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

1. Expend4bles (2023)

R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on, the Expendables are the world's last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table.

Director: Scott Waugh | Stars: Jason Statham, 50 Cent, Megan Fox, Dolph Lundgren

Votes: 38,710

2. Die Hard (1988)

R | 132 min | Action, Thriller

A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson

Votes: 945,479 | Gross: $83.01M

3. Yesterday (III) (2019)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music

A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where they never existed.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino, Ellise Chappell

Votes: 167,701 | Gross: $73.29M

4. Baywatch (2017)

R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit, as they uncover a criminal plot that threatens the future of the bay.

Director: Seth Gordon | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Votes: 202,125 | Gross: $58.06M

5. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.

Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver

Votes: 742,670 | Gross: $132.09M

6. Jarhead (2005)

R | 125 min | Biography, Drama, War

A psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom, a sense of isolation, and other issues back home.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black, Scott MacDonald

Votes: 206,511 | Gross: $62.66M

7. Do the Right Thing (1989)

R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson

Votes: 112,402 | Gross: $27.55M

8. The Terminal (2004)

PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chi McBride, Stanley Tucci

Votes: 495,200 | Gross: $77.87M

9. Hustlers (2019)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Inspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

Director: Lorene Scafaria | Stars: Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Mette Narrative

Votes: 107,598 | Gross: $104.96M

10. Tango & Cash (1989)

R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a pair of mismatched LAPD officers must put their differences aside to get even with the brutal crime baron who sent them to rot in a maximum-security prison.

Directors: Andrey Konchalovskiy, Albert Magnoli | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance

Votes: 113,557 | Gross: $63.41M

11. Last Looks (I) (2021)

R | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery

A disgraced ex-cop seeks solace by moving to the woods, but his quiet life comes to an end when a private eye recruits him to investigate a murder.

Director: Tim Kirkby | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Mel Gibson, Lucy Fry, Rupert Friend

Votes: 11,961

12. Be Cool (2005)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music executive on the way.

Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Dwayne Johnson, Vince Vaughn

Votes: 72,176 | Gross: $56.05M

13. Goon (2011)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way.

Director: Michael Dowse | Stars: Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill, Eugene Levy

Votes: 90,783 | Gross: $4.17M

14. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.

Director: Malik Bendjelloul | Stars: Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore

Votes: 72,897 | Gross: $3.97M

15. Alice (2022)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A slave in the antebellum South escapes her secluded plantation only to discover a shocking reality that lies beyond the tree line.

Director: Krystin Ver Linden | Stars: Keke Palmer, Common, Jonny Lee Miller, Gaius Charles

Votes: 3,259

16. I Spy (2002)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A professional athlete has to help a U.S. government agent recover a missing jet.

Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen, Malcolm McDowell

Votes: 53,430 | Gross: $33.56M

17. Soul Man (1986)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Romance

To achieve his dream of attending Harvard, a pampered teen poses as a young black man to receive a full scholarship.

Director: Steve Miner | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones

Votes: 9,035 | Gross: $27.82M

18. Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A Caribbean vampire seduces a Brooklyn police officer who has no idea that she is half-vampire.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison

Votes: 25,107 | Gross: $19.75M

19. Girl You Know It's True (2023)

124 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Dancers Pilatus and Morvan rise to fame in the late 1980's who become stars with No.1 hits and won Grammy. The duo never sang a word in their songs and the truth was revealed, they stared as one of the biggest scandals in music history.

Director: Simon Verhoeven | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Bella Dayne, Graham Rogers, Natasha Loring

Votes: 770

20. The Comedian (III) (2016)

R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A look at the life of an aging insult comic named Jack Burke.

Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, Danny DeVito, Edie Falco

Votes: 8,051 | Gross: $1.66M

21. Analyze That (2002)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime

Mobster Paul Vitti is released into Dr. Ben Sobol's care, where only more chaos ensues.

Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli

Votes: 89,484 | Gross: $32.12M

22. Leaving Neverland (2019)

TV-MA | 240 min | Documentary

At the height of his stardom, the world's biggest pop star, Michael Jackson, began long-running relationships with two young boys, aged between seven and ten, along their families. They now allege that he sexually abused them.

Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Michael Jackson, Wade Robson, Joy Robson, Chantal Robson

Votes: 31,123

23. Welcome to the Sticks (2008)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Romance

A French public servant from Provence is banished to the far North. Strongly prejudiced against this cold and inhospitable place, he leaves his family behind to relocate temporarily there, with the firm intent to quickly come back.

