Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "stuck-in-a-rut"

1. While We're Young (2014)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A middle-aged couple's career and marriage are overturned when a disarming young couple enters their lives.

Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried

Votes: 53,732 | Gross: $7.57M

2. Bad Trip (2021)

Unrated | 86 min | Comedy

This mix of a scripted buddy comedy road movie and a real hidden camera prank show follows the outrageous misadventures of two buds stuck in a rut who embark on a cross-country road trip to NYC. The storyline sets up shocking real pranks.

Director: Kitao Sakurai | Stars: Eric André, Michaela Conlin, Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish

Votes: 27,524

3. Pitfall (1948)

Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

Married insurance adjuster John Forbes falls for femme fatale Mona Stevens while her boyfriend is in jail and all suffer serious consequences as a result.

Director: André De Toth | Stars: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr

Votes: 4,584

4. Alone Together (I) (2018)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

Two not-so-young socially-awkward Millennials--rich, self-conscious, unmotivated Benji and his poor, freeloading, self-centered, strictly-platonic best friend Esther--try to fit in with L.A.'s vain, status-obsessed elite.

Stars: Esther Povitsky, Benji Aflalo, Edgar Blackmon, Chris D'Elia

Votes: 2,157

5. Strange Weather (2016)

R | 92 min | Drama

in an effort to deal with the grief over the death of her son, a Georgia mother travels the back roads of the deep south to settle a score. A story of grief and forgiveness, of looking inward to find a way to move forward.

Director: Katherine Dieckmann | Stars: Holly Hunter, Carrie Coon, Kim Coates, Choppy Guillotte

Votes: 1,892

6. Christmas Next Door (2017 TV Movie)

TV-G | 86 min | Family, Romance

A famous MGTOW author is forced to look after his niece and nephew over the holidays and, with the help of his Christmas-loving neighbor, he learns to find love and the Christmas spirit.

Director: Jonathan Wright | Stars: Jesse Metcalfe, Fiona Gubelmann, Brittany Bristow, Jenna Weir

Votes: 2,833

7. Desperate Characters (1971)

R | 97 min | Drama

Marriage of a midlife, middle-class, childless couple is in a rut. Sophie has become depressed, frigid and slightly paranoid and Otto is stuck in optimistic denial. Things escalate at their summer cottage, but no one dares call it quits.

Director: Frank D. Gilroy | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars, Sada Thompson, Jack Somack

Votes: 346 | Gross: $0.16M

8. Construction (2021)

104 min | Comedy, Romance

Three friends struggle to achieve their dreams. Their lives seem stagnant until the women in their lives help them find purpose and meaning.

Director: Malcolm Goodwin | Stars: Victor Hawks, Gino Anthony Pesi, Devin Ratray, Brooke Nevin

Votes: 53

9. Law and Disorder (1974)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In the crime-ridden '70s New York City, two cops have had enough. They, along with few other disgruntled people decide to take the things into their own hands only to realize too late that they're in over their heads.

Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Ernest Borgnine, Ann Wedgeworth, Anita Dangler

Votes: 331 | Gross: $1.60M

10. Bucket (2017– )

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

Reserved history teacher Fran has long had a strained relationship with her eccentric, free-spirit mother Mim. When Mim announces that she is dying Fran feels obliged to accompany her on a road trip ticking off items on her bucket list.

Stars: Miriam Margolyes, Frog Stone, Stephanie Beacham, Catherine Steadman

Votes: 209

11. South of Reno (1988)

R | 97 min | Drama

In a drab desert town, some 200 miles south of Reno, an indecisive man with an unfaithful wife dreams of someday, someday, taking charge of his drifting life.

Director: Mark Rezyka | Stars: Jeff Osterhage, Lisa Blount, Joe Estevez, Lewis Van Bergen

Votes: 231

12. Reflections (1984)

100 min | Romance, Drama

A stoic historian rents a lodge for the summer in the idyllic Irish countryside to finish his biography of Sir Isaac Newton, but his attention refocuses on his landlords, the dysfunctional lower-upper class Lawless family.

Director: Kevin Billington | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Donal McCann, Fionnula Flanagan, Harriet Walter

Votes: 47

13. Bedtime (1996)

30 min | Drama

Six very different couples from six major US cities spend their evenings discussing their relationships and personal challenges. Some try to face their issues, while others try to avoid them with sex.

