Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "singing-telegram"

1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy

A popular high school student, admired by his peers, decides to take a day off from school and goes to extreme lengths to pull it off, to the chagrin of his Dean, who'll do anything to stop him.

Director: John Hughes | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones

Votes: 386,379 | Gross: $70.14M

2. Clue (1985)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Six guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.

Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd

Votes: 109,261 | Gross: $14.64M

3. Brazil (1985)

R | 132 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond

Votes: 211,196 | Gross: $9.93M

4. The Fisher King (1991)

R | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Adam Bryant, Paul Lombardi

Votes: 90,862 | Gross: $41.90M

5. Beaches (1988)

PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray

Votes: 28,880 | Gross: $57.04M

6. Always (1989)

PG | 122 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson, John Goodman

Votes: 32,789 | Gross: $43.86M

7. The China Syndrome (1979)

PG | 122 min | Drama, Thriller

A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.

Director: James Bridges | Stars: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady

Votes: 33,026 | Gross: $51.72M

8. XX (2017)

R | 80 min | Horror

This all-female horror anthology features four dark tales from four fiercely talented women.

Directors: Roxanne Benjamin, Sofìa Carrillo, Karyn Kusama, St. Vincent, Jovanka Vuckovic | Stars: Natalie Brown, Jonathan Watton, Peter DaCunha, Peyton Kennedy

Votes: 12,393 | Gross: $0.03M

9. You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

In Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter.

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou, Isobel Elsom

Votes: 4,083 | Gross: $0.67M

10. Blue in the Face (1995)

R | 83 min | Comedy

Brooklyn Cigar Store is a neighborhood hangout in Brooklyn with Auggie Wren/H.Keitel as center. Some people are interviewed about Brooklyn, spiced up with statistics on Brooklyn.

Directors: Paul Auster, Wayne Wang, Harvey Wang | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Michael J. Fox, Roseanne Barr

Votes: 10,093 | Gross: $1.28M

11. Love & Sex (2000)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Kate's fired from a women's magazine for writing about blow jobs, based on own experience as requested. She gets a last chance - 2500 happy, perky words on finding/keeping that perfect man. She tells about her relationships.

Director: Valerie Breiman | Stars: Famke Janssen, Jon Favreau, Noah Emmerich, Ann Magnuson

Votes: 5,737 | Gross: $0.55M

12. The Human Comedy (1943)

Passed | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig, Marsha Hunt

Votes: 2,452

13. Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (1991)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A murder mystery writer misreads the nervous man he bullies in a spooky Hollywood mansion.

Director: Charles Finch | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Tom Sizemore, Sharon Stone, Ron Karabatsos

Votes: 1,077

14. Memories of Me (1988)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

At his girlfriend's insistence, a disgruntled man tries to make peace with his high-spirited, street-smart and often irritatingly careless father, a failed actor who never quit his dream to be a success.

Director: Henry Winkler | Stars: Billy Crystal, Alan King, JoBeth Williams, Janet Carroll

Votes: 1,249 | Gross: $3.97M

15. The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.

Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardiner, Gail Patrick

Votes: 1,043

16. Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

Irish colleen Nellie is in love with handsome Jerry Kelly, even though her father objects. Nellie and Jerry soon marry and announce plans to move to New York, which again angers Nellie's ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger, Douglas McPhail

Votes: 718

17. Paternity (1981)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A single man searches for a woman who will bear his baby with no strings attached.

Director: David Steinberg | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Beverly D'Angelo, Norman Fell, Paul Dooley

Votes: 1,111 | Gross: $18.84M

18. Honeymoon in Bali (1939)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A Manhattan career woman tries to resist a man who wants her to be his wife.

Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Allan Jones, Akim Tamiroff

Votes: 451

19. East Side of Heaven (1939)

Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Music

A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, Mischa Auer, Irene Hervey

Votes: 298

20. Jericho Mansions (2003)

R | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A murder in an old apartment building leads the superintendent to suspect everyone, and eventually himself, of the murder.

