by the NHS.

Stars: Piers Morgan, Susanna Reid, England National Football Team, Panama National Football Team

50. ITV Evening News (1999– )
Episode: Episode dated 20 June 2018 (2018)

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Stars: Mary Nightingale, Alan Sugar, Donald Trump