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

1. Battlefield Earth (2000)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

It's the year 3000 A.D., and the Earth is lost to the alien race of Psychlos. Humanity is enslaved by these gold-thirsty tyrants, who are unaware that their 'man-animals' are about to ignite the rebellion of a lifetime.

Director: Roger Christian | Stars: John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Barry Pepper, Kim Coates

Votes: 83,129 | Gross: $21.47M

2. Rope (1948)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Dick Hogan

Votes: 153,835

3. Five Easy Pieces (1970)

R | 98 min | Drama

A dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.

Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg

Votes: 40,584 | Gross: $19.40M

4. 3 from Hell (2019)

R | 115 min | Action, Horror

After barely surviving prison, the demented Firefly clan go on the run, unleashing a whole new wave of murder, madness and mayhem.

Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Jeff Daniel Phillips

Votes: 17,943

5. Brüno (2009)

R | 81 min | Comedy

Flamboyant, gay Austrian Brüno looks for new fame in America.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Bañagale, Chibundu Orukwowu

Votes: 153,924 | Gross: $60.05M

6. The White Ribbon (2009)

R | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?

Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur

Votes: 77,699 | Gross: $2.22M

7. Contempt (1963)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance

A French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli, Giorgia Moll

Votes: 36,064 | Gross: $0.04M

8. In the House (2012)

R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A high school French teacher is drawn into a precocious student's increasingly transgressive story about his relationship with a friend's family.

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Schmitt, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 34,329 | Gross: $0.35M

9. Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)

PG | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

A prepubescent chess prodigy is encouraged to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Ben Kingsley, Max Pomeranc, Joan Allen

Votes: 42,426 | Gross: $7.27M

10. Winter Sleep (2014)

Not Rated | 196 min | Drama

A hotel owner and landlord in a remote Turkish village deals with conflicts within his family and a tenant behind on his rent.

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbag, Ayberk Pekcan

Votes: 55,619 | Gross: $0.17M

11. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Approved | 96 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner

Votes: 35,732

12. ...And God Created Woman (1956)

Approved | 90 min | Drama, Romance

In sunny St. Tropez, a young woman loves one brother but marries the other.

Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jürgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jane Marken

Votes: 9,383 | Gross: $2.00M

13. Posse (1975)

PG | 92 min | Western

An unscrupulous politico marshal and his deputies chase a gang of train robbers whose leader proves that every man has his price.

Director: Kirk Douglas | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins, James Stacy

Votes: 2,451 | Gross: $0.21M

14. Happy End (2017)

R | 107 min | Drama

A well-to-do French family deals with a series of setbacks and crises.

Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Fantine Harduin

Votes: 16,950 | Gross: $0.30M

15. Faces (I) (1968)

R | 130 min | Drama

A middle-aged man leaves his wife for another woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner. The film follows their struggles to find love amongst each other.

Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel

Votes: 11,667

16. The Silence (1963)

R | 96 min | Drama

Two estranged sisters, Ester and Anna, and Anna's 10-year-old son travel to the Central European country on the verge of war. Ester becomes seriously ill and the three of them move into a hotel in a small town called Timoka.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Birger Malmsten, Håkan Jahnberg

Votes: 21,347

17. I Killed My Mother (2009)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance

A semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.

Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Anne Dorval, Xavier Dolan, François Arnaud, Suzanne Clément

Votes: 31,425

18. I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too (2023)

TV-14 | Animation, Action, Adventure

A boy who's been brutally bullied all his life discovers a door to another world, which grants him access to cheat skills and opportunities to live a better life.

Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Lee George, Akari Kitô, Kaori Maeda

Votes: 2,162

19. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

Approved | 85 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, Alan Marshal

Votes: 7,472

20. Deliver Us from Evil (2006)

Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Crime

Documentary about Father Oliver O'Grady, a Catholic priest who was relocated to various parishes around the United States during the 1970s in an attempt by the Catholic Church to cover up his rape of dozens of children.

Director: Amy Berg | Stars: Oliver O'Grady, Thomas Doyle, Adam, Jeff Anderson

Votes: 10,835 | Gross: $30.58M

21. The Talk of the Town (1942)

Approved | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An escaped prisoner has to prove his innocence to a stuffy law professor with the help of a spirited school teacher.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Edgar Buchanan

Votes: 9,135

22. The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Two fishermen pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.

Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay

Votes: 10,535

23. The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)

64 min | Biography, Drama, History

A Joan of Arc's trial reconstruction concerning her imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English. Filmed in a spare, low-key fashion.

Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Florence Delay, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat, Marc Jacquier

Votes: 5,975

24. Fear and Trembling (2003)

Unrated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama

A Belgian woman looks back on her year at a Japanese corporation in Tokyo in 1990. She is Amélie, born in Japan, living there until age 5. After college graduation, she returns with a ... See full summary »

Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Tarô Suwa, Bison Katayama

Votes: 4,812

25. I amartia tis omorfias (1972)

94 min | Drama

Behind his mother's back, the heir of her shipping business empire gets married to the poor winner of a beauty pageant. As contempt turns into animosity, a shocking revelation tests the familial bonds. Will things ever be the same again?

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Betty Livanou, Nikos Galanos, Tasso Kavadia, Lefteris Vournas

Votes: 92

26. Chicago 10 (2007)

R | 110 min | Documentary, Animation, History

Archival footage, animation, and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Director: Brett Morgen | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Nick Nolte, Roy Scheider, Hank Azaria

Votes: 1,429 | Gross: $0.18M

27. The Big Street (1942)

Passed | 88 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A busboy in unrequited love with a nightclub performer grows closer to her after she is paralyzed in an attack by her gangster boyfriend.

Director: Irving Reis | Stars: Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Barton MacLane, Eugene Pallette

Votes: 1,663

28. You've Been Trumped (2011)

Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary

In this David and Goliath story for the 21st century, a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on celebrity tycoon Donald Trump as he buys up one of Scotland's last wilderness areas to build a golf resort.

Director: Anthony Baxter | Stars: Michael Forbes, Donald Trump, Anthony Baxter, Kevin Brown

Votes: 2,310 | Gross: $0.03M

29. Notes from Underground (1995)

88 min | Drama

Society will always present problems--we can look for the best outcome within our beliefs.

Director: Gary Walkow | Stars: Henry Czerny, Seth Green, Sheryl Lee, Vic Polizos

Votes: 455

30. My Worst Nightmare (2011)

Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Through their befriended sons, an icy uptight Parisian art dealer and a fun-loving Belgian blue-collar man living out of his van, cross paths in an unlikely way.

Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Poelvoorde, André Dussollier, Virginie Efira

Votes: 3,182 | Gross: $0.02M

31. The Other (1999)

105 min | Drama, Romance

Egyptian director Youssef Chahine exposes the links between power and fanaticism and denounces intolerance in this bitter portrait of the Egyptian business world, where unconditional drive ... See full summary »

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Hanan Turk, Hani Salama, Nabila Ebeid, Mahmoud Hemida

Votes: 1,084

32. Mekk Elek az ezermester (1980)

8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The misadventures of a handyman goat.

Stars: Péter Balázs, Gyula Bodrogi, Ági Margitai, János Horkay

Votes: 562

33. The Shanghai Story (1954)

Approved | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In post-WW2 Shanghai, expatriate Westerners are detained in the Waldorf Hotel until the Communists can identify a suspected spy among them but some prisoners try to outwit the interrogators and the armed guards and flee.

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Ruth Roman, Edmond O'Brien, Richard Jaeckel, Barry Kelley

Votes: 204

34. The Greedy (1967)

100 min | Comedy

The story of a greedy man with a larger-than-life appetite for more, more, more.

Director: Dimis Dadiras | Stars: Giannis Gionakis, Maro Kodou, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Mary Lalopoulou

Votes: 180

35. The Lame Devil (1948)

125 min | Biography, Drama, History

From the late 18th thru the early 19th century Talleyrand, known for his skill at compromise, serves 6 regimes.A George Arliss style vehicle gave Guitry, accused of opportunism during the Occupation, a chance to defend himself.

Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Lana Marconi, Émile Drain, Henry Laverne

Votes: 289

36. Walking, Walking (1983)

171 min | Drama, History

The assuming of responsibility by individuals, the use of science for man and not against him, the duty of truth to increase the stature of people, all together: these are the important ... See full summary »

Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Alberto Fumagalli, Antonio Cucciarrè, Eligio Martellucci, Renzo Samminiatesi

Votes: 159

37. Verhängnis (1994)

80 min | Drama

The paths of people from various countries cross during the course of one night.

