Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-gilbert-and-sullivan"

1. The Dressmaker (I) (2015)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.

Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse | Stars: Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving

Votes: 65,556 | Gross: $2.02M

2. First Man (2018)

PG-13 | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler

Votes: 202,415 | Gross: $44.94M

3. The Good Shepherd (2006)

R | 167 min | Drama, History, Thriller

The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.

Director: Robert De Niro | Stars: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin

Votes: 108,628 | Gross: $59.95M

4. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester

Votes: 138,020 | Gross: $8.18M

5. Chariots of Fire (1981)

PG | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.

Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers

Votes: 65,953 | Gross: $58.97M

6. The Parent Trap (1961)

Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.

Director: David Swift | Stars: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles

Votes: 24,009

7. Kate & Leopold (2001)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

An English Duke from 1876 is inadvertently dragged to modern day New York where he falls for a plucky advertising executive.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer

Votes: 89,128 | Gross: $47.12M

8. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

PG | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When the crew of the Enterprise learn of a Federation conspiracy against the inhabitants of a unique planet, Captain Picard begins an open rebellion.

Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton

Votes: 79,503 | Gross: $70.12M

9. Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

Billy Pilgrim has mysteriously become unstuck in time. He goes on an uncontrollable trip back and forth from his birth in New York to life on a distant planet and back again to the horrors of the 1945 fire-bombing of Dresden.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans

Votes: 13,919 | Gross: $0.57M

10. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

R | 123 min | Drama, War

During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.

Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano

Votes: 20,043 | Gross: $2.31M

11. Seven Days in May (1964)

Approved | 118 min | Drama, Thriller

United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner

Votes: 17,357 | Gross: $7.96M

12. Victoria & Abdul (2017)

PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard

Votes: 38,268 | Gross: $22.25M

13. Making Love (1982)

R | 113 min | Drama

A successful young L.A. doctor and his equally successful television-producer wife find their happily-ever-after life torn assunder when he suddenly confronts his long-repressed attraction ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, Wendy Hiller

Votes: 2,961 | Gross: $11.90M

14. Those People (2015)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance

On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous socialite best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign concert pianist.

Director: Joey Kuhn | Stars: Jonathan Gordon, Jason Ralph, Haaz Sleiman, Britt Lower

Votes: 6,635

15. Salome's Last Dance (1988)

R | 89 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

On Guy Fawkes Day 1892m Oscar Wilde goes to a performance of his controversial, banned play 'Salome'. The 'theatre' is a brothel and the performers are prostitutes.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Stratford Johns, Nickolas Grace, Douglas Hodge

Votes: 1,908 | Gross: $0.33M

16. Absolution (1978)

R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Two boys try to drive a strict priest mad with their confessed sins at a boarding school in England.

Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, David Bradley, Billy Connolly

Votes: 1,900

17. The Shooting Party (1984)

98 min | Drama, Romance

While Europe stands on the brink of World War I in Autumn 1913, Sir Randolph Nettleby hosts a weekend of shooting on his estate for European aristocrats.

Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud

Votes: 1,527

18. From Hare to Eternity (1997)

TV-PG | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

When pirate Yosemite Sam discovers Bugs Bunny's treasure chest, the rabbit, unwilling to part with his riches, pursues Sam aboard his ship and proceeds to pester the pirate until he pleads for mercy.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Frank Gorshin, Greg Burson, Jeff McCarthy

Votes: 318

19. I Could Go on Singing (1963)

Approved | 100 min | Drama, Music

Jenny Bowman is a successful singer who visits David Donne to see her son Matt again, spending a few glorious days with him while his father is away in Rome in an attempt to attain the family that she never had.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Judy Garland, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Klugman, Aline MacMahon

Votes: 1,713

20. The Trouble with Girls (1969)

G | 97 min | Comedy, History, Musical

Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small-town America.

Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Elvis Presley, Marlyn Mason, Nicole Jaffe, Sheree North

Votes: 1,779

21. Friends Forever (1986)

Unrated | 90 min | Drama

Sixteen year old Kristian is very shy, and is struggling to adjust to his new Copenhagen school. He makes friends with two very different boys, nonconformist Henrik, and bullying clique leader Patrick, who he soon discovers is gay.

