Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "past-catching-up"

1. Chasing Amy (1997)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Ethan Suplee, Scott Mosier

Votes: 144,014 | Gross: $12.02M

2. Tetro (2009)

R | 127 min | Drama

Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdú, Silvia Pérez

Votes: 13,685 | Gross: $0.52M

3. Broken Flowers (2005)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

As the extremely withdrawn Don Johnston is dumped by his latest woman, he receives an anonymous letter from a former lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor moves Don to embark on a cross-country search for his old flames in search of answers.

Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Julie Delpy

Votes: 106,972 | Gross: $13.74M

4. Death and the Maiden (1994)

R | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson, Krystia Mova

Votes: 26,901 | Gross: $2.10M

5. Orphan (2016)

111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young woman moves to Paris with a disastrous past. When she becomes a woman and thinks she's finally free from her past's shadows, some characters show up and she gets the chance to become a unique heroine.

Director: Arnaud des Pallières | Stars: Adèle Haenel, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Solène Rigot, Vega Cuzytek

Votes: 1,369

6. Meet the Blacks (2016)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Horror

As Carl Black gets the opportunity to move his family out of Chicago in hope of a better life, their arrival in Beverly Hills is timed with that city's annual purge, where all crime is legal for twelve hours.

Director: Deon Taylor | Stars: Mike Epps, Zulay Henao, Alex Henderson, Bresha Webb

Votes: 37,906 | Gross: $9.09M

7. Tabu (I) (2012)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Romance

A restless retired woman teams up with her deceased neighbor's maid to seek out a man who has a secret connection to her past life as a farm owner at the foothill of Mount Tabu in Africa.

Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: Telmo Churro, Miguel Gomes, Hortêncílio Aquina, Américo Mota

Votes: 7,459

8. A Kid (2016)

98 min | Drama

Mathieu has never known his father. His mother has always told him he was the fruit of a one-night-stand. One morning, in his Parisian flat, he receives a call from Quebec telling him his ... See full summary »

Director: Philippe Lioret | Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Gabriel Arcand, Catherine De Léan, Marie-Thérèse Fortin

Votes: 1,935

9. Sarah's Key (2010)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, War

In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in 1942.

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup, Frédéric Pierrot

Votes: 17,946 | Gross: $7.69M

10. Sleeping Dogs Lie (I) (2006)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A recently engaged woman's life is thrown into turmoil after confessing to her fiancé that she once experimented with bestiality.

Director: Bobcat Goldthwait | Stars: Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson, Brian Posehn, Geoff Pierson

Votes: 3,495 | Gross: $0.01M

11. On a Magical Night (2019)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy

After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave. She moves to the room 212 of the hotel opposite her marital home. From there, Maria can scrutinize her apartment, her husband, her wedding. She wonders if she has made the right decision.

Director: Christophe Honoré | Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Benjamin Biolay, Vincent Lacoste, Kolia Abiteboul

Votes: 2,375

12. Looking for Eric (2009)

Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Steve Evets, Eric Cantona, Stephanie Bishop, Gerard Kearns

Votes: 18,003 | Gross: $0.06M

13. The Woman Next Door (1981)

R | 106 min | Drama, Romance

Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin, Michèle Baumgartner

Votes: 8,866

14. Lord Jim (1965)

Not Rated | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curd Jürgens, Eli Wallach

Votes: 4,272

15. Sister, Sister (1987)

R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Two sisters turn their family mansion in Louisiana into a guest house. One of their guests is an aide to a congressman, and turns their lives inside out.

Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judith Ivey, Dennis Lipscomb

Votes: 1,401 | Gross: $0.74M

16. Three Days and a Life (2019)

120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Christmas 1999, in a peaceful little village in the Ardennes. The life of a young boy named Antoine will soon be devastated by three tragic events : the death of a dog, the vanishing of a child, and a big ravaging storm.

Director: Nicolas Boukhrief | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Pablo Pauly, Charles Berling, Philippe Torreton

Votes: 2,016

17. The Silent Forest (2022)

100 min | Crime, Drama, History

Anja Grimm returns to the remote forest area where her father disappeared without a trace when she was eight years old. Her sudden appearance triggers a brutal murder. Disturbances in the ... See full summary »

Director: Saralisa Volm | Stars: Henriette Confurius, Noah Saavedra, August Zirner, Robert Stadlober

Votes: 599

18. The Keyhole (1933)

Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A woman (Kay Francis) with two husbands (Monroe Owsley, Henry Kolker) tries to divorce one of them by heading down to Havana where things get more complicated.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Kay Francis, George Brent, Glenda Farrell, Monroe Owsley

Votes: 697

19. The Mind Reader (1933)

Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Con-man Chandler and his partner Frank decide to start a clairvoyant act. Chandler falls for Sylvia, one of their marks, but their relationship is challenged when his deception impacts others' lives and Sylvia urges him to reform.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Warren William, Constance Cummings, Allen Jenkins, Natalie Moorhead

Votes: 620

20. Muriel (1963)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama

In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélène, an antique furniture saleswoman, her stepson Bernard, and her former lover Alphonse.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Nita Klein, Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée

Votes: 3,758

21. The Flower of Evil (2003)

R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller

Three generations of a wealthy Bordeaux family are caught in the crossfire when Anne decides to run for mayor, thanks to a political pamphlet that revives an old murder scandal.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Benoît Magimel, Suzanne Flon, Mélanie Doutey

Votes: 3,588 | Gross: $0.18M

22. Dawn Patrol (III) (2014)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Thriller

A surfer-turned-Marine held at gunpoint in a distant desert tells his tragic story of revenge gone wrong to stall his execution.

