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

1. Amélie (2001)

R | 122 min | Comedy, Romance

Despite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta

Votes: 794,374 | Gross: $33.23M

2. Predestination (I) (2014)

R | 97 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

As his last assignment, a temporal agent is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. The hunt, however, turns out to be beyond the bounds of possibility.

Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor, Madeleine West

Votes: 304,779 | Gross: $0.07M

3. 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: 4,287

4. Galaxy of Terror (1981)

R | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

A ragtag spaceship crew sent on a rescue mission encounter a formidable enemy, their worst fears projected by their own imaginations.

Director: Bruce D. Clark | Stars: Edward Albert, Erin Moran, Ray Walston, Bernard Behrens

Votes: 8,898

5. The Forgiven (III) (2021)

R | 117 min | Drama

A fatal accident disrupts the lives of Western visitors to a lavish party in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, and will ultimately lead to a reckoning in the desert.

Director: John Michael McDonagh | Stars: Aissam Taamart, Omar Ghazaoui, David McSavage, Anas El Baz

Votes: 9,206

6. Pollock (2000)

R | 122 min | Biography, Drama

A film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock.

Director: Ed Harris | Stars: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Robert Knott, Molly Regan

Votes: 29,631 | Gross: $8.60M

7. Mona Lisa (1986)

R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane

Votes: 18,712 | Gross: $5.79M

8. Tesla (I) (2020)

PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama

A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.

Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Eli A. Smith, Josh Hamilton

Votes: 10,527

9. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders

Votes: 33,323 | Gross: $0.01M

10. Poetry (2010)

TV-PG | 139 min | Drama

A sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime and in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class.

Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Yun Jeong-hie, Lee Da-wit, Kim Hee-ra, Ahn Nae-sang

Votes: 13,543 | Gross: $0.36M

11. Viva Zapata! (1952)

Approved | 113 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Joseph Wiseman

Votes: 12,466

12. Phantom (I) (2013)

R | 98 min | Drama, History, Thriller

The haunted Captain of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. Forced to leave his family behind, he is charged with leading a covert mission cloaked in mystery.

Director: Todd Robinson | Stars: Ed Harris, Julian Adams, David Duchovny, William Fichtner

Votes: 15,162 | Gross: $0.49M

13. Ra.One (2011)

Not Rated | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When the titular antagonist of an action game takes on physical form, it's only the game's less powerful protagonist who can save his creator's family.

Director: Anubhav Sinha | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor, Shahana Goswami

Votes: 46,790 | Gross: $2.51M

14. Thief of Hearts (1984)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

If you met Ray and Mickey Davis, you'd swear they had a perfect marriage. But if you read Mickey's diary, you'd know that unrest is lurking just beneath the surface.

Director: Douglas Day Stewart | Stars: Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams, John Getz, David Caruso

Votes: 1,909 | Gross: $10.44M

15. Modern Girls (1986)

PG-13 | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A pair of women decide to prank their roommate's nerdy blind date after she stands him up, but end up developing a friendship with him after their practical joke sends them on an all-night odyssey through the 1980s club scene.

Director: Jerry Kramer | Stars: Daphne Zuniga, Virginia Madsen, Cynthia Gibb, Clayton Rohner

Votes: 1,717 | Gross: $0.60M

16. Kona fer í stríð (2018)

Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Halla becomes a determined environmental activist, but this threatens a long-held hope of hers.

Director: Benedikt Erlingsson | Stars: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camilo Román Estrada, Jörundur Ragnarsson

Votes: 11,307 | Gross: $0.85M

17. Mystery Date (1991)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Tom's in love with the cute house sitter next door. He's too shy but his older brother visits and helps Tom with the first date. Things don't go as planned.

Director: Jonathan Wacks | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Teri Polo, Brian McNamara, Fisher Stevens

Votes: 3,352 | Gross: $6.17M

18. Ratboy (1986)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Several shady and shallow people try to profit, one after the other, from a physically deformed teenager whose face looks like a snout of a rodent and who lives hidden in a city garbage dump, alone and miserable.

Director: Sondra Locke | Stars: Sondra Locke, Robert Townsend, Christopher Hewett, Larry Hankin

Votes: 777

19. Beyond the Stars (1989)

PG | 88 min | Sci-Fi, Drama

Eric moves to his dad in Oregon after accidentally firing a rocket into his high school. He befriends Mara and a retired astronaut.

Director: David Saperstein | Stars: Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Robert Foxworth, Sharon Stone

Votes: 1,263

20. The Sunday Woman (1975)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

The investigation of the murder of ambiguous architect Garrone takes Police Commissioner Santamaria to the Turinese high society, but the results are unclear. In the meanwhile, another murder takes place.

Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Aldo Reggiani

Votes: 1,293

21. The Monkey King (2001– )

Unrated | 150 min | Adventure, Fantasy

American journalist Nick Orton is caught up in the world of Chinese gods and monsters while on a search for the long lost manuscript to 'Hsi Yu Chi' (The Journey to the West) by Wu Ch'eng ... See full summary »

Stars: Thomas Gibson, Bai Ling, Russell Wong, Ric Young

Votes: 1,796

22. Heatwave (1982)

R | 91 min | Drama

A planned housing development in the mid 70's designed for an upstart Cockney immigrant developer, becomes the centre of controversy as tenants and squatters in the older houses refuse to move.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Judy Davis, Richard Moir, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter

Votes: 419

23. Dig Two Graves (2014)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

After her brother's tragic death, a young girl is approached by three men who claim they can bring her brother back to life.

Director: Hunter Adams | Stars: Ted Levine, Samantha Isler, Danny Goldring, Troy Ruptash

Votes: 3,366

24. George Carlin... It's Bad for Ya! (2008 TV Special)

TV-MA | 70 min | Documentary, Comedy

It's Bad For Ya, Carlin's Emmy-nominated 14th and final HBO special from March of 2008 features Carlin's noted irreverent and unapologetic observations on topics ranging from death, ... See full summary »

Director: Rocco Urbisci | Star: George Carlin

Votes: 6,482

25. Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)

Approved | 63 min | Mystery

Charlie Chan is an agent of the U.S. government assigned to investigate the mysterious death of an inventor.

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Arthur Loft, Gwen Kenyon

Votes: 1,654

26. Beyond the Reef (1979)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Romance

Tikoyo lives by the Bora Bora lagoon in the South Pacific, where he found a man-eating tiger shark when it was an orphaned baby, just a foot long. He named it Manidu, and it grew to be ... See full summary »

Director: Frank C. Clarke | Stars: Dayton Ka'ne, Maren Jensen, Kathleen Swan, Keahi Farden

Votes: 229 | Gross: $0.55M

27. Life Lessons (2013 Video)

27 min | Short, Drama, Mystery

In this Story by Richard Price, Lionel Dobie is an acclaimed artist who finds himself unable to paint before a gallery exhibition and uses his messy lifestyle to create artwork.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: David Fichtenmayer, Kellie Marie McGhee, Hayley Pendergrass, Alexander Raye Pimentel

Votes: 55

28. The Golden Eye (1948)

Approved | 69 min | Crime, Mystery

Chan discovers a conspiracy when a low paying gold mine seemingly starts to become profitable, and attempts are made on the owner's life.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Roland Winters, Wanda McKay, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung

Votes: 630

29. If I Had My Way (1940)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

When a fellow bridge builder is killed in an accident, two of his co-workers take his now-orphaned daughter to New York to be adopted by relatives.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Bing Crosby, Gloria Jean, Charles Winninger, El Brendel

Votes: 210

30. Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935)

Passed | 65 min | Drama, Romance

In Bali, a young woman falls in love with a musician, but he may have eyes for her half-sister.

Director: Henri de la Falaise | Stars: Poetoe Aloes Goesti, Bagus Mara Goesti, Saplak Njoman, Njong Njong Njoman

Votes: 264

31. In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King (1995)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama

Al is hired by an acquaintance who happens to be the local mob boss to track down his own brother who's wanted by the mafia for the murder of an important gangster figure. Is blood thicker than water?

Director: Nick Vallelonga | Stars: Michael Biehn, William Petersen, Leo Rossi, Paul Winfield

Votes: 305

32. Out of the Body (1989)

R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

Some gravity-defying being is killing women in Sydney, Australia, and removing their eyes. The only hope of catching the fiend lies in a hapless man with a psychic link to the killer, who is soon suspected of the crimes.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Mark Hembrow, Tessa Humphries, Shane Briant, John Clayton

Votes: 182

33. A Good Thing Going (1978 TV Movie)

72 min | Drama

A housewife feels neglected by her family and walks out to start out a new life for herself.

Director: Arch Nicholson | Stars: John Hargreaves, Veronica Lang, Chris Haywood, Miles Buchanan

Votes: 14

34. I Call First (2015)

70 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A touching love story about a couple unable to bridge the gap between their divergent worlds.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Hannah Richter, Mazen Abdelkareem, Nikkolas Soto, Nicholas Winand

Votes: 68

35. Mekk Elek az ezermester (1980)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The misadventures of a handyman goat.

