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

1. Chinatown (1974)

R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez

Votes: 350,327

2. War of the Worlds (2019– )

TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Set in contemporary France, this Anglo-French reimagining of H. G. Wells' classic in the style of Walking Dead follows pockets of survivors forced to team up after an apocalyptic extra-terrestrial strike.

Stars: Léa Drucker, Gabriel Byrne, Bayo Gbadamosi, Ty Tennant

Votes: 18,025

3. Batman Returns (1992)

PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken

Votes: 327,931 | Gross: $162.83M

4. Anna Karenina (I) (2012)

R | 129 min | Drama, Romance

In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.

Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Matthew Macfadyen

Votes: 106,645 | Gross: $12.82M

5. The Forsyte Saga (2002–2003)

TV-PG | 276 min | Drama, History, Romance

Chronicles the lives of three generations of the upper-middle-class British family, the Forsytes, from the 1870s to 1920.

Stars: Damian Lewis, Rupert Graves, Gina McKee, Amanda Root

Votes: 6,556

6. Ninja Scroll (1993)

Not Rated | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A vagabond swordsman is aided by a kunoichi and a spy in battling a demonic clan of killers - led by a ghost from his past - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Takeshi Aono, Osamu Saka

Votes: 40,786

7. Infinity Train (I) (2019–2021)

TV-PG | 11 min | Animation, Short, Action

Various people get trapped on a mysterious train with an endless number of cars, each one being its own universe, and they must resolve their psychological trauma and emotional issues in order to get home in this animated anthology series.

Stars: Ashley Johnson, Owen Dennis, Jeremy Crutchley, Kirby

Votes: 9,680

8. Nine Days (2020)

R | 124 min | Drama, Fantasy

A reclusive man conducts a series of interviews with human souls for a chance to be born.

Director: Edson Oda | Stars: Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Bill Skarsgård, Benedict Wong

Votes: 11,840

9. Don't Listen (2020)

TV-MA | 97 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

Daniel and Sara have a 9-year-old son, Eric, and they've just moved to a new home not knowing the neighbours call it "the house of the voices". Eric is the first one to notice the odd noises behind each door.

Director: Ángel Gómez Hernández | Stars: Rodolfo Sancho, Ana Fernández, Ramón Barea, Belén Fabra

Votes: 16,976

10. The Deepest Breath (2023)

PG | 108 min | Documentary, Adventure, Sport

A champion and expert safety diver seemed destined for one another. Despite different paths taken, they meet at the pinnacle of the free-diving world, experiencing the thrilling rewards and inescapable risks of chasing dreams through the depths of the ocean.

Director: Laura McGann | Stars: Alessia Zecchini, Stephen Keenan, Leigh Baker, Mahmoud Barracuda

Votes: 14,702

11. Of Human Bondage (1934)

Passed | 83 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold, unfeeling waitress who might ultimately destroy them both.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Frances Dee, Kay Johnson

Votes: 8,398

12. Abigail Lesley Is Back in Town (1975)

R | 100 min | Drama, Romance

A seductive woman who left her small fishing town long ago after being caught with another woman's husband, returns to shake up the place by seducing everyone, including the woman and her girlfriends.

Director: Joseph W. Sarno | Stars: Mary Mendum, Jennifer Jordan, Eric Edwards, Jamie Gillis

Votes: 486

13. Rushed (2021)

101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Barbara O'Brien, an Irish Catholic mother, has her life turned upside-down when her son, a freshman in college, is involved in a tragic hazing incident.

Director: Vibeke Muasya | Stars: Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Robert Patrick, Ellie Frankel, Liam Hogan

Votes: 3,008

14. Modern Vampires (1998 TV Movie)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance

A borderline fascistic Dr. Van Helsing unwittingly hires crack smoking gang-bangers to pursue the decadent vampires who secretly control Hollywood and the United States.

Director: Richard Elfman | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Rod Steiger, Kim Cattrall

Votes: 2,296

15. Whitney (2018)

R | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

An in-depth look at the life and music of Whitney Houston.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Whitney Houston, Ellen White, Michael Houston, Cissy Houston

Votes: 7,878 | Gross: $3.03M

16. Devdas (1955)

159 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

The scion of a wealthy landowner family turns to alcohol and self-pity and slowly self-destructs after class differences force him to break off his relationship with his childhood sweetheart.

Director: Bimal Roy | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Vyjayanthimala, Motilal

Votes: 2,031

17. The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964 TV Movie)

80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Terrified of being buried alive by mistake, a woman puts a phone in her crypt to be able to call home if she needs help. She dies and nothing happens. One day, the phone suddenly rings. Paranormal investigator Nelson Orion (Martin Landau) is brought in.

