Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "sense-of-touch"

1. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

R | 164 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.

Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista

Votes: 665,749 | Gross: $92.05M

2. Sound of Metal (2019)

R | 120 min | Drama, Music

A heavy metal drummer's life is turned upside down when he begins to lose his hearing and he must confront a future filled with silence.

Director: Darius Marder | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff

Votes: 150,469

3. City of Angels (1998)

PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

An angel on Earth, a doctor unable to believe, a patient with a secret, a love story made in Heaven.

Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher, Dennis Franz

Votes: 127,811 | Gross: $78.69M

4. I Origins (2014)

R | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A molecular biologist and his laboratory partner uncover evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it.

Director: Mike Cahill | Stars: Michael Pitt, Steven Yeun, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Brit Marling

Votes: 133,658 | Gross: $0.33M

5. My Own Private Idaho (1991)

R | 104 min | Drama

Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.

Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert

Votes: 61,771 | Gross: $6.40M

6. Temple Grandin (2010 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.

Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Claire Danes, Julia Ormond, David Strathairn, Catherine O'Hara

Votes: 32,589

7. Altered States (1980)

R | 102 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid

Votes: 38,653 | Gross: $19.85M

8. The Miracle Worker (1962)

Approved | 106 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.

Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory, Inga Swenson

Votes: 20,513 | Gross: $5.45M

9. Suspect Zero (2004)

R | 99 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A mysterious serial killer is preying on other serial killers and one FBI agent suspects there may be more to the vigilante than the obvious characteristics.

Director: E. Elias Merhige | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harry Lennix

Votes: 21,204 | Gross: $8.73M

10. The Sessions (2012)

R | 95 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.

Director: Ben Lewin | Stars: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood

Votes: 43,988 | Gross: $6.00M

11. Anatomy of Hell (2004)

Unrated | 77 min | Drama

A woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's "unwatchable".

Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi, Alexandre Belin, Manuel Taglang

Votes: 6,149

12. The Sea Inside (I) (2004)

PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama

The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.

Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera

Votes: 85,262 | Gross: $2.09M

13. Exotica (1994)

R | 103 min | Drama

A man plagued by neuroses frequents the club Exotica in an attempt to find solace, but even there his past is never far away.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Bruce Greenwood, Elias Koteas, Don McKellar, David Hemblen

Votes: 21,106 | Gross: $4.18M

14. The Way He Looks (2014)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance

Leonardo is a blind teenager searching for independence. His everyday life, the relationship with his best friend Giovana, and the way he sees the world change completely with the arrival of Gabriel.

Director: Daniel Ribeiro | Stars: Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi, Tess Amorim, Lúcia Romano

Votes: 27,675 | Gross: $0.10M

15. Equus (1977)

R | 137 min | Drama, Mystery

A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright

Votes: 8,749

16. Equals (2015)

PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

In an emotionless utopia, two people fall in love when they regain their feelings from a mysterious disease, causing tensions between them and their society.

Director: Drake Doremus | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Kristen Stewart, Vernetta Lopez, Scott Lawrence

Votes: 32,840 | Gross: $0.03M

17. All My Life (2020)

PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Romance

A couple's wedding plans are thrown off course when the groom is diagnosed with liver cancer.

Director: Marc Meyers | Stars: Jessica Rothe, Harry Shum Jr., Marielle Scott, Chrissie Fit

Votes: 6,086

18. The Pillow Book (1995)

Not Rated | 126 min | Drama

A woman with a body-writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata

Votes: 13,649 | Gross: $2.29M

19. The Sentinel (1996–1999)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In the jungles of Peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses. Now, Detective Jim Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice. Anthropologist Blair Sandburg works side by side with Jim, helping him develop these senses.

Stars: Richard Burgi, Garett Maggart, Bruce A. Young, Ken Earl

Votes: 2,673

20. Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears (2020)

TV-14 | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

After freeing a young girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Phryne Fisher begins to unravel a mystery concerning priceless emeralds, ancient curses and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin's forgotten tribe.