Stars: Karen Lorre, Jim Holmes, Felicity Huffman, Susan Gibney

Votes: 29

14. Hell Is a Place Called Hollywood (1950)

21 min | Short, Drama

A beauty queen called Sheila Anderson wins a part in a Hollywood motion picture. The film turns out to be a cheap nudie film, she is then shunned by the theatrical community and ends up ... See full summary »

Star: Sheila Anderson

Votes: 42

15. The Flintstones (1960–1966)
Episode: The Drive - In (1960)

Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Fred and Barney buy a drive-in without telling Wilma and Betty.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet

Votes: 293

16. The Hitchhiker (1983–1991)
Episode: Code Liz (1989)

TV-MA | 24 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Jane works for a company that provides various online services including sex chat with an online sex operator. Her deadbeat husband Robert obsessively chats with operator named Liz. She tells him to kill his wife. Or is he imagining it?

Director: Bruno Gantillon | Stars: Marc Singer, Katrine Boorman, Page Fletcher, Georges Fricker

Votes: 42

17. The Honeymooners (1955–1956)
Episode: Young at Heart (1956)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

After a visit from some teenagers, Alice feels that she and Ralph are starting to get old. She wants Ralph to take her out for some youthful activities, starting with roller-skating. But ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Satenstein | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, Joyce Randolph

Votes: 320

18. The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
Episode: George, Who? (1978)

TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy

Louise suffers amnesia following a bump to her head. George, Florence and their friends try to restore Weezie's memory by reenacting favorite and fun moments from her past.

Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover

Votes: 85

19. That '80s Show (2002)
Episode: Pilot (2002)

TV-PG | Comedy

Stuck in a postgraduate rut, nonconforming Corey agrees to work for one day at his dad's ad agency. He also clashes with his new co-worker at the record store, a punk rock chick called Tuesday. Sophia has a crush on Katie and kisses her.

Director: David Trainer | Stars: Glenn Howerton, Tinsley Grimes, Chyler Leigh, Eddie Shin

Votes: 85

20. Dispatches from Elsewhere (2020)
Episode: Peter (2020)

TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Mystery

A group of ordinary people stumble onto a puzzle hiding just behind the veil of everyday life. They will come to find that the mystery winds far deeper than they ever imagined.

Director: Jason Segel | Stars: Jason Segel, André 3000, Eve Lindley, Richard E. Grant

Votes: 446

21. This Is Us (2016–2022)
Episode: Day of the Wedding (2022)

TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The Pearsons gather for Kate's wedding.

Director: James Takata | Stars: Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz

Votes: 1,472

22. 10 Years Younger in 10 Days (2020– )
Episode: Lynn and Martyn (2022)

45 min | Reality-TV

Former retail manager Lynn gave up her job to care for her mum, who had a rare form of Parkinson's disease. Now Lynn wants to get a makeover before joining her husband in Australia. Carpenter Martyn is in a rut and needs help getting out.

Directors: Daniel Ball, Roisin Bourke, Georgina Sharma, Liam Royales | Stars: Cherry Healey, Uchenna Okoye, Tapan Patel, Gemma Sheppard

23. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021)
Episode: The Slump (2013)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Crime

With a backlog of unsolved cases, Jake finds himself in a slump. Meanwhile, Amy is put in charge of the Junior Police Program for at risk kids, but her efforts to inspire them fall flat.

Director: Julie Anne Robinson | Stars: Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero

Votes: 4,594

24. Jean-Claude Van Johnson (2016–2017)
Episode: Pilot (2016)

TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A famous action movie hero and martial arts star comes out of retirement to assume his alter ego as undercover private contractor named Jean-Claude Van Johnson. He must also deal with aging and his handler Vanessa, the ex he still loves.

Director: Peter Atencio | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kat Foster, Moises Arias, Phylicia Rashad

Votes: 4,754

25. 9-1-1 (2018– )
Episode: Stuck (2018)

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

The first responders race to rescue victims trapped in various tight spots; Athena contemplates accepting a promotion.

Director: Sarah Boyd | Stars: Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Oliver Stark

Votes: 1,090

26. Sally4Ever (2018)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2018)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Romance

Sally's been living a comfortable but crushingly dull life with her partner of 10 years, David. When David makes a poorly timed and feebly executed attempt at a proposal, it sparks in her a personal crisis.

Director: Julia Davis | Stars: Julian Barratt, Lee Byford, David Cann, Julia Davis

Votes: 147

27. Wanted Down Under (2007– )
Episode: Blacklidge/Horastead (2019)

44 min | Reality-TV

Carly Blacklidge feels stuck in a rut and that New Zealand might be the answer. But husband Jason knows if they move there - to the other side of the world - he might never see his elderly parents again.

Directors: Dave Baker, Jon Bowden | Star: Nicki Chapman