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

1. Das Boot (1981)

R | 149 min | Drama, War

A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch

Votes: 264,396 | Gross: $11.49M

2. Killer Joe (2011)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church

Votes: 83,336 | Gross: $1.99M

3. You, Me and Dupree (2006)

PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Romance

A best man (Wilson) stays on as a houseguest with the newlyweds, much to the couple's annoyance.

Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Kate Hudson, Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon, Michael Douglas

Votes: 84,137 | Gross: $75.63M

4. The Bride Walks Out (1936)

Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Romance

The ups and downs of newlyweds on a tight budget.

Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young, Ned Sparks

Votes: 700

5. My Night at Maud's (1969)

GP | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A devout Catholic man's rigid principles are challenged during a one-night stay with Maud, a divorced woman with an outsize personality.

Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault, Antoine Vitez

Votes: 14,553

6. Boa vs. Python (2004 Video)

R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

After a genetically-altered python escapes, a scientist is enlisted to help kill it by releasing a giant boa constrictor that he owns.

Director: David Flores | Stars: David Hewlett, Jaime Bergman, Kirk B.R. Woller, Adamo Palladino

Votes: 4,169

7. The Banker (1989)

R | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

High-priced prostitutes are being systematically murdered, their corpses mutilated, and a bizarre South American symbol painted in blood is found at the scene. The cop investigating is out to solve the crime before his ex wife, a reporter, becomes the next victim.

Director: William Webb | Stars: Robert Forster, Shanna Reed, Duncan Regehr, Jeff Conaway

Votes: 733

8. I Passed for White (1960)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama

A young girl meets and marries the man of her dreams--only she hasn't told him that she is half-black, and he and his rich family and friends are white.

Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Sonya Wilde, James Franciscus, Patricia Michon, Elizabeth Council

Votes: 320

9. Goodbye First Love (2011)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance

A chronicle of the romance between Camille and Sullivan, which begins during their adolescence and picks up after Sullivan's 8-year absence from exploring the world.

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve | Stars: Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Håvard Brekke, Valérie Bonneton

Votes: 5,732 | Gross: $0.06M

10. Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)

PG | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young woman frets upstairs in her family's country manor on her wedding day, fearful she's about to marry the wrong man. Downstairs, her fiancé and her former lover grow increasingly anxious.

Director: Donald Rice | Stars: Felicity Jones, Luke Treadaway, Elizabeth McGovern, James Norton

Votes: 2,451 | Gross: $0.00M

11. The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)

Approved | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, Victoria Shaw, James Whitmore

Votes: 2,154

12. My Forbidden Past (1951)

Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800s. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University, her plans to marry him are thwarted. ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Lucile Watson

Votes: 1,158

13. No Man of Her Own (1932)

85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Dorothy Mackaill, Grant Mitchell

Votes: 1,688

14. Three Comrades (1938)

Passed | 98 min | Drama, Romance

The close friendship of three German soldiers is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman, who is dying of tuberculosis.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone, Robert Young

Votes: 2,078

15. The Brothers Rico (1957)

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

A retired mob accountant is drawn back in when his brothers, who have recently made a hit for the organization, decide to go to the authorities.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant, Larry Gates

Votes: 1,618

16. Your Past Is Showing (1957)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy

A very British comedy about a blackmailer and his victims.

Director: Mario Zampi | Stars: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton

Votes: 2,045

17. Hotel Berlin (1945)

Approved | 98 min | Drama, War

In 1945, a strange mix of Germans, military personnel and civilians, pro-Nazi and anti-Nazi, celebrities and escaped prisoners, converges at a lavish hotel in heavily-bombed Berlin.

Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Faye Emerson, Helmut Dantine, Raymond Massey, Andrea King

Votes: 883

18. Warrior of Justice (1995)

R | 89 min | Action

A karate expert enters a deadly underground tournament to avenge one of his students who was killed there and stop the disgraced marshal arts champion who organized this deadly competition.

Directors: Jorgo Ognenovski, Mike Tristano | Stars: Jorgo Ognenovski, Jorge Rivero, Richard Lynch, Shari Blum

Votes: 89

19. High Pressure (1932)

Passed | 73 min | Comedy

Gar Evans is a "high pressure" promoter who tends to be unrealistically optimistic about his projects and exaggerates the chance of success. He sets up the "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber ... See full summary »

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: William Powell, Evelyn Brent, George Sidney, John Wray

Votes: 680

20. Return to Treasure Island (1954)

Approved | 75 min | Adventure, Family

A descendant of Jim Hawkins (Dawn Addams) visits Treasure Island with a priceless map.

Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Tab Hunter, Dawn Addams, Porter Hall, James Seay

Votes: 247

21. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Night, Mother (2004)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Mac and Stella investigate the murder of a woman who was stabbed in the heart with a wooden stake. The police arrest a woman who was kneeling over the body with blood on her, but Mac isn't convinced that she committed the crime.

Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito

Votes: 360

22. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Trapped (2005)

TV-14 | 55 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Danny and Stella are investigating the murder of a billionaire in a crime scene that seems to be a bedroom, but while Stella is interrogating suspects, Danny searches the room for possible ... See full summary »

Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 341

23. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Rachefeldzug (1989)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Derrick becomes subject to murder attempts. It may be connected to the suicide of a drug dealer he put in prison.

Director: Theodor Grädler | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Günther Ungeheuer

Votes: 53

24. Fastlane (2002–2003)
Episode: Dogtown (2003)

Not Rated | 43 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An investigation into marijuana dealing leads to a former informant of Billies being used as part of an undercover operation into a gang of drug dealing surfers, but as the operation ... See full summary »

Director: David Barrett | Stars: Peter Facinelli, Bill Bellamy, Tiffani Thiessen, John Asher

Votes: 57

25. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Ritual (2004)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two garbage collectors run into what they first think is a scene of animal sacrifice.

Director: Ed Bianchi | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal

Votes: 1,006

26. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Milk Run (1985)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs encounter two naive young men smuggling cocaine-filled statues for a murderous criminal.

Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 665

27. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: No Exit (1984)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett and Tubbs reluctantly help government agents in their pursuit of a dangerous arms dealer.

Director: David Soul | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 841

28. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Mystified Miner (1962)

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

Naïve secretary Susan Fisher, working overtime, tries to help her boss' employer who comes to town to check the books but digs herself deeper into trouble. She is charged with murder when another company employee is found dead.

Director: Francis D. Lyon | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 277

29. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode: Der Hellseher (2002)

43 min | Crime

Anne Klausner, the daughter of the grocer Klausner, has disappeared. His father has decided to consult with a medium, Hajo and Ina will be present in the session. The medium speaks about a lake, deep water and a tower.

Director: Oren Schmuckler | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke

30. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014– )
Episode: Trump & Election Results (2020)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

A week after Joe Biden's win in the US presidential election, John Oliver discusses Donald Trump's various attempts to overturn the results, why his claims don't hold water, and the consequences of indulging him.

Director: Christopher Werner | Stars: Agnes Blalock, Tucker Carlson, Adam Driver, David Kaye

Votes: 289

31. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Hide Sight (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Mac is on the hunt for a sniper who is using nitroglycerin in his bullets to explode on impact, and the prime suspect was once a missing boy from one of Mac's old cases.

Director: Alex Zakrzewski | Stars: Gary Sinise, Sela Ward, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 273

32. MrBeast (2012– )
Episode: I Ate $100,000 Golden Ice Cream (2021)

TV-MA | 13 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure

I can't believe how insane that ice cream looked at the end.

Stars: Mr. Beast, Darryl, Chandler Hallow, Karl Jacobs

Votes: 7