Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-the-cotton-club"

1. Save the Tiger (1973)

R | 100 min | Drama

A disillusioned war veteran has two days to let go of his shaken morals if he wants his small fashion company to survive.

Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman, Norman Burton

Votes: 5,622 | Gross: $2.33M

2. The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)

R | 93 min | Documentary, Biography

Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans (the film shares the same name as Evans's famous 1994 autobiography).

Directors: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen | Stars: Robert Evans, Eddie Albert, Peter Bart, Charlie Bluhdorn

Votes: 7,980 | Gross: $1.43M

3. Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Jack Conway, George Cukor | Stars: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Leo Carrillo

Votes: 4,814

4. Miss Evers' Boys (1997 TV Movie)

PG | 118 min | Drama, War

The true story of the U.S. Government's 1932 Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer, Joe Morton

Votes: 1,413

5. The Road to Ruin (1934)

Passed | 62 min | Drama

A young girl gets involved with a crowd that smokes marijuana, drinks and has sex. She winds up an alcoholic, pregnant drug addict and is forced to get an abortion.

Directors: Dorothy Davenport, Melville Shyer | Stars: Helen Foster, Nell O'Day, Glen Boles, Robert Quirk

Votes: 349

6. Billie (2019)

Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Documentary on the famed jazz singer Billie Holiday.

Director: James Erskine | Stars: Linda Lipnack Kuehl, Billie Holiday, Sylvia Syms, Tony Bennett

Votes: 1,017

7. The Jesse Owens Story (1984 TV Movie)

174 min | Biography, Drama, History

This is the compelling story of Jesse Owens, a man who overcame racial barriers to become one of history's greatest Olympic athletes by disproving Adolf Hitler's theory of Aryan athletic superiority through his success in track and field.

Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Dorian Harewood, Georg Stanford Brown, Debbi Morgan, Barry Corbin

Votes: 279

8. The Big Broadcast (1932)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A radio-singer, Bing Crosby, is none-too-concerned about his job, and an affair with Mona leads to his dismissal. When it appears Hornsby is getting and paying a lot of attention to his ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Stuart Erwin, Bing Crosby, Leila Hyams, George Burns

Votes: 289

9. Fantasy Island (1977–1984)
Episode: Return to the Cotton Club/No Friends Like Old Friends (1983)

TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Charles Whelan wants to make it big at the Cotton Club but meets Linda Bell, another struggling performer. Doreen Murphy wants to impress her female college friends with material wealth but learns a lesson about human relations.

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Hervé Villechaize, Johnny Brown, J.D. Cannon

Votes: 54

10. The Twentieth Century (1957–1968)
Episode: New York in the Twenties (1961)

Documentary, History

Was there a more exciting place to be during The Roaring Twenties and Prohibition than in The Big Apple?

Stars: Fanny Brice, Enrico Caruso, Bobby Clark, Marc Connelly

11. The Irish Mob (2008–2016)
Episode: Owney Madden: Duke of the Westside/John 'Red' Hamilton and the Dillinger Gang (2008)

45 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Notorious gangsters Owner "Killer" Madden and John "Red" Hamilton, who led similar lives that ended quite differently.

Director: Dathaí Keane | Stars: Michael Walsh, T.J. English, John Beatty, William Kennedy

Votes: 9

12. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Young Man with a Horn (2008)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a finalist for a popular television amateur singing competition is killed, it sheds new light on a 50-year-old murder at what was the first integrated casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda

Votes: 735

13. The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness (2021)
Episode: The Ultimate Evil (2021)

TV-MA | 58 min | Documentary, Crime, History

New leads send Maury down a twisted path, investigating a web of cults. As a "satanic panic" grips the nation, he publishes a book.

Director: Joshua Zeman | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Maury Terry, Frank Anthony, David Berkowitz

Votes: 620

14. Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode: Killing Time (2010)

TV-14 | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Foyle goes head to head against the might of the US army when a local girl is found murdered and the finger of suspicion points to a black GI at the US military base.

Director: David Richards | Stars: John Sharian, Obi Abili, Gary Carr, Michael Kitchen

Votes: 590

15. House of Promises (2022–2023)
Episode: Herz und Kopf (2022)

46 min | Drama, Romance

Vicky becomes estranged from Harry, whose career takes a new direction.

Director: Sherry Hormann | Stars: Naemi Florez, Ludwig Simon, Alexander Scheer, Nina Kunzendorf

Votes: 25

16. White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode: Empire City (2013)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Neal and Peter investigate Mozzie's claims of taxi cab forgery and money laundering. Which leads to back to a jazz club owner.

Director: Tim DeKay | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason

Votes: 677

17. America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode: The Drug Wars (2013)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary

This episode uncovers the conspiracies behind America's 40-year drug campaign. Why does the U.S. Government classify marijuana and heroin as equally dangerous drugs, and will the move by ... See full summary »

Stars: Jonathan Adams, Darrell Issa, Jason Howerton, Michael Levine

Votes: 47