Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "rope-trick"

1. Hail, Caesar! (2016)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line.

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes

Votes: 143,388 | Gross: $30.50M

2. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

G | 175 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.

Directors: Michael Anderson, John Farrow | Stars: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley

Votes: 29,777 | Gross: $42.00M

3. A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly

Votes: 23,652 | Gross: $20.34M

4. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander

Votes: 23,272

5. Stolen Kisses (1968)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After being discharged from the army, Antoine Doinel centers a screwball comedy where he applies for different jobs and tries to make sense of his relationships with women.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale

Votes: 15,157

6. Bronco Billy (1980)

PG | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers

Votes: 12,763 | Gross: $24.27M

7. Fool for Love (1985)

R | 106 min | Drama

May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger, Harry Dean Stanton, Randy Quaid

Votes: 2,944 | Gross: $0.84M

8. Road to Bali (1952)

Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Two unemployed show-biz pals accept treasure-diving work in Bali for a local princess and they find treasure, love and trouble.

Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Murvyn Vye

Votes: 5,266

9. Chandu the Magician (1932)

Passed | 71 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

When delusional madman Roxor kidnaps a scientist in hopes of using his death ray to achieve world dominance, he is opposed by Chandu, a powerful hypnotist and yogi.

Directors: William Cameron Menzies, Marcel Varnel | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Irene Ware, Bela Lugosi, Herbert Mundin

Votes: 1,152

10. Ali Baba Bunny (1957)

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

Bugs and Daffy tunnel to Baghdad where they find caves full of treasure and a guard named Hassan who wants only to "chop" them.

Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 2,277

11. Prest-O Change-O (1939)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

On a dark and stormy night, the Two Curious Puppies wander into an old dark house, and fall victim to the tricks of a mischievous magician's rabbit.

Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 563

12. Ambassador Bill (1931)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy

An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and civil unrest. He befriends the young boy who is to be the country's king, to ensure that ... See full summary »

Director: Sam Taylor | Stars: Will Rogers, Marguerite Churchill, Greta Nissen, Tad Alexander

Votes: 185

13. Dark Magic (1939)

Passed | 10 min | Comedy, Short

Joseph A. Doakes goes into a toy shop looking for a gift for his 12-year-old son, and the clerk shows him a box of magic tricks. After a store employee demonstrates several of them, Doakes ... See full summary »

Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Robert Benchley, Ruth Lee, John Scarne

Votes: 148

14. The Royal Rodeo (1939)

Approved | 15 min | Short, Musical, Romance

A young monarch, bored with responsibility and craving excitement, invites a traveling rodeo show to perform at his palace.

Director: George Amy | Stars: John Payne, Lucile Fairbanks, Cliff Edwards, Scotty Beckett

Votes: 265

15. The Ghost Town (1944)

7 min | Animation, Short, Horror

Gandy Goose and Sourpuss are prospectors looking for a place to spend the night.

Director: Mannie Davis | Star: Tom Morrison

Votes: 40

16. Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat (1954)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Family

A UPA experimental film about a young cowboy, (a re-designed Howdy Doody), rides a wild bucking bronco thinking he is wearing a magic hat, and even when the hat flies off his head, he conquers the mustang with pure grit.

Director: Gene Deitch

Votes: 16

17. Return to 'Giant' (1996 TV Movie)

55 min | Documentary

In the summer of 1955, an army of cameramen, lighting techs and movie stars descended on the small, west Texas town of Marfa to film what has become, "the national movie of Texas."

Director: Jim Brennan | Stars: Don Henley, Don Graham, Earl Holliman, Bryan Woolley

Votes: 132

18. Marvels of Motion: A (1930)

12 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy

Slow-motion, reverse-motion, and trick photography adds extra amusement to scenes of galloping horses, leaping dogs, and various rodeo acts.

