Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "brake-failure"

1. Ford v Ferrari (2019)

PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Biography, Drama

American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitríona Balfe

Votes: 474,424 | Gross: $117.62M

2. Superhero Movie (2008)

PG-13 | 75 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero.

Director: Craig Mazin | Stars: Drake Bell, Leslie Nielsen, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald

Votes: 75,583 | Gross: $26.64M

3. Capricorn One (1977)

PG | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston

Votes: 24,729

4. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Samantha Caine lives in a small town with her daughter. Eight years ago she emerged, two months pregnant, from a nearby river with no memory of her past or who she is. However, she's getting closer to finding out about her past.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko

Votes: 85,674 | Gross: $33.33M

5. News of the World (2020)

PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl taken by the Kiowa people years ago to her aunt and uncle against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Tom Astor, Travis Johnson

Votes: 95,635

6. Jade (1995)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A bright assistant D.A. investigates a gruesome hatchet murder and hides a clue he found at the crime scene. Under professional threats and an attempt on his life, he goes on heartbroken because evidence point to the woman he still loves.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Richard Crenna

Votes: 14,243 | Gross: $9.80M

7. Throw Momma from the Train (1987)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A bitter ex-husband wants his former spouse dead. A put-upon momma's boy wants his mother dead. Who will pull it off?

Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist, Anne Ramsey

Votes: 40,676 | Gross: $57.92M

8. Children of Heaven (1997)

PG | 89 min | Drama, Family, Sport

After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.

Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi, Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi

Votes: 80,704 | Gross: $0.93M

9. Sugar & Spice (2001)

PG-13 | 81 min | Comedy, Crime

A popular high-school cheerleader becomes pregnant by the star quarterback and turns to crime to support her desired lifestyle.

Director: Francine McDougall | Stars: Marla Sokoloff, Marley Shelton, Melissa George, Mena Suvari

Votes: 15,324 | Gross: $13.28M

10. Gothika (2003)

R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A psychiatrist awakens as a patient in a mental institution, with no memory of the murder she's accused of committing. As she tries to regain her memory, a vengeful spirit manipulates her.

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Robert Downey Jr., Charles S. Dutton

Votes: 119,184 | Gross: $59.69M

11. Men at Work (1990)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two garbage men uncover a conspiracy involving illegal toxic waste dumping and decide to bring the whole operation down.

Director: Emilio Estevez | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Leslie Hope, Keith David

Votes: 26,757 | Gross: $16.25M

12. Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)

R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An orphaned teenager finds himself being dominated by his aunt who's hell-bent on keeping him with her...at all costs.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell, Bo Svenson, Marcia Lewis

Votes: 4,839

13. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

G | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Inspector Jacques Clouseau is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell, Herbert Lom

Votes: 29,640 | Gross: $41.83M

14. The Glass House (2001)

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

An orphaned teenager is taken in by a Malibu couple but discovers they aren't the caring friends they seemed to be.

Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: Diane Lane, Leelee Sobieski, Stellan Skarsgård, Bruce Dern

Votes: 39,840 | Gross: $18.00M

15. Family Plot (1976)

PG | 120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/actor boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane

Votes: 24,834

16. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

TV-PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Ayami Kakiuchi

Votes: 70,862

17. The Quest (1986)

PG | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A resourceful American orphan living in rural Australia finds himself caught up in the magic of a local Aboriginal myth that might be more real than anyone knows.

Directors: Brian Trenchard-Smith, Russell Hagg | Stars: Henry Thomas, Tony Barry, Rachel Friend, Tamsin West

Votes: 2,170

18. Scream for Help (1984)

R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Rachael Kelly, David Allen Brooks, Marie Masters, Rocco Sisto

Votes: 1,272

19. Ra.One (2011)

Not Rated | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When the titular antagonist of an action game takes on physical form, it's only the game's less powerful protagonist who can save his creator's family.

Director: Anubhav Sinha | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor, Shahana Goswami

Votes: 46,781 | Gross: $2.51M

20. Thieves' Highway (1949)

Passed | 94 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

A war veteran turned truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at the hands of an amoral produce scofflaw.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence

Votes: 6,868

21. Summer of Fear (1978 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 98 min | Horror, Thriller

A teenage girl's life is turned upside down after her cousin moves into her house, and as time goes by she begins to suspect that she may be a practitioner of witchcraft.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate, Jeff McCracken

Votes: 3,009

22. Shark (1969)

M | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A gunrunner loses his cargo near a small coastal Sudanese town so he's stuck there. When a woman hires him to raid a sunken ship in the shark-infested waters, he sees a chance to compensate for his losses. He's not the only one.

