Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-the-count-of-monte-cristo"

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

R | 142 min | Drama

Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.

Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler

Votes: 2,884,854 | Gross: $28.34M

2. Oldboy (2003)

R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.

Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok

Votes: 634,753 | Gross: $0.71M

3. Revenge (2011–2015)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An emotionally troubled young woman sets out to exact revenge against the people who wronged her father.

Stars: Madeleine Stowe, Emily VanCamp, Gabriel Mann, Nick Wechsler

Votes: 125,000

4. Sleepers (1996)

R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized. Thirteen years later, an unexpected random encounter with a former guard gives them a chance for revenge.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt, Jason Patric

Votes: 237,404 | Gross: $49.10M

5. Oldboy (2013)

R | 104 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for twenty years without reason.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharlto Copley

Votes: 80,723 | Gross: $2.19M

6. The Devil's Backbone (2001)

R | 106 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover.

Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve

Votes: 70,969 | Gross: $0.75M

7. The Grand Illusion (1937)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, War

During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim

Votes: 38,842 | Gross: $0.17M

8. Soul Kitchen (2009)

99 min | Comedy, Drama

In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pheline Roggan, Anna Bederke

Votes: 40,408 | Gross: $0.27M

9. Lianna (1983)

R | 110 min | Drama, Romance

A happily married woman comes to realize herself of being a repressed lesbian after she has an affair with a female college professor, and then tries to come to terms with her newfound lifestyle.

Director: John Sayles | Stars: Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries, Jo Henderson

Votes: 1,824 | Gross: $1.50M

10. Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)

R | 91 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A prison guard at Leavenworth with lofty ideals and hopes of reform struggles to understand a violent, hateful and conscienceless convict. The result is a written testimonial to a crime that no one could have predicted.

Director: Tim Metcalfe | Stars: James Woods, Robert Sean Leonard, Ellen Greene, Cara Buono

Votes: 2,405 | Gross: $0.07M

11. The Count of Monte-Cristo: Great Revenge (2018)

60 min | Drama

Dan is falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned, but eventually escapes and gains wealth and power.

Stars: Min Tanaka, Mizuki Yamamoto, Dean Fujioka, Masatô Ibu

Votes: 54

12. Dumas (2010)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, History

When Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, his ghostwriter, are at the summit of their collaboration, Auguste decides to pass himself off as Alexandre in order to seduce Charlotte, a fervent admirer of the great man.

Director: Safy Nebbou | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde, Dominique Blanc, Mélanie Thierry

Votes: 698

13. The Black Monocle (1961)

88 min | Comedy, Crime

The Marquis de Villemaur reunite stranges visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the 3rd Reich. There is an Italian fascist ; Heinrich, a German ; Matthias, a russian ; and Dromard, a blind French war hero, with a black monocle.

Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Paul Meurisse, Elga Andersen, Bernard Blier, Pierre Blanchar

Votes: 388

14. Straziami ma di baci saziami (1968)

104 min | Comedy

Marino decided to go to Rome to win back his girlfriend. After many hardships their paths eventually crossed but to his shock, he discovered that she is now married to a deaf and mute man.

Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Ugo Tognazzi, Pamela Tiffin, Moira Orfei

Votes: 610

15. Sword of Venus (1953)

73 min | Adventure

The son of the legendary Count of Monte Cristo is framed for a murder he didn't commit by one of his father's bitterest enemies, a man who is determined to get his hands on the family's wealth.

Director: Harold Daniels | Stars: Robert Clarke, Catherine McLeod, Dan O'Herlihy, William Schallert

Votes: 67

16. Justin de Marseille (1935)

95 min | Crime, Drama

The leader of a gang of drug traffickers, loved and esteemed by everyone for protecting the weak, ends up killing his greatest enemy.

Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Antonin Berval, Pierre Larquey, Alexandre Rignault, Ghislaine Bru

Votes: 185

17. The Secret of a Great Narrator (1972)

101 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Alexandre Dumas Sr. is a charming but poor young man who comes to Paris in the 1820s and enters the service of the king. He is hired as a scribe, and from the moment he picks up a pen for the first time, his fate is sealed.

Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Martin Stepánek, Petr Stepánek, Otakar Brousek, Jana Hlavácová

Votes: 40

18. Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short

Literary characters come to life late at night in a bookshop, serenading Sniffles the mouse with swing music until the Frankenstein monster intrudes.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Johnnie Davis, Bill Days, Mel Blanc, Margaret Hill-Talbot

Votes: 294

19. The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951)

Approved | 80 min | Adventure

In 1858 France, Emperor Louis Napoleon sends Captain Renault of the Royal Dragoons, Minister La Roche and Major Nicolet to Normandy in search of the members of a group of rebels. A Masked ... See full summary »

Director: Maurice Geraghty | Stars: George Montgomery, Paula Corday, Berry Kroeger, William Conrad

Votes: 194

20. Father, Mother, My Wife and I (1955)

105 min | Comedy

Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to live together with Gabrielle and ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Stars: Robert Lamoureux, Gaby Morlay, Fernand Ledoux, Nicole Courcel

Votes: 189

21. Is'phindiselo (2021–2022)

Action, Thriller

Loosely based on The Count of Monte Cristo, Is'phindiselo focuses on a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, trained by a ruthless mentor, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune and sets about taking revenge on those responsible.

Stars: Zikhona Bali, Nicole Bessick, Baby Cele, Daniel Janks

22. Un soupçon d'amour (2020)

92 min | Drama

Geneviève Garland, famous actress, is acting in « Andromaque » by Racine, with her husband André. She feels a deep malaise to play this part and cede it to her friend Isabelle, which is her... See full summary »

Director: Paul Vecchiali | Stars: Marianne Basler, Fabienne Babe, Jean-Philippe Puymartin, Ferdinand Leclère

Votes: 63

23. Le Cop on Le Rocks (1967)

6 min | Animation, Short

Mistaken for a bank-robbing lookalike, The Inspector is sent to prison and his efforts to escape prove a hopeless challenge.

Director: George Singer | Stars: Pat Harrington Jr., Marvin Miller

Votes: 82

24. Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci (1981)

79 min | Comedy

The brother and sister Zuzana (Dagmar Havlová) and Petr (Jirí Lábus) are quite a notorious couple. They are fond of preparing people unpleasant surprises and are amusing by it. They dress a... See full summary »

Director: Tomás Svoboda | Stars: Ludek Sobota, Dagmar Havlová, Jirí Lábus, Ladislava Kozderková

Votes: 39

25. Andelé vsedního dne (2014)

97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Based on a best-selling novel by Michal Viewegh, Angels of everyday focuses on a few intimate family members: a recently widowed young doctor Ester (Klára Melísková); a school canteen cook (... See full summary »

Director: Alice Nellis | Stars: Marián Labuda, Vladimír Javorský, Vojtech Dyk, Eliska Krenková

Votes: 119

26. O isovitis (1992– )

5 min | Comedy

A prisoner sentenced to 622 years in prison is imprisoned in a Greek prison in which the laws of the Junta are still in force. Isovitis (Lifer) and all prisoners are supported by a mouse ... See full summary »

Stars: Giorgos Ninios, Sofia Vossou, Yannis Bostantzoglou, Giannis Evdaimon

Votes: 16

27. Passage des arts (2018– )
Episode: Alexandre Dumas, le flamboyant (2020)

52 min | Documentary, Music, Talk-Show

Part 1: A look back at ten years in the life of the French writer Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870). From financial straits to wealth, from glory to bankruptcy, the decade from 1842 to 1852 ... See full summary »

Directors: Arnaud Xainte, Jean-Frédéric Thibault | Stars: Patrick de Jacquelot, Alexis Michalik, Claude Schopp, Gilles Taurand

Votes: 16

28. Stav ztroskotání (1984)

73 min | Comedy, Family

Led by their enthusiastic leader, Tom, they take to the river in two rowboats and a kayak. The peaceful trip is interrupted by a group of gypsies who bombard the boats from the bridge with plastic bags filled with water.

