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

1. Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against each other--the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong--with humanity caught in the balance.

Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry

Votes: 241,213 | Gross: $100.92M

2. The Hateful Eight (2015)

R | 168 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins

Votes: 659,442 | Gross: $54.12M

3. Homefront (I) (2013)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A former DEA agent moves his family to a quiet town, where he soon tangles with a local meth druglord.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth

Votes: 130,194 | Gross: $20.16M

4. Falling Down (1993)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin

Votes: 206,594 | Gross: $40.90M

5. Gran Torino (2008)

R | 116 min | Drama

After a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her

Votes: 814,784 | Gross: $148.10M

6. Gaslight (1944)

Passed | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ten years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the home rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, May Whitty

Votes: 33,870

7. Halloween (I) (2018)

R | 106 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe, Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

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

Votes: 169,049 | Gross: $159.34M

8. Death Race (2008)

R | 105 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane

Votes: 218,871 | Gross: $36.32M

9. Straw Dogs (1971)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.

Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna

Votes: 64,484

10. Brüno (2009)

R | 81 min | Comedy

Flamboyant, gay Austrian Brüno looks for new fame in America.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Bañagale, Chibundu Orukwowu

Votes: 153,855 | Gross: $60.05M

11. Eye for an Eye (1996)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When the courts fail to keep behind bars the man who raped and murdered her daughter, a woman seeks her own form of justice.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris, Olivia Burnette

Votes: 18,920 | Gross: $26.79M

12. The Perfect Guy (I) (2015)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

After breaking up with her boyfriend, a professional woman gets involved with a man who seems almost too good to be true.

Director: David M. Rosenthal | Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut, L. Scott Caldwell

Votes: 11,282 | Gross: $57.02M

13. Waiting for the Hearse (1985)

94 min | Comedy

Each member of this family tries to endorse someone else to care for the old Mother.

Director: Alejandro Doria | Stars: Luis Brandoni, China Zorrilla, Antonio Gasalla, Julio De Grazia

Votes: 7,272

14. Hot Rods to Hell (1966)

Approved | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The new owner of a motel in the California desert has a run-in with a gang of delinquent teenage hot rod drivers.

Director: John Brahm | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain, Mimsy Farmer, Laurie Mock

Votes: 1,103

15. Léon Morin, Priest (1961)

Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance, War

Set during occupied France, a faithless woman finds herself falling in love with a young priest.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc, Nicole Mirel

Votes: 5,670 | Gross: $0.04M

16. From the Hip (1987)

PG | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Robin, one year out of law school with one trial, gets set up with an unwinnable murder case for having forced his law firm to make him partner with unethical behavior, tarnishing the firm.

Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt, Darren McGavin

Votes: 2,581 | Gross: $9.52M

17. Animal Instincts III (1996 Video)

R | 96 min | Drama, Thriller

An exhibitionist female author is drawn to a "blind" voyeur record producer. Her exhibitionist tendencies draw the interest of his musical clients and leads to visual fireworks. Her sexual ... See full summary »

Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Alexander Keith, James Matthew, Marcus Grahm, John Bates

Votes: 456

18. Provoked (2006)

Not Rated | 113 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Based on the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman, who was abused by her husband for 10 years. After killing her husband in self-defense, Ahluwalia is imprisoned as those close to her fight to set her free.

Director: Jag Mundhra | Stars: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Michael Watson, Miranda Richardson, Naveen Andrews

Votes: 2,233

19. Caught in the Net (2020)

100 min | Documentary, Crime

Two documentarians exploring the world of online sexual abuse of children succeed in turning an experiment into an act of social intervention.

Directors: Barbora Chalupová, Vít Klusák | Stars: Sabina Dlouhá, Anezka Pithartová, Tereza Tezká

Votes: 1,738

20. PTU (2003)

R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When an obnoxious detective loses his gun to four young thugs, it's up to the P.T.U. (Police Tactical Unit) and their iron-willed leader to recover the weapon and clean up the mess before daybreak.

Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Simon Yam, Suet Lam, Ruby Wong, Maggie Siu

Votes: 5,154

21. Romeo and Juliet (1936)

Passed | 125 min | Drama, Romance

Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Conway Tearle

Votes: 2,230

22. Stars of Eger (1968)

157 min | Adventure, History, Romance

1552, the great Turkish Empire wants to conquer Europe, and the world. The last stand is Hungarian Kingdom, and the castle of Eger. The brave soldiers decides they will fight till the end of their lives.

