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

1. The Princess Diaries (2001)

G | 115 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Mia Thermopolis has just found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries to navigate through the rest of her sixteenth year.

Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo

Votes: 164,244 | Gross: $108.25M

2. Rush Hour (1998)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A loyal and dedicated Hong Kong Inspector teams up with a reckless and loudmouthed L.A.P.D. detective to rescue the Chinese Consul's kidnapped daughter, while trying to arrest a dangerous crime lord along the way.

Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Ken Leung, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 295,566 | Gross: $141.15M

3. Quantum of Solace (2008)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organisation from eliminating a country's most valuable resource.

Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench

Votes: 471,523 | Gross: $168.37M

4. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, returns from a spiritual quest to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the sacred animal of a tribe in Africa.

Director: Steve Oedekerk | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi

Votes: 234,013 | Gross: $108.39M

5. Safe House (2012)

R | 115 min | Action, Thriller

A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.

Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Patrick, Vera Farmiga

Votes: 235,984 | Gross: $126.37M

6. Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)

99 min | Adventure, Horror

A woman and her brother fly to New Guinea to look for a lost expedition, led by her husband, which has vanished in the jungle.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Claudio Cassinelli, Antonio Marsina

Votes: 4,728

7. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit

Votes: 189,212 | Gross: $147.25M

8. U.S. Marshals (1998)

PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard and his team of Marshals are assigned to track down Sheridan, who has been accused of a double-murder.

Director: Stuart Baird | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr., Joe Pantoliano

Votes: 113,599 | Gross: $57.17M

9. The Passenger (1975)

PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Thriller

Unable to find the war he's been asked to cover, a frustrated war correspondent takes the risky path of co-opting the identity of a dead arms-deal acquaintance.

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry

Votes: 26,262 | Gross: $0.62M

10. Three Colors: White (1994)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr

Votes: 79,811 | Gross: $1.46M

11. The Happy Hooker (1975)

R | 96 min | Biography, Comedy

In the first of three films on the life of Xaviera Hollander, the famous hooker from Holland traces her career as madam of the biggest and most profitable bordellos in New York.

Director: Nicholas Sgarro | Stars: Lynn Redgrave, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Lovelady Powell, Tom Poston

Votes: 876

12. The Protector (2005)

R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.

Director: Prachya Pinkaew | Stars: Tony Jaa, Nathan Jones, Xing Jin, Phetthai Vongkumlao

Votes: 39,043 | Gross: $11.91M

13. The Painted Veil (2006)

PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, Romance

Dr Walter gets married to the beautiful Kitty but soon finds out that she is cheating on him. Battling his way through problems, he heads to China to fight a dreaded disease spread in a small village.

Director: John Curran | Stars: Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Catherine An

Votes: 96,034 | Gross: $8.06M

14. Mountains of the Moon (1990)

R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, History

The legendary true-story of Capt. Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke's tumultuous expedition to find the source of the Nile river.

Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw

Votes: 4,265 | Gross: $4.01M

15. Forbidden Passage (1941)

Passed | 21 min | Short, Crime, Drama

This short film portrays the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to capture a ring of smugglers who prey on desperate immigrants waiting entry by convincing them they have influence with the Immigration Service if they just pay a fee.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Addison Richards, Wolfgang Zilzer, Hugh Beaumont, George Lessey

Votes: 303

16. Transit (I) (2018)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A man attempting to escape occupied France falls in love with the wife of a dead author whose identity he has assumed.

Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman

Votes: 11,894 | Gross: $0.82M

17. Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)

Approved | 102 min | Drama, Romance

Three American women working in Rome, Italy share a spacious apartment and the desire to find love and marriage. Each one experiences a few bumps in her journey to romance.

Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan

Votes: 3,774

18. State of Siege (1972)

Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber

Votes: 6,080 | Gross: $1.13M

19. Exterritorial

Action, Thriller | Post-production

When Special Forces soldier Sara visits the US consulate in Frankfurt with her young son, he suddenly disappears. Not only that, but no one seems to remember ever entering the building. ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Zübert | Stars: Jeanne Goursaud, Dougray Scott, Lera Abova, Kayode Akinyemi

20. Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)

Approved | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

In Europe at the start of World War II, a woman notices that wherever her husband goes, the Germans seem to follow. Meanwhile, a charming reporter is following them.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker

Votes: 3,271 | Gross: $0.86M

21. The Adventures of Tartu (1943)

Passed | 103 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

In 1940. Captain Terence Stevenson is with the British Army in the bomb disposal unit in London, his primary job is to defuse them. Despite having no experience as a spy, he is asked by his... See full summary »

Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Robert Donat, Valerie Hobson, Walter Rilla, Glynis Johns

Votes: 1,133

22. 49 (2023)

122 min | Action, Drama

It tells the story of MIT members who struggled to rescue 49 personnel taken prisoner in the Turkish Consulate after ISIS invaded Mosul on June 11, 2014.