Director: Vít Olmer | Stars: Vladimír Kratina, Stanislav Aubrecht, Katerina Brozová, Markéta Glancová

Votes: 32

29. Stafle (1974 TV Movie)

38 min | Comedy

Married couple Emil and Eva are going to a party at their friend Rubes' house. The preparations come to a head when their young son traps his mum and dad in the apartment with a pair of ... See full summary »

Director: Viktor Dusil | Stars: Jirina Bohdalová, Vlastimil Hasek, Daniela Kolárová, Miroslav Masopust

Votes: 17

30. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode: The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1984)

TV-PG | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Former English teacher Jessica Fletcher travels to New York to celebrate the success of her debut novel. But when an unwanted guest is murdered by gunfire at a costume party, she wishes she'd stayed home.

Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Eddie Barth, Jessica Browne, Bert Convy

Votes: 1,232

31. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc. (1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Horror strikes when the writing staff realizes they've sent Alan their latest script without first inking out their derisive insults against him.

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews

Votes: 278

32. Fallen Angels (1993–1996)
Episode: Fly Paper (1995)

29 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1929, a famed shamus known as the Continental Op is on the trail of a well-known socialite, who ran away with a notorious gangster and is now missing. The case takes the Continental Op to blackmail and murder.

Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Christopher Lloyd, Laura San Giacomo, Peter Berg, Michael Rooker

Votes: 73

33. Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963)
Episode: Tell It to Ella (1962)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

When he is punished for staying out too late on a school night, Beaver writes a letter to popular advice columnist "Ella" hoping that a sympathetic response from her will convince his parents that he is being treated unfairly.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers

Votes: 122

34. Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode: The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes/Miss Lovecraft Sent Me/The Hand of Borgus Weems/Phantom of What Opera? (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A boy's gift for prophecy pressures him when he forecasts disaster. / A babysitter fears that the baby is a monster. / Peter Lacland asks a doctor to amputate his possessed hand. / A comic twist on "Phantom of the Opera."

Directors: John Badham, Gene R. Kearney, John Meredyth Lucas | Stars: Michael Constantine, Clint Howard, Joseph Campanella, Sue Lyon

Votes: 477

35. Rango (1967)
Episode: Diamonds Look Better Around Your Neck Than a Rope (1967)

Comedy, Western

Rango and Pink Cloud are in Junction City when a beautiful blonde reports her priceless diamond necklace stolen. With the sheriff out of town, Rango and Pink Cloud step in to solve the case. Hijinks and hilarity ensue.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Tim Conway, Guy Marks, Norman Alden, Mike Mazurki

Votes: 8

36. DuckTales (1987–1990)
Episode: Duck in the Iron Mask (1987)

TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Scrooge visits his old friend, Count Roy, of the mountain kingdom of Montedumas, only to find that his evil twin brother Ray has usurped the throne, and thrown Roy in jail wearing an iron mask.

Director: David Block | Stars: Arte Johnson, Maurice LaMarche, Terence McGovern, Pat Musick

Votes: 216

37. Prodigal Son (2019–2021)
Episode: Wait & Hope (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Malcom's mandated vacation takes a detour when a new killer mimics his favorite childhood book, "The Count of Monte Cristo." The NYPD traces the crime back to a high society family planning a wedding.

Director: Glen Winter | Stars: Tom Payne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Halston Sage, Aurora Perrineau

Votes: 751

38. Wishbone (1995–1998)
Episode: The Count's Account (1995)

TV-Y7 | Adventure, Comedy, Family

'The Count of Monte Cristo' and Edmond Dantes are brought to life by Wishbone as David builds a snow machine that Damont uses to make trouble. But the revenge David and the others take is not the best path.

