Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "pretending-to-be-asleep"

1. The Outfit (2022)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An expert cutter must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.

Director: Graham Moore | Stars: Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, John Gumley-Mason, Stephen Knox

Votes: 69,712

2. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.

Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, Justice Smith

Votes: 344,267 | Gross: $417.72M

3. The Evil Dead (1981)

NC-17 | 85 min | Horror

Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.

Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker

Votes: 232,559 | Gross: $2.40M

4. Youth (I) (2015)

R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A retired orchestra conductor is on vacation with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip's birthday.

Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda

Votes: 83,129 | Gross: $2.70M

5. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A Portokalos family secret brings the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and Greeker wedding.

Director: Kirk Jones | Stars: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Lainie Kazan

Votes: 35,623 | Gross: $59.69M

6. A Kind of Murder (2016)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1960s New York, Walter Stackhouse is a successful architect married to the beautiful Clara who leads a seemingly perfect life. But his fascination with an unsolved murder leads him into a spiral of chaos as he is forced to play cat-and-mouse with a clever killer and an overambitious detective, while at the same time lusting after another woman.

Director: Andy Goddard | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Jessica Biel, Haley Bennett, Vincent Kartheiser

Votes: 8,623 | Gross: $0.00M

7. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina

Votes: 23,866 | Gross: $0.74M

8. Falcon Lake (2022)

100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A shy teenager on a summer vacation experiences the joy and pain of young adulthood when he forges an unlikely bond with an older girl.

Director: Charlotte Le Bon | Stars: Joseph Engel, Sara Montpetit, Monia Chokri, Arthur Igual

Votes: 2,515

9. Niagara (1953)

Not Rated | 92 min | Film-Noir, Thriller

As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Max Showalter

Votes: 19,745

10. Come to Daddy (2019)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father.

Director: Ant Timpson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie, Garfield Wilson, Madeleine Sami

Votes: 20,444

11. Two Evil Eyes (1990)

R | 120 min | Horror

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.

Directors: Dario Argento, George A. Romero | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Harvey Keitel, Ramy Zada, Bingo O'Malley

Votes: 8,153 | Gross: $0.35M

12. Flower Drum Song (1961)

Approved | 133 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.

Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Benson Fong, Jack Soo

Votes: 3,712 | Gross: $10.90M

13. Demons of the Mind (1972)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest, and Satanic possession.

Director: Peter Sykes | Stars: Robert Hardy, Shane Briant, Gillian Hills, Yvonne Mitchell

Votes: 1,832

14. Shrew's Nest (2014)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

1950s Madrid: The agoraphobic Montse raised her now 18 y.o. kid sister. The upstairs neighbor falls down the stairs and breaks a leg. The crazy Montse takes him in.

Directors: Juanfer Andrés, Esteban Roel | Stars: Macarena Gómez, Nadia de Santiago, Hugo Silva, Luis Tosar

Votes: 7,732

15. We Were Just Playing (2018)

90 min | Drama

Two boys, different worlds. Just at the beginning of the summer vacation, 10-year-old Jona has to move from Berlin to the German-Czech border with his mother and new stepfather. Lonely and ... See full summary »

Director: Ann-Kristin Reyels | Stars: Finn-Henry Reyels, Roman Bakhavani, Silke Bodenbender, Godehard Giese

Votes: 97

16. Gritta of the Rats' Castle (1985)

79 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The tale of young Gritta who lives with her father, an unsuccessful inventor. When her new stepmother tries to put her away in a convent she discovers some dark secrets there.

Director: Jürgen Brauer | Stars: Nadja Klier, Hermann Beyer, Suher Saleh, Fred Delmare

Votes: 166

17. The Glass Cage (1996)

R | 96 min | Drama, Thriller

Paul, an ex-CIA agent, lands in New Orleans, works at a bar with ex Jacqueline. They smuggle for Marko. Paul's CIA friends target Marko's boss. A detective betrays Paul. Diamond and drug smuggling operations unfold.

Director: Michael Schroeder | Stars: Horacio Anthony, Fred Asparagus, Collin Bernsen, Hilton T. Brown

Votes: 281

18. Tales of Erotica (1972)

88 min | Comedy

Four women of Gubbio--Angelica, Violetta, Lisa and Bettina--are conducted before the court by their lovers and husbands.

Director: Piero Regnoli | Stars: Mario Carrara, Gino Cassani, Roberto Ceccacci, Luigi Leoni

Votes: 106

19. Counsel (2019 TV Movie)

58 min | Drama

An alpha female barrister complicates her professional and personal life when she falls for a client.

Director: Declan Recks | Stars: Valene Kane, Declan Conlon, Adam Gillian, Joanne Crawford

Votes: 68

20. Dames (1934)

Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

A multimillionaire decides to boycott "filthy" forms of entertainment such as Broadway shows.

