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

1. My Salinger Year (2020)

R | 101 min | Drama

A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.

Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth, Seána Kerslake

Votes: 6,818

2. An Acceptable Loss (2018)

R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller

Libby teaches at a university but 4 years ago she was top aide to VP Rachel and was part of a total victory action. Rachel is now US president and worried about Libby keeping quiet. Libby also has a student spying on her.

Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Tika Sumpter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Tavassoli, Deanna Dunagan

Votes: 1,603 | Gross: $0.03M

3. Small Town Christmas (2018 TV Movie)

TV-G | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A high-flying female novelist from New York takes a trip to the small town that inspired her latest best-seller.

Director: Maclain Nelson | Stars: Ashley Newbrough, Kristoffer Polaha, Preston Vanderslice, Bailey Skodje

Votes: 2,007

4. Ex-Arm (2021)

24 min | Animation, Action, Crime

In 2014, Akira dies in an accident. 16 years later a policewoman and her android partner retrieve an advanced AI called EX-ARM. Turns out the AI is actually Akira's brain.

Stars: Sôma Saitô, Mikako Komatsu, Akari Kitô, Sumire Uesaka

Votes: 875

5. The Conversation

Thriller | Pre-production

A surveillance specialist obsessed with privacy becomes entangled in a corporate espionage mystery. To find answers she must step outside her reclusive life and make personal connections she's been avoiding.

6. Yol Ayrimi (2017)

150 min | Drama

He is a boss who dedicates his life to grow up the textile empire he inherited from his father and does not hesitate to follow ruthless methods for it. He decides to choose a different life after a heavy traffic accident.

Director: Yavuz Turgul | Stars: Sener Sen, Çigdem Selisik Onat, Rutkay Aziz, Nihal Yalçin

Votes: 4,308

7. Observer (2017 Video Game)

M | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A burnt-out cop investigates what caused a rundown apartment building to go under automatic lockdown, which brings him face-to-face with the ghosts from his past.

Director: Mariusz Szaflik | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Brandon Fague, Kristin Lennox

Votes: 620

8. The Directive (2019)

113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

One year after a catastrophic pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a lone survivor embarks on a journey to find Safe Zone 57 with the help of a broken robot.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Kyle Abraham, Paul Askedall, Nicholas Winand, Hashim Gari

Votes: 1,315

9. Captured Alive (1997)

R | 90 min | Action

Charter pilot Nick Baskin takes 5 strangers on a flight that is shot down. Taken by hillbillies in West Virginia, they are used to help transport toxic waste.

Director: Chris McIntyre | Stars: Dan Pinto, Dawn Lambing, Pat Morita, John Mouganis

Votes: 55

10. Ted (1998)

85 min | Comedy

Satrical life story of the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynsky (played by Daniel Passer), is done as a pseudo-documentary and narrated by his "brother" (Paul Provenza). It follows his life from ... See full summary »

Director: Gary Ellenberg | Stars: Daniel Passer, Edie McClurg, Richard Fancy, Jeff Corey

Votes: 40

11. Burn: The Robert Wraight Story (2003 TV Movie)

Biography, Crime, Drama

Robert Wraight moves to a small town with his family to make a fresh start. Unfortunately things take a turn for the worst when the family is struck by disaster. Robert's recently purchased... See full summary »

Director: Stefan Scaini | Stars: Jonathan Scarfe, Alan Scarfe, Kristin Booth, Alexandra Harvey

Votes: 68

12. Stimuli(e) (2023)

38 min | Short, Sci-Fi

A young "influencer-boyfriend" finds himself questioning everything he knows to be true after a run-in with an anarchist group doesn't end the way he was told it would.

Directors: Christian Alan, Emely Otsuka | Stars: Andrey Goulter, Alejandro Martin, Evelyn Wan

13. The Machine Breakers (1957)

30 min | Drama, Family

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Stars: Anne Reid, Cavan Kendall, Peter Hawkins, Patrick Westwood

14. Wing Commander: Privateer Expansion Pack: Righteous Fire (1994 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Mercenary space pilot Grayson Burrows is taking a breather after his adventures in the original game, when someone steels an alien weapon from his ship. Grayson suspects a dangerous Luddite religious cult, but info on them is expensive.

