Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "death-of-sister-in-law"

1. The Searchers (1956)

Passed | 119 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

An American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.

Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond

Votes: 96,350

2. The House of the Spirits (1993)

R | 145 min | Drama, Romance

A rancher, his clairvoyant wife, and their family face turbulent years in South America in this adaptation of Isabel Allende's best-seller.

Director: Bille August | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Maria Conchita Alonso, António Assunção

Votes: 24,965 | Gross: $6.27M

3. Another Year (2010)

PG-13 | 129 min | Comedy, Drama

A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville, Oliver Maltman

Votes: 30,890 | Gross: $3.21M

4. The Serpent's Egg (1977)

R | 119 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Berlin, 1923. Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg attempts to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Liv Ullmann, David Carradine, Gert Fröbe, Heinz Bennent

Votes: 6,359

5. Unstrung Heroes (1995)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

When a youngster needs a break from the pressures of his parents' household, he moves in with his offbeat uncles and learns some invaluable life lessons.

Director: Diane Keaton | Stars: Andie MacDowell, John Turturro, Michael Richards, Maury Chaykin

Votes: 3,270 | Gross: $7.93M

6. Macabre (1958)

Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A doctor's daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.

Director: William Castle | Stars: William Prince, Jim Backus, Christine White, Jacqueline Scott

Votes: 1,404

7. Ghayal (1990)

Not Rated | 163 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Ajay Mehra, an amateur boxer, takes revenge against Balwant Rai, a crooked businessman, after his elder brother is killed.

Director: Rajkumar Santoshi | Stars: Sunny Deol, Amrish Puri, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Moushumi Chatterjee

Votes: 5,068

8. Nadiya Ke Paar (1982)

Not Rated | 143 min | Drama, Romance

Chandan and Gunja, who hails from a village across the river, fall in love with each other. After her sister dies, Gunja is compelled to marry her brother-in-law who is Chandan's brother.

Director: Govind Moonis | Stars: Sachin Pilgaonkar, Sadhana Singh, Inder Thakur, Mitali

Votes: 1,288

9. Chasing Freedom (2004 TV Movie)

R | 88 min | Drama

A lawyer reluctantly takes on the pro bono asylum case of a woman who has fled the brutal Taliban regime in Afghanistan and arrived in the United States seeking freedom.

Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Juliette Lewis, Layla Alizada, Bruce Gray, Michael David Simms

Votes: 415

10. Tarazu (1997)

144 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A tough and honest police officer avenges his family's murder at the hands of a crime lord.

Director: Vimal Kumar | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Sonali Bendre, Mohnish Behl, Amrish Puri

Votes: 666

11. Next Year in Jerusalem (1997)

Unrated | 104 min | Drama, Romance

Manny, devout to his upbringing, is set to marry Rivka, the Rabbi's daughter. But Manny has a secret only Charlie, an openly gay man in an Orthodox Jewish family can understand.

Director: David Nahmod | Stars: Peter J. Byrnes, LinDel Sandlin, Colleen O'Neil, Daniel Nardicio

Votes: 132

12. Laban kung laban (1986)

84 min | Action, Drama

Jilted by his girlfriend for a guy her parents approve of, a young man joins forces with an older man avenging his brother's death in fighting their community's Powers That Be.

Director: Romy Suzara | Stars: Rudy Fernandez, Beth Bautista, Ronaldo Valdez, Liz Alindogan

13. Cape of Good Hope (2004)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Drama revolving around 3 women's lives and how they are intertwined.

Director: Mark Bamford | Stars: Debbie Brown, Farouk Valley-Omar, Parinita Jeaven, David Isaacs

Votes: 291

14. Tengri (2008)

96 min | Drama, Romance

This is a love story set in the steppes of Central Asia of today. Temür a thirty year old Kazakh decides to start life again in his ancestral village in the Kyrghyz Mountains. He discovers ... See full summary »

Director: Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville | Stars: Albina Imasheva, Elim Kalmouratov, Hélène Patarot, Taalai Abazova

Votes: 162

15. Der Sonnenhof (2007 TV Movie)

89 min | Comedy, Romance

The income tax agent Katharina Kamp must notice to Carl Balkhausen that he has very heavy debts and that he must solve this problem as soon as possible. Besides Katharina must now care for ... See full summary »

Director: Matthias Tiefenbacher | Stars: Suzanne von Borsody, Peter Sattmann, Lara Schneider, Brigitte Janner

Votes: 30

16. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: Operation -- Annihilate! (1967)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Enterprise crew attempts to stop a plague of amoeba-like creatures from possessing human hosts and spreading throughout the galaxy.

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Votes: 3,690

17. FBI: Criminal Pursuit (2011– )
Episode: Predator (2011)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

A beautiful young college student, Brooke Wilberger, is abducted in broad daylight, leaving behind only a pair of torn flip-flops. A mysterious green van was spotted on the college campus ... See full summary »

Director: Greg Francis | Stars: Bray Poor, Christie Beran, Tony Wade, Cammy Wilberger

Votes: 16

18. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: Once Upon a Crime (2012)

TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Women are found dead, dressed as fairytale characters. An event years ago that led to a death connects all three women.

Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas

Votes: 1,346