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

1. All of Us Strangers (2023)

R | 105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with his downstairs neighbor while discovering a mysterious new way to heal from losing his parents 30 years ago.

Director: Andrew Haigh | Stars: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Carter John Grout, Jamie Bell

Votes: 44,693

2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

G | 149 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter

Votes: 719,597 | Gross: $56.95M

3. Possession (1981)

R | 124 min | Drama, Horror

A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.

Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent

Votes: 42,863 | Gross: $1.11M

4. Soul (2020)

PG | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.

Directors: Pete Docter, Kemp Powers | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House

Votes: 379,827

5. Revolver (2005)

R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Gambler Jake Green enters into a game with potentially deadly consequences.

Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, André 3000, Vincent Pastore

Votes: 102,776 | Gross: $0.08M

6. What Dreams May Come (1998)

PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Chris Nielsen dies in an accident, and enters Heaven. But when he discovers that his beloved wife Annie has killed herself out of grief over the loss, he embarks on an afterlife adventure to reunite with her.

Director: Vincent Ward | Stars: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow

Votes: 114,422 | Gross: $55.49M

7. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

PG | 115 min | Drama, Mystery

During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse

Votes: 41,042 | Gross: $0.23M

8. Romance (1999)

R | 84 min | Drama, Romance

Frustrated by the lack of intimacy in her relationship, a young schoolteacher goes through a series of intimidating and often violent sexual partners.

Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Caroline Ducey, Sagamore Stévenin, François Berléand, Rocco Siffredi

Votes: 12,020 | Gross: $1.28M

9. Blow-Up (1966)

Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle

Votes: 67,653

10. The Fountain (2006)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

As a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi.

Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Sean Patrick Thomas, Ellen Burstyn

Votes: 248,765 | Gross: $10.14M

11. Solaris (1972)

PG | 167 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy

Votes: 98,274

12. The Black Hole (1979)

PG | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi

A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole.

Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms

Votes: 27,994

13. Full Body Massage (1995 TV Movie)

R | 93 min | Drama

A successful but world-weary art dealer finds out that her usual masseur has sent a substitute for her regular weekly massage at her home. They find that they are both mutually attracted, and annoy one another a great deal.

Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Mimi Rogers, Bryan Brown, Christopher Burgard, Elizabeth Barondes

Votes: 1,713

14. Waking Life (2001)

R | 99 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Trevor Jack Brooks, Lorelei Linklater, Wiley Wiggins

Votes: 66,929 | Gross: $2.89M

15. Hereafter (2010)

PG-13 | 129 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

An American construction worker, a French journalist and a London school boy set out on a spiritual journey after death touches their lives in different ways.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Matt Damon, Cécile de France, Bryce Dallas Howard, Thierry Neuvic

Votes: 95,485 | Gross: $32.75M

16. Begotten (1989)

Unrated | 72 min | Fantasy, Horror

Presented in a surreal, gory and entirely visual manner, Begotten tells of the death of religion, the abuse of nature by Man and a nihilistic outlook on what life ultimately is.

Director: E. Elias Merhige | Stars: Brian Salzberg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry, James Gandia

Votes: 11,759

17. Moby Dick (1956)

Not Rated | 116 min | Adventure, Drama

The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice

Votes: 21,906 | Gross: $10.40M

18. Southland Tales (2006)

R | 145 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

During a three-day heat wave just before a huge 4th of July celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality TV project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Carlos Amezcua

Votes: 40,634 | Gross: $0.28M

19. The Party (I) (2017)

R | 71 min | Comedy, Drama

Janet hosts a party to celebrate her new promotion, but once the guests arrive, it becomes clear that not everything will be going down as smoothly as the red wine.

Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Timothy Spall, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz

Votes: 21,023 | Gross: $0.75M

20. The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)

R | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A young Cro-Magnon woman is raised by Neanderthals.

Director: Michael Chapman | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Pamela Reed, James Remar, Thomas G. Waites

Votes: 6,966 | Gross: $1.95M

21. 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: 70,873

22. Youth Without Youth (2007)

R | 124 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in World War II Europe, a professor is changed by a cataclysmic event and explores the mysteries of life.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, André Hennicke

Votes: 14,193 | Gross: $0.24M

23. The Red Balloon (1956)

Not Rated | 34 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.

Director: Albert Lamorisse | Stars: Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov

Votes: 20,129

24. Wit (2001 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 99 min | Drama

A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald

Votes: 11,405

25. Princess Cyd (2017)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance

A 16-year-old girl visits her aunt in Chicago for the summer. While there, she falls for another girl, and she and her aunt challenge each other's sex and spirit.

Director: Stephen Cone | Stars: Marika Mashburn, Jessie Pinnick, Paul Brian Fagen, Keith Kupferer

Votes: 4,403

26. The Nines (2007)

R | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.

Director: John August | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy, Elle Fanning

Votes: 34,612 | Gross: $0.06M

27. Haunted (1995)

R | 108 min | Drama, Horror

A skeptical professor visits a remote British estate to debunk allegations of psychic phenomena, but soon finds himself haunted by a ghost from his own past.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, Anthony Andrews, John Gielgud

Votes: 7,368

28. The Secret (2006 Video)

PG | 90 min | Documentary

Interviews with self-proclaimed authors, philosophers and scientists, with an in-depth discussion of visualizing your goals. The audience is shown how they can learn and use 'The Secret' in their everyday lives.

Director: Drew Heriot | Stars: Bob Proctor, Joe Vitale, John Assaraf, Loral Langemeier

Votes: 14,057

29. Fist of the North Star (1986)

Not Rated | 110 min | Animation, Action, Drama

In a post-nuclear hellscape, a master of the deadly martial art "Hokuto Shinken" allies with two kids and an expert in "Nanto Suicho-Ken" to battle the tyrants who kidnapped his lover.

