Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "unintended-consequences"

1. Black Mirror (2011– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Featuring stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world.

Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, Monica Dolan, Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen

Votes: 639,811

2. Mean Girls (2004)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy

Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

Director: Mark Waters | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey

Votes: 435,092 | Gross: $86.06M

3. The Marvels (2023)

PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.

Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Samuel L. Jackson

Votes: 124,300

4. Fargo (1996)

R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller

Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare

Votes: 726,581 | Gross: $24.61M

5. Captain America: Civil War (2016)

PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Political involvement in the Avengers' affairs causes a rift between Captain America and Iron Man.

Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan

Votes: 849,864 | Gross: $408.08M

6. The Butterfly Effect (2004)

R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.

Directors: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson

Votes: 521,100 | Gross: $57.94M

7. A Cure for Wellness (2016)

R | 146 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa's treatments are not what they seem.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth, Ivo Nandi

Votes: 109,604 | Gross: $8.11M

8. M3GAN (2022)

PG-13 | 102 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own.

Director: Gerard Johnstone | Stars: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng, Amie Donald

Votes: 142,364 | Gross: $93.88M

9. Blood Simple (1984)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies, and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh

Votes: 105,236 | Gross: $2.15M

10. Do the Right Thing (1989)

R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson

Votes: 112,403 | Gross: $27.55M

11. I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A United States astronaut finds his life vastly complicated when he stumbles on to a bottle containing a female genie.

Stars: Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, Bill Daily, Hayden Rorke

Votes: 17,448

12. Supergirl (1984)

PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After losing a powerful orb, Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter O'Toole, Mia Farrow

Votes: 24,025 | Gross: $13.60M

13. Primer (2004)

PG-13 | 77 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Four friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.

Director: Shane Carruth | Stars: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya

Votes: 114,146 | Gross: $0.42M

14. The Croods: A New Age (2020)

PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The prehistoric family the Croods are challenged by a rival family the Bettermans, who claim to be better and more evolved.

Director: Joel Crawford | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener

Votes: 52,992 | Gross: $58.57M

15. Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)

Passed | 87 min | Comedy

Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Jane Bryan, Eddie Albert

Votes: 355 | Gross: $0.12M

16. Sissy (I) (2022)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Teen best friends Cecilia and Emma, run into each other after a decade. Cecilia is invited to Emma's bachelorette weekend where she gets stuck in a remote cabin with her high school bully and a taste for revenge.

Directors: Hannah Barlow, Kane Senes | Stars: Aisha Dee, Hannah Barlow, Emily De Margheriti, Daniel Monks

Votes: 7,618

17. Hollow Triumph (1948)

Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity, with unfortunate results.

Directors: Steve Sekely, Paul Henreid | Stars: Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz, Leslie Brooks

Votes: 3,187

18. Circuit Breakers (2022– )

TV-G | 25 min | Family, Sci-Fi

Follow the futuristic anthology as it tackles children's issues through a sci-fi lens. But not everything is what it seems, and their curiosity leads to chaos.

Stars: Arielle Halili, Veda Cienfuegos, Lindsay Owen Pierre, Joy Castro

Votes: 238

19. Monsoon Shootout (2013)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

As heavy rains lash Mumbai, a cop on his first assignment faces a life altering decision when he must decide whether to shoot a suspect or not.

Director: Amit Kumar | Stars: Vijay Varma, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Neeraj Kabi, Geetanjali Thapa

Votes: 1,440

20. Prohibition (2011)

60 min | Documentary, History

The story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.

Stars: Peter Coyote, Pete Hamill, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Michael Lerner

Votes: 3,424

21. The Magnus Archives (2016 Podcast Series)

Drama, Horror, Mystery

The Magnus Archives is a weekly horror fiction anthology examining the mysteries within the archives of London based The Magnus Institute, an organization dedicated to documenting and ... See full summary »

Stars: Jonathan Sims, Alexander J. Newall, Frank Voss, Lydia Nicholas

Votes: 454

22. Sorority Girl (1957)

61 min | Drama

A poor-little-rich-girl feels alienated by her mother and enacts a string of torment on her fellow pupils at a girls' boarding school, increasingly aggravating them until she goes too far.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Susan Cabot, Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, June Kenney

Votes: 427

23. The Black Pearl (1977)

PG | 95 min | Adventure, Drama

The young Ramon Salazar, son of a village owner, dreams of becoming a pearl fisherman. His father agrees to let him experience this job. Ramon enters a forbidden cave, den of a giant skate ... See full summary »

Director: Saul Swimmer | Stars: Carlos Estrada, Perla Cristal, Mario Custodio, Emilio Rodríguez

Votes: 75

24. Bitter Lake (2015)

136 min | Documentary

An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.

Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: George Bush, George W. Bush, Joanne Herring, Hamid Karzai

Votes: 3,523

25. The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)

180 min | Documentary

The many ways in which Western notions of personal and political freedom are changing in the 21st Century are explored in this three-part documentary from writer and filmmaker Adam Curtis.

Stars: John Nash, Robert Spitzer, Jerome Wakefield, Paul McHugh

Votes: 2,018

26. The Business of Birth Control (2021)

92 min | Documentary

A look at the side effects associated with taking birth control pills.

Director: Abby Epstein | Stars: Jane Alexander, Michael Alexander, Olivia Amitrano, Dianne Ammons

Votes: 47

27. Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women (2003)

99 min | Drama

A disturbing saga about male chauvinism and mistreatment of women in India.

Director: Manish Jha | Stars: Tulip Joshi, Sudhir Pandey, Sushant Singh, Aditya Srivastav

Votes: 2,256

28. A Beautiful Mistake (2010)

110 min | Drama

A boy, an old man, 2 beautiful twin sisters get caught up in a voyeuristic scandal during the Cultural Revolution in China. This controversial film was subsequently banned and was never made public in China/Mandarin with English subtitles.

Directors: Wei Hao, Huizhou Lu | Stars: Xuanrui Chen, Lu Zhou Wu, Liping You, Xin Zhang

Votes: 44

29. Midnight Science (2021)

86 min | Sci-Fi

On the eve of Y2K, a failing scientist attempts to win a technology competition by fusing an experimental machine with the disembodied brain of a megalomaniacal televangelist. The resulting abomination threatens an apocalyptic nightmare.

Director: Jonathan Anthony | Stars: Christopher Michael Anthony, Shirley Kwon, June Elizabeth Williams, Keenan Baker

Votes: 15

30. Everything's Eventual (2009)

78 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A young man, who has a unique psychic talent, is recruited by a mysterious company. In return, he is given everything he wants, a house, a car, everything. His situation seems ideal, everything's eventual. Or is it?

Director: J.P. Scott | Stars: Michael Flores, Joe Jones, Cavin Gray, Shane Dean

Votes: 90

31. A Call to Arms (2009)

85 min | Documentary, History, War

The eyewitness story of the illegal U.S. and U.K. military anthrax vaccination programs, which is recommended by Montel Williams as the Must-See Documentary of the Year. Because of the ... See full summary »

Director: Scott Miller | Stars: Michael Douglas, Linda Hamilton, Scott Miller, Melissa Mosich Miller

Votes: 60

32. Break Free: Two People. Two Years. One Dream (2019)

120 min | Documentary, Adventure

When Lena and Ulli start the engine of their old Land Rover, Lady Terés, they have a plan: to drive from Hamburg to South Africa in six months. What they don't know yet is that they won't ... See full summary »

Director: Lena Wendt | Stars: Ulrich Stirnat, Lena Wendt, Fufu, Ziza

Votes: 254

33. The Alienist

Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi | Pre-production

On the distant holiday planet of Neblexia, two alien merchants get more than they bargained for when they arrogantly insult a tourist from Earth.

Director: Martin Horlacher | Stars: Martin Horlacher, Melissa Blackwood, Dale Wesley Johnson-Green

34. Fait d'hiver (2001)

7 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

On a cold winter evening a young manager gets stuck in traffic on his way home from work. He takes his brand new mobile to call his wife, not knowing that by doing so he is about to cause irreparable damage.

Director: Dirk Beliën | Stars: Tom Van Dyck, Ellen Van Cutsem, Aza Declercq, Kris Swinnen

Votes: 839

35. Faust and the Devil (1949)

Passed | 87 min | Drama, Musical

Goethe's drama about Faust, a man who sells his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for eternal youth, and the latter, with guileful glee, leads Faust to disaster along the paths of pleasure... See full summary »

Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Italo Tajo, Nelly Corradi, Gino Mattera, Onelia Fineschi

Votes: 37

36. The Shattering (2021)

10 min | Short, Drama, Horror

A girl with sleep disorders tries to navigate her life after a tragic incident occurs.

Director: Marcus Adams | Stars: Sara Drust, Nadiya Khan, Anne Schade, Ayden Ricker

37. The Wallet (II) (2004)

7 min | Short, Comedy, Crime

Paranoid country boy Pete is looking forward to moving to the big city - until all his friends start telling him about how dangerous it really is there.

