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

1. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.

Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg

Votes: 378,025 | Gross: $220.16M

2. The Reader (2008)

R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.

Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain

Votes: 259,779 | Gross: $34.19M

3. Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)

R | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Erdil Yasaroglu, Sarah Houbolt

Votes: 60,963

4. The Boy Next Door (2015)

R | 91 min | Thriller

A woman, separated from her unfaithful husband, falls for a younger man who has moved in next door, but their torrid affair soon takes a dangerous turn.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Guzman, Kristin Chenoweth, John Corbett

Votes: 45,437 | Gross: $35.39M

5. The Natural (1984)

PG | 138 min | Drama, Sport

A middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger

Votes: 52,437 | Gross: $47.95M

6. The Cider House Rules (1999)

PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Romance

A compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine, Delroy Lindo

Votes: 104,777 | Gross: $57.55M

7. A Man Called Ove (2015)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.

Director: Hannes Holm | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll

Votes: 68,457 | Gross: $3.48M

8. The Tender Bar (2021)

R | 106 min | Biography, Drama

A boy growing up on Long Island seeks out father figures among the patrons at his uncle's bar.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Daniel Ranieri, Lily Rabe

Votes: 33,798

9. Quo Vadis (1951)

Not Rated | 171 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.

Directors: Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov

Votes: 16,740 | Gross: $24.29M

10. Contempt (1963)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance

A French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli, Giorgia Moll

Votes: 36,026 | Gross: $0.04M

11. White Squall (1996)

PG-13 | 129 min | Adventure, Drama

Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall, John Savage, Scott Wolf

Votes: 25,447 | Gross: $10.30M

12. The Case for Christ (2017)

PG | 112 min | Biography, Drama

An investigative journalist and self-proclaimed atheist sets out to disprove the existence of God after his wife becomes a Christian.

Director: Jon Gunn | Stars: Mike Vogel, Erika Christensen, Faye Dunaway, Frankie Faison

Votes: 10,295 | Gross: $14.68M

13. Anonymous (I) (2011)

PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Thriller

The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis, Sebastian Armesto

Votes: 42,130 | Gross: $4.46M

14. Deception (2021)

105 min | Drama

An American novelist living for a time in London converses with his wife, his mistress, and other female characters he may have dreamed up.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Denis Podalydès, Anouk Grinberg, Madalina Constantin

Votes: 1,658

15. The Tall Man (2012)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.

Director: Pascal Laugier | Stars: Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, William B. Davis, Stephen McHattie

Votes: 43,223

16. Fellini Satyricon (1969)

R | 129 min | Drama, Fantasy

A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first-century Rome.

Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone

Votes: 17,186 | Gross: $1.14M

17. Sommersby (1993)

PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A farmer returns home from the Civil War, but his wife begins to suspect that the man is an impostor.

Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Lanny Flaherty, Wendell Wellman

Votes: 23,198 | Gross: $50.08M

18. Dog Days (I) (2018)

PG | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A group of interconnected people in Los Angeles are brought together by their lovely canine counterparts.

Director: Ken Marino | Stars: Nina Dobrev, Vanessa Hudgens, Adam Pally, Eva Longoria

Votes: 5,540 | Gross: $6.81M

19. Ithaca (2015)

PG | 96 min | Drama, War

With his older brother off to war, fourteen-year-old telegram messenger Homer Macauley comes of age in the summer of 1942.

Director: Meg Ryan | Stars: Alex Neustaedter, Meg Ryan, Sam Shepard, Hamish Linklater

Votes: 3,112

20. Down a Dark Hall (2018)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A troubled teen named Kit Gordy is forced to join the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School, just to find herself trapped by dark forces around its mysterious headmistress, Madame Duret.

Director: Rodrigo Cortés | Stars: AnnaSophia Robb, Uma Thurman, Isabelle Fuhrman, Victoria Moroles

Votes: 14,914

21. Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)

Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Drama professor turned theater critic balances his home life and career when he moves to the country with his wife and their four sons.

Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Spring Byington

Votes: 4,926 | Gross: $11.10M

22. A Good Woman (2004)

PG | 93 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance

A 1930s American socialite creates a scandal in the expatriate high society of the Amalfi Coast of Italy when she forms a secretive relationship with a wealthy American unbeknownst to his young wife.

Director: Mike Barker | Stars: Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Milena Vukotic

Votes: 14,101 | Gross: $0.22M

23. Things to Come (2016)

PG-13 | 102 min | Drama

A philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, losing her book deal, and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her.

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob

Votes: 14,740 | Gross: $0.28M

24. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)

G | 155 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A shy, withdrawn English schoolteacher falls for a flashy showgirl.

Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, George Baker

Votes: 3,819 | Gross: $2.55M

25. Ace High (1968)

PG-13 | 122 min | Comedy, Western

A recently-escaped bandit forms an unlikely alliance with two bounty hunters and an acrobat to get revenge against the people who framed him.

Director: Giuseppe Colizzi | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Eli Wallach, Brock Peters

Votes: 4,800

26. The Mole People (1956)

Approved | 77 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a mutant five-millennia-old Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in Mesopotamia.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh Beaumont, Alan Napier

Votes: 3,996

27. The Trip to Greece (2020)

Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama

Actors Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan travel from Troy to Ithaca following in the footsteps of the Odysseus.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Rebecca Johnson

Votes: 4,747

28. Madame Bovary (1949)

Passed | 114 min | Drama, Romance

A provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers, and run up ruinous debts.

Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan

Votes: 2,901

29. Eyes in the Night (1942)

Passed | 80 min | Crime, Mystery

A blind detective and his seeing-eye dog investigate a murder and discover a Nazi plot.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Stephen McNally

Votes: 1,956

30. This Man Must Die (1969)

GP | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A man asserts himself within the life of an actress he believes is somehow responsible for his son's death.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Michel Duchaussoy, Caroline Cellier, Jean Yanne, Anouk Ferjac

Votes: 4,887

31. The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

Passed | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.

Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan

Votes: 2,128

32. Hawaiian Gardens (2001)

Not Rated | 110 min

A seductive 17-year-old temptress who loves to read finds herself in an unusual triangle between her mother's lover--a 70-year-old writer--and a German copyright pirate.

Director: Percy Adlon | Stars: Tzi Ma, Richard Roundtree, Rodney Rincon, Joseph Anthony

Votes: 65

33. Esther Kahn (2000)

Not Rated | 157 min | Drama, Romance

A Jewish girl in nineteenth century London, dreams of becoming a stage actress.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Summer Phoenix, Ian Holm, Fabrice Desplechin, Akbar Kurtha

Votes: 1,171

34. Yankee Buccaneer (1952)

Approved | 86 min | Adventure, History, Romance

Captain David Porter of the fledgling American Navy receives orders to masquerade as a privateer in order to corral some Caribbean pirates.

Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball, Joseph Calleia

Votes: 365

35. Io c'è (2018)

100 min | Comedy

To save his B&B from failure, Massimo decides to turn it into a place of worship, creating a new religion.

Director: Alessandro Aronadio | Stars: Edoardo Leo, Margherita Buy, Giuseppe Battiston, Giulia Michelini

Votes: 1,131

36. The Disappearance of My Mother (2019)

94 min | Documentary

A once-iconic fashion model strives to escape the world of images and disappear for good, but her son's determination to make a final film about her sparks an unexpected collaboration and confrontation with the camera's gaze.

Director: Beniamino Barrese | Stars: Benedetta Barzini, Beniamino Barrese, Lauren Hutton, Stephanie DeBaillew

Votes: 412

37. Barefoot in Athens (1966 TV Movie)

76 min | Drama

The last few days in the life of Socrates, including his trial.

Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Geraldine Page, Anthony Quayle, Eric Berry

Votes: 80

38. The Dream Is Alive (1985)

Not Rated | 37 min | Documentary, Short

Traveling on the Space Shuttle, covers training, launch, flight, deployment of LDEF from Challenger in April 1984 (STS-41C).

Director: Graeme Ferguson | Stars: Walter Cronkite, David Leestma, George Nelson, Sally Ride

Votes: 513

39. Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World (2011)

PG | 90 min | Documentary, History

In our post-9/11 world, a greater understanding across cultures is more important than ever before, yet the purpose of this program is not simply to provide political or historical context.... See full summary »

Director: Robert H. Gardner | Stars: Mohammad Al-Asad, Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, Afshan Bokhari

Votes: 154

40. Alexandria: The Greatest City (2010 TV Movie)

51 min | Documentary

Bettany Hughes goes to Alexandria, Egypt, too look at one of the great cities of history. Founded by Alexander the Great, Alexandria was once one of the intellectual and culture hubs of the... See full summary »

Director: Nick Gillam-Smith | Stars: Bettany Hughes, Salima Ikram, Colin Clement, Emanuela Kulicka

Votes: 187

41. The Seven Sages of Antiquity (2010 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The Seven Wisest Men of Ancient Greece did not include Socrates, Plato or Aristotle. However, even the Seven Sages would choose only One as the Wisest of All.

Director: Giorgos Petritsis | Stars: Robert MacLean, Iren Theotokatou, Telis Zotos

Votes: 10

42. Nancy Drew: Labyrinth of Lies (2014 Video Game)

E10+ | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates a series of thefts from a museum in Greece.

Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Julia Stockton, Katherine Grant-Suttie, Beau Prichard

Votes: 46

43. Nahá pastýrka (1966)

91 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

At the Ronov castle, the archive-keeper professor Nykl (Milos Nedbal) is searching for the lost painting The Naked Shepherdess by the famous Fragonard. Nykl is just about to disassemble the... See full summary »

Director: Jaroslav Mach | Stars: Karel Höger, Jirina Petrovická, Vladimír Mensík, Bohumil Smída

Votes: 77

44. La ferme des sept péchés (1949)

90 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 1825, Paul-Louis Courier, a Republican writer known for publishing pamphlets against the French monarchy, was killed in the farm where he had retired. Was it a political assassination or... See full summary »

Director: Jean Devaivre | Stars: Jacques Dumesnil, Claude Génia, Aimé Clariond, Pierre Renoir

Votes: 92

45. The Beatles Mod Odyssey (1968)

8 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

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Stars: The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison

Votes: 63

46. A Letter to Tarkovsky (2016)

Documentary, Short

A documentary visualizes a candid personal letter to Andrei Tarkovsky.

Director: Vyacheslav Bihun | Stars: Vyacheslav Bihun, Justyn Bihun-Sikorsky

Votes: 79

47. Forbidden History: Dinosaurs and the Bible (2010 Video)

64 min | Documentary, History

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Star: Jeffery Jack

48. Co je platno kárat, co je platno kázat (1978 TV Movie)

Comedy, Drama

The journalist Smíd meets his old lover, the cheerful but simple girl Fanynka, with his friend, a young lawyer. He decides to take care of the girl in all honesty, buys her presents and ... See full summary »

Director: Jan Matejovský | Stars: Milena Steinmasslová, Jaroslav Drbohlav, Oldrich Vízner, Miriam Hynková

49. Exploring Ancient Turkey (1998)

30 min | Short

Turkey is a country of contrasts, which once witnessed the ebb and flow of great cultures and civilizations.

Director: Fred Heiman | Star: Peggy Heiman

50. Gilmore Girls (2000–2007)
Episode: Paris Is Burning (2001)

TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, Drama

As the relationship with Rory's teacher Max grows more serious, Lorelai panics and decides to end it, but her attempt to break up with him during Parent-Teacher night at Chilton causes even more trouble at school for Rory.

Director: David Petrarca | Stars: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy, Keiko Agena

Votes: 1,051