Director: Toyoo Ashida | Stars: Akira Kamiya, Yuriko Yamamoto, Kenji Utsumi, Chikao Ôtsuka

Votes: 7,293

30. The Sandglass (1973)

124 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Józef visits his dying father at a remote mental institution, where time itself doesn't seem to exist, and the line between dreams and memories becomes indistinguishable.

Director: Wojciech Has | Stars: Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska, Halina Kowalska

Votes: 4,968

31. The Public Woman (1984)

113 min | Drama

An inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and in a short... See full summary »

Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Francis Huster, Valérie Kaprisky, Lambert Wilson, Patrick Bauchau

Votes: 1,772

32. A Canterbury Tale (1944)

Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.

Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet

Votes: 6,486

33. Naked Blood (1996)

Unrated | 76 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A scientist taints his mother's scientific experiment with his own drug that transforms pain into a pleasurable experience. Unfortunately for the three women involved in the experiment, the drug works a little bit too well.

Director: Hisayasu Satô | Stars: Misa Aika, Yumika Hayashi, Mika Kirihara, Sadao Abe

Votes: 2,264

34. The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The rather eccentric (especially in her thinking) author of "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" becomes involved with a much younger, and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.

Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Helen Mirren, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Peter Fonda

Votes: 1,652

35. We Put the World to Sleep

Adventure, Drama, Horror | Post-production

Adrian and Duru get lost in the characters they play in an apocalyptic film and embark on a secret mission to end the world for real. Second entry in Adrian Tofei and Duru Yücel's trilogy which includes Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015) and Pure.

Director: Adrian Tofei | Stars: Adrian Tofei, Duru Yücel, Erisse Peterson, Andreea Enciu

36. Marcel Proust's Time Regained (1999)

169 min | Drama, Romance, War

A lush, elegant epic taking us on a time-swirling trip down the infinitely complex labyrinth that is Marcel Proust's memory lane.

Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich

Votes: 2,831 | Gross: $0.46M

37. Midnight's Children (2012)

Not Rated | 146 min | Drama

A pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from Britain grow up in the country that is nothing like their parents' generation.

Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Rajat Kapoor, Vansh Bhardwaj, Anupam Kher, Neha Mahajan

Votes: 3,395 | Gross: $0.14M

38. Tribes (1970)

G | 90 min | Drama

A Marine Corps drill instructor who is disgusted by the fact that the Corps now accepts draftees finds himself pitted against a hippie who has been drafted but refuses to accept the military's way of doing things.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Darren McGavin, Earl Holliman, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Gruber

Votes: 891

39. Out on a Limb (1987)

235 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The supposed true story of Shirley MacLaine's experience with a spiritual awakening.

Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Charles Dance, John Heard, Anne Jackson

Votes: 634

40. August in the Water (1995)

117 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.

Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Rena Komine, Shinsuke Aoki, Reiko Matsuo, Masaaki Takarai

Votes: 781

41. Charisma (1999)

104 min | Drama, Mystery

A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without ... See full summary »

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Ren Ôsugi, Yoriko Dôguchi

Votes: 2,052

42. Soulmates (2023)

Drama, Fantasy, Musical

Everybody dreams. Based on a true story two young singer-songwriters sharing the same metaphysical dream since they were children, are faced with the harsh reality of choosing their passionate fate of love or life.

Director: Jim Fitzpatrick | Stars: Jadon Cal, Samantha Reddy, Jim Fitzpatrick, Ethan Rich

Votes: 61

43. Mary (I) (2005)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Thriller

The Virgin Mary delivers a message to an 11-year-old girl.

Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Modine, Marion Cotillard

Votes: 2,113

44. Wittgenstein (1993)

Not Rated | 72 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), whose principal interest was the ... See full summary »

Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Clancy Chassay, Jill Balcon, Sally Dexter, Gina Marsh

Votes: 2,929

45. DMT: The Spirit Molecule (2010)

Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary

An investigation into the long-obscured mystery of dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a molecule found in nearly every living organism and considered the most potent psychedelic on Earth.

Director: Mitch Schultz | Stars: Joe Rogan, Ralph Abraham, Joel Bakst, Steven Barker

Votes: 4,853

46. Aahat (II) (1995–2015)

55 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A horror anthology series revolving around different ghost stories.

Stars: Vijay Raj, Shahab Khan, Gautam Rode, Paras Singh Minhas

Votes: 1,019

47. Love in the Time of Money (2002)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

New York serves as a backdrop for a cast of characters in search of love, lust or lucre including a woman who makes awkward moves on the man renovating her SoHo loft, an embezzler, a sleazy artist and a phone psychic.

Director: Peter Mattei | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Domenick Lombardozzi, Jill Hennessy, Malcolm Gets

Votes: 747 | Gross: $0.01M

48. Seymour: An Introduction (2014)

PG | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Meet Seymour Bernstein: a beloved pianist, teacher and true inspiration who shares eye-opening insights from an amazing life. Ethan Hawke helms this poignant guide to life.

Director: Ethan Hawke | Stars: Seymour Bernstein, Ethan Hawke, Sam Bachelder, Sam Bachelor

Votes: 1,151 | Gross: $0.58M

49. Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (2013)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography

A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.

Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Michel Gondry, Richard Feynman, Michèle Oshima

Votes: 3,678 | Gross: $0.13M

50. Between (I) (2005)

Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Nadine, a beautiful lawyer from Chicago, travels alone to Tijuana, Mexico in search of her missing sister. Her investigation presents unsettling encounters leading her on a mind-bender as she attempts to unravel the compelling truth.

Director: David Ocanas | Stars: Poppy Montgomery, Adam Kaufman, J.R. Yenque, Danny Pino

Votes: 376