Director: Hakan Inan | Stars: Ismail Hacioglu, Hande Dogandemir, Kerem Alisik, Dogukan Polat

Votes: 791

23. The Spanish Gardener (1956)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama

Rather undiplomatic British diplomat Harrington Brande (Sir Michael Hordern) takes up his new post in Spain accompanied by his son Nicholas (Jon Whiteley). The posting is something of a ... See full summary »

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Michael Hordern, Cyril Cusack

Votes: 1,033

24. Double Target (1987)

102 min | Action, Adventure, War

After several American and British military personnel are killed in suicide attacks throughout southeast Asia, the U.S. begins to suspect a plot by the Vietnam government. To uncover the ... See full summary »

Directors: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Donald Pleasence, Bo Svenson, Kristine Erlandson

Votes: 419

25. The Great Journey (2004)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance

Reda, a young French-Moroccan guy and his old father drive from the south of France to Mecca in order for the father to do his pilgrimage. At first distant, they gradually learn to know each other.

Director: Ismaël Ferroukhi | Stars: Nicolas Cazalé, Mohamed Majd, Jacky Nercessian, Ghina Ognianova

Votes: 2,573

26. They Were So Young (1954)

Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A model agency in Rio de Janeiro is actually a front for a white-slavery ring that kidnaps European women and sells them on the South American sex market.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Scott Brady, Johanna Matz, Raymond Burr, Ingrid Stenn

Votes: 234

27. Where There's Life (1947)

Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Thriller

The American son of an Eastern European monarch wounded in an assassination attempt becomes a target for a terrorist organization.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Bob Hope, Signe Hasso, William Bendix, George Coulouris

Votes: 515

28. Boston Quackie (1957)

7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Daffy Duck is an American agent in Paris assigned to guard the valuable secret contents of a briefcase. A man in a green hat steals the briefcase and leads Daffy on a chase aboard the Cloak and Dagger Express.

Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray

Votes: 356

29. The Swindlers (1959)

132 min | Drama, Romance

Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after loosing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police and later on he offers him a new job ... See full summary »

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Belinda Lee, Renato Salvatori, Nino Vingelli

Votes: 618

30. Brazil (I) (1944)

Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A songwriter struggles to produce another successful hit for the National Brazilian song contest.

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Livingston

Votes: 222

31. Café Metropole (1937)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In Paris, a young American is in debt to a nightclub owner who forces him to woo an heiress in hopes of reaping her fortune.

Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Loretta Young, Tyrone Power, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff

Votes: 709

32. Barricade (1939)

Approved | 71 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In China in the 1930s, a singer (Faye) and journalist (Baxter) meet on a train attacked by bandits.

Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Alice Faye, Warner Baxter, Charles Winninger, Arthur Treacher

Votes: 158

33. 7 jours pas plus (2017)

91 min | Comedy, Drama

The life of two men changed unexpectedly when Ajith, an Indian sailor who was robbed and lost everything, appears out of nowhere in front of Pierre, a single and grumpy Frenchman.

Director: Héctor Cabello Reyes | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Pitobash, Alexandra Lamy, Anne Girouard

Votes: 377

34. Manhattan Merengue! (1995)

R | 94 min | Drama, Romance

A young immigrant arrives to New York with the dream of dancing on Broadway.

Director: Joseph B. Vasquez | Stars: George Perez, Lumi Cavazos, Marco Leonardi, Alyson Reed

Votes: 45

35. You Are the One (2006)

115 min | Romance

Sally Malasmas applies for a US visa. There she meets the young and dashing vice-consul Will Derby with a wide, warm and inviting smile. Sally feels it's her lucky day! But Will thinks ... See full summary »

Director: Cathy Garcia-Sampana | Stars: Toni Gonzaga, Sam Milby, Jodi Sta. Maria, Susan Africa

Votes: 153

36. Konsul (1989)

104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

This film is based on the life of a swindler called Jack Silberstein who was active until the end of 1960s.

Director: Miroslaw Bork | Stars: Piotr Fronczewski, Maria Pakulnis, Krzysztof Zaleski, Jerzy Bonczak

Votes: 504

37. Pasport (1990)

103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A case of mistaken identity, by a switched Passport leaves a Georgian man stranded in Israel.