Directors: Jesse Frazer, Martin Horlacher | Stars: Mark Lee, Les Hill, Conor Reid, Lucien Stoffell

38. CopyCats (2020)

13 min | Short, Comedy

Three bored girls, home during the Covid-19 pandemic, play a game of copycats, leading to unintended consequences.

Director: Soeun Park | Stars: Kyriana Kratter, Raya Sunshine, Abigail Taylor

39. Lighter Darker (2022)

7 min | Short, Sci-Fi

When The Inventor--master of gadgets and gizmos--focuses on controlling light and darkness, there's no light at the end of the tunnel. Or anywhere else.

Director: Bruce Barker | Star: Bruce Barker

40. Sneak a Peek (2013)

8 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Nathan has a 'Sunlight Hurts' type of Hangover. His plan to sleep the day & his Hangover away are destroyed, when his sister Kylie brings over her 2 trouble making teenage sons Dylan and ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Musial | Stars: Evan Burrell, Alison Fowler, Kane Johnson, Caroline McQuade

41. Trailblazers: The New Zealand Story (2017)

60 min | Documentary

Thirty years ago New Zealand was on the verge of economic collapse. Today, the country is a driving force in international trade, economic leadership, healthy environmental practices, and ... See full summary »

Directors: James Tusty, Maureen Castle Tusty | Stars: Roger Beattie, Don Brash, Robert Butson, Bill Cashmore

Votes: 14

42. Darkroom (1981–1982)
Episode: Stay Tuned, We'll Be Right Back (1981)

Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Charlie Miller discovers that his crystal radio is in contact with the German U-boat that sunk the ship his father died on during World War II 30 years ago. Should he change the course of history and save his father?

Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: James Coburn, Lawrence Pressman, Joanna Miles, Shane Butterworth

Votes: 57

43. The Dead Zone (2002–2007)
Episode: Wheel of Fortune (2002)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

After six years in a coma following a near-fatal car accident, Johnny Smith awakens to find that he has the gift of second sight and uses his psychic powers to help solve a serial murder case.

Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole de Boer, Chris Bruno, John L. Adams

Votes: 295

44. Highlander: The Raven (1998–1999)
Episode: The Unknown Soldier (1998)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Carl Magnus' brother Donald, a Gulf War veteran, is killed by immortal John Ray Fielding, who served with Donald, and Nick sets out to find the killer. Meanwhile, Fielding attempts to ... See full summary »

Director: George Mendeluk | Stars: Elizabeth Gracen, Paul Johansson, Michael Rhoades, Patricia Gage

Votes: 46

45. Numb3rs (2005–2010)
Episode: Two Daughters (2006)

TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The team is in a race against time to rescue fellow agent Megan from the clutches of Crystal Hoyle.

Director: Alex Zakrzewski | Stars: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard

Votes: 300

46. Robotech (1985)
Episode: Catastrophe (1985)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The final battle of the Second Robotech War is fought as Zor goes on the rampage to destroy the entire culture created by the Robotech Masters before the arrival of the Invid. His plan fails, causing his destruction.

Stars: Robert Axelrod, Bill Capizzi, Frank Catalano, Richard Epcar

Votes: 92

47. Battles BC (2009– )
Episode: Judgement Day at Marathon (2009)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Action, History

The mighty Persian empire under Darius I is ready to avenge past wrongs done to it by the tiny city state of Athens. Darius sends an overwhelming force commanded by Datis to destroy Athens.... See full summary »

Director: David Padrusch | Stars: Andrew Alandy, Dan McCracken, Bryan McGowan, Brad C. Wilcox

Votes: 27

48. Leverage (2008–2012)
Episode: The Hot Potato Job (2011)

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

The Leverage team tries to recover a rare agricultural object worth millions of dollars.

Director: John Harrison | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf

Votes: 635

49. Prohibition (2011)
Episode: A Nation of Drunkards (2011)

TV-PG | 95 min | Documentary, History

The 19th century was a period of growth both for alcoholic beverages and the temperance movement. Washingtonian societies - made up of men who had taken a pledge to forgo all alcoholic ... See full summary »

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Michael Lerner, Daniel Okrent, Pete Hamill

Votes: 224

50. Prohibition (2011)
Episode: A Nation of Hypocrites (2011)

TV-PG | 105 min | Documentary, History

With gangsters terrorizing the public and profiting from the sale of alcohol, many citizens believed Prohibition was unsuccessful, which led to its repeal.

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Pete Hamill, Jonathan Eig, Michael Lerner

Votes: 173