Director: Alberto Sciamma | Stars: James Caan, Geneviève Bujold, Jennifer Tilly, Maribel Verdú

Votes: 1,016

21. Bad Girls Do Cry (1965)

59 min | Drama

A naive young girl goes to a model agency, where she is molested, shot up with drugs and forced to become a prostitute.

Director: Sid Melton | Stars: William Page, Misty Ayers, William Marks, Heather English

Votes: 125

22. Du-beat-e-o (1984)

84 min | Comedy, Music

A filmmaker tries to finish editing a movie about all-girl rock band Runaways.

Director: Alan Sacks | Stars: Ray Sharkey, Joan Jett, Derf Scratch, Nora Gaye

Votes: 88

23. Three Hearts for Julia (1943)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, War

World War II home front romantic comedy in which a war correspondent's wife wants a divorce along with his help in choosing her next husband.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Ann Sothern, Melvyn Douglas, Lee Bowman, Richard Ainley

Votes: 260

24. Candy Girl (2008)

13 min | Short, Comedy, Crime

A young sales woman finds herself in possession of a jailed drug dealer's cocaine stash and plans to sell it to solve all of her financial troubles. But she's about to learn that selling ... See full summary »

Director: Julianne Gabert | Stars: Christina Birdsall, Julianne Gabert, Galen Howard, Rob Anthony Gray

Votes: 8

25. Ladies' Day (1943)

Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

A top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. His teammates try to get him to settle down with one woman so they can start winning some games.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Lupe Velez, Eddie Albert, Patsy Kelly, Max Baer

Votes: 229

26. I'm in the Mood for Love (2010)

G | 7 min | Short, Drama, Musical

An Asian telegram worker fantasizes about winning back his ex-boyfriend, and in reality discovers the value of respecting people's choices.

Director: Jason Karman | Stars: Kyle Toy, Ed Fong, Julian LeBlanc, Damon Jang

Votes: 15

27. Rhythm in the Ranks (1941)

Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A toy soldier, distracted by a beautiful ice skater, is derelict in his duty and gets discharged. Later, when the screwball army declares war, he lucks into a chance to redeem himself.

Director: George Pal | Star: Billy Bletcher

Votes: 94

28. The Greatest Movie Ever Made (2001)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery

Three U.S. Marines attempt to stop an evil wizard from destroying the barracks.

Directors: Kenneth Anderson, Mike Cowles | Stars: Mike Cowles, Kenneth Anderson, Josh Cannon, Andrew Nevitt

Votes: 44

29. The Hardship of Miles Standish (1940)

Approved | 9 min | Family, Animation, Short

In this version of "The Courtship of Miles Standish", Elmer Fudd is messenger John Alden, sent to give Miles' love letter to Priscilla. While delivering the message, however, her house is ... See full summary »

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Sara Berner, Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce, Arthur Q. Bryan

Votes: 159

30. Sing While You're Able (1937)

Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

A toy company owner and his daughter find a singing hillbilly in the Arkansas backwoods and take him back to the big city in hopes of helping their radio show ratings.

Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Pinky Tomlin, Toby Wing, Bert Roach, Sam Wren

Votes: 21

31. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode: The Amazing Falsworth (1985)

PG-13 | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A nightclub audience gasps at The Amazing Falsworth's psychic powers, but the shock is his alone when the blindfolded performer picks up the vibes of a serial killer in the room.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Gregory Hines, Richard Masur, Don Calfa, Suzanne Bateman

Votes: 523

32. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: Punch Thy Neighbor (1962)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Rob's dentist pal, Jerry, strains the friendship when he starts knocking Rob's television show in public.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Mary Tyler Moore

Votes: 280

33. Friends (1994–2004)
Episode: The One with All the Jealousy (1997)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

Ross becomes insanely jealous of Mark. Monica hooks up with a co-worker, who writes her a poem with a hidden meaning. One of Joey's numerous lies on his resume is exposed when he takes part in a Broadway production.

Director: Robby Benson | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc

Votes: 5,107

34. Movie Macabre (1981–1993)
Episode: The Devil's Wedding Night (1983)

TV-14 | Comedy, Horror

A quest for the mythical Ring of Vermougglian leads the Schiller brothers to Transylvania and Castle Dracula, where they find more than they bargained for in the castle's current resident and her undead servant.

Director: Larry Thomas | Stars: Cassandra Peterson, Eve Smith

Votes: 23

35. Night Court (1984–1992)
Episode: Billie's Valentine (1985)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy

Billie breaks down when her boyfriend David is brought into court on a pickpocketing charge.

Director: Jeff Melman | Stars: Harry Anderson, Ellen Foley, John Larroquette, Charles Robinson

Votes: 158

36. The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991)
Episode: Ghostworld (1990)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

A ghost gains power over the Ghostbusters by using an amusement park named "Ghostworld". Egon must somehow set things right.

Directors: Stan Phillips, Will Meugniot | Stars: Dave Coulier, Buster Jones, Maurice LaMarche, Kath Soucie

Votes: 61

37. Taxi (1978–1983)
Episode: Get Me Through the Holidays (1982)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Alex is visited by his ex-wife, who not only has the holiday blues she refuses to let anyone else have merry spirits, especially Alex.

Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Judd Hirsch, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Tony Danza

Votes: 116

38. Three's Company (1976–1984)
Episode: Navy Blues (1983)

TV-PG | Comedy

Jack's old friend Bill comes to town. Jack worked with Bill as a cook in the Navy; Bill's a good cook, so Jack offers him a job at the Bistro, but Bill has his own devious agenda to getting a partnership in the Bistro.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Priscilla Barnes, Richard Kline

Votes: 151

39. Human Interest (2019– )
Episode: The Ukrainian Singing Telegrammers (2019)

Comedy

Enterprising refugee siblings from Ukrainian Crima run a singing telegram business in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.

Director: Matthew-Lee Erlbach | Stars: Matthew-Lee Erlbach, Mallory Portnoy, Ryan Spahn

40. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.2832 (2004)

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

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Director: Philip Casson | Stars: Leslie Grantham, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Huggy Leaver, Joe Swash

41. The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode: New Years Day, 1956 (1956)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy

Essentially a filmed radio show, a few chairs and a microphone on a stage, Jack and company re-create what was a tradition on his radio show, a skit where "Old Year" packs up and moves out and "New Year" moves in.

Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Red Sanders, Duffy Daugherty

Votes: 34

42. Chevrolet Presents the Golddiggers (1971–1973)
Episode: Episode #1.15 (1972)

TV-G | Comedy, Music

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Stars: The Golddiggers, Jackie Chidsey, Clair & McMahon, Dick Clair

43. Glee (2009–2015)
Episode: Heart (2012)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

In honor of Valentine's Day, Will challenges the Glee Club to find and perform the world's greatest love songs.

Director: Brad Falchuk | Stars: Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Jane Lynch

Votes: 1,316

44. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Bullwinkle at the Bottom or A Mish-Mash Moose/Double Trouble or The Moose Hangs High (1960)

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

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Upsidaisium" Part 23, Fractured Fairy Tales "Three Little Pigs", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "Mother Love", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Upsidaisium" Part 24.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, George Singer, Ernest Terrazas | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 37

45. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014– )
Episode: Kerry Washington/Michael C. Hall/Joe Hill (2014)

TV-14 | 57 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Kerry Washington (Scandal (2012)); Michael C. Hall (Cold in July (2014)); author Joe Hill.

Stars: Seth Meyers, Kerry Washington, Michael C. Hall, Joe Hill

46. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Louse on 92nd Street: Parts 1-2 (1963)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Louse on 92nd Street" Part 1 of 6, Fractured Fairy Tales "Three Little Pigs", Peabody's Improbable History "William Tell", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Louse on 92nd Street" Part 2 of 6.

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: 19

47. Gotham (2014–2019)
Episode: Heroes Rise: How the Riddler Got His Name (2017)

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

Ed finally got Penguin to pay for his terrible actions and finds himself with a new dilemma on which path to take.

Director: T.J. Scott | Stars: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Morena Baccarin

Votes: 2,192

48. This Is Us (2016–2022)
Episode: Toby (2018)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Kate and Toby try to keep busy while waiting for big news; Randall embarks on a new journey; Kevin meets someone from his father's past.

Director: Chris Koch | Stars: Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz

Votes: 1,518