Directors: Ray Enright, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Zasu Pitts

Votes: 2,431

21. Chevalier (2015)

Unrated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

A fishing trip in the Aegean Sea among a sextet of friends becomes the perfect setting for a relentless contest of male dominance. Everything can spark a fierce competition; but, only one can wear the precious chevalier. Who will it be?

Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari | Stars: Vangelis Mourikis, Nikos Orfanos, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Yiorgos Kendros

Votes: 4,970 | Gross: $0.03M

22. Tyrel (2018)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama

Tyler, a sole black man, attends an otherwise all-white weekend of drunken bro debauchery on a birthday trip to a cabin in the Catskills.

Director: Sebastián Silva | Stars: Jason Mitchell, Christopher Abbott, Ann Dowd, Caleb Landry Jones

Votes: 1,551 | Gross: $0.02M

23. Illusions (1992 TV Movie)

R | 100 min | Drama, Thriller

After suffering a nervous breakdown, a woman moves into a new house with her husband. She soon begins to suspect that her husband and his sister are up to no good and may have had something to do with her breakdown.

Director: Victor Kulle | Stars: Robert Carradine, Heather Locklear, Emma Samms, Ned Beatty

Votes: 282

24. Wild Girl (1932)

Passed | 78 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Bret Harte's story of Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl who is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two criminals are pursued... See full summary »

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Charles Farrell, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, Eugene Pallette

Votes: 280

25. Pleurer des larmes d'enfance (2015)

20 min | Short, Drama

One night after a home party eleven-year-old Tessa is touched by her stepfather, Bruno in a way she shouldn't have been touched. Her life is forever broken.

Directors: Emilie Barbault, Sarah Barbault | Stars: Tennessee Maquignon, Bruno Campelo, Maëlle Genet, Sylvie Huguel

Votes: 22

26. Sweet Evil (2010)

90 min | Drama, Thriller

Céline, a fifteen-year-old girl, fled from her guardians. She took up residence in the outbuilding of a bourgeois house, unbeknownst to its owners, judge Van Eyck and his wife. Discovered ... See full summary »

Director: Olivier Coussemacq | Stars: Anaïs Demoustier, Pascal Greggory, Ludmila Mikaël, Sylvain Dieuaide

Votes: 286

27. Shotgun Wedding (1963)

64 min | Comedy

While Rafe Anchors longs to marry the daughter of his father's sworn enemy, his father is being pressured into marriage by a sexy, shady gold-digger closer to Rafe's age.

Director: Boris Petroff | Stars: J. Pat O'Malley, Jenny Maxwell, Valerie Allen, Buzz Martin

Votes: 81

28. Off Season (2001 TV Movie)

TV-G | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

After the death of his parents, 10-year-old, Jackson Mayhew (Culkin), moves in with his Aunt. But when he befriends an elderly man (Cronyn), he begins to suspect that the old man is actually Santa Claus.

Director: Bruce Davison | Stars: Sherilyn Fenn, Hume Cronyn, Bruce Davison, Tom McBeath

Votes: 378

29. The Christmas Project (2016)

TV-PG | 92 min | Comedy, Family

A writer looks back on his memorable 1986 Christmas, dealing with brothers, bullies, first love, pregnancy and family "elving."

Director: Michael Buster | Stars: Jacob Buster, Anson Bagley, Josh Reid, Cooper Johnson

Votes: 550

30. Jonny Comes (1988 TV Movie)

105 min | Family

12-year-old boy named Jonny lives in a foster home. He is adopted by a local doctor's family, but faces difficulties adjusting to his new life and finding acceptance from his adoptive siblings.

Director: Richard Engel | Stars: Petra Kelling, Joachim Siebenschuh, Sebastian Hattop, Benjamin Burkhardt

Votes: 28

31. Sleepless (1957)

127 min | Drama, Romance

Teenage Nadia is raised by her father after her mother's death. Returning home from boarding school, her father has re-married. Jealous Nadia decides to get rid of the competition of a stepmother by accusing her of sleeping with her uncle.

Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Yehia Chahine, Maryam Fakhruddin, Omar Sharif

Votes: 470

32. Tattoo Bar (2000)

90 min | Drama

Although she's still hung up on the man who broke her heart, club dancer Simona pledges to eradicate all memories of him by removing the tattoos he put on her body. Complicating matters is ... See full summary »

Director: Jo Sol | Stars: Alexis Valdés, Mercedes Ortega, Paulina Gálvez, Miguel Molina

Votes: 50

33. Santa's Surprise (1947)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Five children from around the world follow Santa home on Christmas Eve, and decide to give him some extra help around the workshop.