Director: Joseph Stefano | Stars: Martin Landau, Judith Anderson, Diane Baker, Tom Simcox

Votes: 712

18. Smilin' Through (1932)

Approved | 98 min | Drama, Romance

The adoptive father of a young woman is horrified to learn she plans to marry the son of the man who accidentally killed her aunt years before.

Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard, O.P. Heggie

Votes: 1,555 | Gross: $2.19M

19. The Wedding Night (1935)

Passed | 83 min | Drama, Romance

Because his finances are low and he is seeking background for a new book, author Tony Barratt and his wife Dora return to his country home in Connecticut. While he is finding material for ... See full summary »

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Gary Cooper, Anna Sten, Ralph Bellamy, Helen Vinson

Votes: 1,079

20. The Bofors Gun (1968)

105 min | Drama

A national service non-commissioned officer (David Warner) comes face to face with an embittered Irish Gunner (Nicol Williamson) who is determined to humiliate him.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Nicol Williamson, Ian Holm, David Warner, Peter Vaughan

Votes: 317

21. Royal Murder Mysteries (2017– )

60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Royal Murder Mysteries is a hard-hitting upcoming series investigates all of these extraordinary stories, sifting through the evidence, the facts as it seeks to reach final conclusions and numerous theories surrounding royal deaths.

Stars: Jon Wright, Jon Strickland, Andrew Cook, Robert Ince

Votes: 62

22. Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones (2019)

96 min | Documentary

A documentary about the events in the life of Rolling Stone legend Brian Jones that lead to his death.

Director: Danny Garcia | Stars: Brian Jones, Anita Pallenberg, Terry O'Neill, Rev D. Wayne Love

Votes: 394

23. La Bruja (2011– )

TV-PG | Biography, Crime, Drama

Amanda is a beautiful witch who becomes a large influence on the nation.

Stars: Andres Toro, Andrés Parra, Germán Jaramillo, Héctor García

Votes: 54

24. A House Through Time (2018– )

60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Historian David Olusoga charts 180 years of British history as lived by the successive inhabitants of a single home in a British city - from its construction to the present day.

Stars: David Olusoga, Deborah Sugg Ryan, Ian Hislop, Gaynor Evans

Votes: 196

25. Valentino (1951)

Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Italian immigrant Rudolph Valentino makes it big in silent Hollywood, but he ends up struggling between his career and the woman he loves.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Eleanor Parker, Richard Carlson, Patricia Medina, Joseph Calleia

Votes: 339

26. The Joe Spinell Story (2001 Video)

49 min | Documentary

The life and career of Joe Spinell. A great man. A great actor. Friend and all!

Director: David Gregory | Stars: Joe Spinell, Grace Raimo, Frank Pesce, Luke Walter

Votes: 173

27. Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection (2009)

135 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

17 years after the last film, a wandering black hole is approaches the Solar System, and will surely destroy all life on Earth very soon. The decision has been made to evacuate Earth's entire population, to a safer planet light years away

Directors: Yoshinobu Nishizaki, Takeshi Shirato | Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Kentarô Itô, Daisuke Namikawa, Chafûrin

Votes: 210

28. Endless, the Rock Return (2005)

108 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

15 years after its abrupt end, a music band have a second chance of success.

Directors: Manuel Sanabria, Carlos Villaverde | Stars: Dani Martín, Carlos Iglesias, Nancho Novo, Armando del Río

Votes: 115

29. Cornea (2014)

85 min | Drama, Thriller

A psychological drama with thriller elements about despair of love. Forty year old Thomas stalks his ex-wife while struggling with his emotions.

Director: Jochem de Vries | Stars: Juda Goslinga, Rifka Lodeizen, Wendell Jaspers, Harpert Michielsen

Votes: 54

30. Mniejsze niebo (1981)

96 min | Drama

A successful middle-aged scientist suddenly abandons his family and workplace, and decides to rent a room near the railway station while experiencing a major existential crisis.

Director: Janusz Morgenstern | Stars: Roman Wilhelmi, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Jan Englert, Wladyslaw Kowalski

Votes: 87

31. Misha (2020)

75 min | Documentary, Sport

The tragic story of Mikhail Ivanovich An, also known as Misha, the greatest footballer whom most of the world has never heard of.