Stars: Allan McDonald, Buff Brady, Little Joe Hetzer, Ranger

19. Marvels of Motion, Issue G (1926)

Documentary, Short, Comedy

The patented Fleischer-Novagraph process provides unique images in slow motion, reverse motion, and freeze-frame. Subjects include famous tennis players, a dance team, and the rodeo.

Stars: Manuel Alonso de Areyzaga, Buff Brady, Little Joe Hetzer, Wallace F. Johnson

20. Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1944)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Music

This short film provides a brief introduction to Bob Wills and the rise in popularity of his western swing music. Wills and His Texas Playboys perform a handful of songs in various set pieces, including their big hit "San Antonio Rose."

Director: LeRoy Prinz | Stars: Bob Wills, Joy Barlow, Brooks Benedict, James Bloodworth

Votes: 121

21. Paramount-Bray Pictographs, No. 74 (1917)

Documentary, Short

Subjects include: "Sports and Pastimes of the American Cowboys", Mechanical Operation of British Tanks (1917), "War Time Economy", and Picto Puzzles (1917).

Director: P.D. Hugon

22. The Broadway Buckaroo (1939)

Approved | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Music

Through the terms of a will in which he inherits a lot of money if he will run a dude ranch for six months and get away from the city, Red figures out a plan to build a night-club dude ... See full summary »

Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Red Skelton, Nick Condos, Steve Condos, Hank Lawson

23. 26 Men (1957–1959)
Episode: Trail of Revenge (1959)

26 min | Western

A murderous escaped prisoner returns to his ranch and finds his wife has departed. He forces one of her old friends to find her while he holds the friend's wife as a hostage.

Stars: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson, Arthur Space, DeForest Kelley

24. Two and a Half Men (2003–2015)
Episode: I Remember the Coatroom, I Just Don't Remember You (2004)

TV-14 | 19 min | Comedy, Romance

Judith's sister Liz visits for Jake's birthday.

Director: Gail Mancuso | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, Marin Hinkle

Votes: 1,651

25. Wide Country (1962–1963)
Episode: Yanqui, Go Home! (1963)

60 min | Drama, Sport, Western

Mitch and Andy pick up Carlos Rodriguez and his girlfriend and take them back to their hometown, where a charity rodeo is planned in which the young man hopes to earn some money so he can ... See full summary »

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Earl Holliman, Andrew Prine, Ellen Madison, Miguel Landa

26. Rocko's Modern Life (1993–1996)
Episode: The Good, the Bad and the Wallaby/Trash-o-Madness (1993)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Rocko visits his uncle's cattle ranch where Heffer becomes one of the heard / Rocko tries to get his garbage to the curb in time for the garbage men to take it

Directors: Timothy Björklund, Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh, Joe Murray | Stars: Carlos Alazraqui, Tom Kenny, Mr. Lawrence, Linda Wallem

Votes: 128

27. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: John Wayne Gacy: Evil Secret Part 1 (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

The early life of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, living with an abusive alcoholic father, to his successful contracting company hiring young men, where he would trick them into handcuffs before he raped and murdered dozens of young men.

Director: Renee Cullen | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Eugenia Godzik, Mike Albrecht, Tim Cahill

Votes: 62

28. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: The Smell of Death (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

A rash of young men go missing around Chicago during the 1970's. When bodies start washing up in the river a pattern emerges.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: William Kunkle, Rachael Bell, Pat Berry, Greg Bedoe

Votes: 13

29. Monk (2002–2009)
Episode: Happy Birthday, Mr. Monk (2009)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

While Natalie attempts to surprise Monk with the ultimate 50th birthday party, a janitor and a patent lawyer are killed during the launch of the first vacuum with a self-cleaning filter.

Director: Tawnia McKiernan | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine

Votes: 1,133

30. America's Got Talent (2006– )
Episode: Week 6 (2014)

TV-PG | Documentary, Family, Game-Show

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Stars: Mel B, Nick Cannon, Kelli Glover, Sal Gonzales

Votes: 54