Director: Georgiy Daneliya | Stars: Gérard Darmon, Natalya Gundareva, Oleg Yankovskiy, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Votes: 1,220

38. Torpedoed (1937)

66 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Trouble is brewing in the banana republic of Bianco for both His Excellency, El Presidente, and the British Consul, Brant. Rebels, led by Diego De Costa, the trusted "Minister of the ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Robert Douglas, Richard Cromwell, Hazel Terry, H.B. Warner

Votes: 48

39. April One (1994)

Thriller

An emotionally troubled man named David takes a minister hostage. John, a police superintendent tries to negotiate with David's demands while fending off attempts by the Canadian Mounties to take over the situation and shoot David.

Director: Murray Battle | Stars: Stephen Shellen, Djanet Sears, David Strathairn, Gordon Clapp

Votes: 49

40. Wohin und zurück - Teil 1: An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr - Ferry oder Wie es war (1982 TV Movie)

109 min | Drama

After his father is murdered by the Nazis in 1938, a young Viennese Jew named Ferry Tobler flees to Prague, where he joins forces with another expatriate and a sympathetic Czech relief ... See full summary »

Director: Axel Corti | Stars: Johannes Silberschneider, Barbara Petritsch, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Georg Corten

Votes: 154

41. Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand (2002 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew interns at a museum featuring an exhibit on ancient Mayan culture while investigating the theft of a priceless artifact.

Director: Max Holechek | Stars: Lani Minella, Laurie Jerger, Jake Perrine, David S. Hogan

Votes: 89

42. Expendable (2012)

104 min | Documentary, Crime, News

How a government wilfully withheld vital evidence from a court of law, deceived its public, orchestrated an unprecedented media campaign, and ruthlessly deployed its organs of state against... See full summary »

Director: Kathy Manning

Votes: 33

43. Mazar Sharif (2015)

83 min | Drama, War

An Iranian diplomat who survived Taliban's attack on the Iranian consulate in Mazar E Sharif narrates his 19 days of hide and escape to reach Iran's borders.

Director: Abdolhassan Barzideh | Stars: Hosein Yari, Mahtab Keramati, Masoud Rayegan, Ammar Tafti Dehghan

Votes: 188

44. Due South (1994–1999)
Episode: Pilot (1994)

TV-PG | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

After the murder of his father in the Yukon, Fraser, a RCMP constable, follows the killer's tracks all the way to Chicago where he meets Ray, a Chicago PD detective. Together they continue their search for the truth and justice.

Director: Fred Gerber | Stars: Paul Gross, David Marciano, Wendel Meldrum, Chuck Shamata

Votes: 1,708

45. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
Episode: Legacy of Terror (1975)

TV-PG | 50 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Reporter Carl Kolchak investigates Chicago citizens having their hearts cut out by Aztecs.

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Ramon Bieri, Pippa Scott

Votes: 447

46. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
Episode: Blood Brothers (2003)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The investigation of the murders of 2 young models hit a sudden stop when the two perpetrators have diplomatic immunity from the US government.

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Khandi Alexander

Votes: 506

47. Passport to Danger (1954–1958)
Episode: Rome (1955)

Not Rated | 30 min | Adventure

While in Rome investigating the leaking of classified documents from the American Embassy, McQuinn stumbles upon a German counterfeiting plot.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Cesar Romero, Donna Martell, Carl Milletaire, David Kasday

Votes: 8

48. Passport to Danger (1954–1958)
Episode: Ankara (1958)

30 min | Adventure

On an airplane Steve meets two children traveling alone who refuse to give their last name. When their aunt fails to meet them at the airport, Steve takes pity on them and allows them to ... See full summary »

Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Cesar Romero, Gladys Holland, John Wengraf, Christopher Cook

Votes: 8

49. MI-5 (2002–2011)
Episode: One Last Dance (2002)

TV-14 | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Zoe is caught in the middle of a siege on the Turkish embassy, while Tessa is stunned and confused when she sees a man from her past.

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Jenny Agutter, Kae Bahar, Jeremy Bulloch, Fisun Burgess

Votes: 422

50. Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode: The Man Who Cried Wolf (1953)

30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

An attaché working at the Russian embassy in Mexico is about to be called home for becoming too friendly with the freedom-loving locals. In exchange for asylum, he frantically tries to ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Martin E. Brooks, Marian Winters, David J. Stewart, Logan Ramsey

Votes: 31