Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-the-queen-of-sheba"

1. Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)

R | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Erdil Yasaroglu, Sarah Houbolt

Votes: 60,987

2. Marlowe (2022)

R | 109 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

In late 1930s Bay City, a brooding, down on his luck detective is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Brenda Rawn

Votes: 11,743

3. Hidalgo (2004)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

In 1890, a down-and-out cowboy and his horse travel to Arabia to compete in a deadly cross desert horse race.

Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson, Louise Lombard

Votes: 85,534 | Gross: $67.29M

4. Funny Face (1957)

Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.

Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair

Votes: 33,004

5. The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles

Votes: 12,409

6. Pygmalion (1938)

89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.

Directors: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard | Stars: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr

Votes: 9,660 | Gross: $3.05M

7. Cash on Demand (1961)

Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal 97,000 pounds.

Director: Quentin Lawrence | Stars: Peter Cushing, André Morell, Richard Vernon, Norman Bird

Votes: 2,883

8. A Merry War (1997)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Gordon Comstock quits his job at an advertising agency in order to write poetry, only to find that poets, like everyone else, need money.

Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Wadham, Jim Carter

Votes: 1,545 | Gross: $0.30M

9. The Prodigal (1955)

Approved | 112 min | Drama, Mystery

A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Lana Turner, Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern, Audrey Dalton

Votes: 744

10. The Rabbi's Cat (2011)

Not Rated | 100 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

Set in Algeria in the 1920s, a rabbi's cat who learns how to speak after swallowing the family parrot expresses his desire to convert to Judaism.

Directors: Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfar | Stars: François Morel, Hafsia Herzi, Maurice Bénichou, Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Votes: 3,764 | Gross: $0.02M

11. Never Say Goodbye (1946)

Approved | 97 min | Comedy

After divorce, 7-year-old Flip is unhappy. She begins corresponding with a Marine, sending him a photo of Ellen pretending she wrote the flirtatious letters. When the Marine arrives to meet his pen pal, Ellen uses it to make Phil jealous.

Director: James V. Kern | Stars: Errol Flynn, Eleanor Parker, Lucile Watson, S.Z. Sakall

Votes: 1,316

12. La Habanera (1937)

98 min | Drama

Trapped in Puerto Rico, a beautiful young Swede is torn between her passionate, but mildly abusive Caribbean oligarch husband and her longing for her European homeland.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Zarah Leander, Julia Serda, Ferdinand Marian, Karl Martell

Votes: 635

13. Happiness Ahead (1934)

Passed | 86 min | Musical, Comedy, Romance

Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Dick Powell, Josephine Hutchinson, John Halliday, Frank McHugh

Votes: 314

14. Mañana será otro día (1967)

101 min | Comedy, Drama

With the intention of making a career in the world of spectacle, Paco and Lisa flee to Barcelona in a stolen car. After seeking unsuccessful work, the two young people will immerse themselves in delinquency.

Director: Jaime Camino | Stars: Sonia Bruno, Juan Luis Galiardo, Alberto Berco, Inés Alma

Votes: 47

15. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Funny, You Don't Look It (1977)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Inspired by Alex Haley's "Roots," Fred orders a family crest and genealogical scroll that states he's African royalty and a descendant of the Jewish Ethiopian Falashas.

Director: Russ Petranto | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley

Votes: 98

16. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: The Squire of Gothos (1967)

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

A being that controls matter and creates planets wants to play with the Enterprise crew.

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, William Campbell, DeForest Kelley

Votes: 4,155

17. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode: An Old Flame (1975)

TV-14 | 52 min | Drama

A lonely James has an affair with the very married Lady Newbury.

Director: Derek Bennett | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Angela Baddeley, Simon Williams, Celia Bannerman

Votes: 79

18. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Stranger (2009)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detectives Stabler and Benson's suspicions arise when a teenage Jane Doe takes on two identities.

Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T

Votes: 1,039

19. Geographics (2019– )
Episode: Atlantis of the Sands: The Search for the Lost City of Iram (2020)

23 min | Documentary

A host of ancient middle eastern traditions, stories and documents reference a magnificent city of pillars also know as Iram, on the Arabian Peninsula that grew rich on the frankincense ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

20. Nolly (2023)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2023)

44 min | Biography, Drama

The Crossroads cast are desperate to learn how exactly Nolly's character is going to be written out of the show, but Jack is determined to keep the plot secret until the very last moment.

Director: Peter Hoar | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Mark Gatiss, Con O'Neill, Augustus Prew

Votes: 180

21. Ancient Aliens (2009– )
Episode: Aliens and Sacred Places (2011)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi

Are sacred places the product of man's reverence for God--or the result of contact with ancient space travelers? Jerusalem's Temple Mount has been called a heavenly gateway. Islam's shrine ... See full summary »

Stars: Robert Mullins, Philip Coppens, Marvin Meyer, Michael Coogan

Votes: 190

22. Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode: Episode #3.1 (2012)

TV-14 | 68 min | Drama, Romance

Spring of 1920. Wedding guests descend on Downton Abbey, where disasters threaten. One of which is Cora's freewheeling American mother, who tries to loosen up her in-laws.

Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter

Votes: 2,392

23. Dancing with the Stars (2005– )
Episode: The Switch Up Show (2014)

TV-PG | Family, Music, Reality-TV

Julianne Hough returns to the show as a guest judge once again. In a change of pace the entire cast opens the show with a wild group dance. Then the contestants switch partners for the ... See full summary »

Director: Alex Rudzinski | Stars: Tom Bergeron, Erin Andrews, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli

Votes: 18

24. Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode: The Vessel (2016)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Sam and Dean convince Lucifer (unknowingly, thinking he's Castiel) to send them back in time to find a hand of God which could destroy Amara.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard

Votes: 3,489

25. Modern Family (2009–2020)
Episode: Kids These Days (2018)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Haley needs motherly advice from Claire as she considers her future with Dylan and her career; Jay and Cam's less than politically correct coaching style earns them a class on sensitivity; ... See full summary »

Director: James R. Bagdonas | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell

Votes: 1,438