Director: Brian Song | Stars: Nadyr Abdukadyrov, Azamat Abduraimov, Berardor Abduraimov, Dmitry An

32. The Soul of a Child (1916)

50 min | Drama

Young Jim leaves his small town for life in the big city. It's not long before he's living the "high life" with fancy friends and partying. When Jim's brother and his wife are killed in a ... See full summary »

Director: John Gorman | Stars: Em Gorman, Wellington A. Playter, John J. Dunn, Nancy Baring

33. Nam nekogda zhdat (1973)

74 min | Biography, Drama

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Director: Vladimir Akimov | Stars: Boris Rudnev, Yuriy Nazarov, Nina Kiryakova, Viktor Shulgin

Votes: 8

34. Psychosis of Salvador Dali (2016)

2 min | Short, Drama, Horror

This video was found on the SD-card. It was lying on the grave of Salvador Dali. The origin of the video there is unknown.

Director: Marco Romano | Stars: Salvador Dalí, Marco Romano

Votes: 27

35. Kshay (2020)

15 min | Short, Drama

In the quest for a better afterlife, Vishwas is compelled to take a life-changing decision to meet his departed wife and daughter. Kshay is a motion picture that takes the audience through ... See full summary »

Director: Aditya Arvind Chavan | Stars: Tejaswini Barve, Rohit Kokate, Mukta Patwardhan, Saanvi Pofali

36. Fox Mystery Theater (1984)
Episode: Paint Me a Murder (1984)

75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Luke Lorenz is a artist whose paintings don't sell. His imaginative wife Sandra reasons that sales of his works would increase tenfold if he were to die, so they fake his death.

Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Michelle Phillips, James Laurenson, David Robb, Alan Lake

Votes: 121

37. Dark Shadows (1991)
Episode: Episode #1.12 (1991)

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

Barnabas' vampirism is discovered when he lures his mother, Naomi, to the old house to reveal himself. Unfortunately, Abigail also arrives at the old house where Barnabas kills her. Daniel ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Sobel | Stars: Ben Cross, Lysette Anthony, Barbara Blackburn, Jim Fyfe

Votes: 57

38. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Tourist Trap (2003)

TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Crime

In 1993, thieves were robbing and killing tourists in Florida, making worldwide headlines. One victim fought back, suffering a bite mark that became key evidence against a determined suspect - who ran into a even more determined detective.

Director: Michael Jordan | Stars: Peter Thomas, Laura Lefebvre, Helga Luest, Bassam Fadel

Votes: 102

39. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Asian Cut (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Trudy poses as a prostitute to help Crockett and Tubbs catch a serial killer who they suspect is Asian because of the ritualistic way in which he mutilates his female victims.

Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 300

40. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: The Hunter/The Healer (1996)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A farmer claims that a werewolf has slaughtered his cattle. A young man's miraculous healing gift comes with a grave price for him.

Director: John Bell | Stars: Paul Miller, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox

Votes: 28

41. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Edgar Allan Poe: The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe (1994)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Descend into the dark world and tragic life of the melancholy author who is the uncontested master of the macabre, and hear excerpts from his famous works.

Stars: Paul Clemens, Norman George, Peter Graves

Votes: 129

42. The Devil You Know (2019– )
Episode: Angel in the Flesh (2021)

TV-MA | 42 min | Documentary, Crime

When 22-year-old Shriner follower Kelly Pingilley is found dead in a field, a pattern of expulsion is established that reveals Steve isn't Sherry's only victim.

Directors: Lana Gorlitz, Zebediah Smith | Star: Linnea Sage

Votes: 30

43. ABC News Specials (2010–2021)
Episode: Alec Baldwin Unscripted (2021)

47 min | News

Alec Baldwin is interviewed over a tragic incident that involved him on the set of the film Rust. The cinematographer was killed and the director was injured. Who's responsible?

Stars: Alec Baldwin, George Stephanopoulos, Halyna Hutchins

Votes: 48

44. The White Lotus (2021–2025)
Episode: Arrivederci (2022)

TV-MA | 77 min | Comedy, Drama

Albie decides to help Lucia. Tanya discovers Quentin's true motives. Portia gets wary of Jack. Ethan and Cam have a face-off. Valentina gives Mia a chance.

Director: Mike White | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Jennifer Coolidge, Adam DiMarco, Meghann Fahy

Votes: 6,316

45. Grey's Anatomy (2005– )
Episode: Flight (2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Romance

As Meredith, Cristina, Derek, Mark, Lexie, and Arizona face the aftermath of their accident, the doctors back at the hospital face the future that seems to be taking them all in different directions.

Director: Rob Corn | Stars: Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson

Votes: 2,168

46. Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016)
Episode: A New Day (2014)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the fifth season premiere, solving the murder of a jogger takes on even greater urgency when Jane realizes that the motive was theft ... of the woman's baby. As the investigation gets ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Katleman | Stars: Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Jordan Bridges, Bruce McGill

Votes: 445