Director: Tony Tilse | Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Rupert Penry-Jones, Miriam Margolyes

Votes: 4,896

21. Of Mice and Men (1939)

Passed | 106 min | Adventure, Drama

A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Charles Bickford

Votes: 6,855

22. Butterflies Are Free (1972)

PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A blind man moves into his own apartment against the wishes of his overprotective mother and befriends the freethinking young woman next door.

Director: Milton Katselas | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart, Paul Michael Glaser

Votes: 5,962 | Gross: $0.25M

23. She Dies Tomorrow (2020)

R | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A woman becomes strangely convinced she will die the next day. Her friend initially disbelieves her before becoming paranoid herself that she too will die the next day.

Director: Amy Seimetz | Stars: Kate Lyn Sheil, Jane Adams, Kentucker Audley, Katie Aselton

Votes: 7,176

24. Proof (1991)

R | 86 min | Drama, Romance

The life of a blind photographer who is looked after by a housekeeper is disrupted by the arrival of an agreeable restaurant worker.

Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot, Russell Crowe, Heather Mitchell

Votes: 7,127 | Gross: $0.52M

25. The Color of Paradise (1999)

PG | 90 min | Drama, Family

The story of Mohammed, a blind Iranian boy and his father, Hashem, who is always oscillating between accepting his son as he is and abandoning him, as he represents a burden for him, after the loss of his wife.

Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Hossein Mahjoub, Mohsen Ramezani, Salameh Feyzi, Farahnaz Safari

Votes: 18,205 | Gross: $1.81M

26. Blind Beast (1969)

86 min | Drama, Horror

A blind sculpter and his mother kidnap a young model.

Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Eiji Funakoshi, Mako Midori, Noriko Sengoku

Votes: 3,908

27. 100 Meters (2016)

108 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Based on true events, a Spanish man with multiple sclerosis who tried to finish an Iron-Man competition despite he was told that he could not make 100 meters.

Director: Marcel Barrena | Stars: Dani Rovira, Karra Elejalde, Alexandra Jiménez, David Verdaguer

Votes: 6,954

28. Birds of America (2008)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama

A regular guy struggles with a repressive home and professional life, as well as making amends for the trouble his free-spirited brother and sister cause around town.

Director: Craig Lucas | Stars: Matthew Perry, Ben Foster, Ginnifer Goodwin, Lauren Graham

Votes: 5,564

29. Anamorph (2007)

R | 103 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas.

Director: Henry Miller | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Don Harvey, James Rebhorn

Votes: 9,786 | Gross: $0.01M

30. Ben X (2007)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Thriller

As an alternative to getting bullied at school, an autistic teenager retreats into the world of online role-playing games.

Director: Nic Balthazar | Stars: Marijke Pinoy, Greg Timmermans, Cesar De Sutter, Gilles De Schryver

Votes: 19,380 | Gross: $0.00M

31. Too Beautiful for You (1989)

R | 91 min | Drama, Romance

A sharp love triangle is formed by a wealthy businessman.

Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet, François Cluzet

Votes: 3,020 | Gross: $1.78M

32. Rodin (2017)

Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

An account of the famous French sculptor's romance with Camille Claudel.

Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Izïa Higelin, Séverine Caneele, Bernard Verley

Votes: 1,440 | Gross: $0.04M

33. The River (1997)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance

A young man develops severe neck pain after swimming in a polluted river; his dysfunctional parents are unable to provide any relief for him or themselves.

Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Miao Tien, Kang-sheng Lee, Yi-ching Lu, Ann Hui

Votes: 3,332

34. Soulmates (2023)

Drama, Fantasy, Musical

Everybody dreams. Based on a true story two young singer-songwriters sharing the same metaphysical dream since they were children, are faced with the harsh reality of choosing their passionate fate of love or life.

Director: Jim Fitzpatrick | Stars: Jadon Cal, Samantha Reddy, Jim Fitzpatrick, Ethan Rich

Votes: 61

35. Unfaithful Wife: Shameful Torture (1992)

Not Rated | 64 min | Drama, Thriller

Erotic drama set in an underground Tokyo club called The Bedroom, where the female clientele are drugged into a trance-like state and are subjected to different styles of bizarre, fetishistic sex by the male clientele.

