Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "thought-dead"

1. Taboo (2017)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London during the War of 1812 to rebuild his late father's shipping empire. However, both the government and his biggest competitor want his inheritance at any cost--even murder.

Stars: Tom Hardy, David Hayman, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin

Votes: 148,950

2. Monsters, Inc. (2001)

G | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, two monsters realize things may not be what they think.

Directors: Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich | Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi

Votes: 978,414 | Gross: $289.92M

3. Tristan + Isolde (2006)

PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Drama, Romance

An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.

Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell, David O'Hara

Votes: 54,286 | Gross: $14.73M

4. Deathtrap (1982)

PG | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's play.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth

Votes: 15,432 | Gross: $19.28M

5. Tarzan II (2005 Video)

G | 72 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The tale of Tarzan's misadventures as a boy as he searches for his true identity and the meaning of family.

Director: Brian Smith | Stars: Harrison Chad, George Carlin, Brad Garrett, Ron Perlman

Votes: 12,524

6. Brave New World (1980 TV Movie)

180 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join the futuristic society where his parents are from. However, he cannot adapt to their repressive ways.

Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Julie Cobb, Bud Cort, Keir Dullea, Ron O'Neal

Votes: 1,148

7. Enemies, A Love Story (1989)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.

Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska

Votes: 2,572 | Gross: $7.75M

8. Kill Theory (2009)

R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller

Whilst celebrating a graduation at a secluded vacation home, a group of college students find themselves targeted by a sadistic killer who forces them to play a deadly game of killing one another in order to survive.

Director: Chris Moore | Stars: Don McManus, Ryanne Duzich, Teddy Dunn, Daniel Franzese

Votes: 7,484

9. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Matsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off.

Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Mikio Narita, Reisen Ri, Yayoi Watanabe

Votes: 2,103

10. The Man Called Noon (1973)

R | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Western

An amnesiac gunfighter, aided by a sympathetic outlaw, tries to discover his own identity and past.

Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Richard Crenna, Stephen Boyd, Rosanna Schiaffino, Farley Granger

Votes: 572

11. Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)

93 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

Jan is a decent, boring man, living a decent, boring life as a rocket designer. When his adventurous twin brother dies in a breakfast accident, Jan decides to impersonate him, unwittingly becoming a part of a Nazi time travel conspiracy.

Director: Jindrich Polák | Stars: Petr Kostka, Jirí Sovák, Vladimír Mensík, Vlastimil Brodský

Votes: 1,470

12. The Ghoul (1933)

Approved | 77 min | Action, Drama, Horror

An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.

Director: T. Hayes Hunter | Stars: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger, Dorothy Hyson

Votes: 3,243

13. Sister Street Fighter (1974)

R | 86 min | Action, Crime

A young martial artist is on a mission to rescue her brother who's being held captive by a sadistic drug lord.

Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Etsuko Shihomi, Shin'ichi Chiba, Asao Uchida, Sanae Ôhori

Votes: 1,629

14. A Kid (2016)

98 min | Drama

Mathieu has never known his father. His mother has always told him he was the fruit of a one-night-stand. One morning, in his Parisian flat, he receives a call from Quebec telling him his ... See full summary »

Director: Philippe Lioret | Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Gabriel Arcand, Catherine De Léan, Marie-Thérèse Fortin

Votes: 1,911

15. Huckleberry Finn (1975 TV Movie)

PG | 78 min | Adventure

Huckleberry Finn, a knavish boy weary of social expectations and his cruel, selfish father, floats a raft down the Mississippi River. With him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Huck realizes he must help Jim make it to freedom.

Director: Robert Totten | Stars: Ron Howard, Don Most, Royal Dano, Antonio Fargas

Votes: 206

16. Seven Seas to Calais (1962)

Approved | 102 min | Adventure

Sir Francis Drake goes on an expedition to the New World and steals gold from the Spaniards. After making a daring getaway, he returns to England where he protects Queen Elizabeth I from a ... See full summary »

Directors: Rudolph Maté, Primo Zeglio | Stars: Rod Taylor, Keith Michell, Edy Vessel, Terence Hill

Votes: 503

17. The Round-up (1920)

70 min | Comedy, Western

An overweight sheriff does his best to assist a man accused of theft.

