Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "fake-telephone-call"

1. Magic (1978)

R | 107 min | Drama, Horror

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.

Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter

Votes: 13,456 | Gross: $25.94M

2. Bad Samaritan (2018)

R | 110 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A pair of burglars stumble upon a woman being held captive in a home they intended to rob.

Director: Dean Devlin | Stars: David Tennant, Robert Sheehan, Kerry Condon, Carlito Olivero

Votes: 26,105 | Gross: $3.44M

3. For Your Consideration (2006)

PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy

Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.

Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey, Christopher Guest

Votes: 15,891 | Gross: $5.54M

4. When a Stranger Calls Back (1993 TV Movie)

R | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young babysitter, all alone in the house with two children asleep above, is bothered by a stranger. Unfortunately, the phone's dead...

Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Jill Schoelen, Gene Lythgow

Votes: 4,130

5. The Mole Agent (2020)

Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary

A private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse.

Director: Maite Alberdi | Stars: Sergio Chamy, Romulo Aitken, Marta Olivares, Berta Ureta

Votes: 9,502

6. Armored Car Robbery (1950)

Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A well-planned robbery goes awry with tough cop Jim Cordell in pursuit of the thieves.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley

Votes: 2,996

7. Scream Bloody Murder (1973)

R | 90 min | Horror

A deranged kid murders his father and has his arm crushed by the farm tractor. After being discharged from the mental hospital with an amputee, he discovers that his mother has remarried, prompting him to go on a homicidal rampage.

Director: Marc B. Ray | Stars: Fred Holbert, Leigh Mitchell, Robert Knox, Ron Bastone

Votes: 1,201

8. Get Charlie Tully (1972)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Crime

Charlie Tully and womanizing Reggie Peek con two rich Italians out of £500,000, but during their flight out Charlie is arrested for conning an American and a dog. Reggie puts the money in a... See full summary »

Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser, Pat Coombs

Votes: 493

9. 11 Minutes (2015)

Not Rated | 81 min | Drama, Thriller

The lives of several Varsovians are intertwined for just 11 minutes. These minutes turn out to be crucial for their ultimate fate.

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Richard Dormer, Paulina Chapko, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Andrzej Chyra

Votes: 2,058

10. In ascolto (2006)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Estranged by the degree of corporate influence within the largest U.S. listening station in the world, an aging NSA officer defects and mounts a clandestine counter-listening station high in the Italian alps.

Director: Giacomo Martelli | Stars: Michael Parks, Maya Sansa, Andrea Tidona, James Parks

Votes: 1,107

11. Park Benches (2009)

Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Romance

We follow the everyday lives of Parisians living in the wealthy suburb of Versailles.

Director: Bruno Podalydès | Stars: Florence Muller, Ridan, Jérôme Paret, Denis Podalydès

Votes: 851

12. È arrivato mio fratello (1985)

89 min | Comedy

Ovidio Ceciotti is a teacher, he is plump and he is not a man of character. He is treated badly by his school-master, by his students, by Lidia, his girl and even by his dog. One day his ... See full summary »

Directors: Franco Castellano, Giuseppe Moccia | Stars: Renato Pozzetto, Carin McDonald, Armando Bandini, Beatrice Palme

Votes: 667

13. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Fogbound (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

On a fogbound night haunted by a serial killer, a man plans to seek revenge on the woman he blames for his girlfriend's murder.

Director: Mark Sobel | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Kathleen Quinlan, Stephen Mendel, Jonathan Crombie

Votes: 115

14. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Pen Pal (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A murderer escapes from prison and seeks his pen pal, a teenage girl, at her home, only to find her scared elderly aunt there instead.

Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Géza Kovács, Jean Simmons, Page Fletcher

Votes: 88

15. Good Times (1974–1979)
Episode: The Encyclopedia Hustle (1974)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy

The Evans family realizes that they may have been scammed by a blind man selling encyclopedias.

Director: Herbert Kenwith | Stars: Esther Rolle, John Amos, Ja'net DuBois, Ralph Carter

Votes: 102

16. I Love Lucy (1951–1957)
Episode: Ricky Loses His Temper (1954)

TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Ricky gets fed up with Lucy buying so many new hats. They decide to see who can hold out the longest: she has to stop buying hats and he can't lose his temper.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

Votes: 327

17. The IT Crowd (2006–2013)
Episode: Yesterday's Jam (2006)

TV-MA | 24 min | Comedy

Jen starts at Reynholm industries as the IT Manager. But it turns out she doesn't know anything about computers.

Director: Graham Linehan | Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, Christopher Morris

Votes: 3,097

18. Dear John.... (1986–1987)
Episode: In the Club (1986)

30 min | Comedy

As the club members start to get to know each other we here their back stories.

Director: Ray Butt | Stars: Ralph Bates, Peter Blake, Peter Denyer, Belinda Lang

Votes: 20

19. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.4169 (2011)

TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Alex Kalymnios | Stars: Nitin Ganatra, Ace Bhatti, Himesh Patel, Meryl Fernandes

20. The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2015)
Episode: Semper Lie (2012)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When Bugs tells a small lie to Porky, it gathers steam to make everything far worse - it even prompts Daffy to join the U.S.Marines.

Directors: Swinton O. Scott III, Jeff Siergey | Stars: Jeff Bergman, Fred Armisen, Bob Bergen, Kristen Wiig

Votes: 161

21. Mr. Robot (2015–2019)
Episode: eps1.0_hellofriend.mov (2015)

TV-14 | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A notorious hacker takes an interest in cyber security engineer and vigilante styled computer hacker Elliot, while an evil corporation is hacked.

Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Rami Malek, Carly Chaikin, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallström

Votes: 18,763