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

1. Mannix (1967–1975)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Private detective Joe Mannix uses force to solve crimes.

Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Ward Wood, Ron Nyman

Votes: 4,318

2. Kes (1969)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Family

A working-class English boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet kestrel.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: David Bradley, Brian Glover, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie

Votes: 23,025

3. Agora (2009)

R | 127 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.

Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom

Votes: 73,162 | Gross: $0.62M

4. The White Ribbon (2009)

R | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?

Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur

Votes: 77,828 | Gross: $2.22M

5. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

Passed | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Noel Francis

Votes: 14,484 | Gross: $1.42M

6. Sweet Adolescents (1977)

108 min | Drama

In 1948, two teenagers covertly discover new prohibited games.

Director: Salvatore Samperi | Stars: Leonora Fani, Tino Schirinzi, Paola Senatore, Sven Valsecchi

Votes: 371

7. Les Miserables (1952)

Approved | 105 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A parole violator in early 19th Century France is relentlessly pursued and persecuted by an obsessive policeman.

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Debra Paget, Edmund Gwenn

Votes: 1,130 | Gross: $2.40M

8. The Yellow Balloon (1953)

76 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In post-war London, a small boy who blames himself for the accidental death of a friend, falls under the bad influence of a street criminal.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Andrew Ray, Kathleen Ryan, Kenneth More, Bernard Lee

Votes: 537

9. Sinners (2002 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

Set in the ultra conservative Ireland of the 60s, Catholic Theresa is in trouble in a country where women are punished if they become pregnant out of wedlock.

Director: Aisling Walsh | Stars: Anne-Marie Duff, Doireann Ní Chorragáin, Siomha Murray, Niamh McGrath

Votes: 192

10. Meu Pé de Laranja Lima (1970)

95 min | Drama, Family

Poor boy treats a sweet lemon tree as his only friend, talking to it, and learning important values in the process. But one day the tree must be cut.

Director: Aurélio Teixeira | Stars: Júlio César Cruz, Aurélio Teixeira, Henrique José Leal, Leilane Chediak

Votes: 250

11. Samar (1962)

Approved | 89 min | Adventure

In 1870, in the Spanish Philippines, the commandant of an island penal colony, aided by an American doctor and local villagers, decides to relocate his coastal camp to a fertile valley inland but the arduous trek is fraught with dangers.

Director: George Montgomery | Stars: George Montgomery, Gilbert Roland, Ziva Rodann, Joan O'Brien

Votes: 118

12. Strange Intruder (1956)

Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

When a soldier is killed in action during the Korean War, his best friend returns home to fulfill his dying wish that he kill his two children if they are being raised by another man.

Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Edmund Purdom, Ida Lupino, Ann Harding, Jacques Bergerac

Votes: 172

13. The Disciple (2013)

93 min | Drama

In 1939 the 13-year-old Carl arrives at the lighthouse Lågskär in the Åland Islands, for a position as lighthouse disciple. He is trained by the demanding lighthouse keeper.

Director: Ulrika Bengts | Stars: Erik Enge, Patrik Kumpulainen, Niklas Groundstroem, Amanda Ooms

Votes: 468

14. The Last Lumbercamp (1977)

128 min | Comedy, Drama

The life and death of Vikke Nilo, a lumberjack from the good old times.

Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Jyrki Kovaleff, Olavi Ahonen, Leni Katajakoski, Torsti Kovaleff

Votes: 161

15. You Can't Do That on Television (1979–2004)
Episode: History (1984)

TV-PG | Comedy, Family

As Alasdair's exploration of his family tree starts connecting with castmates, Ross fears the kids will start making fun of his age. So he conducts a preemptive strike.

Director: Geoffrey Darby | Stars: Todd Corrigan, Alasdair Gillis, Abby Hagyard, Les Lye

16. Take My Brother Away (2018– )
Episode: Episode 1 (2018)

TV-14 | 46 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Through her drunken father's indifference, Miao's hope of escaping her self-centered older brother Fen's shadow dies when she ends up enrolled in the same high school.

Director: Qing Han | Stars: Joseph Zeng, Qian Sun, Xudong Wang, Xiao-Yu Lu

Votes: 11