Director: George Melford | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mabel Julienne Scott, Irving Cummings, Tom Forman

Votes: 206

18. Thru the Moebius Strip (2005)

87 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In the not-too-distant future, a young boy travels to an alien world to find his father and learn of his destiny.

Director: Glenn Chaika | Stars: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette, Mark Hamill, Michael Dorn

Votes: 596

19. The Girl in the Empty Grave (1977 TV Movie)

100 min | Crime, Mystery

The police chief of a small town begins an investigation after a young woman who was supposed to have died several months previously shows up at the funeral of her parents, who had been murdered.

Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Andy Griffith, Jonathan Banks, James Cromwell, Mitzi Hoag

Votes: 227

20. Nama-natsu (2005)

57 min | Comedy, Drama

A middle-aged businessman has become unhealthily obsessed with a schoolgirl with whom he shares his daily commute. When he tries to make a direct connection with her, it creates dire complications.

Director: Keisuke Yoshida | Stars: Sora Aoi, Yutaka Mishima, Nahoko Amahisa, Ayako Hirai

Votes: 143

21. Snatcher (1988 Video Game)

T | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Set in the mid-21st century, Gillian Seed and his trusty robot sidekick Metal Gear investigate the mysterious infiltration of deadly snatchers into the general population of Neo Kobe City.

Directors: Hideo Kojima, Shinya Inoue, Yoshinori Sasaki | Stars: Yûsaku Yara, Mami Koyama, Kikuko Inoue, Kaneto Shiozawa

Votes: 267

22. The Midnight Lady (1932)

Passed | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

(1932 Chesterfield) - John Darrow, Sarah Padden, Montagu Love, Claudia Dell. This is kind of a poverty row version of Madame X. Padden owns a notorious big-city speakeasy. When her long ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Sarah Padden, John Darrow, Claudia Dell, Theodore von Eltz

Votes: 94

23. Super Life-Form Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (1999)

30 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

Big Convoy leads rookie Autobot Maximals against Magmatron and his Decepticon Predacons who are after energy source called Angolmois. However, when ancient evil transformer Unicron and his Blendtrons appear, everything changes.

Stars: Hozumi Gôda, Jun'ichi Inoue, Jun Uemoto, Junko Takeuchi

Votes: 102

24. Andrea, paano ba ang maging isang ina? (1990)

105 min | Drama

Andrea is a Communist insurgent who fights the government in an armed conflict. When it is time for her to give birth, she seeks refuge in the city with her best friend Joyce, whose husband... See full summary »

Director: Gil Portes | Stars: Nora Aunor, Gina Alajar, Lloyd Samartino, Dan Alvaro

Votes: 12

25. Rikollinen nainen (1952)

110 min | Drama, Romance

A happy and spirited lady is being courted by two gentlemen. Eventually she marries the other and leads a content family life - until through unlikely events she ends up in a prison, suffering from amnesia.

Director: Teuvo Tulio | Stars: Regina Linnanheimo, Eija Karipää, Tauno Majuri, Kurt Ingvall

Votes: 119

26. The Winter's Tale (1910)

Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Drama

The kings of Bohemia and Sicilia, monarchs of adjoining kingdoms, have been close friends since boyhood. But after each has assumed his regal duties, they find that they are unable to see ... See full summary »

Directors: Theodore Marston, Barry O'Neil | Stars: Anna Rosemond, Martin Faust, Frank Hall Crane, Amelie Barleon

Votes: 52

27. Autuas eversti (1958)

74 min | Comedy

Colonel Carolus Rutger Von Haestman awakens from his deathbed and sets out to find his youthful love, Amelie. Meanwhile, the children and grandchildren set out to find the runaway lovers. ... See full summary »

Director: William Markus | Stars: Pentti Siimes, Hillevi Lagerstam, Anneli Sauli, Martti Romppanen

Votes: 45

28. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode: Without Diana (1987)

PG | 22 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

An elderly couple have never stopped believing that their daughter, who went missing in the woods 40 years ago, will somehow appear to them one last time before they die.