Director: Hisayasu Satô | Stars: Kiyomi Itô, Momori Asano, Kyôko Nakamura, Issei Sagawa

Votes: 332

36. You Are a Widow, Sir! (1971)

97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be ... See full summary »

Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Iva Janzurová, Olga Schoberová, Eduard Cupák, Jirí Sovák

Votes: 857

37. Painted Fire (2002)

Unrated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History

In a time of political and social unrest in nineteenth-century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.

Director: Im Kwon-taek | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Ahn Sung-ki, Yoo Ho-jeong, Kim Yeo-jin

Votes: 2,824 | Gross: $0.06M

38. The Theory of Flight (1998)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two miserable people find happiness together: a man dreaming of flying, and a woman dreaming of living.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh, Gemma Jones, Holly Aird

Votes: 2,734 | Gross: $0.07M

39. The Perfect Human (1968)

13 min | Short

An elegant and humorous film-in the guise of a serious anthropological treatise-spotlights "The Perfect Human," a model of the modern Dane created by our wishful thinking.

Director: Jørgen Leth | Stars: Majken Algren Nielsen, Claus Nissen, Jørgen Leth

Votes: 2,561

40. Angel (2016)

80 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Devastated with grief after the mysterious disappearance of her magician lover, Louise is sent to a psychiatric asylum. Nine months later, she gives birth to Angel, a baby boy with an ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Cleven | Stars: Hannah Boudreau, Maya Dory, Fleur Geffrier, Elina Löwensohn

Votes: 499

41. The Five Senses (1999)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her daughter accidentally loses the woman's ... See full summary »

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Molly Parker, Gabrielle Rose, Elize Frances Stolk, Nadia Litz

Votes: 3,146 | Gross: $0.50M

42. Vibrator (2003)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

After meeting a handsome truck driver (Nao Omori) in the midst of an urban mini-mart, a 30-something freelance writer (Shinobu Terajima) embarks on a life-changing emotional journey of sexual self-discovery.

Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Shinobu Terajima, Nao Ômori, Riho Makise, Jun Murakami

Votes: 969

43. Cactus (1986)

PG | 93 min | Drama, Romance

A woman who injured her eyes in car accident and a young blind man fall for each other. Is sight the only way to see the world?

Director: Paul Cox | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Robert Menzies, Norman Kaye, Monica Maughan

Votes: 239

44. The Fetist (1998)

65 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A Japanese LGBT-themed horror film about a young gay man who gradually becomes a serial murderer.

Director: Hisayasu Satô | Stars: Yoshihisa Nemoto, Yuichi Araki, Yôji Tanaka, Kunio Masaoka

Votes: 85

45. Life Back Then (2011)

131 min | Drama

Two young lonely people form a bond as they go through the homes of the recently departed people.

Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Masaki Okada, Nana Eikura, Takuro Atsuki, Rei Dan

Votes: 143

46. Braincandy: My Five Senses (2004 Video)

40 min | Short, Family, Fantasy

A series of skits featuring puppets and children introduce young viewers to the five senses.

Directors: John Dagnen, Sam Reich-Dagnen | Stars: Roger Mara, Peter Orr, Rowbes

47. Blind Child (1964)

25 min | Documentary, Short

Documentary about blind children.

Director: Johan van der Keuken

Votes: 98

48. You and Your Five Senses (1955)

8 min | Animation, Family, Short

Jiminy Cricket explains the five senses, contrasting man and other animals.

Star: Cliff Edwards

Votes: 74

49. You and Your Sense of Touch (1955)

8 min | Animation, Family, Short

Jiminy Cricket explains the sense of touch, its four components (heat, cold, pain, pressure), and its unique dispersed nature.

Star: Cliff Edwards

Votes: 82

50. The End of June (2019)

4 min | Short, Drama

Faced with a cruel reality, a couple finds themselves having to make a permanent life altering decision. Alone in a dystopian world where food and clean water is scarce, they are left ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Benisty | Stars: Wayne Stephens, Kathleen Dobbs