Director: Chris Roberts

Votes: 17

15. We V Machine: Alive (2011 Music Video)

5 min | Animation, Music

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Director: James Durkin | Stars: We v Machine, John Hetherington, Graham Wilkes, Nic Marsden

16. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: User Deadly (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A grumpy luddite detective facing retirement investigates a string of brutal serial killings committed by a sadistic computer freak.

Director: Allan King | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Peter Spence, Harry Guardino, Geordie Johnson

Votes: 85

17. Ark II (1976)
Episode: The Tank (1976)

23 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

The Ark II comes upon a village that forbids machinery. Will they reconsider when a functional 20th-century battle tank could aid in the rescue of their leader's daughter, who was abducted by marauding scavengers?

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Terry Lester, Jean Marie Hon, José Flores, Moochie

Votes: 24

18. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: Final Appeal (2000)

TV-PG | 88 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In a world that has banned technology, Dr. Theresa Givens is on trial for using her time machine.

Director: Jim Kaufman | Stars: Amanda Plummer, Cicely Tyson, Swoosie Kurtz, Kelly McGillis

Votes: 281

19. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: Y2K (1999)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

The team investigates the gruesome death of two programmers, who were working on a Y2K bug patch for a big security firm. Their brains were somehow destroyed by a strange computer virus. Also, Matt's relationship with Claire falls apart.

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox

Votes: 19

20. Space Academy (1977)
Episode: Johnny Sunseed (1977)

22 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Gampu's Luddite brother Johnny Sunseed visits the Academy and rages against the machine, Peepo in particular. Tee Gar tries to contain an outbreak of silliness after the Cadets consume space lettuce.

Director: Ezra Stone | Stars: Jonathan Harris, Pamelyn Ferdin, Ric Carrott, Ty Henderson

Votes: 16

21. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode: A Thing About Machines (1960)

TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Bartlett Finchley's paranoia about the machines around proves true.

Director: David Orrick McDearmon | Stars: Richard Haydn, Barbara Stuart, Barney Phillips, Henry Beckman

Votes: 2,783

22. Le temps des ouvriers (2020)
Episode: Le temps de l'usine (2020)

57 min | Documentary, History, War

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Director: Stan Neumann | Stars: Ghislaine Tormos, Alessandro Portelli, Alan Brooke, Arthur McIvor

Votes: 20

23. American Horror Story (2011– )
Episode: Take Me to Your Leader (2021)

TV-MA | 40 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A group of college students on a camping trip are swept up in a horrifying and deadly conspiracy decades in the making.

Director: Max Winkler | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Lily Rabe, Leslie Grossman, Angelica Ross

Votes: 3,252

24. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: At Long Last Leave (2012)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

The town votes to kick the Simpsons out of Springfield, so they decide to move to the Outlands.

Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Matthew Nastuk | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,402

25. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Blast of Silence (2014)

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

Detective Murdoch and his colleagues face an entirely new dilemma when they find a local industrialist, Richard Welch, tied down at the top of a telephone pole with a noise-activated bomb ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Mitchell | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Helene Joy, Jonny Harris

Votes: 300

26. Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)
Episode: Verbis Diablo (2015)

TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A haunted Vanessa turns to Sir Malcolm for solace. Meanwhile, Dorian Gray meets an intriguing woman with a secret, Hecate hunts down a prize for her mother - and Ferdinand Lyle reveals the disturbing backstory of the Verbis Diablo.

Director: James Hawes | Stars: Reeve Carney, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Rory Kinnear

Votes: 2,348

27. The Jim Jefferies Show (2017–2019)
Episode: The Threat of Nuclear War (2017)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

Jim breaks down the possibility of a nuclear war with North Korea, questions the arguments against euthanasia, chats with angry comedian Bill Burr, and makes a video job application for the position of NASA's Planetary Protection Officer.

Director: Brian McAloon | Stars: Jim Jefferies, Bill Burr

Votes: 58

28. Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
Episode: New Eden (2019)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A new signal brings the Discovery to a distant planet, Terralysium, that is inhabited by the descendants of human survivors of World War III, which was fought on Earth 200 years earlier.

Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman

Votes: 4,669