Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-anna-karenina"

1. The English Patient (1996)

R | 162 min | Drama, Romance, War

At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 200,874 | Gross: $78.65M

2. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

R | 171 min | Drama, Romance

Central Europe, 1968: A Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint

Votes: 38,637 | Gross: $10.01M

3. Fahrenheit 451 (2018)

TV-14 | 100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a terrifying care-free future, a young man, Guy Montag, whose job as a fireman is to burn all books, questions his actions after meeting a young woman - and begins to rebel against society.

Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Aaron Davis, Cindy Katz, Michael Shannon

Votes: 22,663

4. The In Between (2022)

PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

After surviving a car accident that took the life of her boyfriend, a teenage girl believes he's attempting to reconnect with her from the after world.

Director: Arie Posin | Stars: Joey King, Kyle Allen, Kim Dickens, John Ortiz

Votes: 10,178

5. Dan in Real Life (I) (2007)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A widower finds out the woman he fell in love with is his brother's girlfriend.

Director: Peter Hedges | Stars: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, Alison Pill

Votes: 106,991 | Gross: $47.64M

6. Funny Face (1957)

Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.

Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair

Votes: 33,004

7. To Be or Not to Be (1942)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Romance, War

During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart

Votes: 43,003

8. Alice (2022)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A slave in the antebellum South escapes her secluded plantation only to discover a shocking reality that lies beyond the tree line.

Director: Krystin Ver Linden | Stars: Keke Palmer, Common, Jonny Lee Miller, Gaius Charles

Votes: 3,256

9. In the House (2012)

R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A high school French teacher is drawn into a precocious student's increasingly transgressive story about his relationship with a friend's family.

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Schmitt, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 34,304 | Gross: $0.35M

10. Deception (2021)

105 min | Drama

An American novelist living for a time in London converses with his wife, his mistress, and other female characters he may have dreamed up.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Denis Podalydès, Anouk Grinberg, Madalina Constantin

Votes: 1,658

11. Music from Another Room (1998)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A man's search for his one true love whose birth he assisted in as a five-year-old.

Director: Charlie Peters | Stars: Jude Law, Jennifer Tilly, Gretchen Mol, Martha Plimpton

Votes: 5,412

12. Fedora (1978)

PG | 114 min | Drama, Romance

Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement only to discover the horrible truth behind her success.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef, José Ferrer

Votes: 5,184 | Gross: $2.20M

13. Eskimo Nell (1975)

85 min | Comedy

Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo... See full summary »

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Michael Armstrong, Terence Edmond, Christopher Timothy, Roy Kinnear

Votes: 434

14. I Love You, I Love You Not (1996)

PG-13 | 88 min | Drama, Romance

Prep school student Daisy and her European-born grandmother Nana share the sad stories of their lives. Daisy tells Nana of her romance with young Ethan and problems in school because she's ... See full summary »

Director: Billy Hopkins | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Claire Danes, Jude Law, James Van Der Beek

Votes: 2,901

15. Afstiros katallilo (2008)

110 min | Comedy

Two young Greek filmmakers seeking financing for their film "The End of the Passion" and end up with "Panourgias" a former porn-king of the 70s. He agrees to shoot the film but he also has another secret plan.

Directors: Thanasis Papathanasiou, Michalis Reppas | Stars: Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos, Pigmalion Dadakaridis, Penelope Pitsouli, Dimitris Tzoumakis

Votes: 2,162

16. Praying Mantis (1993 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Story of a female serial killer (Seymour), who marries men and then murders them after their first night together picks widower Don McAndrews (Bostwick) as her next target - but soon wishes she hadn't.

Director: James Keach | Stars: Jane Seymour, Barry Bostwick, Chad Allen, Frances Fisher

Votes: 384

17. Olivia (1951)

88 min | Comedy, Drama

Late nineteenth century in a finishing school for young girls near in France, the principal, the fascinating Miss Julie, sows confusion in the heart of the newcomer, Olivia.

Director: Jacqueline Audry | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Marie-Claire Olivia, Yvonne de Bray

Votes: 732 | Gross: $0.01M

18. Anna Karenina (I) (2013– )

Action, Crime, Drama

An aristocrat's affair with a wealthy Count turns Russian high society upside down in this adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's literary classic.