Director: Fred Kelemen | Stars: Valerij Fedorenko, Marc Ottiker, Sanja Spengler, Eddi Zacharias

Votes: 105

38. Skull and Crown (1935)

Approved | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Rin-Tin-Tin brings the killer of his mistress to justice.

Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Rin Tin Tin Jr., Regis Toomey, Jack Mulhall, Molly O'Day

Votes: 112

39. Imposztorok (1969)

104 min | Drama, History

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Director: Félix Máriássy | Stars: Nándor Tomanek, Péter Huszti, István Iglódi, Margit Bara

Votes: 27

40. Let Me Buy You a Drink (2019)

98 min | Comedy

Christian is a dreamer who cannot find his place in this world; for the past 10 years he's been living in London, a city of a million opportunities, and training to become a professional in... See full summary »

Director: Ilaria Gambarelli | Stars: Beatrice D'Andrea, Ottavia De Rege, Ernesto Garibotto, Ilaria Gelmi

Votes: 489

41. Salah (I) (2021)

2 min | Short, Comedy

Pierre and Salah, from opposing social backgrounds, play a game of chess. Only, certain injustices will have repercussions on the game.

Directors: Maxime Sibué, Eliot Vincent | Stars: Eliot Vincent, Luca Colucci, Aliette Dussine, Cricknowle

42. The Villa with the Water Lilies (1945)

95 min | Drama, Romance

An affluent Athenian belle arrives at a quiet village with her ailing brother, only to find herself entangled in the unwelcome romantic advances of the village's handsome doctor. Can love bloom in the elegant villa with the water lilies?

Director: Dimitris Ioannopoulos | Stars: Dimitris Myrat, Ketty Panou, Alekos Livaditis, Hrysoula Myrat

Votes: 11

43. Unseen Forces (1920)

Passed | 65 min | Drama

As children, Clyde meets Miriam, and seem to fall in love, but when they get older, a misunderstanding prevents their marrying, and he instead takes Winifred, a social climber, resulting in... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Sylvia Breamer, Rosemary Theby, Conrad Nagel, Robert Cain

Votes: 45

44. Spin (1995)

57 min | Documentary

Pirated satellite feeds revealing U. S. media personalities' contempt for their viewers.

Director: Brian Springer | Stars: Larry Agran, Jim Bakker, Bill Beutel, Tom Brokaw

Votes: 523

45. The Decoy (1964)

92 min | Drama

After an accident, an honest steelworker finds himself entangled in an unforeseen love affair with the plant owner. Has he sold his ideals for the sake of profit? Will the prisoners of passion face the grave consequences of their actions?

Director: Kostas Andritsos | Stars: Giorgos Foundas, Maro Kodou, Giorgos Moutsios, Takis Emmanuel

Votes: 35

46. Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale (2005 Video)

Not Rated | 10 min | Documentary, Short

Davis famously didn't want Flynn as her co-star, as she considered him unprofessional.

Stars: Lincoln Hurst, Rudy Behlmer, Bob Thomas, Nanette Fabray

Votes: 160

47. Lucky Day (2019)

6 min | Short, Comedy

The ordinary day of Antoine Miller, a dynamic young man, who does not allow himself to be defeated by the vagaries of his existence.

Director: Eddy Juillerat | Stars: Luca Colucci, Olivier Guibert

48. Le Ballon noir (2022)

30 min | Short

Paris, a Chinese couple is trying to survive as best they can. The husband, eaten by the memories of the 1990s in China, works in the dark in Paris.

Director: Fu Yu | Stars: Baraki, Pierre Cornuel, Issa Diaby, Maël Saubin

49. Fox Mystery Theater (1984)
Episode: Black Carrion (1984)

70 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Two journalists search for a rock band that was popular 20 years ago but just seemed to have vanished and was never heard from again. Their investigation leads them to discover more about the band than they bargained for.

Director: John Hough | Stars: Season Hubley, Leigh Lawson, Norman Bird, Allan Love

Votes: 172

50. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Pilot (1986)

TV-PG | 97 min | Drama

Pilot episode for the TV series introduces the lawyers and employees of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak, a Los Angeles law firm, in dealing with their courtroom cases and personal ... See full summary »

Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins

Votes: 348