Director: Dany Boon | Stars: Kad Merad, Dany Boon, Zoé Félix, Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret

Votes: 44,958 | Gross: $1.48M

24. Sylvie's Love (2020)

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

When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father's record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.

Director: Eugene Ashe | Stars: Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Eva Longoria, Aja Naomi King

Votes: 6,447

25. Odd Taxi (2021)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime

In a city which should be familiar, there is the feeling of something a little different.

Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Mike McFarland, Darius Marquis Johnson, Kenji Hamada

Votes: 5,736

26. Malice in Wonderland (2009)

R | 87 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in the North East of England.

Director: Simon Fellows | Stars: Maggie Grace, Danny Dyer, Matt King, Nathaniel Parker

Votes: 3,378

27. Two of Us (2000 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 89 min | Biography, Drama, Music

In 1976, John Lennon and Paul McCartney have a chat about their lives and discuss whether The Beatles will ever reunite.

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Jared Harris, Ric Reid, Martin Martinuzzi

Votes: 1,123

28. My Blind Date with Life (2017)

111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.

Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Kostja Ullmann, Jacob Matschenz, Anna Maria Mühe, Johann von Bülow

Votes: 5,779

29. Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie (2013)

R | 84 min | Animation, Comedy

You're not hallucinating... It's legendary toker jokers Cheech & Chong as you've never seen them before - in their very first animated movie.

Directors: Branden Chambers, Eric D. Chambers | Stars: Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin

Votes: 957

30. Kiss or Kill (1997)

R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a robbery scam that goes bad, lovers Nikki and Al take off into the Australian outback, pursued by the police and a malevolent footballer named Zipper Doyle, and meet a number of offbeat characters.

Director: Bill Bennett | Stars: Matt Day, Frances O'Connor, Tiffany Peters, Julie Wood

Votes: 1,463 | Gross: $0.73M

31. Robin Williams Live on Broadway (2002 TV Special)

TV-MA | 99 min | Documentary, Comedy

The fourth HBO stand-up special by Robin Williams.

Director: Marty Callner | Star: Robin Williams

Votes: 6,293

32. Fifty-Four Days (2022)

17 min | Short, Drama

When tragedy strikes, a spirited young woman turns to wild swimming in search of answers. By swimming each day at dawn and forming an unlikely friendship, she learns to accept her grief and the grief of those around her.

Directors: Phoebe Torrance, Cat White | Stars: Cat White, Celia Imrie, Joshua Williams, Juliet Cowan

Votes: 15

33. When I Was 12 (2001 TV Movie)

83 min | Drama

A tween girl moves with her alcoholic mother and abusive brother to Burnley. She meets and older boy, suffering from a similar home, and they run away together.

Director: Dominic Savage | Stars: Holly Scourfield, Jody Latham, Ashley Thewlis, Lisa Millett

Votes: 56

34. Poranek kojota (2001)

100 min | Comedy

Kuba, a young cartoon artist who works as a waiter at sophisticated parties, falls in love with beautiful Noemi and accidentally gets involved in gangster affairs.

Director: Olaf Lubaszenko | Stars: Maciej Stuhr, Karolina Rosinska, Michal Milowicz, Magdalena Kumorek

Votes: 4,058

35. Circuit (2001)

R | 130 min | Drama, Romance

John, a gay Illinois small town cop moves to Los Angeles, hoping to fit into a place more welcoming of his sexuality. He soon discovers the "circuit," where he meets an insecure hustler, who draws John into drug abuse and illicit sex.

Director: Dirk Shafer | Stars: Jonathan Wade-Drahos, Andre Khabbazi, Brian Lane Green, Kiersten Warren

Votes: 1,177 | Gross: $0.24M

36. George Carlin: You Are All Diseased (1999 TV Special)

TV-MA | 65 min | Documentary, Comedy

Legendary comic Carlin comes back to the Beacon theater to angrily rant about airport security, germs, cigars, angels, children and parents, men, names, religion, god, advertising, Bill Jeff and minorities.

Director: Rocco Urbisci | Star: George Carlin

Votes: 4,699

37. Night Fangs (2005)

R | 98 min | Horror, Thriller

Two Art Teachers are obsessed with eternal youth. Somehow they manage to get Elizabeth Bathory's diary. Soon, they start to practice bloody rituals that end up unleashing hell on earth.