Directors: Samuel Fuller, Rafael Portillo | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Arthur Kennedy, Barry Sullivan, Silvia Pinal

Votes: 1,207

23. Hell Drivers (1957)

Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A rookie trucker tries to expose his boss' rackets.

Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, Patrick McGoohan

Votes: 4,052

24. Nobody Else But You (2011)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A bestselling crime novelist who is desperately looking for a new story hones his focus on the apparent suicide of a small-town woman, an aspiring model who thought she was the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe.

Director: Gérald Hustache-Mathieu | Stars: Jean-Paul Rouve, Sophie Quinton, Guillaume Gouix, Arsinée Khanjian

Votes: 2,959 | Gross: $0.04M

25. Framed (1947)

Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Mike Lambert, seeking a mining job, instead becomes the patsy for a femme-fatale's schemes.

Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan, Edgar Buchanan

Votes: 2,288

26. Race (I) (2008)

Not Rated | 149 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Destiny makes two brothers- Ranvir and Rajiv - enemies of each other. Everything is fair in love and war.

Directors: Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla, Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif

Votes: 16,011 | Gross: $1.37M

27. Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)

PG | 107 min | Action, Comedy

A satire of American progression in which a mayor tries to bribe an official to ensure a ramp connects Ticlaw to an up-and-coming intrastate. When his plan fails, the town residents are forced to take matters into their own hands.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: David Rasche, Paul Jabara, Howard Hesseman, Teri Garr

Votes: 1,174 | Gross: $2.00M

28. Lethal Obsession (2007 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A woman's troubled brother tracks her down after years spent apart.

Director: Philippe Gagnon | Stars: Kellie Martin, Adam MacDonald, Dylan Neal, Camille Pennel

Votes: 316

29. 27 Missing Kisses (2000)

98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The summer adventures of teenaged Sybilla, who falls in love with a middle-aged father while being romanced by his teenaged son.

Director: Nana Dzhordzhadze | Stars: Nutsa Kukhianidze, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Shalva Iashvili, Pierre Richard

Votes: 1,522

30. The Wayward Bus (1957)

Approved | 87 min | Drama

Three strangers, a stripper, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman embark on a life-changing journey. As the road presents challenges, each character faces his or her own shortcomings, not knowing where life will lead next.

Director: Victor Vicas | Stars: Joan Collins, Jayne Mansfield, Dan Dailey, Rick Jason

Votes: 877

31. Manhandled (1949)

Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The secretary to a psychiatrist finds herself caught up in the murder of a patient's wife and realizes that her life is also in danger.

Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Dan Duryea, Dorothy Lamour, Sterling Hayden, Irene Hervey

Votes: 915

32. Teesri Manzil (1966)

172 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

A woman blames a nightclub drummer for the suspicious death of her sister, and seeks revenge. However, the pair work together to solve the mystery and become romantically involved, after he introduces himself under another name.

Director: Vijay Anand | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Raj Mehra, Prem Chopra

Votes: 1,320

33. Ishq (1997)

161 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Two rich friends, hating the poor, were challenged by their children's love lives. Thus starts the war between love and money.

Director: Indra Kumar | Stars: Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgn, Juhi Chawla, Kajol

Votes: 11,701

34. Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008)

Not Rated | 145 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

An angel, a man and 4 orphans come together to bring you a story filled with fun, excitement, tears, love and magic.

Director: Kunal Kohli | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Rishi Kapoor, Akshat Chopra

Votes: 2,956 | Gross: $0.37M

35. Dilwale (1994)

Not Rated | 172 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A police officer finds out the truth about a mental patient and helps him bring the perpetrators to justice.

Director: Harry Baweja | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Suniel Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Gulshan Grover

Votes: 3,174

36. Siblings (2004)

R | 85 min | Comedy

SIBLINGS is a dark comedy about love, lust, murder and other issues of normal family life.