Director: Zoltán Várkonyi | Stars: István Kovács, Vera Venczel, Imre Sinkovits, György Korga

Votes: 2,635

23. Love Is the Perfect Crime (2013)

110 min | Crime, Thriller

After a brief affair with her seductive professor, a young student mysteriously disappears. As the police and the girl's stepmother tighten the noose on the cryptic tutor, he experiences a long-forgotten feeling. Is love the perfect crime?

Directors: Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Karin Viard, Maïwenn, Sara Forestier

Votes: 2,158

24. The Guest (1963)

105 min | Drama

While renovating his house in London, Aston, out of pity, lodges a homeless man, but Aston's brother taunts and harasses the cranky old bum.

Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, Robert Shaw, Harold Pinter

Votes: 985

25. Arabian Nights (1942)

Approved | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The caliph of Baghdad must go into hiding with a group of traveling performers when his brother usurps the throne. Both brothers desire a beautiful dancing girl, who is torn between power and true love.

Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Sabu, Leif Erickson

Votes: 1,664 | Gross: $3.71M

26. Chinese Torture Chamber Story 2 (1998)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Two bandits and their female partners accost a mysterious and talented traveler who seems destined for great things, but who has a secret taste for torture.

Director: Kin-Nam Cho | Stars: Mark Cheng, Yolinda Yam, Wai-Kin Lam, Fan Yeung

Votes: 608

27. Hitler's Madman (1943)

Passed | 84 min | Drama, History, War

Story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi SS commander, by Czech partisans and the reprisals inflicted by the Nazis on the Czechs.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Patricia Morison, John Carradine, Alan Curtis, Howard Freeman

Votes: 918

28. Dangerous Men (2022)

110 min | Comedy, Crime

Joseph Conrad and three other notorious artists wake up after a crazy party with a dead man on their couch with no clue who he was, why he's dead, or why the gendarme is knocking at the door.

Director: Maciej Kawalski | Stars: Tomasz Kot, Marcin Dorocinski, Andrzej Seweryn, Wojciech Mecwaldowski

Votes: 725

29. GUO4 (2019)

3 min | Short, Drama

A confrontation between two swimmers in a locker room.

Director: Peter Strickland | Stars: Csaba Molnár, Gyula Muskovics

Votes: 846

30. A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain-dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Alan Bates, Janet Suzman, Peter Bowles, Sheila Gish

Votes: 585

31. Otra vuelta de tuerca (1985)

119 min | Horror, Thriller

A sexually conflicted young man is hired to take care of two orphaned siblings in a remote seaside mansion, and soon realizes that the ghosts of two former servants are trying to possess the children.

Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: Pedro Mari Sánchez, Queta Claver, Asier Hernández, Cristina Goyanes

Votes: 221

32. Hands Up! (1981)

80 min | Drama

Five young men reunite on a freight train ten years after completing their medical studies. They reminisce about their shared past, when Poland was ruled by implacable Stalinism.

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Jerzy Skolimowski, Joanna Szczerbic, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Adam Hanuszkiewicz

Votes: 433

33. Guilty Bystander (1950)

Passed | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An alcoholic ex-cop, now the house detective at a scuzzy hotel in an even scuzzier part of town, stumbles through New York City's sleazy underworld searching for his kidnapped son.

Director: Joseph Lerner | Stars: Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Mary Boland, Sam Levene

Votes: 1,078

34. Winter Soldier (1972)

Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary, History, War

For three days in 1971, former US soldiers who were in Vietnam testify in Detroit about their war experiences. Nearly 30 speak, describing atrocities personally committed or witnessed, ... See full summary »

Director: Winterfilm Collective | Stars: Rusty Sachs, Joe Bangert, Scott Shimabukuro, Kenneth Campbell

Votes: 1,082

35. Sir! No Sir! (2005)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History, War

NO! SIR! tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men and women who forced the U.S. government to end the Vietnam War

Director: David Zeiger | Stars: Michael Alaimo, Edward Asner, Joe Bangert, Tom Bernard

Votes: 838 | Gross: $0.11M

36. The Wise Guys (1965)

G | 128 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An ex-con with ulterior motives convinces the struggling inheritor of a sawmill to use convicts as affordable lumberjacks.

Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Bourvil, Lino Ventura, Marie Dubois, Jess Hahn

Votes: 1,138

37. Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer (2013)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Follows the court case of three members of the Russian feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot after their performance in a Russian Orthodox cathedral.