Director: Ricardo Islas | Stars: Leslie Frank, Cyn Dulay, Ricardo Islas, Ruby Gonzalez

Votes: 273

38. The Summer of Love (2017 TV Movie)

Documentary, History, Music

The story of the cultural, social, and political changes that were brought about following the 1967 Summer of Love in San Francisco.

Director: Lyndy Saville | Stars: Ryan Mandrake, Johnnie Walker, Simon Crocker, Anne Nightingale

Votes: 33

39. Parting Ways: An Unauthorized Story on Life After the Beatles (2009 Video)

Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Parting Ways treats The Beatles with the respect they deserve, and details their lives since the world's number one band fell apart.

Director: Gillian Bartlett | Stars: Peter Kent, Jane Asher, Barbara Bach, The Beatles

Votes: 22

40. The Vacation (2022)

10 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

It follows a Black man as he tries to take a vacation.

Director: Jarreau Carrillo | Stars: Drew Morris, Jarreau Carrillo, Ohene Cornelius, Trae Harris

Votes: 26

41. Miss na miss kita (Utol kong hoodlum II) (1992)

TV-PG | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Robin and Vina created beautiful music together. Together they were in constant danger because of certain people and certain events that were taking place around them without their knowledge.

Director: Deo Fajardo Jr. | Stars: Robin Padilla, Vina Morales, Charito Solis, Dante Rivero

Votes: 58

42. Young Money: BedRock (2009 Music Video)

5 min | Music

Add a Plot

Director: Dayo Harewood | Stars: Young Money, Birdman, Short Dawg, Drake

Votes: 41

43. A Lot Like Christmas (II) (2018)

106 min | Romance

P.J. heads home for Christmas after 7 years of not seeing his family. His family is excited to see him but he's less than thrilled with the idea.

Director: Kenneth Desvigne Jr. | Stars: Johnathan Robinson, Matthew Marcelle Jr., Calvin W. Hall, Clement Bell Jr.

Votes: 16

44. Philip George: Wish You Were Mine (2014 Music Video)

4 min | Fantasy, Music, Musical

A kid coming to school at morning imagines that people around him and he himself are dancing to the song in his cassette player. A few people seem to notice that as well.

Director: Lenny Bass | Stars: Philip George, Stevie Wonder

Votes: 10

45. 1 Man's Junk (2014)

8 min | Short, Comedy

One wrong move in the bedroom brings painful results to Danny, the unlucky man in this short film. His visit to the doctor's office, by way of his drunken roommate Lou, only makes matters worse.

Director: Nate Lyles | Stars: Danny Lamego, Edward William Wasser, Scott Lehman, Jessica Leigh

46. Mat Mania: The Prowrestling Network (1985 Video Game)

Sport

On the wrestling world everything is possible, and on Mat Mania Exciting Hour, couldn't be different. The Player, need to face 5 fighters to get the Big Belt and turns yourself the first ... See full summary »

Votes: 15

47. 227 (1985–1990)
Episode: Rich Kid (1987)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy

The residents of 227 are concerned when Calvin's new friend makes him a suspicious offer for 50 dollars.

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackée Harry

Votes: 35

48. Barbara (1995–2003)
Episode: Rivals (1999)

Comedy

Barbara and Doreen find themselves competing for the attention of handsome young Dr Brown but when he clearly prefers to spend time with pretty computer operator Sandra they gang up on him.... See full summary »

Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Gwen Taylor, Sam Kelly, Mark Benton, Elizabeth Carling

49. Becker (1998–2004)
Episode: Blind Injustice (2002)

TV-PG | Comedy

Jake feels further handicapped by his blindness when he inadvertently allows a crook to rob the diner. He feels vindicated later when he thinks he has found the crook.

Director: Ken Levine | Stars: Ted Danson, Nancy Travis, Hattie Winston, Alex Désert

Votes: 85

50. Becker (1998–2004)
Episode: Subway Story (2004)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

Linda deletes some important files and spends the day trying to recover them or cover up what she's done. Some out-of-town friends have come to see John but he's nowhere to be seen so Chris... See full summary »

Director: Ian Gurvitz | Stars: Ted Danson, Nancy Travis, Hattie Winston, Shawnee Smith

Votes: 214