Director: Daniel Petrie Jr. | Stars: Scott Eastwood, Rita Wilson, Kim Matula, Chris Brochu

Votes: 855

23. A View of Love (2010)

107 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Happily married with a daughter, Marc is a successful real estate agent in Aix-en-Provence. One day, he has an appointment with a woman to view a traditional country house. A few hours ... See full summary »

Director: Nicole Garcia | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Marie-Josée Croze, Toni Servillo, Sandrine Kiberlain

Votes: 1,784

24. Bringing Up Bobby (2011)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy

A con artist moves her son to a conservative neighborhood in Oklahoma in an effort to build a better future, but it doesn't take long for her past to catch up with her, and for her son's behavior to cause problems of its own.

Director: Famke Janssen | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman, Marcia Cross, Spencer List

Votes: 2,049 | Gross: $0.00M

25. Murder in Batz (2015 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Manon cleans-up crime scenes to fund her medical studies. One day she is sent to an island in Brittany where an unknown stranger was killed in an abandoned and reputedly haunted house. The island's first murder in a century.

Director: Edwin Baily | Stars: Stéphane Freiss, Flore Bonaventura, François Marthouret, Sophie Le Tellier

Votes: 260

26. In the Beginning (2009)

130 min | Crime, Drama

France, present day. A professional conman passes himself off as the boss of a construction site building a highway extension. He cons the whole region, hires dozens of workers and ... See full summary »

Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos, Gérard Depardieu, Soko

Votes: 2,617

27. A Son (2019)

95 min | Drama

11 year old Aziz needs a liver transplant after being seriously injured during a terrorist ambush while on holiday in 2011. At the hospital a family secret will be revealed.

Director: Mehdi Barsaoui | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Najla Ben Abdallah, Youssef Khemiri, Noomen Hamda

Votes: 1,285

28. The Legend of Rita (2000)

103 min | Drama, History, Romance

The riveting true story of Rita Vogt, a 1970s West German terrorist who escapes to the East with the help of the Stasi. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, until it unavoidably happens after the German re-unification.

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Bibiana Beglau, Richard Kropf, Martin Wuttke, Nadja Uhl

Votes: 2,473 | Gross: $0.67M

29. Indiscreet (1931)

Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Ben Lyon, Monroe Owsley, Barbara Kent

Votes: 1,553

30. Around a Small Mountain (2009)

Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama

Vittorio stops and helps Kate when her car breaks down on a mountain road. Later they meet again, and Vittorio discovers that Kate is part of a circus that she has just returned to after ... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Jane Birkin, Sergio Castellitto, André Marcon, Jacques Bonnaffé

Votes: 772 | Gross: $0.03M

31. Mark of an Angel (2008)

95 min | Drama

Elsa, a woman with a long history of depression, in the midst of a divorce from her husband of twelve years, develops an obsession with a seven year old girl she sees at a birthday party ... See full summary »

Director: Safy Nebbou | Stars: Catherine Frot, Sandrine Bonnaire, Wladimir Yordanoff, Antoine Chappey

Votes: 906

32. At the Top of the Stairs (1983)

92 min | Drama

Suzanne's husband was a collaborator during WW2 and he was denounced by his own family at the Liberation ,a family who took advantage of him during the occupation.

Director: Paul Vecchiali | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Hélène Surgère, Françoise Lebrun, Nicolas Silberg

Votes: 115

33. Melancholia (1989)

87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Art critic Keller was once part of a far-left radical group. They contact him again 10 years later and ask him to assassinate a Chilean doctor and war criminal, who's visiting London, but Keller has lost his ideals and feels conflicted.

Director: Andi Engel | Stars: Jeroen Krabbé, Susannah York, Ulrich Wildgruber, Jane Gurnett

Votes: 142

34. Adriana's Pact (2017)

96 min | Documentary

An astonishing documentary about a woman who is looking about her aunt past during Pinochet's period in Chile.

Director: Lissette Orozco | Stars: Adriana Rivas, Lissette Orozco

Votes: 243

35. Strange Birds (2017)

70 min | Comedy, Drama

This French drama/comedy follows the development of a unique friendship between a young French woman and an old, cynical librarian.