Stars: Larry Brantley, Jordan Wall, Christie Abbott, Adam Springfield

Votes: 13

39. Comeback (2008–2011)
Episode: Zlatá rybka (2008)

Comedy

When Tomas and Simona are visiting a beer tap fair, Ozzak is tasked with looking after the kids, the store and Marcelka's golden fish.

Director: Petr Fiser | Stars: Tomás Matonoha, Kristýna Leichtová, Martin Dejdar, Dana Batulková

Votes: 19

40. Kaleidoscope (2023)
Episode: Green: 7 Years Before the Heist (2023)

TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A sobering diagnosis pushes Leo to break out of prison with help from a cell mate. After an emotional reunion on the outside, Leo begins plotting revenge.

Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Giancarlo Esposito, Rufus Sewell, Paz Vega, Rosaline Elbay

Votes: 1,380

41. The Julie Andrews Hour (1972–1973)
Episode: Don Rickles, Alice Ghostley and Rich Little (1972)

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Director: Bill Davis | Stars: Julie Andrews, Don Rickles, Alice Ghostley, Rich Little

42. Tom Sawyers und Huckleberry Finns Abenteuer (1968)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (1968)

84 min | Action, Adventure, Family

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Directors: Mihai Iacob, Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Roland Demongeot, Marc Di Napoli, Lucia Ocrain, Lina Carstens

Votes: 21

43. Person of Interest (2011–2016)
Episode: Witness (2011)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The Machine identifies a school teacher who witnessed a mob hit as their next POI and Reese and Finch rush to save his life.

Director: Frederick E.O. Toye | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson

Votes: 4,153

44. Babylon Berlin (2017– )
Episode: Episode #4.10 (2022)

TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Despite Gennat's doubts, Rath organizes a meeting with all of the wrestling club bosses. Malu rethinks her plan and Esther looks for work as a musician.

Directors: Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries | Stars: Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Benno Fürmann, Lars Eidinger

Votes: 369

45. Suits (2011–2019)
Episode: The Arrangement (2013)

TV-14 | 47 min | Comedy, Drama

Jessica's new partnership with Darby is tested when he assigns Harvey a high-profile client who faces the loss of her company if Harvey can't prove her innocence.

Director: Christopher Misiano | Stars: Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Rick Hoffman, Meghan Markle

Votes: 3,223

46. The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023– )
Episode: Alouette (2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror

Daryl, Isabelle, Laurent, and Sylvie face trouble on the road. Isabelle remembers the day the hungry ones appeared. Laurent struggles to fit in.

Director: Daniel Percival | Stars: Norman Reedus, Clémence Poésy, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, Laïka Blanc-Francard

Votes: 3,452

47. Girls (2012–2017)
Episode: Incidentals (2014)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

After conducting an interview with Patti LuPone, Hannah becomes scared that Adam will change due to his being cast in a Broadway play. Meanwhile, Jessa receives an unexpected visit, and Marnie is depressed about her lack of success.

Director: Richard Shepard | Stars: Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet

Votes: 536

48. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Lockdown (2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two guards at a privatized maximum security prison in Texas are murdered. The investigation reveals the suspects may be in the prison.

Director: Thomas Gibson | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook

Votes: 1,990

49. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: The Guns of Abalone: Parts 1-2 (1962)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "The Guns of Abalone" Part 1 of 4, Fractured Fairy Tales "The Count and the Bird", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "Top Secret", Rocky and Bullwinkle "The Guns of Abalone" Part 2 of 4.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 22

50. Once Upon a Time (2011–2018)
Episode: A Bitter Draught (2016)

TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

When a mysterious man from the Land of Untold Stories arrives in Storybrooke, David and Snow work together with Regina to neutralize the threat. Belle seeks Hook's help finding a safe place... See full summary »

Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas

Votes: 1,051