Stars: Krystal Reyes, Barbie Forteza, Joyce Ching, Sandy Andolong

19. Un monde presque paisible (2002)

Unrated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jewish tailor Albert (Abkarian) and his wife Lea (Breitman) are reestablishing their business in 1946 Paris. Albert hires six people, more than he needs to meet current slow season demand, ... See full summary »

Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Zabou Breitman, Vincent Elbaz, Lubna Azabal

Votes: 402 | Gross: $0.11M

20. The Book and the Rose (2001)

Unrated | 29 min | Drama, Short, Romance

A hunky young math teacher comes across a first edition of Anna Karenina and falls in love with the previous owner based on her extensive scribblings in the margin.

Director: Jeff Bemiss | Stars: Chris Kennedy, Patrick Tuttle, Carey Lessard, Elaine Fabyanic

Votes: 183

21. 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

22. Spasatel (1980)

101 min | Drama, Romance

Student Asya Videneeva, her husband, school teacher Larikov, rescuer Vilya Tishin, residents of a provincial town. A strange interweaving of the fates of the heroes, a moral conflict, the uncertainty of relations.

Director: Sergey Solovyov | Stars: Tatyana Drubich, Vasiliy Mishchenko, Sergey Shakurov, Olga Belyavskaya

Votes: 141

23. Muz a zena (1972 TV Movie)

71 min | Drama

The tenth anniversary of their marriage will remind Marta of her husband's infidelity, which she has forgiven but certainly not forgotten. They stayed together mainly for the sake of the ... See full summary »

Director: Zdenek Kubecek | Stars: Irena Kacírková, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Stanislav Pilman, Michaela Romanovová

24. Zgorszenie publiczne (2010)

86 min | Comedy, Romance

The inhabitants of a Silesian town live their slow life. The appearance of a mysterious man in a red gown triggers a series of comic events that will bring together a couple of lost hearts. A movie made in Silesian ethnolect.

Director: Maciej Prykowski | Stars: Krzysztof Czeczot, Marian Dziedziel, Dorota Pomykala, Elzbieta Romanowska

Votes: 93

25. Jeden ze souboju (1971 TV Movie)

66 min | Drama

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Director: Eva Sadková | Stars: Josef Abrhám, Jana Brejchová, Vlastimil Brodský, Jaroslava Brousková

Votes: 16

26. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode: The Man Who Was Never Born (1963)

TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A time traveler desperately tries to stop the birth of an inventor whose bacterium turns humans into mutants.

Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Martin Landau, Shirley Knight, John Considine, Maxine Stuart

Votes: 963

27. Popular (1999–2001)
Episode: Lord of the Files (2000)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

School's dreamy new vice-principal Calvin Krupps attracts attention of several girls. Brooke tries to get Josh back. Harrison performs a song about Carmen's love life, which devastates her. Krupps gives his lazy students Tai chi lessons.

Director: Lev L. Spiro | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, Tamara Mello, Christopher Gorham

Votes: 75

28. She-Wolf of London (1990–1991)
Episode: Little Bookshop of Horrors (1990)

TV-PG | 47 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Randi and Ian investigate when they learn that two prominent publishers were murdered by normal people dressed as characters in the classic novels recently delivered by an antiquarian ... See full summary »

Director: Gerry Mill | Stars: Kate Hodge, Neil Dickson, Scott Fults, Jean Challis

Votes: 21

29. The Americans (2013–2018)
Episode: Comrades (2014)

TV-MA | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Elizabeth comes back from her injury and straight into what should have been a routine mission - but it goes awry, leaving her and Philip in fear not only for themselves but for their whole... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner

Votes: 1,950

30. De slimste mens ter wereld (2012– )
Episode: Episode #10.6 (2017)

40 min | Game-Show

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Stars: Philip Freriks, Jelle de Jong, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Angela de Jong

31. The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
Is Everything Sexual Assault Now? (2017 Podcast Episode)

48 min | News, Talk-Show

George H.W. Bush gropes at least two actresses, and it may be the result of dementia. A 17-year-old illegal immigrant successfully sues to be allowed an abortion, and the ACLU celebrates it.

Star: Ben Shapiro

32. Modern Love (2019–2021)
Episode: When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist (2019)

TV-MA | 31 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When a journalist asks the CEO of a dating app whether he's ever been in love, it sparks a conversation that will change the course of both of their lives.

Director: John Carney | Stars: Catherine Keener, Dev Patel, Caitlin McGee, Erik Jensen

Votes: 5,162