Director: David Weaver | Stars: Alex Campbell, Paul Soles, Andrew Chalmers, Samantha Weinstein

Votes: 685

37. Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj (1992)

Not Rated | 159 min | Action, Thriller

Raja is a rebel and the youngest of 3 brothers who will go to any length to serve his family. So when his eldest brother, Amar, is murdered and the villain's plot against Ravi, his other brother, Raja can't sit back and watch.

Director: Ravi Raja Pinisetty | Stars: Chiranjeevi, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Raj Babbar, Dalip Tahil

Votes: 190

38. The Big Gamble (1961)

100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Misadventures of an ambitious unlucky Irishman who goes on a long and arduous trip to Africa along with his wife and bumbling cousin in hopes of starting a trucking business there.

Directors: Richard Fleischer, Elmo Williams | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Juliette Gréco, David Wayne, Gregory Ratoff

Votes: 310

39. Come Fill the Cup (1951)

113 min | Crime, Drama

Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering ... See full summary »

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: James Cagney, Phyllis Thaxter, Raymond Massey, James Gleason

Votes: 546

40. Bruce Gentry (1949)

Approved | 246 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Famed aviator Bruce Gentry is working with scientist Andrew Benson, setting out to uncover the origin of a deadly secret weapon---an electronically controlled flying disc which can be ... See full summary »

Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Stars: Tom Neal, Judy Clark, Ralph Hodges, Forrest Taylor

Votes: 66

41. Sangdil Sanam (1994)

156 min | Drama, Romance

Two children are betrothed but the girl's father robs a bank and frames the boy's father for it. Years later, the grown-up boy returns to take his bride back home.

Director: Shomu Mukherjee | Stars: Anand Balraj, Beena Banerjee, Kishore Bhanushali, Sharokh Bharucha

Votes: 690

42. Busses Roar (1942)

Approved | 58 min | Drama, Romance, War

A saboteur tries to place a bomb on a bus.

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Richard Travis, Julie Bishop, Charles Drake, Eleanor Parker

Votes: 148

43. Jigarwala (1991)

132 min | Action, Drama

Ranjeet Singh lives in a small village with his wife, Laxmi, and younger brother, Amar. The village Zamindar, Dhurjan Singh, is angered at Ranjeet for speaking out against him and his ... See full summary »

Director: Swaroop Kumar | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Tina Ambani, Urmila Bhatt, Shahid Bijnori

Votes: 43

44. The Signal Tower (1924)

72 min | Drama

A railroad worker accepts a colleague's offer to stay in his home, but when his friend is called out one night to stop a runaway train, he makes a play for the man's wife.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Virginia Valli, Rockliffe Fellowes, Frankie Darro, Wallace Beery

Votes: 117

45. Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love! (1940)

Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Johnny Sandham (Tom Brown), a traveling salesman for a department store, agrees, under duress after his truck forced her roadster of the road, to take "Kelly" Archer (Peggy Moran), a ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Tom Brown, Peggy Moran, Allen Jenkins, Donald Meek

Votes: 31

46. A Mere Mortal (1991)

85 min | Thriller

A young man, a researcher in ancient languages, begins to receive strange radio messages in a language only he knows. The messages ask him for very bizarre missions. Eventually, he ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Jolivet | Stars: Philippe Volter, Christophe Bourseiller, Nathalie Roussel, Roland Giraud

Votes: 278

47. Mee Sreyobhilashi (2007)

Drama

A group of members decides to commit suicide. But however,the cops gets the news and decides to stop them.

Director: Y. Eshwara Reddy | Stars: Rajendra Prasad, V.K. Naresh, Krishna Bhagavan, Raghu Babu

Votes: 127

48. The Caretaker's Daughter (1925)

Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Charley's boss is stepping out with an ex-con's wife, so he asks Charley to do him a solid and take her to the cabin before her husband finds out. His wife sees them en-route and believes he is cheating on her. Follow that car.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, George Siegmann, William J. Kelly

Votes: 97

49. The Quality Connection (1977)

25 min | Short, Drama

Training film for car workers, showing the importance of quality control.

Director: Bert Wilkins | Stars: Frank Windsor, George A. Cooper, Tony Adams, David Suchet

50. In Spite of Danger (1935)

Passed | 53 min | Drama

Bill Crane, race-car driver has an accident while racing and finds himself unable to return to the fast-paced racetrack. Looking for another occupation he meets a girl, Sally Sullivan, who ... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Wallace Ford, Marian Marsh, Arthur Hohl, Charley Grapewin