Director: Élise Girard | Stars: Lolita Chammah, Jean Sorel, Virginie Ledoyen, Pascal Cervo

Votes: 320

36. Abus de confiance (1937)

88 min | Drama, Romance

Imposture helps an orphan girl become a lawyer.

Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Charles Vanel, Yvette Lebon, Pierre Mingand

Votes: 171

37. Un revenant (1946)

100 min | Drama

A ballet producer returns to his native town and schemes to avenge himself on the family who tried to murder him 20 years before.

Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Louis Jouvet, Gaby Morlay, François Périer, Jean Brochard

Votes: 289

38. Tempesta su Parigi (1948)

92 min | Drama

The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between Cosette and radical student Marius, a blackmailing attempt by suspicious innkeeper Thenardier, and a climax on the barricades of Paris.

Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Gino Cervi, Valentina Cortese, Hans Hinrich, Aldo Nicodemi

Votes: 80

39. Härte 10 (1974– )

431 min | Thriller, Crime, Action

There is only one substance on earth with a hardness of 10: diamonds. The brutal business of finding the rough stones is at least as tough, and the creators of this series have knitted a ... See full summary »

Stars: Olga Georges-Picot, Wolfgang Kieling, Arthur Brauss, Maria Grazia Marescalchi

Votes: 44

40. My Father Was Right (1936)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy

After being left for another man by his wife, Charles Bellanger raises his only son to fear and suspect women. Years later, such an education is bearing fruit.

Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Gaston Dubosc, Serge Grave, Paul Bernard

Votes: 373

41. Bethsabée (1947)

97 min | Drama

Arabella, a beautiful woman with a turbulent past, joins her lover, Captain Dubreuil, in a remote place of Morocco. Another officer, Captain Sommerville, who happens to be her former lover,... See full summary »

Director: Léonide Moguy | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Georges Marchal, Jean Murat, Paul Meurisse

Votes: 46

42. Noix de coco (1939)

80 min | Comedy, Drama

A small town gentleman learns that his prim and proper wife was once a showgirl, and that, even worse, he had enjoyed a one night stand with her in the Orient.

Director: Jean Boyer | Stars: Raimu, Marie Bell, Michel Simon, Gilbert Gil

Votes: 51

43. Queen of Diamonds (1976)

R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A beautiful woman with a passion for diamonds is a key figure in a large diamond smuggling operation. She is shocked and disillusioned when she discovers the source of his husband's wealth to be his illegitimate dealings.

Director: Raymond R. Homer | Stars: Olga Georges-Picot, Arthur Brauss, Wolfgang Kieling, Horst Janson

44. Mr Paul (2016 TV Movie)

92 min | Crime, Drama, History

It's 1972 and reporter Franck Jourdan is getting obsessed in an investigation to bring Paul Touvier to trial for crimes against humanity. During his quest, Jourdan discovers how Touvier remained hidden from the authorities all those years.

Director: Olivier Schatzky | Stars: Laurent Gerra, François Morel, Hélène Alexandridis, Madalina Constantin

Votes: 45

45. L'assaut (1936)

73 min | Drama

Alexandre Mérital, the leader of a political party, finds himself under attack from Frépeau, one of his opponents. The latter has indeed discovered that Mérital committed a theft in his ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre-Jean Ducis | Stars: Charles Vanel, Alice Field, André Alerme, Madeleine Robinson

Votes: 39

46. 26 Men (1957–1959)
Episode: Glory Road (1958)

26 min | Western

A preacher with a past is blackmailed into helping a murderer escape from jail.

Director: Reg Browne | Stars: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson, Don Haggerty, Eve Brent

47. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: Battlefield: Part One (1989)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Knights from a parallel universe arrive on Earth to find the legendary sword Excalibur. Only the Doctor and Ace with the assistance of Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart can save the Earth from total catastrophe.

Director: Michael Kerrigan | Stars: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Jean Marsh, Nicholas Courtney

Votes: 604

48. Hotel (1983–1988)
Episode: Charades (1983)

Drama, Romance

An Israeli minister is believed to be the target of an assassin. Dave lets everybody know that a well-known hotel critic is staying at the hotel. A woman insists on staying in the room where her husband died 10 years ago.

Director: Jerome Courtland | Stars: James Brolin, Connie Sellecca, Shea Farrell, Nathan Cook

Votes: 39

49. Sword of Freedom (1957– )
Episode: Angelica's Past (1957)

25 min | Adventure, Family

The thief who taught Angelica to be a pickpocket returns to Florence and insists his former apprentice return to a life of crime.

Director: Coby Ruskin | Stars: Edmund Purdom, Adrienne Corri, Roger Delgado, Richard Wordsworth

50. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
Episode: Episode #1.130 (1966)

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

Mrs. Johnson goes to the Collinsport Inn to visit Burke Devlin to let him know Laura Collins arrived in town. Laura reveals that she has come back for David, who has a nightmare about his mother.

Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Joan Bennett, Mitchell Ryan, Louis Edmonds, Clarice Blackburn

Votes: 65