Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reading-of-a-will"

1. Suspicion (1941)

Approved | 99 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce

Votes: 42,462 | Gross: $4.50M

2. The Cat and the Canary (1927)

Passed | 108 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Relatives of an eccentric millionaire gather in his spooky mansion on the 20th anniversary of his death for the reading of his will.

Director: Paul Leni | Stars: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall

Votes: 3,373 | Gross: $0.33M

3. Mame (1974)

PG | 132 min | Comedy, Musical

Following the death of his father, an orphan is sent to live with his free-spirited aunt.

Director: Gene Saks | Stars: Lucille Ball, Robert Preston, Bea Arthur, Bruce Davison

Votes: 3,456

4. The Devil's Disciple (1959)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, History, Romance

The black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War.

Directors: Guy Hamilton, Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Janette Scott

Votes: 2,877

5. Treasure Hunt (1952)

79 min | Comedy

Short of money the owners of Ballyroden Hall must attempt to run it as a guest house, but not everyone is happy about the plan.

Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Jimmy Edwards, Martita Hunt, Naunton Wayne, Athene Seyler

Votes: 170

6. The Cat and the Canary (1939)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

When an eccentric family meets in their uncle's remote, decaying mansion on the tenth anniversary of his death for the reading of his will, murder and madness follow.

Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery

Votes: 3,770

7. Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

G | 72 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Daffy Duck opens a detective agency for the supernatural along side his Looney Toon buddies.

Directors: Greg Ford, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Terry Lennon, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, Mel Tormé, Roy Firestone, B.J. Ward

Votes: 2,672

8. The Weekend Murders (1970)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A family goes to a British estate to hear the reading of a will and while there they are murdered one by one.

Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Anna Moffo, Ida Galli, Gastone Moschin, Peter Baldwin

Votes: 588

9. Rock the Casbah (2013)

100 min | Comedy, Drama

The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for her father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.

Director: Laïla Marrakchi | Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Nadine Labaki, Hiam Abbass, Lubna Azabal

Votes: 1,138

10. Bad Stepmother (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Thriller

Following their father's sudden, mysterious death, a brother and sister return home to their sprawling New Orleans estate and encounter their unhinged stepmother, who will stop at nothing to gain control of their inheritance.

Director: Jeffery Scott Lando | Stars: Sofia Vassilieva, Kristy Swanson, Logan Huffman, Dave Davis

Votes: 429

11. A Family Affair (II) (2020)

12 min | Short, Comedy

Grandfather's dead, and the greedy relatives descend like drunken vultures. An alcohol-fueled blaze sends the inheritance up for grabs.

Director: Piers Greenlees | Stars: Paul Boichat, Jade Dowsett-Roberts, Debra Leigh-Taylor, Louise Marie Collins

12. Verwandte sind auch Menschen (1940)

79 min

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Director: Hans Deppe | Stars: Hermann Braun, Else von Möllendorff, Heinz Salfner, Ernst Dumcke

13. Blood sister (2017)

13 min | Short, Drama

Marie-Claude sees her mother's funeral take a turn for the worst when her brother David shows up, surprising every one. There's an unexplained guilt weighing on Marie-Claude as she is ... See full summary »

Director: Guillaume Comtois | Stars: Alec Bastien, Roger la Rue, Catherine-Audrey Lachapelle

14. 227 (1985–1990)
Episode: Country Cousins (1988)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy

Mary and Lester go to the reading of Lester's uncle's will. Lester discovers that he has white cousins, and they have to live under the same roof for a week to collect the $10,000 ... See full summary »

Director: Ed Cambridge | Stars: Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackée Harry

Votes: 32

15. Are You Being Served? Again! (1992–1993)
Episode: The Inheritance (1992)

TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy

The sales staff of the defunct Grace Brothers move to the hotel they inherited.

Director: Mike Stephens | Stars: Shirley Cheriton, Michael Bilton, Penny Gonshaw, Mollie Sugden

Votes: 88

16. Will & Grace (1998–2020)
Episode: 23 (2003)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Romance

Karen learns that Stan has suddenly passed away, and the funeral becomes a contest of wills between Karen and her British rival - and a free-for-all when the will is read for everyone who ever felt deserving, such as Will.

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes

Votes: 282

17. Palm Royale (2024– )
Episode: Maxine Bags a Prince (2024)

TV-MA | 51 min | Drama

Douglas faces a looming threat. Robert navigates his increasingly serious relationship with the prince. Linda and Evelyn receive shocking news.

Director: Abe Sylvia | Stars: Kristen Wiig, Ricky Martin, Josh Lucas, Leslie Bibb

Votes: 148

18. Our wonderful years (2020–2023)
Episode: Der Entlastungszeuge (2020)

Biography, Drama, History

The feelings between Ulla and Tommy resurface in Berlin, but there is too much that divides them.

Votes: 20