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 377

34. Akko's Secret (2012)

120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Young Atsuko Kagami comes into possession of a magical mirror that lets her transform into anything she wishes. Atsuko Kagami then attempts to save a company which is about to be sold by ... See full summary »

Director: Yasuhiro Kawamura | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Ai Yoshikawa, Masaki Okada, Takeshi Kaga

Votes: 328

35. The Kid Sister (1945)

Passed | 56 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Joan Hollingsworth is the younger sister of Ethel and their mother believes Ethel is entitles to all the advantages until she acquires a husband, but Joan thinks otherwise. Forbidden to ... See full summary »

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Roger Pryor, Judy Clark, Frank Jenks, Constance Worth

Votes: 76

36. Domestic Difficulties (1916)

8 min | Animation, Short

When Mrs. Mutt goes out for the evening, Mutt and Jeff arrange a visit to the local bar.

Director: Bud Fisher

Votes: 96

37. Something Slender (2013)

4 min | Short, Horror, Thriller

Emma, a nine year old girl, wakes up in the middle of the night after hearing a terrible scream. Something else is in the house as well, something that can only be described as a faceless, slender man.

Director: Tristan van Doorn | Stars: Bas Jelsma, Marijke Schipper, Pepijn van Hulst, Jade Yilmazoglu

Votes: 7

38. Groomed (II) (2021)

Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Drama

Every day, everywhere, hundreds of thousands of children are being 'groomed'- will you be prepared when traffickers try to target you or your loved ones? Know the signs and apply them.

Director: Travis Plunkett | Stars: Rebecca Cary, Bailey Clawson, Stephanie Clawson, Jordan Collins

39. Podarok od veseliot moler (1957)

25 min | Short, Comedy

Sister and brothers, left home alone, draw on the apartment wall. A painter arrives to repair the damage. While he is occupied, the kids try their hand at finger painting. This inspires the painter to change his plans.

Director: Dimitar Kostarov | Stars: Ivan Icmarev, Kole Sinjkievikj, Mishko Nestorovski, Solunka Nestorovska

Votes: 7

40. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: Sheriff Barney (1961)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

When Barney is offered the job of sheriff in a nearby town, he and Andy trade jobs for a day to see what kind of sheriff he would be.

Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier

Votes: 357

41. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: The New Housekeeper (1960)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

Sheriff Andy Taylor invites Aunt Bee to stay and help raise his 6-year-old son Opie when his housekeeper, Rose, leaves to get married. Opie objects to the change.

Director: Sheldon Leonard | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier

Votes: 685

42. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: You're Under Arrest (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Police question Rob regarding a fracas in a barroom where a woman was injured. Rob finds himself in a jam when his accounting of his whereabouts during the fight doesn't hold water.

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews

Votes: 237

43. Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode: The Klink Commandos (1969)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War

Klink and Hogan's men together head to the Russian front on a suicide mission to steal some secret documents.

Director: Edward H. Feldman | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary

Votes: 174

44. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: The Menagerie: Part II (1966)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

At Spock's court martial, he explains himself with mysterious footage about when Capt. Pike was kidnapped by powerful illusion casting aliens.

Directors: Robert Butler, Marc Daniels | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver

Votes: 4,665

45. Three's Company (1976–1984)
Episode: The Kleptomaniac (1978)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Jack and Janet suspect that Chrissy is stealing from them and Mrs. Roper.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers, Norman Fell

Votes: 189

46. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.668 (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Carolyn convinces Chris Jennings to move into Matthew Morgan's old cottage.

Director: Dennis Kane | Stars: Nancy Barrett, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Don Briscoe, Clarice Blackburn

Votes: 32

47. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.739 (1969)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Barnabas after seeing Laura tells Charity that He saw Laura over a hundred years ago. Later Barnabas finds a century old portrait of Laura.

Director: Henry Kaplan | Stars: Joan Bennett, Jonathan Frid, Nancy Barrett, Lara Parker

Votes: 29

48. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Down to Earth or the Bullwinkle Bounce/Fall Story or Adrift in the Lift (1960)

TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Box Top Robery" Part 7 Fractured Fairy Tales "Jack and the Beanstalk" Peabody's Improbably History "Ponce De Leon" Rocky & Bullwinkle, "Box Top Robery" Part 8

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Jim Hiltz, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, Rudy Zamora | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 45

49. Die Hart (2020– )
Episode: The Truman Show (2020)

TV-MA | 7 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

Kevin grows suspicious and enlists Jordan's help in getting to the bottom of Coach Ron's secrets.

Director: Eric Appel | Stars: Kevin Hart, John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jean Reno

Votes: 139

50. The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964–1965)
Episode: Magoo in the King's Service: Mr. Magoo's The Three Musketeers: Part 2 (1964)

30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Mr. Magoo continues in the role of D'Artagnan as the tale of The Three Musketeers continues.

Director: Abe Levitow | Stars: Jim Backus, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner