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

1. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical

A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.

Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Levi Stubbs

Votes: 86,515 | Gross: $38.75M

2. Scandal Sheet (1952)

Passed | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The editor of an exploitation newspaper commits a murder and assigns his protégé to investigate hoping to divert attention away from himself.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Derek, Donna Reed, Broderick Crawford, Rosemary DeCamp

Votes: 3,487

3. The Tribe (2018)

TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy, Music

After he's injured in an accident, a disgraced CEO is forced to reunite- and move in with- his biological mother, a humble cleaning woman who helps him begin putting his life back together.

Director: Fernando Colomo | Stars: Paco León, Carmen Machi, Maribel del Pino, María José Sarrate

Votes: 3,036

4. Dirty Weekend (1973)

107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In 1970s Italy, an industrialist and his mistress are taken hostage by three left-wing extremists who robbed a bank but the police and a media circus follow them closely on a cross-country car chase.

Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Oliver Reed, Carole André, Lionel Stander

Votes: 560

5. Girl 27 (2007)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Biography

The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending a stag party, where she was raped.

Director: David Stenn | Stars: Patricia Douglas, Baby Peggy, Richard W. Bann, Kelly Brown

Votes: 1,185

6. The Garden: Thy Mission (feat. Mac DeMarco) (2019 Music Video)

4 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

On the set of fictional sensationalist "The Vada Vada Show", a popular host reveals his true, devilish colors.

Directors: Nadia Lee Cohen, Charlie Denis | Stars: The Garden, Fletcher Shears, Wyatt Shears, Mac DeMarco

7. Who Is Alvin Greene? (2010)

82 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

In 2010, an unemployed veteran with no money and no campaign experience stunned the political establishment by winning the Democratic nomination for the US Senate in South Carolina. ... See full summary »

Directors: Leslie Beaumont, David Garrett | Stars: Leslie Beaumont, Will Biggers, Tom Clements, James Clyburn

Votes: 18

8. The Mystery Beneath (2015 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary

Treasure hunters Peter and Dennis were out on a typical day exploring the Baltic Sea when a very unusual image appears on the sonar. A nearly 200 foot cylindrical object was something that ... See full summary »

Director: Magnus Egler | Stars: Peter Lindberg, Dennis Åsberg

Votes: 79

9. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Taboo (2006)

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

When a baby boy is discovered in the rubbish, detectives Benson and Stabler use a t-shirt found at the scene to trace the crime back to a well-to-do college student.

Director: Arthur W. Forney | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal

Votes: 1,026

10. Monique Olivier: Accessory to Evil (2023)
Episode: Le génie du mal (2023)

TV-MA | 42 min | Documentary, Crime

When the trial opens, Olivier's role as a mother spikes public fascination and hatred. As the couple's crimes come to light, so does their sadistic sex life.

Stars: Francis Nachbar, Gérard Chemla, Chloé Triomphe, Richard Delgenes

Votes: 70

11. Files of the Unexplained (2024– )
Episode: File: Pascagoula Alien Abduction (2024)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

In 1973, a fishing trip in Pascagoula led to an unbelievable encounter that drew attention from the media and changed two men's lives forever.

Stars: Rusty Anderson, Judy Branning, John Chancellor, Jim Conroy

Votes: 147

12. The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode: Margaretology (2019)

TV-MA | 48 min | Biography, Drama, History

While Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon visit the USA, the queen, at the bidding of Harold Wilson, asks them to make a side trip to Washington, D.C. to ask President Johnson for financial assistance for the United Kingdom.

Director: Benjamin Caron | Stars: Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Daniels

Votes: 4,850

13. Faits divers, l'Histoire à la une (2021)
Episode: Albert Soleilland: A Case for the Death Penalty 1907 (2017)

TV-14 | 26 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Paris, January 1907. Albert Soleilland is accused of the rape and murder of a little girl named Marthe. The press details every step of the case as if it was a show. As early century France... See full summary »

Directors: Emmanuel Blanchard, Dominique Kalifa | Stars: Anne-Claude, Jean-Marc Berlière, Claire Blandin, Nicolas Picard-Dreyfuss