Stars: Péter Balázs, Gyula Bodrogi, Ági Margitai, János Horkay

Votes: 561

36. Unfinished Business (1984)

99 min | Drama

Seventeen year old Isabelle Marks lives in Toronto with her divorced mother and finds her life directionless. Isabelle becomes involved with an anti-nuclear group that her boyfriend Jessie ... See full summary »

Director: Don Owen | Stars: Isabelle Mejias, Peter Spence, Leslie Toth, Julie Biggs

Votes: 43

37. Shekarestan Aroosaki (2016–2017)

50 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Sugarland puppet show takes place in an old and imaginary city. The stories are taken from folk tales, proverbs and old Iranian and Eastern stories.

Stars: Amir Soltan Ahmadi, Fahimeh Barootchi, Nazanin Bayati, Amir Joshaghani

Votes: 16

38. To Fool a Thief (2013)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Two professional thieves will have to work together to steal a unique bottle of wine kept safe inside a bank in Mendoza.

Director: Ariel Winograd | Stars: Daniel Hendler, Valeria Bertuccelli, Martín Piroyansky, Pablo Rago

Votes: 776

39. Ladder of Philosophy

Documentary, History | Announced

Four philosophers - an atheist, an agnostic, a Christian, and a Hindu - settle down to discuss life, reason, faith, and whatever else comes to mind.

Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher

40. The Malagasy Way (2014)

84 min | Documentary, Adventure, History

Just for the time of a film, let's have fun reversing the roles... Let's imagine it isn't for the economists anymore to demonstrate their growth model, but for the farmers, artists, ... See full summary »

Director: Nantenaina Lova | Stars: Rejao Refaralahy Joela, Rado Mpikabary, Florentine Razafiharisoa, Joela Rejao Refaralahy

Votes: 25

41. 8 fois debout (2009)

103 min | Drama

Elsa makes a living from little jobs, struggling to gain custody of her son. Mathieu.

Director: Xabi Molia | Stars: Julie Gayet, Denis Podalydès, Mathieu Busson, Kevyn Frachon

Votes: 347

42. Pan de cada día (2021)

8 min | Animation, Short

A young woman studying abroad in Spain tries to buy a loaf of bread, but instead lands in a surreal lost-in-translation world where she makes an unexpected connection.

Director: Manuel Sirgo | Stars: Sol de la Barreda, Richard del Olmo, Antonio Fernández, Ana Ángeles García

Votes: 5

43. Mortgage (1989)

92 min | Drama

Dave and Tina Dodd want to buy a house. They make a contract with shifty John Napper who suggests builder George Shooks.

Director: Bill Bennett | Stars: Doris Younane, Brian Vriends, Bruce Venables, Andrew S. Gilbert

Votes: 18

44. The Pink Panther: Hokus Pokus Pink (1998 Video Game)

E | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Traveling salesman Pink Panther must go around the world to find the ingredients needed for a potion that can help a little girl mistakenly turned into a monster by a warlock to become an "immortal magical ninja princess mermaid".

Stars: Jon Avner, Chris Bertolotti, Matthew Black, Barry Carrollo

Votes: 26

45. Fortune Seekers (1956)

Approved | 8 min | Short

Celebrating the ingenuity of inventors and some seemingly small inventions now part of daily life including bobby pins, paper clips, bottle caps, zippers and cellophane tape. The patent process and some unsuccessful efforts are also shown.

Director: Larry O'Reilly | Star: Bob Hite

Votes: 79

46. Risky Business: Iron Boat, Iron Men (1989 TV Movie)

57 min | Documentary

Follows Great Lakes iron oar freighter Benson Ford from Detroit to Marquette.

Stars: Mort Crim, Pat Owens, Henry Ford, Harry Castle

47. Das sprichwörtliche Glück (2016)

5 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

Idioms garnish our language, but are often hard to translate. This comedy helps to illustrate them and tells the story of two neighbors, who become enamored. The "foam-beater" (boaster) ... See full summary »

Directors: Dave Lojek, Steffi Sixdorf | Stars: Magdalena Plöchl, Benedikt Vyplel

Votes: 7

48. Eat Your Rice (2021)

5 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

An experimental horror film based on an Indonesian proverb that says "if you don't eat your rice, it will cry".

Director: Raka Suwandhi | Star: Dimas Suwandhi

49. Spreuken (1979 TV Short)

20 min | Short, Music

Simone Kleinsma & Joost Prinsen perform songs based on the Book of Proverbs.

Director: Lioni Schrederhof | Stars: Simone Kleinsma, Joost Prinsen

50. Errors in Geography: Fat Duck Surprise (2015 Music Video)

6 min | Comedy, Music

Surreal music video about duck and luck.

Director: Mykola Yeriomin | Stars: Errors in Geography, Mykola Yeriomin, E.S. Tribes, Yaroslav Kozak

Votes: 11