Director: Stefan Henszelman | Stars: Claus Bender Mortensen, Thomas Elholm, Thomas Sigsgaard, Lars Kylmann Jacobsen

Votes: 540

22. Deep in My Heart (1954)

Approved | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Musical

Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.

Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: José Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Helen Traubel, Doe Avedon

Votes: 959

23. The London Nobody Knows (1968)

53 min | Documentary

A trippy 45-minute documentary of late-1960s London that is a fascinating time capsule of the remnants of a bygone age before London's extensive redevelopment in the late 1960s.

Director: Norman Cohen | Star: James Mason

Votes: 393

24. A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

This Republic murder mystery starts with a radio broadcast by Greg Sherman who solves cases on the air that the local police cannot solve. As he names the perpetrator of a recent murder we ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: John Howard, Margaret Lindsay, Roscoe Karns, Mona Barrie

Votes: 163

25. Serena (1962)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Scotland Yard investigate when a woman, apparently the estranged wife of a London painter, is murdered with a shotgun in rural Surrey at the same time as the artist's striking model with her long black hair disappears.

Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Patrick Holt, Emrys Jones, Honor Blackman, Bruce Beeby

Votes: 229

26. Shepard & Dark (2012)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, Biography

Shepard & Dark is the remarkable story of a friendship in letters.

Director: Treva Wurmfeld | Stars: Sam Shepard, Johnny Dark, O-Lan Jones, Scarlett Jones

Votes: 204 | Gross: $0.01M

27. Never Say Macbeth (2007)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy

Danny Teller, a high school science teacher, shows up at auditions for Macbeth trying to get his girlfriend back. But the director mistakes Danny's story of love for a passionate acting ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher J. Prouty | Stars: Tammy Caplan, John Combs, Scott Conte, Bayard Crawley

Votes: 75

28. All Set Backstage (1974)

22 min | History, Documentary, Short

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Director: Paul Cox | Stars: Viola Tait, Norman Kaye

29. Pan Halpern a pan Johnson (2020 TV Movie)

79 min | Comedy, Drama

Two men meet at the fresh grave of a woman in a New York cemetery. They don't know each other. Well, one doesn't know the other. Turns out they're both here to pay their respects.

Directors: Jan Brichcín, Ladislav Smocek | Stars: Petr Kostka, Frantisek Nemec

30. Maralinga, or Wise After the Event (1984 Video)

10 min | Short, Comedy, History

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Director: Ted Robinson | Stars: Max Gillies, John Clarke, Patrick Cook, Wendy Harmer

31. The Brady Bunch (1969–1974)
Episode: The Tattle-Tale (1970)

Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Family

Everyone is mad at Cindy because she is a tattle-tale, but she doesn't learn her lesson until her tattling accidentally gets Alice in trouble with Sam the Butcher.

Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Maureen McCormick

Votes: 191

32. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Suckers (2004)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the Mediterranean Casino, Ty Caulfield is speaking for guests that the casino will exhibit rare Japanese antiques from the Seventeenth Century owned by Mr. Yuri Yamamoto in the casino. ... See full summary »

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 792

33. Mystery!: Campion (1989–1990)
Episode: Sweet Danger: Part 1 (1990)

TV-14 | 56 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

When oil is discovered in an obscure Balkan country creating a valuable harbor, Campion is tasked in proving it is legally under charter to a British citizen.

Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Peter Davison, Brian Glover, Iain Cuthbertson, Richard Pearson

Votes: 105

34. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Sammy Davis Jr. (1975)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights include: guest Sammy Davis Jr. as a star who returns to his hometown and visits an old so-called "friend" (Carol) who is somewhat of a racist; Harvey and Tim in a sketch about a ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway

Votes: 53

35. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra (1962)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

While directing the annual variety show sponsored by his talented neighbors, Rob becomes frustrated by spousal jealousies as he tries to pair the perfect "Cleopatra" to "Mark Antony" for the lead roles.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews

Votes: 309

36. Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode: They're Playing Our Song (2000)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

All the on-air personalities are writing jingles to introduce their shows. Frasier typically overdoes when crafting his.

