Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "exploding-television"

1. Matilda (1996)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to get even with her callous family and free her kindly schoolteacher from the tyrannical grip of a sadistic headmistress.

Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz

Votes: 174,626 | Gross: $33.08M

2. Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Music

A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.

Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Edward Asner, Pat Benatar, Jerry Brown, Johnny Carson

Votes: 41,490 | Gross: $1.72M

3. Blindness (2008)

R | 121 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness.

Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael García Bernal, Yûsuke Iseya

Votes: 75,201 | Gross: $3.07M

4. Murder by Contract (1958)

Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman.

Director: Irving Lerner | Stars: Vince Edwards, Phillip Pine, Herschel Bernardi, Caprice Toriel

Votes: 4,367

5. Four Christmases (2008)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas.

Director: Seth Gordon | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Mary Steenburgen, Robert Duvall

Votes: 80,841 | Gross: $120.15M

6. Night of the Big Heat (1967)

GP | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Christopher Lee, Patrick Allen, Peter Cushing, Jane Merrow

Votes: 2,336

7. La grande lessive (!) (1968)

95 min | Comedy

An addiction is spreading in Paris: Television. Literature teacher Saint-Just is confronted by overtired pupils who can no longer keep their eyes open from all the TV. He and a colleague set out on a mission to save the pupils from the TV.

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Roland Dubillard, Jean Tissier

Votes: 449

8. Ozzy Osbourne: Gets Me Through (2001 Music Video)

5 min | Music

A promotional video for Ozzy Osbourne's 2001 single "Gets Me Through."

Director: Jonas Åkerlund | Stars: Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Robert Trujillo, Mike Bordin

Votes: 28

9. Extrabreit: CVJM (1996)

3 min | Short, Action, Comedy

The adventures of some schoolboys in a holiday camp.

Directors: Tim Luna, Andreas Marschall | Stars: Stefan Friedrich, Sebastian Gäbel, Kai Havaii, Stefan Kleinkrieg

10. Emergency! (1972–1979)
Episode: Tee Vee (1975)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

While Station 51 has having problems with its malfunctioning TV, Dr. Brackett is having his own difficulties with an aquarium being installed in his office without his permission.

Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup, Randolph Mantooth

Votes: 82

11. Rocko's Modern Life (1993–1996)
Episode: Spitballs/Popcorn Pandemonium (1993)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Rocko and Heffer go to a baseball game to catch a foul ball and get an autograph./Rocko and Heffer go to the movies.

Directors: Joe Murray, Timothy Björklund, Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh | Stars: Carlos Alazraqui, Tom Kenny, Charlie Adler, Mr. Lawrence

Votes: 147

12. Urban Legends (2007–2011)
Episode: Good and Evil (2007)

25 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Our trio of tales featured the age-old battle between good and evil. We start with a cursed hospital bed that claims the lives of all those who sleep in it, then we have the Sicilian town ... See full summary »

Director: Luke Campbell | Stars: Michael Allcock, Lanore Allen, Harvey Bannon, Nadine Bowman

Votes: 9

13. Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut (2009)
Episode: The Not-So-Interesting Beginnings (2009)

TV-14 | 54 min | Documentary, Biography

The birth of Monty Python. Join members as they tell the tale of how their lives and careers began Post-WWII to the culmination of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Directors: Bill Jones, Alan G. Parker, Ben Timlett | Stars: Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones

Votes: 137