Directors: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin | Stars: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Mariya Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Andrey Tolokonnikov

Votes: 2,030

38. Provokation (2015)

10 min | Documentary, Short, Music

Erik Lantz from the band "NeverStore" gets interviewed about provocative music. Archive footage are bound together to illustrate his answers.

Director: Jonathan Wiking | Stars: Erik Lantz, Billy Burnette, Kurt Cobain, Tim Commerford

39. Raging Boll (2010)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography

Widely recognized as the planet's worst film director, Uwe Boll embarks on a quest to conquer Hollywood and take vengeance upon the film fanatics striving to destroy him. Filmed over three ... See full summary »

Director: Dan Lee West | Stars: Uwe Boll, Greg Gutfeld, Richard Kyanka, Chance Minter

Votes: 135

40. Protector (2009)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Romance

A Czech journalist joins a Prague radio station that broadcasts German propaganda in order to protect his Jewish wife. However, as the German rule over Czechoslovakia calls for more and ... See full summary »

Director: Marek Najbrt | Stars: Jana Plodková, Marek Daniel, Martin Mysicka, Klára Melísková

Votes: 899 | Gross: $0.00M

41. Creditors (2015)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A love triangle is unraveled when a young painter is approached by an admirer who eases him into making sense of his relationship with his wife.

Director: Ben Cura | Stars: Christian McKay, Andrea Deck, Ben Cura, Tom Bateman

Votes: 60

42. Marcel Duchamp: Art of the Possible (2020)

86 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The film explores the life, philosophy and impact of one of the most influential early 20th century modernists, Marcel Duchamp. The film breaks down Duchamp's ideas and applies them to both... See full summary »

Director: Matthew Taylor | Stars: Marina Abramovic, William Anastasi, Bradley Bailey, Carlos Basualdo

Votes: 93

43. Die Wunderübung (2018)

96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A married couple is dealing with a marriage crisis and therefore seeks the help of a couples therapist.

Director: Michael Kreihsl | Stars: Aglaia Szyszkowitz, Devid Striesow, Erwin Steinhauer

Votes: 249

44. Juck (2018)

18 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

Juck (literally Hump) is a dance group that made its breakthrough in a 2013 viral video, where they pushed the limits of how the female body is allowed to express itself and make a ... See full summary »

Directors: Ulrika Bandeira, Julia Gumpert, Olivia Kastebring | Stars: Emelie Enlund, Cajsa Godeé, Shirley Harthey Ubilla, Feyona Naluzzi Thylander

Votes: 85

45. 80 Millions (2011)

102 min | Action, Drama, History

Solidarity activists prepare a bravura heist, taking out 80 mln from a union bank account just before it is blocked by communist authorities.

Director: Waldemar Krzystek | Stars: Filip Bobek, Marcin Bosak, Wojciech Solarz, Piotr Glowacki

Votes: 989

46. 68 (2008 TV Movie)

110 min | Documentary, History, War

From Washington to Saigon, Rome to Mexico, Paris to London, a wave of demonstrations shakes the world. 68 travels back in time to war torn Vietnam, freed and occupied Prague, Paris demonstrating, revolution in the Americas.

Director: Patrick Rotman | Stars: Edouard Balladur, The Beatles, Claude Berri, Leonid Brezhnev

Votes: 66

47. Kreutzer kommt (2010 TV Movie)

93 min | Crime

Detective Kreutzer follows a case of a jazz singer murdered in a club. What unravels as the detective gets closer to the truth, surprises even Kreutzer himself.

Director: Richard Huber | Stars: Christoph Maria Herbst, Rosalie Thomass, Leslie Malton, Ludwig Trepte

Votes: 217

48. Zur Hölle mit den anderen (2018 TV Movie)

88 min | Comedy, Drama

Two estranged friends and their partners struggle to come to grips with each other's differing life styles and differing attitudes to life, job, family and children.

Director: Stefan Krohmer | Stars: Mira Bartuschek, Britta Hammelstein, Felix Schmidt-Knopp, Holger Stockhaus

Votes: 190

49. Soft Boiled (1923)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Western

John Steele (Frank Beal), a rich uncle, threatens to disinherit his nephew, Tom Steele (Tom Mix), unless the latter learns to curb his violent temper. Tom is put on a 30-day trial and must ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Tom Mix, Tony the Horse, Billie Dove, Joseph W. Girard

50. $ellebrity (2012)

Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary

Celebrity photographer Kevin Mazur gives an all access pass to life behind the velvet rope and in front of the camera.

Director: Kevin Mazur | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lopez, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kid Rock

Votes: 1,081