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

Votes: 961

37. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996)
Episode: Kiss My Butler (1990)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy

It is Geoffrey's birthday and Will decides to set him up on a blind date as a gift. Will winds up thinking she is perfect and breaks up the two dancing at a nightclub. Later when Geoffrey ... See full summary »

Director: Rita Rogers Blye | Stars: Will Smith, James Avery, Janet Hubert, Alfonso Ribeiro

Votes: 960

38. Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
Episode: Briefs Trooping Gaily (1998)

TV-MA | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Kavanagh defends a battered wife who stabbed her husband to death and Jeremy when he is accused of professional misconduct.

Director: Peter Smith | Stars: John Thaw, John Davis, Angela Down, Valerie Edmond

Votes: 63

39. Lovejoy (1986–1994)
Episode: Riding in Rollers (1 of 2) (1991)

TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After Lovejoy meets Harry Catopodis at a party thrown by a rich American widow, he discovers that the Emporer Hirohito teabowl he is selling is a fake.

Director: Francis Megahy | Stars: Ian McShane, Chris Jury, Dudley Sutton, Linda Gray

Votes: 73

40. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Trust Fund Pirates (1986)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Bolivian cruise ship is attacked by pirates leading Crockett and Tubbs to enlist the help of a renegade pilot in the contraband business to solve the case.

Director: Jim Johnston | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 430

41. The Sweeney (1975–1978)
Episode: Contact Breaker (1975)

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

After Danny Keever, a convict on weekend release and due for parole, is framed in a bank robbery, Regan works to clear him.

Director: William Brayne | Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, Warren Clarke

Votes: 145

42. The Sweeney (1975–1978)
Episode: Thin Ice (1975)

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

Regan clashes with an arrogant police superintendent when a crime kingpin is allowed to leave the country and go to France.

Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, Alfred Marks

Votes: 163

43. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode: A Pair of Exiles (1972)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama

Sarah tells James she's having his baby and the Bellamys make provisions to avoid a major scandal.

Director: Cyril Coke | Stars: Rachel Gurney, David Langton, Pauline Collins, Angela Baddeley

Votes: 112

44. The West Wing (1999–2006)
Episode: And It's Surely to Their Credit (2000)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama

Sam helps Josh battle his health insurance company; Ainsley Hayes encounters her firebrand boss and hostile colleagues; Abby gives the President some good news about his health; C.J. discovers a retiring General intends to publicly criticize the president.

Director: Christopher Misiano | Stars: Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney

Votes: 1,124

45. Animaniacs (1993–1998)
Episode: H.M.S. Yakko/Slappy Goes Walnuts/Yakko's Universe Song (1993)

Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

The Warners encounter the dastardly pirate Captain Mel./ Slappy demonstrates Skippy different techniques how to gather walnuts from the yard of Doug the Dog./ Yakko takes a trip around the Milky way.

Directors: Spike Brandt, Michael Gerard, Jon McClenahan, Alfred Gimeno | Stars: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Sherri Stoner

Votes: 273

46. Quiz (2020)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2020)

TV-PG | 46 min | Crime, Drama, History

When television producer Paul Smith puts everything on the line to make ITV quiz show and overnight sensation 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?', one family's much loved pub-quiz hobby turns into outright obsession.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Sian Clifford, Mark Bonnar, Aisling Bea

Votes: 551

47. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: The Magician's Nephew (2008)

TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The traditions of a local cult in Midsomer, the Temple of Thoth, appear to be related to a series of murders using poison of the poison dart frog.

Director: Richard Holthouse | Stars: John Nettles, Jason Hughes, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard

Votes: 750

48. To Serve Them All My Days (1980–1981)
Episode: Part Three (1980)

Drama

Alderman Blunt wants to donate a war memorial to Bamfylde, but some of the Board resent a donation from a war profiteer. David and Beth marry and settle at Bamfylde, where Beth soon becomes... See full summary »

Director: Ronald Wilson | Stars: John Duttine, Frank Middlemass, Alan MacNaughtan, Patricia Lawrence

Votes: 20

49. Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode: Prelude to War (1983)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama

As an agent of Japan's ally Great Britain, Reilly must aid the Japanese fleet invade Port Arthur beginning the Russo-Japanese War.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Sam Neill, Jeananne Crowley, David Suchet, Derek Newark

Votes: 86

50. Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode: The Trust (1983)

TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama

Sidney auctions off his collection of Napoleana to finance a Russian counterrevolutionary group and convinces Henry Ford to finance an invading German army.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Sam Neill, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell, Clive Merrison

Votes: 65