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

1. Victor and Victoria (1933)

84 min | Comedy, Musical

Aspiring singer Susanne takes over for ham actor Viktor at a small cabaret in Berlin where he works a woman impersonator and per chance she's discovered by an agent, who thinks that she ... See full summary »

Director: Reinhold Schünzel | Stars: Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig, Hilde Hildebrand, Friedel Pisetta

Votes: 590

2. The Mystery of Henri Pick (2019)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

An editor discovers a novel that she considers to be a masterpiece in a library whose particularity is to collect the manuscripts refused by publishers. The text is signed "Henri Pick", a Breton pizza-maker who died two years earlier.

Director: Rémi Bezançon | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Camille Cottin, Alice Isaaz, Bastien Bouillon

Votes: 4,788

3. Les grands ducs (1996)

85 min | Comedy

Three aging and failed comedians, Georges Cox, Victor Vialat and Eddie Carpentier, hit the road again with a lousy production of a lousy play, of course under the worst possible conditions.

Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Catherine Jacob

Votes: 1,079

4. Sushi in Suhl (2012)

100 min | Comedy, Drama

One evening in the mid-sixties, Rolf Anschütz, a chef who runs a small restaurant in a town called Suhl in the middle of the East German province of Thuringen offers his guests a unique and... See full summary »

Director: Carsten Fiebeler | Stars: Uwe Steimle, Julia Richter, Ina Paule Klink, Gen Seto

Votes: 410

5. Ci troviamo in galleria (1953)

91 min | Musical, Comedy

Ignazio Panizza goes from one failure to the other until he meets a singer, Caterina, provided with an exceptional voice.

Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Carlo Dapporto, Nilla Pizzi, Mario Carotenuto, Gianni Cavalieri

Votes: 182

6. Commentary (2010)

38 min | Short, Drama

A film director gathers together those he worked on a film with a year earlier. The film has proved to be an unexpected hit and they must reunite to record a cast and crew commentary for the DVD. Prepare for a clash of egos.

Director: Mark Tuit | Stars: Andrew Colin Bennett, Mandi Derry, Sean Pogue, Christopher Kim Sing

7. Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode: The Grass Arena (1991)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama

The Grass Arena is a biopic based on the autobiography of John Healy. Raised in an ultra religious family, with an abusive father, young Johnny soon learns that he has to learn to defend ... See full summary »

Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Mark Rylance, Pete Postlethwaite, Lynsey Baxter, Marian McLoughlin

Votes: 123

8. Science! (2019)
Episode: Suggestion Day (2019)

Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

Once a year Quantum Industries votes on suggestions from the rest of the staff much to Linda's dismay.

Director: Neal Holman | Stars: Cree Summer, Betsy Sodaro, Jeremy Bent, Hollie Harper