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

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)

R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, War

A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest

Votes: 710,109 | Gross: $83.47M

2. Clue (1985)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Six guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.

Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd

Votes: 109,282 | Gross: $14.64M

3. Tusk (I) (2014)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror

A brash and arrogant podcaster gets more than he bargained for when he travels to Canada to interview a mysterious recluse... who has a rather disturbing fondness for walruses.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Justin Long, Michael Parks, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez

Votes: 63,152 | Gross: $1.82M

4. Tarzan (1999)

G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A man raised by gorillas must decide where he really belongs when he discovers he is a human.

Directors: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima | Stars: Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Brian Blessed, Glenn Close

Votes: 247,178 | Gross: $171.09M

5. The Lost City of Z (2016)

PG-13 | 141 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Major Percival Fawcett, who disappeared whilst searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.

Director: James Gray | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland

Votes: 99,453 | Gross: $8.58M

6. Finding Neverland (2004)

PG | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Family

The story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.

Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell

Votes: 212,039 | Gross: $51.68M

7. If.... (1968)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama

In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.

Director: Lindsay Anderson | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan

Votes: 25,191

8. The Magic Christian (1969)

M/PG | 92 min | Comedy

The world's richest man and his adopted hobo son set out to test the limits of human vanity and greed through a series of "money games".

Director: Joseph McGrath | Stars: Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Isabel Jeans, Caroline Blakiston

Votes: 3,829 | Gross: $0.69M

9. The Prize (1963)

Approved | 134 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Diane Baker

Votes: 5,279 | Gross: $7.70M

10. Brexit (2019 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History

Political strategist Dominic Cummings leads a popular but controversial campaign to convince British voters to leave the European Union from 2015 up until the present day.

Director: Toby Haynes | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Belcher, Malcolm Freeman, Lucy Russell

Votes: 17,748

11. Chocolat (1988)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama

A French woman returns to her childhood home in Cameroon - formerly a colonial outpost - where she's flooded by memories, particularly of Protée, her servant.

Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Isaach De Bankolé, Giulia Boschi, François Cluzet, Jean-Claude Adelin

Votes: 4,476 | Gross: $2.32M

12. Saint Jack (1979)

R | 112 min | Drama

Jack Flowers, an American hustler in early-1970s Singapore, dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel and returning to the States to live a life of luxury.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, James Villiers, Joss Ackland

Votes: 2,840

13. Our Man in Havana (1959)

Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Jim Wormold, who is a vacuum cleaner salesman, participates as an Agent in the British Secret Service. But he soon realizes that his plans by lying are going to get him into trouble.

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Alec Guinness, Maureen O'Hara, Burl Ives, Ernie Kovacs

Votes: 6,097

14. The Cat and the Canary (1978)

PG | 98 min | Comedy, Mystery, Horror

A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.

Director: Radley Metzger | Stars: Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox, Wendy Hiller

Votes: 1,671

15. Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The chronically suicidal Wilbur, and his good-hearted big brother, Harbour, are in their thirties when, their father dies and leaves them with nothing but a worn down second-hand bookshop in Glasgow.

Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinlay

Votes: 8,078 | Gross: $0.23M

16. The Lost Patrol (1934)

Passed | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny

Votes: 3,602

17. Up in Arms (1944)

Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Musical

Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted into the army and makes life miserable for his fellow GIs. He's also lovesick when it comes to pretty Mary Morgan, unaware that she's in love with his best friend Joe.

Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Danny Kaye, Dana Andrews, Dinah Shore, Constance Dowling

Votes: 1,122

18. Enter Laughing (1967)

Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Romance

A young would-be actor seeks his first break.

Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: José Ferrer, Shelley Winters, Elaine May, Jack Gilford

Votes: 725

19. The Only Game in Town (1970)

M/PG | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Fran Walker (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) walks into a piano bar for pizza. She comes back home with Joe Grady (Warren Beatty), the piano player. Joe plans on winning five thousand dollars and leaving Las Vegas, Nevada. Fran waits for something else. Meanwhile, he moves in with her.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Beatty, Charles Braswell, Hank Henry

Votes: 1,076 | Gross: $3.27M

20. International House (1933)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy

Assorted wacky characters converge on a Chinese hotel to bid on a new invention: television.

Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: W.C. Fields, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Rudy Vallee, Stuart Erwin

Votes: 1,467

21. Fighting Tommy Riley (2004)

R | 109 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

An aging trainer and a young fighter, both in need of a second chance, team-up to overcome the demons of their past...and chase the dreams of their future.

Director: Eddie O'Flaherty | Stars: Eddie Jones, J.P. Davis, Christina Chambers, Diane Tayler

Votes: 835 | Gross: $0.01M

22. El crack (1981)

M | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Private detective Germán Areta gets a terminally ill client who wishes to see his long lost, runaway daughter before he dies. But when Areta starts looking into case, it leads him to the ... See full summary »

Director: José Luis Garci | Stars: Alfredo Landa, María Casanova, Manuel Tejada, Miguel Rellán

Votes: 1,892

23. The Gorilla (1939)

Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Horror

When a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: The Ritz Brothers, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Al Ritz

Votes: 1,671

24. Jack London (1943)

Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Biography, War

Episodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916).

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Michael O'Shea, Susan Hayward, Osa Massen, Harry Davenport

Votes: 446

25. The Gathering (1977 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama

A dying father pulls his torn family back together for a last Christmas.

Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Edward Asner, Maureen Stapleton, Rebecca Balding, Sarah Cunningham

Votes: 811

26. Where East Is East (1929)

Passed | 65 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

When an animal trapper in Indo-China finds that his daughter's fiancé is being successfully seduced by her estranged mother, he takes appropriate action.

Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lon Chaney, Lupe Velez, Estelle Taylor, Lloyd Hughes

Votes: 724

27. Tonight at 8:30 (1952)

Approved | 81 min | Comedy

An omnibus of three Noel Coward tales: the first, "The Red Peppers" (featuring Kay Walsh, Ted Ray, Martita Hunt, Frank Pettingell and Bill Fraser) about a bickering vaudeville couple who ... See full summary »

Director: Anthony Pelissier | Stars: Ted Ray, Kay Walsh, Martita Hunt, Bill Fraser

Votes: 191

28. Cancel Christmas (2010 TV Movie)

TV-G | 87 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Santa Claus discovers that children have become too greedy and must prove otherwise before his favorite holiday is canceled. His mission is to teach two incorrigible children the importance of charity.

Director: John Bradshaw | Stars: Judd Nelson, Justin Landry, Natalie Brown, John Fleming

Votes: 632

29. Soldiers Three (1951)

Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, War

Retired British general Brunswick reminisces about the days when he was a colonel in charge of a British Army battalion fighting against native rebels in colonial India during the late 1800s.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Stewart Granger, Walter Pidgeon, David Niven, Robert Newton

Votes: 506

30. Maisie Was a Lady (1941)

Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Drama

Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Ann Sothern, Lew Ayres, Maureen O'Sullivan, C. Aubrey Smith

Votes: 639

31. Zahradnictví: Rodinný prítel (2017)

130 min | Drama, History, Romance

Melodrama set in Czech Republic during the Germain occupation.

Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Anna Geislerová, Ondrej Sokol, Martin Finger, Klára Melísková

Votes: 171

32. White Farmers Slaughtered in South Africa (2018 Video)

59 min | News

Stefan Molyneux interviews Lauren Southern about the plight of white farmers in South Africa, who are the victims of racial hatred and violence.

Stars: Lauren Southern, Stefan Molyneux

Votes: 23

33. Sansony jen tak... (1987 TV Short)

34 min | Short, Music

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Director: Pavlina Moskalykova | Stars: Josef Abrhám, Marek Eben, Vera Galatíková, Frantisek Hanus

34. A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
Episode: Gaudy Night: Episode One (1987)

154 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While Peter is on a governmental mission, Harriet attends a reunion at Oxford and is recruited to find the author of a rash of vicious poison pen letters there.

Directors: Michael Simpson, Michael Simpson | Stars: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, Sheila Burrell

Votes: 224

35. Maude (1972–1978)
Episode: Walter's Dream (1974)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy

When Walter and Arthur return from a Canadian fishing trip, Walter tells Maude he wants to move to Canada. He puts his appliance store up for sale. Maude is determined not to move.

Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Bea Arthur, Bill Macy, Adrienne Barbeau, Conrad Bain

Votes: 56

36. Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode: Remote Control (1994)

Crime, Drama, Family

Littleton and Wambaugh go head to head again in the courtroom as Wambaugh argues that his latest client, Timmy Hendricks, was predisposed to violence because of his exposure to television ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly

Votes: 58

37. Taxi (1978–1983)
Episode: Art Work (1980)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy

Upon discussing how an artist's work rises in value after they're gone,Elaine ends up helping the guys try and win a painting at an auction by one who's rumored ill at the time.

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner

Votes: 161

38. Countdown (1982– )
Episode: Episode #21.23 (1991)

TV-14 | 23 min | Game-Show

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Director: John Meade | Stars: Richard Whiteley, Carol Vorderman, Alexandra Clayton, Simon Williams

39. Countdown (1982– )
Episode: Episode #22.29 (1991)

TV-14 | 30 min | Game-Show

Jonathan Gresty vs. Jon Owens.

Director: John Meade | Stars: Richard Whiteley, Carol Vorderman, Alexandra Clayton, Simon Williams

40. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: Secrets and Spies (2009)

TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A number of murders near a government safe house in Midsomer appears to be connected to a group of British spies stationed in East Berlin during the Cold War.

Director: Renny Rye | Stars: John Nettles, Jason Hughes, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson

Votes: 821

41. Great British Railway Journeys (2010– )
Episode: Hassocks to Benenden (2021)

29 min | Documentary

Michael travels to Ditchling to learn about a community of Roman Catholic artists, to Bexhill-on-Sea to hear of the importance of ARP Wardens, visits the home of Rudyard Kipling and learns how an Englishman saved Japanese cherry trees.

Director: Adrienne Doyard | Star: Michael Portillo

Votes: 6

42. Secrets of the Royal Palaces (2021– )
Episode: Highgrove House (2021)

TV-PG | Documentary, History

The smallest Royal residence currently in use, Highgrove House in Gloucester was renovated by Prince Charles and features a multiple 'room' outdoor garden which has been described as an 'organic oasis."

Stars: Samantha Bond, Jennie Bond, Susie Boniface, Paul Burrell

Votes: 7

43. The Pacific (2010)
Episode: Guadalcanal/Leckie (2010)

TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Veteran Sergeant John Basilone ships out soon after Pearl Harbor for Guadalcanal while other young enlistees are sent to boot camp.

Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Jon Bernthal

Votes: 3,144

44. The Pacific (2010)
Episode: Peleliu Landing (2010)

TV-MA | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Basilone's fame keeps him in the U.S. selling war bonds, Leckie rejoins his company, and Sledge is reunited with Phillips in Pavuvu.

Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Brendan Fletcher

Votes: 2,374

45. MGM Parade (1955–1956)
Episode: Episode #1.29 (1956)

30 min | Documentary

Walter Pidgeon uses a standing set on the Metro lot to introduce clips from the 1937 classic "Captains Courageous" and a scene from the studio's "Tribute to a Bad Man."

Director: Leonard Spigelgass | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Lionel Barrymore, Freddie Bartholomew, James Cagney

Votes: 12

46. Blue Bloods (2010–2024)
Episode: Hall of Mirrors (2011)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An undercover cop, who had infiltrated a terrorist cell, is shot. A girl, with acute anxiety and living alone, frequently complains that her house furniture has been disturbed. Danny solves the shooting and Jamie apprehends the intruder.

Director: Frederick King Keller | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou

Votes: 532

47. Vintage Video: A Chronological 80's Film Rewatch Podcast (2020– )
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) (2022 Podcast Episode)

Documentary

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Stars: Patrick O'Riley, Jessica Bayliss, Richard Wells

48. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: The Three Moosketeers: Parts 1-2 (1961)

TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Three Moosketeers" Part 1, Fractured Fairy Tales "Giant and the Beanstalk a Sequel", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "Mechanical Dudley", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Three Moosketeers" Part 2.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 28

49. Inspector George Gently (2007–2017)
Episode: Gently with Class (2012)

TV-MA | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Gently and Bacchus experience the inflated authority of their "social betters" firsthand when a beautiful young girl is found dead in the passenger seat of an upturned car registered to local aristocrats.

Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Ebony Buckle, Nicholas Lumley, Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby

Votes: 479

50. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Red Dawn (2012)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A flashback to Patrick's first day with the CBI: he arrives to ask for evidence in the Red John investigation, and winds up helping the team solve the murder of a judge's son.

Director: Chris Long | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,777