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

1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

PG | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Charlie, a young boy from an impoverished family, and four other kids win a tour of an amazing chocolate factory run by an imaginative chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and his staff of Oompa-Loompas.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter

Votes: 529,617 | Gross: $206.46M

2. Videodrome (1983)

R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky

Votes: 103,098 | Gross: $2.12M

3. Meet the Robinsons (2007)

G | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Lewis is a brilliant inventor who meets mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson, whisking Lewis away in a time machine and together they team up to track down Bowler Hat Guy in a showdown that ends with an unexpected twist of fate.

Director: Stephen J. Anderson | Stars: Daniel Hansen, Wesley Singerman, Angela Bassett, Jordan Fry

Votes: 111,487 | Gross: $97.82M

4. Being There (1979)

PG | 130 min | Comedy, Drama

After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden

Votes: 77,711 | Gross: $30.18M

5. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

R | 139 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

An alien must pose as a human to save his dying planet, but a woman and greed of other men create complications.

Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry

Votes: 28,687 | Gross: $0.10M

6. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

PG-13 | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Our intrepid adolescent heroes wake up to find their beloved television stolen, and embark on an epic journey across America to recover it, and, who knows, maybe even score.

Directors: Mike Judge, Mike de Seve, Brian Mulroney, Yvette Kaplan | Stars: Mike Judge, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Cloris Leachman

Votes: 60,495 | Gross: $63.12M

7. Stay Tuned (1992)

PG | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

A husband and wife are sucked into a hellish television set and must survive the gauntlet of twisted versions of shows in which they find themselves.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: John Ritter, Pam Dawber, Jeffrey Jones, David Tom

Votes: 14,232 | Gross: $10.74M

8. Static (1985)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

An eccentric and possibly brilliant young man, troubled by the death of his parents, claims to be readying a world-changing invention.

Director: Mark Romanek | Stars: Keith Gordon, Amanda Plummer, Bob Gunton, Barton Heyman

Votes: 737

9. La grande lessive (!) (1968)

95 min | Comedy

An addiction is spreading in Paris: Television. Literature teacher Saint-Just is confronted by overtired pupils who can no longer keep their eyes open from all the TV. He and a colleague set out on a mission to save the pupils from the TV.

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Roland Dubillard, Jean Tissier

Votes: 450

10. Free Rainer (2007)

130 min | Comedy, Drama

Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution.

Director: Hans Weingartner | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Elsa Sophie Gambard, Milan Peschel, Gregor Bloéb

Votes: 4,682

11. Beyond Our Control (1968–1986)

Comedy, Music

"Beyond Our Control" was an Indiana sketch comedy show created and produced by local teenagers.

Stars: David Akins, Ellen Akins, Peter Akins, Joseph Aleo

Votes: 30

12. Terminal City Ricochet (1990)

107 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Welcome to Terminal City, a decaying world where the citizens wallow amidst a mind-boggling profusion of discarded consumer goods; a ruthless world where television is exploited to its ... See full summary »

Director: Zale Dalen | Stars: Peter Breck, Germain Houde, Jello Biafra, Mark Bennett

Votes: 178

13. Marilyn Manson: I Don't Like the Drugs, But the Drugs Like Me (1999 Music Video)

5 min | Music

The music video for "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" was directed by Paul Hunter, who had previously directed the video for "The Dope Show". The video features constant ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Hunter | Stars: Ginger Fish, Madonna Wayne Gacy, Marilyn Manson, Jeordie White

Votes: 191

14. Topsy TV (1957)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

John Doormat forgoes sleep in order to spend every possible minute in front of the television set, but his overbearing wife is determined to tear him away from it.

Directors: Connie Rasinski, Gene Deitch | Star: Lionel Wilson

Votes: 28

15. Amplifier (2001)

21 min | Short, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In the future, a shared addiction to televisual technology haunts the lives of new mother Miranda, and twenty-five years later, her grown daughter, Jane. A government agent, The Collector, tries to end it, one way or the other.

Director: Glenn Forbes | Stars: Chris Allen, Gabe Bettio, Miriam Erlichman, Rhoda Kopstein

Votes: 104

16. Michael Mittermeier: Zapped! (1999 Video)

112 min | Documentary, Comedy

Video album by German comedian Michael Mittermeier who takes the audience to a trip down memory lane through his childhood and youth where he was mainly raised by Batman, Hans Meiser and John Wayne in front of the television.

Directors: Thomas Hermanns, Michael Mittermeier, Utz Weber | Star: Michael Mittermeier

Votes: 225

17. T.V. Fuddlehead (1959)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

T.V. Fuddlehead is a television fan. He watches the early-shows, the late late-shows and the in-between-shows. He buys all the products advertised on the commercials. He wins a huge home ... See full summary »

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Mae Questel, Jackson Beck

Votes: 13

18. 8848 (2014)

29 min | Short, Drama

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Director: Giorgi Korkashvili | Stars: Lydia Dykier, Markus Egger

Votes: 9

19. Jack, His TV and the End of the World (2004)

17 min | Comedy, Short, Sci-Fi

As his job as a line drawer at LINE corp. and his peculiar routine suggest, Jack has a fragile equilibrium that he hopes will sustain him until his early death from black lung. But what ... See full summary »

Directors: William T. Iversen, Ove Helleren | Stars: Tomas Liska, Brian Caspe, Bill Appleman, Pavel Kocí

20. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: The TV Addict (1976)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Fred's lifestyle of too much TV and too little exercise has Lamont concerned for his father's health, so Fred undergoes hypnotism to break his addiction to television.

Director: Mark Warren | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Howard Platt

Votes: 123

21. Corner Gas (2004–2009)
Episode: TV Free Dog River (2009)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

The town tries to beat Wullerton in Turn Off the TV Week; while Brent distracts himself by watching Hank and Wanda fight, Oscar helps Dog Riverites sneak- watch TV.

Director: David Storey | Stars: Brent Butt, Gabrielle Miller, Fred Ewanuick, Eric Peterson

Votes: 121

22. The Puzzle Place (1994–1998)
Episode: Spud Buds (1995)

TV-Y | Family

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Stars: Alice Dinnean, Peter Linz, Noel MacNeal, Jim Martin

23. Shining Time Station (1989–1993)
Episode: Mr. Conductor Gets Left Out (1993)

TV-G | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The kids watch too much television and forget about participating in outdoor activities such as attending baseball games, canoe rides, and visiting a zoological park.

Directors: Wayne Moss, Frank Vitale | Stars: George Carlin, Didi Conn, Tom Jackson, Ari Magder

24. Sesame Street (1969– )
Episode: Telly's Debut (1979)

TV-Y | 55 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Today, someone new comes to Sesame Street: Telly Monster, a furry, pink creature with swirly eyes and an antennae coming out of his head. He is always glued to television and can never seem to think of anything but.

Stars: Northern Calloway, Judy Collins, Emilio Delgado, Jim Henson

Votes: 21

25. Faithful Word Baptist Church (2007– )
Episode: Baptist Sermon on Addictions (2008)

10 min | Reality-TV

Pastor Anderson preaches on addictions.

Director: Steven L. Anderson | Star: Steven L. Anderson

26. CollegeHumor Originals (2006–2023)
Episode: You Have GOT to Try Heroin (2014)

TV-MA | 2 min | Comedy

It's more addictive than Game of Thrones.

Director: Gregory Stees | Stars: Emily Axford, Adam Conover, Brian Murphy, Mike Trapp