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Billy Green Bush, Dianne Hull, Gennie James, Fredric Cook

Votes: 189

29. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: The Paradise Syndrome (1968)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Trapped on a planet whose inhabitants are descended from Northwestern Native Americans, Kirk loses his memory and is proclaimed a God while the crippled Enterprise races back to the planet before it is destroyed by an asteroid.

Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Sabrina Scharf

Votes: 3,279

30. SpongeBob SquarePants (1999– )
Episode: Nasty Patty/Idiot Box (2002)

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

Believing a health inspector to be an impostor Spongebob and Me, Krabs create a disgusting Krabby Patty to feed him; SpongeBob and Patrick play with a box.

Directors: Stephen Hillenburg, Paul Tibbitt | Stars: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown

Votes: 1,698

31. Person of Interest (2011–2016)
Episode: Foe (2011)

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

When Reese and Finch discover that their latest POI has connections to Cold War Soviet espionage circles, they quickly learn how covert ops were handled in a world before The Machine.

Director: Milan Cheylov | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson

Votes: 3,611

32. The Trap Door (1984–1986)
Episode: The Big Red Thing (1986)

TV-G | 5 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The Big Red Thing has come to terrorise Berk and friends once more. Luckily, Rogg is at hand and when he is swotted by the Big Red Thing he gets very cross and goes after it in retaliation.

Votes: 19

33. Sherlock (2010–2017)
Episode: Many Happy Returns (2013)

TV-14 | 7 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

John and Lestrade try to move on with their lives after Sherlock's apparent death. However, Anderson believes he is still alive.

Director: Jeremy Lovering | Stars: George Appleby, Jonathan Aris, Louise Brealey, Jason Thomas Brown

Votes: 12,367

34. Bones (2005–2017)
Episode: The Loyalty in the Lie (2015)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While Booth and Bones take the next step in their lives, the other members of the Jeffersonian are adjusting to the change. Aubrey is taking up his new role in the FBI and looking forward to his next case.

Director: Randy Zisk | Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor

Votes: 765

35. Taboo (2017)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2017)

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After being presumed dead, James Delaney resurfaces in London seeking revenge for the death of his father and inheriting the family shipping empire, which threatens the ambitions of his half-sister and the East India Company.

Director: Kristoffer Nyholm | Stars: Tom Hardy, Edward Fox, Martin Wimbush, Larrington Walker

Votes: 6,715

36. Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014–2020)
Episode: Old Man of the Mountain (2015)

TV-14 | 11 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The gang is called to help siblings Alex and Elsa decide if they should put their 96-year-old father, who lives on a snowy mountain and is obsessed with Yetis, in a nursing home. They accidentally discover his other passion. Sing Heil.

Director: Jeff Siergey | Stars: Mike Tyson, Norm MacDonald, Rachel Ramras, Jim Rash

Votes: 119

37. W (2016)
Episode: I Love You (2016)

Action, Comedy, Drama

Yeon Joo and Kang Chul escape from their safe house after getting surrounded by the police. Kang Chul goes to Han Chul Ho in order to rescue Doh Yoon. Han Chul Ho now knows about the world of W. Will Chul be able to have a happy ending?

Stars: Han Hyo-joo, Lee Jong-suk, Jeong Eu-gene, Kim Eui-sung

Votes: 127

38. Grace and Frankie (2015–2022)
Episode: The Tub (2018)

TV-MA | Comedy

Grace is looking for a contractor to fix the house after the bathtub accident. Sol meets with his folk music cruise friend, Roy. Frankie takes Faith on a car ride.

Director: Rebecca Asher | Stars: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston, Martin Sheen

Votes: 500

39. Grace and Frankie (2015–2022)
Episode: The Landline (2018)

TV-MA | Comedy

Grace learns her friend Mary has died. Sol has an idea concerning getting Frankie to be officially recognized as alive again. Mallory tries to pitch her business idea to Brianna.

Director: Randall Keenan Winston | Stars: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston, Martin Sheen

Votes: 502

40. Grace and Frankie (2015–2022)
Episode: The Expiration Date (2018)

TV-MA | Comedy

Grace is reconsidering her relationship with Nick. Frankie finds out she's been declared officially dead. Robert and Sol meet their new neighbors.

Director: Alex Hardcastle | Stars: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston, Martin Sheen

Votes: 567